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The Wingham Advance, 1910-07-28, Page 3s LIFE ROMANCE Servant Who Was Wife to Barrister For 37 Years, Secret Told By Tombstone—Both Were Devoted Lovers. (London Daily Mail.) All unauspectea, a tombstone in the churchyard of Shifttal, Shropsbire, haa borne for twelve months upon its mar- ble surface the evidence of the roman- tio devotion of the "servant and wife" of a distinguislied barrister, Now the publieation of Om baesister's will un- folds the strange roue:ewe Mr. Avtitur Joseph Munby, of a well- known Yorkshire family, barrister aud poet, (lied last Jeurttery, aged eighty- one. His will, suede some years ago, diss- n°6inS of 425:867 thus refers to his wife, who lutd•died a few months before at Shifnal; Whereas trauma' Cul'wick, servant, born at hifna1, Salop, and bred at the charity school at Aston Brook, Shia »al, has been for forty-five years mid upwards beloved by me with a pure and, honorable love, and not otherwise, and. sae the said Hannah, had. dur- ingall ;hat time been as faithful and loviug and devoted to me as ever 'wo- manwas to man, mul whereas after vainly trying to explain this state of things to my father I married the eaid Hannah (she being then in my service) publicly in the presence of all her kindred who could be got to- gether at the parish church of Clerk- enwell, in the County of Middlesex, on the 14th January, 1873. And whereas there is no issue of the seed marriage, and whereas ,not- -withstanding her said marriage, the said Hannah has always refused, and still refuses, to have the position whide as my wife, she might and could have had, and has always in- sisted, and still insists, on being my servant as well as my wife, *her one grievance being that she cannot be my only servant; and whereas, ows ing chiefly to this noble and unsel- tish -resolve of hers, I have never been able to make known my said mar- riage to my family or to the world at large, and the same is known only to her kindred and three of my most intimate college friends, of whom Rob- ert Spencer Borland knows the full eirmunstances and, knows her person- ally. SAVINGS OF HER WAGES. The will states that she was then no - Ines at Hadley, Salop, and that he had made a practice of spending as much of every year as possible with her. During her years of "servitude for hire she did from time to time of her own accord hand overto me the savings of her wages and never asked what I did with them." These savings amounted to about 4300, which he had invested. It was his desire that "my most dear and beloved wife and servant shall be (as she is now and always has been) provided for comfortably in that state of life which she prefers to another," and as she desired also that she should not have any claim as bis wife on his estate other than that given to her by his will, he left her ' 4300, "her savings ef wages as a hired servant," a life an- nuity of 470, and his household effects in the residence occupied by her. Mrs .Munby died hest July, leaving no will, so that her money passed to her husband. The tombstone at Shifnal re- cords that beneath it lies the body of Hanncile the beloved wife and servant of Arthur Joseph Munby, and concludes: "The pure and honorable love of thirty. seven years." During the whole of their married life Mrs. Munby elected to re- main in the capacity of a servant, dress- ing and receiving wages as such, 111 thp eyes of his relatives and. the world at large Mr. Munby was unmarried. Although possessed of considerable means both Mr. and Mrs. Munby lived frugaly. The cottage in which she died was worth only half a crown a week, Mr. lelunby was anything but fashiona- lay dressed, and she rarely appeared in any costume other than that of a do- mestic. They were bound by ties of the deepest mutual affectiora yet nothing that Mr. Munby could do or say could Induce her to give up the position she had voluntarily imposed open herself, * and to go into the great world as his wife. To the last Mrs. Munby always spoke of her husband as "the master." ORIGIN OF THE ROMANCE. Mr. William Cullwick, Mrs. Munby's eldest brother, aged 70, a wheelwright at Wombridge, between Hadley and &a- nal, said in an interview: "Hannah was two years younger that I. She went into the service of Mr. C. C. Cotes, who was a Whip in Parlia- ment, about 1872. She went with the family to London, and there while walk- ing one day she met Mr. Munby. Han - tali was a handsome woman, and afr. Munby seemed greatly attracted by her. She left Mr. Coto's serviee and -went into Mr. Munbes, in his chambers in the Temple. 