THE FRANKLIN PRESS
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FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY. MAY 2, 1006.
MiMBEli 18.
THE
-: -': Ah, thfy nay the Monti l dead.,
Life and Joy front h?r lung (led
bleak and carrcn slone. ahe dwells la awful
. B'-r-;. -.,,. ..
frota her Mil nnr fountain flows',
. tin her in tst nor Ouwrpt blows
Never aniile of nrdiire g'addena Her grin)
face. .".
And a ghaatly illenie broodi .
, , Oar her dreary aulltiidrn,
Wbere nor noirnd, ngr ray uf beauty lends il
gi lli e I
4 at ni tefiaatti unto nic
. The Kanie lovoly mvatery
She la mill the fair Asiavtp of tha skies,
IVha doth earl lily thlngn rumpel,
v; . , By k wflrd and wltrhlng apoll.
Wooing, . luring, Mrkonlng enchantrcss-
, r Vltt
fif whoa love the Sra Is fain
' ' i Till he freta and fi a .ns with pain, ,
Till he rlsea from hla bed with Bcba and
algha I
'yVV aVVVVaaVV
t The Romance of an Apple-Dumpling. - -
fti-.i
Mehitable PtttlugiU stood with her
cookbook ia one hand, the sliJeves df
her dainty pink gown foiled away from
her plump wrists, and a little Pitch of
flour adorning her pleasantly- saucy
Dose,
Bhe Wfts riot thinking of hfer book
look, however, br her flour-addrriod
tOUntenance; Her thoughts seemed
va further than the plumes of the
, Mlac buBh toward WBIch her eyes oc-
, fHslbnally wandered. Mehitable was
apparently in deep and not altogether
pleasant thought.
Could t describe with due fairness the
' sweet proportion and general delect
ableness I thank the old poets for that
goodly word of Mehitable, I should not
have commenced with the cook-book,
although it has as prominent a place
in all that follows as any charm exer
cised by sweet Mehitable.
Mehitable had inherited, with this
trying name, her grandmother's fair
skin and sunny hair, with the com
plexion of a rose-leaf a richer In
heritance, In fact, than many of her
friends possessed, who delighted in
names breathing of poetic fancy; I.lly,
Daisy, Birdie and Rose. Her uncle
: loves to call her "Dot," because she is
- So small, so sweet, so truly commenda
ble. In her thrifty household.
But to-day Mehitable Is In trouble,
and the cook-book seems only to add
to her perplexity. The Sunshine dances
In the kitchen doorway, through the
vine-leaves merrily, smiling upon the
rows of shining trees, and playing hlde-
n!k?eek in the shadows with the spor-
The kettle boils gently on
irythlng is neat and clean,
to make her dejsert
in
Me.TTfable uears the fa'iW.
dishes as Annie makes ready
r-table.
e she stands, with that frown
her sweet eyes, and stares at
e with eyes that only take In
Us. wlthojt anv idea of the
Vf she is reading. Mehitable
me of those erratic cooks who
e a dsh of nothing, adding a
H this and a bit of that;" she
der-lovlng cook, and her des-
lways a rare dish, made with
But of all she creates, the
satisfaction ia reached for
arvey when she jrns nor at-
apple-dumplings.
arvey remarks with a twin-
s eye, on these occasions,
a clear conscience, is a goo.t
t, my child, you are better
pear conscience, if that Is a
because one may appreciate
ough goodness without any
slderatlon of future reward."
,-our appreciation is confined
jhg!''Tirehltable would re
ly.
y should Menitame stand
Jiday, Into her cook-book, as
!not realize Uncle Hanky's
ent In her skill? She did
heed the kitten that, like
jnjShallot, grown tired of
1 affectionately against
lover her shoulder and
for apple-dumpllngs:
a if- Dour, two tablespoon
one teaspoonful of soda dl?
hot water, two cupfuls of
teaspoonfuls of cream-tat -
Dour, one saltspoon
Mehitable
is, she twists
finger; and,
llrections are
Into the flour.
said arguing
I cannot see
am-tartar to-
nurh, for him
was so
kvet up
down
t "stiff
than
sed to
foolish. I know
io me again. Ob
rhe'Sitjever
h. dearirCiit In
), and lay In center of
each
1 Van Ausdell).
H gracious! what am I saying?"
irmured, suddenly conscious of
Man wandering. ' "Here I stand
over thla recipe I know by
nd reading it aa If I expected
i
dumpling of Harold. I
i I knew hlra by heart, too,"
grim little smile. "However,
;i over bow. I shall never be
ife. I wonder if he will come
to dinner with Cncle Harvey, to-
,'lth this rather Inconsistent con
don to her tragic cogitation, she
menced to ling a brisk tune, aad,
' the tears twinkled In her eyes,
-J work about the dumplings wlth
urther delay; and, despite the
: fact that her first aad violent
1 with her lover had transpired
ght before, she accomplished the
nobly.
s a well-known truth that, often,
( a woman's heart is heaviest, her
t and dumplings are lightest
1 the poetical justice of human
e, we . suppose, shaming the
of delinquency ever brought
it, by meeting and supplying
leal demand.
: a pretty sight to see Mehlt-
in. J 111 ggnaaaa
las
1"
f
MCUIMi
h is still the Huntress Maid, i
. . lu whoee smile 1 Itatiltrd nud played - ,
I.lltlng ihillhmd'a aoug aud laughter, la
and fret. - . '
While adown bet allver boama ,.:
I' U aird .hevtea of, bright drrana, , , .
Thrllllug heart and brain to aweeteat ea
May ... '
Making fairest Jy of night. .,,
. , Till I woke wittl strange delight
Tor tire JJjj1;0' ""It waa kuown to her and
Kllll liuon the heavenly plain1
I behold her wan and wane, . ,
BHD my aoul with her weird beauty la
poasesl
And methlnka that ahe aomehow.
