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They vowed eterna] coustancy- The youth and malden shy- Throusch time nud through eternity Tböir loye should never die, Bnt fate in lifrj's uncertaiu whirl Played havoc with their planHe tí married to another girl, She to another man. Thfe is the other black end of that taterpillar. The lsrtest Wrinkle ! It will buret upon your astouished visión tlay-after-to-inorrow. The regular meeting of the Lia dies' Home Slissionary Society oL the M. E. ehurch will be held Friday p. m., at 3 o'clock with Mrs. P. L,. Bodner, 01 S. Main st. W. J. Booth, of this city, is to deliver a lecture before the Presbyterian society of Ypsilanti on what he saw im "Groing up the Nile," on next "Wednesday evening. Next Bunday, at 110011, at St. Andrew's church, Rev. Henry Tatlock is to commence the annual confirmation lectures, the same to be repeated Monday eveniaigs, in the chapel. The Washtenaw connty doctors held a conveiition last week ; and Avhile they talked of squills and antibilioois pills, several patients, it is rumored, took adva-ntage of their absence and got Adrián Press. The English language contains 250,000 wn3s, and yet we have seen EngIteh speakiaig people who at times could not even then find a sufficient ijuantlty of words to expresa their ïeeliïigs. Chief Sipley is lengthening out the hydrants tliat were made too low by building out laivn extensions in the various parte of the city. There are about twenty of them and tvo a ay are being changed. The pupirs recital of the School if Music last Saturday afternoon, liotli in ínstrumentail and vocal rendertog broiight out a good sized audience wlio were highly pleased with the marked improvement of the pupils. Prof. Stanley is always in !:is happiest mood "U'hen lie can present liis íeu(ls with a good programme for their entertainment. Nest Sunday mornimg at St. Andrew'B cburch Bev. Mr. Tatloek will have for liis subject ''Christianity in Business." The Fent on Independent saya: "The Ann Arbor Courier entered a new volume with the new year. The Courier po?ses;es all the qualities that go to make up a model weekly, and no more valued paper comes to our exchange table."' The ICnights Templar have invitattons out for a reception and banquet next Moeday night at the temple. The members of the Commandery give 1 liis reeeption to their friends, each member beiing entitled to two invitatiOins to give out. The Anu Arbor Sporting Club had a supper at Zukey Iake Saturday night at their club house, and the keeper of the cui.-iine took a couple of live oppoKums with Mm to help along the menu. It is perhaps uunecessary to remark that the animáis veré küled before being cooked. Teachers of the county wlll iiotice that the next examinations ave to be held as foilows : A special examination on the second Friday in March. The regular examimattan on the last Thursday and Friday in March, and another special on the last Friday in April. All in the court house at Ann Arbor. Sunday mornlmg at about 7 o'dock the house at No. 30 S. División st., was found to 1ö on iire, and the departmenfs hasty response to the suninions alone saved it. Ashes has been set out on the back stoop in a paper pa il and had kiindled the blaze during the night. Other careless people may have a üke experisnse ii they are not nioi'e cantious. Wilbur F. Davidson. of Port Huron, the gentleman who put m the Thompson-Houston Electric system in Ann Arbor, has just been awarded $43,000 damages by the Illinois Central R. R., by a Chicago jury. He was seriously injured last February while taking a train in Ohieago duringt he Jeriod -Nvlien the tracks were being clevated. and sued for $100,000. Thursday evening a lecture in the series explanatory ol the leading musical instrumente, wlll be given by Prof. Stanley in Frieze Memorial Hall. Prof. Hempl will lecture Saturday p. m., at 2:30 in the same hall, on "Elements of Phonetics," a very important subject for smgers espec-ially. Tliese lectures are free. A large and enthusiastie audience listened to the beautiful recital given by pupils of the school, last Saturday p. m. At the annual meeting of the Congregattonal church society held last "Wednesday evening, mi elegant supper was served by the Ladies' Aid Society, and befare the guests arose from their places they pledged themselves to give $500 with which to pay up all indebtedness of the society. At this meeting -Mr. William Blggs was chosen a trustee to take the place made vacant by the death of Amaria.il F. Hammond.. On Friday evening, at High Seljool Hall, at 7:45, Mrs. Trueblood's adva nced class in elocut&o is to give a recital. A fine programme has been arranged including : A hjeene from the Mere han t of Venlee ; two platform scènes fröm Hamlet, by four young gentlemen ; The Ladies of Athene, by eight young la dies in eostume; and The Mlnuet with musical accompaniaiurnt, by Miss Xellie Mingay. Thlg recital will be one that the public will be delighted to listen to. The Eeed City Clarion has tliis item which will be of interest to many of II r. Merrithew's friends in this city : "H. D. Merrithew has received notlce from the civil service commissiou at Washington that he bas been placed om the register, eligible for clerkship, he having passed the eompetitive examination held in Detroit, Oct. 14th, '03, and is therefore liable to be called lato active service at any time. Mr. Merrithew canie to tkis county from Ann Arbor, in 1880, locating at Marión, hanging out hls sluingle as an attoTney. He was elected prosecuting attorney the sanio f all, and moved to Reed City Jan. 3, 1891, -vhere he has since resided.'' Eberbaeh & Co. had another large Watertown thermometer stolen from in tromt of their store last Friday night. It has been the custom of this iirm to keep a lavge standard out-door thermometer hanging in front of. their store, and it had become the habit of many of our eitizens to watch it regulfirly in severe or untusual weather to find out what degrees of heat or cold it registered. Last spring the one hanging Hiere that had served such purpose for many years was broken by some miscreant. Another was put in its place and that was stolen, and now another has been taken. As these thermometers are expensive the firm do not foei Uke making any more ventures in that line. Any one wlio would steal tliai instrument ought to have liis no-e fpozen. Hereafter, if any are put out they will bo connected wirli the night bell up stairs, and the thief may find something drop on his head.