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DR.. Shuts. an old soldier Of Wichita,
tells a grewsome story of how he was
once marked for death and how he got
religion. He had been badly wounded
and was in a big hospital near Wash
ington. He noticed that it was the
custom of the hospital laundry to close
at 6 o'clock every night and that II
there was patient in the ward who
was expected to die during the night
clean undercothes were brought from
the laundry and put by his bed. One
night the nurse brought clean under
clothes and put them by DR.. Shuts
bed. and he knew then that his time
had come.
AS the hours wore on a young wo-
man came to him and offered to pray,
She was Ella Chase. sister Of the IA
nous Kate Chase Sprague and daugh-
ter of Salmon z. Chase. secretary OF
the treasury. The doctor was glad to
have her pray, and he admits that he
did little supplicating on his own ac-
count. However. he pulled through
the night, and the next morning those
clean underclothes were carried away.
kansas City Journal.
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soninI Trnits of Browning.

In his immense humanity he refused
TO make distinctions Of manner among
those of his own class Of life who ap-
preached him. always excepting the
rare cases where base qualities had
been proved beyond a doubt to his
mind. The thing he most abhorred was
untruthfuness. Even insincerity in It's
most conventional form was detestable
to an upright mind which loved and
sought for truth in all its phases. His
first impulse was 10 think well Of peo-
pie, to like them. to respect them; they
were human souls, and therefore to
him Of the greatest earthly interest.
He conversed affably with all. Lover
OF beauty as he was. he would talk as
pleasantly with dull old ladies as with
young and pretty ones. He made hlm-
self delightful at a dinner party wbeth-
or the quests chanced to be of medi-
ocre intelligence or of superior brains.
His fund Of sparkling anecdote for all
WAS never exhausted In this, as in
many other ways. one learned from
him the lesson of self forgetfulness.
He mover asked: DO these people
amuse me? Do find them agreeablev
His only thought was. Let me try 10
make their time pass pleasantly" -
The Late Mrs. Arthur Bronson in Cen
tury Magazine.
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East African Progress.

Great changes have been made
among the negroes of German East Ar
rica. They now use plates, cups, glass
es. saucers. looking glasses. spoons,
knives. umbrellas and occasionally
clocks they call for soap and kerosene.
In their market places they are seen
drinking tea with sugar at table. The
women have adopted European clothes
and make use of sewing machines even
in the interior districts.
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THE ARK OF NOAH.
An Ann,.nt Tablet That Gives - Ex-
act Description of IL.

A remarkable discovery has been
made in the British museum during the
slow course Of dociphorng the cunei-
form inscriptions Oh earthern tablets
found in tie ruins of the library OK
Asurbanipal the Magnificent, king OF
Assyria from CGS to G2G before the day
Of Christ.
The new find is that Of tablet that
tells in details of Noah's ark. giving
exact dimensions and enumcra;;ng the
animals that were carried on il TO save
them from the deluge.
The ancient record. predating even
the ancient Asurbanipars reian by no
one knows how many centuries treats
the matter not as legend, but as his
tory.
According to the dimensions given in
the record. the hull OF the ark was al
most exactly twice as long and more
than ten times us wide as the Oceanic
or the Celtic. the two biggest ships In
the world today. Either of the two
big ships when in drydock towers eigh-
ty feet from keel 10 lower deck. The
deckhouse alone of the ark. according
to the tablets, was more than three
times as high as that.
So great was this deckhouse that
neither the Oceanic nor Celtic could ac-
commodate it on their hulls, for 1t
alone was 400 feet longer than either
Of these shiDs are over all.
The description Of the ark as given
in the tablets depicts it as having been
huge houseboat in form. Thus the
present and common conception OF
what its appearance was Is Identical
with that conveyed by the old record.
According to the figures given in the
tablet. the ark would have drawn so
much water that she never could enter
New York harbor, even in the highest
tide. when there are thirty-six feet Of
water clear. This fact serves to give
graphic conception of what the ex-
tent of the deuge must have been.
The tablet. after giving the dimen.
sions Of the ark, goes on to describe
the Arrangement of the deckhouse.
There was ample room on each side
of the deckhouse for moving about, a
space 1920 feet wide having been LETT
on each side Of the craft between the
deckhouse and the gunwale Of the ark.
At each end was great deck, where
the inmates rested during the day.
One may suppose these two decks were
similar in purpose. If not in form. to
the promenade decks on the modern
liners.
The work Of deciphcrng the inscrip-
ton has not been completed. aud only
partial list Of the animals that were
carried has been made out as yet. The
Inscription. as far as read. enumerates
I'm the order given drOmedaries, cam
els. oxen. mules. asses. sheep, goats,
antelopes and rabbits as the mammals
that were carried. Doves head the list
of birds. then follow swallows and ra-
yens.
All this agrees with the account OK
the building and voyage Of the ark as
given in the Bible except the order in
which the birds are named.-Washing-
fon Post
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THE NAGGlNG HABIT.
1ne of the Sins That Destroy the
Comfort of Home.


