Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 34, Number 37, Jasper, Dubois County, 27 May 1892 — Page 7

WEEKLY COURIER. C. DOAXK, Publllifir.

JASPKK. INDIANA. 11 j.COON AND SNAKES. VW .Ink MtUr " &mh of the Imwh had lieea out eoon mutiny on Jim's mountain and they had taken twenty-fight coon out of uimrocedenWd and so one f them a,ked VneUt Jake Shibler how it was. "Hall! MM Ml UIIOIl! .11 Kit, tidmr'sez clear e ice. If any o . . . . .1 "The yon 4tirsTl list take the trouble to investf mUs you'll ffHil thHt the tree tlmt uhed all o them uoons Ik holler. Holler trees is where ooons live durin' the -winter, jit ess innny cz kin eomfbly pile in together. Now thum twenty eight coon that you gathered in was Jtwkin' up winter quarters. Some on 'em, mchlw UhiI nested in tlmt same tree a foro. 'They happened to all meet tlure together alwmt the time the first dogs struck the tree. Now, why wasn't thum hiiik in the holler o' that tree? Well, if you'll take the trouble to investigate you'll find that the holler hud Ihjou took up previously by a, family or m o' blaeksnakes. 1 hain't Mire, but I'm willin' to Inst u fnvin that you'll find a couple of o' dozen, niebbe. of black wakes huddlin' in that holler. Now, coona hain't the kind o critters that'll stoop so low es to bunk in with snakes, an' no them twenty-eight didn't ehooso quarters in that tree. The dogs kim along est they wiu eonsiderin' what they had better do, and of course, e long cjj the dnjf was there no coon would leave the tree till he was forced .to. "That's all there is to them twentyeight eoon hein' -in one tree. You'll find it's so if you take the trouble to investigate. I knocked twenty-nine coons out of a holler ohos'nttt tree wunst. They was flllin' the limits jest ez the .coons o' yowr'n was. Ncx' mornin I cut a hole in the tree, near the 1 wit torn an' lit some straw an' stuck it in the hole. I kep' the fire goin' lively, an it wasn't long liefore blaek snakes legan to come out of the holler at the top, and I thrashed the life outen thirty-three 1tg ones over two hundred and fifty 'feet o' black snakes, I'll let a farm, ifjump'ln like that's whxt you'll find in your tree if you take the trouble to investigate." That information of Uncle Jake's set me to thinking that there might be some more fun in that eoon tree, and I got Saw Gruly ami two or three more of the laws to go over with me and test I'ncle .lake's idea about the tree. Wn huilt a ft re, nad jfc waon't long before that tree wan abant a lively a sight a one would an to nee. Blade snakes began te Void ror at Ike top of thc"no-' low trunk and come wriggling atf contorting themselven te the groMQ. Forty-three immense feUJm's were routed out ana oaly tyjr got aw .After tlie snake golsuy haa out we went back fading 1eaekut, warmly congratulated UneVdnbe on lite knowledge of coon and mike We. "Oh, 1 knowed you'd find it that way if you took the trouble to investigate," aaid he. "Hut you're a pack of disgustvil idiots for doin it" "How's that'.'" jmysSnm (truly, in surpri?e. "'Cause if you'd a left them snakes in the holler, replied Uncle .lake, "you'd a found another wagon-load o' coon holdin' a council in the tree to-night, am' I'll bet h farm on it!" ".So it sec im that in wanting to get too much fun out of tlmt tree wespoiled a heap of it. but that was the funniest eoon hunt I ever heard of." N. Y. Sun. BURKE'S GRASSHOPPER. t Omit StaIrmH'ii l.ove of Nat urn I ill tory. Sir Philip Francis once waited upon "Edmund Uurke by appointment, to read -over to him some important public documents, lie found Mr. Burke in his 'garden, holding a grasshopper and observing it attentively. "What a beautiful creature is this!" aid burke "Observe its structure itf. legs, its wings, itseyo." "How can you." sakl Sir Philip, "lose your time in admiring such an animal, when you have so many objects of im'portanee to attend to?' "YetSocrat," said Uurke, "attended to a much le animal; he actually meas ured the proportion which its siae bore to the space it passed over in a skip. think the skip of a grasshopper does not exceed it length. Let us see. ' "Mv dear friend," said Sir Philip, .am in a grat hurry; let us walk in, and h;t me read my papers to you." Into the house they walked. Sir lliilip lejfan to read, and burke ap pea red to listen. At length Sir Philip, Staving mislaid a paper, a pause ensued "I think,' sakl Httrke. "that natural isti are now agreed that loeusta, not 'cicada, is the Latin word for grasshopper. What's your opinion, Sir Philip?'' "My opinion' answered Sir Philip. gathering up hln papers and preparing to go, "is that till the grasshopper is out of your head, it will be idle to talk to you of the affairs of your country. " Youth a Companion. ItaUt hi HtdgarlM. When the head of a llulgarian family tarceives that he is about to die he sends for the priest a ad begins to bar gain with him about the coat of his funeral, The moment he die all pots, pans and kettles in thi house are turned upside down to prevent hk soul taking Tsfageia any of them; ad great oare is taken to prerent either man or antir.a especially eat or dog from stepping vaerom am body, aa otherwise, in the opinion of his family, he wonra turn into a vampire, and so be a eontlntia nuisance to them and their neighbors. vhlcago Times. Cholly "I am rery fowl of littlt ewtlags' Maud (yawning, 11 p. .)-

