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THE VOLUNTEER. He leapt to arms unbidden, ' Unneeded, overbold; His face by earth is hidden, His heart in earth is cold. * Curse on the reckless daring That could not wait the call The proud fantastic bearing That would be first to fall! O tears of human passion. Blur not the image true; v This was no folly's fashion. . This was the man ? <> knew. r*T. ?Henrv Newbolt. -I i Harold's Scheme, S nj By ELLA M. HESS. m v^sasasH5H5asasH5Hsa5H5aij> It was the most picturesque cottage that fancy could depict; a cottage with pointed gables, and deep f bay windows, and broad verandas? anr?Vi oc tiroaHliv Voii' Vnrlrorc Hxvoll ill for the few summer weeks when Fifth avenue is a wilderness and the other fashionable resorts in that locality are deserted. Mrs. Julian Raymond, in a ravishing toilet of violet silk and old point lace, sat out on the veranda, pouring "over a novel. Mr. Harold Coverdale, i her brother, yawned, threw his weed ,, over the rail of the porcn and contemplated the tips of his well shod feet. "It's a deuce of a bore, this summer cottage business," he said, at last. "How can you be so ungrateful, Harold," she remonstrated, '"when we've taken the cottage and moved ^ .out here solely for your advantage?" "Come," said Mr. Coverdale, laughing, "that's expecting a fellow to heft:/ "lieve a little too much." r "Well, what else was it for?" "To be near Long Branch and the fashionable world, to be sure." "Exactly: and in order that you may make a desirable match, Harold ?for really you must do something for yourself now. Mr. Raymond declares he won't lend you another copftsftper." "But you'll let me have fifty or so, Alice?there's a darling!" 5: ... "I can't, Harold," persisted the sister, with an elevation of her eyerV ' brows. "I haven't a cent to spare; Mr. jFLaymond keeps me so dreadfully l&.ehort." t "That's all you have gained by mary-' tying money," sneered Harold, "and Eg yet you expect me to do the same." "A man is different you know," fv said the millionaire's wife. "If once you marry an heiress you can do what you please with your money." *Do you refer to Mrs. Colby?" jfr-:'' "I refer to Mrs. Colby." Mr, Coverdale made a slight grimace. [?"*.- "I hear she is an ugly old crow," 6aid he, with a motion of the mouth K. as if he had been taking some disagreeable medicine. "Then you're very much mistaken," said Mrs. Raymond, with something like animation. "She's not twentyf five yet, and quite handsome, and she ? owns all the Colby estates in her own Tight; and if you don't marry her, after all the pains I've taken to invite her here, you'll be the most ungrateful fellow I ever heard of." "But suppose she won't marry me?" "There is no danger of that," said fci&Mrs. Raymond, smiling and shrugging her pretty shoulders as she looked up at her tall, handsome "t .{. brother, who stood leaning his perfect head against the pillar of the porch. "Not if you play your cards well, Harold." Mr. Cloverdale laughed and made a mock obeisance. "Much obliged to you. ma'am. And when, may I ask, do you expect this money-bagged widow to condescend to come to a Long Brauch cottage?" "The day after to-morrow." "Rv train nr honf'-' "By boat. You'll have to go down to the landing to meet her?and that reminds me, Harold." "Of something disagreeable, I am sure!" 'Well, no, it needn't be; only I want you to go down to the East End this afternoon, and bring up the new housekeeper that I advertised for. The intelligence office people telegraphed that she would be up this afternoon, and I declare I had nearly forgotten it." "Thank you. I don't particularly care about driving up the Shore Drive -with a fat, red-cheeked damsel at my side and two or three bandboxes behind." "What nonsense. Harold! She is no common servant. She is a very respectable woman who has seen better days." 