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CAREER OF JOHN ALEXANDER
DOWIE IN AMERICA.
1888.
Lands at San Fra-.cisco with $100
in his pocket.
1890.
Arrives in Chicago and begins
preaching in the streets.
1892.
Establishes a divine healing mis
sion.
1894.
Opens headquarters and establishes
John Alexander Dowie.
a bank and newspaper.
1899.
Inaugurates metropolitan crusade,
preaching nightly in different parts of
the city. Mobbed by hoodlums.
1900.
Purchases site of Zion City and
conducts crusade in England.
1901.
Starts factories at Zion city. De
clares himself to lie Elijah III., or
Elijah the Restorer
1902.
Negotiates for Mexican plantation
and Texas land for colonization pur
poses. Refused credit by Chicago
merchants. Orderel to refund $50,000
to Frederick Sutton of New Zealand,
who had invested in Zion.
1903.
Receives large contributions and
tithes from his people in the famous
collection barrel. Leads the Zion Res
toration host of 3,000 workers in eight
special trains on a r< ligious visitation
to New York. Creditors press claims
present, this action was taken after
more than five hours of the most se
vere arraignment of the first apostle.
At its close the prophet was with
out a follower in the gathering, for
even his wife, Overseer Jane Dowie.
and her son Gladstone, joined the
ranks of those opposing the founder
of the faith.
The step came as the climax of the
efforts of Deputy General Overseer
Wilbur Glenn Voliva, who wa3 named
in Dowie's will as his successor and
was called to Zion to take charge of
affairs when a stroae of paralysis
forced the leader to leave his people
and go south.
Repudiation of John Alexander
Dowie also came from the two men in
Zion City on whom he had depended
to assist him in deposing Deputy Gen
eral Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva.
Deacon V. V. Barnes, Dowde's gen
eral counsel, sent him a telegram re
fusing to act on his instructions to
cancel Voliva’s power of attorney and
install instead Fielding H. Wilhite.
The message further contained a
threat that the administrative body of
the church had documentary evidence
j of Dowie's mismanagement.
This evidence relates to charges
against Dowie's character and to the
alleged misappropriation of more than
$1,000,000 intrusted to him for invest
ment in the lace works and other
Zion City institutions.
Dowie’s arrest in connection with
the charge has been threatened.
Deacon Wilhite sent Dowie a tele
gram declining to accept his power of
attorney.
Deacon Barnes in an interview said:
“Dowie now is suspended from Zion,
j Suspension does not mean removal:
1 it does not mean that judgment has
: been pronounced. In order that the
First Apostle might have no legal right
I to remove those who are endeavoring
to protect Zion’s creditors this action
; was taken, for if his ecclesiastical :
i power were unquestioned we might be
i placed in a peculiar situation techni
cally and actually. It was in order
that there might be no question ol the
suspension of his power that it was
determined to .suspend Dowie.”
Mrs. Dowie's Property Transferred.
Gladstone Dowie said his mother had
turned over all her personal property
and realty to the community. This
amounts to $100,000 and principally
consists of Shiloh house and Ben Mac
D'hui. the magnificent country estate
on White lake, Michigan. It is ex
pected that Mrs. Dowie will be per
mitted uninterrupted possession of this
property in consideration of her join
ing the opposition to her husband.
MEN NOW IN CONTROL OF ZION.
and Zion placed in h^nds of a federal i
receiver during several weeks.
1904.
Departs on mission around the
world, via San Francisco and Austra
lia. Returns six months later and
takes title of First Apostle of his
church.
1905.
Gets an option on 700.000 acres of
Mexican land and makes trip to com
plete colonization plans. Stricken with
paralysis on his return to Zion City.
After a second stroke leaves for West
Indies.
1906.
Mak^s Wilbur Glenn Voliva deputy
general overseer of the Christian
Catholic church and the Zion indus
tries. Repudiated by Voliva and his
people.
Zion, without a dissenting voice, in
a mass meeting repnd.ated John Alex
ander Dowie, and legal steps will be
taken at once to oust him from all
control through the appointment of a
conservator, or receiver.
In an impressive reeting in the tab
arnacle, at which a most every one
of the 5,000 residents of Zion city was
Set a Herd of Cattle Afire.
