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so MANY JOYS.

T HAVE 80 many joys-one Joy of love-
ly sights
That down my days defile and dream
u along my nights.
My soul Is like Il room with mirrors
all set round.
Where beauty. once 'beheld. hath infinite
rebound.
have 30 many. 1oys-ono JOY of move
nent free,
That makes mo.sister to the winds, and to
OH. verify. my hand hath pleasure all
Its own:
My feet that press the turf distinct de-
Hight have known!
That. ere word can pass. will tell me
what / seek
Such joy there is In, being loved. but
vaster Joy
In loving. These twainsjoys there's,noth-
Ing can destroy.
| have so many Joys--in yielding shom-
age. one.
Such glorious creatures, God hath made
beneath the SUM
For some OF these. and stheIr. whItet faith
and deeds sublime.
Twas given me to mnet' as on toward
God we climb
have 30 many Joys.-ones memory linked
with hope,
For. even as those stars struck out In
heavens cope
Are shining stll these Thousand years
upon the earth,
So all the loves I've lost y still shine supon
my hearth.
/ have 80 many joyB--one. Joy OF loneii-
ness
And one. unnamed, that eberars me width
er none may guess
Nay. not myself. for OUT OF self afar
wing,
And only know. returndnE. ! my Joys
must sing.
-Et nth,M. Thomas
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there. but wiser counsel prevailed, and
the bungalow once more settled down
to peace and romance. Not for long.
however.
After breakfast two mornings later
Florence went down to the shore for u
row to lind the boat missing. The tide
had floated II off during the night. As
she stood there wondering about tides
and skilfs and intruders the young man
OF the camp came rowing UP in his
own boat and towing the missing craft.
He leaped ashore, raised his cap and
drew the skiff upon the sands. Then
he entered his own craft without u
word and rowed away.
At dinner that evening Mrs. Jones
proudly placed dish of fried squirrels
on the table. The girls welcomed II
with little screams of delight, Miss
Florence had half finished her dinner
when she remembered having seen the
intruder With gun on his shoulder In
the edge of the woods that afternoon.
She suddenly lost her appetite and
whispered to the girl on either hand;
You may bow your neck to the ty
rants yoke If you Will. but as for me
never.
But such. al deep. rich voice rs he
has"
And such eyes and teeth
At the breakfast next morning there
was excellent fish on the table-fish
caught that morning. as Mrs. Jones
proudly announced. The girls pitched
in." but after five minutes Miss Flor
ence refused further fish 1t came to
her like Il flash that the impudent In
truder must have furnished the supply.
She looked at her chums in cold dis.
dain hut Miss Molly clasped her hands
and rolled her eyes
"Oh, l knew he must be a gentleman
the first moment | set eyes on him"
And how terrible 1t would have been
had we driven him AWAY from here"
added Edith.
They were traitors to the cause, but
their conduct only made Florence the
irmer In her determination Fate
knows when to mind her own business
and when to interfere with that OF 9th
ers. In this ease she held of for Il cous
pie OF weeks Miss Florence went out
grabbing by herself She planned to be
by herself SO as To sniib the intruder
II he came within ten rods of her
II Is useless To speculate ON how n
girl and Il boat get upset Oh bay. lake
or river. They do. aud that's all there
is about II. Florence was after the big.
gest crab of the century when she sud
denly found herself sinking down 10 II
walery grave. She didn't know When
the intruder came rushing down in his
sklfl and lcaped overheard to her res
cue She didn't know when she was
carried ashore and up 10 the .Ioneses'
house. When she did recover she heard
sobs and signs all around her. and as
she tried to sit up she heard Molly eX
claim:
"Oh. goody, goody! She viii live! lie
has saved her lifc,'
And II She doesn't marry him she's
an ungratefu wretch added Edith.
'Why. we've known for tw0 whole days
that he MAS son of Senator Blake
and one of the incest young men In the
world"
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Wounds In Front.

A New Englander recently had occa-
sion to engage gardener. one morn
ing two applicants appeared. one de
cidedIy decent looking man and the
other of much less prepossesslng APP
pearance and manner.
After very little hesitation the man
OF the house chose the latter applicant
A friend who was present evinced
surprise at the selection. asking;
HAS that man ever worked for you
before"
"No." replied the other. "ln fact,
never saw either of them before to-
day"
'"Then why did you choose the short
er man? The other had a much better
face"
'Face! explained the proprietor of
the place In disgust. let me tell you
that when you pick out Il gardener you
want to go by his overalls II they're
patched on the knees. you want him;
II the patch is on the seat OF the trou-
sers, you don't" Success.
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The Chiness Waiter.

