The Gastonia
Devoted to the Protection of Hone the In tercets of the
Vol. XXl. GASTONIA, N. C.. THURSDAY, APRIL 2B, 1000.
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LOYES LITTLE ONES.
ASP BATS IT MAT MBAS THAT HE
IB OBOWIVO OLD.
What he Haean (hllereaa— lUl Ula
BHIrtl Is U Me* the Mill.. Vrll«e>
Bain Tktaisalm-itlMWMi eaarnal
■ eater.
IUU Arp. In Atlanta Umaiitulloai.
That pony usd dog allow it Lhe beat
entertainment for children I ryer taw.
I reckon that Protestor Itdimy rune ll
for the money that la iri ll but nnver
IheiOBe he ebouid be aomutended end
honored tor Ilia plantar., met lie hsa
given to thousand* end thouiaod* of
oblldreo all over the lend. The pool
laid tbhl Abou lien Adbrca wmtiuliult
ted to heaven by At. Pater because he
loved till fallow inn. and maybe ll.n
pmfaagur will gal 10 beceum be worked
ao bard to pleaae the children. Chil
dren at* a lug thing Id beaveo. •'Suffer
liule children to uome uut.l He for of
eueb la tbe kingdom of heaven" ta ilie
twee teat rare* m the Bible to mot here
and ll utterly pnralynji tbe dveina of
Infant daanation. 1 know there la
plenty of aariptuie to eaUbllab tbe
dooUloeof elaotlon but 1 hove ue«rr
believed that it applied to lltiia chil
dren. Tha mater net ioitluct abtiore
ll.
nu» u>« pocj Aua dog ihow who a
moat lean tif uI street pageant and waa
free to tbe hundreds who were too
poor to pay for tti* teat peifirmsace
Tbey ought to tbaok tbe professor for
that. 1 am poor myself but 1 aireload
mj poeketboot aad look all our little
folk* In. They are a till talking eOuul
it. The monkey who played doctor
and the pony who laid down and
gruaoed end played sick and bow iba
monkey cured him and they tall it all
over again and agsiu and how they
rod* oa llte ponies and tbe trlcka of
the beautiful dogs and *> on. Ilow
woeoarfolly fond the cbtldren are of
little things lilUa dolls and puppies
and kit tana link hornet and oolta and
eahra* Utile ttny babies and little
chicken*, Old folka Ilka little ohlldran
aad It is • sure sign that a nan ta
bearing hit aeound childhood and that
bla hold upon tbe world la weakening
whan he love* the company of Inuooant
children. Mow 1 am not ao droid
fully struck ou the average boys.
Whan they ars rare good Indeed but
when they are bad they ate horrid.
Una day a grand-child behaved ao bed
at tbe labia that 1 told him be ahould
eat ooa* any more but should wait or
cat lu the kltobeo. When 1 got up
nnd left he eatd: **<10001*, ganoa
Beltin' mighty old, ain’t be»" ‘-Yen.”
•be mid. * 'trauma he’ll die some time
won’t be?” Out I do love the little
girl*.
I am now la Florida again for the
good people kept calling me and iba
spring has 00me nnd evotything down
hoe I* to calm and serene that 1 am
glad I accepted their Invitation. The
ioyal Daughter* of lb* Coo fed racy ere
very strong in Florida and ask ad for a
UiUs help and ao I am bate lu their
behalf. X bad two boars to Savannah,
bat bad to Isa vs at B o'clock In the
morning aad ao did not aee my friends
for nobody gets up In dwvaunah nntll
<1 Inner time nnd some few lie sbed tin
neat day. That’s wbat Evan Howell
told me, I traveled with blm all tbe
way and ecJoy^d bis company for be la
always tbe as me good talker end he
gave me a graphic account of bla re
eeat Havana trip. Ha likes tbe
Cabans especially the Castilian otaases
who he mye are a blgb-tooed generous
sod boorabie people. He feared that
out occupation of (Juba woo totet u>
be predjudloe to Florida but be Mopped
loog enough down here to do away
with such apprebenaiooa Flondaeaw
not have * aubetllale and will always
be tbe loveliest state in the naloo—
tbe natural sanitarium for oar Invalids
end the garden of tke south. An eld
Georgia friend who baa barn here for
■owe UHmi.ua UW1 mj looay mat tbM
arret iu la eo prosperous ooc
dttioa ae it Is today ead that there ia
f***® ■OD*7 b®1® per capita than there
le te Georgia. Beery brei.cb of bost
“•* every loduetry to prospering
aod tba pouple carnally are contented
oad happy. Howell on tba Worn
npon tba roial population to
•* I*®4 «*ol refreablng water.
Ha told about ao eld friend of bla who
omo down bora for tba flxat time to
°W aaquaiotanoa, He got off
tba train at "Waldo where bis friend
mat him and drove out to bla little
far* two or three miles awey. Tha
day waa bot and tba old man waa tired
aad thirsty aod touted for tba eool
•ffWnba toftm boma Hta Florida
friend palled dowa the pole ead tha
bookst went down Into a Itota la the
»•«•«>• few feet deep end draw It up
fuU of brackish top'd water and aald :
'-Mow, Jim Just help yeureelf; drtuk
right out of the basket In the old
fashioned way,” aad bn did. It didn’t
taka him tong-to get enough «ud ha
wld i
•Tre got enough. Tow drink tho
rest yourself and when yoa some to
ay boon I’ll bent some for yoa.
