.VOLUME XVIII.
FRANKLIN. N. -!.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 1, 1003; T -
NUM13Ei:.42.
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An Editorial
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I ' ; By MAGDALEN ROCK.
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Stephen Dighton sat alone and Idle
In his comfortable chambers. A young
lawyer In the first year of his practice
is not likely to be troubled with briefs
unless he can count many friends
among the Judges, and certainly Stepb
en was ho exception to the rule. Still,
as he did not need to rely on bis pro-
, fesslon he was not particularly troub
' led by hi enforced idleness. He bad
Y Just coma to the following conclusions
that the city was becoming unbeara
bly hot, that bis father's place, Dighton
Hall, would b at Us best, that It was
quite four weeks since be had seen Kit
ty, and that he would bo oft for home
In tbe mornlrV?. . He had got so far In
bis cogitations when Clarence Lis-
combe entered tbe office.
They had been boys together at col
- lege, and, though their opportunities
of meeting in later years had been few.
a very firm friendship existed between
; thorn. Stephen arose and welcomed his
friend warmly. ' ' '
"How are you, Clarence?"
"Fairly well," Liscombe responded.
He sank with a sigh Into an easy
ehatr" and his looks rather belled bis
words. . j ' .
, "I wonder If you can manage to do
me a service, Stephen?" he said, al-
: most Immediately. "Bella has been or
dered a change of air and scene, and It
Is necessary that I should accompany
her. Could you take charge of the
-; Woman's Messenger for a month or
". tor- ',',',
. "I could manage the time," Stephen
replied, doubtfully, "but the talent
"Oh. that'll be all right, t feel that
"yOu have the Journalistic Instinct, and
rou shall have the necessary coaching
on points to be specially considered.
The Jact la, -you must Oblige me."
"I hope Mrs. Llsoombe Is not sqrl
ously ill?"- ' .'""
Clarence paused before replying.
"Not physically," he eald at length.
Then With a groan be let hit head fall
on the table.
"It is much worse, it la
hermind.
..J .!';-
" ' -yea She fretted continually after
that baby's drii imp f'j-all InteJ
7 "fc.'-" ""T'lsnal pecupationa,
tort say that r short- holidays abroad
may do wonders. .Neither she nor I
have any Immediate friends who could
accompany her, and, besides, she wont
go unless I go with her. Unfortunately,
my exchequer, as you know, won't !
- low me to engage a paid substitute, so
I 'came to yon.;yr;v .-r'fi";;,''
"Of course, of course!" Stephen said,
hurriedly,'. ' shall be glad to; help
you. in any way,, only I n afraid I shall
make a mess of tbe thing. Don't you
look-after the correnpondenee page?
You do. Well, 1 am conscious of an
utter Inability to Inform your readers
jtow to took their dinners or to con
coct a cosmetic for their complexions.
4J-IL . . L 1 . . .
uu, you won o mucn irouoiea in
that way. ; Host of the queries any
ordinary, sensible man could answer
right off, and Ashburton, the assistant
editor, will give yon first-class assist
ance. Besides, in the office are ency-
clopedlas containing information on
every conceivable subject. I can't say
how thankful I am, Stephen." And
UBComne heaved a sign expressive of
bls gratitude.
""'Nonsense, nan. The work will be
'Itlve relief to me."
-"von will not And it very bur
.iisonie. Arllapisja4were thinking
( going somewhere youTsfr?" -Every
'e Is complaining' of the heat" -("Well,
It is rather hot, but - haven't
jen thinking of flitting," Stephen re
lied, mendaciously.' tie didn't believe
I letting a man know the full extent
Jtshjs obligations to him. .
"lam glad of that," Liscoinbe said,
rising. "And now I must be off. Bella
la apt to be nervous if left long alone.
By the way, I would rather you said
nothing 'of this.;,... yy- "."Cy
Stephen sat tulnking of bis friend
d of the pretty, weak little woman
ue had married three years previously.
l'Unn. tajf . , , -1 .1. . .
1UHUJ jou . m iw yiumuul com
modity In that household, I fancy,"
he soliloquized, as he arose to open
his desk. ' He took a couple of 120
notes from it, and, with a brief note,
. Inclosed them In an envelope, which he
.addressed to bis friend,
Thanks to the dear old pater's gen-
' eroeity, I can spare tnem without any
Inconvenience," he said to himself, as
;ba strolled along to post his letter,
with an unacknowledged regret in his
hearftor the wees at home that hi
service to Liscom be would deprive him
of, ,- , ,, ; (
, His work on the Woman's Messenger
was not very laborious, and he certain
ly derived both pleasure and instruc
tion rrom the correspondence column.
Tbe magazine was a new one, and its
j-ollcy was bold. It did not cater for
frivolous readers by giving details of
others women's lives and homes; It
not give portrait 01 infantine and
adult beauties; It did not publish im
possible recipes to make one beautiful
forever, and equally impossible letters
from dearest Aurora to darling Mysle,
describing ravishing and purely Ima r
Inary toileU, Many of the correspond
ents wrote asking advice on family
matters, and Stephen gave them the
best counsel he had to bestow. One
morning In his last week of the work,
when he was half-way through the
pile of letters, he was somewhat star
tled to find one addressed In Kitty
gijinficld's rather remarkable callgra
fiy. '""" f advice can Kitty be In want
I to himself, as he held up
with a tender smile,
"in! How she will
' r that I was the
If.ns as to
Experience.
once again before he dropped It with
cry of "Oh. Kitty, Kitty!"
' The letter was n, short one, but It
was sufficiently explicit to the man
wLj was Katherine StanQeld's accept
ed lover. It fan: ', ' 4
"Dear Mr. Editor A year ago I be
came engaged to a young man, sultar
ble in every way, whom I thought I
loved, and who certainly loved and
loves me, but since' then t'hav"'lne't
another person whom 1 know I love.
what am I to do? If I break my en
gagement I shall Vex friends that I
have every -reason - to love, - besides
hurting the gentleman's feelings se
verely, and If I keep It I shall marry
him ith "my whole heart belonging
to another Pleaae advise. Kittys
He remained with his head burled
In his hands till the striking ot a clock
in the room aroused blm. J V ?
"I can do no more today,4"' lie said,
rising to his feet; then placing the let
ters In a desk, he prepared to leave
the office. '
Kitty stanflold'g parents' had died
while she Was but a baby, Robert
Stanfleld had little to bequeath to his
daughter, but fortunately. Re-inald
Dighton, who had been his friend" from'
boyhood, came forward to assure the
dying man that Kitty would be as dear
to him as his own boy. Robtrt StAi-Tt
field had died contented ao4 balWl
and Kitty had been brought to Digh
ton Hall to tyrannize and reign over
every one, particularly Stephen, whoa
love had grown with each year, till at
last be knew that of all women Kitty
was the one for him. - ,; : ;
Both Mr. and Mrs: TMghtdH' smiled-
on his Wocing and were well pleased
t the announcement of an engagement
between the pair, .
