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VOLUME XXVI1.
ACCOMAC CH., VA., SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1908.
NUMBER 44.
I v..?. m. fvi..n,is if von have suffered i TUC IAPANFSF WAY.
JOHN S. PARSONS,
Attoruey-al-Law,
Aceomac Courthouse, Va.
Will practice lu all courts of Aceo?
mac aud North unpton 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
Attorney-at-Law.
Offices?Aceomac C. H. and Fair
Oaks, Va.
Practices in all the courts on the
Eastern Shore of Virginia.
JNO. R. aud J. HARRY REW,
Attorueys-at Law.
Offices?Aceomac C H. and Parks
ley. At Aceomac C. H. every Wed?
nesday .
Will practice In all the courts on the
Eastern Shore of Virginia.
ROY 1). WHITE,
-Attorney-at-Law, ?
Offices : Parksley and Aceomac C. H.
Practices in all courts of Aceomac
a id Northampton Counties.
Prompt attention to all business.
WA UN EH AMES,
-Attoruey-at-Law,
Offices : Aceomac C. H. and Onancock.
At Aceomac C. H. every Wednesday
*nd Friday.
Will practice iu all the courts of
Aceomac and Northampton counties.
JOHN K. NOITINGHAM, JR.,
?Attoknky-at-Law,?
Frauktown, Va
Practices in all the courts on the
Eastern Shore of Virgiuia.
Will be at Eastville and Aceomac C.
H. tirst day of every court and at East?
ville every Wednesday.
Otho F. Mears. (4. Walter Mapp.
MEARS A MAPI',
-Attorueys-at-Law,
Offices : Eastville, Northampton
Couuty and cOCOBiack Court House
Practice iu all courts on the Eastern
Shore of Virgiuia.
L. FLOYD NOCK,
? ATTOKN'EY-AT-LAW,?
Aceomac C. H., Va.
Practices in all tue courts ou the
Eastern Shore ot Virginia.
Ok. H. D. LILLISTON,
DENTIST.
?Accomack Court House, Va.?
Office hours from 9a. ni. too p. ni Will
*>e at Parksky every Tuesday.
FRED. E. RUEDIUER
? County Su rvkyo k,
Accomac C H , Va.
Thoroughly equipped with latest aud
best instruments, oilers his services to
he citizens of Aceomac Couutv.
Will meet all engagements promptly
W. G. EMMETT,
Notary
Public,
Belle Haven, Va.
WM. P. BELL & CO.,
DRUGGISTS,
Accomack C H., Va.?
Agents for
WATERMAN'S
5dea3 Fountain Pens.
STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND.
Finest line of
STATIONERY
on Eastern Shore of Va.
Hotel Tull,
New Church, Va.,
P. 0. Massey, Va.,
L. J. TULL A SON, Proprietors.
Board at reasonable rates.
All trains met.
Phone messages promptly attend?
ed to.
The patronage of the public so?
licited.
FIRST-CLASS LIVERY ri Urti HLD.
Phones in hotel of Diamond State
and of Aceomac and North?
ampton Telephone Co.
White Hotel and Livery,
Capt. Wm. T. Mister,
Proprietor Hotel.
Harry T. White & Son,
Proprietor of Livery.
Hay and feed dealers?Wholesah
Grocers and Brokers and Mfr's. agent!
Harry T. White & Son,
Bloomtown. Va.
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MARTIN I MASON CO
Call attention to their large stock ?
ash, Doon, Blinds, Mouldings
Builders' Hardware, Shingle*
Laths, Lime, Bricks, and Builc
ing Material generally, Paint*
Oils and Painters' Supplies.
We are prepared to cut house bills 1
order; also manufacture barrel stav<
and heads of good quality. Our gri
mill will run every Saturday,
Notwithstanding; reports to the coi
trary
We shall at all times be pleased i
show our goods and invite you to ca
and inspect our stock before makii
your purchases and we will save yt
money.
MARTIN ft MASON CO.,
Harborton Va,
B. T. GUNTER,
President.
