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who is showing you the grewsome
mysteries of the church, however. he
will look at you contemptuously and.
waving his hand scornfully around the
interior OF the edIfice. will ask you
where all those bones came from then.
And you feel inclined to ask the ques-
ton yourself The church is large and
the walls are of immense height. Yet
every square inch of surface is orna-
mented with bones, fastened 10 the
walls, SO as to form odd and fantastic
designs. There are numerous shelves
along the walls. and from these scores
and scores Of skeletons grin down at
you.
Occasionally you notice a round open
ing, and, looking into II, you find that
the hollow walls are filled with bones.
II these bones all belong to the martyr
ed companions of st. Ursula, they must
have numbered nearer II 900. 900 than
II 900! In the golden room" so called
because II Is quite richly adorned with
gilt, is the shrine OF st. Ursula. Skulls
atorn the shrine-skulls inlaid with
pearls, rubies and emeralds. The effect
is indescribable. II very nearly Verges
on the ludicrous. Father Stein, who
shows visitors around the church. calls
each of the skulls glibly by name. and
even gives anecdotes concerning sor.e
of the persons While much OF false
tradition is interviewer with the stories
which he tells, the fact remains that
st. Ursula's is the only church OF the
kind in the world-a church Of bones
and skulls.
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good to be rich: almost as good as it is
to be young, though not quite. Do you
remember our crystal wedding, Mary,
the grandeur of it? What fine presents
they brought us-magnif1cent bowls
and goblets and saltcellars? Altogeth-
er they must have cost a fortune. Some
Of that cut glass shone like diamonds.
What ever became Of those beautiful
things? 1 never see any of them about"
Mary left her chair and, going over
to the table, took up the little wine
glass filled with violets.
''They all went in the SALE" she said
'-"all but this" holding 1t UP to the
light, land this is nicked."
She set 1t down in such a position
that the violets might nod straight at
the old man, waiting him their sweet
est perfume, and, resuming her seat.
again spread out her wonderful silk
skirts and assumed her company smile,
awaiting her guests.
The sale?" he repeated. "It seems
to me everything we had went in that
sale. 1t was a wonder our creditors
didn't take the clothes OF our backs.
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Since the death Of Prince Bismarck
the Hamburg holiday trippers have re-
ceIved anything but a friendly greeting
II Friedrichsruh. But nttie Teleoms
was given the pFomenading Ham
burgers even while the prince vas Nv
ing. but such open opposition 80 ~
present has never before been sxps-
rsneed. Prince Herbert Won BlsmaTeh
has sntireiy closed many q the paths
in the beautiful Saxon wooda
among the rest the path from
Friedrichsruh 20 AurnuhIs. This was
the only path from which OBs
could see the palace and the death
chamber OF the sH-c5anceiioT. Ths 8au
pavk has alzo besn closed.
Tbsss. among other orders nacgibsA
70 Prince Herbert. The HanborEsra.
Who think almost a. much q thsik
Ea10n woods as Of their Princs Bis
marck, have had 90 swallow IN siisncs.
ADDED 20 this comes the nonseesptsncs
By Prime Herbert ~ the wreath pre-
senisd for the nls9soisnn % his IA
Their by the women o. EanbsFR.
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They came near 1t. And what became
of our friends-those kind friends Of
ours who brought US so many pres
ents?"
Some Of them are dead. but more of
them are alive. though dead to Us.
They don't know US any more, now
that we are poor"
Yes, yes" he assented: ut II a sad
thing to be poor. Sometimes I think
one might almost as well be dead. How
many friends do you imagine we have
left, Mary. in all?'
81 think" said she, chat we could
count them all on the fingers of our
two hands and have fingers left over"
rs 1t so bad as that?" he asked
cheerily. Il doa't quite believe il. Ma
~. Wait and see. We shall have a
great crowd Of people here directly to
our golden wedding. Then we shall
know our friends. for friends are
friends indeed when they stand by you
through thick and thin after you have
lost everything In the world but their
friendship. That is the true test( and
II will stand Presently you viii see
them begin 20 come. / promise you.