"Married !' Kitty hod ejaculated In
horrified accents to her lover. "No,
Master Stephen, not : for years and
years! " Fancy you and I as two steady,'
tuber, uninteresting married people)
Oh, no, no we're over youbg to niarrj
yet. and. I ma .add., Wo foolish.! VI
The vision ot Kitty as she had said
these words came back to Stephen aa
he walked quickly towBlie open
Country. He saw IhfiiK jlng be.
him, WltbJff brown liimKfull
of floWf that she had Just gatne
her alight, childish figure drawn u;
Vigorous protest, her blue eyes smillni
saucily Into his. He fancied he could
bear the tones of her voice as she con
tinued: i
"If you are very good, and If I don't
change tny mind, v which f may, I'll
marry you when I reach the mature
age of 21, and not a moment before!"
and then she had flitted way up the
terrace Bteps, carolling like ft bird, k
"She was only a child and did not
kaow her own mind," he said to hlra
self. After the first feeling of anger
had passed away, he began to think
bow the engagement might be broken.
Of course, tbe friends she referred to
were his father and mother.
VPoor little thing!' She does love
him, and is quite capable ot sacrificing
herself to please them, But that mu3t
not be! ; It was lucky" he hesitated
over the word "well, I suppose"! was
lucky that I should be In Useoaibe's
place, or I might not have known till
too. late. Oh, Kiuy, Kitty,' I wonder
if you realise how much I care tor
yourv;; ... , ...
Having - spent the day in aimless
wandering, be returned to bis cham
ber! worn out and tired, but with his
mitid trade up.- Kitty must not be put
to tbe pain of breaking their engage
ment. He would do it' himself. .. The
old, people would be surprised and an
noyed, but that could not be helped!
Kitty would be saved any annoyance,
and by and by ha would be able to
see her happy with tbe man she loved'.
At this point he wondered,- for the
first time, who that man could be."
; "She doesn't see many "people," he
reflected. "Let' me think? there" are
the Elliots and the Oakleys." Conld it
be Bertram Chsnnieg? Yes, yes, It
must be Bertram. He is always about
the Hall, and he Is a handsome fellow,
If not very Intellectual." ; , :
' He went to1 the ilrr over the ' fire
place and regarded himeelt 5k. piti
able disfavor. He was not In the
good looking. Nature had given him
a pair of honeet, brown eyes and a
well formed bead, set upon' square,
broad shoulders, but his face that
was certainly far from handsome; He
sighed. ,,i,' i ,,:,. . ..
"What fool I was to think such ft
pretty, dainty maiden could ever care
for me! 1 only hope Channlng will
try to' make her as happy as I would
have done!"
On the following day Kilty's letter
was answered: . . in. i. '
"Marry the man you love at all haz
ards," the editor ot the Woman's Mes
senger advised, .and there and then
Stephen Dighton wrote a letter break
ing his engagement with Kilty. He
was aware that his letter to her was
somewhat mysterious. , He apqke of
other Influences, and recorded his be
lief that when they plighted their troth
they did not Vnow their own minds.
Without committing himsolf to the
statement he wanted her to think that
he had met some one he loved better,
and he smiled bitterly as he penned
the lines. . , ;
The iort letter he . wrote to his
father brought back a sharp reply:
I did not think." the Irate old fol
low wrote, "that I had a eon who was
not ft gentleman. A bad attack ot
gout prevents me from being in the
city at the moment you read this. Aa
it Is, I command you, sir, to come here
at once and explain your conduct."
There was also a letter from his
mother, full of mingled entreaties and
regrets, but not a line from Kitty. A
huge parcel, containing various little
kuickknaekg he had given her from
'ue to time, a bundle of letters and a
v rase with her engagement rlnsi
, Arrived only that, auj nothing
There was also ft letter from Lis
coinbe, announcing his return after ft
trip that had proved highly beneficial
to his Wife and himself. Stephen be
gan to make preparations for ft length
neA tour. .. r V f -'
"I eetflda't endure a day at the Hall
now. ru take run up to the Cats
kill and flnl olt with ft trip to Eu
rope. By the time 1 return Kitty wlU
be married, and I shall be able to ex
plain all to. the pater."
When Stephen had been abroad five
months beyond the proverbial year and
ft day, be made up his mind to return
borne..;: He had received ft few letters
from his parents, but after the first
two or three Kitty's name was not
mentionedfrom which he inferred that
aha van onjwlth -the new love: jn one
ot her earlier, letters his mother had
written, with a little intentional mal
ice, that Kitty was hrtbe best possible
spirits, and, though Stephen told him
elf that he was rejoiced at . the news,
he aearcelyelt so, V , - ,
It was in Part that Stephen began
to pine for home. Here he made the
acquaintance of a couple ot young phy
ticlans, graduates o a'New York City
collet's. In on6f "tfcelf excOrslona
through the, ceuntrf near Parla he
managed w twist his toot, ana it was
in consequence ot this accident that
he aa ttttllnwi alone one day lii'one
of the deserted drawing rooms In his
hotel.' The windows of the room were
wide open, and he was aroused from
tote by the 'murmur of voices from
ouUlde, one of which sounded strange
ly faniillar. Ho contrived to draw near
enough tontbt -wndowt to batch
'uUitpse of:the.pel.ers, and-with a
sudded thrill he saw that one of them
was Kitty Stanfleld, but so changed
that his heart ached. Her companion
was a Mrs, Avery, a married sister ot
young Channlng. :- ;'-
"What can have happened, (o her?"
he thought . "Perhaps they are mar
ried, and are traveling here with Mrs.
Avory. I believe I had b9tte avoid
meeting them etill, I should like to
know the "meaning of her altered ap
pearance" y ttz
Both ladles Were seated. Kitty In
racKing cnair, wu swaying sto
and fro. while Mrs. Avaspi.it.
Fopei JouAat on iwigilai IniUIng
pie m,.ner atKyrWas trying to fol
low SOme" dlrerfC-. ft,, the maaufac
ture or a wrmm havi
Arep4rvni1 iluul nf nnrlnit nfr5r litiat
. t . ,, VI . i
arily.i-.Aft tb sound Of hery voice
Stephen forgot he was eavesdrbpplug.
i ''Oh, . no," i Mrs. Avory if reapoaded,
jhecklng her. needles. . "I IIke?fonow-
litg new directions, and you tca.1- al
wag depend on the Instructions given
heret Whenever I want ft new pat
tern hi crochet or knitting I ust write
to thevditor of this JournaL"f r
"What, veryv tlever and very oblig
ing people editors must be," Kitty said.
