The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 09, 1905, Image 6
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Babies or more
Every Jay, everv dav setting y
On the rack,'
And all vour reward forever no
Bra a fun biff
HV Of bread for your babit.s. Say!
H In the heat of
^B _i You might be a hero to h-^ad a bi
B But a hero like her? I'm afraid
V It might be very feasible to fore
B To saddle public passion and to
W It might be somewhat simple to
m Because a second shout broke out
But he who, alone and unknov
F To his view.
f Unswerved by the crush of the
Blatting crowd.
Unwon by the flabby-brained, I
Which he sees
Throned and anointed. Say!
At the height o
You might be the chosen to cant
But to stand all alone? How loi
?Edmund Vance Cooke,
^ 5* * * M
lOI A Strai
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t i vi *e?9K*-*aefc*^)?6K*
jJtOJC. T'S all settled. Kit." cried
)[ m Jg a slim, beautiful girl, in a
?To hard, despairing voice that
I*she herself knew was
Voif| strange; "no more poverty,
and no more pinching.
iWe're had our share and enough of it,
and now we'll have no more."
The speaker drew off her gloves leisurely,
and held her hands to the ruddy
^ -blaze.
She looked wondrously beautiful as
he bent there, her eyes a thousand
miles a way through the glowing coal,
and with the firelight playing around
| her aquiline nose and perfect lips. And
|L as she stood, her sister watched her in
j? the gathering twilight, and thought
W: she never saw her look so beautiful,
*.^nor yet so truly strange.
| ^ "Oh, Mabel, have you rea'ly accented
' the darling old millionaire at last?
How truly delightful!"
Kitty jumped up from the sofa and
clapped her hands, her face expressing
intense delight. Oh, how beautiful
t? have just as much money as you
want, and everything you can set your
mind on it! Truly, the prospect was
grand, and Kitty laughed with her
seyeuteen-year-old laugh, and danced
prettily with all the abandon and jollity
of seventeen years.
She completed the circuit by hairing
at her sister's side, who still gazed
Into the firelight, with her face filled
lfrith an odd mingling of iove and bitterness.
Kitty knew full well what
was passing in Mabel*.5: mind, and she,
but yet seventeen, could not. feel or
bad not lived long enough to l'eel,
"What it was or what it meant.
And yet she was Just a little somber.
!Just a little dsiprrfSed. as she put one
bandafi^jrfer Aster's and the other
Ss-W??dH*sboulders.
"Poor7lJab!" she said; "how sad you
I***!" I
"I baye reason to be sad." responded
MaheiJ with a short, hollow lanah:
" tl'rf ehosen the road that's to be mine
tiii death!"
A little catch In her voice that vras
npt natural to Mabel caused Kitty to
-dfratir her closer and comfort her as ;
heat she could; and as she thought of
it meant, and all it would bring to
them both, she burst into a reckless
laugh that became seventeen years so
"You have chosen just what I should
HNvealth. Oh, think of it. Mabel!
^VThiuk vrbut our future will be when
Vjou are mistress of Mr. Johnson's
V lovely mansions ^nd fortune! Bur. I
W knew you'd do it, Mabel I knew you
^jrould. It's just what I should have
don e mvs^lf.'' .
Kih\don't," pleaded Mabel,
fu a voice, so mjained and sad that
Kitty looked up atffrmedu "ypu don't
know what you're saying, and you
don't know what you mean. You have
never been called upon by stern netesKJty
to sacrifice your own true lore,
ho is* all the world to you, to marry
n old man's millions."
J|5So, I haven't," replied Kitty, quickrT
with all the determination of her
experience, "but if I had to I would.
I shouldn't hesitate a single minute
between the young love without a c'ol.JJar,
and millions?and especially if *tae
owner of the millions chanced to be
"* - such a fine-looking man as Mr. Johnson
is, and you know," she went on,
coloring a llttlej "he is really handsome,-Mabel,
and he is only forty. I
.wish it was me be was going to marry,
| and not yon."
E A smile overspread Mabel's features,
L and she laughed outright. The idea of
^ such a charming slip of loveliness as
K Kitty being the wife of a middle-aged
ft millionaire! It was too absurd. *
H "inririirMntinn?d TCittv fpsl'.nr
jBfhat something was expected of lier in
NBttenoation of her conduct, and pout[
Tng a little, "yon sliould take it more
! happily. It isn't right uot to."
' And than. as Kitty turned to the te:*
things on the table, the hunted, psiued
ftti swept back !uto Mabel's pate
Mcfacev and she sighed heavily.
