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raid the first.
"But," said the second, "I can't believe
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(Copyright, 1912, by Associated Literary
Press.)
Mrs. Blvins waB warm and tired.
"Nothing ever happens In this family,"
she said as she dished up her
boiled dinner. "Things just seem to
come to other people, but we get up
in the morning and go to bed at night,
and I sometimes think there isn't
much use in it all."
Mr. Blvins waited until he had
sliced the ham before he remarked:
"You are the best cook in the county."
"Well, a boiled dinner doesn't require
much skill," said- Mrs. Bivlns,
but her plump figure relaxed a little.
"I Just wish we could "have something
different to eat."
"Now what has happened to upset
you, mother?" Mr. Blvins asked. "It
ain't Inst vour day's work that has got
you all worked up like this."
"No, It ain't." Mrs. Blvlna admitted.
"I got a letter from sister Jane, and
they're going to get an automobile?
arUl It Just semed as If?well, as If
we never bad anything."
Mr. Blvins helped himself to cabbage
thoughtfully. "We've got each
other," he ventured.
"Of course we have," said his wife
sharply, "and you know I wouldn't
give you up, Thomas, for all the automobiles
In the world. But, gracious,
I could have you and something else,
too."
Mr. Rlvlns cut another 6llce of ham.
Some men would have felt hurt, but he
knew his wife. It was not her husband
but fate which she blamed.
When Mrs. Blvins rose from the
j table she pointed to the ham. "Look
at all that." she moaned, "we'll have
to eat and eat to make any impression
on It."
"Please," said a voice from the open
door. "I wish you'd let me try to
make an Impression on it."
The Blvlnses turned, and beheld a
travel-worn little creature. She had
5 on a dust-colored coat and a dustcolored
hat end a dust-colored veil,
..-.A
and you couiun i we mo tmui ui
hair for the dust.
"I'm starved," she said, "my automobile
broke down and I've walked two
miles."
She dropped into a chair, and Mrs.
Bivins flew to help her.
"Why, poor lamb," she said, distractedly
to her husband, "she's faint.
ili?
i Jip
t " N;
"Please," Safd a Voloe From the Open
D<for.
Get a glass of water, Thomas, and I'll
| untie her veil."
Relieved from her wrappings, the
little lady proved to be daintily beautiful.
She had on an exquisite white
gown, three diamond rings and silk
stockings.
All this Mrs. Bevins told her husj
band while the little lady washed in
the best bedroom and smoothed her
hair. "And I said nothing ever happened."
said the excited Mrs. Bivins,
"and here cornea a fairy princess right
to our door, and I do believe she's
. running away from somebody."
"Well, now," said the amazed Mr.
Bivins, "did you ever?"
The little lady at the table ate with
zest. "We never have anything in
town which tastes' quite like a country
ham, and -your home-made bread
and Jam?oh, Mrs. Bivins, do you
know I am almost starved!"'Mrs.
Bivins' face sjione.' "Well,
now," ?he said, "I'm sorry to have to
ofTer you a boiled dinne^." .
The little lady looked-at her reI
proachfully. "A boiledf- dinner--;?"
she sair. "why, Mrs. Bivins, if you
it thnt I should have
Iiauil t vuuvu .% ...... -
said It was ambrosia." K
Thomas Blvlns chuckled. "You see,
mother," he said, "I always said you
were the best cook in the country."
Mrs. Bivins held -up her hand.
: "Hush." she flaid, "I hear somebody
coming."
The little lady started to her feet.
"Can't you say that you didn't see
me " she began, then as a tall figure
loomed in the doorway she turned
white and whispered: "It's too
j late." :
"Well," he .said briefly, "I've found
i you."
She semed to brace herself to anHe
Belonged
#
Told What He Was Looking For In
the Way of a City Apartment.
"1 am looking for a fiat where
' there's room for mother's hat and a
: place to pit the baby when he bawls.
I am searching for a ^lace that can
look me in the face whfn I glance up
at the paper on the walls.
"I am looking for a Jhome brighter
fbnn n eatacomb. where the sun upon
1 occasions will appear: with a parlor
| close at hand that will hold my baby
I grand without crowding on the kitch|
en at the rear.
"1 would like a little trap where a
happy married chap, needn'ttblush because
unhappily he snores, and cm do
it every night without thinking of
the plight of the folks who ilve upon
the upper floors.
