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The Meeker herald., 1897-04-03
III. Only Afterpoou Train

Making the quickest time from Denver to
Kansas City, St. Louis and the East 10 the
Denver daily at 40 .. m. This elegant
train, carrying Buffet Pullman sleeping
cars and chair cars. makes quicker time to
the above points than any other line. Ticket
once. 041 Seventeenth street, corner Curtis.
The Meeker herald., 1897-04-03

aIsabel says she has never been in love-
SIS that sof' Eyes: she was threate1e
With It once. hut 4 bottle Of spring bittsfs
brought her out all right"
The Meeker herald., 1897-04-03

It does not take long for ,loIass
apologies to become a nuisance.
The Meeker herald., 1897-04-03

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Druggists refund the money II It fails to cure 80
The Meeker herald., 1897-04-03

No-To-Bae for FIFTY cssts.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. 50c, q. AL druggists
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-08
SUPREME COURT OPINIONS.
Seattle Theater Company Will Hay
to Pay Electric Light Bill.

Seattle Theater Company Will Have
to Pay Electric Light Bill.
OLYMPIA, Dec. 7.--Opinions In the fol-
lowing cases have been filed In the SUI
premc -ourt:
State of Washington ex rel. II. A. Por-
ter, appellant, vs. T. K. Headlee, auditor
OF Snohomish county. respondent; AN APP
plication for writ Of mandate brought
by reiator against the auditor 10 compel
him to draw a warrant upon the salary
fund for 1892. 50. for services as justice
of the peace OF Everett. A demurrer to
the petition was sustained in the lower
court, which judgment is reversed by the
supreme court.
The State ex rel. Wyatt ]. Rucker.
plaintiff. va. the superior court of Sno-
homish county and the Hart Lumber
Company. defendants. An application for
writ OF review In this case was denied
j. II. Alien, respondent. W.. the Tacoma
Mil Company. appellant; appealed from
Pierce county. Affirmed.
The Union Electric Company respond
ent- Va. the Seattle Theater COMPANY. an
peilant. Respondent sued 10 recover the
alleged contract price for electric current
furnished n lighting the theater In Seat
counsel sought TO show that appellant was
counsel soagh tic show tina: appellant was
not liable for the light inasmuc.i as 1t had
shortly after The time Of entering into TIC
contract with respondent leased the thea
ter 70 John ". Hanna for a term of years
Judgment Is affirmed.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-08
HEAVY STORMS IN OREGON.
Portland and Astoria Visited h,
Thunder and LIGHTNING

PORTLAND. Dec. s.-A severe thunder
and lightning storm occurred IN this vic,n-
ity last night. The phenomenon is NEST
unusual IN this latitude during the win
ter season. As fer as known no dams re
was done. A heavy rain and wind pre-
vailed during the thunder storm.
A dispatch from Astoria says. The third
heavy storm within four days occurred to-
day. The telegraph lines 10 The govern
rncnt station AZ Cape disappointment have
been down for thirty-six hours At noon
yesterday a heavy thunder and lightning
storm an unusual thing IN this climate
took place. The flashes OF lightning were
sharp and the thunder was loud.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-08

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This special organism is directly strength
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practice. A full account of its marvellous
properties 10 given in one chapter of DIR.
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Inc feope's Common Sense Medical Ad-
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Dc sent on receipt Of twenty-oue oue-cent
stamps TO pay the cost Of Dsniisng only. or
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". T. Malcolm, of Knobel, Clay conntv Ar.
xansas; writes: Since last wrote You we have
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CoIumhis DELAYED n, Had weather

SAN FRANCISCO. Dee THE s-ea,,-
ship Columbia arrived this morning TWEEN
tv-faur hours late. from Portland and As
,orfs. The DELAY was due 20 a series Of
rnishaps that attended the shin from the
time she isft Portland, and heavy weather
which she encountered from The tirae that
she crossed the bar. The Columbia sailed
froE, Portland last Friday evening. az :
O'Clock ard was detained several hours On
her way down sSe Columbia river. Sas
cleared from Astoria 81 3 e'clcck Saturday
afternoon. seven hours lzte. After cross
ing the bar she ran into 4 heavy south
eastern gale that continued ursg she
reached Poaas Arena Most % tie time
she made ssss than six knots
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-08
FT.oRANCE MARVIN predicted Klon,
dixie strike. si4 First.
Funeral of Austrai T.. Race.

