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ttiil j tbc money rtt eobrcir raised uy bha wbo ttid i uiu uiia tha tore there today of large ectatc acd oae who on his bounty uv and gruatbc tt his fttej tbc wcret of theirdiaefeuoe uc aot ia iccfc r ttill one stld through llc peruajm i esj iit bis brother said i will siud jfarnilrr juamng the good sa lcs said sfrt seltidii i spose it wu a dreadfat itnpnidedt thing to do bat i didnt teem a realize it at the time tt wax a fur uipgicg ton ot so evening and id jest bcea oat in tbe ardtu corericg ap my gertniutni with fats of ocwspairt and when i tarned troacd to oooae in there be ttood like t ifcadox betwut day- lijjht and dtuk and he tid coajd yoa pveraea little bit of totwthing to eat ire ccme a cooiderate ditttoce and i haint ett mucb and im son o faint well if yoall believe ex i cerer ooce remembered none of the lioriea of tramps that i had read tu the ulwtpapen and heard the neighbors tell aooitt i thoapbt of thaf tfedeosiiaub pkand the piece of cold jnilnovl id port thjuldpal iwty in lh milfcrootn closel aid i taew john james was jntt oomia in from mijkin and i lowed- a drink of cw milk wru aiwsytaccepubletoccoit klki soiaysl itaint much ive cot bat welcome to it ef yoaii waifc there was a liht ia the judith had been skiramm yoare kindly fa pantry where he mornings milk wlt him down ther aud if 30a had teen tbe wtj ht- wtut throagb thst half cold chickei and the boj led pork and the bread and batter and sqi tab pie yoa woald have stared not to sa anything of the tbrcetursbien of new milk that he swallowed down one right after another ioa seem ta be pretty bangn- old cectle- rnah said 1 i tm man stid he and i iank yoa kindly for ibii good meal which reminds me of my mothers cooking and then i heard joiith cttienng the dishes cot in the sinkroom like all pos sesaed and i knew it meant f r me to get rid of tbe poor soal as fut u i coald and while i was sort 0 pazxling hat to do he said slight i make bold rnavra to k another very great favor a due yoa got anyold ihirt yoa eocld lend rie for few dayt im on my way east to- get a position as bookkeeper ia a 6rtn where they died 10 know me j ears io and the joarney has been locger than i expected and tve got to be pretty shab y and if i coald wear a clean boiled shirt my chance might be better theres reason in thst said i and though sdridcehas been dead this three years ive tome clothes left yet so i went op etaira and opened the bareaa drawer and took oat a real nice shirt and i wrapped it in a piece of psper and brought it dornttairt i tpose i coojdnt sleep in yocr barntojnigbt said he kind wfstfd at my ttmeo life a man 11 likely to get rheamati if he aint ocdera roof when the nighl dewi fall ko says i john james hes dreadfnl set ugainst any sach thing as that bat heres tbe key of the little end room bacfc of the smokehouse they dont keep the harness there and theres able bed where the farmbai hsyior time dout say nothi hat jast lesc the key on the c oocstep to morrow morning i felt sort o guilty all tl he wt so ret pec ubie and be tired 1 ofadam said be ive met many priest and levite oa the joarm j but never a good samaritan before opce more i thank yon well john james tad jd a deal to sty after the old mat nothin- hat comfort- ds sleep in 1 to nobody time bat did look so beat- moifacr faein so fooli ipio td fiotwolt- all works 1 s h- hamilton recently visited the bay of fandy granite quar- riet and pnrcbasodoat of tbe largest beit tod chetpett ttockt of granite monn- meau ice ever iwiwrtod to ontario re will continue to tell at 15 riaoount on direct older oliiiatelf wjtb it yeirteipcrieucc and btr- fag done oae of the largest trades la the do minion 1 defy competition ail new itock and warranted lie rerr beat in the market a call soljcitod omck amd woakshamutont block for merly hatches cor norfolk tad suffolk bts gtelfhost salesmen wanted nefjiahpktpoaitionaffaarantaed withsajsry l saaterpsitamitidaay detetmlnd man can ibcoed with oa pacnliar adtantacot to b sinnbt stock oomplet many faat- mniasipodaltlm oatfltfree nam ethu paper- addrewttodce hbowx niiothebs ncr- hrvbaboebwte n th they hsd was gone a to let l y goodnesa me hoatlut i wbsl wnald ihey iay if they only knew he was ilefpiv in he harness chamber close by with only a thin parti tion between him and tbern ad i wont y but that i was a mt era easy when jadithtold about ibo tramp that stole mrs deacon bsyberryi watch from under her pillow in march anq tha foller that m ordered betsy bartons second coasin to get the silver dollars hat he kept tied dp in b a took ion between the feather bed and the mattresses bat fo didnj believe this old man wa aud what wag done wn