"How thoughtless she is." she murJBaured,
"and cruel. It seems a light
^Bhlng, this, to give up my love for pelf
her sake. Yes," she said, half
f^Rvagely. "for her sake, not mine. If
were not for her his money would
f^Have been as dirt to me. I know what
I ^poverty is, but the bitterness is sweet
Compared with a life without love,
. without him. And he comes here tonight,
and, God forgive me. I must tell
him." and a shudder shook her frame.
"Mabel," cried Kitty, as lightly and
a? happily as though ill-starred loves
had never come her way. "tea's all
ready," and then Mabel tried her best
to look pleased and happy, ana told
^^Kitty what happened to her in her ea HBpty
as daily governess, and Kitty
^^BF some new story tb^^l of dear,
^^Bightful Mr. Johnson,
BB*Dear, darling Mab," tMaBt Kitty,
her eyes reste<Ffondly vKM her sister.
*Tve never had a tKJuble yet,
i bless her dear old heart, but what she
V hasn't helped me out of if; aml now
she's going to lift us^gbt yut of the
worst trouble of all-thie ?rid provr
i
zr T v
1 the light brigade, I
yout and the hfes and bugles played;
e waV-shriek in your ears,
the taste of blood and tears,
tour t
our back
t quite
i
the day
igade,
! I'm afraid!
v a fcitai rcivrin.
ride upon the storm;
ignore the roar of wrath.
. to cheer you on vour path,
en, is true
t mutton-browed
blinking eaa.
if the fray,
a in the throng;
11 g? How long?
in Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post.
w.
ige Temptation. 1
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Sidney Murray. ^
XQIGIGIOIQ?QIQIOIOIGIOK
And later, when Rudolf Turner. Mabel's
handsome, manly lover, came
upon the scene. Kitty ran off to spend
her evening with Ada Brown, who hu^
the flat below. \
"Poor chap." thought Kitty, eommis-f
eratiugly, as she saw the hopeful lovelir.il.
In Mr, nnn. -- K <--* %.i_ I
Mill Xiia rj w utr HTffltfa U15> ?UZt?
upon nil he loved in the world, "you'll
be sent away to-night. I know; I'm
awfully sorry for you. but, after all, it
can't be helped. What is lave, anyway.
when it means everlasting proverty?
She'll forget all about it when
she is Mrs. Johnson. Why. it'll be just
like fairylaud after this!"
And pretty Kitty, worldly because
she had never felt the fire of love, went
off to Ada Brown.
And those two? They remained together.
with all they both loved, in that
small room.
She had kept him hoping on for
weeks, trying to decide the bitter
struggle that raged in her breast.
Now that it was all over, she knew
her course, and he was to hear it tonight.
How she told him she knew not: a
dull clutching held her heart, and ^|he
was conscious only of those words
which would keep them apart for evermore.
As through a curtain that seemed to
hide from her the fearful wrong she
wrought, she saw his face become
deadly pale, and his eyes darken with
a strange despair.
"And this is the end!'' he said, in a
low, hoarse voice that sought her heart,
and stilled it; "this is the end I dreaded!
These are the last of those enchanted
dreams that kept me for you, and you
for me?crushed beneath the feet/"of
the woman I worshiped, the woman I
loved with all my heart and soul,
better than life itself?ruined and scattered
by you?"
"Don't. Rudolf, don't reproach me,"
she sobbed.
"I don't reproach you. Mabel; why
snouia i: Accoramg to tue worm, you
have done wisely. You have chosen
what is worthy of beauty such as
yours?and what matters it that you
have walked over one man's bleeding
heart to gain it?"
His answer was her sobbing and her 1
quivering frame; and he rose.
Could she lose him like that?
"Rudolf," she said, "it is for Kitty's
sake?not mine?don't, oh, don't judge
me harshly."
"For her sake! What of mine?" he
said, with a hard, cold, laugh?and he
was gone. .
The nest day the millionaire's betrothal
ring, a magnificent circlet of
diamonds and rubies, glistening on Mabel's
lovely hand. and. urged by her
fiancee and Kitty, she consented to an
early wedding.
Mr. Johnson was a constant visitor
at the little flat, and Kitty, whom he
treated as a petted sister, was never
tired of expatiating at great lengths on |
his charms to Mabel. She thought he
was absolutely the most delightful
man she had ever met, and how stupid
it was of Mabel not to fall in love with
him!
Mabel smiled when she listened to
these extravagant comments, and, except
when alone, contrived to keep hgr
face so bright and so radiant, that it
was little wonder Kitty only half
guessed what a sacrifice Mabel was
making.
The days rolled on. and it was just a
week before the day appointed for the
wedding, that Mabel, while on a shopping
tour, came upon an old friend of
her schooldays.
"And do you know, Mabel." she s^iid
at parting, "that Rudolf Turner is seriously
ill with brain fever. They tell
me it is some love trouble. Poor
fellow, I hope he gets over it."
