Nur Uj tliy armor doanHr backrd IiIk mlvrioorry wiunrrl)’ to all of hU •hop. and u lrrd Llm bv Jlitbt on. nir aool. HII death Well, the lour and tin- abort ijtat waa „ , _ t* 1 Old hlrdicr teblptaal htm and hum' go. Uncle Tom never dallied ahoul biKl to the ground and then lifted anything when hia mind n-aa made np.- lit b ‘ , ‘ 1 '‘I 1 ami hel|>rd to rratore him killing anakra; and ac hvgged a thouaaiMl iMnlona it When Den] Hill had retired to bla I '1 ft?* 1 ."" l " in * ci ' wl ,or hj hit wife. Old In front of the 'bed rlgtiteounuena and temperance and judgment t

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history of his own sinful II

conversion and his Immhle« the Iron! rvrr alnce. and he besought hla ahori lM ' ,n ' n ‘ 10 H,, P »' ld think. "Slop, poor alnner, atop and Ihink." lie cried In alarm-

hosc eyes, long unused to

ting mood, dropjasl team of repentthe preacher's kind and tender exhortation. Hill Jones' Wife, |«>or woman.

- O,. -oip mm , t,,d T?* buml.ly Into the ouUkirU of the for be knowed that he wtmldn'l dare U , ' ro *'d.forahe had longtrraanred the mem- ‘ ■* — 1 — of her childhood, wbe

_ witli her good mother , . ing. In secret she had pined and lamented

her husband's barred for religion and for

' preachers. After she had washed

from his swollen face and dressed his wounds she asked him If she might go

bear the preacher. For a min-

ute he was silent and seemed to be dumb with aintuemeut. He hail never I whipped before, and had suddenly

— i- i.i 1 bi, infidelity.

f an object must be 1* from the earth on the moon. It ironic , v a» feet. To give th. Inhabitants of the moon an idea 'b-■ then are intelligent being* on earth. It would la necessary to place, say. three object* U view of the moon's people—let them re main fora time arranged at the angles oi a triangle Then they might be changec straight Una. Them

arrange fa lug signal to the inbabluiita at earth Hut while this seems ptawible. It show, how pre{Hwterous would he the attempt to de tern it tie with the most powerful teleecui* now ln use whether the moon ia inhabited “Now. as to the proponed oommonlcatlot with Mara. At the time when Man and the earth are nearest to each other—are in perihelion—the distance is In round num ters K.iUU.OUO nilW lake half this dU taw* and you haee 17.SOU,000 as the num lew of yards that represents the sUe of at object In Mara that could be seen that dts lance with the naked eye. Divide this b> S.0W, the power of the blggeet telescope and you have R.730. the slae of the amaH.-st object plainly dlMerotble at such a dia tancr with the tchwoopu. This ia equal U about five miles "An object in the planet Man oonld U perceived as a little larger than a dot will the aid of the largest refractor and undei Uie most favorable. In fact absolutely per feet, atmospheric and other coudllions, k it was fire miles in diameter. This ia whet the planet Is nearest In us. On the hand, at that time nothing on the could hr discrmnl from Mara, because Ihi earth would be in a straight line betwert It and the sun and in the blase of theaun'i light. An Inhabitant of that planet would have to wait until the earth was In aomi other part of its orl.lt, and the distance be tween tlie earth and Mara would thei many times as great aa In perihelion. “So it would he necessary to coustruci an object, to he discernible on the earth from Mara. say. twenty miles In diameter It might lie circular In form. Other struc tuns not Inferior In site would have to ha erected at distances of not Isas than twenty tulle* from each other. Then, after Urns had remained for a time, their relative po altiona might he changed. These bod moreover, to be clearly distinguished fi the surface of Mara must he Intensely h rnluous. A solid ball of electric Ugl twenty milts In diameter would suffice. "Considering the required, their dlsta __ and the necessity of changing their placet

llgent action and not natural phenomeua bequeathed by tie French nut may ue seen to he greatly Inadequate. Tb« Academy of Sciences at Fans may for thb reason refuse to accept the bequest. If tin sum were offered for s prise essay on aotm plan for aocomplUblug communication with a sister sphere It would he a

> the relative positions of the «.., . . Mare. Such condition* happen only ot *“ 1 Kreat while.''—Chicago Tribune.

