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Through days of sorrow and of mirth,
Through days of death and days of
birth,
Through every swift vicissitude
Of changeful time unchanged it stood.
*•/.••, *1 —Longfellow.
The Cartons were an effectionate
family. They embraced each other
•when they met. They kissed each oth
•er when they parted. They gave each
other presents on birthdays, on anni
versaries, at Christmas and Easter.
When they met each of the five sisters
asked each minutely and in detail as
to the children of the other. They ad
mired each man who had married a
Carton girl. They rivaled each other
in affectionate admiration of the off
spring'possessing such desirable par
«nts. And they were quite convinccd
that the Cartons, separately and col
lectively considered, were of the elect
of earth and destined to an immortal
ity of unusual splendor.
When their only brother married
Marcia Wright, the family, with its
proud unity and generosity, took her
into the sacred enclosure of the Carton
contingent. She shared the inesti
mable pleasure of being one of them.
She, too, received presents and ca
resses. She was patronized with the
utmost urbanity. It was Matilda who
took the lead in these demonstrations.
Matilda was the oldest. She was also
the wealthiest. Had the Cartons been
addicated to the singing of hymns it
is unlikely that they would ever have
chanted in the original "Praise God
from whom all blessings flow." The
name of the deity would unconsciously
•have resolved itself into that of 'Tilda
at whatever sacrifice of correct jnuslcal
qplence and devout laudation. It was
..Matilda who suggested names for the
ijnew babies, who inspected the shop
"windows for new styles, and beat the
family dressmaker down to her terms.
,-It was Matilda who gave her nephews
®and nieces tin toys and bulk candy.
It was Matilda who, when she bestowed
a china teapot on a bride or a gradu
ate. stuck a bunch of violets in the
spout and swathed the whole in tissue
.paper, tied with baby ribbon—which
thus clearly indicated her artistic ten
dencies. It was Matilda who, when the
.first anniversary of Marcia's wedding
came around—or was about to come
around—informed the young wife she
should send her a valuable commemo
rative present.
Marcia politely protested.
"It doesn't seem any time since you
sent Joe and me that beautiful vase,"
she said. Her glance sought the vase
in question. So did that of Mrs. Dobbs
—which, by the way, was the marital
cognomen of Matilda, nee Carton.
"Almost a year, my dear. We al
'ways observe anniversaries—we Car
rions!"
"So sweet of you," murmured Marcia.
Young Mrs. Carton made no mention
of the fact that, while both the price
inscribed on the box and on the vase
"Itself was fifteen dollars, the edges
where breakages had' been duly joined
,iwere, on close observation, apparent.
"Sometimes," went on Mrs. Dobbs
dreamily, "one feels that to give an
article of personal significance—of in
dividual interest—far exceeds those
that may be purchased for a certain
occasion, or a specified sum."
'"Indeed, yes!" assented the bride of
the brother of Mrs. Dobbs.
She was thinking of the lot of lumb
er that had accumulated in the attic of
her new home. She had taken out of
storage the furniture of her mother,
who, being passed into the big black
ness, had no need for furniture, nor for
anything else material. It was only
that morning Joe Carton entreated his
wife to get rid of it.
"I know there are people who like
old trash," Joe had said. It may have
been lack of mutual opinion on such
matters which made these diverse
natures so attractive to each other.
"I like the new furniture—the kind you
can smell the varnish on. Let an auc
tion man take the truck. Sell them
for whatever they will bring."
The varnish! Marcia had suppressed
a groan. Varnish! The deep, reddish
gleam of that old black mahogany
flickered before her eyes. And the
golden gloss of the hand-polished
birdseye maple! And the dusky glim
mer of rare butternut wood!
"I know," said she. "But I'd like to
reserve the brass-clamped desk, Joe."
"Reserve nothing!" Joe had decid
ed. He was dictatorial—like Matilda.
"Tell the Wabash avenue people to
take the lot!"
Marcia had early learned the Carton
virtue of smiling submission. So, with
many an inward pang and innumerable
suppressed protests, she saw her an
cestral treasures carted from her door.