All that evening and the next morning
Mabel was lost in her own dismal
thoughts. It was late in the afternoou ,
when she suddenly spraug up, nud,
white and resolute, flung away her
sewing, the light of passion firing her
eyes.
"Kitty, I can't and won't stand it an
hour longer!" she cried; "Rudolf Turner
is perhaps dying, aud he is mine!
I am going to him."
"Mabel." said Kitty, "are you mad?"
"I have been, but I'm san: once
more! My heart is Rudolf's, and he
alone shall have it!"
She wrenched away her betrothal
ring, and thretv it into her sister's lap.
"There!" she said: "give it back to
Mr. Johnson, if he comes, and tell him
the marriage is not to be."
And, before Kitty could find words,
she was alone.
Long after, when Mabel returned,
her face held such exquisite happiness
that Kitty started up in wonder.
"Oh, Mabel, how happy you look! 1
know you are now."
"Yes, dear, I an. happy, and so is Rudolf;
and he will get well, and then "
But she bethought herself of what
she left behind and her face flushed |
with pain.
"Did he come? Poor boy!"
f'Don't be sorry, Mab," returned
Kitty, very demurely, and yvith a
sole him."
"Kittyr* >ralK*l stared T\-itb amazed |
eyes at the pretty hushed face. "Why, ;
you little rogue, I believe you were in
love with him all the while!"
"I believe I waV replied Kitty, simply.
There were two weddings n little j
later from the flat. end. immediately i
after, Mr. Johnson presented Mabel i
with a cheek for ten thousand pounds. !
"Will you have it?" he asked, "as a j
wedding gift front your brother and
sister? Kit says it includes both love
and pelf."?New York Weekly.
Tho proposed bore-hole :welve miles
deep has brought out the objection that
the great pressure of forty tons per
square inch would cause a viscous
flow of rock material, making the feat
impossible. The Hon. A. C. Parsons
replies that this idea can be tested
by subjecting a piece of quartz rock
to a pressure of one hundred tons per
square inch in a close-fitting cylinder (
having a small hole through its centre, j
This pressure is that expected at a :
depth of tliirty-eight miles.
The value of evidence has been tested
experimentally by M'lle Marie Borst.
Her subjects were twelve males and
twelve females, and within a period of
six weeks there were shown five scenes
from daily life, which they were afterward
required to describe in writing,
Vnd about which they iyere then in}
twrogated orally. Statements under
oath were required. The results show
that accurate evidence is rare, that evidehce
improves by practice, that the
evidence of women is more faithful
and complete than that of men, but
that one-twelfth of the sworn statements
are incorrect.
The bioscope of De Gaspnris, which
constituted a late sinning exnioit in j
Naples, is a microscope of very long |
focus, the rock-mounted tube contain- :
ing a system og achromatic objectives
and an eye-piece of wide Hold. The
magnifying power is somewhat more
than twelve diameters at a distance of
twenty inches. The new instrument
gives revelations that are marvelous,
as it shows the actions and emotions
of such creatures as ants, spiders and
dies in their ordinary undisturbed life,
gives wonderfully clear views of the
doings of aquatic animals, and enables
the medical man to peer into the larynx
and other body cavities as never before.
It opens a new era in the study
of na ittre.
Museums of latlguage will b(i|)f great
importance to the future historian. The
idea was suggested in Vienna six years
ago, but has only recently taken shape,
although it has already resulted in a
collection of -100 phonograph records
on durable metal. The purpose is to
record the languages of Europe, and
eventually of the world, the music of
the different countries and speeches of
notable personages. The collection now
cmbrflces the Slavic. Servian, modern
Greek, Portuguese and Brazilian languages.
with songs and dialects of na- '
tives of India and of Arabians and Be- '
dotiins. An expedition under Dr. Poech
has penetrated New Guinea to reproduce
tlie speech of the Papuans.
An extraordinary use of the same
sleeping quarters by diurnal and nocturnal
animals is recorded by a naturalist
of Ceylon. Barberyn Lighthouse
Island, Xhirty-flve miles 'south of Colombo,
is inhabited by day by fruit
bats or flying foxes, and at night by
crows, and at sunrise and sunset maybe
seen the curious spectacle of .two
immense flocks flying in opposite directions
across the strait separating the
island from the mainland, the flying
foxes at a greater elevati n than the
crows. The cross migration lasting
about half an hour, is attended bygreat
chattering of flying foxes and
cawing of crows.
Ambmudor Meyer end King Victor.* '
Roman society has suffered a double 1
loss lately in the appointment to Paris '
'ot both the British and American Am- *
bassndors, until now accredited to the 1
Quirinal. <
Mr. George von Lengerke^ Meyer, the '
Transatlantic representative, has won '
golden opinions ior nimsen nere as u. |
sportsman and an all-round "good fellow,"
being a favorite with the King
and a great friend of the Duke d'Aosta.