'i would never hare eaed it" Y,

Kit M MUr the eUtf ew The violet, frairMHt aad blue, The fairest - tattt'-UUe, Awl rows of lovelkst auet Let iW twtnH H-m In wrwallw al In In urotM and In anchor hihI crown; Audita the Jow gravw of our Br4ps We lay thm la ntvereaee dewa. Tacre Time, with Ui lendreitt Mwfers Ilan liWen Uf) mt KnMis'S wave, Ami the wild ttowtrw WomUm In buty AhYn evvry hlUHitrir'H Brave. Tlif robin slrm thera M gay e rotsAll voices of nature ru hoard. And dally their mmlc uprlsoth From brecw and lrm iwe ih1 from tari Hho cure not If mo or If inarhle Or uautftit mark Um; plaeo if taelr restOn efh fall the tears of the rlmJrHW, SIhi ki-eth each mte In her bwwt. llerdditticN unfoltl thtr white petah Alike oVr the IiIkIi th low: la vurtlure she Uidi. them Jn mrnnw, In winter she given tam lir sww, "Weeome with our garlands In rl(ttlaw To dsck the Ijwr mounds where they lie, Yet nature, our motlier, U klwler, For never she passes thiw hy J Wo rome with our Imwl ami our munlo a Hut onoa, nd iwrclmMW with' a twr, Uut th sori and the stoning f aaturs Never ce through the drvliag year! Onrfrariand wtU fad and will wither, Hers MosiMtm anew with tho spring; Our MHts ntuat die out Into stllenee, Her nnthinw more joyously rin With tho when! hiw mfHUiiU we're adorntnj In a dreAmUi sleep must we .share, Antl t tender arms of wir mother Knfoitl u: with llko loving rare. Sonsd, mn:h' with sadtleet of dirges! tlnr, IhisKk! with softest of notes: Aivdcoinnidiw, whllo ntly their sighing In sweettMt of harmony Moats Cobw forth, with your lwnU full of flowers. Vllh xrl"l. "ith cros-, and with crow n, And on th low frraves of our brothers. Oh. lay thfm in reverence down.' Mary X. Kobiiwon, in Good Housekeeping. iarmer. eoa.aktoriii she's a 'woman," said Squire Mark ley, turning to k i compan ion. "Shu took up Mm claim three years ago, an' she 4cm well." "Looks kind o'lowenewe like." said tho Rtorekeeier, as they left the little claimvshack, or cabin, behind them. SHK SUII)KNI.T WAVED IT 1. ll.ulV ifttutV -eC.S a mnaniuuu, n.n.o .......... h,. mattor. I reckon she's been dis-1 ap'inted some time ernotherin war tiincH, I guess, fer there she goc now. 1 was jest a-tullin' yeh how 'twas." heaving the rude stable behind the claim-shack was a rickety, old-fahh-ioncd surrey, drawn by an anelent steed of unkempt apnarance. The woman driving was angular and unattractive, but there was something about the outfit that brought a suspicion of tenderness to the storekeeper's eyesa tattered flag; tossinjr its folds iu the prairie brceases an it floated liehiiul the wairon. He liatl followed the old stars and stripes over too many fields not to bavo his heart warmed by me unex stiftlt. "She does it reg'ler' went on Markley. "Kv'rv Deckeration day she gits out th' flag an' wtttin' in her wagin got over ter th' little prairie eemet'ry nn deckerates th graves. Ther' ain't many ter see to ylt, ycr know," he ntkted, "fer th' settlemint ain't very old aa' enly half a dosen he died-lncliHt-ia' th' hos thief that was tookaiKkkn with hemp dkmtee. Ter-day'a lh-ckcr-ft t ton Neater Lang drove serenely on, unconscious of the attention she had attracted. There was a Sunday peacefulness on Hei faee ami she turned often in her neat -o gaae lovingly on the faded enaiira behind her. It was tint only bit of gay eelnr in all the wide Kansas

