Star Song
When aunsnt flown Into golden (Iowa,
And Urn bretith of nlnht la new,
Jxive, And afar yon yearning star
Tlmt la my thiiiiKlit of you.
And when your rye doth aoan the ekjr
Your lonely luttlcti UirouKh,
rhocmo any onn, from aun to aim
That la my thouKht of you.
And when you twain at the mornlnsj'a
urea k
To rival rose and dw.
The atar that ataya In the leaping raye
That la my thought of you.
Robert Underwood Johnson.
St
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43
IVIillicent's Masquerade
By MARTHA McCULLOCH-WILLIAMS
Cuuynafit, iviu. by Associated Literary Press
Eehlud the frowning providence of
I sudden summer rainstorm. Fate
lid for Mlllcont Ware a smiling face.
She stood In the uncertain shelter of
, roadiihle elm, trying vainly to
Well her hat with a ridiculous par
idol, nnd speculating what chance
had such an object as she knew she
looked of getting the place she sought.
To be exact, the place was that of
ournery governess In the Alstyne fam
ily tho agency had sent her on the
barest long chance. Because she
needed work so desperately, also be
tause the morning had promised so
fairly, she bad put on her modest
best her white linen suit, mull
trimmed hat and patent leather ties.
She had been pardonably proud of
herself as she stepped from the train
it the nearest station. There was
nobody to meet her, and her purse
forbade even suburban rab fare.
Armed with confused directions and
the rash confidence of youth, she bad
let out on foot for Overhlll, the Al
ityne place and this was the result!
"Hope.leBsly drabbled," she said
half aloud, looking herself up and
down as she spoke. "And at least
half a mile to go If this rain ever
holds up. Helgho! If everybody be
rich why Is anybody permitted to
own an auto?"
As though answering the question
in auto,, a big limousine, dushed out
of a cross track upon the bard wide
roadway and in making a turn
kidded, fetching up, at last, less than
"I've Got a Perfectly Good Check
Book."
two feet from Mllicent, but not until
It had splashed her almost from bead
to foot..
"Oh, I'm so, so sorry!" a girl's voice
aid. The door had been flung open.
Within It she saw a fair double of
bereelf, a girl, blue-eyed and tall as
h was. with the same cleft chin,
straight nose and yellow hair. The
olce. too, seemed her own. as It went
on eagerly:
"Get In! You must! I shall take
rou borne with me and send you to
the laundry."
There was a bubbling laugh after
the last word. Mllicent got In, and
as whisked forward, hardly knowing
whether she were awake or dreaming.
Two hours later she was pinching
oersclf to detonnlne. ThlB, although
he sat at late luncheon In a fine
wuntry house, clothed 1n fine alien
Garments, eating strange things.
Her double sat opposite her. smiling
oft coaxing smiles, and saying every
"tile while:
"You will! That's a darling! I'll
you forever and ever and It
Jn't be half so had, no matter how
il tUrn oat be,n" Koverness
note Alstyne children are young sav
ages" ,
Two days later, still dazed, but full
of Inward chuckling, she was wel
comed by an elderly couple as theli
own dear grand-niece, Lily Haugh-
ton. They were childless, but had a
grf.nrl-nephew for company, a tall, se
verely handsome young person, whe
looked as though he did not know
how to laugh.
"I hear he's a frost and a funeral
Is one this Arden Oloster," LIlj
Haughton had explained to Mllicent
Lily, orphan and heiress by nature
lawless, by bringing up much op
pressed, had been due to visit the
kinfolk she had not seen since child
hood, when her heart Was set upon
another excursion.
"You need work I've get a per
fectly good checkbook and a book
of the family that will tell you about
It all the way to Adam," she had
said. "You can have any money you
want, to stay my six weeks there
Arden Oloster U sure not to make
love to you he thinks It beneath him
to do such things. He thinks, too, he
Is going to marry me, when he's good
and ready so as to get the blessing
and the fortune of our elders."
