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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-17
Pointer for the Merchant,

A thing that is more or less a con.
slant source of annoyance to the gen.
eral storekeeper, as we'll as his patrons,
is the matter of arranging goods so
that there is the right kind of dis
play, protection for the goods from
dust and dirt, and all arranged with a
view of ready access. It is necessary
that there be places for hundreds of
different articles. Go into some stores.
ask for a certain thing, a clerk may
take several minutes in looking it up.
Not long ago man called at a general
store and asked the proprietor for
some small wax candles to be used
for ornamentation purposes. The
storekeeper said that he had them.
Then commenced search of the
premises. Corners were looked into,
boxes examined, and no candles found.
The storekeeper was positive that he
had them in stock, and finally after an
hours search found the candles stored
away in a small box under the counter.
It required an hour of valuable (D
time to find ten cents worth of can
dies.
The up-to-date merchant will have
a place for everything and everything
in it's place, we'll displayed and easy
of access. In the grocery store there
should be bins and drawers, shelves
and cases for all the stock. Store fur
niture manufacturers are continually
devising improved means of caring for
stocks and displaying the same. But
it matters not how perfect the store
arrangement in the way of furniture
and fixtures, there must be system
employed. Sales are lost every day
by not having goods arranged rightly.
The buyer of groceries dislikes to 20
into a store where there is barrel Of
sugar uncovered affording feast for
the flies and stopping place for the
DUST neither does the man have hid
appetite for cheese or other like things
whetted by seeing the arrangement
suggestive Of filth. @@' zs..
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sstan 8 rs "a le
would have been to commit himsek y 8
Now hero comes a interesting part
anA additional proof e the accuracy ofs
undertaking under favorable cir.
tcumstances. 81 81; # .5s5s 6
After the gentleman left wrote
down the two names, handed them to
my roommate to keep for future refer
sence. He. too. was Of the "doubting
Thomas'' class. He said. % you rely
think you are right :" 49, 3,
II No. a. do not think Il; I know it. In {
tact, am In 20 passive q condition tor
mental impressions .sthat 4 can CON
vince, you OF the, accuracy and reliably
ity by speaking, at once, any name you
Will concentrate your mind upon = =. s. s
"Ill 60 you said he. 7 have the
name." :'%S "
so have /. The name you are think
ing Of Ii" Just plain Jim Sntth..' sy
You're d good guesser." said he
(Since thensT have learner not ITO
waste time onHa skepttc.) = y. ~
I'D like. to try you again, but IN
chooses much more dihhculE name tor
you to get, am ready" ! ~
:: so am I. You tried to throw me, on
my guard BY your remarks. You are
thinking Of my name"
: That's right" said the skertlc. but
/ do not consider it good test. You
do not say whether it was your full
name or not, whether with title or not.
You should be definite" =,
''You can be fully satisfied on that
point. You hold in you mind merely
the name-*Ed Warman.' :,
We'll. you were sure enough right
in both cases. I wonder" ssid the
skeptic, III you were right on the two
held by our friend. or, If he really had
two names in his mind" Z =
=. About three months after this occur
renee the gentleman who related the
story called again, saying, THAT young
man of whom / spoke is about to ap-
pear before the higher than earthly
courts; hence there is no need Of
further secrecy"
My roommate produced the slip of
paper containing the two names that
had written, but the gentleman said:!
II need no proof. knew that night
that you we're correct"
These are but few of many success
full and, therefore, satisfactory So
called tests. All attempts have been
successful because no attempt has
ever been made by me unless the ,ele-
ment of success (passivity) was pres
ent. For that reason the instances
have been comparatively rare SO
have been the results.
The sensitized plate. or the negative
of the photographer, is no more I'M
pressible, no more accurate than is the
negative of the brain; but it is more
readily adjusted to conditions.
None should doubt the power Of the
mind in making mental Impressions
after the recent developments in New
York, wherein thought-waves were
photographed. Four well-known scien-
lists held their fingers on an inclosed
Photographic plate and while so doing
concentrated the mind intently on q
ball of surgeons gauze lying upon the
floor. When the plate was developed
the object was plainly visible.
Copyright, 1907, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
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Sales of Cheap Jsvslry by Mail
Amount 60 Millions Annually.