lQnv" Jjwt pratty WSm FilW good sort of a

The unifernt ifreea w tan

plain streWked away to the u n broke a curve of the horiioft without another jf learn to rellwvtt iu anlformity. Tho nu-adowlarkt, halaneing them-M-lves on long weed stalks forgotten by the whuk of winter, saw it, ami with tflccful iril's soarrtl away, A blg-eyad rabbit beUle Xim wth gaaed at it in wonder, athl then, w the banner gave a amklen, quick tos, seattipeml far a Krn clunip. "Folks iHMlwbly think I'm foolish or crazy," muted Hester, talking to tha

'horse, for want of lieUer company. Uut 1 don't cure. Ther ain't nobody here ex will take hold an' rememWr th' iMiys thet fell, an' wj Til do it. 1 ain't fergot it in twenty yem. an 1 don't intnd tor begin now. It's all-right, anyway, ferWhoa! What's that?" Jibe had left the high prairie and was driin through a narrow ravine, the sides of which reached upward on either hand. A rattling of wIipcIk caught her ear. .Nearer and nearer came the sound and then over the crest of a little knoll in advance, came two horses' head, and be hind, creaking and swaying as the animals dashed madly down the declivity, a white eanvas-eovered "prairie schooner." that familiar shin of the plains so often freighted heavily with, hope or uisnppointiuent. Frightened, yet with her wits about her, Hester reined her horse to one side :iud gathering her skirts leaped to the ground. A white face showing inside the approaching waffou determined her to stop tho runaway at any cost. Snatching tho tlug by its staff from her buggy, she Maidenly waved it with all her strength directly in thu path of the horses, now so nearly upon her. With a bound they leaped back ward and then aside, lmwildered by tlm strange sight. Then a crash! and then the heavy wagon was lying on its side among the dead sunflower stalks and tumble weeds, while the furious horses,

theirfastenings,bad!1,"tt.,tsce-vcs could belon? to nooni? .... else.' were tearing away , ,pj flowed on the stream of talk as line. . ...... ...