'Tt is a wonderful and unaccountable fact that they all have," sighed Mr. Coverdale. "However, I am at your service. Alice?what must be. must be?and I'll borrow Hal's wagonette for the occasion. One can stow away the everlasting bandboxes to the best advantage in that, you know. I'll go down now and stop at the hotel and play a game of billiards with the boys before the train will be in." "Dear, dear!" murmured Mrs. Raymond to herself, as her eyes followed the stately, well-built figure down the winding path that led to the Shore Drive. "How I do wish he was establishrd in life! He's always borrowing money and getting into debt, and if Mr. Raymond should ever hear of that forged check on the bank " But there was no pitying pang in her heart for her beautiful young schoolmate, whose life she was will ing to sacrifice on tne aitar or ner brother's selfish and unprincipled greed? Not one. Mrs. Julian Raymond was merely a fashionable woman, and fashion has no soul. And while Mrs. Raymond glanced over the pages of her French novel, and Mr. Coverdale lost more money than he could well afford in the billiard room of the hotel, the boat was steadily gaining the dock; and Mrs. Colby, in her neat, plain traveling dress, and the barege veil she wore to protect her eyes from the glaring sun, looked out at the grand outline of the beautiful bluffs and fast approaching shore, and smiled to think how completely she should take Alice Coverdale Raymond by surprise. "She don't expect me until Wednesday," said Mrs. Colby to herself "What fun it will be!" Her dark eyes sparkled mischievously beneath her veil at the idea. "I wonder." she thought, uncon? 1-- :-~ 4UA lm* Sl'lUUMJ lUUUUllli^ 1UC Ulicau \i l L.1^1 own musings, "if Alice's brother is really so perfect and chivalrous? There are few of that type left in the world, and if I should meet my ide?J out hare among the waves, it would be a life romance." "Boat in already? You don't say so! She made good time," cried Mr. Coverdale, running down the steps of the hotel, wiping^the cigar ashes from his heavy mustache at the same moment. "Come on, Hal!" The passengers were piling into I the great four-horse stages which awaited the boat; but Mr. Coverdale settled all perplexities by calling out: "Any one here for the Locust Cottage?Mrs. Julian Raymond's." Mrs. Colby glanced up in surprise. Could it be possible that Alice had fathomed her little scheme? "Yes," hesitated she, "I am." "Come on. then, and don't stand staring all day!" said Mr. Coverdale, with the scant allowance of courtesy he deemed sufficient for a working woman. She stepped in the conveyance unaided. "All right?" he impatiently shouted, pulling the reins. "Now. Hal. you needn't throw away your cigar," as his companion glanced doubtfully at the veiled passenger. "She don't mind a little smoke, do you, Mrs. What d')*e call yourself?" Mrs. Colby sat in a maze. Was she dreaming, or had this strange charioteer gone mad? "Oh, you needn't be surprised," said Mr. Coverdale, checking a hiccough. "I'm Mrs. Julian Raymond's brother. She send me to meet you." "I am much obliged, I am sure," faltered Mrs. Colby; "but " "And I hope you'll do your best to keep your situation," went on Mr. Coverdale; "for ray sister has had a deuce of a time with these intelligent people." A comprehensive flash came into Mrs. Colby's eyes. Mrs. Julian Raymond's brother evidently mistook her for a servant, coming up in search of a place. "But " she began hurriedly. It was no use. Her feeble attempts at explanation were drowned in the rattling of the wagonette wheels as Mr. Coverdale touched up the spirited horses. "Get up, Maud! Whoa, Nigger! Not a bad team of yours, Hal. I'll -buy them of you at your own price when I'm marred to the rich widow." "What rich widow?" asked Hal, j lazily puffing away at his fragrant I weed. Mrs. Colby held her breath. "Don't you know? Haven't you heard? But, honor bright, .now, you're not to cut in and spoil my chances. It's one of Alice's old school friends?Coalbin, or Coldslaw, or some such name?as rich as an Astor, who's coming up from New Haven day after to-morrow. Congratulate me." "What! Already?" "It's as good as done. What's the old proverb? 