PRESS,
VOLUME XXI.
FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY. JULY 11, 190(5.
MUMB15K 28.
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A TE8T OF FAITH.
A flrl ni p. Wm, In a lane;
He lighted her with Interest (ram afar
And wondered If the effort would be vain
A loss of time such efforts often are
To pais that war, nd pause, as fain to
. rest, ...
Then modestly accost her Just to see
(Flinging to fate, perchance, too bold a
test!)
What sort of girl this special girl might
bet
It all goes In a lifetime I Yes, ne will
Take the sweet risk, the tempting danger
dare.
Ills manly pace he quickens nearlog still
Her grace form: choosing the 'words
with care
That from his lips In courteous tones
hall fall. I
, Mule his gay heart dreamed thai era a
year
The voice he had not heard, would softly
call,
"Augustus, come and take the baby,
dear!" ,
-Madeline Bridges, In Woman's Home Companion.'
II 1 1 ItttWttMm M I MM iMM MM1
I By the Currant Jelly Route
By Carroll WaUon Rankin.
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The two daughters-in-law of Mrs.
Pidgin were Sophia, whom she had
elected for her son James, and Motile,
whom William had selected for him'
eelf.
James and Sophia lived In their own
little cottage at a discreet and there'
fore comfortablo distance from Mrs.
Pidgin; but William and Mollie lived
with her. Strangely enough, good
Mrs, Pidgin and the admirable daugh'
ter-in-law of her own choosing had
found It Impossible to dwell in har
mony beneath the same roof.
Mrs. Pidgin was a thoroughly domes
tic person; so, too, was Sophia. The
older woman was a notable cook and
housekeeper; so also was Sophia. Mrs.
Pidgin's bread was a marvel frr light
ness; so was Sophia's. Mrs. Pidgin
could not abide flies, dust or cobwebs,
neither could neat Sophia. But in
Bplte of all these points In common,
or probably because of them, these two
excellent women were very much hap
pier apart.
Mollie, on the other hand, was, as
far as Mrs. Pidgin could judge, merely
useless small person with a high
school education, a taste for fancy
work and a decided dislike for all
tilings domestic. Her ignorance of
housekeeping was appalling. She was
the very last person that a matter-of-
fact woman like Mrs. Pidgin would be
likely to welcome as a wife for any
son of hers.
After all, to the amazement of the
village generally, here were frivolous
luii "i n n,
and J
i
i
lei
Dial
noons, when Mollie was supposed to be
counting the stitches in her embroid
ery, she was really saying to herself,
"Half a cup of butter, three eggs, and
uour enough to make a stiff batter.
Mollle's opportunity seemed long
coming and she would have liked
better had it arrived In some
alarming form than the telegram tha
summoned Mrs. Pidgin to ber daugh
ter Sarah's bedside.
"You'll have to close the house.'
said Mrs. Pidgin, while Mollle's deft
Angers were swiftly packing a smalfl
trunk, "and go to Sophia's. She's
good cook, and you know William's
digestion
Now don't worry about Will or md
or the house," said Mollie, neatly fit
ting a folded alpaca skirt into thf
space she had made for it "If I find
I can t get the meals, we'll go some
where to board, but you mustn't glvJ
us a single thought Now there ard
your handkerchiefs and stockings in!
this corner of the tray; I've put lis
some of mine, bo you'll have plenty In
case it isn't convenient to get thing:
washed."
my, sam Mrs. Pidgin, who wa
visibly shaken by the unexpected tid
ings of Sarah's serious Illness.
wouldn't have believed you could pae
a trunk like that! I don't know bi
I'm willing to trust you to keep bou
for William, after all. for you've
neat hand."
Half an hour later Mollie, her ey
shining with anticipation, was actua
Ing house. Thanks to the bu
William did not star
he uu!
money to a naturally frugal-minded
woman, who, moreover, fritted herself
on her own Jelly-making ability. This
apparently reckless waste of her entire
currant-crop, coming as It did to crown
the anxiety caused by Sarah's typhoid
fever, was too much for poor Mrs. Pid
gin, who laid Sophia's letter aside and
wept
Then, being a straightforward per
son, she seized her pen and wrote and
told Mollie what she thought about It
To the letter she added this post
script: "Whatever else you do don't meddle
with thejliimsJncU'"'"l.a''ulP3. It's
Feed Troughs. ,. ,
iijfppperg seem to think
.fowls, and
VESUVIUS MUKDEROUS.
