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Mary Donnelly.
Oh, lovely Mary Donnelly, tbs you
love the best!
II fifty girls We're round YOU I'd hard
ly see the rest:
BE what it may the time O day, the
place be where it will,
Sweet looks O. Mary Donnelly, they
bloom before me still.
Her eyes, like mountain water that's
flowing Oh Il rock,
How clear they are, how dark they
are! they give me many shock;
Red rowans warm in sunshine and
wetted with a shown,
Could ne'er express the charming lip
that has me in it's pow'r,
Her nose is straight and handsome,
her eyebrows lifted up,
Her chin is very neat and pert, and
smooth like china cup;
Her hairs the brag of Ireland, so
weighty and so fine,
It's rolling down upon her neck and
GATHERED in Irvine.
The dance O last Whitmonday night
exceeded all before
No pretty girl for miles about was
missing from the floor;
But Mary kept the belt O. love, and .
but She was gay!
She danced jig, she sang song.
that took my heart away
When she stood up for dancing her
steps We're so complete
The music nearly kill'd itself to listen
to her feet;
The fiddler moaned his blindness, he
heard her so much praised,
But blessed his luck to not be deaf
when once her voice she raisd.
And evcrmore I'm whistlinc or lifting
what you sung.
Your smile is always in my heart,
your name beside my tongue;
But you've as many swcethearts as
you'd count Oh both your hands,
And for myself there's not thumb
or little finger stands.
Ills you're the flower O. womankind
in country or in town;
The higher eXalt you the lower I'm
cast down.
Ii some great lord should come this
way and see your beauty bright,
And you to be his lady, I'd own it
was but right.
o, might we live together in lofty
palace hall,
Where joyful music rises and where
scarlet curtains fall!
o, might we live together in a cottage
mean and small,
With sodS O. grass the only roof and
mud the only wall!
u, lovely Mary Donnelly, your
bcauty's my distress.
It's far too beautcous to be mine. but
I'll never wish it less.
The proudest place would fit your
face, and | am poor and low;
But blessing. he about YOU. dear.
wherever YOU may go!
William dillingham;
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STATE oFFICERs-M1NNEsorA

STATE RS-MINNEsoTA.
President-J. ]. Regain, st. Paul.
Vice President P. Moran, Hast
ings.
Secretary-Thomas Connolly, 2424 Pleas
ant Av., Minneapolis.
Treasurer-John Flood, Duluth.
President of Insurance Fund-R ].
Clarke St Paul.
Vice President-Dan M. Clark, Brainerd,
Secretary Of 1nsurance-John Mahoney,
22O Temple Court. Minneapolis.
Treasurer Of Insurance-John Sheehy,
Montgomery
State Medical Director-Dr. e. w. Buck
ley, ST. Paul.
Directors Of Insurance Fund.-. ]. Da-
ley. Minneapolis; j. D. Higgins st. Paul;
J: H. Nightingale, Minneapolis; J. P.
Coughlin. Perham; Robert w. Nc
Garry, Saltwater.
State Board Of Audit. ]. Doyle, st.
Paul; ]. M. Hynes Rosemount; ]. e.
McGovern, Rochester.
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1
ISIS. Peter and Paul's, Clonmel, was as
sistant priest. The deacons at the
throne were:-Very Rev. Canon Pow
or, J.. p, Dungarven, and Very Rev.
Canon Flynn, p. F., Ballybricken. The
celebrant Of the mass was Rev. T..
Canon N1cGrath, Lismore; deacon.
Rev. w. Kehoe, G. c., Cathedral; sub
deacon, Rev. p. O'Neill, G. c., St,
Johns; masters of ceremonies, Rev. T..
Power, G. c., Ballybricken, and Rev.
w. O'Connell, G. c., Cathedral. The
canons of the diocese also attended.
WEXFORD.
On October 22d, a great and good
Irish priest, the Very Rev. Thomas
Canon Doyle, chancellor of the do
cese of Ferns, and parish priest of
Ramsgrange, passed away to his eter-
nal rest, having reached his s7th year.
Born at Tombrick, near Bunclody
(Newtownbarry), on December 21st,
1916, the earliest recollections of the
canon were the founding of Bunclody
church, and the ''Tithe Massacre" on
Which latter occasion June 18th, 1881
his elder brother was shot, dying soon
afterwards. Ordained in 1913, Father
Doyle's first curacy was at New Ross,
where he was a veritable good Samar-
itan in the famine years, '4G and At.
His plunge into the political arena
was at the Ross election of 1858, when
he succeeded, amidst terrific opposi-
ton, in getting Charles Gavan Duffy
elected to Parliament, defeating the
then Irish chief secretary, of Dublin
Castle, who had been Duffy's jailer
and prosecutor. From 1853 EDWARDS
Canon Doyle never ceased to propa-
| gate his political views in most tren-
chant letters. For over 60 years he
labored as a Jealous priest, and his
best monument is in the works he has
left after him at Ramsgrange-a
splendid church with full-equipped
convent and monastic schools. He
retained his faculties unimpaired to
the last; but the deaths of many old
| friends affected him very much, es.
| pecially that of the late Sir Charles
Gavan Duffy. His remains now lie
in the spot marked out by himself
many years ago, at the front entrance
to the lovely church at Ramsgrange,
where he was inferred on October
oath, after solemn requiem office and
high mass, Most Rev. DIR. Browne,
bishop of Ferns, presiding. The chant
ers at the Office were Rev. D. Bolger,
c. c., Rathgarague, and Rev. J. Seal
Ian, G. c., Ballymitty. High mass
was celebrated by Rev. Patrick Doyle,
P. p, Balloughter (nephew of the de-
ceased); the deacon was Rev. J. Ros-
sitter, NJ. S. O., Enniscorthy; sub-dea-
con, Rev. Isaac Scallan, c. c., Rams
grange; and master Of ceremonies,
Rev. l.. Jones, G. c., Duncannon. In
the choir were large body of the
clergy, and the church was packed by
| the laity.
WICKLOW.
After ministry extending over the
period of twenty-one years, in Clon-
dalkin, Father Thomas O'Byrne has
been appointed to a curacy in the town
of Wicklow. During all these years
he has enjoyed the confidence and
love of the parishioners of Clondalllin,
and the greatest regret is felt at his
departure from among them, though
| they rejoice III his advancement to a
more important curacy.
| Not PersonalIyrConduc
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STATE OFFICERS OF LADIES' AUX.
Hilary,

