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Middletown transcript., 1893-01-21

IL "nen she reached the room wher,
'ne ehildswas she found that death hat
crossed the threshold before her. ant
was standing at the cradle by which
the weeping mother knelt.
K He is almost genelnthe Door woman
soooed. Poor Bennief What will
mother do?"
Dofa put the rose in the child's
nand. He opened his eyes. and saw
the flower; and smile came over his
poor little face. gra yg -
Fretty posy,," he whispered, and
heid 1t against his cheek. lovingly.
And holding it there. fell asleep for.
ever.
Dora dressed the child for its burial,
ana laid the rose upon its breast, be-
tween he little folded hands. And all
night long she sat there, with the dead
oaoy and its mother, while outside the
snow fell, soft and white, making the
world beautiful for the New Year.
some friends came at daybreak to
stay in her place; and Dora went home.
ohe looked at the dead child before she
leit, and she saw that what had been
Dud yesterday, had opened into beau
THU, golden-hearted rose to-day. 1t
lay there on the babe's breast, pure as
!the snow out of doors, the snow that
made the world seem like bride in
white garments.
: 1t was growing dusky in the streets
on New Years afternoon, when she
heard swift impatient steps ON her
stairs. Her heart beat fast, she hardly
knew why. The footsteps stopped be-
fore her door. There was knock.
Come in, ,''she said breathing quick.
The door opened, and a man, enter
ing, stood there in the shadows.
l .sDora, be said, hopefully, softly,
questioningly. "Have found my rose
at last ?''
"Oh, John, Johnl'' she cried; and
then strong arms were around her, and
her happy tears were hidden on the
breast of the man she had been wait
ing for so long.
By-and-by he told her his story. He
had received her letter, and started at
once for home, bringing the money he
had earned in the years of his absence.
The ship he sailed in was wrecked, and
for months five Of the crew and him
self had livei upon a little mid-ocean
island, from which they were rescued
1t last, and brought that very week, to
New York.
but | am poor man, he said; my
money went to the bottom of the sea. -
"And am poor woman, /" she made
reply But am not poor after all.
have you, JOHN"
''And | am rich, too, for have you,"
be said, tpnderly; land you were what
WAS working to win. have hunted
'"r you for days, up and down this
,itat city; but you had slipped out of
'ight, and could not find any trace OF
7ou. This afternoon, not an hour ago,
went With minister, friend of
mine, tola house where; a child lay
lead, and on the dead body's bosom l
Jaw a rose; and l knew then that !
lad found you or some trace of you.
they told me where to come; and /
I'm here to wish you Happy New
Year. Dora, and to claim my New
Fears rose, the rose i have wanted to
blossom in my heart SO long,"
And the rose-bush in the window
whispered softly among its leaves, that
had done beautiful deed in bring
ng two true hearts together, and was
lad.
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Yabsley-Really, now, do you think
a pug dog has any brains?
Miss Laura know he has. just
look at Carlo. Some wicked boys car
ried the poor little fellow five bio ks
away from home and left him, and he
found his way back to us in less than
two hours.
Middletown transcript., 1893-01-21

A lady accords to Salvation Oil the
first place for the cure Of rheumatism.
Mrs. w. F. Mathews. AIT Church
street. LYnchburg, Va, recently
wrote: 5"My little girls limb was
drawn terribly from rhematism, but
after only two applications of the Oil
she ran about as usual. It is the
greatest Oil in the world believe for
Middletown transcript., 1893-01-21

From an experience of several years
be knows whereof he speaks. Mr..
Chas. G. Jack, Kansas City, Mo-,
says: 1--WE have used DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup for several years and find
1t to be as good as represented to the
public. We recomend it as sure cure
for bad cough or cold. We keep a
bottle of it in our house all the time
for fear of a cold, which a person ma y
caich at any time.
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Van Tree-My ancestors built the
first brick house in the State of Maine.
Van Free-I would not tell people
that if were you.
Van Why not?
Van Free-They'll say your ances-
tors carried the hod.
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To-Day

