Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 39, Number 16, Jasper, Dubois County, 25 December 1896 — Page 7

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TON I hunfr tip my tocklnft-So long It seems to-duy Since children three nflush with nie left off their merry play, Al.ll : ' . Ini . k

wmwwH vneir NiocKlnKs In a row "Each taughlnK sprlto In rohe of white uway to bed did go. WkM I hung Bp my stocklng-The world was differ nt then; ÜBVi I Hi., mind by things that Mind and log the souls of men; Jl prayer lisped ut a mother's knee, a hope to "only peep " If we wore ipdck and . a St. Nick while others luy asleep.

When I hung tip rny stocklng-The gniy dawn came so lute Ka- h little head In trundle bod Ni weary with the wait; A ttMlthjr rush of white-robed three and then the stoi kings spilt Their treasure out. to laimh and Bhout. upon the patchwork guilt. When I hung up my stocking-If now I could hut feel ucb bubbling Joy without alloy as r aching to tho heel Bruught In tho cold Kray dawnlnga of those Christmas days gone bjr, Not anyone beneath the sun would be so b'lad as I. When I hung tip my sto king-No mine of srolden ore, Or Jewels rare, past all compare, as In Aladdin's store, C luld make me fed such wealth to-day as once 1 Usui to know Y.".'.n counting out, with lauph and shout, the pennies In the loo. When I hBBB up my stocking If wo could always hold. Throughout our days of devious ways, like pictures framed n gold, Clote to otir hearts such memories of childhood's perfect bliss, We'd of:- n llr.d What now, too blind. In Ufa

we s;niy miss. Mary C. Huntington, In N. Y. Indepcnd ent.

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n dulLs; the whole 16, and they MN talkingor chp.tring iikc marrnics. when

the door oiencd and Jit-v. Edward Daytaa walked Into the room. Now Iter. Edward was ta.ll, he was young, he had a pair of

Weil opened, honest blue eyes, Iiis fair hair abosrod decided symptoms of curling, when it was allowed to grow I J ond Um orthodox clerical length, his features were distinctly Greek in their outline, and his figure would have Üb aradil to any younp uthlete; his . rical garb w;is veil cut, nnd of the ftneat cloth, and when to these attraci : s were added a particularly frank and charming manner, Bad a most fascinating IBBgh, it can readily be under

stood w hy the new rector of St. Honiface, ChiCBfO, was bo jsjpular with his

congregation, nnd so adored by tli

i I da lac portion thereof. Coaaaqq tlj when he entered the rectory draw iiiir-roo m on Um afternoon

in oiiffition, where M pretty pirl were ' ; loved in fl rating dolls for tho I ttriatIM bazar, and, in nn llMlWltil I nncr, enjoying th.-excellent tea nnd

I niapOBBad faif hia maiden aunt, it wsj not u le wondered at that his nj1 trance caused a little thrill of excitement to pass through the circle of fair

w Ti.ers

Mte rector had oidy la-en at St. lloniface nine- months, but nlrewdr he was

on fairly intimate terms w ith the ladies

"i tus concrepation, -;ccially the

younc; pirls.so w ithout any preliminary he Itewd his errand. "I am in a fearful fix.' he MUKMUtesd, in a very loyLh ami nnclerical man"And 1 want one of you JWUff to help me out, of it." 1 he offers of assistance were many Od prom)t, but the rector still looked orrttd and anxious. "Vou see it is just thia way," he leF'ii. halancinpr bis spoon across the ' of hin cup, and pnzinfj at it intently"I have suddenly batfl calleil away on some errand for the bishop nnd it will be impassible for me to ref. back W Chicnpo for Christmas day." He paused here, and a storm of rxnatfea nnd refrrcts was pounvl 'Tth, in the miiLst of whkh a saucy .votinp voice w as heard to exclaim: A4 you want us to write ymir Chrlstaaa atrmoa for you? How perUy charnin"-. I Inno always fancied it ,.,,, Iä - a - - - ,

inuai. um iiiovi. tiei igui i tu to st an (I a pulpit and deliver nicely jsiintp'1 little mornl nxioma nlwnvs. of

