VOL- xxxvii
Mrs. J. E. Zimmerman.
Sacrifice Sale
Cor» t tii\uecl to
Saturday, Jan. 20th.
Owing to the fact of there being no issue of the county papers
between Xmas and New Year, consequently our out-of-town friends
and patrons were not aware of this MONEY-SAVING Opportunity!
So foe their benefit and also for those in the city who did not attend
or were not waited on, we will continue to sell all goods as advertised
in our circular of last week Except the price on Jackets an Capes,
we have/educed the price lower than those quoted in our citcular of j
last week.
With the longest, coldest part of winter yet to come, it you need
a warm winter gaiment, such as a Jacket, Cape, Collarette or Scarf —
a stylish Hat to go with them—you can now purchase both for less
money than f rmerly you would pay for one.
SACRIFICE PRICES ON
Dress Goods, Calicos, Towels and Crashes,
Underwear, Muslins, Blankets,
Table Linens, Sheetings, Flannels and Yarns,
Napkins, Ginghams,
Mrs. J. E. ZIMMERMAN.:
SALE
Five days of special prices, commencing
Tuesday, January 9.1900
A Cleanup Sale
OF —
DRY GOODS
At less than present wholesale prices.
Thi.« announcement should be sufficient to
crowd our store all this time as the public
know the character of our sales.
L. STEIIN Sc SO IN,
108 N. MAIN STREET. BUTLER. PA
STRIVING pOR EFFECT! i
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4 tpo** or spending money. They I Li' LJWflfrJßu
i Tto get the liettt possible results lor A » f-w : I"
■JCmoney expended. Not cheap -! -iv &P\
h thut gt*wls as cheip ns they can heS&. /IK/ lil i 'ZiS ,1 '
' f.>r sn«l made up properly. IfrTT *v\ IBv 1
"J fcyoti want the correct tiling at the cm i?: V •■*/§' < j
h Lrect price, call and examine ouoJ,;. ' r'f\ )r/£rj V 1 ' I
' large stock of Heavy Weights, FallJ \ V S/fB/ \ lit B '/
7 r ami Winter Suitings and Overcoats ofjQc v j I} ji /
£the latest Styles, Shades and
Fit* and WorkmanshiD J 111
, Guaranteed. s
G F. K6CK,
142 NorthlMain Street, Butler, Pa
I Found >hml Wlj/il I Worsted ill
PAPES, JEWELERS.
Pi-- a-><>., is what \ou will say il you coine to u. to buy a
pr tit f r in >i. \
V. ■ I .(.•• t vety large and l>> ;i!iful <k • I .el kinds i f GOLD,
! »•>•! hi' •\V novelties. All Hit: newest designs and best
q idit> ;•.( the very lowest prices.
If you have any old gold or silver remember we take it just the
same as cash.
All goods selected X PAPE'S
will be laid aside S |nu;nlnnc S or
until Christmas. > JcWtJlurS, < REPAIRING.
122 S. Main ST.
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Stop and Think Before You Act.
Where are you going to buy your
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Our Mammuth new line for 1900 is arriving daily. Never be
fore have you seen its equal in designs, colorings, quality and price.
We can please you. Call anil see before you buy.
Picture and Mirror Framing a Specialty.
Paints, Oils. Varnishes,
Room Mouldings, and Window Shades.
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thsn Morrow's
possible tc manufacture a better kidney
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ments arising from the kidneys, lhe
vast number of people in this city v.ho
have testified to th _- merits of Kid-ne-oi !s
is sufficient proof that now; of onr cia.ms
are false. .
Mrs. Smith, 49 Madison Ave., AUe
jihenv, Pa., .says:
"1 have suffered for several years with
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hack and was troubled with nervoushv.--
and sewlling of the feet. I tried differ
ent kinds of kidney remedies, but they
did not relieve me. When I savv Mor
row's Kid-ne-oids advertised I decided to
try them. They stopptd the pain .11 my
hack, my nerves are strengthened and
the swelling has disappeared."
Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are not pills but
Yellow Tablets and sell «t fifty cents a
l»ox at all drujt stores ard at Redick &
Grohman's drug store.
Mailed on receipt of price. Manufac
tured by John Morrow & Co.. Chemists.
Springfield, Ohio.
fhonundl lire Trylnpr It.
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Ely's Cream Halm, the mo«t effecti*e cure
for Catarrh and Cold in II il. we ha*© pre
pared a generous trial size for 10 cents.
Get it of your druggist or send 10 rents to
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I suffered from catarrh of the wnr-t itind
ever since a Ik»v, and I never hop . for
cure, but Ely's Cream Balm sec. hi '> do
even' that. Many acquaintanc# sLa • • -i ■ 1
it with excellent results.—Oscar OaUiiui.
45 Warren Av«J., Chicago, 111.
Fly's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
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mercury nor any injurious drug. l > riee,
60 cents. At drugi-i *or by mail.
Butler Savings Bank
Butler,
Capital - $60,000.00
surplus and Profits - - $ 170,000.00
IOS. L PURVIS President
1. IIK.VEY 'IKOUTMAN Vice-President
IV M. CA. MP BELL, Jr Ca/tier
i.OL'IS B. STKIS leller
fHRECTOitS -Joseph 1.. rurvts. J. Ilenrv
rro'Uroan; W. I». Branflnn. W. A. Sfiu. .1 s.
:smi>t>e!l.
Tlie Butler Savings Bank is the Oldest
Banking Instil ntlor.'. n Butler < ounly.
General hanking business transited.
We solicit accounts of uil producers, mer
ihants, farmers and others.
AIJ b.isin< ss entrusted to us will receive
jronipt. attention.
Interest paid on tlrne deuoslts.
TH K
Butler County National Bank,
Butler Pen n,
Capital paid in fi 10.00u.0n
Stu plus and Profits 1130.703.9 i
los. Hartman, ;President; J. V. Ritts,
v'ice President; C. A. Bailey. Cashier;
|oh 11 G. McMarliti, Ass't Cashier.
