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COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1896.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,389.
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MISS RHODA'S MEASURE. T
Miss Rboda sat in the west doorway.
Her face was turned toward the sweet
sky, radiant with its ray of red and
golden light; it was nature's "with
drawing season." At Miss Rhoda's
right was & field of stubble from which
the wheat had been harvested At her
left the corn still stood, liko Indian
wigwams, all over the field, waiting for
the husking time. At her feet the ma
pic leaves, so gorgeous in their autum
nal plaids, were falling. Heie and
there the note of a stray bird which
had tarried later than its fellows fell
upon her car. There was a chill in the
air; the wind was rising, and it stirred
the locks of silvery hair which usually
lay with such calm precision about
Miss Rhoda's face. She folded her black
shawl closer about her shoulders, but
till sbc lingered.
There was no kindly voice to warn
her of the dangers that mijlit come
? from longer exposure. No loved form
to come to the door and say, "Come in,
. now; the air is chill and the fire is
? burning brightly. It is lonely in the
room without you." Miss Rhoda was
alone in the world; she had outlived
those nearest and dearest to her.
In the afterglow of the lives of those
. who had belonged to her in the old
home stt;et memories lighted up the
closing day. and as she looked intentlv
at the western sky she seemed to see
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a ision oi ine pearly gates, behind
.whose portals those loved ones wero
-.dwelling. Watching the red and gold
light fade away, and the darkness
gather, she. like Christian, "fell sick"
at the glimpse of the glories and
.- wished she could be among them.
. ' .6 she turned and went into the
. house, there was a look on her face
which, if an artist had caught it at that
". " moment, might have inspired him to
. paint a picture and call it Renuncia
. tion. The most notable thing after
' .one has grown old is the fact of re
nunciation. But in some lives, like
.. that of Miss Rhoda, it is a more deep
ly felt fact than in others.
"I was passing Miss Rhoda's house
just .at sunet to-night, and 1 saw her
sitting at her vest door." s;-ia Mr.
Bator, as he sat down at the supper
table. "I know she was trying to work
out the kinks and knot about that
mortgage en her place. But old Tom
jQaipenter will foreclose when the time
:. comes. She can't expect any mercy
from him; he is too clote-fisted for
that."
"Dear me!" exclaimed Miss Martha
Bates; "what will become of her."
"She will have to go to the town-
' house, I suppose. It will be very hard
for her; Miss Rhoda was always a
". high-strung woman," her brother re-
( ' plied.
"And after all that woman has done
. to help other folks when they were in
trouble!" exclaimed Mrs. Bates. "Think
how she took in those Butler chil
dren and kept them after their mother
died; and how she kept that young man
who was too sick-to work all winter.
An own mother couldn't have done
more for him. I declare if Miss Rhoda
has to give up her place and go on
the town at her age, it will be a
ehame."
"Doesn't the Bible say, 'With what
measure ye meet it shall be measured
to you again?' " asked Arthur, the tall
boy at his mother's right "How do
you reconcile that passage of scripture
with Miss Rhoda's prospects of going
to the town-house? All my long life
I have looked upon Miss Rhoda as one
of the fireside saints of the earth; she
hae always been in some good work,
and has had a kind word for every
body." Annt Martha did not like the spirit
of criticism which her nephew had
6hown of late about reconciling state-
tnents of the Holy Scripture. She spoke
up in a quick way and said, "Miss
Rhoda hasn't gone to the town-house
yet"
"No; h"t the finger on the signboard
points that way," replied Arthur.
"It is dreadful for old people to be
obliged to give up their home and old
associations and go 'where they would
.not," said Mrs. Bates. "Young folks
can bear changes many really en
joy them but It is different with the
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acquaintances called her "a maiden
lady." It was not because she never
h?d opportunities to marry, she told
her nephews and nieces, but because
bhe loved them too well to break her
home ties with thm. It had long ago
been settled that the Hates family
could not do without Aunt Martha, and
Aunt Martha could not get along with
out them. "How dicadful it must be,"
was her thought that night, "to have
no lovelight in one's life."
Then Miss Martha sat down and
wrote a letter to her brother John,
who lived in the city. She told him
of Miss Rhoda; what a patient, faithful
life hers had been, and now, just 33
nearing the end of the journey, she
must be forced to give up her home
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that mortgage, and give Miss Rhoda
the home fcr her life. V.'e are able;
Jet us be willing to do it. What a
joyous Christmas wc shall have if we
do this! Miss Rhoda must have the
measure meled out to her that she has 1
meted out to others."