Hilary.
President-Mrs. ]. j. Daley, 1904 Central
Av.. Minneapolis.
Vice President Mrs. Mary Reilly
Brainerd.
Av., St Paul.
Treasurer-Mrs. Katherine Mcdonald
Duluth.
Insurance Secretary - Miss Margaret
Grady, Saltwater.
Insurance Treasurer - Mary Sullivan,
Rochester.
State Medical Director-Dr. E. W.
Buckley. st. Paul.
Directors of Insurance Fund l. Sadie
Reilly, Brainerd; Molie Callahan, Min.
neapolis; Mrs. j. d. Higgins, st. Paul
Mrs. James Best, Minneapolis; Agnes E.
Reilly, Saltwater.
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The Month of the Dead.

Oh, pray, pray for the dead!
Nneel in thought where the withcred
grasses
Rustling sway DER once bright
head;
Summer dies, and the dying flowers
Sigh, Remember your loved and
dead"
Fading. fluttering, whirling, falling,
Leaves come down with n sob of
Come to cover the dear ones lying
Under the cold November rain
Cold as clay when the soul has fled,
Oh, pray, pray for the dead!
Oh, pray, pray for the dead!
Every second Death is calling,
Dear ones fall like the Autumn
leaves;
Where's the grove that has lost no
garland?
Where's the home where no mourner
grieyes?-
Grieves for those who, perhaps, in an.
guish,
Barred. from glory, are doomed to
roam,
Voiceless, helpless. Oh, you loved
them!
Beg. our Father to call them home
Home from suffering, darkness, dread I;
Oh, pray, pray for the dead!
Oh, pray, pray for the dead!
Pray for those whom the. yawning
pillows
Swallowed down in their fearful
wrath,
Those who, scorched by the breath of
fever,
Fell like grass in the mowers path.
Those who dropped by the way I'M
noticed,
Those who died in the battles din,
All are loved by our Lord, and holy,
All must suffer who stoop to sin;
Plead for rest for each weary head,
Oh, pray, pray for the dead!
Oh, pray, pray for the dead!
Buried friends, can we e'er forget you,
You who felt for our veal or woe?
God he with VOL orr silent sloonors
Lying under the turf so low.
Useless, vain is our weak bewailing-
Vain are murmur and sob and tear.
What, oh, what can our grief avail
you,
Lifeless dust that was once so dear?
Hark! a sign from each lowly bed:
Oh, pray, pray for the dead!
Una.
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A. o. 81. Directory

James E. Dolan, National President
Syracuse, N. Y.
James OSullivan. Vice President, Phil
adelphia, Pa
James P. Bree. National Secretary.
New Haven, Conn.
M. J. o'Brien. National Treasurer, In
dianapolis, Ind.
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OFFICERS OF A. o. H. DIVISIONS.
AND TIME AND PLACE OF
MEETINGS.

