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Heartfelt thanksgivingl
Oh! lot It rise
Llko the. mist of morn
Toward the nsure skits;
lit the heart bo Kind
And tlio song In gay,
Ah wo welcome ilii' Joys
Of Thanksgiving Day.
How sweet Is home
With Its altar tires!
Tlic meeting of sons
With their happy sires!
Tho fair young wives
And their little Hock-,
In lirnnd-ncw coats
Ami Sunday frocks.
Wo gather around
Tlii! old-tlnio board,
Tho blessing Is nskod,
Tho tea Is poured,
And tho children laugh
.In, their merry way,
When the turkey comes In
On Thtinkfglvlng Day.
Hut what's this glee
To that which comes
With the smoking puddln?
So full of plums?
And the rosy fruit
Without, stint or lack.
And, last of all.
The nuts to crack?
What beautiful seasons
To him who roams,
Aro these meetings rare
In the land of homes,
When the young and old,
The grave and gay,
LlfVup their hearts
On Thanksgiving Day!
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My chum, John Meredith, was going
home. Ho was always sighing for his
homo, and at times this longing pos
sessed htm so completely that ho seem
:il on the point of abandoning his pros
pects of becoming a rich man.
Meredith had been In 111 health, but
ten years' residence in tltc west had
tnndo a new man of him. Success at
last had come our way, nud he sudden
ly announced that ho was going home
for his Thanksgiving dinner. He was
o quiet, queer fellow, any way you put
It; latoly, however, ho had seemed
wonderfully alert. Tho arrival of the
weekly mall found him In a state of
groat expectation, and after he had
read his letters ho would sit quietly
all evening looking very happy and
smiling as ho read them over again.
Ho always was a non-committal chap,
but this time thero was no mistaking
tho signs, so I suspected his homesick
ness, and Judged his ease, as one Is
apt to do, by the light of my own. No
wonder, poor fellow, that ho wanted to
wipe out tho 1,"i00 miles which alone
stood between him and that Thanks
giving turkey! For my own part. I can
swear that no power as yet known to
man could keep mo back from Jim Me
Kcnzla'a Thanksgiving dinner, for
Mary was to ,bo there Mary whom all
these years I had remembered and lov
ed so well. I had never forgotten her
beautiful deep, dark eyes, which seem
ed to search one's soul with that pene
trating look ono sees sometimes In a
baby's eyes.
There wns but little out hero In tho
mountains to relieve tho tedium of our
long evenings, so Jim McKenzlo's week
ly vlsltw wero always heralded with
Joy. Wo made merry over his coming,
and onr carefully prepared dinner wo
regarded as a feast. We talked It over
in the morning, and when evening came
wo began to plan for next week's com
ing. No wonder McKenzle was always
welcome. His mind was stored with
tho thrilling adventures of early days
In tho mountains. Wo never tired of
listening to tho story of his own good
lock; how, way down near the stream
on tbo sldo of the mountain, his quick
eye bad detected tho bits of shining
gold; how, day by day and nil alone,
ho followed up tho llttlo thread of gqld
until he had discovered tho secret of tho
mountain's heart, the generous yield
of "ore wlilch had made him tho rich
est man In '"'Golden I'olnt." With touch
ing pathos bo would tell lis of the brave
'hearted men no less worthy than him
self who hnd come out here to meet
only bitter disappointment and blasted
Jhopes. At raro Intervals bo would
peak, to us of his own early trials, of
bis 'dead wife, to whoso loving caro
und gentle sympathy he confidently and
proudly attributed his entire success
and all that wan good In him. Then,
oo, ho always brought us news of IiIb
daughter Mnry. At first bor letters wore
only outpourings of. her homesick, lov
ing heart; sho wat, born to Hyp In the
mountains, and declared she must have
tho freedom of tlo mountain bhil. After
a while her letter.') breathed a more
contented spirit. In an incredibly short
tlmo tho mountain hl-d hnd ceased to
flutter against the lurs of her cage.
