An appropriate gift, theS.J.RJ. *i ' •:Christmas,

HamRiontsn Trust

"Sewing MacMiaft~ Store.

j; ,'While 'enjoying thje. .»...».„..j season, let usr.not forget, those .whohave had recent bereavements...

B- cbi-an Sewiolriiinu i" W« bg.ye them.

, ui— 5-nrawer dr<ip-head machinewith ful l sot of at.ttichraonts,

•.or $1*50 arid up.Wheolor.V Wils.m Moobines leaned

at 50 cents per week.TWotfavei sbveriil"amtres ; . • "

• - of flowing Machines.Vn rent.rnuobuieH by the week or ninnthNeedles for nil machines, 3 for 5 ots. .

Be's Oil, -10'oentsa bottle.Bolts, 10 und R cents.

KEPAlKINCr 'Will furnish parts for any machine.

If not in- stock, will net thum.Buy.a Singer Stacking Darner

Gsgood'

•Bammuutnu, N. J.

Hlb^d^Mtn^n^h^TJan. 3rd.1' The. H'amnibnloTTBtesp-

close, we are told, but a day,or so.. Both are very busy.

M II/L.RR Knapbo'rry plantsror »n IP,—'(50,000.Address. A. P. Hchndlder, Wlnelnw U.li

Ou Tuesditty^ the aoth, CollectorDavis took 'in- $5557>—182 taxes!;•He:reports receipts above the aver-age at this date,—about 92 per'•cent of the total tax being paid.

ADD a Qunrter to your RobscrlDiron nndget the "New Idea" with the Republican.

Christmas,will be appropriatelyobserved to-.morr6w a,t the BaptistChurch. Pastor's morning topic

-itB-^vistteis^

->

M i r mg promptly done.

Jas.; ' ' l " 242 Bellevue Ave..H«miiioutOn.-'

Osgpod-Wliiffen _Conservatory of Music

233 Bellevoe Avenue. •:'---.—- Hammonton,

At L. W. COGLEY'S,

ajfine turkey^ and_all. .tnmmmgs.That certainly shows' appreciation.

£SS-^^^^^^!^'T^^--^^^^-~~--—-~

' 'c^^JM- .Lakeview: ^s.iK .KA^ j b • • • - • . • :

GEEEH-mmE=,

-— Sealed . h j d K : , p _ . .' Proposal*'""for~cart{njf' Kurbagft -1 withincertain limits of ^thn Town of Hammontin," with the name, of the person orpersons makina.'the bid; will bn rooeivcdby the Board of Health, at,_rheir "fflce infhe Trast. OiimpftSy'""parlor, at 8 o'clockon Tuesday bveninjr, .Ian. 'lOib.7 1911,during a sesaioo oTaai'i Board.

' -r Central Ave.i Hamrnoncon, N. J.

_ •-- ;•• Large assortment of— —

Cat Flowers. Funeral Designain Frefsh Flowers, Wai, or Metal.

&NICHOLSON;Florists and Landsoape Qardenere.

Phone 1-W

11 is c:'''" G on rr.ere thnn aduring t!\<j next twelve months.

Would you like to see it on yourliarn—on thefunn you don't want—and to know that !ho doHnr*—thodollar', you do wp.nt—were In Ihu »av-inr;j !v ,!t Credited to yo<ir .r.vroMM ?

S t i - j u t »cl)u f.unir.—everywhere Ilira a ii soil you ra. liom'.oncpfcu.

. V/i ' t i nenrcKt oliico p.r agunt forf':'pi.' j i . ,. ,. i.l.'iiihs.

n'"' W. .V»»h lit.. N." W I "V<h" 1 0 , 1 * 1 [.'AH?'Jni';. >lp ^•t'Hhlf.'n

, ' • . , . ' : • ;.,T..(M . ,• . "'i,.',;,!..f't * ' . *? • • . . ..^JkW-t.U

H. W. Miller, Agt.i Hammonton, N.J,Orar Uol OroBH I ' lKinuany. . llox 200.

W. J. ILMNOWOKTH, HotlclU you

Monunumtul, Marblo & Grmilte WorkAlitn to pair I dK mid Id t i< r | t>K In (Jnniotory

neatly anil v u t U f u r t n i i t y iloiio.

Harbor Hoa'l nnd I'onoliIlAmmnlon, . N. J.

Roady-Prlntod Signs.

child of supreme rank."

TWO Flne'Commnnlcatlnc Office 1for rent, In the O'Donuell Building.

The service at the Universalist

per cunt interest- paid on chucking.{accounts averaging a daily balance

of f 1000 or over.'tree per cent,, compounded Eamianuu-

ally, paid on Time Accounts..--.-••• Sato Deposit,BuajeB-for-Rent.!.;..!.,..Trust .Biicf Real Estate Department.Acts as Executor and AdministratorAgent for the Bale of Rtt.1 Ktttate.

"'."" Steamship.Tickets sold.general Trust Company Business.

OFJ?JCK'KS'B. Skinner. President.

;keeping>withtthe,Christmasseaspnl'In the evening, at 7.30 o'clock, thechoir and-toemibers of the SundaySchool wiin.jender _the cantata,,' The :New" BoriTKing?'"'w

RASPBERRY Flams for Rale,—» new kindthat beura two-croon. Frank Mncrl,

Box 65, Hitintuontoh,

If Rev. J.-E. Shaw does not havea merry Christmas, his .parishonerswill not be at fault. On Thursdaythey-seat— him—a—good_supply__of

titlc,.b.V which bids will be tested, is thocarttntr :a!nd removal of all • garbage,-—ashen not included,—'hrcp times a'Wfek,'lduring the months of July and Ausr\twice a weolc-'-darini;r Auril,'Miy, .Iui)«,';jSeptember, October ; onoo. n woek dnr-iog NoTerobe'-,\ iPece'"bcr, January,'

TeKruary and^Ma^cir^QSTb'jfge-naielf forto ho bounded as foliowo : Pratt•• Streetto M»ple 8'reet, fourth Street to GrandStreet, Including both sides of the boun-dary lines.—All garbage-to 4»e'removed-In-water^tiyht covered wagons or carts. Con-tractor will bo requirpd to famish abond in the nmnudt ot $250 for the faith-

nl pprfnrmilTir.n of l i ln Hiltlna. RldnraiiRt state wheri* bidders would"»f all carbar.e collected. The Board ofHealth reperv^B the- right ' to rrjeot anyor all bids if It shnll deem it fur tho publie intei out (o rlo BO. AM bid* will bnuddresxed .to John A: Hoyle, Presidentof Board of Health, marked "Bids for

Published pnr«nint to a resolution ofthe Board of Flonltli. adopted the 23rd•day of November, ' 19H)___._ ........ _______ ......... .J., ______Secretary of Bnnrd of Health of Town of

Hnmrrio* ton.

ANNUAL HtookliolderH meet,I I I K of Hnmnionton TrtiRt Corn-

puny, lioid f()rtlu' election of Dlroctorsto Hcrye for oimulriK year, will bo boldin tho Company's ofllfCH, second floor,Ttiesdny, Jiiiiimry f(l, l O l l p at 10 A.M.

II. Si. Bo'i-rontLUY,Hec'y und TroaHuror.

Hnmnionton, N. J.,Deo. 21, 11)10.

THE A N N U A L MKKT1NO oHtoulclioldorH of I l io rlniiunoiiloi

Cranberry and Jnuirovuinunt •AHHIIC!-utlon wil l bo lu'ld TliurHili ty, .lanuiirynth, 11)11, ut Tli« J'wiph-H l iui iU, HummonUui,-N. J., lor tlui pnr|iimu oelecting olllo«rji und dlrcclorH foe.tinciiHuliiji year, and iraiiHuciliig nn.>other biiHlucHH tlnit may conio liclontho iiicutlng. VV. 11. TII.TO.V,

, The Peoples Bank' H l l M I I I I O I l t O I I , N. J,,

I)oc. 17. l l l l l )Tlio'nniiiiul oli'ctlon'for OlructorH o

Imnk w i l l be luild nl llui l lunklon TiifHiluy, Jun. Hilli, 11)1 i.

l id\vfini tliti lioiirrt of .ono und Ihnuo'dlodk, j>, in. W, It. TII.TON,

OiHliiur.

In ti ]iartlnl lint of Bikini for(Bale ni U'|H ofllon. I'rtcoa uro 5 eta. o.ioh,6 for M ole. If otliflr wordlnu lu doilroilthoy cmi bo donn on ahort notloo, ' and|«a*onnhly,

Kor H«ln IKor Hont IKor Halo or Haul I ,I 'orHBlr-tnqnlrn Wllli ln |Kor llont—liii|nlr« Wltl i lu INo DumiiliiK oi> lliunn I'liiiiilnnilJo.,()r<'uiri To-Dny Ireunion Vouoliftm ICxuiMiUxl tNo Ailinltlniica tN o u l n n K l n n lHoiirnn t i> I,«t I

.JJa.Tru»iim»liifj wHIi DotfiirOun 1

KTo Telephone??/

' y1\

(\

] rn o<mt In nhon lenthorT|- ' y Your property in onno•*•*' ol'llro.

Your LIKK wh^n youHOIK! thu Oooior.

(Quickly.A.nd nil for l««a than llio ooat of onn

' cl«»r a day, 011 aotuul ooat of thoBorvloo.

• Can i/»u afford te b» without it Idhall w« InJjtull a phono for yon f

A. 3. mDEB,I'l'Dalilcnl, nnil Mnniiiffl iy

llummonton Tolophouo If Taln^rapU Co.

'iloBrRrlmhoffrVice-Presidenfc—Win. I olwell, Vice-Piesident.

H. M. BnHomley, Beo.&TreaB.C. rTCam'panella, Asi-t, Seo'y.

Dean 8. Benwick, Attorney. ^ "

-jTos. P. ImbiiffR. KirkSp«»

ShnmaH SkinntTJ..hu A - Hoylo.;:.J,0. Bltler.

iJEienry fifensleyEaniel M. Kallard Jos. 8. Mart

Will'ani Cornell' F.Ios<y>h Thonrpson' Wrii.'H. Parko.urst

Jou»s

J. .-XfolspD AkpAndruw Etheridge

WCTI. H. BernshonaeBieiiii S. Reuwiok

John T.French

V.f bjrSt~payh lo bni I d^nl it lusts; Second, it satisfies;

Third, it is

The-otJit-r ninety-six r«i«or»s youivilj find if you will exumljie n

Louse of this Uind , or if you\mreatroirtmr - r~"~

Eamnionton Concrete Co.

CARES

Fancy Cake .'.';> for Christmas frpm Small's

Bakery is sure trj'."-be thecenter of /attraction, n'bt • onlybecause it looks good, 'but

'

prompt nCtentlon/R ••&irerAcoidpntj^AjjS.-W

T-EFFEKSOM1~~--~-—^ Attotneya i

Boom 8, -

Offlbe open dally,'

Terms, $1^25 per Year jIndependent .Phone — No. 682

HAMMONTON, N. J., DECEMBER 31, 191O•/•:-•: ' - • - .:^-^:M^ji

KO. 53 . : . ; - - - / . . ; " " :

as it looks. And so it is withall our pies, pastry and Xmasgoodies—Rlelicibus^and whole-some. Send in your Christmasorderff"early to-insure" theirbeing filled onj

Publicof ;!

Business in these lines properly andpromptly attended to." ,

'Oib'nntim Building, Uaiuuionton.

- Funeral ^Directorand Ftr.balmer

Twelttn St., between ra'ili. "•;»..

Local Phone _9M - Bell 47-D

i'lmmonton, N. ,1.

Eckhordt Bul ldlnu

Meats, Provision , 'oceries...Good..Goods. PrlcpKjl liable

-Cnll ta^tutf-KiTcinentfhrtT-rrlt—r- ttFhonesK. L. 14DBEET. : : • : . - • ;

• yours ago, and looKinjp.Tmw'JSjat the pre«ent tlme:#-;V);^m'

The Hammontod^pfilnt is split for : B»than any otl.er Urst-cliiBB PuliiVt • Itb

Jio tqnol,—aa-4t-workB^^pHf-o<wAr»^i;« v,and wears well. j^^RoliTbyi * Ui

. . '•". ' . ' -x .JOH, 1.1'AVJ^nT ."._.Itouattr-aitfii-aiid Ca»il»Ha.rfliour,-.'

•focood uud PleuBanl StnJ,... Vft^»"-'i, J^Hn'iv.iYlJ'intrtH..,'^!,'J^':'

Dairy

Local Phono 1018

•Cin^w.^^ivTiim'

Tl»e vegetable oils \\rhich areused in the manufacture of IvorySoap come from the other side ofthe globe.

Cuba and South. America pro-duce oils of fairly good quality;but \ve prefer to go IO,OpO milesfurther, pay more und get the best.

Why c!o we do it? Becauae itpays— -that ia the only reason.

Climax ok- Voribont

JOSEPH B.IMHOFFDltAI.ltU IN .............. :-Ivory Soap . . 994Moo Per Cent-Pare

LUMBER & MILL-WORCOAI- iinU '. 'Wi>ol>.

The WinsJv 4s fnTOiflhlng ift "t-

rallk produced,o..^LBariitary oondirX^precaution is r I8f STORE

ANEWHEBD

Dairy open for insj

CJpr. Main Road

and Bellevue

Hammonton"

Use Sanitary Milk, and

Bell, Phone 7-ii

Cumberland MiPurina

Fbod'This olgjnd reltable.Cortijany.^"five years ifQqMn^ni^resralF3

loss or damage Irates ate lower thAn:promptly adjusted and paid.; ;K°band are ample to pay :aHprobaV Ihick

''•raro^rlBeroh^'aH^V.^eriv'.Bp^^JHammonton, N.

If you do not, you can find out bklittle InveBtigation:that -*5»l

. —:_, : • . ^;' - ~~'Trr-vr«i|The ffammoptbn JPaiiit

Scr^tct

that was' ever used in Hamrn'ODtoS,-j_-ri..i.—,-«•_.,,.-,., ..'t-T;—»;•••-• :-•?:--^-y*-ivf^r3iThere are sco'rei.of. buildlnea" thftbj: ".ooooaWc ,-.*v•*«oin»a^~£fti;':»»Ml

Pigeon

For Lowest Rates, iri the "Best Companies, see

The HammontonTrust Company

• Fire Insurance-Automobile-Jnsurance.

Fidelity Insurance"" Bfifglary'lflsufance-1—

. At the last meeting of the Boardof Trade, ? a discussion followedthe routine business, as to whatthe Board of Trade ought andcould do for Hammonton. Mr. A.J. Rider gave a review of what asimilar organization had done for^Trenton. At the conclusion of hJ3

a paper to be read at a public.meeting, .to .be_beld_Ln_ JanuaryThe topic ^ill.be, "What Ham-monton needs." - -Time and place

"

KRYPIOKtetex.^L^ .!-..,.:.^-._T.:.._.:.::-,,._.

After endeavoring to preserveorder in Bellevue Hall, last week-Thursday nightrofficer Myers wasattacked and rather roughly han-dled. Friday night; John Rubbawas\:held by Justice Strouse for afurther_heanng, charged _with as-saulting an officer. Myers wasarrested later, on charge of- assaultand~battery-and-threatening-with

_ pptpnietrist aridjOpticlan400-Beilevne Ave.,

iHamniontbn Trust1r Company

i, ;• Hdmmonton, N. J.

WALTEB J.Capital, $100,000

Subscribe(rSurplu

Local Phono 877

EJ. Iv.

Pure Milk

TWa pet cent- intoreat pafdpji .,,...._'accounts averaiting a dally balance

' of $1000 or over.Three per oenf, compounded semiannu-

al ly, paid on Time AooounU.Bale Deposit Boxes for Rent, o

: Trust and Real Estate Department.Acts as Executor and Administrator

' Agent for the Bnlo of Real ICstato.• Btoamahlp Tickets sold. '•

Docs general Trust Company Business,

pPWCKUHThoi. Bklnnbr, ProBldont. _.-._...

Jos. n.'Imhoff, Vloo-Pronldont.Wro. Colwoll, Vloo-Prosldont.

B, M. Bottomloyi Bon. & Trooa.C. P. Cftmjmnolla, Aunt, Boo'y.

Dean B. Itenwlok, Attorney.

DIHKOTOHSJon. R. Imhoff J. Nolaon Ako

Q, Kirk Hpe&r Andrew KthorldRi!ThomnB Hklnnnr 'Win. II. DornnhouRO

• John A. Ilnyjo Donn B. Honwtok1 J. O. Bltlor John T. FrenchHenry Mon«luy .. Arthur Klllott

Duulol M. Dullurd JOB B, Mat.William Colwell P. B. Nlcpllnit

Joseph Thornpfion Wm. II; PuvkbnratOoor«n JonuB

Jolin Prasohi,•Funeral Director

and EmbalmorTweHtn fit.., between rttllrottde.

Local IMione 001. Well 47-n

Hammonton, N. J.

Paid your siibscriptionV

ReasonsWhy it pays to build of Concrete tFii-st, it lasts; Second, it satisfies;

Thirdr it.is modern ; -

The.otUer ninety six reasons' you•will Und if you will examine a

oTtHlFKin'i. or rryouwill call on the '

Co,

The Peoples BankOF

Hammonton, N. J.^ "

Surplus aud UndividerlProfits,. «545;000

W. H. BernshouseI^ire Insurance '.. •

Strongest CompaniesLowest Rates/

Gonveykncing.

:; perjient^.interest pnid _jon time Deposit^

Two pr. ot. interest allowed on demandaccounts having daily balance of

$1000 or more.

Commissioner of Deeds.-Hammonton. ' ,

Ghas. Graziano

Saife Deposit Boxes for RentM. Ii. JACKSON, President.W. J. SMITH, Yiee-Pres't.W. Bv.THiTON. Cashier.

_.. waived hearingand gaye. bond for court. We-know-notii-ngHof-- the-merits -of- the-case,^but . jf_we-arejiot jnistaken ,_an officer may. enforce the Jaw byuse of his gun, if necessary.

. . _Athletic Association will have itsfoot race next Monday, at three

M. L. Jackson J. A. Waas~Cr F; Oa^ood-^rrOeorue-Win. JrSmith J. C,-Anderson—Sam'l Anderson W.R. Tilton

Wm. L. Block '

J^fit.ineJookafter_yourheatlng_syitem_"before cold weather sets in, - .

CHAS. T. TH U PISTON

o'clock, starting at the PeoplesBank, going down Central Avenueto Hammonton Avenue,, thence t o j

^Elvms'^coriier, and doWn Bellevue-|JtoHEEe=sfaTting-p6r£n;T-^a1:routr:five"

miles. Prizes will be given, con-tributed by business men TheJunior race will start from samecorner, running up- Bellevue toMain Road, and return. Any whojyilLgiva-prizpct.mfly lea ye them atCordery's.—-OnJ^hrjslmjis.m.oniing.JEourteenyoung men and "women were re-ceivedLto_fulLmenibership-in-.:_theM. E. Church. The services were

•impressive. :

Fire Insurancei

FOB

Mortgage Loans.- - Correspondence Solicited.--Bartlett BuildiDK, .

Valley Avenue

Plasterer and Cement WorkerJobbing and Contracting.

• Medium priceiT L'ocai Ph'ooe'857'Hallsfuctlon guaranteed.

Now is the time to -."- "~~ •••'-'

Repair and Clea:n; yonr

Hot Air Eeaters.:

iHammonton Avenqe TiocaHammonton, - NJ..'

Ho Telephone ??

It

___T i-Offloe^^m_ to whom bills have bw-n 8<-nt for6ub»criptioD, ndvmtiHing and job work,wil l obiige the proprjptors by returningname (with check or cash) for receiptim>.

Yonr property in caseof fire.

Your IilFE when youneed the Doctor.

' t • .,

.._j.^.:.quickly. , :

m

BANK BROTHERS-

cigar a day, on actual cost of the. service.

Can ydu~a/ord~id'~be witKout ilf~Shall we Install a phone for you-?-

A. J. B1DEB,President and. Manager.

Hammonton Telephone ft Telegraph Qo.

. J, -A..

DentistCogley BuildlDK, : Uammontoo, N.J.

We wish you ail a Happy New

. • ., . . .The year just closing will be marked, in our liwftbry

of mercliandlsiniat, as the most successful one we have thus

far had. ."v It ',wiU;:sho\v a greater volume of business, which

. goes to show, .that more people than ever before haveentrusted us with their business.

People^ alteitfv town liave often expressed surpriseat the number of people we succeed in keeping from goingout of town for their wearing apparel. Rut it has not beendone through- luck,—a wide assortment, reliable goods,low prices, are. some of the factors that enabled us toaccomplish it.

We take this opportunity to extend to each andevery one of you our heartfelt thanks for yonr patronage,which helped to build up the business to its present si/.u.

We solicit your business for the year about to begin,assuring you that our facilities for serving you/in thefuture, will be still better than in the past.

.Yours very truly,

BANK BROTHERS.SAMURL p. BANKHARRY M. BANK '

3J[ ORDINANCE regulating Privies,_3'otlet«, Wpter-oToseta, Uriaal»;

'orTcooptaoles for filth, within tho limit*'of the Town of Hammonton, AtlailioCounty, New Jersey.

