SHE WANDERS HOME WITH ME.
As we sit and dream in the silent porch
Together my pipe and 1. -A
cloud of smoke from the old brown
bowl
Floats np to the dappled skyt
And 1 watch through its dim, enchanted
hase
A little snnbonnet go
In shadow and shine o'er the grassy links
That lie in the Tale below. -
For early and late, all the long, bright
day.
It is busy flitting there.
With a caddie wandering in its train.
While the white ball flies in air;
A snnbonnet ancient of pattern, such
As Priscilla's sweet self wore
When she walked with the homesick Pil
grim maids,
Long since, on an alien shore.
And the jolly lads In the jackets red
- There's never a one goes by
But be slacks his pace and he turns his
head.
And he feels his heart beat high
At the glance he gets' and the bloom he
brings
To the roguish face within
That sheltering scoop, with Its soft
strings tied
la a knot beneath her chin.
Bnt 1 bide my time on the silent porch.
Far I know whom she loves best.
And that by and by, when the game is
done.
And the day dies m the west.
She will hang the sunbonnet on her arm.
And the peepin; stars will see
What a soft light lies In her happy eyes.
As she wanders home with me!
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
I - 5
THE ELOPEMENT. ?
FANGBOURXE was aU agog, and
everybody was saying It was a
lovely day for the wedding. The
village was en fete, and the Elephant,
next to the church, always full in sum
mertime, was doing an unusually roar
ing trade.
The wedding was not a popular one.
The bride, Beatrice Grey, was much
beloved In Pangbourne, but had her
father been living so it was said the
union about to be celebrated would
never have been permitted. Mrs.
Grey, however, was satisfied. She
was one of those women who think
that the be-all and end-all of life is
to be rich, which the bridegroom,
Geoffrey Brewster, certainly was. He
had already been Sheriff of London, !
and in the ordinary course of city cus
tom he would almost certainly become
Lord Mayor.
He had a rival In John Valsey, of
the "Fighting Fifth," a dashing young
soldier who had fought like a man
in the ' Tirah under Lock hart, and
whose brave deeds deserved to be
better recompensed. Up there in the
Afghan hills he had been within an
ace of death time and again, but he
had come home without a scratch to
And Beatrice, whom he loved, pledged
to another man. In spite of this Capt.
Valsey had made every effort to win
her for his own, but' Mrs. Grey had
persistently opposed him, and the lit
tle incidents of life on which the fate
of men and even nations hangs had
been against him. It Is true that Beat
rice secretly cherished a tender regard
for bim, but misrepresentations, gos
sip, sc&ndal, and, worse than all, mis
understandings, had kept them apart
for a whole year, and now here was
, and now here was
'
. .ce, ww
,ed at Weir House, "the pmv ...
with the terrace below the lock. The
front . faces the road, the back com
mands the river. Beatrice, overcome
by the ordeal through which she was
passing, tried by her mother's atten
tions, teased by the good-natured bad
inage of her bridemalds, and almost
In tears at the sacrifice of her happi
ness, which at the eleventh hour she
Inwardly knew this marriage meant
sat In the drawing room in her bridal
dress though not yet gloved or veiled
staring drearily at her wedding pres
ents, but wearing a wedding day smile,
when the old gardener came in a flus
tered sort of way and stood, hat in
hand, at the French windows. He car
ried a small bouquet of white roses.
She went toward him and took the
flowers, whei. with the familiar but
respectful freedom of an old servant,
he motioned her aside. As she step
ped out on to the terrace he slipped
Into her hand a note.
"The Cap'n told me to gle ye the
roses. Miss, and particular the now.
He be yonder 1' the punt"
It was the merest scrap of paper torn
from a note book, and not even in an
envelope. She unfolded and hastily
read the brief pencil scrawl:
"Before you are Irrevocably lost
speak to me, I Implore you. JACK."
The gardener stood by her side anl
pointed to Capt Valsey. He was ;:
the lawn under a willow, and his pur
was moored by the steps of the rivi .
terrace close by.
For a moment or two she hesitated
then, crunching the note in one ham'.,
and gathering up the. train of her dress
lu the other, she hurried across the
lawn. As soon as she advanced to
wards him he strove to meet her ea
gerly. There was no time far long speech
or argument and that John Valsey
' knew well. His was a desperate ef
fort and It was a time not for words
but for action.
