FHE FRANKLIN PRESS,
vijlUME xxr.
FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 25, 1906.
NUMliKli 17.
THE IDEAL CITY.
What makea the dry great and strong)
Not arthllecture's graceful strength,
Jot factories' extended length,
But men who sea the civic wrong
And give i heir lire to mass It right
And turn tti darkness Into light
What ntake a city full of power!
Jot wealth's display or titled fame,
Jot 'amnion's loudly boasted claim,
But women rich la virtue's dower.
Whose homes, though humble atlll are great
Batause, of aervica to the Stat.
What makei if men ran love?
Not things thai charm the outward aenan,
Not groM display of opulence.
But right, the wrong cannot remove,
And truth that facea civic fraud
And smites It In the name of Uod.
This la a city that ahall stsnn",
A l.lfht upon a natlon'a hill, I
A Vole that evil cannot atlll.
A snlirc nf hlM.lnv tn the ImnA !
Its strength not brick, nor stone, nor Wood,
But Justk
Love and Brotherhood.
The Christian City.
I Hill M4sWa)l 1 II 1 1 II
Way Beyond.
By Mary Stewart Cutting.
1 1 1 ! 1
;. "Now don't give me anything for a
birthday present, Ellloott. t would
a great deal rather put the money Into
something: for the house." Mrs. Garri
son's tone was decisive, "We need
table knives; the handles ot those we
have are' beginning to split, and Brid
get has been asking me for new kit
chen oilcloth for the last three
month,"
"I am not giving birthday presents to
Bridget," said Mr. Garrison, resolutely.
"Let the house go. tf you want things
for tt, why, j.t get them." Time, end
many demands which a family brought
upon his Income had not been robbed
Mr. Garrison of a certain lordly, gen
erous air where money was concern-
ed. although his. wife had long -since
ceased to trust to it unreservedly. She
usually knew just how much money
there was.
He went on: "I'm going to give you
something for yourself this time, and
you might just as well say what you
want."
"I don't want anything."
"How'd you like a new fur thing for
your neck? The one you have Is pret
ty shabby, Isn't It? I was notirlng it
on Sunday."
"Oh, but fur Is so expensive!" mur
mured Mrs. Garrison, flushing, how
ever, a little at the thought. She did
need a new neck piece either a col
larette or boa. The very word fur had
an alluring sound.
"Well, I'm making a little more just
now out of this business of Gray's.
What do you say to meeting me down
town soon, not today; I've got to see
Gray off on the steamer, and our do-
IniF ft llttla shnnntnir tmrethpf?
" " "ill, you think about It," said her
yd, as he bent over and kissed
IHe was a demonstrative man,
I demonstratlveness she was used
Nan Garrison was a woman
Koft eyes and a gentle manner which
covered tenacity of will, as her hus
band well knew. If he gave her a
birthday of his choice It would have
to be with her consent.
She could not help thinking of the
offer, however, and before luncheon
SallleoSout for a little private view of
the furs In the shops, glad to have so
unexpectedly exciting a mission.
The weather was too raw and chill
for the children to be out, but she had
left her two little boys comfortebly
bestowed In the nursery, with scissors
and paper, engaged In the pastime of
"cutting out," a metho-1 by which one
peopled the world an., restocked the
Jungle and set navies afloat upon a
carpet sea. It was a peaceful amuse
ment, which the mother hailed with
relief after the cllmbings and tumb
bllngsvljhlch were the alternative.
Thereyiad indeed been a peieefulness
about meatlc Life lately that was
almost stonotonous. There had been
no grow strain about money, tho coak
and the
manenc
hand, t
unusual
He was usually a reasonable man!
he wag perilously on the verge of
such a storm as wrecks all a man's
finer qualities for the time being, and
drags whatever it touches down with It
into a seething whirlpool. Me looked
straight before him, his knotted hand
holding on to a chair, while his Wife
went around the room, picking Up and
scanning the writing on the few slips
of paper left on the floor, here a doll,
there a camel, farther on a part of
schooner, full of deep, silent resent
ment at an accusation which was un
just.
Then she went out of the room and
came back after a moment with a half
folded package of papers In her hand
"Is this what you wantf" Her tone
was impersonal. "It had fallen behind
the desk."
He almost snatched the sheets from
her, examining them with a relief that
turned him white. She added, as he
caught up the hat lying Oh the table
and utarted for the door:
"I gave the children permission to
take what was In the scrap-basket
and I looked over everything first, as
I always do." Her voice expressed
her deep sense of Injury. But bis an
swer was only an Inarticulate murmur
and he was gone.
That evening Ellicott Garrison's
eyes were vefy tired, and there were
lines round his temples; the effect of
a tolerably abysmal fright Was to ren
der-hlm taciturn and weary now that
he was safely over the chasm. But he
said at last to his wife, as one opening
a subject reconciling!-;
"Gray got off,"
"Yes, I suppose so."
"I got the papers to him In time."
"That was satisfactory, I suppose
Mrs. Garrison's tone was wholly devoid
of any sort of Interest.
