THE FRANKLIN
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VOLUMES XXI.
FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 1 , 1906.
NUMBEIM5.
THE TOYS OF
rray, km arc the tors of the Tester
year :
Tb JumplDf jack with III (lrlnf red,
The fussy dog and the antlered deer.
The drum with Its atlcaa and tuneful
head,
The Noah's ark with Ita wooden crew,
lhe hulldlnx blorka with the lettere on!
The child haa toje that are bright and
new,
: But, where, pray where, hare the old
, friends gone?
Somewhere In the attic In corner dark
The )umplnc-Jark and the split dram lie.
The wooden crew of the Noah'a ark
And the tin of the battered Infantry.
There, half by the rubbish and dust con
cealed, The fuiajr dnf and the wooden deer.
The . bulldlnc blorka with their colon
peeled
Half off; and the etrlngless top la here.
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A FUSS, AND
By HADDIE
It was a spring day, not an Ideal,
but a real one, with a bitter penetrat
ing wind that would have done credit
to a day In midwinter. The usual ro
bust old gentleman which of us does
not know him? was telling his friends
with much rubbing of hands and
(tamping of feet, that it was "fine,
healthy weather," and Cynthia Des
mond regarded him wrathfully as she
passed htm at the entrance to the
London railroad station. A good day
for a brisk country walk, but decided
ly not one on which to undertake a
three hours' railway Journey without
even a stop to get a hot cup ot tea.
With this dismal project before her,
Cynthia was not exactly in the best
of tempers. c3he was not miserable of
course that would be too absurd but
things In general were inclined to be
Irritating.
Despite the fur-lined travelling coat.
which reached almost to the end of her
short skirt, she gave a little shiver as,
dressing case in hand, she crossed
the deserted platform and stepped Into
an empty car In the waiting train.
"4ad- t& think,"- She said, planting
1er dressing case on the seat oestdi
her, burying her hands in a huge fur
muff, and addressing her sister who
stood at the car door, "that it is all
through that abominable Miles that I
am to freeze In this car by myself
for three mortal hours; and, worst of
all, leave home for a month or more
and miss the Altons' dance and all the
other fun!"
It is horrible," agreed Dolly Des
mond, sympathetically. Truth to tell,
Dolly was of the opinion that the "abo
minable Miles" In question had an
equal right to apply the adjective to
Cynthia, for in their recent quarrel
there had certainly been "six of one
and half a dozen of the other." "But,"
he went on, soothingly, "though It
won't be the same as being at home,
you are sure to have a good time with
Edith" the married sister to whom
Cynthia was going. "And you know
" 1 bid that t) stay here now would
Varable."
Iwould," declared Cynthia.
Iher away I am from Miles
shall find it to cultivate a
ace and thankfulness."
he might have gone away
under the circumstances,"
fier sister.
he couldn't get away Just
Cynthia quickly, unwilling,
that anyone but herself
ise the man she loved or
Mshe put It in the past tense
not," agreed Dolly, who,
Ir generation, knew that to
Cynthia in her present
worse than useless. "Good-
You'U be off In a minute
VI" answered Cynthia, a little
leaning out of the window
Jewell kiss. "Take care of
nd keep the boys in order and
nurself, and don't, don't be
mgh to get engaged to any
he angel In masculine form!"
Went," laughed Dolly, dls-
jll her dimples, "no one seems
tempt me from the chaste
're ..y wander 'In maiden
1 Tree,' but should any
Indeavor I'll remem-
from the edge of
utBgure opposite, an
I that he was sitting
; facing
la, a few days ago, had given
'k, with the fervently expressed
.Jbt she might never see him
(the ring he had with such tender
Jit placed on her finger only six
U before, the' little ring that was
i against his heart now.
led hardly say," he remarked,
Supplementing his former apo-
he met the haughty gaze direct -ihlm
through the white autouo
letl which was swathed around
W and tied beneath her small,
iilned chin, "that I am as an
1 aa you can be at this unfortu
Wldent. Of course you quite un
nd that It was not my fault?"
luppose not," with ley ungracl
.sa. -
it could hardly suppose," he went
dlgnantly, a alight angry flush
on his cheeks, "that I should
i three hours' tete-a-tete with
j 'Certalnly I should aay It would be
. last punishment for our sins that
her of us would choose," was Miss
smond's soothing reply; after which,
king up the magazine with which
e was supplied, she became appar
My immersed in Ita contents, and ob
ious of the fact that the world,
men leas the small railroad compart
ment In which she was sitting, con
talned such a person aa Miles Ovenden.
' Pulling a newspaper out ot his pock
et, with a certain suppressed viclous
ness a man's feelings are never under
me
YESTERYEAR.
Pray, n-her are the tojre ef the Yseter-
ycar.
The gaudy dreama wllh their colore ray,
The rallied hwpea that were pamlui dear,
I'hm tit nur huvhtuwl'i. meri'T DlaTT
The man haa toys that are brlaht and
new,
On the wreck of dreams new dreama u
But where are the hopea of the flaring
hue .
That were oar toys of (he YesteryearJ
Somewhere In the -darkness the dead
dreama fade,
The broken Idol and shattered rase.
The castled hopea in their ruins laid
Come here to a common trrslna place.
