The Nazareth Item

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AN   INDIPENDENT   FAMILY   NEWSPAPER,   DEVOTED   TO    LITERATURE,   LOCAL   AND   GENERAL   INTELLIGENCE
Vol.!|XXV.
NAZARETH, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1915
No. 3.
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than the ordinary run of coal, hat's the kind we sell. This is for us to prove and you to find out by giving our coal a fair trial. We don't fear any test you can give it, for our confidence is based on know¬ ledge and past expeiience. You can't go wrong using coal of this qtiality.
P. S. IRUMEGWEB
Phone 47-B'
Coal, Lumber, Crushed Stone, Bldg. Material. |
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REGULAR Courses Business, Shorthand, atiU Typewriting-, Combined or Secretarial, Preparatory, Civil Service and Spanish.
SPECIAL/ COURSES (students selecting branches desired) vvill be arranged for either a full or half-day session or for the evening school.
Our Location in the very ci ntre of big business naturally brings us many requests for young men and women with a business train¬ ing. The opportunities to get both the preparation and the position are here.    Call to talk the matter over.
The Winter Term, for both day and evening sessions, begins Monday, January 3, 1916.
For catalogue address, W. P. MAGEE, Principal,
:: South Bethlehem Business College,
Third and New Streets,
South Bethlehem, Pa.
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THE
TINDER BOX
By
MARIA THOMPSON
DAVIESS
Author r3f "The Melting
of Molly"
was risiii;,' over Old Hnriietii. "I woul I (Mijoy it Ix'cause I havo alwayH iir]ur.'!l him, iiiif] it would ho so liit«M-t'slliijr i> dec wl.iit he'd Kiiy."
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(Continued.) CHAPTER  Vll. "I don't understand him at all." OUU cultivated artisiic nature ought   I'J   111,'   a   \ crj    beauti¬ ful   revt'latioii   to   the   spirit¬ ual   charm-tor   of   the   young Methodist divine jou  wrote uie ol' in your   last   letler.     Encourage   hiiu   hi every way witli afl'eitioimle interest in his   work,   csiii'cially   iu   tho  Epworlli league on his connlry circuit    1 am Inclosing ,$.'(1 snlisci-iiitiou to the yyork. and I lio|)e you will jiivc ii.s much.    Yuii have not moiilioiicd .Mr. Hayea for .si'V eral lettor.f.    I feir you are prejudii-cd against him.   Seek to know and woiuli Ms character before yon jud},'e him ns unfit for your loxc"   Thus .Tune wrote. The hiplily s|iiritual .Mr. Haley gltued ! ^11  bv
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We have been at some pains to make this Store attrao- tive and home like— to give it a tone and appearance you would like—We ask as a favor to ourselves that )ou will make it your headquarters, when in town meet your friends here, make it your stopping place. We'll be glad to see you and will endeaver to show you every courtesy.
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Crawfora's Drug Store.
Nazareth, Pa.
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vlll be made more happy still if you know you are dressed in a suit that's becoming, and stylish, and truly elegant. We'll sell you a suit ttiat embraces all these points- - and we'll sell It to you at a price that vlll leave you ample money for gift buying.
Below we mention many good aud use^ fill gifts to get him for Christmas. J^„^^ yhirts    i'   Sweaters   ^ _
Hosiery. ~^g£
Suits i.
Suspenders;.
Handkerchiefs
Pajamas ^ Neckwear ^"^ Overcoats « Balmaroons » Combination Sets. Stetson Hats    House Coats
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Cufflinks   '_ I
Mackinaws^ |
Raincoats ^ji
Umbrellas . Ji Suit Cases
liKAUTIFUL  CALKNDAR  (;IVKN    FKKK Store open every evening until Christmas.
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Tailor, Clothier, Hats and Furnishings, 112 South Main St.,       -      NAZARETH, P£.
at Polk for an hour out here on my porch when lie iiitermpted us in one of our Epworlli l(iif;ue talkH in such mii unspiritual inanner that Polk said lie felt as if he liail been introduced to the Apostle Paul while he was still Saul of Tarsus. I had to pet the dominie dciD rously for a week beforo he ioi,'iiiiied his heniKU nianiu'r. Of course, how ever, It was try in;; to even u hivljl.- spiritual nature like his to have I'liii': insist ou pinning u rose In my li;iir right before his eyes.
