N PRESS.
FRANKLIN. N, C. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 18. 1006.
.NUMIilflK 1C.
VOLUME XXI.
THE FRANKM
tTte Love
or
Perrin Contract f and Graft.
; At W , a famous seaport In the
north ot England, there Is no more re
spected name than that of Perrin. The
; firm of John Perrin & Company, lias
; built ships for generations, and a
practically the oldest 'established firm
In W .
The present head of the firm, John
' Perrin, la a widower with one daugh
ter. It has been said that Mr. Perrin
Is the longest-headed man In W , and
that what he does not know about
shipbuilding Is not worth knowing.
Dorothy, Perrin,- at the time thl
, story opens, was 19 years of age. She
was a wonderfully pretty girl, with
t sweet, sympathetic nature. Most of
the eligible bachelors of W had
fallen In love With her at different
! times, but, so far; Dorothy's heart was
In her own keeping. .
; Mr Perrln's offices were of an ex
tensive nature, and he employed a
large number of clerks. It is with
.two of the latter that we are princi
pally concerned. One of them, Wal
ter Jerrard, a nephew of Mr. Perrin,
was In the privato office, and It was a
common rumor that one day ho would
be taken into the Arm. The other
employe, Arthur Evlson, was a con-
' fldentlal clerk to Mr. Perrin, and had
been In his employ since his boyhood
days.
- Both of the young men (for they
were each of them but 25 years' of age)
lived In W , but, whereas Jerrard
was an orphan and lived with his un
cle, Arthur Evlson resided with his
mother, who was a widow, and his
earnings constituted their eole In
come. "
In common with the many other
bachelors of W , both Evlson and
Jerrard had succumbed to the charms
ot Dorothy Perrin, but so far the ob
ject of the affection was unaware of
it.
Each of the two men, however, knew
the other's secret, and this quickened
a dislike that they had long mutual
ly fostered. Evlson distrusted Jcr
rard; he saw behind that handsome
face and careless expression a mean
and shifty character. In his turn Jer
rard had the natural dislike of Evl
son, which his kind invariably bear
'woward men of an unrlght dlvposi-
lur Evlson could scarcely be
tiandsome, but there was some-,-wJttractlve
In his strong, clear-
cuTre3ypa, people could distlueulsb
I at once- uio iii.ui., truthful nature,
. and In consequence he was liked nnd
respected by nearly all who know him.
Some years ago the shipbuilders of
Britain began to grow alarmed at the
competition of foreign countries Am
erica and Germany in particular. So
much was this felt in W that ninny
bouses were forced to close on ac
count of the bad times.
Several of the old houses, though,
such as John Perrin & Co., were able,
to face the difficulties, but even with
them matters were serious. For Mr.
Perrin personally it did not matter,
he being possessed of large private
means.
! However, when the North Atlantic
Steamship Company asked for tenders
for two new liners from several of the
shipbuilders of W , matters began to
bow Slg:
The tw
than any
ris of Improving.
new liners were to be larger
;of the North-Atlantic Com
pany's pr
ment fleet, and would be the
largest ssels
ever built in a W
shipyard,
Perrin
asked to
&Co was one of the firms
tender, and they naturally
made eve
Iv effort to obtain the order.
MrvPeiT
new that his only serious
rival wa
osiah Grey, whose yard
adjoined fits own
. Arthur I Evlson had a great deal to
do with It he preparation of the esti
mate, as nad also Walter Jerrard. They
were bollh at the frequent consulta
tions heJd In Mr. Ferrin's private of
fice, anci naturally the whole affair
was conflicted with the utmost secresy
no one handling the pape
Mr. Perrin' know,
Every AigbJ
cureiy jo
carrying
One ev.
iurnlrlf
Ton Vn
jl ti.;ble"Waw
I with an employeTrToITrilJwtii
llson knew that his fellow-
hitherto had nothing but a
Acquaintance with his present
fin, but he put down their be
Ither to a chance meeting.
Si not seen him, and he speedily
lie matter.
I Evlson's custom several even
I the week to stroll over the
I and climb Erkon Beacon, a
HU about two miles from W .
ji would sit and smoke a soll
ne while he contemplated the
I tnVfurnaces of W , and, far-
W, the lights -of the shipping
hay.
jt a week after he had seen Wal
Wd in company with Joslah
Vlerk, Evison was on Erkon
fin the early evening. The
as yet good, and presently he
iished two figures come to
ot the foot of the hill and greet
jiher. To his astonishment Evi
lain saw Jerrard and bis hew
ntance.
second meeting caused him to
seriously of the matter and in
jrnlng he cautiously led up to
jject during a conversation with
. Without touching, directly on
e had wit nesseed, Evlson waa
1 by a little diplomacy to draw
rrard. It ' was very evident
he. latter Intended to keep his
jtondshie a secret for he stated
.... had been otherwise employed
: on the evenings that Evison had seen
)ilm at Erkon Beacon. ' .
i The rest of the conversation only
. .plunge 1 Jerrard deeper and deeper in
' to th mire, although he was quite
i unconscious of it. However, It left
1 Evlson strongly determined to watch
Die fellow-olerk's movements, for he
- began - to feel that there was some
treachery afoc-t.
r"''''ig all this time Evlson vim
t , every day to care more and
Durothy Perrin, until st last
he found It Impossible to keep It to
himself. He saw Dorothy frequently,
and on every occasion his passion be
came more Intense. He found It very
hard to refrain from telling all to her,
but out of feelings of respect to his
employer he ' deemed It his duty to
speak to Mr. Perrin first.