There il one exceedingly disagree
able habit into which some people fall
without seeming to notice it. This Is
nagging. They cannot say what they
have to say and then let 1t alone, but
keep pecking and pecking at 1t on
every occasion, and If occasions do not
arise naturally they make them. In
this nagging sarcasm or irony bears
leading part. A thing may be said once
or twice as a pleasant raillery in gen.
ial humor, but when repeated over and
over il ceases to be fun. 1t then cuts.
Sarcasm is a two edged tool; 1t cuts
and wounds the one at whom 1t Is aim
ed and 1t lrritates and roughens the
one who uses it. 1t is q dangerous
tool for one to use who wishes to be
either kind or just 1t comes easily to
the lips, and the intellect takes GER
tain kind of delight in aptness, ingenu-
ity or sharpness. Its use grows on one;
at least the habit becomes so habltual
that it is used unconsciously. Howey-
er good Daturedly one seems to take 1t,
il is almost certain to leave a sting;
there is a wound that hurts. Struggle
against 1t as one will, there will often
be an impression carried that some
part Of it is meant in earnest.
Too often do all of us wound the
feelings of others by carelessness in
speech. We cannot too carefully guard
ourselves against the nagging habit.
IT rasDs and wears out the best Of dis
positions. Let US endeavor ever to
make our speech kindly even when
obliged to lind fault. "A blow with
word strikes deeper than a blow with
n sword" We shall never err By
speaking too kindly. These naggers are
often kind at heart and would not will
ingly wound another. They have form
ed the habit uncOnsciOusly and are not
aware OF how frequently they indulge
in that kind Of talk. 1t does not occur
20 them that any one may take fur'
ther meaning than they have meant
or that any part of it will be taken Sc
riously. 1t is unavoidable, however:
that this Is so.
The nagging habit is the real reason
why some women find it difficult to re-
tain servants. 1t is for the sharpness
of their tongues that some really ex-
celent people are avoided and disliked
in society. People dread the tongue
lashings that slip so easily from the
lips and without real malice, but they
nevertheless cut deep. Let us put a
guard on ourselves and see that this
habit of sarcastic speech and nagging
is not ours. The Chinese have a say
ing that "a mans conversation is the
mirror Of his thoughts" There is truth
in it. If we habitually talk In certain
way, we grow to be that way in char
acter.-Milwaukee Journal.
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Ancient ChOristers.

One of the most remarkable clubs or
modern times has its headquarters in
Alameda. Cal 1t is known as the
"Old Mems Singing club" 10 one be
Ing admitted TO ii who has not the gift
Of song and who has not passed at
least his sixty-ffth birthday. The CLUB
has l0l members. with an aggregate
age of G.GjG years The only woman
artist was the Sonora Benina Bar)ne.
aged l03 years. who danced and sang
La Tolla." This old Spanish woman
was born IA Mex.cO In 1913. She danced
I'm the Spanish City of Mexico while In
the first blush of maidenEOOd. and the
picturesque cavaliers Of those times
Melted her with roses. To the tinkling
accompaniment Of guitar they sang
love SONGS underneath her window.
Those she says. were merry days. The
weary feet. which at their owners re-
quest danced oErc more in order that
a few extra dollars might be added to
the fund for the poor. were as light as
in the bygone days. and if the aged
voice quayered no one noticed ~
Strand.
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Latest Achievement In Hosiery.

Paper stockings the secretly cherish
ed ideal Of the bachelor and also Of the
bachelor girl. are said to have been
achieved Paper is made into sort OF
strong twine. which Is roughened to
give It wooly look. and then it is
knitted like the real thing. J stock
ings are to be retailed at ~ ceA IS pair,
or about 3 cents silver. Thus patient
darners OF socks and stockings are to
have release from their task. and mat
rimony is to be still further postponed
and laundry bills sayed.-Mexican Her
old
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The Church of England.

