The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 20, 1906, Image 7
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The Horry Herald
CONWAY, S. C.
'rhu-sd%*, 13 1936.
Home Htrenuotts Inn .
One of the claims put f jrth by
those who wish to abolish the dlspen
?ary la that It 1b the cause of all the
devilment that tskee plane in the
State and that when It Is abolished
all will be serene ard lovely. Qreenvllle
county voted out the dispensary
sometime 8gc,'but the condition" do*t
not seem to Improve very rapidly
there under prohibition. The Orepn
vllle News last Monday week said
"judging frcm the criminal courts of
the municipality, Sunday In several
of the churobea around the olty, In
stead of being a day of monotonous
discourses conducive to sound slumber,
was a day of hilarious excitement,
and In more than one congregation,
gathered together ostensibly for mpd
liaui.n ana worship, the Evil Out
made himself manifest in no unoer
tain manner."
The News then goes on to say that
two coloied y( uths were arraigned be
fore the Mayor on the change of tight
lng In church during divine servloes on
Sunday before. Then one Willlat*
J jhnson, als-hfiolored, was hauled up
for disturbing public worship at an
other church. According to rhe News,
Johnson was under the li 11 lenoe of
"blue steel," which we suppose is s
pet name for blind tiger whiskey, anr
did not like tbe sermon and under
took to clean up things. Theo. Oban
dler, another colored buck, was re
ported for maliciously shooting into >
picnic at Plney Mount. It is sa d
that after the llrst shot the redoubt
able Theodore had the Mount all tc
himself all the picnic rs having scampered
ff to get out of the way of tly
log buliets. Luckily no one was killed,
and as yet the warlike Theodon
has not been arrested.
Then came the R?.v. G. W. Burgest
white, swore out & warrant befort
Magistrate Stradley Sunday against
Frank Watts, white, oh&rging hixi
with disturbing worship, swearing,
ourstng and using blasphemous language
to the great annoyarce jnf tb(
worshippers at a church in the Green
v He suburbs. It is said that Mr.
Burgess is a "Holiness" man. Thi
Rev. Mr. Singleton was conducting
the services when Watts, it is alleged
began putting in a few words for thr
Evil O le, muoh to the confusion < i
the speaker and to the delight of th(
more irreverent. Walts has net yet
been arrested.
It locks like these cases ought to br
enough for oue month for a good prohibition
town like Greenville, bus i?
seems not. One day last week tb?
young and innocent reporter of tht
Hews was assaulted and choked to in
sensibility in the mayor'* office by e
local oontractor on account oi certain
headlines that had appeared in his
paper. Before the contractor at
tacked the reporter he bad been
rouDdly abused by the mayor and an
ex*ohlef of police, all of whom wert
in the mayor's office together. AH
these troubles, we suppose, were caus
ed by whlskev that was bought from
the dispensary before It was voted out,
as Greenville is now a prohibite n
county, and there is no whiskey to be
bought there. But whatever the
causa, no one will deny that Green
ville has some strenuous times for a
dry towrn
Selsod a Still,
Monday night Mr. Jenkins assisted
by Constable Hoy tf R ok Hill sdc
"W^'ght of Chester and Depute Sher
iff Q linn captured anothered 70 gal
Ion copper still, worm and cap apr
everything complete, abr ut 6 or 8
miles west of Bethany ol uroh, and a<
the same place that Mt Jenkins on t
raid some months ago, found a roaring
lire In a furnace from which i
large still had been hastily carrier
away. York C< u ity seems to be fuo
of illicit whiskey distillers.
Dieustd ?s Woman,
A Greenvllie negro who escaped
from jail sbcun a week ago was
captur d in Greenville on Thursday
The negro was found at the home of
bis mother near the city. He wa
wearing a dress and attempting u
pass as a w( man. bsrnaoy ha* been
'Modgrd In J.1ill aid will be sent back
^o the penitent ary to continue serv
ing his seven-year senteLCe for man
slaughter
Monniutitl to fSt Rio.
R*v. Dr. Davis W. Clark, of Clnoin
nati, Ohio, is making an tffort to se
cure sufficient money to ereot a mon
ument over the grave of the late ne
pro poet, Paul Lawrence Dmbar
Kiv Clark's father was aelavenolder,
hut he says "the man who wrote
'When Nandy Sings' and 'When the
Com Pone is Hjt' deserves a monu*
ment."
btx Mm Killed.
