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SPONGE AND DOUGH TRoCGHa
Bakers Of ye oldsn times worked sixteen and
eighteen hours per day and received about Is
per month and board. Bakers TO-DAY work ten
hours per diem and earn from SI2 to els per
week. And yet ii costs less to produce q loaf Of
bread now than then. The reason lies in ma
chinery and Capitalization Of force.
WHAT wAsHISGroSIASs EAT.
Washing touians eat 20O. 0O0 loaves Of bread
daily. A 196-pound barrel Of standard -four
will make on an average go loaves. Calculate
this for yourself and see how many acres Of
wheat land, bread in the original package, 1t
takes to make the wheels of local life 60 round.
Two Of the banner bakeries Of the city each
have o sworn to circulation of 5000 loaves per
day, and on Saturdays they issue Is 600 Que
of the bonanza bakers some time ago brought
through in ffty-eight hours from La Crosse,
Wis. special train Of forty cars in two sec
tons, each car containing 1000 pounds Of
tissue-making food The principal local bakers
carry q stock Of about 600 barrels OF -four. and
for one year the books Of one baker record the
consumption Of 1900 barrels of -four.
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The mechanical device is in the line Of speed
and cleanliness. After the necessary treatment
in the hopper the material is lifted into wooden
troughs. In professional parlance this bread.
elect Is called sponge" and the process iris
ing. The apartment set aside for the rising
Is apt to be filed With an odor anything but
perfnmeful to the uninitiated scent 1t is
allowed to remain in this condition for two and
one-half hours. Next it is fired down through
chutes to the floor below and falls on polished
hardwood tables. The kneading process is
then gone through. This is best done by hand
and in this department Of the work the ways Of
our forefathers prevail.
CUT INTO LoAvEs BY MACHINERY.
Next it is weighed out in patches OF thirteen
and three-quarter pounds and tossed into o
machine which cuts it into twelve parts, all ex-
aetly equal. Each chunk represents loaf. and
as each Of these should by law weigh one pound
the overweight is to allow for shrinkage. The
machine which does this work is q German in
vention, but it is stated that the patent was
bought by a Chicagoan, and the first instru-
ment OF the kind was put into practical opera
ton in this city. 1t apportions the dough after
the manner of bullet mold. II is unvaryiug
in its accuracy and renders it impossible for
the journeyman to alter the weight of tho loaf
either from negligence or malice.
With the present machine the iourueymau
has no authority in the premises. He simply
pulls the lever and the engine does the rest
The shaping process is next in order. Thence
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LONG NECKS OF BIRDS.