Mllicent had at first scouted the
Idea then all at once fallen In with
it ardentl
She would do no wrong Lily as
sured her, indeed, that she would be
doing good instead. "We're so much
alike, Arden won't ever know the
difference when he comes to tell me
he Is ready to marry me," she said
Life went easily at Glenvllle. Mll
icent was blissful all through the first
fortnight. She rode, drove, walked
with the old folk, suiting herself to
their needs and tempers. Consequent
ly they grew so fond of her, her con
science awoke and pricked sharply.
She gave hardly a thought to young
Gloster he was writing a book upon
political corruption, and spent most
of his time in the tower room three
stories In air.
But Madame Haughton was full of
talk about blm how good and true
he was, what hopes they built upon
htm. She was too delicate to do more
than slur lightly over the family plan,
even In showing the incomparable
diamonds destined for "Arden's wife."
She made costly gifts to Mllicent
gifts It was Impossible to refuse with
out exciting comment.
At last two things happened: Ar
den finished his book, and began ar
dent lovemaklng. The process trans
figured him he became not merely
human but fascinating. Mllicent had
had experience of the great game In
the course of her twenty-two years,
and told herself, quite candidly, he
played It to admiration.
He came to her after a fortnight's
playing, In the adorable old garden
that semed made for lovers.
"Such a pity!" he said gently, tak
lng both her hands. "We-can't have
a bit of romance our true love runt
so - smooth."
"I'm sure I don't know what you
meant" Mllicent retorted, trying tc
free her hands.
"No?" he said, his eyes laughing
and Incredulous. "You don't know
that by loving each other we please
the finest pair In the world and In
herlt a million?"
"Let go my bands! I I won't
listen!" Mllicent burst out.
He caught her In bis arms there
upon his breast she told htm every
thing, ending abjectly: "Please
please, let me go away before you
tell the old folk. They have been so
good to me I can't bear to see thelf
eyes full of contempt."
"But I must tell them," Arden pro
tested. "And at once! Foolish little
girl, do you think I shall .e you go,
no matter what your name Is?" j
"It's like a fairy tale come true,'
Lily, the real Lily said three weeks
later; but she was no longer Lily
Haughton. She had come to Glen
vllle in convoy of her new husband.
Jimmy Page, artist.
"Jimmy held out against me untti
he saw what a cook I was, in camp,
Lily ran on. "I've been trying for a
year to make blm propose now all
of us will live bappy ever after."
BLIND TAUGHT FARM
CONTRAST ON OREGON TRAILS
fcattla Capitalists Traveling In Thla
Modern Day With Touring Car
and Auto Truck.
to. contrast to the caravans that
traversed the Oregon valleys fifty
Tars ago a party from Seattle left
Portland the other morning for an ex
wnslve trip through the southern part
f the state and California In auto
"whiles, saya the Portland Oregonlan.
The equipment consisted of a big tour
"l car and a large auto-truck on
hlch was a complete kitchen. leu
Jo, hair mattresses and all the com
ora of home. In charge or a proros
loaal chef. t T
The party consisted of Mortlri
;"mon. H.TCardlu. R. It. Spencer
" M. H Young. Beattle capitalist
are seeking rest and .recreation
T thnt will lead there away
"M all business and care. They left
ttle with their equipment, but the
ito.! 're B0 rouh t,la W
la f--.. " "ppeq irora Kelso
'Wand. At 10 o'clock yesterday
morning the party left the Oregon
hotel with no particular destination
In view. The members have a supply
of fishing tackle", guns and ammuni
tion and will spend several weeks In
the mountains of Oregon and Califor
nia, where Belting and hunting are
good.
The chef Is also a chauffeur and has
charge of the truck. His kitchen Is
complete In all details. When a stop
Is made over night or for a few day
camping sleeping tents and a dlnlnc
tent are unloaded The party will
probably return to Seattle by a differ
ent route.