The parting of a cable on the Brit*
' lsh Bteamer Halls In the port of Progresso,
Yucatan, brought instant
death to six men Thursday. The/
were in a small boat alongside the
Bteamer, whioh was being unloaded,
when several tons if ooxea machinery
broke from the hoists and crashed
fairly on tip of the small boate. Two
were rescued unhurt.
Key ward To Instil.
Columbia, S. 0., S pt., 12, 1006.
Hon. Martin F. Ansel, Git-envine, S.
C.
Accept my slnoere congratulations
upon tbe flattering vote wbich has
k nimlnated you for Governor of South
Carolina. 1 hope your administrate n
will be moat sucoesaf ul in all that pertains
to tbe welfare of our State.
D. 0. Hbyward.
HENRIK IBSEN.
How tke ScAntllnnTlan DranatUl
ImprMaod an Obwrver,
Will lain Archer tells how lleurtk Ibsen
Impressed him when ho met the
Scumllnnvluu dramatist In Uomo In
1881: "In glided an undersized man
with very broad shoulders and a large
leonine head, wearing a long black
frock coat with very broad lapels, ou
one of which a knot of red ribbon was
conspicuous. I knew hiiu ut qneo, but
was a little taken aback by his low
stature. Ills natural height was even
somewhat diminished by a habit of
bending forward slightly from the
waist, hegotteu, no doubt, of shortsightedness
and the iicod to poor Into
things.
"lie moved very slowly and noiselessly,
with his hands behind his back
?an unobtrusive personality. But
there wus nothing insignificant about
the high and massive forehead, crowned
with a mane of (then) Iron gray
hair, the small and pale but piercing
eyes behind the gold rimmed sins'tacles,
or the thin lipped month, depressed
at the corners Into a curve Indicative
of Iron will mul ?<> tuifu-nm.
- w
whiskers of the sumo dark gray us tlie
liuir.
"The most cursory ot>sorver could
not but recognize power and character
in the head, yet one would scarcely
have guesifrd It to t?o the power of a
poet, the character of a prophet. One
would father have supposed one's self
face to face with an emlnont statesman
or diplomatist."
THE GULF OF MEXKX),
AuhtUni'h ModltorriUHMtn kim! Km
I'poiiiIho For tlio V'ii(nst.
The gulf of Mexico Is a sea 1,000
miles long from the straits of Florida
to the harbor of Tumplco and 800
miles wUle from tlio mouth of the
Mississippi river to tlni mouth of the
Coatzacoalcos.
This Mediterranean of tin? west is
surrounded by countries of extraordinary
richness In the fertility of their
soil, the geniality of their climates,
tho vastness and value of their forests
and the variety and extent of
their mineral endowments.
All these countries, capable of sustaining
hundreds of millions of people,
are Inhabited by nations and races
who live under republican forms of
government and cherish and maintain
free institutions. The northern coast
line of this Important sea Is In the
great republic of the United States of
North America. The southern half Is
In the next greatest American republic.
that of Mexico, while on the wist
are the Important Islands of tlve West
Indies, with Cuba at their head. The
region around this most Important sea
Is destined to be far richer, more [>oworful
and more distinguished in the
history and affairs of our globe tlinn
wore ovor those that bordered the
ancient Mediterranean of the eastern
hemisphere, not even excepting Egypt.
Greco and Home.?New Orleans Picayune.
M. A1 b?u and 111m Tenohw.
By some strange Irony St. Alban.
tlie martyred but possibly myth kail
Roman soldier, whose festival falls
on June 22, has quite overshadowed
his probably historic Instructor, St.
Amphibalus, whose anniversary cotnes
on the following day. AI suit Amphibalus
we know tlint he was n native
of Cnerleon, which the golden
legend expr ?sses by dubldng* him "n
prince's son of Wales in grete arnye."
He was burled at Redbourne, I ait
"translated" to St. Albau's abt>ey,
where Irs cup was preserved, "which
they of the common sort call St. AlTabelle*Rolle."
