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    Methodist Ecumenical Council
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' "III' in I lir 1-l'llKlnlH llfll nf
I otiiliin mul In h( li'iml nun hmly
"f r. iiaiHtiinu k win . in -in ont lil
hf Mfhoui th world fur ii will u 1 1 tiint
'h. hum' iiiminn in ilii. illy nf ihn f ii rii'H
..f i.n. i.i. .Mrtlmdi.m iiml Hie mil lin iiic
h. r in ill ret) ihurih in ti li-lt .lulin
! hhrrf tle, In pe;r of those
" tiniii.iira m ml Uynieu, w finm America
i"l from thl mio. hIiimc Ininnr nml
i"i i liii ii h in in ri'iHi'Hi'iu Hie
fni .r mr btMiirhi'M n( t li In ii ii iii r mi h
f '"" in flr fii.irli'i-ii days nf fcl-
'"hi. in.) iniinii'l. Hill i hi UN lulu liiKinty
Mi.- third Mfilinlim l!i iiiinMili iil i niifiM -
' Th' Hrl nf the,, i iiiifcri'iii'i n win
h. I I ient) )pHr mm 'I lull iiInii. ii h till'
,,,.i,i i n,. H ,, , tH hiihiiminn uti
I-r ihi hiHlMlr roof nf YhIi) m nun
till "I I'Hl the Minn I fiiitml Im lilting
I ' n. nf , mllly In ll nnlliil nf Hint
" world III which .Mi'lhudlMiii Iiiih IiiiiI
14 m i nil-Hi n Hu ti I ti.. I .
, ,1 it, in lll'lll U'll
' In .MiriiMiiiin .MnilmllHi llpts
l.il ihiudi Wimliliigtnu, Ii C
fi r tit (in In rlri iiiimlainn In ennncitloh
nh ilm flrf Imliii'-i mining nf thnHO who
i fii .i ntPil vmrld-wlile MnilimliHtii was
1 1 Ml llmi I Iiiii n Method IM held Hint
n iMtoiiii.ii in Louden v Ii 1 1-li ii him nml
lily In miilmrlly nml bnnnr lo lluil of the
w.'Ikii ,l Ihi- MiiiiHlnn 1 1 f ttittf in Urn
! r. iiMyi.r u .eat umh Sir Wlllliiin Mi' r
'liiir. Ihi- hi ii nf n MntlinillHt preacher nml
'ii Itm lf n .Mi'UiihIIhI nf tilt- fervid, nlil
i 'hlmii'il ml. i tin' llimimimlH nf nior
" nit Mini rniw 1 1 1 m will ifii 1 1 1 v recall It
' ii wonderful thing fur tln Kngllsh fnl
',,.r. nf Jiilm Wt'uloy In have nun nf tht'lr
'n f.ilili In a iMMltlnn nf Miiiri'inn dig
, " Miih im I tut t nml when II rntim ulimii
'"it .tut in Sir William' ti nn nf nllli
! hn Wi.li) i Impel In City Itninl Imp
I In- li,' gallerlng ilnri nf I Im first
l.'li".l Iti unmnlrul, llrltluli Methodism,
i in i wt-ll In- miiinKi'i, wiim in high
ft .il.ir llclc hum n chillier In li't tlli
i'iiiv lii nhl'li ..I i'i Iiml Ih iii was born see
" Hi- inniKiTt pnpHlliln light, under the
Kii'i.n r nf Mil- hlMlii'Kt rill" patronage, what
' i hi i'i. in Iiml grown to lie Imtli In the
nn h. rlmnl nml In thnso IiiiiiIh across tho
i whrri' i hl Hlinpli' fiirtn nf worship
i ii fniiml h wider lii'hl nml altogether
'lit i iiliilltlnnn.
