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JHrXODY IN TIIK HKAKT. I
By Rer. 4. f. DHon. O. D.
Makin melody in your heart unto the i
Lord.-- Kphciau. v., Hi. j
All music ih nut for the car. A master j
painting, tin' colors all hruioiiiy.:ng one j
with tin- oilier, i mimic on ruim. A
gr.nul cathedral, every part lmruioumng
with every oilier part, in music in stone. 1
A L-nrreii of How era. oiling the ai,' with '
rii't odors that please, in tnu-e:; in per
fume. Wolds written or spoke-i, 'bat
thrill our mills, harmonizjiig with .mi-
.iii.c anil truth, in music in thought,
ml sometime the emotion of the noul,
too il ep for utterance, make music that
we eiiiiii' t express, it is too dell.ale to
label mill tim awect lo describe. Firat of
fill, fait!; is iniisir, in that it in harmony
'witn facta. Chril imiity U a relig'on of
fads. We look above us anil we nee
fact expressed in atar and plaint; we
look about ii- ami ace the facta of nature
('.pressed In H.if and !r- and bind
m.ipe, mil from thee facta we itifi-i an
nlier fact In-hind them all, and wh 'ii we
i)h n the Hook we see tluit fact rev.iled,
the facj of a living and loving liod, friend
and helper of his people. We ici pi the
fact of man's sin that debases. (i ' 1 1 1 1 'H,
condemns, e proclaiiu the fact of man's
redenipliiiii, .Ies.ua Christ Isiru a babe
into '.He world, growing '"lo manhood,
fullering on the cross, rising from the
de.id, ascending up to glory. To believe
in these facta i to make melody in our
loans unto thp Lord; to disbelieve them
is lo in -'ike discord.
Again - hope ix music in that it is har
mony with the faithf uliii'sa of !od. Cod
ha made Home promises and 1 base my
hope upon these promise. I believe that
thev will be fulfilled, because I have
trusted him in the past, and he has never
tiapMiiiited me. Hcspnir is discord. To
refuse to hope when (iod proniisea la to
make grating discord in his ear.
Obedience' is iiiiimIc, in that It is hnr
mony with the authority of (Sod. IMs
olxdience is discord. A revolt against
antic rity may be treason; a revolt
against law i crime. Anarchy i the
ds.ord of refusing to be ruled by law
Blur a revolt against love I ain. The
on obey the father, not o much lie
ruiHf he must, or because he ought, aa be
caiKe he wants to. lie Is not thinking
of father' power to compel obedience,
hut of the happy privilege of obedience.
He just wants to obey him because he
loves him. Im that your attitude toward
;..d?
Kighteousnea i music, In that It Is
harmony with holiness and truth. Ilight
relation is uiiiaic; wrong relation Is dis
cord. t No truth ever make discord with
anothw truth. You sometimes ace ten
r fiffijn lnstniinenta in one orchestra,
earn omV different, and yet each one in
perfect harmony with all the rest. And
no It Is with scientific truth, mora! truth,
historic truth, religious truth, spiritual
truth. Truth harmonises with every
truth in the universe. It is one great
orchestra of music that sends up its mel
ody into the heart of !od.
Sympathy is music, in that It is har
mony with the attitude of (Jod toward
people and cocditioim about us. (jod en
ters into the condition of every soul on
this earth. What we need to do la to
get the attitude of (iod toward all peo
ple. We know that his attitude toward
ton i one of unrelenting hostility, that
Ins attitude toward all kinds of unclean
liess is one of opposition. When w-e come
into I ;...' attitude toward all tncii, we
make melody in our hearts unto him.
Humility is music, In that it is harmony
with I lie greatness of (iod. The lowest;
note may harmonize with the highest and
discord may result when the low note
tries to climb out of its place up toward
the high note, "When I consider the.,
heavens, the work of thy finger, the'
moon, and the rftars which thou hast or
dained, what is man that thou art mind
ful of him'" It Is not tilting that "an
atom of this atom world" should be in
11 a ted w ith his own sidf importance.