Ah 1 Knxe uMn Iter now.
Knowa lh rapture of a vision none liava
giiescd
Aa ujKn her pallid beams
I'oine the fnlnl the far-off gleama
Of a radiant one who walka among the
hirst ! ,
Siltella Cork. In Youth'a Companion.
twit
able's dimpled hands chop the Shbfteri
tng Into the flour, after sifting It with
the cream-tartar, put in the soda and
wet It with a deft hand, and rdll into
a paete about half ail inch thick:
. Then she carefully cut the pastfy iti
to neat squares, and laid In this cen
ter of eacli a juicy tart apple Bhe had
pared and cored. Ala3! today; she
.had no desire to throw the long peel
ing over her shoulder, when she pared
her apples, in order to read her mar
riage fate in the letter thus formed.
Then she brought the corners of the
square dough neatly together, and gave
them a slight pinch. Noxt, she got
her buttered baking-pans, and, placing
the joined edges downward, passed
them into the oven to bake.
Once more she had time to return to
ber dismal meditation; which she did,
resting her sunny head on her hand.
Harold Van Ausdell was Uncle Har
vey's cousin's son. Uncle Harvey had
been delighted at the idea of his
niece's engagement. What would he
say now?
Harold had been very harsh to be
provoked over such a trifle. He always
,-ame home to dinner with Uncle Har
vey, on Saturday evening. Would ho
come tonight? Would he lie penitent,
or expect her to be? He hud been
cruel in all he Said and she would
uever, never, never"
"Miss Pettenglll, 1 am sure t smell
something burning." Thus spoke
Annie, hurrying in from the dining
room. "Oh. dear!1' cried Mehitable, in a
vexed tone: but no harm was done,
and, aftef,a few momenK the dump
lings came (but of the oven, brown and
d her uncle s voice now, and
at violently, as she fecog-
vtilce she hoped might
She barely had time to brush the
dumplings with beaten egg, to give
them a gloss, and then sift powdered
sugar over them.
She then directed Annie, III a con
fused manner, to make a rich sauce for
them, and then fted up (he back-stairway
to her room, leaving Annie to
smi'e knowingly and take charge of
the templing beauties, little dreaming
how precious a charge she undertook.
Mehitable and Harold met at the dinner-table,
under Uncle Harvey's eyes,
with great equanimity. Mehitable
looked cool and fresh, in her pretty
dress, with only a little heightened
flush of her roses, to betray her agita
tion, lltit she noticed that Harold
turned very white, a3 she glance fell
upon her the second time. What could
he mean? Her left hand went in
stinctively to her fair curls, a If they
must be the caue One of those silly,
graceful motions girls will make. Then,
as her hand rested on the table, a
moment afterward, she saw her be
thrgthal ring was gone.
Her eyes met his, a moment, In a
startled glance, and then he looked
away, to answer Uncle Harvey's ques
tion. "So your are resolved to go, no mat
ter what any of us may Bay? Even
Dot cannot persuade you?" Uncle Har
vey said.
"Dot has no desire I should remain,"
returned Harold; "we decided that
matter last night"
"What?" demanded Uncle Harvey,
while Mehitable forced herself to re
turn Harold's glance firmly. He should
Inot find her lacking In purpose, ah
sald to he
ilf. If he could speak thus
cruelly, wi
nit striving to conciliate
her. But
re where could she have
lost her rlii
And where was Harold
going?
"May I as
what all this may mean?"
once more
manded Uncle Harvey,
leaning bad
n his chair.
"Only th;
y decision regarding my
ie west has been hasten
departure fi
ed by the
ing of our engagement
It Is as It should be," said Harry. "Re
member, sir, I came under protest this
evening, yielding because I saw Dot
had not told you of the rupture. I
hoped she had repented of last night's
hasty decision. She has not, It seems.
Since it Ib my last meal with you, let
us forget this unpleasantness, and talk
of other matters."
"Is this true. Dot?" asked Uncle Har
vey, In despair.
'Yes, uncle," she replied, with
greater calmness that Harold had
straggled with his dignity and anger.
But ohf where was the ring? How
could she have lost It? But, If Harold,
gave her no opportunity for explana
tion, she too would be inexorable, it it
broke her heart
So Harold chatted on with, apparent
ease, and made Uncle Harvey Join him,
albeit the latter was a little sulky.
Disappointment is the bane of a
good appetite, and Uncle Harvey was
sorely disappointed in the turn affairs
had taken.
Even when his favorite' dumplings
appeared, he could not rally hla spirits.
In face of the two young people flash
ing occasional defiant glances at each
other, across the table.
A silence fell as they ate the dainty
deMiert, when suddenly Harold choked
slightly, and Uncle Harvey looked in
surprise, as the young man deliberately
took from bis mouth a small gold cir
clet ' r -:- ,
There was a mingling of amusement
and gladness In Harold's face. He
looked at Mehitable.
V
''You lost It? You did not discard
it?" he cried, eagerly; ,T
. "I lost it Id making the dumplings,"
she returned, shaken from her self-possession.
"It must have slipped off, and
fallen Into the dumpling."
"Then you did not mean to give It
back to the!" cried Harold. "YOU did
not-" 1 .
"Oh! i had ii bit today, i hevoi
meant ttt" .
But Uncle Harvey burst into a roal
of laughter: .
"Why, pritT ybii "are hot so cruel ai
to choke a man with his own engage
ment ring? I never asked you to flavor
dumplings with lovc-Ear.ce! That is
'ringing' the changes on a man," lie
cried, between gasps of choking laugh
ter. But Harold walked around the table
with the ring, and took Mehltable's
hand In his, and, while she blushed
furiously, put It back upon her finger
again.