It to a beautiful proeprot ta look
free® the trsine at tbla country now.
Jtrery mflo or two you He the troot
farms la a strut of vegruUou aad tba
tetrfwfearnee mgaetolly attnoted my
atttotttow. I dearie lore la sea thaw
by tba ante and took upon tha pick and
eeraetlna ootora that wlagtoaupteUlly
with tba groan toast* At almost
eearr eutlon tba erbtea of torrtoe are
pitod ap waiting for the signal train*
to stand them ta market. Thry an
SOW bringing «7 a erato at tha pro
denar’s station and there to moeey le
tba boeloeea. Cblldiee white aod
Meek are men ptaktog them. Utile
girls ffto • Mats a quart end little bora
M seats for tba IIU1# girt* beadle
them son eamfelle and don’t aUnl
every Mg.ooe they fed.
Thee there an the now potatoes and
taSHllH aad oabkage that ere to fuU
aas fast aad bring good prtoe* as to
aadtia yoa an hardly am oat of right
of them. They are sat great fag fat
settle bot onr tower,ted mead Jadgi
dark gatd a Florida britor la fair oaa
dlllon and* tli« bast and sweetest
beefsteak In the world and was more
like veoleon than beef. Tba lumber
and turpentine business down here U
' sow a regular boom. Lumber tbat a
year ago brought only 113 a tltousaod
now brings 124 lo $30 and lurpeclln*
liae adsaueed from 34 en»U a g»ll>n to
S3 cent*.
I've a good ] ike un myself or un
somebody alee. My old friend Poll
Brown wt>o need to run tba o'd Mark
hum lo Atlanta wrote me a nice letter
*» month ago and oegged me to come
| down to Ocala sod be hla gu*et at the
Plant hotel tbui ha hua i «eu runnlug
all tbe wtoter. So 1 mads straight for
the Ocala boos* and he seemed sur
prised aad pleased Ui sea me. W«
talked for some tine about the good
old Mats* we used to base. 1 bad bad
no dinner and not muuh breakfast and
was hungry as a woir. Tba sun weut
down and lbs big dlulog room doors
did not open. Some friends ualled lo
■re me and It grow later sod darker
but still those doors *rre Okosed sod I
noticed that Mr. Brown bad departed
those coasts. About 7:90 c'clook I
ventured to Inquire of a lad abut lima
tiny bad sapper. He stalled al me
audtald: "Wedoo’i bare no more.
11)1* bouse Is closed for the winter.”
He was vary kiud and tiuk me to the
dour aad pointed U> a place where 1
could gat aometblng lo cat uud I loo
departed those euuata with alacrity.
The next time Mr. Brown invites me I
will go soooer or not go nl all.
CM* Ml of Tbs IU(.
Republican all over tba country par
ticularly lu tha Middle ffal are up lu
anna against tha Porto Rich MIL It
taaa to tba Intaraat .if Us Republican
to tlsteu to i he deataudi of tba beat
and biggest stamen i of tbs party, it
refiiand to do Ibla uatural thing.
Why? Because It la. In tba grasp of
the trusts. It believes that mo nay
will be sITsctual to buy tba votes of tu«
protesting voter*. Tha'.’sth* Repub
lican creed.
TW Washington titer a strong Uv
pubtloao paper leu the cat out of the
InddML
J have read of a tow* mealing io
Pennsylvania .where tbe quest Ion of
lleecm wee to be decided. A« tba
qnntloa waa about to ba put. there
arose from one corner of tbe room a
miserable female, wrinkled and gsunt,
■od stretching out her arms, la a
abilll voice abe or led :
“took upon me. You all knew me,
or onoe did. You aU knew that I wss
oeea mtetnaa of tbe beat farm In tba
tow neb Ip. You nU know too, I had
ooa of tbe beat, moat devoted of hot
bends. Toe all know bow I bad five
noble hearted, ladoetrtoua boys
Where are they now 7 Doctor, wbera
are they now 7 Yoe all know. You
nit know they lie In n ro«. side by
aide In yonder oh n ret yard-all, every
one of Uwm. ailing tbe drunkard'*
grave I They were ell taught to ba
se** temperate drinking wee safe—rx
ceaa alone ought to be avoided', aod
they oarer acknowledged exoeaa. But
I esw the gradual cl tangs oomlng over
■gy family aod proapsoie with dismay
and horror: I fait we were all to be
overwhelmed In one common rule. 1
teted to ward «f tbe blow. 1 tried to
brook tbe soell—the deloetve apell-lo
which tbe Idea of urn benefits of tear
ponde drinking hod Involved my boa
band sad Man 1 begged 1 prayed:
hot the odda.wsge again* me.” Aod
wHb bar arm* dang high, nod bar tell
tell form stretched to fia atonal, nod
bar voloe railed to an unearthly pitch,
•be Motel and . “I shall none stand
Imfor* tbe Judgment.mat of Sod-1
•ball me* yoe there, von film gotdee,
aod be o wttoeee ogaloat you all I”
W»e •poke and vanished. Hot when
the chairman pot tbe qimeUoe. “Stoll
any license be granted for the tale of
•plrltuona liquors 7” the reap sole was
eesnlmoue—"Vo t”
ms Appetite ere Wes
Is envied b* all poor dyagMptles whom
d><—b end Lmr era oot of ardor.
