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Show I I the Hons?, and began to aerr:? th members His words personally. were swore, lie tiling t!i in at t'::e THE LION'S WHELP A Siory of Cromwell's Time. BY AMELIA E. BARR. of Or.n,. Kibbor,." "I. Thou nd th. Oth.r "1h Mkid of Mi.Jr Lrv." ttc. Auth.r of Th Eow "I. by Do U. .:-.- it t ,J men as if Ley were javeli: s; shot them in t hi .r laces a.s it fro::1, a pis- tol. He to! ii. ooi that tne l.ird had done with ! lie .said t!ii v wem no Parliament. that lie a bee e sent to put a:i end to t! eir slttics aud their pi at :r. "Ami at tl.it ' - Cluny vil'e sjvke t i . rgeai.t. and be open. I the !,.., and s. n:e musket-eers e:.;.-:vHie..., Then Sir a . m '.! "' Marry is not honest, and ';!. ri minded him ot l.u own Lr e'.i p:. uiist, and they Uit' to t ' ti st slowly, and Li ir a !:: g uj the heels. 1 One." y it'll: Tl.,' i.V..:r.. Saffl.a:a ills. ( pi :.ed !y f.r ward, 'w.ui 'PvLt-d?- is the And a;.f r ! il:l:g ihat ever Lap w.i "The it: a: :rs. i i l.urriei "Mother." cried Jui.i isauwT WUt Las h. , t :,." in ( Even w: ile : spoke nty hoard Cen. Suaffbam cming up the steps. the clatter of his arms emphasizing his perturbed He bad scan ely entered the door ere Doctor Verity tame into the ball crying: "Is it true, Israel.' Is it true?" "Quite trv.e." "And well done?" "Well done. I am pure of It." Men and women went into the parlor together, and a servant began to remove the General's cavalry boots and spurs. "I tcid you. Doctor, this morning, that a settlement of some kind must come today. When 1 reached Whitehall I found the Lord General waiting for Sir Harry Vane and the members who had promised to come and continue the conference relating to the bill early in the day. The General was occupying himself with a book, but as the hours went by he grew restless and laid it down. Then he turned to me and said, 'Truly these men are long in coming; are you ready, General?' and before I could answer he asked again 'ready I told him a word and willing?' would move my troop as one man, if that word o.mie from himself, and he waited silently a little longer. Then Lord Cluny Neville came in very hastily, and said a few words, I know not what they were, and he had scarce gone when Col. Ingoldsby entered, and there was no secrecy then. " 'Jly lord!' he cried, 'Parliament is sitting at this moment, and Sir Harry Vane, Sidney and Henry Marten are urging the immediate passage of the bill so hateful to the whole nation.' I "Then Cromwell roused himself iad o:1 I,,. l'o:a uiil." 'urn on accuracy an4 From tht UVmtnit Oak Part, lUinuit far,!kought by Earl Jf. Pratt. t, a:!? lie has "Take that bauble away!" ment where Israel Swaffham, with a like an angry lion. His passion at guard of soldiers, was in attendance. this perfidious conduct leaped into He then entered a lofty, royally flame, he shouted to Lambert and his furnished room, where the council own troop of Ironsides. He gave me were waiting his arrival officers of the signal I understood, and we went the army, and members of Parlia- quickly to the Parliament house. ment. "But what then?" asked Doctor Cromwell opened the discussion by Verity, his face burning with the reminding the members that he had eager soul behind it. already held more than a dozen meet"I stood at the dixir watching him, ings, In order to induce Parliament to in the lobby. He Issue an Act for the election cf a new my men being went to his usual seat, but in a itself. Parliament, and then discharge "This is what the people want In very great and majestic manner,to and for a little while be listened the every corner of the nation," he said, "and they are laying at our doors debate. Then he beckoned Major of this duty and General Harrison and told him he the judged 'it was high time to dissolve of their wishes." this Parliament.' And Harrison told Parliahim that reminded Hazelrig ment had determined to dissolve on me this afternoon, that he advised to would the 3d of the ensuing November, Cromwell wasconsider what he a work great and dando, for it after calling for a new election. gerous, and who, he asked, 'Is suff"It Is now only the l!Hh of April," icient for it?' And Cromwell answer"Give answered Cromwell, sharply. ed, 'The Servant of the Lord, he is me leave to tell ;ou that the 3d of he sat down again, sufficient,' yet f November will not do. Such a looking at nie as he did so, and I lookI for children. promise is but words ed back straight Into his eyes that will better It. I will say I and mine could be depended on. This speech had a marked effect "In a few minutes the question for members agreed The Parliamentary to let the bill for perpetuating them- passing the bill was put, and the man He selves live over until after another could be restrained no longer. conference to be held the