A few days ago two cowboys on the
Matador ranch near Channing were
dipping cattle in oil. They found one
nnbranded steer and after dipping it
branded it.
The heat of the branding iron set
fire to the hair of the animal, which
was soaked with oil, and it imme
diately dashed into a bunch of steers
which haft been dipped in the same
fluid a few minutes before, setting
them afire, from which forty died.—
Texico Trumpet.
Strange Pledges.
London pawnbrokers are frequently
ssked to take strange things in pawn.
The other day a Hoi born pawnbroker
tent £20 on a fine horse, which one
of his daughters rode until it was re
deemed. The same pawnbroker once
took in pledge a medical chest of poi
sons that was strong enough to kill
10,000 men. It was, however, a valu
able deposit, as some of the poisons
were very rare. A Kensington pawn
broker about three weeks ago lent a
sum of money on a number of autp
granhs of deed celebrities.
Young Dowie’s personal estate
amounts in value to less than $5,000.
He said neither he nor his mother had
any thought of the financial benefits
they might derive from the peculiar
position they have taken in the fight
for independence and throwing off the
“First Apostle's” yoke.
“As for my father,” said Gladstone
Dowie, "the story that he has any
property in West Africa or in Mexico
has no foundation. He is practically
penniless, as has been stated.
“Thomas Graham Wilson, who
claimed to have title to a tract of land
twenty miles square in West Africa,
offered to give my father title to it,
but it was on condition that he would
have 25 per cent of the profits arising
from its development. There has been
no development, and there is nothing
certain about Wilson having any title
to it. It consists of tribal lands, and
except for its mahogany forests pos
sesses little or no value.”
“Lump of Gold” Letter..
Some of the letters written by
Dowie to Ruth Hofer, supposed Swiss
heiress, whose name has been men- I
tioned in the charges against the
‘ first apostle,” have been given out.
“Bitterly.”
We are told that “awful” (that well
worn word) is out of date, and that
bitterly has taken its place amongst
those who like to get hold of •, S'ng t
epithet and wear it threadbare’—
Daily Chronicle.
Foreigner Takes Prize.
In the capital of Belgium a prize
was offered recently for the best pa
triotic songs for the use of Belgian
school children. A Frenchman won
it.
Rubbers for Pet Dogs.
Daint) little India rubber boots are
now offered for sale in London for the
“feet” of toy terriers or other dogs
that may be the pets of wealthy mis
tresses. These are tied round the
legs with silk cords.
Eighty Millions in Plows.
Two hundred million acres of land
will be plowed this year in the United
States and about 9,000,000 plows are
on the farms to do the work. The cap
ital invested in plows alone repre
sents $80,000,000.
It is said Mrs. Dowie and her sor
are said to have a bundle of letters tt
Miss Hofer and other women.
One letter, inscribed to “My litti
lump of gold,” follows:
“I am praying for you to-day and
am hoping to hear again your words
of comfort. I know you cannot change,
for you are the same yesterday and
to-day, yea and forever.
“I want to hear again your expres
sions of faith, because they give me
new hope in the womanhood of Zion
You have demonstrated to me thai
J7&S JRS7&
Swiss girl whose presence at Zion
met with objections of Mrs. Dowie.
Christ is to rule in the spirits, souls,
and bodies of my people. The eyes
of the world are on John Alexander,
first apostle of the Lord Jesus, the
Christ, in the Christian Catholic apos
tolic church in Zion. Come to me
again to-day and pray with me. Yours
till the devil frees.
‘ JOHN ALEXANDER.”
Pledges Long Fidelity.
Another letter, also delivered to
Miss Hofer while she was in Zion
City, follows:
"Child of my heart. The devil is
at work. He has stolen his way into
my home. Fear not the harsh words
of women possessed of evil thoughts.
They slander and rave as the out
come of imaginary ills and burdens.
The Lord sent you to me. He spoke
unto me instructions. Let the words
of thy mouth and the meditation of
thy heart be acceptable to thy chosen
children. You were sent to the apostle
and first priest, and the trials you
have undergone were merely to test
your faith.
"As always and until the worms eat
into my body.
“JOHN ALEXANDER.”
