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Iiut, mil. na will $9 on bold in up to rldlruW tb blljrt-r of tb club frmlnln till tb ti4 uf lb Chapter. Tb nitwt rmwkaijl n.h torr of the p-aKin rornra from ih CtkUU. It relate th Ul of a rtmo tbor who. to work off a larr atrfak, ni out fishing and rrtura4 libin bnur ttb a lumwtti blrh es tundt of caviar, for blch rclT4 fioo.
Tb tBvrsellc 4u-rnilnatioo to ork Off a latr alroak I tl.e point of th remarkable talo. Chicago laUir l-adra roorlcti-ii of calling ttrlko for tb purpoa ntnrtlng money crp4 with a tut and can count thoiumlven mlilitr lucky. Tru frionda of labor ran only aeverlr cond iun tb conduit of curb mm a tbo mho. for tbHr own rn-nebmpnt. mak otber thplr tool and lead ttiera to a court Ulch email liPary lua and urfrln uikjo tbm and upon thdr famlll-, Tb Mtlmatv for tb flucal y-ar 1910 call for appropriation of 00.000 for tb Panama canal.
That aum will prcnt a total pendittir Of on th gnat Interocoo-Ic waterway up to the clone of that period. Tb ntrprie come high, but It will be worth tb money. The Culled State will be tb flrat and realet beneficiary, but the new rout will a boon to the commerce of th world. 1 A profeaaor of political econon. and eoclology In a prominent university ba been lued for divorce by hi wife on account of hi peculiar theorle.
He bold the wife ought to share Id tb breadwlnnlng. take care of the children, and do the housework, but remain discreetly allcnt on whether the husband ihould wash the dtshe and do the family laundry by way of sharing the wife' work. Such dome-tic problem, thrashed out In court, would mak thl the most Inturestlng divorce case of the season. It I gratifying to hear that th shipbuilding biiHtneas at several center of Industry In this country I flourishing. Hath, appear to be especially busy, and In one day had two launching, a monster ferry boat to be used In transferring railroad car being one of the vessels and a big four-masted schooner the other.
All thin Is very well. I3ut how much better If in addition to these craft for use at home or in slow-sailing forflcu service our yards were turning out first-class steamer for oceangoing traffic!" I tiitk I irtdfuiiy it! ii tefx4 th It) tin until- r(ujfc4 wnk tL itl ba ttiiii ti tt Muat iinwau 1 ItutUfet I trf fetor tll! at tt-4, t4 it lo it. KiiH a a ui it 11 ulf. II (' tittijr, fct at id lt 4 c44 lb 4ur I bcf4 tm tb Ilk tbrwli'tit m4 It fcJl.11.4 I far rtuv4 tivm ibwr I.blly. Huirmg an t-r rJi.n, 1 Iri4 tb Veb 4 lb 4 t.tr4 nb uiu a iitjr air, Miy -iut a Jupt4U Uf 4a ar4 Ml lb b4L la ttri rrMt4 r.4 lf'k.
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"Irr." I wblfpered with onalloyt-d t-ftn, be worthy of ite tirr No 1 ply "l)o lov Mm." I rnn(tou4, dwriy, truly. Jiwofbloo at uprlcht and pi.il.rd tb hair out of brr eye. "Oh. Aunt Certrudn." she "It ln't bim It them "Them" I barardrd, faintly. aid my nlc with lb calm Or of dopalr.
"that Ih trwuble fm rfKhl-but ther- Iwo of bim." "Tell about It." I iicK.ii!eil, Chiefly felt Snmelhillg Iefl-d of fjiP "Vn," he ann-ed quit tuirbt Jut as well. I ve got to ti II pome body," "I lirnored the lant and com-posed mtM lf to listen. Her Hory briefly thus: unat.le to witbatand the fa rlnaUon to two callow youth, and finding It Imjmnsihie to prrrve the pear between them, Joxephln bad formulated, th srheme of taking them on alternate days, like two varieties of pills, aa It were. She remarked casually that she had stopped their visits to the house, as she disliked to see Ihem glare at each other, and. moreover, her evenings were thus left free for others.
