SBSftTHIHE LOCAL CHURCHES 8tronjrSertnona and Excellent MiuPHetrd by Congregations. BT. AOOUSTIKK'S There wax ■ good-sized altendsr.c at lb* 10 o'clock DIM In 81. Augu- j tine's Church (Sunday murulog. Tue eelebrent ibt rector. Ibe Ker. | Tbomas F. Blake, wbn remluded tile ^ beams, In the course of a brief *r . moo, that tbie I* the season of Ad root, a time of deep religions fervor. FIRST PKERBVTEKIAN. j The Bee. J. L Hartzell, of Lakawu, Slain, wee the preacher at the First Presbyterian Church Buoday. I \ The subject of bis moruiog sermon ' V woe "The Problem of Trouble." as solved by the Book of Jon ' " Mr. HarlK.ll preew.ted the B.«k of j Job as a draiua aud fouud '.z II the following solo lions for trouble In iluwortd: First, trouble I. cfteu s let:; Bull of sin; third. It often an exercise ' i to the school of fife he which we are 1 aducated aod trained in 1 euhractrr and usefufn-s ; fourth. Il loften an insoluble uiy-irrv. but (iod j has revealed Him-rlfs- goud. «. J sst irvssws 11 nil -r 1 1 a- s. g-i-.a,

wise so powerful and -ilcn a Intlng Father that we can ie- . arseKwi . Htm In perfect peace Flusil >l« book shows that every rigoKo'is nan's. Ufa free from troubl-, hut kllilMtigwork together for good to tnem that love (Jed. la the evening Mr. Hartzell epoke Of bis. work lu B'-U. lelllug some f the wayaof «..rki-.* sod ttie reeults .,f mls-Oonai >• eS-n in Sum. He showed that asMe fro.u very Important re bgtoas rasalts, the iTirieuau mis-iou ; . WW ale the jum.ecr- of ctiinzatlo-. aod democracy Ererj nnporiaoi ad ' vaoealo aductton aod medical • urk ' •o meat artrd and proved gicd ' bafurethagoveruturui tuok itiem up. ! la epna of the luclemrui weather > (ban waa a good . Bed eud truce to the MMtag. who llateoed with great In- n ha* to Mz. Hartasll's vlrtd deacrlp- a — -Ileal a*. hie work aod conditions In '■ It ... Ahaaiheaaeetee the members of the B aaagmatloo examined a number of d amy la tared log anas from the laud ' "1 «f the -White Elephant. " j c Fiaar ■ i j „

*hata aaaa vavy creditable eoogre- ' I P"H let the Method lac Church on 1 ■"•■J. te*teff into considers! km the I waathm eonditionx. ■TCWBaoday morning, Mr. Yard, j the pamer. glraa a talk from cbemis- , My la the children. These talks are | Jaw M lamraarlog to lbs older people SetoltaaMMaaa, and much good la . fieri I id from ibem by all praaeol. . "a a hay morn lug the minister spoke ' m the subject, •.Tba Arrival of a 1 - ft* Oaaat," and Sunday evening 1 IhsMwena number of elides abown ra tha Work of i be Bad Cross. The topic lor the morning sermon ! «*■ tkkaa hfk John II; 28: -The ' MaMm h eoae* and ealiatb for thee." , Mfc Taad pictured Ibe coming borne at hh fat to* aatoi nigbt. How be and I *dMr waot to lbs door to me, i Mm aril bow happy they were when < u*y saw him. The arrival of ibe 1 "■hi touutbi more aud brings more : 1 JWtoMao thaa any other thlug. The j Uma M Hh naming la not aei by the ' . •toafc, bat la rogulalsd by the need of 'S~- a. s-~ si- ,„™. , \ amatopd MMnaaa aod dswtb are bold- , -M^Ma^y, Me oomas when burden a ( •to Soamtog aoaely. Ha arrives Just i atlha right new. Ha olteu comes < ■sa* whan others are Imeing. 1 Tbeaptkkar hern gees a description ! aCJbe Mampbal aatry „t l. rear into p ■Mto after hlsgrssi cMjue«i. With ■ ? •Il the pomp and glory .4 Ibe neca- * etoe. (bate la ao m, par fern bctsevn . the two tostanerw Tue arrival ..four I Preatoen. at the port of Fr.ire«a.a t Meat oceasbnt, wi,.uri. -^t t:y kU, • aimibueecunn bistort luttheciu- t lbghf the Christ far s„ ,usse> that ! Opnu the arrival, intra la a call f • uieh He extends 10 us It Is not for # a«te conversation that He comes, but 0 the most Inteuse acuvlty. fli bis uo * •hue lot Meaningless words. There is d • fy*<- There is a demand Dr. * WHM>dT.Ote..t, 11 wbeo llle Klng approaehed him -eni to the Iroaen „ Hurth because be felt the demand of D Oh**. The dhcipto. 1 revived call.. Bo pistil adm Kodiplomacy. Strict a kawaaaa. Principles of the u(ierm<»i * flmpartaiiee were discussed, aud re- ^ •eteae of the Mrougeal lyps aeie t — "■ wrougcM lypa tie j