/ general banking business transacted,
futures*, paid on time deposits.
Money i >aned on approved security.
\V«- Invite you to open an account with this
frank.
DMiVA'T flon. Joseph Hartman. Hon.
IV. K Waldron, i)r. .v M. Hoover. 11. M«-
•iweeney. W. 1,. Ahrarns, C. P. ' 'olllns I. (i
•triitli, Leslie I'. II; 1 /11 r 11, M. I'lnetftii.
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Cor. 6th St. and Duquesne Way.
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Wholesale and Retail.
Importer and Jobber of I >tuf;s,
Chemicals, Perfumes, Soaps,
Biushcs, Etc
The only house west of New
York carrying a full line 01
Meyers' Grease, faints and
theatrical goods
Physicians' Prescriptions
Compounded ! ; ;>y or by
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Wholesale and retail
dealer in Lubricating and
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Cylinder, Dynamo, Water
White and .- tandard Gas
Engine Oils, Gasolein, Ben
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Petrolatum.
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West Jeleraon street, lJutler, Pa
People's Phone uxj,
Bell's Phone 59
L. S. McJUNKIN,
Insurance and Real Estate
Agent.
117 K. JKPPKRSON.
HUTLER, - PA.
Pearson B. Nace's
Livery Feed and Sale Stable
Rear of
Wick House, Butler, Penn'a.
Tim Imhl nfliorsiH an<l llrtl. class ri#H 111 ■
ways on hand arid for hire.
liest accommodation* In town for p« rina
nei.t boarding and transient trade Hperl
al rare gu;iraute« d.
Stable Room For 65 Horses.
'"A f(f»od class of horse*. Isith drivers mid
draft horses always on hand and for sale
under a full guarantee; and horses l>ouKht
pon propci notlllcatJon by
PEARSON B. NACE.
Telephone. No. 2lt>.
i»|A NTKI> HF.VKICA I# IIKIOIIT AM
** honest persons to r«-pres«'iit us as Man
liters In t hli. and''lose by count l«s Salar>
fiWO a yea» and expeiis«Straight. bona
flde.iioniore.no less salary. Position per
rnanent. our references, any batik In an)
town It Is rnatnly ortl< 1 work conducted at
home. ICeferencc. Kudo*** sidf-a<ldressei
ntaniped envelope*. Tiik Dominion Cmmi-anv
liept ,t. * hlcaKO.
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CTIAPTER V.
IS any man serve mo. let him follow me.
It was nearly midnight before the
» rvice at the Rectangle closed Gray
staid up long into Sunday morning
pru\. t; and talking with a little group
of uuimlf that, iu the great experi
ence of their new life, clung to the
evangelist with a personal helplessness
that made it as impossible lor'him to
leave them as if they had been depend
ing upon him to save them from phys
ical death. Among these converts was
Rollin Page.
Virginia and her nncle had gone
home altont 11 o'clock, and Rachel and
Jasjter Chase had gone with them as
far as the avenue wh.-re Virginia lived.
Dr. West had walked on a little way
with them to his own house, and Rachel
and Jasper had then gone on together
to her mother's.
That was a littla after 11. It was
now striking midnight, and Jasper
Chase sat in his room staring at the pa
pers on his desk and going over the last
half hour with jtainf: 1 persistence.
H>- hid told Rachel Window of his
love fi.r her. aiid she had not given her
love in return.
It would 1.-e difficult to know what
was lao-t 1 v.vrfnl in the impale. that
had ii:ov 1 him to speak to her tonight.
He had yielded to his feeling- without
auv sp'' ,"..:1 th l ight of results to him
self lx-can ■ h- had felt so certain that
Rachel would r> ..end to his love for
her. Hctri d to recall uow jnst the im
pre -ion tlic made on him when he first
spok,.- to her.
Never had her beauty and her .trength
influenced him as t> n;-lit. While she
was singing ho caw Ssr . 1 ::rd n , one
else. The tent swarm* -l v. 1• 1: a c d
crowd of faces, and lus km w he was
sitting there h. ninnd in by a mob of
people, bat they h.,d no meaning to
him. He felt power! to avoid peak
ing to her. He knew he should speak
when they were once :.l tie.
Now that he had spoken he felt that
ho had misjudged either Rachel or the
opportunity He knew, or thought he
did, that ih • had begun toe .re for him
It was no K.-cret between them that tin
heroine of Jasper's first nov* I had been
his own ideal of Rachel, and the ln ro
of the . tory wa himself, and they h.d
loved each other in the book, and
Rachel had not objected. N'o one else
knew. The names and characters had
been drawn with a subtle skill that re
vealed to Rachel, when she received a
copy of the book from Jas|*-r. the fact
of his love for her, and she had not Is-cn
offended That wa nearly a year ago.
Tonight Jasper Chase recalled the
scene between them, with every inflec
tion and movement unerased from his
memory. lle even recalled the fact that
he began to speak jnst at that jmint on
the avenue where a few day: before he
had met Rachel walking with Rollin
Page. He had wondered at the time
what Rollin was saying.
"Rachel," Jasper had said, and it
was tin- first time lie had ever spoken
her first name, "I never knew until to
night how much I love yon. Why
should I try to conceal any longer what
yon have seen me look? Yon know I
love you as my I can no longer
hide it from you if I would."
The first intimation he had of are
fusal was the trembling of Rachel's arm
in his own. She had allowed him to
speak and had neither turned her face
toward him nor away from him. She
had Itsilreil straight on. and her voice
.vas sad. but firm and quiet, when sin
spoke.
"Why do you speak to mo now? I
cannot l«-ar it -after what we have
seel: tonight."
"Why what" - ho had stammered
and then was silent.
Rachel withdrew her anil from his.
but still walked near him.
Then he cried out with the anguish
of one who begins to see a great
facing him where ho expected a great
joy.
"Rachell Do yon not love me? Is
not my love for you as sacred us any
thing in all of life itself?"