8hc did not explnin this, however, but Insinuated parental opposition and dally persecution of herself, borne with angelic sweetness. Gently, but decidedly, I luid the facts of the rase before my niece. I told her that, as she could mnrry luit one man, it waa'nmnlfestly Improper to be engaged to two. "You must now," I continued Ignoring her remark, because could not holy comprehending that such a situation might ngreenble, albeit sinful "you must now, dear child, make your selection. Which of your suitors do you love the bolter?" "Yes," said Josephine miserably, "It's tip to we to choose, mid I've done II" "Let your henrt guide you," I advised gently.
"That's Just what I tried lo do," returned Josephine, confusedly, "but the oli tbVg wouldn't work. So I tossed up a penny heads for Xed and tails for Harry. It came down tails." "And," she continued, quietly, ''I'm going to elopo with him tonight." "To-night!" I ejacul*ted, aghast. "Yes, to-night. And, oh, Aunt Gertrude, I don't to one bit It's not Harry, after oil it's Ned.
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tin-ii i' 1 ii.tb.J kt.isld kr.J ic ftU t- l.i'.-' a ofte ln.t i khuftj ita klid tbli tl I 1i ii' (but I a f.iM!.aii t.d lo to tair sbi on ti.it. tg tii.r, .) k'trr Ibl lstb t. ku lo lie lial fc- rt r.i l.j(!t In lb llvrr, ut all tr tu ta bear 1 V'rM terror Patrick J. Lynch and M4l Prnt4 I Him by Conor. ih burning hlp When I rrtv4 near enough to lb Gen.
Hloeutn 10 render alunr women and chll dren Jumie4 for n.y bt. wbbh, Ing but a ktuall one rould not posMhly bdd all who wanted lo get in Tb rekult was that most of those who Jumped ihe first tlm Ml Into ih water. Then Cpt. John Wade of tbe tug Wade rain lo my amslstnnr and the refugees In my boat were transferred lo the tug "Ther was so much ashlsianct needed that a hundred men with tntr would not have been too many IC render help. When I 10 the burning boat from the tug Wade I spied, near tbe paddl wheel, half hundred women and children holding on.
Th flames hod almost renrhed them. I rowed nearer and yelled to them to hold fast and I would try tc save Ihem. I got a boat full of women and children and rowed ihem out to Ihe tug Wade. Tbe crew pulled tbem aboard, while I recovered breath enough to go bark for another boat full." Again and sgaln Lynch repeated hli trips between the rapidly burning Blocum and the tug, each time carrying a boat load of mothers and theli little ones. Detective Sergeant Henry C.
Flrnelsen owes to Lynch the safety of his wife nnd two children. When Urnelsen heard Ihnt the Slocuni was ablate be rushed almost hysterically to the scene and, to his Joy, found Lynch had saved those dearest to him. Desiring to express his gratitude to Lynch for saving his family, Flrnelsen presented to him a gold watch, chain nnd locket. On the watch Is Inscribed the following: "Presented by Henry C. Flrnelsen for heroic conduct In saving the lives of his wife and two children from drowning at the burning of tho steamboat Gen.
Slocum on June 15, 1901." The American Lengtie of Honor and the I'tiiled States Volunteer Life-Saving society, Station No. 1, of Port Morris, also gave him medals. Potatoes from Sprout. The British agricultural colleges have been testing the growing of potatoes from sprouts with groat sua cess. The ylld and quality have both been Increased, nnd tho disease-ruslstlng power strengthened.
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Her iir. abby I'-rt b-r l.rir La a Cnubed eduratli.n In muir hbi rou)4 ttiak It lb tehicle for eaitng ber a living Ml ll-bn 1. prr.ldnit of tb woman' mrlety of ibe 'Tech" Bd Hi art dlt'ir of Ibe rr U'k. fin Cotltcln of Doll. Tb Ctwiateks de I'limsy I said lo) bav tb ImI roll't tlod of doll la lb world.
Her collect un Jut been on rtbibitlfn In HruU for ih benefit of Ih Calvary guild Th oldest dull ram from tb rusitt of Nineveh and were preeti(4 lo Ih greal grattdniotber by yuee Marl Antoinette Tb iol striking dulls In lb collet lion am said lo th lingo dolls fnim 8ouih Africa. A Ooclor't Blunder. is otrnsionally well for Ihe medical nmn lo heed what bis patient say. After rboktng at the dinto-r table, and tuyin 1 hut he had a butt in bl Ihrtwt. a three yt-ar-tdd boy wss declared by dortors to have diphtheria; he was treated for that disease In BL I'nm-nis hospital, but died, and a postmortem showed that th" little fellow tnd been tight I hew was piece of bjtie In Ibe larynt and no diphtheria at nil.