"I sued to believe they manufactured
tlielr correspondents needs and their
own replies.-r " ' H ii
"Not at all!" Mrs. Avory said.
. "I once wrote to the editor of the
Woman's Messenger for advice it-
ly went on. - fit
,"rM r. : v r 1 1
' Ul. VH go. 11, 1 -
"Yes, and very good advice, too. You
remember Edith LorraiD'j. MrsI Avory?
Being Mr. Lorraine's niece, She ased
to be ft good deal at his place, aid she
and I grew very friendly. She was
engaged at that time to a gentleman
named, Smltbeona great friend of her
mother's, Indeed, her mother brought
the engagement about Afterward
Edith. saw Mr. Franks and (he pair
proceeded 'to tall la love with each
other, and Edith .could not make up
her mind what course to pursue. IShe
was Inclined to keep her word,, while
I, on the contrary, thought shi should
tell the truth at all costs. Well, one
day I wrote to the editor of the Wom
an's Messenger,., and Edith agreed to
abide by his decision, which, was:
'Marry ine man you love, at all haz
ards? Edith, I am glad to say, has
done so." ,';' '" : J J J ,,
Here Mrs. Avory, who bad lot been
listening very , attentively to her com
panion, gave little cry of vexation
and started, up. 'But tor this, both la
dles might have' heard Stephen's ex-
Lolnaiatiou. it .
P rrhere," Mri Ivory said. "I have
made a hash ot the second row, and
the whole work must be undone. , I
must, get my scissors." : ,
- As' sh hurried away along the bal
cony Stephen' limped forward and
dropped on bis knees by Kitty's chair.
: "Kitty." he cried, "Kitty, J was edit
ing the .Woman's Messenger when you
wrote' that letter! I read It; I an
swered the question.'' ; '' :-.
Kitty leaned back' In her chair and
looked at him with mingled consterna
tion and astonishment In her eyes.
"Yes," Stephen continued, glancing
at' he1 rlngless,; left hand, "and I
thought It was for yourself you wrote."
. 'Tor myself?, , Oh, Stephen!".
There was reproach In the tones, cer-
talnly, "but Stephen was wonderfully
reassured. ." . j. :',';,.;i...'1.rj.:.":'i;l.i).
- 'What could l think? And then I
thought the best kindness I could show
you was to leave you free! and, as I
couldn't bear to see you after, Kitty,
I Started for Europe." ,-i - j ;.
, "And nearly, killed me," Kitty ex
claimed, with a' sob. "It was for Edith
Lorraine I wrote." '
i "So I heard you say Just now. Did
ever aa eavesdropper fare so well be
fore?, But, Kitty, what brought you
heren . . , i , , . . .'.,',
"I don't know that Is, foolish old
Dr. Benson ordered me abroad for ft
time, and,' as Mrs. Avory was coming
with one of her girls here,. I thought
might as well join them
"And my father and mother? Why
idn't they accompany you?'' ,
"Oh, papa yea engaKed in a strugf;1a
with his old enemy, the gout, and of
course mamma could not leave him. lie
is better now."
"Will he forgive me? Yon must set
him a good example. Kitty."
Kitty shook her head; but Stephen
mimt huve pleaded effectively, for
when Mrs. Avory returned Stephen In
formed the bewildered lady that Kitty
aniMie were to i,a married at the ear-
i i:'st p..
( liliishina
i t-untiiidl
'iii'lo iiK.nteist; a
.iko the Kitty of o
t Mm..
a
v jni 1 1 r
id KHy.
t, Oid utt
I brought Kitty to plead for me."
"But I don't understand your con-
duct In the least! the old gentleman
mimhlnif
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"It all arose through the edltorshtf I
of a woman's paper," Kitty said, with I
smile. . .'-. .-'.1 ' -
"And through Kitty seeking advice."
''Well, I'll never have to do ao again,
seeing that my husband Is an. editor
and ft lawyer." And Mr. Dighton
Joined In the laugh without under-
Standing why or. wbere, the uSb
came in." New, York Weekly.
' troubles' of millionaires.
Trley Find the Public Somswhat Prone
' to Fleece Them. .
'To bo a millionaire b not all Joy,"
he said, getting out of Ills 112,000
motor car, ,
"The deuce it lnn't,M .
"Well. It Isn't." '
Why lent R?"
On account of the Way everybody
piles It onto you In the matter ,0!
prices. . For Instance," this morning a
dentist sent my wife's Nil for 1150.
He hasn't done much on her teeth, and
the bill teem' exorbitant I am on,
ray way now to get another, dentist 'a
opinion on it, and tills otberIll!Wwll
certainly charge me for his advice,
and he may be, furthermore, ft' friend
of the first man's, and on acccunt of
friendship he may say the bill Is all
right."
"How pKvok'ing.'M' ' 1
"Isnt It? : I have to bind everybody
1 do business with Bown to a contract
Unless I say, rNow how much are yon
going to charge? Draw up a paper.
Put it down .In black and white' un
less I fence myself In with every pre
caution I am fleeced o? all sides'.
cause I am a millionaire peopl
me for ft fool. , They" think fie
cbnrgo-me dc able, treble and
iiiple. I'm In hot water with tK,m j1
th ttmd - aa. N
"heinejna-rj went oX lnftt elght
''ojlSalr of shoes vou showod me
month? Well, I went to your boot
maker and ordered a pair just like
them,! and utea tlio bill rame "home
It was tor $15. I had made no con
tract 'Hence I had to pay np. , . .