In former times children
were frequently christened with his
name, and AITabell Partridge was goldsmith
to Queen EU/.al)eth.?Westminster
Gazette.
lkinklrk'n Fpte of I.niiferna.
Oik' of the quaintest of the numerous
yearly fetes still in honor at Dunkirk
Is the fete of lanterns, instituted
many hundreds of years ago in honor
of Sp. Martin, bishop of Tours, who
died in 31K>, and who was one of the
prelates by whose efforts the early inhabitants
of these purts were converted
to Christianity. As soon as dusk
sets in the celebration commences, and
nil the urchins of the town congregate
in the main thoroughfares. Each one
bears a paper lantern, some of which
are of considerable proportions, being
shaped in the form of a sldp or n
flower. With lanterns in hand and
blowing lustily on horns and trumpets,
the crowd of youngsters parades
the streets.?London News.
Fulfil Cure ICloplimit*.
The temple elephant in southern India
is the object of great resjieet, for
physical contact with him Is supposed
to do more good to tho human body
than the best medlcino. Adult men
and women warily feel his legs with
their finger tips ami press them revently
to their eyes, and ailing children
are for a small consideration carried
on his back the distance of a few
ntrklos that tliov mnv ItA raiivul
Madras Mall.
He (to<]er?t04><l.
"Walk right In, dear. Your supper's
ready, your slippers ure right
where you can And them easily, and
your pipe and tolmcco are on the writing
desk, handy for you."
"All right, Molly," groaned the tired,
suspicious husband. "You cam get
that new dress tomorrow."
K nowledjr*.
Properly there Is no other knowledge
but that which Is got by working.
The rest Is all yet a hypothesis of
knowledge, a thing to be argued of In
schools, a thing floating in the clouds,
tn endless logle vortices, till we try
to fl* it?Oartyie^
SUNDAY TNADtNG. * |
arkHa ?ad Fair* In Charrkfavda fm
Gavlf Kitglatid.
It may safely be asserted that from
the tline of tlie Conqueror (lOUd-1087)
Sunday trading received much attention.
In early ages markets and fairs
were lioUl on Sundays and frequently
In ttve cburohynnls.
In Uktt tlie Inhabitants of (Vx'kerinouth
presented a petition to parliament,
as their market was fast declining
tlirotigh tla> inhabitants of Crosthwalte
dealing In corn, flour, beans,
flesh, flali, at tlwdr church on Sumlays
and that thereby they were unable to
pay tlioir tolls to the king (Edward I.).
An order was issiunl for closing the
church market at Crosthwalte.
At Bradford, Yorkshire, during the
sauu? reign tlu* market was held on a
Sunday, doubtless In tlve gjiurchyurd.
The toll yielded ?3 jht atumm.
In lliHfl a statute was passed enacting
that lumceforth neither fairs nor
markets l>e hekl In churchyards, for
tlm honor of live church.
In 1312 a market was granted to the
town of Sedge lie Id, Durham, to be held
on a Friday, Init was soon chungvd to
Sunday.
In 13<rr tin* archbishops of Canterbury
and York delivered charges directing,
among other things, that "we
tlrmly forbid any one to keep a market
in tIk* churclioH, the porches and
the cemeteries thereunto Itelonglng or
otJier holy places on tike Lord's day or
other holy festivals." ? Notes and
kJUCTlOH.
BLUE PAPER.
Th* 1'nHMN* of llnkliiv It IXmcovcvmI
l?y mi A.o?-i?lr ut.
"A woman," sa id a jwiiHT maker, "Invented
blue paper. It was by accident
that she (lid It though. Roforo Ikt time
all jHiiK'r was whEe.
"K1m? was tlve wife of William Enstos,
one of the lending paper makers of
England In tlm eighteenth century. In
passing through U*? paper plant otw>
day slko dropinnl a big blue ling Into a
vat of pulp. Eastos was a stern chap,
and so, s1ivh? no one luul soon the ucoldont,
Mrs. Eustus dooUkxl to say nothing
about It.
"Tlie paper tn the vat, which should
have Imhmi white., came out blue. Tlio
workmen were inystitied, Eastes enraged.
Mrs. Eastes kept quiet. The
upshot wii8 that the ihijht was sent to
Ivoiwlon, marked 'damagtsU to be sold
for whatever It would bring.
