The Columbia register., May 20, 1904, Image 3

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X'amlly Prayer.
' A number of years ago, when tbe
custom of holding family prayera waa
more common In American famlllea
than It la to-day, a certain Mr. Win
throp, a man of aturdy Christian prin
cipled, took hie family to Europe for
a Biiminer of pleasure.
There were In the family, boaldea the
father and mother, several young aona
and daughters, all of an ago to appre
ciate and enjoy their first visit to the
Old World. They were energetic
young people, eager to ace everything
that wna to be awn, and the au turner
-days were all too abort for tbein.
Moreover, to their dUiuuy, their fa
ther Initiated upou having family pray
era every morning In Kuropo Juat aa
ho hud been accustomed to bare them
In America.
The girla were embarrassed. No
other travelers whom they had met
bad family prayera. They wished
their father wonld be like other people.
The boys grumbled nboot the loss of
time when there were ao many things
to do. Itut obedience waa a bablt In
the family, and not one during that
delightful and long remembered sum
nier did a member of the family ab
sent himself from prayera.
In I 'oris they hud a private sitting
room Into which their bedrooms open
ed; and the girls were inude uncom
fortable by the fact that one other
person a -woman whoso name they
did not know, and whom they bnd not
met shared the privileges of the kit
ting room with them. What If she
nhoulily open ber door some morning
and come In upon tbe kucollng fami
ly? "How mortified we should be!" aald
the girls.
Itut the woman never opened ber
door at that embarrassing moment,
nor, Indeed, at any othfcr time while
the funilly wna present, although they
pent three weeks In Paris.
Half a dozen years Inter the oldest
daughter waa at a "tea" In New York,
when a woman whose face was un
familiar cMne up to ber and aald:
"If I am not mistaken tbla la Miss
WlnThrop."
"Yea," answered the girl, and added,
"'but I am afraid I do not recall your
Home."
"You never knew my name," replied
the woman, "but your fauier once
saved me from making a great mis
take In my life, and I have always
liopcd tLat I might some day ace him
and thank him. Will you thank him
for me V
"Ye es, willingly." assented the girl,
nd waited for further enlightenment
"It was In Parte," the woman con
tinued. "I wna all alono and In great
trouble; I bad no one with whom to
consult, and I was In desperate need
of help. A little more, a step or two,
and I should have ruined my life.
Every morning your father prayed In
the sitting-room. He prayed for the
strangers far away from home, for
the tempted ones, the lonely ones he
prayed for me. And bis prayers gave
me strength to resist my temptation.
Your father anved my life."
"You were the lady who shared the
sitting-room with us!" gnsped the girl.
"And1 we were always so afraid yoi
would come In and. find us on our
knees!
"I, too. was on my knees," the wom
an answered, "on my knees behind my
closed door." Youth's Companion.
One Pay at a Time.
One dny at a time! That's all it can be;
No faRtcr thnn tlint lrr the hardest fate;
And days have their limits, however we
Begin them too early and stretch them
late. p .'
One dny at a time! .Every heart that
aches
Knows only too well how long that
can seem; -But
It's never to-day which the spirit
breaks;
It's the darkened future without a
gleam.
One day at a time! A burden too great
To be borne for two can be borne by
one;
Who knows what will enter to-morrow's
gate?
While yet w are speaking all may be
done.
One day at a time! but a single dsj
Whatever Its load, whatever Its length,
And there's a bit of Scripture to say
That according to each shall: be his
' strength. ' - - u '
All that Was Left of the Bible.