'""Doctors and lawyers chargo Ue tre-'
racnilcus pricea. Tbey don't gain any
thing by it but they gain wore than
do, aO tbat I khep getting mad at
their cxtortkn; I keep e'.iaistng frotn.
one to another. put. it does . me no
goed. They're alt alike. ' ; v u " V
"When, I go to by ft horse i Jeiv
my own carriage three or four blocks
away, and I tnoko my purchaio' before
revealing my same. How mad , tUe
decJcrs look w'uen thpy' hear my name
whoa they pofcelvo that they hate
given reasonable rates to ft well known
millionaire. But it's seldom I . get the
better of ft 'bargain 'Iri thls! vray.
ruiiaueipuia mnira., , i
; OUAINT AND CURIOUS.
y i v "'V;. ' .( it i , n v ' c y
Ixs Anscles, Cal., has the smallest
horse In the world. It Is 21 1-1 laches
high, 7 year old, and weighs 70 pounds
With its shoes -on. -
. Tho strongest animals are nil ve
tartans, tho elephant being the mosf
powerful, . and tbe rhinoceros and the
ox next The swltteat, the horse and
antelope, are also vegetarians. Vege
tarian creatures, also live much longer,
than meat-eaters. " ' "' ""
1 -i '!5:;J .f-T-1''' If
' Gates at frequent Intervals bar the
country roads In Norway nd,ftr a
nuisance 10 travelers, van ukvb ui
leave their vehicles and open th bar
riers. These obstructions ihark "he
bounaarler barmrramanBe4BTlng wiek etoth.-tha Ww-wr s,w'wy,Ucn''"
cultivated sections from the waste land, !
About 29,000,000 bunches ot bananas
grow annually on the Island of (Ja
maica. Four-fifths of this amount are
exported and the remainder is con
sumed as food by the native. .A bunch
of bananas, containing abont 300 speci
mens of the fruit, sella In Jamaica for
It la seldom that one sees boiled,
fish alive, yet there are such In, the
boiling lake of Amatltlan, Guatemala.
A species of fish "was lately seen there
by M. Marcellin Pellet, Fretnch trav
eler. These fish, he aseerta, often pass,
days la (he boiling water, which comes
from numberless hot springs. '; .
When ft traveler i" Clna desires
passport he Is compelled to have the
palm of bis hand brushed oven with
fine oil paint. He then presses M
hand on thin, damp paper, which re
tains an Impression ot the lines. This
to used to prevent transference of the
passport, as tbe lines ot ao two bands
are exactly ftllke,. ; ,..( y.,;1:?.
The man wltn 'the ironW Many
athletes have pined for the cognomen,
but It baa remained for, Henry Geyer
of Cblcagq to Show that be deserves
the name. During quarrel, Qeyer
was shot by James Ludclen. The 38-
callbre bullet hit Oeyer in the jaw on
the left side, and though tbe wound
bled profusely, the bullet flattened oh
the jawbone, without even splintering
that member. The physicians say the
case Is very remarkable and they can
not understand how the man escaped
broken Jaw.. y ; v , .'., ; '
Menelek's 8uceeSaor. ''
The next problem which is likely to
wcrry tho European cbaiiccllpries will
be the choice of th next Emperor of
Abyaslnla. According lo latest ' ac
counts Menelek Is in very bnd health,
and is rapidly aglns. He has quite
given up all thought of a European
tour. It Is In his hands 10 nominate;
his successor. This he hns not yet
done, dlnliklng to precipitate troublft
among the , Has. IHa wife, Emprnn
Taltu. la lll:ely to nuike trouble. She
In a very amliitlcna woman, and lina
planned to proiliiiin hrraclf Bovereita
ruler at her husband s rteceai-e. ii 13
Mnlionnen is tho Btrong-t ca.ndidato
for the position. Thoae ai'itmintod
with Abyssinia
iy that It ia nil but
b k's death will brine;
iiin t!
ut liid
irt l.iir
,bn
I W,ir!'::r
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will
t'.to
I A f?ETOr()N TOR SUND AY
,.A ''"-'- CVA-OUiyAl
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An tuuuutHi uisuuunat 1 1 uu
i"A SUPREME OPPORTUNITY."
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he fc.M;(rnellei"'eH.iii lftii
ssnwratiaiiiirU' 40 iw rswuuBI
tli . v.thl. u Vm,
t,4 M . , ,v in ,
OpportiiDlUM Beialntely. i U
' Vbw YoBtr i-rv.CSunibiV 'norrfni the
Hev. Cornelius Woelfkin, niininter of kh
Grrent Aveim Baptist Church, had1 for hi
h. lTXTWma
knnmrtti Vi(.thr fKmt ri nm Id the
kingdom for such a tim as thi?" Mr.
Woelfkin said: . a j .111.
Th history of Esther ii a aacinaidH
romance. Every changing scene in liia
panorama is a graphia illikiration of the
providence of God. It traces the tranii
iion from obacurity to ptominenoe; irwi
weakneas to power.. The aeene open
ahowing Either an orphan "girl belonging
to a captive and dcapiaed race, hatumlly,
vary door of influence would be cloaed to
her. Alone in tb world, dependent upon
s cousin's bounty, the horixon of iter life
was limited, tier enici cnaownrent waa
beauty, and that, aa the worw goes, u
a benediction of good. let, behind thu
humble, noBeat his there i working the
might, wisdom and ovf Of God. Th
(jueen'i throne ii empty. Th royal crown
ia waiting some on who may pleaas the
liumd of th King. Thounands of gentl
b!oo dream-of the tjneen place as tlw
acme tt( all . unibilion) Bnc tlieii. (tvhldic
of JohoSailuhM reaervni-the ,Ua gj(
Esther, the orpliahed Jwih girl,
This same divlnepo-W'Seek'- mold
every life, Th circuinstiinces anit eondi
tiens that environ ua may not aeeni prom
ising. But what are these with God? His
strength is mndt perfect in weakness. Th
vast mammy of men and women wko bav
made the mol, m h 4ory wer thow
whom.U I inuviiieni e brought from ob
acurity lh
1 1.
wit conditions. Your way M
nt hid !
piac h
place is i
royal th
painted,
arif'm In
1 tlie Aiuughly. jaete is a
acant f 1 vnur fillinsi That
noii"
e, U'
I he '
nignihed a any
i divinily ap-
thereto may
accidents, for
ii the mbods of
be tli spirit
nee to discover
, obey, lie will
In,
' COlltll:,' 'IH'h
t nitons c
noes, ami 1nr
1
t it t
niuig us t ;,
sailed lot' n , .1 nroht
0110 elne nniv , 'i , nnr nlane. ufctil we.
k through uubeliet. a.i dinotndinc, have
,iuriviieu me privneei lia wjcuyniiuy.
I tKvery life. hr its own unique jendnw
ment. Sucoess or failure depenih Ulion the
aianncf in whioh1re -rml((" Winn ' pomes-
aiqna If we hold them selfishly to. profit
ourselves withal, tliey turjL, ipie eoiyup
tion. But if they he beM m trtisl a i sa
cred stewardahip, used for the furtherance
flif Hi MiTMiiM ?nn.l 4Kb It n,rin nf Him
kahgd1h thty will kim oii eteriul taean
ores, uur temptation is to discredit our
possessions and opportunities. But w may
not despise th day pt small things.