following stood up, took off bis hat, and looked and It quailed around the House, day, and with this understanding, the under his eyes, every man In it shiftmembers of the Council separated. ed on his seat and was uneasy. He began to speak, and it was with a CHAPTER IX. . far-of- Ho tongue of flame. reproached them for their self seeking and their hypocrisy and oppression, and as he went on, there was the roar of a lion in his voice, and the members, being condemned of their own consciences, coered before him." "Did no one open their mouth against him?" "No one but Kir Peter Wcnlworth. Ho said, 'My Lord Central, this Parliament has dune great tilings for Ei gland,' and Cromwell answered, 'The spoke In the wheel that creaks most doim not bear the bnrdi n In the cart!" Then Sir I'e'er told Cromwell his abuse of the Patlinmeiit was tho more horrid ! ei;ui. it came from the e Parliament, the nmn servat t of they tad trusted and obliged." At these words Dr. Verity laughed the tenant of loudly "Cromwell, such a Parliament!" he cried, "Not he; what the-:- . lrao?" "lie t. Id Wont worth to be quiet, lie said be ha h aril er.ong1) of ton h talk, and putting on bis hat. he took l!n flour of the House. I wall hod inhim an he did so. He breathed ward, llkp one who kus a hnslnrss of life and death in band. I could fee on Ms face that he was golrg to do the do. d that nd been the ferret of his breast for many days; and his walk was that quirk stride with which be ever went to ni"t an enemy. He stood in the middle of For a rest time review of lhe daily sources of better methods. s,ll! in the Spiaker's chair, oidered him to cumo v. r. !Vr a moment he hesitated, hat G 'u. Harrison t.iid. 'I will lend yon :::y hand, sir;' and so be also went i".'t." "Hut was there no attempt to stay such disnii-sls- ? a tn amazed, dumbfounded!" suid Doctor Verity. "Alderman Allen, the Treasurer of the Army, as he went out said something to Cromwell which angered him very mticli and he then and there charged Alien v. i;!g,a shortage of one hundred thousand pounds, and committed him to the care of a musketeer for examination. I tell you, there was no gainsaying the Cromwell of this hour. He was more than mortal man; and Var.e and the others knew, if they had not known before, in batwhy he was never defeated tle." "After the Speaker had left, what then?" "His eye fell upon the Mace, and he said scornfully to some of the Iron- 'Take that bauble away!' Then he ordered the musketeers to clear the House, be himself walking up to its Clerk and taking from under bis arm the bill which had caused tho which was ready to trouble, aud ' pass. He ordered the man to go home, and he slipped away without a question. Cromwell was the last soul to leave the Chamber, and as he went out of it be locked the door and put the key In his pocket. He then walked quietly back to his rooms in the Cockpit." "He will need God on his right hand and on his left," said Doctor Verity. "More than we can tell will come of this implacable hostility, rancorous jealousy, everlasting envy " and spite. The members "The members," interrupted Gen, Swaffham, "have tied themselves, hands and feet, with cords of their own spinning, and Oliver Cromwell holds the ends of them. They will not dare to open their mouths." (To be continued.) Ciome!l in information on the enemies of easy errors and the of forethought, to mutually cjHiislce mistake of mechanical, commercial and professional peoule. re-'it- ; 700,000 most nearly approximated that of Virginia in 1790. At the twelfth census the cost of actual enumeration in Maine, includ- ing the pay of supervisors, was $34, 5G0.90, or more than o the amount expended for the enu-meration of the entire United States in 1790, though the nav of an enumerator in 1900 did not exceed the wages of an Intelligent day laborer. The Century. three-fourth- s American Absinthe. 'the green terror of France.'" said a botanist of the Agricultural defartment, "Is now being produced in considerable quantities in this country and is being used to an alarming extent. In some soctlong of Wisconsin wormwood is being cultivated, and it is from this plant that oil is distilled for making absinthe. There are several wormwood farms in that state. "The Wisconsin growers of wormwood and distillers of the oil at first shipped nearly all their output to Europe, but now they find a good market for it in this country, and at almost fabulous prices. Of course, the drug houses of America furnish a ready home market. The oil is employed in many ways, but its chief uses are in the making of absinthe and liniments." Washington Star. "Absinthe, The History of Lifeboete. It is just years since the first lifeboat was launched. Lionel Lukin, a of Long Acre, London, was the Inventor. A hundred years ago there were thirty lifeboats stationed on the dl.Terent coasts of Britain. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution was founded in 1S28. Since that day it has saved 41.i00 persons from watery graes. In 1813 a lifeboat capsized on the Herd Sands, and twenty out of a crew- of twenty-fouwere drowned. This accident caused the Duke of Northumberland to offer 100 guinea's for the bet. lifeboat submitted In open rompeii;ien, Mr. James Mooching, of Gnat cr.iouUi, won tho s '.'!. ; . In in in 1S87, prize. prizes f,,r the best lifeboat were but It poems Impossible ever to design a boat capable of withstanding ail the risks of a tempestuous sea. in coach-builder- jtte accuracy library is for a stub- - "lie til . fire she jumped tip an' said: 'Maw, J'm EUer help me cancel all dem in- vites, right ouick, 'cause dey won't be no reception beah Do "De ole lady looked like she'd drop in a faint. "What on earth done ail you, Grace?' she as. 'What's in dat , - 1 Uncertainties. Conurcssn.an Payne of New York met a gray haired a ipialntance of long ego tli" other dpy and akod how he wo renting on. Shaking hi. head redly the other replied: "Oh, I've been out of employment a full month, having fallen a victim to the uncertainties of office holding." 'And how long were you in offlce?" akcd Payne, who was fart growing sympathetic. "Just thirty years to th day." Dal- Umore HejaM CAPABLE cc PEOPLE ALWAYS NEEDED. niiuit." "De young lady didn't pay no a tall. She set down 'fore SENSITIVE ABOUT CRIPPLED MENTALITY. Hecognizins the defects that are in "Yes, Sub. I sullenly does b'lieve tho mental equipment of men and In luck, Sub," said Kastus, wiping the women as one of the bars to their hither out of bis victim's eye and progress, it is a striking fact that the spreading a fresh layer on his bristly A physical defect is less a disability. chin. "Some folks says dey ain't no friend of mine w ho has a priming sech t'ing as luck. Huh! Dem's de was walking through an alley sevfolks dat ain't nevah had no luck. very eral years ago and found a man who Dat's why dey don't believe in It. Dat's had lost both legs playing marbles Sub. Ain't got a neat li'l busiwith some newsboys. He asked why right, ness beah? Don't I make moah in a the man was not at work and was told there was no work for him. My week den most cullud folks makes in a month? Wc II, Sub, it all come from a friend looked the man over and told him if he wanted work to do to wash stroke uv luck jest pure, plain, eve'y-daluck. Like to heah all about it, up and come clean to the office on tlnj Suh? Suttenly I'll tell you. you say, next Monday morning. The fellow "When I fust struck N'York I waru't came and there found a bene.i built for him at the side of a job press, and wtirth a dollar. All 1 could get was to feed paper into a ole close job goin' round buyin' there he was tne machine. he is regarded upole close, you know. Suh, an' holler-iCash paid.' as the best operator of a press in the "Do man I worked for Iarnt mo how He could not whole establishment. have been a ba ik messenger, but he is to clean and press close, w hich I done an excellent press feeder, while w ith &s rainy days. Dat w here luck struck me big a defect in the mental and moibj one day when I was brushin" up a nature as is this legless state he mighty nice black coat dat warn't would have been unfitted for anything. hardly worn none, but had got too Nature seems to be especially dis- ll'l for de gent that owned It. I turned posed toward the extinction of the de pockets inside out an' had started to press it when I felt sumpin' rattle nientully deficient. If a man has only one leg there is not the least diffi- twixt de linin" an' de tail of de coat. culty in getting him to see the neces- It was a letter, done sealed an' stampsity of a wooden one, but if he Is lack- ed an' addressed to a lady over in street. ing in two or three of the most im- ICighty-firs- t "You know, Suh, de finder keeps. I portant personal attributes, mental and moral, he shows resistance Just didn't let my boss see dat letter, but to the extent that he is lacking. If made out to spell through It myself. he is lame physically he will take a It was a sure enough love letter tellin' crutch that is handed to him, but if he de lady dat Mr. Jack Winters had done is lame intellectually he w ill resent the make up bis mind to go to Drazil de suggestion that, be should take mental very next day an' he jest couldn't go treatment for the defect. widout tellin' her bow much he love her. It sure was a pnrty letter. Tcared like cley's had a sort of fuss Forgetting Transfer. A passenger took certain street cars an' Mr. Jack Winters was might' anxto reach a point bec ause on those cars ious to make up, but was 'feared the he could get transfers and save a lit- lady warn't uv dat opinion. He didn't ax her ti write