About Polk 1 feel that I am In tlin midst of one of those sreat calm, oily stretches of ocean that a .ship Is rocki d gently in for a few hours before tlu' storm tosses it lirst to heaven and tlicn to hill. lie is so psychic, and in ii way altun(>d to mc. that he partly un¬ derstands niy jHiriiose in declnriim; my love for him to luit him nt a disad- vnntu;?8 in his lovemakinj; to me. .'iiui he hasn't lot me do it yet, while his tacit suit ^'oes on. It is a drawn h-.n tie between us and is f.'oiii},' to bo foufiht to the death. In the meantime Nell-
And while I was on the porch sii tins with i;;'haid Hall's letter in my hand, still unread, .Nell herself c.niiie down tile front walk aud sat down bi'- side me.
"Why, I Uiought you Iuul gone fish¬ ing with I'olk," I .said as 1 cuddled lier up to mo a .second.    She laid her head I on my shoulder and heaved such a sigli i that it .shook u.-; both. |
"I didn't (|uite like to g4> with him alone, and Henrietta wouldn't go be- cau.se a bee had stung tlie red heiided twin, aud slie wanted to stay to scold Sailie," she answered wiih both hesi¬ tation and depression in her voice.
"I'olk is~is strenuous for a whole day's compMiiiiuiship," 1 answered e.\- perinieiitally, for I saw the liiiie had come to exercise .some of the biceiis in Nell's femininity in iireparatiou for Just what 1 knew .she was (o get from I'olk. My heart ached for wliat I knew sho was suffeiing. 1 had had ex.ntl.v those growing jiains for months follew Ing that <'.\peiienee with him ou the frout porch after the d.-uice four years ago, nnd 1 had had change of scene ami occupation to heiii.
"I don't understand him at all," fal¬ tered .N'ell, and she raised her eyes as She bnred lu'r wound to nie.
"Nell," I said wilh trepiihition as I began on this, my lirst disciple, "yon aren't a hit asliained or ('nibaiTassed or hiunilialed in shewing me that yim love nie, are you?"
"Vou know I'Vl'adoreil yon ever since I could toddle lit your heels, Eveliiiii." she answered, and the love niessML;e her great brown e\es nas]ii.d iuto min. was as sweet lis anything that ever hapjiened lo nie,
"Then why should yon wonder nnd suffer und restrain and be hum.::  id at your love for I'olk'/" I askt-*!, liiia,' point blank at nil of .Veil's tnutltioii-:. "Why  not   tell   him about  It nnd  a 1, I him if lie loves .Mill'.'" !     The shot landed wilh such force Ih i Kell p.'isiuMl, but nnswcrfMl m strai;li; out from tin. sbiiiilder ns I hnd nimed. "I  would r.itlier die than  have I'olU Hayes knoM-  how  h(v-h(> nlTei ts me," Rh(? ainavered. with her lu.ul held hl:ili "Then  what  you  feel  for liiui  Is no' worthy   love,   but   souietlnng   euiii'el; unworthy," I answerel loftily, wpli i Very piMv Imitation of ,liiiie's hnpi'.s slveness of .s|i(>i.eli.
"1 knew it." she faltered Into m shoulder. "If It were Mr, Janies II.ii din I loveci 1 Hoiildn't iiiliil anybiid. '. knowing t. but s iinetliiiig must !• wrong with I'olU or me i .• the wnv ; feel.    What Is it?"
For n nionieiit I got so stiff all ove: th.it -Veil raised her In-ad from m\ shoulder In siirpris,>. Ho all wumei feel about the frng ns 1 do?
"I ilon't 1 \v," I answered weakly.
And  I deii'l  knov. I    <1h,  ,Inne, yi u.
simple experiment pro|iosition Is aliini
to become loiiipound iiuadratles.