Her quick and receptive mind soon
yloldcd to tho guld.iucc of those about
her, and with the full force ci tin ar
dent nature sho pursued ttn & of
her education,
Thus from week to week we listened
with delight to tho welcome budget
Jim would bring, Sometimes Mnry's
letters wero only of her life at school,
her books, her now friends and my
heart would sink for then sho seemed
so far, so very far away! Again, she
would write of herself, of tho love sho
bore her father and her home, with an
occiHlonnl a very occasional - message
for Harry, at which, of course, my
heart would bent with joy, and 1 would
cough or light my pipe, do anything to
bide tho tell-tale light I knew was in
my eyes. During the last year sho had
written most of her homo-coming; and
lately her letters bad taken a tone of
great seriousness, with ninny allusions
to her "duty as a woman."
In her latest letter she begged that
her father would take her more serious
ly; sho "could not he a butterfly," and
sho spoke of "woman's sphero being
broad and far-reaehlng." McKonzIo
only laughed and said, "l'oor child! she
Is sighing for the mountain air." He
wrote her of the beautiful filly ho had
trained and made ready fur her use,
and she would soon m'o for herself bow
very long and broad her womnn's
sphero could be.
At last a letter eamn telling that she
was surely coming homo, and telling
how anxious sho was to he witlj him on
Thanksgiving Day. Sho complained
ever so gently that sho feared he had
not taken her exactly ns sho wished
that sho was no longer a child, and
that her mind wns quite oicupled with
the problem of "Womnn's Mission." In
fact, she had latoly been made president
of tho Woman's lvmanclpntlon Circle,
which organization hnd originated in
mr school with every promise of be
coming a power for great good among
women. "I subjoin," she added, "tho
principal maxims for which wo pledge
ourselves to labor without censing:
"Wo claim equal rights before tho
law.
"We ask equal pay for equal work.
"Wo ask that men ceaso to Impose
upon us by their empty flattery, and
"That wo be recognlzod as reasonable
human beings with eyes to seo for our
selves; hnnds to work nB wo will."
This time even McKcnzIo could not
fall to catch her meaning; ho looked
puzzled and troubled, and Dually said:
"In tho morning she will ho half way
home and I shall go to meet her. I
think," he added slowly, "I think Mary
needs her father. Yes, I'm sure dead
sure she needs her father."
Meanwhile I hnd registered a solemn
vow that every claim and every asser
tion of this New Woman should bo din
proved and contradicted by Mary In her
own sweet self. When I closed my cyos
that night it was to dream of Thanks
giving Day and Mary and I really be
lieve that In my sleep I henrd the sweet
sound of wedding bells.
Tor some time tho next day McKcn
zIo wns shyly making his daughter's
acquaintance. Ho could not for tho life
of him sco tho slightest trace of tho
dread phantom her last letter had cre
ated. Ho thanked God that sho was
womanly and gentle; that her heart was
right, whatever error or fancy hnd got
ten Into her head.
"Why, dear Mary!" ho answered her,
"you don't want to work like a man.
You can't do It. When I was your ago
I could handle a pick all day; I could
do It now. A woman's work cannot ho
equnl to man's; so it Is hardly fair for
her to ask equal pay besides, It waB
to Adam tho command was given 'to
cam his bread by the sweat of his
brow.' "
Poor Mary! She could not help ho
Ing disconcerted. Her father's opin
ions, she knew, were always based on
common sense. So it was some tlmo
before she, spoko again; and thou It
was to ask why It was that women did
not have equal rights with men beforo
tho lnw. Ho answered that women
surely do havo'oqual rights before tho
law. "You see," my dear, ho went on,
"their rights nro re-ally Identical, tholr
Interests the same; and it is a man's
first notion of duty to see that these
rights aro repseeted. I would llko to
seo any person Interfere with your
r bis or hear of any law that would
be unjust to you. Hy George! 1 would
soon show that your rights wero my
rights, and that the law exists solely
for the benefit of mnnklcd, which you
"AN OCCASIONAL LETTBK FROM
HARHY."
know, my dear, Includes woman kind,
even tho 'New Woman,' too."