Them two facts ef the text bold true ■" m. ! • ■■■iBCdiW -Trail. » X.IBC. Bamm tmb Sxnaiu-- lo refer apeetotbs trmiey lluaat Ocean city. aaedato make it pay 1* to have momoos sho .know- bos to ran una. Many a wet mght have I. wub bunGrade of otbers, got off ibe rallioad •Mia and. If one were not a good runner or bad a walling automobile, 00# bad to go boms lo Ibe rain. Now, why eouM tbey not have bad two cars waiting tot tbe crowd— one to go to eaeb end of the Islaud, rain or ablue, It wowd have paid well. 1 certainly feel I bat a would hurt Ocean City 10 do away wllb tbe trolley. Oat soma live man to run It aud It weald pay. *Mle. A Property Owner. - >BSf lehssl House Work. 8. Hod sou Vaugbn, an Atlantic «hy architect , who made tbe P*aaa tor lbs Improvements to tbe j Oeeen CMy High Bcbool building, | waa lo town a few days ago. Wllb 1 JaMm M. Stevens, superlnlen- 1 deal of tha city's schools, aod Dr. J. 1 Tboeoley Hog bast a member of tbe Oeeen City Beard of-Kdueailoo, an In- > ■|i rati ■ a of tbe work waa mM. Some » ui*">we band,. Mia staisd.hnd J CTWU-- - PIS. IS, - —1, ,

, A Little Child •Mri* . g_ MuAa McCtW (Copyrlxht, 1111. by ths McClum Newmapsr Bmdlcats.) | "Tee. alrl" Miss Pnie said oracularly- "Ton beer my racket ! Somp*n Ir ' | In the wind over to Barton's— abore'r | I'm knee-blgb to a gransbopper." I "How come yon to be ao shore r | I Widow Allan demanded, settling her knitting-sheath mora firmly against her plump side. Miss Prue half shut j one eye— a devout church member ol course could not wink— set her arms akimbo, advanced a large foot, and said still- with tbe oracular lntona- ' tlons : "I'd tell ye— only I'm main afraid ye*U go atrowln' all up aud 1 down Bresh Creek neighborhood, and Ctttln' me tbe name o' talkln' scandal." Tbe 'widow smiled broadly. Mis? Prue was known already for tbe head and front of all gossip — especially of the more~larid sort. "8 ult yerself." she j said tranquilly. Tell hit or keep yer month abet. I know and you know I 1 catnt possibly want to bear things half 1 as bad as yon want to tall 'cm." ' j Which waa fact rudely stated. Miss J Prue magnanimously Ignored IL "I know you're a sensible person." she ' began. "Besides — I ra'alely must have t I have