ANOxA COUNTY.
County President, Thomas Coleman
Fridley, MINI.
Division No. 1. Anolla-Presdcnt II. J.
Donnelly; Vice Pres. William Ward
Rec. Sec, Thos. Clark; Fin. Sec d. e.
Shannon; Ins. Sec. d. L. Shannon
Treas, r. NJ. Sullivan. Meets second
Sunday at G. A. r. hall. Second av.
BIG STONE COUNTY.
County President Nj. ]. Mcdonnell
Graceville, MINI.
Division No. l, Observation-Disclosures
Rev. M. O'Brien; Vice Pres, John Lynch;
lam Cregan; ms. Sec, Michael Fahcy
Treas. Patrick Mcnamara; Medical Elk
aminer, DR.. b. M. Randall. Meets frs,
Sunday Of each month.
BLUE EARTH COUNTY.
County President-P. Kenney. 514 s.
Front ST., Mankato, MINI.
Division No. 1. Mankato-Presdent
Daniel Coughlin; Vice Pres, John Nc.
Call: Rec. Sec, Cormac Giblin: Fin. Sec
P. H. Jordan; ms. Sec. John Mccall
Treas. +. r. Coughlin. Meets second
Sunday and fourth Monday of each
month, corner Front and Hickory SITS.
Division No. 2, Madison Lake-Presi.
dent. c. T. Mccarthy. Marysburg: Vice
AV5.S JOItu Willie, N1dIy6UuTk3S 1tCC. 0SC.
]. j. Mccarthy, Marysburg; Fin. Sec.
Charles Doran. Marysburg; Ins. Sec.. w.
s. Lyons. Marysburg: Treas, John Nc
Namara, Eagle Lake: Medical Examiner
DR.. Parker, Madison Lake. Meets second
and fourth Sundays of each month, 4
p> m.
CROW WING COUNTY.
County President Henry P. Dunn,
Bradnerd, MINI.
Division No. l, Brainerd-President,
James Cullen; Vice Pres, James F. Ma
honey; Rec. Sec., William Barron; Fin.
Sec. James ]. Nolan; Ins. Sec. James j.
Nolan; Treas, Felix Graham: Medical
Examiner, Drs. Hampstead and La
Londe. Meets at Elks' hall. first Sunday
and third Monday of month.
DAKOTA COUNTY.
County President-T. p. Moran, Hast
inga
William Kenny; Vice Pres, John Dris-
coll; Rec. Sec, J. F. Stevens: Fin. and
ms. Sec. T. 8. Ryan; Treas. M. oBrien:
Chairman Com. on Sick. John Driscoll:
Medical Examiner, DR.. J. G. Fitch.
Meets second and fourth Thursdays of
each month at A. o. u. w. hall
HENNEP1N COUNTY.
County President u. J. Fitzgerald,
Plymouth Clothing House., Minneapolis:
Vice President, James, r. Lyons, 69S 9Th
av. NJ; Secretary. Felix McNames, 1851
9Th. st. g.; County Treasurer, John Moran,
9oBs 18th Nv. NE.
nj. NJ ,r...,.. 1 - ,r
Archer. Palace Clothing; House; Vice
Pres; n. w. Mogan, 21ls 18th av. g.: REQ.
go p. r. onnnnal, 1soo .nnrf.,iov ~ !:
Ins. SEQ. Dsnuis :1IcHush. 1ae 'isth nv. a:
Treaa. T1mothv- IIvnn. r. 1st A. a.:
NHdics, Nrsn,In..,. nr- Ia,n..e Hvns. m
W.T. ~ a. Ts.ts. i,r.t snndav afts srs
noen snH th,r1. r1,nr.Asy, sr.n,rr' ~
meath III K. oftC. hi. f1s.Ninsliat Nv
Dividonl No. =. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
yonn , Met ] ~ 1aI. ~ ~ O.: y.ce -
q o. ,.: ~ o. =. 80 80
- n1 ..nNE ,soa aea ~. III =. s ~ 1o 49,
n WI,,a . .ss ~. Ssa, II g: ILL., III ~
Ia, 1sn - q, o. rr1Hss.s
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NATIONAL DIRECTORS.
P. ]. O'Connor. Savannah, Ga.
John T. Heating. Chicago. Ill.
VIM. ]. Cronin, Boston, Mass.
D. ]. Hennessy, Butte. Mont
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eec, Nellie Havs1ty. 15s Plsasa1H -:
Fin ssas Jultas Murphy. ~ ". - ~:
1nss SEQ, 4Fs. A. NswoombA - Rasas1
av': Treas, Ellen Murphy. ~ ". - =:
fnysieaaAe Dr. Margaret Ryan. 10iA e
