ON TI-IE TRAIL OF THE
AMERICAN MISSIONARY
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS
ThIs DistlnltUlshed American Journalist Is TravellnQ' Around tha World for
. . the Purpose of InvesUgatlnlC the American Forehn Missionary from
a Purely Disinterested , Soculal Md Non-Sectarian Standpoint.
Illustrated wllh Drawings and from P otographs.
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HGift of TonguesU Given
to Christians in India
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Kedgnon , Indla-I have stumbled
upon an extraordinary religious man-
fCostation , as remnrknblo as nnything
in connection with the great revival
In Wales. So startHng and wonderful
Js it .that I feel quito unwllling to lmss
nn olllnionlpon it , so I shall simply
nnrrnte , soberly and consecutiveh' ,
whnt I have sc'\n and heard concern-
IDg this "baptism wUh fire , " and pourIng -
Ing out of "tho gift of tongues , " where.
by Ignorant Hindu girls spcak In
SanBkrlt , Hebrew , Greel { , English and
other languages as yet unidentified.
' 1'he name of Pnndita Ramabai , "tho
Hindu widow's friend , " Is known
among educated people aU ever the
world. She is the most famous of all
: Hin.du womon. There Is an Interna-
, Uonal "pnndita Ramabal association , "
' ! whlch cooperates with her In her work
or. rescuing , training and cnrlng for
111gh caste widows. She , moro thnn
any ether woman , has mnde known to
: the world the horrors of the chlld
" 'wldow's ' lot In India. Herself a high
Cl1sto wIdow , of rare girts and educn-
. . . tlon , hol' appcal has been mnde to peo.
. pIe of culture ; nor was her work 1'0'
t I . . ' gardcd . ns strictly religious or mis.
I , " - : ' r.lonary , not being associated with any
( 'religious bed ' .
. A World.Famous Work.
' , . . . ' Ten ) 'ears ago , at the time of the
' " great famine , Ramabal took hundreds
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, : : $ . has had about 1,400 widows and or-
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; lhan8 and deserted girls under her
- care , as well as 100 famine boys. All
. ; , ' caste lines are now down , and the
whole immense work Is known aK the
. , ' Muldl mislon , although In certain re-
.SllcctS the original enterprlso for
wldowfJ maintains Its separate Iden.
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- . . : Ramabal , and because of the greatness -
, , ness of her work , I conceived It to be
m7 duty to take the hot journey out
, to Kedgaon. Were it not for the more
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A Tumult of Praying Girls.
In II. largo , bare room , with cement
11001' , were gathered between 30 and 40
girls , ranging In ago from 12 to 20.
13y a table sat a sweet.faced , refined ,
lIat1\'e : roun ! : woman , watching sober-
h' , attcntlvel ' and without disapilrov- ;
al the scene before her. After a few !
minutes she also knelt on the 11001' In
sHent } lrayer.
The other occupants of the room
were uH pra 'ing aloud. Some were
crying at the top of their lungs. ' The
tumult was so great that It was with
difficulty that anyone volco could be
distinguished. Some of the girls were
bent O\'er with heads touching the
11001' . Some wore sitting on their
feet , with shoulders and bodies twitch.
Ing and jerldng "In regular convulsions.
Some were Rwaylng to and fro , from
side to side or frontw rda al1l1 bacle-
wards. Two or three were lmeeling
upright , with arms and bodies moving ,
Ono ) 'oung woman , the loudest , moved
on her lmees , all unconsciously , two
or three yards during the time 1
watched. She had a motion of her
body that must have been the most
eXhausftng physical exerciso. She ,
like others , also awung her , arms violently -
lently , often the. gestures of the prayIng -
Ing figures were with one or both
hands outstretched , In dramatic sup-
plication. - Nol Infrequently , severnl
girls wQuld clap their hands at the
same time , though each seemed heedless -
less of the olhers. At times the contortions -
tortions of the faces were } lainfullY
agonized and perspiration streamed
over them. One girl fell over , asleep
or fainting , from sheer exhaustion.
All had their eyes tightly closed , oblivious -
livious to sUr1oundings : , Such Intense
and engrossing devotion I had never
witnessed before. It was full Hi minutes -
utes before one of the girls , who had
quieted down somewhat , espied me.