The chief glory of an average Chi
nese inn IL the waiter. This indispcn
sable functionary IL the guardian of all
your interests for the time being, and
when you are not looking he dives iut0
secrets and matters OF your own that
seem to amuse and enllghten him To
your Inconvenience and annoyance.
Like his confreres In other and more
enlightened countries. he hardly ever
separates himself from the Inevitable
napkin, but his badge Of waitership II
n very practical article with him. With
II In summer he mops his damp brow
or bare shoulders. while IN winter
wrapped about his head. II protects
him from rain and wind. The Chinese
walters napkin Is put to all kinds OF
uses besides those just mentioned. 1t
Is used AZ dishcloth. mop with
which to wipe the floor u cloth for
cleaning and wiping down tables ana
a duster But Chinese landlords are
very reasonable In their charges, which
In Il measure compensate for the un
pleasantness Of living In their Inns.
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A Reserved Chair.

His grandmother told him almost ev.
cry day that he was naughty boy and
that the devil would get him and throw
him into his lake OF birthstone. One
morning the little fellow came down to
breakfast looking pale. II had bad
dream he said. land | thought went
TO that plnce that grandma tells me
every day | am surely going to. When
| reached there the old devil was
throwing the children In the fire. just
rs grandma told me he would do. and
there were rows and rows OF chairs
and people all sitting on them taking
,aelr turns. | spled n big one ON the
back ROW, and got down on my knees
and began to crawl under the other
chairs to reach this seat In the last
row when the old devil saw me and
said: Come back here. That chair Is
20; your grandmother.
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Two Readings.

A young farmer who had great coil
celt. little discretion and scarcely any
education presented himself once ut u
Presbyterian conference and said he
wished to he ordained as preacher.
Il amt had any great learnln'," he
said frankly, but | reckon I'm called
to preach. I've had II vision three
nights runnin'. That's why I'm here"
"What was your vlsion?" inquired
one OF the elders.
well, | dreamt see big. round
ring In the sky, an In the middle of 1t
was two great letters-P. G. knew
that meant Presbyterian Conference,
an here am
There WAS IN uncomfortable pause.
which was broken by an elder who
knew the young man and was well
acquainted with the poverty of his
family and the neglected conditions
of their farm. Il haven't any gift at
reading visions" said the old man
grayely as he rose from his seat, but
I'd like TO put 1t to my young friend
whether he doesn't think It's possible
those two letters may have stood for
PLANT CornY"
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THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR,

Mr. Huffman--D Dear Sir
Since wrote you last winter about saving
wood and such like with the Woodpecker engine.
have been looking around somewhat a little al
some other makes of engines and find they have
heaps of faiin qualities When got that Wood
pecker Engine thought it the greatest piece
earth then and now think il is greater
than ever. | am mechanic. but more on the
literary turn. My son Henry is very well read in
mechanics and he says that jumpn spark business
is rather real down good thing to touch up things
for going as it is there about all the time
stanty. Now see you are selling Hopper En-
gines without no water much. This idear is
convenient one and Henry says the principle is
all right: hotter the better as long there is moist
How will you trader The place cup that
holds oil on top of the cylinder which is made of
glass and has little hole in its top is made differ
eni on the engine | see it is made of iron.
wont break that also the top comes off and you
pour thick oil in it without any trouble. Henry
used to get swarm mad last winter when il
cold and he trying TO pour thick oil in the little
hole and couldn't Say you wont haveto run to the
house warm the oil with this kind will you2
Other engines amt this way they? The longer
| have this engine the more think Il is the most
greatest thing earth. When YOU come up.
Yours verify,
Sammy Brown
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COURAGE.