I. mil II ii ii r In lit lilencr.
Ilir .Mctlmdlut Inril lllliynr of l.ntlilnll met
'h I.. ihbIiiii in a really magnificent way.
it'll itHii' in Ihi' rnnferonoo, hi' vviih always
ITim til when III m higher clvlo duties would
rnnnii liiii In greatest HiTVlci'-onc for
Mh"li in. ri" ii.i no Ii hh than KiikIIhIi Mi'th-
'liiin iiiiii iiIwiom hiiimr IiIh ini'inory w.ih
ii lei'tli rliiK ihi' ninfiTi'iirn llHulf anil all
f nl "Inn lnlinm to It a formal reception at
the Mmmloii limine. No clrclimHUilice of
t v Hiutr wiin lin king at (IiIh inemnrnlilu
rni. ii'ii Sir Wllllmn MeArthur wiih .o
! ii-rimniHt lint to nllKht his cn-rellKlnlllHlH
lint ii" ii, nut iIIiiiIiiInIi hy even ho much
n n RiiiKle Mirlely the hi'vcii hlmlH of
Mine Hint are provhleil at MaiiHion llmixe
mi i-li.tm TIiikp prinliirlH of the IIiichI
!' iu.'i nf Ciiinpe were all preHcnt on the
' in ifu ly linl n refrihmi'iit tables, with
nil nf iln illiferi'iit I'olorcil kIiihhi'h In
H i Uv ur-' NPrveil. ami the American
I t iii" ilmplti' their ailvanecil lempcr
.ii'i' m niimeiiix, were at lllnTty to Hliaro In
'liii" hHiiiiiIhIIiik hevrniKcH, hnil they
ii it ii in in Hn, iiiially with their hrethrcn
"f 'lie MeihnillHt I'hiiieheM ill IiikIiiiiiI, wlm,
i i well kunwn. are not ho Ht'lf-ilenyliiK In
in li outturn Hut they ilhln't ami ill Urn I
'ne nf Hi 'in Hi'i'tiieil to ri'Hent the uncial
' ll which hml compelleil them In even
i' nit iihiii the wine when It Ih red ami
nil 11 II llllletll llHI'lf liriKllt." Hilt KOO'I
f I'lhK t r lit iii t li fil Iii fore Ioiik, nH It could
l .ii.ll help ilnlni; umler the KcuinI, whole
mil. I liilliietiee of Mlleh II lltiHt IIH Sir Wll
i nn M. Mlinr prnveil hlniHelf to he.
Mi. muiIIm i IiIm MetlmillHt lonl mayor as a
Uncommon Events and Episodes
P 111)1' DICKSON of Yale, camping on
Indian creek, has demonstrated the
puMibllity nf welding two snakes to
gether it i Unit the two holli" would
unite nml loutlnim to grow as one.
it ii dUpittili from Sedallu. Colo.
Wlule ii wiim it 1 1 iii 1 1 1 I that human part-
old be mitd' In grow together, It was
. .. leu. lid llml the sluggish circulation of
'" tepi ilfii would militate against success,
v mtilir wiim ixtiiiilcil with an iron hoop
r.i.i.K hi, bend An adder was obtained
i d ' nt in inn The rattler was treated In
in -nn. mv The rear half of the adder
,- i. 'im Mpt in the front nf the rattler
. ii 'rniiit thnmil nml after twenty-four
i r. 'in- iron collar was removed and
ii'l'iinllp reptile was placed In u cage,
i r. it. iiilrmrd uroiiml with every evi-
. '..llty In his nether end.
i' .i -.tn e nf the rtiMimmiry rattle and
" i ilfd the miller when n rabbit
' ', . I into Hip den. Ills supply of
i. irr. hum not diminished hy hln
in, Hi fr when Im struck the rabbit
' i 'well and In an hour was dead.
. . 'imrjikixied rattler will be kept
- tiHNr nerntlny for the next two
'- r.iu.K lllimtr'itioti of Hungarian
- 'I-,- U furnished In the systematic
rit,,. ii hi w bluK made In that conn
i''i ih nhjwt of Introducing tho cul-
! in inlton plant. Although tho
fal. Jolly Innliliii; IriHhmiin with all the
wit nml inii iinlure of IiIh race III! feu
HiriH were niHy nml full He was hearty
In niniiiier ami there wan a sort of unctuous
neM ahoiil him which was ninre Bimncstlvo
nf a MeihmllMl elasn tiiniliiK Ihiin of Hm
immoral illKiiltleM of a Kienl city like I.nn
Ion In all the Hplemllil rcKiitla of his
nlllrc li Sir William recehe the thounnmls
nf illMlliiKulsheil McihoillstH who that il.iv
thrniiKcil the .Mansion llnuse ami when this
linpi mIiik furninlliy h nl eme, he piccee'li il
In ilo unnilhlliK which innile ihe minister-)
frnni Aiueilca fully fnri;lve him for havlnn.
