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SOME COOD STORIES FOR OUR . JUNIOR READERS*

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Willie's Amendment, a Story for Toons Americana—What a Sons; of Sixpence Means—A lira ire Girl Brigade—V'hat VFe Owe to Spaniards.

A Little Adventure! ' , • . A redbreast sat In a cherry trefr

Singing' her sweetest song,, , While an owl perched high, on a bough

near by. Was dozing the whole day long.

"Ah, me! Ah, me!" the robin, said she, "You lazy old fellow, go along!

Tou do nothing but sleep, and sleep and sleep,

And I tell you it's wrong, wrong, wrong!"

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The old owl winked at his carping friend, But he never uttered a word;

For you know right well, so I needn't tell. That the owl is a very wise bird.

Soon dusk stole stealthily over the scene. And the robin flew into her nest; h

But the owl was as bright as the fairies of night.

As the sun lay hid in the West.

Now, two bad boys, two very bad boys, Determined to do their best

ffe rob,n away, and then easily they Might steal all the eggs in her nest.

But the owl on guard in the top of the tree ^

Was a match for the urchins, and more: n a very sad plight they returned that

night, Much wiser young men than before.

You wonder, no doubt, how I found this out,

Where it happened, and how, and when; BUTJ WlU tel1' 1 was or>e of those-well,

I'll never rob birds' nests again. —James L. Pequignot.

Willie 's "Amendment." ^ (By Estelle Mendell Amory.)

"Tomorrow," said Miss Reed, "you may all bring me some incidents show­ing the harm that liquor and tobacco nave done; something you have read in the paper or know of yourself." Miss Reed was just going to dismiss her little country school when a hand was raised, and "Teacher," came from a bright, questioning boy.

Don t they never do no good?" ask­ed Willie Swenson.

"That is a good question, Willie; we must always be just, even to our ene­mies, so I will ask you to also bring any fact or case where they have done good. And in the burst of uncon­cerned merriment and noise that fol­lowed the tap of the bell, it would seem that all of "teacher's" injunc­tions and requests must be forgotten.

But before the long walks across the beautiful prairies were accomplished, every one of the twenty blu6-eyed, flaxen-haired little Swedes and Danes was eagerly searching his scanty col­lection of facts, and almost before the

piece was called for, mamma was,, asked to help out on "teacher's ques­tion." At the supper tables it was also an interesting topic, especially Willie Swenson's "amendment," as one of the older boys termed it. This seem­ed to especially please the fathers,most of whom used the subtle weed, while all thought it no harm to take a "friendly glass" now and then. Still the little community was above the average in industry and morality,own­ing large, well-tilled farms, and having a Sunday school, and "preaching" oc­casionally in their own language.

As might be expected, therefore,facts concerning "Willie's Amendment" were abundant, and more than one "Adolph" and "Emil" and ."Theda" were very anxious for "tomorrow."

"Oh, I got one; what you got?" was the universal greeting that bright June morning; but, oh, how the facts seem to vanish, as, after the short devo­tional exercises, they were each called to give them. "This telling about thing?, like a preacher," as Claus Ole-s.on termed it, was one of Miss Reed's many "new ways" of developing her pupils, and as yet was a terrible strain on the cdurage of these timid little foreigners.

Some of the older ones prefaced their quaintly told stories or incidents

i with, "It stood in the paper last night," and, of course, were the familiar tales of misery and ruin.

"But has no one found any good that these things do?" asked the teach­er, as Beda Isaacson sat down, her cheeks rivaling the sweet roses pinned on her blue gown.

For a few seconds there was an awkward pause, when the doughty Willie Swenson rose to champion his amendment.

"Well, my fader had a aunt, and her stomach got bad (heartburn), and she took all the medicine in the drug store, but she didn't get no better, and so the doctor, he told her to chew some to­bacco and swallow the juice, and she got well right off."

Every other word of this short speech had stuck in the poor boy's throat, but by means of worming his bare feet and working at his one suspender, he scor­ed a victory. Several of his compan­ions on the "defense" looked Jubilant, but almost before the teacher asked "how they would answer this fact," hands were up.

"I don't think it did cure the stom­ach," replied Iva Larson, who was studying physiology; "it only dead­ened the nerves, so she didn't feel it." .