k somebody ter take counsel of. This yere busineas la too much for one lone e woman tor wrestle with—" - "How many other ooe* have ye done . told a'readyT" the widow Interrupted. Miss Prue looked down: "I Jest sorter , sketched to Nan WIekfleld aod Josy Crimea— " aba began. The widow threw up both bands, shaken with ' gusty laughter. "Ts bad better wrote j ' bit to (he county paper," aba said. "But 1 I wonder at yc' choosinga. Nan and ' Joe won't rest tell you've told tbe ' whole neighborhood, not lea Tin' you nobody but me." "Tbey come In 00 me In tbe middle " of things— while tbe young was asking the way— and mskin' out J be bong on admlrtn' my domlnecker pallets." Miss Pros protested. f -They seen hlm-also beard. 80 I Jest u to tell "em — partly — the rest." " "Stop beatln' tbe bushes, fer good- 6 sake I What la the reetr tbe J1 widow demanded. Miss Prae drew a ~ breath. "Ef I but knowad the hj whole full 0 1 hit; 'twould be wuth & money— a heap of taoacy- FIvh faun- J" dollars r—tn an awad voice: to im< a missionary dean to 71 China." ® rat 1 didn't know folks emlnt git >** acaatrndt la the lata fan. Td think I amaxrncx in mo lata ran. I'd think

our head wm tatched.- tbe widow exploded. Mlsa Prae looked at her loftily, severely. "Make light of hit all you wan ter," she said, -hot that's tbe reward. Here I Look at tha handbill I Didn't yea tod oas Ilka hit la your borr The widow read, gasping. Sure enough there was a reward— See hundred dollars for tnfonsatton leading to tbe capture of counterfeiter*, doable that for cmptsre aetnal. Followed deacrlptkma — three ma, a girl, haid^ more than a child, an elderly person, vary dark-skinned, a small bay. ak most a baby. AB'Mctand to tha asaal ghastly fsaUoa at "dodgers." Over the wldssrt abaulders MUe Proa glared down at tha allagad portraits. ThMi twoh at Bartoa's, shore." she said, her linger ea tha dark woman with tha baby In bez ansa. "STnanthy told out of ber own mouth they waa goto' to board a boy-child and hits ail after Christmas. Now I ask you. what would honest folks ba dots' j sendln' a child to the country sack a time o' the yaarT" "Ok, that elst aathto*. Tows folks baa got so Mlly they doa-t rprlse me. matter what thay do." tha widow , romiMHad. -Ton-re hatchln' a marVt neat oat of nothing, as nsual. Prudence. Ton parents oaght to 1 saaial Zm-PradMoe— you talk so wild." "Walt I Ton ain't hoard halt" Miss Prae Mid magtoterlaSy. "Two of the men. and the gal. era at Bartoa's every little while come an go In a ear— alwaya on the edge of daak else mighty early morals'. And tMa other— him comejrltterday — be makes up tha hall , "Are yon shore? Did bo look Ilka them pictures?" tha widow , -As much as anybody alaa." Hiss , answered, tossing bar bead. -But 1 that alnT all I Jedga by. He actually , offered me ooe o' Ma bad bills— a ! bran-new — wanted to buy a 1 pallets, and Mid ha hadn't no 1 "Ton took hit — than you've got the | gang dead to rights," tbe widow said 1 quivering in her isjuaiH over tbe Miss Prue Sniffed. "I didn't do no I eeeb fool thing," she sold. "Once la enough for me. I ain't forgot that time I took In a bad dollar eo*a to sell a alga — and had tha bank man •hove It hack at ma markari "rvmn. back •