Definite Purposes for Which They Were
Designed.
From the Scientific American.
'Bish says that birds having long legs have to
have long neck"
"How's that, Bsh?''
"Why, you see, if they didn't have a long
neck they couldn't drink without sitting down "
well. Bish, some birds have long necks md
short legs. How is thst2"
"You'n find these things are all calculated
out. The birds having long nocks have use for
them. You are thinking about the swan. Well,
he likes a bit now and then from the bottom Of
the water and his long neck is to enable him to
satisfy this taste. Besides, long-necked birds
feed on food of poor quality so that % get
neck to enable them TO taste it long enough to
make it enjoyable"
"How about snipes2"
''Snipes! well. some Of them haven't a very
long neck, to be sure, but they have what
amounts for the same thing-a long bill-and
they are rugged SO that they can tip up to make
up to the rest. Now" said Bsh, full Of the
loug-ueck idea, "the ostrich has the longest
legs Of any bird know. Look at his neck! 1t
easily reaches to the ground"
doesn't this prove my position? And his
legs are strong enough to hold up an elephant ~
speaking of the elephant" continued Bish,
''he isn't long-uecked Bird mean animal
He hasn't any neck at all. and he 10 SO heavy
that he can't sit down every time he wants a
drink or a mouthful Of hay. Sec how these
things are calculated out for him. Could any
thing be handler than his trunkY"
"How about snakes, Bish?''
can neck. They can reach anywhere for
food or drink. Returning to bitds," said Bish,
did it ever occur to you that birds that rOost
can't fall over backward2'
mo, indeed. How do you explain that?'
"Well, you see, their claws reach around the
perch, so that when they begin to lean over
backward their claws tighten like a pair Of pipe
tongs. tell you," said Bsh. ''those things are
all calculated out"
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All the frst-clsss bakeries use only northern
grown wheat, because it is harder, grinds finer
and yields better bread. Southern grain, they
say, won't do. Nearby lard is said to be the
best, and is the most generally used. One
baker used last year 81, 900 pounds Of the
lubricant. The days of malt and potato yeast
are only memories, and compressed yeast is the
feature of today. Fourteen thousand and five
hundred pounds is the amount used last year
In . single bakery.
SUPERIORITY OF BAKERS BgEAD.
The superiority Of bakers bread lies in the
fact that the proper percentage of ingredients
salt, sugar, milk. yeast -four. lard and water
has been determined by years of experiments
and experience. The ratio Of ingredients hsv-
ing been settled on is not allowed to vary.
To the dear little wife who gets her arms
and manieured fingers all gummed up with
dough this mixing process is largely q matter
of guess work. Today she hits it and blusbing
honors fall thick Upon her. Tomorrow she
misses 1t and the rolls have to be swallowed
gently to save fracture of the ribs. Then the
bakers four ia selected by an expert, and uu-
like the pGrlor angel he is not to be roped in by
horid advertising. tinseI labels, specious guar
antees nor poetic names.
COMMENCEMENT OF THE PROCESS
When a consignment of -four reaches the
bread mill it is weighed in the balance and in
spected- IL not found wanting it is hoisted to
the top story in the steam elevator Here as
wanted 1t Is dumped into the mixer This
machine bears the same relation to bread that
the hopper boy did when you and 1 were
young.
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below. In the hopper is q metal revolving ma
chine, much like a ships screw. As the -four
steam power from a sealed and concerted well
directly beneath the bakery, pours in. The
mass Is churned and torn, the blades tearing
through it at high rate Of speed and perhaps
throwing occasional pieces OF dough out upon
as food for swine. In this way six barrels Of
-four may be thoroughly ground in twelve
minutes. This, in the DAYS Of crude methods,
was one of the slowest and most laborious
processes in baking. Stalwart men bent over,
punched and tugged at the dough. and per-
spired there, zoo.
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The Old Five-Dollar Bill.

From the Atlanta Constitution
They're talkin' bout the tariff blll-the silver bill
an all,
They wrangle through the summer, an they quar-
rel till the fall;
But of all the bills from Bnlville, the one we're
wantin' still
Is the bill that buys the boardn-tne old nve-dol-
lar bill
You may rumple 1t, an crumple 1t, an twist an
turn ii round,
An stuff 1t in your pocket where 1t seems to weig
apOuHd;
Or hide it in your wooden sock, or in your boots
but still,
There's never no dscountin' of the old i've dolls ar
bill
It's greasy as the kitchen, from goin' round 80
much,
But Teller amt perticler, when it's ticklin Of his
touchi
An the biggest bill from BvIle-an' the one
we're wantin' still
Is the rumpled up, an crumpled up, old.tlme five
dollar bill!
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wheat fields of the wild, woody west and the
bread-fruit orchards of the south
To the ancients it was the staff Of life. and it
Is Just as important an article OF diet now as
then The main difference ia that to tho
Hebrew and Chaldean authors Of the staff of
life theory, bread meant ''to eat" Latter day
theologians agree that the passage OF Genesis
which reads I'm the sweat of thy face shalt
thou eat thy bread" refers not solely to rolls
and mullins. but embraces the entire dietary
system from little neck clans to cafe noir aud
cheese.
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The subject Of bread is not popularity under
stood. IL Is an entertaining process to watch
the South American aborigines steal the poison
from the cassayer pulp and roast the latter into
bread; to see the maiden Of the tropics as she
hammers parched maize between two rocks and
fries il into frittess. and to spy on the Astra-
kan-haired housewife of darkest Africa ~ she
bakes tine roots of the manihat and janiphs into
daily bread
Bread MAKING.
Bread winning is a most important thing, and
bread making is not the least. Homemade
bread is q back number. Machine-made bread
takes the cake. The twentieth century bakery
Is a thing Of beauty and the up-to-date baker is
a JOY forever. Baking on scientific principles
and mammoth scale is q high art. The WASH
ington baker will tell you that his business 10 q
progressive one. Ii is an evolution. Asman
must lay out his capital. take time by the fore
lock and mark tims to the music Of progress if
he means to keep up with the procession
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T. q. SLOAN 90. Ausnonesrs.


