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YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. XS3XXS0 SEMI-WEEKLY. l. m. grist's sons, Publishers. } % <#anulg gercspager: <Jfor the gromotion of the golitiral, gorial, ^jgrienltural, and (flontnteijrial Interests of the geopte. {TEE^i"yff2oiY!Ki^1cgr^ANCg' ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE, S. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1904. NO. 32. ALTON B A floae Range Personal S Creetman?His Early I teacher and Law Cler Bench at Thirty-threeMethods at Work an Practical and Thoroug nity Which Suggests ( JAMES CREELMAN, tne famous special correspondent, recently prepared for the New York World the following close range personal study of Judge Alton Brooks Farker, chief justice of the New York state court of appeals and one of the leading Democratic presidential possibilities: While the country Is calling for Information about Chief Judge Parker, to whom millions of Democrats are turning for safe leadership in the struggle for control of the nation, the politicians of both parties who swarm over the hill on which the capitol of New York stands, the agents of corruption, rascals in and out of office, leaders of the bar and noisy pettifoggers, all have daily sight of him as he strides through the streets of Albany between the Hotel Ten Eyck, in which he lives, and the court of appeals, over which he presides. Even in this center of political and legislative intrigue, where the weaknesses and selfish ambitions of public ? Ant fkla men are so soou nma-ucu uui, ui.a strong, brave, modest man has not an enemy. At the top of the Albany hill he sits, black robed, on the bench. At the foot of it is the law office from which David B. Hill is directing the campaign to make him president of the United States. Yet men of all parties, including his associates on the bench, bear witness that Judge Parker, in the face of exceptional flattery and against the pressure of a thousand influences, has maintained the highest traditions of his great judicial office by his consistent aloofness from politics, his simple, unpretending dignity and his devotion to his public duties. It is not that he is colorless or without ambition. There is no more warm blooded or aggressive man in the country. And he is known to be deeply attached to his party. His silence is the result of self discipline and a conception of judicial propriety which nothing can shake. It is not a political posture, but a deliberate line of conduct, which he has followed for nineteen years. The kindly looks turned upon him in the streets, the deference paid to him wherever he moves, without respect to * party, and the frank admiration expressed when his name comes up in private conversation in this cynical and suspicious neighborhood show how fully bis sincerity, breadth of mind and modest independence have impressed themselves upon those who have him under daily scrutiny. Kindness of heart, firmness of will, charity in the judgment of others, constancy in friendships, love of work for Its own sake, neighborliness, a quiet scorn for demagogy, self righteous attitudes or spectacular methods ? these are his recognized traits. He is never a boaster, and his sense of humor will not permit him to be pompous. It would be hard to find a man of more simple and wholesome manners?a cultivated jurist who has always been and still is a successful practical farmer. A Man of Giant Strength. Judge Parker is six feet tall and a man of giant strength. His shoulders are broad and his chest deep. His muscles, developed by hard work on the farm and by daily horseback riding, are the muscles of an athlete. He slopes perfectly as a man should, from his shoulders to his feet, and in spite of his nearly fifty-two years and his weight of 190 pounds his step is as light as a boy's, and he can vault into the saddle with ease. His face is thut of a country bred man, strong and full of color. The eyes are large and of an agreeable brown; lionlike eyes but for the kindly expression. One notices the eyes first and then the Immense jaws and formi dable rounthchin. The lower part of the face is heavy, but not brutal. It has a powerful line and outward thrust that suggest tremendous will power. The mouth Is large and masculine, with a thick lower lip. The upper teeth are big, flat and white. The lower teeth are smaller. The coarse, tawny musta-.hi goes well with the brilliant brown eyes and the reddish brown hair. The Judge's nose Is aquiline. He has high cheek bones, but the characteristic Is not marked. His high, broad forehead slopes back without a bump, it Is a singularly symmetrical brow, showing penetration, observation, ambition and energy. The block head is not large and is somewhat straight, so that it does