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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-10-30
~ Y "a ffl 71-T.- J -, ! 1I-IT . \ I3 f!,Ts n
Grain horta-o in Russia.

y 81 Nh, UFAln SnOrt2-O IN HusSI1. ~ g#FI,
I ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. 29. According
to The Official Messenger the grain:
shortage is not confined to the eastern
provinces and Siberia. The provinces
richest in cereals are actually suffering:
on account of poor harvest. Grain is
forwarded ahead Of other merchandise
and grain railway rates have been re :
3duced. 80. =, .',$.s$ ~ ~ Z, $J%
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-10-30
AGAIN In Registration.

CANTON, O., Oct 80. The registra-,
ton of voters shows total registration
in Canton Of 8, 101 voters, a gain Of
$40 over the registration in 1896. :.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-10-30
! ACTED As A BROKER,

Germany Served Russian Interests in
+, Making tho Agreement with England.
BERLIN, Oct. s9-The Berliner Post
publishes an INSPIRED article devoted to
showing that the Aglo. German agree.
ment will in no way interfere with
Russia Is interests in Man churia.
eff England had not arrived at an
agreement with Germany" says The
Post, :.she would have been compelled
to do SO with Russia. This would have
been serious blow to German trade.
Germany, in her capacity of an honest
broker, has served Russian interests"
In Memory Of tina Murdered Missionaries.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-A union serv.
ice in memory of the Presby terian mis-.
sionaries who were killed at Pao Ting
Fu on June so last, were held Sunday
at the Sixth Avenue Presbyterian
church. The missionaries 30 remem.
bered were George Yarley Taylor, M.
o., CORTLAND Van Rensselaer, Hodge,
M. D. and Mrs. Hodge and the Rev.
and Mrs Frank Els mox and their three
little children. Five Presbyterian
clergymen took part in the exercises
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-10-30
More Austrnlian Gold for a n,larie

~ SYDNEY, n. s. W., Oct. 20. The
American steamer Mariposa, Captain
Houghlett, has sailed for San Fran
cisco, having On board g65O. 600 il gold.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-10-30
Minneapolis Wheat,

- :. - - MINNEAPOLlS, UcC. 70. q
+, WHEAT-In Store-D December 1850,
May 1870. On Track-No. i hard
s76o, No Northern 1870, No. Q North
ern 719f071zsc. a.. :. : S,isa} Vt u
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-10-30
Sioux City Live Stock. :

- = ....> 7. Sioux CRY, Ia, Oct. 90. i
CATTLE-Market steady. .s $;,s b, X !. 5j&*l
= Sales ranged at $4.25@6 25 for beeves,
e3.00@S.75 for cows. bulls and mixed
eS.00@4O for stookers and feeders, y$3. IS
Ca % for calves and yearlings. 4. s$! +. : >s
: sHOGS-Market &c lower. Range OF
prices &A.4504.4 AZ. 4 Red :&Sttt. &,%
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-10-30
Found the whole Di.triot orined.

,<rS& Found tho whole District Mined. 4
ST.. PETERSBURG, Oct. %. The Rus.
sian sappers who were employed to dig
out and destroy the mines at Mukden,
an official dispatch says found the whole
district mined and IL was the sudden
arrival Of the Russians that prevented
wholesale destruction. 1; %GG 81, g.ss, 2:s%ftsE
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-10-30
WIN Accept tho Asrs ,s.,m ,,,,ut

y " VIENNA, Oct. 29.-The semi-ofacial
SPolitische Correspondents asserts that
France and Russia. after discussion,
! have decided TO accept the Anglo. Ger
man agreement. 3 !, x ~.7E x n f..tS
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

Farm Journal" is the lie aiding
farm paper of the country. Its ed
itor was raised at the plow handles,
and knows what he is talking about.
We have an arrangement with the
Farm Journal" by which we can
send it for nearly FIVE years, the
remainder of 1900, and all of 1901,
1902, 1908 and 1904, to all who
subscribe for the COLUMBIAN both
papers at the price of ours only.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05
Revised list of secondhand biz

