Peninsula enterprise. [volume], February 22, 1908, Image 1

About Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965

Image provided by: Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA

                
IflWttW.
VOLUME XXVII.
ACCOMAC CH., VA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1908.
NUMBER 34.
nr> aiiiiiap iii iir-ui VADV
B. T. GUNTER,
President.
W. C. PARSONS,
Cashier.
VERNON BURTON,
Asst. Cashier.
Farmers and Merchants National Bank,
ONLEY, VA.
Customers extended every
accommodation consist?
ent with conservative
banking.
Strictly a home institution.
The smallest depositor re?
ceives as prompt and
courteous treatment
as the largest.
Managed entirely by our
home people.
We Pay Interest on Time Deposits,
JOHN S. PARSONS,
Attorney-at-Law',
Aceomac Courthouse, Va.
Will practice in all courtB of Aceo?
mac and North .mpton (jouuties.
BEN T. GUNTER,
Attorney -at- La w,
Aceomac C. H., Va.,
Will practice in all the courts of
Aceomac and Northampton counties
S. JAMES TURLINGTON
Attoruey-at-Law.
Offices? Aceomac C. H. and Fair
Oaks, Va.
Practices in all the courts on the
Eastern Shore of Virgiuia.
JNO. R. aud J. HARRY REW,
Attorneys-at Law.
Offices?Aceomac C. H. and Parks
ley. At Aceomac C. H., every Wed?
nesday.
Will practice in all the courts oa the
Eastern Shore of Virgiuia.
ROY D. WHITE,
-Attoruey-at-Law, ?
Offices: ParkBley and Aceomac C. H.
Practices in all courts of Aceomac
and Northampton Counties.
Prompt attention to all business.
WARNER AMES,
-Attorney-at-Law,
Offices: Aceomac C. H. and Onancock.
At Aceomac C. H. every Wednesday
and Friday.
Will practice in all the courts of
Aceomac and Northampton counties.
JOHN E. NOTTINGHAM, JR.,
?Attokney-at-Law,?
Franktowu, Va
Practices iu all the courts on the
Eastern shore of Virgiuia.
Will be at Eastville and Aceomac C.
H. tim day ot ever> court and at East?
ville avery Wednesday.
Otho F. Mears. G. Walter Mapp.
MEARS <fc MAPP,
-Attorneys-at-Law,
Offices : Eastville, Northampton
County aud jccoinack lourt House
Practice in all courts on the Eastern
Shore of Virgiuia.
L. FLOYD NOCK,
?ATTORN E Y- AT-LA W, ?
Aceomac C. H., Va.
Practices in all tue courts on the
Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Dr. H. D. LILLISTON,
DENTIST.
?Accomack Court House, Va.?
Office hours from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Will
?>e ai Parksley every Tuesday.
FRED. E. RUEDIGER
? County Surveyor,
Accomac C. H., Va.
Thoroughly equipped with latest nd
best instruments, oilers his services to
he citizens of Aceomac County.
Will meet ull engagements promptly.
Vf. G. EMMETT,
Notary
Public,
Belle Haven. Va.
WM. P. BELL & CO.,
DRUGGISTS,
Accomack C. H., Va.,
Agents for
WATERMAN'S
Ideal Fountain Pens.
STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND.
Finest line of
STATIONERY
on Eastern Shore of Va.
Temperanceville Bank,
W. L. Nock,
Proprietor and Cashier,
li. L. Nock, Assistant Cashier.
Responsibility to Depositors $70,000.
This Bank is backed by bonds se?
cured by deeds of trust and?mortgages
on real estate.
We issue certificates of deposit
bearing interest at 3 per. cent, if left
6 or 12 months.
Your business solicited.
Respectfully,
W. L. NOCK, Cashier.
H. L. NOCK, Asst.
'Established in 1862.
C. S. Schermerhorn 8c Son,
Receivers, Shippers, Dealers,
Grain, Hay and Mill Feeds,
Seed Oats, Linseed iMeal, Cotton Seed Meal Gluten Feed.
Also Distributors of the Purina Poultry Feeds.
127 AND 129 CHEAPSIDE,
Near Pratt Str - - BALTIMORE, MD.
NOTICE TO FARMERS.