not balance with the great Jaws and the fighting chin. .Nowhere In the face or head is there PARKER tudy of the Man, by James jfe as Farmer Boy, Schoolk?On the Supreme Court -His Farm at Esopus? His id Play? Strong, Simple, hly American?Grave Digireat Reserve Power. a suggestion of craft. Nor is there anything sidewlse or sly in the eyes. They look at you straight. The practical and logical dominate the imaginative qualities?impulse is a slave to will. The lack of wrinkles between the eyebrows and the smooth forehead Indicates a man who can concentrate his mind without the great effort which contracts the facial muscles. Judge Parker dresses well and always in dark colors, usually grays. His ordlnaryNattire is a cutaway coat of rough gray cloth and gray trousers. He wears a standing collar and a simple black cravat, held by a small pearl. Few men are more decorous or careful in their dress. In spite of his passion for work and his many pressing duties he usually dresses three times a day? for riding, for business and for dinner. And his clothes fit him, which cannot be said of most men in public life. Dignity Suggests Great Power. There is a grave dignity as well as a suggestion of immense power in Judge Parker which goes well with his black silk robe when he presides in the court of appeals. He is the youngest man in the row of judges. He is attentive to argument and keeps his eyes steadily on the lawyer who may be pleading. His courtesy to lawyers is well known. When he makes a ruling he does not waste words. It is useless to argue; the thing is done. All his associates say that he does everything in his power to save them from unnecessary work, and it is indicative of bis nature that be is the only member of the court of appeals who is always present when the court is open. The other judges take their weeks off regularly, but Judge Parker serves every <l?v nf thn aooeimi so thnt there shall always be some one on the bench fainiliur with every ruling or agreement made in court. As the judge sits high up In the great oaken hall of justice, with Its bronze statue of Livingston and its paneled portraits of dead jurists, John Jay in his crimson university robes high above them all, he can see through the windows the Hudson river, which sweepB the shore of his beloved farm at Esopus, sixty miles away, where his family, his crops and his herds await him at each week's end. However deeply his mind is Immersed in the complex problems of his great office, his heart is always in his farm, for he was born a farmer and will be one till he dies. This familiar and practical knowledge of farming and farmers is of great value to the court in dealing with agricultural cases. Judge Parker's Working Traits. Considering the fact that within a few months Judge Parker is likely to be the Democratic candidate for president it is worth while noticing his working traits as a public officer. He goes at his task without nervousness. It is hard to imagine a less nervous man. He works with method and deliberately. Unlike President Roosevelt, he does not lurch at things in a fury of energy, but makes progress In an orderly and calm mood. After dictating an opinion lie goes over the sheets and strikes out everything unnecessary or rhetorical. But his corrections ordinarily relate merely to details; he does not have to pull his work to pieces. Nor is there any one who ever heard him speak discourteously or in anger to a subordinate. His tact and natural kindliness make things move smoothly. Yet there is an Iron firmness about him. His Farm at Esopus. At the end of every week and during the summer vacation Judge Parker is to be found on his picturesque farm at Esopus, which overlooks the Hudson river. He has three farms in New York state?one of 150 acres at Cortland, another of 150 aores at Accord and still another of 90 acres at Esopus. He manages these three farms and makes them, on the whole, pay. He Is no dilettante stranger to the country, playing with agriculture as with a toy, but a real farmer, who directs the work, superintends the plowing and, in harvest time, goes out in his shirt sleeves to work with his men in the hay and sorghum. A careful estimate of Judge Parker's health places the value of all his possessions at about $30,000. This property he has acquired mostly by saving and good business judgment. His farm at Cortland came to him from his farmer father. He was born on It and worked along Its furrows as a boy. Of Old English Stock. On his father's side the judge comes of old English stock. His great-grandfather. John Parker, was born in 1751 at Worcester, Mass. He was a hardworking farmer. When the war for independence broke out he left his plow and served as a private under Washington until the American republic was