Conceit often parades as self-rcae-et and
glories ill its shame. Coleridge tells of
a man who never mentioned his own
name without taking off his hat. Ileal
jjrealni-ss and true humility are Hiairieav
twins; they are muled by a living. liga
ment of grace. A man of large B'i mi int
auce with celebrities told me the olhcr"
day that the greatest men lie kncw-.i-re
most oncolicnius of greatuess. 'flff
know their limitation and arehumbled
as they see themselves In contrast with
what they desire to be. Only little men
must incrcasv their ai.e by inflation.
Those who put on airs do so to hide .heir
nakedness, but they only make them
selves ridiciiloo. for people can see
through airs, however thick. A one rise
in real worth of character, he sinks in
the scale of self conceit, A we rise to
ward heaven, self become smaller, until,
by and by, when we reach the height of
heavenly character, self nil! not amount
to much. When such a climax of char
acter Iim liecn reached, the discord of
pride will be .'one and the harmony of
humility, which makes music unto the
Lord. wil till lb ul.
Joy is music, In that it la harmony
Willi the w ill and pleasure of (Iod. What
ever Is against (ioil's will Is discord, and,
when there is discord in the mil, there
can tie no Joy, Sin, therefore, .siroyi
joy. There may be fun at the ejpense
of purity, amusement at the expense of
good moral, and pleasure at the i-kH-nse
of consecration; but such fun, amusement
and pleasure banish Joy from the soul,
and no aane man can afford to saerillce a
Joy which la a foretaste of heaven for
fun, amusement r pleasure which ! only
the muddy froth and foam of earth.
V'ille Ve keep right with (iod there la
loy In the aoul which make melody unto
Ihe'lord. lint when ln pil'a na out of
right relation wilii tlod the soul is filled
with grating discord and no laughter pro
duced by fun, amusement, or pleasure
ran prevent it frointrpltbe conscience
anrl giving pain. Ist ua guard onr sou la
the master musician guards hit Instru
, lent, ttrat he may kH-p ll In perfect tune,
f wt weald be titled with Jar, and th
pleasure of Cod la the keynote with
which every faculty of the aoul run at
harmonize, if we would make melody
unto the Iird.1- When all that pleases
him pleases us we have reached heaven
on earth.
(iriitihuie ia mnsjc, in that it is har
mony with the kindness of (iod. This ia
the heart of the text', 'living thanks al
ways for all things uu'to God." There
ia Ho room here for the discord of com
plaint. The purpose of (iod in redemp
tion ix to bring the discordant nature and
life of man jm,, pcrfct harmony with
his own Hature and will.
iod uses every i(i.oms to reach the aoul
ef man. and bring irth the response of
of gratitude and love. Nature ujiotit him
tippoal to his sense of the beautiful and
the siars above him bid him look irp und
worship their Creator. But the love of
Jesus is his irresistible appeal. May we
fome into such harmony with God that
every faculty of our being will vibrne
in response to the apjieal, and all the
time make melody In our heart to the
Ixird.
I M A NSW Kit Kl PK A V K KM.
By Rev. J. D. Ltek
There a sense In which all prnyera
are answered either by obtaining the ob
ject soiiglu (,r by securing something far
better aduptod to the ultimate end of nil
true prayer-perpetual happiness, through
unbroken goodiics.
All prayers will be answered when they
accord with wisdom, unselfishness and
the highest good.
To answer every petition literally un
der the prevent order of things would
make infinite wisdom the slave of human
caprice, absolute holiness a partner in
human folly, and boundless compassion
the author of endless cruelty.
l'rayers are aomctimes unanswered' be
cause of the character and tendency of
the objects sought. Men. like chibken.
frequently crave those things which
would be dextructive to their best in
terests, both here and hereafter. Like
Klijah under the juniper tree, they pray
for that which falls far below the high
est good, and like Paul, with his thorn
in the Mesh, we too often seek ease rather
than strength. It is better to have grace
to bear burdens than to lie weak and
free from burdens.