Ut. AoeeS'Afotf ana third ThuroAav
ings,. At Central hail. coz. 9Th ~ ~ ~
SAINT LOUIS COUNTY.
County PrssiAsnt-ArA ]. II. 0i0nE
Duluth.
Division No I. Duuth-PrssIAsnts ~
J. H. Sullivan, 10 eth ~. W.: Ysoe ~
Mrs.. Frank Jordan: Rec. See, Alla9 ~
Murphy. 0s Lycsums Bldg: m -.
1ra.. 9. White; 1ns. Sec. ArA d. II -
ical Examiner. Dr.. u N. Phaaan. 49,.
nrst ana third Wednesday svantaD q
Kalamazoo hall
SCOTT COUNTY.
Belle Plains.
Division No. /. Belle Plains-PrsAauA
Mrs. Emslins Whitlock; Vios Pree. ~
lay ): sullivan; Rec. Sec, AAss I1ao
AoDevitt; Elm. Sea. Mrs. Naxy V4snnR.
aid; Ins. &c.,, MIRA Kate Cullsa: TFSss
Ars:, Mary G. Gaunoa; Medical 1taa10-
er. DR.. g. r. Aolonsv. Nssts arkt011-
DAY OF each month At IL neon
sTEARNssC COUNTY.
Cloud. -.
Division No, l. st. Coud-Pres., M
Anna Kennedy; Vice Pres. Ara. Mar1aS
CT zimmerman; Rec. Sec. kiss OAthN
rine Aorooney; Fin. Sec, Niss Kesa
Clarity; Inns. sec.. Miss Mary Ksrnsdy:
Physician. DR.. ]. B. Dunn. Neets ~
and third Tuesday evenings Of rnanth.
sIBLEY COUNTY.
County Presadent-Anna g. BrAe. oroeA
Isle. MINI.
Division No. l. Green Isle-Prsuhasnk.
Mrs. Thomas Martin: Vace Prsa, llfa.
Fin. Sec. Mrs. Charles Purcell: TfeoG
Mrs. Thos. Dolan: Ins. Sac. 11rA JOIN
O'Meara: Physician. DR.. LangforA 1Esseu
second Sunday q month, p n. -.
Brendan's han
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Div;sion No. !, BLOOMING. Praarie-Presa-
dent, M ]. keenan,; Vices Preas, T. G.
Csshman; Rsot Sec, I'D 1dtsee5ald: Elm.
&c.,. T. J. CashmAn;. ms sAos, d. r. Hol.
lywssd; Treas, T.. Hanion; Chairman
Gem. ON Sick, VIM Lohey; Medical Ex-
aminsr. DR.. M W.. Cosaey. Nests. first
Sunday, Of. each meath
SWIFT COUNTY:
County Presidsnt-D. b NsDermott.
Clontarf, MINI.
Division Nc. l., Cloutarf-Prestdsut,
Jamss> O'DonnsA; Viees, PrsA, Thss.
O'Brien; REQ Sec, Martin Connolly; Fin.
Sec, d. r. AcDeFmstt: TreaA. and Ins
Sea. Patrick Foley. Meets first Sunday
and second Friday Of month in FHbsrn1aA
hall.
Division Ne. : .Bsnson-Prssadsut, J. G.
Collins: Vice Pres, James O'Conner;
Rec. &c.,. w. H. Donnslly; Fin. ,ssc. r.
H. Donnelly; Inns. &c.,, II. Ao0hanS:
Treas. H Hoban: ssrseant-at-Arms,
Charles Quinn Hssts. second Sunday.
Address. Benson, MINI.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
County President-Thos.- J. Organ. Still
water, MINI: Co. Vice Pres, II. w.
Murray.
Division No. /. stillwater-Presaden
P. H. Ryan; Vice Pres. p. ]. McDon-
ough: Rec. Sec. Edward Kelly; Fin.
sec.. T. H. Curley: Ins. sec., T. w.
Welsh: Treas, ]. w. Clarey: Medical
Examiner, DR.. E. P. Ryan. Meets every
Monday evening in Opera House building.
WINONA COUNTY.
County President-John Sherman, 1T E.
King St. Winona, MINI.
Division No. l. Winona-President, L.
natius Ralphe. s62 Cummings St: Vice
Pres, D. r. O'Brien. 108 e. Wabasha st.;
Rec. Sec. ]. Rowan, ST., 42s Center st. !;
Fin. Sec. Geo. A. Fitzgerald, 6e1 w.
Fifth st.; Ins. sec., Geo. A. Fitzgerald,
Eel w. Fifth st; Treas, N. Ryan, "a
e. King St: Chairman Com. on Sick, d.
Kane, S61 w. Fifth St; Medical Exam
liner. DR.. ]. L. Lynch Meets drst and
third Tuesday evenings az month 1T st.
Thomas hall
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P0afal SaYiuUA Ranka.

