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PRESS, the VOLUME XXL FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY. MAY 16, 1906. N UMBEU 20. FRANKLIN The Dreamer. In the season when the bird ting, , an' the color takes the clod. You'll find him by the river, where the water lilies sod; When the larks are flying fleldward, an' the dove moan In the . i pines, ; . -. Tou'll find him where tfie ' dreams are, 'neath the honeysuckle . . vines. ; Far o'er the tinklin' meadows be hears the tollers call; "Who sows not in the springtime never gathers in the tall! Does he heel them does he need ' them, In the lights the shad ows dim? . The breeie that sways the blooms says a sweeter thing to htm! Let him be for he's a dreamer, and they know ntit of his dreams; . He's part of what the birds sing- he's the soul of slngln' streams! . Companion of the daisy a to the May brother The world has many tollers; let the dreamer dream away! Frank L. Stanton, In The Atlanta Constitution. J52SHSES2S?-'SH5K2SHSZ5HSESZ5S5S5E5 THE TWO BIDDERS. Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Franklyn had got tired of life in the country. The gothic roof leaked uuder Its braided greenery of wistaria vines and honeysuckle; the kitchen stood an inch in water whenever there .was a trifle heavier rain than usual, and the half mile walk from the depot, however enchanting In flowery time, gave Mr. Franklyn a jumping neuralgia when traversed in a drizzly equinoctial. The butcher forgot to call Just when his wares were need ed most, the next-door-neighbor charged a little more than city prices for his milk, eggs and butter, and . the cook and chambermaid left at the end of the first month. So that life in the rural districts was not altogether without trials to Mrs Laurence Franklyn, and about the time that New York houses break out into harmless erysipelas of , bills, having the legends, "To let" and "For sale," she said to her husband: "Dcn't you think, dear, it would be well e'npuKh for "s o return to the city?" . yes, I (io,"l Xr. Frankly: Miss ' JuJ'itr-'TSSIadT, Mrs. Fran lyn's pretty 18 year old sister, clappe her hands. "Good! good!" craid she. "Now 1 shall have some sort of chance at morning concerts and the opera again. . And the house hunting commenced in good earnest. But It flagged after the firft edge Of enthusiastic enterprise was worn off. None of the houses suited ex actly. Mrs. Franklyn said that, so far as he was concerned, she would Just as soon stay where they were. Mr. Franklyn retorted that anything was better than an indolent woman. Mra Franklyn burst Into tears. Mr. Frank lyn went out of -the room banging the door behind him. Miss Leslardl declared that all men were brutes, and that she for one never Intended to be married. ..,"1 don't care," sobbed Mrs. Frank lyn. "It was all Laurence's fault, tak ing this horrid, damp hole." " "Oh, Bee, how could you say so?" said Miss Leslardl; "you were as wild after it as he was.". "And," added Bee, Ignoring this in terruption, "if we have to live on the grass under an umbrella I shall make no further efforts." Mr. Franklyn said the same thing, and Miss Leslardl was just making up her miad to another season of fogs, damp kitchen and fresh eggs at eight cents apiece, when Bee came exult ingly back from the city one evening. "Oh, Julia," cried she, "I've seen the sweetest little gem of a house!" "Been house hunting, eh?" said Miss Leslardl, who had m got tea ready (the iath "fj-Lbne off in a h "Wei not extctly. house-hunt- tng, y now. I wouldn't do that after ence's shameful behavior! But the bill and went In. The are delightful, the park nelghbO) handy-o Anf e rent?" eagerly demanded Jl. with eyes like blue moons'. ) "Onh "o;;' (Ighteen hundred a year." Id Julia. "But Isn't that a greet. rf i jhen yoi i in g I and .ret. I hen you. consider the price general. I ll go back secure it; but mind, A-ret. ' I don t want Laurence that I have tr.ken any trou r his hateful words!'! Wanklyn had retired to bed V husband came borne. Miss however, was up to pour Julia," said Mr. Franklyn, mtly, "I'M found the very a want." . looked op with almost a expression In her face. - havent take it, Laurence?" ; bot I shall tomorrow." i wouldn't do anything without King Bee," pleaded Julia. shall give her pleasant aur ," said Mr. Franklyn, buttering tffln. "Remember, Ju, this 1 be a you and me." rly next morning Mr. Franklyn to New York, bee followed in met train, while Miss Leslardl t.ath.lessly awaited the crisis. Mrs. Franklyn returned rathor earl, ier than her sister had expected her, with a bright flushed face. p "Well!" said Julia breathlessly. "I've agreed to pay two thousand a year for it." said Mrs. Franklyn. "Two thousand!" echoed Miss Les lardl. "I thought it was only elgh tpeft hundred!" -"Well, so it was, but there's nnoth r pfty it seems, very anxious to cure the house, and " ,,r, inonsense!" exclaimed " Ju'.U, "that's only the professional land lady's ruse." , - "0, but K's true," persisted Bee, "for I saiv his hat on the sideboard, and I caught a glimpse of his legs walking about In the upper story to see If the paint was in good order on the second floor. So I said I'd give