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Mollie's Little Lesson.

20, how the sun shines ~ said Mol
lie, as she got out of bed on q spring
morning.
"I know the little wild flowers are
peeping up in the grove. I know just
where the darling little anemones and
the bluebells grow. And there are vic,
lets, too. o, dear I dod't want to go
to school,"
Mollie finished dressing and looked
over the grove.
IT don't believe I'm very well. !
wonder if I don't look pale"
She went to the glass, and was sorry
to see how rosy her round cheeks were.
"But I don't feel very well any
way" =.
She put on doleful face, and kept it
so until she sat down to breakfast. 1t
was hard work not to smile when her
little kitty ran frolicking over the floor
after a marble.
"What is the matter, Mollie ?" ask
ed her mama.
"I don't feel very well, mama. I
think I'd better not 60 to school to-
day. need a little fresh air."
Mollie looked more dolefnl than
ever, as she passed up her plate fol
some beefsteak and pancakes.
"If you are not well, my dear, you
can only eat oatmeal" said mama.
Mollie did not like oatmeal; but she
thought of the anemones, and made
the best of it.
II think you had better lie down."
said mama, leading Mollie upstairs.
"And you will be more comfortable
with your clothes off,"
And before Mollie had time to think,
there she was in bed that beautiful
morning.
Cant I have my picture-book or
my paint-box ?" she asked.
"No, dear, not till you get we'll"
O, what q long morning it was !! The
sun shone, and the birds sang, and
Mollie wished with all her heart that
she was on the pleasant way to her
pleasant school.
When dinner-time came mamma
brought her some toast though she was
hungry for roast mutton.
Cant Hetty and Tom come into
my room?" she asked, when they re-
turned from school.
mo; you must De Kept quleC, salu
mamma.
How she hated the quiet. She
thought she would never again want a
rest. AS she had great deal of time,
she began to think that she had tried
very hard to feel sick, but it was not
quite true that she had been.
She told mamma 80 when she came
to her prayers.
"Whenever you are tempted to tell
what is not true, dear, think of this
long day in bed," said mamma, kiss
ing her.
AS mamma went down stairs, she
smiled to herself, saying,
"I think my dear little grille has
learned lesson."
Sydney Dayre, in Our Little Folks.
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All Hope Given up.

DUNBAR, PA, July 1.-The explor.
ing party were driven back by smoke
after advancing ten feet in the Hill
Farm mine. Two dinner buckets and
coats were found by the party. 1t is
certain now that the mine is full and
has been full of smoke and deadly
black damp. There seems to be nc
doubt that the entombed miners are
all dead, and it is now q question
whether their bodies can be recovered
A carload of coffins arrived this morn.
ing. The question is, when will they
be used? The thirty-one men in the
slope were undoubtedly burned to
death. The work of rescue has been
abandoned.
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DID Nor KNOW 1T WAS THERE
A we'll to do deacon in Connecticut
was one morning accosted by his pas
tor, who said, "Poor Widow Green's
wood is out. Can you not take her a
cord ?" WELL" answered the deacon,
II have the wood, and I have the
team !; but who is to pay me for it?"
The pastor, somewhat vexed, replied,
II will pay you for it, on the condition
that you read the first three verses of
the forty first Psalm before you 60 to
bed to night" The deacon consented,
delivered the wood, and at night open
ed the word of God and read the pas-
sage: blessed is he that considereth
the poor the lord will deliver him in
time of trouble. The Lord will pre-
serve him and keep him alive, and he
shall be blessed upon the earth and
thou wilt not deliver him unto the
will of his enemies. The Lord will
strengthen him Upon the bed of Ian
gushing {; thou wilt make his bed in
his sickness"
A few days afterward the pastor met
him again. "How much do I owe
you, deacon, for that cord of wood ?'
"Oh ~ said the now enlightened
man, "do not speak Of payment; I did
not know those promises were in the
Bible. I would not take money for
supplying the old widows wants."
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THE LORD REJoICEs IN PERFECT
OBEDIENCE.-More than once has
prompt obedience to an earthly parent
saved the life of q child. A boy once
stood with his father beside an unfin'
ished building, on which the men
were still working. KUN !" crled the
father suddenly, and the child ran at
the sound of his voice, when, at the
same moment, large beam fell in the
spot where he had stood. Had he de,
layed to ask, "Why?" had he paused
to look up, he would have been killed
instantly. The habit of perfect obedi-
ence had saved his life. This is the
way we should obey our heavenly Fa'
ther. He IS all-wise, and can make no
mistakes he never gives command
which it is not necessary for us to fol-
low. We should do exactly what we are
old, and we should do it cheerful y
and at once.
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Complaints are often made by those
who profit little by what they read IN
books or see when travelling that their
memories are bad. It has often been
remarked that every one remembers
that on which he sets his mind. Those
who cannot remember the preachers
text on Sunday can easily remember a
bit of silly gossip or an unprohtable
story. One who has not tried 1t will
be amazed to find how the memory is
uuickened by any trifle that serves to
fix attention. It is related that mer-
chants wife recently practiced a pecu-
liar ruse in order to secure the atten'
ton of her husband to little domestic
mission which she was sure he would
forget if only an ordinary request were
preferred. Handing him sealed let
ter, she begged him not to open 1t un-
til he reached his place of business.
When be did so, he read with deep 30
licitude as follows:
II am forced to tell you something
that I know will trouble you, but 1t is
nv duty to do so. I am determined
YOU shall know it, let the result be
what 1t may. I have known for q
week that it was coming, and kept 1t
to myself until to-day, when 1t has
reached crisis, and I cannot keep it
any longer. You must not censure me
too harshly, for you must reap the re,
suits as well as myself. 1 do hope 1t
wont crush you" :.
Here he turned the page, his hair
slowly rising.
1.-THE flour is out. Please send me
some this afternoon. I thought that
by this method you would not forget
it."
The flour was sent. Forgetful hus-
bands have good enough memorises II
they can only be enlisted.-Es.
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If You Love Them, Tell Them So.
EBEN E, REXFORD.