W. C. PA USO NS,
Cashier.
V ER NON BURTON,
Asst. Cashier.
Farmers and Merchants National Bank,
DNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DEPOSITORY,
ONLEY, VA,
Customers extended every
accommodation consist?
ent with conservative
banking.
Strictly a home institution.
The smallest depositor re
ceivea aa prompt and
i'd.i rt ci ms treatment
as the largest.
Managed entirely by our
hume people.
We Pay Interest omi Tirane Deposits.j
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 new atone
macadam road H miles east of Poco
! moke. Countv road on two sides of
farm. ?3,200.00.
No, 2. Situated J mile east of No.
1, 50 a., 35 in cultivation, 15 timber.
Good buildings. $3,000.00.
I INO. 3. 90 a., 45 in cultivation, 25
timber, 20 in pine thicket 25 years old.
New dwelling, young orchard, line
truck land 31 miles of lt. R. Station
$2,250.
No. 4. 114 a., 50 in cultivation, bal?
ance in timber, good orchard, good
1 Skiings?20 a. has been trucked on
10 ye irs, timber reserved, 3J miles ol
R? iv. station, price f 2,250.
No. 5. 100 a., 40 in cultivation, all
truck land no ditch on the farm, 60
timber.drained by two arms of mills
pond. Small dwelling 3 rooms, good
outbuildings, fruit, 4 miles of It. R.
Station, timber reserved, ?2,000.
Francis M. Wilson & Co.,
Box 7.
Pocomoke City, Md.
Builders'
Material.
We have a large line of all kinds ol
BUILDERS' MATERIAL,
and can save you money if you wil
call to see us. We name in part:
DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, MOULDINGS'
MANTELS, NEWELS, GABLE ORNA?
MENTS, BRACKETS, LATHS, BRICKS
SHINGLES. HAIR, LIME. CEMENT, &c? &<
A trial order will convince you thal
we can save you money.
Let us give you our prices.
G. T. BENSON & CO.,
Keller, Va.
NEW YORK. PHILA. & NORFOLK R.R.
Train Schedule in Effect Jan. 6,190b.
South-Bound Trains.
47 49 49 45
a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m
New York.7 30 ?00 9 00 139
Philadelphia.1000 ll Xl 1122 . 301
Wilmington ... .1044 Vi Ob 1205 34
Baltimore . . . 9 00 7 52 7 52 1 *
Delmar.1 30 3 01 30 1 6 41
Salisbury.141 3 10 310 7 ?
Cape Charles .... 4 30 6 15 6 15
OW Point Comfort. 6 SS 8 10 8 10
Norfolk . . (arrive). 7 15 9 05 9 05
p.m. a.m. a.m. p.m
North-Bound Trains.
48 50 40 50
Leave a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m
Norfolk.7 20 600 60
Old Point Comfort. 8 05 7 00 TO
Cape Charles .... 10 20 9 15 91
Salisbury.12 57 12 30 7 00 Vii
Delmar.106 12 45 7 11 12 4
p.m. a.m. p.m. a.m
Arrive p.m. a.m. p.m. \>.ix
Wilmington .... 3 49 4 10 1017 41
Philadelphia.4 S3 518 1100 51
Baltimore.5 22 6 01 1135 0 C
New York.700 800 115 8C
p.m. a.m. p.m. p.n
R. B.COOKE. J. G. RODGERS.
Traffic Manager. Superijtendei
Notice of Dissolution of Partnership
Notice is hereby given that on Jam
ary 1st, 1908, the firm of W. N. Ck
nant, Henry W. Conant and Williai
T. Conant, heretofore partners und<
the firm name and style of W. N. Ci
nant & Son., doing business at Chii
coteague, Va, was dissolved, W. E
Conant retiring from said firm on sai
date. The business ever since sai
date,has been and will continue to 1
carried on by the said Henry W. Ci
nant and William T. Conant, undi
the old firm name and style of W. 1
Conant & Son, to whom all indebtei
ness to the old firm is payable ar
who assume all its liabilities.