Public sentiment is developing in ia
vor Of postal savings banks and as the
advantages Of the system become bet
ter understood there will be still fur
ther tendency toward their establish
nent. When we make 1t possible for
the country boy or girl to so to the
nearest postotfice and deposit however
small sum Of money and receive a
handbook guaranteed by the United
States government, we have not only
instllled habits of economy that will
result in similar action by all the boys
and girls associating together, but we
have planted in the breasts Of the ris-
Ing generation seeds of patriotism and
loyalty to country that will thrive and
bear fruit In the future. There are
many reasons why the grange advo-
Gates the establishment of postal saw
ings banks, but one Of the chief Of
these is the habit of thrift and econ
omy promoted and the love of country
developed that could be done SO eff
fectively in no other way.-N. ]. Bach
elder, National Lecturer.
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Economy That Means JOsa

If the dairy herd is to be improved or
increased by breeding your additions
to it, do not let any false ideas of econ
omy in feeding spoil all the cumulative
advantages you may possess in the
heifer from heredity. She is started to-
ward cowhood before she has finished
her growth; so therefore to continue
her growth and at the same time devel-
op her material functions and supply
the elements of growth and life to the
unborn offspring is a three-fold de-
mand that can only be met by wise and
generous feeding, BY lack of it good
cow is stultified into the crowded stalls
of mediocrity, and all the value of
heredity and pedigree nullified.-Farm
and EireSide.
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@. NJ. FREEMAN.

from 1894 to 1898 and elected secretary
of the Ohio state grange in 1900 and re-
elected in 1902. For several years past
he has conducted the grange department
In the National Stockman and Farmer,
which position he resigned on his en-
try OH the duties of secretary of the
national grange. Mr.. Freeman's life
has been devoted to agriculture, and
such spare time as has been at his COM
mand has been used to improve the ed
ucational advantages of the boys and
girls on the farm and to advance the
material welfare Of the agricultural
classes.
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MARRIAGE AND MORTALITY.
Some Government Figures on causes Of
Death by Conjugal Conditions.

The government statisticians in the
latest report on "vltal statistics take
a tack away from the standard themes
OF population, manufacturers, illt-
eracy, agriculture, mining and the
occupations of inhabitants and enter
into the realms of the "causes of
death by conjugal conditions"
1t is reported that of the $500
suicides in year, the average num-
Der, 2,3oo are those of married and
only I,aoo of single men.
OF deaths from accidents it ap-
pears that up to the age of 81 they
are most common among single men.
After that age either the single men
become more careful or the married
men more careless, reckless or IN
different, for between "a and "a there
are three times as many fatalities to
married men; between IS and S. five
times as many, and so on In increas.
ing ratio.
Alcoholism as a cause Of death is
comparatively rare in the United
States, but more married men than
single men, according to the govern
ment report, die from it, and divorced
persons OF either sex appear to be
practically exempt.
One interesting feature of the vi
tai statistics report OF the federal gov
ernment is the fact that suicide among
colored people is practically unknown
in the United States. In a total OF
$500 suicides, only r4o were suicides
of colore1 people.
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THE QUEEN OF cows.
Her Name Is Sadie and as n Milk
ing Machine She Has No Equal
Anywhere.