Oh, my friend, 1t would be better
IT to those we love we gave
Tender words while they we're with us,
Than to say them DER a grave!
Those who die no longer need them,
And the words they longed to know
While they lived, are only wasted
On the cold, deaf ear below.
Many heart Is hungry, starving,
For little word of love;
Speak II, then, and as the sunshine
Gllds the lofty peaks above,
So the 10y OF those who hear II
Sends It's radiance down llfe's way,
And the world brighter, better,
For the loving words we say
Tell the wife who walks beside You
Faithfully whate'er betide,
That you love her, and the telling
Makes the day seem glorihed.
Just the little, simple telling
or your love for her! All, me!
II we knew each poor hearts longing
How much kinder would we be!
Tell the children how you love them,
With O tender clasp and kiss.
Tell your friend about your friendship;
Let him know how warm 1t Is.
Loving words will cost US little.
AS along through life we go;
Let US then, make others happy
II you love them, tell them so.
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THE IDEAL FAMILY.-The first
great essentials of the ideal home and
The ideal family are constant love, con-
fidence, devotion, unselfishness, will
ingness to spend and be spent in the
services of one another. The ideal
home is one where the children shall
say--"When we marry and have
homes of our own, we wish to love
and be loved as our father and mother
love each other" 1t is where the sons
are taught respect for all women, by
the Difference and kindness of their IA
ther to their mother; it is where
daughters learn from their mothers
patient example how beautiful thing
wifely and motherly affection is, learn
the beauty of daily, unselfish devotion
to the good of all. 1t is one where the
atmosphere of love and kindness is SO
all-pervading, that it softens every. pri-
vation, ennobles every humble duty,
and stimulates constantly all noble
and unselfish aims.
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The country lost by fire last veal
$123 ,OOO, 900 worth of property.