'In 1873, when Hannah was forty, she was wearied. to Mr, Munby. She eontin- tied to eat as his servant for two or 'three years at the Temple, and nobody except our family knew of the marriage, although members of Mr, Munby's fano ily uaed to visit him and see Hannea there. Ilennah made her own wedding take in this eottage. "About 1876 Hannah came to live at Hadley, ond front time to tittle lived with different relations at various plaees round about here, ineludiag this et - /age, Summerford, Bearky, ani at Stiff, nal, where she died. She used to receive 45 every month from her huebana as her wages—he would never call it any- thing ease. "Mr, Munby engaged a servant for her once, but Hannah would not keep her, preferring to do her own work. the Amply veorthipped her husband, and he. • evorithipped her. There was never o cross Neon' between them, Except a watch, Mr. hilunby never made her any presents-- ebe would not Nave them—and she wore to rings or jewelry exeept her wedding ling. He wets much distressed at her death?'" oloasoomo.6......1140.****.h. Currant said Raspberry Conserve. Bring one quert of red eurrant juke and ilex., amount of tea raspberry juito slowly to A boil end eook 10 minute& ,Ada five pound e of het granulated sug- ar, one pound of seedless raisins chop. pm, the juke eif four orangee and the peel of two very elean oranges, parboil- ast ima choneeti lather fine. Boil mail It jellite. HER FORTUNE TO HELP WOMEN GET WVQRQE8. Mrs. Gussie Ogden Drewite. Cincinnati.—When Mrs. Gessie Og- den Drewitz was granted a divorce decree june 29 she declared. that she would devote her life and fortune from noW On to help women tan- gling to free theraselves from misfit matrimonial yokes. Mrs. Drewitz was the widow of Prank Ogden, a brother of Mra. Og- den Armour, of Chicago, before her marriage to Drewitz and. was left $500,000 by Ogden. Drewitz was a piano salesman when she married hizn and on their honey-, moon trip their special ear was pro, fusely decorated with violets and she was afterward called the "Violet Bride." "I am so happy I could fly," said Mrs. Ogden when she learned that her fourth attempt to secure, a dis vorce decree was successful. - "Do not give up. Fight it out. It is worth while," is her message to her sisters in the throes of strugglea to break their conjugal bonds. She, intends to use part of her half milli= dollar fortune in pushing a bill in the Ohio legislature, designed to protect women from slander utter- ed by men. notably by ex-husbands. She has already donated $1,000 to etart a fun.d for this purpose. e _ * The Housewife and the Fly. "Don't come into my peeler." said the Ilstusewife to the Fly; "There's a screen at every window, and your entrance I defy. There 4130 microbes in your footsteps and. a crust upon your head. Which if not so microscopic'would fill our hearts with dread. "You carry germs of typhoid. and. spread consumption's belie. And our sanitery teachers paint your crimes in language plain. Don't come into my parlor, and for safe- ty I would pray If you walked into my dining roont upon some sunny arty. '"There are seeds of vile distempers bid- den in your tiny wings, And your ma.ny feet have travelled over namelees filthy things. You're a menace to our safety, you are powerful though small. And the mischief you accomplish would the bravest heart appall. "If you enter, I have poison all prepared for you to eat. And paper spread. to tangle your germ laden wings sena feet. I will poison, trap or smash you if you do not leave my door; For our modern sanitation will endure your calls no more." —Gana 'Housekeeping. se • o Hebrew Not a Deact•Tongue. According to the Sunday at Home, Hebrew in its pure Biblical form is in- creasingly becoming a spoken language. ]?or spine time past this has been the case in Palestine, where even children can be heard using Hebrew in their play, and quite naturally. Dr. -Wheeler tells that hearing a jewess speaking Hebrew. he expressed surprise, and she told hint that in the colonies around Jerusalem the use of Hebrew as a. living tongue was was more and more becoming do rigour. It has been); proposed that a He- brew quarterly should be published, and that Hebrew literature should be creat ed and. developed suitable to the special eonditions prevailing in England. TWO.FABRIC FROCK. Tho illusttation ehows a Fteneh model, which may bo copied in .cote ton, sheer woolleite or silks. This froek is made of figured foul- ard with an overdress e,,f the sante silk in plain -color. Largo silk -covered buttons disoorated the halite, which be eliglitly draped in front. Tho IOW out neck and short eletwite are teexi in all late Paris fashione. LIN A NIGHTMARE Helpless assi Broken Down, Dr, Williams' Pink VIA Came to the Rescue. ••••••••••••••••••..... 