"I would like to pass my life, **ith
my baby and my wife, in a spot where
we can "talk of what -we do, without
fear that somebody we don't know and
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Bwer. Then suddenly a smile curved
her lips. She waved her hand over
the table. "Come and have something
to eat," she coaxed. The ham Is
perfectly delicious?and oh, Georgle,
you never ate such bread and Jam."
Mrs. Bivlns buBtl^d forward. 'Til
set a place for j*ou."
The man hesitated, then capitulated.
"Gee, but I'm hungry," he 6ald,
boyishly, and Mrs. Bivins heaped his
plate.
The two old people sat together on
the back porch and watched the little
new moon over the tops of "'the* trees.
Within the man said, "For heaven's
sake, Beatrice, what made you do it?"
"Run away?" she asked. "Oh,
Georgie. I was tired of it all. Tired
of the rush and whirl?I can't stand
it?I can't stand being separated from
you by^our clubs and my bridge parties.
I made up my mind that you
didn't care what I did, and so I had
Otto drive me as far as the main road
went, and then I left the machine and
came over here, and I thought that?
that if you didn't find me?I'd get
something to do somewhere?and you
could go on having good times?and
flirting."
Her husband interrupted her with
a savage exclamation.
"Stop," he said. "Did you think I
could love any one but you? Don't
you suppose I hate all the things that
pull us apart? But a man doesn't talK
about what he feels like a woman
does."
Their voices floated out to the
porch, where the old couple sat. .Mrs.
PlvlnB leaned forward and looked.
Into her husband's face. "Are you
like that, Thomas?" she demanded.
Her husband nodded.
"But If I had dreamed," the voice
went on within, "that you were growing
desperate?that you suspected me
of?not caring?oh, girl, why didn't you
come and tell me? Didn't you know?
didn't you know?that you're mine?
that no one else "
Outside Mrs." Blvins' cheek was
against her husband's coat. "I'm going
to-cry, Thomas," she said, and the
old man took-out his handkerchief and
wiped her eyed gently.
A half hour later the two young
people appeared In the doorway."Thank
you so much for?your
bread and Jam," said the little lady,
shyly.
The young man laughed joyously.
"Thank you for more than that,"} he:
said. "I've caught a runaway, Mrs.
Blvlns. and she wants to go back with
me. But we want to come, again?
for a week at a time, now and then.
Do you think you could put us up
when the whirl of town gets too much
for us?"
Could she?
"I can put you up," Mrs. Blvlns said,
trembling with rapture, "for more
than a week at a time. Thomas and I
can't tell you how glad we'll be."
But she didn't know the full extent
of her good fortune. For almost
miraculously after that surprises came
to them. Once It was a wonderful box
of candy tied with pink ribbons and
with a gold seal, and once It was a
silk coat with a wide lace collar, and
once It was a aigninea nai wun wnuc
lilacs under the brim.
"It Just seems as if they can't do
enough." said the excited Mrs. Bivlns
as she baked cake and roasted chickens
and made little balls of cream
cheeBe for her expected gitfstu, "it
just seems as if they couldn't do
enough."
But Mr. Plvins took It calmly. "You
needn't ever say that nothing ever
happens now, mother," he said, contentedly;
"it seems to me that these
two young folks are the kind that
make ihings happen. And they are so
happy themselves that they can't be
satisfied until they've made us happy,
too."
What Would the Lawyer Do?
The damage suit was on. and nildad's
chauffeur was testifying for the
jjlalntlfT.
"Now, you .sav," said the pompous
lawyer for-thcffdttendant, "that at this
point the two cars, traveling at the
rate of thirty miles an hour, came together
head on. Then what did you
do?"
The witness gazed wearily at his
questioner.
"Why," he said, "I turned to my
wife, who was brushing the baby's hair
in the tonneau, and I Baid that I
thought the dumplings must be done
by this time?"
"Bang!" interrupted the judge's gavel.
"Stenographer," said his honor,
"strike that fool answer from the record."
"And doesn't the question go with it,
Judge?" asked the witness, meekly.
"Sure!" said his honor, forgetting
the dignity of his calling for the moment.?Houston
Post.
Rat-Catching Woodchuck.
A pet woodchuck at the homo of
Johnnie. Hughes of Cascade, Pa.,
catches mice and rats with the sue
cess and ngnuy 01 a cai. u ?ao no
association with a cat that taught the
chuck to become a "ratter." The eye
of the animal and its scent appear to
be more acute than even a cat's. It
will Ho for half an hour at a rat-hole
and v ait. for the rat to appear. It Is
generaly sure death to the rat when
the chu^k makes a dive.