It was only when Matilda had talked
of the value of hereditary possessions
she had faltered foi^a- moment. Her
resolution to be present at the auction
sale on the following day was one not
to be contested. It was with some mis
giving, though, that she entered the
great, dreary room. Men walked
around, their bats on and cigars
gripped diagonally between their teeth
Women—chiefly Jewesses—the proud
proprietors of South State street stores
—rubbed elbows with each other in a
frenzy of bargain getting. The old
auctioneer, white haired and white
bearded, aristocratic of aspect as the
Earl of fiction, called out the wares
placed before him with a fine air of
contempt for the crowd of second
hand dealers, with the idiosyncrasies
of whom he was familiar. Catching the
eye of the newcomer—an auction ten
derfoot in fact, his glance and voice
became more respectful'.
Half hidden by a monstrous folding
bid that: boasted the bold front of a
cottage piano, young Mrs. Carton
watosSd the sale of her maternal pos
sessions. She wished she. had had suf
ficient will to retain them. She wished
she had the firmness of which the Car
tons made repeated boasts. She al
most wished that in marrying tie
brother of the Carton girls she bad qot
married the whole family.
We have here," called the sonorous
of the auctioneer, "a valuable
desk. I would teg your
it that this Is old—
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more desirable. It is in good condi
tion. Its brass clamps are of charm
ing design. Give me a bid. Five doU
lars? That is absurd. It is worth a
hundred dollars if It is worth a cent.
Five-fifty? You, sir! I'm astonished.
Six—six only bid for this antique
treasure! Seven—seventy-five—make
it eight! Eight—going ror eight—go
ing—going
A woman waved an umbrella at him
"Eight-ten!" she screamed.
At sound of the voice Marcia Carton
jumped.
"Eight-ten! Going at eight-ten!
Going--gone!"
The man beside the auctioneer held
out his hand for the customary deposit,
and pocketed the same while he wrote
down the name and address of .the pur
chaser. An hour later an express
wagon bore from the rear of the auc
tion rooms the desk at which Marcia
Carton's grandmother had written her
acceptance of one marriage proposal.
And the same afternoon saw the desk
in question duly delivered at Marcia
Carton's house. With it came a note
written 03 the free stationery of a
down-town dry goods .house.
"Dearest Marcia: In remembrance
of the anniversary of your marriage
to our beloved brother, to whom I am
sure you will never fail in wifely duty
anl obedience, I send you both, with
my dearest love and congratulations,
this ancient mahogany desk. It has
no duplicate in this country. I have
had an agent of one of the best firms
in the city looking for something of
the sort for the last three months. I
know that you, with your esthetic
tastes, will prize it as beauty deserves.
I make no reference to the commercial
value of the gift. That speaks for it
self, as inquiry will prove. Your af
fectionate sister,
"Matilda Carton Dobbs."
With a slow headshake and a long
drawn breath Mrs. Carton laid down
the note. Not one of the Wrights
could have written such a note of pre
sentation as that!
"Thank God, they couldn't!." she
said. And then, "Come in!"
Matilda Dobbs, radiant in fall finery,
rustled into the room.
"You have received it safely!" she
cried, and clasped her fat hands. "Isn't
it e-le-gant?"
"Indeed it is!" returned Marcia fer
vently and honestly.
Just then fate, which will have a
finger in every pie poor mortals con
coct, played Mrs. Matilda Carton Dobbs
a scurvy trick. It reminded Marcia's
young brother, who liappend to be
passing, that he had forgotten his foot
ball at his sister's the previous day.
He went in to got it.
"Cricky!" 'he yelled, and capered
like one possessed. "If you ain't got
grandma's old desk! I learned my let
ters on that, Marcia. See, here's where
I cut my initials. I thought you said
Joe Carton was going to make you sell
all her old furniture?"
Marcia looked up. She was pretty
white, but
Brave as he who leaps the wall
By angry musket flashes litten!
"It was sold at the auction-rooms on
Wabash avenue today, Robbie. I was
there."
"All of it?" He was staring at her in
bewilderment. "How have you got
this then?"
"That's what I'd like to know," said
The rigging up of a cipher code is
said to be the most simple thing in the
world—by those who know nothing
about it. Those the larger govern
ments possess have taken years to put
together, and some of the most compe
tent minds have been employed in their
construction, says the New York Mail
and Express.
Notwithstanding the claims of many
newspapers, there is not a single code
book that fully meets the requirements
of newspaper work. During the war
with Spain many of the correspondents
invented what is known as a blind
code, and the representatives of a cer
tain metropolitan daily, who claims to
have the finest code in the business,
yelled their heads off trying to call the
censor's attention to the fact that the
other fellow was using a blind code.
Tliis was because nothing could be
found in "the finest code in the busi
ness" to convey the ideas of the cor
respondents of the sheet to their office.
