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II Alleviatcs the ,
LIKE annoy“ me swans.
from God
The Kansas City Times tells of II
colony of fifty people out on Elev enti:
street and Troost avenue of that city,
known as the Gospel Union. The head
_ of the colony is a Mr. Perry, formerly
cashier of a. bank in Abilene, Kan. Th.
colony lives on faith. That is, they
pray for what they want, and it al-
ways comes. Mr. Perry said to the le-
porter:
“We really depend on the Lord for
all that we eat, drink and wear. We
never know on one day just what we
are going to have‘on the next. for we
“You have plenty to eat, then?"
“We not only 112. 'c all that we need
to sustain life, but we have a great
many little extras that make it pleas-
ant. Of course we live plainly. We
should do that even if we had plenty
of money at our command. Some time
ago a report got about that seemed to
convey the impression that about all
we have on our table is bread and ap-
ples. This is not true by any means.
Understand me. we should not com-
plain at all if we were compelled to
subsist on bread and apples, nor, in-
deed, if we were left without food.
The only reason, therefore, that we
have for objecting to such statements
is that the Lord has provided for us,
and we wish to acknowledge it and
give Him credit for it. ”
“All your contributions aue volun
tary?”
“Entirely so. They all come from
people who believe we are doing the
Lord’s work, and who am prompted by
Him to help us. We never take up
any collections, nor ask for any dona-
tions.”
“Does the money always come when
you need it?”
“Yes, and what may seem strange to
you, it always comes in the amounts
we need. I remember one day, some
time ago, I received $12. Our gas bill
was due. That was $8.85. I paid it
and had $3.15 left. Our water bill was
due on the same day, but I did not
know the amount of it. I put the $3.15
in an envelope for the purpose of pay--
ing at least a part of the water bill.
When I went down to pay the water
bill, what do you suppose the amount
of it was? Exactly $3.15. You see, we
had received exactly the money we
needed for that day and no more.”
“That was certainly an odd coinci-
deuce.”
“Thine was no coincidence about it,”
said Mr. Perry; “the Lord knew how
much we needed, even though I did
not, and He sent it to us.’
“At another time one of our mis-
sionaries in a foreign country had
spent everything he had with the ex~
eeption of 5 cents. Dinner time came,
and he had nothing with which to buy
food. His faith remained, however.
Recently the letter carrier came to his
house with a. letter which he had neg-
lected to deliver when he had been 'to
the house earlier in the day. That let-
ter contained the remittance which the
minister so sadly needed.”
CHURCH TRUST IN NEW ORLEANS.
Ion Negro Organizations Give Up Their
Alain to a Church Debt Co.
New Orleans has developed a
church trust. Ten colored churches of
diflorent denominations have organ-
ized so as to reduce their indebtedness,
and have placed themselves in . the
hands of a company styling itself
“The Church Debt Liquidating Com-
pany, ” which pron. ises to relieve them
in whole or in part from the debt with
which they as well as the white
churches are weighted down. The
Church Debt Diquidating Company is
regularly organized, the business
cards of the concern announcing that
H. C. Higey is President, William 0.
Preston, Secretary, and Frank W.
Smith, Treasurer.
take hold of any church debt and un-
dertake to reduce it or wipe it out.
It began work at Spanish fort with
a festival and congress of nations
given under the auspices of the Free
American Church and Charities of
New Orleans, and managed by the
Church Debt Liquidating Company.
The entertainment continued five
nights, and the financial results indi-
cate that the company will be able to
mat-enlally reduce the indebtedness of
churches interested. When it is
through with this work. it will take
hold of another batch of churches and
undertake to free them also from debt.
ASKED TO BE BURIED ALIVE.
A Russian Sect that. Believe in Salvation
by Martyrdom.
Details have been received in Lon-
don and cabled to this country from
Odessa. of the self-immolantion of a
umber of the fanatical followers of
Bukolniki, a report of which was
first received weeks ago. More than
twenty-four bodies of persons who
were buried alive have been recovered
from a series of oils . near Tirespol.