1 THIS GIRL HAS HOTTEST CUM. MEI si OD ; OH E POSES AS MODEL FOR WINTER FURS - There are many who think mutemie is a trouble confined to growing t‘i'is and women, but this is nut the wee. Thoueaucle of men wee anaende, awl attribute their growing weakness to Mental or physical overwork, or worry, and wlio, do not appear to realize that, they aro swiftly inmates intothat con- dition known as general debility, and that their trouble le due entirely to. the fact that their blood. ie -watery and impure. If the trouble as not taken ire time, they ease from one stage to ane other until the breakdown is complete, and, often until a cure is beyond. hope. To men in all walks of life there le to medicine so valuable as Die Willieues' Pink Pills. If You feel jaded, weak: or worn out these Pills will melte that rich,. red, blood. Hutt puts vim, Paul energy in- to every portion of the body. Making good bleed is the mission of Dr, limns' "Pink Pills and good. blood is the one secret of good health end vigorous life. An excellent ease in point is that of Mr. R. W. Ellis, of Balcerres, aask., who says: "Just four years ago I was in England making preparations to fulfil the long cherished ambition of coming to Canada. My health at that time was normal, though I was never very strong. Three weeks before the time of my de- parture I was Overcome with a feeling of general weakness and faintnese which rendered me so inert and Melees that my days were shroueled in gloom. Con- sultation -with a doctor brought me no consolation. Debility was my trouble, and I was on the point of a breakdown. 'Catada in your condition means death,' said the doctor. 'You must have a complete rest.' A rest, however, was ut of the question, a fortnight's holi- day I bad and then back to earn my daily bread. The next years were t sea. les of miseryand despair, • body end brain undermined with a complaint the doctor could only call debility, bet ap- parently could not cure. Snatching holi- days when I could. I struggled on until the opening of 1909, when completely prostrated I was compelled to go to my parents and become a burden to them. My life was simply an existence end friends said, behind my back, 'consump- tion.' "In April, 1909, I began taking Dr. Williams Pink Pills. Three months bit- er, on July 1st, I sailed from Liverpool on the Tunisian for Montreal, full of new life, energy and hope. In this great country I ain making good and I owe it all to Dr. Williams -Pink 'Pills. In three months they changed me from a nervous wreck to a healthy num. When doctors failed they succeeded, and I hon- estly believe they saved my life." You can procure this great bealtlogiv- ing medicine from any dealer or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50, from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Olit. 4** MEAN SLANDERER. Some Slurs About Women By a Mere Man, I have often thought I would like to try the experiment of loving the same woman twice—but I have never dared to give up the time to it. I spent yesterday with the cleverest girl in the world. It has taken inc all the time sinee theneto recover from the convictiot of my own importance. The length of time it takes to get around a girl's waist is not always in proportion to its size. The woman who stands in front of her door and looks up and down the street is not always looking for her husband. I never stood well in chemistry. That is why I derive no enjoyment from mak- ing up to a made-up woman. It would be impossible for me to re- spect any woman witerolid not have the capacity to make me suffer. To a sick man every trained nurse un- der forty is a thing of beauty and a joy forever. It has been said that women never provide for the future. To this Eve stands as a permanent contradiction. Every woman resents in her heart the man who respects her for her ohm -- rioter alone. You can always tell that moment 'when girlhood has departed and woman. hood has begun. It is at this point that she tever has anything to wear. When, without consulting a woman, a man can order a dinner at a restaurant with which she is perfectly satisfied, he has arrived at the fulness of his power; there is nothing more for Mm to achieve. It is a wise woman who knows when to resent unfamiliarity. No woman ever acquired virtue or had it thrust upon her. The unconvettional woman needs no ehaperon.—August Smart Set. 4* es AN ORGAN FOR 25 GENTS k WEEK We have on hand thirty-five organs, taken in exeltange oit Ileintzaian & Co. plates, which we must sell regardless of lees, to make room in our iitote. Every instrument bas Deere thoroughly over- hauled, and is guaranteed for five years, and full amouot will be allowed on ex- change. The prices run front $10 to $35, Tor such well-known makes as Thomas, 'Dominion, Kano Uxbridge, Goderieh an. teen. This is your thence to save money. A post card will bring hill particular& lleinhonan & Co., 71 King greet east, Haealton. A Narrow Escape, The reputed affinity between the southan negro anti unguarded poultry is the subject of a story told by Senator Bacon, of Georgia. etti old colored man, notorious for his evil way& after at- tending a revival meeting, desired to lead a better life. At