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VOLUMU A VI II.
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The Remarkable Tale
.1
Mysterious Bronze Box. j
Www ww ,irtyTtvw w vvTyw
' - It cams Into my possession 6a the
death or my father, Just u he had t
. celved It from my grandfather years
before. Hit one great desire had been
to live to opon Jt himself, but that
could not be, for It was asking of na
ture too long a lease; so it fell to me
to carry out the will of a man who had
' ' been nearly fire hundred yean dead, I
can see It now, with its tllver tipped
; cofnert and heavy hinges, and the en
Braving on the plate in the top, an
.-'.. , Inscription which 1 read over and over
and oyer again until it became stamp
ed upon the tablets of memory never
. to be effaced. They a .me mad, yet
I could, reproduce that inscription,
word for word, and letter for letter
' ' aye, I will, that the reader may judge
for himself concerning my mental
state: iVn:--:K4- '"V..' '.-':
On t his first day c April, In tbe
year of our Lords a thousand thre
. , . hundred and four score and nyne, I
. Oodofray, selcn this box with myne
owne band, and I wille and commaund
that it be not opende until fyve hun
dred yeren to a day from this tyme. I
'do also Wills that only by hand of
first born son of first born In Hnage
- front me ehal this seal be broken. And
when this box shal be opende, some
-. . animal which hath no soule, be it grete
or smal, shal tier be present Al this
I wille, and curst be he whoso shal
;, do other, than here is wrlten.
The fact that It had fallen to me to
open the box at the appointed time
was my only proof that I was a de-
scendant of the Godfrey of the ln
' scriptlon. That I was the first horn
of my father, and he of his, I knew;
at but further back all was tradition. Mo
writing bad been . preserved, . and
. at each descent from father to son
. the- bo., had lost something of the
' story associated with it, till at last
" Its history had become dim-and vague.
" Through this voil of mist, as It were,
1 1 pictured Godfrey as one of the few
firm supporters of the weak and lr
- resolute Richard of England, at that
-. period in the midst of troublous times.
Then there was
.l fxo -
adherent of John
oeing mat or his jioiu
South a too whom Ooirmy had met
and terribly vanquished before fleeing
the country. Here,' sowehow,' out of
this feud between Godfrey and his
nameless foe, the bronte box itemed to
Aave had its birth. .There was, too,
.-something concerning a terrible re-
, venge a revenge to be perfected when
.. the bronze box wai opened; but this,
, considering that live hundred years
would have elapsed, even should .It be
' preserved unopened to long a thing
any sane man would have scouted as
highly improbable- this I looked up
" pon as simply wildest romance. In
. what way eould a revenge be complet-
, ed or made of any effect when both
. parties would have been hundreds of
J'iyoart dead? . ..
., For years, after the death of my
... father I kepi the" bronze box at the
bo 'torn of a chest of books little used,
' and upon accepting my professional
' chair at the Durston Medical College
' that chest accompanied me thither. I
'''did not remove the box from the ehest
until the spring of "85, when aome-
thing ramlnded me of It, and I was
tho V)l Impressed with, i HHrilW
iTe bisadredyears hsd neeur-
j rounded their course. Only four
years more, should I live, and"" the
privilege of opening the box would be
mine. . m
From that time forth "my thoughts
were more or less constantly upon It,
Often at nigh would I take it. down
from Its hiding place in a corner of
my bookcase to which I had trans
ferred It from the chest, and, placing
It before me on the table, there
"Bream and dream over .the wonder-
fully strange Inscription It " bore.
Many times I was sorely tempted to
break the teal, but I resisted, deter
minedly resisted, firmly resolved that
what had' bees so seared ly observed
by tar forefathers should not be dese
crated at last by.ne, even though !
, had no ton to whom I could hand down
ijtba charge. :.
, As the time drew on, my every
thought began to centre upon thr enig
ma, It wat'npbermoet In my mind
by day,' the disturber of my-sleep at
night ' It&cam the one- absorbing
ldea of mytistenee,. In giving lec
tures before my classes I would, find
myself wandering from my subject in
spite of every effort of will. ,At times
I would recover with a start, to find
t that" I had ceased speaking altogether,
and was slmp'y staring, ft was the
bronze box, ever the bronte hot, al
ways tie bronze box . , .
I could not but realize that T was
not holding my class; that I, who
more thai t4 tad chained the ad
vertence of learned minds, was losln
my powev to Veep tie attention of even
these nw inoeptora, t, Hewi It galled
me! . My mind had never been more
vigorous, my powers were at their best
". ripened fullneBS, my veriest drivel was
wisdom tef those callow goslings, and
yet they mocked me. Cat you wonder
.. If occasionally I gave way and broke
forth upon them in passionate words?
1 wee gledrhea the final year of
, , that terrible suspense dfew toward a
. . . close..j X was eager to have the matter
' oft my hands and oat of mind. Only.
' three months more, and that tremen
" dou elrcle of five centuries would be
M i-"i!ed.,!lEht after night I sat with
the bronie box in my bands under my
"" " study lamp, thinking, thinking. ...ere
was, fancied, aometbing about the
! , . bee sihat was almost, human, , f even
found mynwlf talking aloud to it at
.'. . , ' . AX .
thi. 1 wiMiiii somuLiuies iuei ui
pff nre of armthor person m the roor
ar, '!:! s'-.u-i Etid stare around wi'
Rim?" f-r; but in one was there,
torn ... -s o,ay Imagination. Yt
"from- ti..it iu:,:,f the (' hallucination
grew that the box itself was alive.
I dropped It with horror the first
time that thoi'rnt raine to nifl. Alive?
The liroc.o box a'ive? Was I, then
rro!-y
1 en
iht! r!"
--t !'
" ora were of-
', !'"!,""ed to
1 Liiii mi luue,
y boiloai, n i
, n"'v':-g m
'It n
f the ry:".:':-
I did io that I would not remove It
again until the time arrived.
Bplte of my first resolve, however,
the next night saw the box out of the
chest and under the study lamp again;
and from that time to the end I could
not get the Idea out of my mind that,., title of furnltun
the box waa alive. There was that
about it whkVh irresistibly drew toward
it my attention, my tnongnt, aye, my
very being.
. I felt that I should not be able to
hold out The strain waa becoming
more than I could bear. How I did
bold out until the 21st,day of March,
when I opened the box, I do not know,
I had now given up lectures wholly.i
uu iu wwiouiuv woo umu u
I had aged frightfully since the begin
ning of the year. In my 60s I had of-
ten oeen complimented as looking to
be under 50; but now my full age had
come 'suddenly upon me, and more.
From freshness and vigor I had sunk
rapidly lntp decrepitude.