done b i toogoe and i got ap early in- ing before jaditb was stlrriog bowl of milk sad sandwich of batter and cold meat tod set tt aidewindowsill of the barnes 1 chamber jurtitn wsi mach puzzled aft rwards to koow bow lbs empty bowlmtno jjar but i jmteptritijli ontfl one day modthi aiierivardt there co4 biodle by ezpreu all that i a tramp i held my the mora- nd got a bread and do the out- ebont iftt little its my wonted from albany says judith no it aiut said john james its directed to mother ss plain as the nose on yoar face mrs almira selvidge dont yoa sea baf idotit ezject notbinbyfxpreu says i ivor yet no other ways well its for yoa anyhow said john james open it and lets see whats in iv so i opened it and lo and behold i here was the shirt all done op as neat as a now pin with a card on tbe top writ on it to the good siinarttaa with tbe thank of hira that was ready to perish vcilarter that there warnt not hid for it bat to tell judith and john james tbe whole story mother says john james taming red you hadnt ocght to perilei oar lives in that way mother ii moat in fcer dotage said judith and she looked real- hoppin mad i dont care children says i tbe bible saya freely ye bae received freely give and i shoald do tlie ssm thing again jodilh wo a id speak to no one for a neek and john james was real pat oat but somehow it was borne in apoa my mini that i had done right so i pat the shirt awty aad said uothin more weil it was six m oaths more before i tbaagbt of the shirt sgain there wm let of poor italita come to slediniowu to work at the oew- railway and mrs par sons tbe ministers wife found a case of real destitution where man had eat bit hand and coaldul work sad there was a wile and six bttle ouet with veilbv food to cat cor cotbes to wear aad she came aroand to oar loase as ihe most always did tbe first id be gfsd of any old thing baid she that tha neighbors cocld ipare whether it wa in the way of food or clothing there fays john james says he it ever theres any begging to be done folks come straight here mother shed give the shoes off her feet if auy one asked her far em and judith is ached in her disagreeable ray and the aaid mother yoad better pet the old shirt that the tramp scot back tod give it to there people it tint a bad idee tryi i 60 i went to get it bet judith she said she couldnt pare nothing all her old things she cat ap iuto carpet rsgs or sold for paper stock aad hi didnt believe neither in help in all them rniyable poor creetars it encoar aged em encoanges them to do what said mrs parana but i see that judith hadnt no answer ready so 1 jait- cut in myself with my shirt it tint much says i bat i beliere its whole and clean and i gate it a shake and if youll belieye me oat fell t slip of paper from between the folds- whats that says john jame its money icreechcd judith its a fiftydollar bfiv eaji mrs par sons and 1 are enough it sras and my old tramp as john james aod judith called him had tent it to me iu this queer sort of way it was along time before jadith woald believe bat what it was counterfeit bat when she taw thtt it was a genuine united states bank dole tbe told me id ooght to write and thank the gentleman how can e says i and i not even knowing his name much less where be lives bat all the same its a sign that hes tn luck and i am gbd and thankful forit bat this tint tbe end of it a spell arterwtrds when i u in albaay baying a new ttcre carpet for the beat parlor isec a carriage drivn by will that very old gentleman littin ap iu it at genteel as the president himself gays i to the store keeper do yoa know that gentleman v for see be was a lookin tbe same way as i was do hush mother says jadith as if people knew every one that goes past in a city like thir i dont in a general way maam ays the storekeeper bat that gentle- it mr sutherland as it rather a ii wlosypkllovv none of oar modern poets have been more generally lodied of late years by tbe youog people of tbia country than long- fallow and no one irmore worthy of mcb universal ftady his eightythird birth- dayii near at hand be baring been born in february 1807- in consideration of this anniversary the biographical matter following possesses an uncommon interest for the poets admirers his euwt ioelf when longfellow wis nine years old bis schoolmaster wsnted him lo write a com position little henry like all children ihruuk from the undertaking his mailer said yoa can write words cajoa not yes was the reply then yoa can pal words together yes sir then said tbe muter yoa can lake yoar slate and go oat behind the school- boase ind there you can fiad dmeihlng to write aboat and then yoa can tell what it is whst it is for and what is to be done