Accordingly Arthur managed td get
alone with his chief one evening after
the other clerks had gone, and Im
mediately began to broach the sub
ject. "I want to ask a great favor of ydui
sir," he commenced, and then paused.
"The fact is, I want er " he paused
again, for, although he had definitely
decided beforehand what to say, the
words failed him at the auspicious mo
ment. "My dear fellow," said Mr. Perrin,
for Evlson was a great favorite with
him, "If I can possibly help you I will,
but I hardly know yet what you are
in need of. Is It money?"
"No, sir," cried Evlson, his face
flushing: 'I er I want to get mar
ried." "Oh, is that It?" return'ed Mr. Per
rin, cordially, "I'm pleased to hear It;
who Is the lady?"
"Well, I haven't spoken to her yet;
I don't know whether it Is advisable."
"Why not? She will be a lucky
girl, In my opinion."
"I'm glad you think so, sir," con
tinued Evlson, "because It is your
daughter I want."
"Oh!" Mr. Perrin's face assumed a
very different expression. He became
thoughtful, and gazed meditatively at
the papers before him. Arthur waited
in trepidation for 6ome moments, un
til at last Mr. Perrin began to speak.
"I'm sorry, my boy," he said, "but
It cannot be. Forgive me for saying
it, Arthur, but I have other views for
Dorothy."
"I suppose you mean my position
Is not good enough?" said Evlson, bit
terly. "Not exactly that, Arthur," replied
Mr. Perrin, "but" He became silent.
"Then I suppose It Is useless, sir?"
"I am afraid so, my boy."
And so they settled matters without
dreaming of consulting Dorothy.
Arthur Evison left Mr. Perrln's of
fice and went out into the cool even
ing air. The decision at his chief af
fected him considerably: l)e ..fsJtS
choking sensation, his brain was whirl
Ins ud everything around seemed to
dance before his eyes.
He must go away from W . Yes,
there was no doubt of that; he could
not live so near to Dorothy and know
all the while that she could never be
anything to him. He decided that he
would ask Mr. Perrin to let him go to
the firm's office In London and take
up an appointment there.
All the while he was stumbling for
ward through the twilight, crossing
an unfrequented part of the common
which led to Erkon Beacon. Presently
lie sat down by a clump of furze and
again commenced to think over his
sudden misery. At that moment the
wind carried the murmur of voices
to him. Presently the speakers drew
near, and Evlson distinguished the
voices of Walter Jerrard and Morti
mer, the clerk In the employ of Joslah
Grey. As they passed by Evlson's re
treat, Jerrard was speaking.
"That will be It, then," he was say'
lng. "You meet me at the back door
In Ilston lane at 10 o'clock tomorrow
night, and I'll let you In. You can
get the tender and" their voices died
away. '
Arthur jumped to bis feet and stared
Into the gloom after the retreating fig
ures. Ten o'clock tomorrow night? The
tender! What did It mean? Did Jer
rard mean treachery?
All thoughts of his own troubles
were driven from his head. There was
evidently some scheme on foot to get
at Mr. Perrln's estimate for the two
new liners. Evison knew that if the
yllmat a copy of it, got into the
rival firm they would un-
r. Perrin aad so secure the
(sere at 10 o'clock as well,"
Iilmself, "and see what goes
ng at the office on the fol-
nlng he found that Mr. Per-
be away for the day. Jer
rard was tre, as usual, but very pale
and preoccupied. The day seemed to
pass by with leaden wings, and Evison
was heartily glad when the hour of
departure arrived.
At Ilston lane there was a back en
trance to Mr. Perrln's office. The door
worked with a spring, and could only
be opened from the outside with a key.
Thus anyone locked in the office could
get out without any trouble.
With this knowledge in his mind,
Arthur Evlson allowed himself to be
locked in. The porter made his usual
nightly round, but Evison easily man
aged to evade him and the office
cleaners. He had told Mrs. Evlson
that In all probability he would be
late, so that there waa no flaw in his
plan.
' Blowly the evening passed by, and at
about 9.30 Evlson took up bis station
at a window overlooking the entrance
to Ilston Jane. There waa a street
lamp Just opposite the door, so .thJt
ranybody entering could easily be seen.
It was just five minutes to 10 when
Evlson suddenly saw Jerrard's figure
clink into the lamplight Click! The
door was unlocked and then he thought
it best to leave his position. It was
well for his scheme that he did, for
almost Immediately Jerrard came up
the stairs and occupied the place he
had just vacated. '
; Presently Jerrard saw Mortimer and
he crept downstairs again. Then the
two men returned together, passed
along the passage and entered Mr, Per
rln's private room, where the safe was.
Evlson wt waiting with bated breath
in a doorway further along the cor
ridor. As soon as the two accomplices had
entered the private office, Evlson stole
along and stood In the shadow ot the
half-closed door.
