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ji §mch of By M. REYNOLD. o'clock In the morula Two cow L ruins:! Although n. then* was a „ ion who watted jcir masters before the floor of n tine i in the Champs Blysces hnd reason to know what biting weather It ‘ l i ...*n ordered to coin** at midnight. but m wan no sign of the appearance of master* na yet. On the hlng s«*en)t*d to denote that the llttra •ould Im» a lone one. At la at the did an a Hood of uj>on the pavement. uud the ng axpected gentlemen appeared, party would In* n lone one. ao-.r . pened. and aa ft did light wna cast upon the pare inspected gentlemen npii May 1 glee you a lift,’ll 1 rii ink*," returned Ida companion, '! am off ); ue. and J think I will walk. Home of us have Imh*jj ainoklug had cigars, and I fe« I a little bit queer In the bead." • How much do I owe you, Alliert.' now re> .arked the third meinler of the party, a pinaII man almost completely enveloped fa a huge fur coat. The remark was ad dressed to !>«■ |i|»ii. nn the speaker opened t:.. door of Ida carriage. M Do you think, ray dear fellow, replied l e Won. “that | am going to unbutton mr coat In tbla aort of weather aim ply to ant* l«.fy your curiosity? Your, scraps of |«p*r U o’clock, remcmlwr—yon Can regain pos- h' -ilon of your autographs." • , In a few aecouda tile carrlogea had hnurled away and In* Won. after calling !.«. k Into the hall "Good night. Cbardmi- pit.i," plunged hla hands Into Ida outside poekefa amt went on lit* way to tit* lode- In-1 lit the Winrtler de la Madellm*. Hay. a hnn^h of vloleta; .they are only h >mi, monsieur. Take one of tliem, I liu- i-l i'. von.** i voice that thua broke upon De Won a r- r ations did not posacaa the slug slug went of a profeaalonaf fM*ggar. ft wua. on the contrary, sweet, sonorous mid pen- h 'lie. and yet the voice Issued from nh.it Aibsrt bad taken for a bundle of rn. cast baidiatnrd by the side of the sir.-. IK* Won had often given ten fr. « for a atnll. from which to listen to] ii. i . ssca quite Incapable of thus cxclaltn- In* “I Implore you:" What struck him pnrtimilarly was the truth that rang In the sup tllcnnt a words. 'J The dlffleiilty wna that be had Im*pii n- • foy a sou, and lie had none. At n .restaurant he wna 'In the habit of reward li.. the slightest act vice with a silvern pi and yet when this wretched being] offered him her flowers lie could hut nutr ia r thnt he had no sous it ml wnlk hastily [onward, with her Imploring words ringing In his enfs. As he did so. the poor girl V back upon the stop* of a house, utter- lag. with >r groAti, the words, "My tied! Mi Clod!" plaintive cry pierced Albert's lieart "Well, Henri, yon hare given - start." aald Albert on Ills entrance Into hla friend's room. "I expected to find yon yon are, - - - r*n yon mins i sui wwu Ah. Albert, . know my strength la rapidly falling me. I have never recovered from that wound In the breast." "Hah! llenM; It hi your nervona system thnt la at fault. Yon mttat lie In lore. "That Is Juat the point. Ltttn to me. Albert. Yon will perhaps laugh when I any I never wna Iti love tint mice, and that like ly ' 1 took a sainfl btinclt of violeta. aim hnrriwj «\> y. strangely mov«*d. It was almost S sfriork when be ri*aclii*d homa and emptied hi- pockets, which contained n handful of gold a ml silver. , “M\ thousand frnhes In all," he muttered to himself, "and I have given that wretch- i4 woman but a franc." On the licit day. much earlier than wm a sing .to him, Albert de Won was awak- ii < I by 1 Ills servant to tell him thnt the \ t of M. Ic Comte de Mnrsnp desired t.. s.-e him. Albert gave direction* that 1m- should lie admitted. "What le It, Leonard?" he Inquired. "Is your master worse?" ••To yon. monsieur, who are my masters l»e-t friend, I would any that M. le t'Amte i« aerlonaly till but Madame la Comtessc— j «»ii know madanic aa well aa 1 do. moil- *l#ur ah, well, she luid decided that*there u nothing the matter with her son. If yon lmd only heard how. she rated the doefora -’erday—but pamon. monsieur, these mattcra bare nothing to do with you. May I wait for monafeurr* ' ••Certainly. I**onard," replied Albart; and after n hasty toilet..they were noon on their wny to the magnificent Hotel