Thereafter _ she sat silent , praying or
reading her Bible. The discovery of
the visitor had this same effect upon
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I : pandlta"Ramabal Dongre Medhavl.
, should tell at some length the story
. of this great settlement , with Its wide
acres of farm land , Its many modest
, bull dings , and Its varied forms of In.
dustry. Study and work are the rule
for every girl : clothes for that mul.tI-
tudo must aU be woven on the spot ,
and the IndustrIal plnnt is large. An
uncommunicative EngIlsh woman
guided mo faithfully to every spot of
the settlement that she thought of interest -
terest , from the cornerstone to the
steam engine and the dying vats. But
not a word did she say that. would
lead me Into a knowledge of what Is
by all means the most noteworthy fact
, 01 concerning this famous Institution.
tumbllng on a Revival.
Of course , I was aware of the unusual -
usual rellgious experiences reported
from many' ChrIstian communities In
India ; but I had never associnted this
sort of thing with Pandiln Ramnbal's
work ; probably because some of her
foremost. supporters In AmerIca are
with the "new theoloS' ) ' "
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meeting typo of "old.time rollglon. "
1\1y l1rst clew was a pamphlet which I
chanced to pick up , relating strange
spiritual experiences on the part of
some of Ramabal's girls , I began to
ask questions , which were answered ,
J thought , with seeming reluctance ,
and discovered that tills revival was
stln under way.
For half an hour I had heen hearing
strange sounds , now of one person
shouting In a high voice , now of the
mingled utterance of II. crowd , and now
of song. At lnst It settled down Into
Dsteady roar , "What is that I henr ? "
I Ilsked. "It is the girls' prayer meetIng -
Ing , " was the answer. "Could I visit
It ? " I pointedly asked my guide , after
blnts had proved unavalllng. "Wh ' -
I-suVposo-llo. I'll see. " In a few
minutes I found myself witnessing a
scone utterly without parallel In my
eXl.er1poo ! of roIlglous gatherIngs.
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half a dozen other girls during the
next. quarter of an , hour , At my request -
quest the guide acter a time asked the
leader if I might talk with her , and
while a dozen of the girls were still
left , pra'ing aloud and unnware of
the departure of the others , the leader
withdrew.
. A Strar-ge Story.
1\I ' first inlerest was to Imow wheth.
er the girls had been "speaking with
tongues" that day , for I hnd thought
that. I detected one girl using English ,
Yes , several of the girls had been
praying In unknown tongues , this
young woman quIetly informed me ,
' 1'hen , in response to my questionlngs ,
she procceded to tell me that these
meetings are held twIce daily by girls
who have been "bnptlzed with the
Holy Spirit and fire ; " it..Is common
for them to speak in tongues which
they do not understand , and also to
be smitten dumb , so that they cannot
speak at all , even In their own lan-
guage. During the earl ' ll1rt of the
meeting at which I was pI'csent , one
of the girls had been obliged to write
her message , b cause her tonglle was
holden. Sometimes the gl1'ls will go
about their tasks for days , unable to
utter a word , although the ) ' understand -
stand pOl'fectl ' everything that Is said
to them , and are able to 11l'a ' in other
tongues , and 'when the ' especially
pray for the power to do so the ' are
able to speak in religious meetings ,
The girls show no errect whatever of
the terrible strain they undergo durIng -
Ing these pra'er meetings , and the '
all do their rcgular daily wOI'k. The
burden of their prayers Is interceslon ! : ,
that all the mission , and all India ,
ma ' bo converted and experience a
great revival and receive the Pente.
costal baptism. So much I lcarnell
from tilis ) 'oung woman.
The Most Famous Indian .Woman.
Rawabal herself is a quiet , strong
personallQ' . Bho Ilresses alter the
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IIIllllu fnahion , but In white , and her
, hall' is short , for she Is n widow. She
elects to alt on n low stool at the feet
or tbo } lurson with whom she con-
vCl'Res , for the sake of bettor hearing.