W. N. Conant,
Henry W*. Conant,
Wm. T. Conant.
Established in 1863.
C. S. Schermerhorn Sc Son,
K ceivers, Shi pp re, Dealers,
Grain, Hay and Mill S'eeda,
Seed Outs Linseed Meal, Cotton Seed Meal Gluten Ferd.
Also Distributors ol the Purina Poultry Feeds.
127 AND 129 CHEAPSIDE,
Near Pratt Sti - - BALTIMORE, MD.
The Parksley Manufacturing Co., Inc.,
RETAILERS AND JOBBERS OF ALL KINDS O'
BUILDERS SUPPLIES'*^
In fact we can furnish everything in the mot up-to-date buildings from Ute
foundation to the roof. We also make a specialty cf contracting tor HOUSE
iBUILDING and will guarantee satisfaction. We can furnish thc Famous
Florida Hean Shingles made in m Onlf Cypreaa at right prices. Weare
agent* for tU6
BEMIS TRANSPLANTER,
the one that lias taken Die prize over all others. We carry FARMING
UTENSILS of all kinds. The most np-1 'dale COOK STOVKS "and Ranges
and Cooking Ware. A tine 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
j lines of PAINT and Painters Supplies that is on the market, and many other
i things in our line too numerous to mention. In fact we have the most up
| to-date store of it.i kind on the Shore. Call and see our store and this Will
I Convince von ot these facts We are manufacturers of all kinda of LUMBER
and BARREL MATERIALS and retailer! and jobbers of all kinds of FEED,
such as Corn, Hay, Middlings, Bran &c.
PARKSLEY, -:- VIRGINIA.
Wa tell This Speice
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, "Onley*, Va.
Jobber and Manufacturers' Sales Agent.
Farmers Attention.
? Call on us for?
FERTILIZERS = '*Best grades and at lowest margin of ptofll.
f-JAY-=^est grades, at lowest prices and in quantities to suit.
Potato Bed Glass.
Farmers Supplies Generally.
10 Hay delivered to anyone in car h,ad lots at any railroad station on
Eastern Shore
J. W. BARNES,
Bloxom, Va.
E. W.^POLK,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Pocomoke City, Md.
tS*Will visit Aceomac C. H., every court day.
lor toeSprintfof 1908 there are
to be founfl ia popular
DOIIYMDISI
SHOES
/NEW AND ORIGINAL DESIGNS
WE CREATE- AOTIMITATE
$3-oo $3-50 $4.00
Calmage
Sermon
By Rev. ,
Frank De Witt Talmatfe, D. D.
New York, April SQ.?In this sermon
:he preacher exalts love as the highest
)f the Christian graces. Dr. Talmago
las resigned hu pastorate in r.os An
Biles, feeling the need of complete rest,
uni lias gone to Europa, where he will
remain six months. Ile will compost
io sermons during bia absence. The
text of this farewell sermon ls taken
from I Corinthians xiii, 13, "And tha
geateal of these is love" (lt. V.).
biking with n friend before setting
ou my European Journey, I re
to my long cherished desire to
it the famous canyon of Arizona
it 1 might study lt mid describe lt to
eastern friends. "It cannot be
lt," said my friend. "No living man
?ould describe the grandeur and maj
Bsty of that wonderful scene. Just be-j
fore I went there 1 was told that ft J
nan approached the brink of that aw?
ful chasm, ami as he looked across It
ind down Into Its depths and up Into
?Bay he dropped upon his knees nnd
Bbt: "^ ^ou' ll"w tmm.iicly great
thou! I never realized until my
beheld lt this wonderful manlfea
)U of thy handiwork!' All that you
do when you visit the Grand can?
is to be overwhelmed with the Im
islty of Its conception. It ls greater,
greater, tli.'in your wildest imagina
could ever conceive."
Tell, I said to myself If that is true
ls one fact I will learn from the
id canyon. That will be Its su?
aveness as a basis for comparl
There niu Hunks that are BUOYS
beyond Utterance. Paul henrd
when he was caught up to bony?
it he said were unspeakable, and
ither occasion, trying to describe(
lings Cod had prepared for them
that love him, he said that eye had
not seen nor enr henrd, neither hnd lt
entered into the heart of man, and
John In Patmos fell down as one dead.