de Maraatt. LAST REMAINING LOTS IN A N S L E Y P A R K Will Be Sold at PUBLIC AUCTION NEXT MONDAY, JUNE ■ 18, AT 1:30 P. M. For further particulars, apply to Forrest and George Adair, Charles M. Roberts. Ansley Brothers. II perhaps , ...... In Jove l»nt was when 1 wna but fourteen year* of age. lio you know my cousin Blanches’ "No," replied Alliert. In some surprise. "I have never heard her spoken of/ r "All. well. I have always loved her," said his friend. "There was a long-stand ing quarrel between her father and my mother, the reason of which I could never discover; my own father. In coarse of time, was involved In It. Then there hap pened thnt scandal nltout my undo—you know what t mean.** "Am 1 to understand that your unde wna the late iuf~the well-known Colonel Octave MarsnnV" Thank you, Albert, for that word. Yon •ri*. however, about to say, infamdua. d you would have lieen right. Ilut now listen attentively. Yesterday I sent for Monsieur Ifoiiulvot, the notary, and gave him Instructions for my will; by my tuother—you know my mother?" (hero He I Mon. renieiiiberlny l.cotifird'a words, could scarcely refrain from smiling) "my mother will do everything she can to prevent mo frmn carrying out my Intentions." ...... _ ... ffe mot be ics, no matter My dear Albert, when one woman btl another then* la nothing thnt she will not do fo'fnjuf-e her. Bln* would throw twice the atlm Into the Helm* aoonee thsr *-• iNKir Hlniicho thnt 1 had left trot legacy.** "Ituf your brother?" "My brother, yon know, Is at Bread. Poor I my! lie Is young ntid completely under •! He la young mid completely undi I ntlueuce of my mother. So, ft la fro: i thnt I must claim the service I r second "Well. ! promise to render It. "I have," went on Henri* "hut little to leave, since the property I have, of course, liecomes (’barter-; but In the drawer of t* * *** - “ Of tWO hum... , -- „—— to Hofhsclilld'a ami deposit It Jn your name. It Is. you will understand, a trust for Blanche de Mnrsun. "Khmild I din Iwfore signing my will, seek but Illnuche, tell her why.I acted 111 this manner, nnd any that I oner this sum In memory of the daya of our childhood. Then* Is n packet for you In the Mine drawer. Ah; Here conics mother." ^ A lady, at III beautiful, entered. Her face lietrayed the poeeesslon of a will of Iron nml no Implacable pride." _ waa her greetliig. "You art* an early visitor. Would Ml no Implacable pride." "Oh, la It you, M. He Dion?* w ^reetlug. "You art* nn earl/ visitor. . you believe It, monsieur, Henri la talklug of dying., lie, Who ha* never l>een III a single day since ho was ten years old!" Here she passed her fingers gently through Henri's curly locks, 'Tmajnue! He talks of making out Ills will liecniiao he baa had a palpitation of the heart!'* "Every inau. replied her son, "be he III or well, should make out hla will.” "Yea, my child) but after mature con sideration, so that he may not Buffer him self to hr Influenced by some Inconsider able Impulse to sign with hla own hands will that Insults -(Im* memory of a father ho la no more." The two friends ex- BEAUTIFUL MEMPHIS GIRL Lateat picture of Ml,, Maude Beardsley, of Memphis, Tenn., who waa married a few daya ano to Frederick Hazlehurst Gana, at the home of the brlde'a slater, Mr,. Charles Clifton Cowan. Nooks and Corners of American History By REV. THOMAS B. OREQORY. Many months afterwards De Dion Went to pay a long promised visit to hla alater. Marie de Moiibran. and was there pre sented to n t'ouatesa do Marann. not the be had last met at the bedside of hia ig was particularly In obedience to his annoying to Alliert. ss. friend's last wishes, he una esgenr sougni far and wide for Illnuche. The heiress had heard of his exertions, and taking him for one of the greedy baud of fortuue huliters that had gathered around her on the news of her accession of wealth, had written him a curt note. Informing him that she desired him to cease bts exertions, which, aa she phrased It with deep sarcasm, "were doubtless disinterested." Alliert was too hurt at the Imputation to even attempt an * atlon. and directed hla notnrv to Informing her that two hundred Lexington! What glories cluster shout the Udine! Islington!