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C. B. HALE, Publisher
RED CLOUD,
NEBR
A Uoiling Down of llic More Im
portant livcnls Here and There
Washington.
Wei en captains ami coniiniindcra
In the navy have applied Miluntarlly
for retirement nuil their applications
hhvo been granted.
Freight ratea on lemons fiom the
producing territory In southern Cali
fornia lo eastern destinations wero
j educed by tho interestate eoinmerco
e oiiuulsHlon from $1.15 to $1 a hun
dred pounds.
Members of the senate committee
appointed Senator Day to Inoistlgnto
tho ilinrKi'B inndo by Senator (Joio re
lating to Oklahoma Indian lands con
tracts have discovered that the com
nilttee was not provided with funds to
defray the ost or the Inquiry.
Jn waging their wnrfate for the con
trol of the next congress both the re
publican and democratic congres
sional committees will have head
quarters In tho east and west where
will be done the woik of directing
and .cndlng out lltei attire and spell
blnele rs
The president hns signed several
proclamations eliminating neaily half
a million acres of land from the na
tional foiests and adding a little more
ihnn 100,000 ncrcs to the losoivcs.
The lands tnkon out are more suit
able to agriculture than to foiest pur
loses and later will be open to settle
ment. A commission has been made out
at the treasury dcpaitment for tho ap
pointment of Fremont Leldy, of l.eon,
Kas , to tho position of collector of in
ternal rcicnuo for the dlstiict of
Kansas, but It Ik being temporal Ily
held in abeyance to await the expect
ed resignation of .lames M. Simpson,
who now holds the position. If this Is
not forthcoming wry soon Mr I.eldy's
commission will be issued to him.
Foreign.
The announcement of the opening
of Tort Arthur to tho shipping of all
nations commencing .Inly 1, Is pub
lished in the otllcial gaette at Tolclo.
Anna Sutter, tho leading singer In
the Hoyal Opera at Stuttgait, was
shot and killed in her bed by Alois
Obrlst, a former conductor of the
opera, who then killed hlmsel. Ob
riM, although a married man, perse
cuted the singer with Ids attentions.
Lchouef, tho Apacliu who killed a
polireman several months ago, was
guillotined In I'm Is The socialists
had attempted to get a lepiieve for
the assassin, but this failed and ' a
violent manifestation by the re-ioln-tianary
socialists oecuired at the
scene of the execution.
The two groups of Rutlienhut and
l'olish students of the I Diversity of
l.c mbc rg clashed and before the po
lice had separated tho combatants
many otllclals and students had been
seriously wounded. Tho feml. born
of racial jealousy, Is as old as tho
university itself, and peilodlcal lights
have octurred.
General.
I'aierson. New Jersey, recently had
a hull-million tiro loss.
Tho bleached flour case was decided
Jn favor of tho government.
Former Governor John H. McOrnw
ol Washington, died at his homo In
Seattle.
Tho petition for a le homing In the
Mi'-sourl river mte case was tiled by
the railroads.
.lames 5arnett, a reciult at Foil Des
Moines, shot hlmselt thiough tho head
while cleaning a illle.
(Hikers or both tho Western Fnlon
and Postal Telegtaph companies said
that tho sending of light news out or
He no broko all telegtaph leeouls lor a
Mnglo day'a work. Moie than MI0.00U
voids were sent at an average cost
of 2 eentB a woiel
Mnvur Ouynor or New York sent to
Hie board of aldermen a message
i barging that politicians vveie exort
Ing money Jn sums of Jrom $r. to $.100
from persons seeking aldeimanle per
mits for licensing news stands, fruit
stands and bootblacklng stands
Hon W. J. Rryau. In a recently Is
sued statement, s.is 'I shall do my
duty In this (Nebraska) campaign as
1 have tried to do It before, and I be.
lieve it to bo my duty as a eltlon and
s.s a democrat to do all in mv power
to save tho democratic party liom the
domination of the liquor interests and
their nllleB."
