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OSWXLL.

Pani Burl of Rutland, was up tovisit Ms wife and her people overSunday.

Ernest Johnstons is at bis home fora few days

"W H. Cook, who for «he past yearlived with his son, O. B. Cook, ofKorth Orwell, experienced a verj se-vere shock Scud ay evening. Owing tohis advance! age, 82 years, the doctordoes not hold oat much encourage-ment for his recovery.

The case of the State vs. O LHammond was tried Thursday beforejustice O, L. Stay, State AttorneyTattle, assisted by F. L. Fish, prosecuted, Ira LeFIuer for defendant. Thejury could not agree. The writer un-derstands that the case is not to De

" prosecuted.Hitchcock Bros ate busv sawing

up the farmers' woodpiles. Theweather of the past month has madesurprising inroads on the woodpil4*and soal bins

Plenty of snow now for all kinds ofteaming.

Peter Ash and gang have completedtheir log catting job for R. Leonard

The Woodmen's dance Friday evening was well attended. i

C01IDISunday morning it was 35 degrees

below zero.Mrs. Paul Bnrt, who has been very

sick, is able to be about the houseagain.

Joel Archy made a business visit toAbells Corners Monlay

The snow storm of Monday andMonday night aims off all talk of anopen winter. The talk among thefarmers now is*'have yon hay enoughfor the stock this winter?" Reportscome that in the vicinity farmers willhave to bny haj.

2&agene Bishop is looking np thewool trade. He recently bought Wil-bur Boot's wool, paring. 33 cents a.pound.

Fjiday, Candlemas day, "half yonrgrain and half your hay."

Charles Densmore of Ticonderoga,ting Mr and Mrs. Henry Bis-

at Spring Sise farm.Albert Merrill went to Salisbury

Saturday with butter, at 35 cents perpound.

The Woodman's dance at the Townhalt Friday evening, was a grandsuccess This waa%he largest dancethe Woodmen ever had in Orwell. 170ball tickets were sold. Good musicand a fine banquet were features of theevening.

SROEEKAJL

Feb.2—Higb School NotesA spelling contest is in progress

with Edith Sullivan and Sadie Sulli-van, leaders. The class numbers six-teen and for three weeks the averagewas 89. Those having no marks thefirst month are; Ethel Belden, PearlFarnham. Bowel! Harpei, KatbenneLaranger. Ernest Larrabee, FrankMeehan and Sadie Sullivan The av-erage attendance was 95%, in punctu-ality, 97^.

Those on the honor roll are BessieWright. Ethel Belden. Sadie Sullivan,Pearle Farnham. and Frank Meehan.

The conditions are no tardy marks,no inexcusable absences, deportmentabove 90, scholais'jip above 80. Alarge picture of the Sistine Madonnahas been presented to the school bythe pupils. It has baen framed andwill be hung soon.

A basket ball game was playedFriday evening, Jan 26, between theMiddlebnry Boy Scouts and ShorehamBoy Scouts. Tbe score was IS toin favor of Middlebnry.

The Girl Scouts meet every Mondayevening. They are learning the wig-wag system of signaling. At a recentmeeting,colors and names were select'ed for the different patrols. Ac % themeeting Jan 29. the Boy Scoutswere invited for a social hour.

Me. and Mrs. T. H. Moore of Ti-conderoga? visited relativeg in townlast; week.

Gentlemen's Night will be observedat Academy hall Monday evening, bythe D. A. R.

The farm formerly owned by A MSmith has recently been sold to MrClark from Massachusetts

A very pretty wedding took placeat roe home of the bride last Thursdayevening, when tbe eldest daughter ofMr. and Mrs. John Jones, Miss Ethel

"and Hugh Baker weye united in mar-riage by Rev. Ofaas.1 Wattie.

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FOR A^ONG UFEThose Interested* Please HeadFreeh air and exercise, with proper

food and a sufficient amount of sleep,are the essentials.

Under such a regime of living,germs cannot develop, and many dis-

uses are prevented.Should the system require a tonic,

take only such as you know their In-gredients—snch is Vinol, which is adelicious combination of the health-giving properties of the cods* livers,with all the useless grease eliminatedand tonic iron added, happily blendedin a miid, medicinal wine.

