LAW AND
C liberty, thou child of I,nw,
Ood'i leal la on thy brow I
O Law, her Mother ilrst and liist,
tJod's ry self art thou!
Two flowers, alike, yet not alike,
On the tame stem that grow,
Two friends who cannot live apart.
Yet seems each other's foe.
UNCLE TOM BARKER. Ml
IIIIIM
rf 11 1 T IT
Uncle Torn Barker was much of a
man. He bad been wild and reckless,
and feared not God nor regarded niun,
but one day at a camp meeting, while
Bishop Oaston was shaking up the
sinners and scorching them over the
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before the meeting was over he pro
fessed religion and became a zealous,
outspoken convert, and . declared his
Intention of going forth Into the
world and preaching the gospel. He
was terribly In earnest, for he said
be had lost a power of time and must
i. i. ,ln
. Tom was a rough talker, but he was
a good one, and knew right smart of
"Bcripter," and a good many of the
old-fashioned hymns by heart. The
conference thought he was a pretty
good fellow to send out into the bor
der country among the settlers, and
so Tom straddled his old flea-bitten
gray and in due time was circuit rid
ing in North Mississippi.
I In course of time Tom a.'q'.ilred no
toriety, and from his strocj; language
and stronger gestures, ami his mus.u
lar eloquence, they called htm old
"Sledge Hammer," and after awhile,
old "Sledge," for short. Away down In
one corner of his territory there was
a blacksmith shop and a wagon shop
' and a whiskey shop and a posioffice at
Bill Jones's crossroads; and Bill kept
all of them, and was known fur and
wide as "Devil Bill Jones," so ai to
distinguish him from 'Squire EM the
magistrate.
Devil Bill had Bworn that no preach
er should ever toot a horn or sing a
hymn In the settlement, and if any of
the cussed hypocrites ever dared to
top at the crossroads he'd make him
dance a hornpipe and sing a hymn,
and whip him besides.
And Bill Jones meant Just what be
eaid, for he had a mortal hate for the
men of God. It was reasonably sup
posed that Bill could and would .do
What he said, for his trade at the an-
body knew that be had is much brute
courage as was necessary. And so
TTnnlA Trim w n n n .1 t I r. .1 a
roundance and never tackle the cross
roads. He accepted this for a time,
and left the people to the bad Influ
ence of Devil Bill'; but it seemed to
him he was not doing the Lord's will,
and whenever he thought of the wom
en and children living in darkness and
growing up in Infidelity, he would
25 ulght he prayed over It wltl.
great earnestness, and vcwejj to do the
Lord's will if the Lord would jive
him light, and It seemed to him ts !ic
rose from his knees that there was no
longer any doubt he must go. I'n
cle Tom never dallied about anything
when bis mind was mide up. He
went right at It like killing snakes;
and so next morning as a "nabor"
passed on his way to Bill's shop Un
cle Tom said:
"My friend, will you please carry
a message to Bill Jones for me? Do
you tell him that If the Lord Is willin'
I will be at the crossroads to prea:h
next . Sunday at 11 o'clock, and I am
ahore the Lord Is willin. Tell him
to please 'norate' It In the settle
ment about, and ax the women and
children to come. Tell Bill Jones I
will stay at his house, God willin", and
I am shore he's willin', and I'll preach
Sunday, too, If things get along har
monious." When Bill Jones hot the mersage
be was amazed, astounded and his in
dignation knew no bounds. He raved
aad cursed at the "onsult," as he
called It the "onsuttlng message of
X)ld Sledge'" and he swore that he.
would hunt him up, end whip him, for
be knowed that he wouldn't dare to
come to the crossroads.
But the "nabors" whispered It
around that "old Sledge" would come,
lor he was never known to make an
appointment and break it; and there
was n old horse thief who used to
run with Murrel's gang who said he
used to know Tom Barker when he
was a sinner and bad seen htm fight,
and. ho was mnch of a man.
So it spread like wild fire that "old
Sledge" was coming, and Devil Bill
was "gwlne" to whip him and make,
btm dance end sing a "hlme," and
treat to a gallon of peach brandy be
' Bides.
Devil BUI had his enemies, of
course, for he was a hard man, and
one way or another had gobbled up
all of the surplus of the "naborhood"
and bad given nothing in exchange
bat whiskey, and these enemies had
long hoped for somebody to come and
turn btm down. They, too, circulated
the astounding sews, and, without
committing themselves to either par
ty, said that h 11 would break loose
da Saturday at the crossroads, and
that "Old Sledge" or the devil would
stave to go under.