The report Of the. sales G one large
mail order house showed nearly half
millions of dollars worth Of jewelry
and silverware sold annually. Take
the total of all the jewelry sold by
the mail order system Of business and
it is likely to amount to fully $25. 000,-
900 to $36, 200. 900 annually.
II the people could be made to un-
derstands what kind ), of stuff in the
watch and jewelry lines is generally
sent out by the mail order houses they
would be more careful in buying; The
guarantee of these houses amounts to
little, regardless of the millions of dol
lars of capital they may have en-
ployed in the business. All the guar
antee binds them to do is to supply
a new case If the one does not wear
for "the 20-year period" Not one
case in one thousand, even though they
do. not last five years, are returned
to the concern for exchange. The
cases are generally lowest grade,
and made to order for the concerns.
Not long since the manager of one of
the catalogue houses called upon a
large watch manufacturing concern.
By the way this company would not
sell the company its own trade-marked
watches unless there was an agree
ment not to cut prices. However, be-
fore the manager left he had agreed
for several thousand watches to be
supplied them. Those watches were
Of certain grade, were sold at prices
lower than good watches could be as
sembled and tested. These watches
have the special marks of the con-
Germ, but not the name.
In rings. emblems, all classes of
jewelry, the mail order kind is the
cheapest. Should something of su.
perior character be listed, it will be
noted that prices are. as high as the
local dealer asks. In silverware is
where the catalogue house gets in its
fine work on patrons. Plated ware
is generally sold according to the
amount of silver, the weight to the
piece or the dozen pieces, used in the
plating and the amount Of carved
work, etc. Like other goods, the mail
order house handles class Of ware
that is lightly plated and inferior to
that which Is handled in the regular
stores.
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Flremen's Busy Day.

Saturday is the busy day OF the
London firemen. In ten years London
had 1898 Saturday hres, against 3.0o3.
on Monday. the dax they wsrs least.
frequent
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% Their Betters.
Some men do their best, others their.
betters. 3.
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..... The
Peoples ages

Advertising rates under any ciassi.
ficatlon In these columns. one cent
per word each insertion. cash In
advance. No advertisement insert
ed for less than Is cents.
Persons whose names appear ~
the telephone directories. may nave
advertisements charged at above
rates. Call
BELL-MAIN I4o8.
HOME-CITY 1886.
For the convenience OF patrons
ARRANGEMENTS have been made with
the following to receive liner al
vertisements at the same rate AZ
charged at the home ONCE:
EAST SIDE.
Heushte.-French Coal Co., +ss East
Canheld-ave.
VT; Elliott Pharmacy. Mt. Elliott and
Csrney's Furniture Co.. 1877 Gratiot-
r. Brown. 1879 Jefferson AVE.
y. McPherson, 24o0 Gratiot-ave.. oppo-
Ntite car barns.
n WEST SIDE.
e. q. Eansor. sos Grand River-ave.
Turner stanton, 166 Myrtie-st.
r. n DrisrolI, All Michigan-ave.
T. w. Willard, 1919 Forrest west.
W. W. Bush, 594 Michigan-ave.
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FOR Observation-Disclosures.
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DIIcIl.


KoRTAs.pec. !, Paulina. beloved wife
OF John kortas, at residence. 459
Winder. aged so years. Funeral
from residence. Saturday. Dec. 9. s
o'clock. and from ST. Albertus church
at $50 a. IN.
McGARRY-James.a aged 20 years, IS
Glengarryrave.. Windsor, Ont, for
merly OF Gleaneavy, County OF An
trim. Ireland. husband OF the late
Sarah McGarry. father OF John NJ,
Campbell H.. and Francis Il, McGar-
ry. Detroit. and James u. McGarry
OF Orion. Mich: Sarah, Martha and
Mrs. NJ. A. Connley. and Mrs, Plor-
ence Beade. Of Windsor. Funeral
from residence Saturday at $40. St
Alphonsus church at s/a. m. east
ern standard time.
GILcHRIsT-Dec. 2, 1895. Mary Rust.
wife OF Frank W. Gilchrist. of AL
pena. Mich Funeral services from
chapel at Woodiawn cemetery Satur-
day afternoon at o'clock.
MONCHAMP--Dec. 3. at his home. 427
Anthon-st., Henry H.. beloved hus-
band OF Elizabeth Monchamp, age %
years. Notice Of funeral later.
ROWE--Dec. 2. at Flint, Mich. Amelia
X, aged 81 years. beloved daughter
of Charles Wolienzin. Funeral Sat
urday at y. IN. from her sisters
home. Mrs. Herbert Peck, Detroit, 1853
Antietam-st Mason and Flint. Mich.
papers please copy.
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DAILY DEATH LIST