She had walked on silent for a few
steps after that. They had passed a
street lamp Her facts was pale and
beautiful Ho hail made a movement to
clutch her arm, and she had moved a
little farther from him.
"No," she had replied. "Tin-re was
a time I cannot answer for that. You
should not have spoken tome tonight."
He had seen in these words his an
awer He was extremely s-nsitive.
Nothing short of a joyous resjHtrise to
his own low would have satisfied him
He could not think of pleading with
her.
"Some time, when I am more wor
thy?" he had asked in a low voice, but
she did not seem to hear, and they had
parted at her home, and he recalled
vividly the fact that no good night had
bet ii said.
Now, as he went over the brief but
significant scene, ho lashed himself for
his foolish precipitancy. He had not
reckoned on Rachel's tense, passionate
absorption of all her feeling in the
scenes at the tent which were so new
in her mind. But he did not know her
well enough even yet to understand Un
meaning of her refusal. When the clock
in the First church steeple struck 1, he
was still sitting at his desk, staring at
the last page of manuscript of his un
finished novel.
Rachel Winslow went up to her room
A«\ faced her evening's cxp-rieiicc with
conflicting emotions. Had she ever
loved Jas|«-r Chase? Yes no. One mo
ment she felt that her life's happiness
was at stake over the result of her ac
tion; another, she had a strange feel
ing of relief that she had spoken as sln
did There was one great overmastering
feeling in her. The resi«iiisti of the
wretched creatures in the tent to her
singing, the swift, awesome presence of
the Holy Spirit, had affected her as
never in all her life before. The mo
ment Jasper had spoken her name and
she realized that he was telling her of
his love she had felt a sudden revulsion
for him, as if he should have respected
tho supernatural events they had just
witnessed. She felt as if it were not the
time to be absorbed in anything less
than the divine glory of those conver
sions. The thought that all the time
she wa singing with the ono passion of
her mil to torn b !h" conscience of that
tent full of sin Ja , ■ r < 'base hail been
moved by it simply to love her for him
self gave ln r a shock as of irreverence
oil In r juirt unwell u on li iHho could
lot t• 11 .• hjr .li" f< It M he dU . only
nho kn<'U that if ho littd not told h<-r tn
nllfli* ti" would <ill li.iv f. It. ttin wiiiiii
to'Aiird liini iih ■ li" Jilv'i ;. s li.id.
What wan tli.it feeling 1 What liod
In' IK-I'II to h«?r? Had nho tnado a uiirt-
tdnt She went t.> her b okcaae ni
look cmt the sord which Jasper had
jjivcn hor. Her fat---deep-ned iu color
as she tamed I" c- . ...in - -- s which
she had read . it<n »:..d which .-lit* knew
Jasp-r hail \vritt--ii : r S:-.-r. Shi* read
them again. Souieht <<v they failed to
tonch her strongly. -^ u> 1 * ' book
and let it lie,.n tin* table. i-i. • gradual
ly felt that h. r th sight was busy with
tile sight had ill that
teut. Those faces, uieu and women,
touched for th first time with the
Spirit's glory. What a wonderful thing
life was. after all: Th.- complete n "• n
eration revealed in the sight of drunk
en. vile, debauched humanity kneeling
down to give itself to a life of purity
and Cbristlikenes.- -oh. it was snrely a
a witness to the in the
world! And the- face of Rollin Page by
the side of that miserable wreck out of
the gntter—she could recall as if *he
now saw it Virginia crying, with her
arms about her brother, just before she
left the tent, and Mr. Gray kne.-ling
close L»y. and the girl Virginia had I.IL
en into her heart 1 tending her head
while Virginia whisjiered something to
her. All these pictures, drawn by the
Holy Spirit in the human tragedies
brought to a climax there in the most
abandoned spot in all Raymond, stf>od
out in Rachel's memory now, a memory
so recent that her room seemed for the
time being to contain all the actors and
their movements.
"No, no!" she had said aloud. "He
had no right to speak to me after all
that! He should have respected the
place where our thoughts should have
been. lam sure Ido not love him. not
enough to give him my life."
And after she had thus spoken the
evening's experience at the tent came
crowding in again, thrusting out all
other things. It is perhaps the most
striking evidence of the tremendous
spiritual factor which had now entered
the Rectangle that Rachel felt, even
when the great love of a strong man
had come very near her, that the spir
itual manifestation moved her with an
agitation far greater than anything
Jasper had felt for her personally or she
for him.
The people of Raymond awoke Sun
day morning to a growing knowledge
of events which were beginning to rev
olutionize many of the regular custom
ary habits of the town. Alexander Pow
ers' action in the matter of the railroad
frauds had created a sensation, not only
iu Raymond, but throughout the coun
try. Edward Norman's daily changes
of policy in the conduct of his paper
had startled the community and caused
more comment than any recent polit
ical event. Rachel Winslow's singing
at the Rectangle meetings had made a
stir in society and excited the wonder
of all her friends. Virginia Page's con
duct, her presence every night with
Rachel, her absence from the usual cir
cle of her wealthy, fashionable ac
quaintances, had furnished a great deal
of material for gossip and question. In
addition to the events which centered
about t)*"!te jtersons who were so well
known, there had been all through the
city, in very many homes and in busi
ness and social ' ircles, strange happen
ings. Nearly a hundred jiersons in
Henry Maxwell's church had made the
pledge to do everything after asking,
"What, would Jtwus do?" ami the re
sult had been, in many cases, unheard
of actions. The city was stirred as it
had never been. As a climax to the
week's events had come the spiritual
manifestation at the Rectangle and the
announcement, which came to most
people before church time, of the actual
conversion at the tent of nearly 50 of
the worst characters in the neighbor
hood, together with the conversion of
Rollin Pago, the well known society
and club man
It is no wonder that, under the pres
sure of all this, the First church of Ray
mond cam*, to the morning service in a
condition that made it quickly sensi
tive to any large truth.