At a gathering of several ministers
last Monday one of them, who la op
posed to the so-called "higher criti
cism," told the following story:
"One day a member of a certain
cburcb, who had listened attentively
' for five years to the preaching of his
pastor, took to the divine his bible,
which was truly a sight to behold,
with whole books clipped out here or a
passage gone there. Indeed; between
the covers there was little else left but
t..M..rp.r,.n.p.Mrwu'riuJ) MARSHAL MARQUIS
for ntlnc tbt blMt to thockiof !. TL
parishioner meekly replied:
" 'It ill the remit of your preach
i Inf. When I went bom from cburcb
each Sunday I cut out of tbe book
that wLlcb you Lad rrlUcUed la your
acruioa of that duy. That veree on the
Trinity wu an Interpolation; bo cot
went the strong rerae, Tben tbe ran
onlclty of tbla book and that waa
doubtful, ao out went tbla book and
tbat John did not writ the gospel
of Jobn. ao out went what waa railed
the gospel of John. Tbla bit of hla
tory waa not hlatory, only allegory, ao
out went that fatae and decelrlng
thing. IVmlHvely, air, I bar been
faithful with my shears, and tbla la all
the bible I bare loft the two come
and a few tattera.' M Baltimore Sun.
RabJecU of Thought.
According to the depth from which
you draw your life, such Is the depth
not only of your strenuous effort, but
of your manners and presence.
In life troubles will come which look
aa If they never would pass away. Tbe
night and the atorm look aa If they
would last forever, but the calm and
the morning cannot be stopped.
When goodness separates Itself, It la
only half good. A virtue which la not
active la In danger Itself of turning to
vice. Jesus waa not too good for pub
licans and stuners. How many of Ilia
disciples are?
Of law there ran be no less acknowl
edged, than that ber seat la the bosom
of God, ber voice the harmony of the
world; all tilings In heaven and earth
do her homage, the very least aa feel
ing ber care, and tbe greatest at not
exempted from her power.
There are those who acquire the
bablt of helping others, of comforting,
of adding checrfulnesa end strength
wherever they go. To those who thus
give, much Is given In return con
tentment, trust In their fellowmen,
aweet hopes, peaceful memories.
RAILROADS OF JAVA.
They Are Mostly Narrow-Gauge and
Trains lo Not Knn MghU.
Jonkbeer P. van Benthen van den
Bergh, a civil engineer from The
Hague, In Holland, arrived bore re- j
cently snd la slaying at the Hoffman
House, aaya the New York Tribune.
Mr. Van den Bergh la a graduate of
Ihlgh University, of the class of 1)5.
Since bis college career ended be baa
had five yeara aervlce In the engineer
corps of the railroads of Java. "The
railroada of Java," aald he, "are all
narrow gauge, with the single excep
tion of tbe road crossing the Island
from Batavla on tbe west coast to
Soerabays on the east Tbe roads are
of much lighter construction than
those In the United States lighter
rails snd less ballast,' and both cars
and engines are of much smaller type.
The trains on Java railroads never
run st night The Javanese are not
as careful operators as Americans, and
trainmen might be expected to go to
Bleep If the trains ran at night snd
Invite disaster.
"The trip from Batavla to Soera-
boya, altogether In daylight takes two
days. These two cities, which have
probably 200,000 population, each, are
well built They have splendid streets
and both the homes and business
houses are of attractive and substan
tial character. Java Is famous for her
excellent roads. The climate of Java
Is delightful, especially on the more
elevated volcanic lands. Of course, at
tbe sea coast and In tbe lowlands It Is
very hot and less healthful
Where
tho surface of the country la of voMacreg Illg acUvitj led him to embark
conic formation the soil Is -porous, and , var0Ug enterprises, but bis greatest
as soon as the aun goes down It cools, I incceM wa9 acquired when some ten
as It may not be expected to do where year8 ag0 he 8ecured control of the La
me sun ace is more wiupacu iu gov
ernment of Java is a model of efficien
cy and a child could go, night or day,
tbe length or breadth of tbe country
In perfect safety. The only objection
to the country is the peaceful condi
tions, that amount to dullness, without
dlvertlsement Since coffee-growing has
been so developed in Brazil, it has
ceased to be a profitable crop In Java,
and for tbe last eight or nine years it
has been unimportant Sugar and to
bacco are now the chief products, and
the high lands on which coffee former
ly yielded handsome profits are aban
doned." --
Mer If Welting.
