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In Scotland it was formerly the custom
to observe u fast day as sacredly as the
Sabbath. The fast preceded by W or
three days the Sunday assigned for the
s%emianuIal administration of the sacra-
ment. Each county held its sacrament
day, and therefore its fast day, Mt different
dates from those of the adjoining county,
so that ministers could get each others
help in the long md laborious service.
A minister in Forfarshire happened to be
out walking on one OF these holy fast days,
As he passed n low wall, which separates
at that point Perthshire from Forfarshire,
his m~editations were disturbed by strains
of secular music. Going in the direction Of
the profane sound he discovered II small
boy seated on the other side Of the wall
mending his fishing rod and whistling
''Tullochgorum." rollicking, feet stirring
Scotch air.
'IIco :; .ur yer shouted the minister.
"IIoo daur We whistle or mend fishin
wants, either, on the Lords day? Dae ye
no ken it, the fastf"
'No a dinna," answered the laddie cool
". 81 ken it; the Flrfar fast, but it's no
DOR fast, yen fin" And he began wills
Ting 'Tullochgorum" with renewed zest,
Youths Companion.
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CHAPTER

An Act to allow towns, villages or other mu-
nicipal corporations TO acquire and use
lands or real estate in an adjoining town
ship or other municipal corporation for
use for the construction of u sewage recep-
tacle for sewage disposal works.
l. BE it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
it shall be lawful for the governing body of
any town, village or other municipal corpor-
alton in this state to secure, by purchase or
condemnation, or otherwise. in any town
ship or other municipal corporation. such
land or real estate AS may be necessary for
the erection or construction of any sewage
receptacle or works OF place for treating or
disposiDg of the sewage or house waste of
the town. village or other municipal corpora
ton in which "a system of sewers has been or
may hereafter be constructed.
.. And be 1t enacted. That 1t shall be lawful
for the governing body OF any town. village
or other municipal corporation in this state.
when 1t has heretofore secured or may here
after have secured such land or real estate in
any adjoining township. for the purpose
mentioned in section one of this act, to pro-
ceed to the work OF preparing or of having
prepared, such land or real estate for the dis
posal of the sewage or house waste of such
town. village or other municipal corpora
ton, and to use such land or real estate for
the purpose designated. when they have Be-
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An Ancient Royal Tomb.

The Dean of Gloucester (Dr. Spence
claims to rave discovered that the actual
remains of Osric, king Of Northumbria,
who was buried A. ID. 729, lie beneath the
beautiful shrine erected to his memory
which stands on the right hand of the high
altar in the choir of Gloucester cathedral.
This shrine is the work of Abbot Malvern,
the last abbot of Gloucester, in the days OF
Henry VIII, and it has been generally sup
posed to be merely a memorial-simply a
cenotaph or empty tomb. According to
an account of the discovery two panels
were taken out of the stone loculus, and a
long leaden coffin was discovered, lying ex-
actly beneath the kings efigy. The con-
tents of the coffin disclosed the remain OF
q very ancient interment. Much of the
cement which had once fastened down the
stone efigy of Osric had fallen into the end
of the coffin, broken by the weight of the
superintendent figure, and a few small
bones were discovered mingled with the
cement.
No attempt was made to discover royal
insignia or fragments of vesture, and the
remains We're left untouched. DIR. Spence
claims that by this search he has verified
beyond all doubt the statement of Leland
in 1540-1 concerning the translation OF the
remains of the royal founder of Gloucester
cathedral, and that the beautiful tomb
known as Osric's tomb is 10 mere monu-
ment raised in pious memory of the king
but is the actual resting place OF the
founders remains.-London Globe.
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the secret Ballot in the Coming Election.
The fact that all the so called doubt
ful' states, whose vote is decisive in the
election this year, are to cast their ballots
in absolute secrecy, free from all espionage
and intimidation, is one of momentous i'm
p~ortance. The first and inevitable effect
will be to lessen enormously the part
which money will play in the contest.
Every state in which money has hereto
fore been used most freely has adopted the
new system. If votes be bought in those
states hereafter the purchaser cannot fol-
low the men whom they nave bought to
the polls to see If they keep their bad bar
gain. The result will be the same in those
states as it has been everywhere else under
similar conditions-namely, very few votes
will be bought.
This is a novel phase of a presidential
canvass and election which both political
parties will do well to take into considerar
ton In selecting their campaign managers
for this year. If money is no longer to Be
the controlling factor in the election, will
it be either e~xpedient or wise to put a pro
fessional corruptionist in charge of the
campaign of either partys On the con
trary, will it not be the highest political
wisdom to put men of character in charge
of all the committees, national, state, dis
trict and othery-Century.
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A Supplement to an act entitled An act to
incorporate benevolent and charitable as
sociations'' [Revisionl approved April
ninth. one Thousand eight hundred and
seventy-fve.
!. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly Of the State OF New Jersey. That
whenever any certificate heretofore made
under the provisions of this act has not been
Immediately filed or recorded. or when it fails
to disclose the manner of the election of the
officers named In said certificate, or by reason
of any ~informality or ~trreguiarity may be
deemed effectuai. Notwithstanding said in
Formally or irreguIarity. and said certificate
shall be as efectuai for all intents and pur-
poses Of said act as though such lnformality
or ~irregularfty did not exist.
9. And be it enacted. That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Approved April 8, 1897.
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CHAPTER ccxci.