"But if it did cure that," added thoughtful Anna fverson, "tobacco is tobacco, and it did other things, too— just what physiology says—about the

'lungs and juices and kidneys." "And it hurts the eyes," chipped in

Adolph Johnson, a little fellow of sev­en, while his seatmate gained courage to add. "And the heart, teacher."

"Ye?," said Miss Reed, "the physi­cians who are now examining the men for the war find a great many with hearts injured by tobacco, and they can not take them, for they would not

make good soldiers. Has any one else an answer?'*

"Well," exclaimed Laura Roline, not­ed for "hitting the pail on the head,'! "I think I'd as soon have the heart­burn as swallow tobacco juice!' At this there was! a hearty laugh and even a, faint clapping of hands, and Willie's "amendment" was considered hopelessly lost. • The other good ef­fects of the vile weedv were not heard from.

"I am really proud of your work this morning, scholars," said'Miss Reed, her face glowing with smiles. "Your an­swers to, Willie's Incident are almost word for word like those of a very noted physician. Some one asked him about using tobacco for heartburn, and he said the same thing. And now as our time is up we will hear the pro and con of the liquor question tomor­row." And all went at their lessons with a peculiar zest.

"Well, what did teacher say about your story?" asked Mr.' Swenson of his boy, as they all sat around the supper table that evening.

"Oh, she didn't say much, but Iva and Anna and Adolph and Otto, they did, and Laura Roline, she just knock­ed it higher'n a kite and they all laughed. I ain't going to stand up for the dirty stuff again," and Willie then told all that had been said, and a lively talk followed.

Indeed, the story of Willie's "amend­ment" was the all-absorbing topic in every home-in the neighborhood that night, and more than one parent be­gan to seriously inquire concerning this thing.

A Brave Girl Brigade.

Since the war spirit swept over cu* land even the girls are so stirred by the prevailing passion for all things military that many of them have or­ganized soldierly companies in differ­ent parts of the country. .

McMinnville, Ore., rejoices in a mili­tary company of young women from 16 to 21-years of age, about 40 in number. The young ladies are relatives and friends of the Oregon volunteers who have gone to Manila. Only girls of prepossessing appearance and fine physique were permitted to join. They are handsomely uniformed, the uni­forms following the government regu­lations as closely as girls' dress will permit. A snug fitting blouse of blue cloth ornamented with brass buttons and a blue skirt reaching above to the shoe tops, with two white stripes down each side, are the principal fea­tures of the dress. A blue cap with a tiny broom made of manila grass wrap­ped in red, white and blue cord stand­ing out in front, and tan leggings com­plete the costume. On the left breast is wore a five-pointed star, wrapped in the same kind of cord and also made of manila grass.

The Manila Guards, as the troop is called, are equipped with swords, belts and haversacks. It is drilled by an old army veteran in marching and sa­ber drill according to the old Steven­son tactics. The girls have^ attained great skill in the drills, in fact they may be said "to move as one man," as the old phrase goes. Military disci­pline is carefully maintained. Delin­quents, if officers, are reduced to the ranks and confirmed insubordinates are dismissed from membership. The guards know how to storm trenches and how to drive a mob from the streets. When they are engaged in sham battles their cries recall to the older people's minds the yankee shouts and rebel yells of 'years ago.—Chicago News.

What "Sing a Song of Sixpence" means.

You all know this rhyme, but have you ever heard what it really means?

The four-and-twenty blackbirds, rep­resent the twenty-four hours. The bot­tom of the pie is the world, while the top crust is the sky that overarches it. The opening of the pie is the day dawn, when the birds begin to sing, and surely such a sight is fit for a king.

The king, who is represented sitting in his parlor counting out his moi^ey, is the sun, while the gold pieces that slip through his fingers, as he counts them, are the golden sunbeams.

The queen, who sits in the dark kit­chen, is the moon, and the honey with which she regales herself is the moon­light.

The industrious maid, who is in the garden at work before her king—the sun—has risen, is the day dawn, and the clothes she hangs" out are the clouds. The bird who so tragically ends the song by "nipping off her nose" is the sunset. So we have the whole day, if not in a nutshell, in a pie.-^ Exchange.

The Heart's Life work.