HOT ONIONS FOR PNEUMONIA.
Simple Remedy Said to Ee Sure Cure
for Dread Disease.
Owing to the prevalence of pneu
monia and the great mortality which
attend its ravages during the winter
and spring, several beards of health
in northern New Jersey have been tak
ing measures to protect the citizens
of their towns from the disease. The
health board of Washington, N. J.. has
published a remedy which is said to
be a sure cure for pneumonia, and
other health boards are looking into
the matter with a view of having the
same thing published for the good of
the general public. This is the publi
cation as it has appeared in the pa
pers of Washington:
"Take six to ten onions, according
td size, chop fine, put in a large
spider over a hot fire then add the
same quantity of rye meal and vine
gar enough to form a thick paste. In
the meanwhile stir it thoroughly, let
ting it simmer five or ten minutes.
Then put in a cotton bag large enough
to cover the lungs and apply to chest
as hot as patient can bear. In about
ten minutes apply another, and thus
continue by reheating the poultices
and in a few hours the patient will be
out of danger. This simple remedy
has never failed to cure this too-often
fatal malady. Usually three or foui
applications will be sufficient, but con
tinue always until the perspiration
starts freely from the chest. This
remedy was formulated many years
ago by one of the best physicians
New England has ever known, who
never lost a patient by the disease,
and won his renown by simple reme
dies.”
Lodge’s Teetotal Prinoiples.
The capitol guide was telling two
New England school teachers In the
senate gallery interesting things about
the senators below. “There are esev
eral of them." he said, “that have eat
en too many society dinners and
drunk too much firewater.” “Oh, how
dreadful in our public men!” said one
of the teachers. “But there is Sena
tor Lodge. He doesn’t drink, does
he?” “Oh, no,” replied the guide. “He
is a teetotaler. He even thins his
water.”
Soldiers Who Are Good Cooks.
Gen. Sir Redvers Buller is such an
excellent cook that he would have lit
tle difficulty in obtaining a first-class
chef’s position in a w est end’hotel. In
his younger days, before he reached
his high military rank his brother of
ficers used to say that Redvers Bul
ler can make an appetizing dinner
out of old saddles when rations were
short on a campaign. Another dis
tinguished soldier vffio shares With
Gen. Buller a wonderful skill in the
gastronomic art is Major General Ba
den-Powell.
Crusty.
The new stenographer’s yellow hair
glittered in the flood of spring sun
light that poured through the open
window of the office.
But old Duke, the bookkeeper, had
no eyes for the girl's beauty. He
lighted a cigar and set to w’ork. “Mr.
Duke.” said the stenographer.
"Huh?” the old man grunted.
“Look here,” she said, imperiously,
“I’m sorry, but smoking always makes
me sick.”
“Then,” said Duke, without look
ing up, “don’t ever smoke.”
THE NON-COMBATANT
—Chicago Journal.
KING OBJECTS TO LONG HOURS. I
Spanish Monarch Declares He Is
Being Overworked.
One day not long ago the young
king of Spain handed the Duke De
Santo Mauro, one of his ministers, a
petition which his majesty said re
ferred to the eight-hour working day.
The duke’s dislike of petitions is well
known. “It is my desire that you at
tend to it immediately.” said the king,
seeing the minister was inclined to
raise difficulty about attending to an
informal petition. Finding that the
king was very much in earnest, the
petition was unwillingly unrolled.
Much to the amusement of all pres
ent, the document was found to be
in the young king's handwriting. It
begged in piteous terms for a little
more leisure from national duties and
suggested that he should not be ask
ed to work more than eight hours a
day and that he might have his Sun
days off.
SENATORS SEEK COUCH EARLY.
Pennsylvania Statesmen Set Washing
ton Good Example.
Pennsylvania's senators appear to |
be in competition to discover which
can be the best exemplar of the truth
of .the old saying “Early to bed, early
to rise,” etc. Pennsylvanians, and
others for that matter, too, who have
recently had occasion to see Senator
Penrose, or rather to try to see him,
in the evening have discovered that
9 o'clock is not too early an hour to
expect the senior senator to be in bed.
