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sssfito aeonse an nwarainc over the m M
fsctdmt they have no koteL
IwlMa wavnc toOaoeolalsst
end pat inn few days greeting old
OhadieMilk, the Columbus prater,
1 putting a little glace on the rsniden-
es of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Brain,soathof
the Piatt.
iKinaaa,who werefortan-
ato a the land drawing ia South Dako
ta, haie gone to look after their iater
eata aad pat ia crops.
iMte la. 5.
Lanhaa visited at her
ia Stroawboiir Croat Thursday
aatilTaeedaj.
Freak Gerbold bought a new spring
wagoa aad haraeai laet week, and H. I.
QUett anrehassil a aew baggy.
iMttStS.
' Miss Katie Eagle ki slowly improving.
A irumber of the farmers have finiahed
The Miawe May and Katie Reed and
Harry Erb aad Alex Aaderaoa apeat
Saaday with the family of Henry
lactaffa.4.
Andrew Ebaer is baildiag a aew barn.
Mr. aad Mia. O. W. Wagner leaves
Tnarsdsy for Bapert, Idaho.
Mr. and Mm O. T. Weber and eon
Lawieace and Wax Coaner were ia
Oolaaibae Taesday:
George Maria has sold hie farm and
will stove to Oohunbas, having purehas
ed aieaideaee oa Nineteenth street.
Battel, L
W. T. Erast aent two of his tei
to
Oreetoa Tuesday for aeed oats.
Ernest Meays was moving some bnfld-
1 far Gerhard Loseke last week.
The msaoaa hare the foundation for
the additioa to Adolph Groteluscben's
heaseoompleted.
The tiaatees of the Loseke Greek
cfcarch held their annual
Monday of this week.
Gyt Waybright, a student of the Wes
leyaa aniversity at TJaooln, is spending
the week at the home of H. B. Bead.
JeateJTe. 3.
EL Bass is reported on the eickTlkt.
John 8ehroederhas retarned from his
trip to Buffalo oounty.
Miss Emma Luera spent Easter Bun
day at her home in Columbus.
Fred Bergman left for Biverdale Mon
day, where he will reside ia'the future.
Mrs. G. W. Mueller of Edmund, Okla
homa, ia visiting at Gerhard Krumland's.
Mias Minnie 8tamer of Chapman was
Tiaitiag Miss Kate Buss the first of the
Mm Max Miller has so far reoorered
from her recent Alness as to be able to
ait op.
Miss Belle Newman ia spending her
vacation on this route with her
The Buss school, with George Camp
as teacher, closed their term of school
Monday-
Mrs. Herman Luescben of Bobeet is
viaiting her daughter, Mrs. Alma Biason
Louia Branken and family of Colum
bus speat Sandayat the home of John
Nearly everyone on the route is going
to the basket social at the Bobeet school
house Satarday evening.
About a dozen of Alice Newman's
frisads spent Esster 8unday with her in
honor of her twelfth birthday.
Mrs. E.B. Biason visited from Satur
day aatil Tuesday with her daughter,
Mra. W. J. Newman, on Route 2.
Miss Frieda Albera, after a two weeks'
visit with the family of Peter Lutjens,
left for her home north of Monroe Sat
arday. lithe weather ia favarable; managers
Araold SjehmiU aad GasUve Branken
will open the season with a game of base
hall Saaday.
Mias Mary Kummer of Gruetli visited
last weak with her ooaaia, Mrs. John
Sapp af Boato 4, aad aa aaote, W. J.
1 oa Una route.
Mr. aad Mm. T. J. Hawk of Columbus
spent Saaday with their daughter, Mm.
W. J. Fianamia. They brought as an
Esster treat a greea rhubarb pie. Moth
er earth is asadiag forth her good things
earlier thia year thaa usual.
Btmtyoawaattobuyorbaildahome?
The EqmitaWe Buildiag, Loan and
Saving Asa'n. wiU help yoa, and famish
vamthaaMaeyoaamomeaui aotioa.
By their works ye shall know them.
1 want good Job printing, aad
; sell at the Journal omce.