As I have said, the bronze box had
come to be seemingly endowed wltlwf
.-a .v. a j a .i
life, and as the days dragged along
that impression fastened, itself upon
me more and more strongly.- Wat I
mad. I asked myself? No. no: I knew
I was sane yet; but how much longeri
would I be able to bear the terrible
strain? Could I fight through the. few
renfhlnlnft'ttayB to the end? No; I felt J
In tnv snul that T rnuld not :.' ;. n
Never can I forget that fatal Slstr
never could t forget It though I should
live a thousand years.. In the after-.'
noon I forced myself to a walk abroad.
On my return I looked around the
room In a StlrHcd way Surely some
one was there. But no; there was no
ona It was only my Imagination, only
hat strange hallucination of which I
have made mention, but now felt with
10 times greater force than ever bevj
fore. ' No sooner had I lighted' the
lamp than I brought forth the bronie
box and seated myself with it at tbe ta-jl
Die. .. i.- .. .
The fcox was alive. The conviction J
grew upon me to strongly that I bey
Heved It In spite of all reason. Som
ebody,
wa. in juao
-t m
the box
it now.
. Drop
ccursed thing at last, J
( ran to the window, threw It open.
and leaned out trying to calm myself
by fixing my gaze upon the peaceful;
river, which my room overhung; but
I could not, I could not Pressure was
io. nou pressure was
upon me to open the box. and open iti
I must, or die.
Back to the table t went and took4
the box up again, looking for some-J
thing with which to Dreak the seaLl
There waa nothing at hand. I had
pul-posely put everything out of reach
lest in a moment of weakness f might,
give way. to temptation. Bdt this waa
not a moment of weakness; no, no. 1,
was no longer trying to resist my own 1
inclination simply, but was Yefuslng
tbe Imperative command of ahother as '
well. I eoulll refuse no' longer. -. l,
sprang to the chest and began te fling
but the books. At the bottom were
tools which I bad provided In antlcM
pation of this hour, at the very bot-3
torn, to that I would have plenty of
time to reject npan my action ere IJ
cowa-gct at tnem. tiut renection wasj
yaiu.j4iyw.ueuieiua.iiau unu suauo. -
1 nung me nooKt mis way ana mat,
cursing the folly" that had led me to.
put the tools In such a place, and'whlle
to engaged I came, suddenly upon a.
mouse, I sprung up, for the moment
frightened a proof of the state my..
enrvea were In. But ft was only mo-'
mentary. At last I laid hands Upon,
tbe tools I sought, and ran back to
the' table to attadk the teal r tat in
the same moment I stopped ' The last.
words of. yie, inscription caught my
eye "Curst be he whoso thai do other
than here It written." .
v File tad pinosn fell, from my hands'
and petvplration bathed my face. What
was I about to do? Here it was 11 days
before the appointed time, and ! was
about to open the box. I must stop,
must resist But that cry fim within
the box, that terrible,' that awful cry!
I paced the floor1, holding my hands
over my ears at If I could shut It out,
at if f could close the ear of the spirit
against it What could I ,dc-twba
could I do?
Oneof 'the books out o'f 'the chest
lay In my way, andl kicked it, driving
the ancient volume serosa the room.
scattering Its leaves. .To and. fro I
paced, rapidly, nervously till of a sud
den discovery burst upon me. This
waa the "final day J I marveled ttiat it
bad never occurred t mo before, but
It had escaDod mv mind till that mo
ment, when "tne words, "According to
the Julian tnaane 4l tseniiutlng,"
which I taw in large print on a leaf
of the old book, caused It to burst upon
in.- ir f tnsp' "Mna., -1 had forgot
ten the change In the uhkIvi u calendar.
The bronze box, having been sealed
on the flrwt'-f-v of'' April, 13S9, to be
opened int . -t to a day from
that time, was due to be opened on
that hst day f March!
How my heart leaped! 'Now tm
curse was Ufted now I was free, fn 0
to proceed to the solving of the mys
tery which had for so long tortured
me. "How 1 trembled. Eleven whole
days swept away in a tingle moment,
as tlough by a Jhi-actel
ufwa truljf
vuuucauii
Once more f took up the tools, but
something further In the Inscription
forced itself .
sank upon 1
"umy
notice, and I
chair with, a
dy
groan. Was t
What stayed ,
hoated, after all?
now was the
-Iptton, the
g of the
'( I, shouid
1 an ani-
hat hour
sary, af-
., dlsrep '
ah! TIk
'urae jerr.ed1
Are! 'I
a box
id Hint
-"""mand .
'at ai
.m
words
Of 1..5)
ti
mis m
! f t'
,iie; and
ursii? I
ml knew
an i ,u jz.
'aye, so
Ithln t
wiem
luuu auuv
vng thl
FI
Haf The mouse! Like a flash cam
the re Election of the monBe In th
(chest Timedlately? I set to wk tti
ratpture U. This proved a more dltft
..ilt f at f an I anticipated. I lm
p ' cr jld no; lay hold upon the nUnble
ft. ; &ri v, n finally it ran up wr
arm nd : ipt to the floor my exna
perati burst restraints It wouli
have K a Hid tous sight, I doulK
not, could t' fx J have witnessed It
to see me, ; n i ;ed' college professor
with my whole iul Jntent upon tin
capture of a niout ut then, no on
J ceuld hate unders
the terrible ne
moved every ar
iselty of the c
ft fae rootui X
hurled book after I .o'"at the" Object
1 of mJ- Vrath, persplratloa ran.
u mj
fa while time was fl fly, ; am'
4 that hhaglned voice, Itwii. no shrleK
Jlng and howling, like a V' 0(1 "
suspeot'ed over h fabled pu if Acho-
Vfctory was mine at last; a boot
hit the mouse and before, ifecould re-
- rtfrj set?mj 0t upon It Nev
ertHQess, forjy .iouoxi
ment, for now Hhe tiny creature wa
kwiortally huH; w crushed
hit 'Hherev. , no tin Bo J' 1 st poi
antlmi"-!.; 1' i hour V ta' iiti Wt
awir;, i f ace. I.J .id i i'w det
tuio uii io 4 ibh- ! ant
fwthout '-anoineiBeoMl.e tmui set-
about breaking the teal of the bronze
"
With file and pincers I cut and twist
ed with feverish hate, and at length
the tough seal parted, when my God!
how shall I tell It? The Instant the
seal was broken' that mouse became a
nin, his weight overturning the table
etd he fall!nwjtb to the floor. I
could scarcely believe tne evidence of
W own eves: but K was true; horri
'
bly, frightful
of great stature, with a strong frame
e&d a fierce face, but he was mortally
wounded, his left aide being frightfully
fished.