While we were talking her grown
duushter , Monoramabai , her first assistant -
sistant In the , "orle. sat on the 0001'
with her arm about her mQthor , alllI
occasionally Interjected a } Iertlnont
word. Ramabai ( the suffix "bai , ' "
menns " &lrs. " or "Miss" ) spanks slm-
111) ' , natur\lI ) ' and directly. So she
t01l1 mo of the growth of Shadni Sudan -
dan , the work for widows , and ono ot
the Muktl mission , the whote supported -
ed by faith
"Wo do not make n spoclal point of
the gICt of tOllgu s : Olll' 0111phl\sis Is
always put upon 10vo and lifo. And
undoubteiib' the lives oC the girls
have been changed. About 700 at
them hav. . , como Into this blessing.
Wo do not exhibit the girls { hnt have
been girted with other tongues , nor do
we in any wise call special attention
to UlOl11. Wo tr ' to weed out the false
from the true : for there are other
spirits than the Holy Spirit , and when
II. girl begins to try to speak In another
tongue , apparently Imitating UIO ether
girla , without montlonlng the name or
blood of Jesus , I go up to her and
speak to 1101' , or touch her on the
shoulder , aud aho stolls. at ouco :
whereas , If a girl Is praying In the
Spirit I cannot stop her , no l1Ultter
how sharlly I speak to her or shalco
her. "
The Wonderful Gift of Tongues.
"My hearing is peculiar , " continued
Rnmabn"i , "In that I can understand
moat clearly when there Is a loud
nolso ( a well-known characteristic of
the partiaIly deaf ) and I 1110ve among
the girls , IIstoning to them. I hnve
heard girls who know no English make : I
beautlCul prayers In English , I llavo
heard others pray In Greel { and He.
brew and Sanskrit and others In lan-
gtlages that none of us lUlIlerstant1a ,
One of the girls was praying in Ulis
very room ( the room of ono of the
English stnrr ) II. few nights ago , nnd
although In her studies she hns not.
gene beyond the second book , she
prayed so freely and clearly and beau.
tlfully in English that the other teach.
ors , hearing , wonllered who could be
praying , since they did not distinguish
the \'olce. " "Yes , " spoltO up the occu.
pant of the room , "and she prayed by
name for a cousin of mine whom I
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had forgotten , and of whom I had' '
novel' once thought since coming to i
India. "
When I asked why , In , Ramabal's
opinion , tongues that served no useful
purpose being Incomprehenslblo to
everybody should be given , whereas
the gift of tongus on the day of Pentecost -
tecost was so that every } Ierson In
that polyglot multitude should' hear
Lhe story In his own spcech , she re.
pIled , "I , too , wondered about that.
But It has beell shown to mo that it
is to rebulee unbellef In tile gift or
tongues , sbe herself has been given
the gift. "
All these wonders I haveset , down
impartially , as , phenomena of great
interest to all who give thought to re-
Ugious or psychic themes , Neither
Ramabai , nor the native teacher who
led the meeting which I descrll.Jed , Is
all emotionalist , so far as I could per-
ceive. Both , In fact , are persons of' '
more than ordinary reserve , culture
and discernment , nor call I explain
the relation between what Is bappen-
ing at Muktl and the revivals that are
being reported from various parts of
India , most of them characterized by
I1stonishing confessions of sin , on the
part of Christians and by prolongel1
and even ngonized pr.a 'er , with pro.
nounced } lhysical emotion. .
Making Presbyterians Dance.
There has been a , pronounced phys.
Ical side to the demonstrations , as I
found at Kedgaon. Entire audiences
have shaken as if smitten with palsy ,
strong men have fallen headlong to
the ground , Even lepers have been
made to dance. Leaving , shouting ,
roIling on the floor , beating the nil'
and dancing , have been c mmon. Concerning -
cerning dancing , Bishop \Varne said ,
"Personally , I have not seen muchof
the dancing : that is reported as mostly -
ly having taken place in Presbyterian
chUl"ches ! " It is 11. fa t Ulat the dl/ / ; .
nifled Presb .terians , even the Scotch
church missions , hm : been foremost
In these revival experiences.
'rhe revival h.-:3 continued \'arious
parts of the empl1"o for more than a.
'ear ; I have reports from 'Luclmow ,
Allahabad , Adansol , 1\toradabad , Bare-
Illy , Khassia Hills nnd Kedagaon. The
Methodists baptized lDOO new converts -
verts during the ) 'ear , besides the
notable result of having secured moro
than 300 new candidates for the min-
Istr ' . _
Dramatic in the extreme have been
the confessions of sin , and restitution
therefore , and the reconcillaUons be-
twe n enemies.