Tlu'ii I got n si 111 further suiprise.
"I wouliln't In the lea.st mliilj telliir.;
Mr, .lames how I Uke hiin—if yAu think
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.'•1 feel .as if—as ii" - nnd I don't blnnie her; I snid as iinicli to her. "1 feel tha: tell .\Ir. .lames I love him would c the pnlii, Ihe—imin—thnt I feel I'li I'olk. It Vioiild be so iiitoresfiii'.,' t.. a nian a tiling like that."
"Do It:"  I  gasped nnd  went  fo'ii the clas-: in romantics.
If any .jnir.'Ie e.^plorer thinks lie bis inaiiped and charted n woninn's heart he had belter pack ui> his iiistrumenis of warf.are and recorders nnd coa-e down to (;iendale, Tenn.
-Nell and I must have talked fnr;lier alon^' the same lines, hut I don't re¬ member what we snid. I have re e'll- ed the high lights on the conversntion. hut long nfter I lost her I kept niy whirlwind feeling of ainazemeiif. It was like trying to balance calmly en the   lid   of  the   tinder  box   when   vcni
didn't know whether or not you  hml touched otf the fuse.
Has honeysuckle garbed old lUii path been seeing things like this go ; on for cent tries and not interniptedV . I think I would hnve been sitting there : questioning him until now if Lee and i Caroline hadn't stopped at the gate and called to me. >.
I think I>ee was giving; Caroline this : Stroll home from the postofflce In the ' twilight as an extra treat in hor week's I allownnce of hirn, and she wns so soft; and glowing and swcei and pale that I j wonder the ("hcrokee roses on my ; hedge aidn'l droop their heads with humility before her.
Whiit's a  lovely lady  doing sitting;' lerself in tlie gloaming?"  I.ec '
uave tieiie a iiiasterpiece or mm tnat would have drawn artistic lits from ili public of -ay i'ari.s. I never see hiui that I don'l Inn;; for n ])ox ot imjiK.ls or get the ghost of the odor of oil paint in my nose.
"Tae wi!„.o I him.' will be settled in a inoinli." he < o-iiliiiiied, with a sigh ihat had a b ut of depression it if, and an astr.il sli-ijie of Sailie mnnife.sHed itself hnnglii',' on his sliouhler. However, i conliollert in.vselr nnd listened to him "Thee is to be a meeting of the di rectors of both  roads over in  I'olivar
lion of sympathy wne:.'<'ver she uses it pensively on nie.    "Of conr.so 1 should be   desolate   without   mine,   bnt   wlia' j c;;iild  1 do with them if I ilidn't liavej all of ,voii dear people to help me willi '• thein'r" !
Her wi>il'iil dependence had clnirni.     I I looked at Ihe twin with the yelIl.'.^ !
in a few weeks, and they nre to to .some iiiKlei-slaiiding.  The liiiei the rivei' Is uinpu^stionabiy the ( est   and   best   grade,   nnd   thei'e chance of gettnn; them to run our   bluff   unless   we   cnii   show
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some   ndviiiilnu'e   in   doing   so,   ami    I cant see wbnl  tlmt will he."
"AVh.'it makes it of ndvawtnge foi- ;, rpllroad to run through any :.'i\e'; point in n rnrnl comnninity like tliS. Cousin .Tames?" I asked, with a glow of inlellcct niountin;.' to my head. il:e like of whicii I hadn't felt since I de
fuzz on   the  lop of its  head  thnt   lia- hnll   ninrk(.d   it   us   the  kitten   in   in.-. mind,  sealed oiiSnllies  lap  wiili   \o. head  an Saliii.'s shoulder, looking i: a   baby   bml   folded   against   the   i rose,   nnd   1   couldn't   help   lauLio' ; j Kit   hail   been   nndri.ssyd  three   i; lafter   her   bath   ibis   morning,    vie I Cousin   Manila.   Cousin   ,Iasinin(.   . I Mrs. Ilnrgiove iirgned with each i.: j whether she should"or shouldn't h I a scraj) of llanne! put on over her I little stomach,    llentieltn finally de I ed the matter by  lit-iug impudent . I sensible to them all .nliout the tea:: I ature.