Half hid br the rubbish and dust of da?a
The wrecks of unnumbered dreama are
here
That made us dad In a hundred wars.
And these are the toya of the 1 eater
year. CoMer' Weekly.
THE RESULT.
JYMAHON. "
such good control as a woman's he
followed her example.
Half an hour passed slowly by, and
then Cynthia moved her book a quar
ter of an Inch to one side and took
a surreptitious peep at the faultlessly
clothed length of limb and clean
shaven, resolute younj mce opposite.
What a detestable, bad-tempered fel
low he was, but how good to look at.
She had always been proudly confident
that her Miles was beyond comparison
with any other man. Her Mifee! . A
little pain shot through her heart as
she remembered that he was her Miles
no longer, and she went back to her
book with a small, weary shiver. It
was getting colder. Engrossed as he
apparently was in his paper, Miles
noticed that shiver he knew Cynthia's
horror of and suffering from the cold.
How unkind and sarcastic she had
been; a man can stand almost any
thing from a woman better than sar
casm; but how like a flower was her
small, haughty face rising out of its
frame of rich furs. How sweet was
the Rhadowy droop of those long
lashes, how bright the gleam of the
waves of hair that showed between the
folds ofthe now turned up veil. From,
her dainty shod foot and slender ankle
to the topmast wave of the veil she
was perfect, with the inimitable grace
and style which some girls possess and
which others, though their dress al
lowance be three limes as large, can
never attain. He did not like automo
bile veils at least he used to think
he did not but Cynthia, Cynthia was
different from all other women; she
would look exquisite In a sack, and
how could he ever have been fool
enough to think, much less to say,
automobile veils did not suit her.
That had been the beginning of this
miserable quarrel such a silly, sim
ple thing to wreck two lives. He had,
with all a man's tactlessness, called
her veil a "horrid-looking arrange
ment," when she, as Dolly said, "rath
er fancied herself in It." She had re
plied with the obvious home truth that
at any rate, It was fashionable and
respectable, which was more than
could be said of a cerlaln disreputable
old brown coat beloved of Miles' soul,
but the bane of la, life; to which he
had Injudiciously made answer that
women never could understand the
possibility of a thing's being fashiona
ble and unbecoming. Cynthia then
expressed her surprise that he had been
folish enough to propose to her, seeing
that nothing she ever did, said or wore
pleased him a remark decidedly un
just and untrue. And he retorted that
the same Idea occurred to him with
regard to her acceptance of bis pro
posal. After which things went from
bad to worse, until Cynthia found her
self walking away with head held high
and a vivid spot of carmine blazing
on each cheek through the white gauze
of the luckless automobile veil, and
Miles, left alone, gazed blankly at the
small ring lying on his palm, and tried
to realize what had happened.
And thus It had come to pass that
both these young people were flying
from each other, the vision of the
blissful "lived happily ever after," to
which they had looked forward wllh
such glad confidence, receding from
both with equal rapidity.
How foolish and childish It all perm
ed now. His eyes travelled to Cyn
thia's small left hand, and noted w(th
a sense of loss and hopelessness, the
Tfn!:ta In the third
ly glove that marked
had made a bulge, a
d often fondly kissed.
he shivered again and
e could not bear the
T.
d," he said, his pily
suffering and the over-
todo something for
im speak. "Won't you
my rug?
Thank you," she answered. In a
tone that was as cold as her small
hands, "I would rather not."
Angrily rewrapping himself In the
rejected rug, he told himself that he
was a fool to lay himself open to an
other snub, and decided that she might
freeze now before he would speak
ialn.
For a while they read on In silence;
then, dropping her paper, she pushed
both hands Into her muff and lifted It
up to her face, pressing the warm fur
against her cheek as she leaned one el
low on the window ledge and gazed out
at the flying fields and hedgerows. It
was getting darker too. The shadows
that, when they started had been so
clearly defined on the vivid emerald of
the fields, were all merging now Into
the soft dusk that crept over the land.
The twilight shadows were, she
knew, creeping, too, into Miles' gray
blue eyes, darkening them In the way
the knew so well. The winter sun
shine no longer touched with bright
ness the close waves , of his well
groomed head. - ,:::::-:r:"r
. Against her will, she turned her
head and looking at him, but meeting
his eyes, looked away awlftly, and be
gan nervously to pull off her gloves
and chafe her hands. How cold it
was! She wished 'now that she had
accepted the rug. When one Is half
petrified, one'a pride la. at a low ebb.
"Cynthia," he burst out, flinging
down his paper, all his bitter resolu
tions not proof against the sight of
I
1
fc
her silent misery. "I wish I could o
something for you!"
At that moment there flashed Into
both their mlnda the remembrance
of the last time she had complained
of the cold, when be had taken her
Into his warm arms and kissed and
chafed her hands, and as their eyea
met each knew the other's thought
"Cynthia," he raid again, softly,
passionately, leaning across her
eagerly, "do you remember?"
"I remember nothing," she answer
ed, with a haughtiness that was but
the veil of her utter weakness.
"You are right," he agreed, drawing
back quickly, "it Is not worth re
membering."' Her eyes were full of tears as she
turned over the pages 'of the maga
zine she was beginning to hate. She
had read every bit of It. No, bere was
something she had not noticed before.
only a little verse of Omar Khay
yam's: "if"tnVhls Shadowland of Life thou
has
Found pnetrue heart to love thee,
hold TtUsTr- .