The chap with the home-made blind
code that cost about 6 cents' worth of
labor to make knew how to get his
information through every time.
A blind code is rigged up in various
ways, but the most popular is to wire,
"Send me $250," or "How many words
do you want?" which sentences, while
simple enough, apparently, might mean
"Sampson's fleet has begun the bom-,
bardment off Havana," the Texas has
been sunk} by a Spanish warship,"
news of cife&t importance when the
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Joe Carton, who had come in unob
served.
Marcia handed him the note. "It's
an anniversary gift from Matilda," she
explained. "I am delighted to have
it."
There was a freezing silence. Matil
da Dobbs arose.
"Marcia!" Her voice was sepulch
ral: "You sheuld teach your—your
relative better manners. In the Car
ton family unseemly conduct in the
presence of guests has never been per
mitted young people." And she car
ried her red face and portly person
loftily away.
"Jerusalem!" exclaimed Carton. He
was looking from the note to the desk
and back again. Marcia hugged the
antique treasure. She laughed till she
cried.
"Gee!" said Robbie—Chicago Tri
bune.
WESTERN SKEPTICISM.
Belief In Charms That Would Not Stand
a Test.
The belief in the potency of charms,
etc., is very widespread among the
lower class Chinese and the Shans in
parts of Yunan, says the Geographi
cal Journal. The latter, in particular,
have all kinds of amulets to ward off
evil, the gem of their collection being
one which confers invulnerability
upon the wearer. This useful qual^
ity may also be obtained, I was in
process of tatooing. During my trip
I was shown a "dragon's nest"—
which looked like a bit of the horse
hair stuffing from a foreign saddle
guaranteed to render the purchaser's
house safe from fire and a "female
deer's horn," which would enable
the fortunate owner to walk a great
distance without fatigue. Not being
a land proprietor or a professional
sprinter, I had no use for these
things and, though I entered into
negotiations with several people for
the talisman which would render me
invulnerable, none of them was will
ing to stand the test of western skep
ticism—a revolver at thirty paces—
even though I offered them an enor
mous sum and a handsome funeral in
case of accident.
Fish Infected with riagiie.
A novel and most disquieting discov
ery has been made, or is alleged to
have been made, in Tokyo, the Japan
ese capital. After the flooding of the
castle moats by heavy rain a quantity
of dead fish were found floating in the
water, and were eagerly collected by
the poor people, to whom the origin of
such an incident made little matter in
comparison with the supply of food
that it brought within reach. The sus
picions of the sanitary authorities be
ing excited, investigations were under
taken, with the result that a bacillus
closely resembling that of' the plague
was found in the dead fish. Parts of
them were then fed to healthy rats
and the animals quickly sickened and
died, the autopsy showing the veritable
bacillus in their carcasses. It is said
to have been shown by investigations
in Germany that crabs are affected
by the pest, but this is believed to be
the first instance of the disease attack
ing fresh water fish, so far as science
knows. This announcement has naturr
ally caused much excitement in Tokio,
where it is feared that the arrival of
the plague must now be regarded as an
accomplished fact.—New York Press.
Logs Full of Cattish.
Men employed in the Joyce saw mills
near Clinton, la., have been enjoying
some rare sport in the way of catch
ing some of the immense catfish in the
hollow logs floating in the river, which
seem to be the favorite haunts of
these fish. When the men at the log
way discover a hollow log, it is started
up the runway hollow end first, to pre
vent the fish from spilling out. The
logs are turned up on end and the fish
are dumped out.
London I*eads in Commerce,
London has a larger commerce than
any other city in the world. Liver
pool comes next, and Hamburg prob
ably ranks third, although Antwerp
closely approaches her.
Economist on Employment.
A well-known economist has figured
out that out of ninety-eight chief na
tional industries in a given year only
twenty-nine gave men work three hun
dred days in the year.
Secrets Flashed Over
Public Wires, Some
Are Elaborate.
censor is wide awake, as censors gen
erally a.re.
Business and government code have
been in use as long as '»he submarine
telegraph, the original high cost of
cabling being responsible for their
creation. The desire for secrecy has
encouraged the building of business
and official codes more than has the
mere question of telegraphic codes.
The latest thing in the code line is
the social one. Within the last five
yeaTs families in society have arranged
for their private use. Commodore
J.
Pierpont Morgan and John W. Mackey
have probably the finest codes extant.
