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VOLUME XXVI1.
ACCOMAC CH., VA., SATURDAY, APRIL ll, 1908.
NUMBER 41
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till tbs vestibules nnd the parrors and
the sitting rooms and the bedrooms
.......,,,, nn ,,tli,>r
numan piercy ns well as lu divine. We
see it lu the treatment of the sick and
helnleM. lu non-Christian countries
YOUR OWN FUNERAL
Do You Ever Think About How lt
JOHN 8. PAB80N8,
Attorney-at-Law,
Aceomac Courthouse, Va.
Will practice iu all courts of Acco?
uiac aud Northimpton Counties.
BEN T. GUNTER,
Attorney-at-Law,
Aceomac C. H., Va.,
Will practice in all the courts of
Aceomac and Northampton counties
S. JAMES TURLINGTON
Attoruey-at-Law.
Offices?Accouiac C. H. aud Fair
Oaks, Ya.
Practices in all the courts on the
Eastern Shore of Virginia.
JNO. R. aud J. HARRY REW,
Attorney s-at-Law.
Offices?Accouiac C. H. aud Parks
ley. At Accouiac C. H.. every Wed?
nesday.
Will practice iu all the courts ou the
Eastern Shore of Virgiuia.
ROY D. WHITE,
-Attoruey-at-Law, ?
Offices: Parksley aud Aceomac C. H.
Practices in all cc rte of Aceomac
and Northampton Ce .aties.
Prompt atteutlou to all business.
WA UN KU AMES,
-Attorney-at-Law,
Offices: Aceomac CH. andOuancock.
At Aceomac C. H. every Wednesday
ind Friday.
Will practice in ali the courts ol
Aceomac and Northampton counties.
JOHN E. NOTTINGHAM, JR.,
- Attorxey-a t-Law,?
Frauktown, Va
Practices in all the courts ou thi
Eamteru Shore of Virginia.
Will be at Eastville aud Aceomac C
H. tlrst day of every court and at East
ville every Weduesday.
Otho F. Mears. G. Walter Mapj
MEARS & MAPP,
-Attorueys-at-L?w, ?
Offices : Eastville, Northampton
Couuty and accomack Court Rout
Practice in all courts on *.he Easter
Shore of Virgiuia.
L. FLOYD NOCK,
? ATTORN EY-AT-LAW ,?
Aceomac C. H., Va.
Practices in all the courts on tl
Eastern Shore ot Virginia.
Dh. H. D. LILLISTON,
DENTIST.
?Accomack Court House, Va.?
Office hours from 9 a. m. too p. m W
be al Parksley every Tuesday.
FRED. E. RUEDIGER
? County Surveyor,
Accomac C H., Va.
Thoroughly equipped with latest a:
best instruments, oilers his services
he citizeus of Aceomac Couutv.
Will meet all engagements prompt
W. G. EMMETT,
Notary
Public,
Belle Haven, Va.
WM. P. BELL & H
DRUGGISTS,
Accomack C. H., Ya.,
Agents for
WATERMAN'S
Ideal Fountain Pei
STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND.
Finest line of
STATIONED
on Eastern Shore of ^
Hotel Tull
New Church, Va.,
P. 0. Massey, Va.,
L. eft. TULL & SON. Propriei
Board at reasonable rates.
All trains met.
Phone messages promptly att
ed to.
The patronage of the public
licittd.
FIRST-CLASS LIVERY rtTTflCI
Phones in hotel of Diamond Sti
and of Aceomac and North?
ampton Telephone Co.
White Hotel and Livi
Capt. Wm. T. Mister
Proprietor Hotel.
Harry T. White & Soi
Proprietor of Livery,
Hay and feed dealers?Who
Grocers and Brokers and Mfr's. a
Harry T. White & Soi
Bloonifcown, Va.
MARTIN & MASONI
Call attention to their large st
Sash, Doors, Blinds, Moul
Builders' Hardware, Shi
Laths, Lime, Bricks, and
inti Material generally, I
Oils and Painters' Suppli
We are prepared to cut house
order; also manufacture barrel
and heads of good quality. Ol
mill will run every Saturday,
Notwithstanding reports to tl
trary
We shall at all times be pk
show our goods and invite you
aud inspect our stock before
your purchases aud we will af
money.