TRUSTEES, SALE OF VALUABLE LOT on o
sTkbET BhTwEEN THlRTY-sEc0Np AND
tn RTf-THIkD STREErs G ORGETowN.
BY virtue Of q deed Of trust 90 Us. bearing date
November 20. 1892. and duly recorded in Liner 1867,
folio lo 81 u the land records of the District II
Columins. and at tue request of the psrty secured
.Ssersey we VA se e PThe ssetS q tR1 q
DAY OF JULY. A. d. 1888, At HALf-PAsI 1--WE
O'CLOCK p mart q at lss2. squars "a. fronting
70 feet on the north side Of st. By dep.h Of l5O
feet
Terms Of sale: one-third cash. balance in one snd
two years. with interest per per aanum
able semi annually. and secured upon The property
cold or all cash. At the option Of the rurchsser
deposit OF 800 will be required ~ the time OF sale
Al conyeyancing snd recording az purehssert cost
IL terms q sale not comIird with In ten days the
trustees the right reese the property at the
nix snd cost Of the dsfs ulting purchaser.
~ To EhA.GH. Trustees.
TINTED STATES MARsHAI's sALF.-BY VIII
~ of three 81 of Teri facias issued out 81
the clerks office % the supreIne sout Of the Dt-tct
sale for cash az TBS 9TH street northwe city 81
Washington, District Of ColnmhsA, On IkVRSnai,
THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JULY. 1898. NJ THO
O'CLOCK p. NJ. the foloSin described nroperty. 20
Infants Shoes of every de-crfption-CaIf Kangaroo
Russet. Russia. Goat Newport les. coneress or
ford Ties Lace. &c. &c :twO set-es. water cOpler
foot rest CARPET and seized aud levied ufn ~
sol 20 satisfy executions numbered A44g 444s and
:s444s in favor OF Samuel Cohen. Herman Adef ana
BENJAMIN Cohen, trading As the Cohen and Adl-f
Shoe Co. Isaac Steinem and Amanuel stenem trai-
ing SteineIn Brothers. and Joseph A. Solds'eih'
trading as Rich Contrary. respectively.
DANIEL NJ RANSDELl. u. \. Marshal. ID. q.
RkTcL IFFE. DARR COMPANY. Auetionesrs
jySto20in
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THoMAs BOWLING SON. Auctioneers.
TRUSTEES, SALE OF vALuABLE REfL AM