—where the "em battled farmers" fired the abota that were 'heard round thy world!" All honor to Lexington! Let no man 1m bate enough to want to detract oue lota from the glory of the men whoso patriotic Dnt there la another npot that ahould he aa aacred aa Lexington In the eyea of the Amcrlcau people, aud 111 the eye* of the lovers of liberty the world over. That spot Is Alamance, North Carolina, a place of which the overwhelming majority of the American people have nevor beard. William Try of), Royal Governor, waa ao mean thnt they gave him the name of "The Wolf of North Carolina." lu the name of hla royal matter, George 111., aud for the furtherance of hla own brutal and greedy Instincts, he taxed and oppressed tue |>eople to the point where they wert* obliged to do one of two things— resist or tie completely enslaved. Thy resolved to resist and formed them- selves Into a band known nn "ltegalntora." The ltegiilators were aa uuro patriots as ever ahoifldered a gun. amt they bad Ideas and principles for which they were, willing, If necessary, to die. Having protested ngtln and again against **ie oppression of the British government i exercised In the person of the tyrannical yron, and protested In vain, they now veins, their hearts had the full courage fense and has taken himself off. In the old used to bnvq less preten- * 'They expected to lu* treated with con sideration. my mother." "Aud accordingly comport tbcrasclrca like hears," was the retort of the countess. Albert soon took leave of mother and SOB, and. with a few strokes «»f the lien, completed hla task nt Rothschild's. Mon sieur Bonn!v«*t, flu* notary, left tho Hotel de Mnraau In a high atate of Indignation. The hour of his revenge, howerer, was not far off. On rcachlug home he fount] h letter awaiting him, which ran aa fol- "Dear Bonnlvet: I can take oath that 1 valor made tho little New Bnglaud town •Mil «l»t, "ml Mlat l« all I bat, to jay. f,nr«r fniuoiu! Fill your pockets with some good cigars *■— and notea for two or three hundred franc* ami come and aee me, lint don't mention thnt I nin alive to any one. "OCTAVE DE MAR8AN. "P. 8.—Ask for II. Dufour." The address was 9 Ruo Monffetnrd. and Monsieur llonnlvat directed hla steps to ward that wretehed quarter of tho town. *1 notary, as he walked. % t the remembrance of j den It him by the com VM waa already avenged; whut would she soy If she knew her detested brother In-law wore still alive? He fouud the colonel lying on a paillasse snreail on the floor and cov ered by a single sheet. The sick man briefly explained to him that ho had heard hla neitiew, Charles, lay 111 at Rresll smr finished by asking If he, the notary, had brought any mouey with hbu. "Before you snook of. money," replied the notary, "I think you owe ine nn ox planatlon. You have spread abroad n re port of your death." "I? Not at nil. It waa the papers did so. I merely did not contradict them. It sulf * me to have It so." The colonel then entered on a history his doings since he was supposed to nave been lost nt the tlino of the shipwreck of the "City of Havre," a tale of prosperity attained by heavy gambling nt New York, followed by the usual fall from riche* and a subsequent return to Paris. "For Are days." added he. "wo have living, or rather dying, on the small Blanche extracted from tho mont-dc- by the narriflee of her shnwl. Were 1 and Charles ouly to die, how rich I would bo!" "Yes, here we are dying like rats fori, fen In a trap. f/i#t night, or, rather, this morning. Blanche procured n napoleon— God knows how!-nnd she brought me tbla bottle of wine" there he touched the flask that stood iH'sIds him. fondly nml linger ingly), "which baa saved uiy life. Will you taste It?" The notary declined. Putting on his gloves, he said. "Here Is the money you require and a few elgsrs. 