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JULY IS, 1905.
THE SUNNY SOUTH
SEVENTH PAGE
Pleasant Fields of Holy Writ
Save for my dally range
Among the pleasant fields of Holy Writ,
I might despair.
—TNNYSON.
Commentary on the International Sunday-School Lesson
Third Quarter. Leson IV. Isaiah iv, 1-13. July 23. 1905.
THE GRACIOUS INVITATION.
X the fifty-third chapter,
"that golden passional,” the
prophet has described the
Great Shepherd's method
ot recovering His wayward
flock. even by the sacrifice
of His Son. He dwells
upon the particulars of the
vicarious death of Jesus,
and, in closing exults over
the triumph of Him whose
conquering was by love
|| and suffering. In the fif
ty-fourth chapter, Isaiah
describes the church, her beauty, security
and capacity. In the fifty-fifth chapter
j, e bursts out in a general and joyous
■ .citation to the whole race to partake
o the benefits of the atonement, and en-
. the security of the church.
The prophet picks up (verse I) the
t tnmon street cry of the water vender,
I turns it to the noblest use. He
i. iows how Inexhaustible are the riches
, • grace, when, without hesitation, he
j , ites ' every one” to partake. He htls
inkling of a “select number,” who
o' ly can accept his invitation. The
■ whosoever will" of the New Testament
j 3 the echo of tliTs "Ho! every one,” of
ih, Old. "Buying without money” is
. iv a paradoxical way of emphasizing
t freeness. Water, wine and milk is a
progressive scale to indicate the refresh
j. .g exhilarating and nourishing power
,, grace. But the sinner must be con-
same. From this sureness of nature the
prophet argues the sureness of grace.
• * * • •
The prophet concludes with a high
graoe note of gladness. Joy, peace, sing
ing, clapping of hands.
*****
But in the final analysis the sources
of grace are not found external to one's
self. There is not anywhere in the uni
verse a mysterious reservoir of supply.
“Do not say who s^hall go into heaven;
that is to bring it down—or who shall
go into the deep; that is to bring it up.
But what saith the Scripture? The king
dom of God is within you."
*****
The supply is subjective, not objective.
Internal, not external. All the sources of
a good life are already lodged in every
human soul.
*****
The first step in religion is one of
discovery. One finds ifie possibility and
power of a new life within. The next
step is one of unfoldine-nt. An evolution,
ceaseless and divine, lias begun.
(Copyright. Davis W. Clark.)
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR AND EP-
WORTH LEAGUE TOPIC.
July 23, 1905.
(Philippians iii, 20-21; Hebrew) xi,
8-10, 13-1(1.
PREPARING FOR OUR HEAVENLY
HOME.
Household Letters
CONTINUED FROM SIXTH PAGE.
run/) Arm tt r nit / VVV indeed he ever paid the money. You’H
Ur L.INN have l(( give up the ^ ace and find
CHAPTER VI. something to do to support yourself.
What Was Found in the Pit. “And my engagement to you?” faltered
Mrs. Dolly Hearst. wno entertained the j D ^ dam ,. returned the deacon sternly.
Village Improvement Club, as tdM in j ..j am sorry to i, ave to tell you that
the first chapter of this story, was the' my feelings for you have undergone a
most lovable of widows. She was plump . change. You have not acted fair by
and “comfy” with a fresh complexion, J me, Mrs. Hearst. You have deceived
bright, hazel eyes and a dimple in her j me. You never told me your place was
chin. Sue was sympathetic, but cheer- | mortgaged,
ful and affectionate.
v,:..- ,,f his need of salvation, and de-
.. e t, and some for it, as the thirsty
in m feds his thrist before he comes to
;.... water vender. And this conscious
ly of need (verse 2) comes with
1 ,n. The sinner must come,
t,, 1 forward to listen; he. must hearken
*! iigcitly. It is said of Peter after his
denial of Jesus, "When he thought there-
vi .. 1. wept.” If lie had had no thoughts
jic wuld have had no tears. Meditation
j the threshold of penitence. He who
stops to think is near tne kingdom.
Tlio.-o who partake of the atonement
aie joined to God (verse 3) in the new
c venant, which is never to be supplant-
t ; by any other, and which includes the
n,e Mrs assured in Daviu s greater Son,
who shall be (verse 4) the ideal witness
j, idci and commander of the race—He
who -hall witness to and teach men
way of salvation and duty, and
i .all, by His example and authority,
, ,d them in it. The Redeemer’s king-
c in of grace (verse 5) shall sweep out
t i include nations not yet in existence,
;.ad. others ignorant of the gospel shall
iw alacrity in accepting it when it is
preached to them.
And it is supremely important that the
gracious invitation of the gospel (verse
6> should be accepted immediately; that
we should "hearken,” “incline the ear,"
"'near," “buy,” “eat" and "seek,” for
i..ere is coming a time when the Lora
cannot be "found" and will not oe
‘near." The present life only is the
jariod in which the provisions of the
atonement avail. But in this life let the
aimer forsake his wicked way and un
righteous thoughts; let him not only thus
cease from evil, but let him do well in
repentance toward G*il and faith in
Christ, and God will not only have mercy,
J>ut will abundantly pardon. God's
ebundant pardon (verse 7) stands in con
trast to man's illiberal forgiveness. God’s
thoughts and ways in general, and espe
cially in the matter of forgiveness
ifverses 8, 9) are in marked co»trast .o
man's; they are as wide asunder as
heaven and earth.