Utica, N. Y, has recently won dis
tinction through a Holstein-Friesian
cow, Sadie by name. which--or per-
haps such a COW as Sadie ought to be
referred to as "who"-is a resident
of that place. Sadie has broken the
worlds 30-day record for milk-giv-
ing and butter producing This is no
easy thing for cow to do, but re-
ports are to the effect that Sadie ac-
complished the trick without showing
any signs of nervous collapse or ut
tering a solitary moo of complaint.
In the 80 days during which Sadie
was put to the test she produced a
fraction over 2,754 pounds of milk,
from which was extracted 1913 pounds
So ounces of butter. In other words,
the milk that Sadie gave during the
30 days contest would have been suf-
ficient to drown her if it had been
tanked and she thrown in, while her
months supply of butter, if packed
in the ordinary bricks, would have
served to make around her wall
so high that she could hardly have
jumped over it.
Sadie is certainly wonderful cow.
II she hasn't proved that part may
be two or three times as great as
the whole she has at least shown
that in spite of the wonderful adj
vances men have made in their meth
ads of handling and utilizing steam
and electricity the COW remains in
some way the most extraordinary
machine that was ever invented
Chicago Record Herald.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
Uostly Mistake of Wreoklng Grew.

An interesting story has just come
to light whereby between $1,000 and
$4,000 worth of gold dust and sweep
ing went up in smoke.
Some time ago wreck occurred
not far from Shamokin and the wreck
crew was sent out to clean up the
debris. The cars had been piled high
and IN The wreckage many cars and
an unknown amount of freight were
demolished.
When the wreck crew arrived on
the scere the man in charge ordered
that al. broken barrels, boxes and
other commodities that were irrepara-
BILE be burned and soon a big bonfire
was in progress. One of the hands
in rumagng through the wreckage
came to broken barrel IN which was
a quantity of dirt, or rather apparent
ly SO to the workmen.
Thinking it to be soap powder or
something similar the boss of the crew
ordered 1t dumped on the fire. The
men did so and the scene that follow
ed was one never to be forgotten.
Flames of every known hue leaped
high while the seeth'ng mass of wreck
age emitted green and blue smoke,
the likes Of which the employees had
never seen before. However, when
the wreck had been cleared away the
men for the time forgot all about the
little incident. Several days ago a
cain agent blew into Sbamokin in
search of some of the men working on
the crew to learn if any thing was
known of mysterious looking barrel.
The man in charge of the crew in.
formed his inquisitor that the men had
burned up barrel of dirt that caused
all kinds of flames and smoke. The
claim agent wrung his hands in agony
and as best he could informed the
company man that the barrel con-
tanned gold dust and sweeplngs from
a large jewelry and manufacturing
company and was being shippe ! to
Philadelphia to be smelted. The
barrel was valued at from $1,000 to
$4,000.
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Strengthen Weak Points.

"a chain is no stronger than its
weakest link" 1t is where we are
weak that our enemies always attack
us. Individually we must fortify our
characters against the attack of every
thing unworthy Of our best selves. AS
an order we must fortify such places
in our organization as offer any in
ducement to an attack by an enemy,
Where do those who wish to use our
Order for selfish ends usually try to
approach us? Let us study the ques-
ton and be on our guard.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
THE GRANGE
Conducted by J. W. DhRROW,
Press Correspondent New York Stste
CirupUe
A GRANGE LIBRARY.
An important Consideration In the
Best Grange Work.

BEST GrnnEe work.
II Is well for us to remember in our
outline of grange work for the year be
fore us that some provision should be
made for library, or, If one is already
owned, then additions should be made
to it systematically. There is nothing
which enters more deeply into the warp
and woof of ones character than the
books we read. The practice of keep
Ing before the m~lds of our young
men and young women beautiful and
uplifting images, bright, cheerful and
helpful thoughts from good books is of
inestlmable value. The difference be-
tween the future of the boy who has
formed the habit of good reading ard
the one who has not Is as great as be-
tween the educated and the uneducat-
ed. Next to the actual society of a mo-
BILE, high minded author Is the benefit
to be gained by reading his books. The
mind is brought into harmony with the
hopes and ideals of the writer, so that
Il is impossible afterward to be salts
Ged with low or ignoble things. The
horizon of the reader broadens, his
point of view changes, his ideals are
higher and nobler, and his outlook on
life Is more elevated. Let the grange
library become a permanent fixture
G. A. Fuller.