Revised list of secondhand bicy-
cles, at Mercer's Drug & Book
Store; One Fairy King, with new
Morgan & Wright tires, for $500.
1t is better than any new $500
wheel on the market. One Dayton
for $I4. 90, one Envoy for $1,000,
one Columbia for 500 one Colum-
bia for $500, one Crescent, new
tires, for SII.oo, one Columbia for
$1,000 one Alton Ga $40 wheel,
new this year-has not run one
hundred miles), for $500, one la
dies wheel for SI2.oo, one tandem
Cleveland, with new tires, $50 90.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

On account of the overcrowded
condition of the Danville Hospital,
a number of the inmates have been
removed to the new hospital at Re-
treat, along the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, opposite Shickshinny.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05
Two Youths. lanes Hinchey and

Two youths, James Hinchey and
James Curran, aged II and 9 years
respectively, of Centralia, stole into
saloon-keeper Goldsworthy's cellar
and drank whiskey through straws
from barrel until both were intoX-
icated. They were found a short
time after and taken to their homes.
Hinchey died from the overdose,
Thursday. His companion will re-
cover.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

Louis Bernhard Jr., son OF Louis
Bernhard, of this town, who has
been conducting a jewelry store in
Scranton for some time past, was
burned out Monday night. His
loss was about $1,000. He was in
sured for about one fourth that
amount.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

The following letters are held at
the Bloomsbury, Pa, postoffice, and
will be sent to the dead letter office
July II, 1900. Persons calling for
these letters will please say "that they
were advertised July 8, 1900:
Mr.. Lutte Copeland, Mr.. f. o.
Rourke, Miss Mertie Derr, Miss Alta
Litmon.
One cent will be charged on each
letter advertised.
O. =. MELLlc:::, p. VI.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

The Bloomsbury Store Company
is disposing of its stock and
will go out of business. 1t has not
been sufficiently successful 10 war
rant continuance. The entire shoe
department was sold to a New York
firm.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

While at work in the Store Com
pany's store on Monday, Miss EN-
ma Webb tainted and fell, striking
her head on the counter and cutting
cash in her head. She was taken
to her home or Centre street, and
DR.. Arment was called in. Miss
Webb is now improving.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

Edward Ricketts,, of Danville,
was struck and instantly killed by
passenger train, in Shamokin,
last Thursday afternoon. A coro-
ner's jury was empanelled and a
verdict rendered that death was the
result Of personal negligence.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

J. E. Roys has purchased Geo.
w. Hess entire stock of photo sup
plies, and is now the only person in
town keeping OH hand, at all times,
every requisite for this most pleas
ant pastime. He shows rice line
of cameras, both film and plate,
from the inexpensive to the best.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

Island Park, midway between
Sunbury and Northumberland, will
not be used for picnic purposes this
season. 1t is said that trouble be-
tween the park owner and the Trac-
ton Company is the cause. This
was one of the prettiest, as well as
the most popular picnic grounds in
central Pennsylvania, and was vis-
tied by three excursions from
Bloomsbury last sulrrer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

Hon. Rufus K. Polk, Congress
man for this district, has rendered
an appointment to West Point to
Herbert Hollister, son of Samuel
Hollister, of Locust Gap. The
fortunate Young man is in every
way deserving Of the marked dis
tinction he has received.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

The river bridge was threatened
with destruction on Friday. A fire,
the origih of which cannot be ac-
counted for, started about the center
of the structure, but it was discov-
cred by Bruce Jones, who extin-
guished it before it had much time
to spread.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

The Winona Fire Company de-
feated the Bloomsbury Juniors, at
base ball, on Normal Field, Satur-
day afternoon. Score, Is to a..
The latter put up a pretty stiff fight,
but they were out Of their class.
Harry Little twirled for the fremen
and Harry Richie for the Juniors.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

A dance given by the Rorer Club
i'll Evans Hall last Friday night
was a very pleasant affair.
The Rorer Club is composed of
eight young ladies prominent in
social circles. About twenty couples
were present and the music was
furnished by Breon's orchestra.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