with it and that will be a composition henry took his slate and went out he went behind mr finneys haro which hap- pened lo be near and seeirfg a fine tarnip growing up he thought he knew wbst it was what it was for and what would be done with it j a hr shakes peaw at some such name was not born there an irish mason lo whom longfellow bde goodmorning fo the street straight way joined him with ibe remark i im glad to speak to a poet i have meself brother in tbe port who is a dronkard and a poet this was matched by no italian woman she brought longfellow a little christ mssjree made by bar son who bad 11 a great talent for music and being ask ed if be played any instrument she answer ed 0 yes be goes round with a hand- organ and a tittle monkey t one of longfellows treasures was cole ridges iniutand he showed it to a rustic visitor sslymfi perhaps the anciant marinerzirss written from tiiis tbe stranger looked blank for a moment and then asked and the old oaken backet who done that a halflioar had been allowed henry for naii irotn prominent perwn just now he has just come iuto a fortune aualorgofthesettung of a thirty years old iswguit hed lost everything says the storekeeper and be was a porter iu a bank when all of a adden there was force old letters or docu ments discovered tod- the evidence was reversed and hes come into his property then says i to judith what do you think of my old tramp now v t and the storekeeper be stared as if be thouchtl was mad bat we did at lay anything jadith and me why tbould the dars length at spitsbergen the longest day is three and 1 half months at londoa england and bremen prussia the loogest day has i6 hoars at hamburg germany and jjautzic in prcieia the longest day bai 17 boars at wardbary norway tbe loogest day lasts from may il to jaly il without in- eruption at st petersburg basauand tobolsk siberia the longest day is 19 hours and the thorteatye hoars at totaea finland june 21 brings js day nearly 22 hoars long and christmas one lets than three hoars in length at st louis moy tbe longest day is somewhat less than 15 hoars and at mon treal que t is ib hours etduwgt the costli esp book extant a cletfg yuan itfnottaxt ok lu ulty- a boston clergyman had a rebuke last satiday for the men who stay away from church becaris they dout think much of the ministers aermoaa if one of these men would orily stand for while in tin pulpit himself and nod oat what it means to try to pleace a tho- sand people every sunday intne year- people from ail classes of society iof differ ent intellectual taite of different social standing of different tuithetic tastes of his first undertaking in writing composi tion in a half hour he carried iu his work all accomplished and tbe master is said u have been affected almost to tears when tte saw what little henry had done i short lime no nxxijvs rcitvti mr finney bad had a tarnip aad it grtw and it grew and it grew behind the barn aad the turain did no htm aud it grew aad it grew till it coald grow no taller tbealtr iiaaey tookit ap and pat tt fa the cellar there it lay there it lay tillftbegiatarct whea his daugaler fuie rtihed i and ihe pat it la itot thca the bollod ft aad boiied it at long at she was able tbeu hit daughter liie look it and ifcc put it oa tbe tabic jxr tlaatytnd bi wife hath tst dovu to icp aadlbeytte aad ihey aw cctil iheyate the torntp up different spiritual train mttconrtati and radicals thote interested in politics and those who art not those interested tu reform and those who care nothing about tjjjfk it people who like a close logical discussion of theology people who want one always to be practical and to aim at common every day affairs if one nf tbese mei would stand in the place himself and see what an appalfng task it is to preach to sijch an audience he would be charitable toward the minister of whom tbe impossible is asked every sunday in the year we think this clergyman is totally ignorr ant of bis daty and bis calling it is in no sense a clergymans business lo try to please a thousand people every bqnday he shoald preach the word to bis i psople whether they will hear or whether they will forbear daniel webster wijen he went to church said that be did not want to bear any philosophy from the palfit but a simple gospel sermon which said jo him thou art tbe man x 1 jcrtjej tbe vatican library at borne celebrated for its thousands of valuable books has a copy of the hebrew bible for which pope julias in 1512 refused 125000 tbe wouldbe parch tiers were a syndicate of rich hebrews they did not exactly offer jaiias 125000 for hisbibioal treat a re they simply told bim they would give it weight in gold as the book weighs 825 poands tbe