terfelL" I told that thar man I hadn't 1 change— be might come again fer t the poUeta. I don't bell ere he will do r It— but If be should — " "Well, whatr the widow asked ea Mlm Prue's llpa ckAed uka a steel trap. "Oh, notbln' — much." said that t lady, "only I've got a telephone and , the sheriff's office has done promised , , me already to come running when I , call It." ; Tbe Barton house, dc*" rumbling j and comfortable, bad an abaolnte moo- ; arch, by name Boy Brers. Be waa five < 1 yearn old. golden as to hair, bine-eyed, j 1 chubby, and dimpled as a Cupid. The • , young woman wno came intermittent!) ' , In tbe red car hugged blm throughout , ,h* of ber visits and left him , always with streaming tears. She , surely looked too young to be bis ) mother, yet ha called ber "My mam- j my," and they were very much alike. , Hoy liked the men who came and went j Mammy— especially tbe tall ooe ! with graying hair, whom Mamny ad- , dressed as Big Injun. Big Injun bad , a way that made yon mind In spits of yourself. Johnny, tbe other "■«" showed that evea plainer th.n Boy himself: As for Mammy, all of - appeared to think the earth ought to < turn around for ber lightest whim. She 1 being Boy's boodolgva. big kingship < followed Inevitably, with ber as first 1 subject and Anne his nurse tor prime I While Mlm Pros was »i|iiisii^ ' beliefs to the widow. Mammy mt • snuggling KoyM and foiling woabe- ' noely at Big ifttm. Be had Juatatod: < "Make mack of today, daagbtar; It • •mt M safe to coma agate before l Christmas. Try aa we may to blind 1 oar trail, that detective hoond. FMgte <

eay good-by to the little man for a while. I shan't be easy In my mind until we have him across the big aster." Mammy bugged so bard she hurt the tender little body. Roy .began lo whimper. There came a rap si ibe dour. Mrs. Barton opened It cautiously, but seeing a slouching figure with a hat ] i pulled low over Ibe eyes, and a creel of saucy pullets upon one arm. said ] severely : "Don't you know enough to go round back? Air them ihe chickens a- : Mlm Jones said she'd lemme haveT" For answer tbe man dropped Ihe t creel, darted past her Into 'the big I '1 1 assembled — grabbed the whlru|K-riug | child, lifted him high on his shoulder, r saying hoarsely lo Mammy : "I can't „ ' take you forcibly. May. no matter bow R much I want you— but 1 will have our ,1 Mammy crumpled In a sobbing heap. t Big Injun got gray-faced — Johnny J pulled back by the other man. crying j "Remember the child I" ] "1 say that ! Why don't ye remember ! darting to tbe side of tbe .Intruder. , "Ain't be got 110 rights, the angel J I Rights to father, mother home I I tell | I ye. Master." lo Big Injun unwinking- 1 , Ues told — as I found out — never you I | mind bow. Roy's pappy was lied to. | as his Malnmy — by two that had t hard that Pascal girl tried to get Mr. 1 Haughtnu tangled In her net — and ber t cousin Peter wanted Miss May and t her fortune Jest as bad. When I found I , her tortune Jest had. w nen 1 round

, out thar game — I wrote Mr. Haughton — that's how be comes here new. I Not for his own sake nor Miss May's — , they're big enough to know better. Rut I won't stand lpno longer — bavin' Roy ask me after xhe says bis prayers : ! I 'Why don't (sod send me back my , daddy?" Nurse Anne stopped short, swallow. heard Boy eooing. his bands locked tight In tbe stranger's hair: "My 1 daddy I My daddy 1 I- love my daddy." j 1 "May." young Hanghton said low and ! 1 entreatlngly. She lifted her eyes, her ! | arms; with a quick spring she was 1 beside him. held against his heaving t heart, clom to her boy. So the sheriff : t found them. when, answering Miss j t summons, be descended upon i t tbe homestead. Explanations fol- j 1 lowed — here were no malefactors, only , s actors In a domestic drama that bad b verged 00 tragedy, but was ending b happily, as all dreams should. Tbe a handbill turned ont to have been a a practical Joke played on Miss Prue— si perhaps by some ooe who bad suffered from her Inquisitions. It was fifteen years old at least and undated — Its ^ mention of a woman and child bad □ perhaps Incited the Joker to fit It to t tbe folks at Barton's. F tie, which Is e