And the process of grace in renewing
.the soul shall not be a whit less certain
(verses 10-11) than the processes of na
ture. As rain and snow do not return
•until they have accomplished the end
Jor which they were sent, so certainly
ehall the blood sprinkled from Calvary
In- effectual in the removing of sin from
the penitent and believing.
Nature herself seems to be in sympa
thy (verse 12-13) with the young con
vert. Mountains and hills break forth
foe!ore him into singing, and all the trees
•sof the field clap their hands. The trans
formation in his character and environ
ment is as great as if the useful and
beautiful fir had supplanted the poi
sonous and lacerating thorn, and the
(myrtle the brier.
*****
THE TEACHER’S LANTERN.
Thirst is the fiercest, most importunate
of physical appetites. It is here taken
at the symbol of the soul’s consciousness
of need. Jesus joins hunger to thirst
In His beatitude of the seeker after right
eousness. It signifies alertness, persist
ency, use of means to end.
There is an undisguised note of assur
ance and complacency in the language
of the prophet's invitation. He talks
iikt one who tiad inexhaustible treasure
at command.
The lavish hand of God is put in con-
*i' :, si with the grasping hand of the Ori
ental money-lender. God does things
abundantly. The atmosphere of earth is
7C miles deep. Will it ever be breathed
up? The oak shakes and enouglh acorns
drop to plant a hundred forests. Will
earth ever lie denuded of its foliage?
It is to l>e remembered that the de
scriptions of heaven given to us in Scrip-
I ture are purely figurative. It is a city,
j That means organized and social life. It
j has foundations. That signifies security.
I A sea of glass means peace. Its wealth
i~r 1 °f gold and jewels signifies an enrich
ment by reason of the moral qualities of
its citizens. The rest of iheaven is not
idleness, but activity under conditions
which make for the least friction and
undisturbed equilibrium. The present
aige cannot so much as endure thought
of a statical heaven. Life there will be
ana i ih flux, not crystal. Preparation for life
i Is preparation for heaven. Heaven is
only perpetuation of life. The evolution
of the kingdom In the human soul is
to continue there and in heaven and for
ever.
Wh
THE LASS OF MOREDUN.
i simmer comes smilin' o'er moun
tain an' lea,
The green liaughs o’ Moredun are pleas
ant to see;'
An’ pleasant's tlie hum o' the merry-
wild bee,
When tlie rose an' the lily are blawin'.
An' blythely the mavis salutes the gray
morn,
As sweetly he sings on yon snowy-
white thorn.
While the lav'rock soars high o’er the
long yellow corn.
An' tine moorcocks are cheerily crawin'.
She had had a checkered married life.
For years, her husband was as kind in
his house as he was shrewd and money-
making in his business. He owned a
chief interest in a furniture factory.
Also he did business in real estate. lie
was prospering well, when a stroke oi
paralysis changed his nature and His
hablfs, At first, the left side of hTs
body and liTtibs was benumbed, and he |
could not walk' or use his right arm, j
but after a while there was much im- I
proment. He recovered the use of him- I
self ,'n a great measure, though Tie had j
a peculiar shuffling walk, hut his brains !
did not unfortunately eome out of the i
twist given them by the .iroke. He ex- i
hihited eccentric tendencies. He shun- :
ned company and talked more to his
dog and his horse and particularly to i
h,s cow than he did to his follow-beings.
He had been a frank, genial man, but
now he was suspicious and distrustful.
He drew his savings out of the hank,
saying that hanks were not reiiahlc.
and that he would invest his monev .
safely. What he Invested in lie never
informed any one. not even his w,’fe.
He was not unkind to Dolly hut he
showed little appreciation of 1k» «*«clefy. j
spending most of his time with his !
dumb friends.
TTe was particularly attentive to his j
cow. and the only time he showed anv
real emotion was when she was run ;
over liv a railroad freight train, and j
her left hind leg completely cut off about j
half way un.
He was: advised to shoot her. as a ^
three-legged cow would he of no p»r- I
i-ice. hul he resented the eo,, n sol and
had Rottv taken home and her
until she was well. Then he got out
his fine tools, which he had on<-e use
in making furniture, and procuring a
nieer of seasoned wood, he shaped it
into a very good imitation of a now's
hind le<r U-i'-ing made jt hollow, (t
was: quit 3 light, and the now's stumn
fitted ,'nlo it snugly, and was kept in
place by plaster of Paris.
Peter Hearst was no prouder of hav
ing made a leg for his cow than he
had been of making a bargain in real
estate or of manufacturing a fine side
board. Betty .In turn, showed a great
attachment for her master, and the
“It is not mortgaged. My husband
redeemed it years ago. And if it was
mortgaged, what difference would that
make to you? You have often told me
you wanted to marry me for myselt
alone; that it wouldn't mattf-r if I hadn’t
a penny.”
“A man says foolish things sometimes.
Otto Jem, Belmont, Tenn.
lake
\\,
i matter. 1 don't want
,au lor a Wile who ,» a pauper.
wiT.id call me looLsn.
Mr. Simpkins, I am glad
out wiuu kina or man you
j,y enuuren
"Very well,
I have tounu <.
are."
He looked sli
i here s no need L
I we broke up. it s n
"indeed, I shall let
just why you bloke your promise
I marry me. I don't intend to be blameu
! for it. I am not broken-hearted foe-
■pisli and presently said:
iced to leil people any
it's none of mem busi-
my fri
it,
either. Indeed, I shan't be
-• niy home, since losing it
e from marrying a dislion-
rite. Now I wish you good
But fairer you
ween.
calm stilly- gleamin' I
roamed wi’ my ain
When fondly I
comely queen.