At Chicago Itlchard T. Sweeney, a
mnll collector, Is under arrest," nc
(used of tho theft or nearly $100,000
lu securities belonging to W. O. Ford,
it manufacturer.
President Taft hns designated
Oeeirge OUb Smith, director of the
geological survey, as acting chlof of
the new bureau of mines recently
authorized by congress.
Unless Porter Charlton, held In Jer
sey City, on tho charge of murdering
his wlfo at Moltraslo, Italy, Is sur
rendered to the Italian government
for trial, he will be adjudged guilty ot
murder by jrroxy.
fliiisl
CONDENSED
Count Zeppelin Is disappointed but
not discouraged over the wreck of his
airship.
Joseph Wcndllng, alleged slayor of
Alum Klllner, the Loulsvlllo girl, has
been located on a ranch near Houston
Texas,
Dr. Ilydo of Kansas City has been
sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
J F.'McMurray declares ho Is ready
lo disprove tho charges made- by Sena
tor (lore
Senator N'orrls Drown has expressed
himself as satlslled with tho work of
congress.
Extensive late reductions wcro or
dered by tho Interestato commerce
commission.
Politics enter Into Oi ninny's pro
test ngalnst tho disparagement ot the
evangelical faith.
A petition to the United States to
Intervene In the Nlcaraguan war Is re
garded as probable.
A surprisingly good showing Is
mado In tho yearly statement ot the
tieasury department.
Secretary of Stnto Knox was com
mencement orator nt the University of
Pennsylvania exotclf-s.
Senator Dm lows, as tho man who
must act, Is hotheied over tho bribery
case ot Senator Iorlmer.
Tho postolllce department Is ar
ranging the details for tho Inaugura
tion of postal savings banks.
Jeffries' wlfo became hysterical
when sho learned that hor hubby had
been bested In tho prize ring.
Chief Justice Fuller of tho U S.
supremo court died suddenly nt Sor
ionte, Maine, on tho 1th or July.
A ciy has gone forth that Roose
velt take the leadership of tho repub
lican rerorm forces In Now York.
Hoosevelt denies thnt he Is en
(leavening to have Hughes keep in
tho race for ogvernorshlp.
The stato department has sent n
sharp noto In leply to the representa
tions of President Mudrlz.
Tho nrst bale or cotton of 1910-11
was sold at auction In Now York and
bi ought fiO cents per pound last week
Jim Jetriies has gone back to his
alfallu farm very much erestrallen
and determined to do no more light
ing. A whirlwind campaign to raise
$100,000 on tho Sioux City Y. M. C. A ,
ended with all tho money needed sub
scilbed.
(race McKluley, alias Grace Mack
or Indianapolis, was at rested in So
dalla, Mo., charged with wearing
men's attire.
.1. It. Wilson, joungest hi other of
Secretary of Agriculture) Wilson, died
last week of stomach tumble at K
eelslor Springs, Mo.
Mr. Hoosevelt, (llffoid Plnchot nnd
James 11. Cat Held arc declined by the
Oyster Day Pilot to bo forming a
new- national patty.
Tho Louisiana legislature, which Is
now in session, Is expected to select
Coventor Jared Y. Sanders for the
United States senate
As Representative Charles F. Doo
her of Savannah, Mo , was leaving a
ti.iln at St. Louis his pocket was
picked or ?50 and a elrart Tor $25.
Hair a million dollars a day is the
amount that Chlcagoans are spending
this wni m weather In tho effort to
keep cool by drinking cooling bcvei
ages. A renin o of tho celebration at
Spiinglleld, Mass., was the presence
of ninety tnufcdeiiito veterans of Pe
tersburg. Vliglnla, who canio as
guests or the Grand Aimy.
An estimate t lt.it tho total numbei
of Immigtaut aliens admitted nt all
potts of tho United States dining the
past fiscal year reached 3 ,0:S5,rir was
made by Commissioner Genetal
Keefe.
