Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1901 — Page 7

When the white dove cooea to his drowsy ■mate, And birds In the trees rejoice. Old Brahma stands on the barn-yard gate And shouts in a lusty voice: I fee! better this mor-rning.” ■ And the bantam thinks 'tis true, For he answers back in a tenor tone: "AVithout—a doubt—you do-o.” 1 The house dog lies with his head on his paws, And blinks at the morning call; The cat with a field-mouse in her Jaws - Comes running home on the wall; While the Brahma heralds the morn again. And the Bantam takes the cue: I. feel better this mor-rning," "Without—a doubt—you do-o.’* The birds with a glorious burst of song Make glad the orchard boughs; And the farmer swinging his pails along. Goes out to milk the cows; The work of the day begins again. And the roosters call anew: "I feel better this mor-rning,” "Without—a doubt—you do-o.”

The Problem of Life.

BY ETHEL M. COLSON. (Copyright, 1901, by Dally Story Pub. Co.) If there was one particular characteristic or quality far which the Rev. Charles Billings was especially distinguished it wqs that of truthfulness. He was truthful, moreover, for reasons quite -apart and side from his calling. As'a slim and pallid youth at boarding school he had been famous —and popular—because of his exceeding candour. Later, as the devoted and conscientious rector of the Angelican Catholic Church of the Atonement, he was popular and beloved in spite of it. And if ever the meek and lowly-minded clergyman knew a suspicion of spiritual pride it was because of the absolutely spotless and unstained condition of his life-record in the matter of truth-telling. - To have expected the Rev. Charles Billings, therefore, to have deliberately—albeit unwillingly—yielded to the temptation to give utterance to an unequivocal lie would have been manifestly outrageous. And yet The door of the church study opened, one evening, to admit a woman —a woman tall, slender, of good figure, and expressive face, mirroring Just then numerous unpleasant emotions. The Rev. Charles Billings knew her for one of his parishoners, the wife of solid John Brewster, merchant of the old-time Chicago, and a man who was popularly suspected of being a better business man than husDand. Certain it is, tne fine eyes of his wife had long since acquired a look of weary and patient resignation. Straight up to the table at which the priest sat hurried the woman. In her eagerness and agitation she never saw the surprised but soothing gesture which beckoned her to a chair. But as she sank'into it mechanically it became evident that she had been crying. “Oh Father Billings!” she exclaimed, wildly—the gentle little priest being so designated by his High Church congregation—“Oh Father Billings do help me! If you do not —” but it was some minutes before she could go on. “I met an —an old friend this afternoon,” she explained, subsequently, "and we —we had an ice together, Just to talk of —of old times. There wasn’t a shadow of harm in it, although we used —we used to love each other. Perhaps,” with a sudden accession of recklessness, "I love him still. At all events, someone—my husband,” her voice and face all concentrated bitterness, “plotted and came between us. Then I married—Mr. Brewster. I—i felt so helpless; I didn’t know what else to do. And I’ve tried to be a good wife to him, a far, better wife than he has been a husband. I’ve never seen —the other man—since I was married, until today. "We came upon each other quite by accident, and we only—we only talked a little of —of that other time. But as we left the confectioner’s by one door

“Oh, Father Billings!”

my husband came in at another. If he saw me—and I’m almost sure he did—he’ll believe the worst in a moment. He Judges everybody by’ himself. And the fact that he had another woman with him won’t make a bit of difference—to him. If he saw me—and 1 know, I feel that he did—he’s at home now, questioning my maid. He always does so if he finds me out of the house, so matter where I am, nor how short a time I’ve been absent. And if he discovers that I haven’t been making charity calls this afternoon, as I told my, maid I intended doing, he’ll—he’ll throw me aside like an old glove, or an answered letter. Oh, I know him," ■• the priest looked Incredulous, "and

I know what tee’ll do. And I—l don’t know—ah yes, God help me! I do know—what will become of me. And I haven’t a relative, scarcely a friend in the wtfrld, with the exception or yourself, Father Billings. If you don’t help me, I’m—l’m afraid I’m lost forever!" "What do you want me to do, my child?” asked the priest, quietly. Fpr answer, Bhe sank on her knees beside him, catching at his hand with small, beseeching fingers that burned like fire. “Tell him that I have been making charity calls,” she said, hoarsely. “He won’t believe me, but he’ll believe you, if you tell him. Everybody knows," without a suspicion of grim humor, “how invariably truthful you are.” "But, my child,” said the priest, gravely, “that would be a lie, a sin." “I know it would be a lie,” she made answer, “but would it be a sin if you did it to save another? And there are worse sins than lying, Father, and some of them are hard to avoid. 1 don’t know how to tell you, but—l’ve no money, Father, I’ve no friends or relatives, and if my husband throws me aside there’s only one person to whom I can turn for assistance—and—and—l do not want to go to—him." The face of the priest was pale and puzzled. As a clergyman he knew lying to be sinful. As a man and a