her two thousand." "And suppose the other party who, I dare say, was the plumber or gas-fitter, or perhaps the carpenter, come to see about repairs should of fer twenty-five hundred?" "He won't," said Bee, confidently. "The house isn't worth that" "But I really think, Bee, darling, you'd better speak to Laurence." "So I will," said Bee; "this evening. He will see that his wife is some thing more than a dead letter in the family. But I want you to go and see the house this afternoon, Julia. The level rays of the soft April sunset were shining Into the pretty little double drawing room of the house on Millard square as Bee led her sister exultantly Into it. "Juut look at those' marble man tels," she said, "and pattern of the cornices. And the pier glasses and the gas fixtures go with the house, and" "0, I beg your pardon, ma'am, I'm sure," said a falcon-nosed, elderly lady, who advanced, bearing with her a smell of dyed bombasine. I'm sorry to disappoint you, but" "You have not let the house?" "Yes, ma'am, I hare. A poor loos widow like me has her own Interests to look to, and the gentleman offered $2,500 a year. If I'd sign the papers at once, which," with a reflective look at her pocket handkerchief, "I did." Mrs. Franklyn rose in great Indig nation, her voice rising accordingly. "I really think," said she, "I should be justified in placing this matter In the hands of the lawyers, and" "Why, Bee, my darling!" "Laurence!" The folding doors slid back, and Mrs. Franklyn found herself vis-a-vls with her husband. "Here's the gent himself," Bald the ancient female. "Which he can ex plain!" "You never have taken this house, Laurence!" almost shrieked Mrs. Franklyn. "Yes, I have, my dear." "But I offered two thousand for It!" "And I have signed a three years' lease at twenty-five hundred," said the husband, somewhat sheepishly. MlssLeslardl burst out laughing. "So.'sald she, "your profound se crecy hm cost you just $500 per annum. ee," said Mr. Frank- as the day is f I had confided in you about "And I wl wl wish I hadn't been so obstinate and hateful," whimpered Bee. "Come," said Miss Leslardl, "let's make haste, or we shall lose the 7.50 way-train." New York Dally News. The Signature Was Good. A story is told of how the late ex Gov. Joseph A. Oilmore, of New Hampshire, when he was superinten dent of the Concord & Claremont Railroad, once wrote a letter to one of his section bosses who had done something to displease him.. All the man could make out was the date and1 Superintendent Ollmore's signature. Some time afterward, being in Con cord, the man went to call on the su perintendent at his office. "Hello, John, how do you do?" said Mr. GUmore. "Well, what are you do ing now?" "Why, I'm up here at the same place on the section, Mr. Gilmore," re plied John. , "What!" said Mr. Gilmore, "didn't you get a letter from me?" naming the date. "Why, yes, certainly," answered John. "Well, didn't you know that that was a letter of dismissal?" "Letter of dismissal!" cried the as tonished John. ''No! I couldn't make It out, except that it was from head quarters and signed uy you, sir. But after some study I concluded It was a pass. As none of the conductors on the road could read it, they all accepted my statement that It was a pass from Mr. Gilmore, and 1 have been riding on It ever since." John kept his place on the section. Boston Herald. What He Was Waiting For. Lawyer Charles F. Eddy, aVuecess ful practitioner of the old school, has long enjoyed a reputation for dry hu mor and caustic sarcasm. - He talks in a distinct, deliberate manner, with a deep bass voice, and has a regard for personal and professional dignity and Is scrupulous In his observances of It. One day a gentleman who was wont to Intrude himself upon the old gen tleman caught up with him on the street This gentlettan had with him a dog of the Irish sot tor breed. The youngsters about the streets had tak en a fancy to' the dog, tad 'at their commands to "set," "charge," etc.. he was prone to attend. The company of the man or the 'dog was there fore not desirable to Mr. Eddy. The undesirable man with the un desirable dog having caught up with the bid gentleman, an effusive greet ing was extended, but not as enthusi astically responded to by Mr. Eddy, who stood still and, with his chin la his hand, appeared to be lost in thought After a moment or two the man with the dog asked: "Aren't you go ing my way, Mr. Eddyr "Yes, I intend to go In that direc tion, sir; "'.. "Well, what are you waiting for, Mr. Eddyr . ' "I am waiting, sir, for yon and your confounded dog to get a p the street." Boston Herald. . - Is U better for a scholar to work fifteen hours day as Dr. Harper did, and die at fifty, or work ten hours a day, and die at eighty' or ninety? - In Austria field labor Is still large ly done by women. ACCIDENTS, INEVITABLE. THERE IS NO DEVICE WHICH MAKES COLLISIONS IMP08 : 8IBLE. ,: there Is Apparatus Which Would Tend to Make Them Rarer, but the - Expense Would Frighten the Boards of Directors Value or the Book of Rules. "To eliminate absolutely the dan ger of loss of lite on passenger trains is one of the great problems of the age," said John Aller, who has been