While the soft zephyrs sighed ’mong the
brackens sae green.
An’ the dews lay on ilka sweet blossom.
I pu'd the wild frow'rets sae balmy an'
fair,
An' 1 twined me a wreath for her rich
raven hair,
Wi’ a bonnie wee rosebud o' fragrance
sae rare
For a gem to her lily-white bosom.
We sat by the streamlet that wimpled
sae clear.
And fondly I gazed on my ‘lassie sae
dear, •=
Till tlie wall o’ the cushat fell low on the
ear, c
Alt' the moon tnruugji tile blue lift
was roamin'.
Oh! wae was my' heart when she parted
from me.
An' saft fell the tears frae her dark hazel
e'e.
As cheerless an' sad by yon auld rowan
tree.
We whispered "farewell” at the gloam-
in'.
—Furnished by Yaiellaird.
pair with the dog—an ugly terrier—could : caust
lie seen any time of day roaming a hot it \ s , )1Ty l(J j
the pasture or rest.'ng under fhe shade | has saved
of (he trees j ora ble hVj
But Peter's enemy kept an eye upon j morning."
him. and one day suddenly gave him a I she tunuffl, her eves flashing her
second and harder stroke, from which , cheeks flushed and pointed to the partly
j open door. Not till then did she see
l Cyrus Bloomsbury, whose knock she
tian girl, too—good and kind to all. I
want to have things as pleasant for her
as I can have them.”
“When are you ~oln£ to be married.
Uncle Billy?” 1 asked.
“The fifth Sunday in this month—just
three weeks from next Sunday.”
"Well, I wish you joy. Uncle Billy*
I hope you won’t be disappointed.”
“Disappointed? What do you mean,
sonny?”
“Oh, nothing particularly-; only *vs
had some dealings with girls, and they
: are a mighty- uncertain quantity. You've j
heard the old saying; [
‘There's many a slip ’tween the cup and I
; the lip.’ ’’ ., i
j "Miss Viola, ain't anv such a girl as I
| that. She’s too honorable to trifle with ;
| a man or deceive him. She’s close to i
bein' an ang.>l. Did you know that if t
| there were nn good women, there would I
be no sweet angels in heaven?”
Well, it got circulated around the j
neighborhood that Uncle Billy and Ivliss
Viola were to be married, and everybody
had something to sav about it. Some
thought the ^j r | was going to do mighi-
well for herself, as she’d get a niee
home and a kind husband, and others
; said they pitied her a young girl mar-
! rying a man old enough to be her father.
and with three girls grown at home,
| v.-ho would he sure to resent having a
! young stepmother.
Uncle Rilh- kept on with his preonra-
j tions. and the days passed, until there
was only- one more week before the
! wedding, w’ on one morning Uncle Rillv
| *-oeoived a fit envelope inscribed in Miss
i-tnla'c dainty hand writing. "Bless her
little heart what a big letter she has
written mo*” lie said, as he wiped his
specs and sat down to eniov reading it.
But ns he read, the brightness left
! hf..- face. At first he looked nuzzled,
end then *m woebegone that T pitted
him with nil mv heart.
Tt was a long letter, and full of the
cnbttettes and honeved little pretenses
o'' womankind. She went all kind of
rr-undabmi- wav: *n let T’nete RiUv down
nasi*. Rhi begged him to forgive her—
that she had not meant to trifle with
or deceive hire. She lust hadn't known
her own heart. Tf he didn't forgive
hot and T.q her still lie his warm, true
friend, she won*d he miserable, for she
oaf earned hire nbnrp all men.
"Well. Uncle Rfllv forgave tier, and he
went to seo her. and tiler fire i things
nn on some sort of high, platonic plane.
Thev wri e to each ottior. and F had a
giimnse at her last letter in which she
legged hip to “cheer nn; don't let that
good, noble heart give wav to despond-
enev. T trust and believe there is a
h*-*ght future for both of us. God will
lift us above the thornv places in opr
life Ul cer up. dear friend, and enjoy
life.”
And Uncle Bill'- wrote; "When von
stood tip to read y-our report, you
b'pshed so prettilv. and vour voice trem
bled just enough to make |t sound sweet
ns the chords of a mandolin played at
tv itight " And then be went on to tell
her of a dream he had had. in which
know | pbo figured, of course. Tt is a might'
furnv situation seems to me- end I am
looking on and wondering how tt wifi
end. T shouldn't be greatlv surprised
if some tinv after Miss Viola has go'
tired of posing as a sympathetic pud
ei-mfor'log angel, she didn’t up and take
Uncle Billy after all.
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This record is a phenomenal one and has
scarcely been equaled by any other camp
m the world
Tfie present handicap is the lack of
transportation facilities, the freight
charge o n ore from Goldfield to Tonupah
being $7 per ton. and from Tonapah to
San Uraneisej, $12 per ton. Tlie new
railroad is promised by the middle of
August, however, and better facilities
are expected.
I was particularly attracted by •!■*
thought beyond the pleasant dreams
ti.at came to me in my berth.
Sunrise of our second day out found
us upon the beautiful plains of Missouri.
This seems to be the land where the
£«;r-reaehing, green landscapes mount up
1 > kiss the blue skies. No prettier v.ews
greeted us than those we witnessed in
the great commonwealth of Missouri,
its we crossed the state via the Frisco
ard Rock Island systems.