New Bridge to Be of Steel.
"The city of Cologne," writes Consul
11. J Dunlap, "has decided to build
a new steel bridge over the Rhine, in
place of the pontoon bridge which has
been in use from time immemorial. It
has not yet been determined whether
the new bridge shall be built on pll?
lars of stone or whether it shall take
.the suspension form, as in Budapest,
Hungary. The bridge will provide for
double street car tracks, general
wagon traffic and foot passengers."
in Matteawan
cannot see overhears our conversation
through a flue.
"I would like a quiet spot, somewhat
bigger than a slot and no smaller
than a kennel or a stall, where a
cook can cook a steak or a rabbit or
a cake, without standing with both
feet out in the hall.
"And I'd like a janitor who is not
an emperor, but a man?a chap with
honor in his soul; with a truly honest
ring, quite above small pilfering
when it comes to cream an.I scuttlesful
of goal.
"And I want it at a rent I can pay
and save a cent?say, three thousand
plunks per week," he rattled on. First
they thought it was a game, but Just
then the keeper came, and they led him
sadly back to Matteawan.?Horace
Dodd Gastit in Judge.
Weighing the Rainfall.
The weight of one inch of rainfall
on an acre of land exceeds one hun
dred tons.
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HOMES Of AUTHORS"
j
Some Live Within the Haunts
They Write Of.
But Arnold Bennett Pictures the Black
Midlands from Fontainebleau; Hall
Caine Surveys Isle of Man
From Greeba Castle.
London.?London may be the literary
center of the British Isies, but
our leading authors prefer to live and
work .somewhere on the circumference.
Most of the novelists, at any
rate, escape beyond reach of the moi
tor-buses. Some of them have chosen
to breathe the atmosphere of
I their own books. J. M. Barrie's postal
i -jj?? ivtrHpmuir. which is the
i huuixdd to
i name that map-makers give to
Thrums. Thomas Hardy and Sir Arthur
Quiller-Couch likewise dwell
among their own people, the one in
Wessex and the other in the Delectable
Duchy. Hall Caine surveys the
Isle of Man from the windows, or possibly.
the battlements and loopholes,
of Greeba Castle. Others are widely
scattered over the shires. Rider Hag-.
gard is a country squire in Norfolk.
Mrs. Steel lives in North Wales, Mau"rice
Hewlett at Salisbury, Mrs. Humphry
Ward in Herts, J. K. Jerome and '
G. K. Chesterton in Bucks, Joseph
Conrad in Kent, atfd-W- W. Jacobs in
Essex.
No one would ever guess where. Arnold
Bennett, has been making his
home for'some years. His studies of
life in the Black Country qf the English
Midlands have been written at
Fontainebleau! Though oajy a day's
Journey distant, he has thus been
practically as much In exile from hfs
Five Towns as Stevenson was from
Edinburgh when in Samoa. He has
now finally put aside all temptations
to belong to other nations, and has
)
Rider Haggard's Beautiful Home.
taken a bouse at Rottingdean, in Sussex.
That county has already more
than its fair share of distinguished
writers; notably Henry James at Rye,
Rudyard Kipling at Rurwash, and Sir
Arthur t'onan Dovle at Crowborough.
ASTRONOMER'S MIND BLANK
Professor Pipes of Iowa Doesn't Know
What Became of Auto and
Telescope.
Kansas City, Mo.?His mind a blank
since Friday, Professor M. Pipes, 60
c ,ilit nn nvtrnnnmor who has
been stopping at 817 East Eighth
street, Is unable to account for tho
disappearance of his motor car and u
: faithful dog, and a telescope which
| was his means of livelihood when
' the skies were not cloudy and people
wished to take a look at the stars
while he told them what they were
seeing.
Professor Pipes came to Kansas j
City about six weeks ago and he, his
motor car, dog and telescope were inseparable
until Friday, when a patrol- |
man found Pipes in a dazed condition.
The man was taken to the
Flora avenue police station and was
turned over to J. C. Greenman, Investigator
of tho insane, who placed
him in the custody of a friend.
The astronomer lives at Nora
Springs, Iowa. His wife nnd( daughter,
who are there, have been notified
of his condition. He has been traveling
with bis motor car. dog and
telescope for a couple of years. Colo;
nel Greenman released him in the
r ? r_j 1
UUMUU.I UI rt I I ltTllU.