His motor ear is one of the best known
in Rome, and so far has never killed
any one! One day he took the King
out in it, and feeling that law as well
as majesty was at his side, kept well
within the speed limits. His majesty
said nothing -at first, and then Intimated
that they were taking some time
in arriving. Mr. Meyer made one effort
to escape responsibility and hinted that
if they outdistanced the royal bicyclists
the King would be without protection.
"Not at all," said King Victor,
drawing a small revolver from his
pocket, "with this I can defy any one!"
The bicyclists arrived half an hour
after, draggled, worn and out of breath.
Mrs. Meyer may be said to keep open
house. The Brancaccio Falace seems
made to show off her charming personality
and the delicate beauty of her
compatriots. It is an embassy at
which society expects?and is never disappointed?to
meet'youth aad beauty,
see the latest thing in gowns, admire
the most gorgeous jewels, eat the season's
greatest delicacy and dance the
newest dance.?Rome Correspondence ?
in London Pall Mall Gazette. *
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Canned Milk Preferred* ^
It was her first visit to the country. ,
She never before had been out of Chi- ^
cago. Everything she saw was a fresh
delight. Eve in the garden could not j
have found it more novel._ The cows t
especially interested her. (
At milking time she cIumTso closely j
to the hired man that toBree himself \
he gavf.her a cup of neuBmilk, warm i
and frothy from the pai# She took a t
deep draught. w t
Then such consternat^n was pictured j
in the pretty, piquant^^ge that her f
mother cried: "What is it/^^othy?" j
"Oh," she sobbed in disgusrand dis- s
appointment. "I don't like cow's milk. ^
It's horrid. I like milkman's milk."?
Chicago Record-Herald.
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One Way to Boiltl.
^tQie* T the convention of American
Iioad Makers, which
O J\ O met In Detroit, Mr. George
jf JR Burns, the labor leader and
TtfOJw President of the Michigan
Labor Union, advocated the use of
prison labor, either in building roads
or in preparing material to be used
for hardening their surfaces. He is
the first labor leader to advocate this
course, although it has been suggested
by many speakers and writers on this
question during the past ten years.
Mr. Burns sees that it would be clearly
1.1 ih/v /vf neiOAti I.ilt/w
in mi* iiiicir^i \jl auiu pu.?vu iuuvi
and also in the interest of free labor
to have the great army of prisoners,
now in the jails in the various States,
who are doing no good for themselves
and adding nothing to the common
wealth, applied to the road proposition
in some form or other. Many
people object to a suggestion of this
kind because they say that the use of !
such labor for such a purpose would I
have a contaminating influence in the
community where the work is done.
But to avoid such a result Mr. Burns
showed how this labor could be applied
in the preparation of material, either
brick or broken stone, where the priseners
could be worked in inclosures
fs they now are. The products so proiuccd
would not come in contact with
free labor as the articles generally
produced by such labor do: conseqncntlytby
this course you avoid competition
with tlie manufacturer who
aflfe^^or sale the manufactured arlielof
or competition witli the free laborer
who works to produce these j
irticlcs. and at the same time the
prisoner is receiving more useful instruction.
having more healthful exercise
and adding greatly iu the course
of years to the common wealth. If
Mr. Burns' idea, which is undoubtedly
a sound and wholesome one.' should
be adopted by the labor unions of the
country generally, it would bring to the
road cause a very great and muchneeded
aid.
The great meeting of the Automobile
.Manuiacrurers or America, iieiu m
Chicago soon after this Detroit convention,
developed the fact that all
of the automobile manufacturers of
America are heartily in fitvor of some
genpral plan of road building that shall
be applicable to all the States in the
Union. Being unanimous in this view,
they adopted a resolution indorsing
the passage of the Brownlow bill
which provides for a system of National.
State and local ec-operation in
the permanent improvement of the
public highways. It is very evident
from the logic of events that the tine
is rapidly approaching when the
friends of the good roads cause will
be able to unite many forces in favor
of tlie general plan of road improvement
lliat have heretofore been either
indiflf(Tent or hostile. The labor leaders
generally have been hostile to the
idea of applying the prison labor to
this work, but now one of the most
progressive leaders of organized labor
has come forward and indorsed in the
most hearty and intelligent way the
idea of applying this labor to the general
welfare of the community by
building up the public roads. In order,
however, that this shall be made possible
the road-building authorities, in
the various States and counties, must
be provided with funds of money in
Drder to obtain the proper machinery,
engineering skill and expert labor, so
is to make use of the army of prison
?rs who would be put at their disposal j
under the new plan. In ordei to secure I
this necessary fund it is more and
more evident that the aid of the National
Government should be called
n to supply a portion of the money.