Introduced Got 11, 1010.Passed Dep. 13; 1010.

Bo it ordained by the Board of HeaHb:<of tho Town of Hammon ton, County ofAtlantic, and tttate of New Jeney :'

1. All toilets, water-oloHOta, urloala,or receptacles for fllth, In any house or 'building, or upon any lot or pnimiSMabutting upon a street in which a watermain IB laid, shall bo provided with. * •flow of water aufllouuir, to waiili all iiltifcInto auob privy wnll or oimhpw>l, under a •penalty of ten dollnrn for each violationof any of tho pr'>v|i>»nrt of thla Election.

%. This ordln iiu'.u bluill take cfiectImmediately ; and nil ordlniinoesor partoof ordinances iuconxi f t iur t with the pro-vi«lonp of ihltt ( i i -d i t i i "UH bo uud tbo-tunic avo hereby vc|"'k.i. il •,

JOHN A. llOTLlfi,xlden I tnn id of IJculth.

Al t imt : J. C. ItlTj.iCH, more'iuy.

words (or I C H <In tho Uupublloi lOc

CASH MARKETKcUluinl l l l u l u l h i j

Meats, Provision- , Qrooorieoflood Uoodn. Prlccn

ll ' I nnn i lg tvamai i (rlim nit i . ll<.lli 1'lione*It. I,. ItUHICBTONM

Miss BERTHA TWOMEYPublic

« of De«dsuBlneim In thoHO llnoa properly and

promptly tttiuiiiliid to.Qlboraon Bulldli)|{i llummonton.

Dr. U. 1C. AIYUO3I3

DEWTISTDullard BCUldlnff, :

Offlno llimro i U.OfltolD.viiik.tn.unit from l.Uu lo ft.uo p.m.

IMionoM.1 . Olourd

i-

vt

:3ir :1^:,::^

NOT ON THEOF FARE

ORDINANCE.. A NEW YEAR'S DREAM,An ordinance to license and regulate

billiard. snlnnnH r |>mvllng ;illpyfi pndother places for the pla'ying of

BB-foi'-amUBftllllUll &.- 1 llU'brhlCCd-j:November 9th, 1910. Passed De-'

h~' cember 15th, 1910.' i_ -Section-3.— Be it ordained. By (lie

Town of- Hammonton, In Council as-sembled, that no person or persons

^shall-be-permlttea—ttr^open;'>-lreep-or|conduct, . any billiard tSloon, pool)room, bowling alley, or other place Iwithin said Town in. which is kept any jbilliard, pool- or bagatelle table,howling alle'y or shooting gallery orany-other'~instrument,~ machine or de-vice whatsoever, for the use of whichmoney- or its equivalent in othervaluables shall be required or takoudirectly or indirectly without firsthaving procured from the Town Coun-cil for that purpose a licensevTmdTmy^Ing, therefore, for Billiard Saloon or

" Bnnm, nr-pninhfna.t1.-m of billiard

And Ulr tuoj^the pulls.

And-

cure not to scratch

N tho cozy depths of an armchair"IHroWr

and pool room, the sum of Twenty-

bowling "alley- the siim of" Five dollars j-($5.00)) per year; for shooting gal-jery-the~sum~of-Ten—dollarsr($10.00-per year, and for any other instru-ment, machine .or device whatsoeverthe sum of Ten dollars ($10.00) peryear, provlded_ that no license shallbo^gKinted ^by^virttie-'of-^hTs brdinahc\for a less term than twelve (13)months, and every person who shall-open or conduct such saloon, alleyor other place as aforesaid, withouta license as herein required shall beliable to a fine of not more than Tendollars (810.00) for each and eveiysuch .violation, or imprisonment jiofexceeding ten (10- days atjthe discre-tion of the Justice- of the Peace.

Section 2. And be. it .ordained.That any person or persons, keepingor: conducting any billiard' room orpool room or any other place of amuse-

__ment Jjcensed uhdg£-thjs ordinance,shall not have in charge of^salo" place"any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years, and shall close theirplace of business not later than

,.,.«leY.en_CH) o'clock p, ,m., .andj.ot re:open same earlier than six (G) o'clock-a, m.' .

Section 3. And be it ordained.That any person or persons licensed

On New y<-ar's-«vo, I mused alone."Wollnday!" thought I. "And deary

jneirhls world fs a fairly good world, I own,But how much better indeed Hwould baIf, putting- asldp his natural pridn, .

'Each'"llvlhE:"thlhg'irTflie world 'HO'wlda'""'Would honestly try hla simple bestTo bo oblislnff to all the rest!Wltli a l i t t le more~ k i n d n e s s and

sweet civility,Courtesy. _.patience

lind'amiablllt}-—Ah, wella.lay. und

deary me.Wha t a h i g h l y

agreeable world'twould be!"

For I,* breathless.„ Vofir'a dfly.Tho world wajjscd

fonUer fu l story fatl.s. •woke. It was New

It

the same old

said 1. "Dear

. . .on In

way.was only a dream!"nie! . -.

But I'll be 'as obliging ae can be.And tho world may " be better for that—•~ "••-we'll' see;"***^ '"" """" '"" " """""' '

—Margaret Johnson In Su Nicholas.

SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONSOh the Suiidiy Sellout LCTSOII by

Rev. Dr. Lliucott for the In-*to-nationalStudyClub.

(C.prffclu.UB kr IUr, T, 8. O.9.)

3, 1911.

r'THorr"sortTy " fade'dthe firelight's

| The New Year.| Who conies dancing over the snow,I His little soft feet all Jjaro and rosy?;— *-Opeti—theT'rdoor;- ..... though" "the" wild -winds

blow.Take the child In ind make him cozy-

Take him In and hold hliti df-ar..! He Is the wonderful New Year.

__ Open your lieart^ be_it_sad_qr j?aj'. ^ __I Welcome" TiTrn there and use him lUnd)>'.j For you must carry him, yea or nay —

'And,! fell asleep—..'nr-.sn it would,aeem—

And dreamed thisvery .-remarka-bio-dream: -

I stood, 'methought;

world6 "ame °'d BOWED •*JfD

With..-tha.same old .ocean.round lt_ curled.But~a slnsulaFstate" of"things','1 "foundA3 I rubbed my eyes and looked around.

ader tills urdlimin;u, "wh^ .-shall carryon or conduct their place of businessin a boisterous or disorderly .manner,or allow profane or indecent languageto be used on their premises, or who.shall otherwise violate any of • theprovisions of this ordinance, it shallbe lawful for the Town Council torevoke his, her or their license, whichpower'and right are hereby expresslyTftanrcAll. ^md_jill Uppnuna frnntf»fl hv

-virtue .of~thls..ordinauco -shall... be., ac-cepted by tho applicant therefor; nub-Ject to said provisions- ,of revocation.

Section 4. And bo it 'ordained, That-JL_8liaH_.bp tho duty of tho Marshal or

Chief of Police "to lirrcut or cui iHo' thoarrest of any person or persons

•.violating, nny of the provisions of UI!Hordinance.

Section 5. And ho:1t ordnlnod, Thatthe continued violation, of th in ordi-nance, utter conviction, Hhall for HtirhHubHoquont day hereafter coiintltulo Hnew recurring offence, ior wnicn tunoffender shall bo liable for Roparatnand further convictlona ami tin1 penal-ties heroin provided.

Sectloh (1. And bo It ordained Thntan ordinance entitled "An ordinanceto llcenao and • roKulato billiardHflloontt. . 'bowling nlloya and othorplacca for tlui playing of K"inen foramusement,"' imuHod A U K U H I ir>, I'.IOK,und nil ordinances or na r lH of on l l -minced incotiHlHtont with t h i n ordl-nanco bo anil tlu< HUIIK! urn hcrcb\rnpoalod ail<| (hut. thlii onllnancn nl i i i l 'K<t Into tiffed on \\\n ni'l'.'i'n day olJnnuury, M i l l .

.IO11N M.Mayor

Atlciil,W. II. H10K1.Y,

Town

Each man and woman," each chicle andchild, . (

Wherever I met them, bowed and smiledAnd answered my questions before they

were asked .., i a writer in Tit-Bits --~

Whether lie brinketh Joy or fear."~Tak«---hlirn^God ~«onds=hlmf • this—6

New-Year ,—Dinah Mari.i Mulock CraiK

GHRISTMAS-GARD^-FATHER.

British Artist Originated This Form of' Greeting In 1844.

Borne- day surely " a - grateful menument w.111 be erected to-the memory otW. A. Dobson, the parent of the Christmas card, for he was a true herald, otpea'ce and good will to the world andno small benefactor to commerce, says

tasked.And each, I saw, with an equal zest,Was doing the same for all tho rest

thoughtful zeal,but feel,

I —later—beHcame_a_ famous member of the Royalacademy, was a young man earning ajnodcs t incpmc_asmaster of the^gov^

From the president, bland on his lofty I ernment School oKpesignjat; Birming-seat.

To the dear little cricket that chirped atmy feet, • ' _ • •

There was not a thine in that land so fairBut lived to oblige. With the tenderest

- careThe ragman muffled his bells, for fearThey might-a waken aome Sleeper near,—And the newsboys called the Times and

PostIn tones like a cooing dove's—almost.

The plumber offor-tbft

mend"Just as

tn

a favor,.to pleasefriend."

The lawyer begficdthat his little"111, .

Unpaid, as it Imp,, poned, be un-

paid -Htlll.And the w o r t h y

n,,

erato man,Finished his HOP

mon before h<began.

The coolc m a d itarts eachIn the year.

And nobody thoughtIt tho least bit

TIIECOOKMADETAnTfl _. QU,Ofr'K A C U I . A V INTm^Jf?,,

YKAn. parksJu«t stayed to nee that the boys—stueh

lur l tHi—Kept on thn irrnnn, and tho teuchorir

brightGave only—nn children know In right—Tho ahurtest louaona iiniLhlghcat mnrK",Tho prlnltn-H iiont out In tho kindest wayA now ch!!dr«n'a muKH>lno every day.And the rdltorn always took the rhyuiegThat tho pootu nont at all possible tlmoa.

To plnnnu Iho llnherirmn down hy thnbniuli

The tl»h coma nwlmmlnK to catch thohook.

Thn oyntcrn n in l l ln f t ly opened their xhi'lln.Tlia hucketn npriinu innrrlly up In tho

wrllH.And Iho l l t t l n ilocn untluncil tho downy

hnxxlAnd lielpnd Iho chlcl innu lo Hm-ulch for

food.

Tho currnntn midthompf l l v rN

And ntooil all run

ham. One evening in December in-stead of writing his usual letter of

^hrlstmas-good-wishes-to-a-friend-it-occurred to him to substitute u pic-torial greeting, and, taking a piece ofcard about twice as large as a modernpostcard, he begun to draw on it. - I nthe center of the three' panels Intowhich be divided his design he sketch-ed a family group raising glasses tothe health of distant friends amid nseasonable environment or uoiiy nnd

^mistletoe, while on each side of thisfestal- scene he--drew a picture of adee<} .of charity.

This card Mr, Dobsou dispatched Uhis frjend, giving It no further thought.The friend, however, was delightedwith his novel and artistic Christmas !

'greeting and showed It everywherepromllyr to tho oqutil n^^iratiAu of hig

(CopyrlKht, 1911. by Rov. T. S. Llnecott, D.D.)The Kingdom Divided. I Kings xil:

1-24._J3oIden Text—He,that walketh-jvithwise, "ineri~sliair~be""wlse~: ~biit a convpanion of fools •< shall be^-destroyed.Erov. xiil:20. , . ' , . . .

(1.) Verse 1—Whose son was Reho-boam and what was his general char-

D«(uro They llud Arithmetic.

Before they had arithmetic, J

Or telescopes, or chalk, •t/'-'-'-tOr blackboards, maps, a.nd_cq£y-i

*Y-;.;;Tray.e'r8 sat;alone at a little table inI'a ^Corner :of ! the'cafe. The -continual^hu'6i;'V;'and murmur . of low-pitched

;olces, all the. interminable sounds ofjiV restaurant surrounded him, .but hefst^qulte stlllv with Ills chin resting In

is hands, staring at the empty chair' islte-to-himrn-tTherBlBht-of-pretty.;Jen, well-groomed men, all theght, lively scene around him did^entice him from his reverie even;a moment. At last Travers ner-

Jsly drained the. cup to the lastop, and then, wearily passing hla

d across his -forehead, he assumed

,,When they could only talk:

fiofore ColutnbUB came to snow__ Tho world geography, __U'liat did they teach the little boyB™- \Vho went.'to_.sclVool Uke mo?

5'iicra wasn't any sranTmaT. then, ' __________ __ cor-spcil,

|s former attitude.- Dreamily he nxeues^on'the' .vacant chair, and then^talking in^a"sort o'f "breathless

•"•whisper,'as If-to some ouut t : ' . - -

r°. _"Nann}e,Jtfannley It's too. good to see^"^btfTaKaiia." fit's'see,"It's"'been "thfee

ted-there-r-w4feh—me-

For books were not invented yet— -I think :twaa just as well. —

Tlirr« dates,---i)r laws, or wars,* or Kings,

Or gimnrals, pr victories,Or any of those things.

There . poiildii't_ have been much' to*'

(2.) What king had just

learn;There wasn't much :to know,

passed ' 'Twas nice" to he a little boy "«*-.. . . . _ . . , . ij—.

a_a J . .-;TK^Q.fr*-*- ' 1 Jl-"-1—r-i^n^—,-,—,^i-rr-,~ ,,-rlT^I ,-T- -1

_.(3.)—Verses.i-o^WJio was-.Ieroboauvand what part had he previouslj—plav^ed in lsri;e!?

1 ....... ' ^ i | r _____ ____ .-.^. , . -- ..... i. i i r -- - ......... -^car..,

pPor history had jipt begun, : _______r ~ - ' -

and who,called him home?'(5.) What . request did Jeroboam

make of Rehoboam? . _ _..(6.) How long Should it 'take"a man

to decide; on a matter of right "amfwrong? '- o ' ' •••(7.) What is indicated as to thecharacter of Rehoboam In takingthree days to give his answer whetherhe would do the right thing. (This

question muit be answered by mem-bers of tot club.) -

(8.) Verses B-7—What was the ad-vice" and3ts-~raoral ,guallt>'^w^'.ch-theold men. gave "Rehoboam?

(9.) Verses' 8-11—Is the"-advTce""bfold-menr-concern'.ng—matters-of—rightand wrong, or of wise policy, morelikely to be right than that of youngmen?- Why? ,

(10.) Did the young men advise theking conscientiously. and"wHat doyoiithink of their advice?

(11.) IB It moral or immoral, andwhy, tor the Opposition to oppose a

_ _ . ^ _•wnen— but we ;won't think of it now,-we'll just be happy. Tell me, Is yourJife happy, is he good to you? If he

I" — ..... ; ian't;;;K)hr"if"f"'had-;pnly - cared -lessTirnat peopleTnight say, if;I could haveforgotten my miserable pride, we'dbave run off some place and been mar-Tied In spite 'of "your uncle', and 'hismoney, .-wouldn't we? Yes, I know. ,1*a\ir It In your eyes, all that last even-ing— that 'you'd have gone anywhere3gitlL!me--aiid .then, when I aak^d you

, . / . -Arid in T the "schools, i"don't;"BeerwIiat'

The children had to do. • . .

tfj^_ _ brave, a n d I — 1was a poorlcoward— KiTTf~wasn'r myault. No;- there was yoiir mother, aU

Now,'> always there Is more ito learn-r' How history does grow-!—.And ?:very day they ..find nOWr things,^-

They think we ought to know.

And If It must BO on like, thisI'm glad I live to-day."

For boys ten thousand years from no\r.Will not have time to playt

—St. Nicholas. . ...

ucqualntunces. Kverybody begged fori a similar card, and In the following| December the amiable- Mr. DobsonI etched another' design nnd this time

had U lithographed and Ment out cop-ies by tlio "score." Tii the followingyear he had several Imitators, and Ihu'ChrltitftiaH card wan at last launchedon the tide of popular favor, nlthouKboven then If Mr, Dobsou had been toldHint his modest curd of 18-11 wouldhiivo -lO.OOO.OOO doMfondautH Hlxty- l lvc.veilIN I n t e r In (ircnl I t r l t i i lu alom1 hewould' nrnlmhly l i n t c thrown up hishiilid:; In n t i i i i x iMi i i ' i i t idid Incredulity.

l i lnr ldini rk'M

[ii^il on Ihu p u n t r y

<:hrrrliiK llrr 11 1> n It It,

A yrtiriiK lady M v l i i K In A t l a n l u vl»-HIM) tho lininn of licr l lnnci i In New

luann. On her r e tu rn hontii un oldKi'o "niiiiiuny" I D I I K In t l i « iiorvlc'*

of thn fi i iully, ami coim<.(|iii 'n!ly p r lv l -Icgrd to put tli« i l i imtt lon, l u i h i M l ;

"Hrtru-y, wliwt lit yon i ;<> ln ' lo j;tl

Tho cni; i ' l ! i ' i iM'nl not Imvln i ; hrcii n i l -nouncril, I IKI A t l a n t a n'i'1

ii iMl , I riiti 'l n i i y , i i u n t l n , I'm-,i HI 1 M l n i l l never miirry."Tlio " i l i l woi i inn ' i i jnxv foil.'"Ain ' t dm it | i l ly, now!" nliri rJnctt-

l l l l l M l , mill, l l f l l ' l ' H ' l l rc l ld l l , n l i i - I l i l i l i ' l l ,i i ,Mn( i l l i n ; l . v , "Hi-.v do "iiy <lul old i i u i l i l i iIn I I I" l lU | i | i | rMl r i l l l n l n (Icy In , oiii ' i '<l«>y i |till i i lnic. i j l l i i ' ."

Artor (on I l i n mail)— I mippone. youhiivo no lilr.i what Ihn nl/.n nf ourhouiiii w i l l hn l o - n l K l i t ? I t viirteu,iloium't I I ?

Well, you l i l n n<iiim-iil |y lollaccurately hy i l lv l i l ln /^ l id mini.

t l)ii(i)ilo lu l l i o eompni'lr I

Thn nun nu t w i l l i n g l y up ni l n l H b tTn t^ln-or Iho "in-Ill whctn I t nomUnl I t K h t .Tho hi ih l fn t h t * l r n i i t n rn l I ' r lnn nuppr i ' i iH iMll''*ir feur nf hn»ii l l -

II IK their pur -nlilu' r u n t ,

And t hu i l i -nr i l lI In, Kin . I H i l l "nwi' t i t l l t t l " l ioyr

K e f nil nod fronin n K I n K

•<I-al l l i (uI and

Thu colored man referred to In thisl l t t loHtory from Judge muBt have boonthe man who wan uo good a "provlrtnr"lhu,t hfl provided liln wife wi th threenew placcH to wash at.

A gentleman, BeoliiK him utui't off ona (lulling oxcumlon, t h o u g h t it. an ox-rollont t lmn lo I 'Kprovn h im for h l n

MullHhe'll

I wan

"Ilufua, you old loafor," nald he, "doyou t.lilnk It'll right to Icavn your wifeut Hid wash-tub while you pimn yourt lmi ) l lHhliiK?"

"Yiuimili, JO<IK<>; H'H nil rl/?lilw l fo don' ncnd any wati:hlng.nholy w u l t Jim' IIM hiird un ifiliih."

i h o ——

Hut < | i i l« i ly pliiycilw i t h I l i n l i - l i n r i i i -Innn l u y n

Ani l wi iMl in l tho l rh u n i l n w i thou thohiK told

'I'D p i i u i n i i t h n l rin o t h n i n, i lnMiind an iiolit .

Tlio lirrozn en inntilowlmr In };en•'

t i n Ki l l* 1 ' )W he n i, vo r ' I wan

I V I I I l l e i l ( u I I I !thn Miilln.

Til.I pili'inifl-M nlny- WAHIIKHTIIKIIIIIANIMImi In i l i r m i - wi ' rnoii ' i ' i i r . ini i 'Kil i i ' .lorhri l -( l i l ln; -

Anil I l i n i n l i ' n m i l ii|i nn Iho I m l n n n y ru l l r tI'o lot t i u r ld t in i i i i piny w i th thnlr tn i in ,And III" n l i i i "I" n l l l ln i l lh"lr n l t f l i l l v wull",Anil Ihn M i l l " l l n l ' i b i in - i - i l I n l l r l i l u Ihn

Wlllllllh, „' I

Ami Iho I n - n w i i ' l u i w l i l i i n r l c i l t i > wnrn Ihn | When. n ie l l l l ie l '

And the l i i i l l m Illi-i l o l K i i - O In help t hnn n n l l n ,

Aln1 I l i n l i : i n l i i i r r n worn lyinll" "Mil klliil(u i l m i n i l l i i ,

'I'llo Ailttlfilt lltilir.

