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rage. The husband, when he returned
with the lemonade, was astonished at
the ferocity of her expression.
'Here is some nice lemonade. We will
not arrive at our destination for several
hours YETI
81 am very much obliged to you,"
said the young wife, with great dignity.
Il am going to get off right here"
sYou are going to get off? The train
is going to go off in minute. What do
you mean? We will be left.''
"You will be left, for 1 am going
right back to my mother, where 1 spent
the happy days of my childhood" and
she burst into tears.
''Louisa!'' exclaimed her husband, dis
agreeably surprised.
"You are devil, sneak, deceiver!
will never have anything more to do
with you! Oh, you vile, vile wretch!''
''Calm yourself, DEAR
81 am not your dear. You can go to
your dear Amelia if you want to-" she
said, with whitening sarcasm.
"Who the deuce is she?''
Mrs. Palmer, producing the ominous
document from her pocket and shaking
it under her husbands nose.
Mr.. Palmer looked at the letter and
seemed to be very much surprised.
"Louise," he said, 81 suppose should
have told you about it before, but it is
not too late now"
80, know what it is. I always sus-
pected it. You have got another wife!
Why didn't die before?''
''Not quite answered Mr.. Palmer,
"but this swallow-tailed coat belongs
to Tompson Hyde, and the wretched
idiot did not have sense enough to take
his things out of his pockets" and he
explained all the details of how the
miserable tailor had gone back on him,
and how he had to promise Hyde all
sorts of things to get him to swap
coats.
Louisa laughed and cried at the same
time, and begged his forgiveness She
even kissed him few times or so.
but that shows" she said, "that a
man should have no secrets from his
wife,
''No doubt it does, but it also shows
another thing-that a wife should not
go through her husbands pockets"
81 will never do it again." she said,
and she has kept her word, perhaps.
They arrived safely at Niagara Falls
without the young husband being called
on to make any more explanations.
ALEX E. SWEET.
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turer, teacher, and an untiring worker
in all. By her efforts, supplemented
by those of her noble husband, DR.. j. S.
Meyer, this wonderful work was organ
lied and carried on from mustard-seed
beginning of four students six years
ago to it's present proportions of lis
pupils, two large buildings here and the
Wesley hospital on the South side,
nearly 500 young women sent to labor
in the vineyard, besides the remarka-
BILE record of having aided 81 and COM
pletely equipped Is of the ~ deaconess
homes in existence.
This was accomplished in large
measure, in it's beginning at least, by
the same bright idea that Miss Willard
later turned to account in securing by
penny banks the great sum of money
to build the Woman's temple.
Small collection books were scattered
broadcast through the land, each con-
tanning a clipping from one of Mrs.
Meyers papers read before preachers
meeting, when she was agitating the
deaconess movement. The clipping
read:
"Can a twenty-five thousand dollar home be
built out Of nickels? That sum would give us
home, large enough for a few years, in
healthy location in this city, yet near enough to
the crowded and degraded localities to furnish
abundant opportunity for practical work.
There are one million women in the Methodist
Episcopal church Of the United States to-day.
Some one pleads for penny day from each OF
these women for the cause of missions. would
not ask that-three hundred and sixty-fve
cents every year-but five cents from
each, not once q day. or Cnce year, but
once life time-fve cents, the despised nickel,
that we hand out so readily for a street-car fare
or the daily paper-and fifty thousand dollars,
twice the amount asked for, would be in our
hands for this buiiding!"
There was, as in Miss Wizards case,
a generous response, and since by solic-
itations, lectures and procuring other
subscriptions the present property be-
longing to the home, amounting to s64,-
900, was acquired. The services of all
the teachers, resident and nonresident,
including the principal herself, Mrs.
Meyer, and the business superintendent,
her husband, are gratuitous.
Of the teachers and directors, eight
are resident and thirty are nonresident.
A word may here be said of Miss Eva
Gregg, a young woman who entered the
school little over two years ago, after
graduating at the Iowa Wesleyan uni
versity at Mount Pleasant, a., and who
is such an untiring worker in the cause
and proved so efficient that last year
she was made assistant principal.
Mrs. Meyer has written for several
years stories for children, which have
all found their way into such period
icals as Harper's Young People and tho
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great need of more thorough and COM
prehensive Bible study on the part of
those who were or might become re-
igious teachers"
''Then, too," remarked DR.. Meyer,
who had come in at the dismissal of the
noon class, ''she had seen how many
of the workers in the field, both at
home and in foreign lands, had failed
through lack of knowledge of ways to
act and how to meet emergencies They
had met with many things they did not
expect, and grown faint-hearted be-
cause of them. Here may be secured
thorough training in Bible study,
