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devoted lo the 3rotcction of Jlome and l?tc Interests of Vie County,
Vol." II.
G-astonia, Gaston County, K C, Saturday Morning, December 10, 1881,
No. 49.
A PRINTER'S PROTECT,
Oil, wliy don't people, form their a'm
And finish oir their B's
Why do they iiinkofliieh crooked c's
And such confounded o's?
Wliy do they form such shocking k'h, '
And it's with nifiio (It?
Their a's iintl n's lire too much
For any printer's wits.
"What a huimiii rye is without slirht
Is nn I without u dot.
J'b aro such curious, crooked things,
We reoognlzo them not.
K ought to stand for kuswdncss.
Hut comes In well for kick.
L' and m's are mischievous
While n's Just raise Old Nick.
O's aro rarely closed at all.
And l''s aro shugft-y things.
Q's might as well be spider legs,
And k's mosquito wings.
Some people make a passing s
Who never cross a t; !
Others use the self-same strokes
To form a U or v.
W's get st rangely mixed,
X's seem on a spree ;
Y is a skeleton on wires. . .
Zounds, how we swear at z I
& yet, Just tl.ink what typos get
" From drivers of the piill !
They call us such a careless set,
A.nd scribble on at will.
Well.they will scribble.and we must swear
And vainly try to please,
.. Till they go back to school anil learn
To make thoir A, u, C's.
Al'ianv Press.
THE DIAMOND EARRINGS,
If there was one p tsoii in the worh
more than another that Mrs. Templeton
guz'd at with e es of curious regard, ii
:. was ber husband's .cousin, Mrs. Morris,
and if Bhe had one ambition eclipsing
another, it was to eclipse Mrs. Morris in
everv direction. If Mrs. Morris Bet up 'i
wall-basket, Mrs. Templeton compassed a
hanging cabinet. If Mrs. Morris had a
ivv not. Mra. Teiiinleton would have
nothing less than a window gardon. A
fiingle vase on Mrs. Morris1 piazza caused
Mrs. Templeton's premises -t breakout
with urus till they looked like a stone-cutter's
yard. If Mrs. Morris gave a high
tea, Mrs. Templeton bad a dinner parly
out of band ; if Mrs. Morris had a lunch
eon, Mrs. Templeton had a ball, or whut
answered for one in the limited round of
. pleasures ol theif place of ab ide ; and il
Mrs. Morris indulged herself with a new
Bilk, Mrs. Templeton always countcJ her
flounces, and made her own phylacteries
br.Oiider.
When one day, then, Mrs Morris ap
peared at church the usual place in the
town of Carleon for ladies to exhibit their
toile's with a pretty little pair of dia
monds sparkling in her ears, you can
imagine the slate of disgust and wrath in
which Mrs. .Templeton walked home, and
the very disagreeable lime lhat Mr. Tem
pleton had of it as he walked beside her,
endeavoring to look like the happitst
domestic m m in .Gmlcon. The sermon was
criticised, the rrinister mude out a time
server, the piirish denounced collectively
and personally, bis own peculiai friends
among the rest, and finully his cousin Hetty
was reached, and her habits, her manners
and her dress were wade the text on which
to hang anathema maranatha of worldli
E(ss, affectation, bad taste, low inoial
sense, irreligion, and lust of all, extrava
gance his dear little harmless Cousin
Hetty, whose red curls lighted such a
franK, , child-like countenance, and whose
two diamonds, lie had been gail'y of think
ing, just mulched the limpid sparkle of
the clear dew-drops of her gray ees. But
Mr. Templeton bad far too much experi
ence to say anything of Ihp sort. 'James
Morris could nqt pay his debts if he were
sold out to day,' said his wife. 'And
look at his wife's drees 1 Maria, how many
times must I tell you to keep those children
inside the curbstone ? his wife's dn ss ; just
one glitter of satin and jet. And I declare
it was impossible for me to fix my eyes on
the lectern for the way in which she kept
(hose diamonds twinkling before Die, with
her head on the perpetual dance. A pretty
place for diamonds church ! I know a
woman who wore tbem to her father's
funeral ; I suppose she would. I should
think at any raie.BhcpouM hae controlled
her inclinations, and waited till mxt Sab
bathdiamonds on Palm Sunday I Hut it's
high time of day, I must say,' warming up
with her busband'seilenc, 'when I am
without a single diamond to my name, and
theie ia Janus Morris' wife James Morn
who owes you $5,000 borrowed money'
It was very weak in 'Mr. Templeton
to interfere ; but one canuol be always on
one's guard.
