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MINES AND ElNiNa.

IN the Laclzawanna coal mines the
average monthly boring is over 5000
feet.
THE deepest gold mines in Australia
are the Magttala, at Stawell, 2,400 feet,
and Lansell's, ct Sandhurst, 2,G40
SINCE 1867 there have been exported
from Cape Colony 5O,oOo,0oo carats of
diamonds, approaching a tosal value of
$3.50, 0O0, 00a
A LONDON inventor has projected o
vast alter scheme to enable the gold
deposits in the interior of western
Australia to be worked with advantage
this by means of.artcsian well water.
TWENTY miles from Newcastle,
Northumberland county, n. b., de-
post of natural paint (96 per cent. OK
ide of irony has been discovered, and
so pure that it does not need refining
or even manufacture, since it is ready
for mixing with oil ia the proportion
of two pounds of paint to a gallon of
oil
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CAUGHT en- THE TIDES.

GREAT BRITAIN has 2,S93 registered
pilots.
THE first iron steamship was built in
Great Britain in 1913.
The latest ocean steamship sugges-
ton is submarine trolley.
IN 1912 the whale fishing was begun
by vessels from Nantucket.
THE Dead sea loses every day by
evaporation several million tons of
water.
LLoYD's reports ,o0s vessels lost in
1892, of which 249 were British and 1876
American.
VESSELS salute each other at sea by
dipping their colors over the taffrail
in the ships wake.
OF the 1859 vessels using the Suez
canal in 1892, 2,5s1 were British
France fell from second to third place
in the list, with 194. Germany follows
England, and only 292 ships of that ma
ton passed through the canal. Two
American vessels used it.
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WITH THE SPORTS.

GAME is plentiful in Maine this sea-
son, especially deer and bear.
In a cricket match recently Mr..
Sprout, of Liverpool, bowled nine balls,
and with the last eight of them took
eight wickcts.
EDIroR W. r. HEARST, of the San
Francisco Examiner. has sold his swift
steam yacht Valnoose. which has
beaten nearly all the boats that sail in
New York waters. The price received
is said to be So, 800, about one-third of
what the yacht cost three years ago.
LORD HARRIS, the present governor
Of Bombay, is better known by his tri-
umphs in the cricket field as captain of
the Kent county eleven than as a
statesman lie has had considerable
experience in public life, however, and
is said to be man of marked capacity,
He is a direct descendant of the famous
Canning
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UP AND DOWN TIE SCALE.

PRFycE DIsaAEx expressed regret the
other day that he had not kept up his
pianofoTte practice, Sld said that he
thought that persons having talent for
music should cultivateit assiduouslg
MAUD POWELL, the vielinist, has spf-
fcred for her art. at the tender age Of
eight she used to coHsa homo from
school because the village boys guved
her as the girl that played the fiddle. =
Da. LTMAx Amor has just issued a
new hymn book, upon which he has
been az work for three years. The
work contains SIX hundred and forty
hymns and VIII be used BY Plymouth
church.
ENn PACE. See neTv leAder 81 the.
Boston Symphony Drehestra, IS tall
slender man Of agreeable manner.
knows very iiffle Isa-lssh. heE Is
lznoEylcfge q alTsic Is up % TIE ns,lsiz
that DOESN'T matter.
Muse dealers say that Harris. The
composer OF sAster the BAN VIII
naasse over 60, ags ont OF lis ssag. lie
Pghiis1egi Il himself, at a cost o. cents
Z copy ard makes 70 ceats clear on
sTeyg copy sold to music dealers.
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TIE Embellishments rach}neB are
to be abolished on Parisiea boule-
wards. the project OF police Having de-
cided that they can be set up only in
railway stations or similar places
where some one win be responsible Tor
their being kept IN order.
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CHURCHES.

CHRISTIAN. Regular services. each alter.
- nate sunday at II IA. IN. and p. Sun
day school every sunday az 10 a. IN. Pray
crmeeting "Wednesday $50 y. IN.
J.C. IRWIN, Pastor.
METHODIST Observation-Disclosures
IVA Sunday at IL 200 a. m. and 80 p. ia. sun
day school every sunday at 10 "a. IN. Prayer
meetfnA every Thursday evening at go.
Strangers invited. j. NJ. ARCHER, Pastor.
DREsBYTERIAN.--S ELECTROMAGNETIC AT
y IL a. M. and go p. N. sunday School AT
10 n. m.
CATHOLIC CHURCH Services once every
~ month In the Gobielle building on North
Main Street. REV. o. HARA, Pastor.
HERMAN BAPTIST BRETHREN-Ho ldreg,
" ular services at Mingona, Barber county
the second and fourth sundays in each month
At Forrest school house on the second Sunday
Cedar Creek school house on the third Sunday
by Elders Shamberger. Smith and aeher
CT. MARKS MIsSION-Sunday school al
- $3.50 O'Clock on every Sunday afternoon, in
tho G.. A.. II. hall. Children please come.
DAPTIST.-Preachin stand Srd Sunday II
LA. m aud at 500 p, every Sunday. Sunday
school at 10 o'clock, a. m. Prayer meetinG
"Wednesday evening of each week. Rev. W. A
Cain, Pastor. Residence on Cor. Lincoln Ave.
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LIGHTS OF LITERATURE.