Freight rates on lemons from the
pioduclng teultoiy lu Southern Cali
fornia to certain destinations were re
duced by tho Interstate Commorco
commission fiom $1,15 per 100 pounds
to $1.00 per 100 pounds.
Peter Smith, a husky oung tnnnery
worker in Newark, N. .!., drank seven
teen jlggeis of whisky In succession,
thereby winning a bet of $1. As he
pocketed the money ho fell to the
lloor unconscious -nnd died soon after
in a hospital
Tho big mill between Jeffiles and
Johnson took place at Reno, Nov.,
July 4th and was won by tho latter,
tho negro knocking Jeffries out In tho
fifteenth i mind. A tremendous crowd
wns in attenitanco ana iiuntnciis oi
thousands of dollars changed hands.
.leITiles was badly hiulsed, while
Johnson was appaieutly unhurt ami
showed no ninths of tho contest. Do
Tore the lounels were half coveted tho
Inevitable outcome was foteseon.
Personal.
Chler Justice Fuller served twenty
.wo cuis on the bench.
W J. Dryan Issued an extended
statement defining party duty.
Antl-negto demonstrations In the
south followed news of tho flint ie
suit David Stair Jot dan denounced foot
ball befoie educators at Doston.
Congressional campaign committees
are planning to wago vigorous win
fare. Colonel Roosevelt went to Cam
bildge for tho Harvard commence
ment. Chler Justice Melvlllo W. Fuller of
the supremo court died at his summer
homo at Sorrento, Me.
When Jack Johnson arrived at Og
den young toughs at tho depot tried to
get him Into a brawl.
Secietnry Dalllnger visited the
picsident at Doverly, but it was not to
tender his resignation.
Representative Polndexter or Wash
Ington received contort atid en.
couragement at Oystor Day.
Roosevelt piellmlnary survey on
tho field of battle has boen completed
Ligo a nooi' general, ho tins nothing
to say of his plans.
STORM A KEW
RAIN, WIND AND HAIL COMBINE
IN DOING DAMAGE.
HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE
What Is Going on Hero and There
That Is of Interest to the Read.
ers Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity
Kenesaw. A severe wind, lain, hall
nnd thunder storm vlslteil this sei
tion Tuoselii evening Flunk M For
ren, while hiiuging in a hod of coal
was stiuek b lightning and lustantl.v
killed Ills patents live in Juniata.
The wind and hall diel notions ilam
age to the crops, especially to t he-uncut
wheat, lu many fields the ground
Is coveted with shelled wheat. 'while
the stiaw is bent and bioken so as to
make It impossible to save It, the
heads lintiginK so near the pound
that lu cutting the will fall to the
t 01111(1.
Corn Is lying pi one and the leaves
riddled, but it is not thoughT (hat
theie will be seiious permanent dam
ane to the corn.
Indians Celebrate at Rosebud.
Valentine Tho Fotiith of Jul eel
dilution at Itosehud agenc was held
accordltiK to the program, there be
ing about 10,000 Indians pieseut anil
.seveial hundred whites. The first
thing in the morning was the i;r.inil
charge, In which about 1.000 Indians
on horseback took part, charging
down on the rump dressed in theft
war paint, veiling and shooting like
jo man demons, making a scene that
will be long lenieinbered. The hIihiu
battle took place before dinner. In
vwiloh the wattors all took patt, show
ing the cunning of the red skins, and
It was well phi eel out. After dinner
the chief event was the imp dance in
which over I. 'ill w aniens took part,
the principal c-Wet standing in the
center
Cemetery Is Fire-Swept.
Pi emont Ridge cenieTot w as sw ept
m a fire. Probably stinting from
cigar ashes oaioleslv I'roppcd. a
wind diivcMi blac made rapid piog
less through the dt.v grass. Some
uionunients and gravestones weie
blackened, but no seiious damage
was clone. A bucket brigade kept the
flames una fiom the chain I and
other buildings in the giounds.
