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The Globe-republican., 1893-03-31

, in the bureau drawer at home lay q
thin three-cent piece. a copper Cana
dian coin. and two shining yellow
cents As regarded this small hoard, a
Bermuda lily was about as unattain-
able as the crown jewels of England.
An exceeding bitter sigh welled up
from the child's heart, and she twisted
uneasily in her chair.
The slight change in her position
brought her into shaft Of ruby light,
which fell from the stained-glass win
dow upon her slender ungloved hands
At sight of the rudy glow she started.
and an expression of pain fitted across
her face. It reminded her of the scar
let flowers clasped in little Alice's
hands Soon she would carry the little
geranium to mark the tiny nameless
grave.
But with the thought was linked an
other. Should not this precious plant
be offered instead as her Easter sacri-
fee? She turned little pale and drew
in quick breath. Could this Offering
be required of her? 1t had been her
one comfort in those days of loneliness
and longing to think that soon the
sturdy plant would stand as visible
link between herself and the baby Sis
ter in the unseen world.
II can't rob Alice. Besides, they
wouldn't want it anyway, among their
lilies" With this thought she COM
forted herself, but not for long. ''She
loved to hear about the class" came
the second thought Alice would have
wanted me to give it She doesn't need
it now"
The class was rising for the closing
hymn, and jamie slipped from her seat
with the rest A solemn triumph IL
Illuminated the earnest face. whereat
Miss Eaton wondered
bid it good-by," and jamie held up
the blooming geranium for her mother
to take q parting look. Her lips quiv-
! cred and her eyes filled with tearA
You think it right that should give
it?" she whispered, tremulously.
"Yes, dear. God bless the sacrifice
to you, my darling!" and Mrs. Turner.
holding the lamp high to light the
stairs, watched jamie ont of sight.
1t was Easter eve, and when jamie
passed from the mild darkness of the
night into the dimly-lighted church.
she found many . busy group already
absorbed in their labor of love. About
the font the gay girls Of her own class
were assembled. wreathing IT. marble
Wilderness with garlands Of white lilies
under Miss Eaton's direction.
jamie crept timidly up The beoad
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threadlike voice from the pillows, and
eager little hands were stretched
toward the flowers. Close beside her
they laid the plant, its scarlet glory
caressing the sunken cheek. And so
the child fell into the sound sleep
whose waking would be amid the
flowers of paradise.
from the room whose four walls had
encompassed its world, the little ger
anium stood denuded of its glory, and
give flowers every year. Last Easter it
was cross of white roses and ivy"
''Oh!" said jamie. and subsidized for a
time. docs each of the girls bring
some?' she asked. at length, after
some moments of deep thought.
''Of course-' answered the girl. in
cool surprise. 1T is the Faster gift.
Every scholar brings something"
At this moment Miss Eaton took her
place. and was instantly besieged by a
torrent of questions. Zone ut time,
girls" she protested, and order was re-
stored.
girls had explained their plan. 1T is a
good idea 1 think there will be no
trouble in gaining permission for you
to decorate the font But, girls. in Civ
ing these Easter flowers, hope you
will remember that they are not to be
bought with money begged of your par
ents, but are to represent some little
personal sacrifice-such, for instance.
rs bon-bons, theater tickets or gloves, !"
as, in glancing around the circle of
eager faces. her eyes fell upon Janie's
neighbor. still absorbed in her glove
buttons. $50 shall your Easter flow
ers be true gifts upon Gods altar
In her desire to impress the thought
of sacrifice upon these careless girls.
whose every wish was gratified, she
forgot the single exception-poor jamie,
sitting quietly in her corner, wonder
ing Il she alone in all this great Sum
day school must fail to make a gift to
her risen Lord
Miss Eaton found her strangely mat
tentive. giving stammering, blunder-
ing answers to all questions. Perceiv-
ing that something was amiss, she
gradually devoted herself to the rest of
the class. and succeeded in distracting
their curious scrutiny from jamie.
There is nothing can give-notA-
ing!" thought the poor little maid.
two scarlet white-eyed blossoms were
fading In the still clasped banda And
Miss Eaton. drawing jamie close to her
side - they took . last look 1t the
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THE FLOWERS EASTER MESSAGE