s. latter meeting ho was tailed up to bo questioned. "Well, Rastus," said the revivalist, "I hope you ate now trying to live a Chriiii that life itt accordabee with the rules of the chtireb. Have you been stealing any chickens lately?" "No, sa.h. I ain't stole no chickens oh late." "Any turkeys or pigs?" Ilastus, grieved, teplied. Ne, sith." "1 tun very glaa to hear that you have beeit doing better lately," replied the evangel's. "Continue to leeel a holy and Christian life. Ritstus.' After the meeting wan over Ilnetue drew a long breath of relief, and, tura. Ing to hie wife. exclaimed: "Mandy, if he'd raid ducks I'd betel * lost %rigger, susiti" New Yorks—So young, so heautiful, and yet condemned to about the hot- test job in the country this summer! This young woman is a model who gets her living by posing for pic- tures to illustrate the journals pub- lished in New York style centres. As every woman knows, the style people have to keep two seasons ahead of the weather, so the young model in the picture is posing .these hot days to illustrate next winter's styles. Loaded down with the heaviest of furs, she must stand for home be- fore the camera, while a maddeningly slow photographer takes his time about making the exposures. The only way the girla can stand it is to have electric fans blowing on them every minute except at the instant of taking the. photogianns. The feminme eve will note that the stoles are to be very long next winter., reaching to the elbows like a coachman's cape. Muffs are very big, tailless, and are to be round in- stead of flat The masculine ear will do well to note that furs next winter are to be costlier than ever. Opaque Underclothing in Hot Weather The uae of colored underclothing in summer, particularly in our more southerly Statea.„ would seem to be justified. When it was first suggest- ed that skins were pigmented to ex- clude too much lithe the professibn was quite sceptical, physicians pre- ferring to consider nature a fool to create colored races in lightscountries. Opaque clothing is becoming popular- ized, and 11 18 interesting to note that the instinetive demand for it, not only in the tropics but in America also, is so great that manufacturers are flooding the market with enor- mous quantities of black undergar- ments. Lay -experience shows it to be comfortable and beneficial. It is of course wholly unnecessary in such cloudy places as northern Eur- ope, nor do the swarthy Italians need It, but blonde migrant types must Imo it -when residing in light countries where the native is pigmented. 11 18 considered well worth a trial in this latitude, for it has been known to prevent those nervous conditions so common in the light season. That is it begins to look as though tha lay public will lead and the medical profession. follow. It might be well to direct attention to the need of better head covering if one is ex- posed to the sun. All tropical natives use elaborate headdresses for this pur- pose, and it is noticed that our own outdoor workmen have an instinctive desire for black felt hats. Agricul- tural laborers in our south, and Mexicans also, use opaque hats to a large extent,. and prefer those with wide brims. The dinky little straw hats with narrow brims affected by city. dwellers afford no protection at all the sun and may be the cause of much suffering as well as actual sickness if the wearers do not remain constantly' in the shade.—Prom Am- erican Medicine, • * "Took Him Up." "We were waiting for the elevator to come down," said a cornmerciel traveller, "after discussing the probability of an aeroplane's crossing tae Atlantic within a year, who, just as the eage was about to ascend, One ef theSperty said: bet $10,000 that it won't be done'—and the elevator boy took him up."—Every- body's. AN STAMINE FROCK, Thief einsple afternoon &Ole is Made of cottun vi1 or ettunine in the now brilliant cerise. Mit diced, etto and sleeve 1111fri Are of ere:ern-4.0.2ot' :ilk mull, and the girdle ie of deep.cuinted embroidery la .the thuni-preeerit -Cash,» mere dresses. FARM NEWS If it hero sten)* on a nail do not pour turpentine in the puncture. Such treatment only tends to increasethe pain and inflamation. Always Nei in mind Hint the foot mullet swell like other parts to acemummiate itself to the results of inflammation. This is the reason that punetures or 'Navies to the feet are soptunful. Soothing trea.tm: nt i is always ndleated. Enlarge the open - lug made the nail with a knife complete- ly through the sole of the foot and ap. ply a linseed meat or bran p .ultice. Change the poultice every twenty-four hours, but do not poultice longer than three days at it time, for if prolonged too much softening of the hoof is likely to be the result. The. shoe should in all eases be removed and the horse given con4ete rest and .reduced diet until recovery takes place. It