Love It again, give all to keep If
thine
For Love, like nothing In the world,
can last,"
It was the last straw. All the pent-
up love and misery In her heart
welled up and brought the tears to her
eyes again, but she squared her small
chin and turned a few more pages in
differently. He- should not see that
she cared. She noticed that he had
finished his paper, and resolving not
to be outdone la stiff politeness, to
show him that she could trust her
self to talk easily to him, she offer
ed him her magazine In exchange.
Thank you," he said, accepting
the offer and opening the magazine
at the page where Omar's verse was
marked by a big tear drop. Cynthia
had been crying. He read the beauti
ful words, then looked across at her
wllh his whole "true heart" in his
eyes.
Surely," she cried, miserably, "we
must be nearly there?"
"I don't think so," he answered al
most apologetically, his thoughts go
ing back to the time when an entern-
Ity alone together would have seemed
but as five minutes of bliss. "We"
c"onsitrtinK"hi8 "watch "nave an, h'uir
and a half yet."
"Tour watch has slopped she In
sisted, irritably. "I'm sure you could
see the lights of X If you looked
out." y
"I'll try, if you like.'' lie said, good
naturedly; and, raising the window,
he put his head out into the darkness.
"No," he affirmed. "1 cannot see
them." He drew his head In sud
denly, and, pulling down the window
again, sat down with one hand
pressed to his eye. the acute aguny
caused by a speck of coal dust on Wc
pupil making the tears course down
his face.
Cynthia watched him for a moment
doubtfully: then her pride went down
before the pity and motherlincss
which, at the sight of a man or child
in pain, wells up in a woman's heart,
and she crossed to his side, producing
a cobweb of a handkerchief.
"Miles." she said softly, shyly
placing one small, cold hand on his
forehead, "let me get It out for you.
Look up!" as he moved his hand
from the Injured eye. "Yes. I see It.
Now keep quite still. There!" tri
umphantly bringing forth the speck
on the point of the fragile handker
chief "It's out!"
"Thank you. dear!" he said, with
tender passion, catching and keeping
her two hands, handkerchief and all.
"No, 1 will not let you go, Cynthia
my Cynthia!"
"No," she contradicted, with lips
that were a little tremulous, looking
down at the bare third finger of her
left hand "not now."
"Yes," he insisted, bringing forth
from its hiding place the little ring
she had so scornfully flung back to
him, and slipping it on "now. and al
ways, Cynthia" pleadingly "you
will forgive me, and always wear any
dearned veil you please!"
"Miles," Bhe answered, softly, as his
arms went round her. "you will for
give me, and wear your old brown
coat whenever you wish?"
The express rattled on, and the two,
settled so costly In the corner of one
of Its cars, were very silent for a
while.
"Are you warmn, now, sweet
heart?" asked Miles, tenderly, after
a little.
"Yes," she whispered happily: "How
dreadfully quickly the train Is going
now. Miles!"
"Too quickly," he agreed, ruefully.
"Never mind." she said. "Tomor
row I will explain to Edllb, and you
can settle with the friends you In
tended visiting, and we will go back
and spend the whole long, happy
spring and summer together."
"Oh, Cynthia!" he breathed, with
awed, boyish gladness "this and
every future spring and summer and
winter, until the end of life!"
"And after," she supplemented,
softly.
w'And," he repeated, earnestly,
reverently, "God helping me and you,
my good angel, beside me, after."
New York Weekly.
Automobile Street Sweeper.
A recent European Invention that
now Is being brought to the attention
of municipal authoritlea Is an automo
bile, street aweeplng and watering
machine. This device, which has
been tried In Paris with some suc
cess, consists of a large automobile
truck fitted with a tnk having a ca
pacity of 470 gallons ot water. There
la a twelve-horse power motor, which
can use as fuel either gasoline, kero
sene, or alcohol, and to which by
bevel gearing la connected a rotary
brush Died diagonally across the
frame ot the vehicle. In front of this
brush It Is possible to discharge a va
rlable amount of water to lay the dust,
which Is then swept to one side, while
there are two discharge pipes at the
rear pierced with fine holes from
which water may be sprayed over a
width of street of twenty , feet.- The
new machine can sccomi.sh as much
as six street cleaners and several
horse water carts, and Its Use Involve
a considerable saving In labor. Ha'
pcr'a Weekly.
Government Whitewash.
Slack half a bushel ot lime in boil
ing water, covering to keep lu the
steam. Strain the liquid, and add a
pjck of salt previously dissolved In
warm water, three pounds ground rice
boiled to a thin paste and stirred in
while hot, one-half pound Spanish
whiting, and one pound glue dis
solved by soaking In cold water then
hung over a slow fire In a glue pot.
To this mixture add five gallons of
hot water, stir well, and let stand
for several days covered from dust.
It Is better applied hot.
or CTBamtfr--L '
Complnints are loud and longfPOBL
acvern! sections regarding the poor re
turns from the creameries. Investi
gation will show that many of them
arc poorly managed, that a few are
dishonestly managed, but that the trou
ble In most of them may be traced to
tho patrons themselves. Many men
are careless m their milking and In
the care of their cows, so that a great
deal of tainted milk goes to the cream
ery and, of necessity, reduces the value
of the entire output and, very proper
ly, makes the man who delivers a
pure article much discouraged because
of his poor return. There should be
some manner of overcoming this trou
ble; how It can be done must be left
to the patrons of each creamery, but
surely a plan can be evolved whereby
the milk can be properly examined and
If dirty or tainted refused. Indian
apolis News.