You rah have no Idea what that
loss would have meant to me."
not anjwer
mtrse-mnid had an air of per
the sewing was well in
children were healthy and
good, and her husband affec-
nd considerate.
e unsuspected, the one thing to
y counted on, lurks in nil of
h everything to make her hap
had developed an unforeseen
for what she called "feeling
tionate
Yett
be sur
us. W
py, sb
capacity
Stupid
It wis perhaps in a counteracting fit
of wHIl self-sacrifice that she decided,
after inoklng at fur neckwear, that
her own old collarette, although worn
light-cl!?red and patchy, wps still ser-
vlceabll enough to be worn for another
winter! 8he could not countenance
extravajkance. She would have some
' " ty- the house instead. Ellicott
mot SUnfJi He would dp just
jsald,
I Garrison home already?" she
the maid in astonishment, as
jitered the house. She heard his
ilrom above, unnaturally loud.
4, ma'am."
fa not ill?"
, ma'am, I think not."
ill, I wonder " She was go
Ipward as she spoke, and opened
litrsery door to stop appalled.
- two little hnvH were standing
ared faces, looking at the tall
whose fierce, Incisive tone was
Ion hr as she entered. "Oh,
J-ome at last! 1 Did you give the
i ren pernrhnlon . to .out up these
?, :- - ,
?es."
' ell, of all the Do you know
they were? They were the ones
for Gray, they were his papers."
aused, and then went on again,
atlng the words with a forceful
'don in bis gathering wrath,
laid them out on the desk this
,'nlng and went "away and forgot
jn, and when I hurry home to get
u and take tbem to the steamer,
We gone! They're gone; not a sign
! but these!" He gave a push with
foot to a few scraps on the floor.
Ay say the rest went la ttn fire. I
t understand such carelessness. I
It understand bow you could do it
ive the children permission to cut
any paper. without looking at It
't.B54-.;: - .':.;,.
te hah? controlled the swing of his
furious voice, his eyes followed her
wltij tragic reproof. She had motioned
the children from the room, but she
had not spoken and he went on:
VI would rather anything else had
happened. If it had only been my loss,
ven! To have it happen to Gray's
papers, through me why, he can'W
all wltbout them. It puts me in an
awful position and all because you,
If I can't leave a paper for half an
hour on my desk In safety
It's maddening, it's" .,
me
He looked at her as If ral
to try to recollect something,
"Let me see. There was something
that 1 wanted to say. Oh, yes, it was
about your birthday. I'll give you the
money, Nan, and you can buy what
ever yOU want for the house."
"Thank you; I can get along quite
well without anything more Just now."
She began Icily, but her voice shook.
Did he think to make up for his In
justice In this wayby passing It
over? Birthday money With that be
tween them? A proud shame brought
the tears to her eyes, shame for him.
Slight as the occasion might be, it had
a deeper significance. It had always
been a secret grievance with her that
when he offended In any way he never
made amends In words. tthe might
own up to her faults, he never did.
She might read the meaning of contri
tion Into the little assiduous attentions
he showed her afterward, and let the
hurt heal by Itself,
This time the wrong w-s no great
erperhaps life had gone a little too
easily, or there was an accumulation
of injuries. She felt that this was a
time when principle must rule,
To blame her unjustly, and then not
take It back! He could never stand
high In her respect again until he
did; and she would never help him to
it not If the words remained forever
unsaid.
Yet It took a serious absorption in
her wrongs to he entirely unresponsive
to his evident desire of forgetting it
all. She could not help seeing that he
wanted bygones to be bygones to an
extent that even cast a shade of
farce over her resolute dignity, as
when he discussed with Billy the pos
sible depth of his mother's dimple, or
kissed little Bob by leaning across her
chair to do it.
Nor did he neglect other methodB of
propitiation.- He was cheerfully ready
to pay out "change" at. the slightest
hint of the usual household need of
that commodity. He mended the catch
on the spring door that had been
banging for a twelvemonth. He even
brought home a peace-offering In the
shape of some carnations, bought at a
railway station. They were wired and
smelted of nothing sweeter than stale
tobacco smoke; but she only received
them with placid politeness and no In
timate remarks on the futility of this
expenditure, such as a real community
of soul would have allowed.
She wondered why'he could not say
the one word that would restore fel
lowship once more between them the
word that Is often so fatally easy to a
woman, who can be uncontrolled and
hysterical and foolish snd vindictive,
with that facile resource of the plea of
not having meant if in owning up
to her folly at the end of It In the
spirit of the man was that impediment
made by ages of inheritance, the bar
rier set up by a masterfulness that
recognizes no law but its own, to sur
mount it a slow, painful, unaccustomed
effort was necessary, not to be expect
ed except on vital occasion.
She was listless and absent-minded
when the children spoke to ber. Billy
asked her a question several times one
afternoon before she even heard him.
What did you say? No, I don't know
what they're calling out In the street
I haven't noticed. Some extra, I sup
pose." , - i
Lots of peopl are buying news
papers," said the little boy.
"Well, don't stand so close to the
window; you'll catch cold," said his
mother, obliviously. V
She went through the hall a few
moments later, and came with sur
prise upon her husband. - ;' ,-;.'
Home so eailyi Way, what
hrnueht von here?"
j "Why, haven't you J He stopped
'and wont on carelessly, "Oh, I don't
know. ; I Just thought I'd come." He
gave her a quick, curious look, and
then put out a detaining hand as she
was moving away.