"Rut the selling agent In I?ndon
was shrewd. He saw that this blue
tinted pajier was attractive. lie declared
It to Ik> n wonderful new Invention,
and lie sold It <>tY like liot cakes
at double tin* white ixiper's price.
"Eastos soon received nil order for
more of tin? blue paper? nn order that
lie ami his men wasted several days
In trying to vainly fill.
"Then Mrs. EuHtos mime forward
and told tlx* Rtory of the bine cloth |
bag. Tikcre was ito dllllculty ?ft?*r
that In making tin? bhio paper. This
paper's price remained very high, tlx>
Castes lwivlng a moixipoly In It."
Phllnii(hroi>fr SpiirnmK.
An Incident wliieh, the writer declares,
raised tlx.' pugnacious sparrow
several degrooe In ids estimation is
described in Outhvg. It slxiws that the
sparrow has otlier good (pialltles l?esldos
ills stnrdlix>?s aixl self reliance.
For several days fmir or five sparrow#
had visited a certain place on tlx' roof
near my window. They always brought
food for anotlnsr little fellow, who
never triod a flight from the spot. The
visiting sparrows never came empty
hilled. They would drop tiny morsels
at food near tlx* Mttie sparrow. When
it began to oat tlx* ertnnlw tlx> others
sot up a groat chirping and t)x?n How
away. After watching this for a few
day* I went out oti tlx> roof ami approached
tlx? loin; bird. It did not flutter
away from nx? and made ix> resistance
when I picked it up. Tlx* sparrow
was blind. Its eyes wore oovored
with a milklike film.
('4MI1HMMI ClINf.
The Scotchman's disposition to regard
his own judgment as the l>est that
can l>e found is well illustrated In a
story once told of tlie moderator of a
Scotch presbytery. Tills man's opinion
differed widely on a certain question
relating to church discipline from that
of the associates with whom lie was
ostensibly consulting. At last ho said
that he would lay the matter before the
Iiord In prayer and then wait for his
guidance. "O Ixird," said the moderator
fervently and with |>orfoet sincerity
of purpose, '*<) Ix>rd, grant that
we may t?e right In this matter, for
thou knowest that we are very decided."
IOawiikK IIIn Oonnclenoe.
TTk? Kev. Mr. Goodman (Inspecting
himself in mirror)?Caroline, I don't
really l>elk?ve I otight to wear this wig.
It looks like living a Ik;. Mrs. Goodman?Mobs
your heart, Avery, don't let
that trouhk; you. Hint wig will never
fool anybody for one moment.?Chicago
Tribune.
Fooled.
Cornhttne? Yon have been 111, haven't
yon?
Gerald--Yen. I was threatened wttii
brain fever.
Geraldlno?What a big Joke on the
fever,?New York Press.
TIm Millionaire** Offenm,
"That millionaire yonder has cheated
me out of a fortune."
"How? Wouldn't he let you marry
bts daughter?"
"Worse than that lie never bad a
daugbte*."
Tt?e first Instance of collaboration In
English literature was that of the
plays written by Beaumont and
Fletcher.
M I r\OPlVr*w. I L.I ti kVjrf, ^
Moat Dreaded of LlTlnf Thlaft ! '
B?aa(orUI Africa.
Europeans who visit the groat equatorial
forests ?of Africa are subject to t
many risks, but none perhaps so dan- i
gerous as contact with tiie hashikouay. ?
or great bull ant, which Is said to be ?
the most dreaded of living things to l*? (
found In that region. It Is gluttonous
tn tlio extreme. That which it attacks
it consumes on the spot?nothing Is f
carried away for further convenience. j
Elephants, leopards, gazelle's, lions. \
snakes, gorillas, monkeys, even the [
human atHirlgines of the districts it {
Infests, fly from any neighborhood In
which they know it to be located. Ac- |
cording to well accredited reports. t
these awe Inspiring bull ants travel. (
llko locusts, In vast armies, marching (
In a line two inches or more broad and |
miles lu length. One of these nrmies ^
has boon known to take twelve hours
to pass a given point. These ants pre j
fer the shade and. rather than Is* exposed
to the rays of the blazing huh,
will burrow tunnels tinder the surface
of tlio ground and thus travel until (
they come to tlx? shelter of tries. Any '
animal which, unaware of the proximity
of the bull ant and reposing in (
the solltudo of tlio volt, happens to he '
attacked has no cliancc of escai>o. It ]
is devoured with irresistible fury, and '
within a few minutes u^ile of hleaelied ;
bones marks the spot where It reposed.