1 shall send you a good doctor at once. I cannot allow any Dr Marasn to live aa you an* now living/’ and he left the wretched attic, full of many thoughts. Hhould he return to itic Hotel dc Marsan ■ ml urge upon llenrl the execution of the will that was to benefit llluurhe? Yes, he would, but not Just now. Meanwhile be would send n doctor to the colonel. loiter In the day the notary ami Ao*ert de Dlo.i met at the house of the De Mnrsnus. The door was opened by a weeping servant. lu explanation she told them that the news of the death of Charles de Marsan of yel low fever at Bresll. announced without tact by the countess to lfcprl. had csus>«' the death of the elder brother by the bursting of an sneurlsm. A double mourn ing had fallen on the family of De Marsan. But this was not to Ih* the Isst shock that the notary was to have that day. "Dr. Gcrad came an hour ago." said the servant to hlu» on his return home. "He asked me to tell you thsi he went to the gentleman you named, hut he waa too What do you mean by too later* Monsieur bad Just died when ho ar rived," said the servant, iqtenkltig In n low- voice. with the luvoluutsry respect that the thought of death Inspires. Ou the mor row all Parts knew that the daughter of the notorious Colonel de Marsan was heiress to nu Immense fortune owlug to the almost simultaneous death of her two cousins—Imt Blanche alone knew nothing **| fortune, and was nowhere to of their conrlctlona. and they figured It out that It were better to be annihilated thnn to Ik» slaves. The result of this manly determination on the part of the Carolina fanners jvas the Battle of Alamance, fought' on tho l«th of May. 1771, up near tho headwaters of the Cano Fear river. The battle wna n fierce one, nml though the Regulators were totally defeated, leav- lug oyer two hundred or their detu! and wounded upon the field, old Tryon received the lesson he hnd so long needed—that Americana could he shot down upon the battlefield, but that they could not be made lb*- blood of tb«- martyrs «»f liberty." The prioripha for which the i'nrollc f.iri:,. r- f .1* r** !■!• lit • M.-.h rmere fought, four years Inter, jton. Of the Masnnrhu/rtt* jmtt I «cx- tt*j»itrioiH nine- MMHbded. of those In Carolina o.<*r two hundred lay killed or crippled uj*on the Held, while »fx. lat* . on. died upon the scaffold. Ami yef, while all I of T^exlngtoo,** not i»u»and knows anything nbr •] |.<* "AlsiJianre.”, by John Flake I hinted 1(. . ••I'll Hays J Uke; "nfe Irarbarnua condition of the frontier where these sceims occurred (the battle of Alamam-e, -etc.) gnd the fact that the militia of tho lower emmflea r«l that It Is not the Cntie Fear but the 4't. H Hirer that ordinarily occurs to 11a a w*- think of the first blood shed fa| Revolutionary war." t Fiske's hint, while It may e 10 way Justifies the historians _■ lightly passing over th»* first nrim*d resist ance to British oppression and the opening battle lu the great struggle for American Independence. EDWIN FORREST'S STORMY LIFE Domestic Difficulties Constituted Part of the Great Tragedian’* Woes. William Winter In Munavr's. In Edwin Forrest's private |(fo there came a time when he was unfortunate and unh.-ffipy. He had married. In I^ondon, In 18S7, Catherine Hlndnlr, daughter of John Sinclair, the celebrated Hcottlah vocnllst, and for fen or twelve years had lived Imp- idly with her; hut. Impelled by Jealousy, he repudiated hla wife and sought a di vorce. A counter suit was brought, a pub lic scandal ensued, and the wife was vin dicated. That accomplished gentlewomnu. Known for many years to the present his torian. declared to him that Forrest** Jeal ous disposition showed itself almost from the first of their married life—on one oc casion. strangely enough, taking the ridic ulous form of resentment against the ven erable Lord Jeffrey, the Edinburg reviewer, one of her father's friends, and one of the most punctiliously honorable and cir cumspect old gentlemen in the British kingdom. Iago, nn acute ohaerrer, notices the com pulsory power, uiwn some people, of "trifles light ns air." It was a silly love letter, written by George IV. 