Perhaps nothing liiiil astonished tho
people more than the great change that
had come over tho minister since ho
had proposed to tin-in tho imitation of
•IcHUH in conduct. Tho dramatic deliv
ery of bin wrinotiH no longer impressed
them. Th.-M. lf satisfied, contented, eaay
attitnd.- of tho tino figure and the re
fined face in tho pulpit had been din
placed by a manner that could not bo
compared with the old stylo of hiH de
livery. The cermon had In-come a mes
sage. It wan no longer delivered. It
was brought to them with a love, an
earnestness, a passion, a desire, a hu
mility, that poured their enthusiasm
about tho truth and made the s]K.-aker
no more prominent than ho had to bo
an the living voice of God. His prayerH
wore nnlike any the people had ever
heard before. They were often broken.
Even once or twice they had boon in to
ally ungrammatical in a phrase or two
When had Henry Maxwell HO far for
gotten himself in a prayer an to make a
uiiHtake of that sort? Ho knew that ho
had often taken as much pride in tho
diction and the delivery of bin prayerH
as of hiH HormonH. Wan it jxissible he
now HO abhorred the elegant refinement
of a formal public petition that he pur
posely chose to rebuke hiuiHclf for hiH
previous precise manner of prayer? It
is more likely that ho had no thought
of all that. HiH great longing to voice
tlio needs and wantH of hiH people made
him unmindful of an occasional mis
take. It )H certain he had never prayed
so effectively an ho did now.
There are timon when a sermon ha t a
value and power duo to conditions in
tho audience rather than to anything
new or startling or eloquent in the
wordn or the arKumeuts jirosonted. Hueb
Conditions faced Henry Maxwell this
morning an he preached against the sa
loon. according to hit- purpose deter
mined on llie week before. Ho had no
new statements to make alxut the evil
influence of the saloon in Raymond
What new facts w.-rothere? lie had no
startling illustrations of the power of
the saloon in business or politics. What
could he Hay that had not been said by
temperance orator i a great many times?
Tho effect of his inoi ago this morning
owed its power to tho unuHiial fact of
hiH preaching alxiut. the saloou at all,
together with the events that had stir
red tho people. Ho had never in tho
course of bin ten yearn' pastorate men
tioned the HUIOOII an something to be re
garded in the light of an enemy, not
only to the poor and tho tempted, but
to the busim 1 life of the plac- mid tho
church itself He spoke now with a
freedom that seemed to measure his
complete seic 1 of tho conviction that
Jesns would speak HO At tie close ho
pl.-ad.-.1 with the people to remember
the n.-w life that had f»-i'un at the Hoc
tangle. The regular election ~ r city 011 l
cers would be an i.-sue in that election.
What of the pw>r treat ur<s mrrounded
by the hell of drink while ju-t begin
ning to feel the joy of deliverance from
sin? Who could tell what depend.*! ■ n
tiieir environment? Was there one
word to IM- said by the Chri.-t ;:.n disci
ple, business man. professional man,
citizen, in favor of continuing to lie. use
thei-e crimes and shame producir : in-
Was not the most Christian
thing they could do to act as citizens
in the matter, fight tin* saloon at the
imills. el. i t good me-n to the dtj offina
and clean the municipality ? How much
had prayers helped to make Ravino- d
better while Votes and actions had r> il
ly been on the side of the enemies of
Jesus? Would not Jesus do this ? Whflt
disciple could imagine him refusing to
suffer or take up his cro-s in the mat
ter? How much had the menders of
the Fir-t church ever suffered in an at
tempt to imitate Jesus? Was t hristian
discipleship a thing of convenient-, of
custom, of tradition? Where did the
suffering come iu? Was it necessary,
in order to follow J. sus' step.-, to go up
Calvary as well as the Mount of Trans
figuration ?
His appeal was stronger at this point
than lie knew It is not too much to
say that the spiritual tension of the
First church reached its highest point
right there. The imitation of J. us
which had begun with the volunteers
in the church was working like leaven
in the organization, and Henry Max
well would, even thus early in his new
life, have been amazed if he could have
measured the extent of desire on the
part of his people to take up the cross.
While lie was speaking this morning.
In-fore he closed with a loving appeal to
the discipleship of 2,000 years'knowl
edge of the Master, many a man and
woman in the church was saying, as
Rachel had said so passionately to her
mother: "I want to do something that
will cost me something in the way of
sacrifice. I am hungry to softer some
thing. " Truly, Mazzini was right when
he said, "No appeal is quite so jmwer
ful in the end as the call. 'Come and
sitffer.' "
The service was over, the great audi
ence had gone, and Henry Maxwell
again faced the company gathered in
the lecture room as on the two previous
Sundays. He had asked all to remain
who had made the pledgo of disciple
ship and any others who wished to be
included. The after service seemed now
to be a necessity. As he went in and
faced the people there his heart trem
bled. There were at least 200 present.
The Holy Spirit was never so manifest.
He missed Jasper Chase, but all tlio
others were present. He asked Milton
Wright to pray. The very air was
charged with divino feasibilities. What
could resist such a baptism of power?
How had they lived all these years
without it?
They counseled together, and there
were many prayers. Henry Maxwell
dated from that meeting some of the
serious events that afterward la-came a
part of th*- history of the First church
of Raymond. When finally they went
home, all of them were impressed with
the joy of the Spirit's power.
Donald Marsh, president of Lincoln
college, walked homo with Henry Max
well.
"I have reached one consclusion,
Maxwell," said Marsh, speaking slow
ly. "I have found my cross, and it is a
heavy one, but I shall never !«• satisfied
until I take it up and carry it. "
Maxwell was silent, and the presi
dent went on:
"Your sermon today made clear to
me what I have long been feeling I
ought to do. What .would Ji-sns do in
my placet I have asked the question
repeatedly since I made my promise. I
have tried to satisfy myself that he
won I*l simply go on, as 1 have done, at
tending to the duties of my college,
teaching the classes in ethics and phi
losophy. But I have not been able to
avoid the feeling that ho would do
something more. That something is
what I dt) not want to do. It will cause
me gennine suffering to do it. 1 dread
it with all my soul. Yon may Ist able
to guess what it is."
