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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1899)
A GIRL'S STRATAGEM. “Kate,” said I^evia Winslow, looking Jialf-deflantl.v at her cousin, "I won't fftand papa's opposition to Harry any longer. You know Harry Is a perfect gentleman, honorable and industrious, «nd it is only because he is compara tively poor that papa objects to my marrying him." ”But what can you do, Levla? Your father is as determined that you and Harry shall not marry as you seem to l>e contrary-minded,” Kate Winslow said, smiling at her cousin's desperate air. Levla came closer and whispered In Kate's ear: "We're going to elope! And you must help us—won't you, dear?" “Don't, darling; don't think of such a thing. Walt and try persuasion with your father. When he finds out that your heart Is really set on Harry he surely will relent,” pleaded Kate ear nestly, for she knew how hot-headed her Kentucky uncle was and feared the result of an elopement. "Pshaw! Kate, I've tried persuasion and everything else until I’m tired, and I promised Harry last night that you and I would go to Ixiulsville Thurs day on the morning train. He and Phil Lee will get on at I>a Orange and ve will go over to Jeffersonville and get that famous squire to marry us. Then Harry and I will begin life to gether on his little farm and be happy ever afterward,” she ended, with a de lighted laugh. Kate argued with her for some time, hut finding that her cousin had fully determined upon the elopement she at last gave a reluctant assent to accom pany her, hoping that all would he for the best. Had It not been that she knew that Harry Carroll was all that I^evia fondly pictured him, she would never have consented; but she knew that it was only a lack of riches In the suitor ■which caused Judge Winslow's objec tion to the match, and she believed that Harry would make her cousin happier than any one whom the Judge might choose. The plan worked smoothly, and Thursday, at noon, two young men, ac companied by two charming, pretty girls, stepped off the train at the Louis ville & Nashville depot in Isuiisville. As they did so they noticed a pollce unan among the crowd, holding a tele gram in his band. When he saw the little group he started toward them. “It’s all tip with us, Levla," groaned % "WHERE IS LEVIA?" Harry: "your father has found us out and telegraphed them to stop us." Levia began to cry, but Kate, speak ing very rapidly, said: “No. It’s not ail up. Keep quiet and I believe 1 can manage it. Don't any of you show surprise no matter what 1 do." The policeman came up at this mo ment and. touching his hat politely, aaid: “Very sorry to interrupt you, but I am ordered to stop an eloping party and take Miss Levia Winslow into custody until her father arrives to take her home. Now, which of these young ladies is it, for I'm sure this is the party? 'Shirt waist, dark skirt, •sailor hat, dark hair and eyes; ]!t years old,’" he read from his telegram. “The description suits either of you Jadles." he said, with a twinkle in his eyed, "so you'll have to help me out." At these words Kate sprang forward, and. throw ing her arma around Harry's neck, regardless of spectators, ex claimed; "You shan't tuke me away from him! How dare you interfere!” Still clinging u> Harry »ne turned on the offlrnr with dashing eye* and luokml hu angry that he litsamr Itupa tlrat. "Oame. Miss Winalow," he »aul. cool ly. -1 am authorised to urreat you and must do my duly. Your frteud* nu\ go free. a» they are not included in the order" Kate fell back aud spoke a few word* to Harry In a whiter lie In turn whispered to lavla and Kate turned rr lac taut ly to the offl.er "I auppoar 1 can't escape you,'* *he said, laughing ruefully, "hut I warn ><»i 1 will accomplish mv object yet She htaaad Harry good-by very affeetton atety. promlalng to tie true to him for rver, hade l.evla and I'hlltp gond-ut, and went to the station house with tto «db»sr, The latter waa much relieved for be had H|iel«l trouble a* he feared the prospective groom would he armed 'T don't believe he deserved her. aft sr all." he said to himself. the * a wilghtv handsome girt, hut he made vary little fu*» about having her torn •way from him “ Two hours later Judge Winalow red and aagrv for he had nursed his wrath ever alace a telegram from 4 friend, who had se*a the young men |ds (be girla «a the train at fa Or a ape dlaeloesd the elopement nsbtd Into tha rp«m