All socb ehouM know that Dr. King1*
Vhw JUds Pills, Um wcoderiol stomach
Ksmedy. give* a aptsodM
eppetUe. aoued digestion nod a ragalar
bodily habit that Insures porfeot hetlte
aod grant raergy. Oety Me. st J. B.
Oarry * On “a. drag store.
tixi to niL ornrn.
fwhwl'i XMNft nenreiag Miat
Umi 1a furlvBlee.
The Freiltleut I eel weak eent to Oou
glMB lha following cnuenrga :
“Tba time remaining bef.Ho the 111
of ttiy. whan the act o( April li 1000,
entitled ‘An act to tauiporailly provide
reveoae aod civil gov. rnmeut for K»r
to Bleu aud t >r otJiar purpoaaa’ will
take effect aptvaia ic >* InHiUcleul for
the Inquiry and consideration raqulalte
to tbe proper selection of suitable per
aoua to Oil tbe Importaut offices pro
vided for by tbe act. Tbe power* of
the present government will oeaae
when the act lakes rfeot, aod loma
new aalbority will be nnnniearj to en
able tee offleara now par fora lug ih«
various duties of civil government Id
tha Island lo continue the performance
«(tbeeedutlae until hb« ofDeera who
era to perform slmilUr duties under
the new government shall hare paao
appointed aod qualified.
"Ttial autluinty caimut well be glveu
at preaenl by temporary appointments
of Ure existing odloers a positions uu
der tba act for the rtaaon Uiat many of
tba ex fating olfloers are odloera of the
aray detailed to the performance of
civil dutlee, and auction 18H of Uie
Beviaed Statutes would p reveal llrem
from accept tug aoeb temporary ap
pointment# uader tha penalty of loeiog
tbeir commission*.
‘‘The eelsetton of tba uaw o (floor*
end orgaalsatton of tbe new govern
•WI'V HMiavt tun acv iDinivu to will U*j
accomplittied with all pnctiosbls speed
but In order tlutl It may be properly
accomplished. I rveoomeud tlio pac
kage »>f » Joint resolution to obviate
Ui« difficulty above ataled.
»». McKiklet,"
Tu carry tou> effect the President's
weseacel Senator Poraker. Chairmto
of Ibe Porto Rica Committee Intro
duced (hi* Joint resolution :
“Thai until the iffluer to dU any
office provided fur ny the sot of April
14, ltkJO, miilitnd “Ao act temporarily
to provide revenue anil a civil govern
aenl for Porto lltoo.itod for other pur
poses,” abell have Ivan appointed and
qoslIOsd, tha udioer or oflleera now
performing tbe civil duties ponalntng
to tueb office may oontluue to perform
tbe him under aolhory of said aci;
and no officer of tbe army shall loss tils
oommlsloti by reason tbsicof: Provi
ded, That nothing hereto ooulslned
■ball be held to extend the lime for tbe
appointment and qoellOcalfun of
■oeb offiaer* beyond the 1st day of
August. 1WJ0
On motion of Senator Forsker, tUs
resolution and the msocage were re
ferred to lbs Commute on Porto Rico,
A similar reoolul'oo was Introduced
In the House by Cbalrmao Cooper. *
It is well understood In the Rouse
that «n effort Is likely to be made at an
early date to oonslder legislation Hut
will amend the Porto Rican law aa re
Mill franchises. Many prominent
Redub!leans regard toe present pro
visions as likdv to be prolific of scan
dal insular government, and there la a
desire in tha Rouas to put the party ou
record against the clause that aur
reptlt lonely orrpt Into tbe Senate bill
during the process of amendment.
Wall >aui, bail laa lair. 4
A pathetic story, true or wall luvan
ted, eomte from the3t Louts Republic
At a Hula station Ufty miles from
Chicago, and old far met boeided a
railway train} a thin man with, a no
ailivo mouth. half concealed by an Iron
gray beaid, dressed in wbat were evi
dently bis moat u ii comforts Ids Sunday
bIoUks. Ha slid softly Into a seat be
side a grave stranger.
Two or three times turned bis fees
toward tne dying landscape. The
strangw was struck with tha troubled
expression end gtanoad wistfully at his
companion. Tha latter spoke at last
with a patient liosklueas In lilt volon :
“1 am going to the oily for the
second lima In my life,” ha said half
Startled at bis own words.
Yes*”
"Thirty years ago oome July, I want
there for a wedding suit, I am going
book to-day for a coffin and a shroud
far the little woman that married me.