This is all provided for by the Brownow
bill, which was not only indorsed
>y the Chicago convention, but also
i>y the Detroit convention of American
[toad Makers.?Hon. Martin Dodge.
Coo<l Road* Preservation.
Your recent editorial 011 "Good
Roads," quoting a Rochester paper,
was quite apt. Embodying self-helpFulness.
but not intended to diminish
self-reliance, the good roads law was
in amplification of the county roads
law, under which, notwithstanding our
earnest efforts, the counties failed to
move; and it expressly provided the
roads, so soon as built, should be
turned over to the counties and be
thereafter ma'nfained as county roads.
But, in furtherance of the home rule
principle, was added, "But the Beard
>f Supervisors may apportion the expense
as they may be empowered by
aw," thus allowing any to do within
neir jurisdiction as uhkui bcujii urai
therein, but I hoped that the main
oads would become a flat county
'barge, as most j'ust and equitable.
For such arterial system in each county
is equally the interest of the city
is well as the town. These roads irarerse
the towi% to be sure, but are a
jurden beyond it and of more general
nterest.
With main roads as a county charge,
the towns will be better able to care
'or the lesser roads, and should, as
juid pro quo, in the general Interest
llso.
Some suggestion has been made by
hose now more prominent in the good
oads movement since it has become
>opular than they were in the long aud
Ilfficult period which paved the way
ind secured the legislation. The zeal
>f new converts is proverbial. But
here is in the archives of the State
~)cnnrtment a delizlitful letter from
fames Russell Lowell, then Minister
o Spain, to Thomas F. Bayard, Secreary
of State, exemplifying the disadrautages
of disregarding the wholelome
doctrine of ne quid nlmis in maters
of State concern.
Having provided the good roads leglsation
affording State co-operation to
in Initial and limited extent to the
o-ntie? and towns by the two compler.f
tary statutes of 3S9S and their per'ec
on since, without impinging upon
oc 1 option, home rule or the admlnisra.lve
entity of the counties and the
owns, but preservative of the same,
et us so conduct matters that the
Rate's contribution and co-operation
itop with this half share in first conduction
in justice and equity.?John
L C. Wright. *
Make a virtue of necessity. \
\
Wp
iNTF.RNAlOlBBUMrMMEf
march 12.
V
j Subject: Th? Slavery of Sin, John
31-40?Golden Text, John vili,, :
Memory Verses, 31, 32?Comment
on the Day's Lesson.
I. The test and blessings of disciples
_ oi oov oi tiTi :J T - ? 1
vs. 01, oi). 01. Alien cam uesus. j
tcr, as R. V., "Jesus therefore said,"
cause many had believed on Him aftpr
declaration that He was the Light of
world, and after His answers to the Pli
sees, and now Jesus directed His remt
to these new disciples. "Which bclievi
The term "believed" applies here to
disposition, openly expressed, to ackn<
edge Jesus as the Messiah. "If ye abi
(R. V.) Not a fitful, intermittent r
tion. but thorough, intense and continue
"In My word." If ye obey My cortvna
ments and follow My teachings careft
Our spirits must drink in Christ's wc
as our bodies inhale the atmosphere,
man is worth listening to on question!
faith and doctrine who is not himsel
reverent listener to Christ. Abiding
God's word must become the perman
condition of our life. "Disciples." A
ciple is a learner; one who accepts and
lows another as teacher and master. T
disciples are real representatives of Chi
who live a holy life before the world.
32. "Shall know the truth." Shall kr
it doctrinally, spiritually, experimenta
not as a mere theory, but as a living p
er; shall know the reality of things, i
shall know Christ Himself, the embi
ment of truth (John 14:1). The rulers j
spoken of knowing the law. Jesus spe
of knowing the truth. This is a spe
j of learning infinitely transcending all
! guesses of doubting scientists and snee:
philosophers. "Make you free." Inti
I gence is not sufficient. A learned mat
still a wicked man under the bondage
sin unless he has been made free. Knc
edge appears as the fruit of faith, and fi
dom as the fruit of knowledge. Christ
sociates liberty always' with the tn
which He is Himself, and so presents
truth as the cause of liberty as the effec
' II. Freedom offered from the slaverj
sin (vs. 33-36). 33. "They answere
Many commentators refer this "they,"
to the many who believed (v. 30), but
the other Jews who had not believed. 1
little episode of verses 30-32 is thus held
a pleasant parenthesis, and the believ
are all allowed to be genuine and perh
permanent. The words cannot be sdo!
of the simple people who had already
lieved, but to the carping, caviling Fh;
sees. "Abraham's seed." They had Al
ham's blood in their veins, but not
faith in their hearts. "Never in bondag
This answer was not more true than
language of pride ordinarily. Politica
the seed of Abraham had been in bond
to Egypt, Babyldn, Persia, Greece, Roi
Spiritually, they bad been in bondage
idolatries in past times, were now to
rabbis, who were literalists in interpn
tion, and without spirituality or svmpai
(Matt. 23:41. "How sayest Thou." Uj
what possible principle dost Thou prom
to us that which we already are proud
possessing, viz., glorioui liberty? We
ready possess as our birthright what T1
art offering to us as the full result of <
cipleship.