nursing the sick, house-to-house vista
ton, Sunday-school work and all the
many branches of religious teaching"
Producing here the annual report of
the school, he showed with great pride
what he considered all the work of his
wife, keeping himself generously in the
background.
The report showed over 1900 calls
made in the work, more than that num-
Der of tracts distributed, and over Il, 900
children taught in the Sabbath school,
over 5000 in the industrial school, be-
sides numberless cases of distress and
restitution relieved the count of which
they left with the All-seeing Eye.
The young ladies in the school are re-
quired to be over twenty years of age,
to furnish a few articles necessary to
the equipment of their rooms, to pay So
week for board, lights and fuel the
house being heated by steam and lit by
gas. This, excepting S. or $40 for the
years books, is all the expense neces-
sary, no charge being made for tuition.
In addition to this, each lady is ex-
pected to assume her share of the gen
eral light house work of the home, the
time allotted to each girl being one hour
daily, except in case of sickness or great
emergency. Those who desire to be
excused from the hour of house work on
account of health, or for any reason, pay
S. weekly instead of So.
The students of the school do not
wear uniform, only the deaconesses
and the nurses being required to do so.
Deaconesses are Of two kinds-nurses
and visitors or evangelists Both are
educated fully in Bible doctrines. The
training usually occupies two years,
the course beginning in September and
ending in May.
1t is band of noble, true women do
ing great work.
Apropos of the visiting, several anus
ing anecdotes were told. One teacher
tried to impress her class Of boys that
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Especial Chicago Letser.l
''Shs spoke q justice. truth aud Iowa.
How soft her words Distilled:
She spoke Of God and Ill the place
Was with His presence filled"
30 says Miss Frances Willard In her
introduction to q book by Mrs Lucy
Rider Meyer on "Deaconesses."
"A deaconess? What IL that?" You
will probably ask as did voice at my
elbow when q remark had been passed
on a sweet-faced woman in black
peasants cloak and quaint bonnet, who
had just boarded the car and sat down
opposite.
Zone of noble order of women from
the Methodist church, who visit the
sick and the needy and who have con-
secrated their whole lives to city mis-
sions," was the low reply.
Questions as to the origin of the so
ciety would be best answered by going
to the mother of the deaconess move
ment, whose dwelling place is hand
some fve-story brick edifice on the
North side, at the corner of Dearborn
avenue and Ohio street.
Pausing to note the legend inscribed
on the side of the steps leading to the
outer hall, we see in large letters: "Chi-
cago Training School for City, Home
and Foreign Missions"
On ringing the little bell in the vesti-
bule, the visitors are greeted by a young
woman with grave, sweet face and
Bible. She is on her way to class.
''Mrs. Meyer? Yes, she is in. Please
be seated" and we are left in the soft
embrace of great arms belonging to
Sleepy Hollow chairs, which form a
part of the luxurious furnishings of the
room. Here to the left is Widowed
alcove, peopled with big Japanese
vases. An upright piano, with it's COM
panion, a laden music rack, guarded by
handsome engraving, occupy another
space. A beautiful Japanese cabinet,
with its wonderful contents of Oriental
pottery and other curios, invites curios-
fly in corner, and chief beauty of
the apartment is the wide, triple-arched
window looking toward the southern
sun, crowned with stained glass and
curtained with soft white silk.
Further comment is checked by the
entrance through the wide-arched door
way of little, big-eyed woman, whose
plain garb and smooth hair remind one
of nothing in the world so much as a
little, brown-coated wren; but what an
unlimited amount of melody is in the
wren's small compass!
This diminutive parsonage, with SO
much fire in her eye as she talks, has
an inevhaustib1e fun1 IF resO11roes
within herself; she is a writer, lee
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Youths Companion; she b also tho
author Of three boolEA
But abe II very modest indeed shout
the great good she hes accomplished
"You see," she says, deprecatingly,
people have been 20 very good to NJ
IN contributing % molly 70 the support
OF the home"
"But you were the one who talked to
them and raised the money BY hard
work and lecturing," puts In Miss
Gregg, who has entered unseen.
"Yes," replies MIRA Meyer, with her
Eare smile. ''But God pleased tho seed
and caused the harvest and not !. You
see," turning again to the visitors, I'VE
saw such need for better Bible educar
ton on the part Of our young people.
During the three or four years Of my
travelling Sunday-school work in ILL.,
nois and other states, became greatly
impressed with the astonishing, and to
me alarming, ignorance Of the Bible on
the part of our church people, Sunday
school teachers and Christian workers.
My own knowledge of the Word of
God was superficial enough, but when !
saw people looking for Jude in the Old
Testament or for one of the minor
prophets in the new. I realized the
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the height of fashion, Or that your ell

