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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

AS / stood one delicious spring day,
says VIII Hubbard Herman in the New
York Mercury, on the steps of the
Court House of Fargo, Dakota, now
North Dakota. homely and hay-seedy
young man hip-halted up the walk, and
pauslng IL front Of me, said:
Say, mister, 1 hev $50.
Yes, / replied, CURLY and hardly,
half In a tone of query.
An 1 want ter know how to spen'
it. I amt no drinkin', ner gamblin',
ner immoral critter, any way"
Better seek out some of the poor
people in the back alleys over yOnder, :"
1 sneered PLENTY Of places in which
to put an Overplus of money. They
can spend your $50 for you a sight bet
ter than you can"
"Er hull $5O?"
Eyes, er hull $50"
But er hev to mosey to home on er
part Nv it. "
"Ah?"
"Yaas- Think I'd er better give all
or it erway?"
mo; not under the circumstances. s"
Man said ter me this mo'nin' that eff
I'd give i'm 500, 'eed fine me er per
sitlOn at 5000 er week, se1lin' books.
Think 1 oughter take er position 2"
Hardly"
Mother man wanted me ter take er
ticket in er Iot'ry. Sure thing, $500
for So; but 1 wanted advice"
Il think yer needed 1t badly"
Couldn't put me Onter a Job ?"
@No."
He pulled out a roll of So bills and
counted them carefully.
Never was in q city afore, he re-
marked. "Doan know how ter spen'
this. How'd you spen' it ?"
In various ways. You might get
good suit of clothes, visit the theater
AID"
"Visit the thee-aye-tur? That's what
our preacher says is the doorway Nv the
clothes, hewitt I? I'm not certain.
Would You er advise me to hev more ?"
Eyes"
"WeU, I'lI see two or three others,
an ef they say clothes, clothes it is.
AS I was passing the police court
next morning a voice called:
"Mister!"
went in. Standing and waiting a
trial was my hero. His clothes were
torn, bloody and muddy. He had a
black eye and a CORY cash on his left
cheek, while three of his front teeth
were missing.
Mister" he whimpered, ct hain't
got er cent. Can't you pull me through
Man advised me to go with him and I
went. Got in er room, an he kicked
an gouged, an downed me, an took all
er my money"
"Served you right" I replied, and
stepping over to the desk I told the
police judge all about the prisoner. He
was discharged and [ loaned him
enough to HE off home.
But I hate a man who hasn't the
manhood to be his own adviser.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

A LARGE public bath viii soon be
erected in Philadelphia, from money
left by Benjamin Franklin and John
Scott. Franklin left in his will. dated
April %, 1880, 5000 to be used by
Philadelphia in such way that after
the lapse Of a century the principal
and interest should amount to a sum
large enough to make valuable public
improvements In 1916 John Scott
added $4,000 to this sum. The princi-
pal now amounts altogether to about
$4,000. Ten thousand dollars of this
will be laid aside for another century,
after the new bath is constructed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08
Kot Ia AngeI. Quite.

De Wrigg-I don't want to say any
thing to hurt your feelings, Arthur,
but I heard something about Miss
Pureetie last night that you ought TO
hear. She chews gum.
De Prigg- my On, what frauds
women are! And to think I was on the
verge of marrying that girl! What an
escaped I shall break my engagement
at once.
"To-nigbt?"
@Um-no, not tonight. I promised
to go on a spree with Rednose tonight. %
-NelB York WeeEIlg
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08
Ne Efects oil Too Mueh Dim.

A minister, with a rather hOrid com
plexion, had gone into the shop of a
barber, one of his Pensioners, to be
shaved. The barber was addicted to
heavy bouts of drinking, after which
his hands were consequently unsteady
in his work. In shaving the minister
on the occasion referred to he inflicted
a cut sufficiently deep to cover the
lower part Of the face with blood. The
minister turned to the barber and said
In a tone of solemn severity:
"YOU see, Thomas, what comes Of
taking too much drink"
Gay, replied Thomas, at make the
skin verra tenner.o
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08
TWO FORTUNATE MEN.
ETr. C. a buckingham Captures a Prize In
The Louisiana State Lottery.