"Yes; I think I know," Henry Mux
well replied. "It is my cross too. I
would almost rather do anything else."
Donald Marsh looked surprised, then
relieved. Then he sjioke sadly, but
with great conviction :
"Maxwell, you and I belong to a
class of professional men who have al
ways avoided the duties of citizenship
We have lived in a little world of schol
arly seclusion, doing work we have en
joyed and shrinking from the disagree
able duties that belong to the life of
tin- citizen. I confess with shame that
I have purptisely avoided the re*|»oiisi
bility that I owe to this city personally.
I understand that our city officials are
a corrupt, unprincipled set of men,
controlled in large part by (lie whisky
element, and thoroughly selfish, so far
as the affairs of city government are
concerned. Yet all these years 1. with
nearly every teacher in the college, have
been satisfied to let other men run tho
municipality and have lived in a little
world of my own, out of touch anil
sympathy with the r.-al world of the
people. 'What would Jesus do?" I have
tried even to avoid an lit,nest answer.
I can no longer *lo so. My plain duty is
to take a personal part iu this coming
election, go to the primaries, throw tin
weight of my influence, whatever it is.
toward the nomination and election of
good men and plunge into the very
depths of this entire horrible whirlp>ol
of deceit, bribery, political trickery and
salts,nism as it exists in Raymond to
day. I would sooner walk up to tin
mouth of a cannon anytime than do
this I dread it Ix-canse 1 hate the touch
of the whole matter.
"I would give almost anything to be
able to say, 'I do not believe Jesus
would tlo anything of the sort,' but 1
sm more and more persuaded that lit,
would. This is where the suffering
comes to me. It would not hurt me
half so much to lost, my position or my
homo. I loathe the contact with this
municipal problem. 1 would much pre
fer to- remain quietly iu my scholastic
life with my classes in ethics and phi
losophy, but the call has como so plain
ly that I cannot escape -Donald Marsh,
follow me. Do your duty us a citizen of
Raymond at the point wln-re your citi
zenship will cost you something. Help
to cleanse this great municipal stable,
even if yon tlo have to soil your aris
tocratic feelings a little.' Maxwell, this
is my cross. I must take it up or deny
my Lord."
"You have spoken for me also." re
plied Maxwell, with a sad smile "Why
should I, simply because I imi a clergy
man, shelter myself behind my refined,
sensitive feelings and. like a coward,
rt*fuse to touch, except in a sermon pos
sibly, the duty of citizenship? I am un
used to the ways of the political life of
the city. I have never taken an active
part in any nominaln.n of good nun
Then, are hundreds of mini ti-rs like
me. As a class we tlo not practice in
tin- municipal life the duties ami piivi
leges we preach from the pulpit What
would Jesus do? I am nov.- at a jn>int
where, liUe you. 1 am driven to answer
tin- quest ion oneway .M\ duty is plain
I must suffer All my parish work, all
my little trials at -it nerifitm are us
nothing to tun compared with th* break
ing into my scholarly, intellectual, self
contain 1 ha its of tlr.-op.-n. c.-arse.
public fight r r clean city life I
Could go and live at the R< ctaugle the
rest of my days and work in the slmiu
for a bare living, anil I could enjoy it
more than the thought of plunging into
a tight for the reform of this whisky
ridden city. It would cost me ler-~ But.
like you. I have been unable to shake
off mv responsibility The answer to
the question. "What would Jesus do'
in this case leav.-s me n-> peace, except
when I say. 'Jesus would have me act
the part of a < hristian citizen.' Marsh,
as yon say, we professional men, min
isters. professors, artists, lil rary men.
scholars, have almost invariably been
political cowards. We have avoided the
sacred duties of citizenship either lg
norantly or selfishly. Certainly Jesus
in our age would not do that. We can
do no less than take up this cross and
follow him."
These two men walked on in silence
for awhile. Finally President Marsh
said:
"We "do not need to act alone in this
matter. With all the men who have
made the promise, we certainly can
have companionship and strength even
-of numbers. Let us organize the Chris- j
tian forces of Raymond for the battle '
against rum and corruption We cer
tainly ought to enter the primaries
with a force that will be able to do
more than utter a protest. It is a fact
that the saloon eh nu-nt is cowardly and
easily frightened, in spite of its law
lessness and corruption. Let us plan a
campaign that will mean something be
cause it is organized righteousness
Jesus would use great wisdom in this
matter He would employ means. He
would make large plans. Let us do so
If we bear this cross, let us do it brave
ly, like men."
They talked over the matter a long
time and met again the next day in
Henry Maxwell's study to devel* p
plans. The city primaries were calle
for Friday. Rumors of strange and un
heard of events to the average citizen
were current in pilitical circles through
out Raymond. The Crawford system of
balloting for nominations was not in
use in the state, and the primary was
called for a public meeting at the court
house.
The citizens of Raymond will never
forget that meeting. It was so unlike
any political meeting ever held in Ray
mond before that there was no attempt
at comparison. The special officers to
bo nominated were mayor, city council,
chief of police, city clerk and city
treasurer.
The Evening News in its Satnriluy
edition gave a full account of the pri
maries, and in an editorial column Ed
ward Norman spike with a directness
and conviction that the Christian peo
ple of Raymond were learning to re
spect deeply because so evidently sincere
and unselfish. A part of that editorial
is also a part of this history:
"It is safe to say that never before in
the history of Raymond was there a
primary like the one in the courthouse
last night. It was, first of all, a com
plete surprise to the city politicians,
who have been in the habit of carrying
on the affairs of the otty as if they
owned them ami every one else was
simply a tool or a cipher The over
whelming surprise of the wire puller
last night consisted in the fact that a
large numlier of the citizens of Ray
mond who have heretofore taken no
part in the city's affairs entered the pri
mary and controlled it, nominating
some of the Is-st men for all the offices
to bo filled at the coming election.
