Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905, June 09, 1904, Image 6
The Secret By JAMES CHAPTER XXII. Continued.) "Heaven be. blessed for this new omen f success"' exclaimed Balgonie in French. "And you were not drowned?" "No; I nam down the Neva, under water, escaping many a bullet got ahor end reached tba old place in the d wfere Olga, the grpsr, atained my face, trimmed and dyed my beard, as you see. She U quite an artist, that girl! Even Mariolizza would not know me low" Balgonie aighed aa the poor fellow poke. H evidently kuew nothing of the barbarities to which she had been ubjected, so Balgonie resolved, merci fully, to keep him in iguorante; and they proceeded at an easy pace together; he keeping his hone close by the shaft of the wagon, on which the pretended peas ant rode; and, as they spoke ia French, language unknown to their ignorant and half savage escort, I'sukoO, iu re ferring to the late event and its failure, poured out all the bitterness, the hate ad fury of bis sou! against the gov ernment, the councilors and the rule of the empress: and, of course, entered with fervor into the scheme of an escape with Natalie. But still their ultimate plans were undecided when they saw the red flash of the evening gun, as it pealed from Schlusselburg. amid the murky hate of a wet and stormy sunset; and ere long they saw the lights that glittered at times from amid the massive towers and black outline of that old enstle stream ing and wavering on the turbulent wat ers of the lake and the wet siimes of the sluices and ditches. R hen. aii dripping and jaded, the es eort halted and dismounted uuder the eastla arch, Balgonie found that some changes were taking place in the execu tive of the fortress. CHAPTER XXIII. Beniikoff, whose wounds had been in flamed to gangrene, was at that moment actually on his deathbed, with Father Cbrysostora kneeling by his side. The aid sinner was in all the agonies aud ter rors of reviewing his past life on one band and anticipating the coming change on the other. Bernikoff was dying in the habit of a friar, with cowl, cord, beads and sandals, hoping even on his deathbed, aa Ivan the Terrible hoped. ben similarly arrayed and disguised, to cheat the devil if that dread person age came for his sinful soul. Leaving this scene. Balgonie present ed the order of Gen. Weymarn and that ef the treasurer to Captain Vlasfief, who was now in command, and to whom he stated that "the prisoner referred to was alademoiselle Natalie Mierowna." '"Carl Ivanoviteh," said the captain, "you cannot think of leaviDg to-night in iuch a storm of wind and rain?" "I've seen worse in Silesia," aaid Bal gonie, looking to Ihe locks of bis pistols. "What of that?" "But the verbal order of the general was most peremptory." ''Ah! and you have brought a wagon for the money?" "A wagon for the prisoner also so be auick, captain." ' 'Tis a large sum in roubles," mused the other. "I am in haste to be gone! the pris oner you hear me, sir?" said Balgonie, Impatiently. "Yoo seem more anxious about the prisoner than the treasure!" responded Vlasfief, sulkily, but still delayed to more. "You have my orders I come in the name of the empress let there be no delay. Captain Vlas5ef," was the curt reply. "Bring in two Cossacks of the escort; the money ia here in seventy bags, each containing a thousand roubles." "Excuse me, but the order of the im perial treasurer says expressly eighty sealed bags of a thousand each," said Balgonie, trembling with anxiety, yet compelled to appear to take an interest when he really felt none. "Ten thousand are missing," aaid Vlas flef, leisurely. "Suppose," he added, in whisper, "suppose we divide the lost sum and offer a thousand to the treas urer?" "Imposible, sir!" aaid Balgonie, with I fiery and impatient manner. "Well, well there are the other ten sealed bags," added Captain Vlasfief, with a dark and stealthy frown of greed ind hate,- aa the Cossacks tossed the whole among the straw of the wagon. "It matters little; but I hope you may not find the road beset, and so lose the whole." "To be forewarned, sir, is to be fore armed," said Balgoniei touching his pis tols, for he quite understood the treach ery implied, nad only trembled lest it anight mar his dearest plana. "And now, sir. for my prisoner." "If she be not drowned, for the lower raults are apt to be flooded on such a Bight as this," aaid Vlasfief, spitefully. Writhing under the keen glances of (hi lowborn Muscovite, Balgonie felt that ail now