Afr. c. a Buckingham Captures q Prize in
The Louisiana State Lottery.
Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times, Oct. /.
c. A. Buckingham is night clerk Of the
United States Express Company in this city,
and a sober, industrious young fellow at
that Last month the clerks in the same
Office made up a purse for the purpose of
buying some tickets in the Louisiana State
Lottery, and asked young Buckingham to
go into the combination, but he refused
saying that he needed his earnings to care
for his family, a wife and child the wife
having been sick for some time. just tefore
the drawing of the 10th of September, how
ever, Buckingham concluded that he would
try his luck, and on the quiet sent s. and re-
celved IN return two One-twentieth tickets.
One of these was One-twentieth of ticket No.
69,159, which drew the third capital prize of
$4,000. The fortunate man forwarded his
ticket to the Louisiana State Lottery COM
pany, and received in return s., 500 in hard
cash. This Is another case of where the
prize fell into excellent hands and where it
Will serve the excellent purpose of making
easy, for the time being at least, the path
of most deserving young man and his ex-
cellent family.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

The successful American farmer
must know more or less of most of the
practical sciences in order to take care
'of his animals, his crops, his machines,
to forecast the weather tforlhis seeding
and his harvesting, and the prospects
Of demand for his marketing. He not
only reads the papers but he has IN
disturbed time to ponder on what
seems important, to digest it, and form
wellreonsidered conclusions.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

KARL FALKENsTE1N, the inventor Of
the smokeIess powder, was chemist
at Vienna only three years ago. He
offered his invention to the Vienna War
Office, which, with true Austrian fatui-
ty, soornfully declined negotiations,
SO he went off to Berlin, where, the
authorities being practical men, he was
soon received by Count Wa1dersee, and
afterwards by the Emperor, and his
powder having been thoroughly tested,
the invention was purchased for a sum
which has made Herr Falkenstein a
comparatively rich man.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08
Elixir Of Life.

Wonderful thing, that elixir OF
Life" discovered by DR.. Brown-Se'
guard.
Is it?
Of course it is. Makes an old mai
Of ninety feel as frisly as a boy.
You don't say!
Fact. MethuseIah would have been
alive to-day could he only have had a
dose of it occasionally. Going to be q
great thing for Egypt when they get
hold of it.
In what way?
Well, you see there is a desperate
war going on In Egypt. The dervishes
are trying to conquer that country.
Thousands of men are killed and the
Egyptian army must be recruited.
How are they going to do it ?
Inject the -Sequard elixir in
to the mummies. Many of them were
fighters from way back, as they say,
and their youth being restored they
Will pitch in and lick them dervishes
out of their sandals, see?
The elixir viii restore mummy?
Certainly. Restore anything. ex-
pect it would set the Sphinx on its
feet.
There's one thing that I don't be-
ieve that it can do.
What's that?
Put new life into the Grant Monu-
ment scheme.
Well, there are some things that ap-
pear to be impossible, and perhapR
that is one of them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08
sEAKER0OT BUYS 4 COW.
BY ROB.


'There you go, broke in MIR. s.; 81
never try to do a thing but what you
must oppose 1t. Here we are paying
5 cents per day for a quart Of chalk
and water Of which don't get a taste.
Lemme see. Five cents for 365 days
is-is-G Great Scott L$18.25 per year f.;
most enough to buy the best Jersey in
the country. A good cowu give 10
quarts per day. We could sell five.
That's % cents-366 times % is-hum
1925. Good Lord! Mrs. SnakerOOt,
don't say another word. Milk, butter,
$91.2 per year. I'll have a COW before
nig'htF'
Five miles west of the village in
which Mr. SnakerOot resided lived old
Farmer j. celebrated far and near for
the excellence of his breed of Jerseys.
Farmer j. had cut his eye-teeth years
ago, and sharp indeed must be the
man who got the start of him.
Our friend SnakerOOt, after having
searched unsuocessfully all the morn
ing, happened along just at noon at
Farmer j. s, and was invited to put out
and stay to dinner. Only too willing,
he hastened to put his horse in the
barn, and with his son James accom-
panied the farmer to the house, where
they did justice to an excellent dinner.
After the latest news had been dis
euBsed, Mr.. SnakerOot intimated that
if he could find just such COW as he
wanted, he wouldn't mind giving q
good price for her"
Wall, said Farmer J., "I don't
care about sellin' any, but let's go out
n look at 'em."
He adopted the precaution of taking
along a faithful dog that had been
trained to hold the female bOvines of
the Snakeroot herd while they were be
ing stripped of the Tactical fluid, with
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08
Ne French MarshaI,s Horses.