"It was a tremendous lesson in go* si
citizenship. President Marsh of Lincoln
college, who never liefore entered a city
primary and whose face even was not
known to many of the ward politicians,
made one of the best speeches ever
heard in Raymond. It was almost lu
dicrous to see the faces of the men
who for years have done as they pleased
when President Marsh rose to speak.
Many of them asked, 'Who is lie Tlitj
consternation deepened as the primary
prist-cded ami it Is-came evident that
the old time ring of city rulers was out
t,timbered. Henry Maxwell, pastor of
the First church; Milton Wright, Alex
antler Powers, Professors Brown. \N il
lanl and Park of Lincoln college. Rev
John West, Dr. George Maine of tin*
Pilgrim church, Dean Ward of the Holy
Trinity and scores of well known btisi
nessand professional men, inostof them
church members, were present, and it
tlid not take long to see that they bail
all come with the direct and definite
purpose of nominating the be-t men
{Mtssible Most of these men had never
been seen in a primary. They were
complete strangers to the |x*lit ii'iuiis.
but they had evidently profited by tin
politician's methods and were able by
organized and united effort to nominate
the entire ticket.
"As soon as it Iss-ame plain that the
primary was out of their control the
regular ring withdrew in disgust and
nominated another ticket The News
simply calls the attention of all decent
citizens to tin, fact that this last ticket
contains the names of whisky men. and
the line is distinctly and sharply drawn
between the machine and corrupt city
government, such as we have known
for years, and a clean, honest, capable,
businesslike city administration, such
as every gissl citizen ought to want
It is not necessary to remind the p-ople
of Raymond that the question of .local
option comes up at the eh-ction. That
will lie the most important question
on the ticket The crisis of our city
affairs has Iw-eu reached. The issue
is squarely before us. Shall we con
tinue the rule of rum and l>o*slle and
shameless incompetency, or shall we,
as President Marsh said in his noble
sp-ech, rise as'gotid citizens and Is
gin a new order of things, cleansing
our city of the worst enemy known to
municipal honi-sty and doing what lies
in our power to do with the ballot to
purify our civic life?
"The News is positively and without
reservation on the side of the new
movement We shall henceforth do all
in our power to drive out the saloon
ami destroy its political strength. Wo
shall advocate the election of men now
inated by the majority of citizens met
lu the first primary, and we call upon
all Christians, church members and lov
ers of right, purity, temperance and
home to stand by President Marsh ami
the rest of the citizens who have thus
lieguu u long needed reform in our
city. "
Pri-idi ni Marsh read this editorial
and thanked God for Edward N'-rmaii.
At the same time he understood well
enough that every other paper in Ray
mond was on the other sitl* ll*- did not
misunili-r tand tie- importance and seri
on sin -T of tin- tight which was only JM t
begun It was in. secret that The N- ws
hail lost enormously since it had U-en
governed by the standard of "\\ hat
would Jesus tlo?" The question in»w
was. "Would the Christian pts.pl>- ~f
Raymond stand by it?" Wonld tln-v
make it f m.ssihte for Norman to conduct
a daily Christisn paper, or wonld their
desire for what is called "new*. in
the way of crime, scandal, political
partisanship of the regular sort and a
dislike to champion so remarkable H r>
form in journalism, influence them to
drop the pap-r ami refuse to give it
their financial sitpjiort? That was, in
fact, the question Edward Norman wa
asking even while he wrote the
this editorial lie knew well enough
that his action •■-:pre».-.d m that <
t >rial would cot-t him very <l< rlv fr. ia
the hands of many basinet men of
Raymond. and sdis n< he dr. re hi- }»en
over the paptr he i»krd untie r <j
ti'>n. '* Wh-it would Ji-mj* di That
qn.-tion had b«i tne a part of hi- lif»*
Bow. It was greater than any ■ th< r
But for the first time in its hi-' <ry
Raymond had nth the professi. nal
nit n. tli»* teachers, the college pr. ?•-
»*.rs. the dorton. the Binufan, t.tkn
political «ti»n ami pnt
«!• finitely and sharply in >m-iu to
the evil f. lives that had so l.ng . n
tr. .lied the machine of the municipal
government The fact itself w :i> a- n
ishing Prwidfßt Marsh ackr wli» .r»sl
t himself. with a («- ling nf hamilia
tion. that never before ha<l Ie sn wn
what civic righteousn>~<s e-.rM ;ui in
pli-h. From that Friday ni.hr - w rk
he dated for him-•• If and hi- ■ a
new definition of the worn phrase, "th»
holar in politics." Education for h >i
and those who were nnd< r his influence
ev. r after meant some element of -nf
ferine Sacrifii-e moat now enter int.■
the factor of development
At the Rectangle that week the tide
A<f spiritual life rose high and as yet
Thowed no signs cf flowing hack Rachel
and Virginia went every night. Vir
ginia was rapidly reaching aconcln*i<>«
with respect to a largo part of her
money She had talked it over v.:th
K;u hel. atld they had tsvn a! !' 1 t
agree that if Jenw had a vast amount
of money at his disposal he miitht do
with some of it as Virginia planned
At any rate, they felt that whatev.-t
Je-ns might do in rarh a raw n aid
have as large an element of variety m
it as the difference in persons and cir
cumstances. There could he no fixed
Christian way of nsing money. The
rnle that regulated its use Vai nnselfl-h
utility.
Bnt meanwhile the glory of the
Spirit's power poiumd all their heat
thought Night after night that w< ■ k
witnessed miracles a* great as walking
on the sea or feeding the mnltitnd<
with a few loaves and fishes. f.>r what
greater miracle than a regenerated hn
inanity? The transformation of the-.*
coarse, brutal. sottish lives into prat
ing. rapturous lovers of Jesns -truck
Rachel and Virginia every time with
the feelings that people may have had
when they saw Lazama walk ont of
the tomh It was an experience fnll of
profonnd excitement to them.