"Where are you going?"-
"I want to tell Bridget that she can
put the roast in the oven; we can have
dinner early.
"No, sit down." He wheeled a chair
for her round by the one Into which
he dropped. He seemed to be gazing
at her very strangely. "Don't go to
Bridget yet I want you."
He answered her questioning look
Only by putting his arm around her
and drawing her to him. "My dear
wife! Nannie, Nannie!"
"Ellicott! What do you mean?" she
stammered. She had pushed aside the
Chair and dropped on her knees beside
him, with a creeping prescience of ill
Suddenly the cry of the newsboy out-
Side became articulate. "Terrible ex
plosion! Great loss of life!"
"Oh!" She trembled. "Has some
thing happened? Were you "
He nodded, his eyes darkening.
"Yes. It was awful an explosion.
Our building's wrecked. The city's
ringing with It. I was afraid you'd
hear, and t came straight to you to
show you that I wasn't hurt. I could
only think of you."
"Oh!" She hid her head in his
breast, shuddering, and he held ber
there, tight pressed, for a little while.
Then he took her face in his hands
where he could look into her eyes.
"There was a moment when I thought
I'd never see you again my sweet
wife! You're much too good for me,
dear, but I'll try to be better for your
sake."
7 HE PULPIT.
A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV, L. L. TAYLOR.
f ul.Jrct t Square Deal In llallglon.'
Good Cleaning Time,
Now Is a most excellent time of the
year to give the garden a good clean-
in g. Rake up all the old rubbish and
burn It when this lies around It
makes a fine harboring placa lor
mice, Insects and fungus diseases,
which Will all have a certain effect
Upon your Crops next season.
Warm Teed far Cows.
The average dairy cow does not re
quire Warm mashes Of any kind and
tt IB generally oansldered best (o let
the animal do her own grinding of
grain In Its Usual state, though there
Can be no objection to the occasional
inash nor to any mixed grain moisten
ed and fed quite warm, but simply as
tn appetiser and a change from the
regular rations. Warm brail mashes
are used to advantage with cows just
after calving, particularly If oil meal
or some other laxative Is Used In
Connection with It. It Is often ad
vantageous to moisten the roughage
given the stock and we have had them
eat corn stover which they would not
touch dry, by steaming It for a few
hours and feeding it while quite
Don't!" she protested, with a quick Warm. We believe thoroughly in ad
occasional change which will furnish
variety eveh though there may be no
appreciable Or direct benefit. Indian
apolis News.
pain.
"Yes, I must And there's something
something I want to say to you that
t ought to have said before."
"Don't!'' she cried again. He went
on with painful lntentness, as If she
had not spoken:
"Lots of times, dear, I know that I
hurt you. I'm quick-spoken, and I
get mean or thoughtless. And after
ward I think of it, but I can't seem to
Speak about It. I try to think that you
can't help Understanding it all; but I
know It really isn't fair. I know
That business the other morning, for
instance, when I It doesn't come
easy to me to ask forgiveness, Nan. I
don't seem to know bow. I guess I
wasn't taught It right when I was
young, but I'm going to do better now
I'm going to ask you, for all the
times I've hurt yon, dear "
No, no!" cried his wife. "No, no!"
f3he put her hand swiftly over his
mouth. She had desired to have him
humble himself before her, but now that
was fulfilled, It was the one
:earable
she knew
me never to me! "I'll know I al
ways have known, really I always
Will!"
I haven't forgotten that tomorrow
Is the birthday," said Mr. Garrison.
'What Is it you want for the house?"
Why, we need knives I think I told
yt)U that and a new door mat, and the
butler's pantry ought to be done Over,
ttnd Bridget wants a kitchen oilcloth,
but"
Mrs. Garrison paused with a won
dering look in I er soft eyes. She had
had a glimpse of something beyond
nature, and tho way seemed strangely
sweet.
Well?"
I don't believe 1 want anything for
he house, after all. I don't cafe this
time whether It's extravagant or not;
If you really want me to I'm going
to buy a new fur piece Instead!"
Youth's Companion.
Little Known Vegetables.
the American garden is not as well
mpplied With a variety of vegetables
as it should be. There are many
choice viands that are practically un
known here, though they might easily
be gtoWd, 'The hefbs for flavoring,
which gave a relish to the cookery of
a past generation, fcre now rarely
found, except In the garden of some
foreigner. Has anything been gained
by the manufactured substitute now
resorted to?
How many people knqw anything
about cardoon, even the name? In Eu
rope It Is a common vegetable, espeal
ly in France. It belongs to the Air.e
class as the . globe artichoke, sot the
leaf stalks -of the two are 'BinTilar.
These stalks are blanched by rjflng
Up la Dnatting or straw, tlen earthing
celery. In four jr five wecr
QUA'NT AND CURIOUS.
Corean currency exists in various
grades first, government nlckles; sec
bnd, first class counterfeits; thli J,
medium counterfeits; fourth, counter
felts that pass only after dark.
The longest bridge tn the world Is
that crossing the Danube, at Czerna-
voda, with a length of 12,705 feet, fol
lowed next by the Galveston bay
bridge In Texas, with 11,197 feet The
Firth of Forth bridge, near Queen-
spring, tn Scotland, ranks eighth and
the Brooklyn bridge ninth.