broken loo.c from left the ravine and t....-i "What have, I one?" moaned Hester, I IxonhnndranvuM IHu foot o 10 little bh.lt .ran wl her. I I . 1 . .1 r uuiii iu mi: iiv.i' mi. iikuiui mre t,v, . . ... .. .. .1 awav tne cioin irom me top 01 inu wagon. A man s lorm lay oeneam it, pinned down by a heavy cross-loard which had been a part of the wagon box. A brass button on his coat told that be was not a stranger to the flag she had waved, and with stouter heart she set to work to drag him from his position. At last she succeeded and had laid the i . i il. f now fainting form on a patch of grass dimpled with violets that lurked in the recesses of the ravine. She turned the form over and wiped the dirt and blood from the clean-shaven face. With a cry she started back and sank for a moment helpless beside her harge. Then with an effort she pulled Iter strength together and went on with her task. Raverently she wrapped the stars and stripes around the stranger, and somehow managed to lift him into the old surrey. Then with one aria steadying the unconscious man she turned the horse homeward. Stretched out on the scrupulously clean bed In the plain yet comfortable cabin he was not bad looking. A frank, boyish expression was; on tho still face, and vet gray hairs told of a man's vears. Sickness had evidently made WiTK XVX. IIKU 8TRK?fOTH. ravamn. ill tllP fai!t!S fullness and the ........... ... ----- thin hnmls were almost ghastly in their tetiuousnes. Having seen that the stranger was Ivtnir rittietlv. Hester closed the door i . ladilnd her and taking 1 '"- riZfscrol off at the old horse leM pace aerosa the prairie after the .ml vi UjV who combined the professions of agriculture andmedicmefora 1 ivellhoo.1. "Is that you, Miss Hest asKed the jolly doctor n she. nxle up to his cabin after a three miles' journey. "Not sick, I hoik;' he added liefore she. could answer. No. but" then she stopped, the delicacy of the situation dawned upon i her sensitive mind nnd the faintest sus picion of a blush freshened the windtanned cheek. "You see it was this way she began, resolutely. "I took a man front a ranaway an' lie's over to th' hdnse, unconscious. Yon must eotae an' fix him." In a moment tlie two were jogging along over the plain. As they approaelied the "shack' Hester grew visibly nervous, but her companion maile mt enmmunt, aad as they fount! the stranger still eWivimw to the world and its happenings, they soon had other matters to think of, 'Ihi you think he will that it ia serious?" nnxkuisly asked the woman, looking into the physician's faee. "No, I guess not, though he had a mighty eloee shave." wr the renl. -U