Ever 'where there is agreement that
the 11\'es of the people have been markedly -
edly altered fOl' the better. " ' , pho
rev1\'al , " aa 's one , "has given India a
new sense of ! : ! in. " The spontnneous
composition of hymns has been n.
curIous feature of 50me meetings :
Dlahol ! Wa1'lle thinks that "thero wlll
be n. new hymnology In the vernl1.cu-
lar ! HI an outcome of thi ! : ! revlva1. "
While columns moro could be written -
ten concerning Incidents of this re.
Y1\'al , there is only room hero to add
that it must not be assumed that all
ot India is being stirred by these
events. Many churches and missions
are strangers to them , and the European -
pean 110pulatlon of the country as n. .
whole know nothing ubout them. Yet.
it Is the conviction of these who claim
to hl\\'e received the Pentecostal bap.
tism that all of Inl1la Is to bo swept
b ' a flre of religious ro\'ival. Some
oven sa ) ' that they have been given
direct supernatural assurance of this
fact.
( Cop'rhrht , by JOleph : B. Bowl. . . )
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TRAP HOLDS MAN
CAPTIVE TWO DAYS
STEEL DEVICE SET FOR DEARS
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NEARLY I < ILLS ONE.ARMED
CANADIAN HUNTER.
TRAGIC STORY OF HARDSHIP
Partner of Victim III In Bcd and Un. .
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able to Render Asslstance-Io
Finally Liberated by Pair
of Stranger..ft' . . '
Ignace , Ont.-The trapping season
hus do\'ololled ono tragic story of
hardship. The tale comcs from the fill'
belt , a huntlredothl miles from the
north , and is one of the most peculim'
brought here In recent yeurs b ) ' woods-
men.
men.Eal'l
Eal'l ' In September Ben Hardy , nn
old.tlmo trnll11er , took as his pnrtner
for the season Hendy Sandford , a
short .and stocldl ) ' built. onearmed
mnn , who , In spite of the fact that
he Is crippled , Is ono of the best
hunters in thin region. 1"01' 30 ) 'enrs
Sandford has mnde his Hving shooting
and trapping , nnd has been so success.
ful thnt ho has hnd no dlmcult ' in
fihtllng a partner each fall. lIe Is par.
tlculnt'I ' export in locating game and
enticing It to the traps. lIe is said
to valtmble secI'ets for '
possess deco-
ing wild animals , being the originntor
pf a for111ula which , when plnced on
bait , Is Irresistible to camivol'U.
The 111en established a camp about.
half.wn ' between' Cut nnd Puch.lloom
lakcs , on the west bank or the 'Cat
ri\'er , nnd set ont n line of light nnd
hea" ' traps. From the first the ) ' were
successful , nnd hnd talton mun ' fine
fur-bearing animals , when Hard ' was
talcn ill of n fever and was obliged
to lay up , 'l'his UII"ew the enUre bur.
den on Sandford and forced him to
set traps , the one labor dun cult to him
to accomplish hecause of his lacle of
two hands.
Hardy begged his c01111lunlon to
leave the large trapa alone , but. ono
morning when signs of bears were
cen In Indian Gut , a dried river bed ,
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.three miles from camp , Sandford set
out with a big spring trap with the
declaration that ho would set It or din
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The Teeth Held Him as In a Vise.
In the 1 .emllt , Before leaving hQ.
placed a pot of gruel by Hardy's bunk
anel said lle would bo bacl { at sun.
down ,
But S\ndford ! failed to return , either
at dusk 01' the foHowlng morning , and
Hardy became semi.deIlrlous through
worry and lack of nourIshment. He
was too weak to leave his bunk , nnd
all that da ' he lay hoping against-
hope that his partner wouhl enter the
cabin and end the terrible strain under -
der which ho was laboring. Night feli
with no sign ! : ! of Sandford , and Hardy
fell into u sleep brought on by ex-
hausUon.
The man was aroused before daylight -
light next moming by volces , and next
instant two strangers opened the door
of the cabin and entered. Few words
were wasted. lII\rdy exvlained briefly ,
gruel was cooked , and then the men
set off on a hunt for Sandford. Ono of
the strangol's , a h'I\PIJer named Smith-
Bon , told the rest of the story when ho
reached here.