The human heart is so quickly re­sponsive to every touch of feeling in the mind that the people of ancient times thought that it was the abiding place of the soul, and all literature, both ancient and modern, contains many poetic references to this inter­esting fact.

The amount of work performed dur­ing the lifetime of a person living to the limit of human life prescribed by King David—three score and ten years —by this small but powerful engine is almost incredible. It is six inches in length and four in diameter, and beats on the average 70 times a. minute, 4,200 times an hour, 100,800 a day and 36,792,-000 in the course of -a year, so that the heart of a man 70 years old has beaten over 2,500,000,000 times.

Alamlnlnm Shoes For Horses. Russia has tried experiments with

aluminium shoes for cavalry horses. A few horses in the Finland dragoons were shod with one aluminium shoe, and three iron shoes each, the former being on the fore foot in some cases, and on the hind foot in others; The experiment lasted six weeks, and show­ed that the aluminium shoes lasted longer and preserved the foot better than the iron ones.

JUSTICE OF GOMEZ. 1

BULLETS FOR THE MAN WHO KILLED A NURSE. .

• Trial In the Woods, No Mercy, and a Court Martial with but One Judge —Perils of the Wartime Kariei —- No Mercy for Outlaws.

General Gomez and several officers of his staff were taking their after din­ner nap, when tKere was a commotion in the thick chaparral, between them and the narrow, rugged road which runs all the way from the mountains to the western coast of Cuba.

With a rush and a swish a dozen men plunged out of the bushes.

The newcomers had with them a fet­tered prisoner—a tall man with a dark, stern face, who wore the uniform of a Spanish captain. Gomez looked at him curiously as he listened to a whispered report from Vando.

Then he frowQed and his eyes flash­ed fire.

"Carrajo!" he hissed between his teeth. "A good day's work, Vando. I'll not forget it"

"What cas we do for Captain Lo­pez?" asked General Gomez.

"Release me, restore my weapons and my horse," said the prisoner. "I was on a peaceful mission, visiting a sick friend, when your men ambushed me on the road. They have treated me with great indignity."^

"It gives me great pain to refuse your request," replied Gomez, "but we have given your case careful consider­ation for the past six months, and the main object of our recent scouting ex­peditions was to capture you. You see, captain, you are not an ordinary guerilla. You have a gang of the worst cut-throats and robbers in all Cuba. All your work is d,one in the dark. You ^destroy the homes of peaceful farmers, murder and rob prisoners, as­sault helpless women, and Captain Vando reports that when you were captured you had on your person the watch and the handkerchief of a Red Cross nurse, a young woman who was outraged and murdered by you and your ruffians two night-s ago.

"It is a lie!" shouted the Spaniard. "I found the handkerchief in the road —the watch I bought from a soldier."

"Mistakes will occur in war times," answered Gomez calmly, "and I may be mistaken now, but I am> willing to swear to the truthfulness of Vando's report."

"I must go with you, then, and be tried by court martial, I suppose?" said Lopez.

"You will be tried by court martial," responded the general, smilingly. "Your trial is in progress now. This is a court martial.

Two stalwart Cubans dragged the

tailed for the work stepped forward, irid when their »ifles rang but the prisoner's- head- fell-back. Every bul­let had pierced his heart.

"Shall we bury him?" asked Vando. "Did he bury the murdered Red

Cross nurse?" was the question asked in reEurn by the commander.

"No, general. He left her body to the /vultures."

"What a devil!" the other muttered.

HOW A SAILOR'S WAGES GO.

Jack Squanders His Hard Earned Money

Sometimes by Proxy, What do the jack tars in the navy

do with all their money? has often been asked, although most people have answered the question to their own satisfaction beforehand by deciding they spent it the first chance they got. Many of the younger or newer ones do get rid of their cash at the first op­portunity, but they spend it them­selves, and get their money's worth, or what they think or are made to be­lieve is their money's worth. Those who are really warm in their follow­ing seldom take all their wages from the. paymaster. They let him keep it during the cruise and draw 4 per cent interest on it until the cruise is over. Then, of course, some spend it all be­fore they go back to the ship. They have a good time all in a lump and are satisfied to wait for extravagant days again until another cruise is over. These are the men who have no one except themselves to care for. While on the man-of-war they need not go short of anything and yet not use their money. Moreover, they will probably attend to their duties better and have a much finer time when the cruise is at an end. Those who have wives or families or relatives to care for usually send their money home regularly and faithfully. Often, how­ever, their confidence is meanly abused. Married men make up this class. They send their wives com­fortable incomes, and that is all these wives care for them for. These are the wives who married simply for what there was in marriage in a money way, with the additional advantage or convenience of not having a husband around much. Unluckily for women of this class, not all jack tars can main­tain wives. Only chief petty officers or first-rate petty officers can afford the luxury of marriage, and even they have to watch out pretty keenly not to impair the due to their better halves.