william Cooper. IS years. 4ot Canton;
apoplexy.
James Danahey. GO years. Chicago.
ILL.,; pneumonia. az,
Amelia X. Rowe. 81 years, Flint,
Mich: typhoid fever.
Harry Iaskey. ! month. 202 Bran
don: malnutrition.
Paulina Kortas. so years. 469 Win
der; apoplexy.
Elizabeth konke. s years, 619 Farms
worth: meningitis.
Rosie Eisbrenner. 3S years. 81 Sher-
wood: pulmonary abscess.
Resale Marshick. 2 years. 379 Clark;
ptomaine poisoning.
william r. Lyle. SO years. 1s Eliza
beth: gas asphyxiation.
Gertrude M. weinburg. go years. IA
Lyman: malignant growth OF liver.
Louise vandersien. is years, 26I
Third. tuberculosis.
James j. Waugh. 40 years. 2s0 Ora
tict: heart failure.
penubien: hemiplegia.
Caroline Riggs Ga years, 1888 from
bly mitrai disease OF heart.
Eugene w. Caswell, years, 3S w.
Warren: pneumonia,
Arthur b. Caswell. years. SO w.
Warren; pneumonia.
Hattie Ciemmens. SO years. 332 Con-
cord: carcinoma
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DIED

BRADY-At his residence. 7S4 Hub
bard-ave. Dec. 3. Noble Brady. aged
30. Funeral Saturday, Dec. ., D. m.
CURTIS-Dec. 8. Alice NJ, age 10 years
and 7 months. beloved daughter of
Harry w. and Title Burns Curtis,
at their residence. 254 Vermont-ave.
Funeral from residence Saturday at
o'clock.
DALY-suddenly. Dec. 3. 1905. Thomas
DAILY. of.126 .Abbott-st. Notice OF flu
neral hHeAfter.s
pE wITT-Dec. 2. at parents home, 2s
Bethune-ave. west Charles Hewitt
De Witt, aged years end months
infant twin son Of Charles H. and
Lille De Witt. Funeral services Sat
urday morning at 1880 a. IN. Burial
private
CIBSON-At ISL Fourteenth-ave., Dec.
3. Ruth Bowman Gibson, only be-
loved child Of George j. and Marie
Bowman Gibson. aged wears /
months. Funeral from residence
saturday. Dec. s. 2 p. m.
JAMBERT--John. aged g. ut Detroit
Sanitarium. Dec. 2. 1908. Leaves
widow and two daughters Mrs.
Thomas Daigle. Toledo, o.. and lisa :
belle. this city. Interment at Sag
NAV. Dec. 5. Saginaw papers plea Sc
copy.
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Piano Players. Including Angelus. Sim
pick. $500 and upwards. Pianoia,
oak or mahogany or ebony cases. $50
and upwards, Cecilians. (thoroughly
overhauled at our factory: S76 ana
upwards. and bench and 10 rolls OF
music goes with each player We also
have an Apollo ss note piano PLAYER
for $50. and an Apollo Player-Piano
SO note, mahogany case. with very
large quantity OF music $500: Pianola:
mahogany case. latest Themodist and
Metrostyfe. and all the talking point
features, like new SITS.
All the above taken In exchange on
the more modern perfect Cecilian Play
err Pianos.
Grand Pianos. Hardman. fine shape.
$3.50. Chickering, fine condition. 1900
and many others.
Everything exactly as represented,
OF course. Nothing to study, nothing
to guess. no prizes One price to all.
under all conditions. no annoying So
licitors.
The boss himself does not even go
out and bother you soliciting sales.
THE FARRAND COMPANY,
ITS WOODWARD AVE.
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A big load kindling wood. $3.50: bard
wood. %: blocks. e1.1S; economy nut,
LUMP dos nifsns% stcx o.i . cS
Both phonoO
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FURs.
FURS