A Compromise. '
"81 ," teqan Lord Brnkelolgb, pomp
cusly. "I've called (o request yom
daughter's band In marriage."
"That's out of the question, nv
man," replied old Koxly. "However
I dqn't wsnt to seem altogether ur
charitable, ro here's Ave dollars foi
you." Catholic Standard and Times
Two New York Boys Learn Art
in Clinton Park.
One of Them Becomes 80 Expert Can
Separate Lettuce and Carrot
Seeds and Tell Color of
Different Flowers,
New York. The Children's Farm
School In Do Witt Clinton Park has
taught two blind boys to raise "crops"
equal la every respect to those of tho
children who can see. In fact, Mrs.
Henry Parsons, In charge of the
school, and Mr. Brady, the boys' teach
er, Insist that In tho matter of beets
and carrots the blind children's work
was superior.
The subjects of the experiment are
Carl and Peter, each 13 years old and
strong boys for their years. Peter Is
totally blind and has to be led every
where. Carl, who can't distinguish
anything more than four inches away
from his eyes, has Just enough vision
so that he can go and fill Peter's wa
tering pot.
Carls sister used to bring him to
the park playground. 1eaving him on
a bench she would run off to the
swings, and the boy would sit there
listening to the other children play
ing. A gymnasium Instructor saw
Carl sitting there day after day and
tried to think of some occupation for
him. Finally the Instructor suggest
ed that a plot In the school garden be
given to the boy. Then one day Carl
came bringing Peter, and Mrs. Par
sons decided to try the experiment of
teaching the blind 1 gardening for
pleasure If not for profit.
On June 10 they began teaching
Peter and Carl to raise beans, beets,
carrots, onions, radishes, lettuce and
corn, Just as the other children do.
A wooden fence was built around
Peter's plot, along which cords were
strung to serve as guides to the five
rows of "crops" which were to be
planted. Feeling these and measur
ing the distances by his fingers and
arm Peter drew his miniature furrows
and dropped or sprinkled his seeds.
In his first attempt to cover the seeds
he knocked the rows askew, but then
by placing his hand on that of his
teacher while he did a row in tho
right way Peter mastered that art.
No grown-up farmer would like to
weed with bis eyes shut, but that is
what both Peter and Carl had learned
to do. They were taken to other chil
dren's plots, allowed to feel the differ
ent seedlings as they appeared, and so
taught to distinguish the tiny plants
from weeds. Hand hoes not more
than a foot long were made for them.
By keeping their left hand fingers a
few Inches ahead of the blade they
did their hoeing without cutting down
the vegetables.
Several weeks ago came the time
for the first harvesting on the Chil
dren's Farm, which raises two rounds
of crops In a summer. As radishes,
beets and beans approached maturity
the excitement among the small far-
TRIES HARD TO JOIN LOVER
AMERICAN COUNTESS HONORED
Grand Rapids Girl Attempts to Enlist
but Balks on Request to
Remove Clothes.
Grand Rapids, Mich. Held back for
a day, a story of a young girl In male
attire and evidently wishing to Join
her sweetheart in the east has Just
come out of the local United States
marine corps recruiting station.
The "young man" In question en
tered the station stating "he" wished
to enlist In the service to be sent to
New York as soon as possible. Not
understanding why the applicant
should be sent so hurriedly to the
training station, the officer asked the
applicant to explain. Faint, but very
determined, the answer was given
that a close friend by the name A'
Brown was sent by the local recruit
ing officer and Is now In Now York
very ill. and It was "his" wish to be
near "his" friend as soon as possi
ble. The preliminary examination was
hurried through and the prospective
recruit shown to the next room where
"he" was asked to remove "his" cloth
ing that the remainder of the exam
ination might be finished. After wait
ing for an usual length' of time for
the "lad" to appear, the officer called
"him." No reply being received the
door was opened. The room was not
occupied. The window leading to the
ball was open and on the floor near
by was found a lady's handkerchief,
wet with tears, which bad an Initial
"B" In the corner.