? i)hf the horror of that moment! I
would have screamed- aioua, out
totigue clave and I was powerli
utter a sound. Tbe man ginjtT at me
Tiercely, striving to rlsefijshook his
fiat at me, mv-?-fdn-1 anguag
nijite unlntelllj j, bJiaXcquld.iiI
stand and. Mi re with very horror. Sud
denly m caught up tne bronze box
aad-durled it at nay bead t4th,ail U19
rvngth he eould taertr btt It taiascd
hud went throne the open window,
i "T" 5.T' .1S Pi. Jl
.lilng Into theftyi
.1 n tw lTitTiTi PTifii mnri rniin
t no; not that, not that It was
mouse i had. Injured; t did not
w the bronze box"eontiune(l the
tqill of a man a soul of that name
loss joe of Godfrey, my ancestor, here
confined for 600 yean. I do not know,
bow could, J, have, known ?(
f i rV ,. . , n ft
- m"f.VT" Trl T, u f
jiiiq us' uo muk wmm bisii iisnas
l.tavens, when I awoke to find the
J-06ms filled with the faculty and .stu
dents of the lnatlUiifo'n J eideavuret
lft explain, but they would not bear
cie. - ijney, sooKew pon-i Tarn
piingled We and tTty,' adjudging m
e
insane. I wanted to convince them
otherwise, but they only tried to paci
fy! me as they might a willful child.
The aad plight my room waa In was
ima enough; It was what tbe had
een expecting, they said. i
i I became enraged and 'stormed at
them, but they fell upon me and made
me a prisoner; and here I am, eon
fiqed in a madhouse, unheard. The
W$dy was regarded limply aa a cruel
)&e played upon me by tome of the
students, a "subject procured some
wtere and placed In my room. .
I VLh. the'foole! New York Newt,
3!
A Slighted Science end Art, -
' 3t la curious that in These frayt when
efory occupation ia raised to tbe dig
nity of eltner a aclenee or-an art that
housekeeping should be distinguished
l.f neither of these titles.. It It under
nbpod that no education Is too broad
d fit a woman for tbe duties of mater
nity, but it is generally supposed that
Ri a mefl itrfekpe t,ti cart' gel
ang wlthj.f.qraDs t)t 44 oducatiimj
AM a matter of fact housekeeping it
toda both a science and an ait. It
is a science whose laboratory la the
kitchen; an art which finds expression
In every room In the house. ' The
good housekeeper is familiar with
many edenoes. . Her, knowlodgo of
prices and Wages renders her some
thing of a political economist, her ao
qnalntaace with the problemt of sani
tation, makes plumbing myttories an
open book, and an understanding of
chemistry solves culinary Vlddles and
banishes, hit or mist methods.
, The decorative tide of housekeeping
requires both brains and heroism. It
takes brain to preserve tbe right pro
portion between use and ornament Ifl
takes true courage to banish from
one's freaence the offerings of tlncertf
but mlBBuldott-s-- fr1ouvihip.-Ohlcai,4
LTimestf .
; ' Jeremy Bentham's Bones. "
What, asks ' a correspondent, wht
thinks he has discovered It It tho
grimmont and least known relic ot a
grea " ' . Max Beer
bohm ruld impres
sion c hy an Inscrip
tion ' " and stiff
and 'w.ul .u. es" of Mme.
Tussaud's, What would be say to a J
collection ot figures like that which Is
t 'be ''aoen.iwlth s' tae trHSiWo, at Uni
versity collPgc?H It Is pi t-served csre
tully In a remote gallery Inside a glass
case, which again Is contained In a
hageweodan. cutuoard, th doors of
which are locked and the keys In safe
ti; ofly. 'jfh r" ' whlCB Is f us so
aeaiunsly guwaed.k.4ecribed i4,some
notes on the history of tho college te
the t"rteloton'! of J'weminh P'nnni,
"clad tp the garments in which ' he
lived." while tils head only Is statod to
have becu 'niumii.iMml." H ha al
ways beenxunderstood that Bentham's
Uooy wss ctfcb'-iine'l. and a that cas
It cannot be hin nicio gkeloton which
on rt-posirt imdpr lwif mi "y r- Unl
tonity -c.-i lege? t .:'na i t Chron
icle, f 4 ;
t': t Irf
.. .,11-t ir,
. ays.
1
'nn" hi' '
"Ixiori, w
was asked how lie lu.id i
1 1 r...'y Hal a ::"Je
replied, "I mlKltt think I waa Just in a't
Stimiiluti
d by tills bnppy lii
o 'v. 1 -I
... "d :
iciit, h
'ml 1
roii nam
AN ELOvSUENt Dis.uUR ENTITLED
Thm Is No Snob Thing at ChBO-ai)
That Tbm it, Is m CabJeeUv Vnosr .
talnty - galeae JIM UhpMaaBM
Oa of til UslTrM. -L .
' Xmr YonK CKT.At thf-Bouth-Con-'
gregational Church, Brooklyn, the pator.
the Kev. Albert J. Lyman, D. D.. proached
a sermon on "Common Kthical llluaionn
Concttning th f ractice of OaWin2.r He
elected one of tits. Tso-XoinmandaitirtJ
for hn text: Exodus xx: lat "Jhou thaU;
not steal."! - . - 5 .
A direct Dabit sddtw woon practical
every day morality. i cxp.i.d to one very J
obvious emoarraHsmcni.
It it thia: JI'y
peraoni fe, and with a ft. it deal of rea
son, that Hundwy serawu, and eapwially
. i : i ,1. I T. .kmil.l
io the morning
nf I ho Lord 'i Dar. ahould
ne bread artting forth of wligiom truth
eeaeral terms.- lotbed In form iufn
ciontly elaborate and luificiently afWitic
to be intellectually attractive aide from
my jMtiuilar applieatiua. Aattriking
illustration, perhape, - of such a ormon
I devoted tu tbe expoeition ,pt one 'great
' phaw of religious truth and ol the divine
character w4liat delivered, as I gither,
from this pulpit last Sunday mornil g, bf
inr honored frirnd. Dr. Herrirk, of Bo
I say.
t) s.J
I our
aa u aaiglit'
il'-il'SL." . ur.rr'fnih(."nr4
mild he for all.
Un tat ower nana, .
.CJirintiaifc. minister r a Christian pastor
WWW wnw- -"'l ' - sr la
a watcher for souls, not in the niaas, but
for individual aoula. He standi as the
trinity of watchers teacher, pattor. Watch
er iix individual human live. St Paul at
ftpneeus aom ne sou warucu vu
night and day with tr every one
1
titmti make no aDolosrv for i'niinuin
in the strain of ethical appeal m en up
m -imkt ssje-ieM have been a I i and
urged to do no by aoie of our vo ; meir
Within the hut fortnight vano li"
i"
1 " -t a address
51 "HSiJ Kl-STai-
I rir ,11-rom
the freeaontoslti M wcii B
to givejtji Among thosr
byvJeon some reference!
oiuibllng. Young men
Chat moat people have 1
tent to which certain fit
are prevalent in, this gr. ..
inc sill the wav from the Sovish
i;iice of
matching pennies up to playing fn high
f takes in the laisitJg house. Ou ' he other
snj, others rmva aaid they did not see
wtiute tisa real .t sung came in by buying
chances, on the races, for exanplst ana
stakes at card. All had an equal tlnnoe.