Asbestos Leather. A German inventor has obtained a

British patent for an improved as­bestos stuff—asbestos leather—and its mode of manufacture. The asbestos is divided into very fine fibers of the greatest possible length, then immersed into an India rubber solution; the whole is next thoroughly intermixed,

OUR GOOD FRIEND.

Jules Cambon, pho petitioned Pres­ident McKinley to open peace negotia­tions with Madrid through the Span­ish and American ambassadors at Par­is, is the most distinguished diplomat in Washington, outranking any bfi the ambassadors of the great countries of Europe. This is true because France, in making him its ambassador, re­moved him from the lofty post of gov-»rnor general of Algeria and conferred upon him the highest diplomatic hon­or in its gift. That is, it made him honorary governor of the colony. By this act France established the Wash­ington embassy in a higher rank than the governorship of Algeria, M. Cam­bon 'Was born in Paris in 1845, and was educated at the Lycee Louis le Grand. He was graduated from the law uni­versity in 1866 and was secretary oC

the debating society in 1869. Having served his country as a soldier in the Franco-Prussian war, he entered the diplomatic service of the republic as an attache of the governor general of Algeria. On the recommendation of General Chanzy he was made in 1878 the prefect of the department of Con-stantine. He was largely instrumental in transforming Algeria to a civil from a military colony, and was highly hon­ored by General Chanzy, who regarded him as one of the ablest diplomats in the French service. On his return to Paris he was intrusted with several important missions of state, all of which he filled most acceptably. In 1891 he was sent back to Algeria, the scene of his earlier triumphs, this time as governor general. M. Cambon is a commander of the Legion of Honor.

Spaniard to a tree and quickly bound him so that he could not move.

"This is murder," said the prisoner,' "and you will suffer for it!"

"Rope or bullet?" snapped the Cu­ban.

"Bullet, curse you!" "Very well, just to please you; but

you deserve the rope," said the other. "My body!" interrupted Lopez. "Will

you see that it is sent to Havana?" "I beg your pardon," said Gomez,

"but you are asking too much. We must leave this spot at once. Time's up. Adois!"

The general stepped aside' with a wave of fiis hand. The Spanish cap-. tain held his head erect, facing his fate, scowling and defiant.

The firing squad which had been de-

until every fiber is coated with the solution. The solvent, for instance, petroleum benzine, is thereupon evapo­rated. The asbestos fibers then cohere perfectly, and the mass may be pressed into any desired form or may be rolled. The inventor calls the manufactured product "asbestos leather," and it is said to resemble very closely leather in its peculiarities and, structure.— Zeugdrucker Zeitung. ; >

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Consecration. '0'. We consecrate a church, and we

think that God, in some peculiar and Special way is there. We do not conse­crate our homes, our offices, in such a way as to think that God just as really is there and thkt in our business life we are in actual contact with Him.— Rey, M. J. ,Savage.

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INCREASE IN EXPORTS.

While the Imports for the Fiscal Sear Showed Utarirerd Decrease.