at the statUra bouse to upbraid bis nndutfful dvugh ter. He found only his niece, Kate, in the room, coolly reading a paper. “Where is Levia?” he gasped In dis may. “Well, my dear uncle,” said Kate, calmly, “I am not sure, but I think that Mr. and Mrs. Harry Carroll are just leaving the city for their country home. At least,” looking at her watch, “it la just train time.” "What do you mean, girl?” cried the Judjie, redder and angrier than ever. “I mean this, uncle," Kate answered bravely, “that, as the policeman could not tell us apart, I assumed Levla's name and came to the station house as a prisoner and left her and Harry to carry out their plans. Now, uncle, be angry if you want to, but be angry with me, and do not destroy levla's happiness by uttering words you will some day repent.” The judge was so astonished at Kate’s stratagem that he cooled down a little and she took advantage of this to plead powerfully for the young couple, pointing out the good points in Harry’s character, and depicting the love he bore for Levia so skillfully that Judge Winston Anally said: “You should have been a man, Kate, and studied law, for I think you would have made a success. At least you have made me suspend judgment upon these young culprits, and I will punish I/evia only by receiving you into the place she formerly occupied In my heart.” Kate smiled happily as she prepared to return home with her uncle, for she well knew that no human being could ever take the place in his affections which belonged to his only child. And she was correct in her judgment, for her uncle allowrd his natural generosi ty to triumph over his offended pride and received Mr. and Mrs. Harry Car roll kindly when they came the next day to beg for his forgiveness. Kate, who insisted that she was the real cul prit. was as freely forgiven on condi tion that she would take part in no more elopements. SUCCESS IN FICTION. Til*! lint Writers Are Those Who Ke liuriI It as Their Chief Mission. Mr. James Bryce, who has achieved fame as an essayist on economic prob lems and as a political analyist, con templates devoting his pen to fiction, says a writer in the St. Louis Republic, it is not stated whether his motive is amusement or profit. Perhaps it is a mixture of both. If he achieves pop ular applause, he will disclose a ver satility unsuspected by those who have perused his efforts along the more serious lines of literature. It appears that nearly all literary men at some time in their lives have been attracted toward the task of making novels. The tuneful and witty Dr. Holmes yielded to the temptation, and Ijowell was credited with a strong hankering. The erudite and didactic (Jeorge Will iam Curtis wrote one novel, and showed the possession of a conscien tious regard for the reading public by not repeating the offense. Bayard Taylor also invaded the field with much promise of success, but wisely concluded that the novelists' vocation did not fit his talents. There have been several noted writers of English who might have proved shining suc cesses as novelists. Among them might be classed the brilliant and meteoric Macaulay, whose thrilling prose and inspiring verse indicate the possession of those qualities of narra tion and imagination which are per haps the most effective weapons in the armory of the novel writer. Yet. Macaulay's luster as a historian was so great that he might have dimmed it by essaying fiction. Fronde, who was a master of prose, failed In the do main of novel writing. The general consensus of critics seems to be that, while the novelist's faculty is not al together denied to men great in other departments of literature, its best re wards come to those who feel it to lx their chief mission. I I nod Kufft»r«*rw In Tviiii, The Braze?■ valley flood It the most damaging overflow that has occurred in tilts state during the last half century. In width the waters extended upon an average fully ten miles along the c n tire distance, and in,length at least three hundred und fifty miles. They spared nothing In their destructive course Dwelling houses and barns u|M>n the river hank, horses mules.cat tle, hogs and crops of all kinds have been swept away. The greatest suf ferers have been those who till the ilelds Only a few of them ate owner* of land. They are either renters or em ployes of the farm owners working either fur dally wages nr for an Inter e»t In the prospective yield Vs a rule thev are very poor entirely