'Jamieson, Jn Imita tion of the uiuiiner of "Consuelo." mid found by Forrest among his wife's pnpers, that wrought the mischief. Jamieson. In ■ Tears. Intimately known to this writ- ... lid that he wrote the leter In order to snstntn his Idle boast that he eonld write exactly In the manner of "Couauelo"—a feat Which Mrs. Forrest hnd declared It Impossible ho, or nuybody else, could accomplish. He was the leading mnu In Forrest’s company nt the time, and many This Horse May Be a Little High But Our Carriages Are Low Enough, Especially in Price. . Some Irishman hooked up the Hig Ilorsc to a Pony Bug gy, hence comparison; but our small Buggies are amply strong to carry human pairs—a boy and girl. If you are full grown and want plenty of room, capacity, etc., to carry four persons or more, this is IT—the very piace to get suited. Every vehicle must have Ilarncs. Did it ever occur to you that we make all Harness wr sell? The custom kind- best obtainable and most economical for you to buy. . Remember two per EVERYBODY KNOWS cen, of our Juue £ jj CRANE S CO., Front New Depot. « ami M MADISON AVENUE. Sales go to 1910 Ex position -fund. ■elf Innocent In that btialncMa. He was run over and killed by nn express train on the Hudson River railroad, near Glen* wood, Oetober 3, 1M8. On hearing of the M cataatrophe of hla death. Forrest wrote: "I aee by the telegraphic news In the paper this morning that Georg* IV. Jamie son was killed last night by n railroad train, nt Yonkers. God Is great; and Jus tice, though slow. Is sure. Another scoun drel bss gone to bell—1 trust forever." 1 Tfp ELLA WHEELER WILCOX ! SHE PUTS IN A PLEA ! j FOR THE CONSTRUC- j 1 TION OF GOOD ROADS \ • AS AN AID TO NA- ! j TIONAL PROGRESS. A EXCELLENT SERVICE TO WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA. During tho months of Juno, July and August the Seaboard Atr Line Railway will operate on its train tear- In* Atlanta at 9:35 p. m„ every SAT URDAY, -a through sleeping car to Wilmington, N. C.; returning the through sleeper will leave Wilming ton at 3 p. m., arriving In Atlanta gt 0:30 a, m., Friday. Arrangements hare been made with the street rail way people at Wilmington to have cars ready at the depot to immediate ly transport passengers to the hotels at Wrightsvllle Beach. Baggage will bo checked to destination. WEEK END rate, good for fire days, |8.35; SEASON tickets, *18.55. SEABOARD. thniiMiul fritm-a lay In RothKhlld’s bank at her ilU|Mml. Never .linn, then hnd they met, and, ns .... . - the nrew-nca __ hi. .I.tor'. little gin, lt-witc. It would have Iwi-n Intoh-rnWc to Alfn-rt. The psrty went for a walk lu the park, and Albert cliatt<*d to lloeette. "Why do you wenr thnt big top coot, unelpr* she it eked. "lifcattae It la cold, my child." -Why have ymi »ucli large pockelaT* "lirceupe 1 have m> much to carry lo them." "Tliafe not true; tUcre’a nothing In either of them." Aa In dual examination, lloeette'a tiny arm dlaapiicnrco to tho shoulder Into tho hngc iHM-kci nnd drew bunch or vloleta , klnrlc .hook her head laughingly, and re- •rked. "Thereby hann a tale/' ••Would you care to hear It, .liter!" bo naked. ••Certainly." replied Marie. "Wouldn’t yon. Illnnihe!" Illnuche save a polite naarnt. Albert told the atory of the vloleta. and lllanche re marked: “Thune iH-ggar. know tho. trick of .peaking lu a tmrful voice." —Vuv '• to—ill. replied Alln-rt, .... .* life <l«pcOdi . . Would that I knew what bad become of •Nay; cry. Her WonlT her!" * The visit of Alliert and Illnuche to Marie de Monnrau wo. a prolonged one; day am-reeded day., and neither thought of de parting. At length one day as they re lumed to the chateau from a walk la the wood., Marie noticed with Joy that teen francs, which be knew MTS tbi when "alone with hla tStrotliedT •*Oue ab.mtil imy his debts, should they st. Allien V she remarked. "I have none. I am slnd lo asy." “How ilarr you snnf-ie, air, that I waa alluding to your*? I aimak of mine." '•Well." teplle.1 Alliert. with a laugh, on ahould have no dlBIrulty In gettrng I of them.” •Kiartly. Anti that la why I bare seat yon itark nineteen franee.” "Waa It then von who—' ut. why, lo the name of heaven?” '•ir a man Intends to give romejpne a franc. Imt gives them a nap tleon Instead, that person ahould pay ' back nineteen frane*.