When I read of these strange incidents
1 shall always think of the overwhelm?
ing Impression which one gets from his
first view of the Grand Canyon of Ari?
zona. It ls a species of measuring rulo
by which I estimate other impressions.
It ls this kind of culminating compari?
son that Paul uses In my text
Th* Celestial Music
In the first pince, Paul leads us into
the celestial choir lofts of heaven. He
1-3 before us tho sweet voiced
Bingera who once sang the song of the
Nativity above Bethlehem of Judea.
Ile lends those white winged messen?
gers of the sky to sing until their unit?
ed choruses roll about us In great tidal
waves of harmony. Some of us have
heard the most famous songstresses on
earth lift up their voices in praise. But
never will our ears hear melodies like
those celestial songs until nt last as
redeemed spirits we ourselves arc sing?
ing the song of Moses and the Lamb
before the great white throne of heav?
en. Then after Paul has In Imagina?
tion led us up through the boulevards
of gold, down past the yreat white man?
sions of the skies, and has overwhelmed
us with the beauty and pathos nnd
graudeur of the Inspiring oratorios of
the celestial city he says to us: "That
singing ls the most beautiful singing of
all the ages. From human lips and
throat could never come music so en?
chanting. But, though we could Bing
like that, our song would be empty and
meaningless and discordant If it had
not lu It that one thrilling note of love.
Though 1 speak with the tongue of an?
gels nnd have not love, 1 nm become
as sounding brass or a tinkling cym?
bal. It is love that gives celestial mu?
sic its sweetness."
Then Paul has us sit at the feet of
Hebrew teachers like Gamaliel nnd
Hillel. He Introduces to us the proph?
ets of old. He brings liefore us the
wise men or the magi of the east. He
Bolves for us nil the knotty social prob?
lems of the day and leads us down
amid the temples of old Egypt and
amid the wonders of Nineveh and
Babylon nnd Home nnd Athens. Then
he shows us the giants of faith as Ti?
tans changing the topographical con?
struction of the earth. Then after he
has piled learning upon wisdom and
Intellectuality upon Intellectuality and
superlative upon superlative and made
man omniscient ns well aa omnipotent
he utters these words: "And If I hnve
the gift of prophecy and know all mys?
teries and all knowledge and If I have
all faith so as to move mountains, but
have not love, I nm nothing." Ah, yes;
love ls greater than nil the knowledge
contained within the wnlls of an Alex?
andrian library. Love is greater than
the wisdom of King Solomon. Love Is
greater than the prophetic eye which
can look through the black curtain
which separates the present and the
events that will happen millions of
years hence. Love ls greater than the
strength of the everlasting hills. Love
Is greater than the highest triumphs of
art For If we have not love, no mat?
ter how great our Intellectuality may
be, we are as nothing. Aye, we are
worse than nothing. Is not Paul's sec?
ond comparison again approaching the
culminating superlative?
Love the Greatest of All.
Then, as a guide lends us higher and
higher over a mountain rnnge and we
climb from peak to peak until at last
we stand upon the topmost pinnacle
overlooking all mountains, rising out of
material Into moral elevation, Paul
says: "I?ve is more than this. Though
you labor for others and 6ecm to spend
all your life in the service of your fel?
low men, though you l>ecome a pauper
for their sake and go to the martyr's
stake, If you do not love your fellow
men. In God's sight all your deeds of
self sacrifice will go for naught. Yes,
yes! How superlative does overtop su?
perlative when Paul ls elaborating for
us the power and the necessity of love.
Now Iel us ask ourselves why love Is
so essential in God's sight and why
love Should be the predominant pas?
sion of every human heart.
.Now, what ls love/ "Love," says me
lexicographer, "is a feeling of strong
attachment to another. It ls pre-emi?
nent kindness or devotion to another.