'I understand, J uliet, my love,' aaid be,
'that Hetty's Uncle Roberta sent ber those
earrings.'
'Uncle Roberts, indeed ! I should like to
a-e Uncle Robe rts for once, if he is not a
mythical personage altogether,' cried his
wife, with 1 lie air of txpteting Mr. Tem
pluton tJ produce the alleged Uucle
II iherts immediately. 'Uncle Roberts !
Uncle Roberts. Il is always Uncle Roberts.
And you . .'understand' forsooth ! Why
it Kin t i unuvrHiund ( wny were the ear
r ti;H c mcealed from m. ? F ir all I know,
you gave them to h-r yourself. Pcihaps
you are thin Une'c Roberts who is always
brought to the front, at ev ry pet pi-ce of
extravagance For my part, I wish I had
even a husband, lift to );ak of at) - Uncle
Roberts, who would not see' m" trodden
und r foot by any liitle minx who chooses
lo toss her head above me '
'My dear! my dear! just remember
a here you are ; just remember the chil
dren,' murmured Mr. , Timpletoo, flounder
ing in a little further.
'Where 1 am ! I suppose you don't wan
all Carleon to hear how I'm outraged
You'd like to keep it a secret. You'd lik
to have me endure it in silence. Of course
you don't want the children to hear their
mother tell the plain story of your neglect
your outrage r
Here Mr. Templeton took off his hat
and made a low bow with a glittering
smile to a gentleman and lady passing in
an opposite direction.
'What io the world is the matter with
Mrs. Templeton?' asked the genthman
'She looks like u thunder-cloud full of
lightnings.'
'Hetty Morris' fairings, I guess,' was
the answer. "She has probably seen them
at church to-day. Poor Mr. Templeton
What a life that vixen leads Mini'
'I don I know about that. He is tre
mendously in love with her.'
'How can he be?'
'Foree of habit, maybe, And she is a
beauty, you know. And when she is good
natured there's nobody like her.' '.'.,-
'Well, by Easter you'll see her with a
pair of solitaries, I'll wager another pair.
Take me up?' .
'Noll. I shouldn't have any use for
them if I won, txcept to give them back
to you ; and I couldn't afford to lose.
Besides, I don't bet ou a certainty,' said
the careful Mr. Bowman. And just then,
Hetty Morris coming up, they stopped to
admire her precious acquisitions; and
Hetty heard of the wager, and shamed Mr.
Bowraun into taking it, before they parted
and went their opposite ways, more merrily
than was their Suuday wont.
Not so Mr. Templeton. As Boon as his
wife had banged the door behind her she
tore nff her bonnet and threw herself on a
sofa, and called for Jane to bring the
ammonia, and her husband to drop the
shades, and Maria to take the children
where she could not hear them, for her
head was splitting with pnin.as any one's
would be, treated as she was. And she
would not go upstairs to bed, nod Mr.
Ttmpletnn's Sunday romp with the
children was ubrogutcd, and his dinner
was mude an act. of silent and solitary
penai.ee; and if he told his wife he was
going to afternoon servic ', and did go over
to his'cousin Hetty's, she at least had no
light to blame him.
But woe for Mr. Templeton when he
C.ime home that evening! Mrs. Templeton
had been removed to her own room, which
reeked willi st- am f camphor and alcohol ;
she lay llnte in her white nightgown, with
her bluek hair si reaming over the pillow,
a ith her great black eyes relied up and
fixed on a rjeuu te point of ceiling, und
with the foam landing on her lips
ghastly, fltifT und immovable. It made no
odds to Mr. Si ' pleton I mean J'einple
ton that h' had s en her so Bit y times
before ; in lact, Always when she wanted
comet hint: she could pot have. Cold terror
struck to his soul lest be should lose his
torment ; all her virtues swelled into the
hosts of heaven, nil her faults were wiped
out us with a sponge. lie was down on
his knees beside her in a moment. 'Oh, my
durling ! r.iy Juliet ! my love! speak to
me! Tell me you know me!' he cried.
'Run for the doctor, Jane. Whwre is Dr.
Harvey? Why haven't you had him here
already ? Get him at once, (jive me the
brandy. Heat those soap-stones. Where
are the hot-water bogs?' And he was
bathing her lips, and rubbing hir hands,
and kissing her forehead, mid adjuring her
to give any sign of life. But it was not till
the doctor's steps wns heard that Mrs.