Hoods Sarsaparilla stands at the head
in the medicine world, admired in
prosperity and envied in merit by
thousands of would-be competitors
1t has larger sale than any other
medicine. Such success could not be
won without positive merit.
Hoods Pills cure constipation by
restoring the peristalic &C ion of the
aIimentary canal. They are the best
family catharti;.
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Florence Miss Howard must
be very popular. She said she had
three proposals in one evening""
Bertha-..That's just one of her
tricks. Ill bet that it was that stut-
tering Tom Burton, and he always says
everything over three times. "-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
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There xas an old mar of Tobago
lived on rice, Cruel and sago," he had
headache so bad. After he used
bottle Of Salvation. Oil, he could eat
roast beef and plum pudding all right.
They say the winter advertisements
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sc1ssoR1NGs.

''Do, dear auntie. buy me some rasp-
berry cake.'' <tl.i l
"No, Fritz; am saving my money
for something betteI.''
but where can you lind anything
better?"-Fliengende Batter. !,
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stWhen did this incompatibility be-
gimp asked an Indian Judge of the
libellaht i'm divorce case. I'VE were
married on Friday and trouble began
on Saturday." was the reply.
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Young Mr.. Perkins ito little Dolly,
who has just been shown OF before
conpany)-"Well, don't you think I'm
nice. Dolly2"
Dolly Ito her mother is this
where tell the truth or where | act
polite, mamma2" 'Ae
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WIN. B. SHARP & co.
CAPITAL. s5OO.O0O.OO.
SURPLUS, sS5, ,OOO, ,OO ia-
Security Trust and Safe Deposit
Company, =
6l9 MARKET ST.. WILMINGTON. DEL.

MONEY UNEMPLOYED or waiting investment
can be made to earn you Interest If (ieposf.
ted with this company
INTEREST PAID on deposits Of money as fol.
lows: per cent on deposits payable on de- !.
mand, by check, same as banks; * per
cent on deposits payable after 10 davas,
notice 8 per cent on deposits payable after
10 days notice. special rates for large sums
TO remain tor q year or longer, IS - 3
SPECIAL ATTENTION given to the aecou uta OF
Ladies, also to those of Executors ADMIN ~ :
traitors, Trustees, Guardians and Receiyers.
The Company acts by authority of law A.
Executor. Adminissratsr, Guardian. Re.S
ceiver and Agent, and executes trusts Of
every description. f7l-- - -.
correspondence solicited and full in forma-
ton furnished concerning any bra nch Of
the Company's business. Satisfaction, 3 gfar.s 81
anteed. Send for pamphlet.
BENZ. NIELDs, JAS. B. oLARKsoN.
fresident. Treas Sac. ,..a5
q. Y, NsON. JNO. 8. ROSsELL,
fice Fresioent. Trust Ofncer. sFt
4enJamln Nleids, Jos. II. Chandler, n d
Henry C.Robinson, j. Davis Sisler. - =.
Tnlnp rinnkett. William N. Field,
James a. Hart, Charles e. Fritz.
Menry Z; Dure, Archibald A. Capelle,
Wms Z. bancroft. VIM. r. Brinckla
WIN. j. McClary, Samuel G.. Simmons.
mayllT
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Molly-Don't you think Ted is aw-
fully witty?
-Humphl could be witty if l
had Ted's memory. 'fLfHGi
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Rppister's Orders.
ID EGISTER'S ORDER.
II REGISTERS OFFICE,
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DEL,