established. Little is known of him except that he was a man of pluck and Independence and was greatly respected by his neighbors. His son, John Parker, was an Intelligent man, highly educated and public spirited. In 1803 he came to New York state and bought a farm at Cortland, the same farm which his distinguished grandson owns and cultivates today. He had a large family, and when his health broke down the burden fell heavily upon his son John, the father of Judge Parker. Those who remember the judge's father say that he was a man of studious habits. In spite of his bitter struggle for life on the farm he read widely and deeply. He was especially fond of committing rare passages to memory, and every spare mo ment found him poring over a good book. On bis mother's side Judge Parker derives good New England blood. His white haired mother, who lives at Derby, Conn., is a woman of refinement, education and strong character. Id the summer time she spends the judge's vacation with him at Esopus. She is a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance union. The giant sits before his mother while she solemnly lectures him on temperance, and,' being an abstemious man, he smiles and promises to be good. Her constant aim is to warn him against ambition. When the newspapers grow loud in his praise he is sure to get a letter from his mother exhorting him to be humble. Farmer Boy and Schoolteacher. The Judge was born on the farm near Cortland almost fifty-two years ago. tie attenueu toe vmage scnoois ana i worked about the farm. When sixteen | JUDQE ALTON years old he taught school In a coun- 1 try schoolhouse and established his au- 1 thorfty by thrashing the school bully. Timn ho tnncht sohool at Binahamton. ' Presently he was a teacher at Accord, in Ulster county, at $3 a day. He Intended to go to Cornell university and was saving money for that purpose, but his father's necessities drew from his slender income, and his hopes of a university course failed. He moved to Kingston and entered the law office of Schoonmaker & Hardenbergh as a clerk. Then he entered the Albany Law school, and upon graduating he returned to Schoonmaker & Hardenbergh. Within a few months he took a partner named Ivenyon and opened a law office at Kingston. For twelve years the young lawyer 1 practiced his profession in Kingston. He had a good income and won several ' important cases. During that time he was quite free from the control or in- : fiuence of large corporations. i In 1877 he was elected surrogate of Ulster county and was afterward elected for a second term. That was his i first experience of public office. i His entrance into politics was due ] simply to his love for his old employer, Judge Schoonmaker, who had been > driven out of politics. He believed that ' the judge had been wronged and aet out to restore him to popular favor. So earnest was his campaign that he soon became a recognized political factor In Ulster county, being a favorite of Mr. Tilden and Mr. Manning, who trusted and consulted him. In 1885 he was Induced to become chairman of the Democratic state executive committee, and in the campaign which he managed David B. Hill was elected governor. Mr. Hill appointed him to a seat on the supreme court bench when Justice Westbrook died. Honors Came Early. When Judge Parker was thirty-three years old he was unanimously nominated for the supreme court bench by the Democrats. The Republicans would not nominate an opponent. Not a vote was cast against him. He served on 1 the supreme court bench until his election as chief Judge of the court of appeals in 1897 by a plurality of about 60,000 votes. During his nineteen years on the bench he has Ignored politics. In 1896 and 1900 he voted for Mr. Bryan, but It was well understood that he was a sound money man and merely accepted the will of the majority In his party. Judge Parker's wife was Miss Schoonmaker of Accord, a woman of rare refinement and good Dutch Revolutionary blood. Their daughter married the Rev. Charles M. Hale, rector of an Episcopal church at Kingston, which is within easy driving distance of Esopus. The Judge's son died two years ago. It is on the farm at Esopus that Judge Parker's personality has full swing. Here he writes his most important Judicial opinions. Here, too, wnrts in liis fields, nmnes his trees and cares for bis thirty registered Red Poll cuttle, bis full blooded PolandChina pigs and fine flock of Shropshire sheep. Rosemont, for so the farm Is called, Is a beautiful place, all up and dowD hill, fronting the Hudson and extending on either side of the rocky road that sprawls in from the village of Esopus. Across the great river is seen one of the new Vnnderbilt houses. In the other direction are the lovely wooded mountains leading toward the Catskills. His