Esther had only pprsonal beauty to com-'
mend her at first. His ia not a gift de
spised by Satan in hi attempt to ruin a
soul j then why should it be discredited as
a power fov good? Tlw lad had dirfy Sve
loaves and two (ishes, bat, consecrated to
His service,' thty fed tbe Vtoltitude" nnd
snore., It al tnrna apon frhether we are
using' onr endowment in the interest ol
ell and by the energy o( self, or whether
we an living and working in to-Aperation
with Him and for Hi glory.' The form of
a lif will vary. 'Goi doas 'not duplicate1
and mnke all lives to conform to a lik pat
tern. There was a vast difference between
th captive maid that served in Naamnn's
home and the orphan captive who moanted
the Persian throne, but it was tbe same
Ooit who worked in each? A 1 1
The orphan girl becam the bounteous
queen, eh enjoys th honors and emohr
Sient of royalty. Banquet are held, in her
oner and a retinae of aervaut minister
to her continually. Can ah tunrort tha
dignity thus thrnst apoa her? Will adu
lation, flattery and -vanity enervate )ier
sour ability, or will the grow, strong Bad
potent for good amid opportunities? Only
trial can answer such queries, and that
epmea oo enough. .From the outer world
she hears th tameritakioaj of her iu'iiiiroit
people. - Mordecai, her cousin, is iin tack
cloth And mourning aid Woald aot be
comforted. All the captives are wailing
with fear. What could it meau? . If she
had only been party to the conference be
twee fier royil hn.bnd,'Bid. th prim
minister princ she would nav nnderatood. '
Ii she could e all the flerks writing th
senteiMes of Jdi vbick 'wete fain bort
ried throughout the empire she would have
I knowa.-r tjh Btetn to b exempt. Doe
she not dwell in th palac? . But th
blackness overshadow her even there.
Ko circumstance or condition can shut it
out. 1 he court of Persia permitted no one
ad , nwtirainaw to autaa lha.nul nra.
einct. Ther would" not; be lmturbd by
punrui reminaers 01 lite sorrow.
But
even th royal pml can neither ienor
nor escac them The erairediea nf Kfe an
not shut out by hiding and ignoring them.
We can hiiiJJ no barrier that will prevent
uefi-lnvUaiBn. tn ''!-,. ., ,1,. , ,
. The Redeemer of th .world did not ig
nore' them. H did1 not (solute "Himself
from human, woe, but, through .suffering
became a Saviour, foreiving sin, bringing
glory eat f h erucihk f aafltnna nd
planting th light of hope amid th
shadows of death. It Esther seek to aav
arni aiona Mia WW lose tt ..IJut a tn
seeking to save others she lose It, she shall
av it. We cannot ia a time tit opideauc
think of ourselves alooe. Individual care
fulness will prove fatal: r. - '" ,
Ther ram a t moment Of despairs to
Esther. -What Can. she do more than oth
er. 1 She. bad not eea called inte the
King's presence for a whole mouth. And
to venture onhidden might "'mean death.
She had her limitations. tea her position
teemed Unequal to the need. Her privil
ege -fell short. It it always a. A atwv
eriaia ever brines the- shadow of deair.
There arc problem that eonfrrtnt every
generation that seem insoluble. We became
bewildered and perplexed: we feel our in
adequacy and despair. Ihis perplexity nnd
despair is purely human. Its shadow never
falla upon th throne of God He shall
not fail nor be discouragod till He hath t?t
judgment in the ear.K. All that He re
Quires i aa iustrument'fliat will. not balk
at the cost, and He brings speedy relief.
Let us fling -th sacrifice of life into th
Situation, and nothing shall b impossible,
to U". It is this desir to keep our skins
whole,' and to conserve oust iwrsoanl ens
and comfort that makes situations difficult:
Paul was an oplimlrt; becniwe he threw
his life into the oriel's, Comfurt,, esse,
quiet, pleasure, wer not aimed at by him,
therofor b could onot.de ntiy writer "I, am
pressed on every aide yet not straitened;
parpliied, yet not unto- despair; pursued,
yet not forsaken: smitten iown, yet not
destroyed." fSelfialiness brings the mid"
nnrht, self'saeritice the dawn. -.-.-, i
Then followed Esther's heroic resolve.
A crisis slwav eereiojw the character. In
a moment she read th meaning .of her
Providential experiences. She taw aoms
hings of God's plan in her life. Why had
he been exulted from the lowly position
nuee'nV'h'.irr
2li ouLr V r h1'JLr-.,,K
ing begins to erystaliie. (ol foresaw this
crisis, anticipated the need, and for such a
time as this was Esther comoy the king
dom. In the very s.srt rf Wat gravest
diiie'ully Inv her sunrem opportunity. Our
greniest nunncnts lire tu t I'll nal' t,1 ilnrkest
cimiiiim.iin'H, Tin pruviileiiees f iiial
have Mii;ip, d our course, and there in a pur
pose and end si delimip as that of Ktaer'
in our lives. 'I he h.iml tli it euiile nniv lie
inviMi'le, mid tlie lilit nuiv not rim n iiin.
nioie l!ie iii'Tnum:. iint if we ,no i, iiht'ut
iu tnui aut! out'tU'nL'c to eciy ii.un op-
poitmuiy, we
nie tune mi'' ' .t",l
it
"I
are come to tlie ,
peiae
I a r
i tim
t to
Out IN I
and ni
l; w i-i
in li
ipt naer." AttemM : Mlvatioo
Jou!l. hnt nticiulte atb by few dsya,
tot much room for choice. ; Death tl
nt tht comtt ,d that will come
f either sv. Sither said, .''If I perHh, 1
I peruh." , This is ynonymom with thote
I exprnaions Bine by the martyr Bnintt ot
t hi.tory- U i tb only sttiude arid pre -
lion tnae win nt me Bupreme crmn uu
l Anruil-tiinilif... n inct man BlttlBtlonB A10m
i uil. "Hl.fc m. T nniv thee, out ff the
ooox wnica inou man -wriiwa, ucaai-Hw,
!'I hold not My life of tny account as dear
Unto Myself, i am ready to die." ' Who
ever goes upon a great mission mutt,, lik
.1.. .Ml.. eU..'.l ... h a in him
van yiHWHtiw, ""V " "".."'7
hand. It ia ony slong tnt patnwny tdnt s "'o wa man a emu or uiq luiutvu
salvation lies, It is. grett price, but of- aire's retreat, but it is not in thai body
ten paid forati inferior purpose.- Heroism ' S0ne that men qf Weattb are seeking
akt . tot life -tha .price, rf patriot ism ffl nowaday s. in every Araach ; of
nonie and frnnm Amhlf on llemfl llda v ' .
bfe fdr reputatisfl 'ami i honor.i- Conve
nience ana progress at Bot, Hesitate to ac
cept life as a price. Our bridge, buildings
and tunnels r built with t lis tost o( life.