A gnsit deal of valuable information '
about tills dmuled croature has lxH?n (
published by n French zoologist, M. do ^
Challler, wlu> lias described a personal I
encounter with tlie bull ant. "1 re- f
member well tlu> llrst time I met the c
hashlkouays on a raid. I knew not <
what was In store for me. I was hunt- ?'
Ing by mystvlf. when suddenly tho for- '1
est became alive with the foo. A sud- i
don dread sol/jod mo, and I stood still i
In the hunting path, resting on my gun. (
Suddenly, as If by magic, 1 was cor- (
ered and bitten evorywlvertv 1 flod lnN t
lmsto nod found rvfqge In n deep i
stream, yet oven tlxm tike strong pinch- j
era (rf the ants would not glw way, t
ami though tike IkxIU-s wopo torn o(T tlko t
heads remained. Tike iuitlve trllx?. ,
when a man Is condemned for wltcb- f
craft. generally fasten lilin to a tree t
before an Inroad of tlkese ants. After j
they Irnvs ponsod a shining skeleton |
alone 1h left tx> toll the tale."
THE SCENT OF SICKNESS,
Mo*t IXmhimv*, It In CIaIiimsV i int-r
Their ChnnM'IrrlMtlo ()?lon?.
The acutenoss of the sense of Rinoll
Is far greater In many of the lower nnlnntlo?dogs.
for example?than In man, (
and tliey employ It In guiding them to 1
thotr food. In warning them of ap- i
pronchlng danger and for otlior purpose.
The sphere of tie? susceptibility <
to vnclous 04Vu's la more uniform aiul t
extended In man, and tin? sense of i
smell la cajniblo of great cultivation,
like the otlkcr special senaon. It may i
be cultivated by attention and prtwc- |
tka?. 10x;wrts can discriminate quail- ,
ties of wlneo, liquors. drugs, etc. 1 daeiuses
have their characteristic odors.
Persons wlu? have visited many different
asylums for tike Insaiko rooog- ,
ulze the same famlliftr <mIot of tike insane.
It ie. ivK Insane asylums iilotve,
but prlsotks, jails. worklRHises, armies
In camp, churches, schools and nearly
every hotiseliohl that have characteristic
(aba's. It la wtnm tike Insane, the
prisoners and tlx* soldiers are aggregated
In large groups or Ixittallons 1
that their characteristic odor Is reoog
nizeu. Most diseases have their characteristic
(Klor?, and by the exercise of
the sen we of smell they could l>o utilisuxl
in different diagnoses.
For example, favus has n mousy
odor, rheumatism lata ft copious so?ur
smelling, acid sweat A person aflllctcd
with pyaemia Iwis a sweet, nausea
11 uk hroath. The rank, unbearable
odor of pus from tlie middle ear tells
the tale of the doeay of osseous tissue.
In scurvy the odor Is putrid. In chronic
peritonitis musky, In scrofula like
stale ln?er. In intermittent fever like
fresh baked brown bread. In fever amnion
Incnl. In hysteria like violets or
nlnn.ii.iJn .II..I.I I ?-- ? r
fever, epilepsy, phthisis, etc., have
cluiructerlslic odors.?i'hilndelphla Itec- '
ord.
i
Pnlr \Vnnilnar.
An old time English barrister was
John Williams, a sarcastic wit and a
bachelor with an Intense prejudice |
against marriage. Ills clerk one day .
asked him for a holiday to get mar- ]
riod, and some months afterward, on j
entering his chambers, Williams found |
his deod Ixxly suspended from the j
door. lie engaged another clerk ami j
asked him If ho was married. "No,"
the clerk replied, but thinking that Wll- ]
llains would regard marriage as a |
guarantee of stoadlness he added, "hut j
! am going to t>o." "Very well," re- ,
piled Williams, "but understand tills? <
wlven you hang yourself don't (k> It t
hereP <
Fixing Her Piwr,
Sbo started, recoiled and then bent
anxiously nearer her mirror.