Base ball Saturday afternoon, OH
Normal Field. Winonas VS.. Ber-
wick. This will be the first oppor-
tunity that lovers of the great ma
tional game have had to cheer for
an all-around home team. Savidge
will pitch.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

The boys and girls should read
the Farm Journal. 1t will help
keep them on the farm. We will
send it five years, the remainder of
1900 and all of 1901, 1902, 1908
and 1904, to every one who will
subscribe for the COLUMBIAN.
Walk right up to the captains Of
flee.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

A shooting affair occurred on
Eighth street this morning, and as
a result of which Jacob Stiner will
probably lose the sight of an eye.
We are in possession of only meagre
details. There is great diversity of
opinion. Some say it was inten-
tional, while others claim it was all
accident.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

The work ofremodeling Institute
Hall at the Normal has already
been commenced by contractor L.
Il. Long, Of Wilkesbarre.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

Lamps, burners, wicks, chimneys,
globes, shades and all other lamp
fixtures, at Mercer's Drug & Book
Store.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

+. H. Eaton, of Berwick, was
last week reelected first vice presi.
dent of the American Car and
Foundry Company.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05
WANTED,

A good team of working horses.
Must be sound, and we'll broken.
THE LEADER STORE Co. LTD.
Corner 4th & Market ST.,
Bloomsbury. 6-2I-tf
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

Harry Burrows had his left hand
burned by the accidental discharge
of a revolver. on Friday. He is an
apprentice at Z. F. Rows barber
shop.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

Mountain Grove Campmeeting
will open Wednesday, August 8.
Indications now point to a most
successful meeting.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

w. L. Prior and Miss Annie +.
Wise, of Williamsport, were married
Tuesday morning. Mr.. Prior is
we'll known in Bloomsbury and
visits here quite frequently.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

Sit on your porches, by using
Inc Bamboo porch screens. Com
pete with poles and put up for 8
cents foot, at S. R. Bidleman' S
DooK, wall paper and stationery
S'ore. 6-2Itf.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

Ralph, son of William Mutchler,
was quite severely burned about
the head and face yesterday by the
accidental lighting Of some loose
powder.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

If you don't feel quite we'll, try a
bottle of Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t
is wonderful tonic and invigora-
tor. 1t will help you,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

The Salvation Army augmented
by two hack loads from Danville,
conducted a meeting on Market
Square, Monday evening.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

c M. Hess has been given tn,
contract to put new roof on th'
exhibition building on the fai
ground.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

The rail and plate mills of the
Danville Bessemer Steel Company
were ordered to cease operations on
Saturday.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

There were no freight trains run
on the ID. L. & w. Railroad yes
terday, not only this division, but
the entire system.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

A new livery stable has been
opened in the rear of the Farmers
hotel on Iron street. The proprie-
'or Is Francis Ely OF Franklin town
ship.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

Trimmed and untrimmed hats
and boGnets late styles, greatly
reduced in price for remainder of
the season at +. Barkleys, I29
West Main Street. 1T
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

The Slickshinny EcAo is count
ing on a population of 1000 for
that town.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

AT Centralia, last week. Eman-
uel Rooms was robbed by two men,
whom he had kept over night.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

The entrance to the Office of the
Exchange Hotel has been beauti-
fed by handsome tile flooring.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

+. H. Guie, Esq, is the Repub-
lican candidate for Governor of
Washington. He formerly resided
at Catawissa. His present home is
in Seattle.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

Mrs. Lemuel Teitsworth is in a
precarious condition at the home OF
J. l.. Wolverton.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

If Williamsport will agree to fur
nlsh $50, 900 and a site for the
building, Susquehanna University
will locate in that city.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

Guy Jacoby Esq. has secured an
increase of pension for Robert
Moore of this town.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

Box paper-Io, IS, 20, IS, 80,
IS and SOC per box-at Mercer's S
Drug & Book Store.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