Superintendent of Equipment on several big Western railroads, to a representative of The New York World. "To eliminate to a mechanical cer tainty the danger of collisions of pas senger trains such as occured on the Harlem viaduct of the New York Cen tral Railroad, when several lives were lost, arouses the deepest con cern of practical railroad men, but as a rule not that of the stockholders. New devices and equipment cost money, and stockholders don't like to see their money spent. "Just how any apparatus could be devised to make all collisions Im possible is more than I can say, but at comparatively small expenses all cross tracks could be equipped with a style of automatic arrangement such as Is used on the express tiacks In the Subway; much danger could be eliminated, but an Inventor would have a hard time getting a board of directors to vote td spend the money necessary to equip the cross tracks of even the smallest of roads, and If a board of directors were asked to equip a whole line with a block system such aa. the Subway uses to avoid rear-end collisions and the vagrant accidents of obscure switches they would probably ask for an ex amination as to the sanity of the man who made it. "Some day, after enough people have been killed, we Bhall have a Con gress with nerve enough to pass a national law making railroads equip as nearly as possible every danger point with the devices that are al ready In existence, cost or no cost." As to whether there is any practi cal method now In existence of equipping engines In such a way as to make collisions Impossible many practical railroad men were asked for their opinion and experience. H. S. Hayward, superintendent of motlvo power of the Pennsylvania Railroad, said: "If there was a practical mechan ical system of avoiding collisions the Pennsylvania would have it. An in telligent board of directors will con sider the expense entailed by loss of every time an Invention or a new l,-Ja0Jtcan lown that, even at great cost, a new plan will eave life they are likely to be In favor of It as an economy against I he largo aggregate expense of one big accident. "So far, however, I have not heard of anything that would make such accidents as we speak of a mechani cal Impossibility. It is fair to state that you can't make Inanimate things think, and an automatic track-stop acting on air-brakes would cost more than a new railroad. If, as seems probable, when all the transportation systems of the country are 'electri fied,' and the work of ro-eqtiipplng roads goes on In a way satisfactory to the financial heads, it may be that automatic systems will follow at the same time, and danger of collisions will be reduced to a minimum; but" and here the gray veteran of loco motives sighed, and looked at a pho tograph of a freight wreck on an ob scure part of the system "I'm afraid that's a long way off. "Speaking from my experience, I would say that the book of rules beats any device that could ever be constructed. A man who has just Intelligence enough to follow the book of rules will never play a part In an accident except the kinds that are called unforeseen. "The book of rules Is the outcome of the life work of many great rail road men. and no engineer who fol lows his book of rules ever has an accident made by himself. "The fallibility of man can never be overcome by mechanical device, no matter how Ingenious It may be. "A conductor I knew was a sober and straight-living man: he had been running a local freight for several years. For a year he had had a stand ing order to go in upon a certain side track when be was on time, and wait for a passenger train to go past them in the same direction. One night he got his order from the last station to go on, and whea he got ta the side track the flagman ahead opened the switch and the freight moved In. When his caboose passed over he got out and threw the switch and slipped the hook of the lock through the eyes of the switch handle, but did not snap the lock, because the- freight had to back out upon the main track when the pas senger train bad gone by. He got back In the caboose and sat down to wait for the other train. What state his mind got into is hard to explain, for when he heard the whistle of the passenger train. - he suddenly thought he had not thrown the switch, jumped out of the caboose and threw the switch over just' In time to let the passenger crash Into the freight and kill several people. He turned white that night and quit railroading. " . "It would be well to have mechani cal devices to avoid such accidents as that, but bow can you imagine that even such a device would not suffer from people who don't follow rules? It he had snapped the lock on that switch as the rules plainly directed, he wouldn't have had time to unlock It and let the passenger train In on the freight." PROVERBS OF CHINESE. , They Appear to Have One to Fit Every Legal Case. - There is no snrer test of the real feelings of a people than their pro verbial sayings, those "gems which on the stretched forefinger of all Time sparkle forever." That China Is no exception to this rule might bps been supposed even If we had noi- rect proof, says tie Nona onto Her