PERSONAL PROPERTY.
oc.obsr D Iss4 and recorded among 9Th the land
records OF Westmoreland county. Va. on the l4th
4 Byr lewis and John Sherman. Tn., sSC
~ .ns eeonial Beach IMPROVEMENT Company TO
Samuel s Burdstt having bsen substituted in pace
deed order % IN te N cs1a
oNs COUNTY vrsinis on the 2sth day Of
s deed ~ o sa. q. SaST
..sn ss tsustees win sell =. Eqbie aqe he hgh
July. 1893, At Colonial Beach. Wv wes,morei.nd
county; viryinia. the following described personal
81, / The Hotel Household aud Kitchen Furnitur. of
steads chair. m,,, motel Consisting e beds bed
toilet ware. blankets. bed linen towels curtains and
Dining Room Furniture consisting II ehsire tsbles
CHINA and glass ware. and table linen and Kitchen
dred and four do4a rooms Terms for the personal
9. Three hundred and four C3u4l lots. Terms. All
@ Sa M ana snSr cash md fer 81 residue
900 days, or all cash. at option Of purchaser.
me y, ho,e, and aote, reservation. contsinine an
TUE and intere.. q he coioni. Beach mprOve@sni
avenues and parks. the subject howevsr 70 The
be vested IN the lot OF ,ns tna f belong
Terms: one-thtrd Of the purchrss money 70 be raid
for same to be V.n PAYABLE re.peesues Nd, ROs e
terest thereon at six and twelve months from day Of
ard S aerss 5
farm Joining Classic Shore.
Terms: One-thrd % cash. residue in two equal
instaiments. notee Tor the same TO BE- gyen payable
respectively with intereet thereon at sX and twelve
months from day Of sae-or all cash. option Of pur-
chaser.
& The remainder Of the farm and wood land con-
tain ng two hundred and sixty and fifteen hun
dYedths acres, more or less.
Terms: One-third a. cash. residue in two equal
fnstalments. notes for 10 be siyeu payable
speedway. with interest thereon. sir and twelve
months from day Of sae-or all cash. the option Of
purchaser.
The sale VII c9mmsn !, :. THREE g, O'CLOCK
and be continued from day TO day until completed
The title 20 the real estate will be retained until the
last insta lnent Of purchase money notes given
saine is paid and should purchaser fail to comply
with the terms OF sale amt payment Of INSTALL
ment Of the purchase money or notes for aame the
trustees will advertise aud sell again the property
which default 10 made at the cost and risk Of the de-
fauiting purchaser. All conveysnc and recording
at the of the purchaser.
forfurth-r information apply to the undersignsd
r. BYRD LEw1S,
$40 ON s !. 4 s. sinunf RbafT o. rru.s's.
a25 Of. q. W.. Washington. d. O.
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y ArcLIFFE. pARR q CO.. AUcrIoSEERs.

pDNN T 80 slt sIsEET SokTHwEsg
MEME ANNP nN SdkTHwf go 1850 NE" JERSEY
p BY virtue q deere. Of the supreme Conf Of ,hs
i45 wherein Maria Frey and otsss y. eo%pl.in
the unaessned VII osf Tor sac 81 enS
i%siS r. fTI1 e ssf P Ss On fRbD TIE
FiyE oci6cR Pm Il. io H es.cylssS f rs.
sS,.ie and pfew,ses lyins and eens IL ths .sy
numbered fftythree C5 the subdivision o; square
number-d four hundred and fortysi t44sl. beng
nhss y r:ni nor. Of ess and running S.st VII G
spS S lei. NS; eis stress sotthxs.,: -.
Will also offer for sale by pubic suction on ssid FRI.
~ s TTE FISf 55SSoS Il
WIN %s%fsd Isl. sSess:s :aS as
s s. &. IN s. o. 8 "a. 4 E
Columbia, tosether with the right 30 she Il four
west OF said and adSoininr .nd
south q the north line Of lots hundred and forty
one hundred and fiy d5o Of said suSdiyision siici
q III sSe 81 sn
extends back with uniform ~i9ta a four a. feet 70
list and extends thence %esy h sasn ~
four az feet along the line Of said lots hun
nine n4s5 sn3 on one hundred and MY so 70 Is.
ten-foot public alley IN said squsre.
purchase money in cash and the balance equal
ye r.. ater date q sale Is. deferred psymes 70 be
secured by deed of trust the proy~rfy Sold and 20
tsrs.t or al cssh a. thn con
Of the purchaser. The trustees 70 have the right
Of s.. ' are comsd With IN fseh dsyr rom date u
sale provided that they shall 3 We We day. notce Of
Of Columbia. deposit Of e200 required at time Of
sale All conveysncins recording. &c. At the pur-
yTLIUs 4, MAEDfh, tls sss ..nw.
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jy11-dkds
n g. SLOAN CO.. Aucts.. 1407 G ST.
Ne Successors 10 IAtiIner Siosno

LOTS 3 AND or BLOCK le. UNIVERSITY
On TUESDAY. JULY EIGHTEENTH, at HALF
PAST FIVE O'CLOCK P. W.. In front OF the prem
Heights, d. G. adjoining Brookland on the north.
each 10y fronting 80 feet on thiladelphia street be-
tween 18th and 1tth street extended by q depth OF
150 feet This property easy of BY the Balti
more and Ohio and Eclington railroads. and the
suburban electric road will have Its terminus within
one b ock This Is very desirable property and should
command attention.
Terms easy and made known At sale. ESQ required
each lot at time Of sale.
WiI-dSds q q. SLOAN CO.. Auct,o,..r.
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nUNcANsoN BROS. Auctioneera.