'This marriage must not be," he
said.
She; was white as her own gown.
She looked about her, shuddering.
'You will be unhappy for your whole
life," he said, sternly. "You know you
' do not love this man. I know you love
me."
"It Is too late." she faltered.
She looked back av the open French
Windows of the house, paused doubt
fully, and stepped a pace or two to
wards the river. Her hesitation en
: ouragrd hlin. He put his arm through
hers and led her away, talking per-
unsively. rapidly, till she stood by the
;unt
"There is no time for consideration,"
l.e said, drawing her into the punt
Almost before she knew it be had
unloosed the chain and pushed off from
the terrace.
"Bnt where, how what is this?" she
exclaimed In sudden apprehension.
"Well, it's an elopement" he replied.
"That's the plain English of it In
stead of marrying Mr. Brewster at
Pangbourne, you marry me at Maple
durbam. I love you, Beatrice, and
that's the truth. Why should you be
miserable forever?"
She cc vered her face with her bands;
:-::e cliichcd her fists; she Implored
tint to return, but he only punted
teadily down the stream, pausing but
once to throw a wrnj over her bridal
Cress. At first she was In tears, but
as they got toward Mapledurham she
had a fit of hysterical laughter. Then
-. :e grew pale.
"I expect they're looking for me ev
irrwlvsro. Imagine mother. Oh, Jack,
this Is dreadful. Take me back. Put
me ashore."
Bat Jack quietly punted on. When
they came to the old mill Jack helped
her out of the punt, and, holding her
hand, covered it with kisses.
"You're ashore now, Beatrice, . and
there's Mapledurbam church. I have
thought all this out Here's the mar
riage license, and the vicar is expecting
us or. anyhow, he's waiting for us
unless you'd rather go back and be
come Mrs. Brewster." .
"As though he'd have me now," she
pouted, "after keeping him waiting
like this."
Jack laughed, whereupon she frown
ed. Then she laughed, and as sudden
ly became serious again, turning round
to gaze beyond the belt of maples and
over the beautiful river toward Pang
bourne. "I know what you're thinking," said
Jack; "but never mind the-the others.
Come along."
When they came to the church gate
she clung to him a moment, and, lift
ing her face up to his, whispered, in a
sudden burst of gratitude, "Oh, Jack!
How you have saved mel Won't I
Just be a good wife to you for this!"
And she Is. Illustrated London
New.
SUPPOSE WE SMILE.
HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM
THE COMIC PAPERS.
riaaaaat Incldeata Occmrrlaar tfca.
Werld Over-6aylnsrstkat Ar Cheer
fstl to Old or loaag-Fsaaj Bclae
tion that Everybody Will Enjoy.
"The lies the blamed newspapers
publish about us," said one politician
to another, "is enough to drive a man
to drink."
"Yes, that" s so," replied the other,
"but still we have no cause for com
plaint" "Why not?" asked the first in sur
prise. "Well, It might be much worse," was
the reply. "They might publish the
truth.
An Explanation.
"It strikes me this ice water 1
dirty," said a Cincinnati hotel guest
"Hully gee!" exclaimed the bellboy,
as he looked in the pitcher, "I betchei
de porter forgot to wash it"
The Klsaiaa- Big,
(After the Goblins.)
A little kissing visitor.
Has come with us to stay.
To kiss the girls and bite the boys.
And drive the germs away.
Too.d b
.fSfL
Yoo'd better mird yer d-
And watch dre about.
kiss yertf
In the Feudal District.
Smith There seems to be some hops
for those Kentucky mountaineers, aft
er all.
Jones Why do you think so?
Smith I overheard one of them try
ing to convince another that It war
wrong to kill a man on Sunday.
How to Keep a Cook.
"Mrs. Young says she has solved th
servant problem."
"She's a genius! What's the solu
tion V
"Why, she says all you've got to do
is never find any fault, submit to every
thing, do as you're told, keep out of
the way and pay good wages, with
privileges, and you won't have a bit ol
trouble." Philadelphia Bulletin.