"Don't yon all 'spose (Jod mnde r sun  some to  heat np  kit's .stomacl, she demanded scornfully as she ^.¦ bed the little roly-poly bone of conte
The Law of Habeas Corpu*. The ennctment of the law of habes!! coriJiis   marks  an   Inijiortant   epoch   in the progress of civil liberty in Kngland j and  Is  regarded   as   one  of  tlie  great nchlevemenis   of   Charles   H.'s   relgn. Charles himself did not want the law, but just a; the time he nmis verj' an.x¬ ious to curry favor with the people iind was   atVnid   lo   ojipose   so   popular   a "djeasure.   The friends, nnd foes of tha act were i».'c iiy evenly di.ided In i»ar- liament,   but   in   the  Iln.il   \ ote it  wa.^ carried.     The   mniiner  of  its  jiassa.i^e, however, was both coml: a 1 and illegal. While the voting was .going on a very fat lord arose and asked that his vote be  recorded  in   lhe  allirninlive.     In  a spirit of fun  the clerk annonnced ten votes for him to accord willi his great size.    They  v,('re so recorch-d, and  for some  unexplained  reasini  the  "error'' was   never   eorre ted.     'J'lie   strangest part of it is the majority for the meas¬ ure was less tlian ten; lieme it would liave failed of jiassage without the fat lord's e.xtra votes.—Argonaut.
llvered   my  .junior  thesis   in   politicnl i tion and marched ofT with economy  wlcn   Jane  looking on,  con
asked in his riidi, warm voice.
I hate him!
"Come   take  a   walk  with  ns.   Eve- Una,   dear,"   Coroline   heirged   softly, i though I knew what it would mean to i her if I should intrude on this precious ¦ hour with her near lover. • |
Please, God. if I seem to be calling | you into a [irofane situation I can't | help it. I must have help! Show me! some way to assist Caroline to make Lee Into a real man nnd then get hini' for herself. She must have him. and , he needs her. And show me a wm.\ quickl    .Vmen; i
Jane, I hope .vou will be able to [lick ; the data out of this jiinible, but I [ doubt it. .Vny way, I'm grateful for • the lock and key on this liook.
As I stood nt the gate and watched Lee   nnd   Caroline   saunter   down   llie! moon flecked street a mockingbird  in
er to (ini  '
When  Texas  Branded  Thie"<!S.
Adniii   was   the   hrst  man.   tlie  very first, to be indicted by a grand jnr/ in Houston.    His name,  to be more sp-.- clflc,   was ,Tames  Adam.    The charge was tlmt he stole, the indictment lar- :eny.    He  was convicted.    This  was Uie .sentence: To return to the rlghtinl owner  the  sum  of $2'.)').  to   be  given tliirty-nine lashes on the bare back ii: a public place and to be branded wltli the letter T on the back of the right hand.    This all  happened in  Houston iu the spring of ];S37.    The first book of the records of the legal doings of Harris  county is  a yellowed  and  old thing.   The tirst matter written in It is a  statement  signed  by  Sam   Houston In his voice   -Uld his Wion'ders droooel ' sponsiliility,"  I  answered ber.   with  a 1 K*^''"'"' au""'''It.V for the court.    It nn- ialL    he       sv   p.it I n'^^^^^^^ "«  '  '•'^"'•"'•'l "P mv nrms  for   «<>"-"•<¦- "'i'' '"^ has appointed Ben.l.-
agalnst   the   nns,nipathn„    old   stone   ^^^ ,^.^^^.,^     t^,,,,,   ^, /„„ .'j.^,^ ,.g„,^,,. j mhi I'rankUu .indge of the court.    The
head snuggled in the hollow that wp- i Place is given as "the town ot H,.us-
snmed with pride.
"J'owus tliat have good stock or grain districts around 'hem with good roads tor hauling do what is cnlled 'feeding' a railroad," lie answered. "IJoIivarcnii feed both ronds with the whole of the Harpeth valley on Unit side of the liv¬ er. They'll get the ronds, I'm thinking. Poor old Cleinlnle!"