Marshal MacMahOn is looked upon by
the amateurs as an unscientific horse
man, yet he is perhaps to-day, even at
his advanced age, the most daring
rider in France. The amateurs are
little Jealous of him for one reasOn-he
has superb taste in the choice of his
horses and has the money with which
to crafty that taste. During his long
campaigns in Africa he preferred Eng
ish mounts, and invariably left all his
suit behind him on long marches. At
Compiegne, in the days Of the Second
Empire, he used to charge with such
vigOr on the game that the Empress
once reprOached him with fancying
that he was leading a cavalry division
into action.
He sits on his horse with great dig
nifty. Faithful, says one Of his biog-
raphers, "tO the adage of Lamartine,
the horse is the pedestal of kings, he
appears in public only upon the nObIest
of steeds, and pays willingly 500 louis
for horse which pleases him. The
horse which he rode on the occasion Of
the first visit of the Shah Of Persia to
Paris cost him 10, 600 francs. Although
rs years Of age, he rides for two hours
daily, and he often meets IN the per-
LuulEu d14cNS u GAAS LUIS lAAtLe ClA-S4
veteran hOrseman, Comte Ferdinand
de Lesseps, gaIIoping as if he were
carving the news of a victory.
His splendid English horse, Forest
King, was taken at Sedan by the Prus-
SLAMS; and the horse ALA, which he
rode on that day. and which was killed
under him, had cost him %, coo frar IS.
Shortly after the close Of the disast- Us
battle of Sedan q Hebrew dealer an
peared at AIacMahOn's headquarters
and inquired If, in view of the surren-
der, Alta might not be for sale.
"Alfa you ignOramus !" was the
indignant answer. @Alfa is killed"
Mon Dieu! Mon Dieu I" said the Is
raeIite, wringiDg his hands In unfeigned
despair, chow could anyone be so I'M
prudent as to risk the life OF horse
worth so much money as ALA on q
battlefield ?1-C COSMOPOLITAN.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

The designers employed by the Brit
ish Admiralty are striving to build
new type Of war-ship which will COM
bine the maximum qualities Of speed,
strength, stability and fighting power.
The RenOwn, a barbette ship carrying
an armament of Cotton guns, viii be,
it is expected, the closest approxima-
ton to that ideal which has yet been
made. Probably there viii have to be
long series of improved and remod-
eled Renowns before the problem can
be satisfactorily worked out. But the
aim is one which can be commended to
American designers employed upon the
new navy. Sufficient progress has
been made to justify the department
in setting its best talent at work in de-
signing a vessel, without reference to
cost, which viii be at once the fastest,
strongest and most powerful battle.
ship afioat.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

IT is queer, though it is,a fact, that
Ohio has 40 73 white voters unable to
write; Pennsylvania, IS, 935; New York,
76,744. The men who cannot read
their ballots hold the balance of polit-
lical power in these important States.
The illiterate vote is not, however, to
be always identified with the pur-
chasable vote or the unintelligent
vote
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

EMPEROR WILLIAM has but recently
7honored himself with any high military
rank. Though as Kaiser he is the
''war lord" of the German army, he re-
manned brigadier until short while
ago, when he rose to be a Major Gen
.eraI. Since Queen Victoria made him
an Admiral, and the Austrian Emperor
made him a General, Mdltke has urged
him to come up to the first rank, and
he is now a commanding General.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

a. sanitaTiunn, and sung bytwo hundred
jinyalids, all of whom had come there
because they wanted to @stay, and
were doing their costHest and best not
to leave this world.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

A sMUGGLER was caught at Philadel-
phia who had 81, 600 worth of diamonds
and other jewelry tucked away in an
old coat. The lot was eonfseated.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

