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SHUN DEBT.

1t is better to live in some discom-
fort, than to live in the fear of creditors
whose bills we are not able to pay. If
a man is in easy circumstances the
bland tradesman urges you to buy and
"pay when you please" If you are
poor in your character for honesty and
integrity is above reproach and you
borrow on that, you pawn your char
acter. If a man has the courage to
say, "no; when he is tempted to 60
into debt, he may have 10 suffer some
privatIon, pehaps he may feel some
what keenly his want, but he will not
imperil his honor nor suffer the worry
and discomfort of dunning creditors.
Indirectly men incur Indebtedness
that ruins them. To do friend a
favor by the use of your name is often
necessary in business. 1t is simply
complying with the form of a business
contract. He needs money, ? nd to
borrow it requires security. Still the
responsibility for the entire sam rests
on the security which he must pay if
the principal fails. Some of the best
and most honorable men have beer
ruined by accommodating their friends.
We do not advise against security in
all cases, because that would make
radical change necessary in the busi-
ness world, or stop large amount of
business transactions, but it is foolish
in the extreme to accommodate a
friend at the expense of your own ruin.
1t would be better in all cases to give
your friend money, if you have 1t. and
if you have not, you are probably not
IN situation to safely secure him.
We think the following rules would
prevent a vast amount of financial dis
aster:
Never borrow where there there is a
chance, however, remote, that you will
not be able to pay. Never lend what
you are not prepared to give. Never
! guarantee for another what you canno
fulfill if the other should fail. In thi
way your financial condition cannot be
seriously embarrassed.
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A SHREWD CHURCHMAka.

II a small town in tbs Midlands
there is, says z1d Bits, rich congre-
CATION that is nos chaEacterlzed by
lavish liberality.
Time after time the minister had
vainly appealed to his people to con-
tribute more generously to the funds
of the church. The members would,
indeed, give something, but it was
nearly always the smallest silver coin of
the realm that was placed on the plate.
A shrewd Scotchman, who had j.,
recently come to the place and jQ3; =
the church, was not long in 500, ~
this state of affairs, and q 1s-
suggested itself to
I'll tell vow
the officjs' ~
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BETSY AND JOE.
BENG THE LAMENT OF FARMER roMrKrNs.

BENG THE LAMENT OF FARMER ToMfkiN7.
I'm sort ofupsot in my mind, sii; IL kind oi
wrought up in my soil.
I'm filled up with trouble, am, sir; my heart Is
the picture OF dole.
I've got a weak boy for a son. sir Hes weak as
a icler can be,
But then I've daughter who's stronger, l thihk,
nor her mother nor me.
and that is the thing that usets met nils me
with diTcst OF woe;
NV Joe he had oughter teen Betsy, and Betsy
she'd oughter been Joe.
Why. Joe. he ain't good for his salt, sir. He
alters gives up 10 his dreams.
He thinks he's a born Mr.. Shakespeare, and
sroils good white paper by reams
But Betsy's as sane as the keeper who looks Il ter
folks what is mad;
she's got solid sense, has my Betsy, the solidest
ever was had
haven't the slightest idce, sir, Just how the
thing came to be so,
But Joe he had oughter been Betsy, and Betsy
she'd ouGhter been Joe.
the hay like man;
she IL W Orh III sun an lIiS Sll''''uSi 81" "'N' >''
as ever she can:
But Joe he'll 20 out there and dawdle. At david
lin he's really A one!
But tnat amt the thing Tor daughter, Eor that
amt the thing for son.
An that's why l set here a-sighin,' and that's
why my eyes overflow:
nv Joe he had ouGhter been Betsy. and Betsy
she'd oughtsr been Joe.
/ dom mind a-.Iayiu' MY home, sir the home OF
a poet at all.
must say like for to listen to verses Of spring
and OF tall.
But what don't like for to see, sir, an what sets
my bein awhirl,
Is the poetry writ by a boy, sir, an all the hay
tossed by girl
1t seems TO sort CT outrageous, sort OF a ter
rible blow,
That Joe he should oughter been Betsy, and
Betsy should oughter been Joe;
Because have always told Mandy-my wife,
sir; splendid one, toe
That WORK that was httin' for women amt lttin'
for men kind to do.
Tvessort of a-twitted the lady on weakness o
woman and that
Ard hayin' the thing turned, sir, 5 the thing
that's a-knockin me Hat.
An il there's a way in creation for changtn' EN-
I'd like to know,
Sos J oe could he made into Betsy, and Betsy he
made into Joe.
JOHN kENDmCK BANGS.
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Highest Of all in Leavenng Power-Late U. S. Govt Repor
F%2!A!:'!;!!! a! Bsx5s2 Bski9s
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ABSOLUTELY PURE

pensation is given, whether for destroy.
ing an old highway or making new
one.
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perfect in the nature of what | now hear
spoken OF as lead pipe cinch on the
Lows.
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A NATURAL BRIDGE OF CHAlCE-
D0NY.