Poor Mary wan confounded. After
all, wero, men nnd.wonujn really equal
beforo tho law? If that wero so, what
became of tho enormous Injustices and
tigtint'o I)i1bch ihut woraou hud silent
ly and patiently homo nil these years?
It all seemed so confusing, so difficult,
so very puzzling; sho could not doubt
that her father was right ho always
was on practical queutlous. Sho looked
out. of the car window, and was silent.
Her eyes wero full of tears. It was
hatd to believe that the Woman's
Emancipation Circle wns, after all, to
liuHl
havo no existence In tho world, and
that all of her fine arguments, broad
views on tho woman subject wero sure
ly disappearing- melting away beforo
her father's clear and convincing asser
tions. Sho recognized at once that she hnd
met defeat., and with all the bravery
sho could command, tho conversation
was turned to other things. In a
short time they would be home and en
Joy Thanksgiving day together.
Wan it In truth necessary for me to
see McKcnzIo at oneo about that brok
en fence, or wns It only the crisp moun
tain nlr that tempted mo from the
house hours beforo 1 wns exported to
arrive at Jim McKenzlo's? Ono thing
wns certain, 1 Tould not wait another
moment, and In half an hour I was
speeding along and Hearing Ills place.
As I rode up I saw her standing on tlto
poich. She came quickly forward to
meet me. 1 blushed llko a schoolboy
when 1 took her hand and looked Into
her eyes. Yes, Micro was still the deep,
searching, truly baby look. 1 felt re
lieved tit oneo and thought, "It won't
bo so very hard, after all; sho could
not look like that and be really a Now
Woman."
In a few moments 1 had forgotten
nbout the broken fence, and we went
together to sco the beautiful brown
(Illy. I suggested that thorn was time
enough to try her before dinner, and
Mi y acquiesced at once. Sho had a
fancy to saddle tho horse herself. I
never thought of Interfering until she
came to tighten tho girth; then I sim
ply said:
"You would better let mc do that for
you."
"Never mind," sho nnswered; "why
can't a woman use her hands and help
herself?"
Of course I wns disconcerted, and
saw at oneo that I was treading on dan
gerous ground, but I only laughed and
said:
"Sho can. She certnlnly has tho
right, but why not allow a fellow tho
prlvllcgo?"
Then, In a defiant tone, she re
plied: "Wo don't want privileges or aid; we
only want what Is Just."
"At your hands," I answered, "1 don't
ask for Justice, at all; but I do yearn
for privileges."
Sho tossed her head In leply, and
stood ready to mount.
In a few moments wo wero off.scour
Ing tho country, riding up tho moun
tains and walking our horses slowly
down ngnln. Near tho base of thy tim
ber line Mary's horso suddenly shied,
her saddle turned, but In her terror sho
called to inc. In nn Instant I was by
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"SHU CAM13 OUT TO MKKT MIC."
her sldo and Just saved her from fall
ing to tho ground. Of course I had to
straighten tho saddle; and 1 simply as
serted: "You see, I nm stronger than you,
and I yielded my right too easily. You
will always let mo saddle your horse
In future!"
I suppose it was tho shock that made
her blush and look so baffled ns she
glanced tit me, and I felt sure that 1
had scored a point. After this wo rode
quickly home. It was almost time for
dinner, and MeKenzIe was waiting for
us on tho porch. Wo went together lo
look after tho broken fence. Whon we
returned to tho house 1 found Mary lu
tho parlor, struggling with u big log
of wood that had rolled from Its place,
and I further noticed that her gown
was lu danger from the llnmes. So In
tent was sho In her efforts to .replace
the burning log that she did not not lie
my approach. I stood thero quietly,
watching tho smoking log on tho rug,
which momentarily I expected to see
burst into llnmes,
Sho looked so pitiful and helpless
that my heart softened entirely, and I
was about to go to her, when she
turned and saw mc quietly looking
on.