Careful Milking.
Every milker thinks he knows how
to milk, but If the cows could express
their opinions they would probably In
timate that a few lessons in the a;en.tl
art were not unnecessary. 14 Is not
fair treatment to sit down (A a cow
and trtg atvd haul on her until the steps
around In the stlgH and actsf!i3 If she
were being badl.vhnrt Somktlnies a
cow will stop eating and -wis t until
the ordeal Is over before she wilt .-.-stime
her meal. The cow that does
that lu not comfortable, and an uncom
fortable cow will not do her best for
her owner. Some men have a way ol
milking that so pleases the cow tha'
she clearlv shows she enjoys the
process. These are the
whose method should be ci
serving them, we sec that1
shout at, strike, nor other
their cows. They sit dow
take hold of the cow s teats gently,
matter how much of a hurry they may
be In, and begin to draw themllk with
out pressing too hard, for they know
they are touching her at a tender
point; then they keep steadily at It un
til the last drop Is out. It pays to milk
carefully. American Cultivator.
Use Experiment Stations.
There Is not a State experiment sta
tion In the country whose staff of ex
perts will pot welcome knotty prob
lems from the farmers of the state.
This would be the case, especially this
winter, when they are not rushed with
work. Go over the operations of (he
last season and jot down. In consider
able detail, each operation which gave
you trouble and unload these trou
bles on the experiment station ot your
State. The staff may lie "book .farm
ers," as you think, but all of them are
trained men and sincerely anxious to
help you. It asking about any particu
lar crop describe your soil In detail,
your method of culture, and give any
other information which will enable
the station )eople to give you an In
telligent answer.
if any particular crop was'unusual-
ly short and yoi can not account for
It on natural reasons, d-scrlbe your
method of culture, of fertilizing, the
seed, etc., and pee how your form of
treatment dlffeifd from that given In
any previous year when the same
crop was satisfactory. Do not be
bashful nbo-it asking for help from
the stations, for you help support
them, and they are In existence to as
sist you, which they will do If you will
give them any sort of an opportunity.
Indianapolis News.
In the Palace of the Cow.
T!n cowbarn Is of artificial stono,
With floor of concrete. Like the pig
gery, it Is lighted by electricity at
night. The partitions between the
stalls are skeleton harriers of metal,
extremely simple, but substantial.
Arranged In a double row, facing the
middle aisle, the animals take their
food from concrete troughs which run
along in front. of the stalls, these re
ceptacles being filled with drinking
water when emptied of provender.
All refuse Is carried out of the build
ing by an overhead trolley, and there
dropped Into carta, to be carried
away. Hero, as In the piggery, every
thing Is cleanliness Itself, and there
Is not even a suggestion of a dis
agreeable odor.
When the cows are to be milked,
(he men go into the dairy building,
take a shower bath, so that It may be
certain that no Impurity lingers about
their persons, and put on clean suits
of white duck, Then -they go to the
cow barn, each of them carrying a tin
pall which has been previously steril
ized and with a harmless disinfecting
fluid they wash the udder ot the ani
mals. Each man has -ten to attend
to, and while tha milking is going on
no other person la permitted to go
through, or even enter the barn. The
milk of each cow la carried separ
ately to the fonman of the barn, who
stands besides a pair of scales axd
weighs the milk, writing down in Jook
tta weight and tha number of the-cow.
-Richard Ppwys In "A Wonder Stock
Farm" in the Outing Magazine.
Sutter Fat. "
That butter fat la chiefly due to tbe
breeding and quality of the cow, not
(he character and quality of the food
Inc. Is nrettv well settled bv numerous
r
f
in
r
at
w
experiments. Natural law settles a
great many things. Richer milk can
not be made by richer feeding any
more than thick loin marbled beef
can be put on scrub steers by the best
possible feeding. Good blood and good
breeding does both. It It were not so
the probability' Is that good breeding
would be neglected and our cheaply
grown precious food stuffs would be
poured out by the tons in the teed lota
and dairy barns. One of the latest
and most conclusive experiments
along the butter fat line was that re
cently of Cornell University. To as
certain whether the fat In milk could
be increased by liberal 'feeding, mix
tures of such foods as cottonseed
ffleftiV-??.. J?tftrrrtoed,' bticl?'
wheat middlings and Unseed meal be
ing given, or as much aa the animals
would consume readily In most cases
12 pounds per cow per day, which one
cow exceeded. The summary of con
clusions is that in a herd ot formerly
poorly fed cows an abundant ration
easily digestible and rather nitrogen
ous In character continued through
two years resulted In an average in
crease of one-fourth of 1 percent of fat
lu the milk, which was about $ per
cent of Increase on the quantity yield
ed before the liberal ration was given.
This Was accompanied by an Increase
of about 60 percent in total amount ot
milk Rati fat produced. Indiana Far
mer. I
TheExclusive Use of Fertilizers.