The earlier I C f j y p t I n n n dlvldod tholay and ulKlit. each In to tw«lvo houra,i euntnni ni l i ip l i 'd by the .Io\vn or.'Iniitlin, prolmli ly from Ihn llahyloul-»ii». '1'ho i lny In mild to havo llrnt, linenllvl i l«i l I n t o hoi ini f rom M. (;, '.",1:1,when n nun dtnl wan ni'ei'.ted In t l io'.eiiipli- of Qii lr lniui , at. Itonin, 1'rovlouii(n thn l i ivent lnn nf Hi" wit tor olnoliii,II . (!. I f i H , the t l n i i i wnii nilli ' i) ut. Homouy pulil le, ei 'lern. I l l ear ly lOlllil'ind olio' x p i M l l u i i t for iiH'iuim I I I K l ime wait liywax eiindleii , Ihi 'eii Hiclini l iu i ' l lHiK "IIhour, The Unit 'pnrlVrl n iee l i iu i l i -n li-l i ick wan not i i i iuU' u n t i l i l ium! A. I) .K!:.0. Day IH-IUUI i t t lUl iu- l i in i in ini i i ;i n i i M l of Ihn no r the rn i m l l u i m , n l tu i i i .Ji,l, . i i iuuiiK lUu.-Athuuluilu. unit .Irwu,MII| al i i i l i l u l K h t anioiiK Hie IlUf w i l l ) n n . . .

thn iMii i l "U|i | i ly In low, «unf t i n ) l i u n l l y V | M t i i y n In liuil

lnii;;i'i' In ( t i n n i i i r i i l i i K tu lienp win-iniiml r u f i i n i ' i i in wni ' i 'y iilioitt 1,1. Thai' I l i l l l i l IT |M (III l)|il I l l l l l l t .

good Government measuru simply forthe'sake of opposition?

(12.-> Verses-12-14 Wherein con-sisted the mistake of the answer ofRehoboam ?

(13.) What resulted from Reho-boam's answer and what would prob-ably have been tho result if ho hadgranted -tho request of tho people?

jl\VKir«L«l>e_Cotloii lnI was (?6lnK home again, und was wait-

.Ing for my train, ' * "•In a quaint old railway station way-

out West .AH tho world was bright to me,_foT^tr

knew I Boon would see,Dear mother, and the girl 1 loved thv.. beat.

I could a$e the ruatle gate, where I.swung with sweetheart Kate,

And the old. plantation homo that, , . stood below.May 'tho n6f t "ihooh gently"" ahtne - oa

your sweet face, mother mine,In tho homo down where the cotton.

blossoms

tin- inuinl seutiuimit ofa majority of the people Is-knownrhowmuch rollnnre, should wo place uponIt? . • ' ' " , '-'

(ir>.) This mistake of Hohoboamwas IrrupuNiblo: how may:ouch mia-tikes h"e niado" td-flay? •'" .......

(1C,) VOI-RIJ ir>— See Chnp, xl:ll nndaay how much Gpd had to do with thlaact of folly of Uehoboam?

(17.) In what sOnse, If^ any, .was R'eN-hoboam'n answer "from tho Lord?"

(18.) Verso" 16 — Why was Israel JUB-1 1 noil In rebolllng against King Roho-boan), nnd .why was tho United StatosJuHliflcci'. In ' robolllug ogalnBt Qeorgo

(10.) VerHOS 17-2-1— Wlmt part ofthe . original Kingdom romalnod withrtqhpbpanij and what part rebelled?

,,.(20.) iiow dIJ Itohoboam follow uptils fatal hliiniliM-9

(21.) .loVohonm wim tho popularchoice of Inrnol for King what roaHon10. tlicvo In t h i n k ho wan iilno Qud'ucliolcb?

(22.) Did Iho pnoplo imloct Joro-bbam bocauBO ho wau (lod'a cholco,why or why not? /^' (28.)' Did God noleet .lorohoah) bo-cauno ho wan Ihu t-liolcn of tho poopleor for iiomo othor I-OIIHOII?

(24,) Oons doil nlwayii havo l l l nwny 111 the chnlen nf natloniil rulerti?

TjOiiHon for flnnduy, .Ian. H, H i l l ..Torotionm Mnl«m Idolu for liiriu.'l toWorxhlp. 1 K l i i K M x l l :2 .V.x l l l : f i .

HIM Ifnnirrr.In tlu-nn dnyii of iilmoiil ju-n eniliuini

(Inri imn muiilo and inuiilclmio, It IMnil hor ni i i imli iK to rend thn opliilonnof former Roiiei-ulloiiB roiu-eriiliiK Ton-tiuili: iilnKorii,

Kredfli ' lrk t l in (Ireixl wan no Impi)l l l n l y nii|)iiti-|otlo mi to ilecliiro that hewould ruthnr hour thn nii lnhlhK of uliomn than the iiluglliK of n Onrmuiiprliim ili i i inu, I 'erhnpii In hln day themivau uoimi nxriiiii: for niu'.li n I'limiu'k,hut. Ihn t l i i i r M hnvit i'hiiiu;nil,

Thern In u i l l v r t l nK niiooildtn nf nnI ' l i l l an who WIIH coMvlnmid that no(J i ' i ' i n i i i i I'oiihl n I UK. A f r lnn i l Imlui ' iMlh im tn go to thn o|irrn where, Hen-rlorrn flontnir rinng. - Af te r l i rnr lnir-h^r-Unit iirln, Hi" I l i i l l n n not n|i to /to.The f i ' l rni l ui'K"il him to n lny , niiiiurliiith im Hint ho would ho convinced mum.

"I know II," replied Out l l a l lnn ,"nnd t l iut 'n why I K°."

Tlmrn are In ln of pi ' i ipln who wnlKi l l Hie ( l ine M M I l l i M l i ' . l l | l l(l l l | / ; l l l |[ lu q' l i l t«walk . . N

Old Favorites

•ways talking about what flue oppor-tunitles you haa, now that you had

:- -tMsen made fte!r~fo sScn- a fortune. Andthen Saunders. came along, with hisjacht and his -automobiles—;and any-

. body could sea he! was awfully in love• 'w i th you, and—'well, I "either had to: atop loving you. myself or go,-and so I

came paway. But' I' haven't made quiteA failure outr of my life. No, Nannie,

-^itUo-ghUf-iiQt^Qulte^^ypuis^^at^flrstI didn't care much what happened, butthen—I got to thinking how you wouldexpect things of_me L and BO I took a

—--—JlcrJpjujJmygeff and pitched "Tn, struck., . my gait somehow; aniTTIad "luckrtoo—' maybe you've heard-of-me—I-wonder

if you ever think of—but you must be• ' very happy, with everything done to

• make you-so, and every one loving you—". Travers ceased, and with a shiverburled his face In hla hands. "What

much—you"had ho-fight.to. think thatI would marry him.;.'. You thought youwpuid go .away'and let me eujoy myuncle's bounty, but you had no right tothink,that 1 ..wanted^-

It..-for tho

GQQVSHOR

never tbink what a woman wants, howmuch a woman may1 care—1—" • '

She stopped and drew back, crimsonlug. the tears creeping Into her voiceand her eyes.

It wa.8 now Travers' turn to lean fbr-ward. Trembling, he reached into hisb"reast"" :an"d~"[>ulled -• forth - a~tttiy—lacehandkerchief, crumpled and dark withpocket grime. Unfolding it he spreuiIt out before her. ' -

"Do you recognize thai?" he asked."Why, it's mine," she quavered. "HV

the one you stole from me at the Alar

back." • . .'"Yes, that's it. And I've, keiit

_since—always." Athought suddenly striking

.mother?"""1~At~tHla*shev-seemed-suddenly*to-re-member her position. Stifling a sobshe caugfit at her cloak, and;"hastilyrising, looked across the room. Travera reached over and' gently pushed her

-down,- --,— :"You're not going just yet," he said,

quietly, "not for all the mothers In theworld."" S h e looked at'Kim. searchingiy, thetrouble in her eyes slowly giving wayto a look of happiness, of contentment,the sight of which brought a smile ofexultation to his face.

_ _ _twisting; the handkerchief, around hor"flngef:"" "Mf.""~saunders~took-Tne-to-atable over there and then went out tolook—for mother, who wa,a cumlng-be*ilnd with Mr. Burdlck; and whenIobk7ed"af6und-"andrsaw you I'was.soglad I .didn't even stop to think, butJust-

"Saunders!" he-Interrupted, roughly,"I thought" "Yes," sjie saltf, hurriedly, "he^jieyer

seems to give up. It's Impossible tomake him understand that we can only

"".am I doing, what-aru I imoaned, softly. "I must stop this, 1must or 1 shall go mad."

Chorus — •Picture to-night, a field of enowy white,

Hour tli»-«litplt«y-«tngtiigeoft'ttt><HoTrr

After a time. Travprs knew not how--------- -long, ha pulled himself together and

looked up. ' He glanced at what had" ' .......... b'ec'h' the' empty chair, -rubbed -his- eyes-

and looked again. 'A girl, in n lightopera cloak, amlled across at him.

"Yos, Bobble, I'm real." Then, anx-• • lonuly, as ho continued rigidly staring' . . a t hef, "Bobble, 'don't you know

I_lpng.therp to be, whore someone waltzfor 'mo, " ""•".

Down where tho cotton blosBomsgrow.

'When I reached thn clear old placo,------ rv«ry old familiar, face .................Brought unto my hcurt u, - throb, ot

untold joy,As each ilurltey took hln ntund, then I

Blioolc each liy the hand,For I'd known them alnco I'd -been »

llttlo boy.Then a swoet and joyous cry, brought

a tear drop to my oyo,And my mother klHnnd me an In day»

of old,While a Kl r l lHh form ilrew near, 'twna-

my nwoctlieurt Kate no dear,In my homo down where tlio cotton.

lilonBnmu i;row.—Old HOUR. __

Homo In Not k^ciur Niinnro Walla.

Ilomn'n not merely four miuaro \vulln,ThoiiKh w i t h pletnren Ini i iK "lid Kl'il-

,Tr» "era had become vory , pale. He

.aat,_tenselj ; erasplng_tho nrms_of" his«halr, mutely drinking In the ploturbbpforo him'.

' ''Nan, Nan," lie breathed. "It's you,yea, you, my own little Nannlo. I— I•can hardly believe my eyes. I - "

lie half rosli out of his chalr.-nnd,•cniuhlng both her hiuula In UlH, raised(hem almoBt to his Him', then realizingthat many curlouu glances were beingcant In their direction, ho roloaued herand uank Imck.

"Do you know; I — " ho bogan, hoHl-

l loini) In where nffeetloil callB,l.'llleil wl l l i n l i r lm-H tho world

Inillilcd.hue,

"Yea?" who murmured, leaning for-ward, hor eyen novur leaving hln face,"you wero unylng?"

"Do you know, I wait JuHt thinkingof you— wondering whoifo you worn,

'•what you woro doing, whothor — yo\\vreri) hapiiy or not; toll mo, you aruhappy with him, am you not?". "With him! With wliom?"

"Why, your— himlxuul.""My hiiHliand! I have no — why, Bob-

liy, I'm not married!""You'ro--not— nii irr lcd! Hut Suuu-

lloniel ( i i> wutrh the f a i t h f u l dovoHal l l i iK Heath thn lieiivnnn nlinvn uo~

Ilonio lu whnro there'll ono to lovn,Homo In whnro thure'u onn lo lovn

iml

Hoinn'n >int m«roly rnnf nnd room —It ll.iriln nnimitl i l i iK to onili'ui- It;

Ilonio In wheru thn hnivrl can lilnomWlmrn tlii'rii'n »mnf> lilinl l ip ID uh«nr

It ,

\Vlrf i l In l i i i inn with none to meet,Noun to welcome, noun lo ni'"«t un',"

1 1 mint In invent, and only nwentWllorn thorn'H onn we |»vo tn miuil

un.

Clennlna tho Honhouoo.tt you wlnh U> rid your hnnhounoi

of ll«o and mltnii now In t tm i l rnu tado It

dlnmi thorn p n r f o n t l y , whltewiinh tliotililen und rooiitii, rniliovn all I l l t e r f i r n i iiho noiitn and whl tnwni ih (hum nut-nhle nnd In. TaUo out all droppliiKnmid l i f ter (in thn Moor and nprlnldontihcii over tho floor evnry fnw ilnyn.

| i 'u i i i iKMtn thn hoiiHo'oiino <ir twlon n.wnelt w i t h niilplmi1 or lolmcc.o niiVnlin.Make n war on Ilin luunctii for . Ihu.next t w o i i umt t iM, mill you wi l l not InI ro i i l i l e i l nnii'h wi th HMHU i l inlni t iiinit

'('lie limn i\VJio Ji l inl i i t i i Im hi IIMmi i iAylioi l ) ' hel ldVen hn In h n l i i j r ,

L ' . "» ' . , &•'.", . 'j:

Closing her eyes weaflIyr"Be-tween them_both I almost go crazysometimes." |[ _ ^\

A look of 'Cljaffable^jongihg <jame into •Travere'~"eyes-as-he-gazeddrooping form of-the girl before himand this was quickly followed by anexpression which no small number ofmen had learned to fear.

"Hang Saunders and, his wholecrowd," he.ehoked_out,_EraspIng herhands and kissing them again andagain, this .tfcne utterly' oblivious' to

who had' " ' -- ~~ — -r-2 - i—j-j-r • a — i — Li-

"t Inviprl Win ,f>nee

three years apo, Nan Weatherby, but,.by heavens, Ivm not going to lose younow! Listen to me "

J'Oh,"Bobbie,"' she gasped, - • "everybody's looking at us!"

"Never mind that." ho' smiled, stllholding her. "Rev. Charles McCrackcilives Just around the corner from hereand he la a good friend of mine. Shalwo call oA/hlm?..J'you.BaliLpnco my eyea told you .would 7Ro.anywh.ero wi th you," ,H}IIBald, looking lip ut him; "what lUTlhe.toll you. now'?'-'

And from the she of tho t ip whle.l;Travers shoved-Into the haniln of th'astonished waiter, we may miffll.v concludo tliat the 'light' lu Miss NanWcatherby'H eyo Illuminated a prettystraight roud' to tho abode of IlnvChftrlea McCrackon.—Columbia Monthly.

M X I ' l l HIM K1IM ON ' I I I K V M I A M V I'll M M

dnru, whiit about Miiui i i lor i i? Von luiow,uf ter 1 |ntt, I t l ioi i i ; l i l yut i wnilli l - -"

"Yen, you, 1 l iuow you I h i i u n l i l . yout••• oh, l lohhle, you' i l i i u u t h t loo

Ilonxlna the LntlnilU.

Perhaps ono of the' beat of tho nilmorons closa of Hluun, Latin Inscrlplions was that which -appeared aomtime ago tn n Duhlln paper.---UIn antique "Ijntln" as follows:

"I Htxylilto haeraa ago, fortlbus es Inaro. Noblle Thlabo forto trux,' BO vntlclmmi—pea an dux."

, Thin purported to hnvn honn founnear thfl tilte of n ohurch dedlratod t"Iho unlnt known to thn old clironlolorn an Ilneiitiui Amhulnnua."

Thn "LnUn" liiHorlptlon was tn rnaIty nn nbnnr<| rhyme:I Bay, Hilly, here'ti a j;o!Forty biinen lu u row.No, llllly, t h i n be forty trucks.Hoo vot |H In 'em- peiui and dueliH

"But," null! tho Impur.unlouti lurnl|;fortuno hunter , "my dour Mlim (loldloflkn, why nliould you tiroftir nnnlhoto mo? 1 itiu n man of lltleii."

"Ho In your iiruforrod rival,"tho woman.

"Ho lu nothing but a plnln Amnrlcncommouor," iiiidoroil tho nohlonmu.

"Inileeil, ho In u man nf l l t l im, too,rntiinieil HIM linlreiiii. "And .my fitt.hr.him hud nil hl» l l t le i i oxninlni id byI'onilieleht ti'inil. company. Your t i t l eurn ImL wiinlu; hlu lU'U ilevilM »uil Iiiomii of lh.0 beiil, 11 ni per I y In thn n tn l i i .- - l Iu l l l i iHin i Ainnrli'iin.

A Inau In rich lu |iow«ir if lie In »>ilto'dll wi thou t t h e l l i lm; i< vveallh wllibuy,

The i n n I I who In w I l l l i i K to bill. I l ltiollom l l i i l l u r n i ' l i lno i linn In dl|{ ilowvory f u r , ' , .

In the mayor'a early days on ttoench a prisoner's counsel said, in theourse of his speech: "Medical wit-icssea will testify that my unfortunateMent is suffering from kleptomania,nd, your honor,

:a.?_'l.r.."X.ej.,"._sa.ldTJudge Gay;t" is ."a"' disease tho'Tpe'6pTe'"iiay "me to

, you know what that1?Judge Gaynor, "if. do.

lure.A. sturdy Scotchman had been hav-

ng a dispute with his wife, which re-ultcd in his taking refuge under theied. As she stood on guard with a

stick In her hand, he called

ai&il

.In - his -'.' Bright.. Sides, of History.:'. Jn.St. Nicholas, 13. H. House has some-thing to say about the Appetites offamous people. "You know already,"." ' '• r"• • lipgnn', " 'v •• - 'was a 'great general at one period, andthat, hn led hlathrough many parts of Asia-

ly subjugated by him; and the spoilscollected from the principal citiesformed> the basis of an immense fpr-tune with which he afterward enjoyedhimself and entertained his compan-ions in Rome. But gold and jewelswere not the only things that attract-ed the attention of this man of variedtastes. The city of Cerasus, on theshore of the Buxlne sea, was celebra-ted for its cherries, specimens of whichwere offered , to him as the choicestdelicacies of the region. He was sodelighted with them that he ordered

ustlly from his retreat: "Ye ?anamb me and ye can bate me, bu^-ye:anria" break my manly spirit. I'll nae

fruit . to be cultivated uu lilntales at home, and from that timecherries began to bo known in Italy.You may.be sure that Lucullus the sol

A small' Norwegian Tad presentedlimself before a certain school teach-sr, who asked hlm~his -name. "Pete'eterapn^'7-he replied. "And how old

die dlffei fro

L CkVAOyu, . M W .wX'..r->.. -. • ^UUDC p U l u u « k u *-**

aro-vouPetep/aslced-the-teacher.iBd^n,>ny_hniirg_in

cullus the Sybarite. It'needs, a t4earhead to jwi.n battles,An.4jS2X?I?O)BS:dpms. and whi le , he 'was busy wTththose pursuits he could not-have wast-

'Ay not know how old Ay bane," said.he lad. "Well, when were you born?"continued- the-teacher. "Ay-not-bornat all; Ay got stepmutter."

A Methodist bishop's wife address-ng a meeting of working women made

home life seem all very fine "and ideal,but ones* housewife voiced the opinionof the rest, perhaps, when she said toher neighbors with a sniff: "She's allright'as far as she goes; but what I'd

.on pay night with his .envelope emptyanrf~a~flghtin'-jag-on?"- ~

The Governor'of a Western ' State

KILLED WITHOUT HITTZHCf.

llaalrl "noo«ic~"'Wa»" a"Jwondert»l •~'^$$$J£llUnrUNman nmd Never SIl««e<J.

.-.Aa a .small .boyf Tip. h^ard an old3, upward ot 100') toll about.

seeing Daniel Boohe, and about somen tlila nlrl

eiitle.man himself was a small "boy,NP.W York Tlmea. He

said that Boone was a very large man,Komnthlng over elx feet, deep-chested,very heavy shouldered, but was small.in "the 'belly, with, .lon'»,r>,thin, stronglogs, large, hard hands and feet andiron' gray hair and hazel eyes,'verylarge and with sights always openingapd shutting, working actively like thsnervous pupil of the eye of a gani(5~"rooster. BoomV'was passing throughfrom a trip out.-West and had withhim only his hatchet, hunting knifeaiid rifle and was without dogs or com-naiilons. He had only a coonskln cap,huckskln hunting snlrt down to ms~.knees, high laced cowskin moccasins'and no pants or underclothes. Hisrifle was as tall as Boone himself and

with a long, thin, whltftThis old man naa

fore him as a warning'the ..fate of Al-exander, who threw away his life l'idissipation while-he-was-,-:'y.et7ypung;in alnio'st exactly the same-part of theworld*." " '

"You were telling us the other day,"aid Percy, "that^Napoleon Bonipartotad no time to think about what lieite." "

"That was often the case," Uncle;iaxton replied, "when he was out cam-,

^ ^-mS

tie peaceful intervals, ot, his reign hevas- extremely-"-abstemlous.__But he

iuc ^u,»,.„«. „. „ . lad his fancies in the way ol food,was makTngtnspBCthnr of-certain State I md it - has ..been said that he wasInstitutions when he m~.de inquiry as j mnished terribly for Indulging one ofto thappointed to an insane 'asylum. "How.Is he getting on?" asked the Governor,thinking to get an unprejudiced opin-ion5 from , the official acting as hisguide. "Pine!" 'exclaimed the -man.'His' preachin' Is very successful, Gov-

ernor. The Idiots enjoy It especially."

written "Urgent" on her card wasshown .into the consulting room of

Eyne,. head. of. the fa-mous surgical hospital .In Flintshire.

Is the matter with you?"_sald^ the -great—man:—"f—wish;"—sheanswered, "to become a nurse in thisinstitution." The surgeon tapped athoughtful tooth ' with his lancet.'First, one question. Have you had

any previous experience?" She dazzledhim with a reassuring smlle7~"Expe'rlence!" she cried. "I should' justthink so. Two of_ mv brothers nlavfootball, another has tried to cross thnchannel In nn aeroplane, of his ownmake, mother is a suffragette, and fa-ther..keeps .a.motor .carj.'