ly to eotue tcr his snss any tim nmw,

aa then it will depend im howmti it. If he's waadwin' when K geU aekm. there's danger. If not, there's hope." "I'll Send the parson down uuria' th evening," lie called, as lie stra-tad ow4 for iKwue, "an' ntebbe I'll Is Itere wyaelf." Ulster weat qwUtly U wtrk at hr evening tak-.. taking now ami theu a aRxktes look toward tin 1ml. 'Jlw ok) lMrs was feel ami the stable door oloked against the damp spring air. "1 didn't deckerate. th graves after all, did I'" exelaimed tlte owner of the claim, talking to herself, "an" th flowers is all in th waifin. I'll take Vm in fer km ter look a V it'll be jest as well." A tender expression came into her faoe at the wonk. Loaded with the wild bloMMns the wind-llowefrs, violets anil early red roses which she had gathered during the past weekshe reentered the cabin and placed the rude bouquets beside the soldier's couch. Something in the fragranee of the blossoms, or in' the approach of Hester, reached thu drowsy senses of the sleep er, and as she leaned over the bed his eyes suddenly opened and tlieir blue i depths looked steadfastly iuto the brown ones of the hostess. "Hester!" The words sprang instinctively from the pule lips. "dim!" she replied, with a dry, hard sob that seemed to come from her inmost heart. "I've looked for you so long," whispered the man, "I thought I'd never find you." "And I thought you'd never come." (, "You knew me when I did meet you?" "Yes, dim. I'd know you always. Hut me! I'm so changed. How cottkl you know me?" Yes, you're changed and so am I, .li.a .1.1 l.wlit I,,,,, t.,41l ,Wlf, if lilti tvillta , - i c-,n,.l work lm vv. homo; of m 1 "r 'wnc to ; " " was nnsuccessTtii anu heart-sickness that resulted in a start for home; of the. runaway while en route. She told of troubles in Iter family; of being thiown on the world alone: of mourning hbn as lost; and her life on the plains. It had grown quite dark, but they took no heed of time. Suddenly footsteps were heard outside, and a hearty knock shook the cabin door. "It's the minister," whispered Heater nervously, "he's come to see you. We won't need him now shall I tell him ter go home?" Jim clung to her wrist. "Yes. we do need him he pleaded, "you know what for. Have him stay and we'll settle it for sure." She hesitated a moment and then throwing open the door invited the minister and his companion, the doctor, to enter. 'It didn't take more'n ten minutes fer th' preacher ter catch onto th' fine pinta in th case an splice th' two wanderers as tight ez th' law could hold 'cm," said the doctor the next day at the settlement storei "Th' feller's jsrittin' along elegant an' they're happy ez kittens. She didn't do her usual thing by th' dead soldiers, but she made a live one mighty comfortable an that'll do fer one Memorial day' C. M. I larger, iu Detroit Free I'ress THE LAZZARONI. A CUw Tliut Toll Not, ltHcr lloes It Spill. A ccnttirj- ago there were thirty thousand "laxzaroni" in Xaplea. Neither disease nor want has diminished their number. Their children die at a fearful rate, but there are many hospitals for the survivors, and neither board nor lodging costs them mucli, when, at a mature age. they are turned looc into tii world tn liccomc "lazaaroni" in their turn, like their unknown fathers and mothers. What is a lazaom.,', it may be asked. According to Colletta he Is a being who lives how he can without working, If he puts hand to honest labor be is no longer a "lazaaronc." It may 1 doubted whether tins "lazzarone"' will ever become extinct The resanitation" scheme will not oust him nor make him change his habits. He is more than half what his climate makes him. A Neapolitan has sakl that love is the only occupation of the unoccupied. If this be really, so. imagine the condition of Xaplcs!.U far as observation goes, the "lazxaronl," as a class, seem to con ; sider the effort of extraneous courtship ! somewhat too strong for them. They will throw sparks in plenty into the inflammable hearts of their fair ncquairt anee, but it will las rather from the sheer love of deviltry legotten of idleness than because they are in the toils of a consuming affection. -Friendship! !....!. n.nni'l" wllianor M. llHIllMm - thing merer' whlspe, " f M a3 jn g hw n , , wWn whht m U) Q imUlmw a(ivam.s ami , tlHrk cvcs i,Kve legun co gleam wJlh lon ,f tll(, M ,K, mhI girl, I fc,u, lHX,swerH: ' Certaimy. nothing - . ' nil ,tlts ei1Hff continues. Otherwise, a frown and H pout or tlie mil nps tell the man that he may, if he dare run the risk, go a step further. Truth to sav. woman is the prime oause of very many of tlie deaths by the knife. Although human nature k in few cities more human ami less divine than in Naples the verdict which acquits the man who avenges with the dagger the wrong done to his wife or skter, or gives him but a trilling sentence, k hem to be very just National neview. James A. Snurgeon, who is to carry on the ministerial duties of the Iondon tulKsrnaclc. k a younger brother of the late famous preacher and has for some time been assistant pastot of the great church. He also has a chreh at Croyden, but for many years pant moat et his time has been devoted te superin tending the agencies at work hi tioa with the UMnHMM.

THC SUNDAY OHOOL.