Templeton vouchsafed the lei si indication ;
and then her breast began to heave, her
hands to tremble, ber long supple body,
that had been stiffly festiug on its head
and heels only, began lo sway and subside,
ber feet tt twitch, and presently those feet
were bea'ing o tattoo on the footboard,
and the lip- parted in shrieks, and the
shriek turned lo sobs, and the doctor was
pouring chlor.,1 between the teeth, and the
sobs Sauk away In'.o sletp, aud the hysterica
Were over.
'What could have excited you so, my
deurtst, and thrown you into such a terri
ble convulsion ?' Mr. Templeton was say
ing next morning. ('Hysterics' was a for
bidden word. Mrs. Templeton would have
had ii not lit r uttauk at the sound of it.)
'It must have been the heat of ihe church ;
it was overpowering. Thurlow" has never
learned to regjlate that furnace.' Q.
Thxi heat.,' sighed Mrs.. Templeton,
faintly, 'and the glitier of Uxse diamonds.
They kept dancing so before my eyes with
their bright spots that they dazzled the
brain. I am afraid I was very cross yester
day. Jarijua. I didn't know what I was
saying. Oh, I never wuut to see any dia
monds again.
"You shall have a pair of your own
before I am a week older," exclaimed the
feeble husband.
'Oh, no, no, no ! I should be so ashamed.
I don't deserve them. I I couldn't think
of it. Indeed, indeed, I wouldn't have
you, JuriuB darling ; I should feel just as
if I had beggtd for them."
But when Mr. Templeton returned from
the city that night, as pretty a pair ol
solitaire earrings as he could buy with the
bond he sold glittered io a velvet case
marked with her name.
As he opened the case and held it
before her, Mrs. Templeton shuddered, and
turned her glance away from Ihe beautiful
white sparkle, and aaid they looked at her
with two great eyes of reproach, and she
ought not to have them, and they were as
heavenly as twin stars. And presently
they were glittering in her ears, and all the
faintuess and languor were gone, and she
wa3 ruuuing to the glaes and holding her
head on this t-ide and on that, and admiring
herself, ai d turning to her husband for
admiration. Looking, with her large liquid
dark eyes, her pale face, her perfect fea
tures, ber dnzzlingemile, all illumined by
the shining drops, as beautiful as the moat
beautiful Juliet that was ever loved. And
her, husband fell twice and a hundred times
repaid for Ihe sacrifice of his little savings
in Ibe only bond he had yet been able to
buy and lay by for the future by tlie vision
of her and by the de ighted kisses she
showered upon his lips, aud. the warm
embraces of the long white arms.
It was not once, but twenty times that
Mrs. Templeton looked at the flash of ber
new splendors in the mirror, took them out
of her ears and put them buck again,
tangled her hair in them so that her hus
band , might loosen them and ' be struck
afresh, as he did so, with the pale pink
eea-ehell of the ear, the curve of the throat
the exquisite oval of the cheeks ; and she
went at last to tbe window and shielded
the pane with her bonds while looking out
and up at the stars. 'I declare,' Bhe said,
the glistening of Orion's belt is no more
splendid than my diamonds. I never
thought I should have diamonds, Jairus."
Nor did she have diamonds after that
one evening of ecstacy. Ihe little
borough of Carleon wbs bo better than
other plac s, and while she stood at the
window comparing her gems with Orion's :
a pair of enterprising burglars, who at
that moment were not 'burgling,' chanced
to obtain a view of their opportunities, and
they went through the house that night,
and the diamonds went through their
igers the next day.
Alas for Mrs. Templeton ! I would have
been idle for her to have another convulsion.
Hi r husband had not another bond for
nother pair of stones. And so the mother
of the Gracchi could not have placed a
more magnanimous part than she did.
'Oh, what do I care for' jewels!' she
cried, when Hetty ran over to survey with
her big, pitying eyes eyes much more
beautiful than the sparkle io her ears
the scene of ruin, where the burglars hud
left their matches and eaten their cold cakes
and coffee 'what do I care for jewels ?
They might have taken the children. Oh,
Hetty, how thuukful lam tbeydido't take
the children!'
'As if,' said Hetty to her own husband
afterward, 'any burglar under heaven would
want those horrid Templeton children, tbe
worst imps ever born of hysterics and tem
per ! Now if it bad been our children,
Louis!'
'I think you had better tell her, though,
that your diamonds are only Alaska
crystals,' said Louis. 'Pretty bits of glass
but only genuine glass, thai Uncie Roberts
sent for mischief.'