, called Chance, bad done tbe rest. And 1 Miss Prue took a lot of credit for tbe ■ y happy outcome — hadn't her chickens 1 , really served Ha ugh ton as a card of I k entry? , I _ 7 ' * ' Children Not Empty. \ Tbe pseudo-science of education un- „ ' der which moat of us were brought up t r aaaotned that children were empty vee- t 9 aels to be filled by knowledge, observes 1 * the New Bepobllc. Teachers aiid par- a " rata still feel that' to cut down an f arithmetic hour to 4B minutes la to de- ,. I* priva tbe child of a fourth of his edo- r cation. Bet children are not empty B ""■II- nor are tbey wound op and set t ■ running on a track by tbe teacher. , * Tbey are pushing wills and desire* * and curiosities. They are living, grow- ( * lag things, and they need nothing ao muck as a place where tbey can grow. ' Tbey Uve aa wholes far more than older people do. and they cannot be made v to become minds and minds alone for J | four or five boors a day ; tb«> is, with- r out stultification. h Tbe school forgets that we are only a accidentally Intellectual", that our oth- n 1 tr Impulses are far more Imperious. * Because a teacher can secure outward d order It doee not mean that she has t 1 harmonised the child's personality, b : She baa not tha least dew to riot or apathy or delusion that may be going u on Inside him. She may easily become t 1 a drill sergeant, but she must not think c 1 that die baa thereby become an ednca- » Hnnal arlenrief t! Japan Lfltaa Fat Men. I la this country when a man of av- & 1 arage height takes on girth until his P weight runs up to 800 pounds or so, his 11 1 friends have grave doubts about Ma d condition and advise Mm to dlot In 1 order to bring back a slim elegance dt '■ figure, notes a writer. In Japan the contrary la true. If a man can carry 1 300 pounds of flesh with any agility he 0 of tbe material from wbleh heroes " 1 manufactured, and If he can work b up to the 400 or 475-pound notch, and 1 ' becomes a wrestler, be la In the run- ' I ulng for the championship. 1 Wrartling la to the Japanese what ' boxing Is to us, and more. The popu- 0 1 lace goes crazy over It. and the mag- 1 1 nates of the big game handle great ! i soma In tbe way of gate receipts. The ' 1 Tokyo Wrestling aasodation controls 1 1 the flower of Japan'a heavyweights, 1 — ------- v, ,a|«u s ura)j weignis, and at Its head U a 350-pound veteran,

Dewanonml, the holder of the champt unship for 11 years In succession — a record feat. Formation of the States. From the beglunlng of our history the tendency has been toward terriexpansion In tbe formation of etateo. Of the 18 original stales contained leas than 10.000 square miles, as Vermont 9.564 ; New 9.541; Massachusetts. RNew Jersey. 8.221 ; Connecticut 4.906; Delaware, 2370; Rhode Island. New York contains only 48,284 square miles. Tbe middle western ! states were considered of great else when formed. Ohio. 41.045 square ' 1 miles; Indiana. 80.384; Illinois. 08.- ' 085; Michigan. 57.880; Wisconsin. 56.- ] 008, but they are small compared with tbe far western states of California. : square miles; Montana, 148,. ; 997; Arizona. 118.936; Nevada. 110.090, and Colorado. 103.948. Texas, with 285396 square miles, would almost make six states as large as New York. •ervlee Flag for Grief. Barvlce flags are displayed all over 1 tha big dty. and It appears to be quite : the patriotic thing for large corpora- 1 1 Uona to outdo each other In showing the largest number of employees engaged In tbe war game. There are four corporations In New York with a I ; sort of community Interest, each of which, though entirely Independent, 1 00 placing on Its service flag eater for every employee of tbe four wfPg"lw'1 now in service. But a ■ toloeakeeptr has tha star aerrlce banIt hangs before Ma saloon, and hat patMotlcany placed upon It a . •ter fur every ooe of Ma customers 7 fete the treat .