"Wo toole a map dmwn b ) ' Hardy's
directioll and got Into the Umbel' as
soon as possible , " he snill. "Now and
then we shouted or fired a g n , but we
got no reaponso for nearly three
hours , when we thought We heard a
faint caH from about the center of the
Gut. We located the sound us best
we could , and pushing on , shortly came
Sandford. I shaH never forget
the sight. 'fhe man's ono arm was
caught above the elbow by the powel'-
ful spring , and the teeth held him as
In a'Ise , Ho was bent over and as he
tnumed his face to us ho lookel !
ghasll ) ' .
"As I remember it , the mnn dldn't
say a word until after wo had liberated -
ed him , and then ho began to jabber
as though he waR crazy. And I guess
he was temporarily , but after wo hnd
stripped him and rubbed his back and
legs so that he could walk and had
given 111m food and water , he became
} 'aUona1. Little by little we got the
stor ' out of him.
"Ho said that ho had spread the trap
ancl was plncing the bait on It when
the catch.cog sliPllcd and the trap
nipped him. The teeth Bunk into thu
nesh and for a time ho was dizzy from
IJaln. Ll1t r on his arm became numb
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nnd ho eot to fIgu1'ing out how 11e
rould libernte hlmgelf. 1t didn't take
him long to dochlo thnt ho WU8 caught
for Icops anti Imowing thnt his partner -
nor Wus unnblo to ieavo his bunk ho
cluno to the conclu810n thnt It was all
1111 with hoth , 110 tlllln't Ilvo Ui ) COI11-
plotel ) ' , 110 ) 'olled until his throat , ; nvo
out , 11m } when ho henrd us ho had Just
volco bnoush to rell } ) ' .
"It took \18 11. wcek to strnlchtln oul
1110 Imlr so wo couhlloavo thom. Sund.
ford'R nnn then wes so well mended
that ho couhl1se , It amI his pnrtner
W11S well enough to got nbout the
cl\mp U little while each da ' . "
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INJURED MAN SEWS
WOUND IN OWN ARM
MEMBER IS CAUGHT IN MACHINERY -
ERY , aUT OWNER'S PROMPT ;
NESS SAVES IT.
Chester , Pa.-Gazing I\rrcctionalel '
at his right urm , Jumcs Cussltly had
the sotlsfnetlon or l(1\owlng It was bo-
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C:1Bsldy Took Stitch After Stitch.
cuuse of his own fortitude ho still
were it , to sa ' nothing of the fact that
ho was still il1 the Il1nd of the Hving.
Cnssldy had the I1rm , l1ud there wns a
Casshly to hl\\'o un nrm , beca\1so with
his left hl\ml he C1U111Sl ! ' .but effective.
Iy sowell111 a wound In It through
which his lifo blood was pouring nt an
alarming rate , Medical mon said it
was ono of the best bits of basting
they'd seen In a long time. With
practice , the ' added , Cassidy easily
might learn to decorate himself from
top to toe with homstltching and om-
broidery. It would not astonish thom
to see him In the con\'ale3cont ward
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setting Insertion Into his cuticle or
adol'lling his eu's with Hamburg edg-
Ing.
Ing."Ho's
"Ho's sO hundy wIth a needle , " they
oxplalned , admiringly.
Cnsslll ' WI1S cuming his pay In the
Edystono print worls when his right
forel1rm became involved in an altol'-
cation with part of the mnchlner ' , and
the next 1110ment It was spurting 11
rUddy fountain.
. "Get mo a needle and thread , qulclt ,
or I'll bleed to tleath , " he C1'IClI. A ,
needle was threaded and 111aced In his
left hand. Both needle dnd thread
were dlppCll in an antiseptic solution
that stood at hand. Swiftly and stead- ,
lIy Cassidy took stitch acter sUtch in
the ugly wound unUl he closed It , Then
ho asl\Cd his friends to rush him to 11
hospital , saying the surgeons could
finish felUng the seam.
GIRL'S HEROIC DEED.
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Sucks Polson from Hand Bitten by
Gila Monster ,
Now York.-Frank GIIUan , an at-
QIHl nt at the Children's museum ,
Bedford park , Brooklyn , is bnelt at.
work acter six weoles in a hospital ,
with the knowledge that he owes his
life to the promptness and bravery of
1\IIss Mary Day IJee , formerly of Richmond -
mend , Va.