It was entirely as he suspected. Jer
rard opened the safe door and with
drew the estimate for the two Untra
from an inner drawer. Then Morti
mer produced some pieces of paper and
commenced to make notes.
. "Good evening, gentlemen."
Both men looked up In sudden ter
ror to meet Evlson's smiling gaze. Be
fore another word was spoken, how
ever, Mortimer jumped to his feet and
rushed from the room. Jerrard add
Evison stood looking at one another.
"So, iny friend," commenced Evlson,
deliberately, "this is how you serve
your Uncle?" '
"Spy!" biased Jerrard, and for a, mo
ment he made as If to spring at Evl
son, but something in the latter's de
meanor make him suddenly alter his
mind. Then he took a fresh line of
tactics.
"Don't say anything about it; old
chap," he entreated. "I wanted money
badly and Mortimer templed me, They
were going to give me V0 for a
copy ot the tender."
"Why didn't you ask your Uncle, he
would have helped you?"
"I didn't care to," muttered Jerrard,
"because of Dorothy."
"Dorothy!" cried Evison. "What
has she to do with you?"
"Oh -er we're engaged."
"Engaged to you?"
"Yes, why n&t?" replied Jerrard.
"Please don't mention It, though, as
Dolly does not want anyone to know
about It yet." A
"Dolly!" repeated Evlson, btlterly.
Ugh! the familiarity cut him to the
quick.
"May I ask what this means?" Bald
a voice suddenly. Both men looked
up and saw Mr. Perrin standing In the
doorway. For a moment they were
taken aback, but Jerrard was the first
to recover himself.
. "It means this, uncle.
forth. "I was passing by lis
when I saw Evlson sneak
the office. I hastened after
saw him enter here. He left
open, I followed, and saw hi
the tender."
Evlson listened as In a d:
tissue of lies, and was
by Mr. Perrln's stern volci
"What have you to say
self?"
A thousand words of defeni
to his lips, but ere he could
he remembered Dorothy
all he knew It would break
heart. -
"Well, Evlson, I am walttni
have you to say?'
"Nothing," was the dully s;
ply.
"Come, my boy," said Mr
his liking for Arthur for th
overcoming his anger, "can
Evison slowly shook
"Very well," continued Mr.
"I am more than sorry, for t
ways had the highest opinion
If I ask you to call at my
morrow morniqg, will you?"
"Certainly, sir," Evlson rep
low tones.
Then I shall expect you ai
past 9. Er you may be curillus to
know how I happened to come lhere,"
Mr. Perrin added, "but I saw a) man
running from Ilston lane, and aiKlm
pulse led me down It, to find my office
open." I
Stunned by this sudden blow, Arthur
staggered rather than walked to his
home. He did not go to bed but s.lt
the night through in his bedroom. I
In the morning, with pale, haggard
face, he called at Mr. Perrln's house4
as be had promised, and was shown
Into the drawing room.
He had hardly been there a moment
before Walter Jerrard entered the
room. He gazed at Evlson In a rather
shamefaced manner, but tbe latter
took no notice of him.
"I've asked uncle to get you a good
Job somewhere," Jerrard blurted out
at length.
"Indeed," replied Evlson, "that was
really very good of you, especially af
ter your charitable behavior of last
evening."
"Oh! you would have done the same
In my position," sneered Jerrard. "Be
sides If you bad told uncle what you
had seen I should have denied It, and
my word is as good as yours any day."
"But what about your constant meet
ings with Mortimer "near the Beacon?"
Jerrard changed color and glared
malevolently at his companion.
"Seems to me you've been watching
me pretty much, he said.
"It was quite an accident; and
while on that subject despite your
friend's indisputable prowess in un
truthfulness, do you think he could
deny this?" As he spoke Evlson ex
hlblted the sheet of paper on which
Mortimer had commenced to make his
copy of the tender for the liners.
Jerrard was completely nonplussed;
his face grew livid wltn combined fear
and fury.
"Oh, don't be alarmed," said Evl
son; "I shall not show the paper to
Mr. Perrin. But please remember that
it is only for Miss Perrln's sake that
I am taking the blame of your scan
dalous behavior." y.
Jerrard mumbled an inaudible reply"'""-
"If you had not been engaged to Miss
Perrin I should have denounced you
on the spot; aa it is"
"You will denounce him now," said
a voice. '
Evlson and Jerrard turned to see the
curtains by the garden window thrown
aside and Dorothy Perrin, with pale
face, standing before them.
"I waa looking out into the garden
when I heard your voices," she ex
plained, "and thinking you would not
be long I waited, and glad I am that
I did wait."
"But you mustn't take any notice ot
what you heard," began Evlson; but
Dorothy interrupted.
"I must take notice," she cried;
"Walter told you that he waa engaged
to me, and I tell you that it is not true.
I have never been engaged to him, and
I would rather marry any man on
eartn than him."
A great wave of joy rushed over Evl
son, and his heart beat with wonder
ful rapidity He was about to apeak
when he was Interrupted by Mr. Per
rln's entrance.
"What does this mean?" he asked.
"Dorothy, Walter, why are you both
here?
"To Java an innocent man." cried
Dorothy. "Listen, father," and Im
mediately she began to pour forth all
that the had heard. '
"Is this true?" demanded Mr. Perrin.