The cool weather of Sunday had
an increasing effect upon the con-
gregations, at both morning and
evening services, of the various
churches of town.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

Take your wheel to the Blooms
burg Cycle Works and get it re-
paired.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

Oppenheimer's Orchestra of
Wilkesbarre will furnish the music
Tor dance to be held in Evans
Hall tonight.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

Con. Ifland has succeeded Lemue'
Drake as landlord of the hotel al
Buckhorn.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

Peruna, Swamp-Root, Hood S
Sarsaparilla, Lydia +. Pinkhan' s
Compound. and all patent medi-
cines, at Mercers Drug & Book
Store.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

Art Colley passed Hoboken on
his way to Bloomsbury, while the
terrible fire, which resulted in the
death of more than two hundred
persons, was raging.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

The delicious strawberry is gone
for this season.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

The Band will give a festival and
concert on Friday and Saturday
evenings, to help pay some debts
incurred as expenses in giving free
concerts last year. The public
should help them out.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

J, L. Dillon is enlarging his East
Fifth street green houses.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

Ezra Houseknecht and Miss
Josephine Johnson, both of Berwick
were quietly married at Harrisburg
last week, Wednesday. The bride
is we'll and favorably known in
Bloomsbury.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05
THE COLUMBIAN.

BLOOMSBURY, FA.
THURSDAY, JULY ), 1900.
Entered at the Post once at Bloom sburO, Pa
az second class matter, March /, 1889.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

The large barn on the property Of
Daniel Welliver, in Greenwood
township was completely wrecked
by heavy wind storm which swept
that section Friday evening.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-05

There was no celebration in
Bloomsbury yesterday. A great
many went to Sunbury, some to
Millville, while others put in the
day picnicing and fishing.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-01-10

he wields constant power by tn
Of which that Of other labor leader
nothing.
The lad did not like the shoemak.
trade, and. his release being secur
he learned to make cigars, becomin.
proficien by the time he was 13. Then
with his fathers family, he came t.
America. Down to the time he begal
to work in the shoe shops, he ATTENDED
day school regularly. After that hi
continued his studies at night school
where he applied himself so eagerly a!
to excite the especial attention Of hjt
teachers.
Upon his arrival In America he joine,
a New York cigarmakers' union, ant
his gift of common sense and his power
to express his thoughts logically and
clearly quickly made him prominen
member. Later he was repeatedly sem
as delegate to the international union.
When David B. Hill was Governor
he wished to make Mr.. Gompers mem
Der of the State Board Of Arbitration al
a salary Of $1,000. The tender wa
courteously declined.
IF I should accept political ap
pointment," said Mr.. GOmpers, my
usefulness in labor organizations would
Sc entirely and permanently destroyed
In 1882 Mr.. Gompers was made presi
dent of the American Federation of La
Dor, and now holds that Office. His sal
a-y Is but $1,000 a year, less than he
could earn at his trade in good times
and far smaller sum than could 5t
commanded by a man of his unusua
natural abilities and self-won acquire
ruents in the business world.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-01-10
SERMON
Rev. Or. Calmas(