A mining expert sent 20 investigate
some Arizona properties for some
Denver capitalists recently, returned
and reports the finding of a most
remarkable natural bridge formed by
a tree OF agatized wood, spanning a
a canyon 40 feet in width. The tree
has, at some remote time, fallen; when
it became Embedded in the silt of some
great inland sea or mighty water over
flow. The silt became in time sand
stone, and the wood gradually passet
through the stages OF mlnerallzation
until it is now a wonderful tree of soli'
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WORDS OF WISDOM.
.ru dav is a little life.

Every day is little life.
Few love to hear the sins they love TO -
act.
Poiteness Is the result of good sens
and good nature.
Doing nothing for others is 7
doing of ones self.
Pride requires very costly fo
keepers happiness.
Delay has always been injuriSs SsW 49,
those who are prepared. 70 MspA NY
All cruelty springs from hard he'N oA sM0sA
,,,roo,s, .ssssSs pue sksM
ne,' aDl y. VA I...ysssss Eul.
tells yea ~
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s--aIUntnS.
His offer was promp zzza.u-.
and, sure enough, the { 1N0
gan to increase, until BY time ne
had stated they were nearssatwice as
much as formerly.
How have you manged it. Mr..
Sandyman? said the pastor to him,
one day.
It's a great secret, returned the
cauny Scot, but I'll tell you in conhs'.
dence. The folk | saw mystly gave
three penny bits. Well, when l got
the money, every Sabbath evening, l
carefully picked out the sma' coins and
put them by. Moo, as there's only a
United number of three penny pieces
in little place like this, and as have
maist of them at present under lock
and key, the folk maun give slxpence
at least instead. See, that's why the
collections are doubled.
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for Infants and Children.

1.-THE use of 'Castoria' is so universal and
its merits so well Known that it seems work
of s11pererogation to endorse it. Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep CastOrIa
within easy reach.
CARLOS MARTIN, D. D,
New York City.
Lete Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church.
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DOUBLE CAUSE FOR DIpoRCE.
Young Mr.. McKeon and Mrs. Condor EIope
Twice, the Second Time for Good.