Recent statistics show that the
Church of England provides in Eng
land and Wales about 7.OO0,OOO sittings
in places of worship against over $780,
600 provided by the noncontormists.
The church COMMITMENTS are sale to
number l.9T4G20 as against 1,o45,932
IN monconlo.mist congregations, but
the church communicates are not en-
rolled as exactly as those in the chap
els
Man is born to rule, but woman
comes along and beats him out Of his
job.-Chicago News.
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A ZOla Blaze.

There has just been another bonfire
of M. Zola's books in Melbourne. The
local supreme court has decided that
certain of his novels are indecent lit
erature" within the meaning Of the act.
In consequence when consignment OF
these books arrives from London or
Paris it is promptly seized at Port Mel
bourne and carried into the custom
house yard, where the books are piled
into heap and set alight. The process
is primitive, but effective.
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redhot plnchers: they were sewed up
In the skins of animals and then
thrown to the dogs; they were daubed
with combustibles and set on fire! IL
all the martyrs stakes that have been
kindled could be set at proper dis
tances, they would make the midnight
all the world over bright as monday!
And now they sit yOnder In the mar
tyrs' gallery. For them the fires OF
persecution have gone out; the swords
are sheathed and the mob hushed. Now
they watch us with an all observing
sympathy. They know all the pain, all
the hardship, all the anguish, all the
injustice. all the privntion. They can
not keep still They cry: Courage!
The fire will not consume; the Hoods
cannot drown: the lions cannot devour.
Courage down there in the arena"
Some Eminent Spectators.
What? Are they all looking? This
hour we answer back the salutation
they give and cry, Hail, sons and
daughters of the fire"
| look again, and see another gal
lerv-that OF eminent Christians. What
strikes me strangely is the mixing in
companionship of those who on earth
could not agree There is Albert
Barnes and around him the presbytery
who tried him for heterOdoxyl Yon-
der are Lyman Beecher and the church
court that denounced him! Stranger
than all, there are John Calvin ana
James Arminius! Who would have
thought that they would sit so lovingly
together? There are George Whitefeld
and the ministers who would not let
him come into their pulpits because
they thought him fanatic. There are
the sweet singers Toplady, Montgom-
cry. Charles Wesley, Isaac Watts and
Mrs. Sigourney. If heaven had had
no music before they went up, they
would have started the singing. And
there the band Of missiOnaries-Dayid
Abeel. talking of China redeemed; and
John Scuddcr OF India saved and Da-
vid Brainerd. OF the aborigines evan
gelized. and Mrs Ad0niram Judson,
whose prayers for Burma took heaven
by violence. All these Christians are
looking into the arena. Cur struggle is
nothing to theirs. DO we In Christs
cause suffer from the cold? They walk
ed Greenlaud's icy mountains. DO we
suffer from the heat? They sweltered
i'm tropics. DO we get fgiigutdE They
tainted, with mono 10 cnre for them but
cannibals. Are we p,rsrcut"d: They
were mathematical. And as t-py look
from their gallery and see lis falter in
the presence OF the Ions | seem TO hear
Isaac Watts addressing us In his old
hymn. only littlc changed:
Must you be carried to the skies
On fowery beds Of ease
While others fought to win the prize
or sailed through bloody seas?
Toplady shouts in his old hymn:
Your harps. ye trembling saints.
Down from the willows take;
Loud to the praise of love divine
Bid every string awake.
While Charles Wesley. the Method
list. breaks forth in words Il little va
ried; go. nsscy -. ..
A charge to Keep you'have.
A God 10 glorify,
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Chronic DIarrhOea.

Mr.. G. b. Wingfield, OF Fair Play.
Mo , who suffered frop chr'nic dys-
entery for thirty five years. says
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy did him more
good than any other medicine he
had . yer used. For sale by VIM. Z,
Bell g. Co., Accomac G. Ii Va.
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A Cod to glorfy'
A never dying soul 70 save
And fit Il for the skyi

look again. and see the gallery OF
our departed. Many Of those In the
other galleries we have heard Of but
these we knew. Oh. how familiar their
facesl They sat at our tables. and we
walked 70 the house of God In COM
pany. Have they forgotten us? Those
fathers and mothers started us on the
road Of life. Are they careless as to
what becomes Of us? And those chill
dren-do they look with stolid indiffer-
ence as to whether we win or lose this
battle Of life? They remember the day
they left us. They remember the agony
of the last farewell Though years in
heaven. they know our faces. They
remember our sorrows. They speak
our names. They watch this fight for
heaven. Nay. see them rise up and
lean over and wave before us their
recognition and encouragement That
gallery Is not full. They are keeping
places for us. After we have slain the
lson they expect the King to call US,
saying. Come up higher" Between
the hot struggles in the arena | wipe
the sweat from my brow and stand on
tiptoe. renchIng up my right hand to
clasp theirs In rapturOus handshaking,
while their voices come ringing down
from the gallery. crying BE thou
faithful unto death. and you shall have
n crowur'
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Tho c,zo Of the Universe.