.1 OWNINO A H0IE. )# j ." j The Real ^ Estate Men Presents H is 11 j tbey ore s trifle i-rslstgot In their ef■I forts to induce one to make a pur<1 chum-. 0 In reality, however, this Is wbere j tbe city In which they live, but for tbe •• I man to whom tbey sell property, and k this la especially true In tbe case of a e Tbe great majority of people are too ' of tbe real estate dealora have Ibdoc- ' It Is especially Important that all I 1 young people become bone owners at < tbe earliest time possible, because In I have no trouble merlin* Ibe payments I .band. If tbey fall to buy tbe years will < 1 preriation many Itcuro-timt II I ty Is Willing JO make that klnd^of In C tlobal Heal Estate Journal. < a

I- Parallel Stones. « of tbe examiner, ibe f..ll,.» Ing quear ■ tloD • -supposing you were in on inveated town, threatened with starvation. r j bow would yoia supply j.-uraelf with • • piled the aublh-uienaul of artillery. I Iners Ibat tbey |am..-d blm.wlihou: fur ( tber questioning. Now. Na|>oleub'a an one of Suvarofl-a aergeanU obtained j promotion from ibe ranka by giving / i same question. Whether It was j that Napoleon bad read his alory some ' wbere and luckily remembered "he ser ' whether, as qpe writer says anent the ' speech of tbe beef eater. "All that can be said Is that two people happened to 1 c hit upon the same 'thought." we are 1 ° unable to say. but tbe si®! unity of the ! C anecdote Is. io ssy the leasi of It. a 1 C strange coincidence. -London Standard 1 Strawberries In Shakespeare's Day. , Strawberries have Improved very ^ much In flavor since tbe fifteenth cenI'ntll then tbe only strawberries , eaten were wild strawberries, of a • euu-ii were wou sirawis-mes, OI !

which would Qever find a market . nowadays By 1480. however, tbey j, were beginning to be cultivated, for , records under that date a particularly fine crop grown by the 0 of Ely In the grounds of bis i ^ palace, now covered by liatton Gar- * den. He quotes the Duke of Gloucester as saying to tbe bishop: "My lonl. you f very good strawberries In your n garden In Holbom. I require you to J us hare a mess of them." This !' speech waa copied almost verbatim by Shakespeare in "Itlrbard IIL" Still. 5 even the bishop's frnlt wonld not ap Q peal much to the modern connois for the garden strawberries at . that period were only transplanted . wildings, tbe plants being sold at about founieuco a bushel. — London , Chronicle. ^ Her Grace. An Englishwoman of rank, a dncbess. very apt to forget to pay her bills. 1 milliner, whose large bill bad been ' repeatedly Ignored By tbe duchess, a' determined to send ber little girl. * pretty child of ten years, for the which was ao much Deeded. "Be sure to Bay 'your grace' to the said the anxious mother, aod . child gravely promised to remem bar. p When, after long waiting, she wis „ ushered Into Ibe presence of ber grace . the little girt dropiwd her 1 how o' " courtesy, and Iben. folding ber hands and closing ber eyes, she said softly: * ' "For what I am abont 10 receive may ' Lord make ine truly thankful." As she opened ber eyes and turned I" her wistful gaze on Ibe duchess thai f turned very red and without do lay made out a check for (be amount ber milliner. How to Win at Monte Carlo. . One man dls overed un infallible «y* for winning at Monte Carlo, li iT only be tried every now and then , and It needs very little capital— three J! halfpence will do Ton take up your stand near some one who Is playing 0 high and wbo Is enjoying a run of c luck, soil yon drop your pone open. c with enough In It tt> make a good deal ° of Jingling on tbe floor One la not si lo poke about under tables , ° Monte Carlo, ao you mention your mis c suniiffons assistants with brooms c These will sweep all round wbere you " are standing w in. 1 > sweep an niurnt wbere yon . aud. with ordinary •