34. "Verily, verily." A solemn decla
tion enforced by these words. "Whc
ever committeth sin." In these wo
Jesus utterly expels the political quest
from His scope. He states first the prii
pie and then the application. He spoke
a more degrading bondage and a hig
freedom than they imagined. He wn
tendency and habit is to commit sin.
who makes choice of sin; prefers the v
of wickedness before the way of holine
who makes a covenant with sin, enters ii
league; who makes a custom of sin; v
walks after the flesh and makes a trade
sin. "Is the servant of sin." Is the sla
the bond-servant of sin. He does the w<
of sin, supports its interests and acce
its wages. He cannot dismiss sin at pic
ure; the moment he attempts it he fii
s?Viainff ^P9tm TVoam nnfc
freedom while under the mastery of yi
desires.
Temperance instruction may be brouj
in at this point. No bondage is grea
than the bondage to strong drink. Sei
tude is repulsive to all men. In our 1^
of freedom men demand their rights
business, yet there are hundreds of n
and boys and sometimes women who j
themselves under the bondage of the dri
habit.
35. "The servant abideth not." 1
reference may be to Hagar and Ishm
and Isaac?the bond and the free. T1
had spoken of themselves as the seed
Abraham. Jesus shows them that tb
may be of that seed two kinds: the s
properly so call, and the slave. Th
Jews might be the seed of Abraham, a
yet, not Being his spiritual children, mi|
not abide in his household of faith. 2
many years after this their capital and
tion were destroyed, and the Gentiles t<
their place in the kingdom of God. Thi
not to be made free from sin by the ri
and ceremonies of the law of Moses,
Moses was but a servant and had not tl
parental authority in the church which
bon had. "The Son abideth" (R. V.) ]
comparison here is, between any son am
bona servant, and son should not be
with a capital. Sinners are slaves, Ch
tians are sons and heirs. 36. "If the So
Christ now refers to Himself. The Son
God alone has power to liberate those v
are slaves to sin. Jesus Christ is the h<
and has full authority and ability. 1
Father hath given all things into His ha
(John 17:2). "Free indeed." The Jc
boasted of an imaginary freedom, but
liberty which Christ offered was real t
lasting in its effects. It would have sai
the nation from the bondage of captiv
to Babylon centuries before; it wo
save them from bondage to the Roma
What freedom they had under the Romi
was due to what they had learned a
practiced of the word. Jesus knew ti
deliverance from the Roman yoke was
geat work expected from the Mesai
e therefore spiritualized this hope.
III. Jesus shows the character of
wicked Jews (vs. 37-40). 37. "Abrahai
seed." Christ admits their claim that tl
are tbe natural descendants of Abrahi
but denies that they are his children
39) in the highest and best sense. "S
to kill." That they desired the death
Abraham's truest Son is proof that t;
are not true sons of Abraham. Their rr
derous intent proves that they are child
of the devil (v. 44) instead of Abrahi
"No place in y<\u." You do not allow
word to enter your hearts and lives.
"I speak," etc. The Son existed with
Father during past eternity and He rep<
the things He had seen. "Ye do," i
Their fatner was Satan (v. 44), and t
were instructed and led by him. 39,
The argument here is that toey were
true children of Abraham because t
were not like Abraham in character i
setioos. Abraham's life was wholly uu
The Motor De Luxe.
Railway traveling, observes T
Tatler, is getting old fashioned; t
up-to-date millionaire goes eve
. J.... KM mAfnr M
wnere nowaunys uj mmui.