In the same spirit, therefore, an that in
vjTJick I tried to speak two weeks Sk'O, trust
fng to your kytnpathy in my effort to-reach
our young people, I wish to say a word ot
two this juorninnn ethical illusions eon
ce g t mbK J I am most aniiout ol
all . it U 01 1 I say shall be kxid fairly
aad avUirnai autjudiced or bigoted point
of view. I do not wish 'to confuse things
which in themselves differ or produce upon
any young friend aa impression of mere
intolerant antipathy. It may occasion sur
prise ir.at so severe a text has been chonen,
for von will sav: "Gamblm? ia tiot steal
ing, and yet 1 cannot help thin ing and
the more I think about it the jpore con
vinced I am that the text does fit the snh-
iet. There! ar ome "litre rencet between
Kambluig and stealing, and thev ought to
b admitted-, bat; at ike-heart the two are
very much the same; very auks. . Shall we
then look at this matter, not in the Wav U
exoted and vehement denunciation, nut in
the sober, brotherly fashion as though we
were uj&ing at nomei - :r v
First, then, the difference betfrit gam
bling and stealing. Stealing is Wit b't tb
knowledge ul the person stolen from:. gam
bling is with the knowledge of 4otl per
sons. Uambling invokea the pn-tn-a of
third party, namely, chance, wtoiWpres-:
ence is supposed to. change the Tiorsl na-
tare of the transaction. On the "othei ,
hand, gambling resembles stealing because
it ia taking something for which no return
is given no return at all. In legitimate
speculation the teller receives toniethinp
which at the lime he believes to tie tin
equivalent tf what he sells. Otherwise the
transaction issnjust. But in tnnDnna
nintv-nim men sell out to tbe kundredtli
man aail nothing for what they sell. I
have sometime fancied that a moral paral-
lei may be run between gambling nntl duol-
ins.
Uambling, like dueling, is a
moral
hybrid. That ia, a cross betwcsi
11, clear
wrong and what may be right.! 1 jr e
ample. murder ia wrong; War may right
Gambling ia a cross between ait ' rand
war., do stealing is a clear wrong in J spec
ulation may be right. Gambling ti a cross
between stealing and apeculatii 1. But
both gambling and dueling dwell ii u moral
twiuifht and are absolutely aa imfi and
dangerous to aiciety as the very kneas
of midnight itself. Now, yoa w 1 notice
that in both gambling and duelii 1 third 1
tactor is supposed to enter, vdic. : sutrai
iies the moral wrong. In gamblii !ie ele-'
ment is chance; in, dueling it is fc ., . If.
bowevetr. We lonTc at tlie iiiatter o shall, I
tiinik, (indit that flin oe in the oe case
and honor m the other la not a ri i.ity hut
a chimera but an illusion. - That is what
I mean by the illusion e aaabnng. There
Is no such thing aa chance, really, and that
is where thil illusion comes in. Ivec us
look at this, j
. aHeMf , ...
rant of mental juggling, 1
There ia an amount
hcu-a over men's eyes, a witch's maze, in
which the ides it that chance ia an objec-
tivenaet Now there is no such thing.' All
that there ia. ia a aubiectiva uncertainty.
no objective chance at all. There is no
such thing as chance. Once traveling
along the Connecticut Hirer Valley I asked
a German who was with me to tell mi
something about German metaphysics. Us
pointed to tone holes in the banks of the
river, in which the ground swallows had
built their nests, and said: "You see that
bank?" "Yea." "Yoa see those holes in
which ere the swallows' nests t"- "Yes,"
m:A I i'XT " : .1 U- , I. .
baiJt anTTeave'llotliihg fat the holef and
vou will have an exact definition of Ger
man metaphysics." And so it is wi.tj this
juca efni;u. tn- ' " . unlit on-
eciivuiy cnauce. unc iiuiiureu nieii-'acn
save t chance. No auch thing. Th r act-
u' ' 1' at. "--)- - fr'ain to
gKS a priie if he is ceiimn autf t .e oth
ers are certain not to get it. Ti refore
they have ji"
man h.v a cer-
no thance.
ntv aa to
"e that
no priaes
iv - xactly
i t Hit knows
tainty
Thev
it fn
that- und urn tji., uln- -irn -er in
every lien's hand. St icn .-iiased
f ' - ' thi eves
t - . - d to be
There is no such tiling in all this vorld.
There ia what we call a law, but there is
Be ehsnrs-in the eaae-i it is all law, i
iitsuue, tukintf your-etvn ground, iven 11
tlifie. is uch a tiaii. llu-ia ia onlv on
chiHce 0 it t a u ja" I'1" i d wli n will
bemmc tv ..." irtv .ii," y-iu My, "il
is a g ' 1 1 .1.0." V , t i.it is r good
c' .nt'c "As r1iinceis ' gnutl, then?1
Yes. tuit I s (li.ui - is poor, lit othei
worn, .one innn s - nnce ,neii'iviu..es an
other; th t' 1 e. t!i " nr- u kundreil
chaneca. .you Jiuv.. .it one good
chaii:i', iL.n iiineiy-iiine liuve paid for s
lLueu., V., I
t'jii.'.U;
tnei
I.,
n -round
i 1 1? n ii ' ' ' , ' ., . And,
fi. .a 1 - ! i - e ; d act-
ni o i .. 1 thil
V i'-'" . : . (1!J -..1 li,-,..
Kin.- h. iitiL.. .1 ! '.".'". :i it von
have - -.!-) th jl-. vo diin't
feel 11 . in ' than
I t . .-, 1. ... . rii.i,!,
t... .1. 1, . . t.i 1 ' riilit
at ail No ji . I' Jir,
elrnn, ' ioili
iir i vi e mi
ce! ; .1 -I tna
e-;- r - ---- ;fiving
f. r i r : t. 1 Tlin
m:.'!7 1 ill '.mi
e
.-...u I . m-h.-i-f
(I,.-. . Ill ..