PAUL BoURGET, the French novelist.
and his wife, are in Newport
PROF. KARI. LUDWIG PETER. who died
in Jena, Germany, a few days ago,
was one CT the best authorities in the
Fatherland on Roman history, which
he made his speciality.
Miss JEAN INeELow, the poetess, is
sixtythree years old and lives quietly
in South Kensington, Eng. She is still
hard worker, believing that perse-
verance makes the better part OF
genius.
ToLsToI hopes to live long enough to
complete one more novel. which viii
be NAMED God in the Man, and will
deal with society under present cen
ditions. The literary gossips say that
It win be very socialistie and coinnun-
:stic in its syInDathies.
IS Holland woman IS a secondary
consideration a poor coAsidcra-
ton at that. so. Huteh gentleInan
when walking on The sidewalk Will
move out OF HIS way for lady ,Ihe
latter turns ont INVARIABLY. however
muddy or dangerous t3estlect.
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they can drink. and e,ccess1ve urr1i7s.
makes them absorb about sixty pounds
of the fluid. This the purchaser buys
as beef. as the animals are sold by
weight
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VIZ nwh ..2s 33l9 H.
VIZ ne. nes nwx - 50 70 = -
sell ,...-.-i;55 % 10 = -
HAzELToN TowNsHIp.


al Of SCI lying So OF
Southern kansas Il u. ex-
cept lot c. fvei1;isiis x feet
GA 10 8 ~
Commencing NV cor sell e GJ
rods ieess rods " CO rods
fJ6ss roaS 10 beginning
.. -. 1874 10 s 02
Beginning 1T sw corner OF s
end of 4th stextending cast
of and 8 frcIa the isGropesa
hotel in liSzel.on city 10 u
line OF said sec thence W -
rods S 20 reds e III rods II 40
rolls TO plce Of beg less Rof
Wfor taxof 1891 153i - Is 30
Lots 3 and ( CT sw
............ ..3i34I3 g 50
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Delinquent Tax List
STATE OF KANSAS. !
BARBER COUNTY. II


BARBER COUNTY. IS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. that or. to-yis:
II the Fourth Monday OF October A. D. 1888,
and the EeXt succeeding days. will sell at Pubic
Auction, at my Office, in the Courthouse. IN Medi-
cine Ledge for taxes and charges thereon. Ter the
year 49, aid previous years. 50 mich of each OF
the following described tracts of land or town lots.
situated IN Tie county of Barber. State of kansas
as may be necessary fer that purpose. to-wlt:
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state omcers.
Barber County omcers.
PHYSICIANS IN MEDICINE LODGE.

9 K0CIELL,
homeopathic PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
OGice on Kansas Avenue, next to Index Office.
MEDICINE LODGE, KANGAs.
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phases of life are subdued and the higher
qualities of friendship and love obtain
on the yielding of human suffering and
the restoration of health, strength and
contentmcnt. The following is calcu-
lated to assuage human passion and be-
get elevated thoughts and actions. II
S. Cate, merchant. North Oel-laa,l, Pa.
writes: Please SEND SIX bottles CT DR..
Fenner's Kidney and Bacl1acLc Cure to
Samuel Cate, Amesburg, Mass. It is
for my mother who would be glad to
give you strong recommendation of
this medicine, as she thinks 1t has pro-
lcEged her lie" 1t is equally good in
all kidney diseases, female complaints,
blood and skin diseases, etc. If salts
faction net given money refunded. Take
kclne Z bottle today.
f'or Saie by Dr. J z. Earr.
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SOCIETIES.

QUALITY TEMPLE, No. %, Pythian Sisters,
~ meet regular every End ind 4th Thursday
evenings. All members requested to attend.
Mrs. MAMIE o BRYAN, NJ. T.. c.
Mrs. A. d. CREWS NJ. K. and G.
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aipans TahuleS cure hilimisnass.
Rip;l2s Tabules standard remedy
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4 a. +. a A. NJ, Delta Lodge No. -
IN Regular communications, first and
" ~ third Saturday evenings in each
!" month. All afhliating aud non-afiili-
ating masons In good standing, cordially in
Vited to attend II. A. BURNETT, w. NJ.
I.W. STOUT. Secretary.
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T D. KARR, Ii. D.
MEDICINE LODGE, KANS.