The result was that Brother John
who was quite apt to act on sister
Martha's suggeilirns, joined her in the
labor of love fcr her neighbor. When
Miss Martha went over to see Miss
Rhoda, a short time before the fore
closure of tlie mortgage, she found her
looking over her things she could not
carry many with her; for the room
was small she expected to occupy. But
there was this little memento and that
gift with sweet memories associated
about them which made it a hard
matter to decide what to take and what
to give up. There was the mother's old
workbasket, once so full of the mak
ing and mending for the loved ones,
and her copy of "Daily Food" lying in
It, and 'father's well-thumbed Bible,
with here and there words of comfort
?ud explanation written on the mar
gins those of course must go with
her.
Tear-marks were en Miss Rhoda's
1 face as she offered the mother's rocker
to her visitor.
"Yes, Miss Martha. I'm getting ready
to move. It's something I never did
before, and it's sort of trying. But
I'm thankful 1 den't feel so unrecon
ciled and unhappy about it as I thought
I should when I first made up my mind
that there was nothing else I could do.
My eyes are so poor I can't sew any
more. 1 say with John Bunyan. 'Per
haps my way to heaven lies through
this very valley. It is just as near
the town-house, heaicn is. as it is to
my old home here, but then well, I
won't say one word against the Lord's
dispensations. The Lord keepeth the
feet of his children. If this is his
"THE LORD STAYED HIS HAND."
way for me to walk. I fcope he will
give me strength to follow without fal
tering step."
"But. my dear Mies Rhoda, it is not
going to be the Lord's will for you to
leave your old home; you are to stay in
it as long as you live."
When Miss Martha told her how her
home had been secured to her, she
exclaimed, "I never thought before
how Abraham must have felt when he
was ready to sacrifice Isaac and the
Lord stayed his hand!"
It was Arthur who planned a house
warming for Miss Rhoda on Christmas
eve. The young men and young women
of the church and town filled her wood
shed with wood and coal, and her cupboard-shelves
with things needful for
the necessities of the boJy. The fath-
J ers and mothers joined in the work of
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love, and there was never such a
thorough house-warming done in that
Jocality before. A new light came into
Mies Rhoda's face that Christmastide.
It was lovelight she was not along
in the world any longer; she belonged
to her good neighbors, and they be
longed to her.
When the Christmas bells rang in
the church belfry on Christmas morn
ing the people heard them with glad
ness, and thanked the Lord that they
had been enabled to help return Miss
Rhoda's measure running over full.
Clirlxtiuas Ki'niliiesteg.
At this season of the year, remem
ber that it is your duty as children,
?nd also your privilege, to glorify God,
to promote peace, and to extend good
will to those around you. You may
promote the blessing of peace on earth
by frankly forgiving those who may
grieve or annoy you, by persuading
enemies to be reconciled to each other,
and by daily prayer to God to preserve
the.nations of the earth from the dead
ly horrors of war. And you may in a
great many ways show good will to
men. Are there not poor people with
in a short walk of your own door who
will receive no Christmas cards, no
nice presents of food or good clothing,
whose children have no nice toys or
picture books, of which some of you
have such an abundance that you
scarcely knmv where to find room fori
Christian Herald.
What Slakes a Happy Christmas.
It does not require much money, nor
indeed any money, tr make a happy
home circle on Christmas. The chief
thing is a warm and merry heart. It
will devise ways and means for fill
ing the home with cheer, joy and glad
ness. A little invention, a little ef
fort, and much love will give the day
a halo brighter than tinsel and gold.
God did not require extra material to
paint every tree and bush in all this
region a crystal whiteness the other
night. He used only a little moisture
and a little cold, and in the morning
men exclaimed in wonder, "What beau
ty!" So the simple things beautify
and glorify the home, and make holi
days bright with joys beyond the pur
chase of money. Michigan Christian
Advocate.
CHRISTMAS RAPP1NCS.
(By James Rolfs Hapgood.)
a friend should
rap at your old
home door
On the Christmas
morning fair.
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Your wandering boy, that you thought
was lost
Say, wouldn't you open, Claire?
If a babe should rap at your old heart
dcor
On the Christmas morning fair,
To give you a kiss or a hug or two,
Say, wouldn't you open. Claire?
