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banda thing 1 had no objection to what
ever, seeing that, despite her ebon skin. her
form and face were perfect in all details.

banda thing had no objection to what
ever, seeing that, despite her ebon skin. her
form and face were perfect in all details.
AN INFATUATED QUEEN.
"But an ancient law Of the island forbade
the Queen to marry, and her successor was
chosen when she died from the first females
born after her death. The Queen, however,
wa so infatuated with my white face that
she determined to break this law and this
discrimination divided the people into two
parties, who went to war about the question
until, in one battle the Queen was killed,
and, with four trusty fellows, embarked
In canoe of my own make and hurried
with all speed from the Island of Fanalon.
The strangest of all things had seen
during my ten months sojourn there was the
dress OF the natives, consisting of pure
white, but very thin and fine sponge which
grows in great broad layers along the coral
reef surrounding the island. These were
taken, like your tailors cut cloth, in num-
Der of curiously shaped pieces, and when
placed together on form below the sea
water the pieces grew together in few.
hours, thus doing away with any sewing.
Their hats are made in the same manner
and their shoes also. I learned this art from
the natives and when left with these four
natives brought several dozen Of the
sponges with me. I found q small boat at
the first port we reached and sailed and
sailed until found my way to the shores of
America and ascended the rivers to this
place, where have planted the sponges,
which grow faster than weeds and triple
their number in single night.
"And now for my project and the purpose
of nv midnight visit to your Office.
brought you here to explain the work, show
you the results and make you suit which
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Sensible Sunday Thoughts.

CHRIST limiteth us unto one wife only. and
it is a great thing for man to rule one wife
rightly.-Hugh LuttD1er.
IF thy revenues be not enough, borrow of thy
two next neighbors-thy back and thy belly.
Ibid.
THERE is a gospel of the tongue; the truth
must be preached. There is a gospel of the
character: the truth must be lived. There is a
gospel of the hand; the world must feel the
warm cordial grasp Of compassionate love-
The hand Is the symbol of sociability The
hands are not dumb-they speak as distinctly as
the lips. 1t is useless to mount lofty pedestals
and draw ones skirts closely about ones self
and toss fine maxims at the weak. The world
will never consent to be haughtily lectured inro
morality. There must be face to face hand
to hand, heart to heart touch.-H C. Fdrrar.
SOCIETY needs the social Christian. Il needs
his example of refined godliness-his cheerful
ness without frivolity, his piety without sancti-
moniousness, his conversation without can't
1t needs to see Illustrations that the Christian
religion is not CLOAK, but an easy delightful
life-a life that does more, enjoys more and il
more than any other.-I6td.
ETERNAL gratitude is a note whose time
does not begin TO run until the purchasers is
over.-Bldcks1ore.
LIFE is always serious. For we are ever
treading on the edge of something unexpected,
1t may be something terrible. Let us work
circumspectly, and realize that we may always
dwell under the shield of Gods providence.
Otherwise life wonld be too tragic for us to en-
dure.-R q. Storrs. ID. D.
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THETHREE INVINCIBLES
ERNEST n. HElNRICHS.