THOUSANDS OF LIVES CLAIMED
BY VOLCANO IN 1,827 YEARS.
First Known Eruption in A. 0. 79 De
stroyed Herculanaeum and Pompeii
Since Then Some Villages Have
Been Overwhelmed Twice and
ThriceTen Years of Activity
Fatality of 1872.
Vesuvius has been more than ordi
narily active within the past few years,
offering a spectacle of keen Interest
of which tourists have not fulled to
take advantage. "v
In 1S95, 1899, and 1903 the moun
tain's energies have been violent
enough to convey dreadful suggestions
possible disaster, but happily they
suggestions.
eruption, which began
been heralded
nble, extending
e time, last
suffl-
' burst out of new vent close by them,
and twenty of the spectators wero
caught by and perished In the molten
torrent. Many others were Injured by
a shower of hot Btones from the sum
mit A tablet neajr the Royal Observatory
on a shoulder of the mountain close
by, coinmemorateu this disaster. The
tablet itself may have boen destroyed
by Sunday's upheaval.
The torrent Which killed the tourists
In 1872 partly destroyed the towns of
Mnssa and San Sebastiano. It ran
twelve miles In three hours. At the
same time, amid terrific thundering, a
huge cloud of smoke and ashes was
emitted, which arose to a height of
8,000 feet. The lava flow of this erup
tion covered an area of two square
miles, and averaged thirteen feet In
depth. This destroyed property worth
$600,000.
The Eerles of eruptions of 1897 and
1898 did not proceed from the main
summit, but burst new and small cra
ters from the side of the mountain
looking toward Naples, from which
city the glow of the fires within could
be seen plainly at night.
The series of 1903 was spectacular
yon alarming, with frequent lava
York World.
FAREWELL TO AN AUTO.
(After Caroline Norton.)
My bcnnllftil! My bountiful! that atandeat
broken by.
With thy dlHloiaml steering gear and toe-
ncau all awrv,
Fret not to skid oiwn the road, a record
new to make,
Ask not t exceed Hie limit speed, nor anto-
law to break.
Fret not to treat with me 1 he poor pedes
trian with worn.
Nor sigh to rend Dm ambient air with thy
most awful born !
Thy dear chauffeur hnth Iwn discharged;
thine owner's bad bis Joke,
High-geared and priced, farewell ! farewell I
thnti'rt broke, my steed, tbou'rt
broke !
Farewell ! those tired wheels again full
full ninny a mile may roam.
Hut not will) me io lenve me strapped
some twenty miles from home.
Some other hnml more skilled than mine
must thv denr self repair.
Some person with a larger purse must nave
thee for a enre.
Away with oily speeches and with airy
persiflage. '
Farewell ! Ho long ! My 'mobile steed, thou
art In the gsrnC'e !
What time I botiKht thee I was young, thon
mad'st me gray and old.
When I can llnd a pim-hnxer. tbou'rt sold,
my steed, Thou'rt Hold !
Franklin P. Adams
i i
Uaiqrlovable little wife had grown
to her, she straightway tried to con
ceal what she secretly called her "ridi
culous affection for that child."
In so far as Mollie was concerned.
ber efforts were successful. Although
no one guessed It, Mollie was far from
being satisfied with herself. She knew
how much value Mrs. Piriein nlnreri nn
culinary accomplishments. During the
nrst ratner trying week of her resi
dence under her mother-in-law's roof,
the unskilled little bride had heard a
great deal about the domestic accom
plishments of Mrs. James, for Mrs
Pidgin would never admit that Sophia
was not perfect.
From that tlmo forth, however. Mol
lis secretly yearned to be as much as
possible like Sophia, which was cer
tainly foolish In her, for'Mollle could
not have made herself like fionhin I "
she had tried for a thousand years.
"I don't think. Will." confided Mol
lie, wistfully, one spring day, "that
your mother likes me as well as she
seemed to a while ago. You see I'm
such a goose about everything useful."
'Nonsense!" said William. "I hnnr.l
mother tell SoDhla the other dav that
you could, baste no, hemstitch better
than she supposed anybody could."
'Did you 7 asked Mollie. visibly
brightening. "That was pleasant But
you know. Will, she always savs the
nicest things nhecan about any one.
