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MEAN MAN.
B'J\
"Now, John, If I were to die you
would weep over me and tell everybody
what a good wife I was."
"No, I wouldn't, believe me."
"Well, I would for you, Just for decency's
sake. And that shows I'm
not half as mean as you are."
When the Minister Scored.
In a contribution to the Chrlstiar
Register, Thomas R. Slicer tells this:
"8ome men the other night, in con
ersatlon with me, knowing I was i
minister?and it is the spirit of thli
time to put it up to a minister ii
terms at least of gentle satire?said
*We have been discussing conscience,
and one of them 6ald, I have given i
definition of conscience; it is the ver
micular apendix of the soul,' and the:
laughed. And I said, 'That is a goo<
definition in your case; you neve:
know you have it until it hurts you.
Then they did not laugh."
A Senate of Lawyers.
In the senate of the United Statei
there are 61 lawyers, five bankeri
eight business men. four farmers
three journalists, two mine operators
two manufacturers, one sutbor, on<
doctor and four members wh'-se call
lngs are not given. Of the four farm
* ?>? tko an ma Rtntp
CIO, l?u aio UVIU 1UV . v.^v
South Carolina. They are Tlllmat
and Smith. The lawyers clearly out
number all others.
Megaphones In Oil.
Robert Henri, the painter. was dIs
cussinr in New York a very medlocri
"old master" for v nich a Chicago pre
moter had paid an exorbitant sum.
"The man Is content with his bat
gain," said Mr. Henri. "I'm sure o
that. To a millionaire of that type
you know, an 'old master* Is merely i
megaphone for his money to tall
through."
The RecoM.
Tobacconist?You learned long ag<
how to pack a barrel of apples, dldn'
you. Uncle John?
Horticulturist?Sure thing. Hilly
same as you packed that box of cigar
I bought of you the other day?all th
nice ones in the top row.
Try For
Breakfast?
Scramble two eggs.
When nearly cooKed,
mfk in about a half a
cup of
Post
Toasties
I and serve at onceseasoning
to taste.
It's immense!
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GIRL INJROUSERST
Young Lady in New York Adopt?
Men's Attire.
Stenographer Who Believes In Being
Comfortable When at Work In
Her Office?Her Ideas of
Present Fashions.
.New York.?The newest slogan of
reform In women's dress is: "Trousers
for the business woman!" If 1
ever men and women are to be equal
a radical reconstruction In woman's
dress must take place. say the emancipatresses
of the sex. Tbe reform has
already begun and a brave little
stenographer In a downtown New
York office Is tbe first champion or
tbe cause. She has Introduced trousers
and shirtwaist as costume for her
working hours. While she is enthusiastic
to a degree, her courage fails
her when it comes to going to and
from work In man's attire. For this
purpose she bar a dress which she
slips on.
This young woman Is not of the
type that has worn trousers as a matter
nf nrtncinle or convenience before.
She Is dark, dashing, buoyant and vlg- >
orous, and the picture of her herewith
I establishes her undeniable claim to
! good looks. Hitherto the women who
have worn men's attire have lacked
<; both youth and good looks. Some,
like Dr. Mary Walker, had the courage
of their convictions and dressed
like men because they found men's
clothes much more comfortable than
their own. Others have put on coat
and trousers in order the better to
! earn their living and have wept when
they were discovered and had to resume
the conventional apparel of
their sex. But this girl stenographer
i is the youngest and prettiest of the
women who have entertained advanced
Ideas of dress reform and
have dared to carry them out.
She by no means wishes to attract
attention or who is adopting trousers
The Trousers Girl.
for the sake of being bizarre or
1 ! jnlque. She Is acting purely for com
fort and health r.nd is greatly opposed
:o the present styles for women, holding
that they are basely Immodest.