The sect is a survival of the old dis
Beaters, who were persecuted in Bus-
sia for two centuries.- Their treat-
ment was worst under Empress So-
phia, when thousands of them were
knoutedby the State. The result was
that they became fiercely fanatical,
and invented a doctrine of salvation
by martyrdom.
tising seif-immolation.
.31}: bodies were accidentally discov-
ered on the premises of Feodore Kov-
sled, who confessed that he had
walled up in his cellar nine living per-
sons, including his wife and‘two young
children. He further admitted that he
hind buried the other six, while they
were still alive. in a specially exca-
vated pit eight feet deep. '
In an adjoining garden, belonging to
Maztve'i. Sukula. four bodies were dis-
‘ covered in a pit. Sukula says that
these were buried alive at their own
digest. .
A Kansas City Soot That Gets All It Wants _
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ETHERIZING PLANTS.
A Discovery'Whlch May Add to men»-
sourcos of Horticulturists.
The discovery of the singular fact
that plants can be developed earlier
than is normal by exposing them to
the influence of ether fumes would
seem to add enormously to the re-
sources of the horticulturist, says the
'St. Louis Globe-Democrat. It is found
that after exposing sleeping plants to
the fumes of ether and chloroform,
they begin to shoot, having possibly
been awakened from their previous
condition of sleep or inactivity.
This raises two questions of which
gardeners are now looking with keen
interest for a solution. Can the ether
dispel the condition of sleep rom' all
plants?- Can the plants awakened be—
fore their proper time, develop in a
normal manner, and become useful
and salable?
ized are placed in an airtight recep-
tacle and exposed to the influence of
the drug from twenty-four to ninety-
six hours (usually about forty-eight
hours). Cylindrical glasses are used
for small plants. Large plants are en-
closed in an oil-painted box, the inte-
rior of which is lined with tin foil. The
box is four feet high, four feet long
and 2 1-2 feet broad. On the lid 3
small hole is made, which is closed
with a cork, and through this hole the
ether is conducted. As the ether is
very inflammable, great care is to be
taken not to bring lighted candles or
matches near it. It is dissolved at
from 15 to 20 degrees centigrade. Ex-
periments with lilacs, willows and oth-
er [igneous plants, as well as with
bulbs and .hyacinths, while show-
ing widely varying results, seem to
justify the belief that when the pro-
ne: 5 is more thoroughly understood and
systematized it will be most valuable
in forcing plants to maturity at any
time after the formation of their roots.
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FI’OSSINI THE COM POSER.
Noted for His Laziness, but Could write
Against Time \Vhen in the Mood.
Very remarkable are the conditions
under which musical composers have
sometimes turned out their work. Ros.
sini was renowned for his laziness,
yet when the mood was on him, or
when pIe-ssure was brought to bear
upon him, he could write against time.
“The Barber of Seville” was composed
in a month
There is another story of the same
composer in which one hardly knows
whether to consider him particularly
lazy or particularly industrious. He
was in the habit of writing in bed, and
on one occasion, while thus engaged,
a trio that he had almost finished
dropped from his hand and slipped un-
der the bed.
The sheet was too fa1 away for him
to reach it, and to get up and reach un-
der the bed for it was out of the ques-
tion. There was only one other thing
to be ‘done. and Rossini did it. He
wrote another trio.
4. Rossini’s characteristics were so well
know that sometimes strong measures
were taken to secure a composition.
The overture to “Geazza Ladra” was
was procured in a peculiar manner.
0n the day of the first performance the
manager got hold of Rossini and con-
fined him in‘the upper left of La Scala,
under guard of four scene shifters,
who took the text as it was written,
sheet by sheet, and threw it out of the
Philadelphia Ledger.
Japanese Reporters.
The Japanese reporter makes about
as much money as the Japanese po-
liceman— that is, $6 a month. In To—
kio some of them make more, and in
the smaller towns they make as little
as $2 a month, but/ $6 is a fair aver-
age. They are not sent out on regular
assignments as a rule, but are given
a roving commission. The editor tells
them to get news—real news if there
is any: but get news; and they never
return empty-handed. A good news-
gatherer is rare among them, but "the
"fakir” is plentiful enough, and really
clever.