An Act amendatory of and supplementary to
an act entitled A act ~amendatory of and
supplementary to the act entitled An act
to enable cities in this state to furnish suit
able accommodations for the transaction of
public business and an armory for the use
of the national guard Of the state therein
organized approved April fifteenth. one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven
and the supplement thereto. approved May
twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hun
dred and ninety. and to amend the title of
said act and supplement" approved April
fourteenth. one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-one.
1. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
section three of said act Of April fourteenth.
one Thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
to which this is a supplement. be amended so
as to read as follows:
8. And be 1t enacted. That section one of
said act OF April fifteenth. one thousand
eight hundred and eighty seven, be amended
SO as to read as follows:
1. Be it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly Of the State of New Jersey, That
in any city in which there are not buildings,
the property of the city, suitable and sufii-
cient TO accommodate the different officers
and departments of the city government,
such city is hereby authorized to erect such
building upon property now owned by such
city, and to purchase other land ON which to.
erect such building for a city hall and the
accommodation of the different officers and
departments of the city government, In the
manner hereinafter provided; provided that
the total expenditure therefor shall not In
any case exceed four hundred thousand dol
lars In addition to any amount, not exceed
ing fifty thousand dollars, derived from the
safe of buildings and grounds us provided in
this act.
.. And be it enacted. That section six of
said act OF April fourteenth. one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-one. to which this
act is a supplement, be amended SO as to read
as follows
o. And be it enacted. That no bonds shall be
issued under the provisions of this act be-
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In a feverish cold a%conite, mixed In the
proportion of half a drop of the medicine
to a ~teaspoonful of water, taken by the
child every hour, is often marvelously EN-
c~acious, but this should not be Admins
tered unless prescribed by the doctor, as "
is said to be very dangerous to some con
stitutions.-New York World.
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A Further Supplement TO an act entitled
A act for the formation of borough gov
ernments" approved April fifth. one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy-eight, ana
the supplement thereto. approved March
twenty-third. one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-eight.
l. BE IT enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly OF the State of New Jersey. That
hereafter the assessor of taxes in and for
b~oroughs Of the first class shall be elected in
the same manner as collectors of taxes In
said b~oronghs and shall not be appointed by
the mayor and ommon council Of said bor-
oughs.
2. And be II enacted, That all acts and parts
of acts inconsistent with this act he and the
same are hereby repealed. and that this act
shall take effect Immediately.
Approved April Q, 1882.
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The common snake of England is from
three to four feet long, and can, as a rule,
be readily recognized by the presence OF a
yellowish white transverse mark, bortiered
po~steriorly by black on the neck immedi,
ately b hind the head. The presence of
this very conspicuous collar may serve as
Il sign to any one that the creature pos
sessing it is entirely harmless and may be
handled with IMMUNITY. 1t never bites
nor could /. do any harm If it did.Ct9'iar
tlIlC RaVipy
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no render Canned Goods Safe.