TRUSTEES SALE OF BRICK DWELLING STU
ATE NO. ~ SIXTH STREET NORTHEAST.
By virtue Of certain deel OF trust 10 u.s. bearing
date Sentember % 1920. and duly recorded October
Il. 1890 i, hher No 1870 folio 4oi ct seq, Of the
land records OF the District OF Columbus and at the
request Of the parties secured thereby the under
81 ned trustees will ssl at public auction. in front
of herremi-es. ON MONDAY. TIE
DAY OF JULY. A d. 1893. AT SIX O'CLOCK
p NJ, all that certain piece parcel o. land and
premises situate in the ely OF wsshington District
of Columbia. known and DESIGNATED and being all
Of lot numbered eixhtytwo Cs2 in Joseph s. Boss and
others subdvs Of lots eight hundred and
$3.50. as per plat recorded ia book Is
l4 of the records Of the Office of the surveyor Of the
District Of Columbia together with the
thereon consisting Of twostory and basement brick
dwelling house.
Terms of sale: one-third of the purchase money to
be psid in cash and the balance In three equal in
st.llmens payable in one two and three years. with
Interest at six 90 per centun per annum, payable
semi annually from day of SALE secured by deed Of
trust upon the property sold or all cash. Of the op
ton of the purchaser deposit Of eco will be
quired OF the purchaser az the time als All con-
veyancine recording and nctarial fees at the coat
OF the purchaser Terms OF sale to be complied with
within ten days from day of sale. otherwise the
trustees the right o. resell the property ct the
risk and cost Of the defaulting purchaser.
coNsTANTISE Il. %ILLIAMsoN.i Trussssa
N.2-d&ia
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JuLfUs A. MAEDfI.. 4ls 9Th IT. NV.
EDWARD II. THOMAS. el6 ct NV.
iy11-dkds TrusteeA
1'RUsTEEs' SALE OF VALUABLE RIAL rs
l. TATE Is 1HE COUNTY OF WASHINGTON

Under and By virtue OF certain deed OF trust dated
january 20. 1879. aud recorded in Iiber No. e5.
folio 3O7 ct seq q the land records of the Dis
trct Of Columbia and at the request % the holder OF
the note secured thereby Will sell at public auc-
JULY NlNfTEENTH. 1898. st FIVE O'CLOCK p.
No n Z and X recording 70 q Tsiers. snrvs, o "a
the town OF Lincoln, situated in the county Of wssh.
ington District OF Columbia, being part of the Sheriff
estate said lots being section four 90 recording %
A. G. Tsber's survey Of the town.
Terms Of sale: OneIhird OF the purchxse money in
cash. balance in two equal installments one and
two years. with interest At the rstesof per cent
UNI, payable semi ually 10 he secured by
the notes Of the purchaser aud deed of trust the
preniss sold AL convevancins and recordine q
AZ the time OF sale II the terms Of sale
Piled with in ten 100 days from the day Of sale the
trustees the eht 70 resell ID the risk and cost
Of the desaulting purchas~r
JAMES T. WAUGH Trustee.
JAMES CLEAR Trustee.
WALTER b. WILLIAMS CO., Auctione~ra Sc
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WILLIAM II. SHOLES,
4l0 9Th St NV.
JULIUS A. MAEDEL, Irusteee
ivlO-dEda AlA 9Th st n W