The country lost by fire last year
$123, ,000, 900 worth Of property.
The real Mocha coffee comes only
from Yemen, and Arabian province.
What glorious world this would be
If people would live up to the epitaphs
on their tombstOnes
Senator Hoar recently remarked
greatest curse of modern times.
The Presbyterians in this country
are reported as numbering 856, 1000, q
gain of l03, 900 during the year.
Constantinople is about to have her
first cotton mill. They expect to make
cheaper goods than those furnished by
England.
State Treasurer Hemingway, Of Mis-
sissippi, has been sent to the penitenti-
ary for five years. He was convicted
of stealing the States money.
Rev. D. G. Horne, of the Holston
Conference, pastor of Cooper's Mis-
sion, is dead. He was an excellent
preacher.
The death of Rev. l.. M. Keith has
brought sadness to many hearts in the
bounds of the Little Rock Conference,
of which he was useful member.
Rev. M. D. Robinson, q superannu-
ated member of the Memphis Confer
enee, died at Gardner Station, Tenn,
June "a. He was pioneer preacher
in Western Tennessee.
SANTA Rosa, CAL, July 1.-Three
shocks of earthquake were felt here
yesterday. They were not 80 severe
as those of Sunday,
George William Curtis gave a new
grouping of the agents Of civilization
in his address at the New York Cham.
Der of Commerce dinner. "rhe Bible,
the tea pot, the spelling book, and the
bath tub" he said, have been the pio-
ueers Of progress on this continent.
The Secretary of the State of Iowa
saws "Of the ninety counties in Iowa
in 1888 there were fifty-five which re-
ported no commitments to county
iails.n Couple this with the fact that
Iowa is a prohibition State, and match
it if you can with the record Of any
high.license State, West or East.
VIM. Penn gives the following hints
about behaviour "Be reserved, but
not sour grave, but not formal; bold
but not rash humble, but not cring'
ing; patient, but not insensible con.
slant, but not obstinate cheerful, but
not light. Rather be sweet-tempered
than familiar; familiar, rather than
intimate, and intimate with very few,
and with those few upon very good
grounds"
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The more honestly a man has, the
less he affects the air of saint.

The more honestly man has, the
less he affects the air of saint.
Religion presents few difficulties to
the humble, many to the proud, insup-
erable ones to the vain.
It is with flowers as with moral
qualities the bright are sometimes
poisonous; but, I believe, never the
sweet.
Drop the thing that worries, that
excites, that interests, that thWarts
you let it fall like sediment to the
bottom, until the soul is no longer tnr-
bid, and say secretly: Grant, l be-
seech Thee, Merciful Lord, to thy
faithful servant pardon and peace,
that may be cleansed from all my
sins and serve Thee with quiet
mind"
The man who has learned how to
put himself to work and keep at 1t,
has reached a condition of mastery
that promises him success in almost
any situation. He has then q posses.
sion infinitely better than the glft OF
genius.
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Paper is made in France from hop
vines, and it Is claimed that the fibre
secured is the best substitute for rags
yet obtained, as it possesses great
length: strength, hexibility, and deli
cacy.
DIR. Abel Stevens, now seventy-six
years old, will write another volume of
the History of the NJ. E. Church,
bringing it down to the present. He
is in California, resting.
A curious fact is noticed in connec-
ton with the formation of barnacles
on ships bottoms. In the majority of
of grass and barnacles on one side
stances one side will be almost free
from marine growths, while the. other
Is rs foul as possible.
Rev. John McNeill, one of tue most
experienced open-air preachers in the
British Islands, has lately been speak
ing on the subject in London. He
says: II never feel myself SO near
Jesus Christ as when I stand in the
open air. seem to have got rid of
nineteen centuries, and to be standing
close by the side of my Lord and Mas
ter"
The New York World recently Of
fered prize of 500 for the best recipe
for keeping husband at home. Quite
number of ladies contested for the
prize but the one who won, wrote !:
Keep him at home by encouraging
him to 60 out occasionally. Employ
no arts of coquetry. Become his
choicest comrade. Keep the details
and worries Of the household from
him he has his full share Of worry
outside. If, after all this, he goes
elsewhere, he is not worth keeping at
home" This is true, especially the
last clause.
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slowed Except in some minor of3ces), and let
qualified to ill it. In q military campaign
we don't select man for the performance Of
perilious and responsible duty with refer.
ence to his popularity, his cleverness or his
guard between us and the enemy, or who In
to take part in storming battery, or who is
TO conduct important Negotiations, to be q
man Of courage, unselfsh devotion to duty.
and skilled for the work In hand. SO we want
the best men In the country to make our laws
and execute them, upon which depend the
present and future peace. happiness and proe-
perity OF ourselves and our posteriiy.
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SENT INTO THE WoRLD.-If it be
true-and who may doubt it?-that
the vast company of believers are sent
by our Lord into the world on an er-
rand similar to that with which He
was charged. then surely the life OF
each one of us takes on wondrous
meaning. We are expected to pro-
mulgate Christ's Gospel by showing
before the world His spirit, by Jealous
efforts in behalf of others, and by
overcoming the enemy Of souls as
Christ overcame.
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The ancients placed an immense val