Prayers sometimes remain unanswered
because they spring from wrong motives.
The soul of real prayer is unselfishness.
Prayer in the case of Simon Magus was
ignorant, because it sought the mere grat
ification of worldly pride.
The farmer who prays to nave himself
from labor will never acure a harvest.
Israel at the lied Sea may call upon (iod
until doomsday without avail unless they
obey the divine "(io forward;" Mali
ciouaiiess will find no aid or comfort in
prayer. The "as thon wilt" of Jesn Is
the true standard of acceptable' petition.
Sometime answers are sought in vain
liecanse divine methods of answering are
rejected. There is no use praying for
rain without clouds. If one pray for a
disposition of aweet aympathy hi: may
be compelled to accept the breaking pow
er of sorrow.
There is a divine method in every nat
ural and spiritual realm. Kvery grace of
the spirit must be purchased by sacrifice.
The chisel and the mallets are instru
ment by which beauty clothes the mar
ble. Purity often comes only by fire.
TTie greatest attainments en me at the
greatest cost. The pebbles are smooth
and symmetrical by the crashing of the
floods on the ahore; Joseph's troubles
paved the way to Joseph's throne.
Through A prison window John Huny.in
saw the triumphs of bis pilgrim. True
prayer must accept the price of if an
swer. Pray to see Knrope and you must ac
cept the ocean voyage. Pray for physi
cal power and you must accept discipline.
Pray for spiritual pwer and you must
accept self-sacrifice.
Prayer 1. sometimes unanswered he
cause of nonobservance of the conditions
of true prayer. A purpose to do the will
of (iod is the fundamental requirement in
prayer. Without this prayer Is not heard,
(iod lisiens to man's voice when man
Jisteti to (iod'a voice. It must also be
addressed to the Father In the name of
the only acceptable One'-His Son, Je
ans Christ.
' 'Cain prayed in his own name and went
nut wilii fallen countenance. Abel came
through the lamb of atonement and wn
a'cr-epied.
The motion of human prayer to be ef
fective must Ik- seconded by the Ilvlne
Mediator. When prayer is prompted by
the Holy Spirit, accompanied by simple,
childlike confidence, offered in the name
of the Savior, from a pure motive, and
the petitioner Is willing fo accept the
wise. Just and divine method of answer
ing, it will be heard in heaven and grant
ed by Infinite Love.
Virtue.--Virtue Is colinie.- Ilev. Ir.
Caraon, Prealiylerlnn. Hrooklyn, N. V,
True Klui'Htlnn. True education
means to lie good, Imneat mill pure.
Her. Ir. Kerliruch, Reformed, Cunton,
Ohio.
(Jod'a Vh.V. There should ln no
question In our inliula thai (ioil'a way
la bent. Ilev. A. H. Con. In, Ituptlal,
Akron, Ohio.
lnvir of Onr Faith.--Christ la the
loor of onr fnlth. There Is no Advance
Pin religion knowledge except through
Christ; there la no revision In creeds
mvc that to which he lends. Without
him there inn he (dm nice, but the
change will he no Improvement. The
only poaalble Improvement Is to attune
Hi miiab' of our fnlth to the keynote
of his nti'. Kvery forward inovp
nient must he through Christ, the door
Ilia word l our rharter; hi life our
Itnlde; hl perwon onr atar. Our motto
la, "Sol new (foopel, lint more to-pVl'-tev.
Ir. Van Dyke, Ptrwliytr
rlan, New York.
i; SERMONETTES i
The ear la found by M. Paul Bonnier
fo have a wnse of altitude in addition
to tluit of hi'KrltiK. It depend on
change of barometric pressure due to
altitude, and he has proven itn exist
ence by hi sensations during a balloon
ascent. -It U Wlevetl to be more highly
developed. uiuJ more useful In such ani
mals an birds than In man.
A new French refrigerator consists
of cloned metallic cylinders -surrounded
by a freezing mixture, being designed
for keeping fruit at a fixed temperature
with a restricted amount of air and an
absence of light. Thawing must be
gradual. After two months poaches
were In perfect condition, and the meth
od Is Adapted for transporting soft
frulls. including bananas.