OFrICE-In Karr's drug store, Wood s. VIM
cont building. All calls promptly filed. Tar
ucular attention given to Obstetrics and 's-
Gases peculiar to woman.
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CYPRUS CHAPTER No. CO, II. A. NJ, meets
in Masonic Hall every "a and 4th Thursday
Visiting brethren cordially invited.
CHESTER /. Long, Fl. p.
T. B PECK Scc'y.
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TURKEY CREEK rwP.

,..t-. ---..--...'5l - 10 IL -
net s1s u4 ses Eex scs
.s y - Is aSa
sh3 nei WI SCI ....~S s0f5 7s5
LAKE, CTsp{r tt-k -
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n u q LORRAINE CHAPTER, No. 80.
W. LA Du Regular Communications, first
and third Monday eveningsi in each month.
MRS. FRANCIS ELLIS, W. NJ.
HAENIE V .o'BRYAE, Sec.
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q " LOREN EDWARDS CAMP No, I52
u Y :. OF V, meets on lst and 81 Satur
day evenings of each month. in their hail on
North Main street.
J, y. ROMG, Commander.
j. Ii. WILLIAMS, Adjutant
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DELPHIA LODGE, No. 40, X. Of T., meets on
Monday evening Of each week, Al the *. of =.
hall Visiting Knights in good standing invi-
ted to attend. RoBT. MOUEsEY, &. &.
+. W. LoNu, X. of Il. Il 5.
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G. A. r ELD IRE 9o POST No IN ~ meets
otthe court house in Medicine Lodge, at p. M.
All comrades cordially invited.
l.. Il. WILLIAMS, Post Commander.
JONI ". UPPERMAN, Adjutaut.
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A. o. u W. E Ess!: "a L sSd ii. &? Friday iS
night. Il. ". BYERLEY, NJ. W.
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NAOMI No.G7, REBECCA DEGREE, T. O.O.F.
Meets the I'd aud4th Wed. nights, each month.
Mrs. Il NJ. ALLEN, n. q,
Mts. AUG. SCMJDT, Secy.
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trees. The grave is under a willow that
shades an open space. 1t il the only
willow in the neighborhood. Once
every year since the war a man and "A
woman have come from the north 10 dec
crate this lone grave. At first the
woman, bright eyed and springy of step.
was exceedingly handsome, but latterly
time had ceased to be playful with her.
The man was sturdy and of sober mien
He looked as if his life had always
held a secret suffering. This man and
this woman have rather unique his
tory.
AT the time of the breaking ont Of the
war John and Henry Archer, brothers
SO nearly alike that they were often
taken for twins, lives IN Lake county,
Ills. John was engaged to marry Tres
Pryor, and the day for the wedding was
appointed, but before the time came q
drum beat, and sturdy young fellows
mustered on the grass.
1t was evening and Tress Pryor was
standing on the veranda. John rode up.
sprang off hi. horse and with new ac-
cent in his manner-a peculiar bearing
came up the walk.
"Tress," he said, "did you see the men
marching"
yes"
DO you know what il means:"
They say it means war;" she an
swered.
1T means more than that, Tress. Il
means that you are 10 marry a hero"
Il don't know that understand You. +"
He laughed. Are You so dull, little
sweetheart? II means that i am going
TO the war"
1T means nothing Of the sort" some
one exclaimed, and John, wheeling
about, saw his brother Henry standing
near.
Whats the trouble with You, Henry"
There's no trouble with me. / am
simply sensible, and you must not be
foolish" He pointed to the girl. ''lhere
is your present duty. am going to the
war. You are going to stay here, aud
after awhile if we need you will send
for you"
well, now, this is pretty come of, ;"
John declared. "You would make q
hero of yourself and drudge Of me.
You are not engaged to be married and
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northwest. but ON time every year he
would get off the train ut the milk sta
lion near Tress' home.
One time when he came she said 10
him:
1T doesn't look right to drag you
away from your business every year.
Ny time. you know. doesn't amount Ia
anything"
Mine doesn't amount to so very
much" he answered.; land besides IL is n
great pleasure To go there"
Eyes. !: is. But tell me, Henry. why
Is il You have never married.
"Oh, | don't know Because there
have been so many divorces, l suppose. F"
That's queer reason. But IL isn't
the reason, and you know it," she added.
looking him full in the eye.
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TIE WiFe's IDEAL.
o. D. seldom Pound. hut the second Best
l. Not To- B- D--pi..d.

