How He Helped The Church

A well known Hartford gentleman was unable to attend the nalo of tlic pews of his ohurch thc other day, and he requested a friend to liid in for liiin a pew for wbich ho had for many years paid fifty dollars. Later lie met another friend, aud ncideutally inentioning that he would not he able to attend the auction, asked this friend also to seo to it that he liad his oíd pew as bentofore. The auutinn took place and the pew was put iip. "Fifty dollars," aid friend number one. "Fiftyone," said number two. "Fifty-three," "üfty-four," and so on till tliere had been thiriy eiglit bids, when onc fiiend, thinking he had gone as f'ar as discretion pertuitted, stopiied and the other took it triuuiphantly at eighty eijfht dollars. "Put itdown for Dr. ," he said, aud the astoniHhment of the other kriew no bounds. They had bidden aainst each other, both in behalf of tho saine gentleman, who had forgotten to tell nuiuber two that he liad also spoken to number oue, The chureh is so much better off. The .street car driTer h the only man who stands squarcly on hisown platform. ïlio difference between one man and nnothor is not so much in talent as iu ability to get credit at a clnt liin store. Mistrest) " Bridget, didu't you hear me cali?" Bridget: " Yis mum; but you towld nio the ither day neverto answer ye baolc - and I didn't. There i not a Turkish (aniily, rich, or even in easy cireumstanoes, which has not a ei'rt.iin iiumlicr of wonmn nnd chiidren in bond.igo. Tliero aro black slaves arul white, In Paris, titohen utctuils u-cd by all liotels, ret:iurants, uonfcCtrooerK, eic;. , are periodieally inraaotad by pullii! rs, with a view of savin the public from poisoo. The meancst girl in thn universo live in riiiladelphia. " l'a," lie.said, " Mowish you would IiïihJ me your lovely red nose to paint my cheeks with."