Mackay, Che widow of the Silr
King, claims to have the moat perfi
machine yet invented in which she
tends to make the long journey fr<
I^aris to Rome this month. This m
velous car i6 fitted with every imag
able convenience, including revolvl
chairs and movable tables, so t1
meals can be served while on 1
road. Mrs. Mackay is also credit
with having the most beautiful 1
in Paris, if not in the world. It c
ers tne center floor of one of the 1
buildings in the Bois, and the s
cious hall is like the gorgeous ir
rior of some Eastern palace, w
priceless treasures in every nook t
corner. The great drawing room
in the French style, with Louis J
gilt furniture and Aubusson carp
the "white dining room Is hung w
crimson and paneled with wonder
tapestry, whilst the prevailing toi
in the bedrooms are pale blue i
j pink, each being fitted with a mar
' bathroom. /
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B Men in public life, the members of (
,[], H captains of indudry who must keep "i
the H women all over America, have decided
d?" |K" TO?REvS!^FlR
not I 13 As tor PUi
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i FIGHTS THE DIVORCE
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;ehl" Wife of Buffalo Bill Gives Direct Re*
the
"j. plies to Questions of the Court
age |
me.
SHE DID NOT ADMINISTER POISON
!ta* . <
thy
lise Wife of the Wild West Showman De- 1
of #
?jt nies on the Stand That She Ever (
lou Gave Her Husband "Dragon's
Blood" to Make Him Love Her
ra,JO
More and Other Women Less.
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lci* North Piatt, Neb., Special.?Mra. ,
, of Louisa Cody took the witness stand
Thursday in defense of her character
jje and good name, which have been aArray
sailed by W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) ia
ss; his petition for divorce. Mrs. Codty '
nto emphatically denied that she had ever 1
"ho attempted to poison her husband. She
fof was asked:
"u "Did you ever administer 'dragon's I
pts blood' for the purpose of making the <
tag- Colonel love you more and other wo- I
ids men less?"
of "No, sir, and I don't know what \
3ur 'dragon's' blood Is. Never saw any and j
.. never heard of such a thing."
"Did you ever give the Colonel any- j
vi. thing to make him sick?" 1
,nd "No, sir."
in Mrs. Cody declared she had never
ien .r?irt \irs Roeers (a witness for the
Pu' plaintiin or any person that she had '
inic ever drugged her husband to make him ,
Tje love her or gain control over him so J
ael that he would sign certain papers for
iey her. She also denied that she had ever
of poisoned any of the Colonel's dogs in- J
erc tentionally. ?
on? Mrs. Cody denied that she was ever c
intoxicated, as had been testified by i
witnesses for the plaintiffff. She never ^
Jot drank liquor except for medicinal purna
poses, she said, and never used pro>ok
fane and obscene language. ^
ink "Do you still love Col. Cody?" asked
j*8 the attorney.
hat "Yes, he is the father of my children,
the and love him still." ~ ^
fhe "Do you desire a reconciliation at s
i a this time?"
gin "Yes, I do, but I think the Colonel
"8: ought to retract the poisoning accusa- c
n-. tion." 1
;ho Mr8, rec*te<1 'he incidents of
>ad 'he funeral trip from Spokane to Roch- 1
'?ae eater, N. Y., when they buried their 1
tnd daughter, Arta. '
!ws "Did you at that time threaten to j
the denounce Col. Cody at the grave of (
- - * * 1 ...,Ur0rr'
j I jour daugnier as oeing uci uuiw>? .
I "No, sir."
ujj "Did you ever send hi ma threatening
n8. telegram in conqpction with the mat- (
ana ter?"
ind "I wired him that I thought he had <
[>at been the cause of breaking Arta's i
'heart"
a A pathetis scene occurred here when *
the Attorney Wilcox introduced a letter l
m's and asked Mrs. Cody to identify it i
bey Tears streamed down her cheeks, And ,
im, between her broken sobs she said it was 1 t
a letter from her daughter Arta three ! \
e?*j days before she died. i
[,ey Among other things written by Mrs. |
,*ur. Thorpe (Arta) was the statement that ; r
ren the bringing of the suit for the divorce
am. by her father had broken her heart J,
My J
t'he' Blaze on Passenger Steamer. #
>rtf San Francisco, Special.?Fire broke a
Ptc out in the cargo of the steamer Ore- a
gon Tuesday, when the ship was about
no( 15 miles southwest of Crescent City, g
hcj on her voyage from San Francisco to t
and Portland. There were 56 passengers <]
Like
on board the Oregon besides the crew, c
but the passengers were safely transferred
to the steamer Del Norte, and v
taken to Crescent City. The Cregon
be proceeded to the harbor under her ?
he own steam, the flames having been . L.
ry- put under control. The Oregon left
rs thi? nort Sunday with a cargo of gen- |
fer er&l merchanidse and passengers. * "
3ct When the steamer was about 12 miles *
. southwest of Whale Rock, which is J
but a few miles off Crescent City, Cap- *
3111 tain Warner discovered that the Are
*r* had broken out in the after freight
.in- deck, and was rapidly spreading. He
ng made directly for Crescent City, and
iat attacked the fire in every manner pos- (
he sible. The sfeamer took a decided
ed list, and while she was in that plight 1
fiat Captain Payne, of the Del Norte, 1
a steamed to her rescue, and transferred <
ov" the passengers to his vessel. The Del j
b,S Norte then entered the harbor at Cres>
pa- cent City, followed by the burning '
ite- Oregon. . _ <
ith t
ind <
J* THE USUAL WAY. ]
Beatrice?Wha^ did you get for <
Christmas? 1
1 Penelope?Horrors! Don't ask me. J
Beatrice?Why, my dear, what's up?
nes Penelope?Writing a dozen letters,
ind aaying they were "Just I want- 1
ble ed. '-jJudge, y A t
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NEWSY GLEANINGS.