“You don't know what It la, mlatar”
h« ooatinned “to live sad work ’loeg
alda a woman for thirty-years, dav lb
sod day eat to fled bar always patient
nod willing sud working, sad tboo
th *o leave ber lying dead and enld
with ber wora-oat binds orotard on
bar breast. Ik was Just a Hula after
iho turn <ff night, sad nobody but mo
was watching, when Marls kinder woke
op.
*• ‘David,’ih# mid, “It’* inalfnl —to
rootful. and l am to tired.’ Aud to
aha west to sleep again auddldo't wad*
op thlo tide of km van.
"Yoo know etraocer; thma word* of
hum—t m« to to thinking. Poor,
tlrod anal, I never know how much tbs
naedad met. Wa never thooght of It
while we were working and skimping
•ad aavlng, trvlaag to lay up eome
Uilng for the children.
“Oha never had any pleasure. aha
aavor took aay holidays or visited the
other woman. Hha reload lira ahlldrvn
and fed tha pig* and milked tha oust
and ehurwad aed cooked for Uw harvest
hand*. I never know or thought how
■he did It all with three poor eroamd
hand* of bfVft.
-dom* folks aay It won’t do any
good, mister, bat I am going to ate
that aba la put away In something riob.
Wa wasn't skimping and saying for
thirty vaara for this, but I*tt going to
have tha be* that mossy eao boy.
She's earned it, Ood knows.”
fa a Brussel* street trammed by an
elect rie tram oar Una. It hm barn no
tload that tba tram ou aua aids or tbs
way begin to lorn tbatr foliage early In
August, lb# laavm l urn log brows and
dropping off But In October the tame
•rasa bogie to bud agela, an* sow a
llaaas avow blaaaaa Mean while tha
tram ou the opposite aide of tha atroat
are amflmud. tow of their foliage lata
la tba aatomn and baddiag ouly la the
■grtag. Thaeaum oftbaaaomaly la
supposed to be leak lag sWetrto eerrvats
wkM ailmslats the growth of lb*
taomaflaamd.
All Crwl Mew Baris klwre-lnl Far
Neal Ik aok kwl fkr Warit.
Wuntw UMkcwa LUD In ChrtaUan Ota error.
“It would bo bant to Had u slngfe
say* aq a do English writer.
•*wbo rTer tuada himself mat and woo
not an airly Harr." This la a
what ou exaggerated eutrnient tar
bapa but it I* no exagcerattnu b> »a»
that (lx* world’s ia<»st successful m»ii
bore be»u ie»nomlst*. often mlsrro uf
tlioa and bare ib'refur* raraly bad lire
babtt of hugging their pillows lo a tale
hour in Utr morning. Gibbon whnu
writing bis great morismsatAl blttnrr
wb'cb oo*t bin twenty years of unre
mitting loll - the reading ot whleb
Ecu or *oii pronounce* an education uf
Itself,—wa* to hie study winter and
summer at six la Uw morning Mir
Waller Soon roto • t (We o'clock llgblrd
■ill owe dry «ad wa* at hit desk by six
rwad* (or lli* day’s task. By tbs Ham
ble family bad assembled lor breakfoet
— between nine aud ten. —be had don*
euougb ha used to say lo break lb#
neck uf the day’s work.
It waa a similar beidlhful prsclle*
Hist enabled ibn great Button to apmj
half a oantuty or mure Uiao an ordinary
llfetim* at hi* desk sad yel dad liras
’« be the most fatboaabla of all tlx
phUusophor* who In bis day graced lbs
gay metropolis uf Praooe. 141 ull alt
young people,” aatJ Doctor Johnson,
"and tell lb«m with the graataet sin
eerily that eobody who does not rise
•arly will ever do any good” Tb*
uswuraioa ttuzabelb Uaner—skills 1
silk* In translating Epictetus and l.i
making padding—who llvad to lire
verge of ninety yes's alar.tv* ruse al
alx. I’jjh) /«*w, who la a r earnest
worker In bis ulnety first ysar liras
Its. All nolad .urn of action Hava
beta Impressed wltb Ilia impertauc- <•(
(lung early. "Whan you buglu in
turn lu bed," raid It* trim Duke ‘it
la llrtxi to turn out," nud bis practice
conformed to bis precept.
Of Hie epooomlo veins of early rising
and its worth as an elixir of Ilfs and of
Ilia superior fiuiass of tba early in iro •
Ing hours fur Isbor who j»o doubt 1
For aarusst effective woik Uttie i<
nothing like three freab morning hours.
Cosing at tba opening of ibe day Just
after sleep bss -‘knit up Ibe ravelled
sle«va of oars," nod ralnvigurated Lbs
wasted nerves Uiey find the mi ad tr.u
qull fresh and sanguine sod they are
free from interruptions. Work dme
at this lime when H bas tbs wlml* day
lu IU grsip tails m«iie powerfully tn*u
when It la slipped in amouji (lie
thoughts end occupations of busier
hours. • In the summer lime eaprclilly
wbst refreshment wbat Inspiration I*
thera In the cool early hours before Ibe
Sun Is hlgb lo the heaven* and tba
heal of the day have come lo Weaken
and demoralise us I One great advan
tage of the early riser la that lie lias
ibe convelum satisfaction of being br
1 fore baud with the world Ue list
laid up the moat preoious of all treas
ures— View—In advance. He seises i lw
the day by tbs forelock ; lie drive* U,
1 us lead at being driven by IU Belter
still tba briskness aod alacrity of these
early hours Imparl themselves almost
Infallibly to lb* sohosqoenl ones aud
are wrought lutu toe very texluie ut
the day.