She Is a young woman who has always
been full of self-respect, and In
adopting trousers In place of skirts
she has done so with dignity and rea{
son. Speaking of her views on dress
she says:
"There Is hardly a girl who ha: not
k dressed herself In man's clothes some
, time or other just for a lark.' There
j Is not one who ever has done so but
; has sighed for the freedom of move?
ment which skirts have denied her.
t I am not a dress emancipator who
. dreams only of her bobby. But 1 bef
lieve the present 6tyle of tight skirts
1 Is not only uncomfortable but !mr
modest TrouserB are far more de
cent for women than their narrow
skirts and low cut waists. They are I
more economical and hygienic. They
do not gather dust and germs the
g way skirts do. and if you wear troug
sers there Is no necessity for weari,
Ing corsets. I never saw a girl yet
, who enjoyed the corset Every one of
j us wears them for the same reason as
skirts?long established custom."
Doubtless the present fashions have
, reached such a point of absurdity that
i a greater reform In women's wear
- than has ever been known before will
result. In the hobble skirt, fashion
i overreached Itself?even Its inventors
laughed at the preposteronsness of It.
i- It has furnished or.e of the strongest
b ar.ti suffrage arguments: "A sex that
e deliberately cripples Itself is not sufll
clently Intelligent to bo allowed to
vote." the antls say.
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? LOVED ONE SPURNED BOOKS
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Strange Tale Related by Young Woman
Who Was Endeavoring to Educate
Congenial Husband.
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t1 Pittsburgh, Pa. ? Miss Cora B.
Lynch, high-minded, well-manicured,
formerly a school teacher, but now
8 wealthy and re'ired, told a strange
e tale of shattered, romantic love when
she appealed to the court for prot? < tion
against James H Net Id here the
\ \ other day. she was endeavoring to
educate Neeld so that he would be a
husband congenial to her.
It was over Neeld's need of addi|
tlonal schooling that the driam of
love was shattered. Soon after Miss
Lynch met him in New York last
winter she became fascinated. Finally
she tol 1 him she would pay for
his education and then marry him.
According to Miss Lynch, Neeld
took umbrage at her plans. According
to the testimony the young man
threatened to pour vitrol in Miss
Lynch's face. She then got out the
peace warrant. The magistrate se
verely lectured Neeld and made him
promise that be would leave the city.
Shark Hatched In Captivity.
For some time a shark'B egg in the
Glasgow (Scotland) Aquarium has
been watched from day to day It
batched a few days ago. an event
unique In many respects. The tiny
shark seems quite at home, and is not
a bit shy of the numerous visitors
; who have crowded to see it
Despair.
Miss Budd?Whit do you think of
the coming man? Miss Spinster?*
think he must have met with en accl
dast ?Harper's Bazar.
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DEATH BEFORE ICO
TEAMCIDE
Prof. Munyon Says Ignorance
of Laws of Health Explains
Early End of Life.
NOTED SCIENTIST HAS
ENCOURAGING WORD
FOR DESPONDENT
MEN AND WOMEN
"Death before 100 years of age has
jeen reached Is nothing more or less
than slow suicide. A man (or woman) ;
who dies at an earlier age Is simply Ignorant
of the laws of health."
Such was tho original and rather
startling statement made by Professor
James Si. Munyon. the famous Philadelphia
health uuthorlty, who Is establishing
health headquarters In all the large j
cities of the world for tho purpose of getting
in direct touch with his thousands
of converts.
Professor Munyon Is a living emJ>odlment
of the cheerful creed he preaches.
Virile, well poised, active and energetic,
he looks as though he would easily attain
the century age limit which he declares
is the normal one. He said:
"I want the people of the world to
know my opinions on the sublect of
health, which are the fruit of a life-time
devoted to healing the sick, people of
America. There Isn't a building In this
city big enough to house the people In
this State alone who have found health
through my methods. Before I get
through there won't be a building big
enough to house my cured patients In
this city alone.
"I want, most of all, to talk to the sick
people?mo invanus, me uioiuuiu,vu
ones, the victims of nerve-wearing, boayracking
diseases and ailments?for these
are the ones to whom the message of
hope which I bear will bring the greatest
blessing.
"I want to talk to the rheumatics, the
sufferers from stomach trouble, the ones
afflicted with that noxious disease, catarrh.
