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A mans Ih* two oldest llrt « penmns u Indians to day ere Mlea Kliae Wll;iems. of Andereon. end Hush DeWttt. cho Is an inmate of the ao'dlem' home it Lafarette Mlaa Willi m» has >aased the century mark, now nearing hr ase of 1' 1 yeere, and DeW U It »€, ind both are yet In the rn.oyment of -raecnably good health. A ’©culiarity ibout the lives of both la that neither ■ as erer married, al hough their reatont for remaining tingle are wldefr liflerenL Mias W llltms give as her t-asnm for remaining a spinster: •God never Intrn'ed ‘hat 1 should •narry 1 never cared for men. that Is in a lover's way and 1 have never hsd iny mind for matrimony. I could have

HUGH DE WITT been married had 1 desired, lor I have refused a score of offers." DeWIU's r«ts-n for never marrying U disappointment In a love affair In his youth. "! loved once." he said, •and was deceived. 1 coaid never love another woman. Although fa've fo me. I have carried the love of that Ural love In my heart to this day " in speaking of this event In Ms early life DeWltt said to me. dur.ng a visit st the soldiers' home, that It occurred fust after the dose of the klexicaa war. He was a member of an Indiana regiment in that struggle and when the war was over went to the gold fields of California In search of * fortone. Like so many others, bis hopes of securing wealth were shattrrad. and he was on his way back to the States. He stopped in Colorado tor awhile, and there he met . the daughter of a rancher, who bad emigrated to Colorado from the rest. It appeared to be a case of love st first sight, at least It was so on the part of DeWltt, and. after a few weeks' courtship, they wers engaged io be married. The preliminaries of the marriage were all arranged and It was to taka placa as soon as the lice ns? could be secured. This In that early day In Colorado was s hard matter to secure and there was considerable delay In getting It. In the meantime DeWltt was called to 8t_ Louis on some Important business matter to him. and when In several weeks be returned he found that the girl had married another After that he wandered aimlessly about, working as a carpenter and at other trades, and finally settling down to a hermit's life in Indiana, living on a pension received from the government for his servlos durjarttie Mexican war Some years ago he went to the soldiers home at Lafayette. He Is now regarded as one of the moet eccentric Inmates there. Is pointed out to the visitor as tbs TTi.n who ha*4>ullt his own coffin and his own tomb, giving as his reasons that he has no relatives to care for him and that If he dies without the work being

turn around." said DeWltt In explanation of this fact. It Is walled with brick, the bottom Is concrete, and the roof, after the coffin Is placed, will be of cement DeWltt has done all the work. In It be had no assistance. elUier In excavating the earth, mixing the mortar or laying the brick tbal forms the sralls of his tomb. Throughout It all be labored patiently, never, happier th»n when he was al workttt It- Hr Is now waiting for the and of bis life to come. Miss Williams Is perhaps the oldest old maid In the United States. Her girlhood home was In Pennsylvania!, but for many years ah# has been living la Indiana. She says sha has nsvtr kspt company regularly with say young man. The offers of marrtmge that came to her came without the customary courtship, some of them pretty abruptly. "1 will hart to tell you about one of them." she said, laughingly. Tt was in the case of a young man who bad made his first call on me at our home. He had b*eu there only a short time when In the preeenceof the other members of the family he proposed marriage to me. He knew my objections to matrimony and. as he coupled his proposal with the statement that he *wantad a wife and a housekeeper.’ 1 answered him pretty sharply. From my earliest girlhood days I was never In lore, as othef girls understand It. I do not really know what It Is. because I never cared for men In that way. There are more people getting married than stay married. The name 'old maid' never gave any offers* to ms. I believe 1 hare been hippier ail of my Ufa because 1 have not been married. At - century old I am attracting more al tan Lion as an old maid." she added with a smile, 'than If 1 was a mar rled woman." Mils Williams did all her own housework until she was 90 years of age and continued sewing until she was 9k Sht has always been a great reader and Is educated, having for many years teaching. Although she has not been queen of a home, the has been a princess In It devoting much of ner life to the care of Invalid parents and giving a mother’s love and atteni to several families of children. ’No.” the said, "that was not my reai for never getting married. It was

GOLDEN TEXT — •Kor ante. ro» '• born this day In tbs city of David *• Saviour, which is Christ the Lord —Luk» TiME -Dscsmber. B. •: .. foul yfiri b» ore our Christian era. This apparent di» -rspaucy Is explained by ihe tm.ceur»cy oi he jiork Dlosyalus Exi»uu«. who Ural published the chronological calculallbi

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SCRIPTURE REKERENCEB.—Prophet. : visions of the Maaslah and Measlanir Itasa la tbs old Tastamant: Nuai. M:IT: Dsul. U:1S; I Bam. Trll-M; 1 Chron 17:11.14. promlss to the Bon of David of those _ ■ which are predicted of Jesus In LuSe lil-M). Psa. 71; Ua. I*. 7: UJ-M; U:l-il; Jar. 0:1. S; Dan. 1:44. tt: 70k 14: »:»: MR Id; Matt. Id. 1 Tbs expectation of the Messiah which arose out of those prophecies. aa noted In lbs Gospels. Comment and Buggeetive Thought V. 1. "In those days.” The period in ,-snerul Indicated by the events just I bed. “A decree from Caesar Augustus," the emperor of Rome. "That he world." Nearly the whole known world then waslncluded In the Roman empire. "Should be taxed " Rather "enrolled." V. 2. "Hie own city." The city of hie ancestors, where the family records were kept V. «. "And Joseph also went up . . . unto the city of David, which Is called Bethlehem." The mother of jinut lived In Nazareth of Galilee, but 1 the prophet had foretold that Che Messiah should be born In Bethlehem, the'city of David (Mle. 5:t) (J Sam. 7.11). It I091 not eay that Joseph took Mary to Bethlehem on account of the prophecy. Implies the guiding provldends of God. V. S. "With Mary, who also ires of the lineage of David. In a Roman oen•omen were not obliged to come la person, though they paid the poll-tax. T. 7. "Wrapped him la swaddling

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but strips of cloth three or four Inches wide and several feet long, wound around the child. "And laid him In a mger," etc The animals were out the time and the manger was not being used."—InL Grit. Com *. “And there were In the tame country." In the fields near BatMe- - "Shepherds abiding In the The open country, with their Bocks. t V. 9. "And lo, the angel." rather "an angel." came upon tuem." "stood by them." 'And the glory of the Lord." The M»gelie form la bright and luminous. throwing all around them a sort cf heavenly halo. In which even the lustrous Syrian stars grow dim. 10. "Good tidings." The word from which our word "gospel” comm. They announced the beat news the world had ever heard, the news of the Saviour who would fill the whole world with heavenly glory, like that then shining on the field of Bethlehem. To all people." To all aatkms, all classes, all colors. V. 11. "For unto yon Is born ... a Saviour." One who should save them from their slue, their worst end moat

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use I never loved In the lorer’s L or, as perhaps you would esprit. 1 never met my fate. It was bat thus. ! have always been happy. I Have In looking ou_ the bright side of life. Although I am growing very bid. I try to feel young. I love to be In the company of the young. In many respects. I try to make their ways my ways. Us old people ought to cultivate the spirit of feeling young even If our Ufa's pendulum Is rapidly approaching the time when It will cease to swing." FRANK DILDINE.

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