Interviewing can hardly be said to
be popular. The people do not under-
stand it and do not like it. Japan is
if it can help itself. Still, there are
interviews in Japanese papers.‘ Pol-
itlcians have themselves interviewed
occasionally, and distinguished “globe-
trotters” usually submit—New York
Post.
Jewels Growing on Trees.
Jewels growing. on trees seems
rather a freak of the fancy than real-
ity. It is true, nevertheless.
Among the curiosities of tropical
plant life are the pearls found occa-
sionally in the cocoanut—palm of- the
Phillippine Islands. These pearls, like
those of the ocean, are composed of
carbonate of lime.
The bamboo, too, yields another pro-
rlous product, in the shape of true
Ipals, which are found in its joints.
In each case, of course, this mineral
matter is obtained from the soil.
The natives of the Celebes use these
vegetable Opals as amulets and charms
against disease—Scraps. .
Those Puzziing Bicycle Suits.
The policeman rapped loudly at the
door, and when the servant opened it.
said: ‘
. “Is Mrs. SWellrig at home?"
“No.~ but Mr. Swelh'ig is.”
“Then tell hi: .1 his wife’s been
knocked sens» Giff-:5 in a bicycle collis
ion.”.—Truth.
p Touched Beforeti’y '
Beggar—Can you help a poor man
to—-— ’
Pedestrian—I think you have touched
me before. .
Beggar—~Possibly. sir—possibly. You
see I m a stranded photographer, and
the old habit of retouching clings, sir
—Philndclphia Recflord
‘fl‘fLa‘v'ii'
The plants to be- ether-.
window to copyists waiting below.—
"hand in her pocket,
esoteric and doesn’t tell what it knows
conseosnATE Monument Nda'rI-I.
Members of .Various "Camps of (l. A. B.
Helped to Dedicate It.
. There was no sound of discord at the
dedication at Mount Hope Cemetery
near New York, of the beautiful monu-
nicnt to the memory of the dead sol.
diers cf the South, which was pre-
sented to the Confederate Veteran
Camp by ..Charles Broadway Rouss.
Neither was there any sign of enmity
at the reception at Lenox Lyceum. The
Union and Confederate Veterans dWelt
together in unity,a
and the Grand Army men Was Welded
in speech and prayer.
The Confederate Veteran Camp had.
issued invitations to seveIal Grand
Army posts, which had invited its
members to camp fires, to attend the
dedication. Members of U. S..'Grant
and Alexander Hamilton posts, the
F-auagut Association of Naval Veter-
ans, the Elizabeth, N. J., Veteran Zou-
aves and the Judson Kilpatrick Post
and the Old Guard were present at the
cemetery in a body. The monument is
on a beautiful site of the cemetery, and
the dedication was witnessed by a
large gathering, which included many
members of Southern families.
The reception at the Lenox Lyceum
was the main feature of the occasion.
There was an elaborate display of
American flags in the audience hall.
Around the galleries were bunched the
standards of the nation and the coat .
of arms of every state. Over the plat-
form was the shield of the United
States, suspended between American
flags. There were roses, hydrangeas
and palms on the platform.
Colonel A.IG. Dickinson, commander
of the Confederate Veteran Camp, wel-
comed the Union soldiers in a brief
speech, and invited the commanders of
the posts and associations to come
upon the platform. The scene that
followed brought tears to many eyes in
the hall. There were references to the
01d battles and the recounting of brave
deeds by veterans of both sides.~—New
York Herald.
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SHE DISPLAYED TRUE TACT
And Gained the Respect of the Poor
‘Vretch W110 Demanded Her Money.
A touching little story full of reaL
ism is told of Miss Eleanor Calhoun.
who, by the way, is a direct descend-
ant of the great John Calhoun, is a
most high-b bIIed, cultivated young wo-
man, and, like all thoroughly refined
natures, instinctively appeals to the
finer qualities of every one Withwhom
she comes in contact. '
At times of great political disturb-
ances in Paris, when revolution is in
the air, a mob of wretched, fiendish
creatures, who scarcely seem human
at all, rise to the surface like some
horrible scum, from nobody knows
where, and after the agitation is over
as suddenly disappear.