is useless to hunt for some prepar- ation that will kill Canada thistles and quitek grass, There is no such remedy that is worthy trying. Cultivation so thorough that it will prevent growth above ground for one growing season, is the only effectual. method or procedure. When growth above ground. is prevented the roots inuat die, for they leave no lungs through which to get oxygen. Kaffir cornmeal and skim milk make a tiplonid ration for growing young calv- es, A lot of calves fed on this by the Kansas Experimental Station weighed 375 pounds each at 6 months old. They Were fed about 2,500 pounds skim milk each, with a small allowance of Kaffir cornmeal, Green manuring is much talked about, but little practised, except incidentally. Clover crops are to valuable to be ploughed into the soil; it pays better to feed the clover to the stock and use the manure for enriching tae land. The ineential method of reen manuring is to plough under it sod after a crop has been taken off. Green manuring helps sandy land by making it more retentive of moisture and by adding humus awe plant food. It helps clayey land byl making it more -open and letting in the air. The decaying vegetable matter also produces acids that operate 'on the chemical plant foods to render them available, Green manuring helps to make chemical fertilizers more quickly available, especially the groued roek phosphates. The effects of green man- uring are sometimes destroyed by put- ting on at the same time too much caustic lime'which combines with the carbon of the decayed vegetable matter. The milk goat, like all other goats, can make a living on brushy and hilly land, where most other animals would ?starve. They aro very beneficial to land in clearing it of weeds, sprouts and brush. They patinaendive low, wet land, but thrive perfectly on rough, hilly land, Those giving milk should be fed on good grass, hay fodder and wheat bran, but no grain of any kind. Corn ensilage possesses numerous ad- vantages for early forage, as it is at band many times when it would be dif- ficult to get spring crops available for early e feeding. An acre of corn will produce more succulent food in the form of ensilage than an acre of any other kind of forage, If the colt bas not had any of its mother's milk, first give a dose of castor oil, then feed cow's milk to which at least one-fourth of its volume of water had been added and a little sugar:Warm this to about 100 degrees P., or blood temperature. Oil meal made into jelly by boiliug and mashes made of boiling beans and pears are excellent feed for young colts. During the first few weeks these gruels should be strained to re- move the skins, as these are liable to irritate the colt's tender stomach. Probably the most unique dairy farm in the world is situated in New York City. There is on top of a. six -storey building is a farm. The farm consists of a half-blooded Holstein cow, half a dozen sheep, an Angora goat, a Shetland pony with her colt, a large sheperd dog, a number of chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese and same monkeys. Froin 1,000 to 1,500 people visited the farm nightly during the past summer. An English fruit grower decleres that he has been able to preserve his apple trees from the wooly aphis by serapmg off the loose hark and applying a thin coat of paraffin. Eiteh tree requires about oue pint of paraffin and the ap- plication is made three times a year. A Chicago commission merchant de- clares that one reason why the farmers receive low prices for their potatoes is that they send them to market unas- serted and with dirt dining to them. If properly sorted and cleaned, and put up in clean bags or barrels they would bring at least 25 per cent. more. Out of less than 35,000 farms in New Jersey there are 4,000 on which poultry raising is carried on in a business -like way, the investment per farm running from $500 to $1,000 in each east. In addition to this there are more large poultry plants in New Jersey than in any other State in the Union with the possible exeeption of Califorda. On the Raneocas farm, at Browns -Mills on the - Pieta the poultry industry represents an investment of half a million dollars, on the Lakewood farm of a quarter of a million, while there are seveh farm with investments running from $5,000 to $50,- 000 mica. Young calves should be kept dry, and wider no -circumstances Should they be allowed to remain out during rainy weather. Keep them in a barn or stable, and provide pkntly of dry bed- ding. If allowed to get wet their feed will have to he increased, as their coats beeoute rough and they wage to grow. Calves must be kept it a thrifty, healthy condition at all thaw. Remember in using Paris greet in wa- ter to keep it well stirred eo that the poison shall be held in ;suspension. tf this is neglected the green will settle to the bottom of