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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-08-15
WET OR DRY.

Some of cities and towns in Southern Califor.
MIA trying the experiment of dispensing with
the saloon And the result already is most crafty
ing. The Searchlght of Los Angeles has prepared
table contrasting the condition of city of IL 900
inhabitants which has twenty-five licensed saloons,
with one near by of the same population, which has
none. In the fromer there last year S92 ar
rests, while in the latter there were only 33S-a
elimination in crime of nearly 200 per cent Though
the former received from saloon licenses ST 500 its
city rate of taxes was $780, against $llO in the
latter, showing the licensing saloons did not relieve
the taxpayers, but added to their burden. The de.
posts In savings banks during the year $7s926
greater in the dry city than in that with twenty-five
saloons. From which fact the inference is that the
most if not all of that $7S,926 spent in whiskey
In the saloon city there nine Protestant churches
while in the anti-saloon city there are twenty-one
which means that more than twice many people
go to church in the latter place than in the former
''Ye shall know them by their fruits "-Herald and
Presbyter
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-08-15
OLD ST. JOHNS.

Next year one of the most interesting churches in
all New Hampshire will celebrate the one hundredth
anniversary of its erection although the church So
ciety is much older than the present building This
is old st. Johns Church in the town of Portsmouth
AS long ago the year 1892 there stood on the site
OF the present ST Johns Church a small and simple
mousse OF worship called Queen Caroline's Chapel
This name had been given to it in honor of Queen
Caroline. When word went across the seas to the
royal lady OF the honor that had been done her. she
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-08-15
BROTHERHOOD.

There from the pen of Burns a prophecy to
be believed and fulfilled in the experience of men,
The Brotherhood of Man not canting pharse
with him, but triumphant reality. Burns never
hated any man, but he did hate anything unmanly
His soul too free to look silently upon the tyran
ny of the proud and powerful too nobly independent
to listen to the boast of blood without the vein of
virtue, too wise and heroic to be deceived by wealth
or charity, in short proud enough to be poor and
poor enough to be heroic To be of noble blood NAV
be good, but to be noble character is better Hon
est povehty may have this stamp of nobility for it is
the that counts
"The rank is but the guinea stamp
The mans the gowd for a. that"
This is the virtue of the Christian faith which up
holds the dignity of man by holiness and love- Tt is
well to compare the thoughts of Burns on Brother
hood with those of James, the brother of our Lord
the Royal Law
10 be brotherly and kind, how simple how Christ
IKE! Yet how untrue 10 the great need of
the human heart, to the great virtue of the religion
of Love ~
For IMAM, whose heaven-erected face
The smiles of love adorn
Mans inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands MOURN"
Burns has not lived in vain since he lived to add tbe
message OF the poet to that of the Apostle We
near It, and by kind actions attitudes and words
we heip both to pray and answer prayer
Then let us pray that come what may
AS come it will for a. that
That sense and worth, Ger a. the earth
May bear the gree, an a. that.
For a that. an a. that
For a. that, an a. that
It's comm yet for a. that
mat man to man, the world DER
Shall brothers be for a. that.
Burns has painted in faithfully the negative shades
but he has given us also the positive coors of true
faith.
Who made the heart It's He alone
Decidedly can try us;
Tie knows each chord-its various tone
Each spring-it's various bias;
Then at the balance let's be mute
We never can adjust it.;
What's done we partly may compute
But know not what's resisted
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14

Here are some stories concerning
the most travelled canoe on record.
Il was a canvas canoe, which could
be folded up and carried on mans
back. Its owner. Rev. Henry M.
Ienney, had it built in Connecticut.
He hshed the famous streams and
lakes Of that State with it Then
K went with him to adjoining States,
TO Canada and back and then west
ward, across the United States, float
ing, during interruptions of the jour
ney, upon nearly all the lakes and
rivers which offered unusual fishing
or hunting. 1t travelled up and down
California with Mr.. Tenney. and
finally was taken by him to Nome,
and carried him along the shore of
Bering Sea on many a fishing and
shooting excursion It was finally
washed Of Nome beach in z great
storm and lost, deeply to the regret
of its owner, the author of the fol-
lowing narrative:
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14
THE WONDERFUL
NEPIGON.
ON