Hope Pprinara BternaL
Pod snip (meeting elderly person) By
Jove! is It possible? My old school
teacher. By the way, do you remem
ber that you said when I was In your
class that I'd die on the gallows?
Elderly Person Well, you're noi
dead, yet Philadelphia North-American.
Flrlewalk Baa-Han.
The hot merchant Well, say, that
what I call hospitable.
Filipino Death Trap. .
Our troops in the Philippine have
encountered some curious examples of
Filipino methods of waging war. In
the advance on Santa Thomas the ene
my was sighted along the road. There
had been a heavy rain and the flat land
on either side of the raised road was
boggy and wet It was clear that some
thing unusual was going on ahead, for
there were Insurgents In the road at
work, while the frightened natives
were scurrying with their bundles and
loaded bullock cart across Into the
woods.
A Utah gun was brought to bear upon
the crowd in the road, a Gatling was
ranged to the right across country; and,
while skirmishers were swung out Into
the bog to the left, the guns opened up
soon had the way clear.
The wonderful pdtfalis proved to be
the work of the Insurgent so rudely
Interrupted; they were found In all
singes of progress; hole formed like an
inverted cone, with sharpened bamboo
spikes pointing upward, a light cov
ering of bamboo strips, then a layer of
leaves, and over all the earth nicely lev
eled, a device which raised laugh
where it had been expected to entrap
n army. Collier' Weekly.
CfllLDBEN'S COLUMN.
DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS.
BoaaetaJas; that WU1 Intaraat the Jn
venilc Member f Every HoaaakaM
-Quaint Actions and Bright Smytage
fat any Cat sad CnnalnaT Childraav
tVhen little Dickie Swope'a a man
He's go' to be a sailor;
An' little Henry Tincher, he's
A-go' to be a tailor;
Bud Mitchell, he's a-go' to be
A stylish carriagemaker;
An' when I grow a grea' big man
I'm go' to be a baker!
An' Dlck'H buy his sailor suit
O' Hame, an' Hame'U take H
An' buy as fine a doable rigg
As ever Bud can make it;
An' nen all three'll drive roan', fer m
An' we'll drive off togevrer,
A-slingin' pie crust 'long the road
Ferever an' ferever. -James
Whitcomb Biley.
"If I lurk near this tuffet," the spider ob
served. On a pleasant and sunshiny day,
"I shall doubtless have fun, ere the af
ternoon's done.
For I'll frighten Miss Muffet away!"
But Miss M., as it happened, was right
at the head
Of an Entomological Class;
So that Spider, you see a "fine speci
men," he
Is a prisoner now under glass!
A Needed Keforsnu
Tom came in last week for the first
time in months. "Nell's a brick of a
girl," he began; "she's taken to doing
a lot of things for me. Why, she made
my old room as pretty as her own.
Then almost - every day when I get
home from school I find she has put up
a lunch for me. She's a dear girl!"
"I hope you've told her so."
Tom flushed.
"That's just It! I want to, but I
declare. Aunt Hope, why Is a fellow
ashamed of being sweet on his own
sister? We're all as polite as possible
to the other girls!"
"Suppose you start a reform," said I.
"I will. There's to be a social
Wednesday evening I'll Invite Nell to
;o, and give her some flowers."
I felt pretty certain Nell would call
soon after the social, and had not long
to wait Thursday she came wearing
some pink carnations.
"Oh, auntie, I've so miichtgteH yon!
'ho do you th'ii-gave me these flow
ers? "TtJilt you'd never guess. My own
dear brother Tom. He invited me to
go to the social with him and treated
me splendidly. We grew really confi
dential as we walked home, and I told
him how I lovedjiim."
' In the evening To In appeared with
his version.
"Aunt Hope," he began, "you should
have seen NelL She was so sweet and
jlack Davis wanted to take her home.
'Another time, my boy,' I said. 'I'm her
escort to-night' A lot of the boys
heard me, and one or two laughed, but
Hal Rhodes told me to-day that be
thought we boys were fools not to
make more fuss over our own sisters;
so you see the reform Is started."
Epworth Herald.
Two Poser.