Diet of Dried Fruits.
San Francisco. Twenty students of
Stanford university have agreed to
submit themselves to a diet of dried
fruits for an Indefinite time to assist
In a government experiment. They
will eat dried fruit at ell their meals
and the effects of the various prepar
ed fruits on their health will be noted
by Dr. Swniu of the department of
chemistry at the university.
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LONDON. The countess of Strafford, who Ib one of the most popular ol
the American women that have married titled Englishmen, was honored
the other day by an unexpected visit from the dowager Queen Alexandra,
tho first she has paid since the death of King Edward. Lady Strafford and
her husband. Mr. Kennard, have taken Houghton Hall, Norfolk, from Mar
qulB Cholmondley and Lady Strafford was engaged in gardening and dressed
In old clothes when the queen mother's motor came up the drive. The coun
tess attempted to run In doors and change her attire, but Alexandra insisted
that she continue her work In the garden.
mers waxed so tense that the distinc
tion, between meum and tuum was
frequently lost to view and the boy
whose beans matured early was like
ly to find himself minus the beans.
Even the observation plots In charge
of the Instructors were robbed of their
prize products. But to the credit of
the farm be It said that while the de
struction walked around them the
blind boys' crops wero loft undis
turbed. This harvesting was followed by
the second planting. In this Peter
and Carl showed such marked Im
provement that Mrs. Parsons believes
that gardening in some of Its branches
can be made an employment for the
blind. The sowing of beets and car
rots by the blind boys was the best
done on the farm.
In a few weeks Peter nnd Carl have
learned to distinguish the different
seeds entirely by feeling. Peter has
a feat which beats thut of the girl In
Grimm's fairy stories who had to pick
lentils out of the ashes. That girl had
beautiful blue eyes, and even at thai
she had to call on her fairy godmothei
to help her out. But Peter, who It
totally blind, can take lettuce ant
carrot seeds mixed together and sep
arate them correctly, though they ar
enough alike to deceive many personi
who have their sight.
Peter's latest accomplishment Is tc
distinguish bright colored flower pet
nls one from the other apparently by
eome subtle difference In the texture
of the blossom. That doesn't mean
thnt he could tell whether It's a pale
pink or a light blue aster or recog
nize any fine gradation of tint, but he
knows a red petal from a yellow one
Altogether the Instructors are much
pleased with the summer's experiment
and are as eager as the boys to con
tinue it next year.
BOYS SCHOOL LIFE
That in Boarding Institution Not
Natural, Says Bishop.
Not Only Do Children Suffer, but Par
ents Also, Who Loss Most Sacred
of Parental Duties One
Who Disagrees.
London. A striking appeal to the
upper and middle classes not to send
their boys to the "barrack life" of the
boarding school, and so remove them
from the home Influence, la made by
I'he bishop of Hereford.
The bishop was a speaker at the
public moralH conference, which was
held at the Caxton hall, Westminster.
The object of tho conference has
been described as "a very earnest at
tempt to convert Mrs. Grundy" to ef
fect reforms In the moral education of
boys and girls.
Speaking on "Education for Parent
hood," the bishop said the English
people of the upper and middle classes
had drifted far too much Into an al
most exclusive preference for board
tog school education.
"Boardlng-pchool life Is not a natu
ral life for the young," he declared.
"It Is not only the children who suf
fer from being sent Into barrack life,
but the parents also suffer because
they lose the most sacred responsibly
ties of parental duties.
"My experience as head master of
Clifton college which Is both a day
school and a boarding school leads
me to tho conclusion that the best
form pf school education for boys of
the upper and mlddlo classes Is that
In which the boy Is ablo to live under
the Influence of a good home life.
"At the same time a boy can enjoy
all that is best In a well organized
boarding school."
. A schoolmaster of several years' ex
perience gave several reasons why be
did not agree with the bishop of Here
ford's opinion.