Special Dispatch TO the Post-Inteilfgeucer.
C0UPExILLE. Dec. THE funeral SER
vices of AHstrai l.. Race. son OF the late
Henry Race. who was for many years
bookkeeper for the Puget Mil! Company
at Port Gamble. took place from the Con-
gregatioral church Sunday. December 5.
Rev C. r. Newberry oiticist ting Mr.
Race had Just gone successfully through
one of The most difficult surgical opera
t!aus ever performed sn the Pacific North
west. the operation being performed at the
ST.. Joseph hospital. British Columbia. but
ewing 20 The lack Of vitality he died The
next day. Deceased was 81 years OF age.
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NcN Orieana Racea.

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. Weather fine;
track heavy. Results:
Six furiongs-Carlotta c. won, 6tanxs
second, Rover third Time, 1:26n
Five fllriongs-Lady Irene won, French
Gray second. Laura May third. Time,
1:1tR.
Six furlongs-Van Brunt won, High
Noon second. Swordsman third. Time.
1:25i2.
One mile-Hdalgo won, Blitzen's Sister
second. Dockstader third Time, a:6d
Six and a half furlongs-Partner won,
Time ia.
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Chicago VIII send Relief.

CHICAGO Dee. Five Ch.caxo men
are Imprisoned IN tire ice and snow hun
G~psfs 81 miles heyort the last point -
civilization in tire Northwest territory.
The condition az the men IA nrez-srSous 81
tho extreme. A relief expedition. provisiog
for which WIS made In Chicago tssisy
VIII undertake 20 rescue an3 bring than
back 10 civilization. The ussn 20 whom
vs.lsf IS 20 b. sent left Chicago early IN
Serta-she~ Their intention was - go -
tAe Yukon gold country by the water route
BY way az Edmon:on-
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Attempted tn Cross the Coauiite Bar
bns Sfrnrk and Went ashore

EMPIRE CITY, Or. Dec. News has
tust been received here OF the wreck II
the gasoline beat Moro, bound from San
Francisco 20 Al$ea. When of the Co.
guile bar her machinery became diSah lAd
and she attempted - put into She Couuilia
river yesterday morning While ATTEMPT
ing % cross In, she struck and io<t her
rudder and was LEFT % the mercy ~ ths
waves She drif-ed m The beach south a..
the south 3esty ara will probably be a
total wreck AL lives were saved The
wires ara down ana Il IS Impossible TO get
particulars.
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Christian Church nlovm Down.

SnerlsI Dfsratch 20 the post~IGtellisencer
EVERETT. Dec. THE wind of Mon
dav nigh utterly demolished the Chris
ian church which WAS being erected on
the corner OF Wall street ana Wctmore
avenue THE building was enclosed except
inc LAYING Of she shingles The wins
started az she hack end Of the building
frst. then doubled the front half upon the
rear half, leaving the entire structure one
tangled mass OF b-oken Lumber,
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CONGRESS OF INDIAN TRIBES.
Allen lntFodnees . Bill PP0vidln9
an Appropriatfon.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 7.--Among the bills
introduced n the senate today vas one by
Alien TO provide for a congress Of
Indian tribes 70 be held IN Omaha In con-
nec.son with the trans-Msssi.sspri expo
s.tIon next year. The bill provides that
the various tribes shall be represented. ard
a2prop-la,es sl0o.oo to pay the expenses Of
the gathering.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-08
snohemi.h River Rising Again.

SteeSai Dispatch TO the post-Ta.clligencer
EVERETT. Dec. THE heavy rainfall
az the past two days has started ali the
rivers on another trial for high water
mark. The SnuhomiSh river is rising -sp-
i7le today and Is beginning 10 food the
hasY1Ya lands
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-08

PORTLAND. Tee. The North Pacific
Tro:tiax Horse Protective Association was
organized al meeting o. hcrssrasn from
different sections OF the Northwest pr.
Ellis Mclean was elected president and
II NJ. Wisdom secretary. The object -
ire association IS stated 20 be the prosee-
ton u tro,t.ng horse owners.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-08
Ingleside Races.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. TRACK at In
gleside sloppy. Results:
One miie--Coupon ILL., won. Rey Ell Santa
Anita second. Jack Martin third Time,
LASH.
Six furlongs. seling-Novit won, Wa
tomba second, Prestar third Time, lis
Five furlongs-Miss LYMAN won, Bliss
Rucker second. Scotch Rose third. Time,
Los.
Fourth race declared of. three-Qaarters
OF a mile, selling, subst!tIted-Moyla
won, Schiller second, Charles A. third.
Time III.
Seven furlongs-Fleur de Lis won, Sweet
William second, Eta H. third. Time.
1:3lLs.
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Floods Again Threatened.