"Why don't you come?" sho said.
"Dont you seo I can not budge this
log?"
Surely this was my day for luck! I
saw another chanco and took It.
"Step nsldo," I said; "lot mc take
it up." With tho aid of tho tongs and
a shovel I easily put tho log back In
placo.
"You seo, mon ath stronger than
women," I said. TAlo tlmo she would
glvo mo no answer, but In her eyes I
road that I had oored my second
point.
In a fow momenta flbinor wo ready,
and a happier trio never Bid down to a
Thanksgiving feast. Mary had for tho.
moment forgotten hex misadventures,
and a moro charming hostess could not
bo Imagined.
In tho quirt J ot Mary 'a return Mc
KcnzIo looked blissful and contented,
I confess to having (pit a little nervous.
So far tho day had gono we-ll with me,
but I wanted to score my third and lust
point. I nnxloiiBly awaited my oppor
tunity, which presently came lu the
shape of the great American turkey,
Tho turkey was brought In Just as I
wns tolling In a triumphant tone of
Mary'a proud 'nfusal of my good offices
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In adjusting her saddle, and how she
did not hesltnto to demnnd my obedi
ence when she really needed my serv
ices. Jim ordered tho turkey placed
before Mary, and explnlned that her
mother had always carved; no one
knew so well as sho how to select the
choicest bits and give to eaeli one Just
the dainty morsel most coveted, and
now Mary must learn to do the same.
She took tho largo knife In her hand
and gazed at It, looking very dubious;
then sho stuck tho fork well into the
turkey's breast nud made another at
tempt to use the knife.
She looked at her father a momont,
but bis attention was altogether bent
upon selecting a choice bit of celery.
Then she gave me a hurried, appealing
glance! 1 moved my chair a little, but
said nothing. At length she turned to
nie again and put her hand on my arm
and gently said:
"1 say, Harry, I believe men aro
stronger and bigger and braver than
women. Won't you plcaso cane this
for me?"
Mv last point wns scored, and can
you wonder that I consider Thanks
giving the greatest day of the year, anil
the American turkey the greatest of
birds? Hut here we rail It tho falcon -It
sometimes catches mountain birds.
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Pleasant games for Thanksgiving, In
which both old and young peoplo nif
Interested, aro played ns follows:
Transpositions Wi Ite a list of words
for each person piesent by using only
once the letters found In the names
of certain Hownrs, states, authors, etc.,
or any words you mliy select. Tho let
tors of these words transposed g!o tho
word sought.
I'or Instance, tako Ithododeudrou.
Using tho letters we have the words
odd, or, end, horn. From llaehelor's
Huttou, chub, lose, tab. torn. .Massa
chusetts gives seal, suet, smash; or
hats, seat, muses. Newfoundland,
weld, nun, do, fan. North Carolina, no,
chair, la, torn.
From Constance Fonlnior'i Woolson,
wo havo Moore, slain, cciwl, feme,
noon. It Is much easier to ascertain
the word sought If ilesiguaieil mh a Mow
ci', author, etc., hut it sharpens one's
wits wonderfully lo tlml them without
any clue.
In the list nf ten or a dozen words,
which Is about all a peisou will caro
to have at once, It Is nice to Include
his or tier name. Clurlbcl.
Uhyiulng. -Arrange thv rnni'iany in
a line or circle, around the loom. Let
tho II rut one announce a line of powtry.
Tho si ond must follow with a lino
that rhymer, with the llrst and agrees
with It lu meter or measure. The third
niusL follow with another, and so on
around. If thero are many In Hie com
pany the last word of the Hist lino
should be ouo that lias plenty of rhym
ing words. If the company is small,
more difficult rhymes may be hclcetod.
lu a recent game the following was the
result. Tho first one roM'uteil a lino
from one of llrynnt's poems, and the
otheis followed as Indicated:
1. "Heaped In the hollows of the
grove."