Why. there are the Wheelers, the
Joneses. the Browns
1t Is time they were here then u
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The news comes Of the temperance
of the Immortal J. NJ an eccentric
character known 20 every old railroad
conductor from the Atlantic 20 the
Pacific. Several months ago IL was re-
ported that II. N" was dead. but that
individual has again appeared. TO
prove. In the language Of Mark Twain.
that the reports Of his taking on
were greatly exaggerated
The Immortal J. N" has been
prominent character since the civil
war. His mind became addled trying
TO solve the problems involved in that
great struggle. and he has since been
a wanderer Of the earth. One OF hk
eccentricities IL 20 go into q Newspaper
once and write q column editorial
about removing the pressure. HIS ef-
forts are never printed. but this does
not discourage the Immortal J. ~,
ana perhaps he viii submit another
communication 20 the same paper ~
the time Of his next visit
The name Of this eccentric character
in not known. Years ago the genial
manager Of an eastern railroad gave
him a card instructing his conductors
To Pass j. NJ Free" This led 60 che
belief that his name was Free. and that
Ia the name be has gone b. Sincs thAt
Hasa
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lap, were little worn rings, brought out
of some seldom opened jewelry case for
the occasion. The hem of her best
black silk lay ostentatiously spread
about her on the floor.
II vas the night of their golden we'd
ding, and they sat there tremendously
awaiting the arrival of their guests,
alert and watchful, the cat, of the three
creatures in the room. alone indiffer-
ent, cozily curled up before the warmth
Of the fire, fast asleep.
She smiled across at him.
ITO me it doesn't seem like so years
since we were married" she said, rails
ing her hand and touching the cherish
ed comb into place. Does il to you?"
1t hardly seems 90" he answered.
with old time gallantry, returning her
smile.
His answer pleased her. She swept
her hand across her knee, smoothing
out the creases in the silk. No wonder
there were creases in it, lying away in
the old trunk up stairs so many years.
I've put the plates together on the
table and counted out the napkins" she
told him. They are some of the finest
When our guests come swarming in,
I'll make them some tea. They will
need it. coming out of the cold. So I
have left the kettle on the fire in the
kitchen all ready. They'll be coming
along now pretty soon." glancing up at
the clock. It's most time"
She turned her head, listening. There
were footsteps on the walk outside.
They passed on by.
do you remember our tin wedding 80
she asked. to while away the impatient
time of waiting. How they came from
miles around, bringing us all sorts of
ridiculous tin things-buckets and pans
and dippers, even little cunning biscuit
cutters and tin cups. 1 counted the
cups afterward. There were -. They
always do that-bring too many OF one
thing. How many clocks was Il they
gave us when we were married? A doz-
en- at least. And now this is the only
one left, and It is growing old, too, like
us-old and rheumatic"
Yes" / remember that tin wedding, /"
he said. looking tendcrly at her old
face. which the soft shade OF the lanp
and his failing vision rendered almost
wrinkleless. I'VE were young then. II
is good 10 be young. John was a wee
bit Of a baby"
Il know" she smiled. They walked
him with their noise. Gathering the tin
about and drumming on the pans. How
time passes, Now John is an oldish
man. His children are grown Some Of
them are married
The old man was full OF reminis-
cences, as became the occasion.
| We grew prosperous afterwaFd," he
went on mnsingly. even rich. u "a
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years old, his father thought IL was
about time that his son should begin to
earn his own living. Unfortunately.
the master did not prove TO Davy's
liking, and. after he had gone with him
about 400 miles from home. the boy ran
away. He made his way home on foot.
where his welcome may be imagined.
He was next sent to school, but he got
on little better there, for on the fourth
day he had a quarrel with one Of the
pupils, gave him a severe thrashing
and ran away from home for fear OF
the consequences. AS he grew older he
married and settled in Franklin county.
one Of the then widest parts Of Ten
nessee. He won great fame as a
hunter and Indian fighter, and was so
popular in his state that in spite Of his
lack OF education he was sent to con-
gress. His eccentricity and his shrewd-
ness made him popular at Washington
too. When he left congress he Joined
the Texans In their struggle for free
dom; they were then under the Mex
lean government. The attempt failed.
and Crockett was killed, along with
others who were massacred by the
cruel Mexican general. Santa Anna.
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I thought there would be so many 9TH
ers you wouldn't miss him."
The clock pointed to 10. II had be-
to strike.
The wife went out into the dining
room, where the plates for the guests
were piled one above the other. the
napkins beside them. the frosted cakes.
with the cake knives lying ready 70
hand.
She set the plates on the polished old
sideboard, laid the napkins in drawer
and covered the cakes with cloth to
keep away the mice.