back. Stead of dat ho tle, but he forgot to ask for a transfer tell her to be down at do warf do next to to and expected have pay that way afternoon to bid him good-byso's he as much as any way. know by dat whether she give him It happened that the cars were so for the future. De date was crowded that the conductor did cot any hope months old, so it look like a eight reach him to collect the fare so he losin' job to waste any time deliverln' didn't need a transfer. dat letter, but I jest fought I'd try This passenger was one who pays an' see what come uv It, so I went the conductor whether he has to or ovah to dat address dat ve'y evonin'. not, but on this occasion he felt that "Well, sub, 1 found de young lady he did not owe anything, or it may be sure enough a powerful ptirty girl semi-felt so because ho debat- she that he was, too, but she didn't look to say ed a litle In his mind over what to real happy, spile uv her good looks. do. She hadn't no moah den glanced at it There Is a case recorded where a passenger got a convert to ills religion because he voluntarily paid the conductor after being overlooked. The e 1 y pl-c- Touching the world of the employed and the employer alike, can say that the world is lacking woefully in competent help, whether from the point of technical or personal equipment, or the combination of both. There are not enough capable people to do the world's work. The cry of the employer is that bis men lack interest in the work; tnat they are indolent and void of concentration This is not a it wns nP... romolaint and lor? ri 'ed that the time clock would remedy the evil. It has done it, however, it has unmanned men and has machine made the idler; it has brought w orkers to the shops on time, but has left them there, good and bad, on the same general plane of service the idler anxious to beat the machine if he can; the competent, industrious one ndifferent if he shall do so. There must be a better method than .his evolved In the business world. Mrcady in some houses there is a disposition to discredit tie clock and the e of the cashier's punching a hole fnch day in the pay envelope of the employe has been introduced as a substitute. The clock, of course, is a confession on the part of the employer that he cannot get the class of employes that he would like to have, and the worst feature of It is that when he gets a good man and subjects him to the system, that good man Is less good because of It. Again, as to the personality of the man employed, he will make fewer mistakes out of his personal equipment of judgment, memory, concentration, and self control than will be saved him by proficiency In technical knowledge. A character may have all the technical knowledge in the world and If it has not these four personal attributes its training will have gone for nothing. 1 t d- The Whistling Passenger. tall, slim young man, with a stub mustache, gave his car seat to a lady passenger when the coach got crowded He stood reailinir his naner and every few minutes would whistle parts of a tune in a clear tone. Passengers would look around trying to discover the source of the entertainment. No one seemed to resent the unusual part he tooK in the morning trip. Some whistling sounds as if it meant cowardice or conscious error but this whistle had a resemblance to an overflow of normal mental activity. While ho was waiting by the door for the train to stop and while going through and out of tie station, he whistled as if he had been waiting for a chance to start in in earnest and kept it up. There Is too little music-r- eal music in this world. There is too much morbid music, soul opiate kind of or a a melancholy vibration that weakens for future fights with irritating conditions. Praise and push those who turn out glad and wholesome tunes A ' ' j I j j i and words. Hard StarU. Generally, the better the business the more difficult It Is to get it on a It takes time to good foundation. grow things which last and it takes hard work also. Many people who are now on Easy street, could tell of sweating times when they were forcing plans to move In the right direction. These stories of early efforts are not necessary though very Interesting. It is the determination within which helps ono to light on and conquer all things. That within energy may be due to faith, hope or cl arity, but that it Is which keeps "P the steady and victorious march to the goal. Not Enough. Four Forctl-oi'htCertainly not .!en you need five of them to Mieo'-edWhile petting ri.ily vim congratulate yourself on ilihd'Kig of four things you might have forgotten. on your Hut after you have nart'-trip you think of a fifth thins; and you deride that It would have been better had you thought if I'"1 In time In place of devoting tl.'