Young Mr.. McKeon and Mrs. Condor Elope
Twice, the Second Time for Good.
Mrs. Aida Miller McKeon has begun suit in
the Supreme Court. Brooklyn. for divorce from
her husband John William McKeon. on the
grounds OF abandonment. Mrs. McKeon is the
daughter Of wealthy George H. Hooper OF SIS
Greene avenue, and her husbands father is a
millionaire wholesale clothier. ohm S. McKeon.
also Of Brookyn's Eastern District. The plain
tiff Ia now % years old. She married the de-
PENDANT In 1888. when she was but eighteen
years OF age and he was twenty. Her COM
plant accuses her husband OF having eloped
with Mrs. Maria Condor. who is described as
young. pretty. and lively. Mrs. Condon's hus-
pand is q plumber in Williamsbureh.
According to the story circulating In Will
liamsburgh. and which Is admitted to be true
by both lawyers in the case. c. F. Kinsley Of
Williamsburgh for the deiend ant and Mortimer
s. Brown Of 55 Liberty street for the plaintiff.
young Mr.. McKeon and young Mrs. Condcn
have devoted a great deal OF time and energy
In clipping with each other.
The elopemen mt mentioned in the complaint
years ago Mekeen. then clerk IN his fathers
store. met Mrs. Condor. Mr. Condor did not
know OF this meeting until he happened to 20
keon and Mrs. Condor lunching together. His
animated mi inquiries led to an explanation from
call Mr. MeKeon evidently called the next
day. for Mrs. Condor and her child disappeared
from wilii,HImshurgh and Mr.. McksQn also dis
found his wife, and then she was living with
Mckeon in Second avenue, near Ninety-Second
street. Condor took his child away with him
and soon after condoned his wife's offence:
McKeon Mt the same time receiving forgive
ness from his wife. towhom he returned. He
also returned to his duties in his fathers
this lie gave, he says. all but 50 week to his
wife. reservinC that sum for cigarettes and car
fare.
But existence in WIlliamsburgh with an al
lowance OF only 81 week was not all that
young man with sporting tendencies longed
and Mrs. Condor eloped. the woman this time
leaving her child; but taking all OF the furn
For this offence McKeon is being sued for
divorce and has been disowned by his father.
But he nnds HE endurable. because his mother
makes him an allowance. presumably of moro
than So week. ana Mrs. Condor aids in his
support by sewing.
Mckpon mas answered the suit OF his wife
by a general denial: but his lawyer admits the
PRINCIPAL facts. and says that in an am en- ded
answer no viii makethe defence o. m,rsHsrimi-
burgh Mr. McKeon's lawyer would not explain
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timidete other workmen who desire to work.
Dn, gh no 6 DO not belong to their hody They
40 as ali ohSs s 'G thee
mem bership is composed Of law:abdins citi.
tse true Sh9 attached to
as Il the learned iprist Who went out
on his way to criticiso them. and cannot ner-
suffered any detrment from their aileg ed at
taeks upon H. 1t is true that those Of their
mtf mem who labor for railroad cornSra-
eve certain obligations to such CORPORATIONS,
times with their entire freedom Of action, but
such construction is not BY any means cleer.
highest judicial tribunal OF any State or that
OF the United States.
mps Sc i they exist
cannot we'll exist Without the other. or else the
liberty In III 8 country is more in danger
81 sSns o 81 h ssssss
doubtful points and invoking bubbles IN favor
to d crssG Legal ssGns
against, great odd. to assert its dignity. than
from all tho arbitrary demonstrations that
not be hxed by statute: but should be loft FREQ
rates; 1t is a safo argument that governments
should 90 nothing that can as well be done by
in0lNluuale.
The mercantile exchanges in our great
cities are clamorlng for relief from laws which
restrict their business In accordance with old
country Is at last awakening to the impro-
priety OF making our money metals matter
OF merchandise by the Government ITSELF and
are hoping that a patriotic Congress-! soon
to convene. will faithfully respond with
promptitude to the demands of public
sentiment in that regard. 1t is not
to be inferred that all the efforts to which re-
fer to relieve business from existing legal and
other restraints est are to be regarded as com.
question, Those who demand that money
ishod. and the charge for the use OF
between. the borrower and the lender.
can hardly expect q ready acquiescence in
their proposition. Usury laws have existed
from the earliest ages. and while they are con-
iessedly In restraint OF trade. and their utility
has frequently been DOUBTED, public sentiment
beneficial influence may be. felt in times Of
great financial depression. when the cupidity
Of men induces them to drive hard bar
gains. regardless OF all other considera-
tons. Experience has shown that NUM-
ipal governments. well as individuals.
generally require the restraint and prudent
care OF law. The indebtedness which our ,mu-
inequalities are permitted to incur has been
wisely limited and regulated. In that respect
as well rs its advantages. Freedom from I'M
lust and unnecessary taxation Is what the peo-
pie really demand. not relief from restrictions
which retard imposition. prevent oppression,
protect the weak. restrain tho avaricious. aud
compel fair dealing.
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MRS. GARDNER INDIGNANT
She Wanted Her Husband Sent to an Asylum
and Compelled to support Her, Too.