"Take the case of, say, little Tom
my Jones, who Is a day boy at a sec
ondary school,'' he said. "He Is hit
by another boy and goes home crying
to his mother, who consoles htm and
dries his tears.
"Tommy Is comforted and weakened
at the same timet If Tommy was a
boarder, and had no mother to fly to,
lit would soon learn he must stand up
for himself and become self-reliant
and bravo.
"Either by hitting back at his ag
gressor or showing him that he was a
good fellow and didn't mind chaff
Tommy becomes happy and self-con
fldent."
Speaking at the conference on the
merits nf the elementary school. Dr
Macnaniara said he could confidently
sny that. It hod worked nothing short
of n social revolution.
It was not only In tho Improvement
of the children themselves but he l as
not sure that the school had not re
acted even more upon the parents
than upon the children.
Even the poorest and most hard
worked woman In the back street had
muiln a struggle day In, day out to set
that her Eliza should have as clean s
pinafore as the reBt of them.
Amid laughter. Dr. Macnamara add
ed that he could guarantee to say that
many a man had held on a steadlei
course because of Tommy's little
framed certificate upon the mantel
piece.
Dr. James Cantic, honorable secre
tary of the Royal Institute of labile
Health, gave some useful hints on chll
dren'B clothing.
He deprecated the use of babies'
"comforters" and unsuitable clotblna
for children, especially "Eton Jackets"
for growing boys.
MAN MAKES HIMSELF YOUNG
Extraordinary Succeaa Claimed for
Sir James Grant's Method Vi
tality Amazes.
London. Sir James Grant, the well
known Canadian physician, a recipi
ent of many foreign honors, believes
that be has discoverod, not exactly
the elixir of life, but at any rate a
means of greatly prolonging youth
back to some extent.
Sir James Is himself the best adver
tisement of his method, for he pos
sesses amazing vitality for bis age.
now nearly seventy-seven years. He
Is visiting London, and ho looks like
a man In his fifties. His secretary,
a young man, says It Is difficult to
keep up with the work bis employer
docs.-
, Two years ago Sir James created
a sensation at a meeting of the lirtt
Isb association by a paper on the ex
traordinary rejuvenating powers of
electricity He ha since then treat
ed himself by bis own method, with
results that he describes as wonder
ful, and ho has also had much suc
cess with a number of eminent pa
tients on the other side of the At
lantic His treatment consists of
electrical applications by means of a
special battery and systematized mas
age. A writer In the Pall Mall Gazette
says he walked with Sir James a dis
tance of half a mile, and could not
help commenting on bis vigor and
energy. He asked Sir James If be
wore spectacles, and Sir James re
plied: "Yes, i do wear spectacles. I have
worn them for forty years until
such such time as I bega" to treat
myself with electricity and massage;
today I do almost the wbolo of my
reading nnd writing without using
any spectacles at all. My bearing Is
as good as ever, aud I feel that I have
the energy of a man of forty..
"I notice that your city Is full or
Uxlcaba, but so far as 1 am con
cerned 1 never ride where I can
walk, and. Indeed. U ,1 were chal !
We particularly like an aroplnne
because It never picks up a puncture
lenged I would undortrke to run a
mile a day. I can hardly believe that
I am seventy-seven, and for this bap
py state of affairs I thank my elec
trical treatment."
Sir James does not believe elthct
In alcohol or tobacco.
WHALES ESCORT A STEAMER
Big Cetasaans Accompany Vessel foi
Four Hours and Give Exhibi
tion of Spouting.
8eattle, Wash. On her way here
from San Francisco, the steamer Pres
Ident 'as escorted for four boura by a
school of whales, tome of which swam
alongside the vessel. The Presldent'i
passengers declared that the sight ol
the whales was well worth the entlrt
trip.
The monsters were first sighted sev
era! mllos off the port bow as the ven
Bel steamed northward. Fioin tbt
promenade decks the school retain
blod a cluster of geysers.