depended upon his outward nd assumed bearing of coolness and earelessness. Night favored him in this, and his face was almost concealed. Could anyone then have read his heart, as he. L'sakoff, two Cossacks and two soldiers f the main guard made their way down, town through dark aud slimy passages nd stairs, till they were foot deep and then knee deep in the water that flooded the low and humid corridors, off which vers the arched doors of numerous-cells corridors where spiders spun their ' webs, rats wars swimming and terrified bats flew wildly to and fro! En long they reached ths door, throve the crannies of which despair ing cries and palnfnl gaspings had been sard, and after unlocking forced It pa by mala strength. great flood of water poured from the a torture aaid tk darkness, sad with it mm ths bod of poor Natalia, who was woU-aigh drowasd, t ths iwd light bmb by Natalia was faaer, bat that of ths laata which era bora by saw of thoso who cans a jot it dfiw to aTB bar froas tho saass tans L itik kr wUoh tba Pitoaasa OrtoC Dispatch I GRANT Lest all might be perilled by a recog nition, Balgonie was compelled to retire and leave her in the chaplain's hands till ahe was restored to consciousness, to warmth, and till she was habited anew; and he passed three dreadful hours of doubt Sfttt anxiety, while pacing to and fro in tie cold and gloomy archways of the fortress, and having to couceal his face when she was brought forth and supported into the wagon. l'sakoff sprang on the shaft and flourished his whip; then the Cossacks and Balgonie put spurs on their chargers, and clattered over the wet drawbridge Just as the passing bell for the departute of Bcrni kofTs tortured spirit rang ominously and solemnly on the stormy gusts of that black aud gloomy night. Balgonie, instead of proceeding by the way be had come, avoided the town of Schluafcelburg and wheeled oil to th rifcht, committing himself partly to the guidance of L'sakoff, and quite in ignor ance that, about an hour before, Vlas fief. w ho could by no means let so many roubles escape without paying toll, had beset two of the roads by chosen follow ers of his own men whom he hoped might paxs for some of the adherents of the late Prince Ivan, rescuing the daugh ter of the exiled Mierowitx. A strange incident occurred before the Intenneut of old I.ernikofT, who had a pompons military funeral. The twit tom of his grave was found to be on fire. A Scottish doctor attempted to explain this phenomenon, as resulting from a species of Iron-stone, which was satur ated with the phosphorus supplied by the bohes Of Old ilitrl-iliriitn. Mid which had been Ignited by the friction of the sex ton's shovel; but the superstitious Itus sians took a very different and much more diabolical view of the matter, slid laughed to scorn the learned opinion of the Scottish pundit. CHAPTER XXIV. Their horses were tolerably refreshed by the halt at Scliliissclhurg. and so the whole party pushed on at a brisk pare by the road toward the frontiers of Finland the Cossacks of the escort, whatever they thought, making neither remark nor inquiry, as they trusted obe diently and implicitly t the officer who led them; but the darkness of the Oo to!er morning, the deep and muddy, stouy and rough, nature of the roads, aud the evidence of the storm, ere long began to have a severe effect upon their cat tle, aud, to the great satisfaction of Bal gonie, two of the troopers gradually dropped to the rear and were seen no more. Now the corporal of the Cossacks ven tured to hint that "perhaps they were not pursuing the way they had come, as the lights in St Isaac's Cathedral must have been visible long ago"; but Balgo nie replied, haughtily and briefly, that he "had special orders." Then the corporal urged a short halt, as the horses were sinking; but again Balgonie replied, that he 'iiad peculiar orders, and must push on." After passing a little village with a windmill, several miles from the shore of the Lake of Ladoga, the road dipped down into a dark hollow, between im pending crags of granite, the gray faces of which were beginning to brighten in the first light of the lagging October sun. The rain aud wind were over; the hollow way was full of rolling and per plexing mist; but L'sakoff affirmed with confidence that he knew the couutry well. Out of the gray vapor, from both aides of the path, there flashed, redly and luridly, five or six muskets! One bullet struck white splinters from the wagon, elicitiug a shriek from its