Senator Knox's early retiring inclina- !
tions are well known. Also his get- :
ting up betimes. When Quay and j
Cameron were the senators from
Pennsylvania it was safe to ask for
them up to midnight, the inquirer be- ;
ing pretty sure to find both still j
abroad. They say Cameron saw more
sunrises than any mau who ever lived !
in Washington and Senator Quay saw j
a good many.
Labor in Old Times.
Twelve hours in winter and four
teen in summer was an average day's
work. But in Lyons in 1571 the print
ers worked from 2 o’clock in the morn
ing till 8 or 9 o’clock in the evening.
In other trades the working hours
were often from 4 in the morning till
9 at night or from 5 to 10. Workers
in the same metier generally lived to
gether in the same street. But the
maitre-artisan had Us own maison.
The ground floor was his shop or
workshop; above was his bedroom,
which was also the sitting and eat
ing room; a small room adjoining ac
commodated his children, and above
was a garret where various commodi
ties were stored.—From Brisson’s
’’Work and Workers.”
John Wesley Gaines on Warpath.
Congressman John Wesley Gaines
went on the warpath the other after
noon against the commercial agents
sent abroad by the secretary of com
merce to study and teport on trade
conditions with a view to advancing
American foreign trade. He declared
that such legislation was paternalistic
and designed to offer somebody a job.
“Why study trade conditions in order
to give somebody a job?" thundered
Gaines. “Why, in my district there
are 200,000 people who need a job.
No, 300,000,” added Gaines hastily, for
an inaccuracy or error in figures is
abhorrent to his precise mind.
London’s “Adamless Edens.”
Smart society in London has taken
to “hen parties.” having adopted an
idea long ago in vogue' in this country.
Luncheons and dinners are being giv
en “for women only” and the guests
seem to find vast amusement in the
Adamless Eden.
Kept Aloof.
“There is fjtogether too much word
ing on this ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin' post
er,” said the manager of the show.
“Why don’t you abbreviate it to
U. T. C.’?”
“Wouldn’t pay.” replied the adver
tising agent. “The last time I abbre
viated ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ that way
it stranded the show ir. every settle
ment in the far west.”
“What in the world bad effect did
•U. T. C.’ have?”
“Why, the natives thought it stood
for ‘United Temperance Club.’ ”
Caring for Bad Men in Nevada.
There being no jail at this place,
and the deputy sheriff being unable to
compel immediate departure to unwel
come persons, they have resorted to
the extremity of handcuffing them
with their arms about cedar trees.
Every day this week a trip down
the gulch showed several bad men
with their arms wrapped about tall
cedars, where they were allowed to
remain until the punishment equalled
their offence.—Manhattan correspond
ence Sacramento Bee.
WORKS MEAN TRICK ON HENS.
Phonograph That Cackles Used by
New York Farmer.
A Stockport poultry farmer has had
great trouble of late because his hens
were not producing the proper num
ber of eggs. A nearby neighbor has
a fine flock of hens which were work
ing overtime to produce eggs. While
hanging over the back fence listening
to the triumphant cackle of his neigh
bor’s hens an idea struck the luckless
owner of hens. He went into the
house and brought out his phono
graph, inserting a blank record and
succeeded in getting a fine imitation
of the cackling of laying hens. He
then installed the phonograph in his
henhouse and started it going. The
first day the hens were greatly amaz
ed, but the second day they got down
to business and ground, out an egg
every time the phonograph cackled.
The hens have stopped cackling them
selves. however, and when the phono
graph stops they stop laying and the
originator of the idea has to sit in his
coop all day long to keep the phono
graph going.—Hudson, N. Y„ Regis
ter.
ABSURDITY IN PCINT OF LAW.
Recent Ruling in England Arcuses
London Truth.
One of the absurdities of the law
was strikingly illustrated at Shrews
bury Quarter Sessions on Friday,
when a man was charged with steal
ing a quantity of lea-1 from the veran
da of an empty lfousa. The lead, said
the Recorder, was attached to the ver
anda and thereby became part of the
freehold. As part of the freehold the
lead was land in the eye of the law.
Land could not be stolen, and there
fore the prisoner could not be con
victed of larceny. According to the
Recorder the only remedy of the own
er against a person taking lead from
the roof of a building is to bring a
civil action for damages! Truly the
law is “a hass” if it was correctly
laid down in this case.—London
Truth.