A. Northern man who was traveling
through the South, says the New York
Times, saw a darkey under a tree by
the roadside on the edge of a field of
corn.' The negro was gazing lazily up
through 'the branches, unmindful of a
hoe which lay by bis side, and of tbe
weeds which grew luxuriantly in the
corn field.
"What are you doing?" asked the
Northern man.
"Ah'm out heah to hoe dat cohn,"
replied the darky.
"Then what are you doing under the
tree?" persisted the traveler. "Rest
ing?" "No, sah, Ah'm not resting,? was the
drawled-out answer. "Ah'm not tlahed.
Ah'm waltln' faw the aun to go down
so Ah kin quit wuk." 'Ci-i
, - . , He Hoped Not..
"Do you believe tbat there's nothing
new under the sun?" ,
"Well, I hope my wife didn't pay
that' $50 for an old bonnet" Detroit
Free Press.
Between Frlende. '
Him She is what I call a remark
ably brilliant woman.
Her Oh, I don't know; It doesn't
take much to dazzle you.
A fool refuses a paying Job to-day
because he has a thankless one for to
morrow. ,
GRAND
W M 1
mwpssfox I'll
k d
One of the most remarkable men of tbe age Is Field Marshal Marquis
Arltonlo Yamagata, commander in chief of tbe Japanese army, under wboae
direction tbe land forces of tbe Mikado are preparing for a deadly grapple
with Ilussls. Statesman, diploic-, soldier, organizer, reformer, be baa been
variously called tbe Japanese Moltke. the Bismarck of Japan, the General
Grant of Japan and the Napoleon of Japan. In local conflicts in the Mikado's
empire snd In tbe Chlno-Japanese war of 1804 be has made a record that
military men envy, and now at tbe seasoned age of 71 be again takes up
the baton to win. If possible, more enduring renown In a triumph over the
legions of Tbe Czar.
Marquis Yamagata first won distinction In the war of 1808. called "tbe
war of the restoration," which resulted In the overthrow of the Tycoon and
the placing of the present Mikado. Mutsuhlto, on the throne.
A NOTED COPPER KINO.
Millionaire William C Greene Fought
the Apachee of Arizona.
One of tbe successful men whom
the West has developed is William C.
Greene, President of tbe Greene Con
solidated Copper
Company, an at
tempt upon whose
life was recently
made In New York
ly James W. Good
man, at one time a
miner in Mexico.
Mr. . Greene's for
tune Is estimated
at - f 30,000,000, ell
of which has been
acquired during tbe
Wll. C. GREENE. ,agt few Teflrg.
Mr. Greene, who was born at West
chester, went to the West when a boy
of 17 and became soon afterward a
government contractor In Colorado and
Kansas. Then he tried his hand at
mining. Going to Arizona he pros
pected with variable success in the
neighborhood of Prescott Then be
farmed a while In the San Pedro val
ley in Arizona, at the same time ac
quiring and operating mines in vari
ous parte -of the Territory. He was
aiicceasful as a rancher and ' cattle
i- A h, r.ncho embraced 4,000
Cananea copper mines in Mexico
Yenrs of litigation followed in the
courts and five years ago be organized
the Greene Consolidated Copper Com
pany. At that time the stock was
worth only 25 cents a share, but it
soon commenced to soar, reaching
within two years $5!f By this happy
strike Mr. Greene found himself a mil
lionaire many times over.. .
Mr. Greene has a wide reputation as
an Indian fighter and, in the 80s, he
organized and led several volunteer
forces against the Apaches of Arizona.
He is noted for his democratic ways
and his charities.
THE SPIIYCMOCRAPK.
rhysldans have always devoted a
great deal of attention to the study of
the pulse because Its force, rapidity
and regularity or Irregularity tell a
great deal about the patient's condi
tion.