TINTED STATES MARsHAL'S sALE-BY
" virtue of three 81 wrts Of er fscas issued ont Of
the cleri, oce of the supreme Court Of the District
OF Columbia and to directed will sell At public
sale for cash. at 1908 street northw, ST. city Of
washington District OF Columbia, on THURSDAY.
the TWENTIETH DAY OF JULY, 1893 at ONE
O'CLOCK P. NJ. the following described property to
wit: Ladies' gents. misses. boys girls and infants
Russia. goat, Newport ties Congress- Oxford lace &c
&c. settees. water cooler lot of shelving coun-
as the property Of Abraham i. strasburger and will
he snld satisfy executions numbered S44iq 3i4S1
and BIAS. i'll favor Of Samuel Cohen. Herman Adler
and BENJAMIN j. Cohen, trading the Cohen and
Adler Shoe Company: Isaac Steinem and Amanue
Steinen. trading Steinen Brothers. aud Joseph A.
Goldstein, trading as Rich h Co., respectively.
DANIEL NJ. RANSDELL. q. s. Marshall Do
RATCLIFFE. DARR q CO.. Auctiopeers.
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FTEN IT Is THE
thing which We Sc g
most of that We know
least Of, and usually it
is that which we think
we know most of that
We know the least Thus
it Is with bread a theme
that interests human
kind three times a day
OF better, and reaches
from the janipha groves
OF Africa and the barley
beds Of Scotland to the
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- ATCLlfFE. DARK a co, Aucfoneers.
Al 42D Peupsylyania ava m -
TRUSTEES SALE OF VERY DESIRABLE TWO
STORY AND BASEMENT PRFSSED RRICK

TRUSTEES SALE OF VERY DESIRABLE TWO
STORY AND BASEMENT PRESSED BRICK
FRONT DWELLING HOUSE No. OIL MASS
AVE. NE. By AUCTION.
By virtue e deed Of trust given to us aud duly
the land records of the District Of Columbia and at
she request 81 The party secured thereby the under
the premises. on WEDNESDAY. TIE NIKE
hhLfPhsP PA f1vP oeL6ck NJ D. the .s fsilOs at
ing discribed land ami premises, situate in the
city Of Washington. District q Coiumbis. and
Designated as and being all OF lot numbered forty
nine 4a, in n o. Williams and others .ubdivision
OF LOIS In squares numbered eieht hundred and sixty
siI ts66 as said subdivision is recorded IN book 3D.
iolo ia. Of the records Of the surveyors once
OF the District Of Columbia. together with the i'm
proyements &c, subject to two deeds of trust
corded In lioer 1J45 folio 414 and 1ber lb45 folio
4S respectively the land records Of the District Of
stated at the time of sale
Terms; The purchase money over and above the
trusts mentioned above to be paid cash Of which
sum two hundred e2O0) dollars must be raid q de-
post at the time Of sale Terms TO be complied with
IN htteen DAYS from ,the day Of sale. otherwise the
trustees the right to resell the 1t the
risk and cost Of the defaultins purchaser. All con-
CLARENCE A BRANDENBURG.i rr,.....
ADoLPH A. HoEHLING. Jr..
tyT-dGds
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NiA1SG THE DOUGH-
II is q circular bin about eight feet in dame
ter and the mixing is accomplished by hhr-
row-like weapon that swings around the circle.
When occasion suggests divers brands OF flour
are b!eaded. n Tea ard tobacco men would say,
To produce desired result As a rule. though,
only straight flour is used. Ii is pleasing to
watch the great steel comb whirl round and its
teeth plough up AID rake down the bed of
wheaton dust
FROM the mixer it passes through steel
sieveS These are cylindrical in form and per
IOrin thelr task by revolution. This was once a
tedious hand process
MIXING AND KSEADING.
FROM the sitting cylinders the powder passes
INTO receivers and then rolls through shute
mo The dough hoppers located on the floor
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The Bright Side.
From Truth.

Bobby-"Mamma. I've just heard some thing
think you ought to know. Sister Nellie has
eloped with the coachman.'
Mamma (calmly)-"Let this teach you. dear
how inscrutable are the ways Of divine Provi-
dence. However great misfortune, let US
ever be thankful things are no worse. Why, it
might have been the cook that ran awayv