One sees but few trees in this plain
open-hearted hospitality of the -je iple i n 'trion, and these but paltry growth as
in these grfeat mining camps. The non-
ulatlon of Goldfield is now 12.000 a!
few- months ago it wae only a few hun
fireds, and they are flocking here 11 i 1 \-. 1
The streets are thronged with pictur
esque characters, sunbrowned and hands
lilishered that had never before touched I
a plekTfandie. Rich and poor alike fell
a victim to the spell of prospecting,
money flows freelv a? water (and mo-pi
so, for "Adam's ale" is an
luxury on this barren desert). The -
lette tables run wide open day and
night and Goldfield rivals Dawson in 1 s
palmiest days.
An automobi]
ferent mining
and sight-seers in
some elegnn; nut
across, the desert.
The original discovery of the
and Goldfield district occurred
1900, when James Butler, then
official In Nevada. went
across the Manhattan mountains
camper] at an Indian spring called
napah,' said to mean "water nea
surface." Th
viting for the
ompared with th
lora of the Atlant
ire compensations, I
>f beautiful hedges.
magnificent virgin
seaboard. There
-iwpver in the way
fat herds, and in-
tmg landscapes dotted with lovely min
iature lakes. The region seems to be
one of great prosperity; their system
of farming seems unsurpassed: the whir
o many windmills can be discerned:
everywhere under the smiiing heavens,
ever and anon, loom up pretty and
Ve ! happy homesteads. The life of old Hol
land itself can scarce surpass existence
in this fine trans-Mississippi country.
It is a delightful heritage Tom Lock-
I hart. Son of Texas. Will Ward Mitchell
service between the dif ; :ui d others arc permitted to call their
amps brings prospectors own.
in every few hours, and | Before arriving at Kansas City, we
are seen spinning j had quite a run through big, windy.
I hustling Kansas. Here, as in Missouri,
we were greeted on every hand by love
ly landscapes and evidences of great
material welfare. The topography hears
a strong resemblance to that of Mis
souri. Aunt Cynthia and Duleie, do
v.-rite often to the Household from your
historic state.
After forty-eight and one-half hours
mapah
May.
count) ;
prnspeefim
and
Tn-
•gion
more un’n- |
Ki
US op
great
ve], covering a distance
we sighted the big me-
hluffs of the Missouri—
A week’s sojourn gave
sights of this
>f our repub-
in many par-
fa its us tor
he died in an hour.
TTe spoke hut one intelligible word—
this was Betty, the name of the wooden
legged cow.
After his death, no will could he found
and no memorandum of what he hao
done with his money, which Tie bad
claimed, was securely Invested. No
money, no deeds or ofher important pa
pers could lie discovered. Rome (bought
that he had buried them, but nothing
to support this conjecture came to Tign,.
Tlie widow was left with no nrnporty
hut her petty cottage home on the out
skirts of Lynn, w-ith five acres of land ; j,
in orchads; garden, grain field and
hadn't heard
"Pardon me,'
don't wish to
ask if I could
that little matt
t,Fined to me.
able to find ar
ment in the rc
you have come
n her excitement.
lie said, hesitatingly. "I I
intrude. I called by to |
help you any further in
er of business you men- j
t was sorry not to be |
iv record of the annul-
tcorder's book- ( hope
ss the missing pa-
l’arm and :
world and
dial! have
earn mv
pel's.
“No, Mr. Bloomsbury. I have not |
found them and never shall, I suppose. |
! likely my poor htisbnjid buried
meadow, lying about it. her fa.'thful j n^rne and 1 m--'lift* have lost my 1
horse and her enws-one of them fho "the
wooden-legged Betty. ^ , ]j v j n „ ••
But Dolly Hearst was tirhtty and poo-j ‘.you
ul.ar, and her home and little farm were
valuable, so she did nof lack for suit- j
ors The one among these whom .she; , , ,
spakKIea tnrougfh unshed tears, nor j
hecks were like damask roses.
"Oh, that arrangement is ail null. Mr.
The rleaqor. has just told
e that he would not marry a pauper."
“The scoundrel! Tfe ought to feel
inured that you would consent to marry
him under any circumstances” said
? AA hv. T thought you were tr
marry Deacon Simpkins, Mrs. Hearst.’
*ibe laughed hi'tterly. Tier black eyes
FAULT-FINDING AS AN OCCUPA
TION.
I am one of the army of teachers, but
this is blessed vacation time, when the
tired pedtigogue can give the go-by to
school rooms, cares and responsibilities,
and lounge about in shady corners, read
ing summer novels and tin: dear old
iSunny South.
1 snail leave Lomacita's question un-
toucliea. fcjue lias liau euougli answers
—iinu such a \ai-ieij. ouim; oi mem
were given forth as startling oracles,
uoialilj .ill*. Orton’s, say. r 1 . L. O., aren 1
you airaiu of uelng ostracized by yout ,
leilowinen for giving tnein away—telling
their secret—for they do try to blind us j
weager qnes and make us believe that
they really can and do love us? Bui
you unmasked them, Air. Orton, and
here's my hand in token of my apprecia
tion of yuyr Spartanlike courage in tell
ing the truth.
1 would like to talk a little aboui fault
finding as an occupation. The fault
finder sets out by not intending to injure
any one or cause any wounded feelings,
but the Qi'actice grows into a habit, and
results 111 discontent, restlessness and a
lonely, friendless life. The judgment of
the chronic fault-finder is not reliable.
He ceases to be able to estimate the true
value of effort and achievement, or of
character.
The fault-finder is quickly distrusted
and feared by his acquaintances, who
drop away from him until he soon finds.
'mself alone. Usually be is selfish.
most favored was a widow*er with sev
eral children—a dignified deacon in tn
church, hut known to be something o
a skinflint and a dear lover of money.