If a God should rap at your old heart
door
On the Christmas morning fair.
To give you a Son with a heavenly
home.
Say, wouldn't you open, Claire?
The Scaton of Suil 'Will.
The love that is in the world is a
little larger after each Christmas Day.
"Good will toward men" is not that
the keyword of the song that was the
lullaby of His manger-cradle and the
melodious harmony of His life? We
may differ much about Him, but on
one point there will be a substantial
agreement He brought into our hu
man life a new governing force; that
is to say, he elevated to the first place
the spirit of love, and fellowship, and
good will. The heart of man ascends
the throne wherever Jesus of Nazareth
is known and loved. If our forms of
manifesting affection by gifts be often
empty, yet is there in them a large
measure of this genuine and uniting
good will.
The Christinas Festital.
To-day in every land where Christ is
known, and by believers of every name,
Christmas is becoming more and more
the festival of festivals in which all re
joice. It is not only pre-eminently
the children's festival, but at Christ
mas we all become children again in
the home, in the school, in the or
phanage, in the pulpit, and in the pew
all the people and all the children
catch the inspiration of the angels'
song on the plains of Bethlehem. Ig
norance and prejudice melt away in
the presence of the Manger, and the
universal heart is filled with good will
to high and low, to rich and poor
alike. Not only tho patient on the hos
pital couch, but e?en the prisoner in
his penal cell. feel the thrill of the
Bethlehemic story. Lutheran Evange
list ChrUtmas to Exhibit the Christ Life.
A day set apart to the expression oi
patriotic feeling helps to strengthen
that feeling; so a season which asso
ciates itself with the mission of Christ
may be used to exhibit something of
the Christ life. It is a goad thing for
others to know that we are thinking
about them. There are, indeed, daily
opportunities of expressing such feel
ings and giving such positive expres
sion of sympathy, but when the cus
tom of so using a certain time has
grown up, we may use it with all other
opportunities to good advantage, and
all the more because there arc hearts
turning toward us.
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The latest device for communication
between a ship in distress and shore
is a cigar-shaped electric boat. The
great difficulty which life savers have
had to contend with has been that of
getting a line from the shore to the
ship. Often the only means is the
mortar, and when this fails the life
savers are obliged "to stand by and see
the crew perish without being able to
render them any aid. It is to over
come this and afford the life savers
an opportunity to work in any kind of
weather and under any conditions that
this new life car is made. It was at
first proposed by the inventors that this
car should only carry the life line, but
as their experiments demonstrated the
feasibility of the plan, the interior con
struction of the car was changed so as
to accommodate passengers. In con
struction the car resembles the cigar
shaped Whitehead torpedo. It is point
ed at one end, while at the other there
Is a propeller and rudder. On either
side of the raft, near the front, are two
paddle wheels, which are intended to
aid the propeller, and also serve the
purpose of keeping the craft in a
proper position while in tho water.
The motive power is supplied by a
motor which is placed in the forward
end of the craft. When carried by ships
the life car is suspended from davits,
in the same manner as an ordinary
lifeboat.
C'liolro r 1'awJT.
Either electricity or a spring motor
SANDY HOOK AN ISLAND.
An Inlet to the Shrewsbury Cut by tho
Last Mitf Storm.
Since the big storm of October 112
and 14 swept up the coast the northern
end of Sandy Hook has been trans
formed from a peninsula into an island.
Four miles south of the old New Jer
sey Southern Railroad boat landing,
and five miles south of the point of
the Hook is the bathing resort of High
land Beach. Tho bathing grounds are
just across the Shrewsbury river from
the two big lighthouses known as
Highland Lights. For a full mile the
strip of beach is very narrow, and
in that distance there is no point where
the river and ocean are separated by
more than 100 yards. Jetties and bulk
heads have been erected, and many
train loads of stone have been dumped
there in past years to protect the rail
road track from ocean storms, and the
preventive measui es have Lcen success
ful until the last big storm came along.
Now the sea comes through into the
Shrewsbury by way of an inlet 600
yaids in width and the breakers make
the little river steamers roll as they
pass by the inlet on their way up to
New York. Years ago, before the rail
road company had to abandon the
Hook altogether to the federal gov
ernment, long and heavy piling was
driven to support the track. It was
driven deep and well braced, and it
stood the storm well. To-day it is the
only connection between the mainland
and the Hcok. The indications are
that the next storm will remove even
this link, for the new inlet is becom
ing wider and deeper with each tide.