But here pause. overwhelmed with
the majesty and the JOY Of the scene!
Gallery Of the King! Gallery of an
gels. Gallery OF prophets and apostles!
Gallery of martyrs. Gallery of saints!
Gallery of friends and kindred! U
majestic circles Of light and love!
Throngs. lhrongs. throngs. How shall
we stand the gaze Of the universe?
Myriads Of eyes beaming on us. Myr-
lads Of hearts beating in sympathy for
u.s. How shall weevcr dare to sin again?
How shall we ever become discouraged
again? How shall we ever feel lonely
again? With God for us and angels
for us and prophets and apostles FOR
us and the great souls of the ages for
us and our glorihed kindred for us
shall we give up the fight and die?
No. Son Of God, who didst die to save
us. No, ye angels, whose wings are
spread forth to shelter us! No, ye
prophets and apostles, whose warnings
startle us. No, ye loved ones, whose
HIIIlS are ~ lSNNA'N NS'
No: we will never surrender.
Sure must fight IL 1 would reign,
Be faithful to my Lord,
And bear the cross, endure the pa
Supported by thy word.
Thy saints in all this glorious war
Shall conquer though they die;
They see the triumph from afar
And seize 1t with their eye.
When that illustrous day shall rise
And all thine armies shine
In robes Of victory through the skies,
The glory shall be thine.
NV hearers. shall we die in the arena
or rise to join our friends In the gal
lery? Through Christ we may come
off more than conquerors. A soldier
dying In the hospital rose up In bed the
last moment and cried, Here, here!'
His attendants put him back on his pill
low and asked him why he shouted
"Herew "Oh, l heard the roll call OF
heaven, and 1 was only answering to
nv namew l wonder whether after
this battle of this life is over our
names will be called In the muster roll
of the pardoned and glorifed and, with
the Joy of heaven breaking upon our
souls, shall cry, Here, here"
copyright, 1902, Louis Klopsch. N. ~
Lack Of sense is too often blamed on
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Fertilizers, Farmers Supplies, Build
ing Material, Furniture, &c

The pubic will please take notice. that have for sae
Fertilizers, to suit all crops
Farmers SUPPLIES such Garden and Field Seeds Ag
ricultural Implements, Mill Feed Hay, &c
Building Material viz: Shingles Brick, Lime HAIR Sash
Doors, Blinds Moudings, &c
Furniture in Oak Suits Bureaus Buffets Tables Chairs
Mattresses, &c.
Orv Goods. Notions Shoes, Hats, Hardware, Tin and
Wooden Ware Groceries, Canned Goods &c.
Patronage solicited satisfaction guaranteed
Rogers 81 Bro, EMnGy, VU
, 1902-11-08
ONE PAINTERS HAPPY LIFE.
Mind Of William Blake Filled Witt
Lofty Thoughts.

Lofty Thoughts.
William Blake. the poet and paint
er, whose delicate and mystical work.
both in words and on canvas. was
quite unlike that of any other man.
had a singularly happy life. 1t was
full of encouragement and greatly
cramped by poverty, but of this he
seemed to take nc account. His mind
was always filled with lofty and beau,
tiful thoughts, and this world seemed
to him but the entrance to q noblcr
state of existence.
One day, when he was Al old man, a
little girl was brought to him. He
looked at her tenderly, stroked her
long curls, and said:
MY child. may God make this world
as beautiful to you as it has been to
me-"
He had not been well for a long
time before his death. When his old
friend. the artist Flaxman, died, Blake
said:
Il thought l should go first. | can,
not think of death as more than going
out of one room into another"
A little mre than a year after that
he died. On the day of his death he
composed and uttered songs in praise
of God, so sweet that his wife, as she
stood by. was enraptured by them.
My beloved" he said to her, they
are not mine. No. they are not
I mine,"
, 1902-11-08
Some "Woman's Work."