MARTIN & MASON
Harborton, <*,
B. T. GUNTER,
President.
W. C. PARSONS,
Cashier.
VERNON BURTON,
Asst. Cashier.
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DEPOSITORY,
O N L E Y, V A.
Customers extended every
accommodation consist?
ent with conservative
banking.
Strictly a home institution.
The smallest depositor re?
ceives as prompt and
courteous treatment 1
sj the1 largest.
Managed entirely by our
home people.
We Pay Interest on Ti ame Deposits.
Ill
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tors,
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80
tED.
ite
3ry.
5 Truck Farms
FOR SALE
Cheap to Quick Dealers.
The undersigned in order
to close up some business in?
terest will offer for next 40
days 5 Truck Farms near
Pocomoke City, Md , half or
all cash at option ot buyer.
No. 1. 40 a., 30 in cultivation, 10
in timber. New dwelling, barn and
outbuildings Young orchard and
shade trees. Situated on now stone
macadam road le] miles east of Poco?
moke. County road on two sides of
iarru. $3,200.00.
No. 2. Situated I mile east of No.
1, 50 a., 35 in cultivation, 15 timber.
Good buildings. |3,000.00.
No. 3. 90 a., 45 in cultivation, 2"
timber, 20 in pine thicket 25 years old
New dwelling, young orchard, &n<
truck land 31 miles of R. R. Statioi
$2,250.
No. 4. 114 a., 50 in cultivation, bal
ance in timber, good orchard, goot
buildings?20 a. has been trucked oi
10 years, timber reserved, 3J milts o
R. R. station, price $2,250.
No. 5. 100 a., 40 in cultivation, al
truck land no ditch on the farm, 6
tmber.drained by two anns ot mill
pond. Small dwelling 3 rooms, goo
outbuildings, fruit, 4 miles of II. 1*1
Station, timber reserved, ?2,000.
Francis M. Wilson & Co.
Box 7.
Pocomoke City, Md.
C. S. WAPLES,
WITH
Wm. Waterall & Co
Front and Mechanic Sts.,
Camden, N. J.,
Manufacturers of?
COMBINATION AND:UNIVER
SAL MIXED PAINTS,
WHITE LEAD,
ROOF PAINTS, El
For Sale by?
J. W. Rogers & Bros..
Kinney, Boggs & Co..
Powell & Waples,
Martin, MA?t>N Co.,
Rogers Bros.,
Rogers & Boggs, Melfa. Va.
Marsh Si Bros., Clu-sconnessex, Vi
G. t. Byrd, Messongo. Va.
Baltimore Office :
514 American Buildi
NEWYORK. PHILA. & NORFOLK R
Train Schedule in Effect Jan. 6,1908.
South-Bound Trains.
47 49 49
a.m. p.m. p.m.
New York.7 30 9 00 9 00
Philadelphia.10 00 112*2 1122
Wilmington .... 10 44 12 05 12 05
Baltimore . . . 9 00 7 52 7 52
Delmar.130 3 01 30 1
Salisbury.141 310 310
Cape Charles .... 4 30 6 15 6 15
OW Point Comfort. 6 25 810 8 10
Norfolk. . tarrive). 7 15 9 05 9 05
p.m. a.m. a.m.
North-Bouod Trains.
Il
LefcTe
Bf
lesale
gents.
'll
I
ock of
[lings,
ngles,
Build
*aints,
BS.
billa to
staves
ir grist
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ased to
to call
making
ive you
co., !
a.m.
Norfolk.7 20
Old Point Comfort . 8 05
Cape Charles . . . . 10 20
Salisbury.13 BI
Delmar.1 06
p.m.
50
p.m.
600
700
915
12 30
12 45
a.m.
700
7 11
Arrive p.m.
Wilmington .... 3 49
Philadelphia.4 33
Baltimore.5 22
New York..7 00
p.m.
a.m.
4 10
518
6 01
800
a.m.
p.m.
10 17
1100
1135
1 1")
p.m.
R B.COOKE.
Traffic Manager.