"Forgive me, dear; and tell me you
never meant to take It off and give
me over," he said, looking so charming
ly sincere And handsome in hU pent,
terice, that Miltabie uttered & demure
little ''Yes." and Ulieie Hrvty finished
his (ileal alone; while they slipped back
into the parlor:
Mehitable Petteiiglli is how Mrs.
Harold Van Ausdell, and mnriages her
Household with excellent skill; but Her
husband often jocosely remarks, while
he enjoys her heightening color, thai
there is no dish she maxes with such
singular success, as his favorite, tho
apple dumpling. Good Literature.
CARE OF 8PINSTERS AND
WIDOWS.
Funds for That Purpose In a Massa
chusetts Town.
A veritable "old maids' paradise" Is
located in Scituate. That ancient
South Shore town bears the distinc
tion of possessing a fund of which the
proceeds are devoted to the care of
dependent maiden women.
So far as the Scituate selectmen
know there is not a life fund under
the supervision of a town anywhere
in the State. More than a quarter Of
a century ago Miss Eliza Jenkins de
cided that the women approaching
the sere and yellow leaf of life, who
had, like herself, remained single
fronl choice or otherwise, should he
provided for when they became de
pendent wholly Upon themselves. The
idea of an old frtlks' home in Scituate
was at that time entirely out of the
question. Miss Jenkins straightway
did the iiext best thing and left a
fuild of $3,nt'0, tile interest of which
Is yearly distributed among the
worthy maidens of the town.
The Jenkins fund has always been
in charge of the selectmen. In the last
few years they bhve rJaeed about
$20 each lb. the Hands of naif a dozen
pelaCSaa, 'rne 0(1(1 '"nd' has benefited
personsirt' Scituate for' so many years
that Ihe townspeople have come td
regard t tts a very common Instltu.
tion; it is available for only native
born women, and this is about the
only restriction Its donor made.
Many b person has been helped in
the last twenty-five years to pay off
a montage, Luy fiiel for the winter
months tit purchase seeds for the
spring planting through this fund.
The selectmen know pretty near every
one In the town, and It Is compara
tively epsy for them to discriminate
between the worthy and the un
worthy. Soon after Miss Jenkins thought
fully provided for the "old maids"
another maiden woman, Miss lAicf
Thomas, originated the Idea of a simi
lar fund for widows. She left $1,000,
also under the care of the selectmen,
fof native born widows. Interest has
been drawn from this fund nearly as
many years as from the Jenkins fund,
Boston Globe.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
A Halifax oarsman has Invented a
machine for keeping In trim in the
winter, ir Is a sled with a rowing
seat With the aid of steel-edged oars
he rows over the ice at great speed.
The lightest of European crowns Is
the state crown of Great Britain, which
was made for Queen Victoria. Al
though it only weighed two pounds
and seven ounces, its valu is 340,000.
A native Indian ruler owns a musi
cal bed. The weight of the body sets
the works In motion, and it plays half
an hour, while life sized figures of
Grecian maidens at its head and foot
finger stringed instruments. Fans are
waved by a concealed motor, which
keeps them going the whole night
long.
A story Is told of a man who, cross
ing a distant used coal field late at
night, fell Into an apparently bottom
less pit, and saved himself. only by
grasping a projecting beam. There he
clung with great difficulty all night,
only to find when day dawned that his
feet were only four inches from the
bottom.
An Interview with the Sultan of Tur
key has its amusing side. That mon
arch Is not supposed officially to kno-
any language but his own. An Inter
preter thunders his majesty's questions
at the visitor, then cringes with awe
as he listens to the words of his royal
master. The contrast is close to; the
ridiculous. At the conclusion of the
interview the Sultan rises and says
quietly In tho visitor's language or in
French: "No that our business is over,
will you join me In my study and have
a cup of coffee?"
An emigrant's outfit. Including a
oow, was in a forward car of a Kan
sas' train, the emigrant himself being
In the caboose. The train was making
average time when the man suddenly
exclaimed, while looking out of the
caboose window: "Why, there is my
cow," pointing to an animal that stood
grazing beside the track. The train
men told him he most be mistaken, but
he Insisted that he was right, and
finally succeeded In having the train
stopped.. Going forward tha door of
the car was found oson and the oow
gone. It was not Injured in the least
by tho fall from the train and was
grazing within a minute t.t the time
it struck the ground. .
TBG 'PUL'Pl'T,
A BRILLIANT SUNOAY SERMON BY
THE R.V. DR. LYMAN ABBOT-!.
Satijari: 'Tha Splill ul Chrlatlautt?:"
Brooklyn, N; Y: - At Plymouth
Church, tire Rev: I.ymiiii. Abbott; D. IJ.;
occupied ills old pulpit id tliff absence;
6f the present pastor; the Itev; N. D.
Hlllis. Dr. Abbott's subject was. "The
Essential Spirit of Christianity."' lie
those for his text the passage Matthew
x:27:28:. "Whosoever will be clili-r
uioug you let liini be your servant,
even as the Sou of Mail enme, not tn
be mltilstered unto, but to minister.
kuuMo give, His life ft ransom for
many," mid said:
What do we mean by Christianity'.'
What Is Its essential, specillc spirit';
It Is the spirit of the Christ who "ciiine
not to he ministered unto, but to minis
ter." The t:irlt of ihe Christian is to
be like the Christ. It is to get back of
all that is injurious and nil that is val
uable; all the accretions that arc Injur
ing and all the additions which have
beeu tnndn in the growth of Christian
ity, doctrine, ritual nud InMitminnal:
to get back to the time of Clui.t Him
self; olid, if we can, see what Chris
tianity meant then and llie.c, in order
that we may get at the essential spirit
bf it.