An experienced doctor can read the
pulse pretty well by merely pressing
his finger on the patient s wrist, but
something more than this is needed
for a thorough study of the pulse. For
this purpose an instrument has been
Invented by the aid of which the pulse
is made to leave a record of Its vlbra
tlons on a strip of paper, so that they
can be studied at leisure and compared
with other pulse tracings made in' the
same way. . .
i You can make pulse tracings at the
cost of a very little labor, and mate
rials not worth two cents, which you
can find in the house. These materials
are nothing but a good-sized cork, a
little stick like a match stick, a shoa
button, a card, a quill toothpick or
quill pen and two pins.
In the top of the cork cut out a
square groove or furrow a little wider
and deeper than the shoe button. Whit
tle down one end of the stick and fit
the eye of the shoe button on It Place
this end of the stick in tbe groove and
thrust a pin through the stick and the
cork on both sides so that the stick can
turn on tbe pins, like a pump handle.
YAMACATA
OLD SOLDIER OF JAPAN.
Cut a long, thin sliver of quill,
sharpen one end to a fine point and
fasten the other end to the free end of
the stick with glue or sealing wax.
Cut a broader strip of quill, some
thing longer than the cork. Pin one
end of It to tbe bottom of the cork, and
bend It so that you can Insert tbe other
end Into the groove under the button.
Blacken a card in a candle flame.
Now you are ready to take your
friend's pulse autograph. The "pa
tient" rests his or her wrist on the cork
so tbat the button presses tbe spot
where the pulse is felt Hold the card
upright on its edge and draw it along
slowly and steadily, keeping it in con
tact with the point of the quIII7The
point will trace on the blackened card
a white wavy line, which is the record
of the pulse beats, greatly magnified.
because the pulse acts on the short
arm of the match and quill lever, and
the record is written by the long arm.
Tbe bent quill under the button acts
as a spring and raises the button each
time it is pushed down by a throb of
tbe pulse.
These pulse tracings vary with the
age and health of the person making
them, and are, therefore, as I have
said, a sort of autograph.
An Essay on tbe Horse.
The following remarkable essay on
the horse Is said to be from the pen
of an Indian student:
" 'The horse Is a very noble quadru
ped, but when he is angry he will not
do so. He is ridden on the spinal cord
by the bridle, and sadly the driver
places his foots on the stirrups and di
vides his lower limbs across the saddle
and drives his animal to the meadow,
lie has four legs; two are on the fiont
t.ide and two are afterward. These are
the weapons on which he runs. He
also defends himself by extending
these in tbe rear in a parallel direction
toward bis foe, but this he does only
when be, is In an aggravating mood.
There is no animal like the horse. No
sooner they see their guardian or mas
ter than they always cry for, food, but
It is always at the morning time. They
have got tails, but not so long as the
cow and such other like animals."
His Only Request.
.The Japanese General What's this?
An envoy from the Emperor of Korea?
What does he want?
The Envoy Most noble and illustri
ous commander, my imperial master di
rects me to ask you if you won't do
Tour fighting a little farther up the
alley. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
-Here is a very good argument
against boarding: Too much excite
ment results, and nerve force is wast
ed, when three vegetables are served,
instead of two.
When a girl isn't good-looking, her
true friends blame it on the milliner
and dressmaker. ,
THE PULSE WRITING THE AUTOGRAPH.
AS COLORS ARE WORN.
TWO OR
MORE ARE
GETHfcR.
USED TO-
Gra au4 ElMArt Popular la Com
blnation-Maay Wearera of Walking
Sklrta Are Endangering an Admira
ble FaahJoa bj Orer-TrimaiLag Then.
Kew Terk correspondence:
afKPy UST as tbe walk-
log salt wltt abort
skirt his appar
tatly become an
established fea
ture that a sea
son's changes of
styles csnnot de
throne, some
women sre begin
ning te endanger
tbe admira
ble fashion by
making tbe suit
too dressy. It
Isn't Intended at
all for sach treat
ment aod the fact
bardly shoo Id
need emphasis.