o. L. seldom, Pound. but TIA. second BEST
l. Not q" B- D--pi..d.
A witty and obs, rvant Frenchnar
once said that "a woman would forgive &
husband who beat her IL he prefaced ia,
performance by presenting her with q
bouquet. Amelie Rives speaks of som,
one giving the hopeless and helples,
sigh of one who feels that she could
make better love than her lover"
II is. 10 say the least. unfortunate tina,
the sex which - peculiarly appreciate;
certain qualities should be- the only one
broadly Speaking, 10 possess them. Con
siderdtion IN little things. delicate per.
Ceptiuns. quick intuitions-these are OF
vital Importance to woman's highest
happiness, AMI they are the very thing
which. whatever else NAV come 10 her.
she is certain never To have and to hold.
But the second bests of life are not
Ia bc d"spiscd. No one has what IA,
most wishes for, and they can be still
happy AMI in "a great measure contented
who receive something a good deal lower
than their ideal. and woman in the alb
stract. who Is by nature most imperative
and critical IN her demands. has also had
pre-eminrntly bestowed upon her. ac-
cor,ling 10 the divine law of equation,
that faculty Of making the best of cir.
cumstances. Or. Holmes expresses his
plying wonder over an obvious truth.
There j. nothing short of gorilla which
good and pretty woman cannot take
and make a husband out of
The husband she wants, then. is con-
siderate and thoughtful. He remembers
her little aches and pains, and. in the
quaint southern phrase, "muches" her.
That is her day dream. What she alb
solutely requires is that he should he
manly, not petty or effeminate, not
given 10 gossip and WEAKNESSES that we
sorrowfully admit belong by right or
wrong % the weaker vessel
He should be truthful-at least mod.
erately truthful lie should take her
into his confidence and tell her what he
is doing ia his business and why and
what. IL Is not easy To- forgive him who
causes one modification; 80 according 10
his means he should be Just if not gen
orOus, and never, never make her stoop
10 what Is painful beyond guessing by
his bigger, blunter senses-the asking
HIM tor money. Neither should that
bitter modification come through any
open neglect, nor uukiad, if thoughtless.
speech or conduct,
She l. not demanding too much who
require, all TINS. Sine is. if good wife,
as is prcsupposed, but calling for her
just due
She wants him 10 lee the soul of honor
To be kind and brave. and 10 respect re-
ligou aud so walk within its ways-to
be, IN short. not alone husband, but
tathcr-the model To whom she may point
those little fellows leaning upon her
knee and say 10 them, you know that
is right because your father does it, and
this is wrong because he would scorn
the very thought
Object lessons are the most potent
teaching How can mother work
without their and or in the face of them;
RUTH Hall.
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And for me-" she said.
Yes. He lay long time in the hos
pital, and we thought he was going &c
get well, bat a sudden change came, and
he died. He begged to be buried under
the tree where he fell, and we buried
HIM there"
But did he send no word to me!'
ooh, yes, he talked about you a great
deal He was brave, and If he had come
back you would have married hero"
And it was Henry Archer and Tress
Pryor who went every year to decorate
the grave under the willow. They be
came well known in the neighborhood,
and school children used to climb high
up the mountain side and get strange
flowers for them. Henry moved to the
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WE'VE TRIED THAT-NE AND MOTHER"
With rosesi roses, roses!-ev'rybody in the
town!
And crowds o. little girls in white, Jest fairly
loaded down.
Oh! don't the boys know it. from theyr camp
acrost the hill?
Don't they see theyr COM ards comm and the
old nag wavin stillg
oh. can't they hear the bugul and the rattle OF
the drum?
Amt they no way under heavens they can rio
kollect us some?
Amt they no way we can coax 'em through the
roses jest TO say
They know that ev'ry day on earth's theyI
Decoration day?
We've tried that-me and mother-whare Elias
takes his rest,
In the orcburd. in his uniform, and hands
sciost his brest,
And the flag he died fer smilin and a-ripplin
in the breeze
Above his grave. and over that robin in the
treesi
And yit it's lonesome, lonesome Sund'y
day TO me,
II pears like-morn any day nearly ever see
Still, with the stars and stripes above, a-iut-
term in the air.
On ev'ry soldiers grave ia love TO lay a lily
James Whitcomb Riley.
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may be painted ~ oils around the glass
entirely on it if the wall is paperei with
figured paper-but made TO reach over
on the wall if that is covered with car
fridge paper or is painted or plain. The
glass is fastened on aslant.
a simple device and one that every
person is capable Of carrying out is the
use of japanese fan whose sticks have
been cut OFT. II is tackled carelessly in
place, and behind il are several disks Of
gold and silver paper used for decora.
tive effect. A. /. w.
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The city council of Toronto will petit
ton the Ontario legislature to grant mu-
nicipal suffrage TO all women in Ontario.
Single women and widows have enjoyed
this right for some time. Do the men
who make laws abridging the property
and civil rights of wives ever reflect that
they are thus putting premium on sim
gle life for women
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the second "A collection of we'll WRITER
short stories. The latter has been pub
bshed in England
Miss Grim makes her home in New
York and IL at present engaged on Z
novel AMI play. Her stories have beer
enhanced by Kembles illustrations ant
her novel by Boards. The first man Of
letters q show appreciation Of Mis-
Crim's talent and TO give her encourage
ment was Joel Chandler Harris. Sh,
feels that she owes much TO the kind ant
sustaining friendship If Mr.. T.. c. Stead
man and treasures gratefully his es,i
mate of her abilities. In appearance sh,
is graceful and girlish. Her manner 1,
entirely simple and unaffected. Sho i,
quite young, and her future promises al
that her two literary godfathers hav,
predicted for her. MIL r. CoLoUITr.
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WIllyl oC5JClTSpuS