I want to tell my story to the
women who have become chronic Invalids
as a result of nervous troubles. I
want to talk to the men who are 'all run
down,' whose health has been broken by
overwork, improper diet, late hours and
other causes, and who feel the creeping
clutch of serious, chronic illness.
"To these people I bring a story of
hope. I can give them a promise of better
things. I want to astonish them by
showing the record of cures performed
through my new system of treatment.
"I have taken the best of the Ideas
from all schools and embodied them In
a new system of treatments Individually
adnpted to each particular case. I have
no 'cure alls," but mv present method of
attacking disease is the very best thought
of modern science. The success which I
have had with these treatments in tills
city and all over America proves its efficacy.
Old methods must give away to
ne*- medical science moves. I know what
my remedies are doing for humanity
everywhere. I know what they will do
for the people of this city. Let me prova
my statements?that's all I asli."
The continuous stream of callers and
mall that comes to Professor James M.
Munyon at his laboratories. Fifty-third
and Jefferson streets, Philadelphia. Pa.,
keeps Dr. Munyon and his enormous
corps of expert physicians busy.
Professor Munyon makes no charge for
consultation or medical advice; not a
penny to pay. Address Prof. J. M. Munyon.
Munyon's Laboratories, Fifty-third
and Jefferson streets, Philadelphia, Pa.
.Social Distinction.
In some parts of the south the
darkles are still addicted to the oldstyle
country dance In a big hall, with
the fiddlers, banjolsts and other mu
alclans on the platform at one ena.
At one euch dance held not long
ago In an Alabama town, when the
fiddlers had duly realned their bows
and taken their places on the platform
the floor manager rose.
"Git yo' partners fo' de nex' dance!"
he yelled. "All you ladles an' gennulmens
dat wears shoes an' Btockln's,
take yo' places In de middle of de
room. All you fcidles an' gennulmens
dat wears shoes an' no stockln's, take
you' place lmmejltly bohln' dem. An'
yo' barefooted crowd, you jes' jig It
round In de corners."?Llpplncott's
Magazine.
Easy to Arrange.
"Do you know what a fortunate little
boy you are?" rather patronizingly
Inquired a young lady of the laddie
whose mother Is her dearest comrade.
"Hero, 1 Invited mamma to go away
for a lovely time with me, but she
wouldn't because It waan't a place
where we could take children, anu
she thought she'd rather be at home
with you. Hut I don't blame her," as
the wide eyes grew wistful, "for I
think I'd rather stay at homo also, If
I had a nice little boy like you!"
"Why don't you get one?" queried
the child, briskly. "I'll tell Dr. Johnson
to bring you the next one he finds,
if you like!"
His Part In the Proceedings.
Clarence is a darky who la as proud
of piloting Mr. Hillside's costly automobile
as Mr. Hillside is of owning it.
"Well, Clarence," said a neighbor, "I
saw you in the Taft parade, but you
didn't have the president in your car,
I noticed.,' "No, sir," the chauffeur
answered. "I didn't have the president,
but I had a reporter, and I
reckon Mr. Taft might have talked up
there on the hill all night long and nobody
in town would have knowed
about it next day If it hadn't been for
me and that reporter."?Exchange.
Twice Convicted.
Another lawyer's story arrives. Wc
are told that a man was charged with
picking a pocket the other day and
that when arraigned he pleaded
"guilty." The case went to the Jury
however, and the verdict was "not
guilty." And the court spake as fol
lows:
"You don't feave this court wlthoul
a stain on your character. By youi
own confession you nre a thief. Bj
the verdict of the Jury, you are a
liar."?Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A LADY LECTURER
Feeds Nerves and Brains Scientifically
A lady lecturer w rites irom Phila lei
phia concerning the use of right foot
anil how she is enabled to withstam
the strain and wear and tear of he
arduous occupation. She says:
"Through improper food, Imperfect
ly digested, my health was complete
ly wrecked, and I attribute my recov
ery entirely to the regular use o
Grape-Nuts food. It has, I assure you
proven an Inestimable boon to me.