G. P OGS
Sf riate
Notice of Dissolution of finer
Notice is hereby givei at on ,
arv 1st, 1908, the firm c V. N,
nant, Henry W. Conan td Wi
T. Conant, heretofore p. .?ners
the firm name and style of W. ^N
nant & Son., doing business at
coteague, Va., was dissolved, \
Conant retiring from said firm o
date. Tbe business ever sine
date,has been and will continue
carried on bv the said Henry W
nant and William T. Conant,
the old iirm name and style of1
Conant &. Son, to whom all ind
ness to the old firm is payabl
who assume all its liabilities.
W. N. Conant,
Henry AV. Conai
Wm, T- Conant.
Established in 1861
O S. Schermerhorn 8c Son,
Receivers, Shippen, Dealers,
Grain, Hay and -Mill Feeds,
Seed Oats Linseed Meal, Cotton Seed Mea) Gluten Feed,
Also Distributors '-i the Purina Poultry Feeds.
127 AND 129 CHEAPSIDE,
Near Pratt Street. - - BALTIMORE, MD.
Farmers Attention.
? Call on us for?
FERTILIZERS"^*- l^ad >.t and at lowest margin of profit.
HAY"**^0-**- Kra(l?Ht a< lowest prices and in quantities to suit.
Potato Bed Glass.
Farmers Supplies Generally.
I^Hay delivered to anyone in car load lots at any railroad station or
Eastern Shore
J. AV. r,ARNES,
Bloxom, Va.
The Parksley Manufacturing Co., Inc.,
RETAILERS AND JOBBERS OF ALL KINDS OF
^BUILDERS SUPPLIES'^
In fact we can furnish everything in the must up-to-date buildings from th
foundation to the roof. We also make a specialty of contracting for ROUS]
Bril,DINO and will guarantee satisfaction. We can furnish the Famon
Flotilla Heart Shingle" made from Gulf Cypress at right prices. Wear
agents for the
BEMIS TRANSPLANTER,
the one that has taken the prize over nil others. We carry FARMIN'
UTENSILS ol all kinds. The mosl up-to-date COOK STOVES and Hang*
and Cooking Ware*. A line' line of nickle; goods always on hand. In tl;
BUILDING MATERIAL LINE
we can furnish extras and estimates on short notice. We have the he;
lines of PAINT and Painters Supplies that is on tlie market, and many othe
things in our line too numerous te> mention. In fact we have the most Oj
to-date store of ite kind on the Shore. Call and see our store and this wi
convince von of these facts. We are' manufacturers of all kinds of LUMBE
and BARREL MATERIALS ami retailers and jobbers of all kinds of FEE1
such as Corn, Hay, Middlings, Bran &c.
PARKSLEY,
VIRGINIA.
Watch 1 his Space
If you want the best at the
lowest possible prices in
Marine and Stationary Gasoline Engines,
Batteries, Whistles, Propellers,
Spark Plugs, Carburetors, and
other Motor Boat Supplies.
Write or phone to
Edwin T. oMcMath, Onlejr, Va.
Jobber and Manufacturers' Sales Agent.
WM. S. ASHBY
?With?
LIKES, BERWANGER & CO. Clothing
8, 10 & 12 E. Baltimore St., Tailoring
Baltimore, Mel. Furnishings
We are making a specialty this season of a wonderfully Rood
suit for Men at TEN DOLLARS-Likes, Berwanger & Co.
Kt?Jl-MK*tb?WS '. **1**+*Z*V&n*TX -WI
L
lt is^fjur own fault ifySu wear uncom?
fortable Shoes
htjtamvEasm
SHOE there is&styfe and a
Last foreveiyfoot- Select the style and
the leather-Then get fittcd-aoidjour Shoe
troubles are over.
SOU) Sr/ffPREVENTATIVE DEALERS
L
$3-00 S3-50 $4-??
M-i.as. WJiK-i-^rrm
r .wwi ? n mm
Caltnage
Sermon
By Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmitfe. D. D.
-:-?|
New York, April fi.--In this sermon
the- preacher shows that the path of
rectitude and duty is the only mud ta
happiness*, no matter how shoring oth?
er ways may seem to us at times. Tbs
lest is Psalm xcvii, ll. "Light is sown
tor the righteous and gladness for the
i in heart."
is tin unfamiliar metaphor. We
are aol accustomed Io thinking of light
?omething that may he sown, as
;he farmer sows grain in the spring.