I)r. Elliot Smith, professor of anat
omy in tint Medical School at Cairo, Is
reMjrtel to huve obtained two mouths'
leave of absence in order to investigate
a remarkable discovery of ancient hu
man remains at Cilrgeh, lu I'pper
Kgypt. It is said that the series of
graves unearthed extends over an In
terval of at least 8,(g) years, represent
ing the most archaic, of prehistoric per
iods.. The bodies, owing to the dryness
of ttie climate, and perhaps the excel
lence of the methods employed In em
balming, are In a surprising state of
preservation, and In two cases the eyes
remain so perfect that the lenses are In
good condition.
Prof. It. II. Thurston of Cornell Uni
versity speaks of recent experiments
with a "double-decked" aviator, by the
Messrs. Wright of I 'nylon, hs having
distinctly contributed to our knowledge
In the field of aerial light. The Wright
apparalus, currying one man who as
sumes a nearly horizontal position, has
a total spread of H(S feet of canvas, the
length of the machine Is-lng 2'J feet.
The planes have a . curvature copied
from that of a pigeon's wing, (iiiding or
soaring was successfully accomplished
In winds ranging from 11 to 27 miles
per hour. Starting from a slight eleva
tion, the longest flight was 4ixl feet. No
tnolor was used. The operator found no
difficulty In steering and balancing.
The recurrent alarm about the ap
proaching exhaustion of the coul supply
in (ireat Hritiiln has been fanned a lit
tle by the recent appointment of a
royal commission to inquire Into
thW
matter. About thirty years ago a sim
ilar commission Investigated the Brit
ish coal supply, but since then, It ia
said, unexpected changes in the coal
trade have Inketi place, which affect the
question. At present (Jreat Britain pro
duces oiie-thlid of the world's entire
supply of coal. No immediate danger
of exhaustion Is feared, but among tbo
duties of the new commission Is lo in
quire Into the possible substll iitiou of
other fuel, or the employment of kinds
of power not depending upon the use
of coal.
Twenty years ago a lightning rod
conference, representing several of the
leading scientific societies of (ireat
Britain, made an elaborate report rec
ommending a system of proieetion of
buildings against thunderstorms. Kx
perlence has since shown that further
study of the effects of lightning, and
of the means of guarding against them,
is needed, and a new lightning research
commltte is now at work In Kngland,
with the assistance of many observers
scattered over the Krlllsli Islands and
colonies, and of several branches of
the British government, while the Uni
ted States Department of Agriculture
has promised to furnish data gathered
In this country. Photography offers an
Important aid In these new researches.
DON'T JUMP OFF CARS.
Nervona Disorders Said to Kesult
from Hrml ice.
Jumping off moving trains and
street car a practiced to-duy is a
fruitful source of nervous disorder
and one not fully recognized for Its Im
portance by any school except osteo
palhs. Vet the fuels are easily compre
heudeiL Certain it is that nervousness
lu all lis prolenu forms, from irritabil
ity, "neurasthenia and general nervous
collapse to paralysis, Is so caused, and
that the careless habit of so many peo
ple of bowling off moving cars stiff leg
ged lays the foundation for tbi-se disor
ders every hour of the day.
In lending the strenuous life of onr
cities men and women seem unable to
wait to get lo their Journey's end. Be
fore trains come to a half stop at cross
ings and platforms fidgety pedestrians
with muscles tense drop from plat
forms, and, almost, before their Ixalles
have recovered from the forward mo
mentum, are stalking a mad foot race
against time In the opposite direction.
This enterprise saves ten seconds, of
course, for that particular errand, but
possibly It hastens by many mouths
one's Journey to the grave. Positive
injury Is thereby done to the aplno and
nervous system which must gather In
cumulative effect until one day the
whole nervous organism may go to
pieces. Then more or less Innocent
thing will lie blamed for the col I apse.