.HE Nepigon River is the finest
trout stream in the world. The
outlet of Lake Nerigon. fifty
miles inland from the farthest north Of
Lake Superior. 1t pours its abundant
waters into the great lake. Superior
itself abounds In the Eastern trout, and
Lake Nepigon. fed by streams rising
far up in the unbrolen woods to the
preserve for the largest and finest fish
that swim. What, then. must be the
stream that connects these two unfail-
ing sources of supply.
With a college president and a New
York broker / fished one season on the
Nepigon. Two half-breed Chippewas,
famous with the paddle and frying pan
and on the portage, were our guides; a
22-foot birch canoe our main craft.
with the canvas as tender and run
about. When our birch was loaded
with months supplies and ready for
the start I said to one of the guides,
You and I will go in the canvas and
let the others take the big canoe
ahead to lead the way" ugh, cloth
boat; go bottom. You make me paddle
UNI stay home" And nothing / could
do would persuade either of them to
enter It, They were orthodox Indians;
the canvas was heresy and they would
have nothing to do with it. and their
kindred on the landing. squaws,
papooses and all. pointed fingers of de-
rision at the cloth boat.
So befell that the president. who had
fished the stream for several seasons.
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something that paralyzed me with fear.
1t was not his size nor the herceness
Of his demeanor, but in the pale moon
light | saw white stripes on his side.
and Il was enough. / did not dare to
shoot. / did not think it safe to kick
him nor wise to smite him with
clubbcd musket By supreme effort
I gathered all my courage together
and. in a ror-stricken voice, cried.
"Shoo. shoe, please go away, and
waved my hand toward the woods
To my inexpressible relief. like gen
tlemanly beast who saw that no was
not wanted, the skunk moved leisurely
into the brush. ! have had more re-
spect for his kind ever since But
sleep would not come back to my eye
lids, WOO it as | might. My imagina-
tion was active ] knew not at what
moment he might reappear and wei
coined the earliest beam of the rising
sun as a signal for my departure from
that haunted region. This might be
termed "a tragedy averted,' but IL IS
not the one intended by the titie OF
this tale.
At the close of that long day l came
to the last house on the lake and 1ounu
a boy of IA, who, for a slight conslo-
Grafton, was delighted to go with me
to the lakes beyond. He had peen
in woodcraft had been thorough. ne
was expert with the paddle and the
rifle. 1t was John Burroughs VINO saio,
Some people obstruct your view Oh
nature, and others are transparent.
This boy was transparent, and MS IN
nocent prattle and unsophisucateo
questions of the man from the city.
who knew all about the great worid
he had never seen, were never weari-
some.
Replenishing my stores from the
family larder, we set off up the inlet
connecting this Lake of Bays with the
chain of lakes that stretches far toward
the sources Of the Ottawa. For two
days we padded and portrayed up tner
wild stream, and then we came to its
quiet reaches as it made out from the
lake above. Here it was wide, but
deep, with indenting bays on either
hand. The shores were fringed some"
times with the forests. and sometimes
with natural meadows beautfful Win
the wild grasses. 1 said to tho boy I
Ihere ought to be deer watering anus
feeding in some of these coves even
by daylight There is no one to disturb
them mere the year around. We nave
been working pretty hard. and today
Wen take IT easy and see what we can
find"
And 30 he took the paddle and we
pushed carefully out into the grassy
openings and peered over the meadows
ana waited and listened In idle aban-
don Tor sight of game. Finally
Sound IN the distance, around a bend
OF the stream, attracted our attention.
lneIe is something in there, sure
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14
A DEER HUNT WITH JACK
LIGHT.