"Almost immediately after beglnnlnj
the use of Grape-N'.ts I found a grati
fying change in my condition. The ter
rible weakness that formerly pros
trated me after a few hours of work
was perceptibly lessened and is nov
only a memory?it never returns.
"Ten days after beginning on Grape
Nuts 1 experienced a wonderful in
crease in mental vigor and physica
energy, and con.inued use has entire
ly freed me from the miserable in
somnla and nervousness from whlcl
I used to suffer so much.
"I find Crape-Nuts very palatabh
and would not be without the crisp
delicious food for even a day on an:
consideration. Indeed. I always carri
it with me on my lecture tours."
Read the little book. "The Road t<
Weliville," in pkgp. "There's a reason.'
r\<T n-nil the nbove ictterf A nev
one npprnn from time to time. The;
nr? Erruine, true. ?n?i fnM Of huinut
interest.
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FELL TO THE GROUND.
Stricken Helpless With Terrible
Kidney Trouble. i
F. Henry Thomson. 400 W. 40th St., <
Savannah, Ga., says: "Something J
seemed to snap in my back and I fell I
to the ground helpless. I was carried !
to my bed all in a heap.
Jgi \ At first I thought I was . j
W' ,' FV paralyzed, but later
^ rJlU knew it was kidney \
troul>l?- An awful nau- '
sea came over me, and
the dull ache through
m>' back caused suffering
such as I had never experienced.
Dean's Kidney Pills strengthened my
kidneys, rid me of the terrible pains,
and in a few days I was a well man.
Although past seventy, I am strong
and vigorous."
"When Your Back is Lame, Remember
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THE BRUTE.
Wife?John, I listened to you for
half an hour last night, while you
. wero talking in your sleep.
John?Thanks, dear, for your selfrestraint.
CHILLS AM) FEVER AM) AGUE
Rapidly disappear on using Elixir
Ilabek, a preventative for all Malarial
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sufferers of Malaria and Chills. Have
suffered for several years, have tried
: everything, hut failed, until I rarne
across your wonderful medicine, c in
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A Humane Man.
Elderly Countess?Catch this big fly,
Johann, but do It carefully, and put
him outdoors without Injury.
Footinan?It's raining outdoors,
countess. Shall I give him an umbrella??Mergendorfer
lUaetter.
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tl,. Clmlb
rvuumiiy %IIW win.....
"Life," Bald Jolin W. dates, val.ant
lover of conflict, "Is a gamble."
And death? Why, dentil Is the nazard
of the die.
TO OniVE CU T MALARIA
A.NU Mi l LI) t V THE SYSTEM
Take the Old Standard GKOVK'8 TASTKLK88
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The formula la plainly printed on every bottle,
showing It Is simply yti'.nine and Iron In a tasteless
form, and the most eftertual form, Lor grown
! people and children, Hi cents.
Never judge the strength of a man's
character by the size of his muscle.
Mrs. Winstow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the fiin*. reduces Inflnmmn |
tlou. allays pain, cure* wind colic, C6c a hottle.
Sincerity Is the saving merit now
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If yon cannot obtain W. I. Dongla* sliof
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Tetterlne cures Eczema Tett?r. Ring
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rive a box of Shuptrlne's 10c Liver Pills
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New Idea In Judicial Lore.
The suggestion of a French judge,
who presided at a breach of promise
suit, has aroused the- Interest of
American men and women. The suggestion
Is that when young people become
engaged an agreement to marry
Fhould be drawn up with a clause providing
damages If It Is broken.
New Dieappolntment.
First Summer Girl?So you thought
a man was coming?
Second Summer Olrl?Yes; but as
we got a closer view we saw It was
only a bird.?Puck.
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Whether rrom Colds, Heat, Stomivch or
Nervous Troubles, Capudine will roller- you.
It's Mnuld- pleasant to take acts Immediately.
Try it. 10c., 25c., and SO cents at druf
stores.
Couldn't Help Him.
"I haven't a place vo lay my head." ;
"I'm sorry, but we're all out of head |
rests."
A cold on the chest weakens your lungs. 1
Tubercular Oerms attack the weak spots. !