New losatioa oa Elevaath atreeL
B. a Palmer the tailor, eleane, djts
Ladies aad Geate' cOothisg.
aad reblooked. Bettoas
to order. Ageat Germaaia Bye
K
to stock ia Series Q of
Lead, Loan ft Baikunar
will be received at oak of
a. mecaaaseasr. at
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Mliai,fl-eieeOa.
I By MBS. HJBISH 1
(Conrrlghti hy J
i uMy dear Marjorie, my debts -are,
itoaltively keeping me awake al
cdght," aaid Lady Isabel, plaiatively.
: "Poor IsabeL Bat why did 'yoa
jtacur them If you hadn't any moneyr
; "My dear girl, doat be so okh
(fasbioaed, aad give veat to wretched
obsolete ideas. Surely evea, yoa mast
iknow debts are. like Loadoa dirt, and)
-accumulate before yoa can turn.
jround " she alghed "there are such
(heaps aad heaps of things one has
ito have." i
; "Bat evea Loadoa dirt can bekep
jdown by coatfaaal cleaning," I ref
Barked, aeateatioasly.
"Tea, I know It can, aad yoa can
fco on,", snapped Lady IsabeL "Why
ot say at 'once that debts earn be
jkept down by coattaual economy? Bat
il detest economy, aad the things are
Jhere bow or rather the moat of them
&ave been here and they've got to be
jpaM for aomehow or other."
"Wont the people waltr I asked;
"besides, I thought Felice, through
Mrs. Barrington-Brown "
: "Oh, Felice is all right," interrapt
jed Lady IsabeL airily. 1 shan't pay
aim anything, of course; Its the flow
ers and hairdressers and Vernon's
food, and all the horrid necessities
Jthat one cannot economize over that
Will have to be paid for. Ton see,
you must have your table decorated;
and then yoa must eat at least, you
piast feed your husband and yoar
friends," she added, unselfishly.
"Can't BMe do your hair?" I sug
gested, "and aave something oa your
.hairdresser's bUir
i Lady IsabeL in whose bedroom we
Iwere sitting,' took-a softly-waved carl
from a drawer aad tried it loosely
rolled against her face.
i "Four guineas," she murmured, "for
(two, and" sighing "yoa want sack
"I've Managed the Whole Thing
nifteently."
fa lot of motoring they get dusty, aad
then one has to throw them away."
'- "But, IsabeL you have each lovely
!halr of your' own."
: She shook It in a shower about her
'shoulders.
'. "Yea, it's fairly thick, isn't it, bat
.it's that horrid sort of hair that cornea
'out of curl very easily, so I have to
wear a thing motoring and in the
country, because it's one of the inev
itable laws of social success that you
must never be out of carl for a single
moment. To be mal coiffee Is to be
beyond the pale." She glanced at my
hair. "Of course," she added, kindly,
."it doesn't matter for you, dearest, be
cause, you see, you're so very clever,
but for . poor little me, who have
(nothing but my appearance, I must
keep myself thoroughly well groomed,
and all that"
"How much do you owe?" I asked,
ignoring the allusion to my apparent
ly erudite appearance.
Lady Isabel rose and took a little
hook from a writing-table In the win
dow. Emilie, 74." she began, "and Fe
lice no, nothing to Felice. Wait, 111
scratch him out. Parkinson Broth
ers, 93 horrid wretches, 'they have
actually sent me a solicitor's letter!"
"Fancy!" I ejaculated; "how very
inconsiderate of them!"
"Tea, Isn't It? And I hear they are
awful sweaters, and underpay all
their employes, so I shall just keep
them waiting as long as I can!"
"I should," I said, sarcastically; "it
would doubtless make them treat their
employee better atilL if you kept them
oat of their money altogether but
Lady Isabel was looking down her list,
aad carefully adding up the totaL
"It's 743 and something altogeth
erbut nothing of course; to what
most women owe but I mast, pay
5H of it before the season begins."
"What do other women do who owe
money?" I asked. "How do they pay
their bills?"