Shall we, then, murmur at the-missionary
he is willing to risk fever and riot la the
interests of eternal salvation? When ex
amples of self-devotion- fall into tlw per
spective of history w applaud the martyr
spirit. God help us to value and covet it
wbe near at hand. , . I j ,,,, j . ,1 ,
Esther went with fear and trembling,
hut not cowardice. .Herotsra a not fool
hardy. To go forward in the face of dan
ger, despite fearj' i true eonrag. - Paul
ministered in Corinth with much weak
ness, fear and trembling, but beneath all
was the splendid heroism of se'f-devotion.
' I pe.riih" but such a spirit cannot
P i-riah. 1 may seem to full in telf-aacri-fiei.
but if doct not perish, Somo heroe
orfaith come out unscathed from conflict,
they are deliveted from the edge of tho
sword, th fore of violeuc and power of
fir. Others are stoned, sawn asunder and
killed. But they do not perish. Tbe mar
tyr torn by lion on the Koman arena
were as victorious as Daniel who waa de
livered. Th (Witnesses! who' burned tl
Smithfield Were at triumphant at th three
men who could ant be burned by, th seven
fold heat 'of Kebuehadnaaair i fumae.
Tha Himienpta who fell on St. Bartholo
mew's Day tvete'no leaf ctfojaeroi-B than
Joshua's arniy. Christ did not perish on
th cross. Paul flidj'oot -crista in Home.
Te'.emachu did Bot' ptrinl in the Roman
arena. Such dying if tbe, highway to lif
and power. 1 1 . t 1 tt.i
asuca I lie rort
Saviour
the feelimr of our infirmities.
sited Lord Ha-intercedes to supply our
need according to His riches in glory. The
privilege of prayer it granted to ua, that
from the human tide.w, ma feci the-kur-den-
dt hssnan sorravf and net and d b
pressed into an intercession iot divine Suc
cor. Jn our weakness re are tempted to
abuse this treat carte blanche of our Lord.
Baleme, who received th same overture
from b king as did Esther, asked the death
pf John th Baptist. Many a. petition of
pi-Bye would end ia death if granted. Hut
no Carnal, selfish, supplication will receive
the iaaWi-eBient of it, lnl Chritt, and
conseauentlv fails. ' '
l I'henw cmf fo.thennitaet cen. ' JV
is most suggestive. ' Only the hostess and
two guti but what issues tremble in the
balances. Esther is under sentence of
death.. The. dark four la drawing. High.
Human, th prim minister, is in g'ee; he
ia tuevwdinc moat narv)out .Yetin
one day . all is suddenly reversed. The
Queen become tha author of life and Ua
man is sent to th gallows built for an
etbet, ,Succ may be upon ns in the very
darkest hour, while failure may be dog-
ting, th track f tbe most lightsome
eart. . Righteousness seems to be worsted
in the conflict afitk evil.- 0oa mtastiret
seem to ff il, vR one to triumph. . Sera-'
pulouboiity goes to tbe wsll while
triekerv and' triiiiil are crowned wlln sue.
Virtue it aeemingly, jttrtnglcd . tnd
vic ia TUDeii witn ru)niiy. ana w eie
templed t b savious at th pronperity of
the wicked. But w may not pas Judg
ment' tnsil the issue is seen., There will
come day when righteousness shall flour
ish and evil perish. The Dints- of .the
world's Hainan, Heroda and Judnsrs all
miscarry. , 6ia sad evil rot stv the cor.
Righteoasnesr and truth nave th quality
aT the ritrt WmentVsfticV not only
stated the plot, but named the, adversary
and enemy thit wicked Hainan. It was
an awfnj crisis. It is always a crisis when
sontendmi pxiitcitilet com to the decisive
struirile. in cverv soul there is a Haman
whofseeks the,betryl and; destruction. o(
the ipiritnariifet In our conflict With this
evil aelf ther come a time when we must
be. specific in naming th foe. Ho salvation
come from generalities. This adversary
and enemy may wear different names in
our disposition. It may be pride, envy,
ines. ete.
" V
anneoour'
rain and Wait ,th mnmenft of execution.
If ws would savo our fives, families, cities
and the world we must deal uncompromis
ingly with the particular Haman who is
working daatructitn. - Not mtil Haman
goes to tbe gallows can life stand secure.
Having seized the supreme opoortonltr
at great risk, Esther finds a great reward.
The clerks write the tnessam of life mora
rapidly than tJiev wrot the sentence of
death. The good work is hastened with
mora apead than- th message of wo. Joy
supplants sorrow and life come in the
place of death, Th harvest of sacrifice it
lif. , We tow in tear, w renp in joy., In
this tucceBsfut mission of Esther the m
tliatHX wc bwe an glumljration of th sn.
vation wrought o-it by Jesus Christ. He
to;ili His life Id' His heads. ' He died and
lrose tgaia from .the dead. He secured b'
IL-versai Ol me acuicnee VI iieniii nribien
ataiust . its and proolaims forgiveness of
sins snd th gift nf eternal life. Our is
tKe pnvilog first to receive and aeioie in
this truth, and then to awed the glad tid
ings to every 'ereatmw m H the -world.
These ere our supreme opportunities) They
may be shadowed with self-sacrifice. bHt if
they are resoluWy aeissd they will ictus in
tie morning ol joy.
. ; , ; ,. Vlcterles Won. , , , ,.,
"It is" not by regretting what 'is irrepar
able that tine work is to badooe, but by
making the best of what we are. It is not
by complaining that we have not tlw right
tooit, out py using wen vue wui we nave.
I1K
j What we are, and where we are, 1 God'
providential .arrangemenc-ruoa ; aoing.
though it may be a man's misdoing; and
th manly and th wits way is to look
your disadvantages in the face, and.se,
What can be made out of them. Life, like
war. ia a series of mistakes, and be ia not
X,r.UThe'
tliBbest who wins the most splendid vie
torres- by the retrieval of mistake.''-!'.
W, jRobcrtgon. .
, -i,!' af aka Ob OialtaJUt
Tree religion will make its possessor
truly chsritnble in dealing with bis busi
ni" asaociatea and competitors. Jtev. U.