The doctor may even analyse the vic
tim of these Innumerable eoiiciissltn
piecemeal In the laboratories to find
fhat he I being preyed Upon by ubiqui
tous microbes, yet the origin of his
troubles I a simple spinal disorder,
caused by oft-repealed Jollngs. some of
which proved by chance more vicious
than the re, throwing one or more of
hi vertebral segments out of perfect
alignment. Once fhat has come about
the foundation has been laid -as oste
on thy ahowafor nearly all the Ilia In
thVtcalendar of medicine,
It Is not to b undemtood that inch
concussions produce dislocations of
spinal vertebrae In the sense that they
are thrown out of Joint, as occurs in a
"broken neck." That is no more the
case than that china ware must shat
ter from every simple Jar before It
cracks. The lesser Injuries come be
fore the greater, and happen with a
thousandfold greater frequency. Mere
slips of the vertebrae from their true
positions one upon the other and the
strains brought to bear In consequence
upon the ligaments and muscles bind
ing them together, are what first occur
from these sudden Innumerable pound
ings -of hard heels against adamant
pavements. These seemingly trivial
mishaps to the body are productive of
the most far-reaching consequences.
At every point In the spine where
such a concussion siwnds Its force a de
fective spot develops. It becomes a
weak point anatomically, and a point
of congestion, blockade and Impaired
work physiologically. Osteopathic
Health.
ONE LOST MINE IS FOUND.
Chain of Cnaucceasful Searche Beema
Broken in Oregon.
An Interesting but true siory of a
lost mine being found has been
brought to light at Grant's Pass, Ore.
A rich mine discovered and left fifty
years ago has been found again, the
Jubilant discoverer coming Into
(irant's Pass with a bag of gold dust
and nuggets that he had removed from
the treasure.
S. I). Johnson, a mining man from
Iowa, arrived In (irant's Pass, bring
ing wiUi blm a rough sketch or map of
the Josephine mining districts that
had been drawn for him by a capitalist
of Colorado Spring. This capitalist
was a clisse friend of Johnson, and in
the plo r days had been In southern
Oregon prospecting and mining. He
made a gimd stake near (irant's Pass,
and a ng others, made a very rich
discovery on Jack Creek, of the Jump
Off -Joe district, Northern Josephine
County. This find was in the nature
of an auriferous gravel bed, the yellow
grains being distributed through It In
a most remarkable quantity. He had
hardly begun work upon bis bonanza
when he ami his companions were at
tacked by the Indians and forced to
flee for their lives. The bloody Itogue
Klver Indian war came ou and the
prospector left southern Oregon.
He made many later fortunes In Col
orado, but did not forget his bonanza
on Jack Creek, Jump-Ofl'-Joe. Fifty
years passed by, and his friend John
sou came to him and wanted a grub
stake to Oregon. The capita list agreed
to put up all the money required If
Johnson would come to Jonephine
County and search for the lost treas
ure on Jack Creek. Johnson agreed
to do so. and with nothing but the
rough sketch to guide him came to
(irant's Pass.
He found Jack Creek and began
prospecting. On one gravel bar he dug
three shallow prospect holes and took
out $'Ji I u course gold. He kept on
scratching around and uncovered sev
eral big nuggets. He nearly went wild
with delight. He came Into (irant's
Pass Willi his bug of gold, a much ex
cited man. He had found the lost
mine. Investigation proved that
claim had been since located by
Hall, of this county. Mr. Hall,
knowing of the discovery, sold
claim to Johnson, together Willi
water rights he had taken up,
the
II.
not
the
all
for
$1.5(1(1.
Johnson ha left for Colorado
Springs, but will return in a short
time with his capitalist partner. They
will equip the mine wilh a complete
and extensive hydraulic plant and put
II In shape for work on a big wale.
The gravel of the property is such as
to make It one of the ricbiwt placer
propositions In southern Oregon. Port
land Telegram.
WHAT THE INSECTS COST US.
Lossra to Crops Cioncl bj the Per
nicious Utile I'csIh.
The chinch-hug caused a loss of .".(!.