There' appeared at the beginning of
(he so-called Christian ern n rellginus
teachc.' in a province of Palestine. lift
was certainly for that iirc and for all
hses a singular man. The Ibiiic; we
care for most He seenled td be indiffer
ent to. He did not care for pleasure,
lint He was Hot ascetic. He did not
hide Himself from the v.or.d. There
is no Instance in which lie refused an
Invitation to a feast. lie began Ills
ministry be creating wine to prolong
the festivities at a lUiirrhigc feast, and
yet He did not care fo- what men call
pleasure. He said Himself that lie
"had not where to lay His head." He
often !nld dowu to sleep with only the
stars overhead. lie lived on Ihe sim
plest food. He did not care for wealth.
He never called a man a fool but once,
nud that was the man who ? .cnt all his
life In ncrnmnlnating and then did not
know what to do with the accumula
tions, He did not care for power, for
when He was offered a crown He re
fused It. One day they gathered about
Him, Waved palm branches and
Shouted "Hosanuali!" and amid all the
joy and acclaim Hn stopped nnd wept
as He remembered the sorrows Which
W'ere to come npon Jerusalem.
Ambition did not appeal to Him. lie
Was willing to preach to filXK) or to 2'W
Or td twenty-five or thirty, or to sit,
down With one poor wretched wotnntj
and talk to her by the weJJ end It did
hot make any dlherencs ""What did He:
care for? For
,-ice to go about
among men an
lake them happy.
That was W'
Ie cared for. He cared
for all sorts
He was equally
willing td
Greek or the .Tew,
If He
ho.as will
Ing (J se;
arlstiait.
He
'or and
n's
to the!
wise: H would tnlk with the peasant,
br spend an evening with one of the
great rabbis at Jerusalem. Character
br past conduct did not separate men
from His sympathy. It did not make
any difference how badly a man. bad
lived or how rotten was bis ch.iraiter.
He was ready to help him. He came
Into .lerlche one day aud the people
Crowded round Him. It was a city of
priests and corrupt politician?. The
politicians were more corrupt than In
this day, ami Hint is faying r. great
deal. It was .. city of priests and poli
ticians, and one of lhr.e latter, whd
had made money by squeezing the pub
lic, was n little man. who climbed into
a tree, becnuse be wanted to see this
strange man pius. Th! strange mnn
passed the priests and the orthodox
religious people ami looked up at thfl
little man nud said: "Come down; I am
going to dine with you to-day." He
sought out the had man because Ho
thought He could do something for
him. He was equally ready to minis
ter food to the hungry, healing to the
sick, comfort to the nfTlieied, wisdom
to the Ignorant, Inspiration to the de
pressed or succor to the simple and the
burdened.
The only question with Hlin was: "Is
this man in trouble?" What kind of
trouble? "It dm not' niatler what
kind of trouble, I want M help him."
That was absolutely His only question.
And yet this man saw that the deepest
troubles of men are the troubles thnt
come upon them because of their
wrong doing. In Ills first great ser
tnrttt lie gave the secret of happiness
when He said: "Blessed are the pure ill
heart" and ''Blessed are the poor It'i
spirit," etc. Tho secret of happiness
Is what you are, not what you have.
80 the thing He wanted to do was to
chauge men's characters, to get them
out of slu and lead them In the paths
of virtue nnd truth and good will. He
wanted to lift off the burden of their
sins and make them healthy, normal,
holy men nnd women. To this He
gave His life. He did not do this Inci
dentally, as It chanced Him: there was
something nice. Jle said: "Thnt Is
what I am here for.- That Is what
God put Mi into the world for; It Is the
mission Ho has given Me.", He be
longed to a nation that had ben tanght
to look forward for the golden age, not
backward. They thought the good
time was yet to come. Their prophets
had told them so. They thought It was
ti be brought about, some said, by the
nation, by a series of prophets, or by a
single man, a conqueror. And, this
man Jesus said: "This kingdom of God
Is at ham!. 'This good time Is already
here, and I am the one to bring it
about." The first time lie preached
was at Nazareth and then He told them
this. Then He gathered a few disci
ples about Him and after a year with
them He asked: "Whom do men say
that I am?" They said: "There are
many different things said. Some say
a prophet; some a great teacher; some
one thing and some another." Aud He
said: "But whom say ye that I, am?"
One can imagine the moment of si
lence and hesitation aud uncertainty
that followed. And then one, on Impul
sive one, raid: "You are the Messiah."
He replied: "Yes, lain; tbat is right."
The mission of His life was to bring
about the kingdom of God on the earth
and He said, "The way to do It Is to
help every oue In need. No matter
what Ihe character to help one anoth.
er, that is the way." The Jews wanted
It another way. Queer people, these
Jews! They thought they were the
great people, which was very like the
Anglo-Saxons of to-day. They thought
there were no Other people who were
religious or civilized or who had the se
cret of "great progress., -They said tjio
klngdoir would come t Jerusalem, not
to Borne, and tbat not the Romans, but
the Jews, -would be dominant. But
Christ said, "No, that is a mistake.
The kingdom of God Is not In Jerusa
lem or Home 'or Athens. It Is in a
spirit nf universnl helpfulness." That
is the kingdom of God, and the king
dom will come when every wB helps
dn
ha ft fie c
otVicn
vsf V'e
lived 1 i 11 in ml
wasf 1
r T
tne rici cum
Wn if fftll'Uur. 11
gaaii I 'il I 1 n 1 1 1 Mii'lTi
his fellow ui.iri nut of evefy kind of
need, . whatever' It may be.- He was
llually 'Arretted and pat upon oath and
asked: "Are Yori the". Messina?" "1.
inn." He said. Hp claimed td bt the
Messiah and He claimed to bring about
the kingdom of God by diffusing the
spirit of hope and fallh and good will.