Rollin Page came to all the meet in ITS.
Tht-re was no doaht of the change tfiat
had come over him. He was wonderful
ly quiet. It seemed as if he were think
ing all the time. Certainly he was not
the same jierson. He talked more with
(•ray than with any one else He did
not avoid Rachel, hut he itemed t
thrink from any appearance of -•ennri*
to wish to renew the i ild neqnaintaii e
with her. Rachel fonnd it evendifli. nit
to express to him her pleasure at the
new life he had begun to know He
Seemed to be waiting to adjust himself
t<« hi- pn-vioos relations before this new
life liegan. He had not forgotten th.oe
relations, but he was not yet able to
tit his consciousness into new one*.
The end of the week fonnd the R..
tangle rtrnggling hard hetwea-.n two
mighty opposing force* The Holy
Spirit was battling with all his super
natnral strength against the ssl...n
devil which had so long held a jeal<>n*
grasp on its slaves. If the Christian
jxuple of Raymond once could realize
what the contest meant to the .« lis
newly awakened to a new life, it did
not seem possible that the election o mid
result in the old system of license i%t
that remained yet to be sea-n The h..r
ror of the daily surroundings of many
of Ihe converts was slowly burning its
way into the knowledite of Virginia
ami Rachel, and every night as th. v
went up town to their lnxurions homes
they carried heavier hearts
"A good many of those poor creat
nres will go liack again." Ciray won Id
say with a sadness too deep for tears.
"The environment does have a g'«s|
deal to do with the character It d- »s
not stand to reason that these |«eoj.|o
can always resist the night and smell of
the devilish drink all abont them. ''
Lord, how long shall Christian people
continue tosnpjiort bj their silence ami
their lia I lots the grwttest form at slav
erv now known in America T"
He asked the ijnestioii, but did not
have much hope of an immediate an
swer. There was a ray of hope in the
action of Friday night's primary. Imt
what the result wonld be he did not
dare to anticipate The whisky fori >-s
were organised, alert aggressive. rt*t*»sl
into unusual hatred by the events of
the last week at Ihe tent and in th«
city Would the Christian force act as
a unit against the lulimn, or would it
l>c dividid on account of its bn-im -a
interests or lie. a use It was not in the
habit of acting together, as the wlu-ky
powers always didT That remained to
Meanwhile the saloon reansl
itself about the H»s tangle like some
deadly viper, hissing aud coiling, ready
to strike its poison iato any unguarded
part.
Saturday afternoon, as Virginia was
jnst stepping out of her house to go
mid see Rachel to talk over her new
plans, a carriage drove up containing
three of her fashionable friends \ir
ginia went out to the driveway anil
stood there talking with them They
had not come b> make a formal call,
but wanted Virginia to go ruling with
tliem up on tin* Umlevard He re was
a band concert in the |»ark The day
was toi i pleasant to be spent indoors.
"Where have yon been all this time
Virginia?" askisl one of the girls, tap
ping her playfully on the shoulder with
a red -ilk parasol. "We hear that \ n
have gone into the show business Tell
ns alsint it."
Virginia colored* bnt after a mo
mi nt's hesitation shofrankly told w*ne
thing of her e*perlems» at the Re. tan
gle The girls in the carriage Is gan to
Is- really interi-sted.
"Tell yon what, girls, let's go slum
ming with Virginia this afternoon in
stead of going bithe liand concert! Ive
never been down bi the Rectangle. I've
heard it's an awful wicked plat e and
lots to sis.. Virginia will act as a guide,
and it would be real" "fun.' she was
going to say. bnt Virginia's 1.«.k made
her Mil-dilute the word •interesting."
Virginia was angry. At first thought
she said to herself she would never go
under any sm h circumstances The
Other girls sis'liied to Is* of the same
mind as the speaker. They i hlnn-1 ia
with earnestness and askwi \ irginia t.»
take them down there.
Suddenly she saw iu the idle curi
osity of the girls an opportunity They
had never seen the sin and misorv of
Ravuioiid Why should they not -***
them, even if their motive* in going
down there were simply to pas* away
nn afternoon t
"Very well; I'll go with you You
must ols-y my orders and let me tak.-
yon where yon can nee the meet." -h.»
saul as she entered the csrriage and
took the scat In-side the girl who had
fir-1 suggested the trip to the His tangh
"Hadn't we better take a polii • man
111. tig." I lid one of the girls with a
nervous hunch "It really isn t s.af»i
down there, yon ktiow "
"There's no danger." said Virginia
briefly
"Is it trne that Rollin has been em
V. rl. I .c lie.| 11,.' lir t speaker I• li
Imr at Virgin is i nr* • 't liniir.—. .1
Key 2
iv to the Rectangle
t. 1 : h. r frteeiLs w.-re re
t -1 t. ■ v :h tie- attested. aa tf
she were very [»iniur.
■ ! > • rtasnly is I saw hat
ni% !f on th# of the first int *i
i » k a_." atnrday," ie: .<1
\i i. wh lid ii>t kau«r jar. ia w
to t»-tl that smf
"I understand he is going around to
the clnt>- talking with his old friends
t!. re try u. ,• t. preat hto them. Doesr.'t
that - -in funny -aid the girl with
the p»sl -ilk parasoL
Virginia ds I not answer, and the
oti .--.rls w» re ! ng fa> feel * ~er
»- tiie r;irr.si.-e tnrue.l into the srrewt
I ns: t Th. & -ingle As they
t r i the iii.«tnct they gr»-w more .«
more n< rtoii The sights and -m» la
and soitiMla ahi. h had how famtU.tr
to Virginia «trm k the mum ,4 th<-se
Irtawl 'hilt society girls ae »>me
thing li rt. Ie As they entered farther
int" the district tike Rectangle! inw4
to »tare .is with «n» great : irary. b>«r
•naked c tn*enan<-e at thi- tine
silk it* toad of fashlonahlj" <ir»-ns|
t '! • la.he* had Br*f
en a*el * :th k> • ra. •>: 1 anciett. tn<i
thi wi- p. rhap- th • flrst time that th»
two had come :h»-r in thts way
The ,rirU frft that < f seeuur the
R» etan-4 >. they were objeet» at curi
osity Tlu'y were frigh'ened and ttue
guste«i
"Is s hack. I've see* en»rftgh. "
said cirl who was -itting with Vir
riuii
They wer > at that moment juet op
p -it.- a not. Horn s»l.«on and nmhlinc
h. use. Th»* Mm t was narrow an<l the
nidewalk crowded. Suddenly oat of the
<1 r of th • - .!• n a yonng w. man
r '•' Shewn- sinrng in a hmken.