Sold cheaper and as good as anywhere
In the city. Repair work according
ly +. II. Yost ls6 Michigan.
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BIRTHS

BOYS
Eric Bourziel, 1923 Hancock.
Chester Osborn. SSs Kirby.
Jacob Debaas, LA Hammond.
wladislaw Brodzis, 1l02 junction.
Frank Mafyniak. l41l Michigan.
Charles Webb, 132 Rowena.
n GIRLS.
Paul Papeiiejski. IL Saryis.
Bernard Miotka. 202 Thirty-hfth.
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A GOOD XMAS PRESENT.
Boyd Shorthand School.
Detroit, Mich,

Detroit. Mich
"Gentlemen--It Is with pleasure that
the writer compliments you on the ex-
cellent manner In which you ht your
pupils for the service In shorthand and
typewriting work as per your guaran
tee. l have had In my employ one
OF your pupils, Miss ---, who
Informs me that she took "A course OF
80 days In your school. and / was more
than surprised for the reason that her
work OF shorthand and typewriting are
was evidence OF the thoroughness OF
her instruction under your supervision
can cheerfully recommend your
teaching OF this profession. which Will
do justice TO each and every pupil en-
terlng and leaving your school.
Yours very truly"
Call and see the original OF this let
ter, and get our guarantee and see list
OF positions held by Boyd writers. Boyd
Shorthand School, Healy bldg, -
broadway.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Carl Bolla. "a; Julia Sell. ~: =,
percy C. Reep, 90: Pearl c. Payne. ~
Darwin w. Marvin. 30: Leona A.
Aivan +. Larrabee. 80; Louise X. Ell
Holt. 81. A.,
I.adesiaws Borowski. Sc: Mrs. Mar
tina Ransom. 40.
August Brosowski. At; Minnie Ora
Jewski. ~.
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LAKE. Avn pTvew -TraNKRs-
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BuSine-s-Iike Printing. No fuss and
no feathers. The plain. neat Kind. that
looks right Times Printing Ce. Is
John R-st. Phone ltss.
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Helpful
Xmas
Sugges-
tons.
! $ $#zs TOBUY
WHERE -

responsible
especially Holiday
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MUSIC TEACHERS.

Our stock OF Standard music, Teaching
Pieces. Methods. Folios. etc, Is very
complete. Our clerks are attentive.
Give US trial and you will hnd our
house a good place TO trade. Cata-
logues for the asking. WILLARD
WARD-AVE.
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THE FARRAND CONF ANY,
NEW LIST OF

Make your selection now. We Will ar
range the terms to suit your con-
venience. Compare our prices. Used
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TRAVELLERS GUIDE.
INTERURBAN LINES.
FLINT IAITEns-S.ls A tn ar