Nov 49, 1892.
Upon the application of Henry C. Conard
Administrator cum testamentO annexo OF
Robert Groce late ST. Georges Hd., in said
county, deceased, it is ordered and direct
ed by the Register that the Administrator
aforesaid give notice of granting of
Letters of Administration upon the es-
tate of the deceased, with the date of grant
ing thereof by causing advertisements to be
such Letters, in six OF the most public places
of the county of New Castle, requiring all
persons having demands against the estate
Assembly, in such case made and provided !:
and also cause the same to be inserted with
in the same period in the Middletown TRAN
SCRIPT, newspaper published In Middletown
Del, and to be continued therein two
months.
Given under the Hand and Seal of Office OF
the Register aforesaid, at Wilmington, in
New Castle County aforesaid, the day and
year above written.
j. WILKINS COOCH. Register.
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dam, 3. Sharp ( Co.
Vim. B. Sharp 4 Co.
Fourth and Market SITS.

Over one4haIf of the fine
American Hosiery Company
Underwear has been sold at !
the reduced prices, The prices
of what are left are furtherdre-
duced5 to one-haf and three
quarters of the regular prices
as follows:
Mems Shirts, in sizes 81 to
AZ, are So cents. 49,,
Mems Drawers, in sizes 50
to "A, are SO cents. allsa
Ladies Vests, in sizes 26,9 go, i
81 and 36, are-5o cents.
Children's Shirts and Draw
.ers, in sizes I6, I8 and 90, are
IS cents. sslsts5 issr
Boys Drawers, in sizea22y b
are IS cents. sa5 81
Mems Natural Wool Shirts .
and Drawers, 7o cents; from
81. s.. =
About ESQ pairs Scotch
Wool Stockings for men, are
10 cents; from IS cents.
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Merchant-This style Of hat will
make your husbands face llo,,k very
wide.
Wife-That is why | am getting it;
his face always looks 50 awfully long
after Christmas.
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The Parvenu-Ah, Professor, won't
you tell me what books you think |
ought to get for a winters course of
readingP E F 5E
The Professor-Certainly. A second
reader and spelling book.
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FOREST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

Services held every Sabbath morning at
100. Sabbath school will be held every Sab
bath morning at 9.l5 O'Clock. E. Reynolds,
superintendent. Prayer meeting every
Wednesday evening
Services at Armstrong; chapel every SUM-
gay afternoon at 2 O'Clock. ID. L. Dunning,
superintendent. Preaching by the pastor,
Rev. 7, II: Moore the lst. Sunday in each
month at P. NJ
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of houses will run somewhat in this
style. "a large and elegantly furn-
ished house for rent, in easy distance
Of druggist who sells DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup. sF
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No wonder baby protests against
such doses as people give it. Di.
BULBS Baby Syrup is the pleasantest
and safest remedy known for in
fants.
For obstructe1 breathing and ''stuf
fness'' indicating something wrong
and heralding nasal catarrh, use Old
Saul's Catarrl Cure, the unfailing
relief and cure for this ailment. Price
% cents.
Middletown transcript., 1893-01-21

No fowery rhetoric can tell the
merit of Hoods 4rsaparilla as well as
the cures accomplished by this excel
lent medicine.
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M1DDLETowN M. e. CHURCH.

AZ Rev. N. NJ. Browne, Pastor.
Preaching every Sabbath at 10 80 a. m. and
100 y. III. Sabbath School every Sabbath at
p. m. Alfred q. Cox, Superintendent.
Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at
follows: Sunday, a m., M. d. Wilson,
Leader; Monday evening as I. 90 O'Clock two
classes, W. II, Moore and John Roberts,
Leaders: Tuesday evening at 7.30, led
by the pastor Wednesday evening at 700
o'clock two classes, Rev. N. M. Browne and
Alfred q. Cox, Leaders. The seats are
free and all are welcome
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given hat Letters Admin
istration were in due form of law granted
unto the undersigned, on the 10 day of
Nov. A. ID. 1892, and that all persons having
claims against the estate OF the deceased
must present the same, duly attested, to the
said Administrator, on or before the 10 day
OF Nov. 1923, or abide the Act OF Assembly
In such case made and provided.
HENRY C. CONRAD,
Admin istrator, g. t. a.
Address; Wilmington, Del. nov3O-s
Middletown transcript., 1893-01-21