'Well, I don't know but I will. Hut
I think I'll lend them to her to wear ta
church on Kcstar firs', fur I do want Clara
Bowman to wiu her earrings they'll be
THE ME WHO SUCCEED.
From N. Y. Oliserver.
The great difference among men, of all
callings, is energy of character or the want
of it. Given the same ornriunt of learning
and integrity, and the same opportunities,
and energy will m ike one man a conquer
or. The want of it will see the other a fail
ure. iJead beats are all men without force.
They had as good a chance as any of their
companions, Others went ahead and car
ried off the priz;s, while they were lying
by tbywuy-sido dispirited and despondent.
It takes nerve, vim, perseverance, patient
continuance in well doing, to win a great
prizij. And the young man who goes into
a profession without this pluck and foice
will not earn salt to his porridge. He
will drag along through life with the help
of friends, getting some credit with them
for being a wellmeaning man, in delicate
health and anlueky. The real trouble is
he lacks energy. All tbe learning in the
world will not qualify a man for usefulness
It requires push, stamina, vigor, courage,
resolution, will, determination io one
word, energy.
DYING OUT.
f In Sunday's" Constitution, Mr. Grady
revives Bill Arp's lameutation that "our
crop of big rrien is dying out." In this Mr
Grady thinks Georgia has plenty of mate
rail out of which to make 'big men' Thi
is true. If the "crop of big men is ding
out,'' one thing is certain Uie crop of bun
gry politicians is multiplying. They are
seen clam orously at every corner, prtcin
and eapitol io the laud. The tflkes are
not equul to the increased demand. So
hungry and impatient are some of them
to be CoDgreaamen, Senators and Gover
nors, that they ore ready to foment dis
cord, malign and Blunder, break up old
parties and form new oces, or go it on
their own hook, do anything and every
thing, that will bring to them their cov
eted boon office. If some of the old crop
of politicians und some of the new crop
would die out, then it would be better lor
the peace, progress and prosperity of Geor
gia af.d the whole country. Intellectual
giants are scarce, it is true, but there be
men of big hearts, big brains and broad
culture, whose retiring modesty and de
cency, forbids them to parade themselves
us office-seekerj, aiid consequently tiny
are overshadowed by the brnzen, persis
tent, pigny ; 'ilicians, who assume 8
greatness that n :e the trutn. I tits we
presume will continue to be tbe ease as
long as politics is made odious by slander
and slime, and brass passes for merit, and
sound for fense. But it ia certainly un
worthy of the illustrious age in which we
live, Marietta Journal.
the ants' graves. This did not quite finish
the remarkable circurn stances attending
this funeral of the ants. Some six or seven
of the ants bad attempted to run off withou
performing their share of the task
digging, when they were at once killed
upon the spot. A single grave was quick!
dug, aDd tbey were all dropped into it.
FIVE AND FOURTEEN.
A FUNERAL PROCESSION.
Mr. Frank Buckland tells tbe following
remarkable story : One d.iy a little boy of
mine, about four years old, being tired of
play, threw himself down on a grassy
mound to re?t. Shortly after, I was
startled by a sudden scream. My instant
thought was that some serpent had stung
him. I flew in horror to the child, but
was at once reassured on seeing hi hi covered
with soldier ants', on whose nest he bad laid
himself down. Numbers of tbe aula were
Btill clinging to him with their forceps,
and continuing to sting the boy. My maid
at once assisted me in killing them. At
length, about twenty were thrown down
dead on the ground- We then carried the
boy in-door. Jo about half an hour
afterward I returned to tbe same spot,
when I saw a large number of ants sur
rounding tbe dead ones, and I determined
to watch their proceedings. I followed
four or five that started from the rest
toward the hillock a short distance off, in
which was an ant's nest. This they entered
and iu about Sve minutes they reappeared,
followed by others. All fell in raak,
walking regularly and slowly, two by two,
until they arrived at the spot where lay
he dead bodies of the soldier ants. In a
few minutes two of the ants advanced and
took up the dead btfdy of ono of their
comrades; then two others, and so on,
until all were ready to march. First walked
two ants bearing a body, thn two without
burden ; then two others with another
di ad ant, and so on, until thu line was
extended to about forty pairs.
And Ihe proc ssioo rujved slowly onward
I followed by an irn'gulur body of about two
ihe only genuine diamonds among us all. ' . '
Aiid she brought him money enough for
Mr. It iwinan io afford her whatever she
wants ; and I heard her lay ihe wager with
bim myself that Mra. Templeton would
wear a pair of o. it wires to church ou
Easter.'--a7r'i Baar.