The bureau of statistics in its latest summary of finance and commerce, presents details of the imports and ex­ports in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898. It shows that the exports to all parts of the world increased both in manufactures and products of agricul­ture, and that while there was a great falling off in imports, the reduction was , almost exclusively in manufac­tured articles and food products. Man­ufactured articles ready for consump­tion fell from $134,375,126 in 1897 and $145,274,039 in 1S96 to $82,570,687 in 1898; articles of food and live animals fell from $245,166,197 in 1897 and $237,-025,045 in 1896 to $181,480,011 in 1898, while "articles of voluntary use, lux­ury, etc.," fell from $83,098,970 in 1897 and $93,323,154 in 1896 to $77,452,561'in 1898. On the other hand, articles re­quired by the manufacturers and classi­fied as "articles in a crude condition for use in manufacturing," of which the 1897 imports were $214,916,625 and those of 1896, $209,368,717, amounting in 1898 to $204,543,919, forming in 1898 over 33 per cent of the total importa­tions, while in 1897 they were but 28 per cent, and in 1896, 27 per cent of the total imports,showing a large rel­ative increase in the proportion which these articles used in the domestic in­dustries bore to the total importations. Manufactured articles for use in the mechanic arts formed in 1898 about the same percentage of the imports that they did in 1896 and 1897. The exportations of manufactures, which amounted to $288,871,449 in 1898, ex­ceeded those of 1897 by $11,586,058, and those of 1896 by $60,300,271, while the products of agriculture exported amounted to $854,627,929 in 1898, against $683,471,131 in 1897 and $569,-879,297 in 1896, the chief increase in agricultural exportations being in breadstuffs. The exportations of the year increased $180,336,694, and the im­portations of the year decreased $148,-725,253, the comparison being made in each case with the preceding fiscal year, 1897. The following table shows the total exports and imports by the grand divisions in the fiscal year, 1898, compared with the preceding year:

Imports from 1897. 1898. Europe ....$ 430,192,205 $ 306,091,814 North

America. 105,924,053 South

America. 107,389,405 Asia 87,294,597 Oceanica .. 24,400,439 Africa .... 9,529,713

91,171,923

92,093,526 92,595,037 26,859,220 7,193,639

Totals...$ 764,730,412 Exports to— 1897.

Europe ....$ 813,385,644 North

America. South

America. 33,768,646 Asia 39,274,905 Oceanica .. 22,652,773 Africa 16,953,127

$ 616,005,159 1898.

$ 973,699,289

123,958,461 139,635,289

33,821,971 44,824,268 21,991,381 17,357,752

Totals.... $1,050,993,556 1,231,329,950

CHILDREN AS GARDEN KEEPERS

Attractive and Profitable Amnsementi for Little Ones Easily Provided.

Very little is required to keep active children amused. If to this axiom is added a trifle of thought that the amusement be made profitable much good can be secured thereby. Nothing will be of greater service in this par­ticular than to teach them to keep a gar (Jen. A few feet of earth in a sunny window or a bit of garden in the back yard will provide valuable training with undying interest to the children. This work will inspire a love for the beautiful with orderly habits, which will last through a lifetime. All chil­dren are attracted by pretty and fra­grant blossoms, and they should be taught to cultivate and give plants the tender care they require and thus learn some of life's sweetest lessons. Ex­ample is the first element to be consid­ered in educating a child's mind. Don't try to force the child to keep a gar­den, but keep one yourself. Whatever children see their elders do they wish to do themselves, and if you have them near you and let them wtch you sow seeds and plant slips and pull up weeds, if you explain all you are do­ing to them—never mind if it is then too difficult for them to understand— it will not be long before they imitate you and want gardens of their own.— Ex.

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TRADE IN FARM IMPLEMENTS 4 • '

,®oni»tpy - Compares wit)£ th« United States In This Line. ^

At the close of the civil war a reap­er now selling for $75 cost $120; & steel plow, now costing $12, sold for $26; ' a potato digger, now costing $7, sold f ' fort $25; grain scythes, now costing $9 ^ a dozen, cost $26; shovels, now coating '/ $9. a dozen, cost $20; binders, now cdst- l~-i n g $ 1 3 0 , c o s t $ 4 0 0 , a n d . m o w i n g m a - « ' ' ' chines, now costing $50, cost $110. As this process of redtiction has been go- M ing on, the product of American fac-tories in the line of agricultural imple-ments has been generally extended and vastly improved, so that the United States are now not only at the head of all other countries, but so far at the head of other countries that there has ^ practically ceased to be any serious V,, competition except in respect to the supplies sold by certain European countries to their colonies.. Through the free markets of the world, without • -restrictions established by govern-. ments, the United States are the great source of supply. The importance of the business carried on both at home and abroad by the United States manu­facturers of, farming implements i3 shown by the figures of the last federal census of 1S90. There were at that time, approximately, 1,000 manufactor­ies of agricultural implements in the United States, the amount invested in (

this line of manufacture being nearly' $150,000,000, the average number of persons employed in it being 45,000, the' materials used averaging in value $30,-000,000 and the output $80,000,000. Since the summer of 1892 the American! trade in agricultural implements has been subjected to a marked prostration. The export trade of the country in agricultural implements has continued. large and has even increased: 1893 (fiscal year) $4,657,000 1894 (fiscal year) 5,027,000 1895 (fiscal year) 5,410,000' (/l 1896 (fiscal year) 5,176,000: ' 1897 (fiscal year) 5,240,000