THE second Connecticut lake, in the
far northern point Of New Hamp-
shire, was a delightful retreat for
the true sportsman in 1880 trap
per's cabin was the only hostelry. The
unbroken forest north. east and west
FOR many miles AFFORDED a range for
deer and caribou and moose, while the
lake and its tributaries abounded in
trout A few choice spirits had dis
covered this natural preserve and, hav-
ing persuaded the trapper to house and
feed them and their guides. they Jour
neyed thither by stage and blackboard
year after year to revel in the glory
Of the great woods and recreate mind
and body for their professional work
in this city. I was happy to receive ad-
miss!0r to this rare circle.
Ny three seasons with a guide had
4aught me many things. among others
the method Of hunting by jacklight.
With the advent Of my boat came the
determination TO paddle my own canoe.
not only after trout but after deer,
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14
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ally conducted over them, they may ger
or their beat. This one did. He led
me six miles out Of the way. and when
] had pulled back. to my mortal cha
grin. in the presence OF those teering
savages. we had to hire an Indian to
take US, canvas and all. up the river
TO our appointed camp. But he was
sorry and 1 had to forgive him.
The stream. mindful OF its lake orr
gin. widens out into lakelets here and
there, and then, remembering it's child
hood. narrows it's borders and goes
leaping and singing over rocky falls
and along swift rapids for miles Here
were the long portages. and in these
swift waters was found the choice fish,
ing Half way up the stream. midway
OF the longest portage, we made our
permanent camp, where the swing OF
the stream around a great curve made
music the lvelong day. The canvas
came into play on all the smaller pools.
giving US access to many impractical
BILE to the larger boat But we really
needed no boat for our fishing With
our long waders, reaching to the arm
pits, and our hob-nail shoes we Gould
command almost any OF the waters.
The greatest trout stream in the
world. said Let me prove It. I went
across the stream one day In the canoe.
determined to break the rule or the
Nepigon and use a double cast Of 1ies.
With specially tested and soaked leader
and flies. 1 felt sure that could handle
anything that would rise. soon had
fine double and landed them safely. but
wading still farther into the stream
struck mighty fellow that nearly took
me off my feet. Walking back to shall
low water, had no sooner braced nv
self to handle him than another took
the dropped fly. and only by dint OF
utmost pressure and a nearly doubled
rod did l prevent them from carrying
away my tackle And then the fun be-
Continued on Next Page.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14

~ HAVE uearo OF gong 70 sea IN
- a cockleshell. but this is nothing
sbut a cotton Handkerchief with
rattan ribs. What do you ex-
pect to do with that craft in Bering
sea2" SO queried my partner as I un-
limbered my canvas boat on Nome
beach. Give me a serviceabIe ship.
but don't ask me to ride in that com
bination
Yes. she is light" I replied, but
her ribs are mountain ash, her gun
wales and frame Connecticut hickory
and everything Is copper riveted from
stem 70 stern True. she is but twelve
feet long and weighs only fifty pounds,
but she can carry a load Of 500 pounds
IN an ordinary sea and never ship
drop. No, she isn't cranky. No un-
foreseen drop Of an eyelid will capsize
her. Wait until you have seen her
afoat, and you will change your lind.
But. then / added. I brought her to
Alaska not only for service but for
compsnionship. She can tell tales of
sport and adventure and recall sce--s
- 49, ---~ '-S0s i0--N "a "A14CA never
weary I have fshed and hunted in
her from Maine to California, and just
t6 look at her makes me dream dreams
and see visions"
Now you've struck lead. You
must let US IN on your memories of
the boat"
And so to the music OF tapping waves
and under the CLEAN of the northern
lights when the days quest was done
these tales of the boat were spun.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14
A TRAGEDY AVERTED.