In the early part of this century the
bulk of the water of Shrewsbury- river
and its tributaries passed out into the
ocean at this very point. So wide and
deep was this old-time inlet that many
a Yankee craft escaped British war ves
sels by slipping through it into the
Shrewsbury. It locks as though the
old inlet had come to stay, for even
now it would take hundreds of train
loads of stone and earth to close the
breach. If the government desires com
plete isolation for its fortifications and
proving grounds it is in a fair way to
secure it. New York Sun.
Present and Accounted Tor.
Just to see how his wfe would "take
on," Wm. McCurdy, of Allegheny City,
Pa., took a dose of rough on rats. Mc
Curdy was present when Mrs. McCur
dy "took on," but he wa3 in a coffin.
- Walking with God must begin in
very short steps.
Alfred, Maine, utilizes its tramps in
making sewer repairs.
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can be used as a motive power. If
electricity Is used, storage batteries
are placed in the hall of the craft and
connection-made between then: and the
gearing wfclch runs the propeller and
the paddlefwheels. From the shaft to
the paddle. Wheels motion is transmitted
by bevakearsactingfupom thpro-:
peller shaft. The direction of the craft
is controlled by means of a stationary
rudder formed by two blades set at
right angles, so that it can be steered
even if by any chance the craft should
turn on its side while in the water.
Well aft in the body of the craft is a
large drum or reel, on which is w;ound
a long cable, one end of which passs
cut through the top of the car and is
made fast to the ship. As the car trav
els through the water the line pays
cut, and so the car is in constant com
munication with the ship. Fixed to the
bottom of the car or boat is a claw-like
anchor hung on a half hinge, which al
lows it to work backward against the
bottom of the boat, but prevents it
from turning forward. The idea of this
is that when the craft strikes shallow
water the anchor will dig into the sand
or catcli on the rocks and prevent the
boat being washed- back from the shore
by the action of wind or waves. To
still further prevent any possibility of
the car being driven off shore the pad
dle wheels are pointed and slightly
curves, so that as they revolve in shal
low water they will catch the sand. A
wheel or roller is placed beneath the
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CIVILIZING THE INDIAN.
lie llati a White plan's Chiinci-. ami Must
Talce It or Perish.
Ex-President Harrison, writing of
"The Indians, Pensions and Agricul
ture," in the Ladies' Home Journal, ex
presses himself with directness legard
ing the education of the Indians. "The
efforts of the government to promote
the civilization of the Indians have
been constant and costly, but not al
ways wise," he says. "We have bought
our peace by promises not always kept;
have recognized and even dignified the
chiefs, and so perpetuated the tribal
relation and land ownership, when the
deposition of the chiefs, the breaking
up of the tribes, and the allotment of
lands in severalty offered the only
permancnt solution of the vexed In
dian question. This policy has now
been adopted: the Indian has citizen
ship and 'a white man's chance' offered
to him, and must take it oj perish. The
schools at Hampton and Carlisle have
done a great work for Indian children,
but if the education there received and
the recent habits cf life there acquired
are to be lived and made effective, the
pupils must not be returned to the
tepee and to a nomadic life, but to
households and to farms, or village
trades."
A Gcoil Story.
An Englishman quoted by the New
York Tribune writes that he has "kept
a rather good story of the recently de
parted Li Hung Chang until now for
obvious reasons; but the time has
come when it may be told witLo-:t of
fense to susceptibilities. Not very far
from the great Chinaman's tempcrary
abode dwells a benevolent gentleman,
who is the proud possessor of a par
ticular breed of dogs. In order to
show his respect for our august visitor
he decided to present him with one o!
these beautiful creatures and acted
upon the decision at the very earliest
opportunity. The animal sent Avas
practically priceless and the donor
awaited with interest the recognition
of his gift. It came. A letter bearing
the mandarin's autograph expressed
grateful thanks and went on to say
that Li himself was too old to risk the
luxury but his staff had enjoyed the
present very much. This was bad
enough, but to add to ihe mischief the
story got about and when his jocular
friends met the giver of valuable dogs
they would bark as though by accident
and give him to understand that the
stcry was too good to be lost. Now
that ths excitement lias died down I
cannot resist the temptation of plac
ing the case upon record It .? amusing
and it is absolutely true."