"Isn't there anything to feed th(> monsters this side of the ri^crV" I de¬ manded, indign.int nt the barrenness of tlie south side of the vnliey of oid Harpeth.
"Very little unless it's the scenery along the bluff.'' he replied, with tbe flepressioii sounding still  more clearl.\
dressing her on the front porch In the direct rays of her instituted heater.
The household ut largent Widegable.s can n(!ver atiree on the cl.it hing of the twln.s, nnd Ileniiett-ii often lias to fin¬ ish their toilets thus, by force. Aunt Dilsie being reduced by her phthisic to a position tliat is almost entirely or¬ namental, Ilenriettn's strength of char¬ acter 1.-. tho only thing that has made the existence of tho twins bearable to themselves or other peoiile.
As I have said liefore, I do wish thnt ; some day in the future you will conic '.
I under tiie direct rays of Henrietta's in-
I fluence. ,Iaue. de.'ir.
I     "Yes. Sailie. I should call them a re-
post in n way th.il w-ot a ii.-im.' to my heart.
".Tamie. i.-i all you've got tied up in the venture?"' I asked softly, using the name that as very small 1 hnd given him in a long ngi> when the world was young and not full of problems.
"That's  not  the worst, Evelinn " he answered in a voice that was positive¬ ly   haggard,     "niit   wlmt   belonsrs   to | the   rest   fif  tl:e   family  is  all   in   the san e leaky craft.    Cnrriithers put Sal- | He's   in   himself,   lint   I   invested   the | mites   belon^'ing   to   the   others.      Of: course, ns far as the old folks are con-; oerned. I can more than take cure of i them, and if anything happens there's j enough life insiirnnce nnd to spiue for j them.    I don't feel exactly responsible! for Sallies sitnntion, lint I do feel the i responsibility    of    their    helplessness. .
Sailie is  not  tilted  to cope with  the the tnllcst of the onk twins thnt are, ^^j.,^   ^^^^ „,, , „j,„j„ f„ j^,, .^^u ,,,„.
j vlded for.    I  leel  that more nnd more
my roof shelter called wooingly froni one of the top boughs nnd got his an¬ swer from nbout the same place on the same limb.
If a woman starts out to be a train ed nurse to an epidemic of love niaU- tnjc she is in .great dnnger of doin;; soinelhlii'.;- foolish her own self. I am evt'ii glad it Is prayer meeting nigl for Jlr. Haley. He is snfi Ing his rifu.-iis. He m stiind this niood.
I wonder if I ever wns reall.v over tn sunny l-'rance being w'oiK'd an I happy:
Of course I decided the first ni^bt I was here thnt, ns circnnistances over which   1   had   no  control   had  decreeii
:nf(> iu I'erforni- liclit   niisunder-
pras Instituted in the beginning between a i woman's breast and nrms for the iiur- { pose of just such nestliiiL's, I whis- i perod as I laid my lips asainst her : I little^ ear.  ".-ind  n  happiness.  to(i. dnr- ]
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And as ¦''.allie rocked nnd recuperat¬ ed her breatli .Xell eyed the nifHe ap- ; prehensively.
"Are you u'oing to let us make an- , other dress for the kiddies. Snllie. de.ir?" she finally wns forced b.v her i uneasiness to nsk. thougrh with the I deepest sweetness and consideration i in her voice.
If I am ever a widow  witli  young ' children I  lio[)e they  will  burn us all up with the deceased rather than keep me wrnii[ieil in a eott(ui  wool of syni- path.v. as ail of ns do, Sailie.