Lewis Carroll, the author of "Alice
in Wonderland," was fond of puzzling
hi friends with curious problems. One
of them was the question, "When does
the day begin?" If a man could travel
around the world so fast that the sun
would always be directly above his
head, and If he were to start traveling
iit midday on Tuesday, then in twenty-
four hours he would return to his orig
inal point of departure, and would find
that the day was now called Wednes
dayat what point of his Journey
rvould the day change its name? T!i
Itflculty of answering this apparently
nple question has cast a gloom ovei
iny a pleasant party.
Another problem was as follows: A
ue Is hung over a wheel fixed to the
.of of a building; at one end of the
ope a weight Is fixed, which exactly
ounterbalanees a monkey which Is
hanging on the other end. Suppose
that the monkey begins to climb tlx
rope, what will be the result? It 1
very curious the different views taker
bv good mathematicians. One says the
weight goes up with increasing veloc
ity, others that It goes up at the sam
rate as the monkey; while another says
It goes down,
f- hoot rrowe Wherever They Like
The military students of Tung-Chou,
China, are a nuisance. They have a
way of using one of the main streets
In the city as a convenient spot foi
practicing archery, and we have been
repeatedly obliged to edge up to the
extreme edge of the footpath to avoid
possible eccentric flights of arrows.
Characteristically It never occurs to
Lhem to suspend operations for others'
afety or convenience, and minor acd
fiits must not me uncommon. A lad
vns bropght to the hospital the other
;iy who bad been struck by an arrow
Just below the eye as he was edging
.long the highway. He was not badly.
:urt, and probably regarded his Injury
3 Incidental to the ordinary risks of
.ravel on city streets.
Gertrude' Compromise.
Gertrude, aged four, wanted a piece
f cake, and her mamma threatened to
tud her to bed If she didn't quit teas
j?. Finally Gertrude offered to com
romlse, saying:
"Mamma, if you'll let me have the
p part with the frosting on and won't
mke me take off my clothes when I
t Into bed, go ahead and be just as
ruel as you've a mind to."
Wanted the Hole.
The other day when a pie wat
-.-ought to the table with the upper
rust perforated, as usual, little Helen,
red two years and eleven months,
avely announced: "I don't care foi
uy pie; I only want th hales.'
Wine may multiply the flow of words,
out It never increases the purity of the
Umusht.
GAVE little thought to my health." write. Mu Wm. V.
Bell, 330 N. Walnut St,. Canton. O.. to Mrs. Fina
ham. "until I found myself unable to attend to mj
"I
household duties. 1
I had had my days of not feeling well ana my
suffering, and a good deal of backache.
THOUOMT-
VJOrJlEN
Vegetable Compound that J
my mind to try it I was troubled with
falling of the womb, had sharp pains in
ovaries, leucorrhcea and painful
I was so weak-and dizzy that
often have severe faintinar
took in all several bottles of
Pinkham!s Vegetable Compound
and Blood Purifier and used the
Sanative Wash, and am now in
good health. I wish others
to know of the wonderful ,
good it has done me, . and j
have many friends taking it
now. Will always give your
medicine the highest praise."
Mrs. A. Tolle, 1946 Hil
ton St. Philadelphia. Pa.,
writes:
'Dear Mrs. Pinkham
I was very thin and my
friends thought I was in con
sumption. Had .continual
headaches, backache and
falling of womb, and my eyes
were affected. Every one
noticed how poorly I looked
and I was advised to take
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound. One bottle
relieved me, and after tak- '
ing eight bottles am now a
1
healthy woman; have gained in weight 0$ pounds to 14c
pounds, and everyone asks what makes me so stout"
Wanted St. Paul's Addrea.
The Athens Asty reports that a
Greek benevolent society in the Turk
ish capital recently Issued a printed
appeal to the Hellenic community In
Staraboul for some special charitable
object The appeal contained a cita
tion from one of the epistles of St
Paul to the Galatlans. Two days after
the publication of the circular a com
missary of police from the censor's
department called upon the printer
and demanded the address of St Paul,
who was to be charged with the public
utterance of seditious and politically
provocative language.