Light conies from heave-n to drive
away the gloom,of the night, to revive
Industry, to start-*ng?lu tlio wheels of
business life, to scatter the vultures,
winged or human. Unit prey In the
darkness. We are thankful to God for
the light that hs sends to us every
dawn. But this COUCeptfon that the
psalmist utters, of light springing as
a harvest from seed sown, ls novel to
US. It suggests the- Idea of the dark?
ness of sorrow or of trial, in which
God's children must live at times,
contrasting it with the encouraging as?
surance that light ls sown for them
which, though it Iles for a time hidden
and hurled, will yet germinate nnd
fruit to their gladness.
This conception came to me with
special force si i considered the topic
lt had been raining for five eu* six
days, lt seemed as though the heav?
ens were ? porous sponge hoing sanees
ed of oceans e>f moisture. Then came
? he glorious sunrise. It came In great
tidal waves of light. It flooded the
j earth, and it Hooded the skie-s. and it
sank into every pore- of the tlesh. Oh,
lt was glorious! Cud did not say,
"Here is a little sunlight for you and a
little sunlight for some one else," ns
though be was afraid Of wasting it, hui
he seemed to flood the earth with Ugh!
in lavish abundance. He seemed tc
say: "lie-re ls light, oceans of light
light for the Bowers of tbe Balds nm'
for tbs hirds of the air anel for man':
mental and physical existence. Take 1
nnd bathe In it and grow in lt am
breathe it. Here ls the sun ns a stel
lar furnace huming with light." Go<
gives many blessings, hut he gives ne
blessing with richer nhundance thai
when he rolls out for man the blesslm
Of the sunlight. Then I turned sin
read the words of the text, "Light 1
sown fife the righteous and gladnes
for the?|rlght in heart."
Sunshine For All.
God fulfills the promise of my tex'
'.n the tlrst pince, hy the revelations h
gives to his children to solve the iutr
cate nnd mysterious problems of ni
tore. (Joel seems to say to tuan, "1
you love me and will honor me,
will put the resources of the seas nn
of the valleys anel of the hills anel <
the air nt your disposal." God fifi"
liberally the blessings of nature to tl
rnee regnrdless of its moral conduc
Summer sod winter, seed time ai
harvest, sunshine anil shower, are fi
all. As Christ said. "God causes h
rain to fall on the just and on the u
Just." and ls kind to the nnthankf
and the evil. But be has special hie?
lugs for those who are described
this passage as the righteous nnd t
upright In heart, lie honors them wi
a more intimate knowledge of I
ways, a closer acquaintance with i
tore anel a clearer rlew of the i
sources of Civilized life.
"Well, I do not understand tha
some one says to me. "If that ls tn
how ran you account for the fact tl
some of our greatest inventors did i
believe In God or a hereafter or a
supernatural power) The men w
have explored for us the wonders
nature have not nlways been belief
In revelation. Then, besides, some
the most Immoral and depraved n
have been the most prosperous. Il
cnn your promise be according to far
Why, my brother, what yon state I
what I state are In perfect accorel w
God's revelation. 1 >i<l you ever r
the history of raul's journey to Bot
Why were all the passengers and
crew of the Alexandrian corn ship s
ed? Because the ship carried Bani,
servant of Christ. God snveel the Cl
to honor the presence of his evange
The mere presence of the good I
source of blessing for the Indlffei
and the bad. That ls a Bible tr
tnught again and again In the l
centuries. Have you pondered '
over Abraham's prayer when he pl
ed for the salvation of doomed Soe
nnd Gomorrah? What did God rr
when he gave those answers to
patriarch of old? Why, God sin
meant this: "Abraham, If there nre
ty or twenty or even ten righteous
sons in the wicked cities of the r
I will save those two cities for thc
righteous' sake." You can put but
Interpretation npon that answer
way you look nt lt. God somet
blesses those with whom his chil
are compelled to live, ns he saved
passengers of the Alexandrian
ship for raul's sake.
All Blessed Together.
Now. 1 am not asserting that nil
pie who live in Christian lands
Christians, but I am .asserting
God blesses all people In Chri
lands on account of the Christian
pie who have by their presenc
those lands led to their bearing
Thristlan nnme. If this fnct ls
true, how can you account for thc
that all the great scientific dlsco\
have originated among tbe so (
Christian nations? There mus
some rational cause for this
whelming result. I honor Morse
Newton nnd Kn;*aelny and Bell
Edison and Hewitt and all the
illustrious inventors of the ccnl
tse Cod has enabled them to
honor on the lauds that could
them as citizens.