High and low he searched for thebag of confetti he had brought homean the previous evening for his Ronand heir, but his efforts were riot rc-warded with success. Whom on earthhad ho put it? .What hod become otIt? With every minute he becamemor<r Iriitn, till finally lie rang forBridget. "Bridget," he" exclaimed, test!"ly, "did -you HCO that bag of confettiI brought homo lant night for Fred-din?" "Sure, an' 01 did, storr!" broguedout Bridget. "But Oi didn't know Itwas only for Mhaator Fred. 'There's

the - wrong time.-T. Boiled;onion sauce was a dish of

jvhich he was often tempted to-eat toonuch, and on the day of the battle of7eipsic, when he should have been es-jecially - careful of his diet, he choset for his principal meal, and dined?so heavily that within a few hours av'iolent colic seized him, and he was

hickory ramrod,been-" a'hunter-all-:his-life/^nd said,th» vrifle was the biggest and heaviest fcoh a d ever seen. • . - . . -""The" great thing was to see Booneshoot. Boone, without taking a rest,hit-a.sp'oLevery_tkne as Wg_as_ajnan's,hat at 200- yards,'-alniing..-very slowly-"and deliberately, for that was long be-fore the days of cartridges and quicksnap-shooting. Boone at forty or fiftyyards "barked'r'two squirrels, then anunheard-of marvel, though commonenough now. He hit the bark of thetree right under where the squirrel

and picked up atone dead without somuch as-a-scratch-on-him^_:JCllllng._a__tough old fox squirrel.without a bul-let touching him. or drawing a flropof .ilood looked -like a l»if; magic or

to eaSy" settlers" "ana" In--j;:

nent when all his skill was needed toivert disaster. Other causes have beenTssigned "for nig' defeat, but, the" story,vhich I give you was believed at the

dians.Boone drove a nail or two and

showed how he loaded his gun. He"had a small powder horn filled withfinest grain powder about as .hard andclean from smut as the best modern;a little hollow powder .measure madaof elderwood, such as boys make whls-

his powder by laying the rifle bulletin the.palm of his Jhand, .then, pouringon powder until the bullet.was justexactly hid In the pile of powder. Thistime, and -Ldo_noLknow_that_lt_haaJ^l;Aul;ll-)' mu »"_<•«" *"<= *»• rw*v *...._

>ver been proved false. The harm may!wa* the~rlghrioaarso-he-cut-h.ls-elderlave come from his habit of eating too'ast, for which Napoleon was notori-ous. He did not ordinarily allow hlm--•elf; leisure enough to enjoy the fewlishes he -llked-best,—Hls^.tamqus ri-i'al. was just as careless, and evenmore Indifferent.

STOKY BOOHED CALHOUK.

Mlulitcr to China Cantfht l're»-Iilcnt MeKInley'n Fancy.

William J. Calhoun, the new minister to China, was a Chicago lawye;with little more than a local ropuiatlon In 189G, when he fought for Me

d-for-hia-elee-

to this measure. After pourjng "thi>powder down the barrel he laid a pieceof greaaed linen patching of. finest,smothest homespun over the end, andforeed It down the barrel with thebutt end~of-hls-knlfe,-cutoff-theH?atcU»-Ing sticking out, then shoved the but-lei home with th> rnmrod—a hard.

"l\lD*Cy"3" ttOtlon agalnat Bryan,, says the Bostoi.Herald. It WUB on the stump that h(attracted a lot of attention, and somiof Ivis friends say that a story he toUat the big political mooting In Chtcagihad as much bearing upon his fu tuncareer-as anything he ever dl'd-prBiildIt was at the closing meeting of tin

tight job. With a quick jerk of thewrist he would pack tight the bulletand powder und drive so hard that theramrod almost jumped out of the gunon the rebound.

Boone's rifle stock was the shortestand most angularly curved ot any Inthe village. And this same Dan leiBoone jitock. seen tor the first time by

but half "of It loft now." "Only half walgn. the Ho-Called "Flag Jtally/' presided over by Mark Hanna, tha>f It left?" ho cried. "Wlmt on earth

hiivo you done with the rest?" "CookedIt, av coorao," retorted Bridget; "anIt's for yer own breakfast, with cream,yo had It thla marnln'!"

Her </lirni» Oliiner.

Hhci found the prlcn of ment MOUho didn't even ntoi) to m»y;Quoth aim, "I'll Im oVBrliiiHty,Hut think up Hi ime th lnK cheap unil

tuaty."

'1'li.Mi with a. Hiul ln upon her fareHho hind her to the uroeor'u plaeo;Ton oonta for corn ot thin year's eun-

nliiKl'TwiiH. wonderful , hnr illiwor plunnlnfr!

That n l l i l i t eoru l 'rlt(er« nut lu Hlutelllinn her hoiird, uni t qol ln nhi tcKhn K"t her huiiliiinil intei-ei i toi lIn re thn i l l ine uhe hail lnvenlii |t ,

Hut---- -well — -men urn H I I oh tun<\To try unit |ileane them In no lino.1 1. 1|- l i i i n lmni l , n IH HI u H l i i K l e i i l l i t ler .Itemurlted, "Hay, w l i u t ' n the |>rl«o of

Iml to r?"

Anil til. in he Iliiured up Ihn eornAnd OKK'H iiml lu i t tn r t h a t hail HOIK'I n t o thonn frlt t i ' i . ' i uni l Ihn h a t t n rAm) endnil with, "Why, w h a l ' n I l i n

matter V"

Of rmimn Mlin'il fu l i i t e i l . 'Twan n iilioell!Him mlKht h i ivo hail iv I M y m o i i l l i l t i . . K !In fuel u I l i l l l i l or two wnrn lout herII I Wlmt t h i i H i i elli'll|) eoni f i - I K n l - l l ronl

her I— New Ynrli Tl in i 'M.

Two men whono olTlCcn worn on thnnm'ond Moor wnrn on tho Unit doorwai t ing for uu olfivnlor. '

"Yoil'rn not look lug oxti'u well, l / i i iu l -nnll," I'nmiirlieil tho luwynr.

VNo.llu.tiKl".." replied thn rnnl nntn tunum. "Think I'll join uu atlilotln chili,| nond thn oxoreliKt,"

"Mo, 'too."M l l l l they wallni l for Mm olnvatnr ,

Mr. Calhoun tiprung this ono:"I was recently campnlglng down li

that part of tho atato wo call 'Egypt,''Bald he, "and waa just getting ntart«<!on my speech whon a man who wintho woroe for several drlnkn broke In

" ' I can HclQany man in ISgypl.' Inremarked, loudly.

"Nobody paid any attention." ' I can lick any man In tho coim

try,' ho volunteered again." '1 can lick tho iitullln' out nf 11113

man lu tho iitnto of I IHnolH, ' dnrlaredthe iic.rappy one..

"No lalu'i-H." ' I can lick any — man It

the whole Uni ted H t u l o H , nnd I canlick him to death, ' wnn Iho Intil cluilIciiRR.

the old gentleman, has now been adopt- ,edyas a world mode] by all armies andmanufactories. As a matter, of fact,some of the finest Yankee wholesalemanufacturer deliberately copied thaKentucky rifle stock as tholr model, -as Dr.- Norvlu Green, tho organlatirami first pnVHldont of the Western"Union Telegraph Company, long agotold.

th hlm.tlMr. 8, was yorjrileil--ln Tact, BO much BO

llr IIml I.enrned It.

Willie, Hvo yearn old, Was in bis fa-ther's olllco one afternoon waiting togo home withmuch occuplei but he had i|iilto forgotten that hla1

younfi .son wnii Hi t t ing behind him. Atlength tho telephone rang, and Mr.'8.WIIH told that there waa a long dis-union cull for him. Hn called "Hollo!"u number of times, and just whon hisimtlciico had about given out central1'aiiR vlgoroitHly while tho receiver wasd i l l at hlti car. At thin Mr. Si uttered ,i teri'lblo and' forbidden word.

Tho wordu wero no dooner out ot hismouth than ho remembered that hissou wan but a foW feet from him.. . . , , ., ,. ,, . . t> ."A l i t t l e i i tu l ihy rnllroad hrakeman .... .. , . . , , , . , .,., . , , , , i i , . 'Whee l l i iK ahnut In hla eluilr, he said,1 »»»•«.wnllced i i lowly over lo him, planted n

lint on the wi in l i l br ohnmplou'ii Jnumill t h e l a l l e r punned i lown mid outTen i i i t l lUtei i Izlei- lie cnnid lo.

" 'The mlHt i i l ie I ninde,' ho riMinirlteil'wnn when I t r ied to bl lo oft ton muchterr i tory. ' "

The til my lllude the hi t of I lie meet-In);, e iu iKhl Mr, HIII I I I I I 'H fiiucy, millm'coi'dliiK t» repoi'l, drew Mr. MclCln-h-.v'ii i i l t e n l l i i n (o Mr. Calboun, Al tinyrale, I ' l i ' i i l i l en t MeKln ley appolnteilh i m lo the In lern l i i te commerco eommlnnlon , and n career lu public, l ifefol lowed

Mm, l i ' ln l l Wiuil ilo you l l i lu l i otlll iimv cooh, . lo l iu?

M r l i ' l n t t Him wuul i l t u r n milk

i'". KhUI Then w^'ll KI l l ; ; ' m l l l i . l lonlol l l lni ' i i l i l ,

up Ink.

Vc*t-Mnl l l« llrnittl.Wlmt- l t lnd-of n Mum In Prof,

K I I I I X Hh. hn In one of ( l innn ehupiwho eiiu burn you to i lu i i lh lu nnveu

w i t h humi l i ty :"That wati very wrong o( father to

my thone miUKhty worda, Wllllo. Iiope," he aililnd, "that my llttlo boy.vlll nnvnr IIHO BUC|I_ droadful Inn-;uiiKii." ' ^

"I -1" won't nnvnr nay It, papa," to-i l l n i l ' t h n child, with a mlHohlovouaw l n l i l o In hln eye, "hut I Moarnod It

i l l UM name!"— -llariior'H TVlngazlno,

,,Iliifnuilllnr Urauud.

Tho tourlut who hail tuicurud iv culdowithin a fuw inomniltii after hla urrlvnlID Homo tipokn orlnply to tho cnaii."1'vo only got an hour or HO to iipurofor Home." ho niilil, "und I want to non

'Junt two thliiK'^-ouo.!! Ht. I'etor'n unilIho other In tho Koriim. '1'uko me tuthem both an <|iilcli ui, you cau."

Thn guldn niiKaK"'! 'i currltigo, lnti>which thn tourlut jumpnil, and n f ln r udiw wortln from thn KUlilo to thn i|i'lvur,the e(|uliia|;n ntartnil off at n brink rivto.HutlOimly It iitupimd, and tho linu'lnt.ceatidil liln llvrt Of nuoiilloUll. '"

"llo|i out," Im iiui.i to liln ttulili), in'H-I I I K him hy a nUijht |iunh, "Now whlcliIn thin, thn I'Vnim or at, 1'ntor'a?"

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SltKT FurE,—llruury Hints and HomoIiOxuricn, a Bix'f\en page illuRtratedcatalogue, desrribinp; evory toilet iieoeu-Bity. The \Vilbort Company,Dept 68, : Philadelphia, Pa.

Bread served

Shbuld be of the best Don'tbother with home baking.You ,can comeTniere "absolutely sure of good bread,cakes aud pies. Bread thatcuts up fine for sandwiches,cakes that melt in the mouth,pies that make ( a dyspeptic•forget his diet rules. - Betterorder what you want

J. B. Small.

GEO. A. BLAKE

Carpenter aud BuilderWork Fiuirtuod ««• per Agreement.

I'lium, blue pi intB, nn»l mttiuifttefarnmlioil. Jobbing attended to

promptly. Box 5!12. Locul Phone 800,. Qhorry Street,, Hamiiionton.

S, J. R, THREE MONTHB g5 OtS

THE RED CROSS PHARMACY

Our^ew Store* IS NOW OPEN

BEAUY J«GK BUSINESS.

Come in and See Us.

Caanden Safe Deposit & Trust Co.224 Federal Street, Cnmden, N. J.

Paya3 P<T cent.

onTime Deposits14 days' tint ire

cent.D clicclc

2Subjectat

UKU balnncc of$iOO nnd over

Safe DcpoiltIloxct

to mil. $2 peraninini and

iiuwurd

Your valuables andJ important papers arc al>-

Holutvly nafc from tlicft,fu'i; and all other dancers,wlicn kept in a box inour safe-deposit vault:).

$2 n year and up.Come In antl limped our iw>d<;rfl

vmilta~~nflc Jmt how jriuir |ir<n>«crly I* Mfrvunrded.

Acts

Administrator

Trustee

Gu.'irdiuu

Triititcc

(orCorporation

Wills kept

without

fiurpJM nii.l lJn.llvia.il Profit.A*'ali . . . . .fnut Vundt . . . .

9100,000.00over »l,Ob<),OOO.OO

. over i7,OOO,OOO.OOover »n,00(),OOO.OO

AU'.XANDF.K C. WOOI>. I'm.Mani JO.'ll'.IMt IJI'I'INCOTT, S.o. »•..! Tr«««.IIKN I AM'N C. lll.i'.VF.. Vic. Pr«ll<l..nl m,.l Tr.i.t Offl«fr

IITIIUAIM TOMUrt;H>N, A«Ui.nt 'IVuil O/lk.r GLOHGIi J. lllj(OriN. Solicitor

Firemen Elect Officers.

. . .President, Manley Austin.

-. VJcerPresident,JS. P. Jones. • '_. .Secretary, H. C. Leonard.

— Treasurer, W^ O .

Jackson, Thos. Skinner.Rep. to Relief Association, Dr.

J. C. Bitler. -Foreman, Louis Spyes. »First Asst., E. P. JonesTSecpnd Asst., W. O. Hoyt.Tlie company numbers twenty-

five members, and are< allowedirty-five-^y-^the ordinancJe,-whicl

number .-they arelno\y^wprking for.They need more menV

Accept our sincere good wishes,readers and patrons,—that the NewYear-which will open to-morrowmay be in every way better for youthan this qne has been. May theblessing of^hiru who created sunand earth,"and""set""the time andpuce for then movements, care forthee and thine, and make the daysprosperous, the nights peaceful.

NO ReHorVPd Kent, tickets wl ' l be sild ol thehall nexi Wed' t»<l»y evenli'i!, fr.r (tiu

Dunbur Bell UiiiBerK. Mingle ndnilSHlonx,41) coals.

The cantata, "Shepherd King,"will be repeated ne&t Tuesday eve-

fnr

the benefit of those who wereunable to .hear it on Christinasnight. A silver offering Will betaken,

TH A N K You for post piitronuuo. WopromlBii l ou lvnyon nooil mirvlau In 1011.

Everything o( Hie beat. Blmotm'flniirti l l t ikory.

Mrs. Sam'l Craig and daughter,Mrs. Hurley, and her little son,visited Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Marshall—their daughter, granddaughter,and great-grandson.

REPORT of the CONDITIONO K T I I K

•HAMMOHTONTEOBTOO,At tllO CloHCI Of bllHllHIHrt

Saturday, Dooombor 24,101O

licaoiiroofi00

NolcH iniroluiHcd Hl!,(Hl() 02Col)nl<Tul tlnil l Uml lH . . . . y.UOl) 00Cnllutorni ' t loj imiii l IOIUIH . . 22,011 (IdHotHlH nnd inorlgiigcH . . . (>l),0~0 00I''imiltiirt' HIM! Hxt i iKiH . . . 4,701100Dm.- fnun National JIunlcH . (l,:mil 1!7Ciihii on iiuiid tijti/w 4r>Accrued Inlorcut rocclvulild '.',1121 60

Llabilltioa<iii|iiini ijiioo.ooo noUndivided prolllH U,M\) 111!

iWmiiilj . . . $70,078 18TliiK- :m,Hn;i 85l innkd . . . . il,oiii>.:U

Cci l in .Ml i t lu tnkn ' 'UW lf>Trninur,itrV oliccliH 1)00 00Ancniiiil I i i t t i f r M t j iuvuli l i i , 088 85

, .$2:w>,iioa MThomuu Bklnnor, Proa't,

II. M,' Bottomloy,Ht-ti'y itnil 'VronMiiror,

Aiik your flroeor for

Craig's Sjove Black.It won't Huru Oil'.

H. V. CIlAIGr, Milnufliotuvor,ii, 1'u,

Health,and Pa^sperityaU thB 365

I am yours sincerely,

BofeertL Steel.

Store will be closed as soon as possibleafter six o'clock every eveningexcept Saturday. • ~~S

Ohoose your GlotliFrom our New and Exclusive Fabric!

And havs tis make you upa-suit that will show class

—in every line.- No tnistaking •"the niM:who: wears Clothes"

tailoring^r-there's adistinction of style, a grace- .

. fulness of hang and set to.'•"•the garments that mark'thewearer as decidedl}'one who

-knows-how to dress.._._.:"' :s.__

Take any old position you please, you cannot spoilthe set or hang of a suit tailored by us ; for the shapeof the garment is not merely pressed in, — it is in thecut of the cloth and the making of the suit.

GUBEH, Tailor

Small Stores GainBusiness

by'the blight electric li ht tor signs and windowa. Now)(hot O.E. MAZDA lampa are available nothing ia easierto obtain than profitable lighting. These new mcnndeiHcent lamps we how'olfcr to our customera under.favorable conditions.

More Electric Lightcan now be obtained for every dollar you pay .forvent than ever before. The G.E. MAZDA lamps gvomore than twice the light you have ever before consideredit possible to obtain for a given expense for current Woore now ready to tell you how you can get the benefit oftliis. great advance, in electrical development.-. . .„

tEammonton Elaoirio Ligh^Co.

an, D. W. C. Russell and wife arespending a couple..of .w,eeks withfriends in Philadelphia.

The new Town Cbuhdrwillfor organization-on Monday .next,Jiltt. imd, lyir,

f leaned every Saturday mornlne.' 'aaocond olasa matter. 1

. DEC. 81.'1010-

Dunbars, Wednesday eve'g.Lior that New Year's reso-

is spending bis vaca-Phome.

it with three ones, after

-1911.' '^*'"^_~~~~-i Closes every evening bnl-BalBBhrj*-c o'clock. W.L. Black.

Rss jylary Qsgood is at home. Swarthmore.

r, >'-uncalled-for -letters -.at,=. the,ist-office, this week.' .

JMiss" Sadie^GulmlrlgliaBrWas: atae for'a few days

lESEItVED Seat Tickets are on sale atl» Henson's—for tnoDanbars—60 cents. '

Going to see the New-year's"shooters," Monday ?. ;. W. F. Shinn and wife are visit-ing her sister, in Brooklyn.

; Claude W. Myrose and familywere visitors .Over Christmas.

stock orcofftie and lea.' Try bis 23 ceut'

.George 6.'0rake shook handswith several of us, ;this week.

Clffist-

"Regular meeting of.the Board ofSducation'next Tuesday eve'g.

ET Hlies ttmfee yon nn oymer pie. We•rniike Jarge ones for family, trade.

'••Schools will open again nextF Tuesday,—:a fine Ipng vacation..

Elm had; very enjoyable Christ-mas exercises, Monday evening.--y/arrerrTilton-returns-to-Dick^

W ANTKD.—one hundred chopper*; price'SLpercord. DuCoaU Brick <ji>.—--

Appiy~U5WmTDoerrrJrr,-DnOosl«rNTjr

.. Archie Hannuin was home^'fromthe navy this week, on furlough.

• Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Scudderwill spend some time in Atlantic.

Mrs. W. N. Reed, of Collings-wood, was'a'local visitor this week.

HAVE Y"U Noticed the now things youcan net, at Hues' Ki-stuurunlT Houio-

iinido pies of all kludH, nltm oyator pie*.

Independent Fire Company, No.2, will- meet next Wednesday eve.

Miss Irnm'Tilton was here fromHomer College, Ohio, for vacation.

Mrs. John Young spent the holi-~day willTlltl blbLiu in Alhmtie€ttyr4-

SPEOIAL For To-day Only, at the CandyI v l i c h f i ,—VJCO'il mixture", IftcuiOH', two

l>oundx forVAccmin. '

Miss Maud Leonard paid thefamily a pleasant visit, for .a dayor two.

Miss Clara Dunning was one ofthe many welcome Yule-tide home-comers.

Mrs. Jonaw Wood, of HaddonHeights, is spending some time inFlorida. ,

WANTKD,— oxporlnnond clrl or wnriinn fnrconnnkl huuivwtirk— nil or part of viicii

(lay, Apply Mr»- ItonolioryiUrnpoHlraol, ncur Tlilnl,

This office will he open all day,Monday, except at the usual din-ner hour.

Ilamnionton' I^oan AsHOcintjonmeets on Thuruday evening next,Jtiii. 5th.

A Rood thing that— Htorc cloningut «ix o'clock. It gives clerks nneeded ri'Ht. .