Fresh hope and cheer
BY symbol clear
The flowers bring US, year by year.
They bloom. they fall,
They slumber all;
The brown earth is their funeral pail;
But 10! some day
Along our way,
They live again, as sweet and gay;
For earth's dark tomb
But hid in gloom
The life that now doth newly bloom.
Oh! then repeat
Your message sweet,
Dear flowers, blooming at our feet;
And this new spring
Help us to fling
Aside our doubt and wondering;
To hope and trust
That all life must,
Like yours, be rescued from the dust
Emile Poulssor, in Wide Awake.
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EASTER KISSES.

They Called Forth . Courage and Endur-
ance Worthy Of . Better Cause.
An Englishman who has resided in
Russia as the director of some iron
works tells woeful story of his suf-
ferings at Easter, when the people
welcome the feast with the old Chris
tan custom of kissing each other.
For a week beforehand" he says,
they are busy boiling and painting
eggs, which they are to present to one
another with kiss. The moment the
clock strikes twelve, the privilege or
penance, as the case may be, COM
mences. Nobody then considers him
self insulted by the combined offer of
kiss and an egg.
I'm few cases, it may be confessed,
the trouble is a pleasure; but when it
comes, as it did with me, to long line
of several hundred workmen-mostly
engaged in charcoal burning, in the
stoking and poking of fires and
chimneys, and other deeds of darkness
the poetical and sentimental view of
the religious custom is completely shut
out, and supplanted by the intolerable
annoyance.
Zone may talk of the. Balaklava
charge, the storming of the Redan, and
such exploits. Think of the nerve that
was required to stand my ground
before a bearded and vodka-lov-
ing Mujil1. with cinders in his beard
and charcoal dust in the pores of his
skin, a man who had been breaking
calcined ore, perhaps, all night, and
looked like the doubtful progeny of an
African negro or a red Indian in his
war-paint
Think Ct my horror of suspense
while one after another a whole regi-
ment of such smutty objects shuf1ed
up to my place, each drawing a dusty
sleeve across his sooty mouth. each
diving to the DO tom of his pocket for
the painted egg, each taking OF his
hat and calling me down to the pun
ishment with the politest of bows, the
most respectful of grins; and when the
first had kissed me three hundred
times in the aggregate. to KIN ow that
another hundred had to come after
them!
Here was courage and endurance
W orthy of = better cause. But should
have done wrong to avoid the courtesy;
and very likely should have deeply Of
Tended the pc ople to whom it was often
the express ion of a long-cherished
feeling of gratitude for favors which
perhaps knew nothing of, or had long
ago forgotten. outh's Companion.
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Wanted Thorn Nice.

Little Dot-We is goin' to have pic
mic party at Dotty 'Dimple's mex week.
Will you make me lot of cakes an
things TO take?
Mamma-Certainly. my pet.
Little Dot-Mahe 'em real nice, cause
things always is mixed up on tn table
and l may get some myself.-Good
News.
The Globe-republican., 1893-03-31

of fine dust raised by the wheels of
tpassing drays, hung suspended in the
fneavy air. and added to the general
discomfort of those whom business
compelled to be abroad. Friends
greeted one another with groans and
comments upon the extraordinary heat
August was outdoing itself
The heated bricks burned JAMES,
feet through the broken soles of her
shabby shoes; the heavy basket, stored
with the 6ne needle work whereby her
mother kept want from her two chill
'dren, dragged painfully upon the slen-
der arm. From under the battered
straw hat a flushed and tired face
looked cut; but even WEAKNESS and
heat could not daunt the brave spirit
that looked out of the grave eyes.
Taking advantage of such slight shell
ter as was afforded by the dingy avn
.angs, the child plodded along.
NOn turning a corner, her face bright
ened into almost q smile The one
oasis in her tedious walk was in sight
only q florists little shop with the
sprinkled sidewalk before its door
banked with a wealth of bloom. Pots
of gay tasselled fuchsias were there;
ranks OF flaming geraniums; baskets of
crowding pansies, regal in purple and
gold; languid, heavy-headed roses; a
cloud OF soft-toned heliotrope. JAMES,
eyes expanded to take in all 'ais well
come sight this feast Of color. It was
to her limited experience like glimpse
: Of the glories of heaven-a joy unfail.
ing. To her childish imagination the
flowers nodded friendly greeting from
. out the odorous golden gloom cast BY
the sheltering awning. With . sigh Of
satisfaction. she loitered past, drinking
in the riches of odor and hue.
A heavy crash within the store. fol-
i lowed by the harsh tones Of an angry
proprietor, startled her. Al she shrank
timidly back. . clumsy Newfoundland
~sppy dAshed out Of the door, and
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Too Late for HIN.