SPARROW CAUSES BAD FALL
Attacks Painter, Who Tumbles Fifty
Feet From a Scaffold and
Breaks His Arm.
Lawrenceburg, Ind.?An iLnglish
sparrow mother bird, worked up to ft
state of excitement, made a fierce attack
on \\\ Holman Morton, aged P.C
years, a painter, when he destroyed
its nest built under the eaves of the
building which he was painting. The
bird struck Morton several times on
the head and attempted the pick his
eyes out, lie struck at the sparrow
and, losing hia balance, alighted on
the cement pavement, fifty feet below,
escaping with a l?oken left arm and
a sprainel right ankle. A number of
spectators witnessed the strange attack
and accident.
Lovers, Disturbed, Stop Jail-Break.
Meeker. Colo. The next time Andrew
Comstock. a convict, seeks freedom
through the window of his ceil,
he will keep a sharp watch for sweet|
hearts. Sawing at his cell window
! bars, he disturbed a pair on a shady
porch near the Jail. The disgusted
swain, seeing the head of the conj
vict coming through the bars, objected
to a third party and informed the
warden.
Airr3 at Burglar and Hits Goat.
I/Odi, N. J.?Chief of Police Pads
! saw a burglar climbing a ladder lead1
ine to the bedroom window of Robert
j Boesch. He blazed away with his re!
volver, but instead of hitting the thief,
he struck Blue Bell, the pet goat of
j James It. Martlne, which was ptnce|
fully sleepinp in the back yard.
Girls Use Stocking for Publicity.
Atlantic City. N J.?The pirls of the
nigh school here are advertising a
minstrel show by wearing one white
and one black stocking.
SEVEN YEARS
OF MISERY
How Mrs. Bethune was Re?
stored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Sikeston, Mo. ? "For seven years I
suffered everything. I was in bed for
four or five days at a
^me eveIT month,
fev and so weak I could
Ma * hardly walk. I had
^VbJ^ cramps, backache
|$$| / and headache, and
f+'A -=-=l W . was so nervous and
. j'-. '' weak that I dreaded
f? see anyone or
have anyone move in
V|t the room. The docmmm
m ^?rs ?ave me medi wfuri.f
cine to ease me at
those times, and said that I ought to
have an operation. I would not listen to
that, and when a friend of my husband's
told him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg- |
etable Compound and what it had done
for his wife, I was willing to take it
Now I look the picture of health and feel
like it, too. I can do all my own housework,
work in the garden and entertain
company and enjoy them, and can walk
as far as any ordinary woman, any day
in the week. I wish I could talk to every
suffering woman and girl, and tell them
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has done for me."?Mrs.
Dema Bethune, Sikeston, Mo.
Remember, the remedy which did this
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periodic pains, backache, that
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W. N. U., CHARLOTTE. NO. 28-1912.
The germ of suspicion is often fatal
to the microbe of love.
Important it In thnt the blood be kept pnre.
Garfield Tea is big enough for the job.
Some men find It cheaper to Btay
married than to pay alimony.
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Every new day and night of Joy
or forrow Is a new ground, a new consecration,
for the love that is nourished
by memories as well as hopes.?
George Eliot.
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With the Lid Off.
"Mother," asked Hob, with a hopeful
eye on the peppermint-Jar, "have
I been a Rood boy this Afternoon?"
"M-m-yes," answered mother, dubiously,
recalling a certain little rift
within the lute. The four-year-old diplomat
looked anxious.
"Please," he begged, "say a wide
open yes!"?Harper's Bazar.
AN APT SCHOLAR.
[Wr ?Mrs.
Deacon Streete?I'm Kind your
uncle left you some money, but
please, Norah, don't call It a legacy.
Say limbacy. It Is very Improper to
say leg; always say limb!
Norah?Vis, ma'am, an' shall I
warrum oop thot limb o' mutton for
dinner, or will ycz hov It cowld?
GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP
No Medicine So Beneficial to Brain
and Nerves.
Lying awake nights makes It hard
to keep awake and do things in day
time. To take "tonics and stimulants"
under such circumstances Is like setting
the house on fire to see If you
can put it out.
The right kind of food promotes refreshing
sleep at night and a wide
awake Individual during the day,
A lady changed from her old way of
eating Grape-Nuts, and says:
"For about three years 1 had been
a great sufferer from Indigestion.