"A wrinkle, as I'm alive!" she exclaimed.
She was of a bouyaut temper, however.
"I suppose I'll have to put a good
face on It," she said, reaching forthwith
for the necessary materials.?
rue-it. '
(
An Economicnl Place. 1
Short?I say, old uiau, will yon lend i
me $5 for an hour? I?ng?No. Qo and i
sit In the park for nn hour; then you
won't need it"?Chicago News.
Broken KnurlUh.
Teacher?What are the parts of
speech? Tommy Tucker?It's?It's when
a man stutters.?Chicago Tribune. I
Do what you consider right what- 1
ever people may think of it despite I
censure and praise.?Pythagoras, i
AZTEC ARL-ni I to I URE. """
IVoBdvrtal Rndnranr* ?( th* Oil
Htxkan llulltllnica.
The Mexicans or the Aztec Iudtnns
an give tin? |>eople of the fulled
* tat oh lessons In architecture and in
olid construction of hulMlugs. There
in* buildings standing today In tlx*
?'lty of Mexico that have stood for
Uree centuries and are in an excellent
ate of preservation. There Is not a
'mine building In tin* city. There are
i few lulolx*, but most all an* stone,
rick or cement. There Is a brick
niiUllng down In tin* old part of fhe
own that was erected prior to 1
It shows that so long ago as that the
nil la ns were exjsuts In tlx* inauut'acure
of bricks, hut probably HO i?er
cut of all tlx* buildings are made of
oncrete cement. (Vrnent and concrete
lave baen used wcessfully In Mexico
'or .'VK? jvurs, aixl all tlx* cathedrals
uul cliurchcs are of tlia( material. On
he Mix* of tlx* Vera Cruz I'ucitk? can
x* seeu tlx* ruins of Toro Hnivo, where
here are evidences of a city ruined
'enturios ago. There are souk* twenty
yraiuids of solid cement which must
lave been erected owr 500 years ago
)ne of ttx*ne py ram Wis le 170 feet In
eight, and on the summit rests n
-e incut UmIwc thirty feet in dlnnieter.
['his, as well as otlx*rs, Is of tiligreo
vork and carved statuary.
Near tills staixls another of white
imesioix*, built in four terraces, with
arvlngs ami ornamentations which
vould put to sliuux1 tlx* iiiodcrn Amercan
sculptor. It has stood all these
cnturtcH. yet tlx? Hinestou? Is much
ank\r broken than tlx? cement. Think
f a town of almost 400,000 persons,
uxl tlx? tiix* re<x>rtl Is tliroe In oix* year.
I'lx) inside walls of tixtny of tlx* buildngs
are ns much as six foot through,
uxi nil Ixilldlugx are built around
jotnts. Tlx*re Is ix> provision In any
vf Ow..... r.v- o.ww, .....l .
fi imun i\7l mau Ul llRf Jin?SM"Ill
line small coal oil stem's nne soiling
n the city for $3o?tlx1 same that soil
'or $3 In tike staU?s. Tlvo floors are of
itone, tlw ceilings of tlllgree cement,
lie walls of coarse phkaU-r and almost
.vlthout exception hand (minted. The
u'ohlteeture on many buildings In the
cpublic shows that tin' Indian of conurles
ago wiu alkeml of tike modern
milder of totluy. ? Iloluut Now?-Uehi
hi lean.
REFRIGERATOR RULES.
Use ck?nn, Hat dishes to hokl what?ver
Is on the lower shelves.
Iluy your loo In pieces as large as
no be accommodated. This Is much
moro eeoikomkail than to tniy small
>nes.
lie careful not to fill dishes too full
<*> tlmt they will spill over. If anything
Is spilled, don't fail to wipe it *p
immediately.
rack tlko km well together ami do
not wrap it In iiaiier or cloths; instead, ,
keep tike door of tlie ioe cliamber shut
us much as possible.
Do not put food of any sort directly
9U tlie lee. If it is absolutely necessary
to (ilikce it. near tiie km, see that it
Is in (the*) or porcelain.