.ie to selfcon-gra- t ulat ing. s l You Have Known It Years. Information which vu I'avo found very useful for a greater pit of your life and which you nnturilly think Is known by every otic i" not r.own by many. It you read anj'l.iig extra "end n,e si mothlng useful hero useful you have le.irn. d by experience. Work and Walking. Who walks the rp e- i distance dally In recuia: work? The postman or tho solicitor or the b ,tcr that the man doef not ride? How a! id who follows tlm jdnw drag? Atvrut s en wiles Is my .st rco ord. I.emme read it dls very letter? Life is worth living when we know how to live and live as well as we know how. I of .t I flr'-v- j tai ' 1 1! "W! I yuvf. I e : I 9f RASTUS" THELVCK hurry!' Census-Taking- 1 7 I . The Cost of The difference between the cost of securing the returns from the six simple questions asked in 1790, and that of the extended inquiry made a century later, is illustrated by the per capita cost, which in 1790 was 1.13 cents, and in 1900, 15.5 cents. In 1790 Virginia was the most populous state in the Union, having 747,610 The records of the inhabitants. Treasury department show that at the first census, the cost of making the enumeration in that state was $7,553.90. Moreover, at that enumeration, the underpaid assistant mar- snais Buppnea tneir own Clanks, an item which was of considerable lm- portance in the days when all paper was made laboriously by hand. In 1900 the population of Maine about Cromwell Interferes. Daylight came with that soft radiance of sunshine over fresh green things which makes spring so delightful. Early in tie morning Jane's friends called for her. and they went away together full of youth's Phthus tasui and anticipation. They took the roii to the river, and to the sound of no. sic and the, falling and dipping of the cais they reached Richmond and soon spread the contents of their hampers upon the grass under some great oaks In the secluded park, After a happy, leisurely meal, they spent the rest of their holiday In wandering tbrotich the pn'io o. until its melancholy, monastic grandeur subdued them almost t It was like passing from death onto life to come nut of ib' e caverns into the light end g' ry of the westering run, to feel its vj.rmtti. and see Its brave ooVr. and hear the cuckoo, like a wardering voic among tho trees. Soon they were at Ihe river stairs, and as they passed thr";gh tho city they were It stantly aware of preat exrltemrnt. It was Impossible not to feel that something of preat moment had happened, or was golr.r to happen; and whn Jane entered the hall at Sandys and saw Doctor Verity's hat and cloak there, she that he had romd rlth lu- - jjS&W Jf 1 j Ne-:.- e ) - CHAPTER VIII. (Continued.) There was no use proofing a conversation so hopeless. She was both an pry and scorr.f't!. and ste sought out her mother and found her resting in her own rooai. "I pet tired soon in the day. Jane." she said, "I think it is the London air, and the strange life, and the constant fear of some change. No one seems to know what a day will bring forth. Did you see Stephen?" "Yes." "It can't be, 1 suppose?" "You know It can't be, mother." She was hurt at the question. It was a wrong to Chmy, and she said with some temper, "it could not be under any circumstances. The man Is mean, he has just threatened me. If I had not been a woman I would have given him his threat back in his teeth. I would rather be Cluny's .wife, if Cluny had not a crown." The next day Cymlin went to Jev-erHouse and reported on his return, Its forlorn emptiness. There were only two or three servants there, and they had no idea when the family would return. Aoout a week after Matilda's departure Cluny called early one evening and asked Jane to go with him to Mr. Milton's house in Petty France. They sauntered through St. James' park, and soon lest sight of all humanity, and were conscious only of each other's presence. So much so, that they never noticed a figure which emerged from behind a clump Cf shrubs, and stood looking at them. It was the Lord General. His face was grave, but not unhappy, and when saw Cluny and Jane he stood still a moment, aud then quietly withdrew into the shadow he had left. A smile was round his mouth, and his lips moved in words of blessing as he took another path to the gate he wished, and there was a feeling of pleasure yet in his heart when he entered the sombre apart- - ' n' To-da- Is g English-speakin- two-name- y. '- ; wcdl-know- n 1 r'..,v -r :' i : iv ' : 'r . per-pb'xl- .: , a- 1 '. i Ii- n? e forty-thre- It is rather a shock to us to imagpossibility of tho more prominent men of the Revolution having more than one Christian name. Wrould It bo possiblie to regard George Q. Washington with the same reverence Or to look as George Washington? upon Nathaniel Ezra Greene with the same feeling as Nathaniel Greene? In speaking of our heroes we are apt, If they have more than one given name as modern heroes have, to use the surname only. We say Grant and Sherman a hundred times where we say William T. Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant once. Yet we are as likely to ssy Georgo Washington and Thomas Jefferson as we are to say Washington and Jefferson. The same holds good In regard to the old Romans, who usually had at least three names. We speak of Caesar or of Julius Caesar, but who knows Calus J. Caesar or C. Julius? The first prominent man of Revolutionary times In America to give hia son two names in baptism was John Adams, who named his boy John Qulncy, and, although the boy subsequently became the president of the United States, the fact that he had two Christian names was looked upon as and rather detracted an clfeetatlon. from his popularity among the people at large. Nowadays, however, a man may have as many given names as he remark, exciting pleases without though, if he is In politics he would better use only two ot them. ine the Promise He Kept His i her desk an' writ an' writ faster den I evah see anybody chase a pen. an' in jest alKiut five miniis she bad a pile uv notes ready for me to 'stribute. "'I'll give you a dollar apiece to deliver dem letters," she says. 'Don't fergit a single ono, 'cause de mattah is ve'y impohtant.' "Well, suh, mebhe I didn't hustle. Dey was eighteen notes to deliver, an' I done it all inside uv two hours. When de folks axed questions I say, like de lady told me, 'Miss Grace ain't well.' Dat's all she say fob me to te',1 'em. At 9 o'clock I was back an' she gimme eighteen dollars sure enough in spite of her maw's objections, which was ve'y strong, for de cde lady was still mad as a hornet. 'Now,' says de young lady, T got one moah letter for you to take care uv, au' when I gits de answer you're goin' to heah from me right off, so leave me your address so's i can write to you.' "Well, Suh, dat last letter was addressed to Mr. Jack Wint.jrs In Brazil de answer to de one I found in de roat. Long about five weeks later, when I'd begun to t'ink Mr. Jack Winters never got his letter after all, here come a note from de young lady sayin' she wanted mo to call at a certain office down town, where I'd find sum-pito int'rost me. What you s'pose I found? Five nice new five dollar De bills, sure as you're bawn, Suh. gent dat banded 'em to nie said Mr. Jack Winters ordered de money to be delivered to me. He said he was Mr. Jack's brother, an' de ve'y man what f ergot to mail dat letter, not dat he actually plum forgot, but when he looked in his pocket an' found it gone he jest natchully 'lowed he'd done dropped it wid oder letters in the box, an' never give It anoder thought. "He sold Miss Graco come mighty near bein' persuaded into havln' anoder man dat she as well as promised her maw to take dat ve'y night I lining her de letter what broke up de pahty. Ho mentioned dat Miss Grace an' Mr. Jack aimed to git married soon as he could git back from Brazil. dollars "Well, Suh, dem bought out de pahtner uv de man what uster run dis barber shop when It warn't what It am now. I tented strictly to business for six months, when I bought out de oder pahtner an' sot up for myself. Dat warn't much moah'n two years ago. You see for yourself, Suh, how well I done. It all come from findin' dat letter. If dat waru't luck what was it, Suh?" New York Times. to Given Names conductor asked him where ho lived and got acquainted with him In order to learn what It was, in bis blood or brain, that made him do such a thing, Few persons realize how modern is and then adopted his belief. There is another case recorded the custom, among where a passenger gave a useful ex- races, of having more than one given hibit, to a standing audience on the name. It became a common practice only rear of the car, by handing the conductor his fare after be had stepped in the last century. In the latter part of the eighteenth off the car. Another passenger said to the conductor "You don't see such century a few people of fashion, or people very often, do you," and the who aped fashion, began to give their conductor replied: "There are a few children two names at baptism, but it was considered a ridiculous affectaof them left." tion. It was regarded as a hyphenated name is now, and it was not thought Letters vs. Lectures. There is a township high school that the custom would spread. But with the dawn of the nineteenth building In an American state, in which I hope to speak some day, be- century, up sprang the double first cause when eight years of ago I was names, and soon every child, no matone of a few scholars In a little dis- ter what the station In life of its partrict school house near where the big ents, was sure to get two names at brick structure now stands. But a