car at the stern, which allows the craft
to be drawn up on the shore. All of the
machinery is placed in the bow, thu3
leaving sufficient room at the stern for
the accommodation of a limited num
ber of persons
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n order tiiat the posifloiTorthtrcar
may be indicated at night, a large col
ored light is fixed near the bow, and
when electricity is the motive power it
also serves to light the lamp. It is
tightly closed and can pass safely
through heavy seas. If by any chance
the car should turn on its side while
going through the water, it might bo
unpleasant for tho occupants, but it
need not interfere with the progress of
the craft nor wouM it injure those in ic
beyond general shaking up. The pe
culiar construction of the rudder and
the side wheels makes it possible to
steer the craft in any position, even if
it should turn upside down. When
used as a means of transferring per
sons from the stranded ship to the
shore this life car has many advant-
ages over the breeches buoy. Its oc
cupants are fully protected from any
chance of a wetting and the number
carried on each trip is limited only
by the size of the car. It can be guided
either by the occupants or fijom the
ship or shore by means of a wire car
rying an electric current connecting
with a steering gear in the bow. New
York Journal.
Tor tH9 Cure of Smoking.
Those who are given to smoking
will be glad to learn that smoking can
be made free from all ill effects. Dr.
Cantrelet directs that a piece of cot-
ton wool may be steeped in a 5 per
cent solution o? pyrogallic acid and in
serted in the pipe or cigar-holier. He
claims that this method will neutralize
any possible ill effect of thr nicotine.
Such ill effects as headache, furring of
the tongue and more serious ills can
be avoided by the above process.
FIGS AND THISTLES.
The sin of a moment may blight the
whole life.
God never made r.nything too small
for his use.
To give and grudge, is no better than
not to give at all.
The prompting motive of all cheer
ful giving must be love.
Whoever will obey Goa, will be sure
to find his way to him.
Where there is no 33ii-culture, there
is no kno ledge of trae life.
If a man has 1:0 fileadj, it generally
means that he deserves none.
To close cur hearts against a bro her.
is to shut heaven against ourselves.
No trial can come to the Christian
that may not tell him more of God.
Some preachers forget that sheen do 1
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The man who takes the Bible for
his guide, cannot live an aimless life.
Showing our best side to others, will
cause them to show their beat side to
us.
We are sure to be bound in the
devil's ropes, if wc fail to break his
threads.
The devil can meet eioquenca without
trouble, but he has never been able :
stand before love.
The man who spends his life in try
ing to make this world like heaver.,
does godlike work.
A right state of heart cannot Lc
maintained, without Keeping a cloie
watch on the tongue.
Bread from God's table can be count- !
e.i on in super-aounaance by those wno
ft'thfully do his work.
Many a church member makes too
much noise in his politics, and keeps
too still in his religion.
Hoarding up money in a miserly way,
can never be ae without making a
begca; or '.! itian who does it.
The jzj giving that is real giving.
is gh'ng that is done according to j
ability Ram's Horn. i
Don't spesd a minute in trvi.ng to
cunt tht hypo-.-i ta .a the chnrcM. liet .
ter try ;o count thti mercies of God.
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NELSON'S FAMOUS SIGNAL.
"SaglMd Expects EYiy Ma t Do UU
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At the United Services Institute,
Whitehall, at which relics connected
with Trafalgar and Nelsott are to be
exhibited, there is a time-stained docu
ment, framed, and huag on the western
wall, from which It appears that the
famous signal "England expects every
man to do his duty," was not wholly
Nelson's, says St James Gazette.
Lieut. Pasco, who was responsible for
the signaling on the admiral's ship,
makes the following statement: "Hi3
lordship came to me on the poop and,
after ordering certain signals to be
made, about a quarter to noen, said:
'Mr. Pasco, I want to say to the fleet:
"England confides that every man will
do his duty." ' He added: 'You must
be quick, foi I have one more to add,
which is for close action.' I replied:
'If your lordship will permit me to sub
stitute "expects" for "confides" the sig
nal will soon be completed, because tho
word "expects" is in the vocabulary
and "confides" must be spelt.' His
lordship replied in haste and in seem
ing satisfaction: 'That will do, Pasco;
make It directly.' As the last hoist was
handed down Nelson turned to Capt.