"Why don't your Utwr take the paper T
said a gentleman to a lad whom be caught
stealing a newspaper from ins door-step.
'Cause,' replied the young hopeful, 'be
bend uie to take!'
hundred ants. Occasionally the two laden
nt- stepped and laid down the dead ant,
wbio'i was taken Dp by the two walking
uuburdened behind them ; and thus by
occasionally relieving each other they
arrived at a sandy spot near the sea. Tbe
body of Ibe ants now commenced digging
with thoir jis boles io the ground, into
each of which dead ant was laid, when
they oow labored on till tbey Lad fi led up
The following article, containing a wi
and helpful suggestion to mothers, appears
in the "Home and Society" department of
The Century Magazine for November (late
Scribner's):
There are two periods in the moral and
intellectual development of a girl which
cause tbe profoundest anxiety to a mother
It five years old, or thereabouts, the period
of babyhood is passed, while the period of
girlhood is not yet reached, and, between
the two, comes a time of anarchy aDd chaos.
The little soul ia now bursting its shackles
acd trying to re-adjust itself to new condi
tions. Tbe child is ceasing to be a mere
pehend plaything, and is beginning to live
an individual life. Nothing is more com
toon than to see a docile, well-trained child
eubiluely develop, without any apparent
reason, is wilfulness and insubordination
entirely at variance witn its previous
habits. The niothet who has been dream
ing of a sweet daughter is to walk beside
her ail her days, making life fragrant and
beautiful to her by sharing with her all
her youthful hopes, and joys, and trusts
turns heart-sick at the naughtiness of the
half-fledged termagant. For it is the good,
cherubic little girl whe usually manifests
the change ; a spoiled child is so thoroughly
disagreeable all the while that any accession
of badness is not noticeable. A great dea
of self-condemnation and unhappy lore-
boding would be spared the mother if she
would only recognizj that much of what
is so very unlovely is not essentially wrong
; that it is merely what is good in a state
of unripeness. The fragrant blossom his
withered and fallen uway, leaving in its
place the hurd and acid embryo fruit. A
wise mother will be very careful to distin
guish between those qualities which promise
evil in their developed form, and those
which are mere crudities, and her aim will
be to foster all tbe unfolded possibilities
in her child's nature, and help to bring
them to a beuutilul maturity.
Every one knows how tiresome and unat
tractive a little girl usually is when she has
outgrown het juianlile sweetness. The
ittle impertinences, the saucy retorts and
unflattering personalities, which have wou
for her smilts and caresses, or, at worst,
on admiring reproof, all at once become
intolerable, and are rebuked with acerbity.
The very ways which she has been
taught to consider charming become sub
jects for displeasure when the baby round
ness and dimples aro uof e. Her sense of
justice is outraged, and Ihe un warped sense
of justice in a child if often very strong
She becomes a little Ishmae, her hand
against every nun's, . and every man'
liana against her. lo a cer lain sene this
can scarcely be avoidjJ, bu' if the mother's
love be unfailing, and her sy inpathy always
ready, she can keep sweet the fountain of
love aud trust which, without that refuge,
might become very bitter. Just when this
new life is uutolding, a mother's wise care
is most earnestly needed. Thi soul which
has seemed to draw its life from hera is be
ginning to leod on iudiviJual exist nee. It
is to the perfect development of this indi
viduality that the mother should betid all
her strength. E ich l)unna soul contains
within itself the germ of its own life. To
make of it ail that may be made, the mother
ho uld only guide the growth, leaving it
tree within the limits of moral probity to
grow into its fullest possibility. She can
not lop it off here and there, or suppress its
growth yonder, without maiming and
stultifying tbe whole nuture.
The dangerous quicksands of this period
safely past, the mother begins to breath
freely again. She again begins to see
visions and to dream dreams, till the second
and more serious season c-f anarchy comes
to try her faith. Chi!d:iood U over, and
womanhood is yet fur away. The whole
being, moral, intellectual, and physical, is
in a s'a'e of fermi nt. New motives, new
piineiples. new emotions, are batiliog lor
predominance, aud, until these relative
claims are adjusted, no peace can be hoped
for. This second chaotic period which
comes at about fourteen years of age last
longer, and brings a more hopeless and
radical overturning of that-which bad
seemed so firmly established. If a mother's
care were needed iu tbe earlier change, it
is in&uilely more needed now. New trails
seem to be starting into life, uew develop
ments are manifested. Changes not only
io pii'p-rises ami ideas are taking place, but
changes in temperament, in disposition, in
tone, are manifesting th- mselves. There
is Deed of a wise bnxd which shall guide
without galling, a tender heart which shall
sustain without comprom'sh ; with evil.