the height of fashion, or that your ell
bows shine"
80 yes, they will" said Hyde, with
sickly smile, 'but If you are in a swap
ping humor I will swap places with
you, and be the bridegroom. eh?'
Don't joke about serious things"
exclaimed Palmer, almost with tears in
his eyes. eff you have got any real
friendship for me, don't leave me in this
horrible scrape. / never afterwards
could have any confidence in you if you
did. The first boy shall be named after
you. Come, now, that's good fellow"
There was SO much misery depicted
in the face of Palmer that his friend
surrendered. Perhaps it was the other
inducement that caused him to yield.
A moment later the exchange was
made, and the carriage rolled off amid
the shouts of the delighted Arabs.
There were the usual congratula-
lions and ceremonies; everything went
off smoothly. The brides mother shed
tears. Everybody seemed full of hap
piness, except Tompson Hyde, who was
satisfied that the eyes of the company
were riveted on his bad-ftting coat and
the shiny elbows. The bridal couple
took the train for Niagara Falls.
Young Mrs. Palmer managed, however,
togetrid of some Of her superhuous mod
esty when the happy couple was seat
ed in the palace car. She leaned her
head on the breast Of her husbands
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was expected at the house of the fair
bride. 1t was now half past eleven.
The carriage that was to convey him to
the house of the brides parents had
been standing before his door for an
hour, the horses impatiently champing
their bits. He was waiting for the
tailor to bring his wedding coat. He was
otherwise completely dressed for the &C.
casion. He even had his hair curled and
his boots shined.
''Put Cd your old coat,'' said Temp
son Hyde, who was to officiate as his
best man.
''Never!" said Palmer. cit is shabby,
it is out of fashion and the elbows are
shiny. People will think that l am
reporter. l tell you, Tompson, if Louisa
were to see me in that coat she would
refuse to marry me. Oh, if could only
lay my hands on that tailor for ten min.
utesr' And the despairing bridegroom
gritted his teeth.
''It is a quarter of twelve" remarked
his best man. ''The affair is becoming
really serious. When did that cursed
tailor say he would have that coat
here?''
''He promised by all that was good
and holy to have that coat here at half
past ten o'clock, and now he has gone
back on me. l wonder if some rival is
not trying to prevent the marriage from
coming off?''
Suppose you send for the coat?''
~
with gesture of hopelessness; and he
stuck his head out of the window and
looked up and down the street in a fren-
zied sort of a manner, notwithstanding
the fact that he knew three old maids,
concealed behind the curtain of win
dow opposite, were watching him. He
was also aware that Mrs. Randolph
Peterson, Sat woman who lived one
house farther on, was fattening her
nose against the pane of glass. She was
picket guard to inform the rest of the
family of the appearance of the bride
groom. There was also a small group
of boys, living in the neighborhood,
gathered around the door, waiting i'm
patiently to see the bridegroom enter
LIS CdiIldSS.
cit is stupid of you to put off every.
thing to the last minute" said Hyde,
impatiently. ut just serves you
right
81 know it dces,' replied the despair
ing man, ''but it is too late to argue that
question now. A coat! a coat! My
kingdom for coat
ed have had my toggery ready for a
week." said Hyde, looking down at his
immaculate toilet. GA man should
never take such risks
An idea seemed to have struck Ran
som Palmer. He cast a look upon his
friend very much like that which can
nibal casts upon his victim.
Thompson, my boy, you are just about
my size and build
''Just about" was the response.
Selling his friend by the arm the
would-be husband exclaimed: LEND me
your coat
Don't talk foolishness," responded
Hyde, recoiling a step at the very idea.
'Prove that you are friend, and lend
me your swallow-tailed coat. Nobody
will notice that you are not dressed in
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they must pray for the Holy Ghost, and
one of them replied, promptly: my
pa don't believe in ghosts"
A visitor found woman one day
struggling with two babies. She urged
her rather abruptly to be Christian
and was electrified by the response, in
an aggrieved tone of voice: ''Be a
Christian! Look at them twins!''
Lillian G. PAsCHAL.
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Murder, Then Suicide,