Tie Is a coal BLACK Jack. IsK hands high with
out shoes, heavy body and cod bcne.
He - ~ Bourbon Chlet, the finest JACK IN the
world sold ter 5000.
Bourbon Chief WIS sued by Redmoud's Her
cuIcs he by Imp Hercules, and his dam by Imp
Espattcro. Bourbon Chiefs dam was by Col
Leai's lTp Napoleon ID. 81 dam by Beuna Vista
81 dam by Imp. Casulian. Eeuna Vista WAS SIRED
by he great 'ompromise; he by Tpptosnoe; he
by Imp. Warrior, hich was aCk now, z ed the lie
jennet jack ever in Kentucky. Boutton Chef Is
40 hands inches high without shoes making him
the biggest jack In the world. lie - coal black
with mcaly nose, and for form. weight, style,
acton and app, arance he has no equal, lie serves
lernsts at szs the season or So to insure living
colt.
Tom Curtis Ist dam ty joe TheIps' bis jack and
her dam by Sam. helIs' jsok; I'D dam by Black
q
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At $40 to Insure q Living Colt.

Money due hen colt j. fUalsd. mare parted
~ith ~ bred a. another horse.
Second Jewel, ~ Cunning sbsm's JcSsi, he By
Washington Denmark
Jewels 1T dsm hv McponAd's Halccfn; 90
dan by Wei, Crusader
Ctstley's cam. Ro~sua Wthh Russell q, one "a
the hUstt ~aiking animals On csTth, haNirE net
and dstssud all the srask ~alsfs q C.utral
Kennedy including stations and gsidings she
Sumptcr Denmark, ~ CsiNss' Denmark SC %
dan the Iomytin, mare
Bright hay, hte feet ~ hands and ustutai
saddle horse. We ~til atfsnt him 20 b. a breed.
~ % safdicFS
COOK kINNEDY.
Ro~latd ky
, Coos. y u kHSNEuY
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Two Decorative Hints.

A bad place in a wall or wall paper,
situated where n picture cannot be made
TO cover it, is hard 10 dispose of. over
such spot a piece Of looking glass may
be placed, fastened by the corners with
double tacks such as are used to put
down mating. a decoration Of flowers
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T THE base a
"A mountain spun
III northern Ar
kansas is a grave.
There Is an air q.
subdued romance
about the place.
an indescnbablt
something tha,
breathes a hal
lowed sadness
4 ne country II tl
old but { h in
settlement. III
the narrow val
leys the ferns are
rank, and ON the
hillsides below
cred vines cling
Al 4
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A POPULAR NOVELIST.
Miss Matt Grim HAS Had an Interesting
Literary Career.

f<iferatN hfeeF.
Miss Matt Grim. the popular young
southern novelist. was born in Louisi.
ana. but has spent most of her life in
Georgia She was educated at home en-.
tirely and knows nothing of the ordinary
schoolgirl life. Her earliest stories wer,
printed in The Sunny South. an Atlanta
weekly. and i'm the Savannah News
Her first story To appear in The Century
was AN Cnfortunit Creetur." n sketch
Of power and pa,hos Since then many
stories from her pen have been printed
in that magazine, and Harpers and Tn,
Independent have also published stories
of hers.
Her books are the The Adventures of
a Fair Rebel" and I'm Beaver Cove and
Elsewhere'-the first complete novel,