Empty tike refrigerator at least one?
a week; scrub the interior thoroughly, j
then smld tin* kv chamlier ami drain- ;
pipe wmi ooumg water in which ft
lump of so;la has been dissolved; fol- j
low this with clear water; wipe
Llry uikI let it air for twenty minutes.
(1 r??< Mvii'n Clilldlaoort.
"Many great nx;n," waul a psyelioloflst,
"gave slgiw of greatih>sn even in
lieir childhood. Mozart nt tlx; age of
live composed a piece of musk* no <11111mlt
that his father, a professional inuilcian,
bad some trouble in pluylug it.
"Macaulay before lie wan elglit
svrote tlx; 'Conipeiullum of Universal
History, lleing an Account of tlx* LeudDg
Dvents From the Creation Down
o the Present Century.'
"Hartley at seven wrote a long and
vbstruso essay on tlx; 'Nature of Man.'
3 a eon at nine finished a work on phiosophy.
Milton at twelve wrote two
;plcs.
"On tl? other hand, Goethe, Steele,
Jr. Johnson, Wagner, Voituire. Tennyson,
Poe and Fenimore C<x?per were
loomed stupid in their childhood."
Hitter .It-rrold.
AIl>ontr t 1m> mm Iitlrllmlix/i t/> t v>n?.
Ins Jorrold is a very bitter one he upplied
to Mark Ixmiioii, then editor of
L'unch. Ixunon was deeply attached to
Dickens and showed it In a very open
fashion, which perhaps aroused the
i?reat satirist's jealousy. At all events,
*s Jerrokl was walking fait one day
with Ixenon and anotlior friend, and
Dickens with several nw>re behind
them. Lemon suddenly drop|>od away
ind turned back. "Wliat has liecome
?f Punch T asked Jerrold's companion.
"I)ld you hear Dickens whistle?" was
the cynical reply. "Dickens iaiya tl>e
log tax for Lemon."
Liberty, I'^inultty, Pralornltf,
The French philosopher M. I>e Bon,
commenting on the motto of tl?e revo111
f W vr 1 "I .llmrli/ lAsaiinlft*. 1
, v. I.J f II I I I II in
nlty," declared tlmt tlx* n nl difference
between tlx; French and '.< British lay
In the fact that tlx* Fro . oh were enamored
of e<|uality and cared little for
liberty, whlW* f'x* British Insisted on
liberty and r. ver gave a thought to
oqnallty. AihI when some ono quoted
this to fPidyurd Kipling he Instantly
Added h'.s own comment to tho effect
lhat what tlx* American really preferred
was fraternity. "He Is a good
follow himself, and he expects you to
be one."
Convlncrd.
Mr. Spongely (slightly related)?
Splendid! Magnificent! Do you know,
Uncle Ell, I believe I shall never get
tired of seeing the sun set behind that
hill! Uncle Ell?That's what m? an*
mother's begtnnln' to think.?Puck.
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Imi Uleanrd Prom the Tt?elllBf?
of All Denominations.
Tbere are many crimes on earth, but
only one In heaven, anil that Is not to
love. ? Ilev. Frank Crane, Congregational
1st, Worceater, Mass.
I.lfr'a Vlrat.
lie who co-operates with or surrenders
to t 1m' higher ethical and spiritual
laws of Ood comes nearest to attaining
life's Iwst. Kev. ('. It. Mlnaril, Baptist,
Denver.
Sincerity.
Tl>e man for the age can never be
omniscient <>r Infallible, yet he must
carry with him always an atmosphere
of absolute sincerity, iiev. M. ('. Ilartsell,
Methodist, Chicago.
Ifow We I)o TIiIiik"'
Everything dc}H>nds upon the spirit
with which we think and live. Wo
must not serve Christ by rote. Our
prayer Isxik must not heroine a prayer
wheel. We must not say our devotions
as they might be said l>y a music
1h?x.?Itev. II. o. Sweutzcl, Episcopalian,
Brooklyn.
llonortiMl of Dt?l Air*.
Tlie treatment of old age not only
rodtvts the character of a people, but
In turn modifies that character. When
old iLge Is spurned and venerable men
and women neglected, whether In the
home or in the nation, there will he
found M*? seeds of decay?tl>e germs
of coming disaster. We honor ourselves
when we honor old age. Itev.