That's one ofThe pleasant things about
ber. But I know she'd like me better
if I could make bread and annle dumn-
lings like Sophia's."
"Don't you ever tb nk It. She likes
you ail the better for being so unlike
nerseu ana Bopnia.
This comfortlnar statement, nnwavor
was beyond Mollle's belief. She was
certain that In order to receive the full
measure of her mother-in-law's respect
and love it would be necessary for her
to learn not only to cook, but to cook
well. How she was to accomplish all
this Mollis could not see. becausn Mrs
Pidgin gently, but none the less firm
ly, refused all Mollle's offers to help
in ins iiicnen.
"No," Mrs. Pidgin would say. "it
flusters ma to have neonln nrnnnri
when I cook. If you want to heln vnn
can put fresh flowers In the vases, or
darn tnoss striped socks of William's
I noticed a thin place In the toe."
- Of course, if Mrs. Pidgin had guessed
now 'desirous Mollie really was of
learning to cook. It Is nrobahla that
She would nave paved the way for her;
but Mollis was a timorous little per
son about making her wants known
and the older woman did not suspect
her of cneriBhing such a large, ungrati
ned longing.
Mollis was obliged, therefore, in
all her cooking by theory. 8he bought
an enormous scran-book and intn it
went everything pertaining to domes
tic science tnat Mollie could wrest from
the newspapers. i
Mrs. Pidgin, although not an old
woman, was an old-fashioned hnuaa.
keeper, with a 0ns scorn for modern
ways and modern Mlnhmr and ah kaM
that a cook who depended on written
receipts was no cook at all." It Is
probable that many of Mollle's ear.
fully, collected receipts were worth
less; but everything that looked in the
leaM helpful went in neat alnhahoti.
cal order, Into the bulky boek. After-
appear
Iscruons would not count f
great deal.
' What Mollie most wanted wa
prove conclusively that she could q
mow was doubting Mrs. Pldcln t
convinced when the daintllv noa
eggs, crisp muffins and nicely bro
potatoes were all safely stored
inside of William?
William suggosted saving san
out of course that was not fea
for, as everybody knows, a muflf
a poachod egg without Its Drl
freshness is a melancholy object
sides, William never left anv to
Mollie finally found her Insult
la the cellar, In the preserve c
Owly four glasses of currant Jell
malned; Mrs. Pidtdn had onen
plored this fact wllhln the
Mollie held one of them up -
light. It was good, firm jelly.
(lark, rich crimson. If. for Ini
Mollie could make Jelly like tl
show Mrs. Pidgin on her retur
reputation as a cook would
ever established.
Returning the glass to Its she)
He flew up the cellar stairs, sei
plethoric cook-book and ran o
In the back yard in a atrai
against the fence, were twelve.
ned with ripening currants,
sat down on the grass, one
book at the page containing
receipts for currant iellv. a
critically from the currants
i
btiBhes to the receipts In th
"They seem to match th
tion," said Mollie. "I'll t
right now. I'll have Will
sugar at noon."
Mrs. Pidgin always made
by the time-honored rule
motner bad used. This n
the boiling of the Juice and
for anywhere from three to
and meant a long day's wo
however, was much taken
paper article that flouted
method, and stated that t
utes of cooking was enou
Jelly.
Both Mrs. Pidgin and
heard of the twentv-minn
but aelther had any faith
cacy. Mollie, however, did. Ill
ed plausible. Moreover. It fl
With MHBln Ihlnn .h. V. J , .
me onemlstry class, anntffnr it. J
. - 1
lor which Mrs. Pidgin had no
Mollis bodied her rnrnfiillr
juice twenty minutes, addec'
ea sugar, allowed it to com
boll and the deed w
cautiously filled glaaara
ing crimson rows on the
and by morning It was g'
to w sealed. Mollis, w
of her handiwork, of co
It to William, who co
bragging about it to Jan
centiy told SoDhla tha s
He had Intended to kei
surprtee for Mrs. Pldci
Bopnia. without int
mischief, mentioned in
nappened to be writing
that Mollis had been
Jelly by "that twenty
hut that not ha vine- a
not say whether or n
fit to eat '
Although Mrs. Plde
fortable circumstan
these twelve currant tJ
ed the saving of jus'