Then she walked softly back into the
room. The hem Of her dress touched
the cat. She got up, moved lazily TO
the other corner OF the rug and lay
down there, out Of the way, while her
mistress drew the curtains and passed
into the hall to lock the front door.
She stood there In the hall q moment,
listening. Somebody was comingi Late.
IL was true. but coming at last. They
were not entirely friendless then. She
heard the steps drawing nearer and
nearer. They went on by. echoing more
and more family along the pavement
until the sound Of them passed entirely
away.
She locked the door. re-entered the
room and stood close 20 the old man.
running her loving fingers through his
frosty hair.
I'VE are old and friendless and poor.
Richard she said IN her thin. trefsu-
lous voice, but we have each other.
Yes. yes" he murmured. drawing
enc Of her hands down and holding u
tenderly between his own; we have
each other"
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COPYRIGHT. 1899. g

The room, in Jplte of its poverty,
wore a gala air OF subdued expectancy.
The hearth was swept and garnished,
the rug in front of the fire lay without
a crease, the frayed fringe spread fatty
out.
The rag carpet, woven of innumera-
bic old dresses of various hues and pat
terms. showed signs of having been re-
Gently sprinkled with handfuls of salt
and carefully cleaned with the newest
Of broOms; the lace curtains, darned
and redarned, hung evenly to the floor
in permanent, starched folds, and on
the table under the lamp, whose shade
was red, stood a bunch of violets in a
wineglass, which had been left over
from days Of luxury long past. A
dropping violet concealed the nick in
the edge.
1t was Z by the old fashioned clock
loudly ticking on the mantelpiece.
In one corner of the fireplace sat the
owner of this humble home and in the
other his wife. both white haired and
old. He wore his Sunday suit of dingy
black, whitened at the seams through
long service, the too short trousers re-
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the pilgrim fathers had taken passage
on the Mayfiower for America. Uncle
Belam told him that the expedition Of
the pilgrim fathers was not the only
one of Importance that had started
from this town. Here, away back in
1345 and 1415, King Richard Of the Lion
Heart had embarked with his army to
conquer the Holy Land. This. too, was
the place where Canute, the wise old
king Of England, had rebuked the court
iers for their fiattery when they told
him that even the waves would obey
him. He placed his throne on the sea-
shore and commanded the tide to stand
still. AS the tide paid no attention to
the command, but came right ahead, as
usual. King Canute had an excellent
opportunity to lecture the courtiers
roundly for their folly.
Indeed there were so many interest
ing incidents connected with the city
that the two travellers hated to leave It,
but Uncle Belam's business would not
admit Of delay, so they boarded the
queer little English compartment cars
and were soon in London. It was too
dark to see out Of the window, and no
one entered their compartment during
the trip. Indeed BERTHE would not have
noticed had 1t been otherwise, for he
slept nearly all the way. Is was quite
late when they arrived at the great
Waterloo station and took cab to the
Hotel Metropole, where Uncle Belam
had engaged accommodations by tele-
graph. In less than hour BERTHE was in
bed and asleep. his voyage across the
Atlantic ended.
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Printing by magic Is great fun. Taxa
a mustard tin and half ali II with boil
Ing water. Add 20 this six thin slices
from . cake OF soap and q teaspOonful
OF turpentine. when cold. q win Be .
jelly.
Now set some papers with pictures;
paint q very little OF thls Jelly over the
picture. spread q clean sheet Of paper
over It and then press q hard. sepa-
rate the piece OF paper from the picture.
and you viii md you have two pic
lures instead Of one.
Have you ever tried eoioring the pie
lures in periodicals or papers or even
advertisement pictures with eolored
chalk? Ask mother II she win give you
penny to buy a box Of chalks. and
next wet day try II. and am sure you
will agree with me that II IL a most de-
lishtful employment.
Then wonder II you know that Il il
possible to buy boxes OF modelling clay
(red and gray are the nicest). With
this clay you can build all kinds OF
thngs-ships. houses. animals. almost
any thing you like. In fact.
The clay can be used again and again.
and. as II Is only Just moist enough to
mold and not moist enough TO be messy.
there Is no need 60 have q special room
in which TO use Il. The simplest plan
is to spread newspapers over an ordi-
nary dining table. This clay can be got
from tOyshops either by the pound or
the box.
Another game Is MY house" For thls
you want some advertisement pages
containing illustrations Of chairs. ia
bles and any articles that would be
used in furnishing q house. Vases.
clocks and things Of that kind all come
In.