tlK'm und make the afternoon a little bright; and I etmt tlnd anyotw to take my place; everyon wants to te at bkm on Chrtatmaa day. o i amattall ,b" I r tfelafl that I cannot keep my promise- --unless " He broka oir aaaHrtlngti. and laokad entreat,, gj nt ti,L. H,y.y u f;iir n mds baten I. im. Hut they all hagm with one oc ord to make excuse. Oaa os "no sorry, but she had trornlaad nostki apo la fo to a matlnaa m ChliatOMM ufternoou, und couldn't

bieak the fiiyairement." another "li lt

ju.st nwftillj to refuse Mr. Dayton any

thing, the last, with a nie t in.' irlance

from a inir f Iul' brown ma "but

BTandmaBMBa wus eomiiiir to Mtcnd tlie

lay, und it would .seem o disrespect-

fui to leave her."

A third "u.is taJtlntr i-art in una.

cert their ptiild was to pive on New

ears ee, and she had promised Mr.

irevor faithfully to practice hLs a-

conipaiiiinent with him on Christnuis afternoon; he was so anxious to be well up in his nrt of the trio."

A fourth pul "wished dear Mr. Dai

ton would ask her sonn t bini' else, for

sh would just love to helft him, but rcallv it made tier so dismal. Keeinn-

thoaa poor aoola suiter, that momma had positively forbidden her to po opain." They were all so sorry, and so repretted that they could not help him, that the younp rector felt sure that it was not the will that was wantinr;. and tlmnked them for their ready sympathy as warmly as thouph It hail BOOfl practical help. Hut in the midst of the volley ot axeusos a bright thoupht struck one of the fair de fa ul tors, and she exclaimed : "Why don't you ask Hvclyn to take your place, Mr. Dayton? Vou would.

Wnttdfl t you, l.ve, dear?

i ne rector hesitated, then said, In

formal tones, and without meeting

Bra B eye: "I am afraid that it would not be much in Miss (iwynn's line." Evelyn drew herself up proudly and

seemed tboat to reply, then a half

nmused, ball hurt expression erOOBed hi r face, as he turned carelessly nwnv, nnd WUB tared over to u table wheic

two pirls sat diattinp busily as th. v arrayed round taeed, dinapledL waxen beaotj in the royal robes of Queen Kliaabeth. "Evelyn, why did Mr. Dayton BB.V tlunt visit inp thn sick was not in your line?" queried May Lindsay, as she adjusted the crown on the head of the doll queen. "I am Fiire there is not n pirl in the puild who Baa done as much visit inp nt the hospital and 'Home for Incurables," ns you have I don't see w hy he should s. em to repard you as so frivolous lately, he never used to.

felt M.re and hurt at his opinion of her nnd mentally raaalead that for BOOB she BTOUld desert her invalids rather thun nave Mr. Dayton Imapine she a lu100084 by his w ishes, but better counsel BflJM II b the inorninp, and sheconBOttd herself Witt the thoupht that Mr. I iy ton WM ut of the city and woul 1 probably never discover that she had taken Ida place.

it wai Cbriataaaa nfternoon and Bft WOB daaecadlag the staircase of the "Home for Incurables" on her way to the BOHÜl Bla tOOal where she had left her coat and bat. When she entered the house it bad been bright, clear day, and as she had po od fron rooan to room she hnd

1 eine. I to the poor sufferers to have brought somethinp of the Tivid outside brfghtaoaa with her; now the situation was reversed, the frosty sunshine bad piven way to the sudden win

ter tm lligbt, nnd, in sympathy with tleehanpe, her heart, was heavy with vicarious sorrow. Like many seeininply volatile natures her was a 'pticklv J'Bipatbatifl one, and she was sad with the light of s-o many who were doomed to spend the last years of their bfe in offering. Tho little ante room was dark when aha entered eo darb that she started, when a tall, shadowy fipure loomed up before her, und B voice said: "Good erewhag, Miss Owynn." I think he must have leen wait inp far her for some time, for his eyes were evidently to some extent used to Ute dim lipht; however thnt tnny Iw he could not see well enough, however hard be triad, to db cern whether she looked pleased or otherwise, as she said, naturally enouph: "Why. Mr. Da v ton. bow vou