Six weeks ago Gilllan wua cleaning
out the cage which Is occupied b ' the
GIII1 monster In the museum when the
venomous reptile bit him. Its tooth
were burled In Gillian's hand , and he
was forced to pry its jaws apart. GII.
lian at once bathed his hand In alcohol -
hol , and then 1\IIss Lee lacernted the
hand with a sharp knIfe and , applying
her Ups to the wound , sucked out
the poi non. In splto of her prompt
action allllan's hand at on co began to
swen and he was rushed to a hos-
} lital , where he was forced to remain
for six wooks. The bite of the Gila
monster Is usually deadly and the
surgeons say It was only Miss Lee's
promptness that saved GiIlian's Ufe.
Now the reptile l dying , not from
the ffects of the bite , but because It
Is unahle to stand the cold northern
winter.
Fierce Hog Fights Farmer.
Now York.-W. Irving Green , a
farmer of Ocean township , was at.
tacked by a vicious boar , and before
aid rcached him the hog had nearly
chewed err his left hand. Green Is
now at the Monmouth Memorial hos.
pltal. The boar refused to bo drlvon
Into Its pen. Green was compelled
to fire his shotgun , using blank cartridges -
tridges , three Urnes at the hog before
It. wou1d enter. He tried later to drlvo
the boar with a big sUck. Green
struck at the boar but fell. The boar
attackotl him , grabbing him by the
loft hand and drngging him down the
flold. Green's cries were henrd by
his small son who fired n. blattk shot
at the \loar \ , frhhtenlng It so that It
dropped' Green'g hand.
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WITtt
"UNCU : BY'
by Dyron Williams.
Willie's Skates.
ml I nthlr SC % 2 never 8wenr-
ho IIclcl'd Ino with hili cano-
anll onct Mn wnshell my mouth with
BOA 1' :
I took Ills nnllu In'nlnl
Insez ( \ nnre will cet me up
ntHI A'ntlW my hones nlHI re t
It I Ilou't ntoll n'I\'luA' ! thlncs
1 hel'r UPOII theo all'ccl !
1'11lIure : : hnv SUI1\ new slmten thouCh.
I IUlt my Pn. III' scd : '
" 0 'ou\'n , nro A'ool1 clint , 1 gucss ;
now hUlltel oft 2 ncd I"
I didn't though : I huugell nrol\l1l1 \
nnll wntch\11 l'n dr\sslnA' up ,
U'/I plllll1l\ ) ' how ho nmllu'R theo 80111'
gltll Luther In thco Cupl
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I hnng/(1 ( I\rOun(1I ho torell hIs nocte
nnll eoullln't I1nll his Iuftl
nl1l1 fIOll : ! 1\u , "plnguo tl1llo thin nhlrt ,
the Kollnl"R orul rurl'I"
rlwl'nt nwn ) ' : ! Ilrells herelt. !
ml 111WUR CmnlnA' mnl1l "
ho I1roppell theo 8tull rlsht 110\\'n hIs
bncle
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( lml SWOIUiJD slst oeul bnlll
I 1.1'11'11 II. little nml Pn ) ' 1.11011 , .0
" 'Vh ) ' nro ) ' 011 Snlllltllf there ? " , "
"I'm 8C-IH-8Cllred , " 81' < 1 I 2 1'1\ "
"Tha t-mn-llns-horl1-'ow-S'VEAU I"
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110 neamell 2 1I0rter IItol } 1\1\11 Thlnle
nml then no Iol'rl.'d Ill\ll BNh
"Horo III Dollnr Cur ) 'owr slmtcs , ,
now hUrry ort : : Delli"
Wayside Fancies.
The hOI1 crOll out m ' way wns
frozen sUff Inst night. Uh huh , the
lako's frizzed so hard the bulICrogs aU .
hn\'e olle Into wintcr qunrters.
Whnt's the use of worldn ! ; so hart1
for 11101'0 1110no ' which has to bo
8ent } ) , just 11I(0 the little you male
now ? -
SometimcR 1\ man goes wllh a rell-
111\11'011 glri just fol' 11. chnngo-l\ntl
someUmes the change 1I\lils : \ him so
.
well , ho is stung for neo.