Call on P. S. STEWART, agent for the Eastern Shore of
Va., or order by mail the old reliable
TRAVERS 7 PER CENT. GUANO
7 per cent, ammonia, 6 per cent, acid, 5 per cent, potash, and other
brands for all crops on crop time, and save $2.00 per ton.
-Made by the biggest company in the world.
THE VIKGINIfl-CflROLINfl CHEMICAL CO,
Sold by M. S. Wilson, Cheriton; A. T. Hickman, Painter; W. G.'.Hurtt,
Franfctown; C. H. Beach, Wardtown; G Vf. Sturgis, Pungoteague; G. C.
Bonnewell, Cashville; Philippa & Elmore, Fair Oaks; lt. A. Turlington,
Onley; G. D. Scarborough, Onancock; James G. Littleton, Nelsonia; L. G.
Ames, Keller.
Satisfactory testimonials can be shown if applied for. Don't fall to get
our prices before placing your orders. It will yay you.
P. S. STEWART, Agent,
NASSAWADOX, VA.
The Parksley Manufacturing Co., Inc.,
RETAILERS AND JOBBERS OF ALL KINDS OF
-^BUILDERS SUPPLIES'*^
In fact we can furnish everything in the most up-to-date buildings from the
foundation to the roof. We also make a specialty of contracting tor HOUSE
BUILDING and will guarantee satisfaction. We can lurnish the Famous
Florida Heart Shingles made from Gulf Cypress at right prices. We are
agents for the.
BEMIS TRANSPLANTER,
the one that has taken the prize over all ochers. We carry FARMING
UTENSILS of all kinds. The most up-to-date COOK STOVES and Ranges
| and Cooking Ware. A fine line of nickle goods always on hand. In the
BUILDING MATERIAL LINE
' we can furnish extras and estimates on short notice. We have the best
! lines of PAINT and Painters Supplies that is on the market, and many other
things in our line too numerous to mention. In fact we have the most up
i to-date store of its kind on the Shore. Call and see our store and this will
i convince you of these facts. We are manufacturers of all kinds of LUMBER
! and BARREL MATERIALS and retailers and jobbers of all kinds of FEED,
' such as Corn, Hay, Middlings, Bran &c.
PARKSLEY, -:- VIRGINIA.
mm mi vur\ivmtmmama^Maaa^mi-sjmawaaipataattttn'jim
WM. S. ASHBY. JOHN B. DOUGHTY, Jr.
Extend greetings to their friends and
the Virginia Public and invite them to
call on them, when in Baltimore, at
STRAUS BROS.
The Modern Men's Outfitters.
Suits, Overcoats, Hats, Haberdashery etc
The Most Complete Establishment of its Kind in America.
20?Baltimore Street, West of Charles?20
-?-Adjoining new B. & O. Building.-!
Fall Style Book Mailed on Request.
COI'imRE THE FABRICS OF TO-MY
WITH THOSE OF
ftiE OLDEN TIMES.
THE
OOLLYMADISON
? - . V-- il
SHOE
'M;Y, y \ ... ISA PROPUCI OF SHOE. PROGRESSION
"? ' l' ' oOLO BY RFPRc5ENTATIVE DEALERS
\ I . -5.00 83.50 $4.00
?jit?--.. ? ??_- .,,. , , ,., ,^.
Public Auction
OF DESIRABLE
Real Estate
IN PARKSLEY.
Owing to a change in business re?
quiring my residence in Pennsyl?
vania, I shall offer to the highest
bidder on
Saturday, February 2 2d,
1908,.at 1:30 o'clock p. m.,
my real estate in Parksley, known as
the Samuel T. Jones' property,
as follows:
FIRST. Ono 15 room dwelling
house, in good repair, heated by hot
water, with four lots, numbers BOS,
.'{04, SSS, 324, bouse located on lot
80S, buyer to have option on the 10
remaining lots in block.
SECOND. Four lots, numbers 301,
80S, 831, SSS. if not sold with house.
THIRD. Six lots, numbers 806,306,
307, 325, 32tt, 327, if not sold wit li
house.
FOURTH. Four lots, numbers 338,
339, 358. 359.
FIFTH. TM lots, numbers 848,844,
846, 846, 847, 868, 864, 866, 866, 867,
SIXTH. One business lot, number
49, on Dunn Avenue.