But God has fulfilled the bless!
my text in still another WSJ. II
made the home n scene of light. ,
ev>T his name is honored arnon
people of the earth he has let
tidal waves of gladsome Ugh
' through the homes of these peop!
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and
and
other
:urles
bring
claim
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e has
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g the
great
t roll
le and
ind the Kitenens na uuiu..B uu
leople on earth. If you are looking for
he highest types e>f domestic peace
md happiness, do you seek them in the
logan homes? Where do the heathen
ands offer domestic refinement and
unity like those- found by our own do
nciie tin-side? Answer me, ye who
'nil the cross a chimera.
In Heathen Lands.
Would you timi those happy homes
down hy the burning ghats of india?
There man looks upon woman ns the
slave of her husband. The-re In former
dayl the widow had to ase-end the fu?
neral pyra e>f he-r dead husband. There
the little child was of such Infinitesi?
mal value that the croceMllles used to
fallen theil young upon them, and
there Infanticide was so common that
Some mothers mulei not tell how many
of their babies tlie-y had fed* to the
scaly, loathsome reptiles. Would you
look for those- happy homes In lieeu
tleiir- Borne, where mar ria ge was con?
sidered a spieler's web and where vir?
tue could not be found In the Boman
lexicon nnd where* some women had
been married and' remarried so fre?
quently that they had difficulty in re?
membering their alliances? Would you
find those happy homes among the
African jungle's, where cannibals ban?
queted upon the- tie sb of men or among
the nomad tribes of North American
Indians, where n woman was looked
upon as a beast of burden? Tell me, In
all the history of the world, If you can,
where motherhood and childhood are
so honored and the names of wife nnd
suiter and daughter and mother so re
vi-red and where> the domestic life ls
so happy ss among the firesides of
Christian homes. Oh, can you ever
cease to thank Cod for the light that
was sown for you under the domestic
roof?
Your mother was not a great woman
ns the world looks upon greatness. She
was not a famous authoress, like
George Eliot or Alice Cary or Elisa?
beth Stuart Fhelps. She was not a
great reformer, like Susan B. Anthony,
or n great leader of armies, like the
Maid of Orleans. She was not au art?
ist, like Bosa Bonneur. She was nn ex?
pert In washing dishes, but she had
never cultivated the magnificent art of
decorating china as some of her daugh?
ters elo. Bot from the very moment of
he-r advent into the world she was an
honored member of the community in
which she lived. First the home of hei
mother was fillevl with sacred joj
when she was born. Then during al
tin- days of her girlhood she was treat
eel with the tenderest protecting care
Tlu'ii your fathf' came to court her
Ile was her lover to the Inst. Thei
he-r children arose to call hei blessed
And when at last her poor tired bod;
wns laid to rest by her dead husbane
hundreds of her friends whom her Hf
bad blessed stood nbout her open grnv
to weep there. Tell me, where can yo
find such honor paid to womanhood
except In n Christian land filled wit
Christian homes? Am I wrong when
state that the great tidal waves c
gladsome light roll through the room
of the Christian home? Has not Go
blessed the Christian nations with th
highest typo of domestic felicity?
Christian Governments.
But as the home Is only one of tl
units of society wo must study ho
God Messes the governments of tl
christian lands as well as the indivi
ual firesides. Here we also find tl
great tidal waves of gladsome Hg'
flowing everywhither. Here we fli
the governments uot run for a fe'
hut for the ninny. Here the rule
are the servants of the people. He
the governments are "of the peo[
and for the people nnd by the people
This fact was not true In olden timi
be-fore the Christ love was aeknowlec
ed In the hearts of men. Then it w
the governmental doctrine of the "
vine rights of kings." Now lt is t
doctrine of the "divine rights of 1
people."