The soil of Cuba Is extremely fruit
ful. Cabbages there are so large that
heads weighing twenty pounds each
are common, All vegetables do well.
Radishes may be eaten from fourteen
to eighteen days after sowing, lettuce
In five weeks after sowing, while corn
produce three crops per year. Sweet
potatoes grow all the year.
A strange wedding custom Is observ
ed in the Tyrol. When a bride Is about
to start for the church her mother
gives her a handkerchief which Is call
ed a tearkerchiof. It is made of newly-spun
linen, and with It the girl
dries the tears she sheds on leaving
home. The tearkerchlef Is never used
after the marriage day, but Is folded
and laid In the linen closet where it
remains till Its owner's death.
That sanguine evolutionary prophet
H. G. Wells has pictured for us Eng
land covered with a network of roads
of different kinds pedestrians, bicy
clists, horseback riders, trucks, car
riages, slow motors, fast motors, rac
ing motors, all in their proper places,
and London emptying itself into the
country swiftly and without confusion
or friction. This beautiful fancy pic
ture will probably not come true In our
day, but motorists will take heart at
the news of plans for the first road
for the exclusive use of automobiles
A curious test of the atmosphere was
tried In the French Senate recently.
General Billot complained of a head
ache. at a recent session and attributed
It to gas given off by the heating ap
paratus. The engineer was usable to
find any defect in the apparatus. Re
course was bad to a "bird test" Ben
galee birds are reputed to be very eas
ily asphyxiated. One was hung in a
cage for eight hours over the fauteull
in which General Billot contracted the
headache. As tho bird was lively at
the end of that period the atmosphere
was pronounced pure. .'
read.
In
straw, 1 to 30. Now, allowing that
your grains Were equally mixed, you
would have a grain ratio of about 1 to
8. and the hay and straw about 1 to
22; altogether, tho ratio would be
very nearly 1 to 15. Your horse could
Lai .t ....... 1. I., V .... tknt t,A
'-for use. The sees.
spring on rich, moist V0'"" ,ack .""tana muscular vigor,
ground.
Turnip-rooted chervil resembles
short carrot or parsnip. The flesh is
mealy and somewhat like the sweet
potato In flavor. It Is distinct from
the kind grown for its top and used
for garnishing. If fresh seed Is sown
In the fall or early spring, chervil
is Hot difficult to grow. It succeeds
everywhere. Frosts improve it. When
the tops die It Is ready for digging.
Scotxonera Is occasionally found,
tt Is a black-rooted salsify, and Is
grown In similar manner, but differs
In being a perennial. If left alone It
Will continue to grow and remain fit
for use.
Sklrret produces roots which grow
In clusters. The roots are sweet and
flry when Well grown, but have a
Woody core, which must be removed
before cooking. The seeds are sown
lb autumn or early spring. Roots
teay be left out all winter.
There Is a long list of other veg
etables which might well bo grown In
American gardens. The experiment
stations would do well to give more
attention to making the.n better
known. D. Y. in the National Fruit
Grower.
Blackwood, Stump the Dealer, Mam
brlno Patchen, Drummonda Hunt, and
the Percheron. Many branches of the
thoroughbred should be avoided as
they lack the conformation and aUa
high action. Indiana Farmer.
A Lesson In Feeding,
J. P. P., Sliver Lone, Conn.: I would
like to get Dr. Btnead's advice about a
horse eight years old that Is thin In
flesh, coughs a little occasionally, gets
tired easily for a young horse and
makes water frequently, but has a
ht-fii-ly appetite and eats and drinks
heartily, t have been giving him
powders for quite a long time fur Im
proper , digestion, as that Is what a
local Veterinary tells me Is the matter
with him. His case is chronic and
of long standing, following distemper.
He gets six quarts of ground oats, bar
ley and corn dally, a proprietary feed,
timothy hny and oat straw hay. I also
feed him once a day, U3unlly, carrots.
He Is now used very little and tiets
good enre.
Them are several possible reasons
why this horse Is not in a thriving con
dition. First, 1. notice your ration Is
not Conducive to life and lasting
spirit; Hot Ail element In It which Is a
protein food, the oats come the near
est to It, hut their ratio is 1 to 6. If
you were feeding him about twelvo
quartB of ground oats daily with your
timothy hay he would do fairly well, I
think, and If you were to add to that a
large handful of linseed oilmeal 1 am
very certain he Would, providing he Is
not Infested with Intestinal worms.
But it would not be policy to feed that
quantity of onts to a half idle horse;
hence it would not be good judgment
thus to feed him. I will call your at
tention to some points on feeding;
The moderately worked horse re
quires a food of a nutritive ratio ot 1
to 7. Now, let us look at the One you
are feeding. Onts have a ratio of 1
to a little over 6; barley, 1 to 8; corn,
to 10; timothy bay, 1 to 16; oat
A Russian alienist reports that in
2,421 cases of solitary imprisonment
fee found 18S Insane persons.
Carriage Horses and Roadsters.
A noted horseman of the West con
tributes an excellent article to the
Rider and Driver from which we take
the following:
The natural Instincts of the Ameri
can people naturally incline them to
the admiration of a great horse of any
class, but they Bbould not be swept
Into the whirlpool of horse breeding
on sentiment alone. It takes moro
than the love of the horse to be a suc
cessful breeder.