The printer was at first inclined to
laugh outright at the absurdity of
the request and Indictment but as It
Is always a little risky to venture upon
a pleasantry with a Turkish official,
he sedately replied that St Paul, the
author of the objectionable citation,
bud been dead for something more
than eighteen centuries. This ruffled
the gravity of the police commissary,
who angrily exclaimed, "How dare
you attempt such Impudent cajolery
with met' and forthwith arrested the
printer. Extraordinary as it may ap
pear, the reiteration of the same simple
explanation to the censor had an equal
ly exasperating effect on that intelli
gent official, and the unfortunate ty
pographer was locked up for his "per
verse contumacy." It was only after
lapse of three days and on the urgent.
Intervention of the Qreefc.- patriarch
that the printer -was released.
. Where It Come From. ; ,
An hour or two spent in a glassworks
Is Droductlve of much Interest and en
joyment to fortunate visitors.
While an old lady from a Shropshire
vlllaee as spendlpg . week at C ,
oneofour busy South Yorkshire towns,
she accepted an invitation to witness
the process of bottle-making. Being
delighted with the various stages pass
ed through by a well-known patent re
ceptacle for aerated water, she seemed
specially struck with the blowing.
In company with her guide, one of
the managers, she gazed Intently at the
men as they took the molds containing
molten gla and with distended cheeks
blew through . long Iron tube into the
mold.
After adjusting her old-fashioned
spectacles, and while assuming a strik
ing attitude by throwing up both
bands, she exclaimed:
"Well, I've often thowt as they must
ev 'ard wark to put gassy air into
ginger beer, but ah nlvver thowt the?"
blawed In In 1' that way aforf" Lon
don Spare Moments.
Why We TJse the Right Hand.
Every pugilist upon entering th
ring, takes special pains to protect the
region of the heart All athletes under
stand that the most vulnerable portion
of the body Is undoubtedly the heart
A hard blow, well delivered on the left
breast will easily kill or at any rate
stun even a strong man. Hence, from
an early period men have used the
right hand to fight with and have em
ployed the left arm chiefly to cover the
heart and to parry a blow aimed at
that specially vulnerable region. When
weapons of offense and defense super
seded the fist it was the right band
that grasped the spear and sword,
while the left held over the heart the
shield or buckler. .
Prom this simple origin, then, the
whole vast difference in civilized life
takes Its beginning. At first no doubt
the superiority of the right hand was
only felt in the manner of fighting. But
that alone gave it prominence and
paved the way for its supremacy else
where. The World' 4 Heath-n.
The heathen still outnumber all the
various religious bodies put together.
According to the latest statistics, there
are In the world 143,000,000 Protests
ants, 08,000,000 followers of the Greek
Church. 230,000,000 Roman Catholics,
and 170,000,000 Mohammedans. As the
population of the world is estimated at
U500,000,000, and adding to the adher
ents of the four great religions, of the
world other 63,000,000 for the thousand
and one beliefs with comparatively
few followers, there are left 800,000,
000 people who worship strange gods
or practice curious rites In Hen of re
ligion, and who come within the defini
tion of the "heathen." for whose con
version large sums are collected year
iftcr year among the churches tbrongh
ut the civilized world.
Moaio Boxes for Bicycles.
Music boxes for bicycles are now
manufactured by a firm In Hamburg,
Germany.
Our best knowledge lies in what we
ire not known to know.
COUCH SYRUP
Cure Croup and Whooping-Cough
Unexcelled for Consumptives. Gives
qnick, sore results. Bcfuse satatttsUs. -
,
but I thought all women had these
things and did not complain.
"I had doctored for some time, -but
no medicine seemed to help me. and my
physician thought it best for me to go
to the hospital for local treatment I
bar! read and heard so much of your
made up.
menses.
I would
SDells. 1 1
Lydia E.
FLORIOA S1NK-HOI.ES.
The Queer War ftream Have of Diw
apoeatiaa Into These Pita.
The sinks of Florida are numerous,
and one of the State's most attractive
features to strangers visiting this part
ot the country. Around Alachua Lake,
three miles south of Gainesville, there
are hundreds of sink boles of various
sizes and depth. It is apparent from
the existence of so many sinks that the
whole country is honeycombed with
subterranean passages. Portions of
the land In that region have been sink
ing for ages. Many of the sinks have
trees growing in them, the dimensions
of which Indicate that they must be
centuries okl. There is no telling at
what moment the earth may give way
and a new sink be formed.