It is affection. It is tenderness. It ls
the bond which binds mother to child
lind husband to wife and brother to sis?
ter and friend to friend." That ls the
definition which I have abridged from
different dictionaries. That definition
means this: "Love ls the strange pow?
er born in the human heart, which, like
a long arm, roaches out and draws an?
other life Into that heart and makes
the Joy and the happiness of that other
life more Important than the Joy nnd
the happiness of its own life." In oth?
er words, "love ls the power which
will make a human tree graft upon it?
self other human branches, and then
that original human tree shall live sim?
ply for the purpose of bearing luscious
fruit for the benefit of some other hu?
man life." In other words, true love
finds Its happiness In the benefits which
that human life can bring to other
Urea rather than for the benefits of its
own selfish life.
The Grafting of Trees.
"How do you graft one tree on an?
other?" I asked au old California hor?
ticulturist. "Well," he answered, "that
depends anon the tree you intend to
graft. If 1 were going to graft a lemon
tree upon au orange tree"? "What!" i
I Interrupted. "Are nearly all our lem?
on trees grafted upon the orange tree?" j
"Yes," he answered; "nearly all. If I
were going to graft a lemon tree upon j
tn orange tree, I would go out to my
orchard in springtime and cut a slender
bra nell off my lemon tree. From this
branch I would cut the healthiest bud,
making the grafting bud about three- '
quarters of an inch long. Then I would
cut the bark of un orange tree about
two years old and gently press the ,
lemon bud Into the bark. Then I would |
hermetically seal the woods together
with wax. Then, when the lemon bud
took root and got to growing fully, I
would cut off the orange tree Just
above the lemon bud, so that all the
strength of the trunk of the orauge tree
would be conserved to develop the lem?
on I na lah and the lemon fruit as lt
ought." Ah, yes, I said to myself while
my friend was talking; the orauge
tree has Its branches cut off so Its
trunk can produce sustenance for the
lemon branches. And that ls love. We
are the human tree and will have the
blanches of our own selfish desires
amputated In order that we may bear
fruit in the lives of our fellow men.
That ls the whole definition of love In
a nutshell.
Tell me, friend, ls your life a life of
love? Are you the human orauge tree
with the lemon buds grafted Into your
bark? Have you had the selfish limbs
of your own life cut off? Are you
standing uke ihe trunk of Ihe er~ns?
tree In the center of the multitudinous
orchards of the world with your own
name forgotten and obliterated that
the honor nnd the glory of Christ may
shine in the lives of your dear ones?
Are you driving your roots farther and
farther Into the ground lu order to
gather up the rich nourishment of the
soil to nourish and feed hundreds of
buds which have been grafted ou your
foundations? If you are, then you
have the priceless characteristics which
God honors above all other virtues;
then you have love?purified love, tri?
umphant love, divine love; then you
are like the Lord God Almighty him?
self, for God ls love and love is God.
Love's First Duty.
Now, if the whole essence of love is
to put the joys and the blessings aud
the happiness of others above all self?
ish happiness and joys and blessings,
what is then In Its crudest form the
first duty of love? First, never to
give another pain; never do anything
which will bring the tear to the eye
or tho quiver to the lip or the sob to
the aching heart. It does not take
much to wound the sensibilities of an?
other. And, If your first duty of life is
to learn not to hurt yourself, so the
first duty of love should be never to
hurt or to wound the feelings of an?
other.
Now, it was no easy matter to learn
how not to do yourself a physical dam?
age when you were young. It was
only by painful experience that those
laws of caution were mastered. For
instance, when you were a boy you
had a great habit of balancing upon
the chair In the dining room. Your
father again nnd again warned you to
stop. He told you that you would hurt
yourself. But there wns a fascination
In making that chair tip back. You
felt like a trapeze performer in mid?
air. But one day you lost your balance
nnd fell backward and struck your
head against the mantelpiece. The cut
was deep, the blood flowed, and you
have a scar upon your head to this
day. Then after that you never bal?
anced upon a chair, because you knew
your father was right Or take that
old habit you hnd of sliding down the
banisters of the staircase. It was great
fun until your baud slipped and you
fell stunned upon the floor below. Or
do you remember that toy cannon?