They are used exclusively for convey
ing messages of a family nature. One
of the most successful mining opera- I
tors of America, whose wife and child
ren spend much time abroad,
communicates long messages to
them daily by means of his
private code He keeps them in
formed of all the latest society gossip,
and they, in turn, convey to him how,
when and where they are being enter
tained. This particular code book con
tains 325 pages and is the labor of
years, in which all the members of the
millionaire's family took part. It
contains the names of the individual
members of all the prominent fami
lies In society, and additions and al
terations are constantly made to the
irk, each side notifying the other by
[11 of the improvements and increas
groups and characters.
The exhibit at the Paris fair of the
Paris municipality is full of interest,
and especially so is the showing of
the health department. The Paris
municipal laboratory is proud of its
bacteriological researches, and for this
purpose has a special department
called the "Salle de Pasteur." It shows
phonographs of colonies of the bacillus
coll and isolated bacilli, of the typhoid
apparatus, Dr. Roux's culture stove
and other aids to bacteriology. M.
Ogier has an apparatus for taking
samples of water. The bottle stands
011
a heavy slab of lead, to which it is
held by a brass frame, and can be used
without touching with the hand while
taking the sample. Further, all the
apparatus used for testing and analyz
ing tea, coffee, chicory, milk, alcohol,
etc., is displayed.
In another room are the exhibits of
the municipal veterinary department,
with fine wax models of diseased meat,
an exhibit which cannot fail to alarm
many people and which prompted a
visitor to exclaim somewhat appropri
ately, "Almost thou persuadest me to
become a vegetarian." Perhaps also as
a warning to the frequenters of cheap
restaurants who have a weakness for
civet de lapin, there are side by side
the skeletons of a rabbit and a cat.
With the exception of the heads the
likeness between the two suggests how
easy it would be to substitute the one
for the other. Another department
deals with the vegetable supply of
Paris, and maps show from what part
of the country the various vegetables
are obtained, with pictures of the
Names of riaves Which Do Not Come
Under the Regular Rule.
"In traveling around the country it
is intaresting to observe the different
manner in which the same name is
pronounced, especially geographical
names and those of cities," said a
drummer to a Detroit reporter. "For
instance, a resident of San Antonio,
Tex., would feel insulted if, ia bis na
tive habitat, you were to pronounce
the name of his city as it is spelled,
as one would hem. or in the east. In
Texas it is San Antone. Here, and
generally in the east, we say 'Galves
ton', with the accent on the first syl
lable. In the west it is common to
hear it placed on the second, the 'vest'
being strongly accentuated. sounds
oddly thus pronounced. Los Angeles,
Cal., is frequently mispronounced in
the east and west, being called 'Los
Angelees.' The last syllable on the
Pacific coast is prouounced as though
it was spelled 'I03,' which is correct.
Helena, the capital of Montana, is
pronounced with the accent on the
first syllable. St. Helena, the island
where Napoleon died, and St. Helena,
Cal., are pronounced alike, with the
accent on the 'le.' Pierre, S.
D., is called 'Pierree' by those
who live there, the French for
'pier.' In Boston and New York, if
you were to call a young lady named
Beatrice by her name with the accent
on the 'at,' she would not ask you to
call again. I never heard It pronounced
otherwise in Beatrice, Neb., or in ttie
west. In the east, we say 'Manitoba,'
with the accent on the 'to.' In the
province of Canada it is 'Manitobah,'
with the accent on the last syllable.
This is the usual pronunciation of the
northwest, also. In Washington they
pronounce 'Spokane' as though the
final 'e' were elided, thus: 'Spocan.'
We say 'Spocane.' The capital of Ida
ho is generally pronounced as written,
tin. one syllable, 'Boise.' Out there they
call It 'Boisee,' making two syllables,
but running them quickly together.
The second city in New Mexico is pro
nounced in the north with three syl
lables, 'querque' being the terminal.
Down there it is divided into four, like
this: 'Al-bu-quer-kee.'"
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The Missionary and the "Boxer."
While the Rev. I. T. Headland wS8
preaching at the street chapel in Pe
kin, half a dozen of the turbulent class
known as Boxers'came into the chapel,
bent upon creating a disturbance.