H'AIM'V Now Ymt'l Ilonio-mixtn inllin.iund puinpUIn i i l rn , excnlUuit nuke, gcnoil

lirriid,— nil rimcly Kir ><i» ut lllo i;niulyKlliilH'ii (irHlnioiiH1 wiiKnun.

Cleveland Austin und family, hfItnyonne, Hpcnt ChriHtmns week atIUH father 'H.

Mr. and Mr«. Roht. 1C. TliomiiHwnjoyed n family rcvinion, Sundtiy«ind Monday.

Mrs. J. W. CraiK, of AtlanticClt,y, enjoyed her ChriHtiuiiH herewith r.olatlvfH.

I dHT,- liliidte pltmli i l r lv ldK Klnvn (Infl).J fliidiir i>i"M»n luuVti in t l i l n union, or onll

niul uul thn lunf.ii.

Mrrt. DiMinlH KhodcH, motlicr ofJohn F. Khodmi, In visiting frlcndHin Ilammonton.

Mttt. Alex. Ili'owuluo oittcrluincdher mother, und her nhttcr, MitwAlice, ovcr.ChrilitmiiB.

The Walthcr family had n re-union Clirltitiuati .wcclc, — Harryniwl Albert coming home for the

Mrs.: Minnie Newton, of „ Had-donfield, spent Christmas with -hersistef, Mra. RrH. Guff. r—

Will Oloae at nix o'clock-or BBnear thai dour us possible—every evenlnc

ut Saturday. Boberl Steel, Jeweler.

New Year's Day will be' a legalholiday. The banks and post officewill celebrate on Monday.

The Methodists report having aright good time at their Christmasexercises, Monday evening.__Geo, E. Strouse is making some

improvements before moving to hisk"Tne, on Third Street. •

W ATCH Found. Owner can bare saroeby proving;property nnd paying farad.

• - John W. Myers.

Reserved seats for the DunbarBell .Ringers,, Wednesday, eyening,can be secured at Henson's.

•&

-Services at-the-TJniversalist^Ch.,-to-morrpw, at n A.M., will be inkeeping with the New Year.

A postal card reached us fromOrange, California, c.o.nyeying _thegood wishes of R.'L. Ballard.ITtOli Sale. Will aacrincsceDtnilly locatedr modern toolroom bouse, all conveniences.51018.2 ohlcKen hoaSea. Knsy lorma. Will

- - - - tenant. .ApplyJ. K. Bowker.

According to daily papers, Ham-'

3481 in.-i90Ju.._G. A. R. Post meeting at three

o'clock this afternoon. Electionof officers for the coming-year. -----

,— of—Holly-Beach, were guests of' her ilster-Mrs. Megargel, on Grape Street.XTI/'ANT to Buy a Hornet Buy It. throu'nhVV the "WorklngnJen1"" on ea»y pnymenm.

Pastor Shaw's topics to-morrow,at. the M. E. Church: morning/"The outlook." In the evening,

Foxes."Mr. and Mrs^ jjeo. A. Bir|gham

and young~ son, of'THladelpliia,VJsifed their .mother, Mrs. MargaretAnderson. •

.Addre«., A. K. «ohr,Hder, Wlusl.iy B.D.

Messrs. Henry and Harry Lake,of Ocean City, spent Christmaswith their parents, Rev. Dr. andMrs. Lake,

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Walther andson', of Baltimore, \vere guests oftheir sister, Mrs. Alex. Brownlee,on Grape Street.

A ni> u QunrlRr lo your nubscrlpilon endget thu-New Idea" With the Kepubllcun.

Rev, W. H. Stone was among.the remembered, — one envelope,we are told, containing a checkfor twenty-five dollars.

The Adlington taiuily , hi6Ved-inio what used to be called ''VineCottage," now moved up GrapeStreet and reconstructed.

TWO Fine OommunlonHiiMr roul, in (he O'

Hooms

Meetings in the ^PresbyterianChurch every night next .week.The Baptists begin Tuesday night.It.is the Week of Prayer.

The Civic Club withhold a pub-lic reception to all of its friends, inTrust 1'arlor, on Monday next,Jan. and, from 3 to 10 p.m.

RAHI ' l lKUUY kind.liciira Iwo orojin. Kinnk Mncrl, I

Z BS, Humiiinntnn.ojin.iii)

Hugo Kind innde us a call onWednesday, having enjoyed hiatrip very much, — taking in theSouth including Mexico and Cuba.

The turkey shoot which wan tohave been given last Saturday(bythe Rod nnd Gun Club, has beenpostponed to this afternoon, at thciPark. jITtoil llutit,— alx room liniino, on Grand Hi ,JTj Hour l l lo minion, lluiiry ^nlmuinhcrK.

m\\ A Uiand tUn.OliKitp fnr I h u wllilor.

Rev, Allan Spidell, Ph. D., pas-tor of the Haptiot Church, receivedfrom his people twenty-five dol-lars in crisp, npotk-BHly clean fivedollnr hilhi, an a token of goo.d willand Christian fellowship.

ThoHc who heard the DunbarDell KingcrH at their previous con-cert here, will not mioH next Wed-

ndny's vinit for the price of aHburion ticket. Come early, HO thehall will b'e taxed to Its capacity.•VI |C W Hi.rlun ol Hlovk w i l l oixiu on . luu, Jn i lll In HIM "Worldiiuiiinii 'n.1 ' Mulco u MiwYrur'n nonunion I o uul In, 61 |i«r n ini i i l i purRluiro. WIMIum Dooriol, Hnar«liiry,

The new Town Council will becompoiivd of Mctwrn. J. M, A tint in(Mayor), C. A. Wood, IJdw. II.White, j. N. Rogers, K.H.Sharpu,Henry Nkolai, and W. S. Turner.

/They had an Informal meeting oni Tliurtiday evening.

. ' -tf- , , ,,Rev/H. F.-:IiOomis isnbvir pastor

of/the Baptist Church at Canons-trurg,"Washington Co., Pa., and;sends regards to friends here,...

G" OTa Dollar to Spare r • Invest, u .- -."Worklngroen'B.7': See the Secretary..

" Monday evening coming on aholiday; Little Ha-Ha Council, D.of P., have received a dispensationpermitting them to hold a meetingthis (Saturday) evening. Membersare requested to note this, and helpmake it interesting.

LOTS For Sale." Three lots In D. B.Fra«ertract, between Ballroadi. . Kjjf^ PnT'

menu. ' ' Geo' "•• ploKe.

Services at the Baptist Churchto-morrow will be appropriate toNew Year's Day. At 10.30 a.m.,sermon, "A New Year's duty,"—communion following. 7.30 p.m.,"The abiding presence of the

Foil SALE or Benl,—cottage nnd large loon Foslnn HelBhla. Will divide.

A. K. LltUeQeW. 126 Delaocey Place,\ Atlantic City.

One night!s rain nearly clearedtiie earth'."of"snow ;" then :severaldaysjqf mo[st and moderate weathercompleted^the movement'lleavingonly an occasional coating of ice;and even this was disappearing inyesterday'fain. •"

LA ROB Heating Stove for. nale. cheap,—wltb attachment for heating up-«tnlro/

Arthurs. VanAlen.

- "Mrs. Gula E., wife of H. P.Loveland, died Sunday morning,after prolonged illness. Funeralservices were held on Wednesday,

andjbtrrial at New Gretna. ~

HAY For Sale/Choice timothy bay. 820prton. ddlve/ed at Hammonton. Address

Wm. H. Foresman.-B. D. No.2.Vlncentown. N. J.^ • ^ _ „

A tree and Christmas party, for.

was- held at the 'churth'Sn Wed-r

nesday evening, with a very goodattendance. The pastor and hisfamily were.generously .rememberedat this festal season.

STRAYED.—a black and white kftten,nearly full-crown. Finder pleane reiurn

It,or not i fy May F.Hoy',4168.TblrdSt.

Dr. Countermine, pastor of the

to-morrow morning, taking as hissubject,""A .mother's answer .to athrice-repeated question." In the

.!--•gion of the old: Norsemen,'theforefathers of the Anglo-Saxonrace,—those' who believed in the"Al-fadir," and that death is sim-ply "beimgang." The Christmasmusic will be repeated in the eve-oi»g- - '

W l-m You hnd » Tnouwind Dollars? Thenbring u» to PIT month for iihotil 140

monlliH«nd yWir^Uh «-lll hwri-iillzed. .Workl"Binen'8 Loan and nul l - l ln* .\8i-oo'n.

The Baptist Sunday School en-tertained a room full, at theirChristmas exercises, oil Tuesdayevening. Their programme wasexcellent, both as to' muaic and

recitations ; also "class excn-isc»|and drills. There seemed, i» allthe* selections, more of the ^ealChristmas spirit and less of thelight Santa Claus jingle which isso common. Presents were given,and a box of candy to each mem-ber. The primary work was es-pecially commendable. \

OPKBATOIW on Umlorwoar Wanted.(Jood wniion pnld. Al«o, (inr furo from

IIi imniDnton lo KttS Hurhur I ' t id return.Unod lettriiern lakon. Apply to

The i. K. lliiullu. URK Hurbor City.

There was a combined gatheringof Hoyt and Jones families, Christ-inas Day, at the residence of Mr.and Mrs. Wm. O. Hoyt, MapleStreet—six Hoyts, five Joneses audtwo MacDougalls (daughter andhusband). Kvery one enjoyed theturkey and'fijan'B,, and the occa-sion was one/ worthy of remem-brance. It was the tenth weddinganniversary of host \ju\d hoHtcss,little Mary's seventh, 'and a joyous"mortgage burning."

U. u. Plthnl. llnp«. Indlunn, 'wri te* : "Iliivnttlwuva ''»ind Hi" MWIniHl I 'nultry Ko«xU tlmbo«i I eviir iniinl," . ,,.,

K U r.wrnllll, Durlpy, t'».. wr l l i>n : "Hnvnnenl n i l ' l h a way lo K . i n » i > H ( t l l v for Mldi i im1'imllry Ki>-"I" f"r "'* >'">"•. Hn»" rnlm'i^•Jl l>.W<>tl«otln two niiiiillitnin Mldiund. Cundo II, nil no n t l i n r finiilH,"

Mrn Knrr, »Ii>., wr l lem "H«'l woii i l t i rfulnunaimn wllli in> H-'"« l««l winter, rt.niil«w i t h ik litilidmil hiinrt n«inii lo nm nil w « l i l « rfor (-Kim, unit 1 <'«l>' l>1111 «UI«"n. Mld lnnr t

am 'm'y fiind ptii |><i»ltl '>ti . »l<"> nty liicwjmiorpr<ui.>Hlil ' in. M< v In i» i iH l f . v<ml<"«M>l> ;» ' " .(lii 'fiMilieiil. I ««nd tlio "Hnlonop <>( I M u l l r yK^llA.," »«•.«." J-A-V^K,W.N.J.

The PrcHbyterian Church wanpacked, Sunday evening, with adeeply interested audience whocame to participate in the ChriHt-niaH excreta of the Hnnday Schoolunder the direction of Mr. andMm. Packard and Mr«. Brownli-e.Kverythlng pntwed off in ' K<>*'<}order, ami allowed much hard

I work, on the part of thoHi> inI charge. The i»aotor made a fewj dotting remnrksi. The nchool inin fine condition, and iti doing

1 honewt work,

This Store will Close

as near

. as possible ',-'""t^

Every evening

except Saturday • - - - - - ;*. - •.

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The Workingmen's Loan & Building Ass'aOf Hammonton, N. J.

OEFICERS ; President, C. F. Osgood. . ;. " Vice-President, M. L. Jackson. ...-.—...,_.:...

Secretary, William-Ooorfel,— Tn»n<aiirpr \Vtn,DIRECTORS : George Elvins, , William Colwell,

" Samuel Anderson, Wm. H. Benishouse, Frantz A. Lebuiau.

We point to our BSTThirty-four years of success and satisfaction.

»• Hundreds of homes obtained with our help.Large accumulations of capital and interest returned

~

We point to ourExcellent Board of Directors—the old established men

who have made Hammonton.Assets of over "a quarter of a million dollars. .;

Our liberal treatment of borrowers and investors alike. No premiumscharged on loans. From 4 to 7 pr ct. interest paid on withdrawals.

With such a record, the 3F1l'Ui.'*t"OLIirO wil1 take care of its^lgThere's a new series opening in January. Now's the time to see the

Secretary about taking shares. $i per share per month.

A Happy and Prosperous

New Year To All !

Try bur Home-macHo Minco Moat.

L. Jackson & Son

. V. •

(t

a? palm, 'ana twice as ornamental

men, in-a momeut, the mist cieui-

.MaoTe.^nuaon forget to Bhoutyoiir

;• ' .._,-,-: joudest. -We shall ueed all t6 « tn-' counigenif.it we can gel to bilnb ou

.a win." • , , ,' • • ' "ThanfcB, Mr. Derby; but you d bet-

ter' give your-tlcket to someone else..Pity to waste u; and 1 don't happen

\ touegoingto tnSmatch . I've anom-r - . ' . <er engagement. Motoring with Mr.

Jlaven, if you want to know!Derby's bard ast crashed down on

- - the bar, making, the glasses rattle.'• * "Going out with that fellow!" he

• . ; . . ' . said. "Deserting the team fur him.-' ' ••-' ^t-c 'not MKe Y°"t Madge, and you

know it, my girl! Who is tms cimir• .Raven? Pretends to be a swell, does

jhe? Well, if he's one, he's; no goodi ' to" you; and if he's not, he's a bad'"'- •-->— - "-'that^-So nbwyou've gotat-stralght.", ,..

;- - -Thnnit vou! And now you .can

ed troui ner dllumeu UiaiUr^ua— *sharp wits tola her that sne naa uethe vicum ot a piece ol inciteHaven nud tooled ner to the lopner uent by nis supposed ignoruiol football. AB she began to pietmnss together, she remembered neing, "from a chance customer, tnalthough, in view ot the Westhamptsuperiority, heavy odds were otteragainst Littleton, Raven had pJachis money on the opposing team wllever he could book a bet. She hbelieved it a piece of folly on the ptof a rich man -but now she saw tlho «t/,n.i tn win a considerable su

Only too clearly she understood Jline ot action. Derby was the chpillar of the Westhampton defenbrilliant, yet absolutely safe, ifwere absent, -tne "Mldges'--;were=-e*_i t~ n*t *4nTim onrt r.h*a - TAliV

-~^;. 77.--~ -r

• '£0 straight—put of this place!"It was plain that Madge's temper

was up, and realizing that it was use-—Jess to argue with an angry_ woman,

.Derby stepped into the sunny street.- The fmous.footballer had many rea-

.Tjie famous footballer had many rea>•with, he was. thoroughly in'love with-Madge Fisher, the pretty barmaid at'the Stork, and, until recently, thoughtishe returned his affection. Secondly,lie, hard-headed" athlete_ though he

^as"rie11eyjctrl^l.uckj^Bnd^jaad^e;j^the mascot of the football'teain. At-tired in the Westhampton colors, sne•attended every match, both home andaway; and Derby.attributed their suc-

he

I tain to go down,the cunning of the plan that had;

spirited, tier, away, and tucked her upin this out-of-the-way -corner, to proveas-the lure to entice .away .Derby.

If Madge had not possessed a par-ticularly, Jeyel head, she would havehad instant recourse to tier haridker-

team—"The•cess to her presence.

The 'SL"..Midges"—had .gone-through;son with an .unheatenl record. Theirvery name seemed as if it carried a.••sting-in its tail, as their foes could.testify, for team after team had bittenthe dust before them. But on Sat-to-day they met their chief rival in theLittleton, team. The£ nad pulled on a

an anlmatel scarecrow that «"-jj ' i t i t i fc^ fambuB"'Maraefion race.:'v

A8*sho: staggered- into, the' building,absolutely ""done," the- llrst tlhng thiit

•"•— -™---^-~ •"-•-•tralir;the siding,-

- r _ _sue were'trying to make up Her mini);loi'- luimedJato aetto«7

f- Kull .pt alarm at-tbe sight, Madgesimply tore down the subway, her,hat on ..one side,, ttcir' hair loosened,'and.,her face crimson. She was acutu-ly, conscious trial everyone stored al-ter her,, but it all fitted in as partof tlie nightmare. Then, just as ;8heturned into Mo. 7 Platform, she al-most tell into the anus of , Derby.She-noticedHPvlth- a- throb of gratitudethat he,, was -wearing hie football cos-tume, under his light coat.

"Madge!" he- shouted* gripping herarm.

Then followed the most sensationaltry ' of the season. Taking the ball.under his ar'iri, Derby clashed down the.jHeld in magniilcent o, style,, rightthrp.ugh the JUtttcharging, and butting, anally fallingover the line Just as the whistle blew.-Cheer after cheer rerif the air. Tiui

"Midges" had won by two points:their record-was Intact _ _ _

7As Derby "made his way through thecrowd he was besieged by congratu-lations. • / - - , •• • •

'"•It's no^ pood you, chaps saying I

Taking no notice ot his workingface, .or~T>rokeii tjxw

seized his hand."Hun for your life!" she' cried.

''We've got to catch the Westharaptou

6a,yed the'game," ne said, with a happy- Kr'"' """ hR reached Madge's side.'.Your" lucl'c came back -at half-tlmo.

There she-is.-rboys! Thank your inas-' ' "

'•-Derby waa; too. astonished to remon-strate. Hand : in hand they spritited.down the subway, leaving everyonega|ping after this .doubly surprisingspectacle. Just as they ..reached theplatform, the train — who, , true" tb~ tier"sex, b3aoV already changed her mindseveral .Htinies " about " departure; — was

chief. As it was she new to the near-' slowly gliding out of the station.est timetable, but only to fall back jfrom a perusal of its pages, aghast., Sudleigh stood by, itself on a branch

line, and the trains that called to see

between. From Haven's words shegathered that the wire had been sentfrom the village in time to preventDerby going on the field. Kven as-suming that he caught the tirst train,

e^m ^lit-wouhlbe still some time, owingjt"ifh^ hari~>nnna»Hnn"'-hpfnr£~"hlS"n.1>ri~Ve

train Just' as It cleared the station.-Before he had recovered his breath

he turned to Madge. • :

:"You poor, dear girl!?'" he cried.':Tell me about it! It must have beenan awful smash! You' look simply'

visitor's ground, and it they coulTbring off a win In the ,home matchthey - wer.e morally -certain^to... keep•their record unbeaten.

Meantime. Jf Derby was downfaearid,, Madge was in not much better

plight, for she was cross and Irritahithe' whole^'Of the. day. The tact of

"the matter was, she was very angrywith a nasty, foolish woman. Sho'really had no patience with her. That'woman was herself; She realized to'the full worth of a sterling fellowlike Derby, and kii«w liur buuud, gowk•sense had failed her- when she encour-aged tne attentions of her new ad-mirer, Haven. Like many anothergirl, she was fascinated by the smart^clothes and glib tongue of the handjiome stranger.* Vet, when herxJawned,.'and Haven, In a yellow motor,

Saturday holiday

the bad conhection, before he"at the inn. — Meantime,- he1 was— tan-:alizingly near her, for his train.wouldsoon_ be due at Sudleigh Junction,three and a half miles away.

She paced the room, rapidly think-ing out possibilities. If only be couldbe stopped at the junction, and warn-ed -of— the— hoax, -there—was— a- quick.train back to' Westhampton, which leftthe junction a minute^ later than thescheduiel time of the arrjval of Derby'strain.

of time was the narrowest. Threeand a half miles to be done in twentyminutes! The village was apparentlyasleep, and Madge was positive that

Derby dashed at one of the receding'carriages, and, swinging open 'thedoor, practically ttung Madge inside;then, shoving, aside a porter, who

she could never rouse j of the., In-habitants to procure a vehicle underten minutes of that precious time.Again, she dared not trust to a tele-

shocking!^: •-— -- - • ^-r-i. .™—-T- The-tendejLsDeec^set Madge^trlednerves on edge. , ~

•"Smash!" she cried. "There hasn'tbeen one! And, it's a nice, manlyremark to say 1 look a sight* whent've run a couple of miles — mud, madbulls, and' all— to save the match!"_.."J — may_be.,a,a pretty __ solt_.j:!biaEir_:Derby said 'sternly, "but 1 demand anexplanation! You say there's beenno smash. If you've., fooled;" 'me, andmade me chuck .the mutch for notn-ingj^ril never tprgivo you?""',.

As Derby spoke hejpuUed~out of -hispocket a telegram, und handed It to'the girl. • '

"Motor accident. Hurt. Come tome. — Madge," she 'read. .'

Then, overcome by the ful l knowl-edge of Haven's treachery, and the.part she had played in the affair, she

gram sent to the junction, lov shefeared that, in .the rush and confusion

stiil 'leading. , Only a minute remain-'ed.

At that 'second Derby,, looking up,caught^the full gaze of her. eyes. Heread- there,•'-beaidea-^thO: anxiety--eagerness, ' whqt—trad—bcuu absentthere before^-love! -At the sight

jack and "ceose 01 uer colors luderfto a blur, '

-SHARK'S .EYE WAS-ON HIM.

OunTneait Skipper Got a. ShocllWhich He Think*' .\V*m Mermerlc.