dependent upon their lahot for support. The | crops ten ilavs ago were in splendid I condition and gave promise of a most | (mull I If 111 harvest etjual to the lieat * that has been readied for many years VII that Is gone and these people now have nothing hut the Mint) clothing In which they cm aped from the w a , ter* h'ortlllistelv however the toss j of life ha* Isfi smalt (lur people ht>* responded most generously and are laboring earnestly anil liberally to re i lleie the great dlsues* ITtltena of Sew York and Ihwton have voluntarily t contributed a Is nit Iff swi and gt I soils I about I.’ eeo for which «e feel grate fill Joseph It dayer* IJoierrt.it of j I eras In t‘older • ttwkh t lint *«•! I us Vu (English *!*tialn tall dec It • fh ,1 «rime itinabteieii in desenntat p ritsl* near* a constant telation lii tHtpuin non That eill la half cured *h *»♦ *au»» . •« h«o* -fbur bt! CLEAN GUESS. IVhlth Ncltod a Itroken anti Sick Man a Little Fortune. New York Mall and Express: “Did you ever have a big piece of pure luck when you really needed It badly?" said one who is at present a high rail road official. “I did once, and never again. It happened in Denver in 1882 I was broke. I had just come out ot the hospital after a long tussle with pneumonia and I was unable to do manual labor, which was the only thing I could find. One afternoon, when things were at their very worst, I Was sitting in the old Charpiot hotel and overheard two men talking very secretly about a big strike in some mine. I inferred from their conversa tion that it was somewhere in the San Juan district, but they didn't mention the exact location or the name of the property. When they went out I noticed a tiny piece of ore laying on one of the chairs, where it had evl dently been dropped while they were examining some specimens. It was brown quartz, literally full of gold. It was ore that made a fellow's heart Jump Just to look at it, and while 1 was turning it between my fingers it ail of a sudden flashed into my mind that it must have come from the Lady Alice. They had taken stuff from it once, but the vein had ‘pinched out,' and the property was supposed to be N. (J. Its stock had dropped to noth ing. Of course, it was only a guess,' continued the speaker, “and there were several hundred chances that it wasn't the Alice at all. I did some quick thinking. There was a banker up town who owned a lot of Alice stock, and in two minutes I was on my way to hie office. 'Look here,’ says I, when I finally got Into his den, ’I have in formation worth a lot of money to you; what Is it worth to me?’ 'Not a cent down,’ says he, promptly, ‘but 1C per cent if I get it.’ I handed him the piece of ore; it was about as big as the end of my thumb. ‘They’ve struck that in the Lady Alice,' says I. To my sur prise tie turned pale as deatn and yelled for a clerk. 'Run after Smith! he bawled, ‘and bring him back with that stock!’ Smith, it turned out, war the messenger, and he was then on his way to deliver a bundle of Alice stock for which the hanker had just been offered a couple, of hundred dollars He hud thought it a good trade until he saw my ore. Smith came back and the hanker tried his best to pump me but I wouldn't tell him any more. If he had known I was only guessing he would have kicked me out, but the fates were with me. The next day the news of the discovery got to the pub lic; it was Alice, sure enough, and the stock went scooting skyward. Mean while the fellows in on the secret had bought up all they could. My banker scooped in a big pot of money and I got $2,500 for my share." CATCHINC HIS FISH. It ffm IIoim* When II 1m Friends W>r« Not looking. It isn’t rigiit to spoil a good fish story, but it is just as well to tell the truth about such things once in awhile. At the recent outing of the McFarlane Hunting and Fishing Club at. Penetan gulshine, Can., the prize for the larg est one-day catch of fish was awarded to Philip S. Flinn, says the Pittsburg News. Since the members of the dub came back to Philadelphia they have heard rumors that there was some thing wrong about his phenomenal catch—twenty-eight large bass, not to speak of a number of other fish that were not counted. This is really how it happened: The club occupied a large boathouse. On an island a half mile away their guides lived. On the return of a member from a day's tish ing the guide first rowed him to the boathouse, where the fish he had caught were counted, weighed and scored. Then the guide took the fish to the island to be cleaned. Mr. Flinn was out one day and he had nothing but hard luck. He had only two .