During one of these political up.
heavals Miss, Calhoun was _ one day
walking with an older lady near the
Bois de Boulo'sgnc,‘ When she was sud-
denly confronted by one of those wolfs
ish demons, who demanded her
money.
Miss Calhoun instantly grasped the
situation, and realized that something
altogether unusual must be done.
“Yes, I see that you have need of
money,” she said, quite gently, “but,
as you see, my hands are filled with
parcels. If you will just put your
hand into, my pocket you will find my
pmse. ”
“But, madame—madame—” replied
the poor wretch, with a profound bow.
“Oh, you can find it quite easily,”
said Miss Calhoun’; “it is just at my
side. I would be glad to help you
were it not for these bundles. Please
take my purse and help yourself.”
With another deep bow and again a
muttered “Madame" the desperado re-
luctantly edged toward her, put his
Withdl ew the
purse, opened it, and took from it
the smallest coin that it contained;
then replacing the purse in her pocket,
With a gesture of the most profound-
I'es‘pect and gratitude, he
shuffled
away. .
WIT AND HUMOR.
Stern Party—Well, sir, I don’t know.
’as I. am particularly desirous of be-
coming your ' fathe‘r—i-n-law,
man!
' Cholly Seeke—Er—ehéI n-ne-nIever
thought of tlnat.‘ You w-wo;would b-
be my fatherLin-law, wouldn’t you? I
g—guess we’ll l-let the—er—m-matter’
drop; g—good-d-day.—Tru.th. ’
young
Visitor. “Who do you take after,
Bobby, your papa or your mamma?”
Bobby Craggs: “That depends.
When Aunt Sarah’s here, ma says I
take after'her folks; and when Uncle
Silas Craggs is here, ma says I am
a regular Craggs. They’re both rich.”
Papa: “I’m surprised that you are
at the foot of your” class, Tommy.
Why aren’t you at the head sometimes,
like Willie Bigbee?”
Tommy: "You see, papa, Willie’s
got an awful smart father, and I guess
he takes after him.”
“F’whencc kem yure black eye and’ 1
bruises, Mrs. Dimpsey.
“Me mon done it.”
. “Was he under the influence?”
“He wor not. I’ll have yez under-
stand me man is a gintleman always I”
—Ncw York Journal. '
Don’t Blame Them—S. S. Teacher:
Don't you think it very strange that
the lions didn't eat Daniel? ‘S. S.
Scholar: No, sir, not since I saw that
picture of him 'in my Sunday school
book—Life.
Wiggins—'What makes you .so' cer.
tain of Bawler’s patriotism?
“,Why, he just boils over with indig-
nation W hen he nears of ,the wrongs of
tonigne'rslnat we have no Interest in!"
-~ 'l‘ rum
and the friendship
between the old soldiers of the South
, tur es,
A see sxrsmsucs.
Newly'uarriod People Conlxovor be Sun
of Fooling the Public.
A Pennsylvania Railroad man had an
unhappy experience at a New York ~>
hotel several months ago. He was a
popular man, and every baggage hand
In along the road was interested in
his marriage. He left town with his
bride premptly after the ceremony.
and when he inspected his trunk at the
station .there was no distinguishing
mark to indicate that it was the prop-
erty of a newly married man.
trunk was checked right through to
New York, and when its owner arrived
in Jersey City he gave his baggage
checks to a transfer agent and asked
that his baggage be sent at once to a
well-known Broadway hotel. There
was no ricein his pockets, and when
he arrived at the hotel and registered
“Mr. and Mrs. John Blank,” [he flat-
tered himself that no one would sus-
pect him of being a newly wedded
man. An hour later he heard a great
noise in the trunk room and he went
in to investigate it. In the centre of
a crowd of bell boys, porters and hotel
lmmgers was his trunk, that had left
his native town in good condition.
Some one had varnished it with glue
and then sprinkled rice all over it. Half
ll. dozen pans of old shoes were fast-
ened to the top with screws, and every
baggage man along the line had tacked
on a message conveying his congratu-
lations and advice. The trunk was a
curiosity, and it took one of the port-
ers half a day to scrape it clean—New
York Sun.