After trying several kinds of medicine,
the doctor would ask me to drop off
potatoes, then meat, and so on. but in
a few days that craving, gnawing feeling
would start up, and I would vomit
everything I ate and drank.
"When I Ftarted on Grape-Nuts, vomiting
stopped, and the bloaied feeling
which was so distressing disappeared
entirely.
"My mother was very much bothered
with diarrhoea before commencing the
Grape-Nuts, because her stomach was
so weak she could not digest her food.
Since using Grape-Nuts food she is
well, and says she don't think she
could do without it.
"It Is a great brain restorer ana
nerve builder, for I can sleep as sound
and undisturbed after a supper ol
Grape-Nuts as In the old days when I
could not realize what they meant by
a 'bad stomac. ' There is no med!
cine so beneficial to nerves and brair
as a good night's sleep, such as yoi
can enjoy after eating Grape-Nuts."
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Look In pkgs. for the famous little
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Lesson
(By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Evening
Department, The Moody Bible
Institute of Chicago.)
LESSON FOR JULY 14.
THE SEED IN FOUR KINDS OF
SOIL. (
LESSON' TEXT-Mark 4:1-21GOLDEN
TEXT?"Receive with meekness
the Implanted word which Is able to
nave your souls." James 1:21.
Jesus tells us plainly why he taught
so much by means of parables (Matt.
13:10-1.1) viz., to teach the truth to
those who sought It, and to hide It
from those who refused to receive It. I
The truth had to be taught, hence the
parable, that those to whom It was
given to know the mysteries of the
kingdom might know and understand
but that to the others It might be hidden
(Mark 4:11-12). We have in this
lesson one of the best known of the
master's many parables. Like all the
rest Jesus draws his picture from the
common experiences of life. Jesus
uses the fields, the home, etc., while
Paul In his preaching and teaching
drawB from the city, the army, the
markets, etc. We have In this picture
the seed, the sower and the soil.
We must turn to the parable accounts
In Luke and Matthew to get the full
and the complete picture.
What Is the seed? Luke records
that Jesus told the disciples that the I
seed Is the word of God (Luke 8:11).
Mark also tells us practically the same J
thing In v. 14 of the lesson. A great'
deal is being made today of seed selection
and some wonderful results j
have beeu obtained. How much more
Important for us who deal with Immortal
souls that we select the best, viz.,
the word of God.
Sought Not Adulation.
Next the sower (v. 4). Notice he
went forth not to S-O-A-R, nor Is It
recorded that he was S-O-R E. He did
not have a grouch nor did he enter
Into his work that he might receive
the adulation of men (Matt. 6:2).
It Is however the roll that seems to
be most emphasized In this lesson,
both in the direct teaching and also
In the explanation of the parable.
There are four kinds of soil and It Is
also very significant the manner by
which the seed came Into contact with
each kind of soli. "Some fell by the
wayside." The path was well trodden,
the ground was preoccupied, e. g.,
used for other purposes rather than
to yield a harvest. It was hard to be
broken and hence It was an easy matter
for the birds of the air (Satan v.
15) soon to pluck It away. We need
to remember that if men receive with
meekness the Implanted word there
will be of course no such opportunity
for the evil one. The trouble Is that
In this case the word was not Implanted.
Thus it is that one-fourth of the
seed is lost. That the result is a deplorable
one Is shown in Heb. 2:1-4.
The seed In this case fell "by" the 1
wayside, In the next it fell "on" the ,
rocky ground. The first is the picture i
of the heedless, this Is a picture of
Vin cnrvrflrMnl ones. Oh for a time '
they did run well, they even received J
the word with gladness (v. 16) hut
they had no stability; they lacked the:
element of persistence; their surroundings
were superficial, there was no
chance for the seed to get a real grip
upon their lives. Luke tells us what
the master taught about the man who,
before building a tower sat down to
consider the cost. We cannot build
I except upon a rock If the structure Is
to be a stable one. We must not play
at our religion, 'tis a grim reality, a
glorious abandonment. It must reach
the bottomless deeps of our 6ouls. All
else must bo eliminated.
Three Fourths Lost.
In the third place Jesus speaks of
J seed that fell "among" the thorns.
Here In this worldly soil It Is not so
i much the character of the soil as the
character of that which already occu*
j pled the soil ere the sower sowed the
seed. The cares of this world, the
deceltfulnoss of riches and "other
things" (v. 19) had bo entered In that
the good seed never had a real chance
In the soil of that human heart, hence
It was choked and yielded no fruit.