We look with amazement upon soi
of the stupendous buildings which i
groat potentates of the east have ere
ed. Ah! "There were giants In the
days," giants so big that the ea
will never produce their like agn
And the trouble nbout those old gia
was that they grew so great by
pressing the people whom they rul
I?id you know that the rulers of Kg
in order to build the great cannl wh
has made the present city of Cn
possible took thousands of men ft
their labors In the fiehls find ford
ilrove them to the ditches? And ti
result of that conscription 20,000 r
perished. Some people may find gi
dour in that, but I only see bri
tyranny.
What Egyptian traveler has not si
led the famous citadel built by
great Snladin? It is a wonderful st:
ture. But did you ever hear how
built it? I will tell you. He built il
enslaving all the enptured crusae
and compelling them to labor there
the rest of their lives. Aye, there v
giants In those days, but thank
we did not live In them, for In all p
ability we should have had our 1
crushed out of us by some tyran
your foot might crush an Insect !
country pnth. But now all the lr
tlces of the feudal system nre g
Now every man's home Is his ca
Now man must respect the right
man. One man's liberty ends w
the equal rights of another man be
And mark you this, the "divine ri
of the people" were first taught tc
world through the agency of thos<
tious which first acknowledged C
as their Saviour and Lord. A
wrong In declaring that great
waves of gladsome light bless tha
tion which acknowledges God a
divine Buler and Guide?
The Church Spire.
Don't you remember that old pl
you had In your childhood readei
ttood at the top of the page and
the story of the shipwrecked i
who was landed upo" an uukuov
laud. Ile thinks he is to be eatt
the cannibals, but he climbs a
and off iu the dlstauce he sees a cl
spire. Then he knows he ls safi
wherever Christ ls honored in any
niuulty there is safety. The best
ty of personal rights ls a church
The best guarantee of social and
cal justice is a church spire. 1
God for what he has done fo
American people as a natioul
But we hud the great tidal wa*
God's gladsome light in tho depi
vhen a man falls sie-k his friends run
lway from him as au Injured animal
s deserted hy the herd Tia- husbands
ind the wives anil the children today
u the far esist attack the aged and
dck and helpless with sticks and
stones and drive their relatives who
ire lepers oat to the hillsides to elle,
und they care not how they starve and
how they elie. But after Christ came
the reign of mercy and kindness be?
gan, and lt has spread around the
world. Now the strong protect the
weak, and the mighty help the help?
less.
No Hospitals In Babylon.
Did you ever hear of any hospitals In
old Babylon.' Hid you ever hear of
any "old people's homes" In ancient
Meaiphis? Did you ever hear of any
orphan asylums in cultivated Athens?
Did you ever hear of any sjstem of
pul lie schools lu Ephesus where the
little children <jf the poor man could
lie educated with jthe, children of the
rich man? Did you ever hear of
"boards of charity" In those ancient
capitals where poor widows with a
lot of little children strapped to fhelr
backs could go and find fooel and cloth?
ing to help them in their days of want?
History tells us of no such provision. |
But can you go today in any Christian
community and not find these benefi?
cent Institutions? The man who loves
Christ must love nnd care for his help?
less children. The true Christian must
be eyes for the blind, aud ears for the
deaf, and crutches for the lame, and
clothing for the naked, and proviele
a home for the homeless. Does not
Christ enunciate this fact when he
says, "Inasmuch as ye have done it
unto the least of these, ye have done
lt uuto me?" You cannot become one
of God's disciples unless you join the
great army of those who are trying to
help those who nre in want and who
would suffer unless you extend to them
the baud of saving Christian love.
But the great tidal waves of glad?
some light do not end with life. They
roll their way through the darkness of
the tomb into the darkness beyond.
Christ was the first to declare himself
the resurrection and tho life. Other
teachers have taught the doctrine of a
future life beyond the grave. But
where was there ever taught such a
beautiful idea of a place of eternal
joy as that promise he gave us of thc
many mansions among which he woulc"
go to prepare a place for us?
(Copyright, 1908, by Louis Klopsch.]
How Bret Harte Met Sala.