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Devil Bill he was a hanl man. — other had gobbled up all of the surplus oi the "naborbood" and bad given nothing in exchange hut whisky, and these enemirt had hoped for somebody to come and turn him down. They, too, circulated the as tounding news, and. wdtboul committing themselves to either party, said that h—II Saturday

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On Friday lhr settlers began to drop Into la under pretense of be ' hut really to get the bottom facts rumors that were afloat. Devil Bill knew full well whs tme for. and be talked and cursed furiously than usual, and swore tb body who would come expecting Old Sledge tomorrow was an Infernal fool, for he wasn't a-coming He laid I his strong arms and shook hla long hair and said be wished the lying, deceiving hypocrite would come, for It bad been nigh on to-fourteen yean since be hail

preacher dance.

Saturday morning by 9 q'clock 1 gather. They came on foot onenack, and in carts—men, womchlldreu—and before 11 o'clock

there were more people at the crossroads

than bad erer been there before.

Bill JoOra was mad at their credulity, ut be bad an eye to business, and kept behind his counter and sold more whisky In

hour than he had sold in a mouth. Aa

the appointed hour drew near the ac tilers began to look down the long straight road that Old Sledge would come. If fa««ama at all, and every man whose brad cams In sight Joat over the rise of the distant Bill

was closely scrutinized.

mid bear.

confidence In himself i

"Go 'long. Rally." be answered. “If be can talk like be can fight and sing, may!* the lain) did send him. It's all mighty strange to me." and he groaned In anguish. His animosity seemed to have changed into anxious wondering curiosity, and after

Sally had gone he left his ' ' near to the window where hi

Old Sledge made an earnr lug prayer, and his pleading with the Lord for Bill Jones' salvation and that of wife and children reached the wind where Bill was sitting, and be heard His wife returned in tears and took a si beside him. and sobbed her heart's d _ tresa, hut said nothing BUI bore It for awhile in tbougbtfnl silence, and then putting bla bruised and trembling hand in

hers, i

"Sally. If the l-ord sent Old Sledgs here, and maybe he did—I reckon you had better look after bis home." And sure enough Old Sledge stayed there that night and held family prayer, and the next day hs preached from the piazza to a great multl- ■* "' favorite hymn:

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And when he got to th* third v untutored hut musical voice seen lifted a little higher as he sang: fight If 1 would reign. . courage. Lord. Devil Bill was converted and became a changed man. He joined the church, aud closed his grocery aud helped to build a meeting bouse, and h was always said and believed that Old Sledge mauled the grace into his unbelieving soul, and It would never have-got In any other way.— Hill Arp in Atlanta Constitution.

She—You lack energy and posh. Every

. , tan la the architect of hia own fortuna , “® d - He—Yea, but the girl's father Is the coo-

tbey said, "louder hs tractor.—Ufa

A wedding was once stopped In the fol lowing turious manner: Th* people wen well to do farmers The day was fixed breakfast prepared, carriages waiting al the dour. All things were ready. Tin bridegroom drove np to the house sue ran In to sm bis bride before he started fo. thechapeh He found her weeping, as bridu often do when they leave home. And wbt would heller* It If they road it In a ro

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The bridegroom coldly Informed th« young lady that "If that was the way stu was going to hrglu. It would be the end oi It." lie left lbe bride In a dead faint, left the house and drove away. It was the em rv ways than one. There was an breach of promise The youu* lady died of a broken heart. He afterward married three wires It rapid succession. ETfcry few yaars be • my path, and 1 have reason to know that hla life was far from being happy.—Cor Loudon Tit Bite

Joat a knew a genius uncomfortable person I ever n thought ai never return them, borrow yonr hooka and givs them away, drasa Ilka hla latanti majesty, and have It all excused because •he was a genius. Another acquaintance log "far above the a deadly far above that si do what even U Sister* and brothers, specially brothers. I express my gratitude that th* good Lord t jost an average woman, and I think the doukeys who object to her are far below the average woman and show It by the way they bray.—Bab'a Letter.

The following metals trill conduct electricity In the following proportions, vlx.: Silver, 100; copper,IM. gold, 73; aluminium, 42; zinc, 94; platinum. 18, iron. 1J tin, 11; lead, 7. Of the above copper 1 Iron hare the greatest commercial talus aa electrical conductors.