In arim tones, when hie '-uchter had
1
iff
pf
1
ins neaf
lof you.
Med In
u nair-
finished speaking. Evlson bowed his"
head, Inwardly wishing himself mlluS
away.
"Give me that paper;'! Mf. Perrin
continued. Mechanically Evlson hand
ed It to him. Then he looked up ai
caught Dorothy's eyes Axed on hlrrl
with an expression new to him an ex
pression which sent the blood Coursing
madly through his veins.
"Well, sir," Mr. Perrin said, sternlyi
addressing himself to his nephew,
"what have you to say for yourself?''
"Nothing." returned that worthy.
"Nothing!" repeated Mr. Perrin IS
low tones, "By heaven! yoii are a dls
grace; Listen to me sir, I give you
a week to make arrangements fn and
then you leave my house and my em
ploy." W. Perrin stood aside and Walter
Jerrard silently left the room.
"Now, my boy, what can I say to"
yod," said Mf. Perriri, "I would you
and my nephew could have changed
places for I should be proud Indeed,
for you to be a member of my family.''
"That Is easily arranged, sir," added
Arthur, emboldened by what he hac
read In Dorothy's eyes.
"Eh? What do you mean?"
"By granting me the permission you
refused last week." As he spoke Evl
son took Dorothy by the harld and
drew her, not Unwillingly td his side.
"It seems to niS that you have al
ready taken It," replied Mf. Perrin,
smiling as he spoke. "Well, Well: take
her, my lad, and God bless you both."
The other day Mrs. Arthur Evlson
christened one of the two new liners
built by Messrs. John Perrin ft Co. for
the North Atlantic Steamship Com
pany. Tit-Bits.
-JUxjle.
I"
rci usn
only tidi
ed ft ha
V-
1 V
fliaveai- u"u ha?
stand Noif winter, and heu&
Is difficult for Northern States to se
cure birds suited to the climate. The
game commissioners of some States,
particularly Massachusetts and New
Jersey, for several years have en
deavored to obtain a supply of quail,
but have been only partially success
ful. "Perceiving that absence of food
and shelter Is the principal cause of
mortality, State officials, game asso
ciations, and many private Individu
als have united In attempting to make
good these deficiencies. Grain and
other food have been distributed
freely and systematically after heavy
snowfalls, when the usual food Is
covered, and suitable shelter has
baen provided. Much activity pre
vailed last year In Illinois, Indiana,
Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey,
North Carolina and West Virginia.
Such measures are needed to pre
serve the quail from possible Ultimate
extinction;, for with a growing army
of sportsmen hunting them annually
an army that now "numbers hundreds
of thousands In tills country their
ranks are each fall rt iced so far
below the norma! that, if the succeed
ing winter happens to be severe,
extermination of many colonies Is al
most sure to follow. Such a result is
deplorable, not only from the stand
point of the sportsman, but, owing to
the great Value of the quail to agri
cultural Interests as the destroyer of
insects and the seeds of weeds, from
tnat or the farmer Is well."
The Limit of Graft.
"I had always heard a lot about
graft and corruption and so on In
political circles." said a local member
of the Legislature, "but I hever took
much stock in It. However, I had my
eyes opened the very day I was sworn
In. In swearing In the new legislators
a dozen or more bibles are used, and
the ceremony Is prepared with groups
of eight or ten men it a time. About
half the men In my group were an new
as I was, but somelVeterana were in
it, too, as I soon fof out. When the
bibles were handed
once struck by thelr
o us, t waa at
eauty. They had
evidently been madi for. the accaslon,
being beautifully bt nd In leather,
with the State arms t colore. I have
seldom seen handsot r books. After
tne ceremony I trie to get hold of
one ot, the volumes or ;a closer ex
amination, when, to ly astonishment,
I found they had all disappeared. 1
asked one of the oldel members about
it, and he laughed as I) drew me back
to his desk. Openlnl it,: he showed
me two. 'They make lich nice Christ
mas presents,' he replii, 'that we who
are wise to the garni always try to
maKe a lew or tnengaccompany us
to our desks." WheiBdblee are not
safe, what are?" the glslator con
cluded. Philadelphia B-cord,
A Literary Miry,
mere are the quiet Ad methodical
rjoys and girls who llkiU) keep things
in oracr as well asfJhelr noisier
n rowers and sister. iMh sorts have
Uielr work to do In til world, and
each sort shouid respll the good
qualities of the othdT;"hloh Is the
Christina spirit, by ', . way. The
quieter one may beJJ of the sug
geauon vnat tney kM,iS little dlar
m wnicn to jot dori-( references
doors and article ata Hrlate to cc:
tain season or holtdjyuj Jrhe pleasure
of celebrating red-leisi Julay la great
ly increased by the lowledge ot Uielr
past history, and til we find either
in bookf or In the Magazine articles
clever writer havelomposed with
much study. This f Mday season is
an exreilent tilme ink a begin
ning. St. Kloho'ss ,'
. 'IHE PULPIT.
A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
BISHOP' SEYMOUR.