The other suitor was Cyrus Blooms
bury, a part owner of a shoe sfore—
a shy, elderly bachelor, who had loved
Dolly when she was a girl, but had
never mustered up courage enough to
tell hea so. AA’hen she become a widow
he made un his mind to try his fate
as soon as the fair Dolly was out of
mourning. Dolly now wore her black
very much relieved by W'liite, but still
Cyrus thought it would be more re
spectful to the widow to waft longer,
so he put off his courting and in the
meantime the deacon soiled in and won.
One day, not long after she had en
tertained the A'illage Tmprovement So
ciety Dolly received a letter, the con
tents of w'hioh troubled her greatly. It
was from a man in the neighboring city, i ^ r " s
who had previously written her that
held a mortgage on her
! Bloomshurv
purple with suppressed
would consent t
circumstance
Bloomsbury, turning a look of con-
| temptuons indignation upon tlie recreant
| suitor.
I The deacon wa
rage.
Tf you think it such an honor to
marry ATrs. Hearst you’d better
her yourself," he sneered.
"T should he proud and glad to do
If ,t was her pleasure," said Ovrus. as j years.
the deacon, trying tn hide his discom-
I fit lire under a scornful smile, bowed
low and made his exit.
The old fraud! ‘ said Bloomsbury*. ”1
hope this break up has not hurt you,
Hearst.”
ma rrv
A WONDERFUL STORY OF GOLD
The snot light of the world
centered noon the one eommonweaUh of
the west which has long made civiliza
tion wonder if it really possessed the
credentials to sisterhood, and the Drama
of Gold is being enacted there—Nevada,
i I cannot imagine a more disagreeable,
dusty and altogether disgusting trip
I than the one I made from Reno down
into the gold district of Tonapah in 1
t Goldfield—nor one with m-cyre surprising
realizations at tlie end. But. there is
plenty of compensation for the siglv-
seer on the main line of the Southern Pa
cific railway, on either side of Reno. To
the west are the rugged beauties of the
Sierra Nevada mountains, and eastward
you climb the mighty Rockies, kissing
the clouds with their glacier-white lips.
Indeed, the Southern Pacific seems to
i have a monopoly on tlie scenic invest 1 .-
i ture of the west, whether it be ilong
I this line, up along the poetic Shasta
I route, scenieally magnificent, down the
j valleys of central California, iwth .heir
I vast irrigated orchard field? and vine-
J yards, or along the Santa Clara valley
: a perennial smile of nature—down to Los
j Angeles and the southern plains wnere
’ "frosts never nip a rose.’
But. back to tlie story of gold:
Unlike Rome, Goldfield, the marvel of
the century, was built in a day. The
camp is undoubtedly
the greatest disci
peetor than the aver
age Nevada desert. Tlie monotony of
sand and sagebrush was broken hv vol
canic ash, and ail was barren, lifeless
and silent. The result of his prospeoMrit
was successful. His wife was one of
the party of miners, and while they
eamped she hauled water from the Indian
| spring and cooked for the men. The
j first shipments were two wagonioads 1 r
t now | oro about two tons. Sent to a San
Francisco smelter. The returns were
something over S600 net.
This was the beginning of one of the
most remarkable mines of ancient or
modern times. News of the great dis-,
co vp ry Foon Rprcnd. ;lnd there w.is
stamped to The new camp. The g-r-.nrj
was leased to several parties, and omo
of the prosper tors became fabulonslv
rich within a few months. Tt Is needless a
to say that Butler is today a Croesus-i MAY HAVK RllN "*
in fact, no one can know what he is GENERAL HOUSTON S
worth in exact figures. T have read Paula's pathetic storv or
Expenses of living are naturally '-ery i the young wife, who while yet a bride of
high In the camps, but when the new
railroad is completed the CO st will be
lessened. A’isitors were shocked at the
announcement recently of "baths at *2
each.” an increased rate owing to the
advance in water supply.
"While there is a rough element among
the miners and much lawlessness.
unbroken
1.460 mib
polls on t
nsas City-
opportunity to pee the
city in the heart
lie. And a tnrly great eit
titulars she is, but tim
more extended mention.
Our return trip was via St. Louis.
Memphis. Atlanta. Salisbury and Pan-
vlTr. Tl-e entire Itinerary covered a
distance of a little more than 3.000
n lies, and was garnered as one of mem-
ovy’s most prized tr asures.
Forgive this long intrusion upon V°’K
spree.. Mater, and accept for yourself
snd Interesting family of Householders
regards and best wishes of
"BACHELOR PARSON..
r. A.SH LIKE
,*oiir>£.
a few weeks, experienced the pain and
mortification of having her husband
change from the ardent lover to the cold
and finally scarcely tolerant mate. One
1 pilch a case without
Jes of tlhe matter, and
that led up to the
cannot judge
knowing both
1 all the cireumstane
an at- sa d “finality.” The husband may
Fim« sincerely loved his newly wedded
nmo winr*ii be; , h ' ils h i irt m >" Pride a little, not
wished settled. She replied that the, £Ve r '"io'ved Inm.^'My Vu-mltTbought [
ought to accept n,m, because he was
such a fine man, but you can’t judge
by appearanees.”
ATrs. Hearst. did—did you take notice
of what T said just now—that—that I
would feel honored if you—should be
willing to—to marry me?”
“Yes. Mr. Bloomsbury. T appreciated
your saying this. T know you said it
through kindness. and sympathy—to
mike me feel less sore al
jeetion."
“T s-i.d it through more
thy. Dolly, don’t vot. knot
yon all my life?”