Home Life. The judge's house Is a modest but comfortable wooden structure, standing on the stone foundations of a Dutch house of colonial times. It Is Bet on the side of a hill among shade trees and fronts the river. It is the abode or nospiranty ana rennement, the typical home of an American gentleman. The pictures, the books, the furniture, the wide hall and glowing fireplace, the sunny library and the D DADVCD d. rnnivtn. lining room, with Its long mahogany table, all show evidences of intelligent tastes that were not developed in one generation. Here Judge Parker walks among his bulls and cows, in top boots and pea jacket, the incarnation of strength and virility. He strides through the sorghum and hay fields, visits the great barn, tends the sick cow or fondlea the latest calf and helps bis men to clear up the leaves or stubble. His cheeks glow, his eyes shine, and he Bwings his arms like a boy, drinking in great drafts of the pure air or whistling a merry tuDe. None of his eight farm hands knows half as much as he does about the trees, the crops, the cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, turkeys or ducks. Whether In the peach or apple orchard, in the cow pasture, barn or sty, he Is the master of all in knowledge as well as in energy. He will ply his pitchfork or put his shoulder under a heavy load with the best of them, and it Is a good man who can keep up with him. He is modest enough, save when he stands among his great Red Poll cattle, the pride of his heart. Then he swells with conscious comradeship, for they are like him?big, strong and genuine. There is no finer sight in that part of the country than Judge Parker in the middle of his herd, calling to his great bulls and laughing as they come to him. There are a tall silo and a cold storage house, built on the judge's plans. In the storage house are apples, pears, cider and all manner of good things to cat, mostly the product of Rosemont Thrift, orderliness and energetic management are everywhere in evidence. In his home the gentle, lovable traits of the austere chief judge reveal themselves. To his wife, the inspiration of his mature life, he is always like a boyish lover. To his venerable mother he is the dutiful son. smiling at her stern sermons on temperance and humility, but proud of her noble character. He takes his little redheaded grandson by the hand and swings around the veranda with him like another child. He catches up his baby granddaughter Mary in his arms and dances up and down the wide hall, whistling the while. And when his name is mentioned to her she always purses her. rosy lips .and .tries to whistle. He drives his family to hls'son-ln law's church at Kingston every Sun day and sings heartily, so that stran gers In the congregation are opt t< turn their heads. Nor does he forget t< have his domestic servants, who an Roman Catholics, driven to their owr church regularly. The Judge Is a vestryman In th< Kingston church and, although a mar of very moderate means, he Is probablj the wealthiest man in the congrega tlon. He is the practical pillar of th< church and takes an active Interest It Its charities, Its cooking and sewlnj and dancing schools, Its physical cul ture class and Its basketball games foi boys. He Is also a contributor to th< funds of the local orphan nsylum anc 4a r\f fhs monoaropa nf thh ITinff ID vug VI kUV UiUUUgVftD v? vuv ?--o aton city hospital. His neighborly usefulness is to hi seen on all sides. He is even th< freight agent of a steamboat company so that the little private dock on hii farm may be used for the convenient of the community, and there the fast est steamboats of the Hudson touch 01 their way to and from New York. Likes Magazines and Novels. He is a confirmed magazine reader delighting in such periodicals as Har per's and the Outlook. He seldon reads poetry, but is fond of good nov els. Mrs. Parker is always on the aler for a good new story for her hard working husband. But his natura taste is for Dickens, Thackeray anc Scott. He delights in the vigorous ou of door atmosphere of "The Scottlsl Chiefs." Jefferson is his favorite polit ical writer. Any book or article on ag riculture or cattle breeding is sure t< Interest him. His daughter, Mrs. Hale, is an ac compllshed musician and used to sin( in a choir at Kingston. The judge tool her to Germany to study music, bu< Mrs. Parker's health failed suddenly and her daughter insisted on returning to the United States. Mrs. Hale playi the piano for her father, and he occa sionully sings. His musical tastes ar< very simple, and classical composition! are apt to bore bim. After he has spent a morning work lng on his judicial opinions?hours ol grave concentration, when no one h permitted to interrupt his quifet?anc when he is waiting for