ald. Proverbial expressions are very common in China. Dr. Arthur Smith says that "common talk," the nearest approach to "proverb" In Chinese, Is "literally in the mouth of every one, from the emperor upon the throne to the woman grinding at the mill." Native proverbs relating to legal affairs divide themselves roughly Into three classes first those more or less common to all people, and dealing with that "once bitten twice shy" sort of wisdom which leads a man to put up with evils rather than go to law. 8uch, for example, are the following: If one family has a law suit ten families are involved In calamity. If but one word of Information against a man gets into the court, nine bullocks cannot drag it'out again. Let householders avoid litigation, for flnce go to law and there to noth ing but trouble. Win your lawsuit and lose yeur money. Instances of this kind might be multiplied. But we must pass on to the second class those referring spe cially to the mandarins; and here It may.be said that though the majority of the proverbial sayings are not com plimentary, there are a few to bear witness to the good that a good man may do even in an official capacity, while others 'give pointed advice e. g., "Never beat if you must fine; it you do, all fines decline." Most, however, as Is natural, deal with the seamy side. The following are a tew specimens: No punishment on the bench, no law below it. Deceive, but don't insult a man darin. Men's hearts are like Iron, and the rule of the mandarins like a furnace. Even an honest chlh-fulmay, during the three years' term of office, saves ten myriad snow white tales of silver. Before he comes. Into office he re proves a thousand faults; after be comes Into office he commits the same himself. Quickly pay your taxes, even If he should empty your purse; then you will be most happy. Wishing to criminate, no difficulty will be met In finding a pretext. Of ten reasons by which a magis trate may decide a case, nine are unknown to the public. TVIth nnlv rlcrht to back you. sure the yamens lack you. Yaniens are deep their corruptions In life beware beware of i MM. on the ssDjoIv sCli v-olor of water: "After long hesitation, scientific men agree today In admitting that water physically pure, seen In mass, Is sky blue. This color Is that taken by the white light of the sun when ab sorbed by the water, in consequence of a phenomenon the explanation of which would be a little long. It Is not due to the chemical purity of the water, since the sea (which Is the bluest water) Is also that which con tains the most salt. Nevertheless, ac cording to Forel's experiments, the matter in solution should be the pre dominant cause of the modification of color; upon which act besides the matter In suspension, the color of the bottom, and the reflection of the sky and of the banks. Consequently blue water Is proity rare in nature; a good many seas and lakes that give us the Impression of this tint are greetf. The water at present acknowledged to be the bluest is that of the Sargasso Sea, between the Cape Verde islands and the Antilles. The water of the Medi terranean off the French coast and around Capri is bluer than that of Lake Leman, much less blue itself than that of the lakes of Kandersteg and Arolla, In Switzerland. Hitherto they have not exactly determhed the relation between the color of water and its degree of purity. The Bel gian, Professor Spring, who has been a long time studying this delicato question, has just communicated to the Academy of Sciences at Brussels some interesting figures. Pure water containing a millionth of ferric hy drate appears brown under a thick ness of six meters; a ten-mllllontb Is sufficient for It to be green; and. In order that it may remain blue. Is needed less than a twenty-millionth. As to humlc matter, it causes the blue coloring to disappear In a quantity less than a forty-millionth. The -calcic compounds should have a great Influence upon clarrlfication, as they eliminate,, up to a certain state of equilibrium, the ferric and humlc compounds." ' Greek Bakers-Change Fusl, - - At the suggestion of the Princes Sophia the ancient custom of baking bread in Greece, is being discontinued and the ovens are beng remodeled on h more modern plan. - In the old ovens a fire of branches is kindled in the compartment where the bread is baked and one' of ordinary wood In that beneath. When thd oven Is suf ficiently heated the brushwood and cinders are raked out and the bread put in In its place.; The Princess Is president of the Society for the Pro tection of Forests, and It Is In the Interest of this society that her royal highness has labored to substitute coke and other fuel for wood. There are in Athens alone about 200 bakers' ovens, and at least 25 of them have already been made over. The bakers have been persuaded to this step by arguments of economy. By the old system 80 cents worth of wood was required to bake 700 pounds of bread, while the. necessary amount of coke can be purchased for 40 cents,' The bakers pay for the coke about 1 eent for 2.82 pounds, - . . Given their choice between life in a factory town and a home on the prairie In the most fertile spot In the West,, arid