If you are the feast bit nervous about
canned goods soak them-peas, Holsters,
~anything-an hour in iced water before
heating them. This will remove any tinny
taste that will be noticed in them, and take
away the least shade of reproach that may
cling to that best friend of the busy house
keeper, the canned article.-New York
Jnurnal
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Mhx Mnmen Mako Good Teachers.

The teacher must always be in two
places at once-her own mental place and
that of her little pupil; this deaiands the
greatest sensitiveness of nature on her
part, and it is orthis reason, perhaps, that
a woman, other things being equal-and
often where they are not perfectly equal
may be a far better teacher than a man.
Harnar,a
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Said a woman the other day, toying with
the dainty kid bootees for baby feet, as she
stood at u shoe counter: "a never see these
but / think of a pair of little shoes which
are a family possession with us. They
were made for an uncle OF my mother,
who was a baby seventy years ago. Save
for the size there is nothing babyish about
them, for they are a facsimile in miniature
of the stout calf shoe which men of that
day wore, even to the leather lacings. l
feelIa thrill of sympathy for the tender
little feet they covered so long ago, for they
must nave been cruel protectors to the soft
flesh. but mt that time, in that plaee-it was
In New Jersey-nothing else was obtaina-
BILE, and mother has heard her grandmother
tell how she sewed up pieces Of felt in crude
shoe shape when these strong boots chafed
the baby feet. What q contrast to these
shapely little thingsr'-Her Point Of View
III New York Times.
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and sergeant alarms to the specia'
committee OF the house OF assembly
appointed TO investigate the aliegeu
coal combine, seventy-five collars "
item No. "a. To James J. Brennan
for services rendered as ~sorgennt-at-
arms 10 the committee appointed 10
investigate the oxloru furn"eo
labor troubles, nifty dollars ~
Item No, s.. To the New Jersey
"Entcrprise." for publishing laws OF
the session of one Thousand e'Fnt
hundred and n~incty-one. eight nun
dred and forty dollars. W
item No. 80. To Clarence Terhune, Tor
services rendered rs private pare TO
the president of the senate. W
hundred and fifty dollars, w
Item No. 81. To Joseph Fitzpatrick,
for services rendered as page 10 tue
house of assembly. fifty dollars y
Item No. IS. To Albert DATE. Tor sta
tionery furnished the sefgeant-at-
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CHAPTER ccxcv.

AflE Elk CCNSNs |
| 2a A Supplement TO an act entitled A act TO
enable boards OF chosen freehoiders TO ac-
quIrc, Improve and maintain public roads
approved March nineteenth, one thousand
3 eight hundred and eighty-nine.
l.. he it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the state of New Jersey. That
,han threa hundred and ATTY thousand dol
. 65 lars or road hands shall he issued nv the board
of chosen .rrceholders of any such county
upder the act Of which this is a supplement
mr. any suprlemcnt or amendment thereof;
70 90 nrov,aed however. that If work under said
act and sunplemcnts or amendments has al
readv been dome IN nm amount exceeding said
s,m honds nnder said act and supplements
N 90 ,noy no iss,e1 70 an amount sufficient to raise
mi nav for sucb work. upon proof of that
r.a, 20 +ho court when snnlicatiou ia made
80 +ta ,ss,a Of and, bonds
N M q Al Io !, enacted That In any county of
the second class wherein the board of chosen
sroaho,dors thereof have heretofore or NAV
.u,ar,.rissn honds under said net and sun
$4,000 t,.. suoh hoard of s,,ch countv
s,.u 49, nado n,-acaaamize or improve any
rood Il, s,,ch county excent with money OBJ
M ,a;,ad from tho sale of bonds issued under
sa,5 act and s,pnlements: provided. that
no.,,,n horasn shall nrobibit the doing of
tne necessary repair Of any road hereto fore
~ro,ad macaaa,nized or imnroved by any
s""' -auma.
SO 90 such board, or hereafter graded macadamiz-
81 -, s.n.tNanxraT nplnr mid n II RIInnln
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For fourteen years . "Son of the
Marshes in Scotland has been trying to
get a sigkt of a wild animal in the act Of
guarding its young in time OF danger.
He has tramped day after day for the
purpose. but without success
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-12