Detroit United Interurban Lines.
FLINT LIMITEDs-S:l5 a. IA. and
4:l5 y. III. Locals for Rochester and
Flint. a, m, and every two hours to
Rochester and Romeo. a. m, and
every two hours TO 10 y. m; also IL
y IN.
PORT HURON LIMITEDs-7:45 a.
Locals for New Baltimore. Aigonac, Ma
rine CITY and Port Huron hourly Z a.
m. to p. M. also y. m, to Marine
City. Local cars run via Algonac. To
Mt Clemens. alf-hourly, $50 a. IN. TO
Clemens Via shore Line. hourly. s:2s
a. T 70, ~ IIMITEDsws 20 a. m. 1i:so
IN. ~ and 500 p; m. Locals for
lockwood Newport, Monroe and To-
ledo. hourly, $50 a. m, TO $3.50 y. m.
JACKSON LIMITEDs-7:45 a. m.
I2.45 and 3:45 p. m. Locals, for Jack
son. a IN and every two hours until
2 .. m for Ann Arbor. 9 a. IN, and
Worthwhile 100 a. IN. and every two
hours until 1880 r. m. also . y. M. and
II D IA. saline cars. from YpsilantL
FOR Wynndotie and TrentoB--5:33 a.
"a aud half-hourly 70 1903 y. M: every
20 minutes 10 sos y. m :half-hourly
10 S.s3 q m; hourly TO 1888 p. IN. sun
days nrst car at :03. with half-hourly
For Royal Oak. Birmingham aud
PontInr-6.3O q. m. then half-hourly
until y. M. then hourly until IL =. m.
First car one-half hour later on sun
FOR Pennington. Worthwhile. Orchard
Lake aud Pontiac-6 a. M. and hourly
until IL p. IA. First car one hour later
or sunday
Interur6an cars pass waiting sta
ton corner Of Iarued and Griswold-
SITS Last ears awaiting the closing or
trcaters.
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FOR Observation-Disclosures.
A REX CORNET

A REX CORNET
Or Trombone or any Rex band instru-
ment is a safe investment. The price
quality ne sstt snan abSn eny Sthsr ine
struments made. They will last for
years Call at the Rex factory in
this city and examine the process
OF their making; sold exclusively by
HOUSE. 2Is woopwARD-AvE.
A big load k,ndiins wood. $3.50: bard
wood. %: blocks. e1.7S; economy nut
-; lump. $50 for kitchen stoves and
laundry. Houshtsn-FrsDch Coal Co
BILLIARD and pool tables. soda foun.
tsinss bought. sold and repaired. Geo
AT GRAHAM'S.
Coffee! Coffeel Coffeel The finest and
most delicious coffee you ever drank.
Mocha and Java. only zoe a pound;
good tea 25c and zoe pound; choice
tea siftings only 1Sc pound; abso-
lutely pure baking powder. only 16c
called gifts, no humbuggery; all spot
cash and carry them away yourself.
The least we deliver Is 10 pounds OF
a or t fresh ssss SsS
farmers butter in crooks. 2ec a pound
Dy the CROCK
AT GRAHAMS.
1927 Michigan ave.
Home City 4462x. Bell Main 11si.
BILLIARD and pool tables. new and
second hand, fror, $26 up: also wall
And showcases; easy terms: supplies
and repairing at reduced prices. The
Schulenburg Mfg. Co., IS Randolph
Ut. Established Sc years.
CUT IN MUSICAL GOODS
We will positively guarantee lower
prices on all musical goods than any
other music house In the city: our
stock Is too large and must be re-
duced. Don't purchase a single ar
ttcle In our line until you have tried
us, WILLARD BRYANT MUSIC
HOUSE, 21S WOODWARD-AVE.
DESK-Heavy qaartsr-sawsd oak roll.
top. with chair to match; used only
. short time; bargain for someone
that wants II right away Call at
Times Printing Co. Is John r.
WANTED. cor. Mich: ana lth... to fur.
nish rooms complete. II week. Sum.
A GIFT your boy would enjoy ju-
venile bicycle. Prices range from
3l7 upwards
JOHN B. TROSSEL,
663 MICHIGAN-AvE.
Tel. w. 305-J. Cor. Fourteenth.
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in Montana is Spotted Hawk, a brave
who is said to have killed, during his
fighting days, more white men than
any other member of his tribe.
Spotted Hawk is a man of striking
appearance, especially when arrayed
in his wal costume, as he appears in
the accompanying photograph. Well
formed and athletic, he is an excel
lent marksman and a hunter Of re-
nown. His face is full Of character
and his intelligence is marked. He
is looked up to with especial regard
by the young men of the tribe, to
whom his career appears romantic
and inspiring. But the bad old times
of hostility between the two races
are now only a memory. Spotted
Hawk, as well as the remainder of
the tribe, is To- at peace with the
United States, and therefore it is not
likely that he will during the coming
years of his life add to his list of pale
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A Meditation.