Unforlanataly while on* may bs
thoroughly convinced of Hie advaatsgvs
of early rising It I* exceedingly dlAcult
if be bas beau addicted to late riving
bedildden s> tospeaa—for years iu act
upon hla eoovietloua. Somebody has
called a bed a band)# of paradoxes
We go lo It relnetantly and leave it
with regrtu Ones within the downy
precincts of Ita four posts haw hard it
Is to dlaanthnU ourseivv* from Its
silken captivity to esoipe from lu eu>
ebaotmaats lo tbs drudgvrles and dull
caret of Ilfs 1 Ws are as enamored or
QDCurtaiaed dwelling aa if ws weie in
the oars and aadar Ibe spell of Circe.
How many fervent vows have these
damp pillows sreu broken I "We are
all good risers at night," says a cynical
pioverb; but alas far our agility lu ibe
morning I ”1 know or un greater
hlgbt of hero lam." ways the writer
whom we have already quoted, "no
more traaeoendeatal virtue than lo
spring up from my bed at ibe Brat a*
mentof waking. I bmw triad all ways
and means; 1 have made a hundred eg
pert mauls, bot no our, of then a*n 1
commend. A single victory is the
presage and Indeed Ibe same of taauy
mure but uuee unluoklly sacoumblug
lo Idleness luros the tide al ut*e and
foroea bach my determinate current to
lie fountain.’’
im great Frederick of l'lueti*
found It easier in menbouO to rout the
French Austrian# and BumUdi than
la youth to realet tbs seductions of tt>e
aircn, sleep. After many rain tingle
bended attempt**o conquer till* tuetoy
be «m forced at laat to call to bta «M
an otd aerraot whom tie commanded,
on pain uf (Hamteal) to poll blio out of
Ml erect ntornlog st two o’elook.
How ahail the young man obo to a
rictitn of Horpbeee wbe baa been hab
ituated for yeere to wsate tbs preotoea
boors of the aarlr morn log the gulnl
aceeoM af tba day la bed sad who de
ptoree hie enslavement eecapa from hie
(liken ebelaaf Aa alarm clock to usr
teaa iinlaae It oea drag him out uf bed.
ttfa know of MU ooe eolation uf tea
problem : When he awakeoa In the
■JOTnlag tot bias act upon the very a ret
impales and spring to tba Boor at ocas
It la aald uf forll and besieged towns
that if their eeaaraaodm one* pause
•pon a aummoed to esneuder, if they
•offer the—dvee to perky they are
lost, Ho In oor ooalaau with the m
ebaalrvaa deep; wa must nut llaten u
the at ran far a moment. Wa mu act
a pon the words of Hilton’s hern to bla
rooted togtowe. "Iwda, arise I" In aa
guiok Immediate a aaaaaaalou aa they
•ere atlertd. Only Uim* can we break
the charm by whieh we are epaitbuaad
and make ilia hrlaknna the eptrU, the
aparkhag tovellaees of the Any onr
een.
The eaea uf the Kaatecky gnveruor
(blp. which wee decided In favnr «t
Beehham. Democrat, be tba Knit oaky
enerte, kee been earned to the Bupreiae
Dawn ef the Usited •Hates wtoit It
wM be hrerd oe the BOth,
- •w » »— — — —
H*»»if >un n ittataa.
Tmlaa aa Imw ar Wnb
•w-iimm Miainan Hnlii
-raraMMw ream
Mobile, Ala.. April lT.-Tba ooaiin
uad rains for tin ptat 48 boar* bar*
eaoaad tavaral washouts aa uw Mobile
A Ohio road, aad waskeoad iba track
id a ounbar of plows. *0 that it an
found ala* la-day oot U> operate trains
on lha B.retbera dlrWoit*. Tbtrs arc
two wssbuot*. oua at Viaanr Band
fOmlUn store Mobto. sidlSMhmrZt
White'* Bluff, just north of Botar
pnae. Mia*. Straouoot rffortaar* being
Btsd# to repair tin denaga. and al
ware no (ralaa oot Unlay,
it la battered Ibeie will baa train out
to-raorruw mom lug at (ba tnieai.
B.nolnrtun. Al*.. April n.-A
ralufsll of also* term l ohea In M
hirers baa wrought muoli damage to
rallnwdi. Bin In* aad farming iular
e*tr. Tbo wriDwt of trsltts aa
almost a**i f Mimed satsrtog tbt city
has beau sarliMisiy lutarfared with, aad
tlio •Qburban street railway system has
roor* or las* trouble.
darnrsl mints io the dlstrKt bars
Mm Hood si sod It Is fa usd that SOM
of iba fsraaos* will b* aonprilad to
b:iBk their Ore*.