“How should T know it.
never told me. AA’iiy didn -
mortgage had been lifted by her hits- ,
band some years before he died. This j
letter curtly denied that the mortgage '
had been lifted, challenged her to pro- 1
dtiee any receipt or other evidence show-I
Ing that the money had been paid, and
informing her that the mortgage would ,
he foreclosed at once.
She had once more searched every |
drawer, trunk and shelf in tlie house
for the receipt showing the money had 1
been paid and the mortgage lifted. Tint
she had again failed to find any paper;
concerning it. She had before this con
sulted a lawyer, who told her tTiat un
less she could find the document of
which the county recorder’s hooks show- !
ed no record, she would be obliged to i
lose her home. She remembered per- j
feetly being told by her husband that;
he had paid the money, which he had 1
borrowed to make some investment, and
had redeemed their home, hut it seemed
he failed to record the transaction and
she had no proof that it was ever made. I
She had worried over it until a little '
fit of womanlike crying relieved the ten- j
sion of her feelings, and she was look- j
Ing quiet, but hardly sad when the dea-
eon came in and made himself at home;
mv re-
tiian sympa-
’ T have loved
Cyrus
you ?’
You
in pointing out defects and sneering at
or making small of excellences. He
renders the atmosphere about him un
pleasant, and finally drops out of the
sweeter and more wholesome current o?
social life The wages of his labor In
i his chosen vocation are disappointment.
As in nature, so in grace! Enough for discontent and Isolation. AVhere selfish-
envious and conceited. ‘ He takes pride j after the fashion of a privileged beau, j
•each, for ali, for evermore!
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Unere is certainty as well as abundance
In nature. Tlie seasons fail not. The
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this inviolable certitude of nature is but
the reflection of Him who is eternally the
ness, suspicion and conceit predominate,
friendship cannot take root. Let the
fault-finder change bis occupation, and
cultivate a sweeter and juster spirit, else
he will have to nav the penalty of being
uncharitable, unfij't and disagitoeahle.
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He tnlK her fhe latest village news—
that Sadie Elkin, the missing girl, had
been seen by several persons, onee in'
the night near Somers’ home, and once
in the woods close by Nick’s cahin.
“Then, as T was on my way here.”
he said, ‘‘I came upon, a crowd. Headed
by Sol Biddle, who were going out to j
investfgate another find of Sol’s. He j nroun a
declared he had heard a groan coming | h
"Because—why, you remember I was
always so—"
Quick steps on the veranda and a
sharp ring of the doorbell interrupted
the bachelor's explanation.
"Come in.” said Dolly, and in rushe-l
a bevy of children, with pretty Tomboy
Mabel Leo at their head.
Oli, Miss Dolly, your poor, woofien-
legged cow fell in the pit and killed
herself. Sol Biddle found Her and
thought it was Miss Saidie. They gc ,
her out, but she died. Thev brought
un her wooden leg. and. Miss Dollv
it's hollow—and there's somethin’ TTke a
roll of paper rammed down hard Tn it.
The hoys.,wanted to get it out. Hut I
wouldn't 'art tfieni. I brought the leg
an authority, j
/ery in a hundred ,
s ores running Into the th.au- .
ands near f?ie surface. Some of the ors ;
from the Combination and Jumbo mines
runs as high as *25,000 per ton, while a
number of other mine?- are yielding $10-j
000 ore. !
It seems as if here was located the J
mother vein of the plane;. In one week |
685 tons were shipped from Goldfield, all j
of it running over *400 per ton, and some j
of it .Ts high as *20.000.
Tonapah. 27 miles north of here. ird
the terminus of the railroad, was discov
ered in the summer of 1900 and its.sue
cess led to general prospecting further
south in the great Nevada mineral licit,
with the result that a number of nex
camps, such a? Goldfield. Gold Crater and
Bullfrog Have been discovered.
In May. 1903. prospectors obtained gmd
assay? from claims on the northern edge
of the district, and a rush occurred Tom
Tonapah to locate claims. fn Sentemher
of the same year shipping ore was faun I
in tlie Combination mine, which w is
bonded for *75.000. and the mine viol
the amount in ore in a very few in
The next mine to be opened was the
Jumbo on a parallel vein with the Oam-
bination. It has produced so far con
siderably over a million dollars. Tt is
being worked by lessees, a number of
whom 'have made fortunes. The Jan
uary and Florence mines have been oper
ated just a year, and have produced over
half a million dollars. Several new mines
have ?>een opened in widely different
parts of the district, to us materially
enlarging tlie shipping area. In some
of these ores runs from $50 to St0.000
per ton.
The mineral belt of which Goldfield ! s
a part, extends from a point above Rnno
extent,
injurious
wa? agreeably surprised to find
biosphere of culture, reading
churches and news and hook stan -'
abundance. The bes: current literatimcl
is read, and high class Intellectual di
version is fostered. fn fact, an aefm,
who came to Tonopah and Goldfield pith
a stock company which stranded, related
his experience to me. in which he was
urged by* the pioneer editor of The News
to give a course of Shakesperian De-
lures and readings, after his last dofinr
had disappeared. He did so. opening *
an audience of nearly- *200, got "on his
feet." financially, and is today one of v,., . -
the leading citizens- and owns propretv your young men associates. s t ”
valued at more than $200,000. Tt *s a ) the companionship of men of the flirting
story of luck, accomplished within about.’ type- T). D . you have my sincere
two years, and has a number of man- p'nthy in your grief for tfhe loss of y.w
terparts in this wild, frontier land of noble father, f can feel keenly tor V L
gold. CAROL ELMORE. as I have passed through a similar trim.