there Is generally a good deal of fallen ? money about tbe floor-you will get a ' nice little pile of silver and possibly ! gold coins In addition lo your original i three halfi-nre— Pearaon'a Weekly. A Fina Sanaa of Humor. The Ruaslnn Emperor Ivan IV once -ordered one of bis high court official,. ' to procure tor blm a measure full of '' Bop* and when Ihe poor man failed through tbe frisktnema of Ibe Inserts Ir 1 Jumping out of the measure had his 1 bead rut off and Inflicted a line of 7.101 j] roblea on tbe city of Moscow for' its ' abare In the failure On other oeea .' alona be would wnnder awny lulo Hie ' country with tome boon companion? and a few caged hears and when he I came to a |«-aceful village would lei ' allp the bears and shriek wllb laughter rtwl.ed for safety Tha Boyhood Aapiration. 1' "I bate lo see any one rhange hi- I mind or aaerifl.-e Ids first Ideala." said 1 tbe uncompromising (wrsoa ^And yet." replied Senator Rorgbum | or aaciifleed our first Ideali "m^V'of j u» would he circus cluwus."— Wash tngton 8ur. >' Intimation. "80 the Insolent fellow refused to hit renir J "He did not any ao In worda. but be Intimated It « * "How ao'r ' "He kicked ma dou-nstalra."- Paris Journal fiahelarahla. Tba scholar la more Incline to to. t than lo affirm Ha la more read* - to ask. -What do you think?" than to 1 " F. ttrira _»

MISSED THt^RftW. | a It Was Not ths 'Agant'a Fsult. Eithar. | I Only His Misfortuns. n The real estate man from the city i I was eager to chew Ibe deal for Cncle . , Billy Weatherman's forty acrea which '. would front on a beautiful lake after ■- tbe big While river dam In tb^ Mis e "rbe'pMsTm lay on Hie table awaiting r Fncle Bllly't sigiui'ure. Tbe real ea- » tate man was Impatient. He was In | I a harry to get Iiaek to llolllster. tha 1 nearest railway station, ao as to catch ; tbe only tram that would get him back I to Kansas (Try the next morning. 1 "Now. if you'll .sign right tbere-<m fountain' pen toVnele Billy, fnele Billy took out tils spectaclaa^ "1 reckon I'd better hot bs In too big , ed. with the slir.-wdn.-as of tbe Ozark aa I used to. I b'Ueve I'll have my ' tons read Idem papers, mister." - | Cncle Billy." remarked tha Kansaa k looking at hls^ waich.^"lf You aee. I've got to get away today, j Cn.-le Billy scratched bis bead a The ..Id mam/ h -uee .f Pritwell.

" Mr Jackson was kl!i.-d about ibe year ' J .* 12. s hen tbe pine,- waa let to a fam- • I V named Loneueville. There were 1 :wo brothers bolb of whom were In ■ love with the same woman. The " younger Imprisoned ihe other In a- bu- ( | Hon. A few years later Sir Baldwin ' M ake tH.ught the estate Sir Baldwin ] ' cud Uls I Wo sons ware playing cards 1 1 arose. The tradition Is lhat tbe father ! struck In- eldest son so beary a blow . that h.- died Immediately. The father ■ and tbe youngest son concealed tbe : deaih of Longuevtlle. Twelve yean ! afierward Sir Baldwin la said to hare J ! confessed on bis deathbed that be had i caused tbe death of bis son. Tbe bu- ' man dog kennel to which access waa 1 gained through the sliding hack of a cupboard, remained until ten years ago, . when the bouse waa renovated.— Dun- j