Only a few years ago the ground
under the track of the Florida South
ern Railroad, near Alachua Lake, gave
way, and in the darkness of night a
train ran into a hole seventy or eighty
feet deep. The train was completely
wrecked, bnt fortunately all aboard
escaped death.
There are sinks In various parts of
Alachua County, but they are more
numerous in the vicinity of what the
Indians called "Big Jug," or Alachua,
meaning the deep sink hole through
which the water in the lake at different
periods has run out, leaving an Im
mense savanna, or many thousands of
acres-of pratrte land. "Many years ago
several acres of ground on the public
road leading from this city to New
mansville, sank and formed a lake, in
which the tops of tall trees could be
seen beneath the surface of the water.
This Spot is known as the Blue Sink.
Seven miles northwest of Gainesville
Is a mammoth sink known as the Dev
il's Mid Hopper. It is a great natural
curiosity and is a popular resort for
picnic parties as well as for pleasure
teekers. who, during the winter season,
visit this part of Florida. One mile
west of Gainesville is the Green Sink,
containing a considerable volume of
water in which it has been the custom
for many years of colored people to
bathe, and many untimely deaths have
occurred in this sink by drowning. A
notable sink is that In which Hogtown
Creek empties, about five miles south
west of this city. Hogtown Creek id
quite a stream, which runs Into this
sink hole and gradually disappears
through a subterranean outlet At this
point quite a lake Is formed, which Is
well filled with all species of fish
known to inland Florida waters.
The natural wells, which are numer
ous in the western part of Alachua
County, are but sink holes reaching to
large underground passages, through
which hundreds of thousands of acres
of land are drained.
The natural bridge over the Santa Fe
River, in the northeastern part of Ala
chua County, is one of Florida's unique
and mor.t interesting scenes, presenting
the spectacle of a large stream sinking
from view for a distance of several
miles. All the streams in the San Fe
laska hammock, a large body of land
a few miles west of Gainesville, disap
pear Into underground passages. Most
rof the sinks are dry, but hundreds of
them are well filled with water flowing
from springs. The depth of the sink
holes varies all the way from twenty
five feet down to where no bottom can
be found.
The water In a sink hole three miles
west of Winter Park was measured a
short time since and it was found to
be 350 feet deep. The hole is 125 to
150 yards from side to side and about
forty feet in depth to the surface of the
water at the bottom. From the top of
the bank the water has the deep-blue
tint of the ocean. The banks are so
steep as to render descent and ascent
somewhat difficult Gainesville Sun.
a sMstinctloBv
"Miss you can't bring dogs into the
car," said a Third avenue conductor
to a young woman who tenderly held
a wriggling little object wrapped up
In a shawl.
" 'Taln't a -dog," snapped the young
woman, and the discomfited conductor
retreated to the rear platform amid a
general titter. He studied the case for
a few minutes, and then, returning to
the young woman, said: "Miss, you
can't bring cats in neither." "
" Taln't a cat," said the young wom
an; "it's a rabbit," and the long ears
emerged In confirmation of her asser
tion. The conductor looked puzzled for
a moment and then said: "Well, ac
cordln to the rules of the company,
dogs is dogs and cats Is dogs, but rab
bits is Insects; so It can stay."
Cacn'.Bber tn Raa.
In Russia children eat cucumbers as
children here eat apples and bananas.
The vegetable is sold at every corner
by market women, and the little chaps
buy their money's worth to eat it, peel
and all, without pepper, salt oil or vin
egar. The boy who would never dare
to touch cucumbers here served In any
style eats ten a day tn Baku, and thinks
them a delicious fruit
A sneer is often the weak subterfuge
of Impudent icnoi
i35K L J ..SJ
TRUMPET OAULA
Hamad a WarsUasj
to ta Uaread-
HE truth does
nn noed defend-
Y' S7N Ji Tbe UK" ,nBt
f CrL V9vy shine in before it
wPvMr will shine out.
' i'lklvVli The Joyless man
robs others of
Joy. m
To bear misfor
tune calmly Is to
have a fortune.