in Hn I l iii' llrltlsh style of hoHpitnllty. pu,
Ihe temptatlim of wine lieforo them. What
heillil. In fact, couslilertiiK the placr ami nil
the i In uuistaiices, was snmcthlliK whl.-h
oiihi lo he coinuietuorateil hy every .Meih
n.lM hisiorlau on hoth rliles of the Mlanilc
VVHBBH-HHBHMMMMMBBBB
liOVKKNOU SHAW
Vile era of HathllKlUs had not dawnc 1
twenty years nun, otherwise the camera
Htiiely would have caught Sir William in
this nit and posterity would have been the
rlchor for It, Just as ten years later It
caiiKht llishop llursl in the act of welcom
ing that fcccoud euiimcnical at Washington.
I.llll'll Olll II ll Mill.
What tho lord mayor of London did that
day, after formally rucclvliiK hla kuchIs,
was llrst to put on a pair of Kold-rimmed
spectacles and then to take out of tho lu
slilo pocket of his mayoral robe a. well-worn
Methodist hymn book. Then, mounting a
canopied pedestal, ho called tho meetiiiK to
order, preliminary to Hie kpeneli nuiUhig,
by opclilliK the hook and announcing a
hymn. This writer recalls these circum
stances and the scene which followed as one
of tho most Impressive occasions in a life
that has certainly not lacked in the oppor
tunity to see things. Tho hymn was
"lined," as tho early Methodists used to
cull It; that Is, it was read between tho
singing two Hues at a time. The lord
mayor himself rendered it in this old
fashioned manner, taking us hack hy this
old-time touch lo the period when Meth
odists, whose representatives were now
guests of honor In London's Mans. on House,
were nearly all either loo illiterate to read
or too poor to buy books. (), how those
Methodists sang that day, the lord mayor
who lined out Ihe words being Jtul as
hearty in carrying tho tune! Many were
the voices that trembled and ninny the eyes
that were wet, for It was an occasion when
memory was obliged to bring up tho strug
gling past ami hold it In pathetic yet tri
umphant contrast with tho bright present
and the still more promising future.
The world's Methcdlsm, when Its 500 r.)
resentatlves shall ho called to order In
John Winley's chapel on tho 1th cf ne.t
month, will unroll before the gnze of men
and angels a statistical table which will
show that the handful of desplsul folk, who
climate leaves only live months (from the
middle of Apt 11 to tho middle of Septem
ber) for nil the necessary operations from
sowing to picking, it is cnlculated that by
special measures the usual seven months
can he shortened by two. These consist of
it special preparation of the seeds by the
addition of certain ingredients to the soil.
The ndvanttiges to the country would b3
so great that the government ordered n
thorough investigation and as this proved
favorable agieed to support the project.
Large tracts of land, otherwise valueless,
owing to tho periodical inundations, might
bo devoted to this culture. Tho experi
ments have thus far been kept very quiet,
but the final results will bo made public
In the autumn.
An enthusiastic golf player says that
"vultures" tire becoming thick on tho links
about Chicago. Hy "vultures" hu means
tho men and boys whn make a practice of
going over the courso looking for lost balls.
They hover over marshy ground, generally,
and when the caddy can't locate the ball
and Is told to give It up the vultures swoop
dow;n. A good golf ball costs 30 cunts.
Some of tho caddies may develop Into vul
tures themselves. H Is nn open secret
among golf players that a dishonest caddy,
whllo pretending to bo looking for a lost
ball, will tramp It down Into the earth
with his heel. Then nfter you havo ex
hnusteil your patience and put nut n now
ball ho mnkes n mental calculation and
1. 1" years an uscil to meet In nn i hi
foumlry at ."' 1. 1 lock In the innrnliiB, hio
imw Kinwn until in aetuul incinliiMshlp they
vcci'il ;, nun, ooo ami have ptohahly a con
siliiicm, couutltiK ini'inhera ami nilhcri'iita
iiImo, nf more than ,10.000.000. At th" lUst
i cuimiilcil twenty years nun the llnuris
were net. of course, so fcrint a these, hut
even then the .Methodist churches cmuMimd
had u meinhcrshlp of more than e.roo.ooo
an I It was the thought of this womlirfnl
crow ih which at that lord mayor's r. cip
llou swept over the assi'iiihled kiichIs In
stuh a Kcnulncly .Methodistlc wave of
power and emotion. Hy a happy ih.ilce. too,
the wcrds of the hymn were emltunty
lilted to give momentum to this wnvo of
power, for It was one of the eaily
Wivliyan hymns, which must have huen
sum; at tlrst mostly on faith, but which
AND ST A 11'' HHVIKWINO TIIH IOWA TUOOI'S AT CAMP I)0aU.