For this reason Vinol Is regardedas one of th> greatest body buildersand Invigorators for aged people. Itinvigorates and builds them up, andkeeps them up.

We sell Vinol with the understand-ing that if it does not give satisfac-tion the. price will be returned.

Chas- L. Ross Drug pist

BIZBtOEZ.

Feb. 5—C. L Parrish was an overtake visitor Monday.

Charles A. Stone is ill with pneu-monia.

Melvin Wilkinson was in CrownPoint on business Friday.

Ben H. Wilkinson and wife ofWhitehall, were guests of Mr. Wilkin-son's aunt, Mrs Sarah Gardner, Sun-day

Farmers are filling tbeir Ice housespreparatory for the summer use.

There is an occasional show heldin the Grange hall by the young men.Pleasure seekers watch for the nextentertainment which is near at hand.

Mrs. A mare tee Wright ana sonGeorge, and Jay Tripp of Tieond e-roga, were visitors at Mrs Wright'ssister, Mrs Leman E Wilkinson,Snnday.

Leman Wilkinson has begun cuttingice for the farmers at Wilkinson's fer-ry.

Much sickness prevails in this andadjoining towns.

Earl L. Wilkinson has gone to Ti-oonderoga to visit his aunt, Mrs. A.K. Wright, for several days.

GUflXSB.Feb 5—Onr highway commissioner

John L. Jenkins, is doing good workon our roads here. Mr. Jenkins hashad a large roller constructed whicnis a vast improvement over the snowplow, inasmuch as it rolls the snowdown good and hard, leaving a nicesmooth surface the full length of tbetoller, which is much wider than tberoad. We state the roller is a vastimprovement over the snow plow forthe reason that as the snow drifts, theroller keeps it packed down, and asthe road raises to the level of the landon each side the snow sweeps over theroad instead of blowing into a sortof gutter which is the case when aroad is plowed out, and besides it isno trouble to turn out for a teamwhere the road i*r rolled, where witha plow, a bank of snow is raised on-each side of the road. Mr. Jenkinsbelieves he can perfect his enow rollerso that a leveler can be placed beforethe roller, which will level the roadand break the snow crust ahead, thusdoing tbe whole thing at once.

Mrs. Hannah Slattery. who has beenspending a week visiting relatives inTioonderoga, returned Monday,

The ski sport is on here, and sever*al of the boys have purchased the longfootwear and are doing some goodstunts over the snow We have in ourmidst two fellows from Norway andSweden who used skis in the OldCountry, and can show the boys herea few tricks on the long footwearCbas. A Bay, electrician, is at pres-ent president of the Graphite SkiClub and he believes be can gafe abunch of the boys together that cando stunts of the hair raising sort.The club expects to have a gsneralmeet the latter part of February.

Mr-;. James Galusha received a'phone message from Bridport, Vt ,Monday slating that her grandfatherwas dead at that place.

William O'Connell's injured limbhas so far recovered that he is nowable to be out and around

L. W. Wickes. of the Garlock Packing Comoany of Palmyra, N Y., wasin town on business Monday.

William O'Brien, who, has been athis home in Ticonderoga for the pastfew days, receiving some medicaltreatment for an abscess on his face,returned to work here Monday

William H. Faxon, owner of theFaxon mines here, accompanied byDeputy Sheriff, John Smith, both ofChestertown, were here on businessSaturday

James May expects to take a coursein automobile road work < and shopwork intone of the Glens Falls garag-es Boon.

STBEETiOAB.

A son was born Jan. 29, to Mr. and SMrs Max Allen.A flock of wild geese was seen going

north Tuesday norning.Mr. and Mrs W. W Jobnson and

obildren expect to start Wednesdayfor a three weeks' visit with relativesin Saratoga, Schenectadv and NewYork.

Mr. and Mrs, Wesley Eletborpe[.spent Saturday and Sunday with hermother in Shoreham.

Do you want to be a Chauffer ?If so. now is the time to get busy. Courae

embraces every feature of a car. Expert in-?structors. Write to-d*y for particulars andtuition rates,

UNION AUTOMOBILE SCHOOL624 Union Street Schenectady, N. Y,

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SOUTH TICOrTBJmOQA,

Miss Sarah Anderson of New York,who has been oaring for Thomai Maxwell during his recent illness, spent afew days of last week with Mrs. Geo.Proaty.