MEMPHIS Tenn, Aug. 19.-Near this
city, on the fernando road, as the re-
suit of quarrel Wednesday night,
Carroll Rutherford, while still in bed,
cut his wife's throat and then his own.
Both were dead when found.
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To Make Money.

Buy land, to make more money, to
buy more land, in the beautiful and
bountiful valleys of Los Angeles Co.,
Cal These lands when cu]tivatedD
will yield $50 to $500 per acre, each
year, and for a short time can be
bought for $50 per acre, in large or
small tracts (uncultivated). Cultivated
lands adjoining are selling at 500 to
$500 per acre. Now is the time to in
vest, to make money. No hail, no cy-
clones, no billiards.. Call on or ad-
dress Mason & French, Redwood
Falls, Mimi, Lands, Loans and Insur-
ance. LIT.
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IN AND AROUND DELHI.

Mrs. Jansen, of Wood Lake, is Wis
iting friends here.
Miss Louisa Miller is up from Min
neapolis visiting her folks.
A large herd of ponies we're corralled
in the stock yards last night.
Rev. w. E. Bates made short visit
visit among friends here on Thursday.
Mrs. NJ. Mclean and Miss Hanson,
of Belview, called on friends Thursday.
Mrs. A. H. Anderson, of Redwood
Falls, visited friends here Thursday
and Friday.
Peter Mckay threshed out 100 acres
of wheat, averaging him about Is
bushels per acre.
DR.. Riheld after will preach at Delhi
next Sunday, Rev. McHenry supply
ing at Kasota.
Is persons took part in the young
peoples meeting last Sabbath evening.
D. Mclean leader.
Mrs. Julius Halberg and Mrs. John
Hendrickson visited friends at Wood
Lake returning yesterday.
Con. Lagerstrom has thrown aside
his blacksmith tools for time, and is
running A. G. Fisk's engine.
John Anderson threshed out 40 acres
of wheat this week, averaging him ~
bushels of No. 2wheat per acre.
One of the faculty of McAllister
college was looking up students for
that college during the past week.
A threslling crew of 16 men landed
here yesterday. They were engaged
by Christ Olsen, of Swedes Forest.
Cumming & McNair are loading
wheat into cars directly on account Of
their engine not ARRIVING for their eie
vator.
Mrs. L. E. Russell and daughter
Pearl and Mrs Russell, ST., of Iowa,
have gone to South Dakota on few
weeks visit.
At the Delhi House during the past
week were G H. Watkins and a Mr.
Babcock, OF Minneapolis; Ole Olson
and L. A. Schmoll, Of Echo.
Richard Whitlock and wife, of Min
neapolis, and Peter Palmer, of Wood
Lake, were visiting b. D. House and
wife during the past week.
J. A. Cumming and McNair sold
seven steam threshing outfits, s.
Deering binders and u Deering NOW
ers during the present season, a re-
markable sale for firm in a town OF
this size.
Misses Sarah Stewart and Katie
Cumming intend going to the Mankato
Normal school when it opens up. Mrs.
A. D. Mclean had small gathering
of the clans in honor of the occasion
on Friday night.
Allow me to correct a couple OF state
ments in your last issue Of the GAZETTE.
First is, that $3.50 was the highest
salary paid to school teacher by a
country district. District No. Is, Del
hi, paid $50 to w. X. Sherwin when
teaching in the old school house. The
second is that VIM. Smith will not oc-
cupy his city home during the winter,
but will remain on the farm. the
house is for rent.
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The Burning Question.

Elderly Stranger-How do the people
of your section of the country regard
the tariff and silver questions, sir?
Suburban Resident - We haven't
studied 'em much. The servant-girl
question is occupying all our attention
just now!-Puck.
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New ORLEANS, Aug. 20.-Charles
Evans, the murderer of Sheriff w. Il.
Cook. of st. Tammany parish. Was
hanged at Covington Friday in the
pres. nee Of crowd of $500 people.
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y r LEI

Delhi is situated about eight miles west OF
Redwood Falls, on the n. 4 St. L., md mas a
population of from three to .ur hundred. 1t
has several general merchandise stores, u
harness shop. . millinery establishment, q
0rst-class hotel, three elevators, etc.
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THE BORROWED COAT.
L Funny Story with . Moral TOR
Husbands and Wives.