HE GOT TWO HALF DOLLARS.
And the Chicago Hotel Porter Now Get-
to “'ork Earlier Than Ever.
Philip D. Armour is anfong the earli-
est risers of any business man in Chi~
cage. Ie is in his office by 6:30 every
morning. He leaves his car and
walks down Adams street to the Home
Insurance Building just as the sun’s
first kiss of the day lights upon the tall
buildings. ,Hi-s gait is steady and elas-
tic, and he looks as if he had just on-
loyed a hearty meal. In passing the
The.
ms OFF IN GHUR cI-I. ‘
A Chicago Pastor Servos Notice on the -
Women of Ills Congregation. ‘~ -
The Chicago Times-Herald says the —.
women of Unity Church, Oak Park,
will take off their bonnets andhats,
and sit unbon-nete'd and unhatted‘ dur- -
ing the Sunday morning and evening
services conducted by their pastor, the
Rev. R. F. Johonnot, who says he “can-
not see why the children of darkness
should always be wiser than the chil—
dren of light.” In fact, he does not pro-
pose to let ‘the theatre become more
advanced than the church. So a few '
weeks ago he intimated ‘to his congre?
gation his wishes in the matter and
requested the women of Unity Church
to be leaders in the new movement. _
Naturally the step caused something ' ‘
more than a ripple of surprise. Not a.
little indignation was expressed. There
were some who said Pastor Johonnot
was growing autocratic when he at-
tempted to dictate in matters of dress.
It hardly seemed decorous to sit un-
,bonneted in church, besides there were
other questions involved. - What was to
become of the church millinery? “How
does my hair look?” would be the
query now, instead of the old familiar
“Is my hat on straight?” ' .
It certainly gives the congregation a”
home look as they sit all with uncov-
ered heads, but somehow it is not sat-
isfying. The attractive and diverting
spectacle of well-trimmed hats and
bonnets—resembling as they do a gar-
den of flowers—his like the withdrawal
-of the stained-glass Windows or an ef-
fective part of the service. True, there
is no craning of the neck to get around
a big offensive but to see the preacher.
And this is the reason for the man-
date: “Take 011? your bonnets and hats '
in church.”
The Rev. B. F. Johon-not of Unity
Church believes that the church of the
future will have a dressing, room where
ladies can leave their hats and wraps
and a check room for overcoats and
umbrellas. He is very much in earnest
. in his new crusade against the mon-
f opoly of fashion.
. interest in the matter,”
Lansing Hotel the otheI moming a 4
porter, who was washing the sidewalk.
stepped politely out of his way and
begged pardon for the water that lay
ln puddles through which he must
walk. He did not know whom he was
addressing.
The gentleman reached in his pocket
In a hasty sort of way, and among a
lot of loose silver drew forth two half
dollars that he handed to the porter
and passed on. As he did so I asked
the servant if he knew the donor’s
name. He did not. When I told him
that he was the richest man \in'Chi-
cago he seemed astounded. “An’ you
-say he passes long dis ’er way every
day ’bout dis time? Wall, sah, you
5110’ gwine 1111’ me washin’ dis her’
sidewal’ reglar after dis mitey early
In de mawnings.”
Mr. Armour gives more money to
mendicants than all of the other pedes-
trians who walk Adams street—Chi-
cago Times-Herald.
PRUSSIA’S AMBER MONOPOLY.
(t is Found in the Seaweed When Washed
Up by the Gales.
The working of amber in Prussia is
I. monopoly in the hands of a firm
which owns the best two mines, Palm-
nicken and Krax-tepelle. For the con-
cession they have, according to a re-
port from the British Consul of Dant-
Iic, to pay to the German Government
a. royalty of 65,000 marks a year. It
Is reckoned that, this firm has up to
now paid no less than $1,000,000 in
royalties to the German Government.
In additionto the output from the
mines in 1895, a good deal of amber
was picked up on the beach at Pillau,
In the province of East Prussia, being
washed up with the sea weed during
the prevalence of northwesterly gales.