‘-mall fish on his string when the sun began to sink. He waited until all of the other boats were in and their fish counted and taken to the guides' island. Then he ordered his guide to row him to the windward of the island where they would he bidden from view of those at the boathouse, lie landed there and going to the quarters of the guides he picked out all of the big fish that ItHd been caught by the other clubmen that day and put them ou his string, lie and tlie guide then made a wide sweep in the boat and approached the boathouse from the leeward. There was a commotion when the fish he brought were counted and weighed. Everybody wanted to know where be got them Home accused him of flnd lug good Ashing grounds and keeping the location to himself. He "con fessed’1 at last that he had caught | them up at the " old wre*k." The pete day every mctuhei of the club had a ■ line or two in the water at that point I Hut they didn't catch anything worth : mentioning I ar»f«*t IImv*. In itaatlni vain t« nut alloanl !«■ ba j »ol4 If It iiiuum» «wi» iwr <ant uf | amanh \ lartwt l.u* *«••«» vomit iuna4 ! t»> lha IIU|imiutt tun-aiM* It I'MItlMil uM thou»an4tli |Mrt of a grain of at* l watt m •IlIrHI it«|nar* tnr-hat that fat, i»b» grain In a |>l» a uf tarpat ian faaf »*|Haia I “*a Utr f*»». \ngt \n Va», | ttnarrala.l aiik tka j ;.a<n»»g min m l a* all tka oikara in ' ka . lONIKItt* »uta altk hint I rvvgltai] ' Mna It rati* tint 4 >4 a t any m taka tour ytf, ’ Ud Sr* Unit mf ,i». tUrt!'i4> kirai 4 tor la* r >MI*Mo I i >*>l*llm> I Ixa ■» Ml»r Nil tkat atanit M toarva ka»a baaa It <>a**4 lu ffnal. t ka ta*< kara Rut t*k«a Ika trouitla In (at a lb#•*« 4t Uatr M*t» alt* PEN ANI» INK MARKS. HOW THEY ARE ANALYZED BY THE EXPERTS. (low Ilitml writing Is Identified-The E in miner Mukr* Ills Deduction* from Specimen* Submitted—Mot Al way* Accurate. When a piece of disputed or suspect ed handwriting is submitted to an ex pert, his first care is to note its gen eral appearance. He observes what seems to be the characteristic habits of hand in the writer, the style, shad ing and connection of letters, their re lation to the base line of the writing and other significant point. The same process is applied to specimen of the alleged writer’s general hand, writes Daniel T. Ames in Ainslee’s Magazine. The next step is to disintegrate the writing so that the letters repeated in both specimens may be compared in detail when placed side by side. In this way divergencies or resemblances, which might not appear to the eye in the body of a paper, are made perfect ly clear. If any of the letters show signs of hesitation or retouching, as frequently happens in forgeries, they are photographed through the micro scope. Hy this enlargement retouches or traces are brought out so that they can be seen plainly by the untrained eye. Having made his examination of the whole writing, step by step, the expert summarizes the results, num bering corresponding parts, and call ing attention to discrepancies or re semblances as they occur. Hy this process his conclusions are made per fectly clear, in all ordinary cases, to anybody who reads his report. In ex ceptional circumstances, such as court trials, he may go before a Jury with blackboard and pencil and show ex actly how a forger wrote a certain let ter, as well as the way in which the persons whose writing habitually formed It. If his deductions are ac curate, the results, presented in this graphic manner, usually are convinc ing to all intelligent and unprejudiced observers. It is one of the advantages of graphology that, ordinarily, its con clusions may be made as plain as the nose on a man's face. ; BRICHT MEN HAVE BIG HEADS. 