-'. Lie all the ashes from our stove.
,'!. We'll scatter them all loutul tha
cove.
1. And cover up the irenMiro-trovo.
.". Then you and I together, love,
ii. Will all around this country love.
i A good deal of amusement Is afforded
I by the odd and Incongruous Hues that
are sometimes given. The lino must bo
' supplied in a given tlmo, say ono mill-'
ute, or a forfeit must he paid. G. 0. H.
I Tho Messenger. -Tho party aro Rent
ed lu line, or round the, side of the mum,
and somo one previously appointed en
ters with the message, "My master
' sends mo to you, madam," or, "sir," as
( the case may he, directed to any lndl
J vldtial ho may select at his option.
' "What for?" Is tho. natural inquiry.
' "To do as I do;" and with this tho mes
senger commences to perform sonic
it ii I tc which (ho lady or gentleman must
Imitate say ho wags Ills head jddt! to
side, or taps with ouo foot incessantly
on tho lloor. Tho person whose duty
It Is to obey, commands his neighbor to
the right or to the- left to "Do as I do,"
also; and bo on until tho whole. 50111
pany Is in motion, whin tho niossengor
lcavtn tho room, re-entering it with
fresh injunctions. While tbo mesflon
ger Is lu tho room ho must f.co Ills mas
ter's will obeyed, nnd no ono must Btop
from tho movement, without suffering
a forfeit. The messenger should bo
somo ono Ingenious In making tbo an
tics ludicrous, und yet keep within
moderate bounds, and tho game will not
fall to produce shouts of laughter.
Another game, of much the samo
character, Ik knowa by tho titlo, "Thus
says tho Grand Beignor." Tho chief dif
ference is that tho first player' is Bta
tlnned In tho center of tho room and
prefaces his movements, which tho
others must all follow, by tho above
wordB. If ho varies hlB rommnnd by
framing it, "So says tho Grund Solg
nor," tho party must remain still and
decline to follow his example, Any ono
who moves whon ho begins with "So,"
or does not follow hlin when he com
mences with "Thus," has fo pay a for
felt.
In North Dakota the l llltng of quail
and HngllsU and Chinese pheasants is
prohibited until IftOO, and beaver and
i hut can no be trapped or killed until
too::.
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THE TSAR OEIIUSSYA.
NICHOLAS II. A FIRM AND HUSO
LUTE RULER.
IVtW lilt Trrnit'iiiliiiin l(cMiiillillllt,
nml, t'lillko III liilhrr, llrpriull
Upon lilt On n iliiilciiirnl A Very
lut orrHEti.
N Itussla the Im
pulse of a single
will has tremen
dous weight in tho
scale of human des
tiny. Tho tsar Is
tbo richest, most
autocratic and most
powerful of stiver
elgtm. Theie nro
four councils of ad
ministration the
Holy Synod, the Senate, tho Council of
.he Umpire, and tho Committee of Min
isters; but legislative, executive and
Judicial power Is centered lu tho em
peror. Other sovereigns may reign
without governing their realms, but
lis will Is law for church and state,
rim present emperor ascended tho
!hronn lliron years ago, when ho wns In
his twenty-seventh year. Ho has
man led a German princess during tho
interval, been crowned at Moscow with
ill the solemnity of tho ancient cere
monials, and has made a series of state
visits to various capitals and courts.
lo has found a successor for Prince
Lobunov In the person of Count Slour
ivleff, his father's conlldentlal adviser
it the court of Denmark, ami he has
welcomed with splendid stutellnesH at
Peterhof and St. Petersburg tho Ger
man emperor and tho French president
NICHOLAS II OF HUSSIA.