Knljectl "M ghrjiiirr.V
Brooklyn, N. Y.-At the Church of
the Messiah, tlia Might Buy, Bishop
Seymour was the preacher Sunday
morning. He "hose for his subject.
My Shepherd." unit his text wa
Psalm 1::11 "The Lord Is my shepherd:
therefore I can hck nothing," lie laid:
we pass from the brightness ot
Christmas flnd Kplphany to the -sou
of Lent that closes with the dark
ness of Uood Friday, Ere we bid
Kplphany gondby let us consider what
It tells iHi-nnmely, thnt our Saviour
came to be the Saviour of nil mankind.
Kplphany falls lutd two divisions! The
Christmas of the Jew mid the Christ
tuas of the (Jeutile, First, the Christ
ir.fij of the Jew, when the shepherds
rnmp ns
ine i'C,)'esentiitIve or tne
ciiDi,iuii'.l ii.itlnn- i-'ni'.'o called on by
an nim-el through whose nwpen.sntlon
tlie law was given to tne, jew; gin wiiii coucepuuu, hu mu, i.,
in worshln. : f finer, childhood, youth, manhood, in
And then the (Untile Christmas, called
Epiphany, when the kings were led by
the star to worship the child. And
then the fact that the Jew and the
Ceutile alike fell dowu and worshiped
the little child, ft baby, weaker than
the weakest, I may tay, of all the
young;- "! yet-Him by whom the
worlds were made. It Is Indeed a won
derful spectacle to see the Jew and
the Gentile alike worshiping the babe
We leave the nngellc host that sang
over Bethlehem and . ;e brightness of
the star which brought the three kings
at nil events the kings ot tne msc
worshiped the little babe with appro
priate gifts-for the transition period
of Lent.
Could I do better than nsk you, with
mvself, to consider our personal re
sponsibility lu the wo-ds of the text:
'The Lord Is tuy shepherd: therefore
can I lack nothing?" Here Is a dec
laration which may make or not. as
we choose, for the possessive pronoun
Is Intensive "my," as though It were
something that we loved, as Jewels of
earth "thev are mine; I own them."
So: "The Lord Is my shepherd," and
itnsed upon thnt declaration Is tne
net; "therefore can I lack nothing."
icre Is no word whicli more rrequent-
Js from our lips than "I." it is
ord Au human speech
it brings to
whither
And
tlrst we own ourselves:""
belong o myself," and it is onUie -
basis of that claim tV.at we have the
wars for Independence, for liberty or
personal light, and men resist the Idea 1
of being owned by the others, nnd pre
eminently in this land of freedom
claim to bo free "1 own myself." I
have not time to analyze tho worth of
the claim, for it is immense: "Mine,
spirit, body;" this mature, of God
like mould and sunning workmanship,
bow marvellously built up! A single '
profession, numbering some of the 1
greatest men, devotes days nnd weeks '
to studying it and yet has not fathomed
Its secrets. The ruedicnl profession is
largely experimental to-day. It ha
uiado wonderful discoveries In fifty '
years, and st 11 1 It has not yet probed
this little mass of matter, the body, to
its depths. And back of It Is the mind,
the intellect, the memory that holds
the past and hope that grasps the fu
ture; tbe mind thnt deals with prem
iscs and conclusions and reasons. It
lias no moral quality, it is pure intel
lect. Deeper down than It is the spirit, '
the sent of conscience, the moral sense,
marvelous beyond expression! thnt em
phasizes our nearness to God. Body,
mind mid spirit bound up together slid ,
each of ns claim to own that trinity
blended Ir lo unity. "I, myself, I own j
iii.vseir.
Let us pass on. "My time;" that Is,
"my life. Those hours and days and
wivks nre mine." and. hence, the wage
question, when men claim the right to
sell their time for so much. So, you
see, we claim the ownership of time.
Of course. It is not really our. "Out
times are In His hand." Still, wa
claim It. "My years are so many."
He. ice, we see another element ot
wealth-time, opportunity. Then,
again, character, "my character," em
phasized by the name. A good name
is worth a good deal. We pass still
further: "My position in life, in so
ciety, my parentage, my surroundings,
my friends and relatives these belong
1o me." And they are worth a great
deal sometimes. Then we come dowu
to that with which we are most fa
miliar: "My material wealth, my stock
and bonds, jewels, wardrobe. They be
long to me."
Now, that brings us to David'
claim: "ihe Lord i my shepherd."
Von do not give un the other thlno-
but you make another flalm, and that
you can only make through Him who
allows it, and He allow it by coming
here to be reached aud embraced, if
you will, and loved. He revealed Him
self lis one of its in order that through
Him we. by the Holy Ghost, might
reach tbe Father, for He comes out
from the invisible to be visible. He
can be touched and handled and seen
here. He wa here with a certain gen
eration when this wa the case. We
must not envy them, for we have a
greater privilege than they. You re
member Thomas. Jeiu said to him
nfter he bad been so obstinate, "Be
cause tbon hast seen Me thou bast be,
lieved; blessed are they that have not
seen and yet have believed." W may
believe If we will, on the undoubted
testimony ot tbe age, that Jesus after
death was on this earth. He bad
passed through the graven gate of
death aud had consummated for man
(he glory of the resurrection, and took
our nature through into heaven and
biersea it on the throne of God, where
He r-er remains a a mnunet to draw
men in love, so mat we may say with
David. "The Lord Is my shepherd;
therefore can I lack nothing." - .