occupant; an other whistled through the mane of Charlie's horse; and a third killed one of the Cossacks, who died without a groan. Tbe way was beset by armed men, whose numbers asd disposition, the dim light, or rather, the darkness anl tbe mist, alike served so conceal. "Make way, in the name of the Em press!" cried Balgonie, dashing forward with his saber drawn; "nay, I command you, on your peril and allegiance!" he added, aa ths threatening words of Vlas fief occurred to him; and, to his aston- isllUJetit &uu uiiiSjBy, tfi Saw tii&t pvrnOif- ags actually appear, mounted and arm ed. His party, who seemed all on foot, were clad like peasants, but were arm ed with muskets, which they were rap Idly casting about and reloading. "Halt! In the name of the Empress halt, I command you! for this is not the way to 'St Petersburg, whither tbe prisoner and treasure were to be con veyed. Treason! treason!" shouted the Stsff Captain Vlasfief. Balgonie fired a pistol at his bead; but the Captain's horse reared, or was com pelled to do so by bit and spur, for the bullet pierced its throat; and with an oath, Vlasfief fell on ths pathway, en tangled in the stirrups as tho animal sank under him. The three remaining Cossacks, who were somewhat bewildered by the at tack, by ths sppearancs of Vlasfief, whom they knew, snd whose confident bearing confirmed certain gathering sus picions that something was wrong as to their route, now drew their sabers, aimed several blows at Usakoff's bead, and endeavored to cut the reins of his horse, or stab it between the shafts, as he lashed ths animal almost to racing speed, snd ths light wsgon jolted, rolled and bounded along ths rough road be hind it By another pistol shot Balgonie rid himself of ths Cossack corporal, whose bridle arm ha broke, while facing about and galloping In tho roar of tba wagoa. aud now, with wild halloas, ths entire party of armed soon followed it a foot. with all speed, up a steep slops, over which tho path wouad. Usakoff ground bia tooth, for ho was without weapoaa, aad paaaWa la ths flylag combat; bat, batag fertile la ox pa ri I sots, ho tors opoa a bag of roaMsa, aad scattered thoaa oa tho sot sod road with a ready aad reckless feaaa. The bright eotaa proved too exeMag for the cosed! tr of the aorswers, who lettefod ho aioB mmnllnf. rising and falling over esd otiutr. VilU Lutk, curMM tad uialed.e tious; their firearms sometimes txpltl.n the bile; and so the whole were speeir ily left behind, aa the wagon, guardel now by Balgonie alone, was driven aloiu a lonely and unfrequented road tbat led to the little town of Pouipheia. "Thanks, dear l'sakoff thanks foi your presence of mind," aaid Balgonie "I bad forgotten all about those roubles To lighten the wagon let us throw out those remaining bags this perilous luuj ber, tbe intended recapture of which bai nearly coat us our lives honor all, at the hands of Vlasfief." "Nay, uay, never! Lumber, say you? The roubles are Natalie's hers and mine hers and yours, when you wed her; they have saved us once, and may do so again," replied l'sakoff. cheer fully, as tbe sua burst forth in bis eleai October splendor, and they saw the dome shaped cupola of the Church of Pom pbela rising with a golden gleam from amid the white morning hate. There Balgonle's uniform and display of gold roubles operated powerfully on the postmaster, who, without asking fot passports or other papers, at once, and in the name of the Empress, supplied them with fresh horses for the froDtier, toward which, after procuring some proper nourishment and restoratives for Natalie, they pushed on without a mo ment of unnecessary delsy. "Ah." thought Balgonie. with a shud der and a prayer; "had Jagouski'a name not been omitted in that order of Wey marn, where would she have been now?" Pale with sorrow and long suffering, her face was still beautiful, though sore ly wasted; the deep, thoughtful eyes had yet'a wealth a world of tenderness iu their liquid depths; and the long, dark hair was thick, soft and wavy as ever, aa it f-11 iu masses behind the small, compact and finely formed head. All was changed now, and, as she laid her head on Charlie's breast, she felt content almost bnppy; and the hor rors that hung over her family alone pre vented her, aa yet, from being com pletely so. No trace of pursuers was behind them now, though their flight must by this tune have been knowu both in the capital and at Schlusselbitrg. But in those days there were neither railroads nor electric