Mrt Fred DeLano, who is sufferingfront a severe attack of grippe, is notas well this week.

h* Misnes Emma Fernette andMarjorie Moses were recent gueata ofMiss Imogene Shattuck and •liters, f

Mm Geo. Prouty received wornfrom Helena, Moat., that her brother,John DeLano. was obliged to be oper-ated on for appendicitis Monday. Thelatest reports were that be was-doingas well as could be expected.

Mrs. Ftaak Moses spent Thursdaywith Mrs. Frank Shattuck.Hobart Kichmond bad the misfortune

to injure his family horse. Brownie,white ranking wood on the monn-tain It is feared that if she ever re-covers the use of her leg she will beof no further use this winter.

Albert Shattuck in some way continues to be a trifle better. Carl War-ner has left him and is now caring forMr F. L. Amadou.

John Thompson of Lookport. N. Yspent a few days last week with hissister, Mrs Willard Sisson, at 01 iffSeat farm bouse.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shattuok wererecent guests of Charles Doolittte andwife.

There are revival meetings beingheld in the Chapel by tbe Rev Wilsonof Hague, and his father-in-law, riev.Carpenter, Considering there areso many sick in tbe neighborhood,there is a fair attendance each evan-ing

Mrs. Watt Whitman and son Ber-nard, have been quite ill witn hardcolds.

After bavins spent several weekswitb his brother James, Frank Burnsof Horicon, returned home.

Act Well!And that you may, profit bythe health-restoring, strength-giving properties of the time-tested famous family remedy

B E CBEECHAM'S

CHILDREN'S BAZAARFull line of Winter Dresses, both

white and colored, Misses' %ritsand Shirt Waists. Complete lineof Neckwear, Kimonas, Silk Petti-coats, White Petticoats—all prices.

Ribbons, Hosiery, .Embroidery atten cents per yard. ,

Keystone Rompers and others,American Beauty Corsets, RitonGloves. Children's Hats, Ells-worth Waists and Dr

Mrs. Benj HolmesMrs. Alice E. Wilcoi

SHATTTJCE BLOCKWest Exchange St. TJconderoga

TERMS OF COUNTY COURTState of New York ) .

County of Essex \ • M'I, Berne A. Pyrke. County Judge

of Essex County, do by this orderdesignate and appoint terms of tbeCounty Court for the trial of issues oflaw and of fact to be held at theCourt House, in the Village of Eliza-bethtown, in said County of Ess"X,on the fourth Monday of July at onep m., and tbe third Monday of Nov-ember at ore p. M , in the year 1912,and iu each subsequent year until thefurther order of the Court; and I di-rect that at each of such terms a petitjury b« required to attend.

I do further order that terms ofsaid court for the hearing and decis-ion of motions and appeals, and trialsand other proceedings without a juryi,e held as follows: At said CourtHouse on the first Monday of eachmonth (except August), until thefurther order of the Court, and at theoffice of the County Judge in theVillage of Port Henry, in said Coun-ty, on every other Monday of eachmonth (except August), until thefurther order of the Court.

The terms hereby designated to beheld are in addition to the term di-rected to be held on the fourth Mon-day of January, 1012. a* said ConrtHouse, as fixed by order of the Coun-ty Judge made December 5, 1911.

Dated, Port Henry. N. Y.. January,8, 1912

Berne A. PyrkeCounty Judge of Essex County.

State of New Yo*k, ) afl.Essex County Clerk's Office. \ 8 '. I, William H Robert, clerk of said

County, do hereby certify that I havecompared the foregoing copy of orderwith tbe original on file in this office,and that it is a correct transcriptthereof, and of the whole of saidoriginal, which said original was en-tered and filed on the 9th day of Jan-uary, 1912.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, t\bave hereunto set my hand and affix-jed my official, seal this 9th day ofJanuary, 1912.