Red-Whiskered Jurors Barred.
Six red-haired talesmen who had
been accepted by the state in the sel
ection of a jury to try Sabine Perielle,
charged with the murder of a fellow
Italian, were excused by Jacob B.
Goodhart, attorney for the accused, in
the Waterbury superior court at Der
by. Ccr.n. Mr. Goodhart held that his
client because of his swarthy hue
would not be so likely to receive im
partial judgment from men of sandy
complexion as from those of darker
features. The auburn-haired talesmen
barred by Mr. Goodhart all have red
whiskers, also of the flowing variety.
Four of them are farmers.
French Parishes in Maine.
There are French-Canadian parishes
in sixty-nine cities, towns and villages
in Maine and supplying these are
sixty-three priests, of whom thirty
three are Canadians, twenty-four are
Irish, four are French, one a Holland
er and one a Belgian. The largest
narish is that of Lewiston and Au
burn, where there is a French-Cana
dlan population of 13.351. Biddeford
ond Saco have 11.100 and Watervllle
5.300.
Much-Married Queen.
Emperor Menelik cf Abyssinia is
the empress’ fifth husband. No. 1 was
a general under King Theodore, who
rut him in prison, where he disap
peared: No. 2 got a divorce: No. 3
was also imprisoned fry Menelik's
predecessor: No. 4 was in possession
when the lady took Menelik’s fancy
and when “all obstacles had been re
moved” Menelik married her.
Eg-Gamblers Build a Church.
A mission church wras opened at
^radley Heath on a site near to which
was a gambling den. Eight months
aeo, on a Sunday evening, a man
named Finch found a large number
of working men gambling in a chain
shop. He exhorted them to do bet
ter. A prayer meeting was held, the
tramblers formed themselves into a
mission corps, and all personally as
sisted in erecting the church, and plso
in finding the money.—London Tele
graph.
Ransom on Instalment Plan.
A curious instance of the spread of
modern ideas into the most unlikely
places is reported from Sicily, where j
•t noted brigand chief, having cap
tured a prominent citizen of Catania,
has consented to his ran-i-m being
paid on the “instalment system.” But
the brigand is not quite up to date,
and the advantages of immediate de
livery are not included in his scheme
so the victim remains a prisoner un
til his relatives have paid the last
cent.
PAID P'RICE FOR LFBERTy
“Why don’t you ask me about my
wife?” queried the bearded man as he
took a seat by the woman at a little
.party.
“In the first place,” explained the
woman, “I haven’t seen you for a year
or two and many things are likely to
happen in that time. In the second
place, it isn't comme il faut in New
York to ask a man about his wife or
a woman about her husband unless
they are standing right in front of you.
Even then, if they stand in opposite
corners of the room, they are likely to
be divorced.”
“We are divorced,” sighed the
bearded man. "You never knew her,
did you? One of the most insanely
jealous women I ever met in my life.
Now, if we were married and she saw
me sitting here by you she would have
a thousand fits. If she heard me com
pliment you almost anything would be
likely to happen. I wouldn’t dare to
pay you a little compliment in her !
hearing. I, six feet high and bearded
like a pard, would be afraid.
“Women make a great mistake to
allow their jealousy to run away with
them so. Why, she got so she wanted,
to know who that Mrs. Cash was I
wrote checks for. I had some houses
that I rented. I didn’t dare paper or
paint those houses, though they were
occupied by men and their wives, or
she would accuse me of catering to
the wives. I finally sold them.
"It was terrible. A man with such
a wife can’t call his soul his own. I
can't tell you—I can’t begin to tell you
—how I thank heaven every day of my
life for my freedom. I permitted her
to have her divorce. I gave her all
the evidence she wanted. It seemed
a shame. I was fond of her, but I
couldn’t stand the constant bickerings,
the accusations. We iived together
for ten years. When a man has a
home for ten years, then to be turned
adrift, then to become all at once
homeless. But the liberty! The liber
ty! If she were here now and my wife
I wouldn’t dare to sit by you. Liberty
is everything in this world, isn’t it?’’
asked the bearded man.