Small Grain Ripening Fast.
Arlington. The warm weather
which lias prevailed the luM few
weeks has ilpeiiecl the small r.iln at
it llvelv late ami toe batiest has
como on with a rush. Winter wni-nt
is tinning out better "inn was epi-e t
ed it would. Oats will be a shoit
iop owing To the absence "of nin
tine.
Cleaning Up Fire Debris.
W men o Work of cleaning up the
debris icmtilulng from the leceut lite
l-i well iindei wa.v It is ptohnhle
that all the buildings will be tebuilt
at once, although some of the ovvneis
of the buiped buildings opiss a cle
site to sell their lots
Conk Is to have a new elevator and
live stock maiket.
Steillng Is discussing the lighting
or the stieets with acetylene.
Metna siilTercd epilte a Hie In the
business section one day last week.
Doone count was visited by fh"
Hist heav lain of the year Satinihi
night.
The Sjipeiior Wee-tile Light com
pan has lltiall estahlishc el a clay
sei vice
Great picpar.ttious aie be ini; made
for the Kpworth assenibl.v at Lincoln,
which will take place- August :t to II.
The Pi emont elf council is consid
ering the purchase of an automobile
Hie wagon for the use of the Fiemont
Hie department.
e Ison II. Llbh, pobtinnstoi nt Ulk
("took lor the past twelve veais. has
sent his icflguution to tho depart
ment at Washington.
While phi Ing In the liver behind
hit. f.ithei'h homo, Gu.v Heed, thiee
veais old, son of Claude Hood, a Noi-
folk h.nber. was di owned
The eltlyens or Wynioie aie consid
erablv worked up over the leprit that
tin- Duillngton Is coushlciiiiK the re
moval or the shops liom that pi, in
to "lavelock.
Fiemont's (lie department has just
bought the oiiginnl piece or Hie ap
paratus usecl by tho Fremont Hie de
paitment. It Is an old hanil-piinip fire
engine now lu possession of the dc
paitment at Newman Giove.
Mrs F. D Aldeimun or Lvons,
while washing dishes nt the table In
her kitchen, felt something touch her
feet and looking down saw a bull
snake three fejet long. A wotkman
In the nr hem Ing hei screnms,
came to tluv lescue with a stick and
killed the snake.
Chailes Heusliigei. Jr.. son of Man
iger C. R. Henslngcr or the Grand Is
land Gas company, was oveicomo by
sas nt the works and the effoits of
tin oe ihslclans fulled to lestote him.
Health lesulted -hortly after he was
found.
XjfjyK "v''v
Tho German Lutheran chinch peo
ple nt Lyons have voted to furnish
one of the new rooms at the Gemini)
Lutheran hospital at Slou Clt.v
While one half er Lincoln was
bathed In a dieiichlng. cooling show
er Satuidav evening, the other half
or the clt.v was not touched by the
lain.
The new Methodist Kplseopal
church at Pent will be dedicated
Stindnj, Jul lit. Di. W. 1). Pair of
Kokomo, lnd . will have charge ol
the services
The Anioilciin Automobile Mann
factoring compau.i, an eastern con
corn, has nii.nigod te take over the
business of the1 .loir. Automobile com
pany of Deatilce.
An old-fashioned fiddlers' contest
will be held at the Paddock theater
in Deatrlce Julv IP. Fiddlers for
miles mound have been Invited tc
enler the contests
The Kev. Ilenjamln Dean has ic
signed as lector of St. Luke's Uplsco
pal church at W.vntore. aflei a ser
vice of four .wars, to accept a rec
tory In southern Coloiado
F.nmeis aie getting itueasv iiiounc
Lvotis on account of the continued hot
and di weather Oops aie suffering
and pastille aie exceeding! bad
Some com Is being laid b
James R. Ale Cracken, living nboui
four miles southeast of Pawnee City,
while walking fiom his house to the
bam, was ovciconie by the heat, and
falling, sustained a Inoken hip Joint
Dy the capsling of a boat, rour peo
pie weie eliowned in Caitei lake, an
Omaha pleasuie ieoit Montki after
noon. The dead ate John A. Barton
Mrs. John A. Dai ton, T. H Llnde
and Mr. T H Llnde
At the quniteilv confetence of thr
M 10. chin ch Just held at Table Rock
a lesoltitlon was adopted asking for
the i etui n ii('i j ear of the pastor of
the chinch. Rrv. C K. Ruch. who has
ahead been time for the past thiee
ents.