We laugh at
vanity, bnt
mourn over its harvest of vice.
A man is what his life la to him.
Genuineness is greater than genius.
He who must wait need not worry.
Not all new books have new thoughts.
People out of the ark don't believe to
floods.
Epicurean meals do not make ath
letic men.
Every deserter will get what Jonah
bad a whaling.
God cuts down our branches that He
may plant his vines.
One thinker is worth more than many
collections of thoughts.
Into wisdom's web wise men theis
waiting moments weave.
The secret and success of love is M
sincerity and simplicity.
Large problems are many-sided, and
take many master minds.
A man may be born tn the mud and
yet he may die In marble.
The man who never makes a mistake
never makes anything else.
It is not till Saul has been blinded
that the heavenly vision comes to him.
There is a great difference between
working for a man's good and for his
goods.
If there were more people with fewer
wants, there would be fewer with many
needs.
Jesus bore witness to the truth; the
modern preacher thinks he must please
people.
Christ never gave His disciples to un
derstand that they could preach people
into heaven.
If you will not Invite God Into your
heart as a friend. He will not break in
as a burglar.
When the devil hears the preacher
announce for" "the usual service," he
goes to sleep.
In the child's first efforts to walk, do
not despise the prophecy of the man's
strong stride.
We never read In the Bible of a
worldly 'congregation being called a
Christian church.
Toll and tribulation are the only
coins passing current in the market
where perfection is for sale.
The milk of human kindness is a sin
gular commodity: when you give it
away it keeps Itself, but when you keep
It U sours.
TOOK HIS NAME,
Aad 8aM Be Would Bead It to the
War Department.
"My colored barber persisted in
wanting war with Spain," said a Con
gressman in talking about some of the
Incidents leading up to the rupture
of relations with Spain. Every time
he shaved me he talked in fierce and
warlike tones, and intimated that the
administration was acting in too con
servative a manner. In fact be shout
ed for gore. I grew tired and decided
to put a stop to it -
"What is your name? I asked him
tine day. He looked curiously at me,
but gave me his last name.
" 'Now I want your initials,' I said.
" Luk a hyear, boss,' he said. whut
yer want wld my name?" 1 did not
answer him, although he finally gave
me his Initials.
"Now, I would like to have your
lty address,' I said.
"He was a badly scared colored cit
izen this time. 'Fer groshus sake,
boss,' he said In frightened tones.
'gimme some understanding 00 ais
ring.'
'I at once told him that the Secre
tary of .War had asked me to take the
nnmt8 of all men who seemed in
clined to want to fight as the Secretary
desired to add them to the list of nervy
men who wanted to tackle the Span-
lards without delay.
Then I had a barrel of fun. "Please
u do dat he beraed. 'De truf la. I
has bronchitis, Bright's disease and
consumption, an my health Is in de
wus state I eber saw. I promised
him to say nothing right away about
the matter, but he never bothered me
again, and so far as I know never
talked war with anybody again.
Washington Star.
A Strange Bulgarian Custom.
An old and curious wedding cere
mony with the Bulgarians is the pub
lic and solemn shaving of the bride
groom early on the wedding day.
While the barber performs his work
the bridegroom is surrounded by a
dancing crowd of girls and lade. His
hair having been cut It is carefully
garnered by some girls, to be preserved
In a chest of the bride. When the bar
ber has done he gets as a present a
linen cloth and from every one a small
piece of money. Then the bridegroom
kisses the hand of each girl, washes
his face, and puts on the wedding dress.
The latter not the person, but his fes
tive garment must be accurately
weighed three times by a lad ere the
bridegroom is allowed to put It on.
This strange custom is said to date
back to remote times of early Slavonic
heathendom, but still continues, being
strictly observed, especially by the vil
lagers. Success Is said to be the offspring of
audacity.
Man's chief end depends on whether
be is a political orator or a dancing
mauler.
Did you ever see a busy body that was
hunting; for something good?
A woman selects a husband for her
(elf, but she takes three other women
with her to pick out a hat
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GUIDES OF A BLIND MAN.
Hia Vt aad N Pilot Hint Thronah
th Btreet of a City.