"They do things I should never
dream of doing," ahe said, with cold
severity. "I shall at least pay my
debts quite honestly; besides, I shoald
hate taking actual preseata of moaey
men would be aare to want
thing in exchange.
A few days later Lady babel seat
melt little note asking me to go down
with her to Sandownl Her letter; as
asuaL contained lta keynote in the
postscript.
"Have found a way to pay all these
wretched people, and probably have
sfwapthlag evea la handVV
: "My dear IsabeL yoa have safely
too much sease to take to saCttagT
3 said, as we settled ourselves ia the
Jtrala.
1 Sir she echoed n take to hetttag?
My dear girl, I coald never, never do
.anything so wearing way I should ha
wrinkle in a
I "But your
I "Ok, yoa cant pay debts ay
aaid with
Jto
esn B. Bewlia)
the owner. ;aValnas, .If Ton allow
to gtvayoa a tip K pats yea
I
fully "yoa know. Marjorie, how. I
should detest an obUgatton. I never
take anything; from anybody without
giving them something la exchange,"
;ahe -added, virtuously, "although, of
ettarse, it mast he something I doat
mind parting with."
"It is a great thins to be thoroughly
jiadc
ependent," I said, cheerfully, as we
arrived at the station. -
i "By the way," said Lady IsabeL
(1 have asked Mrs. Barrlngtoa-Browa
to lunch at leant ifa her party
the mere money part of it I peaa.
bat of coarse, they are nearly all my
guests. Let me see, there's yoa and
iPolehem you know Jimmy, Lord Ath
.lerington's brother." I nodded. "Tea,"
she continued, "and Vernon, and two
Tnice girls who have opened a sweet
ihatshop, and want to know Mrs. Bar?
'rington-BrowB."
i "They would," I said; "aad is Lord
lAtherlngtoB here?"
"Tes, bat he is not coming to lunch
;eoa. He'a awfully angry with Jimmy
jUSt BOW."
"Really! what for?"
' "Oh! simply because the poor boy hi
running n bookie show of his own,"
.said Lady babel; "not under his
own name, he calls It Something-dt
FOo, bat I forget the name."
t What do yoa mean that Mr. PoJe
,aem has become a bookmaker?" I
tasked aghast "Why I thought book
jtes weren't gentlemen, IsabeL"
"Oh! aren't they r ahe replied. "Oa
the oontmry, lfa often the people who
jbet with them who are not the gen
tlemen." i "Why are yoa bringing Mr. Pole-
(hern to luncheon?"
"WeU, yoa see, Pre promised to
C-eIp him out with his brother. r.Hevsi,
nice old thing; really, and neiiisfjt
jfond of me. so I am going: to tryab
ismooth matters- down for ,JJpfe.
xiora Ainenngion is oniy angry
;i iibii wiimiiij nw uuuo vu vmuLjW,
wet afraid he will have to pay
. . - , - ., . - -I - ;,
,eue in mm oe oisgracea; you xmawt
khey write bookmakers'" names ',nV
when -they can't pay. I forget, whfuV
jthey call it" . 1 ..
! "How can yoa help himr I. asks
j"8urely you are not going to lead'Mm
money?" 'V-'.f-
; She toughed. "iyf
"No, of course not, yon know I
haven't any; but I think I see a way,
and ifa always so nice to patch up a
family row, especially when yon know
khe people."
"Blessed are the peacemakers,.!
murmured, admiringly, and added .ta
myself: "I wonder If it means 'peace
at any pricer " "
We arrived at Sandown, and I talk
ed to Mrs. Bsxrington-Brown, while
Mr. Polehern and Lady Isabel strolled
about until luncheon time, when they
turned ap hungry and in the best of
tspMts.
Mrs. Barringtoa-Brown knew Mr.
polehern very slightly, but after laneaV
jBon they went off together, while Lady
vlsabel and I remained behind.
i "My dear, Pve managed the whole
thing magnificently," she said, lean
ng back with a sigh of content "aad
Jimmy Polehern to frantically gratefaL
I have promised to see Lord Ather
ington and talk him round, and tell
ldm Jimmy's doing; welL" -'
"But Is her
"Tes," said Lady Isabel, a little bar
riedly. "Ton see. Marjorie, Mrs. Bar
rington-BrowB simply loves betting be
cause she thinks it's thoroughly fast
and up-to-date; and yoa know how
these sort of deadly respectable peo
ple love to think they are thoroughly
fast"
'. "But wont she soon lose all her
money?"