offer they made ia equivalent to tbe figuiea given st louis republic dye ken wbat a dicky is t i dinoa mean a dicky bird 1 mean jist the same tbing as the man referred tse when be didna want ye tse set angry and tellt ye tae keep on your dicky weel some folks ens tbem brither tae white shirts ithers ca them white shirts without tall bat ia plain english they are white linen fronts tae wear wi flannel shirts and naebody kens whither ye bee a white ibirt on or no prof loiwttevmeoiory sjtlem iicret ng greater interest than ever in all oarta of tha country and persons wishing toirfl- prove their memory shoald end forisj protpfoihs f r as adertjed iransubej iut u1hejed lirx longfellow was first married in 1631 ia bis twentyfoartb year to a beautiful girl named mary storer potter two years be fore after so extended sojoarn ia earope bowdoin college had on bis return to america appointed him professor of mod ern languages and now he was to enjoy four perfect years yearaof acholarly labor in a coogtoial poaitioa carried forward in a happy home with a refined and affction- ate wife always watching beside him in 1634 the authorities of harvard university offered him the position of smith professor of modra languages as successor of mr tick nor suggesting that he might take a year iu earope to make himself still more intimately acquainted with german thought and fcooks longfellow gratefully accepted this chance and set oat immediately with his wife on hit travels a delightful six months was spent and then in rotterdam mrs longfellow fell ill and died there peacefully bat after mach suffering this bereavement was one of the two great shocks which made ravages in the poets inner happiness and the extent of which be ouncealed even from his most intimate friends by a resolute reticence we all know however bow he endeared the mem ory of mary his wife lo all the world in footsteps of angels 0 thoagb oft depressed and lonely all m y fotn are laid aside if i but rvaetabcr only siicb at these have lived and dfod after enduring he loneliness of nine years of widowerhcod the poet married mia appleton who is supposed to have been the original of his sketch of mary ash- barton in the prose romance hyperion her face bad a wonderful fascination in it it waa such a calm qaiet face with the light of the rising soul shining so peacef ally through iu and what a soul a temple dedicated to heaven and like the pantheon at kome lighted only from above seventeen years of the greatest domestic happiness followed the wine of life was trembling 1 1 in the cap of the poet h and before lis filtyfoarih year when bis wjfe was burned to death before his eyes to amuse her younger children mrs long fellow bad been making seals a lighted drop ot wax fell into her lap and her skirts of gauze at once enveloped her in names hearing his wife scream the poet rushed from bis study in lime to snatch a rag and throw it around her ere she fell mortally inared she was barned july 12th 1861 and she never looked fairer than 00 thai day tbe anniversary of her marriage terribly as the fire bad barned her it had spared one aide of her beautiful head in the days when miles standish first strode about new england the graves of the english dead were bid from the indians by being covered with waving corn tbe grave that held his beloved m bis heart longfellow hid from his friends hardly once waa be heard to allude to bis wife after the first shock was over his diary re- maiaed for long after that terrible day a complete blank it was noticed that from that same day he aged rapidly his heart was fall of his secret full but silent as the grave always is and above tbia grave the strong man sowed bis thoughts and they ripened like the corn in autumn misoxal aveciotm the last installment of the longfellow memorials contains a number of anecdotes which serve to illustrate some of tbe incon veniences attending literary greatness tbe poet tn his later years was constant ly beseiged with letters containing all kinds of requests from all kinds of people the following are entries in bis journal a gentleman in maine wants me to read and criticise an epic poem whiob he has writ ten on tbe creation tbe six days work which be says is done ap hvaboutsix hundred hoes a stranger in theanfest asks me to write for bim tw poems on friendship or a sabjoct like that for the album of a young lady who is a very par tiular friend he asks me also to 4 tend the mil with tbe articles in severalminds longfellow seems to have been confounded with an earlier and stfo jgjr poet a stranger called to see iuajtpos bead- quarters and asked elow if sbakeepearo did not live ffbere about there itiold horn i tnew person in