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and roq. iurte4 with Taut and PiU Tb (Jroek gathered In. great multitudes, who wer looking and hoping for a rrllCloi) life Tb asiault en Paut Flit and Timothy in lr.t'gted by tb "Je whl'b believed not and wer moved by Jealousy envy. tvu ihey er d-rllnlng n4 lb ('brUtian Were growing Tb Jew Ue4 Ihd rabble, tlln fellow, aa their fUt-tie t.t.. ad turning them Into a wild mob lhy "aautt4 th boese of Jen." with whom Ih tulluarie were Tbe roiMlonarie wer tsot at bom, but the mob dracged Ja-on and certain Christians befor lb rulers, shouting.
"These that bar turned the world upMdo down ar coniing hither also Tbe charge against the missionaries was treason, for saying that there Is another king, one Jesus. Th same charge was mada against Jesus tefor rilate. They were bound over to keep tb peace by a sum of money, or property, whlrh Jason and other Christian must forfeit If tb missionaries wer again the occasion of another riot. Heme Taut and Hlla were Immediately ent way secretly by night They went to Iierea. licrea was Inland about fifty mile southwest of Thessalonlca.
Cicero, In bis oration against Plso, says that, unable to face tbe complaint at Thessalonlca, riso fled to Herea. So Paul may bar gone to Here on account of It seclusion. A usual they went to the synagogue where they wer Introduced by their escort of Christian Jews who left them at this point The missionaries remained at Herea for several weeks until another popular disturbance, stirred up by their ThexHalonlan enemies. Paul was se-rretly and hastily sent to Athens, while Silas and Timothy wer to follow later. The most Important book In the world for study and reading Is the Iiihle.
It gives the largest, fullest, widest education. It educates all the faculties of the soul. It trains for th best life In this world, and for Immortal life, Horn reading and study of the ruble dally Is the most Important means of becoming acquainted with It truths. The chief cauRO of tbe Ignorance of the Bible, often charged to Ihe account of tbe Sunday school, lies In the neglect of Dlble reading at home, the decadence of family prayers and family Instruction. The Sunday school, especially where the International Lessons are used.
Is a great aid and inspiration to bom study. The whole family read, study, and discuss the subjects together. No other scheme can accomplish this end so walL Itinl. all. cUic J.IJ.1 It.f 4idje4 lg.
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It won't do 10 any miiak. yon know, Now, then, lo you An4 I found nMlf p)k. 4 up and d-pnlted In th rati Tb d'r and nff I el.ij.ll.g My flrt tiipul to rrm. but this I retted firmly; my en4. draw the laprot cber about in, and to this I yielded and reigned to the Inevitable The rb shipped abrupllv and tb rb Bung opi-n.
Htrsnce undulations traveled up and don my iine. We were In th rhpe by tl.l tlm. and the elereynmn In his r. was for with tao witnesses t-vrryihitig very proir and legal. As I could riot iruM my voi began to with my veil; at least I rould uncover my face.
"l-l me help you," he said, gently, and untied th knot. I turned and faced bim. and for a moment stand at each other aa though petrified, "The devil:" he exclaimed, Tcry rudely, I thought. I made gigantic effort to speak. "My d-nr young friend." I snld In a vote which sounded weak and au toinatlc tw my own ears, fear my presence may be somewhat of a disappointment as wkdl as surprise" Hut I got no further, for he turned helplessly to the clergyman as though terrified.
"Take her awny," he gssped. "there's some mistake. It me out of this!" Hut the minister lifted hi band solemnly. "There seems to be some strange misapprehension," ho said, sternly; "let us get to the bottom of this matter nt once. Did you expect to marry this gentleman, madam? I'ray explain." And 1 explained ns well as I could.
When I reached home a long time lifter, for the distance was Kreut Bnd the street cars slow I found my wrapper nnd slippers laid out In my room and Josephine hovering anxiously about the window watching for me. I told her the whole story, and he lanched In a way I thought ungrateful and uniippreclatlve. "Josephine," I said solemnly, "I shall never recover from this night' experience. I hope you will always remember all I have done for you." "Oh, well," returned Josephine carelessly, "of course it was awfully good of you, but do you know, Aunt Gertrude, I think you bungled tbe thing moBt awfully." 1 "I i- 1 rMU raw 18 i 1.