I- I. .1:1
1 . . .1
7n'psni v. APTeiT.,r..
reaeb'oa. Bo. there is a eoaateet play I
inhrplay between takins anore and suore
and more otvthe-intellectual poison with
the reaction. Uod Wa,tbavBa (fit tbf
undertow has got him! " -
Mv dear (rimda, there is something to
mi absolutely appalling about getting un
der the power without knowing it of that
kinil nt iiitllMt,ml TnWlli.
tiMitv Iwinu I have known and loved
giftei men who have yielded to It and gone"
aow,. a ue menial unrrnmjn innt is iu-
vnl -ed in ffambline-llnhinges in
Indulging in gambling becomes
tl,a, a man tt haiull. kimaal' i
know men never "top doing a thing? unless
a motive come which i stronger than the
motive thkt leads them to do it. The man
goes on and goes on nntil tbe impnlse fend
motive to do the thing becomes stronger
than the motive that comes in to atop It.
Just the moment the impulse becomes
stronger thaa the sonntraining rontiv then
it is good-bye, it is gosd-byat . Boys begin
bv betting .oe marbles or putting up stakes
at cards '"just to make the game more in
teresting. It makes the gome more inter
esting to the devil. ' Then cornea the race
track. The more refined the man afid the
finer the intellecttthr mor sure:.vths dis
ease. Nothing ia so ghastly at tbe erasing
for gambling which gets) hold of a fine
fibs red man, Jl lava days ago a young man,
a church worker, inld me of man who
confessed to him that he had crept un
stairs in the dead of winter to his little
sleeping girl and taken' away the clothing
1 1. , uMaiil liaa aMjt tka aliilM wKiak ah
wore, put them nnder hie coat and slunk
on ana, nnwnea mora ior rum me ueuion
curse. Now, with tfamblinir the frightful
monomania .it .til worser, If there is any
i r, "a.. juji v u v,.t.
Quick! Set out of It no! You had bet
ter lock yousseir la yrr room ana nve on
bread . and, water. . You had better hold
your hands in the fire until the? Veins Wre
than go on with the fiendif gambling. Am
t too u-gent?' Fdrgettitig the dignity of the
Bulpit? Let the dinity of the pulpit go.
Io home, mothenK Uook on ycur own
boy's fae and t!L that Vuur boy
iawfe. Ther'fwho,e-
nnl: 'pom she thinks is guint--
eeitwit and she baa come to her pan-
ior ana epoiten of this matter.
1 ur your kind Indulgence i want to mer
(I to lust one more point. It ia sometimes
f I said that ga-nbling ia the product of huai-
ncis speculation, I do not believe it. Spec
Tlion, aa its Latin origin implies, is ea
iany t foresight. It is an endeavor te
fahcad and determine values. It ia not
a anneal to chance. We see the same root
f the word inspection; or the word re
TJj'ctab!e or the noun specular, which is
Ul. I tne saose Latin,Sjrord. Some forms of busi
ness speculation are, of course, anfair, but
in fc large business sense-speeulatioe is not
guessing ia advance, but looking in advance
and I do not believe the two go together.
In new, strong countries speculation is al
most always the secomnaniment of busk
new opportunity. But ia dead countries,
such aa J?nain was fifteen years ago, I have
policed that while business speculation is
almost deadfsmbina is far more preva
lent even !h, h 4 the higher Kng
hah soetriv-'in Quwuaf Annu ime, minia
ten, everybody gambled, but t, was not
mur' business seemlation. No. 1, friends,
idle"" - mi; for eVeiten
ilia-
1, :). i camnany.WeoiTi oimg .
ere the force that 'lend m
bl np "All gambling, even thai'
,'! , '--nn..'-. m-e Ch
i -j u..i!!! t nr- 1 t'l
ng. It is taking" something fo r
aakes every Innti kis neighbor's
upts aociitv d undermNtes -1
(the Amwicau stats, ! 1 1 nn
caint ti' ctrmsl '''.-u. 1'
erala.
into
ally'
am;.
.?'mb
iotie trees
e one
wants
her, to
t and iui euuiu4ae. li
his morning, T wonder, f
ireat friend, his ramt ',
"nlmgr U aty m Uof
let
M faiaiaaa r-aal
acwisetl nf eruelty in daily F'
inuld probably resent it indignant yet
every time a nemo ia6utntil sod
upon his household a ata-htsa f iow
workess he is treating tiaa,ci;ueUy. i lost
nf.ua ire guilty at times, and we never
stop to think that our Innocent victims are
utterly defenseless, Cnfi-Wer how qui ily
all members of tlie farffill'mrlfeTlrtien one
brings Ms denresiotwt the" breakfast
table; how easily sjsod spifitre auem h-d
by eneHseraon'a -we-aeawaei haw readily
an atmaapheretaf awrouwaiisi ill-nature,
nr physical pain, stakes, jtself (ct when
there is no effor at fcif cortrol. vNo.)ne
hss a right to Indict Jii( bid feelings upon
other, and w) realise .this when wrs
th viotim.. MUit if W litre not s!pt well,
or if wr had a headache tfter a weyirisome
dav. or if some busmessiinatter -baa tone .
wrong, where ia ear own cheerfulness T Out
shortcominga should help us to jnake 'ei
ti'es for other neonle'a femnera. bit' our
alifferinim should tMeh aa thi "riniuLa of
..i:.j..i.. f 11.1 .5. '
' a(MlU St ilHMMl .. If .
If ever household affections nMbvot are
graceful things, they are Krueefut in .the
poor.. The tiea that bind the wealthy and
the proud to liesne may be. forced on earth,
1'iit thcea whwa) iinlt th foot jsian to Ins
itle -isearta are of the tram mptnl, and
J the atamp of 'heaTeTT--'fh. mn ol
tiu'h descent may love the halls and lands
01 inheritance as a part of H'mself, as
trophies v. ' ,r; the poor
man's atUchiiujnt to the tenement he holds
whieh stisstgeis Isaaw hIA4e-ast4l.nay
to-morrow occupy again, .has a worthier
root,' struct deep into- purer'Jsail. His
household gods are of flesh snd blood, with
no alicy.of ailver, gold or precious stones:
he has no property but in the affections ol
his own heart and when they endear bare
floors and walla, despite of toil and scanty
meals, that man has his love .of home from
God, snd his rude hut becomes s solemn"
Dlace. Charles Dickens. ... .
:: i'l'-v. . 1 : : '
uoarmtjier noiiaunjr.-
Character is .the weed 'O honor from
which a coat of mail can be woven that the
swiftest arrow of shams or the keenest
knife of disrepute cannot pieroe, Kvery
thought that enters our mind," every act
we do, and every word we nttcr, adds a
link to the golden chain of character. The
strength of", a Steam engine can be esti
mated to within an ounce of its limit, but
it ia impossible to estimate the force of a
noble character. The hardest hearts are
softened and the most repulsive disposi
tions tecoeae fascinating. Our failures and
our successes help to form s reputation that
may be destroyed by an external force,
but the destruction of a character can enly
be effected by some internal force. Our
Boys Magazine. , '
' A Tender Conaeteaice. ' :
A tonaer eonacienes it4 1 precious gift
from God. We do not mean a scrupulous
conscience governed by crochets, or a mor
bid conscience governed by fear of ita own
creation. Both of these aro most trouble
some guests to entertain. But wc mean a
tender conscience which ia governed in all
thugs by the word of God.