the majority of op eratives, declares the Christian Reg ister, will vote for life In the fac tory town, because they find there tilings they lllse, which tlipy could not find even In a country vHU3' as- 1 9 iell" J I f the cr J Result of J LTllsf fol- fniirinir rt in i ii n il "MsJ A CORNER IN DUCKS. Aesult of a City Msn's Theeriss Tried , Out : ' ... Every once In a while some devotee of the strenuous life grows tired of the high pressure and pines for a change from the jangling of the trol ley to the mooing of the klne, from the noisy ramble of tb-i street to the sighing of breezes though the trees, the crow of the cock, the warbling of birds and the buzzing of bees. Just a year ago one of these pas toral fits overtook one of the younger members of the Chicago Board of Trade, and as he had recently profit ed to the extent of several thousands of dollars by a little flier in the pit he determined to gratify his amM'lon. His wife and four children were as enthusiastic as he over the Idea of country life, and it was agreed that they should at once take up farming. As the young trader knew absolute ly nothing about It, he conferred wlKi a friend, who happened to be one of the big produce men on South Water street, and who advised him to go in for ducks. "Every farmer ought to-iiave some specialty," said he, "and ducks are the most promising Industry of the day; you can make them weigh five pounds at 2 months old; they will raise them selves, live In a pasture, feed on the insects and grasses of a pond, and all you will have to do will be to foatch them out and turn them loose, then catch them up a few weeks later and sell them for from 15 to 20 cents a pound." Just the right place was finally pur phaaod ft fw miles from town ten acres, a pasture, a pond and a nice little house of six rooms, wun a goou ootlnr for nn Incubator room. A con tract was made with a Long Isla duck farmer for eggs to be deliver :inn paph week, so that the ducks vJTid hatch at regular Intervals. The first hatch brought off J2 lit tie fluff balls; last year wasfe long winter, however, and when y came the pasture was covered th snow and the pond was frozenyer. So it was decided to give up tfe children's nursery for a few daVto the new arrivals. At the end y another week the winter was fty lingering, and this time 225 dfycame. They got Mianf tfek, httitarftfti nnrl thfl &rom& TOmnirrteis ducks pervaded the whole house. The thing couldn't last (hough, and with the help of Olaf, the lred man, and Nora, the cook, me ork went on cheerfully. But ducks kent on coming even if spring did not, and soon the wnoie house was full of ducks. One day Olat declared himself out of the business. 'v ban eot more an one tousand tarn ducks." was his ultimatum, "and ve Vion mt twelf hnndort ffVi by dose i wru " - . machined doRn use ban hatch two efery von egg; Ay guess Ay ban loot for 'nother yob. The same day Nora served notice on her perplexed mistress: "Be Jab bers, I niver hired out for a duck nurse," and demanded her wages and a clean bill for the next place. As a last resort a neighboring Ger man farmer was cajoled to take over the whole plant at terms entirely sat isfactory to himself, and the family fled back to town as If the whole country was stricken with a plague. The German knocked up a long, low house, set up a stove, turned the whole lot of ducks In, and it was not many weeks before he was shipping in ducks by the hundreds. He found duck raising quite a profitable bus iness. Chicago Record-Herald. Outdoor Mushroom Culture. After a thorough investigation of the possibilities of outdoor mushroom culture, the Bureau of Plant Industry announces that In this country few lo calities exist where this can be made commercially possible, owing to the wide range of temperature and large variation in moisture conditions that normally occur. It is thought that the only favorable regions for mushroom culture out of doors are in California at Eureka and San Francisco. One of the results of the Depart ment of Agriculture's study of the mushroom Industry has been the de velopment of a new and scientific method of producing mushroom spawn, which Is now employed by a number of American firms on a com mercial scale. About 50,000 bricks were sold in 1904, and last year the amount Increased to Several hundred thousand. A noticeable feature of the mush rooms produced, by the pure spawn method of the Department is their evenness of size, weight, solidity end tenderness. A writer in the American Florist declares that he has raised mush rooms la quantities from such spawn which average one-quarter pound Jn weight, which size Is attained without the loss of tenderness. A Fable From Florida. A duck who had faithfully stuck to business during the . summer and laid several dozen large fawn-colored eggs complained that she was not appreciated. "See that hen over there?" said the duck; "she has not laid so many eggs as I have nor so big, but she has books written about her and verses composed in her honor, while nobody says a word about me." "The trouble with you Is," said a wise buff Leghorn cock, that was standing near, "that you do not tell the pub lic what you have done. You lay