W. H. Roberts,%ml. Clerk.-

A court of Independent Order offoresters was instituted in this placeTuesday evening of last week with 36members making the charter l ist Thefollowing offiosrs were installed forthe balance of the year: Court deputy,B A. Clifton; chief ranger, J. E.Sexton; vioe chief ranger. W. 0 Kee-nan; past chief ranger, J. P. Gala-sfaa; recording secretary, L. B. Hol-land: financial secretary, ReubenHaskins; treasurer, J. M. Keenan;organist. Alvab PhiUips; Supt. ofjuvenile courts, S. Persons; Sr. wood-ward, Elmer Decker; Jr. woodward,Jas Fitsgeraid; senior beadle, Solomon Bobbing; junior t beadle, HarryMav; court physician, Chas. A. Pres-cott, M. D ; trustees, R. 'J. Bolton.Peter Barnes*, a. L, West. B. B.Bibbv. l). S. O. R., of Warrensburg.wa* the instituting officer. Severalapplications have been received andeverythingjpoiuts to a very prosper*ous conrt.

Mr. an'd_Mrs E. S. Aokerman ofGraphite, spent Sunday with Revand MFH Wilson.

Harry Bent ley of Bakers Mills, is aguest of his .sister. Mrs. Ella DuelL

Mrs. Alice Kelly and daughter Mar.Ion, of West Hague, were guests atEmerson Decker's Sunday.

A J Lamb made a business trip toGrown Po nt ia»t week.

Rev. E. D. Carpenter of Laconia.N.H., conducted per vices in the W. M.

j church Snnday morning and evening,and will conduct services in theChapel at Sooth Ticonderoga theremainder of the week.

Mr and lira Erwin Bevius of NewHague, were visitors in town Sunday.

While chopping in the woods Thurs-day, Lewi« Richmond had tbe misfor-tune to out nia foot very badlythrough the instep Dr Turner ofTiconderoga. ie attending him

Mr. and Mrs James Fitsgerald arerejoioing over the arrival of a nicelarge boy lhat arrived Saturday even-ing.

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Keeoan ofHoricon. are gneafcs of their sons.John and William Keenan

Edgar Bakef of Baiters Mills, isvisiting his a«nt, Mrs Ella DaelJ.

Mr and Mw. Melvin Barton andMr. Barton's mother, Mrs. Jane Bar-ton, returned home Friday from a fewdays' visit in Poultney. Vt,

Charles Leach and Frank May ofthis place, now employed at SilverBay, spent Sunday with friends intown.

Harold Sheldon of the T. H. S.,was the over Sunday guest of hisparents, Mr. and Mrs William Sheldon.

Mrs.Savoy of Vermont, was a gnestof her srandparents. Mr. and MrsEdward Davis, a few days last week

The condition of Mrs. Hulda Bart-lett is not as well as last week. Sheis not able to sit up only a few min-utes each dayThe remains of Mrs Charles Barnett.

formerly of this place, who died atLake George, were brought to thisplace Wednesday, where the funeralwas held from the Baptist church andinterment was in the cemetery in thiiplace.

Frank Holiey of Glens Falls, is «business visitor iu town.

A large nameer of people are at'tending the horse races eaoh day. Allreport some excellent races thus far.

Levi Holmes is employed at theTront House as cook daring the* races

The proceeds of the social Fridayevening for the benefit of the Moseshospital in Ticonderoga. was $153.The doll contest was won by MrsJames Adams of Stiver Bay. A mostexcellent supper was served and avery enjoyable time had by all. nowlet us hear from the adjoining towns,if you can do as well with as littleeffort it would be a good time to try.

, SOUR STOMACH.

Gas and Heartburn stopped in FiveMinutes.

Get rid of indigestion.Or dyspepsia, or whatever you call

your stomach misery.Drive out tbe sournessLift off the heaviness.Stop the fermentation of food.Banish gas, heartburn, foul breath,

dizziness, headache, nervousness,night sweats and bad dreams forever

Get a 50 cent box of MI-O-NA tab-lets at Chas L Ross' today he guar-antees them for any of the diseasesnamed above or for any stomach dis*tress.

No better prescription for indiges-tion was ever written.

MI O-NA makes the stomach vigor-ous and strong enough to digest foodwithout aid. For Bale by Ohas. L.Boss and druggists everywhere.