Tea South wo, an 1 Alabama Great
Soutlsrrn Ballway*, in tba waetwrn
pan of ibeHuuv barn been aevsrnls
damaged, tbs traek of both Mads bring
reputed washed op for disuses* of
from two U» flft.su mlhrs. Farmers
bsre alo «u{farad from tba Storm.
T*» WevM<w Onalnl Iwa
Urt. Itaaina M. MwMua.
If -Iraae w«r« Item again. voioliig the
v<o olvtli* iiiob Uiet w. rear, aod eew
•ng lu detail all that we aa, living the
lifa that wa live now. wtial wield la
bl* auewrr to the que*|nu of lb*
wurtd’g iminl n-wif What would
he pieuch al-ont ofleAvci f What texts
would ha aw? Wb«t Central truth
would ba • nphaa'x 1
It )•**•> to imagine Jmux facing H
multitude u( all mwis end ooodillou.
of mm. in lhi* generation end saying
to Uwm praoueaily Um earn# thing, b*
eald lo Um Hge lulu which he wsaboru.
li wuald noi surprise u. if ib* grat
mi won Iw prwobej to a eosgragsUoa
hrr* id To;via or’ anywhere rUa
Wool.! lire* for its U»t, or
p .vilify Uia old word., “Ye taual ba
bJ'O again,” «r • .ark y* Ant Ua king,
itom or Gud,” '
If till* la irur. If Jean, wou.d I Teach
more lhau anything «t*r |b« nod Of a
legaowraleHl l.umaniiy, iben that w the
girsln* neeo uf Ui* world. I do Dot
t®" • D t» i** ba would not uaa any other
u-xi or word* The eery feet uf ible
great need would compel preaching
abuht ibe detailed .elDomaa. which
make# ib* need luelf. It tg out waxy
lo c _no.lv. of Uhrt* kaepiog all*, l on
tile Iquor qne.il.ni. »g u r.c u*. «*r
■eying nit blue alout lit* greed of
much of the iboOitu im-toem lift*. nr
i Use honor, or war or Um lijaMlee of
man la man In hi. oommeteial rata
Houa lie would aixtoobU-dl/ apeak
to detail again* till. tin. Oat tie
wuold da an b~OauM tlm on* great need
of all humanity U regmirralion uf life.
I The uaw haayau* and Um new earth
wherein ' dwelUUi rigbUouauvaa.” win
bBJ*P’<*IWe wbao mau are bom aaatn.
SviaUnirM 1. at lha bottem of all the
wnild'i trouble. Theta la oot a social
wi'oog, them I. not e tangled ooudlUou
nf lire any wlwr* that doe. not have far
lu real cause a vel9.li Ilf*. The great
uerd of the world I. fo g* rid nf thl.
bnirlid* MlUihiiraa. It to the .In of all
tiw ip-ocriutou. Aod m fa* a» It la
taken away by the power of Uhrlal. m
lie i* allowed to coma into the dally
life, ■<> f.W will the Ilf* of tuao on the
earth broom, the happy, atroof, been
tlful hf. that God loeg* to have It.
The greatest need nf Topeka, uf Kan
eaa, of the wliola world, la a irgmenv
ted liumautiy.
A. Walvepaata.
ScrlngOrld Uvpuklkaa.
At tb* gambling oeulrr In Ainerlet,
New Yurt Oly I. logically the bom* of
p*rb.p* lha tn-ist ormUtoo. paoel* no
lha enntlDant. The notion that Uw
rural dlulrieta are the habitat of live
simple-minded d we not war well with
U'oe. who oteerve lit* main of
eharltan aeMntM wbleb donrta'i In
Raw York at lha rxpw-m eta I ily of
lha People “f R«» Verb. The - MUla.
eynatoa'a,'’ which wad* a larg- amonet
•if money for IU rascally promot-v l*y
merely advertising for money depoatu
at un* nun w wu per (M. a your, was
pHtmuhuvl by ihoaaaud* el p*rm»na tad
notalthaUadlug ibn rgpnaorw af the
fraad, II appear* that a uuaabar at eeo
oarna oaUhUahad praelleally aa tha
a*tM transparent rogeary ban btoa
to mad forth In the matropolte. dwall pto
la resqua fmaos flour lab tbssato aa
amaaiag ralaat. Mat lung agu aa
allggrd magician ad yen lard that aa
Orlaoui anoaator had brnuratbud to
him * am.darful obarat wbloh arould
bring traaltb. haalib *r aoBmi af
fault)** to ta* fortunate poaasoaas.
Tlila tallaaan ooald ba bought at $1 a
bead. It waaslmplaonoagb for lha mag
lolau, ha ad yah laid aad tbaasaldi
ru»b*d lo tn bi« to buy ibaabarat Tha
polio* rad across aaotlmr HtUa fraud
raoaatl/ la tbo ahap* qf a "geod lath"
bull, Wblab am bring sold la caaalfl
aratoa guaoUUa* to lha olty'a tnVrlll
Cl papulation uador lh* pretan**
l It was ta laporlaUoa from tha
land of Mast, and bad tha supernatural
powar af bringing nil bind* of good
look to Us owaar. laraatkpaUaa
prnaad that lh* boa was (tally wean
laotarsd In Lyno for wstrapilhaa ***
sucspUon. All nf wbloh Indie*Ire t hat
Maw Tort It tbs pared!sa af layMtan
aad the bow* of tool*.