You asked your mother if you could
have one, and she said you were too
young, but you thought differently,
and you went and bought one on the
sly. When you were about to play
Bunker Hill the cannon went off at the
wrong time, and Instead of knocking
down tho toy soldiers your face re?
ceived the charge, and your father
and mother had to sit for hours dig?
ging the powder out Aye, lt was not
easy to learn the lesson of physical
caution. You learned It by suffering
nnd pain; you learned it by tearful
Borrow. And now you know that fire
burns and a sharp knife cuts and a
tumble will hurt. So you guard your
body In the light of warning experi?
ences.
Mental Sufferings,
But the physical sufferings are never
B3 bad as the mental. The accidental
blow from the baseball that prostrated
you on the field and gave you a head?
ache for days never hurt you as did
the cruel word, the harsh criticism, the
unkind misrepresentation, of the man
whom you had trusted as a friend.
You all know what physical pain ls.
Some of you have been under the tor?
ture of tbe surgeon's knife; but, though
your physical pains have been great, I
ask you if any pain has been so ex?
cruciating as that Inflicted by one
whom you have loved as a brother and
who has brutally turned against you
as Brutus struck his patron Caesar,
I) much from the attacks of those
.horn you love, beware how you give
ain toothers, whether friends or stran
ers. If you h.ive suffered so grievous?
ly from the hush words, the uncharlta
le Insinuations, the malevolent un
ruths of those who have treacherously
urned against you without cause, learn
he lesson and look well to your own
onduct, lest you sin against another,
'he law of love works both ways. To
eserve God's love we must graft the
Ives of others Into our lives and make
heir sufferings our sufferings and their
leartaches our heartaches.
Brother, do not speak that harsh
rord. You have no Idea how deep its
irobe cuts. Sister, do not make that
litter Interpretation. You think the
lerson against whom you speak lt will
lot hear about lt He will; he will.
Ie will hear about lt In its meanest
nd most malignant form. I know your
irother may have wronged you; but, re
nember, the injustices which he has
lone you can never Justify the angry
houghta you have against him. Love
mts the sufferings of your enemy
boveyour sufferings and the heartaches
if those against whom you are utter
ng those stinging words above your
>wn heartaches. "Love suffereth long
md ls klud, ls not easily provoked,
hlnketh no evil, beareth all things, be
ieveth all things, hopeth all things, en
lureth all things."
But we do not always want to be Ut
le children In the kindergarten of love.
?Ve do not always wish to be spiritual
mbles learning tbe negative side of the
fospel, which tells us "Don't to this"
ind "Don't do that" and "Don't do the
ither thing." We should grow lu grace
md grow In spiritual power aud leam
o utter some other prayer than the
lttle petition
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the LoiJ my soul to keep?
ivhicb we loamed years ago at our
iiothers' kuees. And so the next great
>tep in the way of love is, "Never give
iain, physical or mental, to another."
ihe second ls like unto the first only a
lttle higher in spiritual life. When
tve love our neighbors we must rejoice
willi them In their days of prosperity.
BJ their sorrows should be our sor?
rows, so their temporal and spiritual
triumphs should be our temporal and
spiritual triumphs. Their lives as trees
:ire grafted upon us. Then we, as the
M orange trunk supporting them,
should rejoice at the gathering of their
fruits Just as much as though the au?
tumnal nuggets of gold were taken
from our own branches. Do you grasp
the farreachlng significance of my
text? "And the greatest of these is
love." The more others prosper the
more we should rejoice.
Jealous of Others' Success.
But, strange to say, some evil minded
cynics lock upon the success and tbe
prosperity of other peopiu as ac insult
to themselves. They feel that if they
cannot hare ali tbe honors and all the
praise? of success they do not want
any oi e else to have those honors. And
not only that, but by sneers they will
do all In their power to undermine an?
other's work. Here, for Instance, is a
college president. For years and years
he is the official head of the institution.