startled me! I thoupht you were miles away." "1 got bach ns early as I could!" he replied, "and came around to see bow

the 'home' had fand for its Christmas. Let DM help you into your jacket-" Well, it always is n terrible business L'ettinp n jacket to ro simply over one of our present enormous sleeved dressBB, but these two eeeflMd to make a worse job of it than usual. At lenpth. when it was satisfactorily adjusted nnd Eve was Hastening a monstrously elongated fur animal of some sort nroimd her throat. Lev. Edward broke the awkward silence with a rush. ."Miss dwynn, I want to ltrp vour pardon." "Why, Mr. Dayton?" "Hecausc I have ntajodgod yon." "1'lease don't say any more. Sir. Dayton." "Hut I must. T have been sittinp in jtidpmcnt on you as you know I know you know it, nnd to-lay I came here, and poinp from (room to room found that you hnd been there before

loved yfa, I think, ever sinvce I met you, Bad like u self riphteou Phaiiaaa I hart leavored to put my love aside. I hod not w it eiiorrjrh to see the beat in you, and have tortured myself by iinapininp I was in love with a thoroughly world

ly woman. Eve. d. . r, J deserve notüinp nt your hands, bnt, darlinp. if yoq w ill only establish a home of your ow n for 'incurables' I will try with nil the love that is in me to make you happy, WIM you marry me, dear?" The fipure ut the wlndoUf turned nronnd, but it Faid DOtblBg. PorhBpl it did not need to. Attitudes tell a prent deal sometimes, nnd then I thin!: there was a shadowy outline of n little OUta trot bed hand. At any rate, Re. Edward took three lonp strides nerosa the toon, and the next sttitude thnt showed rpainst the dim window was a very confixed one. Hut it did not matter; no one wns there to see. Wim It dark? Well! IVrhnps nn ordinäre bei Iffhted mortal. Inrmlaaa mmA

tmlorinp. mipht have theupht so. but to thaaa two the room was full of rndinnce. for if one is supremely happy, one carries on. 's atmosphere about with one. and what the rest of the world moves In matters vcrv little. Ethel Erfragley, in Chicago Saturday Evening If. raid. At ChStMaaM Time. Who would not bo merry at Christmas time, And Bantatl nil wnrrj' at Christmas tlma! A wrll-üfirinR of el. .-er T'rom the heart of the year, VThrn earth ll. th m -re. is the Chrlstma time! Tt. l to t.e merry at Oirtstmas time, All Baalies to bury nt Christmas time: All mvy and strife To put out of each life. That Joy may be rife at the Christmas time! 'Tis well to be merry at Christmas time. To opn our hr-nr:s at the Christmaa timeThat love and wood will Kvery corner may fill. And vanquish all 111 at the Christmas time! Tls pood to be merry at Christmas time. To open our hands at the Christmas time: Thnt sonn- who are sad May by OS be madeplad. And Klorlfy God at the Christmaa time!

HUMGHtOUS.

THE SUN PAY SCHOOL.

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liuim duty of man Keel 12:11 Till: RKVJEW,

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Uul..; ua of l'ulaces

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Visit of Vueen of Sbeba

i-roveros Poerua Natural liniory Luxtii i t.re:.t iSatabliaameot. t on ed Labor , pi -.M.e Taxe. waioiUMk fiuu CioU.

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Partei of Declina Idolatry Kuvored. Qhaatosfe. MotoeB, AstatoretU I lol Shru.e onllllvot

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J. roluui'.N Insurrection

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Mab, ! BM a lot f snse." -flow Baaar un) Ueaaa ir D . . u.Imt a doaaabe show if.-' wflhi Mrser a va ia licrt if t i mt e;,i more i -li ipe.it than (Arranged from PalOObBt! Notea) Iba mm w ho in lalhingto Ohdea- i aouw.s -rnxT.-it ua hear the cn. i-o ;, , cluat n i f tit-- v..ol raatter: t ear God an