A reader of Rural New Yorker in
quired If exclusive use ot commercial
lerilizer would tend to impoverish
larfd if used continuously, and was
toid that If a well-balanced fertilizer
as used year after year, so that plcn-
of available nitrogen, potash and
phosphoric acid Is added, the soil will
not become Impoverished, yet such
soil may refuse to produce good crops.
There may be plenty of plant food in
the soil, yet crops cannot utilize it.
Why? Because the physical condi
tion of the soil Is wrong. The most
fault with such soils Is that
or organic matter.
the soli, lets in
olds mols-
mmus
d
grow, even If" . "iulered and fed.
Grind the brick to a One powder, put
It in a flower pot. and again plant the
seed. It would make a poor growth,
because when the brlckdust was wa
tered and dried it would bake hard.
Take the brlckdust and mix thorough
ly all through It from 10 to 15 percent
of Its weight In dried clover leaves or
even ground straw, and the seeds
would grow and make good plants.
The clover or the straw furnish the
humus which Improves the character
of the brlckdust and makes It "soil."
The use of chemicals alone, without
manure or greon crops, would have
a tendency to remove the humus and
thus hurt the soil. While the Illus
tration Is not exact, we might com
pare such farming to feeding a cow
on grain alone. We might give her
nil she needs ot actual food In bran
nnd cornmeal, yet she would not
thrive, because nature has provided
her with a digestive system which re
quires bulky food like hay or other
roughage lo keep it extended and
open.
In some parts of the country, as in
Long Island, Florida and parts of New
Jersey and Delaware, fertilizers are
used exclusively even hay being sold
from tho farm. Under this system,
Instead of becoming Impoverished, the
soil grov-.s steadily more productive.
Such soils are usually light or sandy.
The fertilizers used are soluhle and do
not as a rule contain much acid. The
mint ion usually contains a good crop
of grass and clover the stubble and
roots of which provide considerable
humus to be plowed under. Special
"catch" crops of rye, clover, buck
wheat or turnips are grown between
two regular crops In the rotation, and
plowed under to provide humus. For
example. Jt would be possible to grow
potatoes year after year, using fertil
izers alone, If as soon as the potatoes
were dug rye could be seeded and the
winter's growth plowed under before
the potatoes were planted In the fol
lowing spring. It Is possible, there
fore, to supply humus even with "the
exclusive use ot fertilisers."
Horse Dealing Past and Present.
Horse dealing Is evidently very
much the same from one generation
to another. In the Southwark County
cou,rt on Thursday a horse was de
scribed technically as a "flat-catcher.",
So It was In 1821. when , Moncrleff
produced "Tom and Jerry," his drama
tization of Pierce Egan'a "Life In Lon
don," which scored a theatrical suc
cess second only In these days to that
of "The, Beggars' Opera," and popular
ized alang In every drawing room.
"Do you think we shall get the flat
catcher oft today?" Is a question asked
In that .play In reference to a Horse.
A "flat" In the sense of a simpleton,
can be traced back -to the middle of
the eighteenth century, but It Is not
clear whether tha original Idea wai
that the man wai like "flat" liquor
or "not sharp." London Chronicle.
Involuntary Rafrmtlon.
"Did you turn. over a new leaf this
year, senator?" asked the constitu
ent. "
"I did," answered " tha eminent
statesman, wih a scowl. : "I turned
over a new leaf In my expense book,
and headed It, 'Paid for Railroad
Tlckets.'"-Chlcago Tribunex -
Japan's annual tobacco , crop Is
about 40,000,000 pounds.
iaffiini
tlf In Auimus
THE PULPIT. .
AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY StRMON B'l
DR. C, L. COODELL.
Subject I " Tha Carpenter's (on,"
New York Clty.-Calvary Methodist
Episcopal Church of Harlem, through
the effectiveness of the pastor, the
Rev. Dr. Charles U Goodell. Is grow
ing In an unparalleled way. Last
February, as the result of revival ser
vices for the month of January, he
broke all city church records by ad
mitting 365 members. Sunday morn
ing more than 850 were ; celved Into
the church, and these, added to the
fifty taken lu at the January com
munion, make c total of more than
400 admisslous as a result ot four
weeks of revivnl services. Dr. Goodell
gave this as the reason of the grei.t
Ingathering: "There Is no secret to it;
any church can be stirred as ours has
been it It la willing to psy the price.
The prlrifconsecratlon, prayer
and barl "itaee are needed
In abouff 3ur magnificent
ccTiffspl ueen moved by
prayer lias moved others."
The tl fmembers into this
rlnn-Ti rn r m .V"'"' event for
the "ministers and meWuWS,- fpr it
placed Calvary Church at the head of
Methodism !u point ot membership.
Calvary now has s few more rhan
2400 members on its n.:. Since Dr.
Goodell has been nt Calvary, twenty
one months, tlier. has been a net gain
of 1000 members, or about seventy
five ;er cent. Of theso new members
more than 600 came on probation.
The cburcn seats 2200 a ;d every Sun
day night Jill seats are filled early. At
some of the special services many
chairs had to be brought lu and the al
tar space filled, and then scores could
not find seats. Sunday there were fif
teen denominations represented by
those who came by letter.