Eye shall receive power after that
the Holy Ghost is come unto YOU
There can be no acceptable service
without this endowment. Even
Jesus must first be baptized with the
Holy Ghost before He could enter
upon His great mission. >,
The apostles, who had been IN
Christ's school for three years, could
do nothing until they were endowed
with power from on high.
Mr.. Moody used to say that ne
would rather break stones on a TURN
bike than attempt to preach without
the indwelling and power OF the
Holy Spirit. The great reason why
some of our young peoples meetings
are such a drag is because its mem
bers do not seek power from ADORE.
To obtain this power we must
earnestly seek for it in prayer. II
We being evil know how to give gooi'
gifts unto your children, how mucn
moro shall your heavenly Father give
the Holy Spirit to them that ask
Him."
To obtain more power, we must
use the power already bestowed:
Go in this thy might" the anger
said to Gideon-the might OF tue
promised presence. The LORD De
with thee AS he went he reallzea
the presence and power OF the Al
might. -.:+
we must use this power in wit
Messing for Jesus. Il am no more IN
the world, but these are IN the
world" We are His representatives.
Let us not misrepresent Him.
Christian Union-Herald.
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Blessings of the Blind.

The calamity of the blind is i'm
mense, irreparable. But it does not
take away our share of the thingS
that count-service, friendship, HUI
NOR, imagination, wisdom. 1t is the
secret inner will that controls ones
fate. We are capable of willing to be
good, of loving and being loved, OF
thinking to the end that we may be
wiser. We possess these spirit-born
forces equally with all Gods children.
Therefore we, too, see the lightnings
and hear the thunders of Sinai. We.
too, march through the wilderness
and the solitary place that shall be
glad for us, and as we pass, God maxi
eth the desert to blossom like the
rose. We, too, go in unto the Prom
Used Land to possess the treasures OF
the spirit, the unseen permanence oil
life and nature.-From Helen Kel.
ler's Sense and Sensibility," in the
Century.
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Self Conquest 4 Necessity.

Deeply, ] fear, does this age need
TO take to heart the stern, ine%oraoie
necessity of self-conQuest-not IN
self-rorture, but yet in earnest watch
fulness; not in extreme fasting, but
in habitual careful moderation; ror
in morbid self-introspection, but IN
thorough and vigorous occupation;
not in EMBEDDING the body by macera-
ton, but by filling it's hours OF Work
with strenuous and cheerful activity
and its hours of leisure with bright
thoughtfulness and many a prayer,
by these blessed mean we, too, even
in the midst of the world, may attain
to the spirit which is dead to the
world; we may be keeping under u
body and bringing it into subsection;
nay, in no mere formula, but a truth
full figure be crucifed with Christ
T. w. Farrar.
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The AirshiD in War.

The dirigible balloon, or airship,
as it is usually called, is nov an es.
tablished success, and is sure to play
an important part in future wars
The French Government is taking the
lead in the matter and will soon have
a whole fleet of aerial cruisers, cap
able of sailing over the enemy's de-
lenses and dropping hundreds of
pounds of dynamite into their fortif-
cations; or of gliding quietly out at
night over a battleship and dropping
down on her enough dynamite to
send her, a shattered wreck, with all
on board, to the bottom of the sea.
Germany is also making rapid
strides in this work. Count Zeppelin,
working under the patronage of the
government, has built the largest and
probably the most scientifically
planned airship ever constructed
From Henry B. Hersey's Expert
ences in the Sky" in the Century.
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A Fiji Rainfall.

The astonishing effects sometimes
produced by cloudbursts are well
known, but not many trustworthy
records of the depth of the rainfall
during such occurrences exist. The
following instance, therefore, pos.
sesses much interest. On August 6,
1906, during a thunderstorm in the
Fiji Islands, the measured depth OF
the rainfall in a gauge elevated twen-
ty-five feet above the ground was
three feet and one inch. The rain
continued thirteen hours, and owing
to unmeasured overflow, the total
amount remains unknown, but 1t is
estimated to have been not less than
forty-one inches.-Youth's Compan-
ion.