telegraphs: so, riding on more leisurely, Balgonie changed horses again near Vi borg, and ere long the great Lake of Saitna appeared before them, with the distant hills of Swedish Finland beyond its friendly waters. A boat wa procured there; the wag on was abandoned; and with a idiout of Joy, l'sakoff assisted the Finnish boat man to hoist the great Ingsail to catch the breeze of a balmy and beautiful even ing, as they bade a long farewell to Kr.ssia and all its terrors. In a quaint old church of Finland, by the eastern shore of the Lake of Saima, and in view of its litlle archipelago of granite isles a lonely little faue, buried amid groves of plum and cherry trees, built of wood ami painted red. with a little bell jangling in its humble belfry Charlie Balgonie and his future bride were united by the old curate; and there a thousand roubles spent among tbe poor spread in the primitive district a bappi ness the tradition of which is still re membered with many a grateful exag geration. After this, poor Usakoff. finding him self perhaps, as a third person, rather in the way, left them to become a soldier of fortune; and he ia supposed to have perished in ons of the Polish struggles for freedom; at least they heard of him no more after their final journey to Scot land. Two years before these events Char lie's uncle, Gamaliel Balgonie, merchant, n.asristrate and elder, had departed in peace to tu no more, leaving the landa and possessions of Balgonie unimpaired; and a king tombstone records at length all the virtues which his coutemporarii-s believed him to possess. So Carl Ivauovitch became once more Balgonie of that ilk; and the roubles of Natalie added many a turret and many an acre to bis patrimonial dwelling Id beautiful Strathearn. (The end.) IS THERE REAL SENTIMENT? Is It Right to Call Deep Kmotion "Bheer Sentimentality"? Some years ago I should have been tempted to declare that the exact fe male equivalent of tbe practical man my anathema be upon him! did not exist. To-day I dare not go so far In assertion. For to-day there be women to me they seem sexless as hockey sticks or golf clubs who take very much the same line. They speak ss If passion might be doused, like tbe burglar's glim, by diet; as If adora tion could be killed by a hearty regl men of grape-nuts, a broken heart be mended with platinum. One such charmer recently said to a tortured sister, whose life had been laid in ruins by a man: "My dear, take tip typewriting!" The remark would ap peal to the practical fooL It is often assumed nowadays that any real deep emotion Is "sheer senti mentality." But sentiment is not sen timentality, whatever the practical one may-bellow with machine-made elo quence. There are people, and ofteo they are the very finest, tbe moat Bin cere, the most delicate, the most truly human, who, having once given their hearts, can never take them back. They do love once, and once for all. Matthew Arnold no fool, I fancy! wrote the "Twin soul" that halvea one'a own. I hear the practical man'a guffaw. The very word "soul" always seta him off. Nevertheless, roar hta rlbfl out as be may, it la a fact tbat thousands, millions of people, both men and women, go through life con sciously, or unconsciously, seeking that twin soul. The seeking Is hope. Tbe finding Is joy, as perfect as exists In this uncertain world, London Queen. The Leaser tU. Mrs. Phamley On the sitting room) As long as Mary is playing tho piano, Henry, wo may bo assured she Isn't spooning with that Mr. Haggard. Mr. Phamloy (whose ears are weary) Wall, If tba rule work the other way I wish you'd go dews aad tall them to go ahead aad spoon. rblla aoipfeia Lodger. SWEET HERBS. i,u't Forget to Plant Catnip fur Ie- liiilit of I'u-j. In Biiy garden, nave one of very iln-!-! dim-ii-loiis. Indeed, a small s-p.nc ;;i well be devoted to the cultivation f "wed and medicinal herbs. They .r asiiy grow n. and once well cstaiilisb I require litte care beyond the ke-p-g fret- f nun we-d. Any thrifty ousewifc who ha once Muffed 'jef !iaiik-L.iviiig turk-y. her ChriMiui- .ie, her every -day duck ami chick- n with u fresh blend of animate ,i';e. summer savory and sweet mar Miam grown in her own kitchen gar !cu will lie loath ever after to employ lie dust of herbs sold in paper pa'-k-ige uf utK-ertain date and doubtful 'i-igin. Some of thene herbs make a novel Minuet or give an uddetl weetuis to i hunch of riw or sweet p.ns. lx ellent for such a purpose are the pate link blossoms of the thyme and vf the French