SEVENTH. Four business lots,
numbers li), 20, 21. 22, on Cook St.,
adjoining the Parksley Mfg. Co.
Sale to be held in front of hotel a!
Parksley.
Terms made known at sale or ad?
dress
Charles E. Lane,
Parksley, Va.
VIRGINIA:?In the Circuit Court
for the County of Accomack, in the
Vacation of said Court, on the 10th
day of February, A. D., 1908.
Page Engineering Company,
"Plaintiff,
against
Edward W. Ross and William J.
Hall, Defendants.
In Assumpsit.
The object of this suit is to obtain
judgment on an open account due by
the defendants to the plaintiff.
And an aflldavit having been made
and tiled that the defendant, William
J. Hall, is not a resident of the State
of Virginia, it is ordered that he do
appear here within fifteen days after
due publication hereof, and do what
may be necessary to protect his in?
terest in this suit. And it is further
ordered that a copy hereof be pub?
lished once a week for four succes?
sive weeks in the "Peninsula Enter?
prise," a newspaper published in the
County of Accomack, and that a copy
be posted at the front door of the
court-house of this county on I
day of February. 18
next succeeding rule day
order was entered.
Teste: John D. Grant, Clerk.
A Copy?
Teste: John D. Grant, Clerk.
Fletcher & Powell, p. q.
VIRGINIA?In the Circuit Court
for the County of Accomack, in the
Vacation of the said Court, on the
12th day of February, A. D., 1908.
John T. Annis, Plaintiff,
against
Fannie Annis, Defendant.
In Chancery.
The object of this suit is to obtain
a divorce a mensa et thoro.
Affidavit having been made that
Fannie Annis, the defendant in the
above entitled cause, is anon-resident
of the State of Virginia, on the motion
of the plaintiff, by his attorneys, it is
ordered that she, the said non-resi?
dent defendant, do appear here with?
in fifteen days after due publication
of this order and do what is ieces
sary to protect her interests; and
that this order be published once I
week, for four successive weeks, in
tha "Peninsula Enterprise," a news?
paper published at Accomack C. H.,
Virginia, and also posted at the front
door of the Court-House of the said
county, on the Third Monday in Feb?
ruary, A. D., 190S.
Teste: Jobn D. Grant, 0. C.
A Copy:?
Teste: John I). Grant, C. C.
Roy D. White and
8. James Turlington, p. q.
Sire nf Lillian S., 2:17}; The Ad?
miral, 2:17J; Ed. Miles, 2:19j; Merlin
G , 2:211, &c., will make the season
of 1908 in Aceomac Co., from Crad?
dockville to Onat.cick, Aceomac C.
H. and vicinity. Col. Sidney is too
well-known now to the public to need
any description at our hands, having
proven himself a sire of merit and is
worthy of the thorough consideration
of all intending breeders. His get
have sneed, train on and race well,
also are extremely fine road horses or
general purpose horses.
For any information a^ o arrange?
ments for service &c, please apply to
0. M. GARRISON,
Craddockville, Va.
Terms?$25.00 to insure mare in
foal:
Notice to Creditors
Commissioner's Office, )
Accomack O. H., Va., >
Feb. 12, 1908. )
To the creditors of Capt. Asa J.
Crockett, John A. Scott and Jas.
Henry Whorton, (colored,) de?
ceased, and all others concerned:
You are hereby notified that.at the re?
quest of the personal representatives
of the said decedents, I have appoint?
ed the 26th day of February next, at
my said Offlce.for receiving proof of all
debts and demands against the said de?
cedents or their estates; at which time
and place you are required to attend
and prove your claims.
Given under my hand the day and
year first above written.
SAMUEL T. ROSS,
Commissioner ef Accounts.
Calmage
Sermon
By Rev.
Frank De Witt TalmaGe, D. D.
Los A eles, Cal., Feb. 10.?That the
power of evil habit may reassert Itself
after many years and that even a
pood man may full bark Into sin unless
divinely fortified against temptation
ls the practical lesson of this sermon.
Tba text is Jobu v, 14, "Sin no more
lest a worse tblug come unto thee."