''It's lovely of you. Xell, to want lo do more for the babies nfter all the benutifii! 1 bines you and Evelina have made tlieni, and I ma.v be able to ,;;et another white dress apiece for them after I give Cousin .Tames the Iiills that are awful already, bnt this is Some ruffiiiiL.' that 1 just forced Mamie Hall to let nie bring up to you L'irls to do for her haby. The poor little dear Is two nionllis old. and JIamie is jnst beginnin.ir on his little dress for him. He has been wearing the plainest lit¬ tle sliiis. Mnmle snys Xed remarked on the fact that tTie baliy was liaidly presentable when you girls stopped in with him to see it tlie other day, Xell. I urged  her to gj't  right  to work ti:;-
ton, county cf Harrisburg. republic ot Texas."—Houston Chronicle.
every day. Her helplessness is ver;- beautiful and tender, but in a wny tragi<-, don't you think?"
I wisli I had dared tell him for the second time tlmt day whnt I did tliii.k on the subject, but I denied mys(!,' such frankness.
Anyway, men are just stupid, fniih- ful children—some of them faithful. I mean. j
I felt thnt if I st(»d there tnlkiir-', with the Cra^' any longer I might grow ; pedagogical nnd teach him a fcA things, so I sent him home across thi.j rond. I knew nil six women would i stnv nwake until they henrd him lock' them in, come down to the lod'.-e nnd ; lug him up. It is wrong for chiidrei lock Ills own door i "^o* ^" '^e kept as daintily as their fa
It is very  unworthy of me to enjo.^- ^ ^^er likes to see them." his  playing  a   watiiidog  of  tradition across the mad to an emainipalcd wo man like
"Homemade." When the baker or confectioner ad ' vertises that  his bread or his cake Is "homemade"  he hopes  to attract cus- I tomers. liut many things "homemade'' come not quite up to the market stand¬ ard.     There   is   tlie   sklri,   sr.   labored over, so taken apart nnd put together again, so pulled and pressed, yet rarel.v ¦with quite the air that "store clothes" have,  and  the  hat or bonnet,  call   It which you will, it, too, falls short of public promenade styles.    There like wise Is the "hair cut" for liiU.v—really It does suggest the guidance of a hoi- lowed  out   ininipkin,   but   how   about Billy   himself  und   .lenny?    Are   they "homemade" or "sohoolmndc?" Do tic bear marks of the mother touch : :i i the   father   g-j-'dnnce?     We   hope   so. Ncthirg so gocd us a  homemade bo.v or girl—stronger in character, richer in nature, than any product of any instl tutlon.—Cl'iistinn l!e:,'ister.
How any woman thnt Is as spiritual¬ ly niiniled ns  I  nm  nnd  who hns  s , mvself.    The  situation  both j i"u<"fi '"^e for the whole world iu he
keeps me awake nnd puts me to sleep. aud it is sweet, though I don't know whj-.
God neve.- made anythlinr more woii- derftil tlinii a g'lod man—even a stuiiid one.    Lights out!
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"What   did   Dodson   have  to  say—is corning acro;;s7"
It Is  all Donsivolv
right,"   Nell   niu.se<i,/'lookinu'
Mt   tha   flraf   lutln   ultar   i\<
that Cousiu .lames should stand In tlii posltimi  uf cniojced   protector  lo  inc. deceiic,  couuii.uiistlc  temino-uiasculiuc honor dein.witls that 1 rufrniu from aiiv maneuvers  in   his direction  to  .iH'ie his thon,.,lits and attciitieu to lU,' .   , nine nie.    1 cau only meet him c. OfUhniry  groinels of fellowship. I sUpiio.se ihe glad to' see hlin loui,. ¦. Uj) the Mire- I wns o.' the neiite'-  ¦  "     > bul il wns \ ery iuteresting.
"Whnt  did   i'odson   have   lo   ^-.i., be  coming   nercss?"   1   (ieniaiHi._M   ' him htfore b.. got quite to uiy i,.ao. "Not if he c.n licii il," he ansv.i; us  he eunie-i'iose and  leaned  a^.'in , , one of the lull stone posts, .so that  ' i   ' grandly shape.I'head wilh its ante iici | lum   sqiiirls   of   hair   wiis   sillioiiei'cd i aijahist the wliite st.uied wistaria vine lik  a   way   that   mtule   me  frunllc   for several   nu. I;"'-,   of   uionociironie   wa¬ ter ctilors am; a couple of brushes as big  as   these    ised   for   wliitewaslwii-. Iu  aboul   ten  u-reat .solotehes   I   .oni.)
