Ills Question. Sixty questions make an hour, One for every minute; And Neddy tries, with all his might, To get more questions in it. Sixty questions make an hour, And as for a reply The wisest sage would stand aghast At Neddy's searching "Why?" Sixty questions make an hour, And childhood's hours are brief; So Neddy has no time to waste, No pauses for relief. Sixty questions make an hour, Presto! why, where is Ned? Alas! he's gone, and in his place A Question Point instead! —The Churchman. Uncle Sum's Midnight I.an<t Deal. One of the best bargains ever made by Uncle Sam was that of the pur chase of Alaska from Russia in 1867. The czar had been most friendly to ward our country during the civil war. and when Uncle Sam offered to buy his immense possessions in northwestern \ America he gave the matter favorable 1 consideration. He had planted forts | and trading posts in many parts or ! this territory .and had got to calling It the "outpost of St. Petersburg," but he knew that Uncle Sam was growing into one of the foremost rulers of the earth and he wished to keep his good will. Then, too, Alaska would be dif ficult to defend in war time and the czar had always made a point of keep ing his domains joined closely, annex ing only such territory as lay directly upon his borders. So, after he had thought it over, he offered to sell lor $10,000,000. True to his dickering In stinct, Uncle Sam held out for $5,000,- 000. "Split the difference," proposed the czar, "say seven and a half." "Seven millions," insisted Uncle Sam. "Done," decided the czar, as lightly as though it had been a pair of old shoes. The Russian Fur company, however, wanted $200,000 for its interest in the territory and Uncle Sam agreed to pay it. Noth ing remained but the signing of the treaty, and this was done at midnight on March 29, 1867, at Washington. Uncle Sam's secretary, Mr. Seward, was playing whist in his parlor that night when the czar's representative. Min ister Stoeckl, was ushered in. "I have a dispatch, Mr. Seward, from my gov ernment .by cable. The czar gives his consent to the cession. Tomorrow, ir you like, we will sign the treaty." Mr. Seward laid down his cards. "Why wait until tomorrow, Mr. Stoeckl? Let us make the treaty to night." "But you have no clerks and my sec retaries are scattered about town." "Never mind that," replied Mr. Se ward. "If you can muster your secre taries before midnight you will find me awaiting you at the department or state." And so at midnight light was stream ing from the windows of the depart ment of state and the place was busy with writers, secretaries and engross ers. At 4 o'clock in the morning the treaty was finished—engrossed, signed, sealed and ready for sending to the president and the senate. And the next day the senate ratified the trans action and the immense country or Alaska, with its hidden gold, passed within the limits of the United States for the price of two warships. Why Did Sho I>o It ? "No, I'll never speak to Marie again; never, never!" "Why, my Whirlwind, what is it now?" "Oh, Aunt Clara, you are so patient and forgiving that, of course, you will see no wrong!" "Well, tell me all about It, my lit- j tie Whirlwind, and I promise not to be hard on you." "Yes, and Aunt Clara will so smoothe out all the wrinkles that before day- ! light tomorrow you'll be waking me ! up with your singing, so that you may j be in time to make it up witli Marie." j This last speech was from Ned, who i sat on a stool by the big fireplace, and i had put down his book as "Whirlwind" j burst into the room. She tossed her ! head impatiently at him for an answer, j and began her tale of woe to her lis- | tenTng and ever patient young aunt. ( When she had finished, Aunt Clara ! answered never a word. A light j gleamed in her dark eyes, and she j sighed. After a little while she spoke, i 6oftly and gently, but not at ail abou'. Whlrlwind or Marie; only as if she , were looking back over the years. And. j indeed, she was. "Shall I tell you a story, my dear?" j Ned dropped his book again, and ; Whirlwind was all attention. "This is a true story of —a friend or | mine. When we hear 'true stories,' i they are generally told because they J show some noble trait of character, or i some thrilling episode, or a spirit or ! bravery, or something of that kind. Yet ; more often. In our frail human lives, j it is not the moment of nobleness that | leaves lasting good, but our very weak- ( .liesses, photographed on the sensitive f plate of our imagination, that s-are at us again and again, until wo could not. in very shame, act so again. "This little incident happened many years ago to a child, who is now a woman, and although she never again , ■ saw the other prominent character In ! \ the episode, the vision of that one Quick, impulsive wrong action rises j again and again before her, and 1U memory can never be effaced. | "She was not a bad little girl, not ! was she a 'goody-goody' one, just an j ordinary little girl. She was playing, i one summer evening, on the sidewalk ' with her little friends of the neighbor- I hood. They had exhausted themselves, all except little Letty, and she, brim ful of mischief, and action, and im patience, was waiting to resume the play. "Suddenly, along the street came a strange sight to these boys and girls, whose ages ranged from five to eight. It was a child of the streets, a little newsgirl, in a torn frock, and with tumbled hair, and