-Vagoe. -Mack " h.i do Og think tif Scribbler's new lc?" Bab bins Imven't formed an opinion.' "Von Ii..-' have baOB nailinpthe critJcisnis." Life. Crawford - "How is it tbut the janii ft pi the tl.it is such an autocrat?" (.ritiisbaw -"1 Mippie it's becau" whereve; he poes be pentM-ally pets in I on the pround lioor.'.ludpe. Poin' Of I "IfW, l!ilkT, you OUght to be a-.. allied to wear such pood clothes when y.u owe me so much money." ".i; )uu OBght to be proud to lend niouey to a man w bo went such pisid clothes." -Chicupo ivecord. . "Can you Mipport my daufjjhtef in the style to Which she is ac-ustonietl?" Baked tier father, "i'retty nearly," replied the suit o.-. "Of course I can't beep up the BBgagOmeat luxuries I hae piven her forever." Harper's Ilazar. Ym,m rewiarkad sntan, firmly. "I WOWjd rather viel.) sonn thinp to liberal theology than resign myself im. tha clutches of any coal trust." Accordinply he pave onb-rs to bavepasolincstoves rnbbatHuted for tho rangoa hitherto nployed, Detroit Tribune. "Happened to e, your wife on a wheel yesterday, if I raaaember, I heard vou declare you would aercr nllow hot to ride." "Yea, I know. I!ut She had a chance to trade off her put dog f.-r a wheel and I tbOBghl I woold rhtxise the least evil." Indianapolis Journal, "Did you attend the big meeting el Old (ity Hall last nipht?" asked one ! Pittsbitrf her of another. "No." "Why ' not ."' "Well, my name was not on th 'ist tf vice presidents, and I knew that if nil those men Were there I wotdd not j b able to get in the ball." Pittsbtu g) Chronicle IN legraph.

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'Tis meet to be merry at Christmas time. In a Christian land nt the Christmas time. When Rladnes and mirth, Since that wander ful birth. Have ruled o'er the hearth at the Christ, mas time! And while we rejoice at the Christmas time. Let this with the peal of our glad bellt chime; "All clory to Cod For the love that He showed. In the pift He be. towed at the Christmas time" m. a. afatWand, moutiook.

"WHY. MJ. DAYTON. HOW YOU STARTL.KD MK "

eonraa, eorefally pointed nt boom one I ,e

Aod the apaohor, a siipht. gaojaofjaj Monde, with a plqoBjat ezpreo ,lr,t!. nnd a pnlr of miscbJoVWM blue bot n halMnup hinp, bnlf-deflant Jaoa at tlvr handsome younfi- rector, reddoaad slightly f's ha replied in ' oottetrained tones: "hfaoy Ktaa Irotjrtt, but I won't trouble ' "' ,f that extent. I hnve nrrnnptvl WTfj one of Mr. Hrooke's curates aiae the services for me, but he leaves "Cy tffr the rm-rnlng sen lee. to to,, 0nfl f n,,"n ehvhea, and J ee bad prcmiis-a to drote Christ nL rT,oon 0 th potlmta of SHU" InM,rW, "J tky hare W on harinp- soms one read to

Doesn't he know that for years you have pone to your 'incurables' every Bondaj siternoonf Why, we all repard you as the most poody, pooxly pirl in our set. I . 1 . 1 1 "t s. e what has come over the rector." "It ia not worth talkinp altout," said Brohyo, lightly. "Mr. Dayton has never been asked to take an afternoon at thO 'incurables' since he c.mie until now, so he probably doe not Vsnow that. I am in the hal.it of poinp there. May. you are getting that ruff for her majesty too high." And then th. v all plnnpcd into the

mysteries of dulls' dressmakinp npnin. When Edward Dayton first came to

Ft. Boniface ha had been Iriaalstlbly nttrncte.l by Evelyn GWfOJl! BTBttr I

(boa and '.nicy speeches, but lately his I manner had be n much colder, for he had anired nt the conclaalon that Ee-I lyti enrod too little for serious thlnp to consent to become a clcrpyrnan's j wife, nnd he was too unaccustomed to dornen to divine that heir BlppBBl ( speeche were assuined, nnd thnt her I pay. earaleaa manner concealed n warm, penerous heart. The fact was the. Evelyn wns so distrusted nt the stuhlen