Goldfield, Nevada. j Dear Rachel Brno
— | happiness continue
could all he si
ay have
wife.
bat have had his affection chilled or
cru=lhed by some word or act that was a
revelation’to him of incongeniality—and
unsuitableness. This was the case with
General Sam Houston, who left his wire
verv soon after they were wedded. 1
have never known of a difficulty—domes
tic or outside the house—where both par
ties were ii-nt to blame to pom<-
As regards flirting, it is very
to character lowering its tone and lessen
ing self-respect and the esteem nf others.
Girls, do not trifle with the feelings of
vour voung men associate
A JOURNEY AND GLEANINGS BY
THE WAY.
Dear Mater and Hou?eholdn-s: On
May 8. y-ith a FigTif heart and a long
tirket. T got on hoard a train for Kan
sas City. Mo., and saw the spires of
my home village in Virginia fade and
r.ew vistas loom into view. Ticket to
destination was issued by the Southern
Railroad Company, and my journey after
leaving Virginia was thj-ough sections of
North Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi. Tennessee, Arkan
sas. Missouri and Kansas. T return
ed via St. Louis, and thence to Mem
phis, via the Illinois Central, the addi-
t'c-nal states of Illinois and Kentucky
th?. ! being thus added to the itinerary.
The scertery in the states through
which I journeyed, under the hypnotic,
spell of gentle spring, was at its best,
Imagination was all alert, and apprecia
tion of the ever varying panoramas most
hearty.
While tjie stars kept vigil and my
riad heetaes and birds of the nigh.,
held carnival, I sped onward through
the Old North State, across the Pal
metto State, and into the Empire State
c 1 the South. The sun of a new- day
v.-as not high when the domes cf At
lanta were sighted. Here I breakfast-
s. may your domestic
unallayed. Mould
fortunate!
BERTRAM.
Health Springs. S. C
-pnng
from the bottom of that big hole they j v
to you
A blow of a hatchet from Mr. Blooms
bury broke the wooden leg and from it
out a package tightly wrapped i
in oil silk,
of one
nine, and The receipt for the payment
mortgage debt. This was the queer
hiding plaee which noor crack-bra ined
had devised for his treasure.
he knew That s,n> wns nor s nauner
THOMAS LOCKHART
Wellington, Mo.
TDTrtT.TT PTT-T V AND MTSS VTOT-A.
T'nele Billy Brown, of SWpv Hollow,
was a widower, way up in the fifties!
Hut hale and fresh looking, and with a
heart as tender and sentimental as a
. , , JJ f, man's. At a protracted mee:ing in
ble death j th< neighboring settlement, he met Miss
from jus-, \ iola Smith, a pretty, refined voung
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call Indian pit. at the foot of the cliff
in the woods hack of your house. He
looked down into the pit and saw some
thing brown lying at the bottom. The
vines and bushes were so thick he could
not make out what, it was. so he came
back to get. help and a ladder."
‘‘Do you think it possible it can be
poor Sadie? Sol Biddle has cried ‘wolf’
so many times. And why should Sadie"
be wandering about Lynn in this aim
less way?”
“Why, they say now that she was not
in her right mind when she disappeared.
It seems' she had never heard that her
father was a thief and had been con
victed—and had died a miserable death
when he was running away — , .......... „ rcimea voung
tice. It was told to her suddenly by;pcman of twenty-four or thereabout
some one. and she tobk on terribly and | Uncle Billy was smitten from the first
wouldn't b * eve her father was guilty. I and paid Miss Viola some gallant atten-
N "W 1 ho ng could r have 3, to 8 ld e the^poor "efflia ^"her. 'In^she "replied* amT‘so "/cor"
mfbS,v Sd p sv y h . pr * c s
would have let you know about fhe j ” ne to look after his house and
mortgage before, but I knew it had been j pi P ’She^rTnff^ 1 ' 15 " S ° e J« y alul ( ' es ‘
paid off and I was sure the man had;^f e She repHed^ym^theticaliy. and
forgotten It—or somathing and would j
own he was mistaken. But you see,! y ou ever saw.
he sticks to it that the money was j The marriage was not to take place
never pali?, and I can t find the re- j ai once. Miss Viola wanted to get up
ceipt.” ) a trosseau and Uncle Billy agreed to
The deacon had unfolded the letter and; wait awhile; and there’s just where ne
adjusting his glasses, he read It twice, j dropped his candy. He ought to have
His face darkened and he questioned! pressed for an immediate tying of the
the widow in a hard voice and learned
from her what her lawyer had sa,u
about the matter, and how fruUlessly
she had searched for any record or re
ceipt bearing on the annulment of the
mortgage.
"I don't see that you can do anything, '
ha said, curtly. “Your husband has
played the fool to lose the receipt—If.
southeast to the Colorado river. Some ed * adjusted the hands of my time-keep-
authoritles say that this same belt ex ! e ' fr " m Eastern to Central time, climb-
tends through Arizona and into ild I {r aboar . <1 the fl i' er and turned m *" face
Mexico. The celebrated Comstock !o(D ' westward.
1 at Virginia Citv is located in this same , H " W large and self-sufficient seemed
belt, a? are also the mining camps cfL the S reat cit >"
Tt contained tea i Ray, Tonopah. Klondike. Gold Cra’er
thousand dollars j an d BullfrWS. At places this mineral He't
is covered with o flow of lava, generally-
called nialaoi. Which does not con'a’n
mineral, and It is only at points whe-e
this has eroded that the mineral-
Pet
Dollv rejoieed over the finding and over! hearing formation is accessible A
the fact that Cvrus had proposed before | Goldfleh* '* Is exposed for a dlrtan-e of
8 miles long and 6 miles wide, and Ibis
whole area shows evidences of mineral.