This Is a brief record or his fow years
if power, lint It hardly stiHlces to ro
;eal what manner of man the emperor
really Is. Those who have met and
Hiked with him describe him as a man
if singular earnestness and serious
less. lo speaks slowly and weighs
its words, lie has a thoughtful face
mil a rellectlvo air, and has little of tho
mpiilslveuess of youth. When ho do
dies to emphasize a point he draws
icar to the listener, nud with strong
gesture and deepening tones of voice
-eveiils his own Interest In what ho Is
laying. Ho Is a sovereign who Ib very
much in earnest. Not only does ho
tako a serious and almost solemn view
af his vast responsibilities, but ho Is
ilso a man of high courage and genuine
force of character. Ho Is less of n re
cluse than his father, Alexander HI.,
who never was able to forget that his
accession to tho throne followed a das
tardly Nihilist crime. Ho drives,
ride.) and walks fearlessly about his
summer palace, and seems to have no
morbid dread, of revolutionary ploto.
Hu listens gravely to w'hat his minis
ters and advisers have to say, but he
tins n will of his own, nnd nets upon
his Judgment, not hastily, but firmly
and resolutely. Tbo tsar followed tho
recent custom of Houso of Homftioff,
nnd married n princess from one of
tho minor continental courts. The
empress Is Alexandra Allx, a daughter
of thc..lntc Grund Duko of Hesse, nnd
a granddaughter of Queen , Victoria.
She is amiable and accomplished, but
lacks his mother's strength of charac
ter. Alexander III was strongly Influ
enced by his wife nnd her Danish' re
lations. Nicholas II respects his
grandparents, tho King and Queen nf
Denmark, hut he does not share the
responsibilities of government with hi
own or with his wlfo's rolntlons. Ho Is
a self-reliant, proud-spirited Romanoff
who has Inherited the aspirations of
his ancestors and accepted the tradi
tions of his raco that a universal em
pire will ultimately bo establlBhed.wlth
St, Petersburg as tho capital, and with
Constantinople and Jerusalem ns sub
ject cities.
ItelUbln Weather lroiliiit.
lllrds, including domestic poultry,
havo long been neccpted in popular be
lief ob rellablo weathor prophets. A
Oerman professor explains this seem
ingly tnyBtcrloiiB gift on ilmplo Bclin
tlflc lines. Hlrds, ho sayB, are tho rco?t
warm-blooded of all animals, nnd nso
up more nlr than other anlmalB. Not
only tholr lungs, but air-sacks in vari
ous parts of their bodies, are extended
with air, wherefore a change In at
mospheric pressure Is soon felt by
them.
A llumnaa Scheme,
It is a pretty well known fact that
most of tho deaths that occur on tho
field of battle result from bleeding to
death beforo surgical aid arrives. Tho
French government has under consid
eration a scheme for tattooing tho sol
diers of the French array with a cer
tain mark over each artery, so that a
wounded man would be able to staunch
tho flow of blood himself, nnd thus In
crease his chance of living.
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GARRETS AND BOOKS.
IMIk'iI r Whli'li Itm Uuilnrn (Jhllil
Utitm Xiitlilnc.
t do not bellevo that the modt'rn
rlitlil knows anything about an attic.