Subject: New Tear Thoughts-We Should
Make the Most Of Our Hrief Lives
Infldelity tho Source OF Much Woe
Christ's Matchless Stories.
Gcopyrisht. Louis Klopsch. lsss.l
WASHINGTON, D. Gin this discourse DIR.
Talmage takes the opportunity Of offering
some very practical and useful suggestions;
text, Psalms xc., 8. 1--WE spend our years
as a tale that Is told"
wilderness. and during thirty -eight years
of the forty nothing i5 recorded Of them,
and, I suppose, no other emigrants had
duller or more uninteresting time than
they had. So they got to telling stories
stories concerning themselves or concern
ing others; stories about the brick kilns Of
Egypt, where they had toiled in slavery;
stories about how the waters OF the Red
Sea piled up into palisades at their cross
ing; story of the lantern hung In the heav-
ems to guide them by night; story Of ibises
destroying the reptiles OF the wilderness;
have been an awful thinS to have had moth
ing to do for thirty-eight years except to
get lost every time they tried to escape
from the wilderness. SO they whiled away
the time In story telling. Indeed, there
were persons whose one business was to
such trifles as they could pick up from the
surrounding listeners. To such instances
our text refers when It says. 1--WE spend
our years as a tale that is told"
At this tremendous passage from the
year 1899 to the year 1900 1t will do US all
good to consider that our whole life is a
story told-a good story or a bad story, a
tragic story or a mirthful story, a wise
story or foolish story, a clean story or a
filthy story, q story Of success or a story OF
failure. 1--WE spend our years as tale
that is told"
In the first place, remark that every
persons life Is q very interesting story.
My text does not depreciate ga tale that Is
told" We have all OF US been entertained
| by the story teller when snow bound In the
] rail train, or in the group winters night
! in the farmhouse, or gathered around a
blazing hearth with some hunters at the
mountain inn. Indeed, 1t Is q praiseworthy
art to impersonate q good story we'll. II
| you doubt the practical and healthful and
| inspiring use Of such a story, take down
from the library Washington Irving's
"Tales OF q Traveller or Nathaniel Haw-
| thorne's "Twice Told Tales" But as in.
| teresting as any OF these would be the
| story Of many an obscure life II the tale
were as we'll told. Why do we all like
biographies and autobiographies? Be-
| cause they are stories OF eminent human
lives. But the story OF the life OF a back
woocsman, of q man who looks stupid, oil
| one about whom you never heard a word
must be just as thrilling on small scale
as on large scale Is life Of Cyrus, or {
Caesar, or Pizarro, or Mark Antony, ol
| Charlemagne. au4 nm
plat nan just come out !" 80
/ a m y
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-01-10

Marcus AntOnius possessed dwarf
Sisyphus, not quite two feet tall, and
yet the pOssessOr of a remarkable wit
King Charles ii. had in court a pig,
my, Richard Gibson. This mite mar.
ried Anne Shepherd, the Queens
dwarf, each being forty-six inches in
height. Gibson was a skilled artist
and his miniatures and portraits are
much valued.
! The favorite Of Queen Henrietta Ma.
ria, Sir Jeffery Hudson, was presented
to her majesty in a pie, completely
armed as a knight. He prOvedka gal
liant, fiery little fellow, and Of consider.
able service to the royal family. He
became a captain of horse in the civil
| wars and followed his mistress to
| France.
The page Of honor to Mary Tudor
John Jervis by name, was one Of the
| tiniest dwarfs of his day.
Julia, the niece of the famous Angus
tus, had in her service two pigmies-
Canopus, twenty-nine inches high, and
Andromeda, her freed maid, who meas.
ured just the same height.
Poland in the fourteenth century had
a pigmy king, Ladislas the Short, who
is said to have won more victories than
any other monarch of his time, and who
left a great name as a jurist, states,
man and ruler.
| Christian H., Of Denmark, had a wee
dwarf to attend him, who was faithful
to his master even in adversely. He
went to prison with the king, planned,
and almost effected the royal escape.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-01-10

Prompted from the Gallery.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

7N the third door back" Of a dis
mal-looking lodging-house In a
street near Waterloo bridge, 8 man
was standing. singing. In dilapidated
armchair by the window. his audience
one wee, pretty lassie-was curled up,
wrapped about with an overcoat. for it
was the afternoon Of Christmas Day,
and there was no fire in the cherries
crate.
"Shall light the lamp. daddyT she
asked. as he ceased to sing and began
to execute a grotesque dance. still
whistling the refrain Of his song. 1T
has grown SO dark that I can't see to
give you your cues" and she held up
some tattered manuscript as she spoke.
mo, Babsie; that will do for tonight.
Don't try your eyes. Shall we have our
usual chat in the dark, pet? There is
no rehearsal tonight. Ugh how cold
1t is. Have we no coal or wood, dearie p
"No. dad: but 1t isn't very much cold,
er without fire. because the silly smoke
won't 60 up the chimney, somehow, SO