About 1500 persons took communion
In the morning, Bishop h. G. Andrews,
of Brooklyn: the Rev. Dr. Frank Ma
son North, of the Cily Mission, and
Tract Society of New York City, .and
Mr. Williams, the assistant pastor, nnd
officers of the church asslstlug. In the
afternoon about 500 more were com
muued. Iu the evening Dr. Goodell
preached ou "The Carpenter's Sou."
The text was from Matthew xili:35:
"Is this not the carpenter's sou?" He
said:
Out of the doorwnys of the poor
come the men who make the world rich
and God walks oftener In the narrow
rooms and ou the creaking stairs ot
the little cottages than in the wide,
Bounding halls ot the rich with armor
and pictures looking down. You have
seen the home of Burns and Shaks
peare; picture to yourself sometblug
as much poorer ss tbese are meaner
than the homes of the newly rich and
you may call that the home of a car
penter In Nazareth. They will show
you the place with votive offerings
and gewgaws In It, but you will say,
fo!" and walk out. Find a place
a carpenter Is now making nn
or a poor man s table and It
bat He knew, for the
are like M their kin
u-
ways of a laborer.
His trade He plied, a carpenter, and built
Doors, where folks come and go, unto this
hour,
Not wotting how the hands which wrought
their doors
Unbarred Death's gate by Love's high
sacrifice
Tables whereon folks set their meat, and
eat,
Heedless of Who was "Bread of Life" and
gave
Such food thatwhosocateth hungereth not.
And, in those little lanes of Nazareth.
Each morn Hia holy feet would come and go
While ,He bore planka and beams, whose
back must Dear
The cruel cross. And, then, at evening's
. fall.
Resting from labor, with those patient feet
Deep in wl.'ite wood dust, and the long
curled shreds
Shorn by Hia plane He would turn inno
cent eyea
Gazing far past the sunset to that world
Ha came from, and must go to; nigh to
Him-
Njgh unto ti, albeit we see it not,
Whereof Life is the curtain, and mute
Death
Herald and Doorkeeper.
Nazareth was a town in which to
talk with Cod. Tbe great plain before
It had felt Ilis thunderous foot. There
was Carmel. where Elijah talked with
God, In plain sight. There was Jezreel
of Ahab and Jezebel. There was Eit
dor and Saul and tbe witch. There
was Tabor, lone and majestic, near nt
band, and llerinon far to the portli,
cloud-capped and snow-peaked, while
to the East, hidden behind a dozen
miles of hill and dale, was the sea of
Galilee mother ot sermon and of mir
acles. In Nazareth He found tbe il
lustrations which make so large a part
of His sermons. There was a great
day of moll an J toll before Him, and
here in tbe cool of tbe morning He
must store op tbe reserve that will
take Him on to awful noon at Jerusa
lem. It takes a great soul to bide bis
time to get ready for a great act and
he patient with tbe training and the
alow step of the years. To live wltb
God and In Him is the main thing after
all. He walked those -cliffs with no
one to look at Him or to wonder at
Him prayerful, masterful, pat leu t.
Wat there ever a better example for
ordinary people. It Is good for the
burning fever of life to look at Him.
The world Is too much with us soon
and late. Our home life is low and
sordid. We fret under it. There are
too many little things to do.. Too much
of ' ou .ne and too little of outlook.
What are we saying? Look at Him.
Poverty? Yes. Toll? Yes. Did they
who saw Him appreciate Him? We
ball see; who was it said: "Is not
tbla the .arpenter's son?" and how
did tbey say it? It was a taunt and
a sneer. You know now how He came
to aay, "A prophet 1 not without
honor save in hia own country."
The very men-whoae bouses He had
built were ready to stone Him to
death. It baa often been ao. The men
who bave built the houses that tbe
world's thought lives In to-day were
moat ot them burled In Ignominious
graves. Very likely the men you serve
may throw stones at you from (he
vintage rround where you put them,
but it wilt be no new thing, so keep
aweet about it Hi could afford to
wait Hit carpenter bench would yet
be holy because He worked at it, and
tha tools He handled would be held
at tha price of a king's ransom.
His Is the gospel tf tbe mechanic.
He fitted Hknaelf at a carpenter's
bench to say, "Come onto Me all ye
that labor and are beavy laden and 1
will give you rest." He had no sym
pathy either wltb the man who wanta
more work tbtn he pays for or the rcan
who wsnia more pay than be worka
for. 1 want you lo see rom this life
that great deeds should go 'along wltb
common life, making It sublime. When
you read ot the great economies that
hi 1 to be practiced In tbe homes of
such men as Phelps and Alcott. Haw
thorne and Emerson, yru realize the
advantage of plain living and high
thinking. There is too much high liv
ing anrl, meagre thinking.
The4 struggle after a more sumptu
ous life than wo can afford takes tho
strength out ot us, and If we get It it
takes the nerve for toll and self-denial,
which are. only other names for victory,
away from us. Our Impatience takes
away our capacity au'd love for toll,
and we are miserable and useless. Be
happy in a bumble borne. You will
never bave to live so chesply as did
Jesus.
Then make up your mind to work.
Jesus the Carpenter taught us tbe dig
nity of toil.. .He made the saw and tbe
plane as truly: the ensign of a noble
lire ns the fasces or tbe toga ot toe
Ronton. There is. an evangel of toll.