The ancients placed an immense val
ue on their gems. In looking up the
subjects one finds the following quota
tions: The pearl given to Servillia by
Julius Caesar was valued at A.000 ;
the gems ON the scabbard of Mithri-
da tes were valued at S37, 800; the val
ne of the pearl swallowed by CleOpa-
ira is placed at S25 900; the gems worn
by Lolita Paulina. wife of Caligula,
were valued at 81 100000.
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God is in human life. He is more
in it than man himself. He governs.
His kingdom ruleth over all. His will
is not ineffective.
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international rese n.ments no. based on ab;s.

international rese ailments not based on abid-
ing principles or prejudices live out their little
day and perish as other "unconsidered trifcs''
do. The European governments whose people
are interested in having low tariff in America
may be unfriendiy to the United States lust at
the moment Of passage Of q tariff bill which
more or less represses the importation of
European wares into this country. But that
these governments or the people they, in some
fashion, represent are so angry with us as to
abstain altogether from exhibiting the products
OF those nations at the world fair at Chicago in
1898 10 not probable. Indeed the improbability
is quito clear in view Of the signally abortive
EFFORTS OF these governments to boycott the
Paris exposition. The complaint was in that
case that it would be assisting In the comment
Grafton Of republican revolution and the
giorifcation OF liberal institutions. Neverthe-
less, the manufacturers of those nations and
the public at large forgot all about republi-
canism when the day approached in 1889 for
the opening OF the exposition. In the case OF
the Chicago exposition the offense committed
against the tender susceptibilIties Of these
foreign governments is much less than that
committed by the French. II is q case
Of milf on account Of our tariff laws. The in
dignsnt question reported as being asked over
there, why should We take our wares, our
products Of industry, art and science to
country that prohibits their importation and
sale2" will give place, on mature reflection, as
the time for the fair approaches, to the far
wiser question, "Why should wo stay away
from competition with those busy Americans
and abandon this opportunity Of making bid
for the trade OF q continent, when it is not at
all clear that they can shut US out from the
new world, assuming that they wish to do 500"
Whatever ground may be taken, either now or
later. by European governments, the people
interested in manufactures and the general
sightseers will be here In large numbers. Time
heals most wounds.
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W. HAvr Turx AL.

DOUBLE Oh INaLE-BREAsTED. SACK
Oh CUTAwAY. PLAIN Oh FANCY COLOR,
STRIPES OR CHECKS. SMOOTH OR ROUGH
SURFACE, FOR DRESS OR BUSINESS
WEAR no NATTER WHAT THE FABRIC
OR WHAT STYLE GARMENT YOU MAY
WANT. YOU ARE SURE TO FIND IT HERE
AND AT THE PROPER PRICEa
REMEMBER, YOU WHO ARE SHORT AND
STOUT OR LoNaAND SLIM. THAT WE CAN
TIT YOU JUST AS EASILY AS II YOU
WERE OF REGULAR BUILD. AS WE MAKE
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AND EXTRA STOUT MEN.
THIS Is DECIDEDLY ovERCOAT
WEATHER. DO NOT WEAR THE OLD ONE
THAT HAS SEEN ITS BEST DAYS. BUT
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soRTMENT OF RELIABLE GARMENTS TO
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, ROBINSON. PARKER L 90,
AMERICAN oUTFIrTERs.
o21-co Sc. COR. 9TH AND sTs NV
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The assassination OF the New Orleans cbef Of
police by order of an Italian society, the Malta,
Is another incident added to the anarchist
troubles in Chicago and the death of DIR. Cronin
at the hands of faction OF the Gamma Gael
which serves as a public warning that all immi-
grafton is not good immigration. One hundred
years ago, in the island of Sicily-that land Of
mixed nations as far back as Thucydides ma
tions now more mixed than in the days of the
Athenian's immortal chrOnicle--was formed o
secret rufian order known as the Malta. Its
creed was license; its means, robbery and muir
der. The gang of cuttbroats organized at
Palermo has spread into all lands where the
steelthy Sicilian Of the lower classes has gone
New Orleans having introduced Italians Oh a
large scale is now feeling the full force of this
yiIlainous society of thieves, robbers and assas-
sins. II would not be fair to accuse the Italians
as a nation or the Sicilians a province of par
ticipating in these atrocities or Of condonin-
the offences committed by their countryrnen
Some Of the American Italians arc among the
best citizens, and no man is to be condemned
without proof. But the Malta is not to be toll
Grated anywhere. II must be extrpated. Law
and liberty are synonymous, but not license
and liberty. Anarchistic propaganda and the
practice of assassination cannot be tolerated
anywhere in the limits of the republic.
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TUE "CouaIra Or W,srEn--
TLANNEL-
En- En- E ssf En- snf ": s IS,
+ kxs I ks I. ssss :