children returned home, and when his wife,
the stepmother, told him that both his
children were dead his sorrow knew no
bounds. He cried and lamented their loss
in a most pitiful manner, and when Felix
took him into the garden, whsre they were
supposed to be buried, the brave and strong
soldier fell across the gravestone, SO much
was he overcome by his sorrow for the loss
of his children. The very next day he left
home again.
"wife," he said, 81 will return to the
war to seek consolation from my sorrow
in the deaths of my enemy. l do not know
when l shall come back, SO fare thee well. "
Thus the soldier went away. and Felix and
his mother had grand time, enjoying
themselves to their hearts content.
In the meantime, however, John and
Alice had an awful time in the woods.
After Felix had left them they began seek
ing berries, but they never found any, and
toward evening they returned, thinking
that he was awaiting their return where
they had left him. Bnt Felix was nowhere
to be seen. They called for him through
the entire woods, hunted for him high and
low, but all in vain. Felix had gone and
they could not find him. Then they started
to find their way home, but they were
equally unsuccessful in that attempt. They
ran over thorns and stones and stumps for
miles and miles through the forest until
they at last dropped down under tree,
utterly tagged out and tired almost to death.
Here they fell asleep and it was not until
nearly noon the next day that they awoke
from their sleep.
"Oh dear, oh dear, but 1 am hungry"
said Alice, "and so am 1" remarked John.
Then both got up, and they commenced to
hunt for the berry bushes again. After
they had traversed the forest once more in
all directions. they were suddenly startled
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anticipation of the beautiful, ENJOYABLE
time TO come would not let them close their
eyes. They were just ready for their de-
parture, and Alice was getting a basket
with sandwiches ready when Felix came in.
"What are you doing there?" he asked
tine little girl, who became so frightened al
his terrible voice that she dropped one
piece of ham, which should have gone on
the bread, on the floor, and of course it was
spoiled.
81 am preparing few sandwiches" she
then meekly replied. 81 suppose we will
get hungry in the woods"
"Who ever heard of such a thing?" said
Felix. people who 60 out fer pleasure
don't want anything to eat. The old saying
is, He who works may eat. Never mind
about any food, you come along, there will
be lots where you are going to-
So the children went hungry away from
home and arrived in the woods and never
did two children spend such sad time in
the woods. The beautiful flowers never
looked beautiful to them; the lofty trees.
which stretched their lofty branches like
canopy OF leafv verdure above them, never
impressed these children with admiration.
They never listened to the melodious tones
OF the many birds, who warbled their songs
in bush and brushwood, and whv? Because
they were hungry. As the hunger gnawed
at their empty little stomachs their limbs
became heavy, their eyes lost their luster.
their heads began to ache, and what prom.
ised to have been day of pleasure proved
TO be day of painful agony. For lust hear
what the fearful Felix did
About noon John and Alice said to Felix:
Let us return home, we are very hungryr'
''Oh no, not yet; let us go and gather
some berries and take them home. You 90
that way and go this way, and we will
meet here again to see who has found the
most"
The nasty fellow had said that purposely
to deceive them, but unsuspicious as the
two children were they went to seek berries.
while Felix ran quickly home to tell his
mother about his grand success. The un-
natural woman laughed when she heard
that the two children were gone. The next
day Felix made mound in the garden, and
he put above it a marble stone, with these
words:
Here lie John and Alice Buried.
In Q few days the father of the two
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will serve as a sample; we will then return
to the city and establish branches all ovel
the world. where the sweltering masses may
come, be fitted and have their suits made
while they wait.
''The tiny reservoir in the top'of the hal
we furnish with every suit carries a small
quantity of cool water, and can be replen-
ished when exhausted. This allows the per-
son wearing one of our sponge suits to
simply squeeze his bulb in his hat and the
entire suit will be kept moist. In this man.
ner man can also "wet" new suit with
out it costing anything.
THE COMING RAGE.
Sponge suits for summer will be all the
rage, and the different manner IN which
they can be made up will allow of any de-
mand from Dame Fashion.
"We have now reached our destination
and will proceed with the business from
which we can make millions" and here the
strange figure stepped ashore and guided
the artist to place along the river, where
the four natives dove beneath the water,
appearing shortly afterward with broad
slabs Of thin sponge cloth, which they laid
out upon rough table, and, after measure
ing the artist from head to toe, they began
cutting the thin sponges into queerly
shaped pieces, which they placed in the
water, alter pinning them together with
their oaken skewers. After drawing the
artist some distance away the Spaniard
again began to talk.
''The natives believed me to be a prince
when arrived upon their land, and though
they have cheerfully obyed all my orders,
they came from their home in the far warm
eastern seas with much reluctance, and
claim that through their Queens folly in
attempting to marry me, and my folly in
bringing them away to these cold northern
waters upon such a mission, they have q
right to call me Prince Folly"
ST have named this island Fanalon, after
my first love, now dead, in that lone eastern
isle. and have determined to make myself
rich by this venture
"Ah, here is your suit, /" he exclaimed, as the
four natives approached, a bundle in the hands
of the foremost" Now, try it on and tell me
what you think of it."
A COOL SUIT.
1t required but a moment for the artist to
rig himself out in the new togs, and then as
the five strangers stood about him he began to
realize what delicious change 1t was from the
hot tight-ftting clothes he had thrown aside.
his blood began to grow cooler and
a feeling as though his flesh anG bones were
slowly freezing came over him; he felt his fin-
ger tips assuming q rigidity which crept
up through the fingers themselves
until ten icicles hung from his hand in their
places. Then the horrible sensation of slowly
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694-A FOREST.