There was no real grip of the will, no
whole-hearted surrender. How often
these thorns, "the cares of life," keep
tho housewife, or the business man
away from the word. How often the
"deceltfulnoss of riches" snare men so
as to choke the word thnt at one time
gave such promise In their lives. And
then the "lusts and other things"
which the evil one so well knows how
to use that he may keep us from tho
word, for he knows that by it we may
be saved (Luke 8:12).
We have thus seen three-fourths of
the word lost. Of the remaining
fourth which fell "into" (R. V.) the
good soil, not all yielded the same return.
If all brought forth (v. 7) it all
yielded, it all sprang up. but not all
In the same ratio. We ought to remember
at this point that this parable
plainly teaches us that we who receive
the implanted seed, we who receive
and obey shall in turn become the seed
of the kingdom. If. as Luke records,
we receive the word in good and honest
hearts, if we hear it. hold it fast.
It will bring forth fruit. The process
will not necessarily be rapid, we will
bring it forth with patience (Luke
8:15). God speaking by the mouth of
Moses exclaimed: "Oh that there were
such an heart In them, that they would
fear me and keep all of my commandments
always that it might be well
with them and their children forever."
(Dent. 5:29.)
What is it to receive the word with
meekness? Clearly it is a volitional
act. ui>on the part of him who hears.
He allows the word to act. He does
not furnish the life germ of the seed
but does furnish the proper soil conditions
whereby the germinating principle
of the seed may bring forth fruit.
It is a definite submission of our lives
i to the active principles of the living
word. With resoluteness we submit
ourselves to its requirements and peri
mlt it to do its work of saving.
There are three distinguishing feat
ures or tnis i?bi ? m--o v. ^
They "hear" the word. These are
' the ones who appreciate Its value and
give Rood heed to Its precepts. 12>
They "accept" It, e. g.. they under
; stand its teachings, they take It into
i good and honest hearts, and (3) they
i "hold It fast" (Luke 8:15 R V ). These
are the ones of which martyrs are
? made. Thus we see four differ
cnt soils and four different ways ol
? receiving it. f 1) Some "by" the way
side; (2) Some "on" the stony soil;
t (3) Some "among" the thorns; and (4J
[ Some "Into" the good ground.
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Her Unfortunate Error.
A literary lady at a society dinner
was given a seat next to a noted
scientist whose views were very materialistic,
and at some remark he
made on the origin of mankind, the
lady found her temper tried beyond
all bearing, so that she retorted: "I
really don't care what you say. I believe
in the Bible, and there we are
told that Adam waB the father of all
living."
"I really think you are mistaken,"
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A few days later the lady, writing
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and added: "I am too mortified,
for I have looked the matter up
and It only says that Eve was the
mother of all living, and fo I don't
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Willing to Oblige.
A story comes from a town where
firms advertise to sell fish direct to
small purchasers. The glowing ad
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rietles of fish preferred. One lettei
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The next day the lady received ?
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nan."?Dallas News.
Singing and the Lungs.
It Is well known that sinking. Ilk<
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At the same time they, of course
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Explanation.
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I Alice?How oddly some men propose.
Kate?I should say so. A gentleman
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any sphere not our own. How much >
more when that life Is directing a
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And So True, Too.
Father was walking to Sundayschool
with little Johnny, and endeavoring
to Improve the time by teaching
Johnny his Golden Text, the words of
which were: "Whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap." Johnny
repeated it after his father several
times, and seemed to have mastered
the correct wording.
As they drew near the Sunday
school the father gave Johnny his
last rehearsal. "Now, son," he said,
"let's have the Golden Text once more
without any help from me."
This Is what he got from Johnny:
"Whatsoever a man sews always rips."
?Harper's Bazar.
Where He Drew the Line.
An English earl, lately deceased
I who had no family, was notorious for
' his hatred of children, and on on?
j occasion he engaged as lodge keeper
I an army pensioner named McMicken.
> Some few months later McMlcken's
i ; wife presented him with a son and
heir. On learning of the occurrence
; his lordship rode down to the lodge In
i a terrible rage.
"I hear," said he to Mr. McMicken,
: "that your wife has a son."
. ; "Yes, my lord," said the man proud-1
ly.
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du are justified in cussing,
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your soul and shock the neighbors?
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May
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