There Is a blind man living In the
heart of the old quarter who walks
nearly every day to a little restaurant
near Canal street The distance each
way is from sixteen to twenty blocks,
according to his ronte, and to see him
sauntering carelessly along one would
never suspect his infirmity.
Talking yesterday with an inquisi
tive reporter, he declared that be saw
with his nose and feet sod this was
the way be explained it: "When a man
has his sight" be said, "the smells of
the street are all mixed up, but when
he's blind he learns to separate them.
The smells of the shop are almost as
plain to me now as the signs used to be
over tne doors. Some of them you
would hardly suppose to exist Take
a dry goods store, for Instance, It
smells of cloth, and cloth has a very
peculiar odor. Iron and tin have
smells of their own, and I can tell a
hardware store immediately. I pass
two book stalls nearly every day, and
I scent them yards off by the old books.
Then there are a great many indescrib
able odors by which I know this place
and that Of course, my feet are my
principal guide, and I've been over this
same ground so often that I have learn
ed every little inequality by heart but
I couldn't get along with either nose or
feet alone. They work together, and
where one falls the other helps out.
Between them they make very good
eyes. The secret of my stepping out
ps this: I've learned how to step. Peo
ple who can see hurl themselves for
ward like locomotives. That's why the
shock is always so unexpectedly vio
lent when you collide with another per
son. I put no extra power whatever
In my movements and if the toe of my
boot touches some unknown obstacle I
stop stock still instantly."
This clever blind man leads a very
tranquil life. He has a small income
and lives with a granddaughter. A
servant is hired especially to read to
him every afternoon. Many of those
who know him are unaware of his
blindness. New Orleans Times-Democrat
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Men often climb half way up the lad
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they fall half way down and stop short
of the bottom.
tats or Ohio, Crrr of Toutdo, I
XiUOAS Couittt, f
Frank J. Cheiii makes oath that he ! the
a nlor partner of the firm of F. J. Chihit v
'o doing bufdaeoaln the Ctty of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said arm will par
the mm of oira sitkdsid doiajlbs for each
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FRANK j. (IBIKST.
Swora to before me and snbssribed in my
' i presence, this 6th day of December,
sue. V A. D. 1880. A. W. OUAsos.
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There are disrespectful questions as
well as disrespectful answers.
"Now, Morton," said one of a party
who had gone deep Into the Maine
woods In search of adventure, "we
know you've been a famous hunter,
and we want to hear about some of
the narrow escapee you've had from
bears and so on."
"Young man." said the old guide,
with dignity, "if there's been any nar
rer escapes, the bears and other fierce
critters had 'em, not me!" v
Felt lisrbted,
"So yon kicked because your land
lady didn't give yon hot meats for sup
per r
"Tee, we did. We didn't eonshier it
fair treatment for her to be giving trs
the cold shoulder all the time." I'Ulla
delphia Bulletin.
Area of Klondike OolU Fle'da.
The productive area of the Klondike
gold field covers frem 1,000 to 100
square miles.
1T.hla,iT.Cft lB e expression of
beauty Uty T aid ot Physical
mr tmv moctth a am slc CO. Cincinnati
Fruitless.
"Maria, It has at last come!"
The hitherto careworn face of the
middle-aged husband had taken on a
new brilliancy, and his whole attitude
was expressive of some sudden Joy.
"Yes," he said, trumpliHUtly, "after
a lifetime passed In ceaseless endeav
or for your sake, I am at last reward
ed. My Invention has been sold and a
fortune awaits me. Think, Maria, of
what this means to you! You will nev
er have to make me another shirt or
cravat as long as you live."
His wife looked at him with re
proachful glance.
"James," she said, tenderly, "I hope
I shall never be too proud for that
No matter, James, how. rich you shall
be, it will always be my greatest pleas
ure and privilege to make yonr shirts
and ties."
Her husband did not reply, but a
few moments later, alone in his own
room, he bowed his head over his
clasped hands and muttered In bitter
anguish:
"Alas! the labor of a lifetime spent
for naught" Town Topics.
The instincts of women are more
correct than their judgments.
Even the wisest are Ions In learning
that there is no better work for their
than the bit God puts into their hands.
ARTERSEHK
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