Goldfield has produced to date over
*20,000. It will undoubtedly produce
during the year 1905 over *3.000,000
FOLLOW
THE
FLAG
TO —
a New Home In the Great West. The Wabash
R R. to the shortest and quickest line from
Billy went to see her and” "came
j back engaged and the happiest old chap
t
LOUIS
Kansas City, Omaha and St. Paul
where It makes direct connection with the
Great Overland Lines to all points In the
knot. ! West, Northwest and Southwest.
But the days of waiting soon came i ^ „
near ;o an end. Uncle Billy walked Very cheap rou d t * ip Homeseekers* ticket*
like he had springs in his shoes. He ' on sale from all points In the south, on first
had the house beautifully cleaned; the | .
yard swept, new curtains put up, and 1 ,nQ th,r<i Tuesda 7 °f each month.
the old piano tuned. He was all smiles Call on nearest Ticket Agent, or address.
and politeness. ! _ _ _
“I must fix up,” he said to me. “Miss D- P* A. Wabash R. R-.
Viola Is such a nice girl, a sweet cnrla> Loutsvuis. xy.
of Atlanta, with her
teeming thousands and manifold enter
prises! As I sped through the old red
Hills of Georgia, I could but view with
utmost complacency the splendid heri
tage immortalized in song and story
by such versatile writers as Stanton,
Harris, Harben, and other famed knights
of the quill, both living and dead. . er-
ilj. a goodly heritage is Georgia!
j Alabama, with its low-lying chain of i
hills, diversified landscapes where flour- !
j ish many a vineyard fraught with the
i promise of vintage, fern-clad slopes, rich
| mining .regions and thrifty towns and
I cities, impresses the beholder favora-
I My. But in essaying to describe this
j goodly land no attempt is made to In-
; Hinge upon the rights of Alabama Hi,!
I Billy. Fineta, Floyd D. Parish, and other
; popular Householders hailing from Ala
bama.
Through the long shadows of the wan
ing day, the train sped on through
northern Mississippi into the darkness
of another night. From my car win
dow, I caught attractive glimpses of
the great and ‘important state Prom
v. hence hail our Tessa Willingham Rod-
dey. George W. Wheeler, and other
members of the Household. Here I
crossed the Tombigbee. whose forest-em
bowered shores would seem to possess
the possibility of story teillng. Withal,
*• is an agreeable impression one gains
of this state while comfortably en
sconced in a reclining chair on one of
the elegant Frisco trains, and bowling
along at no mean rate, he looks out
upory the fast-fleeing landscapes.
Tennesseean. Mlzpah. Tennessee Fogy,
and other of the Household memhe*-?
frrm that good state may tell the
Household of their grand old common
wealth: for this lone scribe saw but
little or the state, either going or com
ing on the trip mentioned. (Upon an
other occasion, last y-ear. I traversed
Tennessee, via Knoxville. Chattanooga.
Nashville, etc.) At Memphis, upon our
recent trip. I crossed the Father of Wa
ters, aod bn Into the night across tne
Arkansas ridges I sped, with never a
SANITATION OF CANAL ZONF.
(DirGUbert B. Hall in Reader Magazine.)
But what about the two great isthmian
diseases, malaria and yellow fever'’
Practically everv other disease ran be
Obliterated hv the eapn.lv of pure water
and !he simple obedience to hygienic
rules: hut these are of a different na
ture and demand more radical attacks.
They are both parasitic in nature; both,
before they invade man. must P?-?s
through an intermediate host, and that
host is the mosquito; stegovnyia for yel
low fever, and anopheles for malaria.
One should no longer doubt the essen
tially important role of the mosquito.
Today all scientists agree that to ex
terminate the mosquito ts to desr,o r ,
these diseases: that no other means ex-
this insect has been demonstrated
arrier of either. Cling to old be-
, W e may. we can render the coun-
I try free from epidemics only- by killing
i the host. And it can he done here ;n
! Panama. It has been done in Ismalia
] on the Suez canal. It has been done—
[ to he sure, in more favorable eireum-
I stanee? and a smaller area—in Havana.
! We must do it. It will he an eterna.
I disgrace to our government if we shirk
i our responsibility, for it is as much a.
| part of our canal project as is digging
j the ditch. We are not a commercial
( concern, rutting a highway between two
i oceans merely for profit. If we are. bet-
i ter let out the (ask by contract at once,
j But we are a nation, the people of that
nation pay- the taxes that supply- the
j money for canal construction, and we
should demand that this sanitary scheme
he an integral part. But it means worn.
To take a strip of land 10 miles wide
and 50 long and to free it from mos
quitoes means brains as well as kero
sene, and money to back thqj brains. It
means to clean the dirty towns ad at
onee by- concerted action—not hit by bit.
It means destruction ot nasty houses in
Panama and Colon and tne nmng in ot
slimy pools which today render futile
so much of the effort of disinfection. It
means action as we acted in Cuba, ns
Mexico acted at Mazatlan, as Japan acu
today. There must be no short sighted
policy- or broken promises about it. The
employ ees must be protected at any cost.
HOPELESS.
(From The Milwaukee Sentinel.)
“I think that ham actor we saw In
'Hamlet' last night was bum. don't you?”
“I think he was bad, but he was no
ham actor.”
“Why not?”
“Because hams can be cured.”
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