CHAPTER  Vlll.
Man   and   the  Asafetida   Spoon. IHl wisli the great man who is dis¬ covering  liow  to  put iieople  int.'i some sort of tuetiiphysical pickle that will suspend their nnimaiions until  be g-'t.s  ready to wake them uii wonhl hurry up witli his investigations. so he e.iii  catch  Sailie before she be gins to fade or will.   Sailie. just as she is, brouglit to life nhont live generations from now would cause a sensation.
Some vv(nnen are so feminine thai they iirosrieky uuk«s well spiced wilh deviltry. ^.iilii-'s loveliness ha>n I much seasoning. Still. I do love h i- , dearly, and I nm just as ranch he sj I slave as are any of the other . I cani get ont of it.
"Ilo you suppose we wlli wrer get a i of  the   c'othes .done  for   the  twins'." Nell  sitrlu'd  .i;eiitly  ns  we sat on  my porch   whippiiig   .-.arils   of   lace   upon ' white rullles and whiiiplng up our owu spirits nt  the same time.    Ever.v I'ody In Glendale sews for Sallie's Ohlldini. and it tJikes her all her time to thii.k up the clothes. "Never," 1 answered. "She's eoniiug. and 1 do believe s!i has got Ci' 1'.. of Ibis rnfU'ng.    I s .' ;. 'fioaliii.: I cr  skirt."   Xell   f i i-
L'ro.anc.l.
-Nell ongM  lo like to sew.    She i  i; i einaiii i;'nlcd eiiougU to  hate a  ic' Aa I do.    I'.ut the  leaven  U  wort:., and she's li-ing slowly.    It iui:-;hl   c Well for soiiio mau to work tlie doi;_.i , down il 111'.le bero:'e she runs over i': pan-    Th.u's   n    iirlniilively   fen,.,, wish .and not at all in .leeord.ince m m.v own ad\anced ide.i.s.
1 was Ik'( (ailing sli.gliily snarled v i   . my thie.id, and 1 Was glad when .¦'-.^.i and  her sweetness seated It-self  ill  liic : best r<K ker in the softest bri.e/.e. which Nell h.id vncnu'U for her.
"Children aie the greatest happines- lu li^e aud also the greatest resiion . bill*, gUis," she said in lier lo^e.y > i. i vojfe llijit alwav.s uieits me to ,, s'ijo
heart nnd smii n deep purpose alwa.\ to offer it  to her fellow men accord¬ ing  lo  their  need  of it  can  have  the vile temper I possess I cannot see.
"And   the   sight   thnt   would   plense
me better than  anything else  I   have
, even. th<uight  up  to want  to see.''   I
I found  myself  saying  when  I  became
i conscious—1 hope I didn't use any of
: the   oaths   of   my   forefathers   which
must  linve  been  tempting my retine 1
forernoihers for general ions and whi-h
I I   seiretl.v   admire   Henrietta   for   in-
j dulgiii'.;- in ou o.'casious of impatiemc
i with  Sailie-"wfuiid  be  Xed  Hall   leli
i entirely   alone   witli   that   si|uirniiirj
; baby tbat looks exactly like him wl,,
it   is   hnvinu'   a   terrible  spell   or  c  ¦ \ and Xed is In tlii> midst of a sick liea'i- ¦ ache,  with nil  the other children cold, huimry nnd cross,  the cook :.'oiie t" :¦ funeral nnd the nurse iu a grouch cause   sin.   couldn't   go   nnd-and     i ¦ knowing thnt Mnmle wns attired in . lovel.v,   cool   muslin   dress,   sittinv.-   iip here on   the  porch  with  us  sippiic:   a mint  julep   nnd   sinokinir  a   ten   cent cignr. resting nnd getting up an iij.iie tlte for supper.    I  want him to  ha about   live   years   of  such   days then   he   would   deserve   the
pariMitb 1   i '-'f   b..  now  (lo,,^
preciat.-
"Dli,    .Vi:i;,!ie    wouiiin t   siLi..i\e   .-i
garl" was ihe ex. Inmation thnt sh .\ ed how mricli Sailie got of the in of m.v erii;.. 'in.