Cut all these things out. and then ei-
Their arrange them on q table or the
floor or stick them into n scrapbook till
all the house II furnIshed-the dining
room with its tables ard chairs, the
kitchen with It's pots and pans, ana %
on
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At Intervals ana for special Seasoss
the pope s~ss spart 9 certain ysaF ss .
holy year. IN honor q ths nsw esntuYy
be has lust 80 dszignats1 the ysar Isse.
During . hOly pear the nurphsf ~ pti-
ErirDs 20 Rome - greatly inersass4 On
Dee. =. Itt9. the RsE co1sscrassd year
q tbs efsurcA vii begin. All On thas
day Uiii - DsTf0rned ibe eurtoas esrs-
mary % opening TIE hoiy doof. Deriag
All but holy years tbs holy door - kpps
wales np. On ths 1fNt asT % saeh
hoiy year this esof - 0psns4 n order -
aIlo@ ths faithfsi % psas tkssaeh anA
receive she vpeelas bieastnG q shs rson-
tia. All pligriezs who visa e. enfgv
TIE plenaTy sBdgigeaes - ske pops WIil
~ Bbsized 60 pass tbrough tals doar.
~ ~ sn1 - 80. ths kosy ysar. gbs
dsor wsii EgAtn ~ walled 10. % remsIr
eIosse uatil aaotAss hnsE year
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Professor Axenfsid Of Psrugia Pas
discovered that three-fsths q al nea
Of distinction are hrst born ebiisfen.
the other twO~hfths are either s~eSfo
or third Children. or else the J7gISest
Of very large families. AmonE th<
Ar~t he points cut Lsather. Dante.
Raphael. Leonardo da Ylnrf. Cs'lt .e.ss'
Heine. schopsnhausr. Goethe. Ar.ststtr.
Nohammsd. Schiller. Erasfnuz. mica
Byron. Moiiere. Carlyle, RossinA. AZ
Isy-rana and B1fOp: s.nonE tns iAss
Loyola and Frsnkiin. beth thsrtesssss
children: Schubert. = fosrsesrtn eh'la.
and voita. . s<~enfh child fhe ps9-
feasor fhfnks tbis aFises fron payS1s-
so~Ieai reasons and . Ian g n4sefa
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fore allowed to go all over the ship.
Passengers in cheaper parts of the YES
sci who had not paid so much were not
allowed to do so.
The captain was g very dignif1ed
man whom Berthe did not dare to ap-
proach, although his Uncle Belam did
not seem at all afraid of him. BERTHE
soon became acquainted with some
very nice sailors, who were simply
mines Of interesting stories about
whales and icebergs and storms and
shipwrecks and sea serpents and flying
fish and porpoises. ! am inclined to
think that some of their stories were
more fact than fiction, but as they serv-
ed to while away the tedium of the voy-
age why be critical?
There were several very nice boys on
board. One of them, Willie Dunlap,
with. They roamed all over the ship.
getting into all sorts of places where
ordinary passengers did not think Of
going.
into the steerage, where they saw how
the very poor people Travelled. The
steerage was a very dark, close place
far below deck, with the berths in little
compartments that looked something
like cupboards. After the steerage they
went down into the engine room to see
the enormous machinery that made the
ship go.
In the evening ali the passengers
gathered in the saloon, and there was
music.
The people on board the ship amused
themselves in playing games. in loung-
ing about the decks and in reading.
Once they passed a school Of por-
poises playing in the water. Again,
they sighted a group Of flying fish,
beautiful creatures with glistening
scales and slender. graceful bodies, on
which the wings were only very large
fins. The fish darted through the air
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BGRTIG MND UNCLE BGLMN
CROSS THO OCEAN.

Verse by
CAROLINE WETHEKELL-
90

BERTHE Hunt had expected to have a
good time seeing the sights in New
York. He had come from his home in
Florida in charge of his uncle Belam,
who had business to attend to there
and expected to stay a few weeks, but
when they reached their New York ho-
tel Uncle Belam found a telegram that
? informed him that he must go at once
TO England.
BERTHE was delighted, for his uncle,
who was also his guardian, said that
he would take him along. Any boy
would be pleased with the prospect of a
long trip across the ocean and the
chance to see foreign lands.