Tho Dullock Public Service com
panj, owners or electric light plants
at Norfolk and Dlalr, Neb., and Mis
souri Valle.v. la., have closed a deal
wherebv It became the owner or the
plant of the Deatilce ISlectiie com
pan.
Seven pioinlneiit lesldents of Dea
tilce appeared lu count coint one
morning last week to ansvvei to a
e nniplaiiit'tiled against them by Dep
ot Game Warden Waltei Kelley
rhatglng them with seining in the
Dluo liver.
August Ideker roll fiom the fouith
stoiy or the Roval hotel at Lincoln to
the loof of Yulo Di others' launtlrv,
three stories below He had his light
vulst broken and his right shoulder
and back b.iellv biulsed, but received
no Internal Iniuiies
'I he Secant iianh ot NcIikIi 1'
secured a ehaitei fiom the state
hnukiUK bond 'I he new institution
has .'. caniial stock ol $:.'.'. Ono
Attoinev General Thompson advises
the bnaid ot education that It is pos
sible to uso the balance remaining of
the $00.0011 nppioptlatcel for' the pin
e liHse or the Wa.v tie noiiual school
Now that Mi Divan has it-moved
himself fiom consideration as a sena
torlal candidate. W P. Price of Lin
coin has hopes of falling heir to the
full support of the count option tol
lowing in the democratic part, lie
is avow cell rot that leform mid has
declared all along that If Di.van
should i mi he would wlthdiaw ami
support the latter.
A piohibltlou banquet will be held
at the Liudell hotel in Lincoln Jul
LT. at 0:::0 p. in. This is to he the
closing event of the mass convention
of piohibltionlsts which will open
that da and the htate convention oi
prohibitionists which is to be held at
J p. in. Ariangeinents aie being made
to secure several speukeis of national
lepiitation for the occasion.
Adjutant Geueial John C. Hiiitlgan
of the Nebiaska national guaiel bin
lelieved finee ofllceis of dut.v because
the failed to file otllcial correspond
euro and u-ports bv Jul I The of
llceis will consequent! not aiconi
pan tne ginrd to the nrni.v minieiiv
ers at Foil Rile. August I" Th It
step b.v the lullutnnt general is one
or inanj lie has taken in his dotei
initiation to liavi- an elllclent gu.nd
or no guai el
Nebraska demounts who have been
assisting In the eirculntlon of potl
tleinslo get W. I Dran Into the race
tor Fnlted States senatoi haxo beer
called off bv the object of their so
lieltntlon. Mr. Dr.vnn summoned I. H
Hatfield, the prime mover In tho petl
Don crusade, to Falrvlew and request
ed him to do nothing fin t her along
that line. The two men talked the
situation over for an hour, and wher
Mr llatlleld came nway he said ho
would lespect the dcmociatlc lead
oi 's wishes.
Governor Shallenherger hns com
muted the life sentence of Ieon An
gus, one of the utliB convicted or
the minder of Nels UniBton, an Om
aha saloon keeper, to ten years, An
gus Is selling n life sentence, having
entered a plea of guilty.
Over $10,000 net revenue has been
turned into tho Fnlted Slates treas
my by the Lincoln customs olllce for
tho fiscal .vear ending June 30 last.
The' groHs collections exceeded $12,
400, while expenses or the oltlce
totaled nearly $2,200, leaving u bill-
Jance In excee or $10,200.