Especial New York Letter.1

NEVER was in
such q hideous
Ak In all my
life," said Ram
somP alner, one
Of the rising
young men of
Fl m. The
young man was
certainly in a
bad fix. He was
to be married
at a quarter
% a S t tw ell We
o. clock that
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H. G.. Ackmann received another
large crate of that fine decorated
crockery this week. Call and see
specimens, NIL.
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coat, or rather the Sgesst Of Tompson
Ransom, do you ever smoker she
naked, suddenly.
mo. darling, nsvsri-that IL, not
often. Have you ever ssen me with .
cigar9'
"What Il that hard thing In the
breast-pocket Of your coat3''
'.That IL my memorandum book,
honey"
1T looks very much - II you were
trying to deceive me, she replied; and,
before he could object she had reached
In his pocket and drawn out . cigar
case, on one side OF which was en-
broidered, in large red letters: ITO my
darling"
Mrs. Palmer looked reproachfully at
her husband.
$50 you do smoke, after all? But
who did the embroidering on this cigar
case?"
''That is not my cigar case, }" said Pal
mer, trying to look Indifferent. 1T be-
longs to friend of nine"
II don't believe you," said Mrs. Pal
mer, as she closed her fingers tightly
on letter, which, together with fine
white pocket handkerchief, she had
taken from his vest pocket, unseen by
him.
Five minutes later the train stopped
at a railroad station and Palmer got
out of the car to get his wife some re-
freshments, for it was very warm
day. She utilized the opportunity to
open the letter. 1t was written in a
small hand and signed: Your ever low
ing Amelia"
To say that Mrs. Palmer was exas-
perated would be ridiculously made
quate language She was in a perfect
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Cut. and Come Apain.

Cut, and Come Again.
"I'm going to get hair cut this after
noon"
"You'd better get several"
''Several hair cuts?''
mo; several hairs cut."-Puck.
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Stop and look at the new clock in
the postof6ce. The cards change ev-
cry five minutes. lit.
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See those chamber sets at Ackmann's
before buying. They are the latest.
LIT.
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If you want the best photographs,
made by good artists, in one Of the
best photograph galleries in the state,
then go to Reynolds & Keene. ut.
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WAREHOUSES;.

WANTED-To PURCHASE DIRECT FROM
w owner house 9 to IL rooms, m l., within
two blocks of Dupont Circle; must have room for
stable stare lowest cash price. Address B. Z, H..
Star Office. $780,
WANTED-FAMILY OF THREE ADULTS DE-
w sire house IN the n. rent not TO exceed S3o
Per mo Address HOUSE Y. star Office. IT.
WANTED--T0 Buy A CHEAP FRAME HOUSE
w and lot on monthly payments. Address with
terms. FRAME. Star Office. d32ts
WANTED-TO RkNT LARGE FURNISHED
w house for the week OF inaueuration; must be in
INN vicinity Of 18th St and Penns ana
address T. T.. star Office d2-2t'
WANTED FOR PROM 81, 500 TO s6. 500 8 OR &
w room dwelling in n. Washington George
town also. in u. Warrington. dwell ing from
sl2, 600 to $1,000. ". 8. TEL. Jr Coz 81 n.
n.l95t
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WANTED-ROOMS.

WANTED - FURNISHED ROOM BY GENTLE
w man with best references; IL. W. and private
preferred IT.
WANTED-TO RENT FIVE Or sIX UNFUR-
w nishsd rooms in a good location for a ply stefan.
Address PHYSICIAN. star ofice. IT.
WAN1ED-BY A YOUNG MAN, HOME IN
w refined private family living In the central north
west preferably where Their other roomeYs
boarders- Address T Y. star Office. d2-2t'
WANTED THREE OR FOUR FURNISHED OR
w partly furnished rooms for light housekeeping.
Address. stating terms aud location, v. O. K, Star
of1ce. d2-2t-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND UNFINISHED
w rooms, all parts Of city cheapest and surest plan
10 secure deslFab is roomers established 1851
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