Mira Naggs-The papers say new
laws are to be passed to make marriage
more difficult.
Mr.. Naggs-Huh: Why in creation
didn't they have 'em years aso:-N y
Weekly.
The Globe-republican., 1893-03-31

DE-. EDWARD EVERETT HALE has .
step so quick and q voice so vigorous
that not seeing him one would never
suspect that he was q white-haired man
overseventy years Of age.
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'.HAvE you tasted any during Lent
Jolliboy?'
mo, but I'll have TO fast after Lent
fancy, if l have TO pay for the Easter
bonnet my wife has her heart set on :"
N. Y. Press
The Globe-republican., 1893-03-31
t(sn DIT ..,tl!! :solf.
~se3Ssfh@-c'
"HNO o! HEWAs RlseN."

For He who raised the WIDOWS son.
And brought to blind Bartimeus sight.
The scourged and sorrow-stricken one
Lay dead within the night
No voice Of love from Bethany,
Where Martha wept and Mary prayed,
No anguish from GethsemaIe
Could vex where He was laid
But ere the early mornings glow
Broke o er the landscape dark and gray
The faithful women came, but 10!
The stone was rolled away
She watching angels in the dawn
Kept tryst beside the lowly bed,
But He, the man to sorrows born,
Had risen from the dead.
He gained, through suffering and pain,
The blissful rest Of Paradise,
And as He rose TO life again
So may our souls arise!
Our true ascension may not lie
Within the walls where anthems rise,
And earthly sense nay not descry
A mansion IN The skies;
No rock-bouDd tomb may hold our soul
Throughout the lingering midnight hours
The he2yC--bCrn clouds may not uprou
Mid scent OF Easter flowers,
But yet each soul can feel the thrill
The common story brings to ALI,
Ana eyes unused TO tears may fill
As they the tale recall
Awake, o souls! and feel the pulse
OF life and love throb in each vein,
Seek out the good, reject the false,
And strive new grace to gaini
The air with vital strength is rife,
And buoyant forces pulsing thrill
Impatient through our common life
Their mission to fulfill.
For far along an upland path
lie dazzling heights as yet untrod,
The fullest need Of generous earth
And sacred gifts from God.
These pledges wait fruition rare
From souls too closely wrapt about
With folds Of self and dark despair,
And walls of fear and doubt
Break now each bond of selfshness,
o hidden souls embodied deep
Within 4 gold-hued chrysalis,
The sheath OF careless sleep!
The Easter morn is risen fair
Across The rayless gloom Of night,
And every soul should claim its share
OF sweet eternal light
Helen " Packard in Springfield (Mass) Re.
publican.
The Globe-republican., 1893-03-31

That while 80 be dexterous in
danger Is . virtue" %. too, 70 be IN
adspt 1t fruit and flower raising il no
mean aoompliahmemt
The Globe-republican., 1893-03-31
a Whale In Battle.

Approaching whale at all times is
fike going into battle, Notwithstanding
the abandon of the fishermen. Have
no fear that the right whale will swal-
low you: he could not do so even if he
were SO disposed. as his gullet is only
large enough to admit a good-sized her
ring. The sperm whale could swallow
q man if he desired to do so; but he is
no more inclined to swallow man,
particularly with his clothes on. than
you would be to swallow a small bird
with its feathers. But he will crush
you in his ponderous jaws. if he is a
fighting bull. and eject you in detail.
He will also chew up and spit out
pieces OF the demolished boat, break I'D
the wooden utensils floating upon the
water, and fight every piece of wood
until more than seven baskets of frag o.
ments may be taken up; and having
tired himself out in this way, he will
lay off. angrily shaping the water
with his fins, and challenge some other
boats. or perhaps, in rare cases, attack
the vessel.-Century.
The Globe-republican., 1893-03-31
NO MORE KNOCKING DOWN.
The Old and the New Rotations of Con
ductOrs to the Railroads.