Veerins suddenly, the school drnn
pod astern and disappeared from vlev
I STATE 71
HAPPENINGS
Norrlstown. When Miss Isabel
Flnley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. VV
A. Flnley, of this borough, sails for
Europe, as she will do shortly, the
journey will be the culminating
chapter In a romance which had Its
start in Messina, Italy, at the time of
the great earthquake. Miss Flnley
and her mother were then sojourn
ing In Italy and when the call came
the daughter offered her services to
the Government as hospital nurse,
ner offer being accepted. It was at
this time she met George A. Bell,
who Is connected with a steamship
company In Naples. A case of Jove
at first sight resulted and before Miss
Flnley sailed for America tho couple
were engaged.
Pittsburg. Eleven hundred and
ninety-three miics by trolley In
twenty days at a cost of Just $33. lu
for carfare is the record reported by
Henry E. Juergens of this city, who
has Just returned from such a trip
to the New England States. Jurgetis
Ib a student of trolley transportation,
and ho took copious notes and kept
exact figures of the cost of his trip.
The distance he computed as fol
lows: Trolley, direct, 1,193 miles.
Trolley, side trips, 250 miles.
Steam railroads, 4C! miles.
Hark, one mlk
Walk, aggregate in 20 days, Si
nlles.
This trip took him from Pittsburg
through the States of Pennsylvania,
Sev Jorseey, New York, Connecticut,
Massachusetts, nnd with the excep
:lon of five short breaks he made the
sntlre circuit by trolley. It is his
opinion that interurban electric
Iralllc is improving so rapidly that
'.he long distance trolley trip will
poon become both practical and
hopular.
Allcntown. The Grand Council of
Pennsylvania, Daughters of America,
elected these officers at the session
acid here. State councilor, Kate
Frltchman, No. 7; associate State
:ouncllor, Virginia Daugherty, No.
50; Slate vice-councilor, Jennie
ilarkus. No. 1 1 ; associate State vice
:ounci!or, l.lllie Klingcr, No. 33;
State council treasurer, A. A. Schaef
fer. No. 11; State council conductor.
Emma Addis, No. 19; State council
warden, Fannie Zearfass, No. 54;
State council inside guard, Mary Dur
tln, No. 51; State council outside
guard, Delia Hoover, No. 4; nution
il delegates, Nellie Wise, No. 4'.; II.
T. Daugherty, No. 30; A. J. Richards,
So, 5(1; Lottlo Hays, No. 2ti.
Norrlstown. Fire in the Elston,
in apartment house In Swede street,
aear Marshall, kept the fire conipa
atcs busy from 2 o'clock until after
i the other morning, The fire was
:ontlned to tho basement near the
slovator shaft. The house has been
jpened but two weeks and only the
families of H. E. Elston, Dr. E. A.
Krusen and William Smith, eight per
sons In all. were In the building. The
Smiths, who are on the first floor,
llscoverod the lire and awakened the
Jthers. The extent of the damage
las not been determined.
Scranton. Going suddenly insane,
Mrs. Nettle Getz, 22 years, a
laundress at the Home for the
Friendless, crept Into one of the
:hlldren's wards and tried to stranglc
i little Inmate known among the
Jthers as William Howard Tuft. She
bb detected und dragged away from
aer intended victim by the super
intendent, Mrs. A. K. Walker. Later
the was removed to the Insane de
Dartment at the HillHide Home. The
uiclde of her father a couple years
go Is believed to have affected Mrs.
3etz' mind.
Johnstown. I'pon arising In the
Horning, the family of M. C. McNeil,
sf Wlndber, near here, discovered
:helr new and costly mansion to he
linking Into the hill. The lawn is
broken open In huge fissures and the
walks are cracked nnd sunken. The
house, of the old colonial pattern,
with huge pillars, is one of the flu
ent in this district. It was erected at
a cost of $50,000 by the owner, who
Is 0110' of the foremoBt lumbermen of
a ostein Pennsylvania.