Women in America. it is thought,
are now engaged in mems occupations
to an astonishing degree, but the In.
~novatior seems to be carried still
further in Europe. In Germany, Swift
zerland and Holland women take part
in the labors of agriculture. They
till the field, u the corn and gather
the crops. On the streets of Munich
women are employed to keep the car
lines clean and they are specially uni
formed for the purpose in short skirts.
Bavaria being well supplied with for
ests, wood is largely used for fuel and
along the curb of Munich's streets
women frequently sell their frewood.
In Zurich the railway stations have
women ticket agents and women are
%custodians of museums in many for
eign capitals.
, 1902-11-08
MEN PROFIT, WOMEN SUFFER.
How Frank Stockton Got Prize and
His Sister Did Not.

When years ago a juvenile magazine
offered two prizes for the best stories
written by a child under IL and by one
between the ages of IL and 10, Frank
r. Stockton competed for the latter
prize and his sister Louise for the
former and both children succeeded in
writing the best stories in both groups.
But the editor Of the magazine did not
much like the idea of giving his two
prizes to the members of one family.
He was afraid 1t would be said that
the winners were relatives or init
mate friends of him. So he wrote to
Louise and told her that hers was the
best story in the under II years group,
but, nevertheless, he would not give
a prize to her, because if he did it
would make talk and he would be ac-
cused of Partially. Frank got his
prize, but someone else got the little
girls. Miss Louise Stockton, who
lives in West Philadelphia. often tells
this story. which taught her, she says,
her first lesson in the worlds injustice.
and which showed her how out of this
injustice men profit and women sui
fer.
, 1902-11-08
TACT OF A GENTLEMAN.
How Frank Stockton Relieved Feel
inQs Of a Friend.

Last winter, while Will n. Harb"n
was writing Abner Daniel NIair"rs).
he often met Frank r. Stockton at
the Authors club. One afternoon
Harden told Mr.. Stockton of his new
book, and added that he had been
trying to get up his COUrag" to ask
to be allowed to scnd it to him when
/. vas published. stockton assured
Mr.. Harden that he would be glad to
see it. but just then another novelist
sauntered across the room and said:
Frank D. has just sen me a
copy of his last book and wants me
to review it. | suppose you are often
bored with similar rcqucsts?'
1t was an awkward moment for
Stockton and Harden. but the former
was equal to the emergency.
We'll" he said, CarclySsly. 1T is
rather hard to write reviews of books
FOR friends when one is busy writing
novels. but | do certainly like to read
books written by men | know
The conversation took Il turn, and
Harden walked ava He thought tn"
matter had passed out Of the mind of
the genial humor'st. but a few min
utes later Stockton came to him and
said:
Il dOn't want you to forget to snu!
me that book. am greatly int '"n-;"!
In it." But Mr.. Stockton lived
to receive the promised FIRST copy
He died while MIR. Harden was reading
the proofs of the novel.
, 1902-11-08
THE NEW

The republican party will not have so
large a majority in the next house of
representatives as it has il the pres
ent one. Had it secured SUCH n ma
jority it would have won a remarkable
victory. For two generations the party
which has won at a presidential cleo
ton has met with losses at the IS
ing congressional election. Occasion
ally the losses have been so small as
not to deprive the administration party
of the control of the house. Sometimes.
as in 1890 and 1894, the opposition has
won a sweeping victory. The opposi.
ton would. in all probability. have been
successful this year had it not been
for President Roosevelt. If the coal
strike had not been settled republican
majorities in many eastern states
would have suffered.
The republicans have lost some dis,
tricts because Of democratic reunion,
That was inevitable. They have lost
a few because of faction fights and of
personal WdTldTe ou Cdilul'
dates. Thus the First Illinois district
has been lost. In the west the reced'
ing tide of populism and free silverism
has given back to the republicans dis
tricts once theirs. These gains have
served to make good, in part. losses in
other quarters.
When the Fifty-eighth congress con
venes next year there will be a repub
lican president in the White house
There will me a republican senate ir
There will be a republican senate in
one wing oft the capitol and a republican
house in the other. The executive de
partment and the two branches of the
legislative department will work to
gether. The policies Of the presiden'
and the party will be carried out. Leg
islation for the public welfare will moi
De impeded or frustrated by demo
cratic opposition. The country may ex
pect much of the Fifth-eight congress
Chicago Tribune.