Calvinists and Arminiaiis have bat?
tled for generations over the question
whether it is possible for a man who
has once been converted to fall into
sin and be finally lost. Th.' question
Is no nearer a settlement than lt was
a hundred years avro, hut I think there
ls one aspect of lt in which both would
agree. Unhappily there ls no room
for dispute about the facts. The Meth
odist points, in proof of his contention,
to men who are sunk In fica ami deg?
radation, who were once believed to
lie true Christians. The Presbyterian
sorrowfully admits the fact, though he
explains lt by saying that such tuen
were never children of (Jod. and they
deceived themselves and deceived the
church, or else they were Christiana
and will yet be saved through discipline
that Ged will use to bring them back
to his fold lt ls of these men I would
speak this morning.
We are down by the pool of Bethes?
da. In all probability this was n min
eral spring, like a Yellowstone geyser
Sa:.mel Barnes thinks it may have
been. At certain times this pool erupt
ed, and at the first troubling of the
waters they had a curative quality at
tributed to angelic action upon them
The sick and the diseased would gather
there ready to plunge In at the ans
plcioaa moment Tbs first who stepped
Into the water at that time was cured
of his or her ailment, but one poor man
was there who was so weal; and slow
in his movements that he could not en
ter alone. He seemed to have no
friends. Reading between the lines, 1
think this man's sickness may have
been the result of a past evil life. Sin
and physical agony are sometimes, hut
not always, concomitants of each otb
er. Jesus saw and had compassion on
him, he looked so sick and wan and
helpless. Then Christ cured him. Then
Jesus meets him afterward In the tem?
ple and speaks tbe words of my text:
"Behold, thou art made whole. Sin no
more lest a worse thing come unto
thee."
We may wonder what there could be
werse than the man hnd endured. To
l*e there day after day for thirty
t>. suffering from paralysis
or rheumatism or some other ailment
that rendered him helpless, was surely
had enough. But Jesus thought there
were worse things than that and they
might come upon him If he fell Into
sin. The warning comes with addi?
tional force to us because we have
been accustomed to regard the miracle
as n type of conversion. We should
therefore ask ourselves lu what re?
spect the calamities that come from
sin are worse than physical helpless?
ness.
Th* Backslider's Remorse.
The backslider, in the first place, ls
haunted by the grewsonie speeler of a
poignant, never ceasing remorse. He
has enjoyed the Inspiring hope of sal?
vation. Ile has tasted the Ineffable
sweets of the gospel. Ile Is like the
prodigal In the far country. He was
not born of swine keeping parents.
Ile was not treated as a social out
cast. Ile was cradled In the old bom !
stead and knew what a loving moth?
er's smile was. Ile knew what honor
and affection and respectability meant.
But lie deliberately went and t'ung all
away and turned his bael; upon the
things that make life worth living. In
his misfortunes after his poverty came
upon him, wherever be v.et.t ind
whatever he did. he kept picturing to
himself the plenty and bnpplnei i of bb
father's home. Do you suppose a man
who bas once lived In a comfortable
bou 'e ou fl respectable street, v Ith a
loving family and amid kind friends
could ever be happy to go and dwell
2 social outcasts if bc knew that
be was the direct cause of his own dis
grace!
Boms years ago a young Scotchman
came ncross tbe seas and sett!. 1 In
this country. Ile married here and had
two little children, whom he loved
dearly. Ile was not a bad mau. Ile
had a religious bringing up. But he
was one of those who drifted Into dis
Bipation through sociability, as so
many had done before him. The men
always used to take a drink before
they started work. Then they would
break off work about 10 o'clock and
take another drink. Then they would
always take a drink nt noon, and so on
during the day. This habit began to
get Its merciless hold upon him. One
evening ou his way home from work
n sleigh was dashing down the street.
Before he knew it the horse was al
most upon him. He leaped back Just
in time to escape being knocked down.
As he did this two women beautifully
dre sed In furs laughed contempt::
ousi.v at his predicament Tho mau be
gan to think. Why was he walking
when other people could ride and al?
most ride over him and treat it all as
a joke? Who were these rude rich
people? Looking after them, he recog
hised these women as the wife and
daughter of the saloon keeper from
whom he and his fellow"' workmen
bought their dally drink.
lt Paid to Do Right.
As he watched thc sleigh disappear?
ing ho said: "You have had the lust
Jollar you will get from me. From
qow on I am going to buy my wife
furs and give my children a home In?
stead of supporting you."