■» raalad tha aunt* ana.
All declare told Baa lob Uaralltoo, *f
XVaot Jrffaraea, O. aflar mi Bar lag ifl
moatba from Etotal Kin jU. ha would
j Ola a abut a oosUy np (ration waa par
i formed; hot ha eared Mmaalf with By*
how* of Both tea's Araloa Balya, u«
Shireat Pile aare on Bartb. aad Um hast
Mia* la the Wadi, M aaaSa a bog
•old bp J. t Ourry A On , Drapgtau.
| nuiiM ix hu«» mmmmm no*.
IMf umta •« UH rte TMI
«*■«" *tek nw temM MM M
iteHlahe.
»■ * Yur* WnrM.
IVtalrifd at imllM bredguartm.
daraayOitfarm l*o typical mte
faraars mho wen oaay v lot tat of Ora
*'**o *<ute«»ln<Jte. They warefuund
ay PUiOOaaa U<yto Iu tU Pmaayh
raala railroad depot. Proa Mr a
perraaoe and aeUena h« M«Moted tba
aatma af tbotr IwriMar. Um of Um
•m tad anterbte araa boa aboat Um
Urt of u urdiuory clear box. Ha
malted It a-refaUy.
•MITbaa bar* you got In that boa r*
o£ad tba pillartatn, and lb« nan ta
bled that Im couldn't OMtbatU *U
“Ib^y^.teal.Ma Mt bla ova. Pu
Herman. Fkyte railed. IU tedeord
ibr far mar to opto tte box.
Two aura eurprlerd and diagaaCad
caao It vuutd Uo bird to (fbd. TSebix
noclalaoj tare gamila# gU> MHa •« the
top of aoaatbonrt ertpaoT paper mt
tba alar of the bill arid another t>a the
bottojp.
. “Bwliidlad by Jura I" aitd llm mm
la eborout. PuUc-ia u tt»>te <uewud
(baa to pdloa botdumat«, «bero
laurrtrwid bt Ibid tlurpha.
.JH’V nara their a«M at Utrvi Me
JJteteyand MT. L Trotter. aod aaM
ttey von faraaro u> Harter eooatf
IWhamae, They exhibited tba eor
reapMdeuee that had yard bat van
tbaa aod Um graaa ge<d« operator*.
Tb# aadoclira eirouUra oaoubt the far
attoraudibty drtld-d ta iovwt two
la rlteped counterfeit nxierr "Ui it It
Ktg'ma m tno goon I lewniclr.”
lu oconrdutao with l»atrnalUMit ;ho
auulh*mor» n-aoned Maw Ywk
WaJamdsy night nod wm iliraei to
Ua OwMbu, kdd, Canalwra
y* nad Wo«t U-owdway. Turn
th«y iffMmd tiling tbalr corn at
RMMf Attar th*v b*j »hm u> liww
ftnwa bay ware vioitod by woo of tba
operator* wfa i |.w Umw >hj«l iorrua
fH**f bight boo aita.it at Utn
An<b.M, Had ford itnw wad
dautb Fifth wm, Bmoblm, ad
narljr mbnU| ■uralt* U>oy war* •*
«*««ad hf,tba asms Man wlia M tba*
In New curb to tba ptacrd when tba
Tick wm tin road.
Tba Tloilaw aty they Md« ou tut
ulevolfri Irtlu aj ou rlUturOo. Tba
ti mre la whioh ib«y exaboogtl tbair
«mtd aoooy far it>r box of (<o«a gwada
Uteyowy wosnpoorUoiha aaaaa or a
fOOtnl Ira. Cairf Murphy thins* It If
y *•» Foruioataly far Mo
Cl alty a«d Trotter ti>«y Utifc tba pro*
caution to bay ruitod trip ItocsU.
.Tba HreoMyn poiloo wore itaudad Ity
tn.W Murphy. Tuay pr-oaiowd to
■oako ua litfrMifwU-tu. Tha "oaa#>
uu” will U» kept la Jt-rmy Cny a day
nr two In aid in tha a.retitiir Iht
■ amdler*.
How lUeelrleltjr foMo Awlwwto aod
The tab)leal .llaeloa ta ilia took
crowing I hue- iiom a* on ■ •lic.ll.it> at
the boar • to ua l-t iniutitig .boat tha
qinarr beb^rlvur «» tba praaeat day
mortem lu thbo ago w* h.vw rUect
eura Uiot iwrrr atop nnu.li.g, great
foe tori** Where rearing grew wrvor
CM«a tajmrw, nod all Kind* rftwoor
eial Mtwpriera wiilab turu night into
■y. d» Mr. Boaaur. with lit* wt
dout daajre If bo op to-date, ?o not
hoard at 8 to tbo moraine. but off and
on pretty much all night lung. Ua la
ufreo fooled by thw (taring Marina
lights whtoh thickly otud tbo dorthore
of night, not only iq tha ah«. bat nil
tbtungh tho rutnirboaodseaalltrtowns.