(Ssi.iksi in 1ST 1 . upward of $1(Si.msi,shi
lu 174. and lu 1NM7, JtKMKHum The
Itocky Mountain locust, or grasshop
per. In 174 destroyed $Hmi,ishuhio of
the crops of Kansas. .Missouri, Nebras
ka, and Iowa, und the Indirect loss
was probably as much more. For ninny
years the cotton caterpillar caused an
annual average loss In the Southern
Stales of $15.(axi.(HHi. while In ISiiH and
IS",'! (he loss reached $:ki,ikni,inni. The
fly-weevil, our most destructive enemy
to stored grains, particularly through
out the South, Inflicts mi annua! loss
In the whole country of $4D.(aH).iHMI.
The codling inolh, the chief ravager of
the apple and suir crops, destroys
every year fruit valued at $:K),(gs).(NKi
to 4(I.ssi.ii. The damage to live
stock iiitllctiHl by the ox-bot. or ox
warble, amounts lo $:!. HMi.(MK).
These are fair samples of the enor
mous money lossi-s produced In one
country by n few of the pigmy cap
tains of Hrnlcioiis Industry whose
hosts operate lu the granaries, fields,
stock farms, and the stock yards of
our country. What Is the grand lolal?
B. !. Wilsli, one of I he best entomolo
gists of bis day. In lst'i7, estimated the
total yearly loss In the United States
rroiu Insects to be from $:i"i.(MNi,(xs to
JKKMXsl.CHl. in 1S!M, C. V. Rlley, long
chief of the division of entomology,
estimated the loss at :gi,(MSl.(). Ir.
,la mew Fletcher, In IStll, footed up the
has to about one tenth of our agricul
tural product $:i:MMsst,(SM)! In ISlMt,
K. Hwlght Sanderson, after careful
consideration of the whole Held, put
the aiiniuil loss at :HiP,(MSi,iaNi.-Ilar-mt's
Maganlne.
A woman who ever taught school
will hate a school board twenty years
afterward.
No difference how well you play the
fame of life, you are sure to loac.
A HEROIC CHINAMAN.
Hia Bravery Attracted the Attention
of Conajreaa.
Charley Tong Sing, whose home is In
Los Angeles, Cal., Is the only Chinaman
who ever received a medal from Con
gress for bravery.
He Is a naturalized
citizen of the
United Stales, and
as thoroughly
Americanized as
his thirty years'
residence hcr jnn
on ke him. Charley
was a member of
the (ireely relief
expedition of ISM,
tong sixci. co mm a n (led by
Captain (now Hear Admiral) Schley,
but he has a greater distinction than
having been a member of this expedi
tion. He Is one of the three survivors
of the Jeantiette expedition. He was
steward of that ill fated vessel when,
In lS7!t. she sailed on a voyage of ex
ploration in the Arctic seas. His splen
did physique and natural hardness were
all that brought him safely through the
hardships, exposures and horrors of
that terrible experience.
Charley Joined the Jeannette expedi
tion at San Francisco. He was then
an experienced sailor, having served
aboard American merchant ships in
various capacities. He acted the part
of a hero during this trip, and when
he returned the Navy Department, in
recognition of his services, presented
Charley with a handsome medal. Upon
It is inscribed: "Charley Tong Sing,
Arctic Steamer Jeannette; Fidelity,
Zeal, Obedience." On the reverse side
is a picture of the old frigate Constitu
tion, and the words, "United States
Navy." By special act of Congress,
September 30, 18!K), another medal wrts
presented. It betrs the date upon which
the act was approved by the President,
and around It the words, "Jeannette
Arctic Expedition. 1 870-1 KK2." On the
reverse side Is presented the Jeannette
In the Ice, with the crew waving her a
farewell. The medal depends from i
clasp held in the beak of a silver eagle.
It was not a great while after the
Jeannette adventure when Charley
Tong Sing started with Capt. Schley on
the (ireely relief expedition. After his
return from that voyage he served in
the navy on the Tennessee, and then he
decided to abandon the life of a sailor.