Keen your lungs strong bv curing colds
quickly with Hamlina Wizard Oil and you
will not get Corisumption.
And many a man makes a strenuous
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wl'l he In a position to dodge It.
AFTER
7 YEARS
SUFFERING
I Was Cured by Lydia L Pinkbarn's
Vegetable Compound
rtlrln ?<T fnrnnlo troiT
IT nuiina, vaia? x uuu Mv?rbles
for seven years, was all rundown,
^ Jrv"|,|''TIBBland so nervous I
j':,-^i|}j could not do anyy.iWEr
VjgmWl?j:!i thing. The doctors
ffijf _^gpl ||| treated mo for difWilli1
ferent things but
-j $&$! did me no good. I
J 1 .**. Mi got bo bad that I
! JjUj could not sleep day
or night. While In
V ?..i Wl'ii'- this condition I read
V 0 Lydia E. Piuk J-ham's
Vegetable
Compound, and
L__J I began its uso and
wrote to Mrs. Plnkham for advice. In
a short time I bad gained my average
weight and am now strong and well."
?Mrs. Salt.ie Stevens, it. F. D., No.
8, Box 31, Waurika, Ok la.
Another Grateful Woman.
Huntington, Mass.?'"I was In a nervous,
run down condition and for three
years could find no help.
"I owe my present good health to
Lydia E. Pinknam's Vegetable Com{>ound
and Blood Purilier which I beieve
saved my life.
" My doctor knows what helped me
and does not say one word against it."
? Mrs. Mari Janette Bates, Box
134, Huntington, Mass.
Because your case is a difficult one,
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ulceration, displacements,
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W. N. U.. CHARLOfTE, NO. 37-1911.
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I in the Fiery Furnace I
I Sunday Schosl Leuos for S?pt. 17, 1911 1
Specially Arranged for This Paper a
LESSON TEXT.-Dani.-1 3.
MEMORY VERSES. 17. IS.
GOLDEN TEXT.?"The Lord Is my
helper, and I will not fear what man
shall do unto me."?Heb. 13:8.
TIME.?The Septuaglnt account states
that the occasion was "the organizing cities
and countries, and all the Inhabitants
of the earth from India to Ethiopia." and
places the date In the ISth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
This would put the event In
the laBt part of B. C. 5S6, Immediately
after the destruction of Jerusalem, on the
king s return to Babylon.
PLACE.?Babylon, the plain of Dura,
somewhere In the vicinity of the city.
PLACE IN THE HISTORY.-Jerusa'em
destroyed. The Jews In captivity throughout
the Babylonlc empire. Daniel In the
service of the empire In some part. Jeremiah
In Jerusalem. King Zed.-klah and
Jeholachlm captives at Babylon. Ezeklel
at Chebar In Babylonia.
So far as we can learn, Nebuchadnezzar'n
great assemblage of people
from all over his empire had for Its
object the consolidation of bis whole
kingdom. He had Just returned from
a triumphant campaign against his
enemies In the west and south?
against Egypt, Syria and Arabia?and
he celebrated his return by the erection
of a colossal image and a grand
religious festival. The golden image
'might mark the close of a period of
conquest and Inaugurate a period of
peace. The victories of peace were
to absorb the remaining half of bis
reign.
The empire was composed of
various countries and races, diverse
from one another in disposition, character
and Interests. They were united
by no natural affinity, but by conquest
The whole empire might easily fall
to pieces.
Nebuchadnezzar would bind these diverse
elements by the power of religious
worship, at a common center,
(ft one chief god over all the multitude
Idols. As the Jews were bound together
b^ a magnificent temple at their
capital, Jerusalem, whither all went
up to worship, so Nebuchadnezzar
would place at his capital a lfuge and
costly Imagfe, the glory and attraction
of the nmnire. His making Habylon
a magnificent city would aid this
work. Great fortifications, towers,
walls, fmples, gates of bronze, hanging
gardens, palaces, public buildings
of blue, red, yellow and white, the
Tower of the Seven Spheres, the Wonder
of Mankind palace?all these
would attract people to the capital, as
Mohammedans are drawn to Mecca.