On Friday the settlers began to
drop Into the crossroads under pre-
tance ec business, but really to gat the
bottom facta of the rumors that were
float
Devil BUI knew full well what they
-fauna for and bs talked and coned
LIBERTY.
One, the smooth river's mirrored flow
Which decks the world with priecn;
And one, the bank of sturdy rock
Which hems the river In.
O Daughter of the timeless Past,
O Hope the 1'rojihets saw,
Voa give us iw in i.ioeriy
And Liberty In Law I
E. J. Cutler.
T T T1
Ulllitl
more furiously than usual, and swore
that anybody who would come ex
pecting to see "Old Sledge" tomorrow
was an lnfern'nl fool, for he wasn't a
comlng. He laid bare his strong arms
and shook his long hair and said he
wished the lying, deceiving hypocrite
would come, for It had been nigh on
to 14 years since he had made a
preacher dance.
Saturday morning by 9 o'eloek the
settlers began to gather. They came
on foot and on horseback, and In carts
men, women and children, and be
fore 11 o'clock there were more peo
ple at the crossroads than had ever
been there before. Bill Jones was mad
at their credulity, but he had an eye
to business, and kept behind his
counter and sold more whiskey In an
hour than he had sold In a month. As
the appointed hour drew near the set
tlers began to look (.'own the lng,
straight read that "Old Sledge" would
come, If he came at all, and every man
whose head came In sight just over
the rise of the distant hill was close
ly scrutinized.
More than once they said, "Yonder
he comes that's him, shore." But no,
it wasn't him.
Some half a dozen hnd old bull's
eye silver watches, and they compared
time, and just at 10.55 o'clock the old
horse thief exclaimed:
"I see Tom Barker a risln' of the
hill. I hain't seed him for 11 years,
but, glntlemeu, that ar's him, or I'm a
liar."
And It was him.
As he got nearer and nearer, a voico
seemed to be coming with him, and
some said, "He's talkln' to himself,"
another said, "He's a-talkln' to God
Almighty," and another said, "I'll be
durned if he ain't n-prayin," " but very
soon it waa decldded tiiat he was
"singin of a hlme."
Bill Jones was soon advised of all
this, and, coming up to the front, Bild,
"Darned if he ain't singing before I
axed him, but I'll make him sing an
other tune till he Is tired. I'll pay
him for his onsulting message. I'm not.
a-gwine to kill him, boys. I'll leave
life In his rotten old carcass, but
that's all. If any of you'n want tb
hear Old Gledge preach, you'll have to
go ten miles from the roads to do It"
Slowly and solemnly the preacher
came. As be drew near he narrowed
down his tune and looked kindly upon
the crowd. He was a massive man In
frame, and had a heavy suit of hark
b.own hair, but his face waa clean
shaven, and showed a nose and lips
rr ' of flrmnes3 and great deter
fn. nation.
"Look at him, boys, and mind your
eyes," said the horss thief.
"Where will I find my friend, Bill
Jones?" Inquired "Old Sledge."
All round they pointed him to the
man.
Riding up close he said: "My friend
and brother, the good Lord has sent
me to you. and I ask your hospitality
for myself and my beast," and he slow-
dismounted and faced his foe as
though expecting a kind reply.
Tue crisis hau come and Bill Jones
met it.
"You infernal old hypocrite; you
cussed old shaven-faced scoundrel;
didn't you know that I had swored an
dath that I would make you sing and
dance, and whip you besides if you
ever dared to plzen these crossroads
with your shoe tracks? Now sing,
d n ycu, sing and dance as you sing,"
and he emphasized his command with
a ringing slap with his open hand up
on the parson's face.
"Old Sledge" recoiled with pain and
surprise.
Recovering in a moment, he said:
"Well,. Brother Jones, I did not ex
pect so warm a welcome, but If this
be your crossroads manners I suppose
I must sing," and as Devil Bill gave
him another slap on his other jaw he
began with:
My soul, be on thy guard.
And with his long arm suddenly
and swiftly gave Devil Bill an open
hander that nearly knocked him oft
his feet, while the parson continued
to sing in a splendid tenor voice.
Ten 'thousand foes arise.
Never was a lion more Rroused to
frenzy than was Bill Jones. With his
powerful arm he made at Old Sledge
as (f to annihilate him with one blow,
and many horrid oaths, but the par
son fended off the stroke as easily as
a practiced boxer, and with his left
hand dealt Bill a settler on his peep
ers as he continued to sing:
Oh, watetr, and fight, and pray,
The battle ne'er give o'er.