She Wanted Her Husband Sent to Asylum
and Compelled to Support Her, Too.
William Gardner, q carpenter. Of 165 West
Twenty. fifth street. was arraigned in Jefferson
Market yesterday and charged BY his wife
Josephine with being crazy.
This is nonsense" Gardner said to Justice
Hogan. Pm not crazy at ALL"
"Yes he is" put in Mrs. Gardner. He has
fits OF 1t. Sometimes he is as nice to me as he
ever was. Then. all OF q sudden. he will get
angry and beat me until am black and blue"
Court
Mrs. Gardner showed no evidences OF Ill
treatment and Justice Hogan smiled.
Well. is that all ?" he said.
oh. my now exclaimed the woman. Hos
Just crazy jealous OF me-"
YOU'RE right am" said the prisoner. And
mighty good cause I've got to be-"
We'll. did you ever" exclaimed Mrs Gard
Judge" said the prisoner "she goes out
saw her riding in a street ear with two men
didn't know. She wants me out Of the way and
this Is the way she's doing it."
We'll" said Justice Hogan. the Bellevue
physician will have to determine whether
you're crazy or not" and he committed the
man for examination.
Now. Judge" said Mrs. Gardner. please
bind him over to support me-"
Justice Hogan looked at the woman in amaze
MADAM" he said when he had recovered
while he's crazy"
Mrs. Gardner was very indignant. and left
the court room mumbling to herself about the
injustice OF police courts.
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Ladies' Outing Suits.
Extraordinary offering Of Ladies' Outing
Serge Suits, Skirt Jacket. in sizes 80 to A
inch: actual value $3.50; will be closed
out ut
10 8.
Dress Goods.
Great Bargains in Dress Goods, in neat
stripes and checks. light weight. suitable
for summer wear; two cases will be sold at
| 80.
Fourteenth Street.

exact movement OF the comet by measuring
the length of the stellar lines.
The plate taken by Prot Hussey was exposed
one hour and ten minutes, from 0:l0 L. NJ to
1920 T. NJ. last Thursday evening. A great
many stars are shown. as may he seen in the
reproduction hut the plate was not large
enough to include the full length OF the COM
cts tail. Much more is shown. however. than
was visible to the naked eye at this time.
From, The San Francisco Chrtniel,.
The astronomers ardently desired to find out
more about the companion comet. and by
proper manipulation OF the telescope 1t could
undou btedly have been seen through the great
glass had not the inopportunc approach OF the
comet 10 the noon prevented II. AS 1t is. the
astronomers can only wait. more or less
patiently. for the comet to pass the moon a
sufficient distance to allow OF accurate OBJ
seivation. 1t will be some time before
this occurs. In the mean time. the astrono-
mers can talk over the wonderful discovery
made and speculate on the cause and effect Of
a comet within the tail Of another. an instance
similar to which has never nefore occurred as
far as history goes. They can speculate. how
ever. and form theories. and this they ore
doing.
1t is thought that 1t 10 not at all improbable
now that there may be a material difference
between the rates OF speed Of the two comets:
The time since tho discovery Of the second
comet has not been sufficient to allow this to
be determined definitely. nor can 1t now be on
account OF the difficulty previously alluded to
the light Of the moon. The method Of ascer.
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tanning this when tho conditions become
favorable. will be to take successive pic
lures Of the wanderers in space and through
delicate measurements find IL the relative
positions OF the comets to each other are
changed. or the positions in reference to the
fixed stars in that portion Of the armament.
Not only are these changes among the posi-
hilities and even proba bilities. hut 1t may lie
that the comets are entirely separate. and In
no way dependent upon affected by each
other. Though the second one appears to be
In tho tail Of the first this may lie only ap-
parent and caused by the relative positions Of
the bodies. The new one may be far ont In
space beyond the. original. and on that &c
count show but dimly. Its dimness may he
due to its distance and not to q lack OF size or
brightness.
still another explanation Is that the second
visithnt was horn OF the first after much con-
yulsion and display OF heavenly fireworks.
some explosion in the main body caused by
the ierceness OF its own internal fires. or. per-
haps. by It's meeting with some other vaRrant
like itself. may have formed the new
body from, portion Of its own mass.
The dissolution Of comets has been
known. but never before have parts oc-
cupied relative positions such as are displayed
this time. and this is the puzzling part OF the
business. Just how and why and wherefore
the present phenomenon exists Is a question
tho correct solution OF which might be dis
covery that would knock down some theories.
revolutiolize others, and in general upset
many things accepted as scientific facts
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ondary comet be formed from it? The suisse
uuent behavior Of this latest formation will he
observed with the greatest interest. and appar-
entity all information on the subject wi neces-
sarily be derived from the Photographic plate.
since the Lick dispatches state that the com
panion !. not usually apparent through the
telescope.
The plate herewith reproduced shows a
curious ~ pearancr. The numerous stars on
the plate are not shown as points. but as long
and narrow streaks OF light When n photo
graphic chart Of any region OF the 81 Is TO he
taken the telescope Is mado to exactly follow
the stars throughout the diurnal motion by
m cans OF n clockwOrk attachment to the equa:
torial. thus carrying the camera westward
with precisely tho angu lar velocity OF the earth
in an easterly direction. a. successful pic
ture is taken the stars will all show on the
plate as perfectly round dis ks OF light the size
Of each disk depending entirely upon tho mag
nitude OF the star.
But when n comet is + lie photographed 1t
is necessary to make q long exposure with the
camera always pointed at tho nucleus ot the
comet. Now the comet Is moving among the
stars. and In the course OF lengthy exposure
will have changed it's position nuits rercepti-
bly,. But al! this time the camera has been
kept carefully pointed on tho comets nucleus.
therefore each star in tho field leaves dis
tinct trail on the plate; and Is not rhoto.
comet Is plainly indicated hy tho length OF
each one OF those trails. II the scale OF the
photograph be known 1t 10 possible to tell the
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THE CREMATORY.
The companT which has charge OF this crem-
matory recently remodelled its building on
Mount Ollvet near the village Of Fresh Pond,
adding thereto columbarium. with capaci-
IT, as arranged at present for 5000 urns The
columbarium is built In Romanesque style,
the tower story OF white marble. the upper Of
yellow brick. surmounted by a red-tiled root
Although the company since 1t began busi-
ness, In December. 1885. has cremated 1.010
bodies. only six OF them are represented In tho
5000 inches prepared for the urns In the
columbarium.
Why this is SO puzzles the officials. who
think much Of the arrangement OF the build
ing with Its gallery running around the beau
tful interior. whose urns may be placed or
inspected in much the same way as set Of
books in we'll ordered library But In spite
OF this the columbarium is not yet popular. even
with those who have had relatives reduced to
ashes In the adjoining crematory. The same
room in.which the urns may be keptis fitted
up as a chapel. There is in one end Q plat
form which may be used as pulpit. and By
Its side Is an organ
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Mrs. Scripture VIII Have n Chance to Prove
Her Husband Not Entitled to n Divorce.