AN AMATEUR DETECTIVE.
Ascertained Facta by Sherlock Holmes'
System of Deduction.
Sherlock Holmes has a promising ri
val in a barber known to the Philadel
phia Heeord. He astonished one of his
customers the other day by asking him
if he were not left-handed. The man
admitted that he was, and suggested
that the barber had probably seen him
hang up his bat.
"No," said the barber; "1 have other
ways of finding out such things. I see,
to, that you are a bookkeeper."
"Yes," admitted the customer, "your
guesses are correct. How do you
kuoW.'"
"It's easy," said the barber. "In
shampooing your head 1 noticed ink on
your hair at the left temple. This ink,
I concluded, must have got there from
a pen resting on your left ear, which In
dicated that you were a person who
used a pen a great deal, as only such
persons use their ears as pen-racks.
"That didn't convince me that you
were a bisikkeeper, however, because a
111 era ry man might stick his pen behind
his car for convenience. I learned of
your jii'.aaajlon when I applied the
lather. This made the Ink on your hair
wash out, and 1 discovered two shades
of ink -red and black. Nolsidy but a
bookkeeper uses red and black ink, so
It was easy to class you as a bookkeep
er. "I knew you were left-handed be
cause the Ink was on the left side the
side that a left handed writer would in
voluntarily use when sticking his pen
back of his ear."
"Wonderful, wonderful;" said the
custodier. "Now, suppose you stop
talking for a while, and finish shaving
mo."
filed of Improvement.
An uptown physician tells of a (ier
inan friend, a sor Journeyman baker,
who sent his wife to a local hospital
when she fell 111. The physician al
ways asked with Interest after the con
dition of the sick woman when he met
the (iermaii, and was told In reply:
"Well, doctor, they say at the hospital
there's Improvement." This reply did
not vary from day to day for a month
or more, and was always spoken by
Ihe Herman very stolidly, as though
be really did not see In the report any
grounds for hope. Then one morning,
meeting the physician and being asked
the usual question, he said:
"(), she's dead, doctor."
"Dead?" repealed the physician.
"What do they say she died of?"
"They didn't say they didn't hnve
lo," answered the (lernian. "I knew.
She died of loo many Improvements."
Philadelphia Time.
The Kiii'0tcan Plan.
Some queer customer are seen at
New York hotel. An old farmer from
the country fells how he got abend of
one of the clerks: "I walked In." h
says, "asked the young man at the
desk: 'What are your prices?' 'Amer
ican or Kuropcan'f he asked me. Now
1 wasn't going to tell where I was from
until 1 had seen the lay of the land.
'What difference does that make?' says
I. 'If American,' he answered, 'It's 14
per day; If F.uroiean, f 1.50.' I thought
a moment, ami then an Idea struck me
how to get abend of him. I walked tip
boldly and registered from London,
Kngland."
It almost turns a man from hit
friends to hear a man b deteaU boom
Inc them.
fa&l
TEXAS 8TORM HEROINE.
Baraelf Tarn and Blaadlaa;, 8k )
caed Brother and Biatara.
The heroine of the Goliad storm wtw
Bessie Purl, aged 19 years. The Port
home was near the river bridge
was probably the first house destroy
i'd. The wind at this point had that
Miliar whirling motion characteristic ct
Ihe Kansas tornado. A new wagon wl
seized and bereft of its wheels. Af
terward a wheel was found north. eawtV
south and west of the house, showing
tlie peculiar eft'eei of the wind.
- The- 1'tirl- family consisted of J...W...
Purl, aged 44, his wife, Mrs. Frank
Hart, Bessie, Walter, Maude, Alice,
Hart, Maurice and the baby. Mra.
ilart and Maurice were In the country
:it the time, the others being at hornet.