1‘lireriologisU Agree on the Value of Urge Cranial Development. From the Sioux Pity Journal: "All things being equal,” said the phrenolo gist, ‘ size is the measure of power. That Is, a man with a small head can not get to bt president of the United States, nor can a real small man at tain to that position. They have a comparison of the men who have been presidents of our nation, consisting of the relative size of their heads and their respective weights, which goes to show that they have been tall men and that they have had large heads. Phren ologists also state that because a man has a large head it is no reason to be lieve that he has an unusual amount of brain power. But they say that he has the best opportunity for development, and he can cram more learning Into his head than the man with the smaller head. People with thin heads are us ually ruled by the broad heads. The protuberance Immediately above and behind the ears denotes executive force and ability, and a man with a narrow head has little of this power. The best lawyers and statesmen have wide, broad heails. The argumentative fac ulty, which is located in front on each side of the top of the head, is well de veloped in these persons, so that It gives the cranium Us shape. You can generally tell whether a man. is refined in his tastes by the width of his fore head above the eyebrows. If he has a good development above his eyes he is a man who knows what is going on in the world about him. You can tell a man's generosity and his sympathetic powers by the size of his head at the forward portion on lop. You can also determine something about his own es timation of hlm.-elf ami his ability to stand by a point if he thinks he Is in the right by knowing the exact size of his itead from the middle of each ear to the crown. Ills righting qualities and his ability to make his way in the world are denoted by slight elevations l>ehind and above the ears. The size of a man’s head is determined by run ning a measure around It just above the eyebrow* to the hark of the head, passing over the occipital bone." X (wnitliirlal Marnier. Two luiUee x tailing In Waatitngton ilming one of the araidon* of rougreaa weul to i lie .upttol m hear the |ir« I eeillnga In the I tilted State* aenute Mo«l of the gallerlew Itelug tilled, they appfoa* hed the doorkeeper of the urn utoiV gallery, where udtulaalou la by turd A a they did not poaaea* ihla pWMpurt, the ihuirkee|wr a, tggealrd that they prornre one front any aena* tur they might be a. qualnted with. Hut we do rod know .nr arnufor." they replied Well it la very mu h to your i redtl ' aabl the doorkeeper ’ l*a»* light on Udie* Sag t ran. I» o i Vrgonaut Odd l»M*eil«a |*A Among the latest toil* ,u« fad* |* a •earth after odd trade ii|i> and drew lara, I he »• • tore de- lare t h> e- ^ mote fun in it than anything in the • trite.ting line yet attempted, MO Itee g*« tueybi any, VI,e, oidgirt It la m for la. h of ; i«|> lent watt se« that 1 haxre t* matwe >i i tingle Hi* Heft So t dare any yug hate gty*t» th» meg pleat) of .kali,. | In proper.* INEXHAUSTIBLE. r« the Supply of KattJeMiuke Skins What They Are I'sed For. Washington Star: "Speaking of the uses to which queer kinds of leather are nowadays put,” said a resident of West Pike, on Pine creek, Pennsyl vania, to the writer recently, "reminds me of a factory in ray town where rat tlesnakes’ skins are employed quite ex tensively for making a variety of belts, slippers, gloves, neckties and waist coats for winter wear. For several years prior to 1897 the firm had been making horse hide gloves and mittens for motormen and railroad men, but in the fall of the year mentioned they be gan to use rattlesnake skins, for which there was no market. The material was found so pretty and so well adapt ed for the purpose for which It was utilized that orders for the output of the factory were Hoon received from ev ery prominent city in the United States. The factory, which 1 believe is the only one of Its kind in the coun try, U now doing a thriving business in goods made of this novel kind of leather. The skins come to the factory salted and with the heads off. Some times the rattles are still attached to the tail. The skins are tanned and prepared for use in the factory, where the operation requires thirty days. The curing process removes all the disa greeable odor pecullur to the raw skin and brings out the natural brightness of the black and yellow mottle to per fection. The supply of rattlesnake skins is said to be practically inex haustible. They come from the north ern tier of Pennsylvania counties, from the Lake George region, Colorado, Wy oming and Michigan. The skins are worth from 25 cents to $2 each, accord ing to size, those of the black, or male rattler being the most valuable. 