"Oh, no! It's a quite unfathomable!
fortune coal mines or tin mines, or.
something that never gives out like'
gold and diamonds so often do, just
when you think you're going: to get
rich and It will be such a pleasure to
her to bet through the yoanger broth
er of a. peer."
' "It to very ktod of yoa to help her
to be fast," I laughed; " aad Mr. Pole-)
hern, to he-to help?" '
"Oh, he to going to be the bookie,"'
said Lady IsabeL "Of course he
won't advise her, as that wouldn't be
fair."
"Ton wiU do that part off it, I sup
pose?" "Oh, Marjorie," ahe said, reproach
fully, "as though I shoald. Why. I
don't know anything- about racing, and
I should give her the very worst ad
vice. No, she must use her own judg
ment and then she can't blame as
if ahe loses. I expect she will be
quite reckless when she once has got
the gambling mania," added Lady Isa
beL cheerily.
"I see," I said; "and I suppose H
will put Mr. polehern on the right side'
of the gate?"
"Tes, and she wDl simply love dotal;
it; so they will both be happy . to
gether." "And your debtor I asked, 'la'
what way to It going to help yoar
debtor
- "Oh, my debts," said Lady Isabel, in'
a tone as though ahe had almost for
gotten their very existence. "Wen,"
you see, dear, my debts will be part
of my commission!"
Limit of Forbearance.
Seeking to lad a cure for his denf-
the dike of Wellington once em
ployed a celebrated aurtot The doctor
gave his patient a strong solution of
caustic to inject into his ear and, can
ing on him later, found him reeling in
agony. The treatment had set' up a
furious inMammatton which, unless
checked, would result la death. The
heariag wss completely destraVed. The
aurtot expressed his grief and mortifi
cation. "Do not say a word about It
yon did your best" aaid the duke, add
ing that he would not tell a soul about
it Thus encouraged, the doctor asked
if he might continue to attend him,
so that the pablic might see that his
confidence had not been withdraws.
Thia was too much. "I cast agree to
that" said the duke, "for that would
be a Ito."
Forced to extremity.
Is she able to get moae
husband-without aaUng for WT'
"Tes, bat she had to divorce hiatal
lordertoi
order to accomplish it" Life.
HELD IN SLAVERY
ALL SiaMKINB BilBUECT TO TY-
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One Woman. .
iVA
Clothes aad ail their little acces
sories are 'without doubt the invention
-of the devLL says John Lane In the
' '" - "- ---- .,-.. ipi.A Mhar Hav T
was at .a garden party, and there I
realised, as perhaps never before, the
appalling nature of the top bat In
towns one accepts it as one does mo
tor omnibuses and traction engines,
but when it meanders among trees
And does the polite with sloppy ices
and tea that spills Its way to its des
tination one's soul cries out against it
'The Achillea' heel of a man is bis
hat He must guard that as he does
his reputation, for it is at once his
strength and his weakness. It would
hart an archbishop less in the eyes
of the public to commit n crime than
to wear his hat on the back ofhto
sacred head.
It to the aim of all human creatures
to look alike. If it were not so each
would dress as he pleased. As it to we
spend half our life trying to look like
everybody else. To be conspicuous Is
nearly a crime, and 'for this reason we
so frantically pursue the fashions.
Eve to probably the only woman on
record who could dress just as she
pleased, and for that reason she to the
only woman we know of since the
world began who had leisure to culti
vate her mind.