"In the Italian Chamber of Dovutlea
the other day, fiignor Zanerdaut, tbe
Premier, paid a glowing tribute to
Marconi, whose achievements he greet
ed With patriotic "Joy, as the latest
triumph ot ItLlinn gonitis.? 4Bofora the
cheers which be remarks innnired
Jiad died away, Sisnor Billmbertl,
Minister of " Posts and - Ten graphs,
announced that he wns drafting a bill
providing for the erection ot a radio
telegraph station of Rrent power, "uni
ting .Rome with Aiiienm wvur a di
tanco ot 6,000 mlln A n.if.uii In
trodiKeJ l.y K'KTior 1 1- '. y " at the
chamber imsa a rnP)!n'"n r'" nKnlzi!ig
tlie groat work nauii.(jliM,. 1 bv Sig
ner S.arrnnl was 1in.ui l . .. .. j a loot"
d 'i ' 1 ' "in 1 a. :' 1
if
' ' S .!
'"fi "
finggssta That ColowrhMitsiatia
HSifbo'
w uvuucuuwuvr
!' -' ft'
4
.n iV- '
rmeVbgEADS OF SAD CONDIti U 0
pec:lBi
William rlnda Anotlier. Trutftfuli
Book Which Recelvet Hit Heiir
j -Al A IL.Ua A a.
t fiam Pcaisad.
.tmt.- . ' At
Last nlffkt 1 read to my family ftor
tlons" of a qag article" ijr preacher
descflblng Jhe tad condition of a feo
pi. ka had receaSy visited. 43i of
one hundreo' and' slxty-elgn't" town? 1
4brUte dt visited sevwaty -of fflem
are oft from the railroad, Jtid fall
ot these have decreased in. popul4lon
since 1890. None of these towns ave
tftUed paswrfer preachort tthdthe
churches are abandoned Cf kva
ateacaiog. at ttregular Intervals land
the attendance" lardiyever excijedB
twenty-flye j persons' . The,. ' Sabfath
schools ate equally deserted. The fiiice
busy plants-of small industries We
bare necessities of life. Houtoa, barns
and fencea are going to decay and the
tm). -Mm . -.-. -.- eveeka
mo damf
.v. null) snd there
stftolf tfittnf on (liter
pnerato IrfaB I. , the
-v mt front
' 4the
VU SlU xklnT an
alone in an old
old man and woman
ancesQ-al home. .
nd,j m mother
old maids
and hor two tout and I
In One house not one of whoiiTttiuld
read. The intermarriage ot near rela
tives,, or no marrying at all. Is com'
mon, and bachelors and divorced men
and widowera nave housekeepers and
they unblushingly cohabit with them
and the young girls become grata wid
ows by tbe Jime they are sixteen, t
"Where Is all this," said my wlfo.
1 don't believe a word of -It. ' It Is
tome newtpaper lie a fake made up
by some reporter," I read on. In one
town I found the usual Saturday night
dance going on In an old vacated tav
ern, and they danced and revelled and
drank until Sunday morning. Sunday
la no more. observed than it Is In Chi
cago, tor they hoe and dig and gather
hay all tbe tame at on week daj'g. - Il
literacy, Insanity and Imbecility are
very marked I Jound one family In
which both parents vera Idlotf and
kadi -raited ap a family ef idiots. In
another tftme or bouse I found a poor
old father taking care of, three moth
erless children, all Idiots.
"I don't believe word of It" 4ald
my wKe. "There ia no such people in,
mis country, wnai paper are. you
reading from ?" - ' "
- Yon cab hardly conceive of Jt!tlv
and vlce-rolgnjng Inj these country
places cauea oomasr-a arDariBrq.uii
ferlng from the city ' slums' only In Its-
stagnant inertia al touched as little
by church InJuMtoe - it In the heart
ot Africa.- The country people all over
the state are generally without ambi
tion, " Improvident, ignorant hot able
to rs8 or-wrlte, loose In their family
relations, sociajlx .corrupt, given to
drink, and some to the nnliim habit '
Ana these are the towns where, half a
century ago, lived the belt famlllea of
the state. Among them ibe Fields
'yfldlrhtiHn)Melott
1 we Bu ani rfin' Itghll und
viuuis. ... fc . f f:
And nowJet me telL you my ear
Times, and this Is only short por
tion of tho jcpoi t Tead In' Neir iaven
teoaaUy ii,.T..iV HotCtfllUfc j J Ible
colporteur, ot Connecticut. v
This report It fully accredited to be.
true and the editor of. The Timet tries
to tone it aowi'by saying::'The tame
condUlont detcrbed bv Ma. JUBtchlnt
tor Conuectlcut are common to alljiie
older states.", Rov. Geerfe Horr, off
Ualsaemtgettti it alto a Bible colpor-,l
teuror.that state, and he tald In
Boston the other tay: "I have driven
Hit over New -Enklah. with ma6wn
hornet aad y couvictloU iai there linHe common rrmj- anlfcaltMtre,
no ImmoraUty In any westeri '' land the wlH refuwjo Braditoa-progeny
town that will compare with what yp6 I
find a few miles front any' New Mat-l
land town. Mr. Hutching' -bbseration
correjnonaa exactly with itiy owa."
; Good friends, kind frlonda, what la
to be done about this? But the editor
ot Tho Times is tal'stalten Whta bo
aayt tht'Simreteondrtteiur aH cokamolf
t aU th(M)IdeBtaWs. jWoJiavo no
such people In beorgla. In soma "of
our mountain cointivs tho people are
Illiterate, buta theirs) hoUost 'kind
moral ad .attend burchind.eberve
tha, marriage relation ai)d, jpbsr, the
laws of the' land and 'make tho Vest
Boldlert tne" wbrlil'' evef aa?. ""ttfioy
have aopfta .twite' sfja(d,lvMmi
only a half a week to clear the crimi
nal dockets. ''
Now, T wis "thlnllfig tiul 4a Boston T
and Hartford and Newt Haven had
sent a big lot of money down here to)
educate and refomouf ttegroet .It
would be iiotblng bub' fair tor -a to
send a lo of pradu(ites up there tq do
missionary work lh Connecticut and
Mao.iichuseUs. Thoae' n6rt' fciadu
ates fouldnt"cijincni,th8 lost art
of making woodon ttutmegs, but they
could tw.vh acb'ul Is, I ';- cb and the
New England people eould pay them
rr it add tip tholr' monoy'nf home.