The next morning when the men
broke off work and said, "Come on.
Joe, let's go and take a sip." he re?
plied: "No! I have given that saloon
Weeper the last dollar he will ever have
of mine. I am going to buy my wife
and bairns a home Instead of support?
ing his family In luxury." The men
laughed. "Al! right." said Joe. "You'll
see." And in a couDle of years that
workman" had enough money which he
had saved from the saloon to buy a
city lot and build a little home. That
workman today ls one of the leading
merchants lu one of our western cities.
Does It pay? Does lt pay to be good?
Does lt pay to do right? And, my
friends, if it does pay to do right, how
great must be the remorse that comes
when a mau realizes that by his own
sins, his own follies, his own evil
deeds, ho has brought poverty nnd
misery upou himself and those ho
loves?
You are not like a man who has been
brought up In an Irreligious home. You
know what the beauties and Joys of the
gospel life mean. You have seen this
happiness revealed In your father's and
mother's lives. You have felt the joy
of the gospel In your own life. If I
mistake not, some years ago you joined
the church. You have been a worker In
the Master's vineyard. Tell me, are
you going to put ull that past Joy
away? Are you going to turn your
back upon the only life which you
know ls worth living? Are you going
today to grip hands with sin and then
endure the evil results of the sin you
have brought upon yourself and your
har ones? Remember that the condl
tlon of the mau who lias once known
the Christian hope and lias departed
from it ls Infinitely worse than that of
the man who has never known It at all,
for tben the specter of remorse points
her finger at you and says, "You have
brought this misery upon yourself, and
you alone are responsible." And "Jesus
lindetii him in the temple and said
unto him: Behold, thou art made whole.
Sin no more lest a worse thing come
Upon thee."
But when the backslider relapses Into
evil he does more than clasp hands with
sin. He not only seeks sin. but he
turns his back upon God and the good
people with whom he used to associate.
As the pendulum swinging lu one di?
rection gathers momentum and swings
just as far in the othe direction, so the
backslider when he goes astray ls apt
to go further astray because he has
once been good. As remorse gnaws at
his heart, so Ingratitude makes him go;
Jost as far away from good associates
as bs possibly can go.
A Protege's Ingratitude.
Here, for iustance, Is a young fellow
whom you have made your protege.
You felt you had the means and ought
to help some one In life. So this boy
appealed to your sympathies, and you
took him to your heart. You educated
him and started him in business. You
pushed him rapidly forward. You
gave him nn Interest in the firm. You
loved him as a son. Time passed on.
Suddenly you awoke to an awful fact.
You found that this young man whom
you had loved had desecrated your
home. You found that he had broken
every law of justice and honor and
truth. The meanest human cur that
ever crawled in slime could not be
more untrue to you than he hns been.
What do you do? Do you upbraid him
and make him suffer the pcnalt;T of
the law? No. Like a loving father,
your heart ls broken. You would like
to forgive him. You would even like
to give him another start. But he will
not let you love him. He will flee
away from you. He will get just as
far away ns he can. Like Absalom of
old. all that he will do Is to associate
with your enemies. And all that you
can do ls to go weeping to your bed
chamber as you cry, "Oh, my son Ab?
salom, my 60n, my son Absalom!
Would God I had died for thee!" Now,
my brother, ls that the kind of Ingrati?
tude you mean to show to God? Are
you about to drift Into sin? Are you
going to tum your back upon Christ?
Are you ready to separate yourself
from those sweet Christian associa?
tions which contribute to our spiritual
life? Remember this: No Christian
mau ever flung himself into sin but
he proved himself an ingrate and his
shaine led him to get just as far away
from God and from his people as he
could go.
There ls another fact which the
Christian must bear well In mind.
Though the gospel life grows sweeter
and purer and more triumphant thc
longer I man lives it, yet the old scars
of sin remain indelible. And when a
Christian backslides it is like the re?
lapse of an attack of typhoid fever or
pneumonia. The relapse Is always more
dangerous than the first attack. Then
the physical organism ls weakened.
Then the disease can the more easily
attack the vital parts. You and I had
better beware. We ought never to let
those old wounds of sin reopen. If
they nre once allowed to bleed again
there will be a hemorrhage which will
sap away our lives.