One more and the last lot
of soiled Blankets, regular
$3.50 goods, are on the bar
gain counter for $500, with
about halt a case of fine quail
ity S6 Blankets for So; both
large sizes.
One more small lot of the
5o-cent Elder Down Cloths,
in blue, gray and tans. 4 day
or two will end them. there-
fore come quick or be disap-
pointed-2o cents.
The balance of our Wool
Skirts in Red or black. gray,
black and colors, both plaid
and stripes, are reduced from
81 to IS cents. SI.25 to 81,
$I.5o to $I.25, So and $2.25 to
81 rs.
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The Parvenu-Are you fond of bellies
letters?
The Chump-Belle Letters? Don't
know. Never me. her.
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ST. ANNE's PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL .,HURoH.
Rev. j. Beers Rectn

Divine Service on Sunday mornings at
half past ten O'Clock and in the evenings at
L;OO o'clock. Sunday school at Q P. NJ. Fri
day service at p. m. and p. m.
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MIDDLETOWN DIRECTORY.
Mails Close as Follows
Church Directory.

For Odcssa-9.25, l0.45 A. M. and PM
For Warwick ,Cecilton, Sassafras, &C. 9.25 A. M
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RHYMrs OF eeLpwEArHER,

n - > 3 S
IFrons the Atsamta leenssstms0n.l -
Hail. gentle springl
used to chase thy poets with chair,
Called policeman If they warbied near
sNcw.I'd do no such thing!
Itthou wertherre ia say
To all poets: "Sing and take your fill!'
Accept their song with a five-dollar billy
And smile to hear them bray!
Because, gentfespring Y y
l shiver meath my Arctic overcoat
And feel the icicles within ny throat,
And cannot sigh or singl 8 :
/ find me yearning still,
AS bend shivering DER these chilly CRATES
For something like thebrirhstone thatawaits
The liar of Bakersvile!
So come, o spring, o summer!
Wlthyour perspiring suns shine down on ME;
For fifty Thousand frozen souls agree
This winter isa hummer. RYE
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Our weekly sales OF the re-
duced Coats have been large
There are a few more OF the
S5 ones to $3.75 and the, $Io9
ones to $6.75, in both tans
and blacks. In black cheviot
opossum collar and shawl
front, only about one dozen
await you-$I2.5o to $3.50
and all higher-priced goods
proportionately lower. 10 Fur
Capes the following reductions
occur:
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Our Serges will enable you
to keep cool. They are in blue,
black and gray, and range
from $40 to IS. The $I4
suit is a happy medium and
very popular, combining style,
durability and everything re-
quisite for comfort.
A breezy line Of Negligee
Shirts White and Fancy Flan-
mel. Goats, Black and Fancy
Alapaccas, at moderate cost.
Everybody is getting onto
our Bathing Suits---beforelong
everybody will be getting into
them.
A.C. YATES eco.
OR.l3thADCHESf UTSTO
PHILADELPHIA.
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All our wraps and Plush
Goats about one-third Of in
price.
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Ghe Graueler.
Plila. WHn. ald Baltimore R. K
Delaware Division.
SOUTHWARK.

On and after January 2d, 1898,
trains will leave as follows.
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F." FOar Hundred Years Ago.