There ls an odd story about Bre
Harte and Georgs Augustus Sala in i
book of an exceedingly personal sor
just Issued anonymously in London
The author, who ls reported to be th
daughter of a distinguished artist, thu:
tells the story:
"Papa had Just made the acquaint
ance of Bret Harte, and he thought 1
would be charming to arrange a meei
lng between him and Sala, and one o
our great dinner parties was arrangec:
with Bret Harte as the guest of th
evening. Mr. anel Mrs. Sala arrive
early, and Mr. Sala was talking to va
in the inner drawing room when Bn
Harte was announced. I noticed M
Sala start and look out eagerly inl
the other room, but before he cou!
move papa came up, with Bret Hart
saying, '1 want to Introduce my o
friend, Sala, to you. Mr. Harte.' Sa
got up, but before anything else cou
be saiel Bret Harte looked straight
Sala and remarked quite coolly, 'Sor:
tee make unpleasant scenes, but 1 a
not going to be' Introduced to th
scoundrel.' Imagine the sensation
you can:"
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The Grand Canyon of the Colorade
PVo times the Grand Canyon of t
Colorado has been traversed by part!
of white men. The last time was t
past winter, when Charles S. Buss
and E. B. Monett, mining prospecto
went through. They started on Se
20 of last year nnd came out on Feb
nfter many uarrow escapes. The fi
trip through the canyon of which the
ls any record was that made by Ma,
J. W. Fowell in 1809. The next v
made by a surveying party of the D
ver, Coleirado Canyon and Pacific R:
road company, led by Robert B. St
ton. It started In May, 1889, and ca
out In April, 1890. Two men w
through in 1896 and another two
18BT. These are all that have trave
the whole length of the gorge. Ma
Powell, however, made a second ex
ditlon in 1872 from the upper end
far as the mouth of the Kanab wr
and Lieutenant Wheeler In 1S71 w
up the canyon from the lower enc
Diamond creek. Mr. Stanton In a
cent statement discourages adveu
ers from risking their lives in
rocky gorge hunting for gold or ?
thing else.?Youth's Companion.
METAL MAGICIANS.
The Wonders of Labor Saving Des
In Machinery.
When McCormick built his first
dred reai**rs in 1845, he paid 4M? c
for bolts. That was in the mytl
age of hand labor. Today fifty 1
art made for a cent. So with g
fingers. McCormick paid 24 cents
when James K. Polk was lu thc V
House. Now there ls a ferocious
chine which with the least posslbl
sistance from one man cuts out
guard fingers In ten hours Jit a 1
cost of a cent for six. Alsirwhil
plorlng edie e>f t^. chicago factor
came npon a heff of cud chewing
chines that were crunching out <
links at the rate of 5<>,000,000 a
Near by were four smaller and
Irritable automata which were I
off pieces of wire anel chewing
Into linchpins at a speed of 4(
bites a day.
"Take out your watch and time
man," saiel the superintendent o
McCormick plant. "See how long
In boring five holes In that great
lng."
"Exactly six minutes," I answer
"Well, that's progress," observe
superintendent. "Before we b
that machine lt wns a matter ol
hours to bore those boles."
In one of its five twine mills?a
strous liedlam of noise and a *?
ness of fuss, which ls by far th
r thei KC*5** ?' -ts sor^ m *ne world?th
enough twine twisted in a slngl
res of t0 malie a girdle around the et
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Should Be Conducted e
Every man is bound to have his own
lersonal funeral some day, lu which,
lowever silent, he will play the part
)f chief actor. But how many ever
?eek to call up before the mind's eye
:he whole visible scene?the neighbors
thronging quietly in and taking their
seats, the casket with Its silent tenant
Inside, the characteristics, agreeable
ur obnoxious, of the undertaker who is
to supervise the more strictly business
functions of the. occasion and, above
all, those of the minister?sympathetic
or perfunctory?who ls to take charge
of the spiritually edifying portion?
indeed, poor Robert Burna ls his?
torically one of the exceptional few to
be recalled, as, with his dying breath,
he took matters Into his own hands
and pathetically cried to those about
his eleathb??d, "Don't let the awkward
squad fire over my grave!" Though
nothing but a poet, still bow strictly
practical a man of affairs he proved
himself to be in tims providing against
tho marring effect that would aurely
have been exerteel on the Impressive?
ness of his own funeral by tho ragged
and sputtering volleys of the awkward
squad had he not given explicit orders
beforehand.
Men and women never act in so
helter skelter a way about their wed?
dings as they do about their funerals.