iinirjo'aine, tbe fragrant talk' f ambrosia mid lemon balm, Ibe hritfht yellow uhiIh'Is of the sweet iiiiel. tbe Hne'y cut ctcel blue leave f the rue and the long, jilosy ova! ( tbe liergnniot. Ajrain. to those who are inti-rcs'ed :i the brewing of refre-liing pick-in.' P ami who. in the "goid old Mini er time" Is not? herbs like ill pearniint of obi fashioned garden, iiat readily parts with its B-nti;:l i;i, the blue flowered, ha li y le.i ed into, which is cool as any cu'-um- er. uml the bitter worjmood. all ap ical 111 n subtle !i:nim-r. After IlttV ijierimelitlli llie "herb llMbit" i "onmil. and a very l.eriitby one It is. No tender hearted lov er of cats ml ail to plant in some old coiner tlm attiip, that very common weed wlih ll ills hisv with such delirious y. n owner of a well-filled linen clu-st !it will wish to perfume her shin ny reasures with the sweet bneud-r. beilsbed by nil worthy dame., I Ley colonial or of more recent ;mw till If to these herbs of v aried uses . old lovage. wines" strongly aromalie oof. when candied, makes a delicious wectmeat. coriander caraway, who-" i:igareil seeds from tbe heart "f the link and white "coinfits" dear to ail iiildren. ami tarragon, gnittly prized iy the French as a flavoring in vine- :ar and salads, our IHt of some iwentv herbs out of n oK-ible -Js and more will Include perhaps the most ilnir- ilile herbs for domestic use. Country ife iii America. moraTtraining OF YOUNG. Dr. Adlrr Hays It (should Fstend froti the Cruille to the Grave. The F.tlilcal Culture Ideal of the moral trainini; of the jouni; wus dis cussed by Ir. Felix Adler, of New! Voik. at the New Century Imiwinjj lioom. "The preatest mistake educa tors make," he wild, "is to talk of moral education ax if It were u tak that were colilinod to nineteen or twenty yearn of a person's exlstemv. Moral trainini; should ii on from the rradle to the grave; It should lie pro rresslve throiiKh the whole of life, ractically speaking, the urea test rest jud interest in moral tilings begins sfler the school life Is over. Human .ife is divldisl Into periods, and the problem of mortal education differen tiates itself according to the need of the periods. Moral instructors should itudy each period and instruct their juplls according to the characteristics if the periods of life." Touching on the chaiigeH that occur ii a man's life, Iir. Adler mild that at I'l years of age a man undergoes a new development; at 4H another change of attitude occurs, and at i! itil) another change Is noticed. "It is .he business of educators," he said, "to itudy every phase of life and to grade their teachings accordingly." Ir. Adler deprecated tbe modern wave of thought that would Intrude the moral Instruction in the secular schools. "I thoroughly detest iiiy viieme of moral education In schools It present." he said. "It will lie tbrus4 !ng the most dangerous and the mo! Jifliciilt tasks into hands utterly un-wpsrr-d to teach ethics. If we get pupils to take a right view of the teacher and to select teachers whose example will Induce pupils to uncon viously Imbibe a moral training In tin ichool room that is all we can hope tt lo." Philadelphia Kecord. Political UlfTerence. Years ago, when Lord Anglesey a lord lieutenant of Ireland, he said once f the Irish Secretary of that day: "Mr Stanley and I do very well together us lornpanlons, but we differ so totally jliout Ireland that I never mention the lubjoct lo him." .Iut how they trans acted official business remains a mys tery. Mottoes l'pon. Walla of Jap Homes On the walls of every well-regulated fapanese home are to be found hand- Kuiiely framed uiollwes and proverbs: Some of them run as follows: "Clever preacher, abort sermon." A womarj'i :ongue three inches long can kill a man six feet high." "Live under youi wn hat," and many others equally rtlnent and clever. The- Trouble. 