the followers of Wesley can sing ttd.iy with
ti fuller realization of what It means, th
llrst lines being:
Si o Imw great u ll.iiue aspires,
Klmlleil by a spatk nt grace.
Jes. is' line Hie nations llres.
Sets tlie kingdoms In a blaze.
TIiiii'm lliive I'limiKeil.
There Is no Methodist lord mayor at the
Mansion House today ami It U certain that
tho delegatui to the ecumenical which con
venes In Wesley's church next month will
not be houoied by any Mansl n House re
ception. Next in civic dignity to the lord
mayor of London lire the two sheriffs, but
though one of these, Mr. Horace Marshall,
Imppi'iii! to be ii Weslejau .Methodist, ho
cannot he relied upon for any social atten
tions. How could one expect this when he
has not himself been honored with an ap
pointment as delegate to this body? Sheriff
Marshall Is a large publisher. Ho It Is who
publishes the Methodist Times, that lively
and really radical Journal whoso gifted,
plain-spoken editor is Kev. Hugh l'rlco
Hughes. This reminds mo how deeply re
gretful It will ho to all who know what a
genius Mr. Hughes Is and what a prominent
and pi pular part he had In the two former
ei'Uii.eiii 'a!s, that the coming galh'ilng U
likely to miss him on account of broken
1 1 . alt 1 1 . And another prominent minister
likely to be absent quite as much of a
genius as Mr. Hughes and almost as well
known in America Is Dr. W. L. Watkiusou.
In hoth these easis It Is the old, sad story
of burning the cnndle at hoth ends too
much work, too little play and at last the
Inevitable collapse, from which there Is
hardly ever any recovery.
Hut there will he no hick of distinguished
and inlluential men In this gathering.
Amongst tho 120 delegates sent by the
Methodist Kplscnpal church will bo live
bishops J. I' Hurst, J. H. Vincent, I). A.
Oondseil, J. V. Hamilton and J. O. Hartell
whllo the Methodist Episcopal Church
South In its delegation of seventy will send
that night or early the next morning he
goes mid digs It up. There aru men who
deal In second-hand balls, doctor them up
and make them look like new.
Among Kaiser William IPs little peculiar
ities is that of pulling his right ear lobe
when annoyed or worried. Apropos of this
an amusing anecdote is told. It happened
during his recent visit to Knglaud at the
t lino of Queen Victoria's death. Tho
kaiser was lunching nt the duke of York's
when a telegram was handed In and Us
contents being far from ngrecalde, his
majesty mechanically seized hold of his
auditory organ. The action did not escape
the notice of bright little Prince ndvvnrd,
the duke's youngest sou, who, staring nt
the kaiser with wide-open eyes, posed the
question :
"Say, unky, why do you pull your ear?"
"Hecauee 1 am annoyed, my dear."
"And you always do that when you are
annoyed, unky?"
The little chap was still for a minute,
then he continued:
"And when you Is very, awfully much nn
noyed, unky, what Is It you do then?"
"I pull somebody else's ear," was the Im
mediate reply.
Dr. Woodward, who tins been excavutlng
nt Plkerml on account of tho llrltlsh
museum natural history department, In con
Junction with tho Athens university, 1ms
and Its Components
Hlfchops O I'. l'ltZKorald, J. 0 liranhery
and t' II (ialloway. the latter ,r whom
at 10 a m. Wednesday, Septemlu r I. will
preach the opeliiUK Hcrmon. In heim;
chosen for this honor Hlshop (lallow ay fcl
lows in the wake of two Illustrious predo
cessois At ihe tlrst eeuiuenlf.il i It open
ltiK discourse was hy Hlshop .Matthew .Simp
sou. Ai that tlrst coming toKcther of tht
divided hosts of Methodism the preacher's
theme would naturally he "t'lirlsiliui
Unity.'' and this theme the hlliop treated
with his characteristic fervor and elo
quence. This was a memorahle oceasiiiu in
Hlshop Simpson's life. Ilo seemed to plead
for toleration and good fellowship with the
consciousness that his last opportunity had
come, and It had. for his death o urred two
years later. So, too, has the saintly ami
seraphic William Arthur gone now to his
long rest, hu who, ten years ago, was the.
opening preacher of the second lumeuiial
Many I'riiiiilitcnl .Mi'tliuillvts.