The Old and the New Relations of Con.
ductOrs to the Railroads.
Time was that 4 passenger conductor
on Il railroad running out of Philadel-
phia used to drive to the depot in fine
carriage. with driver in livery. when
ever he was going to take out his train
He returned a small fortune when he
was investigated. Those were the days
when conductors had chance to steal
the fares that were paid to them by
passengers who did not have tickets
Very many of them did steal. Sums as
great as seventy-five Thousand dollars
have been recovered from thieving con-
ductOrs. 1t is told of one of these
conductors that he once collected
a fare from n man who was one cent
short of the full amount. The passen-
ger made good the shortage in few
days and said to the conductor: Il
oppose you have turned in my fare and
now you will keep this penny?" The
conductor looked at him. ''Oh, no."
said he. Il pocketed the fare and am
going to turn this penny in to the COM
pany.
All this business is thing of the
past. To-day conductors get few
chances to profit unduly. Not only are
passengers obliged to have their tickets
punched at the depots in the principal
towns, but far closer watch than that
is kept upon the tickets. On the great
roads the numbers of the tickets sold
for each tram are charger against that
train. If a man buys ticket and car
ries it several days without using it.
that ticket is still charged against the
train it was sold for. If several tickets
thus charged are not turned in. the
company looks into the case. If con-
ductor should take tickets, as used to
be done. and turn them in to friendly
agent, unpunched, to be sold again,
his accounts would not agree with the
station agents or the general passenger
agents records, and he would be called
upon to explain tie irregularity. AL
most the only chance dishonest con-
ductor has to nip" fare now is when
a man at flag station has not been
able to buy ticket. The conductor
is pretty certain to give him rebate
check, because stray passenger may
be spotter.-N. Y. Sun.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1893-09-06
SzTUKA POLSKA.
(Dokohczenie)

Przede wszystkiem, opr6cz pienie4nych, najwaaniejsza trudno-
Sofa bylo porozumienies sic srtyst6w rozrzuoonych nietylko " trzech
dzielnicach Poski, ale Pc r64nych krajacb. A gdze poczta beg
ceremonI lbty otwiers, tam ME moana znoie sic - droga. Co gor-
sza, Re nawet W samej Warszawie porozumienie trudne, DO lczniej
sre 1gromsdrenia bez pozwolenia udzialu polioyi wprot zabronio-
ne, q nawet juA pogawedka trzech przyjaciok, ME podoba sic
wl,dzy, sciaga podejrzenie o spisek, a ztsd grozbe aresztu, Eedztwa
it'd
w obec takoh stosunk6w. ten tylko naleAycie zdolny oceuic
czyn artyst6w, ko ma ME patrzal sam, albo sam to jarzmo dzwigal.
Przedmiot z kt6rym was choialem bliaej zapoznac, tax Jest bo-
gaty, a tax scisle poaczony z wielu niby postronnemi poz0rnie
~odrebnemi sprawsmi, il mnostwo r64norodnych uwag, gwatem ci
snie sic pod pi6ro. Sam musialem tzymac sic ma woody 90 chwi-
Ia siebie do porzadku przyzywac, ably m6wi6 o tenn tylko 90 nieo-
dzowne. q ME zbaczae zbyt daeko na manowce " tym labiryncie
powklsnych dzej6w ME zgubic gi6wnego wstku.
Wreszcie kohcze wyraAeniem nadziei, Ae w-stawa kolumbij.
ska ME zostanie boz pewnego naczeuia Ola sztuki pokiej " przy-
szloki.
Dotychcuas " tym knju znane byH nieoo bEAej dopiero diva
trzeciorzedne imiona: Kowalski i Chelmihski (kt6rego odr64ni6 ma.
Lefty cd Chelmohskiego); dzs jednak moaemy sic spodziews6 ma
wiazania szerszych stosunk6w. Ulatwia to nczne no swiecie rozrzu.
cone kolonie srtyst6w polskich, przedewszyskism " Momentum,
Paryau, we Wloszech, . nawet w WiedDiu Berlnis. q tych mic
dzynarodowych rynk6w sztuki, jut polskie produkcye coraz vie
Gel zaczynajs sic po swiecie ~rozchodzc. Ale niezaeznie cd tego,
Iczni turysci Z Ameryki msja dobra sposobnos6 osobiscie zwiedza6
pracownie artystow, ohocby tylko przez ciekawoi6. Znajac wrodzo
ns Polskowi cnote goscinuosci, moge sapewnic, il kaady tam Z
otwsrtemi rekoma bedZie Przyjey, a obywatsl. wolnego kraiu tenn
bsrdziej ma to hcxyc moze.
BItszy stosunek bylby tn zreszta bardzo naturally. Oba to
narody, choS oceanem rozdzielone nier6wno szczeaiwe, zbli4aja
sic jednak wsp6lnoscis idei 1 oel6w, aimigracya ~poskiego ludu, IA
pewne ter ME bez znaczenia. Ale naturslne wezly iaczniki,
wzmacnia jeszcze wspomnienie wspolnie wylanej M oltarzu wolno
Sci, krwi o6arnej Pulawskiego i Kosciuszki.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1893-09-06