m ECAUSE hold 1t sinful to despond
II And will not let the bitterness of
d n,,n aaf' me- with burning ,sa,, ..,
look beyond
Its tumult and Its strife:
Because HIT my head above the mist.
Where the sun shines and the broad
breezes blow,
BY every ray and every raindrop kissed
That Gods love doth bestow.
Think you find no bitterness at ALL
No burden to be borne. like Christians
pack?
Think you there are no ready tears to
fall
because l keep them back?
Why should l hug iife's Ills with cold re-
serve
TO curse myself and all who love me
Nay!
A thousand times more good than de-
serve
God gives me every day
And In each ono OF these rebellious tears.
Kept bravely back. no makes u rainbow
shine:
Grateful l take his slightest gift--no
fears
Nor any doubts are mine.
Dark skies must clear. and when the
clouds nre past
One golden day redeems n weary year;
Patient listen sure that sweet at last
VIII sound his voice of cheer.
Then yex mo not withholding. Let me be
must be glad and grateful to the end:
grudge you not your cold and darkness
me
The powers OF lighttbefriend.
Celia Thaxter
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THE FOREST FIRE.

A LIGHTED match and n careless man
\ And a noble forests grave
And Wild winds every flame to FAM
Is there no power to saver
MARK how the affrighted deep wood
AA things
Shrink back as the monarchs fall
And the does shrill voice with distraction
rings
As she bellows her warning call!
e. REAT pines that have stood for hum
dred years
Go laundering down to doom,
And the wood things. stunned by a thou
sand fears
stand crazed In the crash and boom.
THE red glare grows and the terrors
spread.
As only such terrors can,
And the blanc should fall on q single
head
The head OF the careless man.
Walter Juan Davis.
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Fatherly Discipline.

She came into his study gently 81
hate to disturb you, dear" he looked
up"but 1t Is after IL and Dick has
not come home yet and 1t is the sec
old time this week he has stayed out.
| did not wish to speak to you, but a
boy OF seventeen
She faltered He was looking at her
with strange fixed expression. II
understand. Leave him to me. | shall
wait up until he comes in"
Don't be harsh with him." she said
pleadingly. "Oh, | am so sorry ] told
you. Remember, he has always been
such good boy"
Ny dear, you have nothing further
to do with this. | must deal with my
son In my own way. | request you not
10 interfere. You had better go quiet
ly to your room. ! ask you to do so.
] want him to find me here when he
sees fit to return to his home
She retired. with her mother heart
anxiously beating, and waited until the
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A SONG OF DAY.

A RISE. arIaef
"A Wake. sleepy eyes!
The day has long begun.
Your kind old friend the morning sun
Peeps In TO say. Come. GOMEZ
81 tHIRP, twitter tweet!
- Wake up. my sweet"
The birds are calling shrill,
Hopping against tho window sill
To pipe their modest trill.
81 OOk out. look outi"
- The daisies shout
Have you forgotten quite
That here we are In pink and white,
Not closed. as late last night?"
III URItY. quick, run!
- Well have such fun.
The sky IL. oh. so blue,
And all the world Is fresh as dew
Because It waits for you!
A RISE. arisel
"A My sleepy eyes,
Wake up! The days begun!
--Gentlewoman.
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The Polite STRANGER.


Some years ago while the late Bish-
op Clark of Rhode Island was attend
ing lecture in Boston he observed a
man sitting three seats In front whom
he thought he knew. He requested
the person sitting next to him 10
punch" the other individual with his
umbrella. The polite stranger did so,
and. the disturbed person turning his
head little Bishop Clark discovered
II was not the person he supposed.
Fixing his attention steadfastiy on the
lecturer and affecting unconsclousness
of the whole affair, he left the man
with the umbrella TO settle with the
other There was a ludicrous and en-
barrasslng scene, during all of which
Bishop Clark was profoundly interest
ed In the lecture. At last the man
with the umbrella asked Indignantly,
Didn't you tell me to punch that per-
son with my umbrella? p Yes"
And what did you want?" u want
ed to see whether you would punch
him or not"
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Had a Name Ready.

Tue late Andrew j. Dam, well
known hotel man of New York, was at
the time of the civil war proprietor of
n hotel In New Bedford. Mass. A NUN
Der of eolered citizens interested In
the formation of u military company
called upon Mr. Dam and Informed
him that they would be glad to form
the company and allow him to suggest
the name provided he would pay for
the equipments.
Congressman r. ID. Eliot has fitted
out company of white men. and
throughout the war they will be known
rs the Eliot Light guards" said the
spokesman of the eolored men.
We'll" said Mr.. Dam, "if | am to
equip this coored company | shall in
sIst that they be known as the Dam
Black guards"
The military records do not show that
such Y company was ever organized
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Just One More Kiss.