dr.t.iken - *• that ternel to tndictt*
that -he partly realixetl fc-r awful .n
--dit:..n "Jr-t as 1 am. without ne
Ian»l as the riW [ «<•
she } r lat It. tai>!!»g her fare so that
Vir„ 1 a saw it v ry chaw to hr ow»
It was t »• face . f the rirl who hai
ln-!d so'-'-ing that night, wsth Vir
ginia kn—ding h»-i<!e her ami praring
f. rh t.
p'" cri'sl Viriinta. Mthaiag
t.» the driver who wis I .Jting ar«>«in<l
The np;„„e stoppe.! an<l ia a Bk« •nt
she w- . ...it and had gone ap to the
I 'd and taken her by the arm.
**l» -.. n' she «ea<l ,n«t that waeali
Th icirl tot kid into h«-r fa»-e. anther
nn cl sngnl with a !<»>k *>t ntfer hor
r r Th girls in the arira*e wert
«rni» n intohi tphw . -t. nishne-nt The
«a.-n .• • hid nine t» the «MMT
th - » t waa s' r.ltnjf th*-r»-lt».k
i' (on with hi* hit l~ en his hip*, tad
th-- I" 'angle fr. *.n its wiatb ws. tta
■aloon »• s. its filthy «s<tewalk. antw
nnd r fw-nv pan- s| anil with until*
gwi—: v r.'.r star»-«l at the tw.» girta.
<>r rth < ..e Uie warm «nn nt «priag
j •! its i llow lisfht A faint T>.ith
of ii : se fr it tb>- «n.l staad ia the
| rt l! ..to the RoUnitii The
r : .t 1: ran and the taabu n ami
»• ..*h of : : is t- ad were .I*y.tnv tai(
th. iu • > tip U-wn ou ;'ae Usilevatda
|TO rk niTtlf t»l
HIGH LIGHTS.
Isiar I'l.lnlol rammtka Mmwm M
Less «.» Ik> r.lat.
With what »tat. n**ry ye wrtta j*
■hall 1» written nut..
A strong nitDileil woman never haa
to Imrr.i* a penknife from a man.
When- fortune kn.- ks at a man'*
d-or. she sometimes I »Ul» It open anal
lets the tiiee get la.
The reason pa-opte >loa't value our ad
vle.. I- heeans* we are eo wslttn* to
five It aaay.
Sometime* an optimist In a pessimist
who th» -n*t want «»ther pas>ple to catch
his disease.
When a girl refuse* a r.irnm->*place
man. he often g>ws away ami geta to
be sonteiiody Just for spite.
A cell ins fs a "person who eaa :na ke
leiiioitaile Jn-t sweet •-nonch and Just
•our enough for everyboaly In that fam
n>
The titan who has a sad. farnwar
look in his eyea i* usually womlering
wliether be mailed that tetter •*
Whether he dl'ta't. ftileago ReeonL
A Hrr»r4 ilrrakar.
Trareler—l must get to the railway
station as soon a* ptisslbh*. Whleh of
you has the fastest horse?
Cabman (pulling a paper fr»>m t»ls
p." keti- Here, rtad this! Three yearn
ago I was Una*! I marks for fast
dri\iugr l"ns«Te <lesellschaft.
Toe*.
She was a hopeless invalid.
When her hii-Ixiixl Iwame lmp»>ver-
Isiieil. In the regular course of hustnean.
she bravely change«l over to an ail
ment nith a fjitln name So raurh
shorter that they sared enough In doe
tor's hills to start life anew'
A woman with less tact would bar*
got well and Kone to tlolag her i)*B
housework, thus saving far le*a.
What avails a gooal •llspoolttoa, then,
without tact? Ivtrolt Journal
•
l.llrrari tt»» traai Rlltvlllo.
•He of our loslinf authors waa kieh
eil lit a mule while p>-ac. fully plowing
yesterilaj:.
i htr most «tn-ns<fiil novelist has
l>ank>il all his ami sohl hi*
cotton for euoiigti .ash to pnhltsh hie
next laaik.
our history of the late war ie a fail
ure We found two n«en wl»o w»-pe In
It, t>ut the; were ruunlinc so fast they
Ma t liaie time to see an> thln«.
A h<»t literary su|>per win be given
by the Author** club on Tnesttay
evening nest All member* are hereby
notifle.l that a fnll attemlaaee In de
sired. an«l If the !!<|nor hnfcta ont we
are Ixtund to have it. Atlanta ('met.
tntlon
« frraalaa Sari.
Itrin-h Iteerniting i 'HWse - WeH my
man. -lo yon want to enlist?
Applicant Ves, sergeant.
Ke, rutting tHtleer Any eipertenre?
Apfdleant Yes, sergeant. Three
years' na-tlve sa-rvtce In lutlla. Two la
Egypt I'.Hir mnhh foe t»ravery.
Keeruitlng "flker ok. Mm your
no-dals- Have yon any practical e*
PelleUeeT
Applhant Mr!
Kerrnttlag < »lßier fan yen drtve an
army mule '' < let eland I'laln Ls aler