AS the business was pressing, Uncle
Belam said ne thought they must start
at once. so he secured passage for them
on the American line steamer New
York, that was leaving for Southamp-
ton the next day.
They drove down to the dock at the
foot of Vesey street, New York, one
Wednesday morning about o'clock.
The steamer sailed at 10, therefore they
had an opportunity to watch the hustle
Of embarking. At 10 o'clock a bell rang,
and the tug that was attached to the
ship hauled it out into midstream. It
swung gracefully round and pointed its
prov down the bay. Then the tug let
so. BERTHE watched with great interest
the buildings on each side of the river
the ship 1t looked as though the shore,
and not the vessel, were moving. The
tall. slender structures looked like mon
uments. They passed Governors island,
where the fort keeps grim watch over
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ing and waiting and listening all this
time, and not a soul has come, not
even John"
II saw him this afternoon" the old
man explained quickly, land he said
one Of the children was sick. 1t was
Sally. She was a little croupy last
night and needed watching. He said
maybe he couldn't come on that ac-
count. I didn't tell you before, because
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russ AND THE CANARY.

AzEiIeis ilttie 81 esnayy
ChiFps and slnes 10 heF.
Pussy ca, 60 yon heaf thatFs
fng usFl '.Pzr. psR.~
Msriis's lkzIs pa ennary,s
Killed and essun 10.
Pussy est did ga % thskfs
fMy aya Kew msR"
''Ncw." saia Maria 70 t. p@s.
'swhst an I to al
Since yea have eaten 10 pooR hardIs
n1st punish yea"
50 she tied the naughty kitten
To the gartiea sat
And left him there for oae vheis az
withOuf 9 thing to eat
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One Of the queerest places OF worship
IN The world is the Church OF 81 Ursn-
IA In Cologne II e. erected IN memory
Of a Christian maiden. Ursula who.
with u.s9s companions. n said 20 have
been tortured 90 death b. the Hans 81
A. D. II hardly seems probable tnat
either I.ose maidens or ose-hHndre0fh
part q that nuBheF could have besa
foun6 In Cologne IN TIE 6fth century.
n yea venture 60 hin4 thts % IL suids
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for about 200 yards, never rising more
than few feet from the water. Uncle
Belam said they sprang out of the wa
ter to escape their enemies Of the ocean,
larger fish, who would like to make a
meal Of them. Otherwise the journey
was without incident, and 1t was with
good deal Of relief that BERTHE saw in
the distance the white cliffs of Eng
land. The ship now moved more slowly
through the water, and they began to
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vealIng his slippers. the elaborate elA-
gancs OF whose befiowered pattern
rightly belonged 'tosa generation ago.
In-his -wife,s gray hair. touched with
4 tinge OF yellow. was a high. tortoise
shell comb, and on the fingers OF her
napkins. too, left out Of the wreck Of
our fortunes. but am going to use
them tonight. We don't have a golden
wedding every night, you know. have
set the cake ON the table beside them.
wrinkled hands. folded demurely In her
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Dear me. wili.e." said the little boy's
mamma, nurse has put on your stock
ings wrong side out this norninsi"
Yes" replied While. Il s'pOss she
did 1t so the hole on the other side
wouldn't show. She doesn't like to darn
cher,
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THE YOUTH OF FAMOUS FOLK.
DavY Crockett.

David Crockett, or Davy Crockett. as
he Is better known. was one Of the most
famous pioneers in the history OF this
country. He was born in Limestone,
Greene county, Tenn. and was killed
in Texas, March 6. 1886. His father
was an old Revolutionary soldier. who
moved to eastern Tennessee after the
war and opened a small tavern on the
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! the city; down past the statue of Lib
past Forts Hamilton and Wadsworth,
on, until they were out in the open sea
and the pilots boat hove to to take off
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Mother-Bobby. how many sisters has
your new schooIfellow7
Bobby-He has one. mamma. Re
tried to make me believe be had two
half sisters. but he doesn't know that
I'm studying fractions.
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meet other ships on their way across
the ocean. In few hours they reached
Southampton. BERTHE was much inter
ested in the quaint old place, for he
knew that it was from this port that
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the pilot, who only was needed to take
them out of New York harbor.
Berthe began to look about him for
amusement. His uncle and he were
first cabin passengers and were there
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road from Knoxville to
Abingdon. Davy was Q
lively. good natured boy,
whom every one liked.
but who had q great
faculty for getting into
trouble. When about Il