Blackwood, who was standing by him.
with: 'Now I can do no more. We
must trust to the great Disposer ef all
events and the justice of our cause. I
thank God for this great opportunity
of doing my duty.' When Lord Nel
son's message had been answered by a
few ships in the van he ordered me to
make signal for close .action and keep
it up. Accordingly I hoisted No. 16 at
the topgallant masthead and there it
remained until shot away." Such,
then, is the duly sworn and attested
statement of Nelson's flag lieutenant
which he gave to Col. Baylis, Q. C,
who presented it to the museum.
ANIMAL REMAINS IN COAL.
Not a Single Iteprrftentatlic of Thmo
Fotttilized Creatures Living.
Most people know that coal is full of
vegetable remains, but comparatively
few are aware of the fact that animal
and insect bodies by countless millions
also go to make up the great beds of
fuel that are now being so extensive
ly drawn upon, says the St. Louis Re
public. Tho vegetable impressions
found in coal or in the shale just above
the vein are very beautiful as well as
numerous, not less than 1,500 different
kinds of plants having been noticed in
the carboniferous seams in the differ
ent parts of the world. Some of these
plants are very much like those now
living, but the majority of them, even
though found in Nova Scotia or Ice
land, appear to be representatives of
what are now tropical varieties. Many
animals and insects are also found
fossilized and thoroughly preserved in
the coal beds. These petrified crea
tures of the bygone age called the
"coal period" are of various kinds.
Huge toad-like reptiles, with beauti
ful teeth, small tree lizards, great lisli
with tremendous jaws, tiny water
mites, snails, "hundred-legged" worms
and thousands of insects of the grass
hopper and dragon-fly tribes are also
found. The curious fact is that there
is not a single representative of these
fossilized creatures now living.
A Student .loke.
J. E. Dodson, the actor, is an English
man. "When I was at school at Har
row," he said to a reporter, "Campa
nini, then in the height of his fame
as a tenor, sang for the first time in
the city in Italian opera. If I mistake
not, it was Trovatore. At the end of
Campanini's great aria in the third act
there was a storm of applause. All
the front seats in the balcony were oc
cupied by students, and it was noticed
that an almost invisible wire was
strung from the middle point in the
gallery horse-shoe to the top of the
prompter's box at the middle of the
stage. What caused most people to no
tice the wire was the sudden appear
ance on it of a floral car of huge dimen
sions, over which hovered on spirals
' several stuffed doves.
The car rode
gradually down along the wire until it
was in full view of everybody. Cam
panini's face was wreathed in smiles.
He bowed now with his right, and
again with his left hand on his chest.
As the car approached the prompter's
box the singer moved forward to re
move it from its trolley. Then there
was the keen zest of the occasion. Not
only was there one wire, there were
two. The second was attached to the
car, and also to the hand of a particu
larly stalwart undergraduate. With
marvelous rapidity the car shot back
to the balcony. The smiles, I may add,
did not tarry on Campanini's face."
Boston Transcript.
Antisfitic Ilamlkercliicr.
Ho much danger exists from conta
gion in the handling of infected cloth
ing that for some time past an effort
has been made to introduce handker
chiefs of paper and fiber. A substance
composed of shredded fibers might be
put into the form of paper pulp and
run out into sheets, which would be
soft, pliable, absorbent and inexpen-
civn Panor Ytnrttrarf'hiafa Tnicrnf To
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made almost as cheap as toilet-paper,
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and would be found a most welcome
, addition to the equipment of invalids.
1 Immediately upon being used they
could be burned or otherwise destroy
ed, thereby avoiding the transmission
of disease germs. Laundresses and
others have frequently been inoculated
with the bacilli of various maladies
t by contact with the wash-tub. A
scratch or any irritated spot on the
skin may become a lodging place for
such organisms. For this and other
reasons the paper handkerchief is
I strongly recommended. If, in addition
I to the absorbent and inexpensive qual
j ities, the pulp could be impregnated
j with some odorous and efficacious aa-
tisentic. the value of this new denart-
uro would be Iareelv increased.
Probably ni last.
A voter 100 years old deposited bal
lot Xo. 101 in ine one of the precincts
of New York city. In spite of his 100
years he voted without assistance and
used no glasses. The old man beamed
on the judges as he handed over his
neatly folded ballot and walked away.
At the door he turned and said: "Well,
good-by. This is probably my last vote.
-v m,uurcu "IS !S iUU5 rcn ana
a 1-!ler Sfcts Pretty tired." And he W3
on--
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