For years and years he molds the
characters of the boys and the girls
under him. He has the devoted fol?
lowing of the officers and teachers, but
wheu his work ls done he sometimes
6eems to be angry because those same
officers nnd teachers give the same
loyalty to his successor as they accord?
ed to him and because the college is
making n greater success after he
leaves the Institution. Why should not
that old college president be happy at
the success of his successor? Why
should not the minister be happy when
he hears that the man who follows him
in his pulpit ls more beloved and ls
doing a greater work than he was
privileged to do?
But you cauuot rejoice with a man
in his days of prosperity unless at the
same time you are willing to sympa?
thize with liim In the days of his sor?
row. And you cannot truly sympathize
with a friend In his time of trial unless
at the same time you are willing to do
everything in your power to overcome
bis mental, moral and spiritual weak?
nesses aud help him to rectify the mis?
takes he has made. Have you been
willing to do that? Have you such
an overwhelming love of mankind In
your heart that you will do everything
and anything to help your brother out
of bis present difficulties!
Friend, could there be a better mes?
sage for us to dwell upon this morning
than this of love? "Oh," I said, "if I
can only get my people to feel and
practice this divine love all will be
well." Will you let this divine grace,
eradicate all hate and bitterness from
your heart? Will you go today to the
man against whom you have a grudge
and take him by the hand and say,
"Let us quit our enmities for Christ's
Sake." Indeed. It ls not so hard for
some of us to say that, for Christ,
whom we love and whose example we
are to follow, has taught us to pray,
"Forgive us our trespasses as we for?
give those who have trespassed against
us." Oh, for a baptism of divine love!
"And the greatest of these ls love."
There ls a star that beams on earth
Willi tender, lovely ray,
That lights the path of generous worth
And speaks a brighter day.
It ls friendship.
Thora la a tie, a golden chain.
That binds with stronger hand
Than iron shackles of the cell
Or all the arts of man.
It ls love.
There is a gem, a pearl of worth,
As lasting as the skies.
More dazzling than the gems of earth;
Its splendor never dies.
It ls truth.
Three angel spirits?evermore
They guftrd our thorny way,
And those who follow where they lead
Can never go astray.
For God hath given them alike
To childhood and to youth.
And age ls mellowed by the touch
Of friendship, love and truth.
[Copyright, 1908, by Louis Klopscb.]
The Office and the Man.
"The office should seek the man, you
fcnow."
"That's all right," replied the avow?
ed aspirant, "but I gave lt a fair
chance, and lt seemed diffident."?Phil?
adelphia Ledger.
Agree, for the law is costly.-Latin
Proverb,
Rules For a Mass Meeting to Protest
Against Higher Taxes.
The Japanese governing idea bas
sometimes a directness of application
tvhlch ls only equaled by its simplici?
ty. The same spirit which prompts a
Japanese citizen to build tbe front door
>f his house so low that a possible bur?
glar could uot get through lt with a
bundle of plunder on his back leads
tbe Japanese official to specify in an
emergency Just what sha:! constitute a
crime, so that the unruly may know
when he traugresses.
A short time ago a new holiday, con?
stitution day, was decreed in Japan,
with the Idea that the common people
could pad along all together to some
park aud hold exercises In glorification
of the event which made Japan nom?
inally a free government. But the rest?
less politicians of Tokyo, ever on the
alert to stir up trouble, planned a mon?
ster mass meeting in Hibiya park to
protest against the alarming Increase
fir taxation Instead of to give banzais
for a constitution.
The police authorities remembered
the three days of street fighting that
followed the announcement of the
Portsmouth peace treaty in the fall of
1906, On that occasion all the uproar
was started by the barring of the gates
to Illbiya park by police order, and
within three hours the house of the
home minister, across the street, waa
burned aud people were being cut
down in the broad avenue facing the
[?ark by the swords of the mounted
gendarmes.
With all these circumstances in mind
the police authorities posted the fol?
lowing notice lu prominent places
about the city on the day that the mass
meeting was to be held:
No arms shall be carried by those who
attend the meeting.