Struck In Same Place.
You know there ls an old proverb
among the soldiers that In time of war
no two bullets ever struck twice In the
same place. But that ls not always
true. Dr. Ryan In his book entitled
"Under the Red Crescent" gives a
vivid account of the siege of Kalafat.
The bullets were falling in a perfect
hurricane. Suddenly there came tum?
bling over the wall a monster shell
and lt crashed Into the ground and
burst, tearing a great bolo out of the
earth ns large ns a house. A poor
frightened mother gathered her three
children about her aud ran to this hole
for protection. Rut hardly had she set
tied herself there than there was heard
the singing of another shell flying from
a gun two miles away, and lt flung lt
eelf Into that hole and tore those four
human beings into shreds. "Oh," you
say, "that was horrible; that was grew
some; that was overpowering!" Yes, it
was. It was tragic because lt was so
unusual for two shells to strike the
same place. But 1 waut to tell you that
when Satan alms his guns for bom?
bardment he has been hitting us In the
same way for th? last twenty years.
And, just as a prizefighter can keep
tapping an adversary In the same place
over the heart until he saps away his
antagonist's strength, so Satan can
keep battering at the old wounds of
our former sins aud open them In their
weakened condition uutll at last we
fal! before his blows as helpless as the
trembling fawn before the plunge of a
jungle tiger. Reware of that old sin.
O man, If you start lt again in Its bleed?
ing In all probability you will never
close lt up. Beware!
I have heard my father again and
again tell this tragic story: In his
Philadelphia church he had an elder
be dearly loved. The elder was a
Scotchman who stpod about six feet
two una was magniiiceuu.v propor?
tioned. Ile was a nobleman In brain
and lu heart. Ile was one of those
great, big. lovable fellows who hold
you with u grip of steel. This man,
then nearly sixty years of age, had
been dissipated in his youth. He had
once been a drunkard. But for forty
years of his life he had lived a pure,
true, consistent Christian life. But
one day, under a hot summer sun, he
became dizzy with a sunstroke. He
stepped Into a nearby drugstore for
help. The druggist, not knowing his
old weakness, gave bim a glass of
liquor. That oue glass revived the old
passion. He started forth from that
drug store to the nearest saloon. He
drank until he was drunk. He drank
himself into the gutter. And In six
mouths be drank himself Into the
grave. Beware, 0 man, of that old
sin!
When I was a boy I heard John B.
Gough talking along the same line.
There he stood before me, an old gray
hailed man. I suppose he had per?
suaded more people to sign the tem?
perance pledge than any man who has
ever lived. He was not only a leader
of men, but the leader of leaders in the
temperance reform. And yet that
man, who for forty years had boen
pleading the temperance cause, said:
"Man. If you have once been a drunk-'
ard never dare trust yourself with
this sin. lt has been nearly half a
century since the old passion, by the
grace of God, lost its hold on me. But
the old passion is still there. It Is
manacled and kenneled, but lt ls there.
I would no more touch a glass of liquor
than I would dare take a dagger and
drive it in my heart. I would no more
dare touch a piece of brandied mince
pie than I would dare touch a lighted
match to a gunpowder magazine. It is
there. The old slumbering passion ls
there, ready to be awakened at a
word." And yet some people suppose
that because they have been resisting
sin t.n. twenty, forty, fifty years the
old forces of sin are dead. Beware, O
man! The relapse of sin ls always
more dangerous than the first condi?
tion. The passion ls still there. It is
there In your sinful heart.
When We Art Not Afraid.
It ls when we nre not afraid of sin
that the dangers of sin become four
fold. Traveleas tell us that the wolves
of Mexico have a strange way of
catching the wild horses. These horses
have the speed pf the wind. It ls al?
most impossible for a single cowboy to
catch one. The cowboys wheu they
wish to run them down have relays of
pursuers. First one set of cowboys
will chase the horses; then another re?
lay will take up the run; then auother
nnd another, until at last the horses are
caught by the lasso. But It Is only
when they are completely tired that
they are caught; therefore lt would be
Impossible for the wolves to catch
them unless they used strategy, for the
wolves' flight Is not as swift as the
horses'.