"(ilorioiis!"    exclaimeil    Nell,     >\ shilling eyes.
1  must  be careful abmit Xell.    .>> . is goiii.g ;his.n«>w gait too fast for . so   youic.      Women    must    learn Uet'heri/.e freedom If It is uot t.i ;; them indiTestiou of Duruowe
Dominion of Canada. I     Canadians   are   accustomed   to   take ; exjiression of tlie "Dominion" of Can' ¦ da for grnnied, but the origin of t! : somewhat  unusual  term  Is  known ; very few.    When the grent scheme of , Sir ,lolin   .Mncdonald  wns  flnnlly  real , ized  nnd   the   nine   proviui'es   groupe'i ' themselves together into one great eon
federation n serious diffiiulty was pr.
sented by the choice ot a suitable I name. Eor a time almost a deadlock j ensued. .Vt length one old member of i parliament rose from his seat and told ! his colleagues that lie had read in his
Bible fhat very morning the words, ' • iminlon shall bo from the one 'he otli"r." Accordingly besu«- I gestcd that Canada sho'.ild be known I as the Dominion, or God's Land. The j suggestion seized upon the hearts and : Imaginations of those present, and  ii
was   prominly   acted   upon. — Torou'
Globe,
How   Pausanius Oied- Pausanius.   the Greek gerc-ral,  die>l— by   .self  administered   poinou.     When hotly pursued by those sent to appro hend him on a charge of treason nnd saeiilege he took refuge in  the sane tuary of a temple.    Unable to remove him by force and also unwilling to vio late the sanciuary,  the officers walled Ui) the entrance and began to unroof the buihliiic.    When he could be seen they   iioti ed   that   he   wus   chewin'-' something whicii pro\ed to be a quill fllied   with   poison.     By  the   time   the work  had si;lU(ieiitly advanced to ad mlt of their entrance he was in a dy¬ ing condittr.n.
Oiok Eggs. Exainlw an eg^. ,i perfectly fresh egg, and see how easily and quickly it comes olil of its shell. Xow. an egg fbal i'.. lot ( (luie out of the shell rendil.x. .;:! sticks together and the yolk. wh. II forced, breaks nnd rolls nnnind-Iliat c---j: has imd nn attack of
n disc!-, an imc • ent  thai
eu''.' "¦' .'
T to peritonitis. It l.«
Conditions are pres
conclusively  the pres -Good Henlth.
Kath.
TiaJf  school   hoard   organi"ed   f the^iisuing term bv e'eclug Jolui ' I'A^i, president; Uobert H. ?.i. gf i \ IFi' p'.ciii lent; J   K   Woriuai, 8"ci tary;   iir   F. J    llaiiii, trearsurer
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Tactless. A  ' il.l took refuge In a Lot:
<'r'n •ii; a heavy rnin and re
mnil iiiet trade was with tlur
OW! , ,        . : tioo.ved because his expl.'i- I nnt;  ii    ¦  dull business was: "P.ut Jnst look nt Ihe weather:   What respe.-jtnble lady would venture outdoors In It?"
rn  nib r
vin  Silfies  is  the other the pres'cnt board.
Mrs.  Lavfna CralTln, of Aller.io called on friends her • Thursda     . in the evenl:g  made an  •mM'-.' s the United   Evangelical  Church
Edward   C.   Iliwt,   whn   Is   nia his home in New York City, last w visited friends In Bath.
' Veracity.
Honi'st. now, di;'. you ever sit down an.l . :il. uhlle your veracity batllng av eniL'e? Trv it sometimes nnd then take a  square  loot;  nt  the  percenUigo  col nmn,   Memphis Commercial Apfieal.
No Objection. Voi'i^ls  this  the  weather  bure: How about a shower tonight?    Pm —Don't ns|i me.    If you need one, tt.—Chll parral.
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