Tho shuttle and the hoe, the saw and
the reaper have a message which the
world must bear. The workers make
life glorious, tbe shirkers make it de
testable. "My father wprketh hither
to nnd I work" was tbe challenge of
tue Christ to every Indolent and care
less soul. Virgil sings of men and
arms, but the song ot to-day Is a song
of men and tools. I have a Saviour
who wrought tbe hot day through. I
can talk with Him ot quivering palm
and throbbing limbs and a fainting
heart and He will know.
You cannot imagine Him as making
a poor joint or allowing a bad knot in
an important place. To meet your
ideal, and that an Ideal which He has
'founded by His own character, you
Will fate-4i.pt,,jng less than a honost
attempt at a perfectjiroduct. The de
sire to slight one's work -BlUJead to
a compromise of character, anoT'tKrt
will lead to the loss of tbe soul. It Is
not !he work but tbe spirit you put Into
It which makes the task Ignoble or
sublime. I would have every man step
to bis work to-morrow without dread
or envy. I would have him feel that
Jesus the Carpenter was tbe great
model, and that if He could fit Him
celt for tbe conquest tbe world at a
carpeuter's bench any laborer may feel
himself surrounded with glorious hopes
and his dingy little shop become the
habitat of angels. Paul stitching tents
thought out those wonderful chapters
of spiritual logic which move tbe
world. Carey, the shoemaker, thought
out the plan of j-'ivinf, the Bible to the
Hindoos. Morrison, tbe last-maker,
gave tbe gospel to China. Burrett, the
blacksmith, became the most learned
workman of bis day. Daily humble
life lived on high levels this Is thd
happy possibility of common men.
What high discourse there must havs
been in that humble home when the
day's work was oyer; what acts of af
fection, what mutual confidences and
holy trust!
But He who made lintels for tbt
doors of Nazareth set up also the gates
of the eternal city of God. He who
made bumble houses for the common
people ot His native town was tbe
Artificer of tho eternal home 'of tbe
soul. It was not a figure of His im
agination when He pictures the unsafe
foundation and tbe awful ruin of that
unsecure house. He hnd seen the tor
rent rush down tbe chalk cliffs of Naz
areth and sweep away the houses ot
His fellow craftsmen. Small wonder
that He looked upou that ruin from
the standpoint ot a careful builder.
But when tbey drove the carpenter
from His bench at Nazareth He weut
out p, b"iL't for eternity. I want to
ve your contract for an
mrfftC iTfV'ff fi.fi.fiiirjl'rj-
ter. As a wise master builder, He
asks you to count the cost. Are you
ready to build? Are you willing to pay
for a good foundation and will the su
perstructure you rear be a sacred one?
He will not countenance the orna
mentations that hide tbe lack of solid
worth. He will bave no part In tbe
consummate fraud of a life that Is
built on the sand. He will not build
with bay nnd stubble. If It were a
house to sell It might be out of your
sight, but h' r nic when I say It Is
the house joti arc to live in forever.
If loere Is a flnw in Ji you will find
It out. If when tbe wla- s blow and
the floods come It falls you will go
down in the rum. Yes.erday a man
gaspiq for breath said "I am almost
(i slin mod to ask God to have mercy on
me when 1 lg.,ired Him for three
scor.j years," uud you will feel the
same. To leave yr,u In old age to the
mercy of the wintry I. lasts would be
cruel, but the man who shirks In the
building of Ills soul's tabernacle does
that for himself. Only Jesus knows
how to build for eternity. The old
Homnns were :,( builders of roads
and bridges, and the old Egyptians
were great builders of pyramids, but
I want somebody who can build a
house for the sonl that will outlast
pyramids and star;. No man save
Jesus can have my contract.
Power of Sacrifice.
John Henry, while a divinity student,
went through a tempest that most dar
ing seamen i . not daru fr.;e. and
brought ashore seven sr.i'ors from a
wrecked bo;'t. Tbe stra ii was such
that, though he lived to fliish bis stud
ies, be tad scarcely taken up the work
of a parish when de.:t.' sutnmmoned
him .- ay. The crowds that came to
bis funeral were so large that tbe win
dow ot tbe church was removed and a
iiia l form erected wh.re those within
ihe church and the masses of human
ity without could hear the words of
'.ord Chalmers.
Kneel In your closet and sny, "O God!
I have not known Thee; deign to reveal
Thyself to me; tench me to love and
obey Thee; by all Thy goodness, oh,
forgive my wanderings, snd let me
feel the tranquillity of a life hid in Thy
blessedness." Such petitions will not
be unheard, nor fail to bring dowu an
swers of growl"; fulfilp-ent. Willlau'
Alger.
It lakes ss much grace to make a
taint out of a Pharisee as it docs to
niske one out of a publican.
Chatham Leads Canadian Cities.
Chatham hai the distinction of be
ing the first city In Canada to build a
public heating plant The exhaust
steam from a railroad company' pow.
er house Is used by the heating com
pany. About a mile of mains haa been
laid, and several churchea, schools, ho
tels, office buildings, as well a busi
ness houses and private residences,
jro connected with Ita mains.
To Wash Dishes.
. This Is the kind ot machine that I
used In hotels to a.Tsh dishes.
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PONY TREES A BEAR.
Hunting Experiences of a Young Ore
gon Woman.