'I he rattles are converted into scarf pins and sold at fancy prices to people who are fond of such curiosities. MANY A SLIP 'Tnlil the 4'up and the l.ip Wan Again Demount rated. New York Tribune: He was from Kentucky, and a well-known member In the club of an Eastern city. As he entered the smoking room a number of his friends, as they rose to meet him, glanced with anticipatory relish at a five-gallon demijohn he was carrying. Placing the jug on a convenient table, he said to the waiting group: “There I? some of the finest bourbon that ever came out of the blue grass regions of Old Kaintuck, and little of the same vintage remains there now. So pre cious is it that for fear of accident I have carried it all the way in my hand. For thirty years embraced and kissed by staves of oak, that grand liquor has rested beneath the eaves in the garret of the home of my ancestors. It contains no next morning's head ache, but holds the songs of birds and the smiles of beautiful women. Drink only four glasses and you belong to the rich of this earth. Drink six, and you will sit with kings and he their equal. To you, Langford, as the most revered o? those present, I give the honor of the first glass.” The oldest man pres ent, and one who prided himself on his knowledge of all things gastro nomic, rose at the words. Picking up the demijohn by the handle, he at tempted the barkeeper’s swing, which, when perfectly executed, brings a jug to rest in the crotch of the elbow, but, alas! for poor human intentions, the jug swung by the waiting elbow, and dashed itself to fragments on the tas sellated floor. Feelings too deep for utterance overcame the horror stricken group, as a simultaneous reach for pockethandkerehiefs was made. PHOTOGRAPH TABLES. Ni'tt Itfrt* That Will lid UcIioiikmI In I. v r ry If otiHtlioltf. A new table Is being shown in the swell furniture stores whirh could eas- | ily be duplicated In less expensive nia- 1 ttrials and placed in more than one room in the house. We all know how photographs accumulate and how hard it is to keep them from dust and also from fading. This table is designed especially for photographs ami will till a lung-felt want. It is about as large us the old-fushloncd work table, and, like it, has a top which opens, disclos ing a box inside which 1s divided into compartments of different sixes for the reception of photographs. The top is of plaited satin brocade, so arranged that pictures can lie poked in here and | there, and when opened the top forms quite an ornamental background for the faces of our friends. The imported model is very tieautlfully ami expen sively upholstered In heavy Pompa dour brocade of an ecru color, pow dered with small Mowers, In copying this pretty invention for the preserva tion of photographs cheaper wood can be used, and the covering may be o some I flex pen live silk cretonne o> plush. tk« Rswura M«b X.I a t acne- I In. It Menton while sailing in the Tor res Ml rates and along the tosst of Aus tralia, threw met twanrd the remains of t rstis of whl«h he had eaten Inmo 1 .(lately there appeared from under the .hip lateral which captured i these pie-»-s ami then disappeared un del the II ' •' kli demon re.og»tU»d » ft ti with the aid of the I m. lo.ii Hit on Its ha- k Hattg* on the la-it.-ui of vea-els amt the bellies of 1 larger Ac-ties mainly .harks, and has ! itself rsrrled along Ity c-unswltng a i tosih tn some t-sll Mr Metnon stneesd , d is landtag une of them, hut a am* i ixil .pe« i no it could hot he obtained I ice- a use the a* hoot n. 11.«J the capture of their comrade, and rould m»t he I tstngted to any amount of halting THE &UJNDAY M iIUUJj, LESSON I. FOR SUNDAY, OCT. I — PSALMS 122. Joy III Goil'i House — "I Was <alM» When The; Halil Into Me. I.et t's tic Into the House of the Lord" —> Psalms 122: 1. 1. "I was glail when they said." II I* always a Joy to be summoned with oth ers to something good. This Psalm Is supposed to have been sung Just as the pilgrim band climbed up the hill to the walls of Jerusalem for one of the great feasts, the social Joyous occasions of the year, to the Jews. It was so good to bo at the lloly City, the center of life and religion of country und of nation, 'ha focus of all that made the nation whati It was; It was so good to be at the end of their exile, at the close of their long, hard Journey—that they sang out thel( praises so loud that the other pilgrim bands could hear them and take courage. 3. "Let us go Into the house of the Lord." The temple, the chief glory of the city, the central light, the source of religion, the symbol of Hod's presence, the gate of heaven. 