The World's Population. Tbe total population of the world U estimated at 1.700.000.000. This la upon the moat recent censnsee, which all civilized countries now take, with a careful estimate of tbe number of Inhabitants of uucivUlxed lands. Tbe proportion of the sexes la known for 1.038.000.000 of these, tbe ratio being 1.000 males to 900 females. Tbe ratio varies considerably in different places. In Europe there are 1.000 men to 1.027 women; In Africa. 1.000 men to 1.045 women: In America. 1.000 men to 984 women: hi Asia. 1.000 men to 9C1 women: In Australia. 1.000 men to 937 women. Tbe highest proportion of ■ women lr found In Uganda, where there are 1.407 to every 1.000 men. The proportion la In Alaska and the Malay states, wbere there are. In the 891. and In the Utter 889 worn- , en to every 1.000 men. — New York 1 World. Pickled Peppers. "Now. dearie." aald tbe nurse. "1 want you to learn this nice little poem , about 'Peter Piper picked a peck of 1 pickled peppers." " J "Shan't !" answered tbe Boston child. ; much In the manner of other cMldren. , "Ota. naughty, naughty! Why. Wal- 1 do. why won't you learn thU pretty 1 poem T' | "For two reasons," answered Waldo. J "In the first place, tbe alliteration of I tbe line you quote la so excessive aa to \ destroy any literary finish that such ■ adventitious aids to metric composl- J tion might lend if used more sparingly. ■ And In tbe second pUce. consider the J Impossibility of picking peppers which « have already been pickled. The whole J thing la beneath tbe attention of any ■ Intelligent person."— Boston Traveler. ' The Word -8oore." , "Score" for twenty came Into the ' nearly at tbe same time, bat \ not exclusively French. It comes I from the Anglo-Saxon acor. tba root of " Our ancestors, to ovoid the difficulty 1 of Urge numbers, used to keep ac- 1 counts by cutting notches In a stick. J called a tally, and after twenty such ■ notches they cut off the tally, which ' thus became a "score." These were « need In England for keeping the ex- . chequer accounts, even t& the begin- 1 nlng of the nineteenth century. A cricket score waa once spoken of aa ao 1 notches, and the rind of pork la many noronos, ana ine rind of pork Is

scored. The word la first used In a called "The Bestiary" and In "Cursor Mundl Ixindou Answers. Animgl Criminals. Aa a aiieeirs of hardened criminals among p!a<id herbivorous animals norn'la worse than Ihe bison, or American buffalo. Toward man and beast and even among themselves these vicious. ! ITlndletlve and agile brutes, whose half 1 ! brothers on the oiber continent* do not 1 fear even tbe lerrifflc onslaughts of \ and tigers, are in a state of al- 1 ! .most continual warfare. They are I the wickedest rogues ever seen ' in a zoo. ] In Sarioua Trouble. | "She's In a frightful dilemma." < 1 "Why. Jack pro|ioaed to ber last 1 .night and Insists upon having an an- J learn whether Tom lntt-nda to pro- j Pone."— Chicago I'oat A Dead Give Away. 1 Wife— What would you do. George. I tf you were left a widow 7 Hub- ' Oh. I ouiwso the samo a. you would if c you Were left a widow. Wtfe-You horrid wretch! Aud you told me you trould never rare for auybody else. - . Boslou Transcript • ' Looking Forward. , "1 didn't know your husband had 1 been so 111 " « 1 began 10 think of remarrylug."-Jour T nal Amuaanl , Preaones of Mind. She- What do you mean by saying that F.lsa Is -more or less pretty r He | - Well, she's more pretty than most girl- and less pretty than you!— Mm- J jHctnlinaa. . - _ •

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| or < ape May KlSl'w'ol'tof Jer£)r™nuui' ' Per cl seven hundred and flit)'. live (TrAl. H c 1 | AesaataUoD. t^a^Dmd ^aM Ueaerlbed^ a. > Dalai IktenbeT IL wiz"^'4' || > Joseph C. Maine.. Hol'r. IZ.tt.4t . P. t .. SML» > Sheriff 8 Sale. ' By elrtoe of a wril or Fieri Paelae. lor eale ■ of Mortgaged PremlMa. tu li,. dlrecu-d, 1»- . sued out^ol^me Court of Chancery of. New CMWOD*1U «o i°TtelB c,u*®*"^'rel»V|tohorl ahalce X pewe'lo ea^e'at "'"bile"' 1 J Monday Jan^iarjr 6tb , 1919,^ . All the mid mortgaged premlam, W1U1 Uie - "" allnala, lying and he li)? l^ihl^ el Ij IKvii • New' Jen^.<S°uamb?iK| n m*"°' elghlj-elgbi |IB| ud live 'hund'reo1 " a° Ihe" 'S" ™'a° ' I breadth ^V*tinan,|hac boabaad, by devd of^aden'ore ln the County < lerk-. omce of N*?.?n IMBro's "teitad ^ MILLER," Sberlfl. IUUsd laWui, p^4JS ^

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