When they are to be married, how
carefully the groom chooses his best
man and selects the right kind of a
flower for his buttonhole; how careful?
ly the bride her bridesmaids, with a
1 charming little girl of six to go in
. front and scatter roses and Hiles along
j the- aisle as she paces up to the altar.
John Wesley, the great founder of
l Methodism, probably knew more about
funerals than any man of his time. As
he had a parish of at least 500,000
, souls, scattered over all England, lt is
j safe to assume that he had conducted
i at a small estimate a thousand burials
' and found many of them shockingly
distressing affairs. So, like the sensible
I man he was, he determined to take
time by the forelock and arrange for
his own while still alive. In drawing
up his will he therefore explicitly di?
rected that six poor men should have
20 shillings each for carrying his body
to the grave, "for I particularly de?
sire," he said, "that there may be no
hearse, no coach, no escutcheon, no
pomp, except the tears of them that
loved me and are following me to
Abraham's bosom."
In the selection, too, of the minister
who was to officiate he was equally
happy, for when his lifelong friend.
Brother Richardson, came to the part
of the service. "Forasmuch as lt
has pleased Almighty God to take unto
himself the soul of our dear brother,"
his voice broke, and he substituted the
| word father with such feeling that the
" | assemblage, which had been shedding
* silent tears, burst out Into loud weep
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1 | Now, If more of sensible as well as
'? devout and humble men and women
would only manifest before they die
the sound juelgment as well as tender
human feeling of Robert Burns and
John Wesley by taking part, so to
speak, In their own funeral services lt
would prove a blessed gain. No service
ls so Impressive as a solemn, reveren?
tial, tender and uplifting funeral serv?
ice and none so offensive as a perfunc?
tory, ostentatious or trivial one. Often,
Indeed, the request goes out, "No flow?
ers." But these are not the flowers
that work the evil. The objectionable
things arc the flowers of rhetoric, of
fulsome eulogy, of spnngles, of stars
and harps and angels, that make a
j travesty of the most affecting In its
own eloquent hush of silence of sll
mortal scenes.?Boston Herald.
Lemon Squeezers.
We all know people whose particular
occupation seems to be to squeeze the
sour out of everything. They never
see anything sweet. Everything ls bit?
ter to them. They cannot enjoy a
friend because Of his faults. His mis?
takes and weaknesses loom up so large
that they cannot appreciate the good
In him. They cannot see the man God
I Intended, perfect and Immortal. They
" j see only the deformed, diseased, erip
* ' pled, handicapped man who. In their
opinion, will n-ver come tc any good.
Nor do they see the world that God
maele. The lieauty that looks out of
the landscape, from the trees that rus?
tle in the wind, that ls wrapped in the
flower, ls lost to them. They only see
the floods, the fire, the earthquakes,
the lightnings, the wrecks which de?
stroy. They nre blind to beauty. It ls
all covered up lu the ugly, the forbid?
ding. They do not hear the infinite
harmonies that entrance the ear that
ls in tune with the infinite. This ls all
lost to them in the discord of their
thoughts. ? O. S. Marden in Success
Magazine.
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One For Each.
A mlsslouary traveling some years
ego In the southern states, coming to a
lonely farmhouse at nightfall, deemed
lt wise to negotiate for hospitality.
Before going to rest he proposed fam?
ily worship, which seemed a new de?
parture. The servants >vcre called In,
and he began to read, "Servants, be
obedient to them that are your mas?
ters, according to the flesh, with fear
and trembling, in singleness of your
heart, as unto Christ; not With eye
service as men pleases, but as serv?
ants of Christ, doing the will of God
from tbe heart."
As he was reading the farmer whis?
pered to his wife: "That ls capital. We
must give each of our men and w>
men servants one of those books.**
The reading went on, "And ye mas*
ters. do the same things unto them,
forbearing threatenings, knowing that
your Master also ls In heaven."
"Ah." said one of the servants, "that
ls one for the master."?Home Herald*
The Mince Pie Peril.
The lawyer for the defense: "I ash
the sympathy of the court for my most
unfortunate client. When he commit?
ted this homicide he waa the victim of
circumstances over which be bsd no
possible control. For six years be ate
his meals at a boarding house where
the only dessert was mince pie. I am
backed by humanity when I ask this
man's acquittal on the ground of pleo
,mania!"-Clevelttnd Plain Dealer.