Many will ask What is the shape
and what are the requirements that
constitute a carriage horse? . He
should be harmonious In all propor
tions, such as high withers; 'deep
brisket; prominent breast; well sprung
ribs; good flank; head ot medium
size, clean and bony; jowl not too
prominent; frontal broad; large clear
ye; ear small at base; of medium
length and sharp at point; throttle
small; neck long with slight crest;
sloping shoulders; prominent muscles;
back short and powerfully muscled
over the loins; curve to the tall;
strong hocks; legs, and feet, with fiat
bone and large cords; trotting action
quick; high and round, free and clean,
with not too long a stride. Such a
horse, crossed on mares of a few
handsome branches of the trotting
families might and probably would
give us what is wantedthe horse ot
the future. V .
Years ago the Morgans were the
horses par excellence. ; They were
handsome to look at and tough as wire
nails. They had good strong legs and
strong hearts and stomachs. In color
they were blacks, browns, bays r
chestnuts. Their hair showed the lus
ter of health and the gleam of sun
light, and they were spiced with the
temper of nerve force, but nev ir stub
born.'' Physically, they were not large
horses, but they were all horse. Many
were about 900 pounds in weight vand
under IS hands, but In harness they
looked larger.
Yon breeders that remember the
form and type of the Morgan horse,
should realize that horses of that type,
weighing from 900 to 1300 pounds, Is
What the world is looking for. This
high type of the carriage horse has
been produced and can be again by
Intermingling the best branches of the
Hambletonlan, Morgan, Bashaw, Sadl
Hamet, Robert McGregor, American
Clay, German Coach, French Coach,
Hackney, Black Hawk, IndlRn Chtaf,
Edwin Forrest, Pals IHrlilarider, ,
vNjnohc mjlghtlook quite well. Helti.
a simply would fire "out 'quTcTilyT nail .rmpeejto fee t
would look rough; skin would be dry,
and the bowels cither very loose from
the Inability to digest so much car
bonaceous food, or else be constipated.
In either case his digestion would be
deranged, as the veterinary told you.
All tho 'digestive stimulants or condi
tion powders kept in a drug store
could not clinnge the ration.
Now. If you will drop the barley and
corn and substitute some wheat mid
dlings, with a ratio of 1 to 4, and add
the tiundful of linseed oilmeal so rich
In protein, with a ratio of 1 to 2, and
then use the oat straw for bedding In
stead of food, you will be getting down
somewhere near what this horse's phy
sical needs require.
I spoke of the possibility of worms.
As he has been out of condition for
some months, he very likely has some.
It Js the calf thin In flesh that has lice
when the fat one has not; it is the
horse with a poor or weak digestion
that furnishes the best home for
worms. With a good, strong diges
tion the worm has to fight to live;
with a poor one, he can laugh and grow
fat. Hence I will advise that you fast
blm for about sixteen hours; then
mix a tablespoonful of creolin with a
quart of warm water and use as a
drench. Follow in two hours with a
slx-drach mdose of Barbados alloes,
with a spoonful ot ginger added. Give
this also In water as a drench. If be
has worms you will see some of them
In his voldlngs in about twenty-four
hours. In that case repeat the dose
In a week. ,
As his digestion Is weak I will sug
gest that for a month you give. him
a tablespoonful of the following:
Ground flaxseed, one pound, in which
mix three ounces of ground charcoal,
three ounces of bicarbonate of soda,
four ounces of ground gentian root
and two ounces of ground anlseseed.
Give - morning and night. M. D.
Smead, V. 8., In the Tribune Farmer.
Not a Wholesome Place.
When Mr. and Mrs. Grant removed
from the big city and purchased a borne
in a country village one ot their first
visits was to the cemetery. "We want
to select a burial ground," Mr.. Grant
remarked, "and ltfe Is uncertain so we
had better attend to It during this dry
spell while -the walking Is good."
It occurred to Mrs. Grant that this
was hardly a sufficient reason for "so
prompt a decision, but she made no
objection to the plan and their first
walk was to the cemetery.
' "There seems to be a deal of room
on the high land," remarked Mrs.
Grant "We can easily find a good place
there."
"It's too high," objected Mr. Grant;
that's too much, of a hill to climb.
Let'; look down toward the river."
The lots toward the river pleased
Mrs. Grant even better than the hill.
There, Fred," she said, "let's decide
upon one of these." V t
Mr. Grant looked at his wife in sur
prise. 'Why, Mildred," he replied, "I
did think you had better judgment! I
shouldn't think of being burled In this
low, marshy place, It's the unhealthy
lest spot in the whole cemetery." Tit-
Bits.
Dog Wanted.