~ NE hundred miles north of To-
ronto lies the Muskoko Lake
region, once famous for bass,
pickerel and muskelonge, but now
thoroughly sophisticated by the
advent of the summer hotel Fifty
miles farther north, at Huntsville, YOU
found in the late eighties a primitive
village connected by waterways to the
east with a region of charming lakes.
unsettled wilderness.
With my canvas boat as my only
companion / left the railroad at this
point and pushed out for a months
exploration. The lean-to tent at night
was my shelter and the campfire nv
sentinel The days were full of the
glory OF the autumnal sunshine, inter-
spersed by the occasional storm, when
the canvas pulled ashore and turned
over became a sufficient roof and the
patter of the rain thereon the sweet
est music in the world
There were adventures by the way
and every day was enlivened by a new
experience 1 shall not easily forget
one moonlight night on the shore of
@@~~A@S
at the oars all the day and, pitching
my tent hastily on a projecting point
and making short shrift of my supper.
/ rolled myself In my blankets and
was soon wrapped in the deep and
healthy sleep OF physical weariness
1t must have been o'clock in the
morning when was wakened Sv
the consciousness that something
was approaching my tent Man /
knew it could not be. for was miles
away from human habitation. l felt
sure that it was neither wildcat nor
bear. for few infested the region, but
in the tense attention of that sudden
wakefulness 1 could not be mistaken;
I heard the footballs of an approach
ing animal. the rustic of the brush. a
peculiar snif as IL he were seeming
his prey reached for my gun. cooked
both barrels. raised myself slowly to
a sitting posture, and there I saw
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14

stream. Careful" / whispered. 1--WE
are on snag," and I turned around
on my seat and partly raised myself
to my feet. and in trying to shuck
the boat off the obstruction / lost my
balance, lurched toward him, and, as
endeavored to save myself, my gun
was discharged apparently directly in
his face.
I saw the boy fall backward and a
horror of gnDAt darkness came over me.
cried In agony, "Oh, boy! are you
hurt ?" No, but I'm scairt to DEATH"
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14

to game out of the objects In the path
of the light I saw him start all at
once and throw up his gun. "Hold."
whispered, what do you see?" "A
deer. just in the center of the light"
"A white BIRCH answer, and we
went on. Suddenly a splash IN the
water in the track of the light startled
him again. "A muskrat,p l whispered.
After a time he whispered, Stop"
and again threw up his gun. See
those eyes over there. Dozen of them.
Which shall I shoot?" looked care
fully and then replied: NO eyes in the
bush. Close your own for while and
then look again.
But now we We're nearing the south
cove, and / moved with the utmost eau
tion, stopping every few moments Ito
listen. There We're apparently no
sounds in the wood or on the lake, but
the rumbling of the distant thunder
was growing ominous. The sky was
nearly overcast and 1T looked as If
the downpour might come at any mo-
ment. But pushed on slowly, with
out ripple or a tremor, and swung
the light on the two trees I had marked
as at the end of the deer trail, and
then l saw the most weird spectacle /
ever expect to behold-two balls of fire
stuck upon nothing moving. up and
down and to the right and left under
the flare of our jacklight. 1 waited a
moment to be sure that my imagina-
tion was not too active, and then whis-
pered, DO you see the deer's eyes,
stTight ahead?" He Strengthened up
and then l could almost feel the thrill
run through him from head to foot
He lifted his gun and asked, shall I
shoot?' Not yet" I whispered, and
started to paddle the boat nearer, when
there leaped binding fash out of the
sky. and for moment everything was
as light IS day. A crash in the brush
wild whistle of fright, and the buck
rushed hundred yards. stopped,
stamped. and whistled again and went
flying out of hearing.
We had no time for laments The
warnings from above were sufficient.
I shifted to the oars and rushed with
all speed across the lake, reaching
the landing just in the nick of time to
escape the storm, which soon filed
the forest with its glorious music
We did not get our deer, but I
proved that ] could paddle to one, and
my friend that he could discern be-
tween the false and the true in eyes
And this was enough for the first
hunt And then, he might not have
hit him after all.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14

wet DUNE. but happy hearts. that we
took into the lean-to tent that night;
for this was a tragedy averted that
would have been tragedy indeed
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-14
By Rev. Henry NJ. Tenney

~ HAVE heard Of going to sea in
a cockleshell. but this is nothing
sbut a cotton handkerch.ef f with
- rattan ribs What do Won ex-
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