When Fume mnltos Uil itR' jowela , it
hi safe to nssumo thnt it doesn't ah
ways h\clude those who had their } lic-
tlll'es In the mediclno ndvertisoments.
An Ohio humorist sa's , "An honest
man Is the hYllOlheUcl\ } unit In nn 1m-
IJOssible Utopia. " You'ro anothor.
Some men don't seem to care whnt
Iinll of a tentlltaUon they bite on.
'fhe man 11Ohl1111 the gun is after
the SllOl'tivo little cottontail these
anow.flurrylng days.
Sometimes a Bweet little bride geta
so excitetl ever hol' clothes , hOl' wed.
lling , where she Is going to live antI
how muny servants she Is to have
thnt aha ulmost forgets the name at
the ml\n who is to bo hOI' husband.
Joubert says all luxury corruph1
either the morals 01' the taste. I have
no fear of this. Sometimes it. frightens
mo to think how reOned Itnd moral I
am from lack of luxuries.
Sometimes the , gossip of the hoarding -
ing house is a bolleI' advortisemont.
for the estnblishment than Ita prunes ,
It tnlces a pretty woman to lIve UIJ to
her favorite photograph.
If money made lleoplo good , Uncle
13 : , . would bo In jail half the time.
An Oklllhoml1. farmer hns traded his
fl1rm for a mOl'ry.go'l'ound , The
merry go 'ronnd or n farmer from
morning until night was probltbly
what gl\ve him the hIea.
.
I l1ald $20 [ ; for eight hours or } lost-
hole digging ) 'estol'day and sIlent
$ IS.00.worth of time bossing the job.
' ! 'ltll { about ) ' 0\11' finnncial stringency !
No Wonder He Died.
Spenklng of obitunt' ' poetry , h61'e III
what they did when father died out III
a town which shall bo nameless bO-
cause somebody loved him there :
No throb ot nngulsh no monn ot pain' '
No d'lng lnnl ; will ho Imow again
But Bufe and sheltered , ownoll and blest
OUt ; rather has onterell hIs holy rest.
For though we cnnnot see his dear taco
IIls memory sweet wo will embrace "
Though wo lovad our darling rather hel'o
Jesus loved him moro doar.
No moro the volco wo love to hear i .
Bhnll 1111 our listening car ,
No moro the tones ho joln\d to swell i
The joys ho loved 110 well ,
I
When wo gather rounl1 the table ,
When wo see the vacant chair I
'Ve will think ot our Ileal" tather I
' ' ' 0 w1l1 miss hIm everywhero. ,
, Yo will IIBtell tor hIs tootsteps , coming
through the opcn door
Then wo lIadly will r"momber
Father will. como baole no more.
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IWo I
Oh how true anll well wo 10vcl1 hIm
Wo will grieve tor you 1 know I
But the Goll that dwells nbovo us I
Did you como , anll you must go , I
An Editor's Hard Luck.
Recently wo mentioned the fact
that 'rhauitsgiving was draw'ing nigh _
and nobody hadn't sent us no turkey
yet. The Item , coming to the eye or
the Chula. ( Mo , ) News man , by force
of suggestion , reflex action or Impres.
sion on the hlnk tank , set him going
th us :
Not long IIlnce. ono ot our noble banlt
ot delinquents. Invalled our sanctum with
II. very fine tnt turkey. and Inrormell UIJ
thnt thanklllrlvlng was near at hand. nnd ,
as rea y cash was scnrce , ho would lIke
very much to let us ha\'u the I1no specl.
men on lIubscrlption. or coursol wo ac
eepted the prorl'ored 1lrlzo. nnd thought
It n lucllY deal , as It only , lort him owln ! ;
balance or " ' .30 aeter deducting the
prlco at the blrll which wall $1.70 , None
hut 11 mom bel' or the cratt. can lenO\9
I\ny thing at the thoushts that crowdeQ
thcm Bolves Into our cranIum , and tlO\V
wo wIshed tor thoS : ! oe November. A _
we renched tor the turkey , he 1I01lped his . .
wlnl:9. nnll wo awoke !
Prevent Without a Knife.
In n. Kansas newspaper , I reat ! the
advertisement of a man' who says :
"You can learn how to cure and pro-
veat disease In yourself and others
, , lthout drugs or knife. Thoro's money
" ' to bol
In Itl" 'rhere ought
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