siaM Unii tor Mf ", laes. lpfcliUy ArtMcerf tnm . S. Quarterty.) Goukx Tex?. As ttiaca am wxt ppan ant) tt e at wta wtd whoa w k&x to do. Hcb, -rX CatmuLTaeTH. -) wwreXS!a TTori Divine bj t awMluac ftttan Tmfe&CttMGK. Th aoeaal jMsrr Jrt ncttsfltoess&r'a so&a rcia. tfcw'V yeaw afif Ujb'a I van Ukcnrsprtrc liaca.--Hah km. at the bcicM of Its frxy. Ki3Ma-JeM:aKt:a, mm at J"?h, Ua f Jadbli: Kchoehsdwixar, trtec t n'jrk. lMt'ACU. Tb(4 cma ta tc Mrtasl l ta Chfcltlcc. imm bi-MC of tho Araonic Urn Ovxa Hxnn ium.-ss. A Mraafe rl:iloa wu Mt to MbchdnBcu-. wfctck pawwd treat his ntud an wa!mtaa(. He tM Ue reality of the wtw ot Mm wtee awa toy emamMwt then to tell the dreant a well iu MMwniaK. WhcatlMMMdMfeitbeerik4 thm U to be rkkta. Thca DaaM fcw4 to 4 it. Ms sad hi throe aoMpa-afcaw iwaro. aad Gd rcrejOed the answer, Tfc Annua H girt la the vernea prvriow tm Uw kMMa. Jr. 'Thou... artaklatof khwar he ruteaer arly all the thwi kaowa world. "I'wer . . . Had ft-iorr;" Bhrtoa wan the rfchmt aad heaatitul city then exltuac. Fcr ho Burtatod It. JtL "Thc art this head of paid: bo repr3MUed the world Vtafdoaor Bsbyleate, whhh exietod but a abort tiste after kbt doata. 1 1 l-lcd Jrcra U. C (M era to MS axircht years. - The iceoad Macdaa, of titver. the breast aod anaa of the imac. was the MefcI'ersiaa. befrtanbac with Cyru. II. C . sl lasted aiooot lw haadred years, till The fourth kimrdon," the bodir aad thislM of br.-.Mi, waa tho MaecdoeJaa eaqdre, hrsa Vr Atesarder the Great. Ho retened tea year. hat the Maadota !ad UU akmit n.CC Or it was tho Itoaiaa eoMiira. 4S. -Miate ifeeaselres;" ally thctelve toy amrriate. . "la tbc di; of thete ktojpi"" ef the fourth kiaedocL "God , .. Ktini Idafdom:" that brouyhl hf Jcu Christ. Xew he destroyed it principle aro rkjrht aad ahaa aever fait That kiaacia a beea xrowtef ever iace, ar.d elready ho)d away w note than o(HiUM-Ur of the world aad three artr c( it power aad story. . "Cut out . . . wlthoat haaois!" not of buta&a. hat of Dfriae aad mysterious ori;-ia. 19, "Jiat in the gmt;" where the court was held. Mereeaaiac-J hi the c'.-.y, tho kins' thkrf eoasfcllor. "The ( of a city in the east, betas a chief idaee of eoacowe, waa a plaoe where coorti were held asd pohUe tMts!ncMWM usually uarted. The tderate Aublimo porte'-that Is wrtlttDe gate- i mtm ePyedat ernweat of tta ? Hlill tho ea CoBKt&atloople to ortwte the govthctaltaa; for la the earlier day rule, the reigning aovereura, a H Him the eae la aome parts of the . held courts ot ovUx aad leveea at the eauaaccef hta MMWeiice." One rMoa for aeadtaf tbia ma to the w rj-.i1 its iaterprctatloa through DukHU doubtksa that by Daaiel' proawtiea. aad Tayaa isttoesee upoa the kiag. the Jewiahesllesailctot be comforted aad eacooraged: he coaSroed fa faith twl alleirbaee to God: toe trtmtnx with hope: aad that the hantabtpe c( theesHe night be alleviated aad the peeato left XteeM berve aad womhla God. UtHOX XOTXS. I suppose that, of all the natkma ot die earth, the freest and the most moral, all thing considered, is that is which we live. Vet even liere, we sec so mach that it is evil, that it make our heart sick. Wo see on every hand the eursed saloon ami the gambling house. Corruption in polities abounds oa every hand, so that one sonaetimes i temptoii to doubt