tbaiieigbbprhood price thbee cj3ts guvubltrs and hi tics it appears to be the trade of tome to find fault they are coostiti grnmblers they seldom lay ho id a on a good cause they cannot sing or pray oor lead financial help they cannot or will not nil tbe office of steward or trustee or sandayscboof superintendent or teacher it is dseleaa ta appoint them on committees or lay on them any burden of church work their only office is to stand ob and criticise they are binderers thev are wretched people unhappy themselves and making others as unhappy u possible the worst of it is they usually make jmore tharhalf the mischief of which they loom elain so loudly there is a fable of j dis contented bell clapperjshich complained constantly because the bellwas crsckeoj it raised such a wail thai the sympathy of tbe people became aroused and ibey began to think that the clapper ought to be sup plied with a new bell j art hen the stunt of socrates sailed in at the wtndowjaod said hold yoar tongue yoa noisy clap- per for iu the first place you cracked the bell yoarself and in the lecoud place nolone would hare foundit out if yoa had j dot told it tbc moral it eaty rcrnmbiers are mrually miscbiefmakera aod the evil they do mjght remain unknown if they would hold their lougues a boys logic a little boy in leicester was induced to sign the band of hope pledge- his fatfter was a collector one night a publican called on him for tbe purpose of paying his taxes in the course of conversation- it came ant that the little boy was a teetotaler i what said thepubhean with a sneev a mere boy like that a teetotaler j yes- air aaid the boy i am one and yoa mesn to say that you ha signed the pledge yes sir i have and meanto keep too nonsense i said the publican tt idea why yoa are to young to sigu th pledge the little fellow came up to bim tock hold ot him quietly by the arm and repeal ed his words xoa bay sir i am too yourg to be a teetotaler why yes i do and do yoa tbiok i am too youog be made drank if i took enough liqdor well no i guess it would make ydja drenk tien i cant be too youag to say mtf lvp pfcr a little too previous a yoalbful married couple wbom hoase has recently been glorified by the addition of afacsmile of the beautiful little moth decided to have te chrfateoiog berrice at home a venerable missionary was calfed to officiate he took the babe in bis arfoa and addressed a few words of advice to the young parents see that you train ap this child in the way that he abodld go that yoa surround him with tbe best influence and that yoa give him a good example if you do so who knows bat what be may beocma a john wesley or a gladstone 1 what is jus name nellie sir replied the mother r- what was it yon aaid of the 4tor wif t t that lac cook bis ipoiled tboipast and yet when b c here a ifeinth ago 5 as ihe not your pride and boat there are cooks and cooks as th saying coca but only oca baye i seen j who coald cook avianer jnt to iay taste wbo is it yoa ask that 1 mean well if roa will gire me yoar promise ylfai j that youll banish alljealouily ill tell hqw i eaine to know that cook how ihj came to cook for me agreed tery veil yon retneniberdfiar when a jad how i worked around on u10 various fartni in oaf neighborhood wneretcrthewokk wat found oae year i im rorkiugst uarxost time for a certain farmer a mas itio was blait and boacet- a mm wbo was made oa tbe good oldfashioned ian i was cuturi a patch of grass that stood a lon way off frouyhe house next lo the pasture wberu i could cv th tanner csttlt browse i ani at uooutide tbe farmcrt daaghter broflght my dinuerwbicb she hod cpoiod lremeraber now as the sua rose high wiio what pleamre ior her f jlooked aadwltes she cajpe i took from her arm tbilktfi acdquicklj ontiad tbonifflaa that hid tbe iaads which ah had ptepared with a bonsewifes pride y tat wito tbosr riands 1ork aod bjans appstyie and gingercait oqttagef cheese brrttormnk anddeucions briad such as oaly thw coald utasfe she uniled as i ttc aad at times wuold pour tbe hattcnuiik from a pitcher this bawennllli is good i admit bat thst was tweeter and richer lb why do yoa blush are yoa thinking dear wife howl snatched a kiss at yoa went t low i asked f oor father before tbe snow fell to our marriage to give consent ou bare cooked many dinner for me since the words of the lyeacber our trud lore sealed artbe best of tl diaaers i ercr had i ate ia yoar fathers field yilii and 0v5tu5f0r2rry and domestic be aocieuu depicted the gpdoftheses wi h a three- pronged fish spear iu hit ha d thus giving bim the appearance of h mtre stickes- of eels anil flounders slle syi ibol of avereignty should have been an oyi ter rake for in all the submarine cel lar ge of