I.Stair. . 1 ' : -
Judge White ot Balem was quite
the, Eosex Indians
that lo goo,i ship Hesperus was ever
wrocKea on in re.-i ui " i"u i
Woe." f Mr. LongteIlow's touching
itory ivWflKlv bit ot poetlo lli-cnae
tfhlch all veraemnkers are permitted
to employ in their work. Noit.hcr did
Paul Revere ever reach Concord
town, as Mr. .'I,onsfillow niake3 him
do In tbat famous midnight rlda.
lint, no nuiiter;. he should have
r ,i, 1. 1 It In "order to huve the story
end nin -iy, nnd the pin t's mlH.Mon Is
to write thliu.a as tbey om;bt to bj
r;i ;,cr thnn on tli.-y areT'""'!'
times' pot Is write for money, ro-n-rien'a
the Psli;a li-ra'd.
UU, u-iir n,a ' nis-' V,T u I . - -
v i wnt mnvMi wi in irnmnnaavirii. . rrtriii nci i i nvivirTfl
tiucBHiv i. , . jtwvux j: k: fiua i yntiuj
.r- - . vHwcn wn.n -Hi
I,.,., UIHI. HCBUa ! .uilLIlo.
IIB UIO A
all
1 It
int
--i. t.:vn
v..; ! I
VU)X MEN WORK FOR US.
KR,U .f1 " lV V j
jN OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICE
' I '"''
T BECAUSE THEY LOVE THE LIFE,,
' .- -
MBmhwi of thB Cabinet and Others
, MemD,,J ! oaomet ana win.
nm rccp imnr rv,u m w,-ww,n-
ry aicrifice-urp IPubHo Ufii bi
t:tcut' They Are Jbteresteer In, Their
y Duties.-. i-,:! f,,i ';:;it,yii)?;:
The senate has often been described
,t . , . . , inirt
menta In Washington, as well as In
the federal offices of the various cities,
rich men are foanoV working faithfully
and hard , because of the Interest ,they
feel In their duties.' ' " ?',.. .-'
" 'John Hay, secretary! of state,' Is per
hape In his present place because of
patriotic . sense of dnty. There are
many reasons why he should want to
retire from the cares' of state. ' He is
rich and has one of the finest home In
the national capital, just across Iafay
ette square from the' White House.
Hla social station could easily be
maintained were h cut of office, and
he cpuld, continue a lead. Jn. the fsset
which has been lod by him for so long.
But he' remains In the pViblie 'service
because he is tcld tbat no one 'knows
tbe foreign relations ot our govern
ment so well as be, or Is qualified to
till his Jlace'Jnst ha he has ' filled It,
He--serves i necauae, lot ft patriotio
sense of duty and because some of the
ambitions which he has had for the
nation have not been entirely worked
OBfeii .MflHrt. ixr-i? itit.-ai V;fSt4 :
Secretary of War. Roct, also l rich.
It is said that his income at the time
when J, tMarSteWjewaa In
,000 ft year from Wa Jliya-i
a. .
afa'taoripen.
lives In one of the finest
In Washington, and Indulges
fancy for. ftaft JidrjaBl Every day
that the sun. shines ho .may be seen
driving iaboirt thi capital behind cine
of bis boTses; which cost thousands Of
dollars .if.'jy.i,;" ,,,s-;iPy ,1..... .'),'.
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock
wa rich from the time of hie birth,
and hat been associated with big bust
a ess., enterprises In, the west, wblch
makes hla wealth grow with each day.
The salaries ot any ot the' cabinet-officers
named wcfuld hardly.,: bay Uhelr
house rent All their other expenses
for entertaining, for horses, for the dt-1
Versions which they geer m summer
and 'foli their .svxmebokla. idurtng the
social season must comerpm, jiielr
private lormnea.
vThoy are' nocessarffy losing 'large
sums of money' by remaining in : the
public service. But each of them has
somb good excuse for remaining. '
But there are many "more places
outside the cabinet circle in which the
honor -: ,1s ; proportionately... ess and
which "are sought and held with per
sistence1 of' rich 'men.' There Is tho
place of Assistant Secretary ;of the
Treasury, held by H. A. Taylor of Wis
consin. :; ' .;-,-' ',
"Uncle Hod."s they cafl Win out In
his state, has long been very rich. He
has great . lumber , Interests.. In,, the
northwest, mines in the Carolina, in
Mexico and AlasRa. amtTiolels, aews
papers ftnd ' commerclej, enter laes.
But In each of these bo baa competeST
men, who look after his, lntereeta and
render 'him regular and adeqnate re
turns. .I- M' l.tl, .,(...
Mr. Taylor has been urged to leave
the government service. Hi& family'
and his friends and his physician have,
within the last few weeks'; joined In in
sisting tbat.be take a long foreign tour
for bis health. He has just completed '
ft model home Iri the fashionable part
of Washington,1 and ft would seen) that
he has everything that heart could de
sire. , ..LW'
" But Mr, TayTiSr clmgs'tohaclonsly' to
this place, and each day looks after,
the affairs' efr-tkf gwveniqerir-a tbey
t-rotti before hint with, the same enthn-
slasnrwmrtwaxthat haf'PWJMP"
intoraat ;w'ag .hi?" ;wm.v0 'pe,
soual friends of MK "Taylor know why
he liken the Tilltet It " brings him
small emolument, a sttrftby the year
which hardly represents the market,
variations of Ula poeseesiana- Iv each
?i hours, j, , . . ,,.,.( . ,
, But idleness and Inactivity are bug
aboos to Mr.'Taylof. Prom his early,
boyhood ho has found Ceaseless' aotlv
itw to .be bl portion.-1 Through his
peyer ending Industry he amassed big"
present wealth and made sure of bis
own future. " Now he clings- to nla
government fjlaoo becausb he believes
that In idleness be would quickly rust
out .; '.'-:- y . f . ' .- -' ; ;
Chai-les" Hallam Keen, the reeentlv
'iotntd.Jassrjiliijl ietifeEftry liof 'the
treasury, is aaJijyo- view his annual
salary of $4500 'merely J as money
which be can nee In keeping tip; with
the, automobllq fct ,or,r meeting , the
'. minor expenses of his lifo Jn the cap
'itti'l. He has' secures' such a moasuro
"ot!nccess in commercial' 'partmttg
,at aoubUesShhe(thouSh,,hetf tho
Jplace.In Washington .was Offered to
, him that It afforded an opportunity fof
adding to his family name ie tilstlno-
Hon ef bavins been associated with ft
groat government department, (tnd for
studying the intricacies of the govern
ment fiscal BysUm from '' Inside the
workshop, , in 'i.w.tmi t .,
.i Perhaps the richest man ls an office
not of the first grade Is the personal
rrend 0f the president,
W Tie Jt -ta'me
Gifford Pin-
fliW noeause of
nla association wnn me president, nut
because be has a love fcr forestry.