LEARN OF OSPREYS' HABITS

Ornithologists Gather KnowledgeFrom Vl«lt» of Birds to Island*

N#ar N#w Yortc

A gnwt colony of ospreys, or fb*.hawks/ built their nests at oa« tiro*upon the property of variom on BOMof land on an Island near N«w York,a circumstance that enabled ornitholo-gists to gather some intereattMT datewitk nap** to the breedln* aakits «fthis Mr*.

On* o«pr«r*s nest was built vpom apile of old teftca rails, oaly m*m «reifkt t—t teem t*« grottW. It tedbeea a44«4 to aairaally vata m M kof sticks, sods. 4««ay«d wood, s t *we** a i l tfc* like t a o a a W te •*•*•»thlaf like tHree tartfeafe. Twe ©tiermeets were txtilt la cedar trees, Tfcte%toe, h*A beea occupied every rear formany Beasons, an* bad beem lasMSMtby the addltiom of fresh material, fcatflthey fllle4 the whole upper parts efthe trees. i

In the wooded parts of the islaaithe Bests were very numerous. Thelarger trees in the interior of the woo*were all occupied, and on the edge o€the wood every tree, large or small,had at least one nest, and some ofthem two or three. On the sandy plainbeyond the woods a hundred or morenests were built on the ground, sad onthe north shore, where the beach wasstrewn with boulders, almost everyone of the larger rocks had a neston i t

When one investigator approachedsome of the nests, the older birds flewsilently away and did not return untilall was quiet In other cases the hawkswere noisy, and even showed fight;darting down at the visitor's headand striking out with their talons.

These birds, however, would returnto their eggs when the caller remainedquiet, though he might be only fiftyfeet away. *

One nest was seen to contain an oldbroken ax, a bootjack and a straw'hatOf the variety of materials wroughtinto the different structures the follow*ing to a brief list: Barrel staves, bar*rel heads and hoops, the tiller of abeat, a small rudder and parts of lifepreservers, brooms, an old plane,feather duster, a blacking brush, part |of a hay rake, a rubber boot severalpairs of shoes, a'pair of trousers, slong fishing line with hooks and sink*ers wound on a board, bottles, tin cans,a door mat and a rag doll.

In the interstices of many of thelarger structures (smaller birds hadbuilt their nests, well protected fromthe weather. The grackles were espe-cially given to doing this, and we'revery bold in collecting fragments fromthe , fishhawks' tables.—Harper'sWeekly.

PROOF OF GENTILITY.

Sleeves That Hid the Hands Showedthe Wearer* Didn't Work,

The practice observed among Span-ish hidalgos of allowing the fingernails to grow into claws was to dem-onstrate that they had never done anymanual work. The same custom ex-ists among the Chinese for the same

Among the Romans the wearing oflong sleeves, which came down overthe hand, wss the fashion in aristo-cratic circles. This advertise* to theworld that the wearer did not eagacai any labor and freedom teem earployment wss tbe condition oi re-spectability.

English boots and shoes have beendesigned more or less for the samepurpose as that of the Chinese, whobind their women's feet in proof oftheir gentility. As early as the timeof William Rutns "peaked toed bootsand shoes" had their points made likea scorpion's tail, and a courtier nam-ed Robert stuffed his out with tow.and caused them to curl round in theform of a ram's horn, a fashion whichtook mightily among the nobles. Itis plain that tbe purpose of this fash-ion was to show that the privilegedwearer was not dependent on any kindof labor or fieetness of foot for hisdaily bread/

The practice of wearing tight fittingboots and shoes Is an old one, forChaucer, writing of them in bis day,says that it i s -

Merveyle sttn that they sitte so pleyn.How they come on or off iLater, in 1765. Horace Walpole said,

'I am now twenty years on the rightside of red heels."—Harper*s Weekly.

Walking for Heart Ailment.The chief statistician of the health

department of New York says overcoating, lack of exercise and the con-stant use of automobiles have in*creased the deaths from heart disease15ft per cent, in the past 40 years. Be-tween the ages of 35 and 45 the in-crease has been only 61 per cent., butbetween 55 and 65 the increase hasbeen 240 per cent.

The doctor says the automobile is,in part, to blame for this, because itkeeps men front walking. He thinkswalking is the best preventive of hearttrouble.