The shore at Pillau after a storm is
sometimes covered with a layer of sea-
weed three feet Ith'ick, among which
the amber is found entangled. Men,
women and children find easy and 1u~
crative employment in searching for
the amber along this part of the amber
coast. The people engaged in this pre-
carious work often earns $6 a day and
more. In 1895 about 100 tons of raw
amber came to Dantzic to be worked
up, as compared with 140 tons in 1894.
It was nearly all melted to make lac
and varnishLNew York World.
' The Fighting Lenuning.
If the lemming’s powers were pro-
portioned to its pluck, the lemming
would make things lively for the hun-
ter. It attacks with reckless fury the
harmless passer-by. One of these crea-
smaller than a rat, will assail
without a second thought a couple of
human beings weighing 50 pounds
apiece. It will spring to one’s knees,
barking and biting, and in purblind
fury fall 'back “all-ends-up” to, the
earth, only to renew the attack again
and again. Today,- while one lemming
was flying at me, another from be-
yond 9. small stream joined in the
demonstration, and presently swam
across to get to close quarters. I was
not quite sure that the first fall into
the water was not accidental, but
hardly think so, since once there it
came straight to the charge—From
“Wild Norway.”
“I have no personal
hesaid, “ex-
cept to give a more homelike and de-
votional aspect to the meeting. It
' Will, if carried out, make the congrega-
tion look as if its ladies had come to
stay and were not merely visitors.
, Then consider the courtesy of such a
movement. It will be carrying out the
golden rule. Why, I went to a church
in the city not long ago where four
young ladies came in and occupied the
pew in front of me. Each one wore a
floweI garden on her head, and I did
not even get a glimpse of the preacher.
You see, our churches have not raised
seats like the theatre, yet the theatre
set the first example and compelled
ladies to take off their hats. ,
“Now, I do not ask my people in a
compulsory spirit to- remove their hats.
I suggest it as a matter of courtesy,
first to the church, next to me as their
pastor. As I said in public, I have
two reasons—one, and the main one, is
that other people may enjoy the privi-
leges of the sanctuary; the other that
the assembled wmshipers emay look
more homelike.
“The women have accepted the edict
in a ver friendly spirit of acquies-
cence. The leaven is working well,
and I must eXpress my gratitude to
the young women of the choir, who led
the way. Of course, there are some
who will never change a custom until
it becomes :1 fashion. As soon as it is
fashionable to sit in-church without a
bonnet all the ladies will adopt the
idea. ” ”
‘Pcrhnps they have a wholesome
fear of St. Paul, who said that the wo-
men should remain covered in
ch11:- ch’.‘ ’
‘ St. Paul is out of date with such
traditions as those in the present age
of the wm id. Ii ntend to leave the mat-
ter euti: ely to the good sense and cour-
tesy of the ladies of my congregation.
satisfied that their will decide what is
best the:1.selvc.:s.The whole thingwas
suggested to 1.1.- by complaints made
from time to time by sitters who
could. not see the platform on account
of the overs-11.1.; oWing presence of
fashionable mil.inery.”
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Tarheel Intelligence J‘o'Ited. .-
It istold that a young farmer of wes‘
tern Burke county wrote to the State
Board of Agriculture for information
regarding some part of his farm work,
and the board replied by atype written
letter. This made. the young farmer
mad, be taking the typewritten letter
as an insinuation that he, could not
read “pen and ink writing.” He im-'
mediately sent the letter back to the
department, with a message to them"
not to send him any more “printed.
letters;” that he could “read writin’
yit. "—Morganton Herald.
Getting It Straight.
Mr. Sparking—“You say you are six
years old now, Jimmy?”
Jlmmy—“Yep.”
MI. Sparking—“And Sister Grace is
youI oldest sister, isn’t she?”
Jimmy -“Yep. "
Mr. SpaI-king—“Who comes after her,
Jimmy. 9” ’
Jimmy—“Well. nobody so fat/but. “
pop says that the first man that does.
will get her.”
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.I‘n‘. It‘lmfled 1G BOSS ,,
Always the Same
Norwalk Chronicler