Hn bbtiwu bit owa l'*ll»eu, and
not beingabio dworly lo diet tags Ml
tb* tuo from fat* artlfloia) rimU. bo
wabaa op every IIUl* while sad
wort** a little bit—juri to boon tba
||f| |(49,
TbU olfririflWbtf ootaidaUly fool
pbMt Ilfs hat been prortto. A oartata
narnyyaB who hou ou Imuitnn treat
af land covered with greenhnnwta and
H itatMded upon tbit fan la t
curloao way Ho bad noAlead tb«t aU
Ihlmta wdpUiU white ha bad
pleeod <m tha north alda’ of bit Uoneo
did not IkrlTB nearly an wall uf tbott
•••IhoaaatbtMa. wbera lhay bad tea
?»> y •<■»* On day h otootrie
Utibtlegoo«pMy |m apt-gnat are
UfMvm tba *re* oonwr at tfcTWth
of bit imuar. Remit; i0 loot tbaa a
Kt’s lint tha plants oa tha wont tide
•.mnaoralamraat la mart* that
tboaa on tha ream old*. Two no tarry
Mas tub log tba lilac bad a orrfcw nl
■ re nn*M IdKalled lu all of hi* (i«r
kMMUiMUlNMMNMiaL Aa Ml
tMMhif haw aaafa) this ifiiai
wap bar Laat year Eaatar mm* rather
aarir. Mi tbtoMaa'a ataanaflWM «**
u toMOIaf. aa ha
to* J»*Wf piNlauw a iaoSU raw or
•™1*f*a. bMetag Uom bam lag an
a?£g£5s)srsastta
a» Many of hie aowpctttor*.
Mllatlaa
CMbm* lUHB-SaraM.
Tbahoeaewaabaralac. Photo* oat.
•Me wore yeillag la Vt+m la harry ar
sssasaSS
SpSSffirss&S
torwMb kMlfhaUlSaT
AM W«r Mf Irmly Hi nil •
««Joln |n
, T-*? '*** ** °" *«•»«&." ha rrgttai
nwnrmihm w ytwyltod tor In (to
»<W<M . to*l.m M4a « halm Urn
Mr M-jud.y In Juur and btonnUlty
UmMiter tha coaly faafi feMoliwP
to MO rwMrtf tor aaoh pro
oioot aotf on ar toforv tho too Hoofer
In defy It MaHato.
afaonno for raj
OimaMralmHI
ah .11 ala* . _
T* bdk>t. ^to h»^v>tod attoth ..1
H Uw fepafer Omt momMm «m
ybeof aaah itotwu. Tba board atoll
tnJof tto rfawtlaa.
Tto abartoao of tha mam hoaafe
la th* vwiwi imatirtal ahafl
■amt «t« dcmtaatad ykan Wur •r.
aaivloK tha gaaaral ahaja rat area
froai tha kah of oooaty mrarn
aad daalaaatm rrank huafetfol
tfcata Bant < or toatow aad atoll
•k" fatalM aarUlaataa of ainatina ft
oaiar iiaaaM HahdalaakfeU '
eoabty ofleara au alaotad aa tto feet
SSS!*J,rtR, 5? SST5
nftw tba aaaaral kaatlni *-Til to
Ho* >*va<it«» of tba Baum of fepraaao
MkHttamiUar tto fetlaa far
JS^iWSt.'SLSS
traaaitd Inoctoddtoto^- aTdoty!
Waw|l» to ^ motto hi tto aataral
toncfem alia wad <d »ar day tor"mr*
TtoaaotaaUy randarad.
Haw M* aMa't.
toWiaoMT.
* I didn’t tah you did L MIMiad.”
aUd Mr. Cavil to hk trite, “that 1
aatryoar atelar faaatowa torn Ufe
♦»»«. yon fedun. Ctortan tayaiu
Ssuf-nf*
•:sfhr*;-.« «.-a
•latar. 1 Ima in tto world aad Hufeto
of oaaatng botto aad taMtaa aM atoat
tl aa any ntomxatfe haahtad wnatd
bare duwa tto aam fey, yaa bam tto
wataar aacrat a whak waah. awd than
aat carvlaMy, tf yaw have maallnaad
tha feet that yMMtr tor."
• Bot *py itir-o*1
“Don’t tot me- Char Ira *-»e-^—
Chm | haaa nufe&bt that aha mm am
awwaatgabv yoa. aad jm aat only
fellad to datttor to hat yaw ham fer
tottao wtotlt waaahmt. Tafltea If
thia teak the M«a.n
“kyfeark waatbta way-”
“Dank UBat h aw tbla way.
Otorlaa Angwkua (Javit I kaov i»
MCyhawkwM. To* amtoy difek
27?*Mar whether 1 •“•*** yaw
had aoM atoar Jaaaar aat, or yaw v
weaM aot have water* a White waah
to (all ate yoo bad arm bar."
-Bwt IdMat aay ( aaw Mr,’1 Mr.
Car* aald aMaacUt