Sift
B
T
HEAVY FALLING OFF IN STATES
OF NORTHWEST.
GOVERNMENT GETS FIGURES
Production In States of Minnesota
and Two Dakotas Many Mil
lion Bushels Less Than
the Normal.
Chicngo. The northwest Ib facing
the worst ciop prospect in n quarter
of a cenfttr.v. Official confirmation of
tTie conditions now existing in the
Dakotas and Minnesota as the result
of tho eliouth and 'excessive heat
was received In the July ciop report
of the department of agriculture and
given out Fiida. The condition of
Bprlng whent whb placed nt 010,
compared with 02.8 a month ago, sug
gestlng a crop of IMH.000,000 bushels,
compared to H21, 000,000 bushels last
month. This means that In the short
space of a month the spring wheat
crop prospect has been cut down 10S,
000,000 bushels, and that what prom
ised to be the largest yield in the
hlstor.v of the northwest will be tho
smallest in man ears.
Justice Fuller's Funeral.
Chicago The body of tne late chiel
justice of the supreme court, Mel
ville Weston Fuller, now lies beside
that of his wire Tn Graceland ceme
tery. The special car In which the
flower-decked casket rested had on
board Governor Hughes or New York
and Justices Lurton, Holmes, White,
McKenna and Day or tho supreme
court. The bod lested In state al
the Virginia hotel, where tho late jus
tice made his home on his visits tc
this city, heroic being taken to St
James church. Ju tice Fuller, when
a practicing attorney, followed his vo
cation here for twenty-one yeais and
hundreds of pet sons vvbo knew him
In the old days visited the hotel.
In his sermon. Rev. .Tallies F. Free
man paid high ti Unite to the life and
works of the Jurist. On government
buildings, Hags weie at half-mabt. and
at I? o'clock, the hour of the fun cm a I
a salute of seventeen guns boomed
liom the camp or the regular arm
men on trie lake front. All courti
were closed.
Judges of Die municipal court at
tended the services In a bod. Among
others present weie committees rep
resenting the Chicago bar association,
the Illinois state Jiar association and
numerous other organizations and
clubs. Set vices at the grave were
simple.
Postoffice Clerks Promoted.
Washington. The postmaster gen
cral has uppioiecl the promotion of
ileiks in jiostofllces In Nebraska a
rollows: Auioia and Hastings, two
clerks fiom $1,000 to $1,100 each
Norfolk, one clerk from $1,100 to $1..
200; York, one clerk fiom ?S00 to
$000, one from 1.000 to $1,1 Go and
one from $1,100 to ?l,200.
Civil service examinations will be
held August 0 for rural carriers nt
Nehawka and St. Kdvvaidb, Neb.
Floods Again Threatened.
Paris. Continued cold and wet
neathcr is beginning to cause serl
cnis alarm Theie has been elailv
rain for six weeks and the precipita
tion since the ilrst of .Imiuarv has
alieady exceeded the average annua)
rainfall. A recurrence of floods Is
threatened. Many sti earns aro full
and some are out of their banks. The
grape crop is suffering heavily nnd
the hay crop Is almost elestro.ved.
Want6 a Mandamus.
Jefferson Clt, Mo. Judge John W.
Halllbinton of Carthage, president of
the state bar association, hns filed in
the supremo court an application for
a writ of mnndnmtiB to compel the
secretary of state to place the consti
tutional amendment prepared bv the
republicans for tedlviding the stato
into senatoi ial districts on the ollUial
ballot.
Go Out on Strike.
New York. Another big batch of
clonk and sklit makers have gone on
strike In addition to the 50.000 who
mo alieady out. mnking the total now
on strike "."i.St'.l. accoidlng to tho
union estlmnte. If these llgures aie
conect, it is tho biggest strike in
the Jiidustiial history or New York
clt . There was no violence today.
Arrives at Buenos Ayres.