mania for parish WOTh.whieh hadsrlred the younp ladies of Rt. Eoniface since Mr. Dayton's ndvent, that she. hnd t.-ken particular pnins to njtpenr ind'.eVrent, nnd even frimlotts. nnd hsd on one or two occnslotvs evaded doinp some cnrch work which Mr. Dayton hnd asked her to attend to personally ; benee his remark abont the "inertreblea" not belnr "In her line." Eralyn

nie. and bad left euch a trail of briphtT.es behind you, that your path was eaay to follow. The poor souls here are witnesses to qualities in you that I have been blind to." "IVea.se don't say any more." pleaded Erelyn, "Vou ne poinp to the other extreme now, and I really won't k tummy elf. Perhaps you did not irive me

er.dit for some things, but after all you know I am very frivolous!"

Bat tha lauph with which she said it was not quite nnturn!, and there wa rcallv no rrnson for her to wnlk tothe window nnd look out, for there was nothinp to lte seen three but a blur of

Iü'ht from too Window opposite. Chore wns a pnuse, and then a voice enme from the shadowy fipure in th center of the room. "Miss Owvnn. vou have done B irreaf

deal f.ir these xor wiuls here; WOO' you do Something forme?" "Hut yOO in tu t an 'incurable. "said Evelyn. The fur monstrosity had evidently cune Unfastened agail nnd .required n prent deal of attention, nlso i emed thai the blur on the onpaalto side of the atreel had acquired a frt ih ll t'-rcst.. so It was tt the back of a dim

ly Otttllned fipure in the window thnt Rev. Edward spoke next. "I am an tap III able." Miss Qwryna; 1 am raftering from sonathiog thnt r must esjwy with me the rest of my life. nn1 I tton't e'ant to lx curel. Etc, dear, listen to me n moment fo not spek, dear, until I hnve finished let ma have my aar, even If the nnaw-er N '"So. I lore yon. dear, so desrl v ; I hs ve

Meant for the Minister. A popular minister in Fifcshire, in the pood old t imes, used at liristnia to be inundated wUh baaperB filled with pood thinps. On one occasif-n an enormous turkey was sent to Vlim by the tiiouphtful kindnes of n. neghhoring fanner; but a the minister's family bad already provided fvr the ( .'hristmas dinner, the lmd wa sent to the market und sold. A passer-by, seeinp thi fine speci

men of poultry, said: "Whnt n splendid turkey! .lust the thing for tho minister's Christmas dinner.'" To the minister it was apain sent. The provident wife sent it i train to the market, and sold it apain for s handsome sum. Another friend, similarly struck wlfh the Splendid proportions of the turkey, purchased it. and sent it to Uli-minister.

Thr pood w oman, not wish inp to fl y

in the face ot Proridenee, said st laati "It is clear that the Lord Saeana w

to have this turkey," and with the opprobation of the family, it formed t.r.rt

of the Christmas dinner. Youth'sComponlon. A Real SHnta China. Bsntn Cinus, I hnnrr for you, Hy the mantel. Ftoekfnui twoOne for me and one to o To another boy I know There's a chimney In .u tow n Yon hnve never traveled down. Bhould you cbaaee te aatar thai a You would find a room all bare:

.ot a stooklnn rotdJ you spy. Matters not how you inlftht try And the shoes you'd find are such As no boy would care for much. In a broken bd you'd see H rue one 'i;st about like me. 1 ' amiiif; of the pretty toys' Which you bring to other bojs, And to htm a Christmas sc-ins Merry only In his dr. am.

TEACHING BY PHONOGRAPH. A Orion ;.ul Clin r s, I,, ,,,,. f ,.w lork l'r.if.nr of ban ku;ii; . Many QOrel proj"cts have bean lieI .'ised in tin- way of language teaching, but never until just lately has the I Itonog raph been ajoda port of the oui I fit Of the lilipuistif ploles.sorS. It is lirti.-ul: at Aral to see how this Instrument can help along- teaching of nny kind, but thereon bangs the talc T itman who has adapted the phonograph to this profession is I:. ). Cortina, and ! he has been so successful that alreadv i ha hn sent out over BOO niachincK. ail loaded with Iiis instruction and primed with his voice. Until the phonograph waa applied to !nnj!uapes it was necessary for anyone wishfasg to study a foreipn tonptie o 11 literally at the feet of the master and learn the pronunciation and the .ac