an egg find waddle off without letting anybody in the neighborhood know It If you want to cut any Ice In this community you must, learn to ndvw tlse.'V-Mlaml (Fla ) Record. Where te Find Mirages. The flat country around Poocnat. south of Mlnco, Is famous for Its mi rages. From the earliest known time this beautiful phenomenon has been observed In that region, and many are the stories told by pioneer cowboys of pictures seen In the air In that vl ctnlty. The most generally observed scene has been that of lakes of water, with trees, but the towns of Mlnco and Chlcknsha have frequently been BPen suspended In the. sky. Minco Minstj'Pl, THE PULPIT. A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY J THE REV. L. L. TAYLOR. (abject i Hqoan Dial la Rllllo." Brooklyn, N. Y. As the subject of his sermon Sunday the Rev. Livingston L. Taylor, pastor of the Puritan Con gregational Church, spoke on "The Square Deal In Religion." He took two texts: Proverbs xll.:22: "They that deal truly are His delight," and Psalm xl.:7: "The.rlghteous LordJoveth right eousness." Mr. Taylor said: The kingdom of heaven is a square deal on earth. From the night visions of the shepherds to the day dreams of St. John it Is peace and good will on earth, among men, which the hosts of God are seen bestirring themselves to promote. And He who cams from heaven lived brother to all men, that they might ever after dwell as breth ren here. But there can be no kingdom. of brotherly men- on earth wj other throne set up than thaV erly God in heaven. Th has Its vertical lines as ri sontal. Tbe Christ's vlsl when mer inai my uian to fear y I any otbd thinking VI is coming and morel Christ's est; Ion as tbeM,wer that i right amfi men. Bu In ours B problem wvolyereiigion itsd been d to get a st "g'OW It bas alwa mat Jfin a square d tbeJTalms of. religion' be hard to keep s sq omt of re e on. Tbei borne in mind by uJ on the special rell te rivlleges of the LenlcM Tbe square deal in a square deal for rellgl turn Involves two thin minded attitude towar uomena, institutions, di sons, and second, a de deal fairly with our own tttre, a determination to g square deal. Men deal more fairly w of religion than they usei are settling down to tbe con' the race is "incorrigibly They are beginning to undei the world's history could not what it has been if men had ity and need for religion. must be recognized as a legit: man Interest unless we want out of court the most perslste classes of facts. Religion must ognlzed as one of the great hum terests If we are to maintain snj of proportion in our view of huma as a whole. Religion must be r nized as the supreme human inter -we would be consistent with any sonable definition of religion. It re ion Is an affair of the soul in Its x tlons with tbe Infinite nothing short this is reasonable or right. We shou emect & tee men, as we do. strlvlnl make reunion supreme, not conieu anvthino- short of the religions in tatlon of the universe ana oi nu- , determined to &ave some sort us system. SDendln&tf ajneing snent In thee8f'ralglous Institi tlons, their churches, their missions. We should deal as fairly with these facts as -ve do with tbe facts which convince us .hat it is natural for men to have music, that it Is natural for "men to express themselves and to flpd pleasure in tbe varied forms of art, that it is uatural for men to concern themselves with the right and wrong of things and of their own lives. But fair dealing with tbe fact of re ligion requires that we should recog nize tbe limitations and tbe Inevitable Imperfection of all the forms in which the religious asplrstions 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 with which our souls are blessed. It is no less a treasure be cause we have it in earthen vessels. Religious systems are confessedly lm' perfect. Religious persons are full of faults. But they exist. They are facts. And they are as good evidence of man's religious nature as they are of tbe Imperfection of all things human. But bow about our own religions na ture, yours and mine? Have we been treating it fairly? In 1876 George Ro manes, a brilliant yonng 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 beflet" and to "discipline njs intel lect with regard to this matter into an attitude of the purest skepticism." "I am not ashamed to confess," he wrote at the time, "that with this virtual ne gation of God the universe to me has lost its sonl of loveliness." And b was oppressed by "tbe appalling contrast between the hallowed glory of that creed which was once mine, and the lonely mystery of existence as I now find it." A little less than twenty years later George Romanes became convinced that in seeking to deal un flinchingly with the facts of physical science be had ignored the most signifi cant of all facts, the most directly known, tbe most completely attested of all facts, the facts of his own religions nature. He came to recognise that It Is "reasonable to be a Christian believ er." Before his untimely death he bad returned "to 4hat full, deliberate com munion with the church of Jesas Christ which he had for so many years been conscientiously compelled to forego." In the multitude of his thoughts