The apostle went forlh aud preached
what? Not tile Ten Commandments
or the Eei'i;.!)!! c.i the Mount, lint "This
Is tin' Messiah.- The lilverer Is
come.'' tii the liiitiii'e fif the ease He
could ntit d'd It &ime, If II were to he
sonic Su'dde'if tiphr'ava'l, serine: catn'
clysin. some' march Of !riiiie,- ft could
be do .e III ii single period, btft if good
will, peace and universal lie'lpfiilnesj
were to be brought nhoilt, that would
take generations. Thnt must go from
kingdom tri kingdom; from dltjr to city
and datlriii to nation. And so He called
few tnc'ri to' ca'rry the' iiu'ssiige-tifst
twelve; then seventy: flier! He' died;
Then, after HIS resurrect loit, 'He sent
ethers. He sent them id the" spirit Of
good will and helpfulness, t heal the
sick, demise the leper and restore com
fort to the sorrowing. To minister to
every jody rich, poor, wise, Ignorant,
to the Jew nnd the Cenllle,
There was something more. In all
age men have believed In sonic great
occult power lying back of the phe
nomena of nature. The Jews thought
there was one great God who inexor
ably demanded righteousness of His
people, and Jesus said, "God Is such a
cue as I ant, nctunted by the same
spirit. Id My life and teachings I am
interpreting this groat Infinite Power,
this just, wise (iod, tills eternal Infinite
rreieneff;" And He Illustrated His
mennliis iy the parable of the king
whose subjects rebelled against him;
Ivy the paiabie of the lost sheep and
the parable of the prodigal son, "That
is the klud of Father that God ls(" said
Jesus.
There is still more In Christ's mes
sage. In all ages men have been try
ing to get td this unknown God. They
hnve' said: "Ve have done wrong, wo
have aroused the wrath of this God.
He is right td be angry with lis How
shall we appease Ills anger? We will
offer sacrifices." It Is difficult in this
twentieth century to realize wtini wor
ship was twenty centuries ago. I'iC
ture the icnple, the nltar, the white
robed priests. All around In the outer
court the cooing of doves, the bleating
of sheep, nnd within, by this altar, a
butcher s shop, a shambles. I'riests
cutting the throats of lambs and cattle
and the blood flowing in great rivers
our from under the altar. Why? 'Be
cause these poople thought God had a
right to be angry and they were right.
Ho had a right to be angry and they
thought He was angry-anil they were
half right In thnt and they thought
the way to peace was by sacrifice, and
they were wrong in that. Jesus uever
offered a fncrillce, so (ar as we know,
or told anybody elsj to offer sacrifice.
This world Is God's reformatory and
what He has done is .his: His Marshal
has come for you nud ine. Ha He
come in power, with greatness of riches
or wond-rful display 01 Intellectual
wisdom? No. Come how? In sympa
thy, in tenderness, in love, in purity
and truth aud righteousness. We cau
sec no way to nr.pplness save by en
(lowing with truth and purity and
guleoiisness. HJ s coiui to us to
you nud me.
He says, "You can do tno- same
tiling.1' You say: "I have no power,"
"Neither had I." "i hove uot wealth."
"Neither had 1." "I was not ait eccle
siastic." "Neither was I." "Come to
Me: get My spirit; live as I lived; be
willing to lay down ytur life for others,
as I was for you."
I have tried this moriiinpr to get be
hind all definitions, all creedal state
ments, uot becnuse I think they nre
bad. but becnuse I am sure the spirit
of Christ transcends nil definitions and
rreedal statements. Christianity! What
Is it? It is the new doctrine of God.
It is the new faith In God. It la the
faith of God, who is in Ills world as
He was 111 Jesus Christ, comforting the
sorrowing, helping the tempted. In
structing tho ignorant. It la the new
hope, the hope of the kingdom of God
thnt is coming. There Is coming the
time when men will give to their fel
low men fair, honest, generous meas
ures nnd will "do unto others as they I
would lie doue unto." That Is right- )
eonsness. There Is coming a time when I
there will be peace in every heart lie
cause It is at harmony with itseir, ana
peace in the whole world between mail
nnd man. nation and nation. Aud It is
a new hope that Christianity brings
when It says: "Now. you can work fof
that because you are working In the
spirit of the Eternal, and It Is the spirit
of good will, of service, of sacrifice, of
laying dewr, our lives for others as He
laid dowu His life for us."
Christianity! What is it? It Is tha
'God so loved the world that He gave
His only begotten Son, that whosoever
jelleveth In tllm might not perish, but
have everlasting life." That Is the the
olopy of Christianity. "The kingdom
nf God Is at hand." That Is the hope of
Christianity. "A new commaudment
give I unto you: that ye love one anoth
er as I have loved you." That Is the
law of Christianity.
Whr I.ota Ie, Tlior ftori I.
Thoughts that disturb and trouble
ns seldom come from God. It Is gener
ally best to put them .may, and throw
ourself, with increased trust in Him
and mistrust of self, at His feet. And
uever forget, amid whatever may be
fall yon dryness, coldness, desolation
and disappointment, consciousness of
many faults, nnd of great weakness,
aud want of faith that where love Is,
there God is sure to be'. He uever yet
lias suffered any soul to fall wholly
from Him which, amid all Its frailltles
nud falls, clings to Him In 'ove. H. U
Sidney ,I.ear.
God's Krrantlf.
," Difficulties are God's errands, snd
when we are sent npon litem we should
esteem It a proof of God's confldence
Veecber Turks Rejoice at Patriot's Death.