Many were the conjectures among
the boys as to the cause of River
Jims" sudden reformation, and when
the next day Jim was at his post OF
duty instead of putting in his time at
Tom Nogan's saloon, as he generally
aid after each pay day, as long as his
aoney lasted, they concluded some
iAing unusual had happened to him.
There had a change come over "River
Jim's" life, that few, if any, of the
rough rivermen knew anything about,
as no one would suspect by his daily
life that he was even capable of SYM
pathy with humanity in general, much
less taking friendly interest in any
one.
That was where they failed to under
stand the great, good awk-
ward fellow. Behind all of River
Jim's" rough exterior and uncouth
manners there beat heart as tender
as n child's, and capable of an affection
as sincere and honest as the most re-
fined and polished society man.
One of the hotels or boarding houses
which was the headquarters of large
number of the rivermen and loggers,
when in town, was owned and man
aged by widow by the name of Mrs
Franklin. This lady had three chill
dren, girl of twenty and two boys,
one seventeen and the other nine,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-12

when he slowly opened his eyes and
tried to get up. He succeeded in get
ting upon his elbows, when he gasped
out:
"Bil-Billy, is he all rightP I h-had
hard w-wolk ter-ter git ter where he
wuz an
At this juncture the boy, who had re.
vived pushed mis- way through the
crowd and was soon at Jim's side.
Jim, I'm here, Pm all right Oh,
JIM" This last exclamation was
caused by Jim's frightful appearance.
Jim smiled and, by another great eff.
fort, he said:
BILLY, is thet we? Pm gl-glad yer
all right, but lin afeard thet I've ro-
rode my last log Guess Pet t-too
much fi.fre. Sa-say, Billy, want yer
ter hev thet mon-money l have left
with yer mother, and-and say, Billy,
ye'ye'll not forgit Jim, will ye?"
The last words of the poor fellow
seemed TO cost him terrible effort
He choked up, tried to cough and after
a moments rest reached out his burned
and blistered hand and huskily whis-
pered:
"Good-by, Billyv7be-er-good-bo boy
and don't never-dri-drin--
The exertion was too much; there
was dry rattle in his throat he
struggled as if to rise, and then fell
back to the ground-dead,
CHARLES EDWIN WELLS
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PuNeENT PAHAaRAPAs.


