Bishop Willard Francis Mallnlieu o:
the Methodist church is opposed to th*
diminutive salaries that congregation!
able to do better sometimes pay t<
their pastors.
"1 ouce knew an excellent youni
man," said Bishop Mallnlieu one dai
in Boston. "He was in the church
Just married, small salnry. but content
ed and happy.
"Some twelve or fifteen years wen
by. 1 had lost sight of this young min
ister?forgotten him, as we will d
sometimes?when suddenly I met bin
In Tremont streec, dressed well, bu
not at all clerically.
"We shook hands. He said he wa
doing excellently.
" 'What church f said I
" 'Oh,' said he, 'no church; the wholt
sale hat business.'
"'But why did you leave tb
church?' I asked.
" 'For seven reasons," said he.
"'And what,' said I, 'were they?
" 'A wife,' he answered 'and si
children.'"
Bird Photography.
In the new method of the study an
photography of birds instead of a
tempting to go to tbe bird the bird i
brought directly before the observe:
nest, young, branch and all. Tbe nes
whatever its original position, is move
with ita supports to a favorable plac
for study. A green tent is then pitche
beside it, and under this perfect scree
the observer can watch by the hou
and accurately record tlie shifting pm
oramlc scenes of nest life. One migl
suppose that birds would desert the!
homes under such conditions and thr
promptly end the matter, but iustea
they forget the old site, adopt the ne1
one and defend it with all their cu
ternary vigor and persistence.?Centur,
Optlmiata.
The people who are most skillful i
seeing the silver lining to the cloud a
usually the umbrellaless ones th
blocknde your doorway while waltll
for the rain to stop. -Judge.