SENATOR WADE's daughter has en-
tered training-schooI for nurses, and
means to be a professional nurse. Con
gresham Disadvantages daughter is a
teacher in "a normal college, and Judge
Kelley has a daughter who is a very
successful practicing physician.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08
A Pennrfons Widnr-

Will-Talk about penurious people;
I've had experience lately with one
that 1 think beats the record in that
respect. You know, I've been court
ing that rich widow, Mrs. Watkin, and
the other day, after she pROmised to
marry me, she refused-what do YOU
think?
Bill can't guess.
WiII-She actually refused to ad-
vance me a dollar to get out the mar
rage license. What do you think oi
that Tor penuriOusness
TIE fan always moves in the best
society
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

THE latest dispatches from China
indicate that the Chinese propose to
retaliate in kind on our Chinese exclu-
sion policy. The Mclean man must
60 alice samee Chinaman.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

A NEBAAsKA justice has discharged
a man accused Of stealing an umbrella
on a rainy day, on the ground that he
acted in gelf-defense.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

IT is claimed that a new discovery in
tanning will revolutionize the leather
business and make shoes five times as
durable as now. Leather manufactur-
ers ridicuIe the idea.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

EDWIN RIGGS, a farmer of Peasants
County, West Virginia, being greatly
annoyed by rats in his barn, filed a
half hOgshead with water, put chaff
over the top, scattered meal on it, and
in the morning fshed out over Two
hundred dead rats.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

A MAINE boy, afterward a million
aire, is remembered as the author of
this touching aspiration: "I wish I
had all the gold that could be con
tanned in all the bags which could be
made by a cart-load of needles. 3"
He died rich but dissatisfied and IN
happy.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

The shooting of a brakeman on the
Pennsylvania railroad by tramps will
probably revive the old proposition to
make special police officers of all rail
road employees and arm them for the
discharge of their duties as such.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08


algzasg IN text that heeds full
AH b. est amplifeati0n In
- sS4 -6la time when private
- - affairs enjoy easy
Es,2i-lZl3 - Gepublicity, writes Ma
iI1.. ny Gay Humphreys
in one of her New York letters to the
Chicago later Ocean. The exercise of
charity which may be regarded now
almost as a fashionable diversion is a
matter of report, Like other fashionable
diversions. But 1t would be very IN
true to intimate that it is only a fash
ionable diversion. The sense Of re-
spOnsibility toward the less fortunate
has never more deeply and widely
penetrated a generation
There is scarcely a woman of fashion
in this city who is not enrolled and in
active service. In fact, it is not so
much charity as charitable methods
that are q matter of concern, zeal haV-
ing a tendency to Overrun discretion,
and its coming rival opportunity is al.
ready in the field.
But there are women Of individuality
who carry into their well-dOing a certain
uniqueness which is as piquant and
interesting as it is suggestive and
profitable. Generally this has come
dDOLG ny NO11IS JIG J4411-S5 GL1dJ 4544 I'LL
der their eyes, and that needed to be
done.
An instance of this was the work
done by Mrs W S. Hoyt at Pelham.
1t viii not detract from the interest in
it to add that Mrs. Hoyt was once bet
ter known to the country as Janet
Chase, the daughter of the Chief } us-
tice, and sister of Mrs. Kate Chase
Sprague.
In the neighboring village of West
chester there was number of boys
whom the trades unions, limiting the
number Of apprentices, excluded from
learning anything except that which
they acquired on the cracker boxes
and salt barrels about the village gro
ceries. For these boys Mrs. HOyt, in
teresting her neighbOrs, set up car
penter shop and a forge. She then
formed them in classes, under the SUI
pefYisiOn of masters of the plane and
hammer. The girls dropped in and
took to modelling and wood carving.
Silk-WOrms were introduced, and pres
emily there sprung up a knot Of vii
lage industries where there had been
idleness and shiftlessness. Among
these Mrs. Hoyt infused her own artis-
tic enthusiasm. The carpentry work
especially fourished finely. The best
old models were procured, and Mrs.
HOyt's own house and the country
club house are filed with admirable
pieces of hand work executed by these
boys, and in a manner that would re-
new the respondent hopes and cour-
age of Mr.. Ruskin, if he could know
how nearly it approaches his own ideas
of handicraft. No modern makeshift
of glue was tolerated. The parts are
joined as they were centuries ago, the
carving was wrought in the solid
blocks in the OId-fashiOned way. There
were no iig-saws in Westchester.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

