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| LJ UELI ic AN IMMUNE, The stamp tax does not hother me Nor mar my life's tranquillity; till—attll In gentle peace I live; Thave no checks, dear friends, to give. With no expressmen I contend, Having no packages to send; Never a stamp law shall 1 bee Having no mot 4 to make, Sou From warring wol SUL thankfal that [am so poort —Atlanta Constitution, GAIL BORDEN EAGLE BRAND CONDENSED MILK. In 1856 Gall Borden introduced condensed milk, and from ormons Industry has resulted. ‘The nis of cows ts required to supply the No other equals tt. x secure— small beginning an e1 prealuct of tens of tho demand for this superior infant food, Mr. Grevi years of age t siding medi astounding. Gi e Was perstiaded when he was over sixty attend a‘spiritualistic sance. Foster, the was In great form, aud the revelations ville sat silent, and bis aged, wizened face was as emotiontess as a mast Jdeuly the medium grew excited and suid to the old gentleman: pale fort ts bending over you. Oh, the extruor- {ts her hands to bless you. e sige in. “It is your mother.” Ah, poor thing ! sald Greville, “Tam She says all is well with hi again and sald, * Lam delighted.” are old, and sou ville sighe She says she will xee you soon. Y must meet Then G going to ta Tate ry true, I'm “That's tea with London Graphic, © of these volunteers are rather fresh when It comes to military etiquette. pling of a young Lieutenant down in Tampa, who was sitting by the f Genera! Wade's headquarters, talking fo some oftcers of the regular army, when € eral Wade and bb ait ent 1, The regu- lar officers arose and saluted the yut the volunteer Lieutenant sat still. “That ts General Wad nmander-in-Chlet,” regulars, “Why don't you salute bim?" Ob, U've only been here a ys,"" replied the volun- and have pot h Introduced."—foston Herald, jor sald one oft ter, she sald, * we conld—" Possibly we could,” he sald, “but the chances are we wouldn't. If you were a man I wouldn't be here. I'd be saying nice things to somebody who wasn’t a man, Sometimes tt 1s worth while to think of such facts as thes “Te Lwere only a mai hiengo Post. A PROMINENT German actor had fulfilled half his “star. ring” engagement In the capttal of a grand duchy, and as get no recognition of his talents had been forthcoming tn the shape of a decoration, Disgusted, the player announced bis ention of departing the following morning. Early on that day the (heatre-intendant acquainted his grand with what had happened, The ‘ermation took plac garden of the Schloss, situated on the road to the station, and suddenly an open carrtage with the actor In It hove tn Aight. “fe quick!" sald the prince; get me that box on my writing-table. If go be must, we'll at any rate try to satisfy bis ambition.” The /ufendant ran, and returned just as the vehte gates, “One moment, Herr B—,” shonted the prine The act passed th In another m however, his at the gates, are two crosses, your Highness,” he exclaimed. mind,” replied the prince; “give the other to the coach- man."—/Hustrated London News. Prince of Wales's Favorite Wine, de LOSSY-HOLDEN CHAMPAGNE. OPPORTUNITIES. The late mythical Mr. Micawber, of pleasant memory, was described by the lamented Dickens as being of that cheerful and hopeful, but utterly unpractical disposition, which contents itself in a complacent willingness to wait for something to turn up. And that easy-going, easy-spoken creed Good-hearted men ing the actual question year after has many followers to-day. they may be. Dod year, they wait for that improbable something to all but post. This is the sort of man who refuses to see that turn up, and awake at last to tind lif “opportunity ” is generally only another name for determined and consistent effort. No one of them would admit that more men have neglected oppor- tunity than have lacked it. say: ‘‘ What if a man is possessed of steady will and patience and common sense ” (qualities as They come to us and good as a fortune to their possessor), ‘they all count for nothing. Something must turn up!” Take our word for it, nothing ever ‘‘ turns up.” What a world it would be! Things then would ‘turn down,” doubtless, with equal facility. All true manhood, all striving and energy, and freewill itself—all would be eliminated from the life equa- tion, and leave A = success, B = failure, with nothing to lift us from the deadly level of mere machines. Nothing, we repeat, ever ‘‘turnsup.” It must be turned up, and you must do the turning. The late Colonel North, the English ‘ once remarked: ‘* Luck? There’s no such alled lucky when he merely itrate King, thing. A possesses the faculty of seizing his opportunities. And here is this same important truth, that every man is, after all, the architect of his own fortunes. man is A moment's thought convinces that all good or ill success depends almost wholly upon one’s own self. 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