"Eyerr get mesmerized by"said" the~Bkipper. according to an ex*change. "No? "Well, I have-been manya time.^-It-was a shark that"did U.-

. ."I don't know the scientific name ofthis particular variety— of— ahark—butIt abounds on the Nantucket shoals.When full grown they are from eightto ten feet long arid weigh from 500to 700 pounds. .They have saw teeth,tTve'fowlTorfhTin, abouranTnchTncTT'half long, and they can flatten the lotmd chew their gums. But for a hu-man being the peril is In the eyes.

"I don't believe In man-eating sharks.I believe that if a shark is In bloodywater, he gets excited and will snapat anything he 'sees, ./put" let^one ofthosa-f ellbws -get-hig _eye~ on- you - andvou don't know where you are at. '

;,"T.hey. have a habit" of coming upalongside of your live boxes and lyingthere while you fish. Then when youget anything, on your line the sharkhas i t ,off beforp you get a chance topullr —

"I remember the' first time I sawone of them. I was a boy at the time,anil one of these fellows had come upalongside of my live box and I putmy hand out" and touclfeil his back. Hedidn't seem fo~~rinrul~ifrar all, biitTTminute later.when 1 stood up I caughtsight of his eyes, or one of them.Well, sir; I lust tumbled back in theboat and was as helpless as a Jelly-fish out of water. .

"I don't know how to explain It'."The"eyes of this fish aro no bigger than

Kvon the moat. jUstinablei

"1'no loyalists or:the Other Side of the American •;TufionT James h. StaT', . .. „_- . ._. , .tlie -patriotism : of the, waf^tor »jjpendonce was not always rRecivilized .bounds, and" that; 6

FOU JANUAKY 1SfLE^CE AND KK-

UNTRODDEN WAYS.. ,H'.-''!-:ir-i-iT.--(-A"Ncw:-.'Vear'8- Serylce.)so, I would,have

CHHIST1AN Cwith'vlsb" rnen 'hul f be wine; but li'

lblb,;,liaa a reserve and reticence

and unexplaln-

really oiitragepus were com*After the passing of the Stan? jami the adoption of the PatrletfJ're.solves; treason Was openly (/A . letter from Governor Hu*written to "a friend at The~ulIts o w n story: • • ' ' . ' -

'Boston; Aug.-Trr-Richard—Jackson.- L.-•'. '••,'.£(

My Dear Sir—-I came from ,af Milton the 26" in the mornl;dinner U wa'S'whispered inthere -would-be-a—mob-at-higl

fcL*\J»l; UllOJIUIVUU LLflU UlfAfr'l.'

SK'sub'stunco of revelationless: .than; tho. character <?tHoly Scripture contains thoIving story o£- His 'purposesuye of which Human h' *fed us with "any trace.bC tho Gospel la com]I,-clouds -and darkness.- K.

!:•> will,.often usk questions•redemption Of the wond toPwlsc at saint can give not' all. Doubtless In this life

rt of oiir education to walk.nnd not 'by sight. Moreover.that human souls on .earth aroV of enduring the full splendorFsvhlch hus no shadows. " So,

J.U, bv./

/ ,«jiu than "jOO'years elupsed betweenu.f call of Abraham and the death o f '^.dlomon.. During all that time God

, <aii been .watching over Abraham's'•(ihosen posterity to keep Hm promise

to Abraham by building them up Intoa great .nation. .Solomon's reign \vasthe-culmination of (jod's efforts to dogreat things lor lyrac.l in a temporaiway. It should have boon tlie begin Ing'of the most splendid national historythe world had ever .seen, or ever "wouldsee; but a'fus! poor Solomon could notstand the glory and power and wealthund .wls'Jorn which Uod bestowed uuhim so abundantly. He gav£ himself"

that Paxton, Hallowell,uiitl

thecome to Christ with our por-

. .Would -be atacked; but my friends'svired me that the rabble were Bfled" with"; the~ln"surrt had fecelycand that I -was becoming rather pop '

"

llets us •_ with His compassionate," ^Thave ,yct -many things lonto you, but ye cannot bew. them

jsyertheless, .on certain points w«

' In the evening, whilst I wall a~t BUT \pei and my children round me, somevbody ran In and said the mob were-<lcoming. 1 directed my .children to fly \to a secure—pla.ce, and shut "up—my,house as I had done -before, intendingrioi. to^quf.t. .It; ..but my .eldest. daugh-..ter repented for leaving me, hastenedback and protested that she wouldnot quit the house unless I did.

I couldn't stand against this, and'withdrew .with hereto.';a

: neighboring1 . ]house, where I.,tiaeL,cbeen, but_a few.

- .i "Is~sO»netlrncs~hOt less eloquent

speech. There are elementalfths -\yhlch the Gospel simply taken

._•:' granted. In His own teaching ourord: hardly stops to afflrm explicitly

atlierVthat men .are «ln£uL or. that . mem-Ure-Imniortal.: - Hl8-words- are-iilwaya .

/based, on these two great presupposl-'rtionfl^both.:.of.. them.. .alien. ..to... many

.ijmbdern thinkers. The New Testamantt .sets out with the assumption that every

.man's first and bitterest need Is hisneed to be rorjflven, and that every

kinan will Inherit the life of the world•to-toome. •'• ' :

. <Ilhe same principle applies to theprpftilaes_ of Gbd. ; In tho.pages <}f the

upon my house with the;rage of devils,',and In a moment . with axea split,/down the doors-and entered.

My son being In the great entry>heard them-cry <!He is upstairs, we'l|have him." - ; . ;•'' ,

Some ran. immediately_as_hlgh:thu top of the house; then filledJtfobmBf"ljeldw~and ~the"cellar; andei-s'remained without the house "to be |_employed there. ' • . . . . ' • ' rij\

Messages soon came one ttfter an, v

other to the house where I was to In-form me the mob were'coming In pur--.sai JLms., JiBd^Xwaj^obllBeMo-re^l-tln through yards and gardens to ahouse more remote, where I remaineduntlf "4 o'clock^ by which .time .one of

lb«en verified ln; the experience of theIthfna."' Yet i there remain otheromlsea which God has written in9fcs not made with hands, promisesitch are wrapped up in the frame and* ire of things, -promises.-which are

led rather than In so many wordsressed. Por ^yllat conatltutes the

- prec-lousncss rof"anyv"Divine'It is precious aa a token of

3'-mind -and heart towards Hi3

ren^ B.S a revelation of the natureI. the Moat.! High. Now every revela?pn whlchr we can receive *. of ourreator Involves in itself some revela-

ftlon concerning His creatures as well.I Just aa the earth-Is affected by every

fiulatet

burst Into luarn. tloweverT-elie-mon^-aie-polnt of ynur l l t t ln flncnr, but, men' j y«»nted-only—by—tho-approaclilng—dnaged to give Derby a clear account

of the busy station, it' might mistMOt what had happened.

"drewno proud.or girl ' in the universe thanMadge. ' , ' . , '

Haven, smiled down approvingly nt.her, as .they hummed off.

"VTon ioblt charming," iw sulil,'

Derby. ,But one slender cb.an.co remained.

She Itnew of a short .put over thoriver, and across ilelda, which wasunder two miles. With luck, shemight win through In time. But, oven

"Yes," answered Madge, Komowhatsadly; ''those, arc the 'Midges' colortt— black and cerlHo. I'm their inaaoot:1

>• "Oh, , the*, local fopthnli team! Sorry'to hear you tojce any interest In It.-Is 'it any good? And that nulKtui;•chup'-tllot iiiHurniicu clerk, who's ni-»vuyu bunging round you — douu ho

.Play?"He's merely the beHt itirco-quurlur

In thci V^jlHt or Kngland.""Ulad no'fl good for Hoinothlnf.;; Alt

well, bad' -tor tho team! I'vo stortfpnway tholr luck!"

Thero wns uoincthlin: HO iilnliitor inUuvtm'tt ainlln that for ono momentMndKo h»(( a mad Impuluii 10 ordttrhim to stop tho car. llul mi ho hogimto talk again, beguiling hen1 wl t l i t a l imof 1'arlH und Vloi\iui, thu mood patiuud,.and tnilo after intln wan noon loft hu-.hind. H tieonuxl only a lllllo tliuo ho-foro Uuvon Htoppcid In front un oldJnn, in tliii plctun>u(|iio V|||MK« <»' Him-lolgh.

"It'u too noon lo ntop," objnii t iMlnut ulic followed Kuvi ' i i , ni l

( In- muuc, Into tho Inn parlor, whentut Idtt. hor.

Ill a very few mlmitoit ho rotur i ioi l ,wl l l i a iinilli) on bin t h i n llpx,' "I'vo oi'dor<Ml Ion lo bo brought prdn-•Mitly," IKI unlit airily. "And I'm worrylo Imvd to uuy 'dood-byo'! Hut you•won't he nlono lone;, tor u frliMid wi l lnoon Im lioro 10 linup you company.I tuul a mcmmni' nont to him a l l t t i i <4'iirllnr. ( l i idi i i i who no inT Dorlty!"

UB she 'started ~to t'he do'or, sfie atop-pod short with a groan. All efforton her part was vain, for the mutchwould have begun betorc tho quirktrain WUN duo lu at \VontliamptouStation.

Htnrtled by u midden nolso at thaiJuncture, aho ruined her head. Infront of the Inn there Imd stopped amotor, out of which Jumped four men.

"The hound!'' muttered Derby, asha listened. "Well, it's u bud busi-ness, but 1 don't blame you, Madge.Vou've behaved like a brick!"

Almost before tho train stoppoclxiuWesUhampton, Dorby Jumped from the"carriage' ami—tnnrcd-to-M 6<l K*

"You follow later," Jie said. "Thomatch has started hy now, and there'llho no chanco tor me. I'm going totake the short cut over* the tleldnlo BOO what's happened!"

He loft the station ut full sprint,probably there was no more miserablegirl than tho popular mascot* of tin-"Midges" an (iho went sadly to tin;, .

Madgo-drow back liohlncl iho curtain j Htorlo^ to mako herselfuu they Illod Into tho haj-, forrecoKnl'/.od thorn. On«t wnii I'ottor, thel.l l t loton cnptuln, and tho oth«r tnr^nwore inomhiM'H of iho toiun.

Tho slRht ol thorn nonllrinert horfonra. Thoy woro ovldontly motorliiKto Woti t lmmplon; und, whorouii thoroad cut straight III rough tho rountry

right lo iho iioint, tho milinoandorod round t t io ourvoit o f p u longloop. In addition to th in ndvunlinv.tdoy hud t w e n t y mluiitcii ' i i tnrl oftho I nilti,

Kondorert rocltlonn liy

Htar loi l In l>owl l< l«ni i< in i ."Ar<i you mad?" nlio c.rlod, "Mr

Dnrby In p lny l i iK In tlio inntc'h «f thoi, mill no powor on oitrlh

«1nu; him ri 'iiui (ho ll«|d!""Hut » iiwiimiKo from nn

inlKhtV" mi|u;i'Hioi| I tnvon, w i t h a"Hliy, ono IIHIc l inn from you!" .

J l t i foru MnilK" could wovor fromjior nl.iipofuctlon ho had loft lior. H t l l l

u u droiuii, Him hoard Iho huniinli iK oftho onnlno, und HUW (Mo motor whl/ /punt tho \vliu1ow.

O<IKO, u nnddon unholythin hnowl'Kloiini had

lil i ' l l i in MiKlffo'it oyon. Him c.ropt. Ulio1 out of Iho houiin, anil oroniiod

lo t l i o off iildo or tho motor. It wanan Innocont thln't;, (Hut had nuvordone luir harm, und nlio would novorliuvo round It. In lior WOIIHIII ' I I hour)lo l i i j i iro It. woro M i n i not u iiuutrotol it Tool hull Icnni.

It w i l l only dd lny ihoni u bit," ul iomild lo honii'ir, "und ovou t l i l i iKi i . IIdotiii not ulToct tho roul K»ino nt (i l l .Lucky for inr I |(iok up w i t h l lnrnoiitroui iho KUI-UKO hororo I mot Dlcl i 'Thoro! Anil (Muni ! Oh, KoodnoiiMl"

Hho Ili'd, MKo u |ni)|-(l<!i'i'iui, Iroin (noM C O I I O or hor orhnn.

Iho noxt l i r toon mlnu ionMudHo provod lioi'iioir of luolllo worIhy to rank wi th tho fuiuonii "lOnciiinhcrnd by lior long i i l i l r lu, un i tlior Mii l l lcn wroliohoil liy hoc hlKl i hooliiut OY'.'ry Mtop, nlio ran ut f u l l j iol t . Inelroii ini i tunooti Unit Would huvo hroUonIho i iplrl l ol' it nmnoiill i io riniiior .....ovur romtli llo'fln, through hmlKoii,und- ino|tl luirulr of nil pant. <;OWH.

lior lii-fiK It loft hor, but uhn wouldnot n lvn ,ln, nun 11(10 iiuil run lionioir

inceIn the prov-

nothing remaining but thebo re walls and floors.

Not content with tearing off/all the' • ^J

large sun-spot was clearly visible.lyln,g like a withered leaf on the reddisk. Next mornlnR most of thi- papersappeared without teleffrains. because

- —-a-magnetic'stornv had hindered the• '•• transmission of. messages • ov»r the

wainscot and hangings, and ypllttlngthe doors to pieces, they beat downthe partition walls; and although that ;alono cost them near two hours, theycut .down- the cupola qr lanthorn, arid.."they began to take the slate and .

man j hoards from the roof, and were pre-then* , v<*n*A<l—nnlv-—liV—t-hn—Annmiu>lilni£ dav^_

la something that comes out of themthat makes yon tumble all in a heap.Many a time after ^hat did,, I have aBlmllar exporipncf, and I know of alot of men who havrt felt tho same ef-fect. Tho .only explanation—I could•tuggeat is that the shark's eye huHome sort of mesmeric power."

Tli« or Marctnlay.

Hhu to\k a cab to tho football ground;hut 'when she reached the Held, luHplte of thft advanced hour, It wuumly half-time. . ,,

Derby camo townrdii hor, Hiicldni;u lemon, i l lH face WUH f;rlm,'uiiil hlnvoice acid.

".Imil did It. uf ter all," he ttuld,'by Iho uklii of tuy tooth. Match Btun-

ed Into, as HOIUO of UK; i / l t l lc lou play-u'H woro delayed on llui road by uomo

hothnr with their car."Mndgo'ii heart lenptid with Joy,"Tlum'ii II.'H all r lnhtv" H|K< uiiltfld,"All wroiiK, you innnii! My uprlllt

put me In (l ine; hut I ovrr-run mynulf,and wont on wlnilril . (luiue'u toohull for uu', • I'm no Kood to tho iildol . l t l lolou IH Uii id l i iK liy xlx polnta toul l !"

llcloni MmlK" riiulil i l lKdil I l i lnl icMli i l l imnlc ' i ' t i n t \vn l i i l l i ) uouudod 1'orjIl io iic 'cii i i i l hall. Tho Kl r l wuU'.hmlt i n t i i iuiHi w l l l i hu r i i l uK cyuu. 'riu>

WITH ( ivn i i l y iniiU'liuil, an n>:

"Mucaulay never wrote an obscuresentence in his llfo," said John Morloy,and this. Is partly duo to hl» exact useof words. There Is never any doubtabout his meaning. Mitcnnliiy lieKurthn HBO of Latin wordu at nn earlyago. When four and a half years oldh» was UHkod If hu had got over thotoothache, • to which qucHtlon camothis reply: "Thn agony IB abated. "T-J, V. Rhodes in "Historical KHBUYB."

In Iho Sl l i lUIr ABC«.Mistress of the CuHtle (to colored

hoiiHOinald) — Nuver mlud what youthought! I told you when you wenr;oiit.: "Mly, we thn drawbridgeevory night al I I , und If you're noiIn by then you' l l Imv lo x iuy out t i l lniorii l i iB."— I 'ucU.

Wlml MlrilN Ai-o

What bird In niiuln l u i i i l l l u r lu l l u l ofolkn by I l iu talc of "Iliilxui In t h rWoiul?" ( l lnbl i i . )

Kiirduil the rorwurdn, both Hcruiun | W|ml ,,,,,,, rftn |inl|Ut,, u,,, , ,0I ,- ,- ,»Ip l i ty ln i ; H iHi ly nml ili'Hponitoly. I'liuilii i ldo oxur l i ' i l ovcry ouiic<i of brawnund mui i rUi lu til l) I lKht . hut II, will,plain Itml Lll t lolou WIHI Imt lcr luIlld lOOIKI.

oti,ol. blrduT (Mwl i l i iK bi rd . )Wliut |,lnj ,M ' ,)l(, ,imt,lom of

United Hlu len? < K i i K l n . )tlm

DlriM' . l ly llic.v n l i i i 'Kid f l u i l r l u c t l i - i iof opoul l iK uphnirl i iai i l i , un iilm wuto luu l t ho l r Ir-rc i i l i t l l l i l ' i r i inl i i ' i i H u t , I l l l l i i hy l l t l l i vh t i r I 'OiiruKii I ' l ' l i i r i l i ' i l an l ihu n n l l c i ' i l

What bird of Iho ornan clltii;n to(iruat Hull Lull./,' (Hca nul l . )

Whut blrd'ii uent In «u t rn wi th r"ll«liK U I I K l , MUdl - l l 'M I I I Chl l lU? ( H W I l l l d W , )

Whut bird can iiluud mullouli i int I'm

i h u l , In nt Until- fnnuldiilili'eliurt;en l . l l l lo lon u l i l l I 'ulloil l<> liconv

liourii wnti'hini; for HM petty? ( I l n r o n , )Whut bird i i tniuli i uu onn Iri; u i iml

of tliii t l iuoY ' ( U l i i r k , )What bird -In u ini-uiK-c lo furmuru ' i

T|ii'ii iilio cl i ini i i i i l lior l iu i idn lu ' ((!row.)t r i u m p h . A n u i icrum fni'mcd hu i l i l i t ' Wind lari;" bli'd of prny uuarii noil'tho I . K l l o l o n iwouty- l lvo , Derby n l lp - tary (o holi;li<» of p i i rp i ' l uu l iiuow'lpor round, Him uu tiol, on' I l io l i l lud (I 'ondor.)hlilo, anil not ovor thu Iliid, A t l iuudo). . . . Whut hint uwulienn ( t in day wll l i Hi-

m-iirly l i l lud, when ulio heard t l i o | n t uppl i i i iHo liunit rorlh from din Hold, non,;Y (Kur i l . )idnl i ik oi uu ti"Kluo, iind imw Iho rooln nn tho try wnu tlliceomil 'ully convci'led, Whi t bird u l i i R H nt nol I l i o Jnieiloii. H wuu a uii iui ' l , tH iu Hut Mluli;<) ueomed'Ao lieur the tioo. I l iuu lu , )

"

light from a total demolition of tliebuilding. The garden house was laidflat, and all my trees, etc., broke downto the grd/und. Such ruin was novcrsc-cn in America.

Besides my plate and family pic-tures, household furniture of oyerykind, my own, my children's andHervonts" apparel they • carried off

^lal~nnd-thP~terrestrlnlr-th«—«tin- .attd the storm—woro closely i-onnected,though we cannot precisely explaintiow. Similarly every fnj;t about -Ood

• m u s t Involve oxccedlng grt'at and•'.'irecioua ('OiiBeftuenceH for man. In-v-, deed, the written and oxpllclt proinlses-- of Scripture-uro proolous-bepauao-thc.V-

reveal tho Dlvlno naturo. A promiso1« a means to an end. lt» oniro is tolead ue up beyond '(self to .the Kternultx)vi'.

Up to sell-indulgence ana ruined, attGod'a work.

. - : ' . - In tne'early '(Iftys'of traveling by ',. , . . . . ! • :. atage-eqach; across tho HocUy Moun- ( .

.... TOPIC vprt ' ."lANlTARY l.: ion. • 1 tal^nB^. the^ Jj-lu .was JiUoly' -.to_ be re-''-± ^ _:_; • . •* ^^^\f\<i-iy^mn^ntnn^^w-'\ncMeMf^'^KT

But God has moro ways than one or j m;giving effect to Ills loving purposes, a^ ' "Jeremiah's visit to the potter indicates.

-—Tho -veBSplithat-he-had^inado-of-clay.!was marred In, the hand 6t the patter;-so-he-made-it-agfaln-another-vessel—aa-seernedrgood-to the'-pottt:r,^<>-mu.ku. it.'.'-,."O house of Israel cannot I do withyou as this potter? salth the Lord."(Jeremiah 18.1:11.) If the chosenpeople could not carry out God's plan1'or them He woulil carry out Hisplan-through them, oven In spite of

"tKefh|"TuuI'they~ would lose~thc~blessins-that would have come to them if theyliad'worked with "God instead of work-ing,, against Him.

During the reigns of David and Sol-omon Immense stores of treasure had

have not passed this ' way liere-toforp." Thiit Is true of every day ofour lives; for the experiences of everyclay differ from those of any. other day.Each day brings a new aeries of suc-cesses and failures, it brings Its ownduties and its owh assortment ,o£ 'dis-appointments and annoyances; and alsoits own assortment of pleasant', ex-periences and its'otVn opportunities forthe exercise of the graces of a Christ-like character.