But Jones waa plucky to despera
tion, and the settlers were watching
with bated breath. The crisis was at
hand, and be squared himself,
and his clenched flats flew thick and
fast upon the parson's frame and for
a while disturbed bla equilibrium and
his song. But he rallied quickly and
began the offensive as be sang:
Ne'er think the victory won,
Nor lay thine armor down
He backed his adversary squarely
to the wall of his shop, end seized him
by the throat and mauled him as he
sang:
Fight on, my souL till death-
Well, the long and short of it was
that "Old Sledge" whipped him and
humbled him to the ground and thee
lifted him up nnd helped to restore
lilm, and begged a thousand pardons.
When Devil Bill bad retired to bla
house and was being cared for by his
wife, "Old Sledge" mounted a box in
front of the grocery and preached
righteousness and temperance and
Judgment to come to that people.
He closed his solemn discourse with
a brief history of his own sinful life
before his conversion and his hum
ble work for the Lord ever Blnce, and
think "Stop, poor sinner, stop and
think," he cried In alarming tones.
There were a few men and many
women In that crowd whose eyes, long
unused to the melting mood, dropped
tears of repentance at the preacher's
kind and tender exhortation. Bill
Jones's wife, foor woman, had crept
humbly Into the outskirts of the crowd,
for she had long treasured the mem
ories of her childhood, when Bhe, too,
had gone with her good mother to
hear, preaching. In secret , she had
pined and 'lamented her huBband'B ha
tred for religion and for preachers.
After she had washed the blood from
his swollen face and dressed his wounds
she asked him if she might go down
and hear the preacher. For a minute
he was silent and seemed to be .dumb
with amazement. He had never been
whipped before and had suddenly lost
confidence in himself and his infidel
ity. "Go 'long, Sally," he answered, "If
he ran talk like he can fight and sing,
maybe the Lord did send him. It's all
mighty strange to me," he groaned in
anguish. His animosity seemed to
have changed into an anxious won
dering curiosity, and after Rally had
gone he lott his bed and drew near
to the window where he could hear.
'Old Sledge" made an earnest, soul-
rearhlng prayer, and his pleading with
the Lord for Bill Jones's salvation and
that of his wife and children reached
the window where Bill wns sitting and
he heard It. His wife returned In tears
nnd took a seat beside him, and
sobbed her heart's distress, but said
nothing.
Bill bore It for a while In thoughtful
silence, and then putting hlB bruised
and trembling hand In hers, said:
"Sally, if the Lord sent 'Old Sledge'
here, and may be he did I reckon you
had better look after his horse." And
sure enough "Old Sledge" stayed there
that night and held family prayer, and
the next day he preached from the
piazza to a great multitude and sang
his favorite hymn:
Am I a soldier of the Cross?
And when he got to the third verse
his untutored but musical voice seemed
to be lifted a little higher as he sing:
Sure I must fight if I would reign,
Increase my courage, Lord.
Devil Bill was converted and be
came a changed man. He joined the
church and closed his grocery and
helped to build a meeting house, and
It was always said and believed that
"Old Sledge" mauled the grace Into his
unbelieving soul, and It never would
have got In any other way. Bill Arp
In Atlanta Constitution.
QUAINT AND CURIOS.
A sure cure for hiccough, says a
Western physician, is a pinch of snuff.
One of the British railways provides
chess and checker outfits for its pas
sengers. William E. Tuttle, of Stratford,
Conn, had a gold crown placed on the
tooth of his pet bear.
Marmalade, then made only of
quinces, was known In Henry VIII. 'a
reign. The word is derived from "mer
melo," a quince.
German, which Is spoken by upward
of 75,000,000 people ranks third in
number among the four leading lang
uages of Europe proper.
At a football game at the Crystal
Palace, eleven miles from central Lon
don, the attendance, according to the
official figures, was 84,584.
There are 100,000 ostriches, in tho
Oudtshoorz district, Cape Colony, the
average annual value of the feathers
yielded by each bird being $35.
Seven old spoons have recently been
found in the earth. They were cleaned
and are of silver and gilt They aro
dated 1529, and valued at 250 each.
E. C. Whithec, of Surrey, Me., has a
sea chest which his great-great-grandfather
carried with him in the flagship
of Paul Jones, under whom he fought
The new customs tariff of Japan,
which went into force on October 1st,
has stimulated the promotion of home
companies for the manufacture of
flour.
Leonce Rabillon, the French consul
at Baltimore, is making a French ver
sion of "Rip Van Winkle." which Thos.