the vend, as it le not 'Soluble In water. *• If allowed to roard over year hette those innocent locating flies may cause a teal tragedy any day, as they are known to be th.e riu- oipai agents for the slaved of dysentery, typhoid fever, dip& theria, ttberculosis and other in - *talons diseases. The remedy in the free and persistent use of Wilson's Ply Pads. rho Farmer's Feest. A 'farmer 'who was faking hie Mat long trip on a railroad train feminine telf getting hungry. The hoist boy eame through and, After tiome effort, sold the farmer three betatnas for 10 eents. The farmer peeled the banannsethrew away the fruit and ate t'he skin& Presently the boy .eitme back. "Meat isome more lemmas s he asked. hNe, „mese not." weeah they gaol!" "Oh, genies conrnan. 1 suppose; but they's too d trued much colt tebOltt them:* —naturday Inenieg Ikon, PARLOR CAR OF ZEPPELIN'S AIRSHIP. This. photograph showthe pala tial parlor car of Zeppelin's first pas- senger airship, the Deutschland, whi che thougtt wrecked on its fourth voyage, will be rebuilt. The room, s hown itt the photograph was only a eeotion of the 150 -foot car which w as suspended from the gas bag. Other sectiona contained a dining car, it 1 owning room, and. a sleeping room. These were fitted up in the fashion o f Pullman cera. The Baby's Milk in Summer. (Canadian Pictorial,) Physicians who have made a study of infantile mortality find. that the danger of serious illness for babies is greatest in the hot season. The chief source of trouble is the food, notably the milk in the case of infants. Milk is it good "cul- ture broth" for microbes, and for none more than for the germs ot diarrhoea. Tlierefore, when the baby is fed from tho bottle the greatest caw should be exercised in keeping the bottle scrupu- lously clean and in having the milk per- fectly sweet. All milk contains certain bacteria, which an ordinary temperature multiply rapidly and eause the cliange known as turning the milk sour, The greater the care in sterilizing the milk- ing utensils and in having the milking done in clean surroundings, the fewer the bacteria to begin with, but even at the best the milk must be cared for pro- perly, or it will not be healthful for the baby who is dependent on. it for his whole sustenance. Ono way of preserv- ing milk is by pasteurization—heating it to a temperature of 140 degreces to kill the -bacteria. This is difficult to accom- plish at home, and it is not necessary with ordinarily good milk. If the milk is taken as soon as it comes from the cow, strained into it sterilized sealer, covered close from the air, and set it in cold place, it will keep quite fresh and sweet, When there is no ice, wrap a wet cloth round the sealer and set it in a dish of water in a draught. The evapora- tion will cool the contents. In cities, un- less the housekeeper has had favorable experience of the source of supply, it is advisable to scald the milk to the boiling point, end afterwards keep it in the ice chest till wanted. The sterilizing of the pitcher or sealer in widh milk is kept is important. Still more iimportant is the absolute cleanliness of the bottle from -which the infant who is a "bottle baby" is fed. The bottle should not be left with milk In it even for a few minutes, much less from one feeding to another. Don't put too muchin 11 at a time, and as soon as the baby has finished, rinse out the bottle with cold water. It ia not convenient to wash it just then, let it stand filled with cold. water in *hi& is a pinch of blear- bonate of soda. It is advisable to have at least two bottles, so that ono will always be ready for use and there will be time for proper cleaning. To wash the bottles, make it suds of hot water and soap or soap powder, and use it bottle brush or it swab of cotton on the end of a hooked wire (scalding it after- wards) Rinse the bottle with several waters, the last one scalding hot. Let the lubber nipple soak for a minute in cold water and blearbonate of soda, cleanse it in cold water, put it through the !ending water. It is it good ideato farther sterilize the bottles by putting them in cold wetter and heating te, the boiling point, once it day during the very hot weather. It seems a lot of trouble, but will go it long way towards warding off infantile disordere, whieh would be much more trouble in every way. PLAYTIME STORIES. MRS. HEN -PEN, Mrs. Hen Pen was the very vain- est fowl that, lived at Sleepy Hollow -Farm. She always pasocl the other hens stepping proudly and throwing her head back with a loud cluck to the large brood of chickens behind her, Because these broods were al- ways so large was the reason of her great- pride and haughtiness. In her time no other hen had come off her nest with a brood anywhere near the size of hers, and she was quite sure that it was impossible to find such fine chicks as hers in all the