Spectral |1isnatch "a the pcst-EnteillEsncer
CWEHArJS, Dec. 9.--6eH account OF
washout. the train from South Bend did
not &c: through to-day. Tas low lands IN
taGs vicinity are again flooded. and II the
rain continues through the night he wafer
will reach the high mark O. two weeks ago.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-08

PORTLAND. Dee. - Fvestden: T.oor..s
o. the uwacc Railway & Navigation. Com
gsArv, yesterday turned the sife-xneel
steamer Ocean Wave ever 70 Capt. Charles
Clancy. OF Tacoma wao - the representa-
i've OF a syndicate which has leased tie
steamer and Will take Aer 30 the Sound.
The steamer Is eeias placed IN readiness
fo- ne "trip. ara vii star, 81 her Ocean
vcyaxe as s.oon as the weather permits
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-08
FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED.
Cars Deratled and Smashed and
several sheep Killed.

Special Dispatch TO the Post-Intelligencer.
MONTESANO. Dec. 1.-The freight on
the Northern Pacific struck a tree on the
track last night about a mile east OF here.
Seven cars and the engine tender left the
track. The tender was gott back on the
track last night. and crew has been AZ
work clearing the wreck and laying new
track this morning. About a dozen sheep
out of a car load for NInemn & Morgan,
OF this city. were killed, and the track
was badly torn up and cars were spln-
tered
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-08
Lu~sgert Jury Not Completes.

CHICAGO. Dec. NO progress was
made today in the selection OF the Luetgers
Jury There is no immediate prospect that
the full number of men will De secured.
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councilman from the Third ward. The
successfui contestants, with maforities
are az follows:
Mayor-O. A. Frehier, r.
Councilman-at-large- T.. Poole A.
Councfimen-A. SCHNEIDER Dudley. 81:
Bartholet. IS. Wiigus. 81: LIggett, 3.
Treasurer-Pressey, sc.
Clerk-Doust, 2
Attorney-Rudkin. IS.
Health officer-Frank; no opposition.
The successful ticket Is made up OF four
sound money Democrats, one Popuiist and
Six Republicans. Much interest was taken
Chehalia.
Special Dispatch to the Post-Tnteliigencer
CHEHALIS, Dec. THE following city
officers were elected today:
Mayor--David Stewart
Treasurer-John Dobson.
Clsrk-W. A. Westover.
Att0rney-D. c. Miilett
Couneilmen-Dan Wisrier NJ w. Forrest.
N b. Coffsnan =. w. Kuehner.
There was but one ticket up, and no con-
test on any office.
Eliemsburg.
Special Dispatch to the Post-Inteliigencer
ELI.ENSBURG. Dec. THE city cleo
tion resulted in the choice OF the ticket
nominated In mass meeting. Nevertheless
there was a good deal of scratching.
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Diking Com missioner. Elected.

Special Dispatch to the Post-fnieili syencer.
MOUNT VERNON. Dec. THE election
OF commissioners OF diking district No. 3
was held here today. 1t resulted In the
election OF George ID. Mclean. C. c. Han
zen and James Gilligan. the old board.
Since the recent breaking of the bikes and
the overflow OF the entire district. nothing
has been done about repairing the breaks.
and the water il liable to overflow the
country again at any time. Today the
river Is rising rapidly. as the result OF the
high winds of the past forty hours. and
the water - already spreading over the low
lands about Conway and Fir. A rise or
water TO within eight feet OF the recent
high mark would take the river through
the broken dikes and over practically the
same country.
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s~rx~an, CssAii. kiIi. Himself.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec T-Serreane
John CoghlSn. OF Company \, First rerf-
nsens United states Infantry. shet him
self through The head IN rs quarters at
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1897

the Preside in the presence OF his cap
tain. J. p. B-anr. Coghlfn died instantly.
He had been drinking heavily. though ur-
I'll recently ne was a model soldier.
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STONE. SANFORD FISHER.
Nos. 422 ST. Cor. Fifth Av and PIKE 50.
Cover Them Over.

Nos. 422 and 42A pike St.