This ls the way the wolves kill the
wild horses of the Mexican plains:
First a couple of wolves come out of
the woods and begin to play together
like two kittens. They gambol about
each other and run backward and for?
ward Then the herd of horses lift
their startled heads and get ready to
stampede. But the wolves seem to be
so playful that the horses, after watch?
ing them awhile, forget their fears and
continue to graze. Then the wolves in
their playing come nearer and nearer,
while other wolves slowly nnd stealthily
creep after them. Then suddenly the
enemies surround the herd and make
one plunge, and the horses are strug?
gling with the fangs of the relentless
foes gripped in their thronts. In a
similar way our old sins cunningly at?
tack us. They play about us and keep
playing around us, and they look so
harmless, and we feel so strong. But
suddenly they make a plunge, and the
old wounds are reopened, and we are
helpless in the grasp of tho monsters
of sin. Beware of that relapse into
sin. "Behold, thou art made whole.
Sin no more lest a worse thing come
unto thee."
A Thrilling Incident.
But, though Christ is speaking the
6ame thought as Paul spoke In Corin?
thians when he said, "Wherefore let
him that thinketh he standeth take
heed lest Lt! fall," thank God, Christ
does not stop there. He warns the
man at the pool of Bethesda, but he
also teaches the doctrine that he ls the
Christ of the backslider. When Christ
starts forth to save an immortal soul,
he ls no respecter of persons. He cnn
save the bnckslider. There Is an Inci?
dent told of the famous Edward Irv?
ing, the eloquent preacher. When a
boy In Scotland, with his little sister ]
he went down on the sands of Solway
Firth to meet his uncle, who was com?
ing to visit their home. When the tide
comes In there it comes with a rush.
It sweeps on like a flood. All the peo?
ple there know this danger of the on?
rushing sea and guard against It, but
these little children forgot the time of
the tide. They were [(laying In a little
pool of water. Suddenly a horseman
dashed down from the mountain side.
Without a word he came up on a run,
grabbed the two children, flung them
across the saddle and started for the
hills. Faster and faster followed the
rising tide, but at last the horsemun
and his precious load were saved.
Then the uncle saw that he had saved
his own brother's children, who had
come out to meet him. So lt is with
Christ. It matters not who the sinner
may be nor whether he has sinned
seventy times seven. If you go out
to meet Christ, he will save you from
the tidal waves of sin and save you
now.
God works through natural and hu?
man agencies as well as by his word
and power. This pool of Bethesda
may have been merely a geyser or a
mineral spring. It ls a better remedy
that I offer you. It never ceases, lt
never loses Its power.
Lift up thy bleeding- hand, O Lord;
Unseal thut cleansing tide.
We have no shelter from our slna
But In thy wounded side.
(Copyright, 1308, by Louis Klopsch.]
A Short Name.
It is generally admitted that you
can't beat the Dutch for lengthy
names, but when lt comes to brevity
New York takes the palm. A grocer
on lower Fulton street Brooklyn,
Flgns hlmrolf laconically "Al Re."
That is as brief a signature as one
gould find lu a good day's travel.
int uriHNut. ira nen iunr\.
Trinity's Spire Now and When lt Was
Considered Tall.
"When I was younger," said a mid?
dle aged man, "I came down to New
York. I got some Idea of tbe size of
the city by riding lu the horse cars.
By the way. lt is one of the few cities
in the world where you can still ride
In horse cars.
"I visited most of the Bhow places
and went to all the theaters. I went
to Brooklyn by ferry. I devoted a day
to going to Harlem by the Sylvan
Glen or Sylvan Stream or Sylvan some?
thing on the East river.
"But the thing that Impressed me
most was the view from the steeple
of Trinity church.
"Away up there, where the lookout
holes were, I could look down on the
lower part of the city, could see the
river on either side, the upper bay aud
the Brooklyn and New Jersey shores.
"At that great height I discovered
that others had been there before me,
for on the timbers were cut the names
or initials of my predecessors. I had
a distinctive way of cutting my Initials
In monogram, and this monogram orna?
mented the smooth trunks of various
birch trees lu the woods of my natlvf
region.
"This I cut on a vacant space hi;
up In the steeple of Trinity and th<
looked at lt and thought that darli
spirits of remote future generate
would climb to the same height a
perhaps see It among the other ialtln
"I have never been up In the steep
of Trinity church since that memoi
ble ascent. But the other day I w
walking past the church, and I sa
typewriter girls looking out on t
apex of Trinity spire from windo- I
that seemed to be several hundred f et
above lt.