They sat down in different parts of
Some Notable Exhibits at the Great Fair—An Apparatus
For Taking Samples of Water.
mushrooms that are ebidle and those
that are poisonous. The exhibit in
cludes the methods for detecting the
effects of poisonous alimentary sub
stances. Here as shown the appara
tus devised by Professor Marey to re
cord cardiac movements and a pump
where a vacuum is produced by a fall
of mercury, which is used to extract
gases from the blood. The adjoining
room is allotted to the demography
of Paris, where the growth of the popu
lation may be studied, and by its side
is a large division containing every
sort of information, plans and draw
ings concerning the domains of the
town, its parks and gardens, its dis
trict town halls, the lands which it
SIGHTS AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION-GATEWAY AND PALACE OF THE INDO-CHINO EXHIBIT
has bought in the provinces for asy
lums, convalescent homes, etc.
Hospital Exhibit.
The next department though most
serious and technical, is arranged so
that it does not fail to attract the gen
eral public and serves as a useful ob
ject lesson. It deals with the hospi
tals, all of which, with a few ex
ceptions, are under the management
of the municipality. Here is an old
fashioned four-posted bed, such as was
employed at the Hotel Dieu a hundred
years ago, and in which four patients
had to sleep. These patients are life
sized lay figures. Three are in bed,
one with his head at the bottom of the
bed and his feet up by the faces of the
other two patients. The fourth pa
tient is sitting at the foot of the bed,
so that the visitors may see the style
of clothes that used to be provided in
the hospitals.
the chapel, and after a short time
began talking aloud to each other
across the room. They were first told
kindly that this was contrary to the
customs of the Christians. To this
they paid no attention, but continued
to make remarks. They were then
told they must not do so, but, contin
uing their conversation, they were
asked either to cease talking or leave
the room. As they went out one of
them reviled Mr. Headland, his father,
his mother, and all his ancestors, and
as he was thus reviling, Au Young, a
city detective, and member of the
church, took the Boxer by the shoul
der and said to him, "Who are you
reviling?" He slapped the detective in
the face, saying, "Do you know I have
official business?" Au Young whipped
a small detective's chain out from un
der his coat and twirling it around the
Boxer's neck, hissed in his face, "And
do you know I have official business,
too?" The detective took the boxer
to the police station, and then came
back for Mr. Headland to go and ex
plain to the police what had happened.
The official, Au, and the assistant pas
tor decided that the Boxer should be
chained to the chapel door for three
days and nights, and compelled to tell
every one why he was there.—Leslie's
Weekly.
VIRGINIA'S
The unsentimental hand of business
is abont to be laid upon Virginia's
wonder, the great Natural Bridge,
which will shortly pass into the hands
of a stock company by an agreement
with the heirs now in control of the
property. It is the purpose of the com
pany now being organized to build an
electric line from the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad, two and one-fourth
miles away, and make other "improve
ments" that will modernize this monu
ment of nature.
Probably no other spot in America'
is so interestingly associated with the
early history of the republic. In the
office of register of lands of Virginia
may be seen the original grant from
George III, conveying the natural
bridge and surrounding acreage to
Thomas Jefferson, bearing date July 5,
1774. George evidently I held his sub
ject in. high esteem at that time, as is
'evidenced by the termsTof the gran*
the' following being tLs first para
graph
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HOW PARIS FIGHTS FORHEALTH
By way of warming and ventilating
there is a huge earthenware and porta
ble receptacle that looks like an urn.
Inside of this some sort of smokeless
fuel, presumably charcoal, used to be
burned, and it was brought close to the
bed of the patients, thus helping still
further to poison the. atmosphere.
The bed, bed table, chairs, etc., are of
wood. Immediately opposite is a mod-
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ern iron hospital bed and aseptic
furniture such as are used now in the
hospitals. In no case is wood employ
ed, but only enameled iron or hard
ware. The spittoons have a cone
shaped inner pan dipping into water
which contains in solution some antis
eptic. There is also a cyffnder which
can hold fourteen sptooons. Below
by means of a gas burner water is
\yaraed. There is a safety valve on
one side, a thermometer on the other,
and the steam generated disinfects the
contents. These are now used in
nearly all the hospitals, though but a
short time ago they were employed
only in case of phthisis.
In another corner are samples of the
wheat, flour, etc., employed at the
municipal bakery where the bread for
all the hospitals is made. Next to this
is a compartment which is fitted up
mora like a small drawing room. This
CLEVELAND'S ADVICE.
Answer to the Question, Does a College
Kducalion Pay?