'How often do we And that great In fentors are allowed to go unrewarded tud nnrecognlied?" "Tea," answered Senator Sorghum, tbe trouble about Inventors Is that hey Insist on Inventing machinery iu Itead of ways to make money." Washington Ktar. Don't gossip, don't apread polsos with your tongue; don't be a welner wnrst , Any man who bss money can hart Itbegrapba printed claiming a big LHKISTIA.V CHARACTER. Br Iter. O. C. Wyltm. The early home f man waa a gar den, an Eden. It was a beautiful place, bathed wlu rosy light and the dewy freshness of morning's creation. Ili-ereu was reflected iu the purity of earth. It Is generally believed that the prin cipal theme of Canticles, or the Song of Solomon, is the church. The text speaks of the church as a garde.i, a spice garden rather than a flower gar den. God means that, like a garden, the church should lie a place of beauty, security and frultfuluess. When the I'hrlstiaii, in hia church, produces In Ida life spiritual fruit God is well pleased. God guards tbe church with a vigilance surpassing that of an orien tal vineyard ow ner. As the mountains encircle Jerusalem, so God surrounds bin people. Night and day, in storm and In calm, in tmiishiiie and In shadow, God's eye is on his holy church. "1, the Lord, do keep it; I will water it every moment; lest any hurt it, I will keep It night a ml day." The north wind of the text is a symbol of that which hurts the church. In the scriptures the imru wind sig nifies adversity. In our climate it means cold. cheerless, unpleasant wesither. When the Icy blasts from the north fall upon us we are pierced ly lis sharpness and proti-ct ourselves with the ooats of wool and fur. It is the north wind that drives the sheep and cattle from the fields t place if shelter and protection. It is the ihirtii wind, also, that brings Ice and snow, closes navigation, lays a dcsith like silence upon nature, and often causes suffering lo families and death to birds and beasts. No garden can flourish under the blast of a north wind. All this means that often the Chris tian church must suffer adversity ami pass through persecution. It may lie the north wind of poverty, or woridll- ties, or unholy living; but, whatever It Is, the cliurii is injured and does not prosper. It iu a cause for Joy that at such a time God watches over and protects his church. The south wind Is a symbol of bless lng and prosperity. When It blows softly tho snow banks and the ice in lakes and rivers melt; the touch of winter disappears from the air; the earth revives; gardens and fields look green; bloom and blossoms cover the trees of orchards and forests; flow ers spring up everywhere, and the air Is filled with sweet perfume and the songs of birds. We have here the believer praying that God would bless the church with all gracious Influences; that the south wind may blow upon God's garden. Everything depends upon this; for the spirit of God alone can stir up new affections, make sinful lives beautiful, quicken and revive dormant energies, and fill the life with peace, Joy, and holiness. The church to-dny needs the gracious influences of tbe south wind of God's favor. Tbe result of God's blessing upon the church is seen. It is fruit When the south wind blows the spices of tbe garden flow out God expects the church to be fruitful; toprodiii-e saints; a noble manhood and womanhood: fine types of Christian character. They that are planted In the bouse of the Ijord ought to flourish. What are some of the sweet and rich spices which should flow from tbe church the garden of fowl? The aliBWcr lis, Chi'imml chnfiucief and the Christian graces. We mention the sweet spice of de vout affection. Heavenly lulitdodneHs, true devotion to (Jod and lo man is one of tho spU'es of the garden. Fol lowers of Jesus should set their af fection on things alwve. Gentleness, and humanity should flow from Christian lives. This is one of the heavenly graces that ought to adorn every Christian. God loves the gentle and bumble soul. Jesus Christ sets a noble example which we should follow. God resist eth the proud, but glveth grace to the humble. Brotherly love Is a spire of God's garden; a fruit of God's spirit; heav en's supreme test of true (iisclpleshlp. If we hive the brethren we know that we have passed from death to life. If we hate our brother we abide In death. Devotion to Christ and a deep love for his kingdom is another fruit of God's garden w hen the south wind of divine favor blows. When Christians are truly devoted to ail that is good pure, noble, and holy It Is a flue evi dence that the south wind la blow ing. Likeness to Christ Is another rich aplce of the garden, the church. It should be the high aim of all to Iearta of Christ, wslk In bis footsteps, and grow Into his image. If we are truly and genuinely Chrlstllke the world will be convinced Mist we have been with Jesus and bare learned from hi in the secret of holy living. "The fruit of the spirit is love, Joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, meefcneaa, torn peMace." Hera to slaaui of prlco- le. Jewels, richly set, which shouid adorn every Chritia life'. TOI.KRA.VCK