Charlie, who has stayed late-"O.
Miss De Freeze, I've an idea" Miss De
Frceze-"Well, an idea is not much
good unless you carry it out" He took
the hint and his hat --Yonker's States
man.
Room at the Top. -"There is plenty
Of room at the top" said the confident
young man. YES" replied his elderly
acquaintance; "but, should your top
keep on swelling proportionately there
won't be after you get there. IN. Y.
Herald.
Miss Forethought (malSiug an elab-
crate toilet Mabel, should
faint tonight at the ball, wouldn't
look too ridiculous with these rosy
cheeks?" Mabel--"O, no. People would
only then learn what real artist you
are. Boston Post.
No Chance. Rural Editor-"What
sort of an opening is there for paper
in this town." Native-None at all,
stranger. We've got grocery, two
dressmakers and tavern, and what
news they leave over amt worth men,
tioning IN. Y Truth
-"Miss Flushington says you passed
her on the street yesterday without
bowing to her." 20, deah," sighed the
young man, Its all the way she man
ages her complexion. Tell heh foh me,
deah boy, that I'm fwightfully color
blind, won't you?"-Washington Star.
An Eye-opener Anxious Parent
doctor, my daughter appears to be
going blind, and she is about to be
married" Doctor - Let her go right
on with the wedding, if anything can
open her eyes marriage will-Yankee
Blade.
Miss Gusher-"O, Mr.. Mahlstick,
was at the art exhibition this after
noon" Mahlstick-"Did you see any
thing of mine there?" Miss Gusher-
Eyes, several of your paintings; and
how careful the managers are of them!
I'm sure it was really kind and thought
full of them to place them SO high on
the wall that nobody could possibly
injure them with canes or umbrellas"
Boston Transcript
Yes, my hands are soft" said
conceited young 'masher" the other
night at small party, as he looked adj
miringly at those useless appendages
that had never done a days work. do
you know how l do it?" he exclaimed.
81 wear gloves every night to sleep in. "
''Do you sleep with your hat on also?"
asked an old lady. The young fellow re-
piled in the negative and looked sur
prised because the company smiled
"A Painful Hint. Cupid was flying
irregularly between them, so to speak,
as they were strolling along. He was
feeling good deal like man going
past cemetery and was whistling. II
wish you wouldn't whistle" she said
pettishly at is positively rude" He
looked at her moment and stopped
Then he began to sing softly. He sang
for a few minutes Harry she said,
almost tenderly. His face lighted up
with hope. "Please whistle!" she re-
quested pleadingly.
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NATURES MUSIC.
The Bass of Thunder and tho Melody of
Failing Rain.

The Bass of Thunder and tho Melody of
Failing Rain.
The bass of thunder is considerably
lower than the lowest sound produced
in an orchestra-below the zero of
music, we may call it, at which all
positive apprehension of musical sound
ceases, and our senses are merely con-
scious of roar In observing the music
of thunder our attention, however may
be most proftably directed to the ex-
preston rather than to the notes The
musical diminuendo is more perfectly
represented by thunder than by any
other form of sound in nature. After
the first clap is over, the ear will pursue
with pleasure the rolling away and
gradual fainting of the peal, until at
immeasurable distance it sinks. into
silence.
The melody of rain dancing on the
stones or pelting down in it's first drops
on the dry soil of forest or a heath, is
a species of sound which the art of mu-
sic has yet to initiate, if it wonld com.
plete it's at present very incomplete list
of instruments. The Mexicans had some
rattles made of very peculiar clay, with
pips inside, which were intended to rep
resent this sound. Certain tribes of the
North American Indians have been
similarly fascinated by the loud plash
of water, to the beauty of which we
have alluded before. They have instru-
ments constructed accordingly with a
view to reproduce this sound. Large
buffalo hides are filled with water and
sewn up in the manner of wine bags.
Drumsticks of cork. or with their heads
covered by very fine gum, are welded
by the player, and the gentle and mo-
notonous plash of water is produced by
the drumstick striking softly on the
skin. The natives will sit and listen to
these instruments for hours.
Certain tribes on the Amazon have in
n similar way been fascinated by the
music of the waterfall Musical instru-
ments were found in use among them
consisting of complicated mechanism
by which water was poured from one
bowl into another, in imitation of the
cascade, and then returned by the re.
ceiving bowl into the vessel which had
poured it; SO that by repetition of
this mechanism y constant murmur of a
cascade could be kept up so long as the
audience desired or the player was able
to perform it, Good Words.
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pleasures like boy into swimming
hole in the early springiime when the
water is cold-it's best to go in all at
once, he doesn't feel it so much. Once
in, he does what no man should ever
do, he makes business of pleasure for
the time. He gets filled up, intoxicated
with it, and thinks he has n splendid
time. But he is like the old colleHian
who plays foot ball several years after
he has received his diploma; he has lots
of fun while the excitement is on, oui
the next day he is very sore.
BE busy If you must-if either neces'
sity or temperament demands it-but II
you are going to do nothing give your
self ample time to do it in. in.-Indianapo-
lia Nawe