DuenciB AreU. Tho United States
transport Simmer, with tho American
delegation to the Pnn-Amerlcan con
gress on bonid, has arrived at this
port. Tho delegates wero received
by Fnlted States Minister Charles
Shorrlll and Sonor Portel.
The Pnn-Amerlcan congress wilj
open on the 12th Inst.
Work of Ohio Mob.
Newaik. Ohio. Carl Etherlngton,
twenty-two years old, employed
Thursday night 1 the suite anti
saloon lengue as a blind tiger raider,
wns lynched here Friday night fol
lowing a dny of almost continuous
rioting. Tho henvy doors ot tho
Licking county Jail wero mnttered
down nnd Wherlngton was dragged
from his coll.
Ho wns shot, kicked and bruised be
fore the street wns reached and tho
llnlsh followed quickly.
3I1UI!
HE'D HAD SOME HARD KNOCKS.
"Fortune knocks once at every mnn'a
door '
"Fortune Is n knocker, all rlghL"
A BURNING ERUPTION FROM
HEAD TO FEET
'Tour years ngo I Buffered severely
with n terrible eczema, being a mnsa
of Bores from head to feet and for six
weeks confined to my bed During
that time I Buffered continual torturo
from itching and burning. After being
given up by my doctor I was advised
to try Cuticurn Remedies. After tho
first bnth with Cutlcuta Soap and ntrtjfry?
plication of Cuticurn Ointment I en
jocd the first good sloop during my
entire Illness. I also used Cuticurn.
Resolvent and the trentmont was con
tinued for nbout three weeks At tho
end of that timo I was ablo to bo
about tho house, entirely cured, and
have felt no ill effects since. I would
advise any person suffering from any
'form of skin trouble to try tho Cut!
cura Remedies, as I kuovv what they
did for me. Mrs. Edward Nennlng,
1112 Salina St., Wntcrtown, N. Y.,
Apr. 11, 1909."
ATTRACTED BY THE GOSPEL
Koreans Have Shown Themselves
Willing and Anxious to Hear
the Word.
Rev C T Collver writes as follows
In the London Christian:
"It is more than twonty-ouo yenrs
since 1 first left home for thn mission
field. Never have I known of people
being so ready to hear tho Gospel as
arc the Koreans just now. I have had
tho i rl liege of doing a good deal of
iertonal work during tho past few
weeks AMtliout stretching the point,
I can sa I have had peisonnl con
versation with several hutidteds ot
heathen Not one to whom I hnvo
tpoken but has nekuowledgtxl that he
must become a Chrlstlun The younj
empress of Korean has not been ma
king good progtess with her studies
so It was felt she ought to have somo
oung lady companions whu aro used
t study A joung lady irom our
school was chosen for this position.
She has been In (he palace lens than a
month, but she has toimd many oppor
tunities of witnessing for her Lord,
with the nsi.lt that her majesty linn
cK finitely se t one hour each day for
the study or Christianity, nnd onlereel
that a Dlble and hymn book should
lie procuicel fen bet. It has been my
privilege to order a specially bounil
eopv or the New Testament Tor her
Well, Wasn't He Right?
The minister was addressing tho
Sunday school. "Chlldien, 1 want to
talk to j on for a few moments about
one of the most wonderful, one ol tho
most Importnnt organs lu the wholo
world," he said "What is that that
throbs away, beats away, uever step
ping, never ceasing, whether ou
wako or bleep, night or day, week In
and week out, month In and month
out, year In and yenr out, without any
volition on your part, hidden away In
the depths as It were, unseon by you,
throbbing, throbbing rhythmical! all
vour life long"'" During this pauso
for oratorical cfect a smnll voice wns
heard: "I know It's the gas meter.'
Heard Many a One.
The Judge Madam, do you under
stand the natuie of an oath'
The Witness You seem te foiget,
your honor, that I've been married for
over 20 vears.
It seems to make sonio folks won
derfully comfortable to tell the Lore),
just what the think of one another. "
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