Something must beV dono anj done
quick, or thi old T' lritan race will be
come extinct. I rwfcon t'?so colored
i ll WOllill lllUi.O gill
bey li 'e mner t 1
d nu.
1 a
.nun
Milg
r. K.
rnc
. i.idl-
V
to I'
a malignant expreeslo In It It la
gracefully done and wouW trrlng eonl
victIonrt.atty-tnind, nortofor outh, 'j
ul.. Vmrtt I
inat was opon w cuuiuvu(, ,.
youth in the land should buy a copy
and absorb its contents, tor U'is at
readable at a romance, t" regard it aa
the beet contribution te tetlhtr his
torical Uteratuje Jbat hat yet, apcaa
ed. , Send 1.25 to Mr. Oglesby, Nf i
Boutfi Broad streef, AUanta, Ga;,' It
eenW! t6 meMlat thfl book?' "would
convtstVa'itortlierBitai.atIo, and If It
only iganvted pne.,-t, would save a
soul tom death and hide a multitude
of tint. Ah4 there hha recently come
to m thateiarek tmmbeBiof The Alkv
best a,,-fijtat5Jast ouiihern. magatlne,
and I find Jit k a yery remarkable ar
tide' "TheStageotClvillatIdn,,' by
At. Frank Orme, ot Atlanta, I did not
thlBktbjtta-rrank Orme I uted to
know was old enough to have written
an artIclef'sosefetlle, to philosophi
cal, to HuxUy-Wke on the races ot
BWtM yaoiite pl tjiapla laa
analyjtlcaij history, ,ot the,, principal
races and theTcauses that contribute
to thelrvadvancement or their decay.
Tbe latter part dealt gently and fair
ly with the negro and our efforta to
elevate and refine him y education.
From' MrnOt-me't viewpoint, and the
lawa :of .tyajplir andt biology this
cannot be done, and the effort will be
In vain." But ! have not time or apace
to reviewable admtrable treaUs Let
our themsbUulmenwi'our .wise men,
our learnedilprQfes8ort In the colleges
read it, and they will find abundant
food foT hougirt and eerlout refiec
tloni Mr. Oraeeems aa familiar wltb
ethnology blojogyj anthropology, eo
clology and all the other ologlea aa
Huxley of Humboldror Darv K
old veterans ar "pleased
young ' men
thlnca Ptven
have sppnaaSsince the war our people
0j s-aajyo t pansiyxuu tor leaur
aaing 1 'yon more intoi-
rable b talking,' t of late there Is
a renetil ot lndcper tee, and young
er me ormslng he front The
tale of lau,.iii 4 .kson't great
epeech.i "The iWandertr,'' hat exceed
ed my ex 'atlonsfraad -as waa
young a,..3i projected; that not
for monebut. fori the diffusion ot
knowledge, T" , ' -
And'Jiuf la a " ... -Hcle In a Dei
Holhes paper from a woman who hat
been recently raveling through Texas
huut!pc fair sufnethlng tne wanted to
nnd, and jfieiouna It. . it waa tome
very hfghjweede Itt the front yard of
one noma and at anotnor house waa
a woman sitting on a log dipping snuff
and she bad lost all her lront teoth.
Another discovery was that Texas wo
men aoni ao anyming. xaoy won t
work toe garden or raise Chickens or
enunksuie buttor. -and If one was
caught at It the would be taken to
the Si Louis lair at a curiosity. What
a malignant- alanderer the' Is. She
4 wlnda upby aaylng that tbe people
there hate tbe negro to bad that If the
whole race had but one neck they
would chop It off. I know Texas from
east to reat and north to south, and
the people will average well with tbe
better class In tho older states. When
will these slanders cease? The March
lumber of The Review of Reviews bat
femoBpei4llent editorial on. the south
and Ijer people.--. Jt la kljifl-sttd-omfalaT
, BIO lluui ,v SDH w lUMVigi, wiu , ,
'gives him the most fulsome pralte and
declarea that be it our (rlend. Put I
want Mr. Shaw to tell me, it be can,
about whou win Roosevelt retract bis
published slanders of Jefferson Davit
aa. -stake an apology to his widow.
T(tt'a what I want to know, and until":
be doe tbat no words of praise wl)l
prove blm to bb either a gentleman
dra sfriaseVBILTl ARP. in Atlanta
CARE OF SWINB, "
Well-bred. awloe.xaBnot Je treated
la tiie haphazard manner which ia of
ten gtven to the ejbmmen plgs ot tbe
fermyard. , I have seen, farmers pay
good prices for pure-bred twine, and
lh,n-.W. nntrlan tholn an tTinf
Qeee uur 1 i-jra
thi'TCjwlta ot tbwxperhnent Verp" wu uywm.
V m i i.
PWnSiinw.iiVU ivswuui iiGa. u
ordar to rat nroner results from nure-
brej animals of ankiinf tfiey must be
MronfWlt raswfntfv isiniavrlth' the idea
thatiMiw aaa ver auanentlbla tn tbrlaaW
..H,nalla.. aad .i!mn m of a PI, n.T
and wnrrivxriiir.iJtE tnanv of
that, showa. any , advance upon tha
scrubs. Indeed; T tlilnk. t'omotfmeg
they ten,dtOi aegenerat fatter than
the common stock. Tbls fact lg, often
-otieabie,shen flne-bycd gwne are
shipped by railroad to distant points.
Thoy arrlVo In a nervous, frightened
aondlUon, and thoy will acarcely cat
sneusW tO-Hft them alive. Animals
In such condition need huraing. They
require the kindliest fBort bf attention.
Treat them as if yoa wanted totmakt
frlendt with them, and in a few days
tbey will Aa Uenfivjswv- a
There Js profit In Improving the herd.
fwlihi5ure-rjled-Btock,1)Ut' the bettor
these atnimala - get .the. mere, tareful
we .must baln te eillPS- tending and
handling. They require better treat
mentlill arftifld. lf onela not willing
t4ive this to tlienii U-wiU not pa
t04oaake tbe Investmtmt. Stick to, the
scrubs. Thoy "are better suited ta
such a plrson's conception of theTmsl
etk fThere ara farmera today who
argnft, against pure-bred swine, pimply
on that score. They do not care to
raiseliothouse 'animals,1 na they stylt
thont, and so they stick Id their Borubs.
Now pure bred swlnc are not hot-house
animnigfc but then . neither are they
scrubs. They do not demand cod- !
tiling, but they do require god ration
al t V.bz, .breeding and atteni'.ing.