*’ "I do not understand." aald Albert, Bow move ptotaled than ever. "tin the ulght .it tile 4th of M wm itjing of hanger imt fold a sell some vtidet. near the Pal Concorde. Outy one [tesser l'y bad pity me: he cave inc what lie thought wai frane: Imt tt wna n napoleon. -1 Match Mat l and tried to lace .le la spring time. .wing year, when a dear little btue- arrlvrd, they called her Violetta (Copyright, 190S, by Amerlcan-Jour nal-£hcaminer.) MERIC A la Just waking to Ita need of good roads. When visiting the Pan-Amarl can Exposition I first learned of-, the great organisation which existed for the promotion of this splendid move ment. 1 England's good roads arc Justly fa mous, and In her West Indian Island, Jamaica, they are a delight and benefit to native and tourist. It Is a curious fact that thousands of people In the country regard the build ing of good roads by town, city or gov ernment as an extravagance for the benefit of the rich, who drive In car riages and automobiles. The real fact of the matter Is that no one benefits so greatly from good highways as the farmer and the stock breeder ond the country dwellers who are engaged In any kind of Industry. I can recall seagops In my early girl hood when there was despondency and gloom over the whole country neigh borhood because of some sudden rise In tho price of produce when the - roads wore absolutely Impassable. And before they could be safely used to transport the cropo to market the price wna certain tn fall. Perhaps It Is because of my early recollections of bad roads and air the discomfort and loneliness they caused that a good rood seems to me a thing of such beauty. A closely shaven lawn, neatly kept, and a hard, smooth road always stir me with a peculiar sensation; some thing like to that which a sound of. music or a sight of a beautiful picture or tha reading of a great poem pro duces. Life assumes new meaning and a glamour and a halo fall over the com monplace. , A Great Contrait. I can remember when good roads first appealed to me. My childhood home was on a Wis consin prairie, twelve miles from a town; the roods were rarely good, de pending upon long seasons of dry weather to be free from mudholee and hollows, and when dry and smooth they were covered with Inch-deep dust. Three or four times a year perhaps I drove Into town with older members of the family, and aa we approached the city the good roads began and the lawns, and all the face of the and the atmosphere of life changed for me. Hope, ambition, Joy seemed to rise from thoae hard roods and smooth, green lawns and envelop me; the world grew larger; Imagination was stimu lated, and when. In addition to all this, a strain of music reached me from within some house by the wayside, or from some street organ, bringing ro mance wjth It, then Indeed life became a thing so wonderful - that It could scarcely be borne. As we drove back hofneward all these emotions faded as soon as the rough roads and ragged lawns ap peared again. And to this day the same feelings, lo a degree, take possession of me when I pass from unkempt nature and see good roads and Inwna which show the loving care of itflin. I know that artists rave over tangled grasses and wild paths of nature, but to me uncul grass In a yard means tired men and woman, overtaxed with duties for which they were not fitted by temperament, and to which they brought only Irritability and discon tent; duties which left no time for the dscorattve and beautiful; the fields nnd barns, stables and pens must receive care; the front yard could wait. And It did watt, lonesome and over grown and neglected, to typify forever In my mind, heart .hunger and deso lation. Roads and Progress. Just so the country mad, with Its humps and hollows and mud and dust, typifies poverty and misfortune and dissatisfaction and lack of progress. It means Isolation from companion ship and distance from market, and waiting for letters, and discomfort In locomotion for man and beast. And In contrast the clipped lawn and the good road mean lima for pleasure and leisure, hours for recreation and the enjoyment of life; music and laughter; communication with friends; the ability to go and come without exhausting all time and vitality; com fort for animal and man, and benefit to Individual and community. Yea. Indeed. Miss Columbia, and Uncle Sam, give us good roads. Girt ns money to build them and money to keep them tn order. Put all the unemployed upon their construction. The poor, the rich, the humble, the great, the'people of today and the peo ple of five liundreu years lo come will all b* benefited. It Is a curious fact that of all the marvelous achievements of the Roman dynasty In