2. "Our feet shall stand.” R. V., are standing. "This Is a lively expression of the satisfaction and delight of one who finds himself on this high day of festal Joy within the sacred walls, mingling with the throng of worshipers who crowd tho courts of the temple, and taking his part, with a full sense of his privileges as an Israelite, In the solemn services of tho feast."—Perowne. "Jerusalem," tho cap ital city, "the Joy of the whole earth," the symbol of all that was highest and best In the nation, the type of the New Jerusalem. 3. "Budded as a city that Is compact % together." Either In contrast with the scattered dwellings of the country vil lages, "a compact line of stalely build ings which form so Imposing a feature of the capital," pr, more probably. In al lusion to the fact that “there are no more waste places, no more gaps and heaps of ruin.' Perowne. 4. “Whither the tribes go up. This ex pression Is a strong proof that tills Is an early Psalm; for "It was a part of 'the Machiavellian policy’ of Jeroboam to put a stop to this custom, lest such occa sions should be made the means of re storing the national unity <1 Kings 12; ib). — Ferowne. .Jerusalem was the place to which It was commanded that the tribes go up; this act was a part of the divine system, and the custom was re stored at a later flay. "ITnto the testi tnony of Israel.” Better, as R. V., for a testimony unto Israel, proving their de votion lo God and his cause. They “give thanks unto the name of the Ia»rd." The very Joy of life Is to praise God. Thoao who dwell in God's house will have the spirit of praise, and they will always have an abundance of things for which to praise him. The shining from God's house brightens everything, puts sunset glories even on the clouds, and transfig ures the whole of dally life. 5. “Kor there,” In Jerusalem, “are set thrones of Judgment.” It was the civil and religious metropolis. Justice, right eousrfess. the haired of all oppression, all wrong of every kind, are the characteris tics of the true city of God. “The thrones of the house of David." David and his successors, especially “great Da vid's Great Son,” who rules in the city of God, and his rule Is righteousness evermore. All sin Is treason to the great King ii. "Pray." Because God is the soiirce of the blessings needed, and they can b« given only to those who so put their A trust In God, and so love and care for the 'y city of God. as to pray for her. The best blessings cannol be received by a prayer less soul. They fall on it as rain on a desert. “The peace." Best from enemies, peace among 113 .people, peace with God, peace in the soul. “Of Jerusalem." Jeru salem means "Habitation of Peace.” There Is a play upon the word "peace.” “The Hebrew word for “peace" Is sha lom, and the Hebrew word for “prosper ity” Is shalvah, while the Hebrew form of “Jerusalem,” which means "City of Peace,” Is Veru-shalalm 80 that, in ef fect, the poet wishes shalom and shal vah on shalalm—"peace” and "prosper ity” on "the City of Peace."—Samuel Co*. "They shall prosper that love thee.” Because that means the love of what Jerusalem stood for and was the means of imparting to the world—tho knowledge of God, the character of God, ail that was holy and loving and true. 7. "Peace be within thy walls.” To those who belong to the city and that which It represents—true Jews, true peo ple of God, within the fold. “Prosperity within thy palaces." The Inner dwell ings, the hom.s of the people. 8. “For my brethren and companions* Fakes.” He was not selfish In his hopes and prayers. His was no lonely heaven He "breathed a spirit of the noblest and most unselfish patriotism." 9. "Because of the house of the Dord.'* He will seek the good of the city, for I hr sake of God's house within it. MIXED PICKLES. It makes a difference not only whoso ox is gored, but whose ox does tb« goring. Love has unquestionably accom plished much for good, hut up to data it has not changed any leopard’s spots. Even if we cannot give forth rays of sunshine, It is not necessary for us to go out of the way to cast shadows. A man will not perspire as much over a week’s haying as he will in try ing to raise a car window to oblige g. pretty girl. A New York paper asks: "Is tha bicycle fatal to beauty?" Well, much depends whether or not you lignt on. your beauty sppt. It ma> not be polite to count th* change when a friend obliges you by (hanging a bill, but it ia Just aa well to do It If you want your cash to bal ance. 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