No kerosene oil or matches shall be car?
ried.
No electric car shall be burned.
The diet buildings shall not be de?
stroyed by fire
No members of the diet who supported
the tax increase bills shall be assaulted.
Happily the police prohibitions speci?
fying what should constitute something
more than a nuisance had their effect
There was no riot.?New York Sun.
The Quaint Organ Blower.
"The organ blower is passing; he will
soon be, like the armorer, extinct" said
a musician. "It's a pity. He was a
quaint type.
"Most of my blowers were simple
minded old chaps who firmly believed
they must suit their blowing to the
music. In soft, light passages they
blew soft and light. When the crescen?
dos thundered forth they worked fran?
tically, blowing with all their might
and main.
"Often a facetious reporter on the lo?
cal paper would refer to 'the excellent
b'owing of the organist's assistant,
Mr. Bellow*.' Then the Wowcr-in his
vanity would develop all the affecta?
tions of a Paderewskl or a Sousa. Now
he'd blow delicately, a dreamy smile
on his Ups, his eyes half closed. The
music would change to a march and
he'd stamp his foot in time, while up,
down, up, down, the old bellows, in
time also, would be Jerked. At a cli?
max his face would redden; he'd bond
to his task and blow so fast and fu?
rious that the organ would nearly
burst." ? New Orleans Times - Demo?
crat.
An Ancient Tomb For Chicago.
Negotiations have boon begun by the
representative of a Chicago museum
for the transfer to that city of an an?
cient tomb weighing 250 tons, accord?
ing to nn Assuan correspondent of the
Loudon Graphic. The tomb ls situated
near the pyramids of Sakkara, twenty
miles from Cairo, and ls a favorite
resort of tourists, who usually make
the jodrney on camels across the des?
ert from the great pyramids at GIzeh.
Thc Chicago museum authorities wish
to remove the tomb In Its entirety. To
achieve this will naturally be a difficult
problem. It has been arranged that a
who1- train shall carry the tomb io
sections from the nearest point of the
railway to the coast, but no arrange?
ments have jrcftmbean completed for
moving the tomb from the desert sands
to the railway line. The sections of
the tomb will be carefully pa^ed and
placed on board a steamer at Fort Said
or Alexandria. Another special train
will convey it from the American coast
to Chicago, where the sections will be
put together under direction of archae?
ologists
The Mad and Murderous Pace.
In the health department reports fot
1907 two items stand out with unpleas?
ant prominence?the 7,237 deaths from
organic heart disease aud the 4,914 vio?
lent deaths. The former reflects the
mad driving of the luman body under
the excitement of our Hgt speed exist?
ence; the latter ls a grewsome remind?
er of :he disregard of Americans for
their own lives. Of the 4,914 deaths by
violence only 284 were homicides and
711 suicides. Nearly 4,000 citizens,
then, were slaughtered by street cars,
factory wheels, trucks, tenement house
fires and other sanctioned methods of
extermination. A comparison of this
record with that of other large cities
would surely put New York at the very
bottom of the list Where else is a
good sized village obliterated by acci?
dents cm ry twelvemonth?
Chinese Bar Milk. ,
A Chinaman has the same flread of
milk that an American has of oysters
out of season. Several evenings ago a
Chinese dignitary, who had Just come
into the country to study educational
Institutions, was taking dinner with a
prominent educator in New York city.
He ate freely of the American dishes
until he came to the last course.
Looking at the ice cream dubiously
for some time, he finally took a mouth
I ful. It must have given bim a pleas?
urable sensation, this first taste of Ice
cream, for he smiled pleasantly at the
hostess.
Suudenly another Chinese who was
present and who had not taken any of
the dessert spoke quickly to bim a sin?
gle Chinese word.
In an Instant the dignitary spat out
his mouthful on to his plate, much to
the consternation of every one at the
table.
"What did you say?" inquired the
host of the Chinese who had spoken.
*T said 'milk,' " was the stoical reply.?
New York Globe.