Says a message from, Salonlkt, Eu
ropean Turkey, "There is Jubilation
In Turkish circles at the report of
tho death of Radnallyovan (Yovan of
Radna), who has been a thorn In the
side of the Turks for thirty years
past ' Yovan of Radna took to the
hills out of resentment for the wrong
be had suffered at the hands of tho
Turks. He has often figured In recent
years as a kind of Macedonian Robin
Hood, protecting the weak against the
strong and occasionally punishing by
death the Turkish village ruffians of
whom bli people made complaints to
him. When surrounded by the Turks
in overwhelming force In bis last
fight Yovan was at the head of a band
of only nine men, three of whom, with
their leader, were killed in the fight,
the Turk losing heavily.", j
Mice Mads Horn In Potato, .
A Danbury, Conn., druggist had a
prise potato which he kept in bis
back shop. Tha other day he discov
ered that the Interior of the potato
had been gnawed away and that a
family of young mice was suuRly set
tled within the shell.
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A SPENDTHRIFT IQUJNT.
ANNA ttOULD'S HAS C03T HER
$2,017 A DAY,
fhi Amazing Extravagances Of Count
Eoni de Castallane. In the Eleven
Years of Their Married Life He Has
Spent Over $9,000,000.
"Even If Count Bonl de Castellane
effect a reconciliation with the
Countess, hla Income will be so cut
down as to practically extinguish one
lit the greatest spenders that even
prodigal fane has ever known.
Of all Ihe' Amerlcart Investment In
Old World titles Anna Gotild'' has
probably been the most costly.
Reduced to cold figures, the price
Of her title had beensapproxlmately
$2,017 each and every day for the 11
years they have been married, or the
tquhulenf every four week of Presi
dent Roosevelt's salary for a year.
Recently Frank Work, Ihe New
Yorl. millionaire, and his daughter
had a dispute that led Mrs. Roche to
leave hi hftme because for a time she
spent about 35u a day, one-sixth of
the dally expenditures of the Count,
his daughter's extravagance for only
a few weeks, while George Gould
titled brothor-ln law has hammered
away tintif he has made the record of
19,111)0,000 for the eleven years of his
married life.
Tho Count has smilingly spent $4
for a cherry and cheerfully given
enough to pay the bonded Indebted
ness of a small city for a piece of
brlc-a-hrac. He has made for himself
a reputation as a spender that the
Caused the famous literary men of
this and other capitals to write about
him, and he has Inflamed the Parisian
populace more than once so that ho
has had to placate the city by great
gifts to charity.
One of his little foibles was a vaude
ville performance given at Auteuil
when, for :!50 guests, he presented an
all star bill, no act of which cost him
less than $500.
Eclipse. That has been the one Idea
of the Count from the moment he got
his hands 011 tho Gould fortune. He
waited for others to give fetes of to
buy jewels or antiques only that he
might eclipse them, and generally he
has succeeded. He has lived to hear
his praises sung, and the Countess
paid the cost.
For his world-fumed mansion on the
Avenue Hois de Boulogne, known as
the "Red Palace," Bonl spent more
money than he can ever accurately
tell. He liked the location so well
that he paid $740,000 for the land
nlono, nnd before he got through he
had produced a palace that any king
In Europe might envy.
He was told when he started to
duplicate the historical Trianon at
Versailles, In which Mme. Pompadour
'once lived, that it wa going to cost
tremendously, but he smiled and
shook f ankboo
plannedsiff) spend an
Hon In furnishing the place.
One of the few details of the
is a set of fountains built in th.
den, which he could run for ten m.n-
ntes at the trifling cost of $1,000. Then
he got the Idea that he wanted to be
a yachtsmnn, so he bought the yacht
Valhalla for $200,000 and planned to
sail her on a scale that totalled $1 50,
000 a year. I-ater he had to sell this
toy, but that's another part of his
tory.
When he was elected to the Cham
ber of Deputies he felt so good
natured that he gave a feast that
would have made l.uciillus turn green.
The bill was $200,ooo. He seemed to
like that amount, for It figures fre
quently In his accounts.
At another time he got the idea
that modern dress was all wrong and
that it only required a daring Individ
ual to revive the styles of past centu
ries. Toward this end he gave a
flower ball and all men appeared in
the costumes of the lonis XVIII
period. Bill $125,000, But then his
Ideas were always costly.
While his palace was building, some
of the lots he needed were occupied
and although It was altogether un
necessary, he Impatiently bought tho
inhabited houses and evicted tho
tenants. That cost a pretty sum.
Sometimes the Count's methods
were what might be termed question
able, and In the light of the recent
scandal. It is probable that one of his
little mysteries Is revealed. About
six years ago he presented to his wife
a necklace that he had paid $100,000
for. Anna Gould realized how he was
draining her fortune, and when she
looked at the bauble she didn't think
It wa worth the money, so she hur
ried to the Jeweller. She found that
he took a lofty attitude and Insisted
that his business was with the Count.
"You have cheated my husband,"
she declared hotly, "and you must take
this back."
Then the secret was let out. The
Jeweller lost his temper, and, taking
the necklace In his hand, said angrily:
"If you tjhlnk, madam, I have cheat
ed, you are wrong. When I aold this
necklace to M. Le Comte It had tour
rows of diamonds. It has but two
row now. Can Madame tell me
Where the other two rows are?"
Then the one-time Anna Gould went
home and thought It over. Possibly
ahe knows now where the other half
of the necklace went. Perhaps it may
be mentioned when her divorce cornea
to trial.