But the plainness
of simple tailoring,
the grade best
suited to tbe
walking suit, isn't often acceptable for
long to women- who are especially fond
of elaborations, and then there are many
more who rarely ran afford tailor attire
SOME OF SUMMER'S
of the perfection order. So from both
these groups of women are drawn those
who make the mistake of over-trimming
their short-skirted suits. Now and then
the error is in the employment of too
much tailor trimming, but more often it
lies in ornamentation not used in severe
tailor get-nps. There's a temptation to
Indulge in wrist laces. They are beauti
fully rich in fine gowns for dressy use,
so why not for the walking suit? In tbe
latter they should be used sparingly, if
at all, and entirely without elaboration
of cuff. And as for front trimmings to
correspond, it is a question if they can
be employed at all. But some of the
walking suits being worn now and more
being prepared for the summer season go
awsv beyond this, bavins lace trimmings
ma
SEPARATE BUT TO HARMONIZE WITH THE SKIRTS.
of showy character for both front and
wrists, accompanied by finish of cuff, and
rovers nature that la of material strongly
in contrast with the goods, at times trim
med in still further contrast Some tai
lors show such models as approved ones,
bo there will be more of them, but they
will not gain anything like general ac
ceptance, being hardly to be classified as
tastsfuL Simplicity and serviceability
always win be tbe dominant character!
tics of thc suits.
Much of the lighter shades ef rTeea is
to b wore dnring the summer. They are
noticeably abundant la tbe silks deiined
for shirt waist suits. Leaf green la a
faTored shade. White In yoke and sleeve
CnWh Is the accompaniment for gowns
of Inelibmte eorte as-1 ale la drr?
cft-npe. yoke snd sleeves being mot or
lets highly wrought la the latter. Blues
sre similarly set off, thongk tbey do not
seem te be so often th choice aa la
green. Aa Illustration ef their ne ap
pears In tbe Initial picture, the original
of which was a gowa of gobelin blue
silk voile, with bands snd yoke ef point
de Teniae. Greens and blues sre com
bined, too, In wsys that create striking
sdditions to tbe gay gowns of color, and
In ways, too, that really are easier thai
they seem, for these mating sre not se
daring, after alL Tricks ef eolo? com
blnatioa contain more that la new than
does the offering ef new shades. Some
of theM combinations were made la the
three dresses of the next group. In the
first, light fuchsia silk wss trimmed wltk
btick brassels lice over blsck silk. In
the next, gray crepe de chine waa set
off with, besides Its shlrrings and rof
flints, raised pink chiffon roses put es
white guipure. Last here Is a tan veil
ing trimmed with tan and blue passe
menterie and buttons. Rose la being put
with gray, and the trick Is gslning ac
ceptance, bat a very little ef the color
is preferable to more than a little of It.
With shirt wsists of simple and of
elaborate sorts, snd with fancy wsists of
the most dressy sorts imaginable, the
r operate waist idea is in the most flour
ishing stste possible. And ss to the more
COLOR SCHEMES.
ornate of these desirable garments, their
standing as to dressiness is of the best
The skirts with which they may be worn
may not be of the plainest ss was the
case when last fancy separate waists
were a general fashion, so now the cos
tume of fancy bodice and skirt is one of
considerable elaborateness. The extreme
ly highly wrought character of these gar
ments will be indicated from brief de
scription of the examples sketched here.
The upper pair were cream taffeta, Irish
lace and pearl beads, for the left hand
nne, and pale bine mousselline de soie,
with yoke of embroidery and hand em
broidered ruffles, for the other. - Below
these were a pink soft taffeta waist fin
ished with smocking and narrow white
passementerie; a white chiffon waist with
insertions, bandings and yoke of Lierre
lace, and a black crepe de chine waist
trimmed with Valenciennes and fringe.
Buttons are everywhere and of every
variety. They end the tabs of stock col
lars, they hold in place, or sesm to, the
panels of skirts, cuffs, yokes, plastrons.'
etc. It seems si if they could not be
misplaced. ' v