THERE IS A sErrEE
AROUND THE DINING
BUY A NEW CARPET. SQUARE
THING. A FRESH CHEEKY APPEAR
ANCE AND AT THE
TR1FLE. OR PERHAPS
ORIENTAL RIG THERE SUFFICE
MUST BE RECOVERED. SELECTION
ART SQUARES. ORIENTAL RUGS AND JAPANESE MATTTNGs
1T WILL LITTLE INCONVENIENCE
TO COME LA UNION.
OR FREMONT DOOR
NTcKEIs COSTS SAVINGS
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-08
RECORDS BEING SMASHED.
Each Day Brings Surprises In the
Sfx-Days' Bicycle Race at
Madison Square.

NEW YORK. Dec S-Miler was far adj
yanced toward his soth mile at midnight
last night in the great six-days' bicy-
Gle race. Walters star had faded
before dawn, and his record breaking per-
formance of Monday was forgotten in the
astonishing achievements of Miller. Ste
plane and Rice. Waller il now far down
In the list of the eighteen stayers out Of
the thirty that started.
Seven thousand persons sat for hours
watching the riders Keeling around the rim
of the great saucer. The weary figures
however, were Indifferent to the cheers that
greeted them at every occasional burst OF
speed. blu, continued to grind around look
ing neither 10 the right nor the left. Forty
eight hours OF incessant riding around the
oval. with loss of sleep, has transformed
the strong. healthy. robust-looking athletes
OF Sunday night into men OF careworn ap-
pearance.
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TO. the kIOndike +!
The YUKON
COMPANY
A Washington corporation. with .
capital of So. o.. 0G4 offers to
sell passage from


A washington corporation, with
capital of 80 o.. Goa, offers to
sell passage from
SEATTLE TO
Dawson City and the Alaskan Gold Fields
for the season OF 1883.
This Company will have three large, new.
last steamships running from Seattle 10 81
Michael. AT ST. Michael they will connect
with large, fast and eommodious river
on the OHIO and Mississippi rivers. These
vessels will be ffrst-ciass with every mod
ern convenience for comfort, The Com
pauy guarantees comfortable. safe pass
age from Seattle TO Dawson City in 20 days
Fare. $50 including meals. oerths ana
the transportation OF an outfit for each pas
senger, not exceeding one ION or 2wS
pounds
BY this line TIE trip can De made with
comfort in ABOUT one-Baf the time now re-
CURED and at one-aaH the expense. Inc
steamships now building at Roach
shipyard. Chester. Pa. and viii be ready
ar the opening Of navigation IN the spring
carrying capacity OF the steamships ana
boats Is limited. II is important that those
desiring 10 avail themselves of this line;
thus insurIng their reaching the Gold
Fields promptly. saoAld apply al once. Pas
senSerS viii De booked In the oraer their
tickets are purchased. ana these safes VIII
filed.
BY this lire the horrors OF the skaguay
and Cnilkoot passes ana the dangers OF the
canyon and rapids OF the upper Yukon are
avoided These passes are s;rswp with the
wrecks 90 thousands of ouffits and lined
Win dead hoTszs. II VIII cost double eur
charge 10 get over either OF these passes
and procure boats. 10 say nothing OF the
hArdsnips and grivatiOus 20 be endured and
the tire consumed.
a complete detailed list OF an outfit OF
provisions clothing. tools medicines. etc.
viii 30 furnished on application at any
agency This oagat can be purchased ia
any Eastern ely OF the United States or
a. Seattle Wash Passengers should have
tasir OUTFITS plainly marked with their
names ana destination. and should specify
VIA THE YUKON COMPANY" The out
as can he shipped from any railroad sta
zion - the Tinted States care II THE VI
kON COMPANY Seattle. WASH. Tais
Company only undertakes TO transport pas
se1gers and OUTFITS from Seattle. II il . 20
miles by SEA from Seattle 10 ST Michael.
and ! co niles by river from St Michael
10 Dawson city.
Tickets are now OF sale al tire following
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JOHN ID. ARMSTRONG 4 CO., Ba nkers.
Pittsburr. TIA.
r. T.. SCOTT.
Auditorium Hotel. Chicago. III.
Also by all responsible Ticket Agents
throughout the United States. az the ofy.ce
Of the GaneFaI Agent. 81. 80, sls Betz build
i.g Philadelphia: effsc. OF me Vice Presl-
dent. German National Bank building.
Pi1tsoQrg Pa: or AZ tie ctyics OF TIE Com
pAny. Seattle WASH
REFERENCE.
Moran Brothers Company Sofp and Steam
bass Builders. Seattle. Wash
First National Bank Ses:tle, WASH.
pgrgst Sound National Bark. Seattle WASH.
Wash tn=ton National Rank. Seattle Wash.
National Bank Of Commerce, Seattle.
Wash.
Boston National Bank. Seattle Wash.
Seattle National Bank. Seattle. Wash.
Dexter Horton 4 Company. Bankers. Seat
sIe Wasa
Tae German National Bank. P,;tssurg
Pa
TIE Quaker CITY Saticas! Bank. Phi,ade.-
pnsa- Pa.
Roasa's Sa.rvAr6- Chester. Pa
CaIcron or write 20
=. &. YERkEs. Agent.
- Burke Building. Seattle. Wsxh
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MAKING READY ron THE NAVY,
Hale Asks for Construction Of Four
Ncw Dry Docks