Now, my friend. I wish to say that
no other element of wealth can enable
u to say, "Therefore can I lack noth
ing." Try the experiment with which
we are most familiar as a world power,
wealth In any form. 1 have been with
some of the wealthiest men that the
Inst generation knew. I have seen
them in the bonr of death and a they
died the bonds and stocks of wealth
fell down and pasted hands. It could
not buy an entrance ticket to Paradise
nor to heaven. It you would be wise
consider the end and nothing between.
Forecast tbe frture, not as bounded
by the horizon of eartb, but by the
glories ot Paradise snd heaven. "The
Lord l niv shepherd: thr'or can 1
i 'i because I a buiO,
tvt w
" "tnr ;
-w, lir
WWw atry
with u-, nay, conceived witu n, and
Ho goes through life's journey with in
(is our friends do who surVlye us. but
they must part with no as we bid them
the last farewell; but He, of whom
the Psalmist speak!, "The Lord my
shepherd," He dle with me, Is burled
with -ne; He goes to Paradise with
my sculi He will be with me at (he
Inst great day, and if I have been
loyal and true to Him, He will Vel
come ine to His everlasting blessing;
He will be my ndvoerito and plead His
sacrifice to take array my slus.
Observe that fhe religion which
Jesus gives lis embraces the whole of
life. There Is no Other religion that
docs. You may divide tbcin into relig
ions that appeal to pleasure, "the lusts
of the flesh," nnd the vellgions that ap
peal to the pride of intellect. Take
the ancient Saduceelsm. the medieval
Mohammedanism, and the present-day
Mormonlsm. Tbey are the flesh In
religions. Tbey cannot begin to tell
upon mankind until passiou shnll de
velop In manhood and womanhood.
Take the fhtellectunl systems of Greece
nnd the philosophies of the present day
that appeal to the Intellect, mid a
man Is almost half way upon the
journey of life before tbey touch him.
jfake Christianity; where does it be-
resurrection ami the life eternal in
the presence of the great Whito
Throne. Christianity embraces the
religion of life. Does It appeal sim
ply to the body? No. But It appeals
to the body, the Intellect and the soul.
Uemember the declaration of 8t.
John, "the disciple whom Jesus loved."
lie tnys: "The Word was made flesh,
and dwelt ntnong us, and we beheld
His glory, as of tho glory of the only
begotten of the Father, full of grace
and truth." He embraced the whole
of man. The Word was made flesh,
but with that was Intellect and spirit,
and so He was a complete and perfect
man. This morning we were Joined to
gether hand In hand in the prayers of
fered by your reator, but when we
come to the creed, bow Is it? The hus
band drops tbe hand of the wife, the
father of tbe child, the friend of the
friend, and each for himself, as In
the Day ol Judgment, stands on his
own feet and says, "I believe." It is
a personal net. "The Lord Is my
shepherd; therefore can 1 lack noth
ing." There Is one element of wealth
onv which wo cnu rest, and which will
enable us to say "We shall lack noth
ing." Without our Saviour we shall
lack everything when we come to die,
I care not who we are or whether we
have been clad in the purple of kings
or the snlendor of Jewels, we shall be
trlQBed stark naked and go up naked
le presence of God. e shall
we can say from tne
'The Lord, la my
end comes
Thy mercy
:cy for
for
iys
uefrltTnri
two 61 my classmatesin ColumbiaaS
gone. And there are but few of those
I knew in the lecture room left. There
is no dwelling place here. It Is a cheat
we put upon ourselves when we talk
of houses as dwelling places. They
are not. God grant, my brothers, that
It may be our lot to "Dwell together
forever in the house of the Lord,"
which will be our eternal home.
Til Bo.y Wntchmaker.
A watchmaker who enlisted for the
War thinking thnt he might earn a lit
tle when off duty, took some of his
tools along with him. But he found
so many watc'jes to mend that he for
got he was a soldier. One day be was
ordered into battle. He looked nbout
mm in consternation sort exclaimed:
"Why, how can I grf? I have ten
watches to mend?" Many of our ex
cuses and sometimes our reasons,
which we try so bard to be conscien
tious about, if correctly translated,
would read: "Why. how can I read
my Bible and pray every day? How
can I be true to my religious duties?
I have something else to do."
What W Can Uo.
God has not given us vast learnlne
! to solve all the problems, or unfailing
wisdom to direct all the wanderings
of our brother' lives; but He has given
to every one of us the power to lie
spiritual' and by our spirituality to
lift and enlarge and enlighten the
uvea we toucb. Phillips Brooks.
Splrllul tiff.
A soft snap is Satan's trap.
A failure to make a living is not a
fitting to preach tbe gospel of vrty.
Some men will feel cheap when they
read their own advertisements at tbe
judgment.
Preaching dogmas Is fighting the
devil with tbe scabbard Instead of with
the sword.
The modern ldolator falls down be
fore the work of his own imagination
Instead of that of his hands.
Tbe mighty God is a tireless God;
He faintcth not, neither is weary.