'''hese irrt p.sor.tlnl to their beat de
vulopiiiiiut. 1 uny are also necessary
for the lart r p. i '.ilil b tha farmer
baa a rlpht to exrrrt.
rood boar
ood blooi
11. u t be
Is neoe
li i' ' 1
Is tuo ll 1
thus li,.
. nt i n
but I 0 1!
"166 M PfWS" COM IffTTO TE A
Sorabtmakli
aSplCySlDC
3 tYayer-eako '
spicy kindi I wish :
Bbe'd hurry an' put it II. to Date,
60 I can sorape tne aisni .
Bhe s cross a siioksi an' the kitchen's Just
AS hot as hot can be, . .'",.
H ameUs ao good that I'm like to bastr
t Comp'ny's comin'.to tot.
re'll bare the shiniest everything, .
As' I'll drtak coffee pVanS; ' A
An' mom's a dozen times ma'U rlnt
To carry off the scraps.
We're goln' to have Ice-cream, I know
. I hope It's lemon, geel ; . ;
An' aodn-blsoulta 1 saw the dough
Comp'ny's oomln' to tss, 1 '' 1
I mustn't talk at the table mu ..
I mustn't kick my feeti 1
I mustn't smaok my lips, or touoh .
. Tbe atuff that I won't eat . -' -
An' I must take, when plates are passed, .
Whatever' nearest me
(But not, of course, If it's tbe last)-- ; ,
" Comp'ny's eomin' to tea, ' - j
TH wear my dandiest blouse sn ttiH-.' ' ;
Aa' It I'U atay about -
An' not get dirty, ma says I , ;
-' May oiean the freeeer oalt . (t. ml. ; '
An' so I daasn't tear an' race, ,
! Or climb a single tree, 4 P" ;
Or sweat, or toil my hands or face, , , 1
Comp'ny's eomin 'to tea.
Edwin Ik Babln, tn the Woman's Hems
Oompanion. .. t. f
HUMOROUS. ,
Thomas Cot Meow! I love yot
letter ' than my life. Tabby Cat
tVhicli one. . i t ti i
- Saphedde-rShe's aa pretty asa plo
:ure. Miss Caustrique les;
ather welt painted. - ' '
the la
Hook I tell you 'our landlady M a
fomia whose words carry wehjht
Sye So do her biscuits. . , .
Belle (Jealously) If you" kiss" me
rou must n ' ' Tnm
Well.thereJano'.rfne alone.
ne around now,
he used to aay be was only
apology for a man, Helen Tea,
but I noticed the accepted tbe apolo-
vrr ." ' .! :.;; .r -
Mrs. Muggins Did you ever attend
a woman's convention? Mrt. Bug
gins No. Mrs. Muggins How uncon- :
ventional! m .... ma-
Silllcus Why do 'women always
turn to the last chapter , ot a book?
Cynlcut A woman, always jumps at
conclusions. '" , ','' ' ' ' " t '
Tommy Pop, "what ' it experience?
Tommy't Pop Egporience, my- son,
it something that Reaches us ow dis
honest other people are. , ,
Barber Keeping the hatr cut abort
will preserve it The Victim Then
I suppose the shorter man keep hit
hair the longer he'll have-It. " " . . .
Mrs. Dumley I don't tee why you--call
him a liberal writer. Mrs. Wise
Why not?? Mrt. Dumley -Why he
charges $2 for bit last beek, and It's
only got about 75 pages In It
"What," asked the admiring friend
of the pelt, "do you regard aa your
gratett source of inspiration?" "The
fact that I need the. money," replied
tbe poet in an unguarded moment.' .
Beggar Boat wont yon help met
I ain't got a place to lay my head, and
; Mr. Savldge Indeed? a i Well,
therea a railroad track a few squares
ok. -Lay it there, and yon woat suffer -any
more. 1 . . ;
"I've changed , my milkman," re
marked the boradlng-house mistress
aa abe toyed with the coffee cup. "The
new man it a perfect gem." "A rrgi .
'.
aterI auMieeCr enlck-
ereJ the star bOderi v - -
"Gjod graclaus, Henry!" exclaimed .
the wife ot the absent-minded man,
"why are yon eating tbat dog biscuit?"
'Dog biscuit!" replied the, absent
minded man. -"I thought it waa some
now breakfast food that ! we hadn't
tried.": :,:''.yi'...v:-s- i 'iv-xtwt. , .
Ida I wonder what that man is?
He has been staring at me .all the
evening. Bene rroDauiy ne wisnes
A claim yon at- hi ewn. ida In-
deedl Why do you,ttinl( aof Belle
Because he ia a collector of an
tique. T "" ' ''
Tfi ore's one proverb that makes me
ared," remarked tha old aea-doga "and
that'a the one about there always being-room'
at the" top." "But Isn't
there?" "Not at the top of the ocean.
The 'way tome thlp eolllde, there ap-
I T .ft TnnTf 4 hi In rftfl tvra n muni
Xa.' IBoritt-KIhlldrea" to much
wocte than they uted to be. WJiat do
you attribute it to? LaMoyne Im
proved ideas in building. La Montt
- 1 i
todt wltIl It? La
Bhi!rBft8-ie scarce.
AiUi lit) MUC&.
and you can't 1 panic a bad bo7WTti
a tin roof. -
, End ef Hand Knit, KHmarnockt,
Another ancient Industry it at its
last gasp vis., the ? hand-knlttlng of
Kilmarnock bonneta. The bonnets of
tha real old Kilmarnock style, such aa
were worn by Souter Johnnie and Tarn
Sbanter, were knitted by hand, many
tlzea larger than desired, and - then
thoroughly shrunk. They woultj wear a
lifetime and were heavy and toui;h.
Tbe Scottish team Of curlers who have
departed tor Canada wanted la be rin
ged; out with old-tyle , Kllmarnocks.
They would have none of the light ma
chine mad stuff now In voguts, t,. l it
took much searching before the 0 '
could.be executed. It was-then fimn.-f
that of the many hundred kniitors I ,.
made the name of Kilmarnock lwiown
throughout the world a gemerat: n m
two ago only one remains. By v '
night and day for about a fort nti-'-i
provided all the bonnets ncedud i., i
curlers. Equipped with such head
the curlert can snfely anncnr In t ,
aUa betuie their Scottish bioiuren n
not be open to the charge cf '
degenerated since the days i
'greet clearance. 'London C,.i
i i... Mr. CaineQie'a New Horns.
B!r.l AnTew Carnegie) h a-
at a coflt of 45,0-0 a new 1,.- - 1
Dunfermline where he hh bo .,,
estate pti hn" d . ia t' i ?
crleft, wiil.-h I :.- ! th(3 !
glen of ritienciieiT and t'
worn old home of ritd iu i,
grounds are pmilslte'y I
but
are r
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