To aid in the conflict rd insure victory.,
nothing will help a mother more surely.,
nor direct her nmro easily io this difficult
task, than the recognition that thla, nlio,
is merely a stage of growth neeasd'y to u
lull and perfect development of ber child's
nature, and that to her is entrusted tH
privilege of fostering the growth, wbileshe
shall be looking to the end with -tbe
prophetic eye of lov?.
RELIGIOUS NEWS
From Sunday's Raleigh Observer.
"Father" McNamara has turned from the
Catholics to the Baptists.
It ia estimated that the thirty-three mis
sionary societies at work in Africa have
secured upward of 30,000 converts.
The receipts of the past year for Epis
copal domestic missions were $220,593,
against 165,275 io the previous year.
The Methodist Episcopal Board of Edu
cation received last year $9,256, and aided
about 100 stndtDts who are preparing for
the ministry,
The Y oung Men's Christian Associa
tions throughout the country are gradually
becoming provided with buildings for car
rying on their work.
Elder H. L. Stouth, pastor of tbe Barn
tist church at Laurinburg, N. C, basre
signed, and will be succeeded by Elder A.
D. Cohen, of Carthage.
The Russian church has ordered its
priests to administer the rites of religion to
those who kill themselves with excessive
use of stimulants. To this date the Russian
clergy have classed such persons with sui
cides, and left them unblessed.
A ruling elder having been made moder
ator of the Greenbrier Pre-bytery, Vir
ginia, the Synod of Virginia has taken ex
ception to the innovation. A case tor ap
peal will be made up for the next Gcueral
Assembly of the S uthern Presbyterian
church. :
Elder George B. Xnj-ty- Jp
sionary to Italy, io a recent letter has this
to say of the Baptist chapel which is being
completed io Rome : ''Tins chapel has ex- .
cited much attention io the community,
and will, when complete and paid for, ex
ert a great influence for evangelical and
Baptist principles all over Italy." , X .
The American delegates to the Eeumen-N
ical Methodist Conference have united in a
call for a centennial conference to be held
in December, 1884,lhe centenary of the
organization of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, to be composed of representatives'
f all the Methodist branches in the Uuited
States. It is probable that the conference
ill be held in Baltimore, where in 1784
the Methodist Euiscooal Church was or-
aniz'd.
Toe National Christian Association,
hieh wants the name of Bvitv inserted io
t';e coi. s I it ii i ion i f the Uuited States ai d
ia (p(i'8td to all seei el societies, held a
national convention in Galesburg, III., .De
cember 1 and 2. The call said : ' TheL'rd
Jesus Christ will col be supreme in Ihe
churches while they fellowship a system
hostile to Him, nor will tl e nation confess
Hun while its i flairs are controlled by the
lodge power."
The Bible and Prayer Uoion, which was
begun in Loudou in 1876, has now more
than '126.000 memhrrs enrolled iu all
countries whre English Christiana are
found. The American branch was organized
about a year and a half ugo. The number
of its members is oow more tbaa 7.000.
Each person receives a card of member
ship iLdicatjog tbe chapter that ia to be
read for each day of the year, and oo Sun
day morning each member ia to pray for
all the members of tbe uoion.
WHO LUCIFER IS.
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'Who is Lucifer ?' said the teacher
the infant class in Sunday-school.
I know,' spoke up a brave five-year old
girl in a very earnest tone.
'Well tell me, Katie,' said the teaclk-r.
'W'y Lucy's fer Bob Sprigga, who has
such a funny little mutache, an' wears such
a short U at; but papa don't Ike bim at
all, au' z be aiu't got no sense, an" no
money, on' he's fer z it ole Mr. Gr.p an' "
'That will do, Katie,' broke in the
teacher; 'I see yoa are ported. We will
go on to another question,' and it r quirt d
the teacher five minutes to get ihrogh using
ber haukerchief wiping her eyea, she 'had
such a bad cold yoa know,' for Lucy was
instructing another class near by. Lucy
told her motlK-r afterward that be thought
Katie too young to go to school, tbe coo
fioemeut was not good for ber. Sitingi