Jefferson expects' to present in Franca
shortly. . : 1
The Rev. Thomas Lord, aa English
Congregational minister, still conducts
divine service, though on April 22 he
was 100 years old. He has been preach
ing for seventy-five years.'
Edward Arthur Robinson, son of the
late Peter Robinson, the London dry
goods man. Is 24 years old and bank
rupt having managed to get rid of
12,100,000 since be came of age.
The English government ' profits
about f 116,000 per year by the duty on
playing carda
New York City. Present ntvlp
render a generous supply of gulmpes
absolutely essential to every girl's
wardrobe. Here Is a model thnt can
be utilized for lace, for embroidery,
for net or for lingerie material and
which allows of a number of varia
tions. In the illustration embroid
ered net la made with short sleeves
that are held by bands of ribbons
above and below the elbows. But
long sleeves can be substituted if bet
ter liked, and the gulmpe can be
either faced as Illustrated or made
of one material throughout. All sorts
of pretty lares and embroidered nets
are In vogue, while lingerie materials
In themselves afford almost endless
variety. '
The gulmpe Is made with the front
and plain backs. It can be faced
with lace or other material to the
cross or between vertical lines of per
forations or can be made of the ma
terial throughout as liked. The ?1
bow sleeves are gathered to form
pretty puffs and terminate In becom
ing frills, while the long ones are
Joined to the deep cuffs. If lingerie
material Is used it can be tucked or
trimmed in any way that may be
liked before cutting, but lace, net
and the like are usually preferred
plain.
The quantity of material required
for the sixteen-year size Is one and a
quarter yards of material thirty-six
inches wide with two and three
eighth yards eighteen inches wide for
the sleeve and facing to cross line,
two and a halt yards with facings
between vertical lines of perfora
tions; or, three and three-quarter
yards eighteen, two and three-quar
ter yards twenty-seven or one and
five-eighth yards forty-four inches
wide if one material Is used.
China Silk Ties.
The newest ties for line collars are
made of finely striped China silk.
Green, mauve, gray, brown and blue
are to be seen in this conceit, pleated
Into bunchy rosettes, or double but
terfly bows. No end cbic is this neck
dressing with the fashionable turn
overs. Banding For Rajah.
Oriental banding seems quite a
proper finish for a frock or Rajah.
When Trying on a Hat.
In buying a hat It should alwaya
be tried on before a mirror that
shows he whole figure, so that the
general effect may be seen. This rule
would spoil many a sale at the mil
liner's, and save the feeling of bitter
disappointment so often experienced
when the creation that seemed so
fascinating In the shop Is tried on at
home. ,
Suii-Ronnrts In Two Stylos.
Sun-bonneti are always quaint and
picturesque In effect and just now
are being greatly worn for golf, for
gardening and for every outdoor oc
cupation. Indeed women of all ages,
from the little tots to their grand
mothers, are' guarding their complex
ions a bit carefully just now and
these attractive and quaint head cov
erings make the best possible aid to
such results. Lawn, batiste, linen,
duck, dotted Swiss muslin and all
similar materials are used. Both
white and colored materials are In
vogue, and some very charming ef
fects are obtained by the use of
Dresden dimities and similar simple
figured stuffs. Two styles are shown
In the Illustration, one with and one
without the cape at the back of the
neck. In addition to serving for all
the uses mentioned the bonnets will
be found admirable for motoring,
when they protect the head from
wind as well as the face from the
sun.
Each bonnet Is made with a wide
brim and a soft full crown, which is
attached thereto, the one crown be
ing extended across the back, the
other being made in one with the
cape.
The quantity of material required
for the medium or misses' aize is
seven-eighth yard twenty-seven or
five-eighth yard thirty-six Inches
wide tor either style, with one and
three-eighth yards of edging for the
bonnet without the cape, two and
three-quarter yards with tb.6 cape.
Straggling Patterns.
Quite straggling patterns In motifs
of chrysanthemums, carnations or
five-pointed, starltke, floral figures
are favorites, and thread designs are
especially good just now.
Bolero Shaped Yoke.
The house gown that is cut with
a bolero-shaped yoke, to which the
body of the gown is gathered, Is es
pecially suited to the woman with
slender figure.
A $15,000,000 BRIDE.
Marls Bonaparte Ones In Hands of
Matrimonial Agency.