“No, sir,” he heard himself saying, gentleman he hated lying on general principles. He was firmly convinced of the wickedness of doing evil that good may come. And yet— It was all po clear before him. ir this woman did not still love the—the other man—she would not so fear and dread being thrown aside by her unlovihg, unloved husband. And, if so thrown aside, to whom else could she turn? That she was .speaking the truth in regard to her husband’s harshness and her own penniless condition the clergyman knew well. He knew more about solid John Brewster than most people, and for a hard man and exceeding close with his money all men knew him. 'That he would refuse to believe the meeting between his wife and the lover from whom he had parted her, by unfair means, solitary and as innocent as accidental was also tolerably certain. Then, certainly, the problem lay between this woman’s soul and his own —the priestly soul which had never yet been stained by lying. Heavy steps sounded along the passageway leading from the street. The woman, springing to a chair on the other side of the table, looked at the priest beseechingly and bent hurriedly over some papers. A moment later and solid John Brewster himself strode into the room. At sight of his wife the hard face changed, the expression faltered. The priest, rising to confront him, saw in his eyes both doubt and hesitation. “I see my wife is with you,” the man said, sullenly. “May I inquire if she has been with you all day?" For a moment the priest struggled against a most human Impulse, the mad, natural, all but uncontrollable inclination to knock down this lntimidator of a woman and trample upon him. Then he remembered that he was a priest, and that there seemed but one way of helping the intlmidator’s victim. He turned h.s eyes toward her down-bent head, momentarily, and again the Problem of the Lie lifted its double-headed torment and regarded him. He saw, as if in vision, the Recording Angel who was so real a personage to him take down, with sorrowful sternness, the white scroll of his unstained veracity and degrade it, degrade it to the dust. His eyes filled with tears, suddenly, as though he had witnessed another’s downfall. But, over and against this vision, was set the soul of this woman—and her peril. For him, repentance and remorse in plenty. Nay, was he not already repenting the very thought of the sin in contemplation. For her—in case her fears were realized —no place or repentance, though she sought it carefully, with tears. And, right or wrong, the unselfish impulse triumphed. “No, sir," he heard himself saying, distinctly, after so brief an Interval that even the angry husband noticed no hesitation, “she has not. I d.d not see her until after .ancheon. But this afternoon she accompanied me on a round of charity calls, and, since our return, she has been busily engaged in making out her report to the Charity Calls Committee of the Woman’s Auxiliary. She will be ready to accompany you home so soon as this is finished.” ■For this lie Father Charles Billings presently—and iong—repented, and he will never cease to be anxious concerning its moral effect upon Mrs. Brewster—now slowly acquiring the habit of a negative happiness by fitter

self-forgetting. Also, the recurrent torture of his wretched Inability to solve the problem of whetner or not he did right in telling the lie will always serve the purpose of an exquisitely painful hair-shirt to the man who told»it. But there are rare moments, now and then, when the problem and the repentance alike cease to trouble him—when he is glad In the conviction that the He saved not only a woman’s body from perdition, but also the woman’s soul. . '

GAS KILLS FLUSHING TREES.

Out of the Mains and Affects the Tree Boot*. The people of Flushing, which has become famous for the beautiful shade trees which line its streets, have noticed recently that many big, sturdy trees have withered and become lifeless without apparent cause or injury. These trees were not confined to any one variety nor was any single locality alone affected. Horticultural experts examined the dead trees to see if they had’become affected by insects or rust, but nothing of the kind Mias found. Then Samuel B. Parsons, a veteran nurseryman, was asked to make an investigation. He reported; “The condition of the trees indicates that they, have been killed by illuminating gas which has escaped through the mains in the streets and has found its way to the roots, in several cases where the dirt has been dug up around the roots of the dead trees there has been a strong odor of gas. If A similar test was made with all the dead trees the same odor would be discovered. I do not know of anything else that would kill the trees.” Most of the trees were planted more than fifty years ago. At the present rate, however, Mr. Parsons says he fears that all of them will be killed within five or six years. The same cause he says has killed many of the trees planted in Manhattan. Another nurseryman said that there is no doubt about the gas killing the trees in Flushing. “Last spring,” said he, “we planted six trees in front of a residence here. All the trees budded, but just as they were about to put forth leaves one of them died. We replaced it, but when we dug the dead tree up there was a strong smell of gas. The second tree planted also died. Then we made a complaint to the gas company and found that not fifty feet away there was a leak in the gas main.” The managers of the Flushing gas plant declare that they are not to blame for the destruction of the trees. They say that there are dead trees on streets where there are no gas mains. The Flushing Association has promised to emplqy one of the best experts in the country to examine the trees.—New York Sun.