PRINCE GEORGE of Wales is the
only member of the English royal
family who speaks the language of his
country with a foreign accent.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

JOHN TEMPLEpoE, of Adams County,
Pennsylvania, rs years of age, has &
jack-knife that he has carried since he
was Is years old.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

AT least 10000 of the pensioners re-
ceive artificial legs of the Government
free of charge. These legs are renewed
every five years. Next year will be
the time for the renewal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

UNDER the laws of China the adult
who loses his temper in a discussion Is
sent to jail for five days to cool, off.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

AN Arizona paper says that at Proc
TORS Well, Santa Rose, the shells of
seventeen-year-oldIocustsw ere brought
up from a depth of 768 feet. to which
depth the piping extends. It says
"There was quite a quantity of them.
The entire shell was perfect; also the
limbs and hairy covering of the back. 3"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

ONE of Chicago's successful preach
ers is the Rev. Florence KoIIock, of
Blue Island In her pulpit, clad in
princess gown of dark fine stuff, the
severe lines of which reveal the per-
lection of her tall, issome figure, with
her fine head thrown back and her
dark eyes glowing, she is the embodi-
ment of inspirational enthusiasm. She
is wonderfully magnetic, and carries
forward her audience as if by magic
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

In Iceland the Good Temp1ars have
begun an agitation for prohibition.
The whole population of Iceland is but
10000 to $4,000, and of these several
thousand are Good TempIars.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08
KANskB

A COW that always gives two calves
1t birth is owned by Zeba Wog, of
Pennett, Pa
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

A SCRANTONIAN who has just re-
turned from Lake Carey tells a good
story at the expense of a WiIkesbarre
young man. The Wilkesbarre chap
took lady out boat riding. When
quite a distance from shore the boat
was overturned. The man called
loudly for help, and when it arrived
and the lady had been lifted into an
other boat, the Wilkesbarrean denied
that it was the same lady that he had
taken out with him. She lifted her
hand to her head and was Mortified to
find that her wig had been washed
away and that her gray hair was ex-
posed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

FRESH air, with physical exercise, is
the elixir that lays the Brown-Sequard
remedy on the shelf
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

The simplest way to furnigate q
room is to heat an iron shovel very hot
and then pour vinegar on it, drop by
drop, the steam arising being a disin-
fectant.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

OF the 10000 tons of wire fencing
annually imported into the Argentine
Republic it is said that Belgium fur
nishes half, Great Britain about a
quarter, and France somewhat less.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

Mrs. Grub: ''Have We any more sugar
Ike the last ye sent me?"
Grocer tbT1skIy): Eyes, madam. plenty
of it. How much Go you want?"
Mrs. Grub; Don't want none"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

THE King of the BeIgians has in
vested over $4,000, 900 of his private
fortune in the Congo country during
the past eleven years. This is why he
wants to visit the region and ascertain
how the development of it is progress
ing.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

No RELIANCE should be placed on
the reports that Queen Victoria in
tends to abdicate the throne of En-
gland. The Queen never gave up
anything that had an income attached.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

A WEST VRGNIAN trained a tiny
stream of water to fall drop by drop
on a rock, and in five years it has worn
a hole seven inches deepin solid stone.
He could have made the same hole in
fifteen minutes with a chiseI and ham
nner.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

In the Restaurant.-''YO charge 80 cents
for chicken, while the card says 70 cents -
1tExcuse me, this chicken was bigger th an
the one on the card.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

Winks. ST didn't see you at camp meet
ing this years.
Minks: mo. I've reformed"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

ct tu Brute, y as the young lady, who had
Just carried OF the hOnOTs from fashiona-
bic boarding school said, when her mis-
cbieVCus beau swallowed the last spoonful
OF DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

81 am quite surprised, Mr.. Meeker, to
account for your wife's knowledge of par
hamenta1y law" ''She? Great Caesarl
Hasn't she been speaker of the house for fhe
last 15years?"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-11-08

In an article in the Observer, DR..
Charles S. Robinson says he once
knew the hymn, 81 would not live
Away, I ask not to stay" given out in