The costly addition to the Gould
family thought it might be useful to
know the time occasionally, and he
decided to have one of the finest
clock in France. When the art
dealers heard of this they started to
procure what he wanted. In the end
he paid $fit).000 for a Bevre creation
and It Is rtuld that for a year a clock
maker had the task Of making it
keep time.
For hla Countesa he bought a tor
toise shell wardrobe In which Louis
Seize once kept bla royal robes. About
$280,000 is .said to have been the coat
of this. In his boudoir he has the bed
used by Napoleon on the night of his
coronation, and the rest of hi pri
vate quarters bad decorations In keep
ing with the bed. OneNrf hi bill
wa for f 10,000 for a small set of
tapestry furniture.
One of the greatest extravagances
was the purchase of the Palazia dells
Scala, In Verona, that he might get
the eleven ceilings painted Oy 1 lepolo.
Scarcely had he written his check tor
a gigantic sum to secure the palace
when he made the artist of the world
gasp by putting a force of men at
work tearing It down. Tie polo was a
native Venetian who died in Spain
nearly ISO years ago, and his mural
decorations are of enormous value.
The Count had the ceilings cut out In
tact and then set up in hi palace In
this city.
For thrc3 Celadon vases with old
French mounts he gave $16,000; for
a set of two Rose du Barry jardin
ieres and two plates of the? same pifl
tcrn $10,000; and for two pairs of
Louis XVI gilt candlesticks $4,400.
One bill he received for $104,000 cov
ered a Louis XVI table In dove marble,
a pair Of old Sevres vases, a Louis
XVI Entre-Deux, a pair of old French
silver vases and severl minor articles.
Another bill for $180,000 repre
sented among other things a ward
robe, cabinet, small and large writing
tables of the Louis XIV period. Two
of his other large bills for antiques
were contracted, one for $85,050 on
May 27, 1806, and another for $62,200
on June 18, 187. The Count could
show innumerable bills for $10,000,
$20,000 or $30,000, for little odds and
ends.
For the pleasure of insulting Presi
dent ,I..oubet he paid $100,000 to en
gage Monljarret, once the postillion
of the French Republic. Montjarrct
became, the little Count's outrider,
ximply because Bonl didn't like the
Republic or the president, and he was
willing to pay Montjarret's price. The
outrider had led Ihe processions of all
the French presidents since Grevy,
and he was always cheered when he
appeared at the head of a state pro
cession. These are some of the things Anna
Gbuld has had to pay for to be a
Countess. Given in detail the list
would fill seven or eight columns of a
newspaper.
INDIAN CHARM FOR SNAKE BITE
At Least One Recorded Case Where
It Worked a Curs.
The report from the township of
Sandwich West that an attempt had
been made to counteract the effect
of the poison in a boy's leg produced
by the bite of a rattlesnake by a
charm caused some Inquiries to be
mnde, and it was ascertained that
snake poison charmers have been
known In Essex county for the past
hundred years. Tradition says that
this power was received from the
Indians, who roamed through the for.
eats on both sides of the Detroit
river years before the white man made
his appearance.
Henry MelocJie, who conducts a
fish store In Windsor, and who is near
ly sixty years old, said yesterday that
when he was a small boy he witnessed
the charm tried on his father, and
iilajms that, without any medicine
its parent recovered
ien worked.
senger was at once despatched to
Belle River for Jacques l.atonler, who
was famous as a snake poison charm
er. He came to our home aa fast as
his horse would carry him, and when
he grieved he found the limb greatly
swollen and a string, which had been
tied around the leg to prevent the
poison from reaching the body, was
buried In the flesh.
"I.atonier, after making an examina
tion of the wound, said is was a snake
bite and he produced a piece of string
made from a deer skin and proceeded
to tie It around the leg. As he tied
tho first knot he muttered a single
word and before he finished the work
he had placed seven knots in the
Btring and had uttered as many words.
The words were in the Indian lang
uage, and almost Immediately after
finishing his Incantation we noticed
that the swelling began to fall.
"In a few hours the leg was down
to its natural size and tho deer hide
string fell about the ankle of Its own
accord, as It became too loose to re
main on the leg.
"I never saw it attempted on any
other person," concluded Mr. Meloche,
"but I have often heard of Latonter
visiting different people who were
bitten in the old days. Hjiakes were
plentiful in Essex county fifty years
ago. and It was not uncommon to be
bitten by rattlers every year." De
troit Free Press.
Trs Blue Heron's Tall.
A teacher In a certain Philadelphia
public school was very fond of read
ing aloud extracts from books on na
tural history to her young hopefuls.
It gave them clear Ideas of what .was
going on around them, she aald, and
familiarized them with the habit of
what would otherwise have been an
unknown part of creation.
One afternoon, after reading them a
selection about the blue heron, he told
the children to write from their mem
ory, and In their own words, what they
had Just beard.
Little finger grasped the pens, little
heads were bent over the desks, and
then after some minutes of writing,
paper were collected and carried up
to the teacher. Teacher, reading them
over in her own home afterward, wa
puzzled when (he came serosa the
following bit of Information:
"The blue heron has a tale, but it
must not be talked about.''
Bhe turned to the book to find out
where the little writer had got the
foundation for such a statement, Th
words of the book were, "The blue
heron has no tall to speak of." Min
neapolis Journal.
' , A New Dish.
It was Tuesday morning, ', the
clothes had been washed, dried and
folded the--day previously, and com
mon sense pointed to the fact tbat It
was Ironing day. but cautious Scan
dinavian Tillle, the new maid, . was not
going to make the mistake of going
ahead before being; sure that she was
right.
Before committing herself to tha
obvious task, ahe poked her head Into
the dining-room to say appeallnaly:
"Meesti, I skuld like to apeak some
thing." "What la it, Tllller
"Skal I cook ome flat-Iron?" asked
TAle, earnestly.