What's the frightful tree? the willing treef
The trees that are cheerful and sad7
The lightest trees? the luscious treef
The tree that is warmly cladf
What's the dentists care? the sweetest treef
The nourishing tree2 and the tree for lunchf
The adhesive tree? the respectable tree7
And the tree boys delight to punch?
What's the coolest tree? the dancing tree?
The trees that are words of command?
The busiest tree7 the sourest tree?
And the tree that is in demandf
What's the timely tree? the schoolboy's dreadf
The tree that is neat and trimf
The str ongest tree? and the mason's treef
And the tree used by painters primf
What's the tree that might shake your handf
The springy tree? the tree nearest the scar
Now the decorated tree7 the joiner's tree1
Still tell me where ships may be?
Then there's the uprighs treef and the slippery
And the tree that is gray, sorrel. and bayf
The tree to kiss? the spiny tree1
The tree that is fatal to stay?
The useful tree? the canine tree3
The tree that in jewelry one sees?
There's the tree that daily fastens?
Tell me their names, If you please1
There's tree that belongs to the agedf
Perhaps musician can claim it fair.
Then the greasy tree? the yielding treef
And the tree of which to beware.
Ell EN- DEE
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SUNDAY THOUGHTS .
on
MORALS MANNERS
BY A CLERGYMAN.
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPArcH.1

Matthew Arnold says Of Goethe:
he took the suffering human race,
He read each wound, each weakness clear,
And struck his finger on the place,
And said, Thou ailest here and here"
Literature can diagnose the disease; it is
powerless to work cure. But where mortal
skill is impotent, divine love is omnipotent.
What Goethe, like Homer, like Plato, like
Aurelius, merely indicated, Christ remedied.
The difference between literature and Chris
tianity is the tremendous difference between
the perception of en- ailment and the restora-
tion of health.
Indeed, we do not need poet or a phil
osopher to tell as that human nature, sug-
gesting Ophelia's account Of Hamlet's con-
dition, is
Like sweet bells tangled, out of tune. and
harsh"
For this is q matter of common expert
ence. What it much more concerns us to
know is, whether the distempered but
mobile and most sovereign reason" may be
medicated. From Goethe, therefore, with
his diagnosis, we turn impatiently, eagerly,
to the "Great Physician" When we see
him change the Magdalene into a saint. and
Saul, the prosecutor, into Paul the apostle,
and Zacheus, the publican, into an honest
man, and seat the demoniac clothed and in
his right mind-we hope. The commingled
love and power that healed them is equal to
dealing with US. Oh, wonderful Galileani
build us up out of the ruins OF sin into the
primeval image of divinity. Breathe upon
these bones; make them live.
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How to Abolish Poverty.


recent article in the North American Re-
ute,o. by the Rev. ]. B. Wasson, shows how
poverty may easily be abolished-on paper He
says: my scheme, in brief, is tor those who
are most anxious to abolish poverty to raise
the sum of $40, 900 in cash, or more if possible,
and put it out at compound interest until the
principal shall become so immense that the
interest annually accruing from it will be large
enough to change the whole face of society
In order to bring the matter more nearly home
to us to-day, let us suppose that some wise
philanthropist, say in the year 1929, had set
aside that sum OF money with the
est should be touched until the year 1889.
at which tine the whole amount should be
safely invested and the interest forever after
devoted to the alienation of poverty and. to
such other humane objects as should Commend
themselves to a wisely selected Board of Anti
poverty Trustees, two of whom might perbaps
be Mr.. George and DR.. McGlynn. / venture to
say that the actual money result of TODAY of
such fund would far surpass the widest
dreams of the crankiest. anti-poverty disciple
in the world. The capitalist, the man of bust
ness. the retired man of wealth and the work
ing man, all would be paving percentage ont
of their income to this great autocrat of hu-
man destiny. ltwould, however, at once strike
a snag that might-nay, that would-proye
fatal to the society, unless it sue
ceeded in making over this human nature
of ours. The strong Drained. acqulsitive men.
whose very nature 1t is to work with both
brain and hand in order to acquire wealth
would lose heart and stop working. On the
other hand, an immense number, possibly a
majority of the worlds workingmen. knowing
that the society would provide for them any.
how, would also stop working. Or, if tbey
worked at ALL it would be in iistless way that
worlds industries would come to a sudden and
disastrous standstil, and at the end of the wear
the S. 0OO 900 900 of interests due the Anti-Poy-
erty Society would not be paid on account of
the general cessation. of work. And there
would be no way to enforce the payment, unless
all the civilized governments of the world
should unite to do 1t. But even that would NOT
avail if the debtors did not have the money to
meet their obligations, for you cannot squeeze
blood out Of a stone.
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AN EXPERIENCE IN ARKANSAS.
Two Chicago Hunters Satisfied That the
Natives Are Not slow.