dirty hands and face. She had evidently wandered from her own neighborhood, and she seemed very much out of place among these children of careful parents. " "The little ones, one and all, drew together on a stoop, gazing in shyness and curiosity at the stranger, who might have been a gypsy, if one had judged by her semi-wild appearance. When she reached the group, she paused, and there was a moment of silence. The twilight had deepened Intt dark by this time, and the gleam <4 the street lamps, which were not elec tric then, shone dimly upon them all. "'I work for my living!' suddenly and proudly spoke up the little waif; and perhaps a feeling of childish shame fell upon them, for no one answered. "'See what I have!' continued the little voice, and there was a sound of clinking coins as she slipped her hand into her ragged dress, and drew it out again, extending the open palm for them to see. Eagerly they scrambled forward to look, and then it was that l.etty did what she was never able to explain, even to this day, grown wom an though she is. "It all happened in a moment, In less time than it can be told; and while they were all scrambling to see, Letty stepped forward with them, and striking the extended hand from be neath, she knocked it upwards, send ing the coins flying over the sidewalk and into the gutter. Even before the words "for shame!" were uttered by the children, Letty's heart was strick en with remorse. "Well, of course, the waif cried, and they all stooped to gather up the coins, all, that is, except Letty, whose fool ish pride forbade her to acknowledge her fault. She was a very little girl, of course, and I know that she was not an unkind one, just as you know that Marie is not unkind in her heart, even though she is impulsive and hasty, like our 'Whirlwind'; but though that is true, and she will never see 01- know tile waif that worked so hard beyond her years, yet Letty has her remorse for that action, and will never forget it. It was the beginning of her trying to think for others. "Now, Whirlwind, I have told you this little story only because it is not always our noble actions that stamp our characters, and so, I am sure that you will waken Ned early with your singing, and will find that Marie, too, has regretted the harsh words spoken between you." Aunt Clara, always the most cheer ful person in the household, was sil ently looking into the fire with a half dreamy smile on her face. Ned and Whirlwind left her thus, and as they slAtt the door, Whirlwind said; "Would you have believed it, Ned. if any one else had told us?" "No, and if I didn't know that she could not pretend, even to a name, I'd say it couldn't be!" And meanwhile their Aunt Clara Letltia, or Letty, as she was even yet sometimes called, was thinking: "Why did I do it? Who can analyze the child mind and tell?" Virginia Morten. Fencing. That times are changed is a fact that every man over forty is sure to an nounce with emphasis. liut the change is sometimes greater in appearance than in reality, as in a case reported by the Epworth Herald. "How's this?" said the farmer, who was reading a letter from his son in college. "Come here, Betsey. Harold Howard Augustus writes that he wants money to pay his fencing bill. What 011 earth does the boy mean?" "I s'pose it's the college pastur' or somethin', Matthew. There's so many pcrnicketty things the poor boys at college have to do." "Ho! he! It's lessons in fencing he wants to pay for. Waal, now, that beats all. I've been fencing for forty years, and I never had to go to col lege to learn how." "But times are changed, Matthew. Fences aint made as they was when we climbed 'em in Root Hollow." "I expect that's so," said the old man, thoughtfully. "He don't say whether it's a rail fence or a wire one. but 1 reckon he'll learn both ways. I never thought a boy of mine would have to go to college to learn fencing. Times are changed." A Grariunte or Went Point. Arthur Sherburne Hardy, our new minister to Switzerland, is a graduate of West Point. He served in the Third artillery, traveled much, studied in France, was professor of civil engin eering and mathematics at lowa col lege and Dartmouth and wrote several successful novels and text-books. Green crocidollte, or "cals eye," Is found in New Mexico. Yale and Harvard universities are ne gotiating with Cambridge and Oxford lor an international athletic contest to take place in America. It requires no experience to dye with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Simply boiling your goods iu the dye Is all tkut is necessary. 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The medicine which for 60 years has held the record for successfully ridding children of these pests is Frey'aVernilluge— made entirely from vegetable products, containing no calomel. IT ACTS AS I TONIC. by mull. E. &S. FEE*, Baltimore, Md. M Rest tough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use TKffl'V T , &r2is}Thomp#i , EyeWater mm mtau mmu-Muu u mm ■ ■-■Q 122 RAPES! Greatest. Cheapest Food on Rartb P lor Swine. Cattle, | UißSion Doilar Grass j For this Notice and f Go. jHSSaSlky' For 11c. 1 aplaotlld TtscUMo and S I P- brtlliaut (lowerc*<l j ack*ge and cateioy. | jJOHN ASMm SEED CO.. u SiH -■ m ■ k M ■ wmm r ■jejg r. N. U. 7, 1901. DROPSY, caaaa. Book oI testimonials and 1() days' treatrr l'ree. Dr. H. H. O&EEN'B SONS. Box B. Atlanta. !r
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