And BO, for each day we need specialguidance and special • help, ' *--each day we neud newnourish; that we may be in proper con-dition .to meet the day's experiences,to overcome • its temptations and toaccomplish is duties. >'" .: ;• .—Arrd—God's—<lcttH ne—with—the-Israel-ites In the wlt-Jerness is an object les-

tu uu in' " ""••'!—*«—u-'haA^wft h,

and forspiritual

Lday_Dy_day_ln_tho_5cOderness_tjQi_ma,ke^|'thenj,-feel their constant dependance-upon-— Him,- and to -teach us— to_seek_'.iiew.^ujyjliesj -from God each --lay for-that— day's "neeclsT""""""""""^ ' r ............ "•".' "*

Grxl guided His people by a pillar ofcloud by, day and of fire by night, andtaught them to stay where, they wereas long as the cloud remained in oneplace. They were not allowed to-press-forvvard as fast ; as_

been laW up in Jerusalem and espec-ially In the enrichment of the Temple,but almost immdiately after Solomon'sdeath, the greater part of it was taken

whom He had bestowed so much careto become divided and weakened? Andwhy did He allow the treasure • whichHe-hitl bcstowefl upon them, and eventhat which they -had consecrated to Hisservice .in the Temple, to be . takenfrom them?

The answer to these questions an-swers' also -many of - the questions thatnow perplex many minds-as to themeaning of God's dealing ^vith themand with others*. It Is this; O.od re-gards—the temporal eoncerns of illschildren on earth us of moment onlyin their relation to their spiritual wel-fare. To Him the fleeting things andexperiences of time and sense are mere

anycould create millions of people with, aword and could multiply wealth of^all'kinds without limit by a mere exerciseof His will. But not so 'can God-create.character, not^so can He produce the

wires. And these two facts—the eeles-^wrt of things" that He Is trying to1-make^-out-of-us.—It-ls-only_by—carefuL

training, by discipline and persever-ance that God can develop In man thequalities which will flt him to be thefriend and -associate of his Creator.Tho dlspcrnion of Solomon's Immensewealth - and the -disintegration of his

-powerful—kingdom -were necessary togive tho Israelites lin object lesson ontho folly of trusting In wealth or Inpower, as those temporal blessingswere loading tne tm_away from Uod:

i forcordaln-had planned

which He hod.. . necessarily

follow that Jeroboam wan Justified Inrebelling. Tho betrayal and crulnxlonof Jeeun 'were llko vino foreordained

( by Qod,' but neither Judas nor thochief prleats nor Pllato wore under

j compulsion to carry, out Ooi-J's purpone.

beatitude .<*t those wH(i hovo tun [H.RIIand yet have bollpved. ,

Consider Home <oase<iuoncfH of t l t lHnplrltual principle. Often we lu^iirGod'n promlien 8>'t In ooutriiHt to 111"'commandments. And yet every eom-

about £!)()0 sterling In money, andemptied the house. of everything what-soever, except a part of the kitchenI'm iillure, not leaving' a single bookor paper In It, and have scattered ordr.slioyed all tho manuscripts andother import) I Imd IHMIH collecting fort h i r t y yours together, bewldes a greatnumber of public jiapern In my CIIH-tody.

Hrrundnrj' Imi>orluin-«-.

A Hiory. upocrypliul. but untuning, laUild hy a man who, on his Unit visitlo Now York City, accented 'a police.n i n i i and (mked to lie directed 'to. Her-aid S(|iiai'u.

"Kemherton In a Hiunll village on tintI ' l r l ior l i iK Valley' Kiil l ioml, near I'lun-i i l x v l l f i i . I'u.," rnplled. thti policeman,wlio looUed Int'olllKDlU, but git'/.od lutoi<piire w l l l i un ulmtruct'ud air.

"Am 1 headed thn right way?" unitedt in- i i t runKur , hardly trusting hln oarii.

"Tho Nwluway river rlnnii In lown,"mild t l iu policeman, ill 111 Kuxlni; IntoUliucc, "It llnwti Houth iicroim theiiorthweHl roruor Of M l K K O i i r l . itmlon ip t l e t i lu lo t l i o Mlnnour l I ' lvrr. Tlioa l i en mill ardltloii l a w n were pituHi'ddu r lu r , I h o . i i i l m l u l H l r u t l o n of John Allsmut. Tlio Unit i i i in ' i idinni i t "

"Hce here," In lor i 'up ln i l Iho Ht r i t i iKor ,"are you u l l in ik t l r ' / "

TIM' i io l lcenutu t u r n e d u ncclnn ^iixeI I | M I I I h im ill laid.

"I piiHtied my c i v i l xorvleo

mandmcnl TeftTTy nrrpiicB m—mmi—n~]~'-"TTr-"^-»'-"—".-—^«-.——— —-x-orrcBpondlnK promise. Our Lord uiiver ! sinned exceedingly pveo In the net oflays on Hln disciples u burden alto- | Hiving, effect to Ood'8 purpose.- And

beyond tholr strmitflll. 11» ' *~~ —" —-——'-~netherknown^our frame, nnd He IH touehedwith the feeling of niir Infirmities. HeIn no uuatero t ' l i iU-niuHter to modi IKSwith Impossible nnlnrH. ^>He citunottnntul lxe UM \vltl> l(l,-nla limielesnly nmlfor (\vnr out . of rrarh. \Vhrn (,'hrlnt

_desired -to go. but must -Walt" God'stime. That is a lesson that we ullneed to- learn. Many a good man runsInto temptation or gets Into difficultyby pushing ahead -when God would,-;have him mark time or move -moreslowly. - . " ' . ' • ; • '" But iij addition to the pillar of cloudGod guided His people by verbal dl-roctlomv given through the .prophet

leader. And in addition to that, GodHimself promised to go with them.

We have 'not the pillar of cloud andfire to guide us, .but God. speaks tous In the leading of His providence,closing our way at times and openingit at others times; perhaps In • somedirection in which ive had not thoughtpf-golng. He also speaks to us throughHis prophets and apostles In the JS.Ible.And He speaks to us more directly'Inthe "still small voice" ot. the Holy.Spirit; which, however,'* we cannothope to hear if we allow the confusedvoices of this world to fill our earsand absorb our attention.

And not only did God promise to—people—and,—to—bo—present*

among them, but He even promised,to go before them and . flght theirbattles. (Deut. 1:30 and 9:3.) -In theperson of His Son God has done thisalso, for. us._ „ InJ Heb. 2:10 Christ iscalled our r'aptaln, or, flle. leader(archcgon). He went before to showus the way nnd He fought our bat-

I the same may be sold .(ConcerningHazael the Syrian. (Sen 2 Kings S:7-15.)Ho waa not under compulsion .to glvoflffeet to tho prophecy of Kllsha In ro- igartl to th«\ wlfked things tlmt hewould do, but. hit ,1I<1 therm .. wlokod

• "i ->T. I thlngB. • ~«ald to the cripple "Arlso and walk,' ,' Wn need to Icnrn mor« fully than

the'

ties to show us how to overcome. Andhaving conquered for us He has givenus assurance that He can now con-quer, jn us and through us, If we willbut place oursftlves unreservedly inhis hands.

As' tho result of His guidance and ofHis presence with tlinm and of Hisgoing before thorn God promised Hispeople an assured victory.—" Kve.ry—plaop-that -the—flole-»f-your-foot shouH 'tread' upon, that have Iglvo unto you. • • * There shallnot any man bo able to- stand beforethen." (Josh. 1:3, 5.)

And yet, there Is always a conditionattached to God's promises. He IK ableand willing to do for us all that woraunnt do for oUrpelves, but wo mustdo all that we can If we want Hishelp.

"Only be ll i i in strong and verycourageous, that theiu niayp.st ohnnrvVto do iifeajr-fllnq1 to all the', law whichMoai1" MV servant oommanded; turnnot from It to the r lght 'hand or to tholeft." f jonh, 1:7.)

It In writ ten, "Inuiiiull.uely hln feotnml unkle-boncn rocnlved strength."Bo caoh one of Qort'n commniidH to UHniUBt needs carry wltli It thn potencyof Ita own fiiltllmi'.nt, Hiich n commandU only a promUe read l)i irkwiinl«—npromlnp, n« It woro.In dlasnlHo,

Thla holdn tniii ulno of the, lnwgraven oh'nmn'H-henrt . Kmih whlRpitrof ooiiHcloiioo, ouch claim of loyally,«uh promptluff of love, In it Ion apromlnn thnt via urn able to <>l>ny It Ifwn will. If you laid' a torn, nnllmlbAnlc-noto (Uid hcM It ui> to tho I lKht .you onn r^nd wovon Into (h i t pn'ptirtho wutcr- inurK of UM value, Hn itvcnIn tho very ixiCtfi'ti nnd t»x turn ofmun'n naturo wit run read HomnthlnKof lt« "whi.'tii'o" iniil I t n -whltlior." we<uui trncn the Imprint of Its worth ,tlio faded promlnn of lin ili'fltiny, Th<<earnest «xj>«rtiUI(in of tlio nronturpwalta.for tne. inunlf i inta t lon of Hm nounof Ood. ' I0v«ry other IvhiK hi cn«itU>ullnda noiuewfierd uu onvlrmimoiit

l i no yen! ent i ty , wluui I cunm. f rom NowJuiHi iy ," ho mild, "I miimiKml to i;i'lth i 'dUKh, but r Imvmi't leiuiioil niunliithntit. New York ynl, . H l f , <J iv f t jno

Oiici- u | iuu u i l ine u iml l l l r l i i i i , iiKint-M K n l . l v l i m hmmi, l imj lvor l imt ly took

It up. l lul uluiunt at unco ho dioppnilH, "HluuK!" l'« lulittnntd HlKii l l l i ; iui t ly

Hln piiluit, howuvur, word not dn-.-olil of j in i l l l . l''or henceforth lio wani I ' nu ' l l i ' i i l l 'o) l l l i ' la i i , nmlI I I I l l i ' I l l l i r l l l l l l l l ,

\Vo l i i t v n not Iced H i n t one p i ' i i t t jnun way In n i i iKe u u l i ' l c l i iuiKi ' liern lml In Kir lid i m i i ' i i t a l u ai'.i'rr w l l l imr,

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adopted to I t n |i«c<ln, Dit.ilni In nudin'In tlni forerunner nml i>ri>|>hei:y of nn t ln -fnr t lcm. Knc.h inlnniturv lun t lun t ni.-rti.(i r l lmntr t i > l|-|»t\ll It at hint . Ho ovrnour ni'iinn of l lu l l t i i t l i iu nud li iMiil t l i ' l i ' i i ryIn a prn iu lnn of «innit het tnr tiling. Our !nhiuuo uud 'horror of i«vM »r i> u j i rum- ]

. I n n tlmt we wiir'iw.uceiit'1!) ">r I ' l i i ' l ly ,Our liiuiKer, ui|d t l i l rnTTiftor r lKh teoun-iionn .orn u phiuulni ' of rubert to In- mi''<lay "wimhi-d w h l t n . Why In I U H I I ' MI toni t f i iHhl t iund no Hint h i > known h i m -nolr to be .u ntnuiHi') ' nud n l > H m l mupon eurih, i ' lH'ainiir.l hero but • (mldom«Ntlfati 'd, I lki t n u t u i i i n n w n l l o w nwhen they tn,lio wing fn'r numnioi 1 I M I -yoml (t in n»i\, TtihiKii M U c Iheni 1 muninoedn riirry w i t h ' ( h u m u went nni lurecliiun promUrt. lu niir I ' 'atlior:nhoiino are i i i i iuy ' mnimloiin: I f It won'not no. H<i woulil hnve tol l un no.

Tho' ' ininn )ii'|iuil|>lit hn ldn HIHM! i\ l i tnwith roKiird to III" civinmoi) l i i n t l n r tu ,Ilin enlleotlvo hopon, of thn i''hl-|rtt.|nn(Miui 'dh. Tint uui ' l i 'Ut tonei)d of Ul«fouudlnir (if 11 nine (old how thn cimlitx

, promlnitil ciuplro In n lonely wntc l i e ruu Out Awtf lk t luu . Our I .o I'd I l l n i i u t i r

most of un linvn Irarned the truthtaught by Jemm In His He.rmon on theMount than nlu In In Its ennenco nmatter of detilr<t. of fdnllniy, of motive,rather than of nrtlon. Tt Is npt nomuch whut. wo Oo or fa l l to do, butwhy wo rlo It or fall to do It, t h n t Clodtaken account of. "Mnn Inuketh pnthe outwnrd npixmrimcn, hiit tho T.ordlonlinth ou the heart." (Hum, IBrfjT,)

Jerobonm WUH rot trying to nleancOod, but to plenne lilmself whi*'i lie ro-bcllo.1 agalnnt lli 'linbonni. Thnt IHprovod rw li ln n i i l iHe i iuou t 'conduot Inmal<li;g Idoln for the pnorilo to wornlilp,nml he" In referred to nft i-rwnriln an (hornnn who i"iii1e r « i i i < > l nln." (1 1C I nun H:10 und ir>:n4.1(loenunted for by uHHuui l i ig that Ond

Ilohoboiiiu'u t ixtrcino fu l ly can onlybo allowed him to glvo lo hln nut nnilImpulnn, Indtead of acting reunotiublxIn ordor thnt tho purpnnn of Ood In theorder thnt tho purppnn nf Ood In t'lamatter might IIP (u-douinllnho.'l. ; .

ALFONSO HAS A DOUBLE.

IMnUliin It Ttormgnlonn.

THICMK FOR THE YKAU-— APOS- | occurrence.". But" the fatigued

Topic for the Quarter—A Clirlst-Coijterivl Life. Though .Cor January .

—Living with Christ, . 'Jan. 1, (Morning Watch)—Whent-o

our l ife derives iln character. (John•15:1-7, I John '3;:M.> .

The obvious'purpose in the selectionof this topic IB to set butorc ourminds In u Very pointed wq.y thetruth that wo cannot l i f t ourselves bytugging at our shoe straps. There isno power inherent In us by nature bythe exercise of which, we can bringourselves into conformity, with the willof God, "because tho carnal mind (ournatural, desires) lb enmity againsy<?5u; for it is not subJodt to thn law otGddrrieTtner 1rTdeed~c'ahr:i~be." (Kom.

• 8:7j We can only .climb -jp towardipnlon with Christ as•uou—tt?—^-•••[! i'i i jmv" ...v.^ -^.. . -

will make it correct to say that 'wearin Christ and Christ la ' in us. An<

-we-can—only—grow—into—consciousnea:of that perfect • uni ty with Christ by-striving—to—liver-a-ehr,isMlke-life—at-all tirnes. We need, the very _lite.. fit'Chrlsf Himself~irTus 'to"llftT"U'S"'dut-b'tourselves, to change o,ur nature, andmake us what Go3 wants us to bo.And it Is only by uflng the strengtharid grace which He gives that we can.geV^nore.' Thei 'Holy splrlr dwetl8"'Inevery child-of God,'.hut He..is onjy_jvble.to help us in proportion as we listento His voice and obey His commands.

"I can do all things in Him thatstrengthened me," Paul says; andagain: "I have been crucified withChrist yet I live; and yet no longer Ibut Christ Hvefh In me; and that lifewhich I now live In the flesh I live Infaith, the faith which is In the -Son of

him, the same beareth rnuch fruit,li.Tesus said; "for apart from Me ye cando nothing." ' What does abiding InChrist mean? John answers: "He'thatkeepeth His commandments adidethIn Him, and He In him. Hereby weknow that He abideth in us by theSpirit which He gave us." ."The spiritHimself beareth witness with our spiritthat we are children of God." .(Rom.8:16.)

And'there Is a. very surprising truthIn, • connection with this subject. ItIs that the more helpleefc we are themore perfectly Christ can work, in usand through us, if we only, give Himfull right of way in our hearts and

perfect in weakness," He aaidl ,(2 Cor.'

In 1588 Philip II. of Spain fittedout a-great naval armament, with a

The fleet consisted of 131 greater andmany smaller ships of war, and car-ried 19,000 marines and 8,000 sailors.The ships had scarcely quitted Lisbonwhen they were scattered by a storrband had to be refitted. Advancing inthe form of a half moon seven milesIn . extent. It eame in sight., off PIv-mouth, of the English fleet, scarcelynumbering 80 sail, and commanded byLord ' Howard,' "who eriflcavored bydexterous seamanship, and the dis-charge of well directed volleys of shotat,^nlternately'Ions' and short- dis-tances, tt> damago.the vesgeld of theenemy. Some pf those either fell Intotho hands of .the ICugllHh or were

"ThlllKt am HK|I |OIII tvlliK t l iny nonm,In n phrniHi oui* o f t f i i hei t r r t ,

M i M t p o l l t i i i t l i ' i ' -c i ' t 'moWIIH l i i v i ' i i H - d In

imrnlntimtiU' | i r n i u l H i > d empire In M l »ii .pimtlnn. l''rmii the l ic i<luulnn l ie Iniilunplrcd I I I " Cl inr i ' l i w i t h n i l l i u i i e i ' l n lInn t lnc l f in- worl i l -wl i lo e x p u i i n l u u . u i n lcnmii icnt , The u i l i m l i i u n r y l u i p u ' c e nT"Mt ( Inn i ie l l in | i i i i | (M tn Iho vcrV' i i n l u i 1 "

r i t d < t l u | i t l i > U I l i i i ' i r i Wl iu t ( ' ) i r l n l l i n xin fur un nui i i io l In' fur un on ly ! IIi\t concern every t i u iu : nnd no nui '

tit In 1\ f n H l i n i i r i l e H thn grcnl l in-umrnnce thnt l t < nhnll IMCOMIK|uiu i innni tnnlni i oif nianltl iul ut|1« Ullii 'e 111 III' World," ,•

Turl i lnh HK» »rn real ly Ki ' fMic l i ;Chlln mil lec IH fl ' i im H r i i K l i I , ,

I l n m l x i r K n l r n l i H nr i . u a i u i ' i ' ' I ' u K c nHwlnn chci'hc l iui ' l rl« I H M a l a l l .

r i ; ia i i i i u n i ' a l i i ' H i ' n i i n > l i ' i i m H | i u l n ,H p n u l i i h n i i M - l r l l c i . r r o i l l I ' r i ' i i ;

' l i i ' i i i t " I'm". i " ' i ' l n i | iH yon lioo\\ ' ,On the | > l n l n n nl ' D l m l n i r l n i i ,

.Vli 'iieriii ' linir. ' . i IH i o i iK ' i r i n i i i lnn'cc,I r l i ih n i i ' t t H f rom I 'alnd l |n-;

I .OUK I'"' N i l ' ' , lor i i i l l n ' no n d l i i(1| io\\ 'h ( I n 1 m i f f i ' d N n r w i i y p lnn ,

Why I 'Oi i l l i l i i i 1 ' . ' Al l wo c la imIn u po in t \vo i i c r - t l not p r c f i n — •

'I 'llnrf In n i i l l i l n i ! I l l u i i a i i l i ' ,I l lVl i ry dm a I l l l l i ' I C I I H .

— ( M i l c i i K o ' r r l l m i i i ' .

Innl l l l V i l |i|-oi;ri'l111 I l l iol l l l . l l il '< 'PUI'i |ei | l i l t P";

M I I t'ur Unit "ImIn i ' i l l i liln" lei

liir; of

Kli iHP Mnjor* Joke Flayed on ninln-ilor Who Hail One Great AmliKloii.H Is Hdld that all havo tholi

"iloublo" In this world, und uppaniutlyItliiKB aru no oxcoptlon to this ruloKing Alphonno has his und thcrob)hungs thu following talo:

A matador who stylos hlnmitlf 10!Vnl lcnt l to hiiH or rathor had an ovorpowering ambition—one lndm;d whlcl) jhad hccomo u port'oct oliHOimlon with |

j him—and I hlu wuu lo hu proiicntml tn iKing .Alrnuno; but inoii l l i i i piumcd onand liln dciilrc did not nccin l ikely 1Cbo gratified.

A"cnrluln you th rcHld l i iK 'u MadridIt* (ho InuiKo of I Im king In nearly

"ovory pur t lculur , u corriiiipoiidnnt ol, ' thn Now York World nay", ludcod

\vhon In I'urln noinn th r cn or foiiiyiiui'H nKO hn wan ofici i u i lH lukon fot ',l i l iu, iiiuuy ninvHpiipi ' rM of that capitalannouncing Hint h l n nmjixi ty wiui thorcIncpKiilCu,

Thin y o u t h i le l i tnnlni 'd that. I f ICIVnlU' i l l l lo could not hn received hy thereal k ing hn i t l inuld iml i i ln hln duublo,jin'il no, wi th tho connlvancn of t r imtndfr ln iKlH who quHn nulcrcd In to theii|ili ' ll of thn thing, uiTiiUKcd t h n t on ucnr tul i i iil'liirnoon "hln mujciity" wouldv lu l l thn hull l lHl i lc ru ' cniilno HO (hu tIhu matador u l inu l i l t h e n ho iirennlitcdto him.