Tho tlti-de-sleclo attic Is a respectable
place, where boxes are solemnly piled
and where tiolh camphor sheds Its
fragrance abroad, says n writer lu Up
pincotl'H. There are hardly any old
books to be found, for most pcopb
send tlieiu to the Hebrew merchants
on tbe sldo streets. Our attic wad a
long, low room, with mysterious dnrU
corners, Into whose depths wn did not
penetrate, 'there was an old hair
IruiiK in ono corner that held some of
grandmother's muslin dresses. It w.ia
opened onlv on rare occasions aim I
was allowed hit a gllmpso of tho r.m
ed biatity villilu. Thorn was an jld
..plnnlnu' win el where splilon hung
fantastic, wreaths und thero was a gui
tar with 1 roken, nioldered string . Hut
the corner where the books wcio piled
was tho spot I liked the best. An old
fnHliloui'd, llny-pnneil window lot an
occasional sunbeam stray across thu
"I idles lb pc.sltorles" nnd "Sa.nlV
Host " Tin ro was a line old olm treo
thai tapta 1 egaliiKl tho window and
MimitltiKs .1 10I1I11 sent n thrill of rong
Inlo the iIumj corners. Just beneath,
tin window Kiit I used lo nil, a snail
eimi-heil fotin, bonding over . musty
volume hut when 1 wished to read
uiiib't' 1 lie nio.v bllssfu condition: I
lorMlied :.iself with hit' dozen iu
r.et tpplcr, wl use Juleo wi uld liavn s-iv-011
flavor to a treatise on Hebrew grnm
miir. Now, 1 never seo 11 russet npplo
without Moliig ninu thu dim old attic
and an utterly contented child, 'Mid I
nm sure tho iiarkot women misunder
stand my wistful glance, for they drnw
closer to l heir haBkots and look at mo
lu suspicious fashion. An apple, so
(omo tell us, deprived us nf our Edmi','
but apples wero an ituiKirtant font tiro
of my childish paradise. So let uq
leave them In Pomona's caro nnd look
at tho Intellectual part of tho fenst.
IN AN OLD CANE. ,
A l.nllar to I lie Karl of Xun froit
Churlm I,
A dear friend of initio, now manj
years dead, an antiquary and a man of
eminence in letters, was shown over
the cathedral of Lltchtlcld by tho then
dean, says a writer In tbo Gentleman's
Magazine. As n souvenir of his vlslt'he
was presented by tho dean with n cur
ious and hnndsomo cane which som
years previously had been dug out t
tho course of somo alterations. Foe
years my friend used this, until th
top enmo off und tho revelation wat
niadn that tbo ratio was hollow.
Thrusting down a linger, tbo owner
brought out a vellum missive. This
proved to be a letter to Ibo earl of
Kssex, signed by Chnrles 1., asking him
to bring over his army to tho royal
sldo nnd promising in recompense for
so doing his own gratitude and the
richest reward that monarch could be
stow upon subject, Artor tho death ol
my friend 1 wns permitted to show the
treasure, for such In fact It was, at the
Hrltlsh museum. Alns for tho hope
that hud been formed! Mr. Warner,
brought mo out a practical facsimile
anil told mo that others woro lu ex
Utmce. Copies had been made and
several had been dispatched by differ
ent hands In tbo hope that ouo might
rer.eh tbo earl. Tho copy I hold had
obviously fulled to reach, though the
Ingenious plan of concealment prevent
ed Its detection until the days of Queet
Victoria.
LEADER OF BIBLE STUDY.
Hev. Dr. James M. Gray of Hoston it
ouo of tho clear and logical Interpret
ers of tho Hlblo selected by Dwight L.
Moody to uld in conducting tho largi
classes that aro being formed in Chi
cago for the study of the lllble. He
has recently been supplying tho pulpit
of tbo Clarendon Street Hnpttst church,
of Hoston, which was mndo vacant by
tho death of Dr. A. J. Gordon. For six
teen years Dr. Gray was rector of 'the
Flrot Iteformed Kplscopal church ol
DU. JAMKS M. GUAY,
lofiton, nnd left the pulpit only bo
cause ho thought he could reach
larger audience as a Hlblo lecturer.
A Mutlti'leiit Notice.
Near Christina Uiho, In Washing
ton, n rough road lends from thcmulu
highway toward tho lake, where ttoer
Is a ferry operated hy hand power. At
the point of dopartire of this roa,d, .the
following sign, posted on, a tree, In
forms passers of all .they havo lo do to
make the trip across tho lako by thU
route: Wagon road to Griatlna if
you want to go ncroso hollow or yeal
also a grocery store and hotol.
An Iowa husband and wlfo were ad
mitted to an Insane asylum at Mt.
Pleasant at the muno tlmo. It was
the first ense of the kind In tho history
of tbe asylum. ,,
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