Ex-President Grover Cleveland con
tributes to the Saturday Evening Post
the first magazine article he has writ
ten since he left the White House. It
is a vigorous and remarkably forceful
discussion of the question, Does a Col
lege Education Pay? and it is of in
terest not only to the thousands of
young men who are considering the
problem, but to the tens of thousands
of parents who may have doubts. Mr.
Cleveland does not judge success sim
ply by money-making. "Many a coi
lege-bred man labors in the field of
usefulness without either wealth or
honors, and frequently with but scant
recognition of any kind, and yet
achieves successes which, unseen and
unknown by the sordid and cynical,
will bloom in the hearts and minds
of men longer than the prizes ot
wealth or honors can endure," he says
Further on In the article Is this: "Par
ents should never send their sons to
college simply for the purpose of edu
cational ornamentation. The fact that
parents have the fate of-a son largely
in their keeping should not only enlist
their parental love and pride, but
should, at the same time, stimulate
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contains exhibits from the archives of
the Public Assistance, a term which
comprises poor relief, hospitals and
asylums. Round this little drawing
room is all that relates to the care of
infants and little children, notably
those who are abandoned by'their par
ents. There are models pf hospitals
for children, maternity hospitals anil
specimen baby incubators. The latter
are more useful as historical records,
for they are inferior to the more mod
ern and improved types. There is also
a glass partition that can be built up
round a cot, so as to Isolate the pa
tient from the rest of the ward, and
yet the patient remains visible from
the ward. By the side of the kits pro
vided for abandoned children is a col
lection of strange tokens left with the
children so that they may ultimately
be recognized and reclaimed. Each
child must wear up to the age of 8
years a bead necklace to which a small
medal is attached bearing a number.
This number corresponds with the en
try made in the book that records all
that is known about the child. Then
come tables of the average number of
children abandoned at the Hospice des
Enfants Trouves in periods of five
years. The highest figure was 6,800.
and this dates back as far as the years
1770-74. In spite of the great increase
of population there were only 4.70Q
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childr thus abandoned from 1893 to
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2,260 7m 1876. 1
le disinfecting stations
^sepamted from thl
how the attendants purify'rhelr uni
forms, change all their clothes and
take a douche before they are allowed
to go from one side to the other and
mix with the general population. Dum
my figures represent the attendants in
their uniforms, and also the nurses
who help remove the fever cases to the
isolation hospitals. On the walls are
diagrams showing the prevalence of
various contagious and infectious dis
eases in various parts of the town
also the quarters which it is neces
sary to disinfect most frequently.
Specimens of different clothing mater
ial before and after disinfection are ex
hibited.
their parental judgment. Furthermore,
they should be constantly mindful that
they have in charge not only a sot*
but an uncompleted man who is soon
to become their contribution to the
manhood of the world. They there
fore owe a dual duty, which demands
on the one hand that the education of
the son be undertaken as a help to
his success in life, and on the other
that this education shall promise for
the maturing man the equipment nec
essary to insure his value as an addi
tion to civilized humanity. Before he
leaves home to enter upon his student
life, his sympathy with these purposes
should be fully aroused, and he should
be impressed with the importance of
keeping them steadily in view. He
should also take with him to his new
surroundings a love of truth and lion-,
or, a cheerful, manly disposition and
truly democratic inclinations. With
these his collegiate advent must be
auspicious, and his future life well
guarded against failure. Lacking
these, his way is made immensely
more difficult and uncertain."
A new Italian edict re-establishei
chaplains in the navy. The Francis
can order is to have charge of the ser
vice, the Queen of Italy and the Duch
ess d'Osta assuming the expenses.
BRIDGE
George the Third, etc., to all, etc.:
"Know ye that for divers good causi
es and considerations, but more espec
ially for and in consideration of the
sum of Twenty Shillings of good and
lawful money for our use paid to our
Receiver General of our Revenues, in
this our Colony and Dominion of Vir
ginia, We have Given, Granted and
Confirmed, and by these present for us,
our heirs and successors, do give.
Grant and confirm unto Thomas Jef
ferson, one certain Tract or parcel of
land, lying and being in the County of
Botetourt, Including the Natural
•Bridge on Cedar Creek, a branch of
'James River, and bounded as follows
etc.
Doubtless the irascible old king
changed his opinion of the great dec
laration writer not long .after, and waa
probably sorry he sold him this mar
velous and^H^erful specimen ot
nature's for "20 shilling*,
and dive^^^^^Hgea and conside
tiOUfc'