cent from his very lips. Hooks aaigbl be pored arer and a InagBOge partially learned in thnt way. bat the voice of the tencher had to be heard The Idea OatOO several years npo t . Mr. Corti ia 1 that throtiph the dmmsjlBlBTl he eouid praetleaMy dotdleata himself in every 1 corner of the civilied world. His method is simple. With each phonograph then- is scm Iriotaxtbocfc SO loaded cylinders and 20 blank om s. , Each loaaoa in tha book Is Brranged in the form of questions and answers. The pupil, ready tobepin, puts the cvl I Oder Of the first lesson in the machine. thO tubes in his ears and starts the phonograph. Keeping his eye on the book he hears The Words and phses repeated, with their proper accent, just aa if the pro fieaeor Btood Ot his side. There is nn additaonnl adrantoojo thnt the b---son can bo repented 2 or MO times if neone -ivy. DBtil every sound is fiimiliar to. the pupil. Th-,,. baring hoi uughfy learned th - ttteneea, be puts one f the unna -1 eytlndera in the macfaJne and re 1 ocnts the lesson. In a little paper lo-i the cylinder BfOea back to New York, nnd nt his earliest opportunity Mr. Cortina pops it into his ow n machine. At bJa side is the atOBOgrnphar. A 1 he listens to tin- laasan reneotcd bach, now stopping the pbonoirrnnh. n

'artiny it point' ncain, he dictntes h'k

A (jt-neral Sunmuiry of His Life. Firat ThaBenefita He Conferred on His Nutiou. 1. He rui.s, d Israel, for a time, to ÜM hiphest of Its national aspiration-, nnd allowed the possibility of splendor and authority to which it

mipht attain. i arrar. Ha stirred the intellectual life of the people in new directions. He awakened ansang tU. ui a Stroag. deire for deeper wisdom iind hiplier art, which, during the stormier ap.-s which followed, never wholly died away, and in borne dlrectiaau consttly developed its If with more atid niore power and beauty. He enahrineal their worsnip in a worthy and pt rmnoi at ten. pie, by which 1k influenced tiieir religious life down to it latst tlays. This temple waa ideali.ed, together wiüi Uie city, into u type of the Spirit ual Temple and ! the .New Jerusalt m, tho city of God which canae dov.-n froia geaven. It Taa to them a perpetual reminder and isible symbol of God's presence and protection, a strong bulwark of all the nnerod traditions of their laws, a witness to duty, un impulse to historic Study, an inspiration of sacred song. He organized the sen c.-s of the Levi U-ji and placed their position on a secure, basis. He quickened their sense of national position, while at the same time He rendered them les narrow in their sympathies. He left theao richer in the possession of a well-fortified city and he protected their land by towersand foitr resses. Earrur. Second. The Evils II Wrought. He found a people free, he left them enslaved (in a degree); he found them Unburdened, ne left them oppressed; he found them simple, he left them luxurious he found them inclined to be faithful to one Uod, he left them Indifferent to the abominations of the heathen which they saw pract iced under the it ry shadow of hia palace and hit shrine, l'arrar. He waa like .Nebuchadnezzar's Image -partly of pold and partly of ofaj Solomon lobt (for his posterity) the kingdom of the ten tribes, and perpetuated strife, waukneus, debasement a-d auperstUfoa, bj preferring the attractive splendors of this world to that (iodliners which would in the end have been h wnnli.l . -.en in the present Jife. P V. New man. Some Lessons from Solomon's Life. It is never afe to relax our v ipil.mce or think we have reached the place where we ennnot fall. Ape has its own tetnptations ond dangers as well as youth. Qenitis and knowledge alone are not BUfAcieart safeguards against sin. 'J he way of trans pressors is very hard, not only on SCCUUBt of the pun-

ifcl.ment at the end, but because so

All he drtanaa, then, Santa Claus, Rt'iff the ateehlag with, because When It's tilled up to the brim I'll bo Hanta Claus to him! Krank Dempster Sherman, in Chicane Iteeord.

er.tim.m . w h . -,- the pronunciation ti many barriers must bo broken down wrnnrr. w hat I r i'V.t t... : l ' . . . - .