Norrlstown. When Mrs. Richard
T. S. Hallowcll was confronted by
Calvin Adams, of Gulf Mills, arrest
sd on the charge of cruelly beating
her and stealing $16 in cash from
her home the woman was unable to
liobiilvely Identify Adams as her as
jallant. Adams was subsequently
released from the Norrlstown Jail by
Justice Arthur McFarland. of Upper
Merlon Township, where the assault
nd robbery occurred.
Reading. August Obenstober, 4 5
fears of age, German, is iu a critical
condition at the Reading Hospital,
ihe result of Injuries received In an
accident. OboiiHtobor had the night
mare and walked out of a window
on the third floor of hia boarding
place, falling to the sidewalk, frac
turing his Bkuil and Injuring hinisell
Internally. Pedestrians found him
'ylug unconscious in a gutter.
York. A typhoid epidemic at
Slen Rock has attracted the attou
;lon of Chief Sanitary Engineer Dr.
Herbert Snow, of the State Depart
ment of Health, and Dr. J. II. Ben
nett, chairman of tho Sanitary Com
mittee, of York. An iuspoctlon of
.he water and other sources from
which the typhoid germs may have
'iad tholr origin will be made
Chester. Charles Plennick, eight
fears old, In Jumping from the rear
f a wagon In which ho and several
iompanions were taking a ride, land
ad In front of an automobile, which
truck blm, fracturing his skull. Ho
was taken to the Crozer Hospital.
The automobile Is owned by J. H.
Uolman, of Washington.
Stony Creek. Ambrose A. Miller,
)3 years old, and single., committed
suicide by shooting himself near tho
acart with shot gun In the woods
tear his home. The body lay out all
r.tht and was discovered by his
arother In the morning. Tbore Is no
known cauao,
Lancaster. During a brlof storm
'.hat passed over Rapho Township,
lightning struck the barn on tho
property of Abraham Kshelman, of
Sporting Hill. The atructuro, twelve
lores of tobacco crop, a thousand
aushels of wheat and all tho farming
implements were burnod, entailing a
obs of f 10,000.
Reading. Ambrose A. MUlor, a rod
S3. farmer of Lower Alsace, com
fitted suicide by shooting blmvelf
Ihrough the heart with a rifle. Mil
lor tied the end of a piece of tluj
in the trigger and the other end to
l is foot aud, bonding ovar the barrel'
of the weapon, pulled tuo trigger.
I The Therapeutics j
of Joy j
By RT. REV. SAMUEL FALLOWS. I
D. D., IX. D. I
Chlc.fo, Illinois 1
OO J!uB"aassaaggOO
The Bible is a wonderful therapeu
tic book. From the viewpoint of the
now evangelism of health and happi
ness It Is a new book. A flood of light
Is poured from Its pages upon the ur
pasning problems of the spiritual rm-.
generation of both the physical, men
tal and social life of man. These are
the fundamental notes of the present
mighty movement for the complete
deliverance of the race from the
thrnlldom of baleful unrest and In
hibiting disease.
The Inspired word chimes In with
the latest teachings of science regard
ing the groat influence of Joy upon the
human frame. Joy imparts strength,
for It belongs to a happy family hlch
numbers cheerfulness, gladness, mirth
fulness, contentment, pleasure and de
light among Its members. It excites
the wholn muscular system, tt
creases the activity of all the vital
functions. It quickens the pulse,
brightens the eye, flushes the cheek,
nnd nerves the arm. It makes play
of work. It removes fatigue, while
stimulating all the powers of body and
mind.'
Darwin has told us in the expression
of the emotions in "Man and Animals"
that with animals of all kinds tho ac
quirement of almost all their pleas
ures, with the exception of those of
wnrmth and rest, have long been asso
ciated with active movements, as is
hunting In the search after food and
other kindred things.
Joy, therefore, naturally shows It
self In manifestations of strength. The
nostrils are dilatted, the angles of the
mouth, the eyelids and the eyebrows
are raised, all Indicative of potential
actual energy.