To think of the amount of time n
woman wastes on her clothes! Why,
iir'men were to spend as much time at
!ttlr tailors or buying their neckties
I the world's work would never be done.
tWhen one looks back on one's life
ibeje's feminine life it is melancholy
J tor. realize how much of one's troubles
tin owing to one's clothes.
viI remember the despairing cry of n
.woman looking hopelessly through her
'linntmhA T ahnnM have been a bet-
(ttr-woman If I had been born with
s feathers!" How well I know just
wbat ahe meant! She was examining
disconsolately a shabby white satin
dress the kind of satin that betrays
its plebian cotton origin. "I wish I
were n guinea hen with respectable
apeckled feathers!" she cried, as she
gave a discouraged shun to the ward
robe door. "Then I wouldn't use up
three-quarters of my intellect get
ting the wrong things cheap!"
Sunday clothes are the most tyran
nical in the world. It takes a heroic
woman to go to church in anything
but her best Subconsciousness is the
precious faculty bestowed, on n privi
leged few of hearing the sermon and
at the same 'time studying hats. I
have known a.tnlle dress the sweet
est and most innocent looking thing In
the world to go out on an icy cold
winter night would go, you know!
and kill the girl Inside.
I assure those feminine pioneers
who clamor for their rights that above
everything else they should demand
equality of pockets. Try to Imagine
n man doing his errands with a purse,
handkerchief and shopping list in one
hand, and the tall of his skirt In the
other, his umbrella under one arm,
meanwhile .making an effort to keep
his head clear f or business problems,
aad at the same time keeping a wary
eye out for motors.' He couldn't do it!
U the worthy ladles who have so much
enthusiasm, and whewill interrupt
our great orators while' they are busy
being eloquent would only demand a
law requiring every woman to have
16 pockets what a splendid service
they would do their bothered sex.
1 Once I met n man who was lured
from the joys; of Piccadilly, just as he
stood In frock coat and top hat to a
rural retreat five miles from a rail
way station. "Goodby," he said, to an
impolite burst of rapture. "I fear my
soul baa not been In harmony with na
ture. "Don't blame your soul," I said
aa we shook bands: "your soul was all
right, but you had'on the wrong hat"
A Youthful Ulysses.
A Grecian boy, ten years old, whose
name requires 23 letters in the spell
tag of it arrived In St Louis, name
and all, after journeying alone more
than 7,000 miles.
-When he reached Union station
there was a tag on his coat which
showed that Konstantenos Argeropu
los (the name) was bound for the
-hope of his father, Nicolas Argero
pufos, 413 South Broadway, "and
would the omclals please see that he
reached bis destination r
. Konstantenos wss unable to speak
a word of 'English, but he' received
much attention on the train from Bos
ton to St Louis and kind passengers
fairly overloaded him with good
things to eat
The boy sailed from Piraeus,
Greece, about three weeks ago. St
Louis Republic
"" Maintaining Chinese Students.
Owing to the frequent complaints
seat to Pektag by the Chinese minis
.ters In the various capitals of Europe
and America concerning the irregular
ity of fees granted to government-supported
Chinese students abroad, and
on the recommendation of Sir Chen
tung Liang Cheng, K. C M. G the
Chinese minister to the United States,
for the uniform allowance to these
students, the Chinese government has.
after due investigation Into the mat
ter, drawn up rules fixing-their fees,
Including medical expenses and all:
Students In England, 192 In n year;
in the United States, 3900 in gold ia a
year. Chinese Times.
x FIND PARALLEL IN BIBLE, '
Similarity In Careers ef King David
and King Arthur.
The history of King David, as re
toted la the Second Book of SameeL
to fan of aaraDeto to Arthur. DavM'i
renown begins with hto fight against
the gtont Goliath, who to the proto
type of an stoats ia the romances of
the Middle Ages. They belong al
ways to the army of heathen, provoke
the faithful knights, and are
Jajfortont in.
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In Effect March 1st to April 30th
Go the Mountain Way. Insist that your ticket reads via
Colorado Midland Railway.
THROUGH T0URI6T GrtRS
Lea fiatalt
$2250
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or yoar owa local ageat oa any railroad, or
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MZOLAXD ROUTE
connection "is The "number of the
Knights of the Round Table, says the
Jewish Chronicle. They are the fa
mous 42 to whom Arthur resorts on
'occasion of danger, and each of whom
has n special accomplishment In
wielding the spear or hnadllng the'
sword. Now the explanation of this
number Is to be found In the Bible.