surroundlng countrtea at the time of its greatness, nothing remains today but the good roads! Schools, temples, cities, aqueducts. Institutions of learning, buildings of stale—all are gone, but the good roads remain. Let every man and woman and child In America clamor for good roads! What everybody wants must come. CONCENTRATION. Its Effects Upon the Social, Do mestic and Business Life. By LANDON CARTER. Copyright, .1906, by Amcrlc*n-Journ*l-Ex- ■miner. Although concent nu)..n I* *0 *h*olutely tn-«»**wtry factor In ewrv form of *ucrt*a, , at 111 ’ one of It* very treat foe* la, not mere ly the iKNwlblllty, but probability, of ooe'e lptere*t* Iwnmfug nbnorlMtl, almost to the exclnalve neglect of other dtitlee. Tho "happy medium" hi this particular line la, perhnpe, more to he dealred than one generally rcnllzcn, for by It many form* of nnrrotr-mlndodneaii. setflahneti nnd other unfortunate clmracifYIxtlca coulil he avoided. In all phase* of life, however, the nltlmate standard for n man le hie own eouaeleuee. nnd neither the constraint of buelue**, affection or the authority of overwhelming number* can atone for falae- ne** there. The different characteristics formed bv the various elements of concentration, such a* thought, earnestness, etc., are enormous factors In life's anceeaaea, and teach a cer tain form of. adaptability, which responds readily to every true suggestion, whether good or evil, thua enabling the Individual to profit by the avoldnnce of evil as well a* the pursuance of rowI. As the prover bial uil*er would accumulate more, did he understand compound Interest and the art of malting good Investment*, so does na exaggerated* and abnormal Idea of conceit* frafToti eclipse and almost paralyse com mon sense, thereby denying the indlrldusj many valuatde suggestions of nature and hla fellow-men. lu the other extreme, how* , ever, la to Im* found the nimleas. Idle man, who generally excuaea hla Isslnesa hy blam ing the quality of hla mind; Imt one so often sees brilliancy passed by persistency thnt one Is led to realise and forced t< acknowledge that anything can be made valuable If worked upon. A universal form of concentration, em bracing Interest tn nil thing*, can become n habit from earliest youth; It la true that aomo are born earnest, but there are none who mny not acquire that quality, which fact should prove of Incalculable en couragement to all. No one could honestly say that the suc cess of the Japanese is owing to their fs* talfsm or gooti Uick, but to their '’**••* hltal," which means "bolter death tlma unaccomplished work." and owlug to this spirit of couceutratlon Imbued In tnetn (Individually aud eoUeethely) H«‘* their al most unprecedented successes, and won a, proportionately speaking, were Ju»t a* «e* pendent npop the raruestne** of, the pri vate suIdleraVts their more Illustrious gen erals—nml so it fs with every responsibility r.nd duty of life, which cou 'J lie accomplished ao coldly and ao well diil one but feel that while nt the task It l« the one thing to Ih* ttreowplDbeik , All life, social, domestic and business. !• well typified by the old story about tbs bundle of stick*, the strength of which, when bound together ns n unit, J* , PfrT portion to the frailness of each lt»dlvldn«| twig, which can only stand certain resist T’ls undeniable thnt with some fnp*} sensitive people the very conart° u f u, ‘*?.JI. their frailties and their nejghlwr** rtorfty undermines the ambitions «**«*•{ man. who gave f "Little stars oft gild life's gloom. ’ and as we have profited *»> them should we contribute our added to the tH*neflt of our Rucccsyors. for ^y. SE Sg trstlnx our th«wht« upon mrh small *-• I>f jrrnrro.lt/ ani ktnilnrw. our 1» -""Vi nrro to .ttfrr tor thin*, ot IWBtrr nfttslr. awl what .Ironerr forrr known n mankind than rtratrd rarounn- nirutl? • tho tcmnrst ->w/urtnr. In' Enropr_ braan hla mnidr.1 rarrrr «« a planl.t n J ffiSVk « ^,rrh r «/u r i.rd K Yhe7-h..^ia"-.Tu< & id.trr Matirl was. Hob. I-orrnxo Crounar. rnTr-n-jr ' r lira ska. baa .nnouw-rd hi. r. wild.'? ; lrt In urh£/?h.'.r n h1gh°'^ Let them run from place to place, I Harriwn appotnhd Mm ...l.t.nt ercrtwtf silver ribbon* by which the chariot of of ttiv L'i.:t.o MM tri-a.urj.