Less than a year ago Henry La
bouchere's revelations in London
"Truth" on the subject of the use of
the house of commons as a matrimon
ial agency by certain of the well con
nected clerks of the national legisla
ture, In connection with the Lord
Townshend case, Incidentally brought
to light ' the fact that the chief bar
gain which the agency in question had
for dlnposal was a princess of the
House of Bonaparte, with a fortune of
115,000,000. A titled husband was then
sought by the matrimonial agents for
this princess, their terms being a com
mission of $200,000, payable to them
on the day of the solemnization of tho
marriage. The princess in question
was Marie, daughter of Roland Bona
parte by bis marriage with Marie
Blanc, one of the daughters and heir
esses of that old Blanc who founded
the great gambling establishment at
Monte Carlo. It Is from that source
that the great fortune of Roland's
daughter Is derived. - ,
Under the circumstances, the report
from Paris of the engagement of Marie
Bonaparte to the Count de Tredern
and of their impending marriage nat
urally suggests the reflection that it
is a matrimonial alliance based upon
finance rather than upon pure affec
tion, and that the terms of the con
tract have been negotiated by some
matrimonial agency which will re
ceive a handsome commission for its
share in the matter.
Count de Tredern ls a son of that
Vicom'esse de Tredern who played so
conspicuous a role In the General Bou
langer episode, and whose name Is fa
miliar on this side of the Atlantic by
the number of lawsuits which she in
stituted in a vain effort to prevent her
only brother's American widow anii
sons from inheriting his property by
disputing the validity of his marriage.
She is the daughter of the great sugar
refiner Say, and married In the closing
days of the Second Empire the son of
the late Due de Brlssac. Owing to her
birth she was cold shouldcieU by the
old aristocracy of the Faubourg St
Germain. One day while serving tea
to Borne of her husband's friends a few
drops fell upon her dress. As she
touched them with a handkerchief the
Due de Choiseul Praslin remarked, with
a certain touch of sarcasm, "Be care
ful, madam; sugar stains!"
"Less than blood, monsieur!" re
plied the Marquise do Brissac, with
great coolness, looking at him and the
duke colored and turned away, for his
father Is officially declared to have died
in prison while awaiting trial by the
French House of Peers for the shock
ing murder of his duchess, whom he
bad slashed to pieces with a sabre.
The Marquis de Brlssac died during
the war of 1871, from wounds and ex
posure sustained on the battlefield,
leaving a son, who is now the present
and eleventh Duke de Brissac, married
to the sister of the Due d'Uzes, and a
daughter, Diane de Brissac, married to
Prince Ernest de Ligne. After a few
years of widowhood the Marquise do
Brlssac contracted a second marriage,
with the Vlcomte de Tredern, one of
the most popular members of the
Jockey Club, but the union was not a
happy one, and In 1888 they were di
vorced. Marie Bonaparte's fiance is a
ion of this marriage. New York Tri
bune. Gold Production In 1906.
The world's production of gold for
1906 was 81,000,000. In 1905 the
figures stood at 75,427,000. Tho
production of gold has been rising
year by year since 1900. Before that
there was a brief intermission in tue
expansion, which began after 1888,
namely, during the period of the
South African war, which checUe"!
th product of the Transvaal. In
1899 the yield was 01.345,000. Tho
next year it fell to 50,915,000; and
then, in 1901, it rose again, but only
to 62,198,000. So far the London
Statist
The figures of the director of th
mint show that the highest annual
average production after the discov
ery of gold in California was $134.
D83.000 during the period in 1856
18C0. Thereafter the yield fell off
until the lowest annual average was
reached In 1881-1885, registering
$99,116,000. The leap upward since
then is astonishing. In the period
from 189G to 1900 the annual aver
age Is $257,301,000, and in the period
from 1901 to and including 1905 it is
$322,061,000. A few years ago it
was figured as a marvel that the
world should bring into sight $1,000..
000 of new gold for every day In
the year.
Information While Thsy Waited.
The president of the faculty of a
medical college once addressed a grad
uating class with reference to the nec
essity of cultivating the quality of pa
tience in their professional as well as
In their domestic relations.
The professor said: "Gentlemen,
you are about to plunge into the
sphere of action.' No doubt you will,
in some degree, follow the example of
those who have preceded you. Amen?
other things, you will doubtless marry.
Let me entreat you to be kind to
your wives.' Be patient with them.
Endeavor not to fret yourselves under
petty domestic trials. If you are go
ing to the theatre, do not permit your
self to become excited if your wife
Is not down-stairs in time. Have a
treatise on your specialty always with
you. Read it while you are waiting.
"And, I assure you, gentlemen," the
professor concluded, with delicate
Irony, "you'll be astonished at the
vast fund of information you'll ac
cumulate in this way." Success.