whether we have any real patriots in political life any more. Evil in gigantic proportions may be seen on every side. If we were to sum it up in its tree colors, we might almost giveap hop for our own dear land. I Jut even when we pat a good faee on it, it seems as though we were as far as ever front a perfectly pure government. Shall we then give tip hope, aad come to the conelusioa that men are ever doomed to live oa in this tray? No; the believer knows tlmt all these governments are one day to eotae to an end. One day the stone eat out without hand is going to eomeaad strike them all, and they are tt be brought to a perpetual end. Ood is not going to let such iniquities lire forever; ami when Ilia time eomes,lle will pat a sudden end to them all, and art up His kingdom on this earth. Exactly when that will be we cannot soy. Hut that it is wire to corns .we may be confident, for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. What kind of a kmgtdom will that 1 wlien it coaes? It ivill lc a kingdom of nshteouaacas aad peace, a kingdom in whicli Uxre will nectl to ba no ataadinjf armies, ami in which iniquity of every kind will come to a perpetual end. To live in that kingdom will be as much plesusanter than to lire in Boston as now it k plcasaatertolire ialfos ton tlian in dreadful Africa. Imagine it if yon can! No jails, no drinking- holes, no thieves, no evil-minded mca to harm others, mi quarrels of any kiwi, to mar our peace ami liappines. The fnet k, that that kingdom will be a Heaves on earth. Woukl vow like to live in aneh a kingdom? - Oh. ye. nay alL Vi'ell. then. try ami help Ui bring; on that Uiease reign by living mt those same principles here and now. If you are not willing to do this right here, aad at once, it shows that that k nef the html of a kingdom you like, aad that though you would prefer to have thk jroverament a little better than It k at present, you are not at all anxious to have it a perfect one. You want ia it room enough for your own crocked thoughts ami unkind words aad evil deeds, or you would at once cease to indulge in them. When we look at things in this way, It is a kind of revelation to us of our own evil characters, k it not? Xo: the fact is. thet in our ileepcst heart we are not at all anxious to have things much better, unless we are true Chris tians. Uut. whether we deaire It or no, it is surely coming: ami whether we are to have a part in that kingJont or be shut out from its Wesssed reign will de pend on how much we kv righteousness ami follow after peaee here. PRACTICAL SVeeaWTION'S. I. Only God can reveal the future; it is Ilk signature to Ilk word. 3. Downward tendency of society without religion from gold tosflver. to brass, to iron. . God k in all hhrtory. The world is not abandoned of Gnd. 4. All earthly things paw away; Ged'a word and kingdom abide forever. 5. It is a great privilege to bekme; to this everlasting kingdom. . Great reaulta eome from imall bo,,.7 ( .1. 9imm xne powers wi. " workl, and break every evil kingdom to pkeea are the unseen principles of the kingdom of hd. 8. Stronger teHh in the Word of Cod w the fruit of that Word's fuitttnmat. Fok dust kt the eyes avoid mldilng; dih water kt them, remove eiauara. etc, wHh the round pom t of a lend am. -fi-ef. B. G. Winder.