Przyp. sutora. Przeznaczaiac to prace Ola Amerykan6w i
og6leInie Polak6w, uwataiem "a wiasciwe q nswet konieczne uni
kae nazw i dat oraz fskt6w mniejszego znaczenia, e.arsiac sic na
touiast o zaznsjomienie siucbacza raczej re stosunkami kraju, ktor
zreszta SLIME warunkuja byt i rozwoj sztuki polskiej. To nave
uwaaalem "a obowiszek Polaka, ktory wnien z katdej sPosobnosc
korrystac, ably przypomniec swiatu pOiOaenie nieszczesiwej Ojczy
zny. TAX to zdanie pojslem, a cry susznie, czy nakoniec umialen
mu choe W czesci sprostac - ME do mne sad nalety.
q takiego ter zaio4enia wychodzac, uznsiem "a Po1yteczne
nacskiem to niekiedy kilkakrotnie przypominae niektore momen
ty Tub okoicznosci, a ola slniejszego utrwslenia ich W umysle su
chacza. Rzecz prosta, taxa metoda bylaby mote mniej ~wiasciua
gdyby tn sziO o czytelnika lub siuchacza znsjscego to stosunki.
Pisslem pospiesznie W Chicsgo, Ill. Z. S. A. " Sierpniu 1893
u.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1893-09-06