"The legs and arms were made touse," he says, and especially after ameal. The habit of most men who donot work to lie down after eating, ortake a big chair and lounge. Restingmakes them lazy. The stomach andthe heart are closely related, and afull stomach strikes directly at the.heart, especially if the person is run*ning along the three-score line some*where.

So the lesson is, walk; walk cour-ageously; walk a great deal, and do alittle deep breathing, while you are atit, and then, if heart trouble comes,you can't help it; you have done youxbest' to treat the heart kindly.—OhioState Journal.

AN ENGLISH PENSIONER.

Superannuated at Birth and Drew theStipend All His Life.

The wife of an English cabinet min-ister bad promised to stand godmotherto an infant and, calling on the parentsa day or two previous to the christen-ing, expressed her regret that her hus-band had nothing left at his disposalof any importance and that the onlything he could do for her godson wasto put his name on the pension list asa superannuated general postman.

The offer was accepted. The pensionwas regularly paid to tbe parents dur-ing the 'minority of their son and tohim afterward as long as he lived. Hethrived in the world, became an alder-man and attained a considerable age,often declaring that be had more pleas-ure in pocketing the few pounds hedrew half yearly from this source thanhe derived from the receipt of any oth-er portion of bis income.

He died a few days after one pay-ment was due. and one of his executorscame to town to nnnounee bis deceaseand to receive the money. On askingthe clerk who paid trim if it was neces-sary to produce a certificate of thedeath he was answered:

"Oh, no, not in the least. I will takeyonr word for it. My father paid hispension as long as be lived, and I havepaid it myself for the last thirty years.I am quite sure that the old gentlemanmust be dead by this time."

This recipient of the public bountyhad been a superannuated postman forupward of eighty years.—Exchange.

Thajt is the xeooi* «fDr. John Fleming Oowaa. Re-

cently the people in northeast CaBa-way county entered upon a two-days'celebration in his honor. (

For half a century Doctor Cowan hasserved the Old Auxvasse Presbyterianchurch as pastor. For two scoreyears and ten he has presided as spir-itual adviser and servant of a churchthat is In a sense tike mother churchof many of those now In existence inthis section.

Doctor Cowan came to the Old Aux-vasse church as a young man of twen-ty-four. The country was rent vitastrife and the lines were sharplydrawn. He was a man of southern be-liefs and his people were of the samemind. He fitted into the post and hehas fitted there ever since.

Auvasse church is so-called becauseIt stands on a high elevation In a bigbend of the Auxvasse river, a streamthat derived Its name from theFrench. It is on the highway betweenWilliamsburg and McCredie, two vil-lages in the northeast part of Callawaycounty. The church was organizedJune 30, 1828, by pioneers from Ken-tucky and Virginia, Three buildingshave served as meeting places for thecongregation since that time. All ofthem have been modest structures.Tbe present church Is a frame build-ing and is extremely simple.

Doctor Cowan has been satisfied tolabor among these industrious, honestand worthy people. His congregationhas been satisfied to listen to theplain, yet convincing sermons of theman who has served them from early

Pure Air In London Tubes.The objection to underground travel

in London—that the air is impure andoften stifling—will soon be overcomeif the plans-and promises of the Cen-tral Railway company are carried out.These plans include a system of ven?tilation capable of pumping daily 80,-000,000 cubic feet of ozonized air intothe tubes and tunnels of the company.One plant is already in operation andan official of the company states thatit will pump 400,000 cubic feet of pureair per hour into the station, or atthe rate of 900 cubic feet per person.

The air is drawn from outsidethrough a filter screen, which removesdust and dirt and impure gases. Apart of the air is then, highly ozonizedby being passed over highly electri-fied plates, the proportion of ozone inthe whole being one part in 10,000,«000. The air is driven by fans to thelevel of the bottom of the station, andtwo-thirds of it is distributed over theplatforms by ducts, with outlets at ahetght of seven feet above the plat-form. The remainder is driven intothe tunnel.