PCMOHAL ANO LITratAJtY. Wniiaat Waldorf AMor is HfmuJ

Wmmm to Wwrfrtiar a aawglef tike flfUwala ee-trtury. Whew he waatoa fMft daseriiie a eertaia ldad of loaaa ao lea one HUed rap im eaaetly tine way ho -Mr. KJJa W. rUk, who. tie tHW at -'Willi Serlp aad HtoJLT writtea fm-eMldrea aadoryofi gmver aad of :rarpaiday teteweaC W a aos buiewme faaaiuar to taofra wad, tkroagn the raN-lleat short rtorhrn aha has written for tW ampigtBeif -er-tary Klkia. h is aaW. M more eaUera than aajr tary sfmee the war. lie U 1 th moment tm M oat of bed aatfl he M la k. The secretary's fomOy at Uatateoantshad Wea permitted to oat hot one meal, stnee they moved Sato we Washbifften Taoase, wHhoat aC. tyw present. Therown priaeeof Kaamaaie i nohenaollerm. aad, Uwvrfore, a ) of the hoase of the Uerma Ilea, twenty st vea. aad the over which, in the natural older of events, he will reign, k only eleven years old. The Koamaaiaa uwma ie made of metal from the eaaaoa take liy the Roamaniaas from the Turks as llevaa ia 177. Mile. Elise Su Omer. the eelehrated Preach explorer, travels without aay lugyaare. not even a hand-bag;. AH she requires is stowed awayka her capacious pockets. Thus equipped, thisea rgetie lady has traveled throuerh all parts of Europe, Asia aad America: ha visited Mormons, Japanese aad Clnealese, rkWen side by side with Badamlae and climbed the Ilimalayac. Pew people bear in mind the fort that Louhe Michel, the heroine of the Park enamwf, k a peK. or waa oaee, for she writes only prose nowadays. She h sixty-two years okl aad live in a garret ia Park. She k a oaiet little woman. Even when meat eaceited she speakes in a ntoaAtoae, aad hex favorite position ia speaking k to sit befciad a table with her ha ads clacyod before her. Her only gestare is made by moving; the palm of ae hand aem the other. The other day a party of gentleen, comfM-fcaag Grand Bakes Ahyrk aad Vladimir, the due de Montr a ad others. setoff toward the Place Maabert. the center of Park WhHeehapeL They visited the house kept by the ttPere I.abette, the Ste. Geaevieee ball-reomv where Dake Alexis was aotoakhed tc nad that maar poor mem. who Mr had not dined, were pajfoga foreaehdaaee they went through, and danced all the evening. Maj. Tasamasa Fnkashima, the Japanese gentleman who is ridfogf TKerlin te Tadiooek in the saddle, k making; slow progress. A pedestrian eoakl easily keep up with hbn. Although there k nothing wonderful in hk undertaking;, he k met at every town with n big crowd and wattfua with courteous military attention The makx" kef small stature, being half a head shorter than the shortest Knadnai OtnWWHTa Senijfct SnW JeVCOTg(Nga ffdk9VfEaa Terr mnsenhw. Mis 1 of an Eagihmbreed. HUMOROUS. - fmwvw The ncwof of the i ktin the enOng." 199 it hat. If m the digesting." X. TNewjR. Ethel I eoaTsln't mnnage to get a1oa without art Naad 1X coarse net: sack eonudexions are a whmr tuae. Making (iame of Mhntelf. Heat Sportsman 'ilit anythlngr" Second Sportsman (lmtpteg alongfl "Tios; fooL Kate Field's Washington. ks Smart ha accepted young fellow who im paying attention to her. -Is he rfchr --Wda't I any she had accepted him?" N. Y. lrwsCobbie "Whet lark dW yon hae ia mntehinar that ribbon for your wife?" Stone -First rate; I didn't succeed kt matohlagthe ribbon, but it h?d te a divoree." Ckeik Keriew. "It's a long lane that has no turning' said Charley Chngnrkts' room mate. "Y-m-mT replied Charley, whn was making his toilet, "and it's the same way with a sheet eat"." Washington Star. In Print. H aHAffeft'4 Jl fflMM Mb eVmf ania ea Mast eeat Cg0 gMCC Iw Jagglfc'r,'J AW Detroit Free Preaa. "I can take a haadred words a minute,' mU the stenographer. I often take mre than that." remarked the other in sorrowful aeeentsc; -but then 1 have to. I'm married. Moeton Transcript. Consideration for miM Temtny "I had sneh a bad dream hurt, night, gradpupar The Admiml-TeM it tm me. Tommy?" Tommy "Oh. net It would only frighten yon ae k frightened me. ranch. hoykh Ifnyfulnos. June "What's the hoy yelling aboatr HeInson "He wants the other bag to eomeaadheip him seratek pfetare ha the new pahtt on Johnson's fenee heUtrr H get dry." Jester. He (angrily) "Leok at thk bL Eighteen dollars for pertnmery lor mere odors that fade away she fealmlrW-GonetonBeet the i of thew worth of cigars you eonwumed since the 1st of What Can She Do? isMtle4er'si uraetnasemlfeclaeo--. It Does, Iadeed. Sltiogfm I aa bv the neniiptrs that the Maeereff Afghanktnn Has sent to Queen Tkdorfm a letter of tei.dolence on the rmJ the duke of Clarence, the Jf,"" leed fm anon of r"!1 weighfni apouad. Uftnmr-'Whatai U -L uMtr trifSe. Rshews that he hirnn an irh-"-riMB

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