Spewajsc znosi niewozasy blizny,
Pelen odwaRi ma swej wsparty bronl,
Nuc, mech odgios milosnego pienha
Luba kochanke " mel ojczYEie goni,
Do niej, siswy data me msrzenis.
Tlum.z francuSkiego przsz hr. J, Wielopelsks,
- Mole opowiadanie szsnowny p~rzyjscielu, krotES zsiste be-
die, DO mlody jestem, malo dotad doswiadczyIem nieszczeSc po-
myslnoscil Urodzony " domu znakomitym, pelegnowany jake je-
dyny Potomek Staroaytnego rodu, odbyiem zsw6d skAdemicki po-
drot "a granicss bez Aadnego szczegolnego zdarzenis, oprocz strAty
SsdEiwego OLGA, ktorego SHY wiekiem pracs W zEwoGzie wojsko-
wynn StsrgAne, ledwie mu dozwolly lat lyle doty6, 70 syna jua do
kohozone widzal wychowHniel Nssze odwieczne sedlisko jest
Wielkopolska; dostaismy sic pod pruskie panowsnie 7rzsz utwo-
rzenie Wielkiego KsisStwa PoznahSkiego, pistej oEesci tego made
go Wsrszswskiego ksestws, kt6re haktst wiedehski tax drobno-
Stkowo pOdzielR, 10 mimo nsdAnis tytulu kE6lestwa wislszsj onsgo
ozesc, innym naSzym grabiezcom spore cd niego oderwsne podo
stswsiy sic zemiel Pomimo rzsdu systematyoznego ! dosy6 Asgo-
dnego Z obywatelami o~bcbodzenia sic wsp6lziOmkowie moi, odda-
jFo sPrswiedliwos6 p~ruskiemu rzSdowi "a jego usiloWsnia " celu
uleczenia ran przez poprzednis nisszczescia kleski zadanych, ME-
zaPominsjs jednsk nigdy, ze Polakami bye nieprzestsii, nigdzie
lyle neznajdziesz rozumowanego moralnego pstryotyzmu, jak W
tel Stsrozytnej zemi, ma ~ktorejLech pierwsze zslo4yl miasto, gdzis
nam cnouiwego PisSa sami sniolowie wskazaHI
kAtwo sobie moassz wystswi6, 70 cd lat dziecinnych bySem 3
nsrOdowN hstoryS z tegocEesnemi ojozyzny nieszozssciam ODE
znsnyi Msmks mois uSypiaaa mnie Spiewsjac zoskiewskiego, -
ma Pielgrzymie " Dobromilu uozylem sic sylsbizo~so, q uroozy
Micdewicz towsrzyszyl mi zawSzs W pozniejszych podr6aach. Ale
ognists mois wyObrszniA mlodoCsns niecisrpiwos6 poles mi ME
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1893-09-06
PoWstaniec LiteWski.
PowIESC
q czas6w rewolucyi W Polsce z 1881 1
-przez
PANZ4 T.....SK4.
Ciag dalszy)
RODZZIAk V.
DwaJ ~LeHwczykt.

TAX POlAk budzon w~Spomnieniem OjcEyznyI
Spiewajsc znosi niewozasy 1 blixny,
Pelen odwaRi ma swej wsparty broni,
Nuci, MECH odgios milosnego pienia
Luba kochanke " mel ojczYznie goni,
Do niej, / siawY data me msrzenis.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-08-15
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The new city directory, just issued,
is incomplete and gives general dissat-
isfaction.
a fight between two young men or
north Royal street last night caused
some excitement.
The two material trains which were
recently taken off the Midland road are
to be put on again.
The feast of the Assumption of the
Blessed Virgin Mary was observed to-
day in st. Mary's Church.
The repairs at Mt. Vernon, mention
of which was recently made in the GA
zETrE, are now in active progress.
The Washington Southern railroad
company will not sell reduced rate tick
cts for the Richmond convention.
Mark Craig, the little boy who has
been suffering from tetatus for the past
few days, is thought to be improving.
The business stringency throughout
the country has seriously affected the
railroad tie business throughout this
section.
The four-masted schooner Edwin r.
Hurt. from the Kennebec, has dis.
charged part of her cargo of ice at the
wharf OF Messrs; F. A. Reed & Co.
@ssrs. O'Neal & Lunt have sold for
Mr. Joseph Brcen a house and lot on
Gib5oa street, between Patrick and
Henry, to Mrs. Keithley for 81 300 cash.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-08-15

CHORAL NOTES.-THE first rehearsal
of the corner stone" chorus held at
Peabody school last evening, was
decided success. About sixty-five sing
ers were present. Thirteen new
names were added to the list making
grand total of 9S voices. The fact that
quite number of the city singers have
gone to the WORLDS Fair accounts for
the absenteeism. This however will
cease within the next two or three
weeks, when they will turn out in full
force, and prove most valuable adj
dition to the grand chorus" as well as
do Alexandria credit for her musical
talent. Mr.. Gambrill has received con-
gratulatory letters from the central
committee, commencing him for his en-
ergctic action in getting together so
many singers. Mr.. Gambrill desires to
extend these thanks and congratula-
tons to the members of the chorus for
their hearty cooperation and prompt
response to his invitations, and the
good will and interest manifested in
the success of the Alexandria division.
Mr.. Gambrill also desires to return
thanks to the School Board for the use
o! Peabody school. The room is ad-
mirably adapted to the purpose, being
large, airy and centrally located. The
rehearsalS will be held there every
Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Any
Singers who have not yet enlisted are
cordially invited.