The list of delegates from tin- side con
tains the names of nearly all ihe leading
ministers nml of some men who are ex
ceptio'ially prominent in political and social
life. Amongst the latter are twn members
if Parliament, Itt. lion. Sir II. II. Fowler
and Mr. Unhurt W. Perks. Mr Perks Is
one of the most active ami nl.ie of the
Methodist laity. It is largely through his
zeal that the Wesleyan church of (Ireal
llrltalu has made such excellent progress
with Its twentieth century fund. The
amount sought was $,1, (100,000. In subscrip
tions there have already been mined more
than 14,500,000 and nt least $3,(Wn 000 have
been paid in. Mr. Perks Is a liberal In
politics as Is also Sir H. II. Fowbr, who In
political life Is much tho mine prominent
of tho two. Sir Henry Kowier lias served
with distinction more thnn once In the cabi
net of a liberal government. Hut these twi
Methodist M. P.'s are alike In one partlco
lar, for each has bolted tho party whip on
the subject of the South African war. They
opposed the war at the sltui, but now that
Ihe country Is In for It, tlmv are In for It.
like Lord Itosebery, Mr. Asiuilh and many
i.lher liberals.
Mindful of what WcHle's chapel Is to
world-wide Methodism, tit mice Us cradle
and Its cathedral, with v 1 1 1 memories of
tho confluence held there twinty years ago
and with thought Just as lively in regard
to the coming conference. I sacredly, two
Sundays hack, paid a visit to this City
Uoad shrine. Within two years this historic
temple litis been thoroughly renovated nml
henutilled. It still looks plain almost to
ugliness on tho outside, but within one
llnds a scene of tastcftlluess ami decorative
art. Hut whnt would Wesley stiy, ho who
always pleaded for n plain house of wor
ihip, were ho pcrmlttiil to leave Ills earthly
resting plnco nt tho back of this old church
Noted in the World
Mulshed his work for this season and will
return homo shortly. Thirty-eight eases of
bones will hu shipped to London,
The llrltlsh government paid all the ex
penses nml what llmls wue unique were
handed over to the Athens university; the
dupMiatrs were retained by Dr. Woodward
for Knglaud. A complete skeleton of n
Hon ami a peculiar head of a glrnll'e, horned,
have been kept In Athens and were the
most precious llmls. Tlie llrltlsh govern
ment tins done an excellent stroke of busi
ness, for, nt nn expenditure of about .rjliOO
it lias u collection of likermi bones worth
many times that uiuouut.
It is a curious coincidence that tho bones
of a horned giraffe should he excuvntcd In
(irccce coleinpornnemiHly with the discovery
of u in w species of African horned glralf"
recently reported by Sir 11 11. Johnstone
from Cgmida.
Returning from u Ilsblng expedition, the
general manager of one of the largest rail
ways In Knglaud, dressed In tweed suit,
with rods, net, etc., alighted nt a small
country Junction station. The porter was
very nttentlvo, removing his traps and tak
ing care of them until the depaituro of the
branch train, insomuch that the general
manager handed him a tip. which was ac
cepted with gratitude. After a little while,
accosting tho porter, he Inquired: "Do you
know who I am?"
"Indeed I do mil, sir," leplled Ihe porter.
t his nml come again to tlttd gilt when
there had been whitewash, beauty where
there had been homeliness and luvurv I i
place of the old-time evidences of pocn
ami lueonvenlellci " This Is the question
some visitors will ask, hut all the sum.'
there will hardly he one of Ihe eOU delegat 't
to the coming conference who will not be
glad that the pews In tills undent mcctln r
house ate not so high nor bi straight Inn l,e I
as they were twenty cnrs ago, not id
speak of what the) used to be In Wesle) h
time, nml who will not feel a thrill of de
uiiniinailcnal pride nt Home of the mini
Impi'oxemeuls.