lunch his sec retary, Arthur MacCausland, will sii at the piano while the Judge in a sweel tenor voice sings old fashioned ballad! or hymns, "I Feel Just as Youug as 1 Used to Be," "Only an Armor Bearer,' "Hold the Fort," and so on. It is all very simple and natural 1e that house, and hospitality is the Aral law. Indeed, the judge carries hospitality to an extreme. All his neigh bors are his friends. When he sits al the head of the long mahogany dining table with his wife, mother, brother daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren, with one or two guests and perhaps a neighbor visitor, he is the lift of the scene?gentle, dignified, helping the conversation, but never forcing it a rare gift in a man of strong men tality. A Dav With Judee Parker. I * " o It seems a small thing to write aboul a man's private habits, yet they throM some light upon his character, and, ii the case of this farmer chief judge who has shrunk so long from publl( notice, a description of his ordinary day is suggestive of his type. Nothing In the life of a candidate for president is untmpo-tant. ne rises usually at half past ( o'clock in the morning, takes his colc plunge, shaves and dresses himself ii thirty minutes. His riding dress is i brown corduroy jacket and breeches cloth cap and leather leggings. Aftei taking a cup of coffee without sugai he Is ready for his ride. Then be mounts his big bay saddle horse and rides at a hard trot for ai hour over the country roads. The whole region is full of historical in terest, and the judge knows everj house and story. Now and then ai early rising farmer sees him riding ai a full gallop, talking to his horse anc sometimes throwing up his arms lr sheer excess of animal spirits. After his dally ride, which he takes whether in Albany or at Esopus, re gardless of the season, he dresses foi business and eats a hearty breakfast usually of fruit, oatmeal porridge, beef steak or sausages or bacon and eggs with buckwheat cakes, maple sirup hot corn bread and two cups of coffee When breakfast is over he goes t< court for consultation, if he is in A1 bany, or works on bis opinions, if he h at Esopus. An Abstemious Man. His ordinary luncii jonsists of thir soup, tea without milk or sugar, fruii and custard or pumpkin pie. Then he goes to court and sits on th< bench until G o'clock, or, if he is on thi farm, he divides his time between hi! cattle, crops and judicial writing. He always pi?.:>.< on evening dress foi dinner. That meal is generally mad< up of soup and a roast, such as beef lamb or spareribs, principally of hi: own killing, followed by a salad ant fruit or pie. His one abomination ii "buttermilk pap," a beverage which hli wife delights in, but seldom servei when he Is present Tho inrice usually drinks water witl his dinner, save when he has guests and then Mrs. Parker sets forth wine He occasionally takes a whisky high ball with his meal. Altogether he Is t strongly abstemious man. He smokei after dinner, but never before. Sleeps Only Six to Seven Hours, Notwithstanding the early hour al which he rises and the steady vigoi with which he works, Judge Parkei does not retire before 11 o'clock oi midnight He sleeps soundly and Is U{ again, clear eyed and smiling, at 6:3( o'clock. He averages less than seven hours In bed. To understand the judge's business capacity and his common sense way of dealing with difficult situations It Is necessary to know how he saved the Ulster County Savings Institution. In , September, 1801, this Important bank, which had deposits of $2,500,000, closed its doors in consequence of embezzlements by the treasurer and assistant treasurer of sums which, with the divl1? o mnimfA/l Cii/Vk fWVt Thla I IICJUUO UUC, UUiVUUICU IV ?JFWV,VW. AU'O , wiped out tbe supposed surplus and ' left tbe institution wltb a deficiency. r The usual action was taken by the at; torney general to wind up the business j and distribute the assets, and a tempo. rary receiver was appointed. It was found that It was Impossible , to wind up tbe affalrB of tbe bank In ? tbe ordinary way without substantially destroying the market value of the real j estate of the bank. This was so be, cause tbe institution had invested about $1,500,000 In real estate mortgages, onej half of which were on farms. To throw so many farms on the market would have caused a crash In their values. Among the trustees of the bank were ' Judge Parker, General Sharpe and Judge Kenyon. Judge Parker was on 1 bis farm at Accord when he got a hint that there was something wrong. He t left his fields, hurried to Kingston, - made a quick Investigation and had 1 the assistant treasurer lodged In Jail I that night. To save the depositors from ioss Judge Parker took the leadership. He ' ti'lnH (rat onmo otrnnir Ingtitntinn like