The Argentine republic has been the< chief customer of the United States in. ^this item of manufacture, and the South American countries and West Indies have been customers to a small­er extent. But while the foreign mar­ket has continued, the home mar­ket for American agricultural products has been curtailed greatly, in conse­quence of the failure of some crops, the diminished prices for cereals, the1

accumulation, west and south, of mort­gages and the contraction of credit to farmers, who, as a rule, buy their agri­cultural machinery on credit, payment being predicated on the success of the crops and of paying prices for them. As a result of the agricultural depres- t, sion in the west in 1893, 1894, 1895 and. 1896, it is hardly too much to say that the farming implements used during the past five years in the United States have been literally wearing out. The large concerns have been carrying their customers on credit, and with large debts outstanding the farmers general­ly speaking, have been awaiting the return of better times and better prices. The favorable conditions of a year ago were not without their effect on this branch of business, and those of this year are being reflected in the enlarged market for farming machinery, reap­ers, threshers, plows, rakes, binders, scythes and harrows. At the head of the states of the country^in the volume "* of its manufacture of agricultural im­plements is Illinois, with an invested capital of nearly $60,000,000. Ohio fol­lows, then New York and then Wis- :j consin. Ohio supplies most of the southern market of demand and New York the middle and eastern states. Of recent years California has develop­ed its manufacture of farming imple­ments largely.

A Tombstone Problem. A man who went away from home

some time ago to attend a convention o£ church people was struck with the beauty of the little town in which the gathering Was held. He had plenty of time, and while wandering about walked into the village cemetery. It was a beautiful place, and the dele­gate walked around among the graves. He saw a monument, one of the larg­est in the cemetery, and read with surprise the inscription on it: "A Lawyer and an Honest Man." The delegate scratched his head and loosed xo Remove Warts. at the monument again. He read the To remove warts touch them two or inscription over and over. Then he three times a week with caustic; if walked all tround the monument and carefully applied it will not do any in-examined the grave closely. Another jury. Tincture benzoin mixed with man in the cemetery approached and [ water, in proportion one of tincture asked him: "Have you found the grave to'ten water, is the most harmless of of an old friend?" "No," said the del- all freckle removers. Should you wish egate, "but I was wondering how they -something more powerful and rapid, came to bury those two fellows in one. try the following: Bichloride of mer-

SPENDS HIS LIFE IN PRISON.

Unusual Method of Seeming Material for a Book.

Count Rocco Dianovitch has made the getting into prison the chief busi­ness of his life for thirty-four of the forty-seven years he has lived, for the purpose of gathering information for a book he is anxigus to write on the subject. At 13 he left his home and went into Prussia, where he was ar­rested for trespassing and sent to prison for three months, working at chair making. From that time to this he has never been free from the desire to continue his prison explorations. From 13 till he was 20 he was in and out of more than twenty prisons in Belgium, Prussia, Poland and Russia. His first experience of jail life in Eng­land was in Liverpool, which was one of the worst he was ever in, filled with drunken sailors from all over the world. He stayed there six days, when he paid his fine and got out, the first time he failed to serve his sentence. Then he went to Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Greece and Turkey, then •>» to Egypt, where the jails are the worst in the world except Australia; next to India and Japan, and then to America, where he remained for more than a year, spending most of his time in jails \nd penitentiaries. v."

grave."—Tit-Bits.

But It Helps. First Member Musical Committee—

"Does the new soprano's vjoice fill the church?" Second Member—"Hardly. Tihe usher's tell me there are always vacant seats in the gallery."—Detroit

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Uprooted Trees Still Alive. " The "life tree" of Jamica grows andF

(thrives for months after being up-- ^ rooted and exposed to the sun.

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