world, This spring' she mune off with twen- ty fluffy little beauties, and she was prouder than ever, looking evith pity upon. Mrs. Brown-Leghorn's brood of ten and Mrs. Bantam's poor little babies. She gathered her children about her and marched all over the farm. But up by the home a surprise awaited her. There were reeveral little wire pens, and in each pen as many as fitty chicks all the same size and color and just as pretty and lively as hers, Poor Mrs. Hen. Pen! Thia was too much! "There are hens," she thought, "who have broods more than twice the size of mine, and aren't proud ot it at all—don't even care enough to stay -with them and show them off.' She turned and went back to the barn yard slowly, her head down"; her pride all gone. She never again snubbed the other hens, but was neighborly and kind to them all. But what do you think would hap- pen if she should ever find out that those chickens all had one mother, and that mother an incubator? e How About This? "My friend and I go fishing. He bets me $10 I wont' catch more fish than he due. He catches a small one; I.cateh one twice the size of his. The two fish are ell we catch. I maintain I have caught more fish that he has. He ar- gime that I haven't, since we each have but ono fish, Who is right?"—Denver Post. 444 1Vho has patience sees his revetge.— Italian. THREE TINY ISLANDS MAY BE PURCHASED BY UNCLE SAM. MAP SHOWING LOCATION OP THREE' DANISH ISLANDS WHICH UNCLE SAM MAY PURCHASE. Soon utter the Spanish-Ameticat war, after the hinitea States reequired Porto ltico by eanquest, this Government bar- gained with Denmark for the purchase of ita three West India 'possessions, the islands of St. Thomas, St.. John and Santa Cruz. Negotiations were, how- ever, dropped at that time, ter Great Britain eta Frame eonspired negated the tittle, fearing that Thiele Sara 'would develop too much Never in that part of the world. But Denmark haet suddenly discoveted that she needs the money, and the la again in the mutat with her little is - lends. Count Von Moltke, the Amish Madder at Weshiegton, hass been la- de:toted by bit ilosernmeet to ressertain whether the United States is Pain sues- lous to buy the islands, mei tiegotiatione may be laurel:tit nt on earn? date. Shoula the 141156%0)es tertehmte ene. womanly, nude ant win atreev, a polite. letion elilefae comproed negroes. There are VE111.4 111 tlit. 1'..1.11.14. 1Vit 0.103? gee made el, erseese. whores ef ited tlaar feetilt U:i7s wa doebtli AS return to Deniavil. eieerld the purehtiee throw them test f Ilia islands ate lay 'eel ate!. uf Porto Rico awl belting geographk:tlly to the group of Virgin Islands. Their chief industry is sugar, rum be- ing a close second; as it matter of fact, there isno greater rum producing spot anywhere on earth, 'rite trade is with the United States and Deuniark, almost exclusively. The executive power is in the handl of it Governor-General ap- pointed by Denmark and three-fourtha of the Leelslature, deeted by the people. Christiansted in Sante Cruz ie the feint of government, the lergeet city be- ing Cherlotte Anuthe in St. Thomam. The total neva of the three Weeds le aal ware miles, and the population in Vela when the hiet census IVO,S taken, wan lifee'57, The totel excl. ef Ithaele Tateeethe genelleet Stele in the 'Won, le anal elitilO mi1f.4. 44 it will hf, P0:41 that "1.11thl 11110,1Y" 14 eine VW:4 as loge - aft tbt, three isieees seeselibiee. ethode lairral'e weed:Won in ifell was .1311,556„ t -r ehent 14 eitnie 't largo+ SA that of I 1 hp lateialt We et Teelee. ee.,; 0.i j. 110,114 linstiiAt and IMMO: aro iirdierqf '10 et tt," i"1:1•Vt.1.4 V". V141 1.0 VA. fed to 'Ma tie non flq tortti:0•‘/. p1v,1 tr; meal Mete* of itenAv ie tt •eaeo w eepoilelly , *Loin Putt the bi tatatien..1. A PRAYER. We thank Thee. 0 King of kings, that Thou hest ealle4 on U4 ta do Thy busi. mos on earth. Tale is our rea/m to make it thine. Give us Thy Spirit more hilly that Thy businees may always be first la our lives and Thy glory the goo- eted glory of our ambition. Impress up- on us the glowing fact that the King% business requires baste and integrity. By working in us and through us help us to win back this beautitul world front the Prince of Darknesa and to restore its lingdoms to Jesus Christ In flis name. Amon. Phliadelphia Weatinin- ster. noorwass AND SEVERITY - Jesus is judge as well as Saviour, 4141 there is be tae gospel severity for im- penitent ein as well ao tendernsssfor penitent sinners. "Then begin Ile to gpleraia the cities wherein most of Ilia mighty evoilos were tione, beceuse they TePenteel not." These are 'strong worae, and our age is very inclined to overlooe and ignore all melt in. the New Testa- ment. There is it prevaleat babyiehneee in the religion,: .thought of to -day which will have nothing but sweetnmete. Aed it has resulted, no suc:11 always eleee, itt