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A municipal museum has been
opened in Chicago, HI., in the Public
Library Building.
Pennsylvania has a population of \I^H
over 150,000 negroes and New York
and Ohio about 100,000. *
Diphtheria antitoxin fs to be tried in p V_JM
Beilevue Hospital, New York City, in '
cases of cerebrospinal meningitis. H
Control of the International Traction
Company, of Buffalo, X. Y.t has passed >
to Henry J. Pierce aud his associates. jr.'tfS
of that city. '< t jH
The mail steamer Ventura, Bailing L M
from San Francisco. Ca!., cafrieu $25.- I m
000 worth of deer, elk. geese and ducks
for New Zealand.
The Vanderbilt interests were report- 1 ;
ed to have purchased for the New York I \
Central a majority of the stock of the I /
Boston and Maine Railroad. 1 *
It was decided at New York that 1m- I
porters must pay full duty-on wines I
and liquors from abroad, witboutre- I
?ard to leakage or breakage. t * t,
-? - ... ? . ... V
ine committee 011 wtDercuiosts or
the New York Charity Organization
Society severely condemned sanitary
conditions in the general post office ^
building. ^ l|
By voting to table an amendment to i
:he bill prohibiting Sunday baseball ' *
tames and theatrical performances the
Missouri House killed the bill after ;
leveral attempts were made to amend }
Margaret Connolly, fifteen years old, H
vho confessed to forging checks on the S
tstor National Bank, New York City. H
vas committed to the Asylum of the fl
Sisters of St Dominic to stay until she fl
s eighteen years old.
The Executive Committee of the B
ioard of Trade and Transportation M
inthorized the appointment of a ?ne- .
rial committee of five to push the
n Albany, N. Y? for a Legislative inrestigation
of the Telephone Trust
NEWS OF THE FAR EAST.
Russian scouts have again come a# si
'ar south as the neighborhood of
Jougjin. y
The Pekin authorities have senf or- 4,*
iers to General Tsaug to suppress the
januus. v
The line of communication between J
Xyongsong and Vladivostok is strong- ? ' !
y guarded.
A telegram from Haunsbnn said that \
be gradual forward juarch of the en- A.
>my continued. w
Advices from Tokio said that Genera!
Xuropatkiu was massiug large forces <*'
>n the Russian left.
Kuropatkin tried wide-sweeping operations
on both Japanese flanks, but
jot a bard pounding.
The third Russian Pacific squadron
vas reported off Langelanu, escorted
>y a Dutch torpedo boat and.a German
ronclad.
General Kuropatkin telegraphed that
wenty Japanese torpedo boats and one
varship have been sighted off Vladi ostok.
t _ :
Large numbers of Russian troops are
eported in the extreme northeastern
>art of Korea, 011 both sides of the
rumen River.
Russian scouts, disguised as Cbinauen,
came within 500 yards of the Japmese
position at Tutaiise. The Japmcse
bred and the Russians retired.
Reports reached Tokio that the Rusiian
army In Manchuria was becoming
iisorgauized, and that there was wide ?
listrust of Kuropatkin among bis generals.
Russia's latest cause of alarm is over
rhat will happen when the deceived
eeasants find the story untrue that the
fzar will proclaim a division of lands
lext month.
A Russian raiding party under the
ommand of Colonel blensmldt blew op
eveuty feet of the bridge south of
lai-CJieng, about ten miles east of
tew-Uiiwaog.
. i
Receiver for Lumber Company.
Valdosta, Ga., Special.?Judge Em- / ,
>ry Spear, of the United States Disrict
Court, has appointed J. But- fa
er, of Macon, and J. P. Coffee, of ,
Jlympia, joint receivers for the Minlesota
Lumber Company, which has
arge milling plants in Colquitt and y
Clinch counties. The receivers were
lppointed upon petition of the receiver
of the First National Bank, of
Faribault, Minn., which holds claims
jf 1110,000 against the lumber company.
The company's assets are giv;n
at $160,000 and liabilities at $140,- .
)00.
The per capita drink bill of the /
United States Is increasing. ^ ^
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