-ar r ,ml , 1 1
A HOMESICK tfOr.
I'm rlKltln' tit Annt .Mm-liT.
And I'm liomewlclf, as I run bo;
It's tatvditrtt and iav!n'a fur breakfast,
Atul kJiuvIu and tavvdtiBt fur du !
8li fnys It ain't win'dtifft nor shavln'ft,
Hut rtnire kind ' nit-trfment food;
Any war. 'inln t l? nor dotijthmitH. . .
Nor frltlrrs, our anything good'
Stir ni'vrr ho Jam or rooklps,
NiV- hiv tli'v arc awful for me;
Wp ent Vru llkt nlxty to our bouse.
And we're all of iiii hcftltliler n sbet
'
Sht won't lef nn lis ve any sugar
Keraime II will kIvp me the Ktnir:
And meat I rant wallow a mite of
Ti:i I've chewed It an hour about I
IH'ln't know that I had any liver.
Valine. yti we. I wa never sick mnchj
Rut I'm huncry (vr all I can think of
Vept pnwdimt and shaviu's and such.
Oh. I want to hpp Ma and Imlna
And mud ma nnd mv old ball!
Hut I mtHi I'm homeHirker fur doughnut!
Kmma V. !owd, In Life
, .ra, -Transanal
Young Doctor He srems to have
every confidence In my ability to save
him. Old Doctor Is he delirious on
other subjects, also? Judge.
Young Wife How do you like my
cooking? Don't you think I've begun
well? Husband Urn yes. I've often
heard that well begun is half done.
Punch.
"That Englishman who is visiting
the Nuritches claims to be a lord."
"Yes. And the Nuritches are work
ing the claim for all it ia worth." De
troit Tribune.
"Mamma, is this the ship we're go
ing over In?" "Yes, Willie." "Huh!
You said it was an ocean greyhound.
This ain't a greyhound. It's a dachs
hund." Chicago Tribune.
Weary Walker Dis paper says dat
worry kills more fellers dan work.
Tired Tatters 1 reckon dat's right, but
dey ain't nothing wot worries me like
work. Atlanta Constitution.
"Have you ever lost your faith In
humanity?" asked the philosopher.
"Never In their gullibility," said the
grafter, "but unfortunately they've lost
their faith In me.'" JJetrolt Free Press.
Miss Ascum Have you really brok
en off your engagement to him? Miss
Flytle Oh, yes, I Just had to. He was
getting too sentimental; began to talk
to me about matrimony. Philadelphia
PreBs.
"Don't you find it irksome to have
no work to do now?" asked the con
stituent. "No," answered the candid
Congressman. "I got rather used to
It at the Capitol last winter." Wash
ington Star.
"Of course every young nann think
,T7f 't ar iv. va .
ryoung nam thinks. . n
3PJL ljyhe could ,
'.ay." "Yes, and It J
the happier he is to I
the older he grows the happie
think that he didn't have it." Phila
delphia Ledger.
Slowboy (sympathetically) You
seem to have a wry bad cold, Miss
Willing. Miss Willing (huskily) Yes;
I'm actually so hoarse that 1 couldn't
scream if you were to attempt to kiss
me. Chicago News.
"Now, Tommy," said the fond parent,
"who was it that discovered the hand
writing on tho wall?" "The teacher,"
promptly replied Tommy, "an' sad I
did it with my new pencil an' kept me
In." Chicago Dally News.
"We have got to get back to the peo
ple!" bellowed the orator. "That's
what!" said a shaggy-haired man In the
audience. "But you'll have to move a
little faster. They uln't going tu stop
for you." Chicago Tribune.
"What would you do if you were a
king?" asked the man of vaulting am
bition. "I don't know," answered the
matter-of-fact person: "I suppose I'd
follow the fashion and wear a look of
wony and a bullet-proof shirt."
"Good morning," Eald the old gentle
man. "I'd like to look over some of
your spectacles." "Yes, sir," absent
mindedly replied the clerk, "that's Jut
what most of our customers do. It'
just as good as looking through them."
"Why is it that some of the bright
boys who know everything the teachc v
asks do not turn out to be great busi
ness men?" "Perhaps," answered Mr.
Dustln Stax, "It's because they get in
to the habit of answering question."';
Washington Star.
"What do you think? Young Sotted,
who I a ' laughing stock among the
girls, say he can marr omorrow any
woman he pleases." That's right"
"You don't believe such egregious van
ity as that, dp you?" "It's the truth.
You see, he doesn't please any." Bal
timore American.
Of No Importance.
Two men were standing together on
an East River ferryboat when ; one
pointed out a third man with the remark:-
"''v;:;a,. .---
"I can't recall his name' at thla
moment, but he write for a number
of the niagazinea."
Hla friend looked, at the atranger
with much Interest.
; "Oh, one of our frenzied finance'
captalna, is he?" he asked.
"No, he"
"Writes up trusts and things, then?"
"No."
"Oh, then he' a prise-lighter or an
actor he I rather husky-looking."
"No, no! ' He'a Just a plain author
writes stories.
"Oh!" the friend exclaimed, the
look of Interest suddenly dying out
of hla face. Harpert -Weekly.
Enlightened. '
The vicar of a church in th"olomu3
Hill district on leavlpg hla house clol
to the church saw a little girl, friend
of hi talking to a stranger. "What
waa tha man saying to you, Madge?"
he asked aa he came up to her, "Oh,"
aid che, "he Just wanted to know if
Dr. M- wssn't the prcher at this
church," "And what did you tell
him?" asked the clergyman. The little
girl drew herself up with an air nf
great pride. "I told him," she an
swered with dignity, "that you was the
fwcsnt Incumbrance." Tatler.
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