Mrs. Scripture VIII Have Chance to Prove
Her Husband Not Entitled to n Divorce.
The General Term Of the Supreme Court has
reversed the decision Of Judge Alonzo Kellogg
in granting decree OF divorce to Jeremie
Scripture. wealthy lumber dealer Of Glens
Falls. from his wife. Fanny L. Scripture. and
has ordered the default opened.
The Scriptures were married in kingsbury.
n. Y. on July 4. 1864. and have a son. In 1880
Mrs Scripture left her husband and came to
this city. She alleged at the time that she was
ture brought an action for divorce, Mrs.
Scripture denied the charges, and made coun-
Leayitt OF this city was notified that tho case
was coming up for trial. He applied for an
adjournment. but 1t was denied by Judge Kel-
iogg. ON June IL OF the same year the decree
Of divorce was entered by default.
Mr. Scripture married again some time ago
application for the opening Of the default was
about to be made Judge Kellogg refused to
open the default. and an appeal was made to
the General Term.
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Accused of Dsiraud,us tho we~tm,ns,er.

Richard Cuyler Gordon. who says ho is a
commission merchant OF Savannah. was
charged in the Yorkvllle Police Court yester-
day with attempting to defraud the Westmin-
ster Hotel of board bill OF Sl12.65. Gordon.
who is good looking. broad shouldered man.
six feet tall. said his wife had be en- doing q
good deal Of shopping, and that he had sim
On Thursday he fell in with some friends
and went on a cruise" That took more
money. lie declared that no had no Intention
TO defraud the hotel and would pay his bill AS
soon AS he could communicate with his friends.
The clerk at the st. James Hotel says Cor
don paid his first fortnightly bill there prompt
he and his wife were gone. They left behind
them two large trunks. Gordon was unable to
and was locked up In tho Y0rkyille prison
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THE CoLUMBARIUM.

II one decides to deposit an urn in the
columbarium 1t would be well to leave the task
to the company's men. When a Sun reporter
an officer OF the company from the Houston
street office. and 2 man who was carrying an
officer wanted to carry the ashes. being aco
customed to such burdens but the husband
insisted upon being the hearer This was
village. steer, and slippery hill was climbed.
At 2 particularly steep spot some misstep
on an nexpected race down hill. rolling most
OF tho way. The urn first lost two silver
handles. then two nickel legs, and hnally was
tom of the Hill. where It burst. scattering tho
ashes to the winds, except such Of the heavier
particles as settled In tho long grass.