with in him he bad secured a square deal for bis soul. ( Our difficulties may not be his, but we have them. The things which make it bard for ns to secure onr souls their chance may be very different from the things which made It hard fur him. Scientific men of to-da.? have less To ma no tueui iet u (lie seeuiiua ly triumphant materia lie . of tbe sev enties made young Romanes feel about having a Jod and a soul. But onr diffi culties may be of auotber class entire ly. Perhaps they fire far less credit able to onr intellectual sincerity, less creditable to our -moral purpose, evil inclinations and the multiplied oppor tunities for gratifying them that make It bard for their souls to' get fair hear ing. ("The lust of the flesh, the lust or the eye and the pride of lite are not of tbe Father," Jobu tells ns. But some thing more is true. They out-Herod Herod In their conspiracy against wba w heaven-born In ni. . They are not only "not of the Father," but trey are tbe deadly foes of all that Is of the Father. Happy are ths souls in which tbe flight into Egypt comes out as it toes tn Matthew's Gospel of tbe In fancy. Let ns net hesitate to play Joseph tJ our threatened soul. All the dreams and angels that we need will be forthcoming If we are faithful, and we thall get back to Nazaretb. Some how Herod will be circumvented. And though It be neither scientific Coclrlnes nor vVll propensities which do most to make it hard for onr souls, but Just tbe petty preoccupations and tre dally liui-ilens and the round rf more or less irrimlin? tlntifs of our common l!fe, we are nnder the same sacred obliga tion and have the same encouragement to secure for our souls the square deal God means tuem to bsve. Let us never forget that Jesus Christ is tho great champion of a square ileal for every soul, and 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 seal of a dlvlm ratification than when he called it "a wonderful and horrible thing" that bad come, to pass in the land; that "tbe prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear cule by tbelr meansl aaJt my people Iovj to have it so." But a square deal in prerentlng tbe claims of religion rules out, nc. merely wilful falsifica tion and perversion f the truth, it rules out Intolerance and demands square deal for the religious convle tlons of other people. It rules tut dog" matlsm and uemands a square deal fof whatever new light may b-.eak forth. It rules out the insinuation of doubt and de lands a square.nhjor tbe feeblest an dm "J1- falth. (uenbv as not bSwKgicCTbu has i But while we need not fear that God will offer us more than He has a right .to, we need have, on the other hand, no fear of giving too much to Him if we give all. "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." KSllv Living. Living to escape trouble Is a poor kind of existence. Tbe smaller animals iln tbe forests and mountains have to give a large share of tbelr attention to 'avoiding catastrophe, but mau was made for another kind of life. "How are you?" a man called out to his frleud in passing. "I can't complain," was the ready answer. Poor fellow! The best that he could sny was that be was successfully dodging disaster for tbe moment! The present 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 ludicate this if we are living abundantly. Ood's Care. People talk about special provi dences. 1 believe in providences, but not in the specialty. I do not believe that God lets tbe thread of my affairs go for six days, and on the seventh evening takes it up for a moment. The so-called special providences are no exception to the rule they are common to all men at all moments. But it is a fact that God's care is more evident in some instances of it than In others, to the dim and often bewildered vision of humanity. Upou such instances men seize and call them providences. It is well that they can, but it would be gloriously better if they could believe thst the whole matter Is one grand providence. George MacDonald. WINGING RQCK FIRMLY FIXED South American Natural Wonder De fied Dictator of Argentine. 1 One of the strangest of - natural bonders of " South ' America, Is the twinging rock of Tandll (La pledra noredlza.), says the Philadelphia Rec ord. The stone lies about half an lour's walk from the city of Tandll, province of Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic, upon the highest summit of a little rocky ridge. When seen from the ravine It has the form of a giant pyramid, while from another view It resembles an enormous cone. , It is twenty-one feet long and twenty-eight feet high, and Its weight Is judged to be about 12,500 hundredweight, or about 627 tons. From the distance the atone presents a peculiar aspect. It Is so highly poised on the rocky slope that It seems as if we were watching a stone roll down the hill and resting tor a second upon a very small base. But when we approach this swinging rock we are astonished by a new wonder. We can set the stone In mo tion by merely pushing It with the hand. Very often the traveler Is spared even the trouble of pushing the stone, as the wind will cause It to swing. ' V t Early tn the nineteenth century the Argentine Republlo was