uewholesome eonditione and a peevish fretfulnese with all else. It is time mere eoneidered that God, la both neture ancl revelation, le wen to he capable of se. verity tis well no gentleness. ee would not be a moral God if He were otherwise. Our .God is a God ef love toward the good, and a. coniuming •fir,t totverd all wickedness and iU„Testi wee the most loving of men, and it ill beeaalei !MY modern sentiment:I:lets to try to conceive a tenderer teuderrese er a more loving love than His; hut Tie wes :ilea at times the severeet of all teeehers in Hie denun- ciations. "%Vim amen, thoee who have epokee ti menkinel hive so bitterly de. lammed the wletol sepulchres of Pliarf- .tsic liyeserisyi Whe has epoken more sternly of covetousnese? Who has re. bilked so sherply priestly corruption and all moral frelias? He at merciful, far too merciful tn allow elgiurate sin to go unexposed mei unpunisheditt. the uni. verse.—Cli are:lumen. THE FEAST. Swot love who came to me on eheeny wino, • And gave her to my nrms, with lips and brea A feest bestowed which evermore abides. My soul, so small, did hide within her breast. My soul so large did reach beyond the stars. 0 wondrous joy to dwell both here and there! The ancient heavens tell how' old I am, Thia new-born line tells me 1 tun young, The wind sweeps by and sings a glorious song An echo of the Presence! All my own. 0 how weak temptation's lure to me, And passion's power, and death's dark shade. 0 winds of heaven send the rousing thrill, And qiucken this far travelled soul, tufuse a grandeur transcending grief, And urge to haven fair, where I would be. H. T. Miner. THE PATH TO THE BUSH. Years ago a very blessed visitation of spiritual power came to a portion of South Africa. Wives and mothers made it a practice to retire to little bunchea of trees for the purpose of meditation' and prayer. ,The practice was so pleas- ant and profitable that the grass was trodden down hard from frequent visits. After some Hine it Sister who watched for souls asked another how it fared. with her, and was her soul making headway In the Divine life, The sister was somewhat surprised at the question, and asked why the inquiry was made; and the reply was that the "grass had grown over the path to the bush,” This had a salutou effect, and the restored soul made it plain path for her feet. Do we know anything of this 'bush" life? Private, privileged, personal and preeions. No less alone than when alone. No man is a well equipped. man unless he is often alone. He surveys, explores. Jets down the sounding line to the depths, trains his visual powers for long distances, gives himself to deep breath- ing, feels the stir of an enlarging life. In our loneliness what comnany we meet. This is partly by arrangement, more frequently by surprises attractive and astounding. If we only spread the table, provisions will come with marvel- lous rapidity sad overwhelming abunde ance. Retire, shut out the world, open the windows towards Jerusalem, shut out man, shut in God, and the heavens will show angels going up with empty baskets aud coining down full, full for you.. Peter, James and John felt this in the holy mount, and said, "Lord, it's good to be here." Has transfigured light bleated your oyes? "Blessed are the pore in heart, for thea shall see God." Know you any- thing of translated life, tasted anything of transmitted joy? All the avenues of the human heart are open to God. See that you, bia Him weleorne with rever. ent 'posture. He is distirtet; so are you; both bold to their own personality, yet they Mend, entwine, embtace, becomes. ene, Our life is hid with Christ in God," We eat aria are refreshed; we grow, we gather courage, wait valiant itt fight. All this is touted hi lotelinees, itt vetirement, faee to face with God. Who takes away the blindness that We nuty see indeed. 1Ve grow into the likeeese of that which we Worship. Beholding an in it glass the glory of the Lord, eve ate thittgea into the sante linage. To think carefully and dearly upon We sttleject itt of the utmost iniportanee, slime our thoughts of Goa eta of His relatiot to Ire lie very doge to all that iS detiseat in our 'diameter. 'I ant come that they may Lave life, and that they may have it nhundantly." When men tettea the maturity of their powergs the straitt aud same of life is met rippittent. At this time holy watehere nre most active; they merit tor halting, they &se with eoncerit the gates growing -over the path to the Willi tbev pray for us, they plead with 118. Men lit 'Iliadic lifel do you not hear vokeis in your (almost, your beet mo- menta Tia you not 'hear voices:, intent in the elocommee of pleading love. A de- teartea mother, wife or taster. Bitten again, nitgaliett thereelto the yoke of It i ;acne' eister from far off Smith Alike. The gritee lies grown over the preth to the bueli!---1T. T. Miller.