At the last anniversary of t"
hire school Bishop Bro '
a minister who a-" '
shortness of hi"-'
that his doc
snd last r'
where" r'
gatlo-
wii-h
pur
Brooklyu, N. Y.-As the subject of
Ills xenuon Sunday the la-v. Mvlngstnn
L. 'Taylor, pastor of the Puritan Cou
greatioiial Church, spoke on "The
Siiuuie Deal In Religion." He took
two texts: Proverbs xli.:22: "They that
deal truly are Ills delight," aud Psalm
xl.:7: "The righteous Lord ioveth right
eousncss." Mr. Taylor said:
The kingdom of heaven is a square
deal on earth. 'From I lie night visions
of the shepherds to the day drauus of
St. John it is peace mid good will on
earth, among men, which the hosts of
tlod are seen bestirring themselves to
promote. And He who. came from
heaven lived brother to nil men, that
they might ever after dwell as breth
ren here. But there can be no kingdom
of brotherly men on. earth with any
other throne set up than that of a fath
erly God In heaven. The square deal
has Its vertical lines as well as its hori
sniilal. The horizon never limited
Christ's vision. He lived for the day
when nieu would treat (iod right. In
that dny no uiuu will have anything
to fear from any other man. The
thinking world is coining around more
mid moro to Christ's estimate of relig
ion as tho power' that must set thinga
right among men. Hut in ills day and
In ours the problem of the square deal
Involves religion itself. It has always
been hard to get a square deal for re
ligion. It lias always been bard to
maintain a square deal In presenting
the claims of religion. It has always
been hard to keep a square deal nt the
heart of religion. The.e things should
be borne in mlwl by us all as we enter
upon the specrnl religious activities and
privileges of the r.enten season.
Tho square ileal in religion involves
a square deal for rellKlon. Aud this in
turn Involves two things: first n fair-
minded attitude toward religious phe
nomena, institutions, doctrines and per
sons, ami ftecnnd, ti determination to
deal fairly Willi our own religious na
ture, a delei'iuiuntioii to give Hie soul a
square deal.
Men deal more fairly with the fact
of religion than they used to. They
are settling down to the conclusion that
the race is "Incorrigibly religious."
They arc lieginuiug to uiiilerstmid that
the world's history could not have been
what It has been If men had no capac
ity and need for religiou. Religion
must be recognized as a legitimate hu
man interest unless we want to throw
out of court the most persistent of nil
classes of facts. Re'.igion must be rec
ognlzed as one of t lie great liummi in-,
terests If we are to niaintniu any sort
of propnrllou in our view of human life
as a whole. Religion must be recog
nized as the supreme human Interest if
we would be consistent with any rea
sonable definition of religiou. If relig
ion is on affair of the soul in its rela
tions w ith the Inliiiile nothing short ot
hie or rip-jit. e should
nil' " striving
to make reliirlon W i l .jtX linruuient
wl!b anylhiug short orthe religions In;
tcrprrftntion of the universe and of hu
ma.; life, determined to have some sort
of religious system, spending and being
spent in the service of religious Institu
tions, their churches, their missions.
We should deal ns fairly with these
facts as -ve do with the facts which
convince us .hat It is natural for men
to have in.isic, that it Is natural for
. men to express themselves and to find
pleasure in the varied tonus or art,
that it is natural for men to couccru
themselves with the right and wrong
of filings ami of their own lives.
But fair dealing with the fact of re
ligion requires that we should recog
nize the limitations and the Inevitable
imperfection of all the forms In which
the religious aspirations of men find
expression. It is nothing to the dis
credit of religion if our best efforts to
embody it fall short of those visions of
its glory Willi which our souls are
blessed. It is no less a treasure be
cause we hove it in earthen vessels.
Religious systems are confessedly Im
perfect. Religious persons are full of
faults. Hut they exist. They are
facts. And they are as good evidence
of man's religious nature as they are
of the Imperfectionof nil things human.
But how about our own religious na
ture, yours and mine? Have we been
treating It fairly? In 1S7IS George Ro
manes, n brilliant young British scien
tist, came to the conclusion that he
had no right to a soul or a God, and
that it was his "obvious duty to stifle
all belief snd to "discipline his Intel
lect with regard to this matter Into an
attitude of the purest skepticism." "I
am uot ashamed to confess," bo wrote
at the time, "that with this virtual ne
gation of God the universe to me has
lost Its soul of loveliness." And h- was
oppressed by "the appalling contrast
between the hollowed glory of that
creed which was once mine, and the
lonely mystery of existence as I now
find It." A little less than twenty
year later Cenrge Romanes became
convinced that la seeking to deal un
flinchingly with the facts of physical
science be had Ignored the most signifi
cant 'of nil facts, the most directly
known, the most completely attested of
all facts, the facts of his own religious
nature. He came to recognize that it
is "reasonable to be a Christian believ
er." Before bis nntlmely death he had
returned "to that full, deliberate com
munion wltb the church of Jesus Christ
which he had for so many years been
conscientiously compelled to forego."
In the multitude of bis thoughts with
in him bo bad secured a square deal
for bis soul.