I01 V n l l n n l l t u W I I M duly l i ifonundnud, u r r i iy lug l i lmnnl l ' lu hln bout , con-vliiurid t l m t I h n drcui i i of liln l i f e wunulioil t lo hn i iccoiupl lHlicd, nwu l l cd thevlnl l of "hln l u i i j n n t y " nml lu dun t l m nwuu prnHnii tod to him, I In u r t n r w u r dnxpr i 'Mnnd l l h i i n n i r U M r l in r ine i l w i t hl i n t "lihlH'n" u lTu l i l l l l y .

Nnt rot- n loin; wh i l i> ' d i i l t h n mata-dor li ' lU'll of Ihn I I I IH .V vvhlt ih hill) l innnpluynil ou him. Now lin him vowedvnuunuiK 'n ou ( In p n r p n l n i l n r .

No oiiu laUKhi ' i l i iKiro h c u r l l l y overt l i l n u i lvnnlurn t l m n Klui: Ali'-imiuhlmnnlf whim l|n ( hni ird of It. It (yriluiored t lmt In Ihu l i ludi t ium of hluhcnrt Im iiiny tinud for Ml Vullci i t l to

.'.". | uud cnucndo lo lillll mi l i u t l i n i l l l l ) I l l lnr- ',,Vlmv.

(Ibfltroyed. ; Arriving off of . Dunkirlcthe armada warf becalmed and thrownInto such confuttloq by thn arrival Intho fleet of eight flreshlps sent by tinISngllRh admiral, that ou the nextmorning Lord Howard was able to at-tack It on several ,nl(l(m. Though theHjidnlBh bravely resisted t h n l r veSHclawore. doHtroyod or foll^ Into th« handsnf thn Km;] I nil und tlio Oiitch, nud InI'oiiHcfiuoiico tholr cominundor roaolvmlto nbnndon the, ontorprlsn, coiicnlvliiKof thn Idea of taking IllH fleol aroundthe northern coast of Urcat l l r l tal i i .H u t ' n violent hurrlcnnn5 now hroltnout. and the, inrgor part of thnl r Hhlpnwnro dnshorl upon iho roclm and soat-torcd In all dlruiUlonn. Tho arniudiiIB mild to havn lost In the opan lien72 largo vomiclii nxcluHlve of tho wnnll-nr craft, and 10,18r> men, whllo ovoryfamily of dlntluctkin In Spain had lomourn tho Iowa of one or moro of It.iinnmhera. Only about f>0 veitooln

Spain on tho return trip.

li'rom llniinh Iluy tu I \«fVpl |Mt.

Mr. und Mm. .lurk London liavclinnn muoti foted ut Itio AmitrallanjMirlii thoy liuvu recently toiielied outhnlr iilrniiKn voyugo. It w i l l hn re-lunmbarod tha t - ( h l n enterpr lnl i i f ;couplo not out from Hun l^ru^ii'liK'oou I h n i r yaeht, u l iout two yeani UK<>,on a ncvcn yoitrn world rruli in, iu>ronipiinloil hy. un engineer and u Ju(in.hoiin mier t i tury . A l i h o i i K l i ho lu i.nwomy th i r t y - t h ron , .la"n London nitiil i l a j c d many | ia i la u, Inn l imn. Hornlu > t s i n Ii 'i-iuieliH'o, of i i i inunvhi t t iiuimt-din i inre i i l l ' , he line H U M nl i l ia ago r.lton, s i f l n r it l i i tphuxurd nohoolliiK, uruni'h hoy, and i i f to rwardu lu t u r nwurkni l uu a uewidioy, oyHlnr- i i l ra tonullor bol'oro thn muni on u nn i t l l i iKmihoomtr, Juto fuotory hand, nud lituudry mitu, n i ea i iw l i l l n ina l i lnn h lmnnl fknown un u Huelal lnl npestlior. ' A f l n r -witnln hn wont to thn Kloi i i l lHo, (mil,i l r lvnl i uwiiy l>y un eplilomte o( iicurv.v,m i t d u ' l h u rot u ru" Journny In un opniihunt, Tlion ho I IOKUII lo write, undmain found fanin hy hln n i u l l u l l iIiovnlM, .luck London IM u lunnni ' l dsla well UM a ro i t l ln t , unit ou Urn dooi(if hlu hoiiUi In Hun l<'rancliico Im miedto1 liuvo (i H|KII couiljui;, "No Im.'iliinimtruiiHueteil hnrc." Tho''lmi:k iloor ultic

thB.norye.H of the weak and tlin timid.Sometimos the passehgoi's became'so-'worji put as 16 lead to a 'suspicion (itIholr sanity. The Rt. Rev. D. SJ :Tuttle^in his ."Reminiscences of ti 'Missionary-Bishop;" describes an . Instance ia.point' ••' . . ..•.-.„':., .:...";,.,„:., ."..,..

.','• One forenoon, the coach- rolled- iiito«:Denver, and, the six horses came pranc-ing up to the olllct! of Wells Fargo &Pomp'any. A. large;. crowd was assem-bled, as th6 incoming and the outgo-Ing of the daily coaches were the great,svents for the town.

At .the stop, the only passenger^lufcRly" th'rew "open^ tTTe~rcoTich~~doolvleaped tp. thfi ground, ;:an_hurriedJiy;,_,

spring; stood ,on his head with Ills.aeels-up-agalnBt-a-suporting-wall.-—-—...Several..men followed ' htm, q^ulte

that tere was another passenger-the; JmiljTsleepless -r

said .to' him, In a tone of sympathy.'Why, cap'n, what's the mattet1?".

Slowly coming to_ a right-slde-up iposture, the-man^answered,-'1 Well,' ihytrlend, I'll tell you what It is. This:standing on my head, is the only"posi-tion which I haven't been in during,the, last twenty-four hours in yonder-'coach, and I wanted to make the thing,harmonious and complete all round.fr

Chccrfulne»«.

stills

most any other quality, says Orison.-Swett Marden In Success Magazine.Optimism is the greatest business^get-.,_, Jter, biggest trader, the greatest^,achiever in the world. Pessimism has.-; ' •.never' done anything but tear down.' •. 'and destroy what optimism has built"" .;•up . . ' v ' . . ' , ' . . . _ ;''.>\i:;

In .the huslness office, as in spcfety- ".'.;•.everywhere, the favorite.!? al ways'the ' ;."'cheerful person.; Good hat'ured, cheer- 'J;ful people do" not waste their, vital.,ea- , ,':.ergy as rapidly as the grjimbler_orjiie^_.;too soEer,' too sad". _with much; less frictlon.,1 '

•Good cheer is a grea^'lubricant. Itoils all of life's machinery. There Uho other life habit 'which can .g'ivt} ,-such a prolific return' In -happiness1 rind'satisfaction as that of being cheerful 'under all elrcumdfaneos. . If the resc-lutidh to cultivate .cheerfulness .'ftstrongly made at the very 6utset it.will not be difflcult to form the cheer-ful habit, and It will be the best pro-teetlou 'against siufferlng and dlsar*.p,olntment. ' > - '•• . •. , • -

Cheerfulneas Is also ;i great pro-

active ability and Increases mentall'arid physical power. .' It. maUea.'.hoste. . ..of friends and helps us to he Interest..-.Ing and agreeable. . , • ,'.

The Movlnu I'li-lnre Indnitrr-To- appreciate what bus happened, is - 4

happening, and IH likely to hapopn,you must undgratunil apmethlng faf th^ . ...

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p..I ll" • •' " • . • • • . ym,« 1I1MM UI.1V.

' 'born u Icni 'iut, "llo nol. 'ci i lor wll l ioul,. .-lilKii'liliu;. I ' leuiin do mil l i i loclv,"

Picture industry Itself, according toGlenmoro Davis in an article entitled"Tho Moving Picture Revolution." inSuccess Magazine. There are at pres-ent between 11,000 und 12,000 motion,picture houses In tho United 'Sta'tea—

"duditorliiiiis big and little, whore mov-ing dim photographs thrown on ascreen aro the riiuln or only source otamusement. In Now York ulpno therenro approximately uevnn hundred, Chli-(-•ago, Philadelphia und Boaton each,pnsiiimHCH upward of live hundred. In-.every llttlo and lilB city. In oVerycountry, In every uinto In tho,;.unlon^thu pleturo muehlnn has Bottled iind. is,literally coining money. Tho 'beautyof tlio hutiluoiiH IH Us simplicity, Aniempty iitnro, iiomo cliulnt, u white curtain, a machine, lialf a dozen fllniHand a t i c k e t taker, aro all that tin-liiilirenarlo roully ncedti. AH lilt) bank-roll and bin umbltlon IncrniiHu, ho mayIind other IIIOUIIH of upcndliiK moneyou liht iirojierty, hut ovun thon hu IBlimited. If ho him any th luK llko uK<iod location and IH not an idiot, ho Is*bound to mako more Ihun h»-.«pends. •To lii 'Kln with, It In not iii)ccaim|iy fothim to buy auyt l i l s iK HUVO Ills iiuichliuvand ho may rent oven Mint. Tho Ilium,whleh urn to t l i l t t Rui i lneHn' what theworli'it of Meimi'ii. llnrrle, Plnero undUnr i in to lu aie lo CharleH Krohman, lireiKivor mild , 'They uro rented by tiltwcolt f rom a Jnlil icr who makes hlnl lve l lhooi l hy tu ipplyl i iK U circuit olliiuitieu. He, In t u r n , ohtn l im hlu utouk-lu t r i i i lo f i ' i im Iho muniifucturor, ot.v'lilch there uro thir teen In thla coun-t r y and conidder/ihly moro ubrond, ulloiinnil l i iK I h i ' i i U K h u u t tho UnitedSlat rn ,

Many cooltn cl i t lm to tin oldtoiind, but t h i n In the n'lil t en t :old-fnnhlounil ciiok i t lwuyu III IHthliiR on tho niovo Hutt won't l>« lloixtuuntil day after to luurruw.

No 1'rotlil'tiulnl NutK'n.

It iiuouiH ( jucur , wlinu you t h i n kubiii^l It, lhn\ t h n r u In uu provliiloiilu tho Count H u t lou /'or tho t , lul tc(lrlliitnii f u r uul . l l 'yl i iK ( In ) H U o c n n u f u lI ' l 'oi i ldoutlnl cu i i i l ld i i tn of bin I 'hu ' t lmiTIlU t\V() I I O U I I I I I I (>f [OUII(JI'U11H lllltllt 01)

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: „ : ...:;~MaoWnes? "We.have them.ind new. 5-drawer drop-Bead machine

Tfriirset offttiaohmentB.

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: ^ ; \ f o r $18.60 and.up.Wheeler & Wihwn MaohineB leased

- I - ' . ' ; - . . ? at 50 cents per week.; > W p have BOTeral make*

, • • . ' ; • ' • • . of Sewing Machines,V« rentjnaphiueB by the week -or month"Ifeedieslfor Si machine*, 3 for 6 ote.

Best. Oil, 10 cents a bottle.Belts J.O and 15 cents.

REPAIRINGWillfurnlsh partb for any machine.

If not in stock; will get them.Buy a Singer Stacking Darner

:—'-n——-••- at our store.

Bicycles ari)i. Bicycle SundriesRepairing promptly done.

David Wescoat died last Monday.night, aged 84 years. Strickenthat morning, he did not tecpverconsciousness. Funeral serviceson Friday. .

Par valrie of Pebples'Bank stockis ten dollars per share, Fourshares were sold at auction, Thiirs-day, to close an estate, bringing$39 each. "MILLER Raspberry PlunU frort one yeariVl old vines, for sale. Also, CamberlnruTblaot-oappIanlB. P. J. Fitting & Son.

C.' A. Wood arrived home onTuesday - :.eveuing(:-r:satisfiedi;_witu.-

€Kve me a trial.

"~ Jas. Biiberfone,!242 Bellevue Ave., Hamroouton.

Osgood-WhiffenCfbnservatorjrofMuac

• 233 Bellevue-Avenne'Hammonton, : New Jersey.

Harness/Blankets,

S£sTi£=TTOnk»s**tC*fiSes

At L. W. OOGLEY'S.

LakeviewGREEN-HOUSE

l!/f•-.:• - , - ;Central Ave., Hammoncon, N. J.

'•. '-' •* «__— • '.'• Large assortment of,. Palm8,iFeriJ8, Honse Plants.Cot Flowers.. ] Faneral Designs

in JTresTrFlowerB,

WATKIS & NICHOLSON,Florists and Landscape Gardeners.

'

Company.** i«iaii,ijc»r.. It I'is going on more than nthoutnnclduring the next twelve months.

Would you llko to see it on yourbam — on the km you don't want — •and to know that Lho dollars — tltodollars you do wont — weroln thc»tiv-ings bnu!c credited to your rccoiiiit?

Slrout »cl!& furms — cvcrjrvvlicrolHocnnBellyouri. Noiidvunccice.Wr'tn nenrcst ofllco or agent for

free l 'E. A. STROUT

47 W. 3 »«h St..Bofl'nfl Pht!iid«lr'l:ln

OH»i'i,:sliil::. lirilTir.' 'i'.: •

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H, W, Mil|er, Agt, Hammonton, N,J,Over lied Uro»H i'liuriuuoy. • •• <l)ox 000. •

W. J. ILfjINCrWORTHIn ill ylnj. at

Honnmentnl. Murblo & Granite Work.AI«o ropulrlnjund loltnHim lu (loniMcrjr

ncmlly und uttl'f'iclorilj dunoi

Egg Harbor Itoal autl Peach Btreot,Hnmmnlbn, - N. J.

Roady-Prlntod Signs.

Following IB a partial list .of aluns for• Mle AI thin ofllnn. Prices nro 5 ots. oaoh,8 for "B cts. IT other wording Isiloilrodthey can bo doufl on short notice, uudKeaionably.

K o r H u l n )»•<>!•, llmu |KorHnlnor ItunllITorHulc- Ini j i i l rn W l l l i l n IKor Hrnt— Inf i i i l i r . W i t h i n I

• loti i*r<'um To*|itiy tI>enn|i>i| Vfiuohi ' iH KxN<> Al l lMl l l«MW | .

fJr>-4nif>':lii«|JKooni" In l.n I '

,.-.r People-have cpmmehded Hain,"inonton .postal clerks for 'promptarid courteous treatnierit. during

The annual meeting 'of; > theBaptist Church will be held -next

_ r- - ;.—» ;" — u — - - -• "~vf_ — 'fr^Ziutsdas'—evening,—Jan. ,5tn, 'torelection of oflficers, and any. other

his-lri He conDiderD 'Florida ato spend money, but

annual-meeting next JMonday-eve.,-—election of officers, etc. Call atthe Bank to-day, if possible, and[jay-your-dues.

Time Recount depositors of ,theHaniniontbn Trust Company^ willkindly leave pass-books on andafter Jan. 3rd, in order that interestmay be credited."CVJUR Houses to rent. luqulreof . -

The condition -of—Mrs .—GeorgeDodd, we were pleased to learn, istttorft eucomugiug,. HeniangutcrMiss Lila, has been suffering withinflammatory rheumatism.

Bulletin .No. 233, issued by theNew Jersey Agricultural Experi-ment Station, is a comprehensiveanalysis 'of-yfertilizersy; and will~biof interest to practical fanners.

Men are busy clearing away-thiruins of Irnhoff's mill, sorting oumachinery, etc, Yesterday morn

_ _ _ .onto— the engine, the extent odamage not yet known.

WANTED,— two or rnnreiicrcs. In nuliorbeAddress, P. O. Box 625, Hammuuton.

While .skating,, on '.'the.-L.ake, onWednesday, Norwood ' Rehmarinbroke through into the .channeland was with^difficulty rescued-and taken home in a wagon,has evidently recovered.

He

Notice!Sealed bid» or prnpoxals, endorsed:

'Proposals for cimiug garbage withincertain limits of the Town of Hatnmon-

•u," with the iiamu of the person orpersons making the .bid, ..will be receivedby the Board of Health, at their office inthe Trnst Company 'a parlor, at 8 o'clockon Tuesday evening, Jan. lOtb, 1911,during a session of BaH'Soard.

The work to be doneVU^der the abovetitle, by .which bids will be tested. Is thecarting and removal of all garbage,—ashes not included,—three times a week

twice ft week during April, May. Jaoe,September, October ; once a week dnr-iag November, December, January,February and March. A Garbage districtto bo bounded as follows : Pratt Streetto Maple Street, :Poijrth Street to GrandStreet, Including both sides of tho boun-dary lines.

All garbage to be removed, in. wntor-tlutit covered wagons , or carts. Con-tractor will be required to furnish abond in the amount ot $'250 for the faith-nil performance of bin duties. Bidsmust state where bidders would dixposnof all garbage collected. Tho Hoard ofHealth roHorvi-H the right to r^jeqt anyor all bids if It nhnll doom it for cbe,pub-lic IntnroH to do BO. All bldn will boaddremiod to John A. Uoyle, Prentdontor Hoard of Health, marked "Hlda forGarbage C!olleotln({."

Publlshod pursuant to a resolniion oltho Doard of Health, adopted tho 2.1day of November, 1910.

J. 0. DITLBH,Secretary of Hoard of Hoitlih of Town of

Hammonton.

THIS ANNl}AL Htooklioldoi-H meet-ing of Hikininnnton Trunt Com-

pany, liold for t l i« dent Ion of Dlrontorato n«ryti for fueling yt-Hi1, will Im lioldIn t l ic ('oiupiiD.v'B ollk't'H, Hvcoiul floor1,Tuvmluy, Jummry 10, 1(111, at 10A.M.

II. M] MoTTOMi.KY,Hce'y mid

Hanininnton, N. J.,tioa. 21, 11)10.

iKium or IDC linminontonul Ini inovdiiKint Anaocl-hold Tlmrml/iy, Junimry

Mio IVoplcH I tunlc , Hnni-

rruns A N N U A L MioKriNfl..,..ot1. Hlonklioldum of the HiiiViinonton

Oranborry uiulntlon wil l l»«rah, nil i, .u Tiniinlon, N. J., fo r ' t l iu |>ui'|i<nio ofvl(!(!tlii({ ollliutra and tllrooiorH for tho

HiiIng yrnr, mul t rui iHAOll i iR anyotlior . l i i in lncMH tlnit tuny coino lioforotliu meeting. W. II. Tii/roN,

115 15-10 H<-(irot«ry.

The Peoples Bank

i J ) i j / i i r (Jim I

lliinimonlon, N. J.,Deo. |7, HMD

nnnu i i l uliiotlon for Dlrootorn ofi^ i ik wil l IIP liii'il at the Jtiinlclii|(

n i iMf , on Tuciiduy, Jan. loth, 1U11,lnM \vocii iho lioiirn of DUO mid (bruo

|>. in. W. U. TII.TON,

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yrei AijoMcnti-Aut,otn6bilet .11',,' w^

-:• .. •;..•: ;Attprjaeyfl ....Room 3, - .Over Red Cross'' ' '' ''' '

Offlco opnn daily, 9 a.m. to 4 p.

SHOES

SHOES

— Tiie^largest^nd finest line -- we have ever shown.

It will pay you to look at them. ,

Shofes for Every body I

Our Repair Department is

: making friends every 'dayr

MONFORT'S SHOE STOKE

There is hardly an article in-your house, the appearance .ofwhich will not be greatly improvedif you will go over it four or fivetimes a year with clean water andIyory Soap.

Thia ia particularly true ofpianos, rugs, eilverwnre and finefurniture.

|| Ivory Soap.. 994%>o Per Cent. Pure

SANITARY

T^e WjnslowIs faralshlng its patrons \...

milk produced under the mo.sanitary conditionB. Everjprecaution Is taken to insnr,

;OlO

A NEW

Dairy

Use Sanitary Milk, and know yo»-V>lare ettin the best. - - ' "-3are getting the best.

*tiCumberland MutualFire Insurance^Cos .;.!/;

"'"_ _-Thia-oltt-anlfrelfSShrCoropaDy of S t r V *five years standing, inanres aU> -kinds of &.m+f\*l*mi*f— •«J*fc-.Jr.m i -icto^naBligMjmi*"™L'ift"-M»jML«. t.__LlL-

«""- f —»-»j» -vnrv -vmt-vnm: f^n^fttf4v^*>ji (•KcUtd

loss or damage by fire or llghtntuifr 1W,rates are lower than Otbers.'^Ijowes arl-ipromptly adjusted and'paid. ' Pmjd»l|'hand are ample to pay all probable lofsef,u

Waylan^fDf-* • ^Roro'er second and

-^ ^ • - HammontoBj-If; J.'

ia ion KOT KNOW>[f you do not, yon can find on* by » venrl

little investigation tbas • *

Hatnnionton PjiliiTIs the very best paint ,

that wija evjjr used in Hammnnton,-, ' .

There are genre* of bnlldings tbBt joa_Jsee everj "Siy; painted with theUammonton Paint eight to twelve ' .

at the present time. v

The HammoD ton1 Faint fa sold furtuer unrt*cItwK-Parnt.

al, Jtit work* wellj ocVPT»_weUt, >fj&*and wear* Well. Sold Ijy „ * • • j

JOS. , . . ,House, filguaiid CarriHge Painter,

doouud and PUmftmit Hm., _ „Hammonton, N.

FSR5BT C3&A&S

VKALTJSRHAMMON10N

Pure MilkDairy

214 Railroa<3[ Avenue1

Local .Phone 1048 • •. ,

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