Snow does not have to fly before you need FI.AN.
NELS. 1t 10 these uncertain freaks Of weather
that make them comfortably necessary-when II is
neither cold holland then hot and cold by spells
We have seen this time further ahead than you have
provided for it Our being ready means you soon
| to follow.
You will ind FLANNEIS very satisfactory In price
this The turmoil into which the tariff has
thrown business has not reached out ts troublesome
hand to lay IL on these domestic essentials. They
make so good in this country already. We have q
half dozen styles of 27-inch Figured Wrapper Fsn-
mel at 25c. yard. Fifty styles-an unusually large
picture book" Of 24-inch All wool saxony vt 35c.
yard. Not afew different stripes Of Steven rs inch
Flannels at 4Oc. . yard.
Twenty 1--WE foreign prints-wrspper Flanneis at
Csc. syard. ~ inchos wide.
75c. yard.
Plain shades in Atwood French Fannel-e7 inches
The orient-heavisr than the Frenoh--sams width
New E,nb.oidered Flanncls at 75c.-and nothing
anne An s s,yls. w n Ba,mo.al Clo.h,sl.
.,i h1eIsS'i;s hed-and others besides 1920 Chocsr
s .Sa patterns on the nness cloths
Ed Elder Down in Cream, Cardinal. Blue, Pink Pearl.
s6d aiS %a.T pins liz, y.rln3G inches vide
At DC brown with White and Blue with White Spots
Dodge, Davis Co IS Red Flannel tcoehineal dyod,-
In The mar ket--Twlls and Plain.
Iwill-5Oc 81 NC, 15c. and l q yard
Pialh-4Oc., Doc, 62,4c., Toe and l yard.
"A very good auahty In Plain and Twill Flanncls-
r The hes, grades We could hnd have selected in
Gray Wills and the genuine Indigo Dyes
pray Iwiils-21c.. Soc, 40c. and zoe. yard
lhdlgo-25c. soc, 4Oc., 5Oc. ana 7!,c yard.
Scotch mixed Blue aud Brown-34 inches wide
50c yard
Plaln White Shakors-4Oc.. zoe. G2I2c and Use.
Iwill Shakers-25c soc. and Toe.
An All ready Shrupk Cream Whi;o Plain Flannel at
QUO: Is really Fare thing.
White Ballard vales-J0c. to 81 20
Aascoma-whitc and cTeam-all a,Ialities
ne gilbert a. d Japanese Flanneis-1Uc
54-lnch India CloIh-wash like q piece OF cotton
621ec. yGrd.
34-lnch French Baby Suitings-S1.
2I-lnCh Atwood Twill SuItIpgs-5Oc.
61-inch All wool Twill-Sl.
2I-inch Opera-40c.
64-lrch Opera--Sic.
34-inch Cricket Cloth-S1,
hou VIII find our full line Of FLANNELS psrticu-
larry carefully selected On this ground We claim
your interest In them They will for you satis
fact0rlly-and You see they do not cost you much
Two strong arguments for Us in Tlannels
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The suicide Of Mr.. A. ID. Mullett is a shock
to the community in which he had SO many
friends Tie was one OF the leading architects
OF the country, and he has displayed his pro-
fessionai ability and his honesty and integrity
OF character in great government works which
have tested and proved both his intellectual
and his moral makeup. 1t is a sad ending OF q
notable and promising car Ger.
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With proper care 1t would seem to be posi-
BILE for telegraph and electric light wires to
cross each other without contact. But the re-
cent destruction Of the wires on the switch
board Of the Western Union Office at Bosto
and the consequent isolation of the Hub during
the evening shows that there is q lack OF TIE
necessary supervision at times. That city was,
too, in danger Of a serious conflagratIon.
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At last We have a high English opinion tha.
OF Lord Grenville-that the Mckinley tariff
was not enacted out Of hostility to England.
England goe, more slowly than the United
States, but it gets there in due time, barring
accidenta
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Fetes-torch-light processions-Berlini llumi-
nased-emperors, grand dukes and command
ing generals ovating him-is there anything
the Germans ought to withhold from the ''con-
quering hero" Moltke on his 9Oth birthday?
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The new Portuguese ministry has assumed
power, but the power of Portugal is SO small
thas they have to rake the capital every morn
ing with fne-tooth comb TO find it. and when
they've found it they DON'T know what to do
with il