ruled by the dictator Rosa with unparalleled cruel ty tor about twenty-live years. To show his supreme power the tyrant ordered that the atone be encircled with ropes and many horses to be harnessed to these ropes but the stone could 'not be moved one Inch 'rom Its renting place.' ' fjt 1 Cairo, New and Old. While modern Cairo is beautiful, and the old portion very Interesting I shall always remember the town ' particularly because of tbe crowds of tourists I have seen. In India, I rode m a railroad train all of one day, and only four tourists took their meals in the dining car-attached to the train. Everywhere In India I remarked the absence of tourists, and the great pre parations that had beel made to en tertaln them; but if you visit Egypt, during "the season," you will never cease wondering that the world has so many idle people able to gad about. , . m a morning's drive, we meet liter ally hundreds of carriages containing tourists. On the seat besides every driver rides a guide, squawking par- . . rot history. At the next great expo sition, the concession known as "The Streets of Cairo" should have a tourist : feature. B. W. Howe's Editorial Let. ter on Cairo to Atchison (Kan.) Globe. Greek Bakers Change Fuel, At the suggestion of the Princess Sophia the ancient custom of baking ibread in Greece is being discontinued id tbe ovens are beng remodeled a more modern plan. In the old tens a fire of branches is kindled In compartment where the br. and one of orrt twI!Bth. When visit at our expense. tantly getting scarcer, dearer poorer, while prepared paints are get ting plentler, better and lesc expensive. It Is a short-sighted plan to let the val uable lumber of our houses go to pieces for the waut of paint For tbe man that needs pnlnt there aro two forms from which to choose; one Is the old form, still favored by cer tain unprogresslve painters who hare not yet caught up with the times lend and oil; the other Is the rendy-for-use pslnt found In every up-to-date store. Tbe first must be mixed with oil, driers, turpentine and colors before it Is reiZy for use; the ether need only be stirred up In the cnu and It Is ready to go on. To buy lead and oil, colors, etc., and mix them Into, a paint by band Is, In this twentieth century, about the same as refusing to ride in a trolley car because one's grandfather had to walk or ride on horseback when be wanted to go anywhere. Praparod paints have been on the mar-' ket less than (lily years, but they bave proved on tbe whole so Inexpensive, so convenient and so good that the con sumption to-dny Is something over six ty million gallons a year and sttll grow ing. Unless they bad been In the main satisfactory, it stands to reason there -would bave been uo such steady growth In their use. Mixed paints are necessarily cheaper than paint of tbe hand-mixed kind, be cause they are made In a large way by ' machinery from materials bought in large quantities by tbe manufacturer. They are necessarily better than paints mixed by hand, because tbey are more finely ground and more thoroughly mixed and because there is less chance of tbe raw materials in them being adulterated. No painter, however care ful be may be, can ever be sure that tbe materials be buys are not adulter ated, but the large paint manufacturer does know in every case, because everything be buys goes through the chemist's hands before be accepts It Of course there are poor paints on the market (which are generally cheap paints). So there is poor flour, poor cloth, poor soap; but because of that do we go back to the hand-mill, tbe band-loom and tbe soap-kettle of the backwoods? No, we use our common seme in choosing goods. We And out tbe reputation of the different brands of flour, cloth and soap; we take ac count of the standing of the dealer that handles them, we ask our neighbors. So with paint; If the manufacturer has a good reputation, if the dealer is re sponsible, if our neighbors have had satisfaction with It, that ought to be pretty good evidence that the paint It II right. . "Many men of many minds" , . ; Many paints of many kinds; but while prepared paints may differ considerably In composition, the better grades of tbemuill agree pretty closely in results. "All roads lead to Rome," and the paint manufacturers, starting by different paths, have all the same object to make tbe best paint possible to sell for tbe least money and so cap. tore and keep the trade.- " There is scarcely any other article of general nse ou (be innrket to-day that can be bought with anything like the assurance of getting your money's worth as the established brands of pre pared paint. Tbe paint you buy to day may not oe like a certain pateui went rlne. "the same as you bave alwayt bought," but ir uot. It will be Dec use tbe manufacturer bs found way of givlug you s better article for your money, and so unking sure of your next order. P. O. MAKING TUB CONDITIONS. "Well, papa, I'll marry the old Croesus on one condition." il "What's that, my dear?" "He must give me a wedding jour ney abroad." "Oh, Tm sure he'll do that." " "And I Insist tipnn going alone!" "Cleveland Main Dealer. V V VI 1 r i nirT iffDTcTTTOmiiiiiufc. X rv-liiNin- and 1