christening, if it did not get more. Instances of persons with two given recent event there has made me think more of these Accuracy Keview names in England before that time letters and paiagraphs than of my are so few that they are set down In talks and lectures. In tnat high history as curiosities. Thus Anthony the first carl of school town there Is an epidemic of Ashley Cooper, a contagious disease, which has caus- Shaftesbury, born In 1C.M, always was ed them to postpone the first enter- referred to by his enemies contemptuman," and tainment in their winter's course. But ously as "that their newspapers come out just the Oliver Goldsmith ridiculed tho "folly" same and can bo read by all. I can of two or more names In his "Vicar reach thousands with my pencil easier of Wakefield" in 17C1, when it was than hundreds with my voice. just becoming tho fashion. Of the fifty-sisigners of tho Declaration of Independence only three Blundering on Big Numbers. Ono person was toning another had more than one Christian namo, about a big school house just com- and of the generals cf tho War of the In number, pleted, and that It was to accommo- Revolution seventy-sithousand students. This not Including the foreign noblemen-o- nly date forty-fivone, Samuel H. Parsons, was poslistener's exclamation caused the speaker to hesitate, think and cor- sessed of a "double first" in names. rect himself by making It forty-fivSome lean toward tho exhundred. travagant and some others toward the By getting acquainted penurious. with self the former might curb their nature and the latter punch theirs up a little to the benefit of the world. Wo seem to get acquainted with every interest "Speaking of human person, place and thing before we know ourselves very well, but from stories," said a retorter tho other now on we are going to improve over day to a group of newspaper men, the past and revise number one. "four years ago I was shorthand reporter In the district attorney's office For Final Victc-of Alameda county and had a desk Those who lave had the greatest In the s.''''ia' ' rein the intelligence hardships yet Miit the .M. U pigt Harry to use those hardships In a way to !gs of Alameda i:;e r:. r gain more money muscle mind - one a wealthy i comity. will world rule tho are the poplo wij of generoswl.".-sets clii ut, female vic and win the ll:;al tory. ity were nri.ut ,'u frequent ns bens' teeth, calb d .'Hid said that a family Clients by Clients. occupying a I'm '1 vale limuo of hers A young man told me that he treatthe rent tind sliu In was behind each one so that well ed bis clients said tho averaged Mm three new ones by grate- wished the. ii ij'ited. was an upbnl.-t"rHe Is certainly head f.f the ful recommendation. b .liimliigto belli wds, mid nlil-c- e on the track of all he can do If th ' t t" work, and for in t. f.n in ratio continues. ' '; oil by Mm. ns hci not to be'' Judc" Mehiu made was s'l.i-:Keeping Cut Keeping On. r e giving the How not to be drwn Into too much out " m '' tenant work or perverting work, yet continue .! i:'i nie If t I'm t. hnving enough work to do, Is a - l consent--.!; t, It In like serve tl." nil ore tip agaiu.-t-. n him e In i.ue-t- :. : bala a 'tlio'it ri'M' upon tight rop" walking Die main nom of d I was 'o ancing pole. the dwelling by a poorly dressed Seanh ll woman. Itto dv but a glance Ii It Artificial? in ::i WiTO who to SCO lint I'OVI rty to What Is the trouble with tl e of ii? ' '"111 five by faith and bn.tle while they in full C"ftr.d. I! An in. the m!s were ". huvtle? To wait, yet worry while thev u a rr i t. .1 is a master ef the lie catlent while being is oi' "r-- ; living sermon. Get a grip on good- - grd lour on wine ln pre-ses:- 'ten-tio- n : ir- face was that of resigned despair that illness, but with tho acknowledgment that Illness bad won in the game. He turned an Inquiring look In my direction and feebly asked mr follows huslr.c-- -. ytsrrwrH T wroithln(t ha to serve, but nlu.ut the paper quickly foiled thai t wan sure there and that the condiwas some tions were not known to the house owner, although I knew that I was re well known, Ijing and that they or she would not have given such explicit directions. In air.v.i-- the Invalid ' Tell her shall go as simply F.iid: tin' next threo siie order i within days." ! hurried buck to the office n tul informed Mehin that the man was nJiiio t beyond the rach even of rh.irity. Ho was s!n ee'd and said tliiit in the inori.lng soineth'.ng must b" done nt otice to relieve the nnfr-tii'n"eit before .'iiiythlu? could be word was re--i done In ihe nior-ilnthat th" run was doad. He ve his three i!n s w ere ha rone I.. up. Tl.e day the bindl u'v ra!b-nt the :'( ami inq'tlred: '"',';!. !i I you give him my no! Ice to qn:t?" I "And h:n ho did. 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