IS SI'READINU. sr ' " r"l'fvrt- One most boicful sign of tbe vital ity of religion among us is lu In creasing neglact of what is merely Vr mat. In all churches we find today a lolerauce, a humanity, a reasonable ness, which are In uo small degree the result of our national prerogatives ot rellcious IllrtTty. democracy and edu cation. The days are long past In tin country when It was posslb.e to s.iy that whoever did uot bold to the true Italian formulas of past authority "shall without doubt perish everlast ingly." Moreover, the abandonment of tli old unreasoning Intolerance ia due ia no small measure to the need of re ligion. Gm1. Jeu. the Christian spirit, figure less In the abslra-t slate meiits of the creed, but a men ---k to live figure increasingly it actual fac tors In the development of a finer typl of manhood. It I not so much an Intellectual a practical motive which underlies the process. That fnii of religion will ultimately prevail which best serve! the did of hcjpillg mell to meet th demands of life with the largest incuc lire of strong, resolute self p.,seio:t That it may better serve that supreme end religion I everywhere emerging from the narrow precinct of the rn-eils to renew her youth in the cl"l o,,eii air of truth and fact !:i w hl- ll hi.n best come to the fullness of the!) maiihissl. WANTS NO (if HAIKU. By Dr. Bruce Brown. lUtecuttlng with the railroad Is good tiling for a community. I'eop'e run thereby get to their destinations n !es expense. It.ite cutting In educa tion I not so advaiilagism. Piip ! ure learning to beware of cheap cii!s. Kate-cut ting In religion ( even m-ue d.sj)n,us. If every chutvb could si ll tliroil'li ti. kel with- stop over privllegi-jt those w ho desire lo lct to heaven n cheaply a possible would be gratitleiL Hut the mliiiet of the matter Is that uo church as )! bus Its line completed. Kates are cu before the great bridge 1 bulit. It has come to pass lhat rates have Is-en cut by many churches. A theo" logical scalper's ticket can be obtalu ed today by any man without an change of conscience, character or con duct. It we will Just lsk around k little while he will find something thai calls it self a church that will olTcf to take htm through just as be I. The first great cut In rate wal made when the authority of the church was substituted for perso.Vtl allegiance to Christ. The next came when In the time of I.uther rltuallsu had been substltut'sl for righteous ness. Tin; next cut w made when divine ordinances were changed t please the people. MORMOMHM IH M'OKKII. Br her. trtttrlck C. Priest Mormonlsm Is a menace; first, to Uu home; second, to the public bcIkkx syMem; third, to the State. Tbe gov ernment of the I'nlted States recog njr.ed the fact that the teaching, or ganization and practices of the mor mon church were a menace to these three Institutions and provided Iu the enabling act that tbe menace to th home polygamy should be forever prohibited in the State of I'tah by aa ordinance iu her constitution; also that the constitution should provide for the free public scIiisjI system and that II should contain a further provision tbat no church should dominate the Stat! or Interfere with Its functions. As soon as the proclamation declar ing Utah to be a State was Issued, however, the mormon people changed from their good behavior of five of six years and resumed the old prac tice of polygamy the chief menace to the borne. Hut their chief violation ol the compact between the State and tbe nation, and that which Is a most dan gerous menace to tho government, wa that the mormon church Immediately liegan to dominate tbe State, not onlj dictating as to the election of officers, but also seeking to control the legla latlon In the State as to the laws a ltd the enforcement thereof. Short Meter Sermons. He w ho creates enn control. A real grief needs no uniform Character Is Incorruptible eaaa. Man Is a harp and not a band or gan. Nothing la lost that fails Into a hea rt Peddlers of scandal are sure to be Infected. A man does not have to be congeal ed to be calm. The heart of the present Is the bops, of the future. Affectation is the language of con scious inferiority. Science Is simply the search Into the mind of the Supreme. Tbe shepherd'! crook needs Uj crook ediiesa In tbe shepherd. The people who hive etien bettos daya did It with a telescope. What man gets always depend on what he is willing to lose. , There Is difference between claim) lng the right to rule and trying ts rule tdgbt