Two Chicago Hunters Satisfied Thnt the
Natives Are Not slow.
Chicago Herald.
Two prominent members of the Calumet
Club were down in Arkansas last fall on
business and one day took a notion to 60
out on a deer hunt. They were in the
neighborhood of Carlisle. where the game
is usually pretty abundant; so procuring
the services of a guide they sailed forth to
kill their first buck. After stationipg the
club men in a likely position the guide
made grand detour to round up the game.
In little while along came a handsome
doe; she stood looking into the double-bar-
relied guns for few seconds with that air
of mild curiosity so affected by all deer. and
was about to bound away when the guns
reported and the doe fell dead. Both men
jumped out to claim the prize, but two
widely-separated wounds convinced them
that each one owned half interest in her.
While they stood congratulating each other
a little girl came running up, and, seeing
the dead deer, began crying bitterly. Pre-
sently a lank native sauntered along and
Joined the group.
"S' pose ye think ye're in big luck, eh?"
sdlu Luc mduy dilcI contemplating tuc uoc
for a few minutes, and following his re-
mark with heavy trail of nicotine.
"Why yes. we had thought so, zone of the
hunters nervously ventured.
Meantime the girl was sobhing as il her
heart would break, and between gasps the
Chicago nimrods learned that they had shot
her pet deer. Both stood aghast, and one
limited he would give anything to square
it.
Settle weth ther gal, not weth me-" said
the native; "ther critters hern, not minep'
The club men then consulted and agreed not
to give over $40 for the deer.
"How much do you want us to pay you
little girl?" one asked.
She raised her tear-stained face, thought a
minute and then scbbed, Bout 50 cash, 1
recken, eh pap?"
Then followed another outburst They
gave her $5, GLAD to settle so easily and let
the old man carry off the deer. They went
back to their hotel without waiting for the
guide, but when he showed up and they
told their story he called them the biggest,
blankest idiots in 40 counties and swore
they had been worked. They were out S.
and fine, fat doe; there wasn't tame deer
in the county.
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TOWED BY A FLOCK OF DUCKS.
A Curious Craft Called the Podoscaph and
How it il Nnvigated.

A Curious Craft Called the Podoscaph and
How it is Nnvigafed.
BROOKLYN Eagle.I
A New York man has Just made the most
eccentric journey on record. The original
person has been over to the Paris Exposi.
tion and has brought back with him the --latest
French device for navigating rivers. II
bears the peculiar name of podoscaph, and
is sort of tiny raft, an equivalent on the
water to the bicycle on shore; for the man
who Davigates it must have the knack OF
balancing himself highly developed. 1t
consists of two tiny skiffs or canoes made of
paper and too light and small to safely
contain even boy, but by being made into
a sort of a catamarran, by fastening one
broad light paper board between the two, it
will carry full sized man with a certain
amount fsafety and. under certain circum-
stances, with considerable speed.
1t is very light and can be carried under
one arm about as easily as pasteboard box,
and is drier than most RATS, being ele-
waited several inches above the water BY the
skifs. There are two ways of sailing the
podoscaph, but the man who has introduced
it here has invented a third. The first
method is by rowing it with light pair OF
spoon paddles, the second is by sailing it;
which is done by means of the ordinary
large white umbrella, and this is the favo-
rite French method. But the third and the
American fashion is quite unique. 1t
would never have been dreamed of by a
Frenchman.
The man who brought it over here is
spending his vacation on the banks of
small, quiet river, and starting out the
other day for tour upon his podoscaph he
purchased of a nelghboring farmer a flock
of II ducks, which he harnessed to his new
boat, and taking aboard his umbrella and
oars as we'll he started off down the stream.
He was gone six days, and when he re-
turned he was minus the ducks, two of
which he declared he had eaten every night
for dinner, and that they had materially
aided hin. in hisvoyage. Such eccentricities
may serve to advertise the new boat for
which he is agent in this country, but it
has value enough in itself to become popu-
lar and viii, no doubt. be added in the
course Of time to the other fragile little craft
Which spins about the merry water bugs in
the lower bay.
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695-ANAGRAM.