Just then a girl danced by.
"Hello, Gertrude,’’ smiled the wom
an.
The bearded man sighed so deeply
that the woman turned to look at him.
He was white.
“Gertrude,” he repeated. "Ger
trude! Why, that was the name of my
wife.”—New York Press.
SHE WAS A MIJV'D'REA'DE'R
“There’s going to be an entertain
ment at the hall tonight, aunt Maria.
Prof. George is to give an exhibition
of hypnotism and mindreading, and
tell how it’s done,” said Mary Eliza
beth, who always stopped in to see
her aunt on her way home from
school, and tell her the village news.
Aunt Maria looked up with her
ready smile and said, “Well, you don’t
need to go to that entertainment do ]
you, Mary Elizabeth? You can save
your quarter this time just as well
as not.”
“I don't know,” answered the girl,
slowly. “Don’t you believe in mind
reading, aunt Maria?”
“Of course I do, child. I’m not one,
and never was, to deny facts.
“Your tSicle is just coming in now, 1
Mary Elizabeth, and if you are ob
serving I guess you’ll get a good un
derstanding of what mindreading it.”
Mr. Pratt opened the door, and after
speaking to his niece, looked ques
tionably toward his wife.
“Yes, father,” she responded, as if
he had asked her a question. “I’ve
mended your coat, and it’s right in
the bedroom closet.”
Mr. Pratt disappeared, and returned
in a moment wearing the mended
coat. He seated himself near the fire,
and after asking Mary Elizabeth how
school prospered, he again turned his
gaze upon aunt Maria.
She shook her head solemnly. “No
the gray kitten hasn’t come back.”
she said, “and I’m afraid seme harm
has come to it.”
“Too bad!” murmured Mr. Pratt.
A short silence followed, and then
Mrs. Pratt remarked, as if in answer
to some question. “No, Amos, I didn’t
gather the eggs today. I guess you
had better tend to it before it gets
late.”
Mr. Pratt rose at once. “I was just
going to speak about the eggs,” he
answered, starting toward the kitchen
door.
"You forgot that package of pepper,
after all,” his wife called to him,
“but it’s no matter.”
Mary Elizabeth laughed as she
gathered up her books and started
for home.
“Mindreading takes time,” said
Aunt Maria. “I’ve given about forty
years to getting a real good under
standing of it.”—Youth’s Companion.
HIS EXCUSE WAS GOOD
It was in Westchester, the county
town of Chester county, Pennsylvania,
on a Monday morning, the opening
day of court, and the court room was
the center of attraction. Judge Futhey
was on the bench, the court docket
before him, and the preliminaries
were being gone through. The judge
ordered the jury to be called and in
the meantime busied himself looking
over the docket and papers pertaining
to the business of the court.
Among those summoned on the jury
was Mr. C-, a dealer in cattle, who
wanted to be in Lancaster that day on
business. He had consulted a lawyer,
who said the judge was pretty strict
and no excuse short of illness in his
immediate family would be accepted.
Mr. C-felt discouraged, but did not
despair. He carefully considered the
situation. All members of his family
were in their usual health; in fact, his
wife was preparing to attend the mar
riage of his sister; but his mother-in
law, a chronic, half invalid, was com
plaining some as usual. The case
seemed desperate, but he decided to
try.
When Mr. C’s name was called his
lawyer friend arose and with some
show of dignity addressed the court.
“May it please your honor,” he said,
"Mr. C-would like to be excused.”
“Would like to be excused, eh?
What is his excuse?” asked the judge
in a perfunctory sort of way, as he
continued to examine the papers be
fore him.
"Sickness,” said Mr. C-.
“Sickness, Oh! Who is sick?”
asked the judge, seemingly not much
interested.
“My mother-in-law,” said Mr. C-.
The stern judge was immediately
all attention, and, drawing himself up
in his seat with a look of amazement,
paused a moment, apparently to re
cover from the shock, and said:
“You say your mother-in-law is
sick?”
“Yes, sir,” said Mr. C-.
“And you want to go home to wait
on your sick mother-in-law. You shall
go. Many have been the excuses of
fered here, but never in the history of
this court has a man asked to be ex
cused that he might go home to wait
on his sick mother-in-law.