nn insurance company to take an assignment of tlie mortgages, with > some local bank as discount agent No Institution willing to take the asslgn ment could be found. It looked as If i the mortgages would have to be forec closed to pay the debt which meant t a destruction of values and little as, sets for the depositors, who were in a f state of terror and confusion. ! Worked Night and Day. > Judge Parker began to look abont i for an honorable and wise way to save the Institution and Its depositors. He got a number of the old trustees to ' assist him. | His scheme was a new one In New York state. The idea was to ask the ^ equity court to substitute in place of t the temporary receiver twenty-five , prominent citizens to act as trustees. [ The judge worked day and night urg' ing the strongest men In the county to his aid in saving the bank. He i got presidents and cashiers of banks t and other business men enlisted. Ev erything else was thrown aside until . the twenty-five trustees were secured. ; Fortunately for the institution, ; Charles M. Preston, the state superin, tendent of banking, who lived at Kingston, gave Judge Parker's bold plan his official support. The legal > battle was before Justice Fursman in j the special term of the supreme court , at Troy. It resulted in a decree sub. stituting the twenty-five trustees for the temporary receiver and scaling down the amount due to each depositor to his pro rata share of the assets. The t court also enjoined the depositors from r drawing out more than 25 per cent of t their deposits till further Judicial orders were made. : Stopping a Panic. r And now a tremendous excitement > was stirred up in consequence of local t political disturbances. The leading newspaper of Ulster county, to em barrass the bank and thus Injure some ' of the original trustees, advised the 1 depositors to draw out tneir aiiowame 1 25 per cent as soon as tlie bank's doors opened, as it would probably be all r they would ever get. A frantic crowd of depositors i stormed the bank. The "run" meant j ruin. But when the doors opened j there was Judge Parker, with a bag of money which he had obtained In , New York. He was determined to , prevent a panic. Leaping on the treasj. urer*s desk, with flashing eyes he faced L the white faced, excited crowd, and, l flinging a roll of money down, he cried: "Come on! We are ready to pay. Come on! Do you think we would ' waste our time on a broken bank?" p Instantly the panic ceased. Judge Parker had saved the day. The depos\ itors departed, and only 11 per cent of them drew out their money. That ' saved the Ulster County Savings lnsti' tution, which has since worked out of j its dltliculties. The general term of the supreme nnd the court of appeals both sustained Judge Parker's novel plan as sound in law. The Judge never rested till the thieving treasurer and assistant treasurer were sent to the state prison, where they both died; ' After awhile Judge Parker was asked to become president of the bank. J He declared that he would only accept i the position on condition that the sal3 ary should be abolished. This was agreed to, and he was elected presir dent. He did not retire until the deposits of the bank were several hundred thousand dollars greater than ' they were before its doors were closed. * The rescue of this savings bank and I Its depositors Is the achievement of * which Judge Parker Is proudest. It Is ? the most stirring incident of his priJ vale life. , 'tar San Miguel church, in Santa Fe, , N. M., is the oldest ecclesiastical edi. flee existing in this country, says the L Denver Times. It was erected in 1582, j and perhaps even earlier. In 1680 Sante Fe was burned and the roof of San Miguel was consumed and the interior ? badly damaged. In 1710 the church t was put in thorough repair. Under the . care of the Christian Brothers the church is kept in excellent condition. This adobe church in an adobe town ' is a, unique memorial of one of the ' most stirring and romantic episodes ' of American history. piscfUancous Reading. LIFE WITH A PURP08E. Here Lies the Keynote of Usefulness and 8uecess. Written for the Yorkville Enquirer. It is the duty and It should be the pleasure of every intelligent and responsible being to have a purpose in life. There are multitudes whose lives seem to be altogether purposeless. They are carried down the stream of time not knowing where they are going to land. How sad to think of an , immortal being taking such a view of his life In this world! We have In the Apostle Paul a splendid example of a , man with a noble purpose-In life. His is an ideal case. "From the time when ne Decame a unrisuan, raui anew r ai he had a definite work to do; and the call he had received to it never ceased to ring like a tocsin In his soul. He felt that he had a world of new truths to utter and that the salvation of mankind depended on their utterance. It was this which made him so impetuous in his movements, so blind to danger, so contemptuous of suffering. 