DEFECTS IN THE CAPITOL.

Whiteness of Main Body Retained by Frequent Painting. Frederic Harrison’s admiration for the capitol as an architectural work and the central object of the Washington landscape is shared by so many that one can always send a thrill of pained surprise through a part of every group of visitors by a reminder that only its two wings are built of marble, and that for the whiteness of its main body we must thank copious and oft-renewed applications of white paint. But quite as much astonishment Is likely to be felt by most persons at the discovery that the great dome, which has been tfie delight of all beholders, is not precisely in the axis of the central portico, but about six feet out of place. Yet such is the case. It has been necessary to resort to some trickery to deceive the eye in taking in the whole effect of the edifice, but the cheat has been accomplished so cleverly that it may be forgiven. Another fact little known to the public is that the exquisite proportions of the dome are the result of accident, not design. The present lines do not follow the architectural drawings, because when the base of the dome proper was measured preparatory to lowering it into the collar, which was already in place for it, it was found to be too large. The collar could not be changed to fit, so the original base was cut off at the point where the diminishing diameter would slip into the collar. The result was most gratifying. If, as many experts assert, the present dome is perfect, it follows that the dome as first designed would have been imperfect, and if it had been qsed, one of the most satisfactory public edifices in the world would have lacked a large part of its present charm.—Boston Transcript.

A Remarkable Australian.

Sir George Dibbs, who has Just presented King Edward with a walking stick of hiß own make, is one of the remarkable men of Australia. He is probably the only man in the empire who has passed through the two extreme experiences of a prime minister and a prisoner in Jail. Sir George has twice been premier of New South Wales, and has held many other posts of the highest importance in the colony; and it was while he was a prominent public man that he had th 3 courage to refuse to pay what he thought an extortionate bill of costs He was committed’ to Darlinghurat Jail, Sydney, for a year, and served the sentence through to the end. Hi Henry’s mlnlstrel company gave performance at the Alhambra Saturday night and Sunday afternoon and evening, and gave good satisfaction to the audiences which gathered in Manager Miller’s theater for a preliminary bit of enjoyment before thd regular season of the Grand avenue house opens next Sunday afternoon with “Hunting for Hawkins ” -

Fruits That Assuage Thirst.

Chemical analysis would assiga practical!? no nutritive va ue to the Juicy fruits, for th«y consist of little more than a cellul as envelope containing a soluti n of sugar, the amount varying from 17 per cent, as with grapes, to about 1.4 per cent, as with lemons. The amount of water in fruit U considerable. In wa e me.ons it is no less than 95 per cent, In grapes 8D per cent, in oranges 86 per cent, in lemons 90 per cent, in peaches 88 per cent, in apples 82 per cent, in pears 84 per cent, in plums 80 per cent, in nectaries 82 per cent, and in strawberries 90 per cent, not a f.ult in the whole category containing less than 80 per cent. The irresistible conclusion, considering these facts, is that fruit plays an Important role in the diet as a thirst quencher. Moreover, the Juice of fresh-cut fruit is perfectly free from microbes, is as sterile as freshly clean drawn milk, and the fruit acils tend to inhibit the power of those dis-ease-producing bacteria which flourish in neutral or alka ine media. The marked anti-scorbutic properties of fresh fruit due to the vegetable acids and their salts in the Juices are of great importance.

STILL TALKING ABOUT IT.

Bryant, Mo., t it. 7th.—The case of Mrs. M. A. Goss, continues to be the chief topic of conversation in this neighborhood. Mrs. Goss was a cripple for a long time with Sci .tlca; she was so bad she couldn’t turn over in bed and for four months she lay on one side. She had tried everything without getting any relief, till at last she heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills. She is strong and well today, and has not a single ache or pain. Mrs. Goss says: “I don’t know if Lodd’s Kidney Pills will cure anything else or not, but i do know they will cure iatica, for they cured me, and there couldn’t bo a worse case than mine.”

Honors in Store for Malcolm.

The dignities that confront the elder brother are usually appalling* to the small sister, and there is a little girl in Columbus, Ohio, who has been giving to the subject much careful attention, as the Despatch bears witness. She electrified the family at breakfast by announcing; . "Next year Malcolm will be a lawn-mower. I wonder why they cfill him that.” "A lawnmower?” echoed the astonished mothel'. “What do you mean?” “That is what you told me,” replied the child, gravely. “This year he was a freshman. Next year he’ll be a lawnmower, and then a janitor and then a senior. And then he’ll graduate.”

A Diminutive Insect.

The exhibit at the Buffalo exposition was the fig wasp from California. It can be seen only with a microscope. The insect is an important aid in producing the fruit, and the United States government spent $16,000 in establishing it in the Pacific fig region.

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