Joy acts powerfully upon all the di
gestive processes and works a trans
formation upon the Jaundiced dyspep
tic. It expands tho lungs which hare
been contracted as If by the strong
grip of a giant hand through sadness
or disappoint ment. The sigh of melan
choly Is changed to songs of gladness.
With tho change comes the deepening
and expanding of these vital organs
nnd the oxygenating aud enriching of
tho blood.
While wo Americans are an active
people, we are, as a rule, a Joyless
people. We act ns though we were
driven like slaves to our tasks. We
take our pleasures on a boverish run.
Observant foreigners have noticed
this rarity of Joy upon our faces. They
ser-, as a keen philosophic writer
among us has seen, "lines of thought,
nnd of care and of fear money lines,
shrewd, grasping lines, but how few
happy lines." It would seem as If the
rarest feeling that lightened our
countenances was the genuine con
tentment of a loving. Joyful soul.
It looks also as though our religion
did not -.gree with us. We make of It
weights Instead of wings. We have
gloomy thoughts of ourselves, of God,
of our earthly existence, of our fellow
men, of the life to como. We hang
our hnrps upon the willows. We think
this world to be n prison house. We
say we cannot sing the songs of Zlon
In this strange land.
But this world Ib our home, our
school, our workshop, our temple. We
have been placed In it by almighty
wisdom, power and love. We are the
children of the Heavenly Father. And
the Joy of Jehovah Is to be our
strength the Joy that He Is the ewer
watchful, ever providing, ever lorlnjr.
one cod over all blessed fovevcr
more. Too many of us, as some one has
said, "think black is the color cf
heaven and the more we can malte
our faces the color of midnight, the
more evidence we have of grace."
What a supreme mistake w. are mak
ing. True religion Is sunshine nnd
loveliness. Tho New Testament 4n
t, i pi'vcs and emphasizes tho Old. The
historical Christ, tho real, human
divine Christ, not a Christ evaporated
Into mMvc"T-- - "
tlons of nn erratic philosopher, saya:
"Tht-se words lime 1 s i.uv ...... - .
thu' my Joy might remain in you and
that your Joy mlsht be full." Thie
fullness of Joy In the heart makes IKe
and death radiant with brightness.
1 visited the home of a bereaved
Christian who lind forgotten the Chris
tian teachings of that New Testament
to "rejoice In the Ixrd always." The
room on the north side of the bouse
bad ovcry window darkened with
heavy shades. She was clothed In
garments of blackest black. The lines
of her face were drawn down. The
room was a fearsome, chilling tomb.
Nothing could be more antithetical of
a Christian's attitude and environ
ment. Not until I had thrown the curtains
up and let the blessed light stream la
could 1 speak the words of comfort,
of hope and of assurance. Think of
such a Christian's understanding of
the command of the light bringing
Chrlr.t. "Let your light shine." Her
l!";ht wns turned to Fryptinn dark
ness, which "could be felt."
There Is no light to stream over
land or sea like the light of Joy. It
must pour Itself out amid sorrows and
trials und tribulations. It Is the one
alchemy that ran turn the btseet
metaU Into pure gold.
We were not made to live contin
ually In the transports of Joy. As God
carries on Ills work by average men
and carries on the processoa of na
ture In average ways, so He mean
that our Jcys shall bo on median lima.
Ecstaclcs are only for rare occasion.
Preacher and Peril.
The pronchur has bis peril no less
than other puh'lc men. For frequent
praise for public effort,' like too fre
quent draught of alcohol, leads to In
toxication, nnd Jur-t as drunkards crnve
drink, a vnln preacher will crnve
nrnWo. Rr v. D. II. Martin. Reformed,
Now York city.
.t If a RrorU blunder to think we are
nearer heaven than ionic other folks
hccaiiEe wo ucre born upntnirs.
Life cannot be meaiturod by flgurea
on a dial any more than suuahiae ui
be monauiod by a teaspoon.