Coming events east their shadows be
fore and the appin.ichlng ecuiuemlnl. I
found, was casting a shadow of a certain
kind, if one might call It n shadow with
cut olTcnse, over the congregation In John
Wesley's churi h that ver Sunday mm uim:
when 1 happened to be worshiping there
One contracts heie after a few months the
Kuglish habit of gelling to church In good
time. Hence It was that on tills occasion
I had leisure before service began lo look
areuiid a little and read the signs, bmli
printed nml human. In Ihe vestibule unr
of (he printed signs Informed me that If
I desired 1 could rent a silting on the
ground Hour of thai historic church for as
low a sum as from Jl' to $1 a year. It also
informed me that if lli.it eoibltaut amount
was beyt ml my means I could liud good
aeeommodal Ion In the galler.v for $1 a )cni
This was a remindi r that City Itoad ehapi 1
lias to make Its appeal today to the class
who haven't much money to waste ami
that II lias long ceased to be self-impport
lug, being Kepi up now at the expense i f
tho Wesleyan connection at large.
I iiliiri'il Sei'llnn In M i n n
It wan while I was looking at this state
uient ami lellectlug upon lis slguilleance
that the coming ecumenical cast Its shadow
over tlie place and to me It was a very
comely ami welcome shadow, for II eon
slsted of aliout a dozen as lino looking
well-gloomed colored men as one ever sees
at home or abroad. They were part of the
delegation from the African Methodist
Kpiscopal church who had taken time hy
tho forelock ami, like myself, had come
around to sen Unit tills dear old ehttii It
of Wesley's was In spick and span order
for the great gnthoilnr. that was lo be held
In ll u mouth from tint time. In
the net moil that morning 1 had
llltlo Interest. What I i.igetiy
awaited was the benedict Inn. for
I was sure that after that Ihero was a great
religious treat In store for me. Tho result
showed that there was, and It consisted in
tho rare enjoyment of witnessing Iho still
more rare enjoyment of those dozen or more
honored representatives of a race which
owes so much to John Wesley and his fol
lowers im they went around, under compe
tent guides, to examine for tho llrst tlmu
tho various busts and memorials In that
tlnie-honoreil tdiiinc, and then at last, one
by one, climbed tho circular stairway and
Htood in Wesley's own pulpit, each of them
evidently feeling as ho did, ho that tho mo
ment occupied In this new nml high expeii
unco was the proudest of his life. As well
I hey might , lor Ihe late Dean .Stanley said
once that he would give C t no to preach
from that pulpit, ami Dr. Joseph Parker,
In preaching tho re-opeulng sermon of Wes
ley's church two years ngo, said that Wes
ley's pulpit was one of the most Illustrious
In tho world.
What will ho the chief features In the
program of this third ecumenical confer
ence, In what points It will differ from the
two conferences which have preceded It,
what Is thought over hero as to tho proba
ble results of it, what tho arrangements are
for taking euro of so large and representa
tive a gathering and In particular whnt the
king and queen may possibly do to show
tholr Interest in so Important u body theso
uro matters which I cannot treat fully mil II
next week. I1I3NKY TUOKUCY.
"Well, I'm Ihe general manager of this
railway and I suppose you know there's an
older In your rule hook against taking tips
from passengers'.'"
"Hogging your pardon, sir, it Fays we are
not to take gratifies from Hie public
hut there's nothing against our taking one
from a fellow servant."
That porter was set down lor promotion
Tho old gentleman had returned to the
homo of his boyhood for tho llrst tlmo In
ten years or more and, as on tho last occa
sion, he had written "and wife" after his
naino on tho hotel register. Of course, the
keeper of the hotel was glad to see him and
grasped him warmly hy tho hand.
"Ain't grown a day older than when you
was here last," ho said.
"No?" said tho old gentleman, half In
quiringly. "Not n day," returned tho tavern keeper,
emphatically. "Your wife seems lo havo
changed moro'n you."
"Yes?"
"Oh, yes; leastways she does lo mo.
Looks thinner than when you was here
last."
"Indeed?"
"Yes. Sho ain't near so lleshy ns she
was, accordln' to my recollection. Scorns
like she's taller, too, an' her hair don't look
Just the sainu to mo, an' an' "
"And," put in tho old gentleman, softly,
"she's not tho snmo wife, you know."