A'alter was ou the rear gallery whe
lie storm struck, eating a piece of
ake. Stepping out to see what w
.he matter, lie was caught in the wind
aid forced toward the river, a part of
;lie time being forced along like a mill
hi the ground, all the time receiving
blows from the flying rbris. When b
reached the bridge he taught hold of
something, btil was hit with a mlsaibs
and his skull fractured. When he re
vived he was in the river and the wind
still forcing him on. The water evfr
dently had revived him from the stun
ning blow. He was forced on acroaa
and escaped to the other side, an
was soon in the hands of a neighbor,
who took him to the court hotlse. Ht
is now about well. He said he atill
had his mouth full of cake when h
found himself in the river, but spit II
out as it was full of sand and dirt
His was, indeed, a narrow escape.
When the wind struck the house II
he other members of the family were
Inside. Mr. Purl had his skull crnahe
and lived, more thau a day, but neree
regained consciousness. Mrs. PurTa
neck was broken and Maude waa
struck in the face as she "was sitting
by a window and her head split almoat
iu twain.
Bessie, the heroine, clung to the cbttV
.Iren, Alice, Oscar and the baby, and
fortunately escaped with only severe
bruises and cuts. They were carried
several hundred feet from the home
.ind Alice lost. Bessie at once start-id
;o the ruins of her home and en ronte
round Alice, who was bleeding to death
'rom a deep gash across the wrist. With
great, presence of mind she sought the
?nds of the severed artery and taking
.hem in her teeth, being unsible to hold
hem with her fingers, she tied a strinj
lorn from her tattered dress around
,t, but the string refused to hold and
me had to try again, this time being
successful, and the life of little Alice,
was saved.
Returning to the house, she found
the bodies of her parents, pulled the
debris from them and laid them aide
iy side, uot knowing that her fathet
was still alive. Oscar and the baby ca
caped with severe bruises and cuts.
While performing these heroic deed!
Bessie was covered with blood from
her own bruised and cut body, bul
unmindful of her suffering and terror,
she sought only the safety of her loved
ones. Cuero (Texas) Record.
JOHN BRIGHT AS A SPEAKER.
..tanner In Which He Prepared Him
self for Public Oratory.
I have noticed a discussion In the
papers as to whether Mr. ltrlght waa
In the habit of w riting out his speech
es. I do not suppose that he ever did
write such a thing. But, although I
have often heard him scak well with
out a note, he generally had very copi
ous notes in his hand when he spoke,
i remember once In ISC!, sitting with
nlm In the smoking room of the House
of Commons. He was going to make
during the evening a set speech, and
lie bad before him a bundle of sheets
of paper with which he had come pro
vided. He happened to say that he
wished his speech was over, on which
1 nsked him how far he prepared hit
speeches. On this he bunded me th
bundle and told me that I might rend
'.lis notes If 1 pleased. They were very
.oplons. and every now and then a
lengthy phrase was Inserted. This, b
told me. was his usual habit. When
speaking be held Ihe bundle before
him In one hand and as soon as one
vheet was exhausted he threw It away.
There was no sort of concealment In
Ibis, although he seemed to follow the
notes closely without apparently rend
ing them.
He fold me that In acquiring the art
of public speaking his great est difficul
ty was to avoid a rapid utterance. A
speaker should not, he explained
pause between his words or his syllii
ides, but he should pronounce end
syllable of a word more distinctly than
lie would do In conversation. -Iondos
Truth.
Kiample.
"You ought not to smoke right b
rore the children, Henry," expostulated
Mrs. Chlnner. "Can't you see thai
you're setting t'uem a very bad exam
Die Y"
"Oh, that's all right, my dear," re
plied her husband, easily. "If tnej
follow your example of carrying pint
in your mouth they'll nm-er live loin
enough fo be harmed by my example
Syracuse Herald.
The Hoi ii l Ion.
Mr. Jaggs John, what are yon do
'ng down there, turning the door knot
round and round?
Jsgps-IHinnn, m'deareat. Can't fln4
any kesh hole, (iuesaer mush be a
lem-wlnder.--New York Hun.
World' latrgMt Coral RmC
The largest coral reef In the world la
the Australian Harrier reef, which b
1.100 mile III length.
How a girl enjojra Daring twa htf
taggtac altar aerl