I To Be a Real Actor.I Sinking one's identity in characterparts on the stage is but an insignia"eant branch of acting. The displayingof a personality beneath the makeup,the incarnation of a written characterin flesh and blood, by a sheer act ofgenius on the part of the actor in fill-ing a part with his own personalitytempered to the limitations of his role—the creation, in short, of a living,visible a'nd Intelligible being, is thegrand goal of the actor's art

How well Richard Mansfield knewthat art! In his . performances yousaw an impenetrable makeup; butthough Mansfield was hidden, behindthe disguise were the brains of thegreatest dramatic genius of our gen-eration, fashioning steadily and superbly a character as he conceived itout of the materials placed at his com-mand by the playwright.—Henry KoI-ker in National Magazine.

As He Saw It.Senator John Sharp Williams tells

of an aged preacher in Mississippi whowas asked what he thought of his twosons, both preachers, too.

"Well, sur," replied the old man,"George has a better show in his shopwinder dan John; but den John he'sgot a larger stock in his warehouse."

Exceptions."The pass system has been gener-

ally abolished, hasn't It?""Not so generally. The corporation

Tve invested in has not abolished itabout their dividends." f

Trying to Be Witty.They were sitting in the parlor with

the lights turned low. The hour waspretty late. He and she had talkedabout everything, from the weather tothe latest shows. He yawned, and sheyawned, but he made no attempt tomove toward home, and she was be-coming weary. At last she said: "Iheard a noise outside just now. I won-der if it could be burglars?"

Of course he tried to be fanny."Maybe it was the night falling,** he

said."Oh, I think not!" she exclaimed.

"More likely it was the day breaking!Hasty exit of he.—Pearson's Weekly.

Scriptural Place Names.England can boast that no other

country possesses so many Scripturalplace names as it does. Tbe name ofJericho occurs six times on the ord-nance maps, paradise five times andNineveh, Mount Zion. Mount Araratand Mount Ephralm three times each.In Bedfordshire there Is a Calvarywood and hi Dorsetshire a Jordan, bill.

Benefit* Forgot.Alice—What a rude, boorish fellow

Mr. Brown is. Ethel—Wbat did hedo, dear? Alice—Why, he gave me hisseat in the street car without liftingois hat.—Boston Transcript.

Gave Him an Opening."Lay a littie by." advised the pub-

lisher. , • , ."I'd like to," said tae poet "Bay s

kittle iayr-WasbJnftOB Herald.

Rev. John Cowan In One Churth1 That Long.

Half a Csntuiy Ago a Young ManCame to a Missouri Community

. and Has Bean Paster ThersEver Since.

Fulton, Mo.—IVty years the

c/O/iN FLEMING COWAtf

TtiB-OLD AUXVAttE PR- * CHO&CH

youth, until the declining years of hislife. Nowhere in this section Is acommunity of better people and no-where is there a man of the cloth,who has followed nearer in the foot-steps of the man whose teachings hehas endeavored to emulate than Doc-tor Cowan. Idealism has been dem-onstrated in its fullest sense.

When the preachers of the pioneerdays came to serve the congregationat Old Aflrvasse they found a churchbuilt of logs. In 1840 a church ofbrick was erected. Then in 1870 camethe building that is still serving asthe home of worship.

Doctor Cowan was bora at Potosi,Mo., March 8,1837. Much of his earlyeducation was gained through Ms fa-ther, Rev. John F. Cowan, one of theearly Presbyterian ministers of thestate. He graduated from Westmin-ster college in 1858 and then took atheological course at Princeton Semi-nary, completing his work there in.1861. * T

Rev. Mr. Cowan lived in the coun-try near the church until his wife diedand his daughter married. His wifewas Miss Jane Grant, a native of Cal-laway county. In 1888 Mr. Cowanmoved to Fulton, where he Is teachingmodern languages in Westminster col-lege. These new duties did not lessenbis love for the pastoral work of theOld Auxvasse church and he contin-ued in the pastorate.

He has preached to the congregationof the (Old Auxvasse church 2,500times. In other churches during re-vival meetings and occasional visitshe has preacher 1,200 times. He hasconducted fifty revival meetings invarious churches.

To the Auxvasse church during thefifty years of his pastorate 535 mem-bers have been added, 200 childrenhave been baptized and 240 coupleshave been married. One hundred andthirty-seven members of the congrega-tion have died during that period andDoctor Cowan has conducted their fu-nerals. Of this number 65 wen menand 72 women.