"I then thong'.;! of the monogram I
had carved o*i the Inside of the spire
and noted f ? location of the little
lookout v. i ;ws from which I had
seen such r. wondrous panorama forty
years ago.
"I had ': . inclination to make the in?
ter! . ascent of the spire, but from my
pos! :i on the Broadway sidewalk I
sho I say that if I had gone up and
looked out of the same little wlndowa
I could have seen at the farthest about
sixty feet except In one direction be?
fore the view wns 6hut off by walls of
steel and ttone.
"Perhaps a Venturous climbers will
no more carve i'r !r Initials up among
the timbers of Ci Milty's steeple. It
would involve less sxertloa to cut them
on some beam in the n Uar from which
position the view wonk. \ almost aa
extensive, and then to tai; in express
elevator and see how the a : of Trin?
ity's spire looks from ap it a few
hundred feet above lt."? ew York
Sun.
A FEAT IN PHOTOGRAr/r.
Daring Descent to fiat a View ef as
Osprey's Nest
Now commenced my work, and I de?
scended on my rope to terrace after
terrace, forcing my way through thick
rows of prickly pear, a most painful
operation. And nov we found that
there was nobody below to signal us
where the nest lay. The Inevitable re?
sult was that after descending more
than 100 feet I had to signal to be
hauled up again, always through thc
prickly pear. Again did I descend,
and again did I fall to fi;.d the neat.
On the third occasion I reached a re?
cess In the great cliff, whence, after
unbending my rope and securing lt to
a bush for obvious reasons, I made a
cast along a ledge to the south and
reached a point which I Identified aa
being not far from the nest as seen
from below. So I retraced my steps
and, regaining my rope, was hauled
up for a third time. During this op?
eration I passed a ledge where a pere?
grine falcon was nesting. The old
female swept close around with shrill
cries and eventually alighted on the
sandy shelf of rock within a few feet
of me and, with outspread wings and
every feather standing on end, low?
ered her head and screamed furiously.
I have no doubt I was close to her
young, but I had more serious work In
hand, and so I left her alone.
I now made my fourth and last
descent and found myself immediate?
ly over tbe nest, but before I could go
down to lt the party handling the rope
had to work their way down toward
j me, since the rope was too short. Fi?
nally I reached the nest, an enormous
mass of big sticks measuring more
than Ave feet ncross nnd doubtless the
result of many years' work. In lt were
two eggs much incubated. By stand
' lng on a ledge close to the nest and
pressing the camera between my body
and the face of th;> cliff I 'vas able to
take some long Hum c.vpo.-urcs with
fairly good results. It v.us near sun?
set, and the cliff was In deep shadow,
which did not facilitate my task. Be?
tween the shaly nature of the cliff, tha
slippery terraces covered with loose
aoll and stones and the detestable
prickly pears I never bad a more un?
pleasant or arduous task on a cliff be?
fore. But I have lived to endure worse
experiences, although not so painfully
protracted ns were these.
My very curt entry lu my diary sum?
marizes the whole Job thus: "Bad shale
cliffs, vertical and dangerous. Height
over sea, 100 feet. Top of cliff, 810
feet. The worst bit of rope work I
ever did."
With regard to the prickly pears, lt
was many months before the last of
the poisonous spines 1 had collected ta
various parts of my body consented to
come out, and then only after first fes?
tering.?London Saturday Review.
The Losers In Life's Rac*.
Mr. Chlozza-Money discovers that out
of about 700,000 persons who died In
the year 1906-07 In Great Britain 82,121
left property worth ?290.334,000, while
the rest either died bankrupt or left
nothing to attract the notice of Som?
erset House. The list ls. be points out,
"almost entirely a Hst of losers" la
life's material race.
But of the winners be duds that al?
most two-thirds died leaving on the
average only ?200 ($1,000) out of the
gigantic total of nearly ?.;00,000,0OO.
Another 10,000 of them left estates not
exceeding the value of ?1,000 apiece, so
that "practically all the property left
In an average year ls left by only 21,
OOO persons out of 700,0UO."-London
Post