'None of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my cdurse with Joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.' He lived with the account which he would have to give at the judgment seat of Christ ever in his eye, and his heart was revived in every hour of discouragement by the vision of the crown of life which, if he proved faithful, the Lord, the righteous Judge, would place upon his head." It should be our desire and our aim in life to follow in the footsteps of the great apostle. Each one of us should have a purpose in life, a purpose that covers all the details of life. This pur pose should run through all of our plans and efforts like a golden chain giving to our lives a symmetrical unity and a beautiful harmony. The purpose which we have should be right, absolutely right A mistake here will be fatal. Paul's purpose was the right kind of a purpose. So it should be with us. Our purpose in life should live and move and have Its very being In the purest righteousness. Be sure you are right Don't make a mistake here. Be sure that your purpose is right; be sure that the end you have in view is right; be sure the means you use in executing your plans are right Be conscientious in this matter. Let truth and right and justice and virtue and temperance and conscience and courage form the constituent parts in the rainbow of character that jigans your life from beginning to end. Be right and then be yourself. I "To thine own self be true; And it must follow as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man." Having formed your purpose for life, adhere to It at all hazards. Look at Paul. There was nothing that could cause him to deviate one hair's breadth from his purpose. He was In the omnipotent grasp of an unchanging and unchangeable purpose. His purpose was so thoroughly inwrought Into his very soul and life that It became an * ' ?1 M *-1? VA(M? TIiam essential pan ui uio vciy ucn?0. ^uwv was no agency that could sever the union existing between his person and his purpose. . The storms of opposition beat upon his house; but It stood, because it was founded upon a rock. Be sure you are right and then go forward. Be controlled, not by policy, nor by expediency, but by principle. Cleave to your purpose through adversity as well as prosperity, through clouds as well as sunshine, through darkness as well as daylight. Be persistent in your adherence to your purpose. The purposeful life will be rewarded. There is no reward for the purposeless life. It is absolutely barren?a complete failure. "Count that day lost whose low descending sun Views from thy hand no worthy action done." But Just as sure as God sits upon the throne, Just so sure will a rich reward come to the man whoee life has been dominated by a right purpose. "If thou canst plan a noble deed, And never flag till it succeed, Tho' in the strife thy heart should bleed. Whatever obstacles control, Thine hour will come?go on true soul ! Thou'lt win the prize, thou'lt reach the goal." Wm. G. Neville. T.he Juggernaut Mtth.?Only two towns in India are more sacred than Muttra. One is Benares and the other is Jagernath, or Juggernaut, which to oKnnt i so miles south of Calcutta on the shore of the Bay of Bengal. There Is the great idol which we have all heard about from the missionaries, but I regret to say that there has been a good deal of misrepresentation and exaggeration. When I was a boy I read in Sunday school books the most heart-tearing tales about the poor heathen, who cast themselves down before the car of Juggernaut and were crushed to lifeless pulp under its monstrous wheels. This story has befen told thousands of times to millions of horrified listeners, but an inquiry into the fact does not confirm it. It is true that on certain holy days the great image of Juggernaut Jagernath, which 1 oliooao to anoll It. and C VC1 TTCXJ JVU VMVVWV W it weighs many tons, is placed upon a car and the car is drawn through the crowded streets by thousands of pilgrims, who cast flowers, rice, wheat, palm leaves, bamboo wisps, sweetmeats and other offerings in its way. Occasionally in the throng that presses . around the image some one is thrown down and has the life trampled out of him; on several occasions people have been caught by the wheels or the frame of the car and crushed, and at rare intervals some hysterical worshiper has fallen In a fit of epilepsy and been run over, but the official records, which began in 1818, show only nine such occurrences during the last eighty-six years.?Wm. E. Curtis In Chicago Record-Herald.