The multitudes were gathered on
the plain around the golden image glittering
and radiant in the sun. Besides
the officers In their richly colored attire,
there was a motley gathering of
tribes from every direction. All diversities
of speech and dress and manners
were there; all varieties of complexion,
from the pale bronze of the
Persian to the black of the Ethiopian.
National enemies stood side by side.
Dwellers on plain and mountain, in
walled towns and In tents of the desert,
were In the throng. They spoke
many languages, as if the confusion
of tongues had been repeated in the
same Dabel.
Heradls cried aloud their proclamation
In all languages, that
when the bands struck their martial
music all the people must fall down
and worship the golden Image; "And
whoso falleth not down and worshipt-Knll
oanio hour be cast into
the infest of a burning flery furnace."
The bands played, and the whole
multitude bowed their faces to the
ground. Then a strange thing took
place; three men stood up alone, and
were conspicuous all over the plain,
like a city set upon a hill, by their
unbowed forms and their splendid
robes of office. These three were,
Shadrach, Meshach and Abcd-nego, the
three young men who Joined with Daniel
In refusing to defile themselves
with the king's meat. They must
have been at this t'me 30 to 35 years
old, In the prime of young manhood
and usefulness. They were rulers In
the province of Babylon, and therefore
prominent men. This conduct was
quickly reported to the king.
Then Nebuchadnezzar In his rage
and fury said: "Now If ye be ready,
to obey, the past will be forgiven. But
If ye worship not, a burning fiery furnace!
I>et the music sound. And who
Is that God that shall deliver you out
of my hands?
The three, with truly magnificent
and unflinching courage, appear to
have answered promptly and without
hesitation, showing that they had carefully
considered the subject and that
with them it was a matter of settled
and Intelligent principle: "We have
no need to answer thee," to explain
how God could deliver them, or why
they must obey him. Tfiere was nc
time, nor would the king understand.
"If It be so, we are cast Into
the flery furnace. In spite of all you
say, our God whom we serve Is able
to deliver us."
I Thev were put Into the furnace
A writer thinks they were bound hand
I nnd foot with their own clothes. The
king sat watching the issue of the
matter, looked through the door Intc
the furnace, and saw a sight at which
he was astonished and terrified. He
was astonished that the three men
were not consumed; that they were
loose; that a fourth was with them
The thought flashed upon him that he
has come Into conflict with a new and
unknown power. He rose up in haste
expressing the strength of his astnn
ishment nnd terror. The princes
saw these men. The deliverance wai
public, unmistakable, and proved by
many witnesses. The king recognized
the power of the Jews' God.
The miracle would make such an
Impression on the princes and peo
pie that the king could more easily
treat the Jews kindly. Men who were
so faithful to their God that they
would die rather than do wrone
would be faithful to their king, and
could be trusted in all matters. Henct
j they were reinstated In their placet
with more Influence and permanenci
than ever.
There are still fiery furnaces foi
: those who refuse to worship the gold
en Image?social ostracism, unpopular
ity, losses of place and honor, failure
In business.
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The City and State.
The true prophets of God have al
ways been patriots and deal wit!
problems pertaining to the welfare o
city and state. A preacher said u
Mr. Moody In one of the politica
campaigns. "My citizenship is ir
Heaven." The great evangelist re
plied, "You had better get it down u
earth for Ihe next 60 days."?Kev
, Austin Hunter, Disciple, Chicago.
Long life Is not a blessing un'e.i
It Is made a blessing to those amoni
whom It Is lived.
GRABBED HIM.
Wki
She?Old Brown said If he were
twenty-flve years younger he would
marry me.
He?Twenty-five years younger?
Why, that's Just my age.
She?Oh, Charlie, this Is so sudden!
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Coachrran Had to Earn Bequest.
A quaint paragraph appears In the
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England. At the reading of the will
i ,iov it u-!is found rhat she
I had bequeathed ?100 to her coachI
man, provided he is in her servlco at
; her death, and "If I do not die
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Clearance Sale
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