“You are excused.”—Baltimore Sun.
HISTO'R.y' OF THE C'RAJ'TBE'R'Ry
The cranberry, to begin with the
day of its christening, was so named
because its sponsors fancied that its
bud resembled a crane; and in truth,
just before the bud expands into the
•perfect flower with stem, calyx and
petals, it resembles the neck, head
and bill of that ungainly bird. Hence
it was originally dubbed “craneberry,”
popularized into cranberry.
Like all families of importance in
the agricultural race, the cranberry
has an imposing genealogy; its Euro
pean forebears belonged to the clan of
the Vaccinium oxycoccus; how long
the American branch, or the macrocar
pon, has been established here no
body knows, but it began to attract at
tention about 100 years ago.
Its acquaintance was first cultivated
in the Cape Cod region of Massachu
setts—New England has ever been
ready to pay respect to ancestry.
It gradually worked its way out of
obscurity until to-day the cranberry
occupies a place of no mean industrial j
importance in the community; yearly
it adds to the wealth of our nation all
the way from $3,000,000 to $4,000,000.
The family is exceedingly prolific,
1,300,000 bushels being produced in the
United States, leaving Europe, far be
hind in quantity as well as quality.
About 60 per cent of the family is
born and reared in Massachusetts—
lor the greater part in the districts of
Cape Cou, Plymouth and Barnstable.
New Jersey, which devotes more of
its territory to the cranberry than any
other state in the union save Massa
chusetts, rolls up 24 per cent and
takes second place.
Some years ago forest fires de
stroyed the marshes and dried up the
streams of Wisconsin—a calamity
which reduced the production of the
Wisconsin berry to 11 per cent and
forced that state to assume third
place; but Wisconsin is gradually re
covering and is striving for a position
at the head.—-Pearson's Magazine.
WHEJV SKIES A-RE VA'RK
When the dolorous dumps get hold of a
man—
Ho and oho! Worry and woe!
When he feels he's a part of Beezelbub’s
plan—
What is the show for mortal below?
When the sky that was blue turns black
er and black
And the deuce take tne load that you tote
on your back;
When the thing tnat on yesterday glad
dened and cheered
Is a thing, you opine, to be dreaded and
feared.
It is oho!
Worry and woe!
Unfortunate devil, yo^ haven't a show.
As I needn't remark, for you feel it is so.
Oho!
Here Is a "go!”
For the dolorous dumps hit a terrible
blow.
When the dolorous dumps settle down on
your soul—
Oh and oh my! Life is a sigh—
When you feel that Old Nick is demand
ing his toll—
To hold them we try, but blisses will
fly.
Why. then is the time when your wife
and the kid
Will either move out or wish that they
did.
And you. too, would like for the rest of
the day
To move from yourself quite a distance
away;
For it's oh my!
Life is a sigh!
when the devil moves in. then our house
is awry.
AnJ Xf\y spilits of kindness and charity
Oh my!
You know it. you guv—
Know the dolorous dumps as'sadly as I.
When the dolorous dumps come around
with their bluff—
Ah and ah whew! Worry's our due!
Why. then is the time when a man knows
his “stuff —
The story Is true of me and of you.
He may fall with a groan or stand with
a grin.
He iuhy bar trouble cut or shut trouble
in;
He may much weaker be than the least of
his woes
Or may laugh at his blues till the last of
them goes.
It is ah whew*!
The game s up to you.
To smile through your woes or to truckle
thereto.
Oi* write a brief lyric, as I strive to do—
Ah whew!
_ _ The «tory is true—
T° adblue 8llght p,nk to an atmosphere
—San Francisco Call.
A Question of Cosmetics.
He held out his arms in a passion
of tenderness.
“Let us.” he said—“oh, let us-”
Tears vibrated in his voice.
“-kiss, my darling, and make
up.”
The hard glitter died out of the
girl’s eyes, and, with a glad cry, she
threw herself into his arms and laid
her cheek upon his shoulder.
Kiss and make up,” she murmured.
But afterward, noting with horror
the patch of white on his sleeve, the
proud and sensitive creature wished
that the making up might have fol
lowed instead of preceding the kiss
ing.