If you glance at chapter xxil In the
Second Book of Samuel, and again nt
chapter Iz In the First Book of Chron
icles, you will find n list of the mighty
men of David, and their number varies
between 40 and 45.
Again, in the history of Arthur, we
find two further episodes resembling
two episodes In the life of David. The
one Is the provocation of Lucius Ti
berius a fictitious name bis haughty
demeanor, his war against Arthur,
and his defeat, which seems to be
only an adaptation In English form of
the war between David and Hanun,
the king of the Ammonites, who
haughtily had provoked David, treat
ing disrespectfully his messengers.
The other episode treats of the rebel
lion of Mordred, the nephew of Ar
thur, against his uncle, and Is a copy
of the rebellion .of Absalom against
his father, David. Both rebels were
afterward routed in battle. Jewish
legend speaks of a miraculous sword,
belonging not to David, hut to his
chief captain, Joab, akin to the Call
bur of Arthur; likewise a mysterious
hand grasps the keys of the temple
after its destruction, like the mys
terious hand which took buck that
aword of Calibur.
LEFT TO THE HIRED MAN.
One Farmer la in No Way Bothered!
by the Auto.
"No; I can't say as them automo
biles bother me much," replied the old
Long Island farmer, when the ques
tion was put to him. "They did bother
me for a year or two, but then I dis
charged my hired man."
"But what had he to do with ltr
. 1 discharged him and got another
one who had the interests of his
employer at heart"
"Yes; and whatr
'1 left the whole matter to him. He
seemed to know just what was wanted
and I didn't Interfere. Now and then
I saw him digging a ditch across the
road to keep? the water out of the gar
den, aad aow aad thea I saw an nuto
strike the ditch and turn a somer
aault, but I didnt ask any questions.
If they wanted my team to haul the
auto to town it waa lve dollars. If
anyone with 'a broken leg stopped
with aw the charge was tan dollars
a week.
"Now aad thea the hired maa would
go out of aa evealag with a big coil
of rone oa his hack. I sever asked
Xhethor he was golag.a-fahlac or to
$25.00
ftotoM
$20.00
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tie up some cow. If"he stretched it
across the highway, and an auto went
sailing ten feet high and came down
with a plump, I wasn't peeking out of
the window to see. I think he was
sometimes absent-minded and left the
old wagon in the middle of the road of
a night. I'd be woke up by a crash
and the swearing, but I wouldn't get
up till some one knocked on the door
and said that two fellers had been
smashed to pulp.
"Oh, no; them skidoo machines
don't worry me any. They don't worry
any farmer who .has got the head .on
him to pick out the right kind of a
hired man. Just let him know that
you don't run to things with wheels
on 'em and then leave him alone. If
he's got your interests at heart the
autos will quit coming your way after
about a month.' They know when
they've got enough."
BOOKS WRITTEN IN BLOOD.
Real Curiosities In the University ef
North Dakota.
Books written in good red blood,
now nearly 300 years old, the letters
still clear and plain, Is a sight well
worth going miles to see. There are
but few such books left in the world.
One of the best collections of these
is now safely lfldged in the great
Scandinavian library of the Uni
versity of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
They are not written in human blood,
for such was not the custom in the
far-off, frozen island of Iceland,
whence these volumes come. Ox
blood was used, for this was the only
ink at that early time in this northern
land. ' The books are bound in rough
strips of beech wood, reenforced with
hrass and iron clasps. The paper is
faded and brown, but the curious old
Norse letters, carefully penned with
n goose quill, are still distinct and
clear, although the bright crimson of
the blood ia somewhat dimmed. These
volumes are all on religious subjects,
and consist of psalms, Bible versea
aad spiritual teachings.
They are very precious books, after
their long wanderings with the Ice
landic Immigrants from Iceland to
Canada, and from Canada to North
Dakota. But at last they are at home.