F. P. I'arkin, Methodist, Philadelphia.
Sufe K?n rtl I it u llii> Home.
Nothing can bo more important than
the safeguarding of tho homo, and
never was It inoro needed than today.
It is tho homo life whloh sweetens and
sanctifies the national life, Tito stream
nvide sweet at its fountain head will
refresh tho land through which it
(lows. Tints the homo is the nation's
safeguard and its most sacred possession.?Itov.
I>r. Karl it. Ilubbell, ProabytertiMi,
Chicago.
Conscience.
Man's noblest faculty Is undoubtedly
his conscience, and ills dearest possession
tlie Joy of a good conscience. But
conscience means notitlng If It does not
point to something Immeasurably above
itself, for such terms as conscience*
duty, morality, are but airy nothings
unless they are taken to Imply that
which gives thciti their warrant. And
here we may surely say lies the solution
of our life problem; here Is to be
found that dominant inotivo which
alone can give adequate purpose and
meaning to our existence.?Itev. C. K.
Boone, Roman Catholic, Washington.
A W'uriiliiR.
If we make money superior to morals,
pleasure of more consequence than
piety; if wo place tho world above
spirituality, self above Cod, time above
eternity, we shall bo guilty of misdirecting
tho forces that ought to have
been used for the building of the tern-,
pie of character. Power is lost through
friction. If there is lack of harmony
III flu. Iiitw.p II fo If nnni'lnHrtt. In ? .?
v..? .||\>, II V \/u ? IV.UUU If) UUb
of harmony with action, If conscience
Is at war with conduct, If what we
know does not walk side by side with
what wo do, there will l>e such a tempest
In the soul as will mnko Impossible
tin? best; there will be such friction
as will end lu a waste of power,
rower that Is abused will l>o taken
away. Power that Is unused will be
forfeited. ? Rev. Polemus II. Swift.
Methodist, Austin, 111.
Growth of (hnraetrr,
Tl>ere Is no need of enumerating all
the laws by which character grows.
The essential thing Is to see that It 1?
a growth and not a sudden creation.
Wo have cast the Idea of miracle out
of our physical life. We know that
then? Is no such thing as an event in
nature which has no connection with
anything before or about It. We net 1
to narrow our expectation of mlraclo
In the moral life, for while we cannot
help believing that the will has tho
power of stepping In and changing our
moral tendencies to some extent, yet It
Is very certain that we have supposed
It to have more power than It really
has. It really governs only a small part
of tho character. We might compare
It to the soft tip by which the root of a
tree grows. That tip Is very sensitive
to all Influences of heat or cold, dryness
or moisture, and to any resistance. It
grows or stops growing, goes straight
ou or curves around a stone, according
to flu' necessities of the time, with a
power that seems wonderfully like Intelligence.
Ilut when once It has advanced,
tho root behind It lH'glns to
harden nml become Incased with bark
and Is no longer sensitive or movable.
What tho root finally Is In shape and In
direction Is the result of what that freo
little tip has done for It day by day.
We may change the direction of the tip,
but not easily that of the root It ha?
once made. The character of any man
at a given time Is like that root. It Is
tl>e result of a long process of growth.
To a very large extent It Is hard and/
unchangeable by any sudden Influence.
It is free to move only at a small point.
Even that point starts from where yesterday's
growth ended, and Its freedom)
to move Is limited to a narrow range.
Thnt Is to say, when I stand fnclng a
temptation It Is not as If I had never
faced oive before nor as If iny ancestors
had not done It for me before I was
born. My feeling toward it and my
resolve to deal with It start from the
pomi wncre my own past life has left
me, and my freedom to deal with It Is
limited by my attachment behind to
old habits and to my entire nature. 1
am not entirely governed by them. 1
do have this free and sensitive tip to
my character, but I cannot Ignore tho>
I past or the limitations which It has Imposed
upon inc. The law of the Lord
la perfect. Whatever I have sowed In1
my aonl lias grown, though I have forgotten
I ever did It. My character hu9
grown on one aide or the other by a
law which la unerring and unsleeping.
?Rev. Dr. William H. Lyon, Unitarian,
Brookllne, Mass.