neptune there is no snch royal daiity as tbe oyster possibly however wh m his briny godship was introduoed into the greek mythology tbe man wbo in- car tioasly pat his finger into tbe shell of a gar ing bivalve and became delirious with ecs toy as be sucked tbe aching member to alii y tbe pain had oot yet appeared npsn the stage of life at what time the crusts ceoi is delicacy astonished and entranced j th palate of greece history saith not nor islradition more communicative but as tbe athenians nsbetoyster shells m bejlots in tie time of aristides some aoo ysan bc it in clear that the love oj maokiriifw oyr era ta older thao the christian reliocj the romans had a weakness for the on tur a in he time of nerothe conauojp- tioa of oysters in the impensi city if tbe id worm was nearly as ret as it cpw is 11 the empire ciiy oi aba new js havi seen a sutistioal sutenfeni porpr ing 0 show that a greater number of not lion of bushels than is credible were o sum d in the eternal cily daring the rsstn of domitian ihow tbe eternu cilixiai opeil these oysters and whether sw gutp d them frvm bo halfshell or fried broifcd or stowed them are mvaterje whioli the most duigeot res arch has soijcar faileft to reveal j ih- bu after all wbafwuld uw greeksflid romlns know aboat the flavor oft see oysters tbe littlb dabs 0 watery padp foaul in the mediterranean and the adki tic aie scarcely better ibta seaaaails of as thfcre is no proof that the deuixens ofne- liomjin wstcrw shared the decline and fall of tbl itomau empire it is irreaumed that medaurranean bivalves were a iosisraifi cant and ha v briefs iu the lays of the cffisaka a thsy are uow j he truth is- thatitrorig tides are eential o the com fort ajid wtll fling of these tb tl fish like the qlam tiiel are sopreme y happy at- btghkater kbw it never is high water betweeh ihe straits of gibrllter and the dardanelles the mediterranean jbeing su- mosf lideless the consequence is that the oysters of those wstera art always on- happi and as atmatier of course flabby and liau those obuinedon tbe coast of england especially tbe variety known as nativa remarkable for tbe roundness aud smoothness of their shells are much more plump and tempting but there is a ftnuiraboat tbem so very metallio as 0 ler asuicioa that they are dog out marine copper mines all oysters that glide or ever havo glidec down the throau of tbe humanracej our oj m are believed to be tbe raost deiec- jtable the greatsympatheticnerveqnivers with tcstasy as they go down and theyre digest si readily and rapidly f i shltrivgoctdiuns some ooe of urge experience lay tlj ire in do lels than f 27 dilcreul term to i eotfliih uogae which expreu tbe iti te of beili in love we deoeue oarielve in men mocb m re freqaeotljr thrnujfb loipicion tbu tbroa jh confidence rihhe slronj mud iaser without cotnplil- ing weak one complaiu witboat laffir- tor- tbe two aslifit tliinu on oirtli ire the mn wno look like girl and tbe girl wpq look likea man hamilityu moatsezvleeable in an sodr- garment and ihoold otnt be vorn aa i a overcoat a religion that ii a true raligion ran it oonlist of idea and facta bptb a preoiona tbing it tbe more pradooa o oa if it haa bean ja if jorkor econom no one can lay htraaeif under obtatic o to do a wrong thing pr i in almost tvty kitchen there art- draft from l he cucai benteen tbe bottom of tha door ind tse floor the cold ak paaaing over o ies ft on a freeziog day soon chill them pam tbia ihoold be avoided to pro tect the kitchen from tqeae drafts tack a trip ok old carom bruaasli bethg atit ui bestliiroutbejottom of each door ool tbe ca pet four and a half inchea wide and ti o incbesjoujer thao the width of the do ir on whab it ialo be faaleoedrao that tl e carpet bay extend an inch beyqni the do a on eac aide tad tbe strip of carpet acron tee bot- unoi tha door nlacing the carpat ap abat half ol it width will lie on the floor hilo the ott a hall i attached to tha door ii is not icoeaaary to have the tacka near to gether plane them three incite apart in a atraigl t lino near the lop of the carpot if tbeal carpet capeakra faatehs on all the dpi r in the kitchen the room will be far mi re comfortable and pleaaaot the carpet ihoold alwayabe tacked oft the in aide of the door that it may not interfere with tl 9 opening and i oloaihg of the door pkuiiotei v0cv6 kiesijg ii not tha only uxing that gpea by favor tbe other day a chorohjljvjng ih englanl worth aeren thoaaandollara ft- year aa giveb tow young mija oi nine onthe acanding in the nuniatry and quite unknot n at atpreacber kq wonder tture ia a crv for ohnrch ruformia that obijatiry it choriitev heaimful 1nscr1pti0v a heantiful devicciaharviurhuv wto hating batjhjaijia