WASHINGTON. Dee. lin the senate
today Hale Of Maine introduced a bill for
the construction o. dry docks at Ports
mouth. ". H.. Boston, Mass: Aiglers. La.
and Mare Island. Cal. and for the en-
largement Of the Brooklyn. League Island
and Norfolk locks. the appropriation Cor
Algiers and Mare Island being 500 600
each.
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Fifty Years Ago.

This Is the stamp that tie letter bore
which carried the story far and vide.
Oh certain cure for the ioashsome sore
That dubbed up from the tainted tide
Ofthe blood below. And twas Ayers name
And his sarsapariiia. that all now. know,
That was just beginning its SIGHT Of fame
With its cures Of 50 years ago.
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The Art Squares,

WILL BE FOUND TO BE OF THE
BEST QUALITY OF BRISTOL
MAKES. BOTH DENIM AND ALL
WOOL. THOSE THAT CAN BE DE-
PENDED ON FOR SERVICE.
THE SIZES RUN THUS:
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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-06-05
COLLEGE

labor and Influence lie here, oh, be care
full in the midst OF the gidIy whirl and
excitement, and surrounded as you will
be by manifold tenn 2ta;i ms, til II ypu b.
not swept away in the whirlpool OF folly
passion aud sin. As | look upon your
faces, flushed with the hope and Joy of
youth, Innocently ignorant OF the
worlds cares, of its sorrow and sin,
their eyes undimned by tears and
sleepiess nights, beautiful opponents
of the fact that your own lives are in
their frs: blOom, with the dews OF
life's mDrnins still lingering lovingly
about them, l pray God, that after you
shall have passed, as mIny of you shall
pass, through the storm of passion and
folly of society, there may be no wrecks,
and that OF this cluster of flowers all
opening into full Orbad beauty now, there
may be no withered roses han Ling thu ir
heads in sorrow and shnma; no sciled
lily silent aud desolate in the memory Of
its lost innocence; no bruised and broke en-
bleeding heart mingling its life blood in
the dust OF mortality-out that all may
have grown in the glory OF fadeless
beauty, turning it into the likeness of the
lily that grows in the valley and the rose
that blooms in Sharon, and that each life
may shape and reach through all the
sweet cdors the other lives that come in
touch with it, and making happier and
sweeter and purer the life of this sad old
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life of en- Hess Joy? Does not this text,
indeed, give ne meaning to life in this
department of a.? And any not the whole
world be ma L. what God intended ii to
be for mr. very paradise, in which he
should live and 1--we and be happy and
worship % !? | bid you make your pleas
ures the mans of service to the Most
High.
ask your attention to the final depart
ment OF life which we describe as the
seeking of knowledge. This is one to
which your minds have been steadily
directed through the years OF your tuition
in school. This is, indeed, one of the
noblest, if not the nOblest, of all pursuits,
but it Is not all; it is not even worth,
unless in the seeking of knowledge, man
finds the knowledge of the highest of all,
even the knowledge ofG ID. Young ladies',
when you have been reading for n few
weeks the marvellous books of Herbert
SJhncer. with their interesting logic, of
thu marvellous events which they give of
an investigating mind, and of a nd that
seemed To love truth, until you. awake
sIms day to tha feeling that you have
been wandering, hungering and thirsting
through an endless and lifeless desert, |
beg you turn for awhile to Ruskin, with
his noble soul, with bis spiritual insight
into life, with his exultation Of worth and