As a young man Mi. Pltiehot took
to tho' study of forestry, I la leiii ned
nil that; the. col Ivgoe , of the United
States could tench liiin. Ho visited
tho most remote parts of this coun
try and tlit;n traveled abroad. i
.Ho returned to tho United Stat,";
with 'ideas of his own n s to how t' a
government phmild adopt eome sip 'i
system aa that v,l;M lmi crcati j t;
forents of (lernuniy, llo . Fiu ured a
minor phu o nnd iutereiited the seer -tary
of agriculture and lutt the
rotary of tho Interior In bis y':-m.
Now lie is lit tl.e b. ,l of t!, riwiit.
ly in r ,ui,'i ; bureau of fur' ; y. It Ih
ninMl- h Htii lei; t'Mt it preinis ;
In tiv "1 to (!, v, leu ii,!') ;,a nun ls j :
i.,, ; LAUGHING.
J
Wide
Difference Noted
Among
Varlou Methods. -
"In all the wide range of evolution
try studies there la nothing quit so
IreUrstlng to me as the wide difference
iti 'the inalter of lauEjhing," said "ft
itifcughtfui man. Who is quoted by the
ITeiV' Orleans Times-Democrat, "and I
tave often wondered why some man
'itlihauces to observe the dilfernces.
not nlj, among individuals belouRinR
to 'the tame racial group, but among
ractaj baa 6ot developed tbe . more
strlltlns difference. Wo have doalt
wlljf other Important differences, the
I (Terence In vocal range' and tone.
Ve" fcave -developed In our "evolution
ary studlewnbtr-mnrltBd difference be
twen the muaio of primitive and civi
lised peoples, the broad differencee, for
Instance, between the simple monot
onous scale of the Fijian, and tbat
complex bit of sublimated harmony,
the symphony. Why not develop tho
range ot laughter among" Individuals ,
and races! It would be an easy mat
ter t do this. -Besides, -what more
cheerful study can one pursue than tho ;
study of laughtorT '
"What more alluring tneme can we
flad In tha whole category of subjects
relating to human kind? Laughter!
To think of It is to smile, to enthuse,
to become cheery, to tee the things of
the world through the rosy glasses of
optimism. Laughter is music. It la
the bubbling forth of the finer things
Of the human voice. It Is perfected
, music. It Js the sum total, the final all.
In the matter , ot welded, rythmical
tones. . Yet, men and women laugh tn
different: keyes and different, scales.
Often laughter U as the silvery tones
ot the yorlole. Sometimes it la tbe
clear brass ring; of the blackbird call-
I ti
tree.-, Laughter ia .sometimes sharp,
cutting; sometimes deep,, heavy, gut
tural, founding a sort of basso pro
fuhdo; -Bometimes ;lt Is the one voice
in the. scale of harmony, , and eorne
tiines another, but it U always musi
cal; always rythmical ; ' always asso-
dated in some way with tbe parting ot
Hps,, aad the showing of teeth, and
the playing of. dimples, and. all that
sort of thing. . Laughter Is good to
think npon. It Is good theme, ft
good study, and one which may be
.pursued with much profit, and I will
tip the dewy glass, with Its amber
liquid and spicy aromas, to the fellow
who will 'pursnev this . rosy s dream,
which i of $o angels.",., s . . Vl ',
l 15 Brothers - . ' : ' -
In? Two wtrangers once; met each other
,on highway. y'y.Hy,,,.it
Tbey were about to pase, without sal
utation, when, simultaneously, ' each
seemed to recognise in the- other some ,
semblance to himself. ,-, , . ,
And so tbey stopped and talked.
"When I first locked at you," said
the- one, ''yon seemed totally unlike
anything I had seen before. But
second glance convinced me that this
was not so. It then came to me that
hi reality' yon were very much like my-
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, "The same thing occurred to ue
when I looked at you," replied the oth
er. "Who are you, any -way I"' - l
t Tho first stranger . smiled ft singular
smile, -j; .f.j,,- ,v yV,..;.
, "I aTfl,TjfIed,' "an Illusion.
Meattfi e always seeEltlfaie. but when
they find me, I art enttrelKdlfferent
from what they thoughts An-bat,
nrav 'are vou?" - '
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"I am also an Illusion," replied tho
stKond stranger.' "Men ' are always
trying to avoid me, and yet when I
overtake them, I am entirely different
from what they thought - Wo are,
then, both illusions."' y y ;
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' S "And whftt ht your nameT" ' " ' .
am . called , Happiness. . And
yours?", ' - -
T am called TTnhappInoss." life.
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sK Punching ane) Shearing Machine.
, According to Consul General Hughes
at Coburg, a somewhat novel design ot
punching and shearing machine has
been put on tho market by ft Gorman
firm... Tbe feature jwhlch distinguish
es it from other designs Is that It ia
cut away longitudinally on One side to
allow of broadjilate being out np the
middle, will beiortha great deal
in shipyards and bridgfjTrtn4Jorlii
such works plates ore usually ordered
la the dimensions required, and they
only require a little cutting and trim
ming around the edges. It can hardly .
fall'to 'vibrate considerably while at
work;: in all other respects the ma
chine , resembles other well-known
makes ot eccentric' machines. It is
made tJ shear plates bp to one inch
to thlcknonl, and the shears are In a
line with the longitudinal axis of the
machine. . The.an on the punching
side is only 19 1-2 inches, and It Is In
tended to, punch 1.1-8 inch holes
through "l-lrtcV plate? Tho auglo Iron
shear In the middle has the corner
down and is thus quite unsuitable for
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i ,.(A luxurious Robin. . ,
, A Mrs. Nowton of Gcneseo put two
fine lace 'collara Out on the lawn In
front of her house to dry one day I t
spring. When she went to get tie ,i
an hour later, they .were gone. ! '
was sure nobody stole them, bw rm i
She waa sitting be3ldo a window r'.
ttie) front ot tha house at the time, s;
would have seen anybody entxrln t t ,
yarj. The next day she put nm- r
collar out and watched. A robin f
down from an apple tre near by i
carried off the collar. An inve ;
lion wns made, and tha other
were found woven Into the hints i
In a crotch of the apple tree. '1
was also a small luce ham!'
in tho nest, iho bird that (ls ,
;;. sr" re i l-i." ,-
mula net up a bl outcry ie, i
fieri'.. !y at the man
In
tti(l li" t MS being pul
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