THE (URISTMVa BIRO.

e. rone, what Is riL'ht. what ib.. tmtm

teJtfB nre and where they haVe been DiadO. The letter nnd the cylinder go back tr the pupil, who reads nnd listens to hiown voi.e M prod Bead. Then. Inkhtn tip the oripinnl cylinder once more, hr Is :ible to tell jut where the difTerenc lies. . Y. Herald.

a fine turkey, eh,

The Home It's

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dim -Eine? It's n ilrvam! l Iiav City (hat.

rhrlstma Trees In FnKl ind. Chriataaa treca were unkuown in Bnglnnd until tho reign of yueen Victoria. After the present prince of ales had boeonaa three or four years old, rrbica Albert ersanented u Chriatnana tic- for the nmusemcnt of the infant prince. ThO idea pleased the people, nnd. naChriatmaa trees were every year made a feat ,i;e of the out t celebration, the fashion soon spread ninonp the.English. ( hi, ;-o Int-r Ocean.

The Reanon Why. Willie - Manama, IfflantaClaaBi is such a fOOd inn n. w hv dcea he pive no many Bjora peaaaaMa 1a rich children thnn to tht fx .or oneo? Vother- lWnuae it taken no much more to pleoae a rieh child thnn It does n liter or-, n-r won. "lUa Dtvs.

Tomb of A skeleton has tM.-n found in one,.

I the heatrrea of the MkumHtn gincie- ! in '' southern Tyrol, w hich is thoupht to be that of nn American tourist of the name of Uuth. who diaappaBTOd In isno, Thoaa naaorea clears glneiera ni . all angine, and it is aaan to .)ip bat one of them. When once in it is hard ly possible to eOOBfJO without lielpfr..t l RboVO, and the warmth of the 'oodv melts the lea around, so that the victim siowh dooeenda hg htaeaarnssarlghtintc the doptho of the pin-ier. nnd generali starves to death. On looking into lh. Bl tiss,ir,.s ihe n,(,sf beautiful plaj ofllghi In blue and ereen and rainbow color Is seen, put those are best enjoyed fOeOI th- safe rantagc groand of tho onper cuts. .I.- world, rat her than ilow n in f , depths ami close at bund. In some Instances, it is nid. bodies hnve lsjen preserved in these fi-.stn.-s in the let for years. Cincinnati Enquirer. The najttnaotea imiitiea. Tommie Tompkit n, wan Kenatoi HneksvAortb who died the other day n politician or a statesman? Tompkins Nohndj kormi ret, ana

son: his estate hasn't I appraised -X V. Troth Men- V.ig.ie Aantimptlnn. "Khe is a Daughter Of the Kevoln tion'." 'S,ster, 1 believe." Indianapolis Journal.

and restraining inlluences must be

overcome in order to go ou to sin the love of (Iod, the conscience and moral nature, th" Word of God, the Holy Spirit, the sacrifice of Christ, the sense of honor. God's goodness, early training, the influenced of religion. There is great danger of letting worldly things come between us and (Jod. Illustration: The moon, in ants-lips, eomplninrd to the sun: "Why, O my dearest friend, doth thou not shine upon mens usual?" "Do I not?" said the sun. "1 ua sure I am shining as I always do. Why do you not enjoy my light ns upual?" "Oh, I see." said the moon; "the earth has got between ua." Thia in the trouble with every Itackalider. The Golden Text. Eeclesiaste 12:13, sums up the conclusion of the whole matter: "Fear God aid keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man." This is all his duty. This is part of life, and .od will take care of

tin- res, ue Mint nns true religious Ufa within nnd in his daily conduct has all the eaatOtlalS of life. He hns found w hatshnllprolita mnn-the way to true happiness. Fies and ThUriea. The de vil has not fiwind out how to mnke the man poor who loves to pive. The man w ho is holding on to a few favorite siua, U pfaflaajj hide and seek uth the devil. If sonic men would pet nearer to t he Lord, they wouldn't have to talk so loud w hen they prey. isn't it ntranpe that so many men think they enn do most for the Lord where the pay Is best? The man who would be strong in the Itord always, mtist not feed his soul en aaady bread. Earn a Horn.