A dear old citizen went to the rail-
road station to see his daughter Off
on II journey. Securing her a seat. he
passed out of the car and went around
to the car window to say last parting
word While he was leaving the car
the daughter crossed the aisle to speak
to Il friend. and ut the same time n
grim old maid took the seat and moved
up to the window.
Unaware OF the change. the old gen
tleman hurriedly put his head up TO
the window and said. lone more kiss.
pet"
In another instant the point of n cot
ton umbrella was thrust from the win
dow. followed by the wrathful injunc-
ton, Scat. you gray headed wretch"
Ladies' Home Journal.
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Strenuous First Aid.

A physician was one day summoned
post haste to the home of n lady He
found her In n shocking condition.
What las happened to youi Have
you been run over by an automobileT
The lady shook her head on the pill
low
No" she answered In II weak voice;
81 tainted, and member of the first
aid to the injured club brought me to-"
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Taking Exercise.

An American lady at the court OF
Vienna with whom an imperial high
ness danced three times ON the same
evening, battered by his attention, ex-
pressed her qualification at the eompli
menl
II did not intend 1t as compli-
ment." was the answer.
"Then your hlghness must be very
fond Of dancing"
II detest dancing"
What. then. may l ask, can be your
imperial hlghness motive for dane
ingf''
Madam" was the exalted person.
ages curt reply. my medical attend
ant advises me to perspiree
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Wanted Part of a Sure Thing.

On Il train bound for Kansas City
was an old gentleman who. 1t appear
ed, was proceeding to the city named
on certain legal business The journey
was nearly completed when the elder
~ person became possessed of the no
ton that certain important papers had
been left behind. After n hurried In
vestigatlon of his bag he observed:
''lf left those papers behind, I'm
fool
A little later he resumed his exam
nation of the bags contents, II bet
It'll turn out I'm fool" he murmured
sadly.
'Would you obliged me. sir, by lay
Ing II little money that same way for
mef" asked testy individual occupy
Ing the adjoining seat AS he looked
over the edge OF his newspaper.
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WEIGHT OF A HORSE.
Bad Guesses Made by Men Unskiiied
In Horseflesh.

Many people, even among those who
frequently make use of horses. have
little idea what an ordinary horse
weighs and would have much difficulty
to guess whether a given animal stand.
Ing before their eyes weighed 500 OF
1,500 pounas. Yet they would have
no such difficulty with man and prob
ably be able TO guess especially II they
were good Yankees, within ten or TWEEN
~ pounds of his weight. The govern.
ments of Europe have long been pur
chasing and weighing horses for the
military service and transferring them
from carriage or draft employment to
the various branches Of cavalry and
artillery. The animals are ordinarily
assigned according to weight The
French military authorities find that
horse. such rs I'm the United States
would be called a good little buggy
horse" weighs from 800 to 400 kilo
grams say from 800 to 900 pounds
Such horses ms these are assigned to
the light cavalry corps. The next
grade above. which In civil life passes
as n "eoupe horse" or carriage horse
Of medium weight, ranges In weight
up to 4S0 Kilograms. about 1886
pounds. This horse goes to help mount
the cavalry of the line.
Next come the fashionable coach
horses" of persons Of luxury, which
weigh from 800 to $50 Kilograms, OF
from 1000 to nearly 1900 pounds
These horses go to serve the purpose
Of drill for the cavalry belonging to
the reserve military forces. Above
these there are stlll two grades Of
heavy horses The first are those used
for ordinary draft purposes and are
commonly found drawing the omni
buses of Paris where such vehicles
are still IN use. These weigh from
LOO to 1,5o0 pounds. TIE heaviest
horses are the Clydesdales and Per
cherons. which are oxen In size and
strength and which weigh from 600 to
800 and sometimes even up TO 300 kilo
grains Is. from 100 up TO near
ly 1000 pounds. None Of these Per
cherons OF the heaviest weight are
used In the military service. but some
Of the lighter ones are employed for
draft and artillery purposes Buffalo
Commercial
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Circumstances are beyond the con-
troll OF man. but his conduct is In his
own power-Beaumo ont.
4 Town of Macs.