. Our difficulties may not bo his, but
we have them. The things which
make it hard for us to secure our souls
their chance may be very different
from the things which made it hard
for blm. Scientific men of to-day have
less to make tbem feel as the seeming
ly triumphant matcrlallr . of the sev
enties made young Romanes feel about
haviug a God aiiC a soul. But our diffi
culties may be of another class entire
ly. Perhaps they are far less credit
able to our intellectual sincerity, less
creditable to our moral purpose, evil
Inclinations and the multiplied oppor
tunities for gratifying tbem that make
it hard for their souls to get fair hear
ing. "The Inst of the flesh, the lust of
the eye and the pride of life are not of
the Father," Jobu tells us. But some
thing more Is true. They out-Herod j
erod in their con'plrscy against what
ts heaven-born in us. fhey are net
only "not of the Father," but tt.ey art
the deadly foes ot all that is ot tne
Father. Happy are the souls in which
the flight into Egypt comes out as it
,v,njitv.in)iw's Gosiiejj' the In
7o play
.il. AH the
we need will
are faithful, snd
. io Nazareth. Some
e circumvented. And
her scientific doctrines
ties which do most to
our souls, but just the
Jons and the dally
I 'iind ef more or less
t our re-"-.;- a Ul'o,
we are under the same sacred obliga
tion and bare the same encouragement
to secure for our souls the square deal
God means tuern to have. I-et us never
forget that Jesus Chrlif is the great
champion of a square 'eal for every
soul, aud that that means ours.
A square deal In presenting the
claims of religion should be religiously
maintained. God is eternally against
anything else. Jeremiah never said
anything which bears more unmistak
ably the seat ot a ulvim ratification
than when be called It "a wonderful
and ho i'ible thing" that had come to
pass in the laud; that' "the prophets
prophesy falsely, and the priests bear
rule by their means; a;w my people
Iovj io have ;t so." But i. square deal
in prerentlng the claims of religion
rules out, nc. merely wilful falsifica
tion nnd perversion rf the truth.
rules cut intolerance and demands a
square deal for the religious convic
tions of other people. It rules nit dog-
matisin and t.emniids a square deal for
whatever new light may break forth.
It rules out the Insinuation of doubt
and idc lands a square deal for the
feeblest and most unintelligent faith.
It rules out Insincerity of whatever
kind. But It does uot rae out loyalty
to deep convictions, nor dehnlteness
of teaching, nor the replacing of the
broken reed of nu outworn doctrine
with the strong staff of a living truth
To bo absolutely loyal to tho truth, and
yet deal fairly with all the spiritual In
terests affected by the manner In which
the claims of religion are presented, Is
no light thing to achieve. But of one
thing, those to whom we go with the
call of.Christ must be left in no doubt,
and thnt Is that, so far as in us lies and
God gives us light upon our way, we
mean to be square with them. God
made our ears' so" that they Instinctive
ly protect themselves against cant.
They close us quickly as the threatened
eye.
The square deal In religion involves
a square deal at the heart of religion.
The central doctrine should be the
righteousness of Cod, the righteous
dealing of God with men, a square
deal and nothing less for all men, a
square deal and nothing more tor ' the
saved." Paul never gets tired of tell
In; us that God does not save us by
doing anything wrong. He is continu
ally declaring God's righteousness in
His way of saving men, that He is at
once "Just and the justllier of blin that
bath faith iu Jesus." Paul proclaims
the triumph of the square deal In
Christ. In Him "mercy and truth are
met together; righteousness and peace
have kissed each other." All that God
offers to us in Christ He has a right to
offer. He conie3 before the bar of our
conscience with His great gospel of
forgiveness. If it is not ratified there
It can never give us peace. It Is not
the less sensitive consciences which
have borne the most unequivocal testi
mony to the peace which (foil gives in
Christ Jesus. But there should be noth
ing to settle between your conscience
and your doctrine of salvation. We ar
not saved by dishonest bookkeeping.
Nothing Is credited to us which does
not belong to us In God s sight. Kvery
item which Jnstitles God in Ills mercy
toward us may not appear. But no
scheme that could not pass muster with
us lu our dealing with men can repre
scntilo redemptive dealings ot God
WHalinners. The niau who finds
peace wTttrtiod through Jesus Christ
Just believes n.---hever safeguard
ine of rlehteoirSsssw-"
when God's mercy set oul'USaVIHHUr
has not been neglected.
WHEN. ' '
Thr.T'a making fun of father.
No work hf doa, they say,
They laugh "when father carves the duck,'
In an unfeeling way. -.
They view tils svery action
Wlih arlevona discontent,
And never aay a word about
Wiles father pays the rent. - ;
"When father tells a story"
They alt around and Jeer.
When ralher does must anything
The family seems to sneer.
He's Just supposed to plod along
And save up every cent.
Nobody seems to notice him
When father pavs the rent.
Washington Star.
JUST FOR FUN
CItlman Do they keep a servant
girl? Subbubs Oh, certainly not. But
as soon as one leaves they engage an- -other.
Philadelphia Press.
"He carved out his own fortune."
"Nonsense! He married It." "Well, he
had to cut out a lot of other fellows,
didn't he?" Cleveland Leader.
"Wot does dey mean by 'fnds' In de
public school-', Jimmy?" "Aw, rendu
writln', 'rithmetic, geog
grammar, an' all den
Puck.
"One can't be tof
they can. Ever hav
hold your overcoat
was ripped In the
spoils Star.
"They say there'i
even in some of tf
observed Uncle Jeri
that's the right pla
Chicago Tribune.
Citizen What pef
you fellows have f
murderers Jury ma
zen Gee! The wh
Cleveland Leader
"What started ol
studying occult sclei
to cultivate a new ei
a hill collector thrcl
Detroit Free Pres
Dolly The progrf
classical. Dick W
better so. When th
ragtime gems it mal
so flat. Chicago N
Step lively! sal
'Not on your life.
grouchy passenger.
ing that I'd walk
car. Philadelphia
"Are you one of
nesses?" Inquired t
am," answered the
been on the stand tj
not told 'em a tf
Star.