This i brave doctrine, then, that a
tireless deity attends humanity amid
all it struggle and hardships, and at
tends it to aid, to soothe, to cheer, to
purify, to redeem, to save. C. Silvester
Home.
There 1 a powerlessness "of utter
ance in onr blood that we should tight
against, and struggle onward towards
expression. We can educate ourselves
to it if we know aud feel the. neces
sity; we ran make it a Christian duty,
not only to love, but to be loving; not
only to be true friends, but to show
ourselves friendly. Harriet Beeches'
Stowe,
Bird That Shave.
Han i not tbe only living creature
that shave. The bonmot, a South
American bird, take a dry "have reg
ularly. .
v: The bonmot ha long blue tall feath
er'. Each quill 1 adorned from base
to tip with soft blue down. Thl ar
rangement the bird dislikes. There
fore, with it sharp beak, it nip the
quill bare from the base out to about
an inch from the tip, where it main
tain a neat oval of soft blue whisker.
Such action seems silly on the bon
mot'i part To, certain philosopher,
thougn, it seems no sillier than man'
action in regularly scraping bare his
cheek and chin, while he maintain
on hi upper lip an oval of aoft hair
noi unime tne Donmors tan oval.
FAR WORSE.
"1 think that the peonle who havt
taken this affair In hand have made
fou sincerely repent."
"Repent!" exc. Aimed the man who
bad been Involved in questionable
.Inance. ; "If worse than that. Tbey
nis"'i me ri'" omo ot the ni"r
v-V '.yn'un.' r.
"Sal"
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V
mei
"Hdness
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A Farm Filter Outfit.
A very good filter for surface water
can be made of any suitable recepta
cle, such as a tnnk or water-butt, on
the bottom of which should be laid
fairly large pebbled or broken stones
to a depth of six Inches, then, over
this, a six-inch layer of coarse gravel;
over this, nine Inches of fine gravel and
finally a layer of, dean, sharp sand to
a depth of ten or twelve inches. A
top layer of about three Inches of
fresh sand added from time to time
will keep the filter in good working
order throughout, the season; but It
should bo thoroughly oleanscd and
fresh material provided at idflonce
a year. The water for use Bhoiila be
run off from the bottom of the filter
by means of a draw tap or syphon In
to another vessel kept for service pur
poses. Anierli an Cultivator.
Sun In Poultry Houses.
If those who raise poultry would
realize that fowls that have had free
access to sunshine during seven, eight
or nine months in the year miss it
greatly during the months of confine
ment, they would do some changing
In their methods of house-bulldlng and
arrangement. I'nfortnnately many
writers are decrying the scratching
sheds, claiming that they are not suffi
ciently valuable to warrant their cost
and maintenance. Of course, If one
has a large poultry house, well light
ed and so arranged that all the sun
possible enters, then possibly the
scratching shed Is superfluous. But
how many such houses the there the
country through? One may have a very
small houso proper, and by tbe aid
of the scratching shed raise a good
many fowls. But whatever the ar
rangement of the poultry quarters,
plan so that they will have all the
sunlight possible, and you will see a
decided gain in the egg production.
Indianapolis News.
A Forward Movement.
The American Shorthorn Breeders'
took two great steps for-
nual meeting last week,
nan. The first
animals
40th
the
20th
admits to record "many valuable
which were shut out under the old
rule. The second step was the recog
nition of the milking Shorthorn. An
appendix for the registration of dairy
Shorthorns was provided for and It
was decided to mark with an asterisk
the name of any cow giving 8,000
pounds or more milk in a year. Dairy
classes at phows will also he encourag
ed and aided financially. There seems
to be a general feeling that Shorthorn
breeders should get back to the dual
purpose Idea In breeding and that
breeders of milking strains deserve
financial encouragement. Moreover,
farmers are demanding Shorthorns
that give more milk rather than those
of extreme beef type. The association
acted wisely In taking steps to perpe
tuate general-purpose cattle.
Keep All Machines in Working Order.
Let us give some of the much abused
Implement manufacturers credit for
placing on their machines, In plain
letters, at least one half of the recipe
for Implement longevity: "Keep nuts
tight," and "oil all hearings." Yet
I fear that through very familiarity
with this important advice we often
neglect It. Kor surely no one who has
handled farm machinery and observed
Its decline In his own or his neighbor's
hands, will ask argument as to the
necessity of oiling the bearings and
keeping nuts tight. There are many
iMngs to look after upon the farm,
and 1 1 one Is not wide awake some
thing Is apt to suffer neglect. And this
when It applies to machinery, consti
tutes a great farm "leak."
From the vibration of many ma
chines, and from the Shrinking of wood
parts in all of them, there Is a constant
tendency for the nuts to work lose.
If care Is taken In the first place to
keep things snug, so there is no "lost
motion," the vibration will be much
reduced, but it is sometimes a very
good plan to put on an extra nut where
there is continued trouble the two
will stand a lot of shaking. Go over
all machines, some wet day and tight
en everything that ought to be tight.
But if you will fall to have wet days,
then do it before starting to work. It
will surely pay, for, even if no perma
nent damage Is done, there I great
loa of time when one must atop in the
middle of a field and chase his shadow
half a mile for a bolt. Another caae in
point: A wagon just coming out of Its
newness was neglected until one day
a solid hour waa needed to replace lost
nut and bolts. Ten minutes would
have done the work .earlier.