Scotsmen are remarkably successful
as colonists. They are also very clans
nish There are many prosperous set
Elements In Greater Britain where
Caledonians largely predominate. but
the names of these localities do not
carry that fact on their face. Nobody,
however, can be mistaken as to the
prevailing nationality in "Macsville."
This Is town In the Cobalt district
Of Nova Scotia. You will be perfectly
safe In accostiny anybody there thus:
II say, Mac."-London Chronicle.
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A Sliaht Difference.

Il suppose you went to bed with the
chickens while you were In the coun
try" said the caller.
mo. indeed replied the lady of the
house, somewhat shocked. I'VE had
the best apartments In the house, sec
ond floor, front. The chickens had
rooms way back in the rear some
where We never saw them after sun
Sci" Judges Library.
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II went into the Office looking like
fright" said the woman. Il didn't
have chance to straighten my hat or
pat my hair or anything. had intend
ed to prlmp going up In the elevator.
but there was man standing before
each mirror twirling his mustache, and
l couldn't even get peep at myself"
New York Times.
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A TURBULENT GHOST.
Noisy Nocturnal Rounds of an
Invisible Visitor.
QUEER DEATH OF OLD JABEz.
The uncanny Incident That Disturbed
the Quiet of an Old Virginia Home.
A Nightly Tramp That Never Ceased
Until the House Was Demolished.

the Qulet OF an Otu virginia 1ome.
A Nightly Tramp That Never Ceased
Until the House Was Demolished.
81 am not exactly prepared to say
that ! believe in ghosts" said the old
gentleman from Virginia. but ut the
same time, in view of certain things
that have been told me by persons
whose regulations for veraeity do not
admit of II doubt, l cannot allow my
self to rldieule the Ideas of others who
do believe in an occasional return to
earth of the dead.
"There Is one case In particular that
know of personally and that can be
vouehed for by a number of citizens
In the upper counties of my state, and
that IL the case of old Uncle Jabez
Martin. who knew II number Of well
to do farmers in Fauquier rs well as
in Spottsylvania. Rappahannock and
other counties In the northern part of
the state. Uncle Jabe.' rs most every
one who knew the old fellow called
him, had considerable of the nomad in
his disposition and led u wandering,
pastoral life. He was always willing
to work when any one needed his serv-
ices and did a good deal of rough car
pentering In return for meal o.
whites and a shakedown.' as he ex-
pressed It, and as he was pretty well
known In the land of his pllgrimages
It was n rare occurrence when he was
not given n welcome.
"If old Uncle Jabe thought more of
one family In the state than he did of
another IL was the Greens. Virginia.
MS all know, Is full of Greens. An es-
Unable crowd they are, and nearly all
Of them consider themselves as relat-
al In some degree of consanguipity to
| he others of that name. The Greens
| Of Virginia Is the finest tribe of that
name In seven states, was the con-
slant boast of Uncle Jabe. and above
md beyond any other Green anywhere
| he placed Marse Dickie Green of Eau
quler and that Is where my ghost
| story. If you Will please to consider 1t
| MS such. begins.
"one wild night In the month of De-
tober not very long before the war the
old wnnderer made his appearance at
Squire Green's. Mr.. Green was called
squire by virtue of being a Justice of
the peace. Jabe wanted his usual
meal o. whites and shakedown.' and
It was ut his service. as usual, and
utter n good supper he sat on the back
steps of the house. smoked his old
pipe for awhile and then went to bed
esquire Green was engaged In some
work that Kept him up until midnight.
| and us the clock struck IL he heard a
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The -
Scrap Book
Not Sure of One of the Two.

A district visitor once went to see
IN old Scotchwoman who was dying
Noticing that her talk was all about
herself and the minister, he said.
We'll, really. JEANNE, ! believe you
think there will be nobody in heaven
but yourself and the minister
'Ah, weel," said the old woman,
AN I'm no sac sure ABBOTT the minis
ter"
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The Trouble.

Crouch The Rev Mr.. Sniiley's
scheme to pass ground the cigars and
let the men smoke during services has
proved failure. Blinle-What was
the trouble? GTouch--His wife bought
the cigMs.-Cbevelands Plain Dealer.