Aunt Ann You t
er loves you? New
I know It aunt
But while we need not fear that God
will offer us more than He lias a right
to, we need have, on the other hand, no
fear of giving too much to Him if we
give nil.
"Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine.
Demands my soul, my life, my all."
Kea-atlve Llvlnc.
Living io escape trouble is a poor
kind of existence. Tbesmaller animals
iu the forests and mountains have to
give n large share ot their ntteution to
avoiding catastrophe, but man was
made for another kind of life. "How
are you?" a mau called out to his
friend iu passing. "I can't complain,"
was the ready answer. Poor fellow!
The best that he could say was that he
was successfully dodgiug disaster for
the moment! The preseut moment
ought to make the highest point of Joy
ous accomplishment our lives have yet
known. God means that It should.
We have more to be thankful for to
day than ever before since we or the
world came into being. Even our un
conscious habits of speech will Indicate
this If we are living abundantly.
jigly old httiU.li' ji
(OTrtjuneT
MISTAKE TAUGHT HIM LES80N
Ever After He Knew Proper Answer
to One Question.
The Hon. W. W. Stetson, of Au
burn, Me, state superintendent of
public schools, convulsed an audience
of Maine "schoolmarms" at Newport
one day recently by telling the follow
ing story of his early school life:
"I distinctly remember my first day
tn, school. It was also my brother's
first day, and wo occupied, seats across
the aisle from each other. It was In
the afternoon when the young and
pretty teacher came to my seat,
placed her hand on my shoulder and
asked, 'Don't you like me?' She didn't
cago
"You're not as strict wltb that
youngster of yours as you used to be."
"No, for economy's sake. Every month
I used to buy myself a new pair ot
slippers and htm a new pair of pants."
Philadelphia Press.
"An elephant must be a pretty ex
pensive animal?" "Yes, I wish I had
enough money to buy one." "What do
you want with an elephant?" "I don't
I merely expressed a wish tor the
money." Philadelphia Press.
"He claims that his private record
will bear the strictest scrutiny. Do
you believe him?" "Well, I wouldn't
be surprised If there was something
In it. I never heard of his lending any
money to society publications." aBI- '
tlmore American. '
Her Ladyship (who Is giving a ser
vants' ball to butler) We shall be
gin with a square dance, and I shall
want you, Wilklns, to be my partner.
Wllklns Certainly, m'Lady; and af- ,
terwards I presoom we may dance
with 'oom we like? Punch. . .
Sandy Pikes Yes, mum, thought
perhaps I would remind yer of yer
husband. The Lady (astonished).
You? What in the world Is there
about you to remind me of my hus- .
band? Sandy Pikes Why, mum, t
am wearin' de necktie yer gave him .
for a Christmas gift Chicago Dally
News.
The Pretty School Teacher,
say 'like,' exactly, but it was a sim
ilar word spelled with four letters. I
was almost scared to death, but 1
looked up at her and replied, 'No,
ma'am.
" 'She then went to my brother, di
rectly across the aisle, and asked him
thtt same question, to which" he re
plied, 'Yes, ma'am.1 You may well
Imagine which of us got the raisins
from the pudding during that term of
school. All that I got I pounded out
of my brother.
Tyranny of Bachelors.
There Is, however, one article of 1
men's dress In defense of whfch there
is nothing to be said. What makes
men so often late for a dinner party?
What leads to the emission ot more
"words" and provokes more ebulli
tions of Irritability than probably any
thing else In the world excluding al
ways a herd of pigs to drive, but we
are not all pig-drivers. Is it not the
starched shirt, with Its front and
cuffs, hard, like a coat of mall? And
yet Into its interstices delicate little
studs and sleeve links have to be in
troduced before the luckless wight
can be considered presentable in so
ciety. A woman transforms herself,
hair, footgear, everything, decks her
self In jewels and in lustrous rai
ment, and meanwhile her lord and
master, man, the one rational being, is
struggling, apoplectic, with his shirt
front Ah! what battles' have been
fought by distracted bachelors! What
tortures have been undergone by sen
sitive women, when first confronted
with tho man they love, whom they
had fondly deemed Incapable of a
swear word, not like Laocoon contend
ing against embracing serpents, but
contending wltb a shirt front, into
which he has unwarily Introduced his
head, and which has been sent home
buttoned up from the laundry. Lon
don Chronicle.
Railroad Man's Trsvhv.
W. US. Johnston Is believed toBbW
the record for long distance traveling
among railroad men. , "
Johnston hss nude 813 tripe between
here and Washington, D. C, via ri
Paso and New Orleans, and a cartful
computation shows that in making his
31S round trips he has travelled a dis
tance ot 1,135,777 miles, equal to mors
than forty-five times around the glohe,. -An
interesting feature ot Johnston's
I forthwith made up long and continued journeys by rail If
my mind that whenever tnat question that he has never met . with sn a
was asked me again I would always dent San Francisco Chronicle.
,'r'y. 'YC3 u-a'sm.' " I
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