Bear stories by the thousand have
been told by Oregon hunters, but It
has remained tor a little Portland wo
man to tell one that eclipses all ot
them.
Miss Jennie McLanahan, who re
sides at 275 Benton street, spends her
summer months In the mountains be
tween White Salmon and Trout Lake,
in which region her parents own a
large ranch. During the warm weath
er Miss McLanahan bunts for all man
ner of game. She is an expert rifle
shot, and Is also adept with revolver
and shotgun. Her constant companion
on these hunting trips is a little pony
named Blllie. And Blllle Is the hero
of this bear story.
One afternoon last summer, while
riding along a mountain trail, Miss
McLanahan shot a grouse. The bird
sailed off i;lio the brush before fall
ing. Quickly dismounting from tho
pony, she started to look for the bird.
She had proceeded but a few yards
when a large black bear stepped out
Into the trail just a little In front of
Blllle.
The pony sniffed a minute, then
started helter-skelter down the trail
after the bear. Bruin made a run for
shelter, but finding that the ponywa
gainlng on him raz for a-ireaTDjT'tree
and cM tuned among Its branches. The
pony waited underneath the tree until
Miss McLanahan r&ii up and killed the
bear. She had watched the whole af
fair, but had been unable to shoot be
cause the pony was between her and
the fleeing bear. That bear weighed
600 pounds, being the largest killed by
her last season.
Miss McLanahan can skin and clean
her own game, and has many hand
some rugs and furs. In the time she
spent around the McLanahan ranch
last summer she killed two bears, two
deer, five wildcats, 20 wolves and four
rattlers, each having thirteen rattles
and a button, besides many smaller
snakes of this species.
One of the big rattlers nearly put an
end to Miss Mcl-anahan's hunting. She
was searching through the undeirush
for grouse, when she accidentally step
ped on the snake. It struck at her
and burled its fangs deep Into the
heavy hunting skirt she was wearing,
but before the snake had time to coil
again she had beaten It to death with
the butt of her rifle.
On her hunting trips Miss McLana
han generally carries a .3D calibre rifle,
a revolver and a bowle knife. She has
trained Blllie so that she can shoot
from bis back while riding, can make
bim stand while she dismounts and
stalks game that is, Blllie will stand
stilt while left alone If no bears are
In sight. Blllle was purchased several
years ago by tho huntswoman from .i
htrd of wild rayuses. She spent weeks
In breaking him and had several hanl
falls before she succeeded. PortlanO
Journay.
If you go to California this winter,
don't neglect to see the gray seal or
Catallna island," said the traveler.
"The waters about Catallna are clear
as Iake Tahoo," he said, anil In them
swim millions of beautiful fish. The
boats there have glass bottoms, so
that as you float about you look down
into a vast and wonderful aquarium.
"The gray seal is not the least ot
this aquarium's attractions. It Is
called Ben, and for the last thirty
years, they say, Ben has come regular
ly to land at a certain hour to get from
the fishermen a luncheon of cold fish.
"For the last two years ho has had
every day a dog to play with. Tho
dog, at the appointed hour comes down
to the beach and waits. Soon Ben ap
pears. The dog barks and plunges
Into the sea. Ben hastens to him.
The dog Jumps on the seal's back,
stands erect there like a circus rider,
and for a minute or twe this queer
combination darts through the water
with smooth speed.
"Then suddenly Ben sinka. The dog,
unhorsed and deserted, barks frantic
ally and swims to and fro ia search of
his comrade. Ben appears again sud
denly at his side, offers his back, and
the round begins again.
"To see this seal swimming with the
dog on his back Is one of the sights of
Catallna." New York Press.N
Nobody Interfered.
Ex-President Cleveland, says the
Boston Herald, used to fish and shoot
In the Barnegat Bay district. John
Camburn, a guide, says that one' cold,
wet night Mr. Cleveland got lost. He
wandered through the rain and dark
ness, trying to find his party, but not a
house could he see, nor a light, nor a
road.
Finally he struck a narrow lane, and
In due course a house appeared. It was
not late. Mr. Cleveland was cold and
tired. He thought he could go no
farther, so he banged at the door
till a window on the second floor went
up and a gruff voice said: .
"Who are you?"
"A friend," said Mr. Cleveland.
"What do you want?"
"I want to stay here all night.'
"Stay there, then."
And the window descended with a
bang, and Mr. Cleveland shouldered
hia gun again and wearily resumed bis
Journey.
The Bishop's 1000.,
The bishop ot London tells the fol
lowing story: "I was sitting In my
room one morning very busy, when I
4a told that a lady wanted to see me.
I waa very busy, and almost said at
first, 'O, I'm too busy to see anyone
this morning!' but I thought, and aafdj
'No, X have made a rule never te re
fuse to see anybody, in case It. is
someone In trouble.' So I said, 'Let
the lady colo,'upstairs.' She came, and
toe nrst wing sue aaia is ma was
this: 'I was going to. ask yoLa
you can find a use In your work for
1000?' I aald, 'It la the very thing (
have been wondering all the mftrnln
how I waa to get.' I showed her exact
ly what I was' going to spend her
1000 on, and tho whole scheme w
carried out" London Standard.
In -. Lapland when the door of .
warm room la opened during the wlnt r
It Is immediately followed by a min
iature snowstorm In the room, tb
condensed moisture falling In flakes.
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