"Can't calkerlate about the weather,
Bekase it changes so
That nobody can tell whether
Its gwine to rain or snow"
-WfdotD Bedott
There is class who think they know
Just when 'it's gwine to rain or snowy'
They fix upon a future day,
Perhaps some weeks or months away,
When they assure US there will be
A storm upon the land or sea;
A cyclone they may say will come,
And make terrestrial objects hum;
Perhaps an earthquake is at hand
To give commissions to the land.
They are familiar with the stars.
And Venice, Jupiter and Mars
They find in such conductive moods
As indicate Overwhelming floods.
They note the changes of the moon
(To them this planet is boonD
And in its phases they descry
"Perhdps the tOet orr else the dry.
Lucky for such fellows all
That the fool-killers seldom call:
And yet tits strange we often meet
Those who have faith in the conplet.
NELsoNIAN.
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Politics and Poverty.


Chicago I1mes.I
It is well known fact that few politicians
leave Office rich. The lower grade of ofice-
holders invariably die poor. There are but
three elective offices in Cook county that are
rated as incorporating places. These are
the city and county Treasurerships and the
Shrievalty. A history Of the incumbents
of these Offices since the fire, would a. =
rule be the history Of men who eith2 made
or lost pile. and than retired from tolitisA
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692-CHARADE.

Wordsworth describes one In this wise:
"a ore-t,0o-three man with gray eyes"
What Wordsworth says the truth may be,
To vouch for 1t am one three,
One fact think may one t,0o-
That If the man we have in view
Had tried on ttOo to take q run
When drunk, he would have done it one.
Such an attempt so odd would be
That you would think it one-tl0o-three.
NELSoNIAN.
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Arouse to Action

A dormant liver. or you will suffer all the tor.
lures incident to q prolonged bilious attack.
Constipation, headaches. dyspepsia. furred
will admonish you Of neglect. Discipline the
recalcitrant organ at once with Hostettar's
stomach Bitters and expect prompt relief.
Malaria, rheumatism, kidney complaint ner-
yonsness and debility are thoroughly relieved
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THE FIRESIDE SPHINX
A Collection Of EnigmahCal Nuts for
. Home Cracking.
address Communications for this Departments
TO 4. r. CHADBoURN. Let0iston, Maine.
691-"PREsro. cHANGEI"

691-"PREsro, CHANGEI"
A warrior brave, with sword in hand,
was travelling this stranger land;
Where dangers new and scenes untried
Beset him oft on every side;
When there appeared across his track,
A serpent fierce, both long and black;
A frightful thing, with ferid smell,
Appalling eyes and nose as well;
With all his strength. mighty blow,
The hero cleft in twain his foe.
Quick as the deed, to his surprise.
The scene was changed before his eyest-
No serpent there, in all that wood,
But in its place STRIPPING stood;
And by his sidea lady fair;
A lady with attainments rare,
With lovely face and charming mien
(See Spencer in his '.Faery Queen"l
But further now I'll not pursue.
This subject so well known to you;
For tits maxim noways rare,
.'fhe brave alone shall win the fair!.'
Still. If this tale should seem contrary,
You'll find it in your dictionary.
NJ. c. WooDFoRn.
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693-TwIN AcRosrIcs.

The two letters added to the initials are re-
versed when preixed to the finals as lap, pad.
g.: 90
Lett side.-l A contest 2 A plural verb.
& light blow. 4. A fish. 5. A small quad
ruped.
Right side.-L The male Of a certain domes-
tic animal. 2 Before. 8 A confederate. 4 A
sign of the Zodiac. s. To imbrown.
PrtnaLs.-A common liquid.
FinGLs.-A well known fruit
Consbined.-A large variety Of finals.
CHANT.