" -Four Hundred Years Ago.
BY THE BARD OF TOWER HALL.
When Columbus made up his mind
There was a world beyond the sea,
He little thought what years would do
For his great discovery,
The savage then did prowl the woods.
Striving by foul or fair,
With tomahawk and scalplng knife
To lift the white mans hair;
Lucky was he who on his head
Allowed no hair to grow;
Bald-heads were at premium
Four hundred years ago.
No locomotives then were known,
Revolvers, gas or coal;
No Traction then did own the street
Or erect their Trolley pole.
No "Tower Hall " clothed their fellow men
AS they now do right low,
Those were the times that tried mems
clothes,
Four hundred years ago.
All" Market street" where "1 over Hall
Points out the poets Stand "
Was then a bowling wilderness
OF marshy. swampy land;
Well for us all those times have not
Remained in statu quo"
A stylish suit" had nev'r been seen
Four hundred years ago.
Perhaps four hundred years from hence
Great lecturers by scores
May give their hearers an account
Ot"Tower Halls " Clothing Stores.
Then sadly will they say these words,
In solemn tones but slow,
" All! Tower Hall " nndersold them all
Four hundred years ago.
Our beautiful Clothing for Mems Boys
and Children's wear seems to be the most
popular in the market. Being cash buyers,
we are able to underselI all competitors.
Our stock is immense in variety all can be
suited in whatever goods or sizes required
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-04-14

Thomns Kempis told the brotherhood
of inonastics over which he was placed
that a hood did not make o monk, More
recently It has been somewhat irreyer-
emily said that connection with q Y. M.
q. A. and flap Bible do not mako a
preacher This is the truth. and It is a
truth Of great significance and impor.
lance. It Is equally true that taking the
pledge and becoming member Of o O. z.
society does not make an Endeayorer.
Like becoming monk or n preacher,
Christian Endeayor Is q thing to be ac-
quired. It comes Of patient and perse-
vering application to the study Of the
subject. It is not enough to belong to
the order; it is not enough to be d sin-
cere Christian; it is not enough to be an
mated by an earnest desire TO do good.
In addition to this there must be capac-
ity for the work that Is acquired only by
q thorough Christian Endeayor training.
National Presbyterian.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-04-14

what it's worth to me, once-iust once
in my life--to be little use--lilse other
folks?'
The superintendent had come from
his office. He laid his hand on the
boys head.
Joe he said, I'VE couldn't pay you
itifwe wished. Money doesn't pay for
livesl But you have saved us a great
many dollars besides. Won't You let
us do something foryon2y
you can't You can't Nobody
cant" The child's voice was almost a
Shrek. 1t seemed to rend the air with
the pent-up agony Of years. There's
only one thing in the world want.
and nobody can give me that Nobody
can make me anything but Crooked
Joel''
The superintendent lifted him and
held HIM against his own breast.
.'My boy" he said, in Arm, gentle
tones, you are right. None OF us can
do that for you. But you can do it
yourself Listen to mel Where is the
quick brain God gave you and the
brave hearth Not in that bent back OF
yours-that has nothing TO do with
them! Let us help You TO chance
only chance to work and to learn
and 1t will rest with yourself to say
whether in twenty years from now, Il
you are alive, you are Crooked Joe or
Mr.. Joseph Bryan"
Visiting in C not long ago, a
friend said to me:
Court is in session. You must 20
with me and hear Bryan
The courtroom was already crowded
at our entrance with an expectant
audience. When the brilliant young
attorney rose to make his plea I
noticed with shock of surprise that
his noble head surmounted an under
sized and misshapen body. He had
spoken but five minutes, however,
when l had forgotten the physical de-
feet; in ten / was eagerly interested,
and thereafter. during the two hours,
speech, held spellbound by the mar
velous eioquence which is fast raising
him 70 the leadership Of his profession
in his native city.
"A wonderful mani" said my friend,
as we walked slowly homeward. Then
he told me the story Of Crooked Joe.
St Louis Republic.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-04-14