In their adopted land, even as the Ice
landers of the state, and the thou
sands of Dunes, Norwegians and
Swedes are at home in this new
wealth.
the taw.
The boy stood beside bis grandfath
er, his eager eyes intent upon the lit
tle yellow violin which the old sun's
busy fingers were shaping and finlah
lag. "Bat yon can't finish It, grand
father," said the land ia denpatr.
"Toj ena't stake those little .place"
"Why can't I make
the grandfather crisply.
"Because yon haven't a.-saw la
enough for that,
"Then 111 nuke n saw." saM the ott
man. And he did make It.
Tears afterwards that hoy, grown
to be a welt-kaowa vfoUnlet, under
stood that his own mastery, not only
of the violin, but of many of the nroh
lems of his life, wss largely due to
the force with which that one seateaee
took possession of his mind.
The world is full of people who "go
so far and then give out." But the
great achlevement8 of life both In ma
terial and. Ia spiritual things are
reached by those whose faith fails
not at the last crisis, and who go em
bravely and "make the saw."
Girl the Nation Is Freed Of.
One of the first places we visited fen
Syracuse, N. Y was the fMsry FHaa
beth" candy manufactory.
which we were most
shown by the mother of the fa
young lady whose story is well knoi
now. A certain prominent and
posedly wealthy judge of Syracuse
died, and when his estate was settled
up it was found to be so involved that
there was no income. His childrea
began to be seriously embarrassed,
but "Mary Elizabeth" a granddaugh
ter who, in the prosperous days, had
become an expert in making choco
lates, came to the rescue. She began
to make candles, and the family all
turned in and helped. From nmaHoat
beginnings, and after many straggles,
they have built up a thriving business,
have a force of employes, adequate
machinery, and get a dollar a pound
for delicate confectionery, unrivaled
beneath the stars for purity and clean
liness In making. Now, that's the
kind of girl America Is proud oft
Western Christian Advocate.
IN THE CONGO BELT.
Author Telia ef
the
Herrera
ny
Nati-
Very black Is the picture of Congo
life drawn by EL D. Morel la his new
ly published book. "Red Rubber." He
says: "Out there in the forest, the
broken man through thelong aad ter4
rifying watches of the Bight what Is!
his vista in life? Unending labor nt
the muzzle of the Albtal or the can-:
gun; no pause, bo 'rest. At the ut-!
most, if his fortnightly toil of rubber
is sufficient, if leaves aad dirt have;
not mingled in too great proportion;
with the juice, he amy tad that he
has four or five days a aaoath to
spend among his household. If so'
he will be lucky, for the vines are;
ever more difficult to find; the dis
tance to travel from his village goat,
er. Thea the rubber arast he taken to
the white man's fine station, and any!
number of delays star occur htonV
the. rubber worker may leave the star
tion for his hosse. Four or five dayaS
freedom per mouth that to the very
maximum he can expect. Five day
to look after his owa affairs, to he
with his family, aad always under thai
shadow of the sentry's rile. But howl
often In the year will sack good for
tune attend him?
"Shortage oa oae occasion oaly wiB
entail the laslj, orthe chain aad de
tentionworse, perhaps, if the white
men has a fever or an enlarged spleen
that day. Aad if he -laches! If. tart
Ing from an uneasy sleep there la thai
forest, whea shapes growh-g -oat of
the darkness proclaim the rWag of
another day, he wakena to the knowl
edge that his basket Is but half fuH.
and that he mast begin his homeward
two days' march betimes not to mise
the roll can, his heart fails -- ail
he turns his face away, flanging
further into the forest, fieetag frosa
his tormentors, seeking: only oaethlasj
biiadly to get away from his Ufa
and all that it miiisss what will -
pea?
"WeU enough he knows. Has he aei
seen the process with his ewa eyes?
Father, mother or wife wm saw
,iae Dwcuuamg la tie
Ana wnitner ahaH he lee?
est eacompasses
(the forest with its privetloas by Mat
.m v- ... . r
ttve, seeklag saeh
roots and berries win
he gala some other vUlaga hi the
that k may he a friendly .,?
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