Little and often Is a good rule In
oiling. I think more farmers are more
careful In this direction than in watch
ing the nut. Windmill, however, are
liable to suffer, simply because they
are so high headed. Don't let them
squeak it's harder on your Docket
book and still harder on yoViih.
bor'a nerves.
Plows on being put.
have their shares and fj
smeared with axle gi
i with axle gi'
oil. Coal oil J
it i good if
ivent it (
heavy oil.
though
not prevent
Paint is a paying,
wood an-J, ticetal
bad cheaply a '
anyone. Tv
purchased t
hand breaks
very rus
gon
Uljlon
jhe
through the same man for seven dol
lars. One may not always wish to
sell, but J believe it pays to paint just
the same.
Last, but by no means least, give all
machinery the kindest of care as re
gards shelter. It Is really surprlsng
to see tools standing outdoors, so self- ;
evident are the results. If you have
little room, take the larger Implements
somewhat to pieces, and In that way '
quite a lot of machinery may be stored
In a small space. Then, as you value
your self respect, don't allow the chick:
ens to roost over any tool. If no space
Is available, It will pay to build a cheap
hH rnthpr thnn Ipl IhlnL'S en withou
shelter.
Finally, treat eaclvfiiece of ma
chinery as a 'JSSIfU' friend, and your
reward, In dollar's and cents as well
as In satisfaction, shall he In accord
therewith. H. T. M. In the Indian
Farmer.
A New Farm Crop.
Four years ago I bought a two ouncb
package of a new grain called speltz.
I afterwards learned that its true
name was emmer. I knew nothing
about it and sowed it about the 25th of
May, by which time It should have
been a foot high. It made a small
shock and It stood out In rainy weath
er and fell down, and while It probably
would have made a peck of seed It was
so damaged that I threw It to the hogs.
The plant resembles barley, with a
larger grain and somewhat, larger
head. I did not think It would be
worth while to grow It, but the next
year I read something about It and
found It was .identical In name with
emmer. which was largely grown in
the Northwest and Is taking a promi
nent place as a money crop. The fol
lowing year I sowed a bushel of It and
It yielded at the rate of forty-four
bushels to the acre. I raised enough of
It to test it as food for horses, cattle
and poultry. It grows better than oats
and. ground and mixed wlh an equal
bulk of bran or corn and cobmeal. It
seems to give as good results either
for laying on fiesh or for milk for
dairy cows; and, mixed half and half
with oats, was found an admirable
food for horses. The third year's crop
waa fifty-three hushels to tne acre.
and I grew several acres; but my crop
anS-Jown on very thin Mjnane
It thrashed out over thirty bushels to
the acre, and, as It weighs eight pounds
heavier than oats to the bushel this can
be aridftd to the vield when we esti
mate the amount of feed It will pro
duce. The crop Is one adapted to the seml
arld lands, and is not as likely to be
cut down in the yield as oats by a dry
spring. It has the hardy properties of
oats and can be sown Just as soon as
the ground can be worked In the spring
and can be harvested at the same time
as oats. I have sown oats and emmer
on the same day every spring that I
have grown the emmer. and they are
harvested at the same time. We sow
at the rate of two bushels to the acre'
and think it a better crop to sow
clover with than oats, as It does not
shade the ground as much.
:-;.
In my judgment, It Is one of
best and cheapest poultry foods that
can be grown, and, either soaked In
hot water, for twelve hours or ground
and mixed with corn, It is a cheap and
excellent food. From my somewhat
limited experience with It, I would
say It Is a crop well worth growing by
farmers generally. If soaked It can
also be fed to young pigs and' brood .
sows. The grain of oats being much.
smaller than emmer, and the first that
I planted having been mixed slightly
with oats, I find the proportion of oat
has Increased ever since, so that now
it Is perhaps 10 percent oats. While
this does not hurt It for feeding or
reduce the yield materially, it is a dis
advantage when grown for seed. Even'
with this mixed emmer and oat it
would take but a short time to pull
the oats out of the shocks where seed
u tn ha saved, and I shall do this
another year in order to get a pure t
stock of seed.
The straw from emmer Is fully equal
to barley straw, being soft and bright,
and it Is eaten readily by stock. One
disadvantage of feeding the straw,
however, is that there Is such a large ,
proportion of beard In it that It sore-
and we cannot separate the beard as
eaaily with tbe machine now used with
blowers as we could with the old ma
chine.. . . .'.,-
1 have not made any test of the -feeding
Value of emmer which would
enable me to speak positively in re- -gard
to It as compared with other
grain but In corresponding with a
manufacturer of ontmeal I find that
onto give SO to 65 percent ot grain
when balled, while emmer give 78
percent, there being two distinct grain
in each hull. Thl can be readily dis
covered by rubbing out a few beads of
each in the hands. In running our
emmer through the tanning mill we
get out bushels of almost pure hulled
grain. Waldo F, Brown in the
Tribune Farmer..
the Riddle of the Age So'
"'rnnln apparatus c
a iignter yield ttmrnw , nut still