and tho occupants OF tho cab wrapped
from view in cloud Of smoke.
Some hundred yards beyond the
uepot the track took sharp upward
grade. from which II descended again
70 strike the bridge across a narrow
but deep aud rocky gorge.
Men looked after the flying locomo-
tive and then at each other with
blanched faces.
The crowd began to run along the
track, some with vain instinct OF
helpiulness, some moved by that NOR
bid curiosity which seeks TO be sin at
the death"
But look. Midway the long rise
the speed Of the runway engine sud
denly stachens
what does II meang She never
could q died out in that timer, shouted
an old yardman.
Excitement winged their feet When
the foremost runners reached the place
the smoking engine stood still on her
track. quivering in every stcei.clnd
nerve, her great wheels still whizzinr
round and round amid n fight OF red
sparks from beneath.
What did ii? Who stopped hcrgr
The engineer, staggering from the
cab With the pslllid face OF the fireman
behind him, pointed, without spending,
70 where q little pale.faced, crooked
backed boy had sunk down. painting
with cxertion. beside the track
AT his feet d huge oil-can lay over
turned and empty
The crowd stared az one another.
sopen.mouthed. Then the truth flashed
upon them
He oiled the traclSlr
Bully for Crooked Joei''
They caught the exhausted child,
hinging him from shoulder to shoulder,
striving with each other for the honor
Of bearing him. and SO, IN irregular.
tumnltuous, triumphal procession they
brought him back To the depot and set
him down among them.
Pass the hat, partisln cried one
/ IL had been pay day, and the saved
engineer and fireman dropped in each
their months wages Not a hand in
all the throng that did not deive into a
pocket There was the crisp rustic of
bills, the chinls Of gold and silver coin.
"out with your handkerchief, joel
Your hands won't hold II ALI Why,
young one, whnt--what's the inatterq''
for the boy, with scarlet cheeks and
burning eyes, had clenched both small
hands behind his bacls-th poor,
twisted back laden with It's burden Of
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-04-14

"Yes," said man, after tho nitro
glyccrinc explosion had scattered tho
remains Of the wcll-shootcr over q
large section Of the petroleum region.
Doyle always was cool one Two
seen him rattle over stony rond with
load Of Rlyccrinc with no moro caro-
than II Il had been n load OF hay"
"wcll." said the coroner. sadly. ns he
thought Of an escaped fee. he may
have been cool. but he never will DO
collected. - brooklyn Life.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-04-14
rroble,,n.

Mr.. Daddy wish our baby could
talk more plainly; Browns baby is q
month younger, and one can under.
stand almost every word 1t says. I
wonder why It is2
Mrs Daddy defended I'm sure I
don't know. ITO the baby.) comesey
tooty mommy lite sweety. Does 90
wicked pepper scold 90 dear title popsy,
wopsy dodkins? Puck.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-04-14

The following rules and subjects have
been adopted by the Endeayor society at
Fati, Canton. China: Communicates
may become members by signing the
rules. Each member promises, first, to
read the Bible daily; second. TO keep the
Sabbath. attending church and II posi-
bic bringing friends; third, to take part
in religious meetings when there is OPP
portunity. either by exhortation, prayer
or selection Of hymns: fourth, to pray
daily in private; fifth, in dependence on
the Saviour, to be faithful in discharge Of
duty and assist others in doing the same
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-04-14
order Countermanded.

Foreman dob ofiicel What are you
working at now2
Boy Rnnnin' of some business cards
of young woman who wants TO do
mending for gents and families
Foreman Gee whizzt Didn't you get
word not to print emp The order 4
couutermanded. Quick as the boss saw
that girls card; he rushed off and mar
ried her. y. Y. Weekly.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-04-14
wori. q the r.naeayorer. n Japan.

Most societies in Japan are for one sex
only, and in many churches there must
be two societies one for the young men
and one for the young women. In other
churches, however, where it Is possible
to do so, pastors find the society an adj
mirable means Of breaking down the ar
tificial distinctions between the sexes,
which often stand in the way Of the best
church work.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-04-14

The tooth puIler was right up with
the times in youth, style aud cheek.
''Iaye you nll the latest appliances?H
asked patientin the chair. holding on
to his jaw.
''oh, yes.r replied the artist. I'm
fang de steele, . and the tooth few out
against the window pane and smashed
it.-Detroit Free Press.