'I came, I saw, I conquered!' Oh, there's not much doubt in the case, I flatter myself!" "Perhaps you won't fancy her." "She is not of much consequence, one way or the other; it's her money I mean to make love to?Ha! ha! ha!" Then the conversation drifted off upon the subject of the races. Mrs. Julian Raymond was on the piazza, when they drove up to the j door, in one of her ravishing toilets. "Hello, Al!" cried out her brother, checking the horses with a sudden jerk. "Here's your housekeeper." "Why, she's been here these two hours!" said Mrs. Raymond, opening wide her wondrous eyes. "She came by way of the train. Who on earth have you got there?" "Only me," said Mrs. Colby, springing out of the wagonette and throwing back her veil, while a mischievous smile played around her pretty lips. "Kiss me, Alice. I hope you are agreeably surprised." ATrc Jnlinn Raymond snrane for ward to embrace her schoolmate. "Dearest Viola, I am so pleased! And you. naughty Harold," shaking her chubby fist at her brother, "are you in the plot, too?" No; Mr. Coverdale was certainly not in the plot, as his dropped under jaw, staring eyes and sheepish countenance plainly denoted as he bolted out of the room, unable longer to endure the sarcastic glitter of Mrs. Colby's eyes. "Hal," cried he to liis friend, "hold on! Take me down to the hotel with you!" "What for?" "I've done it?I've ruined myself!" ' Are you crazy?" demanded Hal. 'No; but oue would think I was! That?that woman " "Well?" "She wasn't a servant at all; she was the rich widow?Mrs. Colby herself!" Hal whistled and looked shocked. "Yes," said he, "you have done it! There can be 110 doubt ou that subject. Come with me." So the two men drove away. Mrs. Colby stayed a couple of weeks at the cottage with her old schoolmate. Mr. Coverdale never showed himself in all this time, and the rich widow knew that she had escaped the snare of a fortune hunter. 1 ?Waverley. It is L nreasonanie to nunK ??o. Sometimes persons who advertise in a newspaper, denounce advertising because they cannot see immediate results. But in many cases he who expects to get a benefit from his advertising the next day after it appears is as unreasonable as the fanner would be who would look for a crcv of wheat a few days after it had been sown. A discovery of large deposits of tin ore is reported as having been made recently in the Brooks Mountains in Alaska. The details of the strike are not given. JS^jn IlPi i11 ifn^ Not a Woman Drunk. In the whole of her American tour, ! said Mrs. Philip Snowden, in an ad: dress at the King's Weigh House i Church, Duke street, London, she never saw a drunken woman or a | woman in a drinking saloon. Boston Shocked at Countess. A very charming, pretty young woman, who registered at the Hotel Lenox, Boston. Mass., as the Countess de Swirzsky, St. Petersburg, created a sensation in the cafe of that exclusive house when, after dining, she ! coolly lighted a cigarette and puffed ! away with evident pleasure and unconcern. Lorgnettes were leveled in her direction and a murmur ran over the room which attracted the atten j tion of the manager. He requested the countess to throw away her smoke and for his pains received a rapid fire of Russian invectives. The countess then addressed the diners in general with mingled English and Russian. Fire Heroines at 'Phones. When fire destroyed the big Ohio building, at Gary, Ind., involving a loss of $50,000, two telephone operators, Harriet Stevens and Charlotte Chesnes, became heroines, by staying at their posts near by until they were i driven away by suffocation and heat, fhe two girls were alone in the | cL 1 Welsh Rarebit.?Whi o o j the chafing dish, it can 1 Si a. j oary saucepan or a doub j 2 j butter. Stir into it a t< I 13 8/9 { they are thoroughly blen ? =j < ful of .thin cream. Cook j" "S *" ) in; then add half a pou -2 ( cut in small pieces. Sea ! ~ j Serve as soon as the ch? ^ ? ? bread, or crisp small crai i building and their presence was necI sssary to summon help, and during j the hours of fire-fighting they stayed, ! until at last relieved by Manager L. j H. Myers, who assisted them to fresh j air and took their places himself, alI though the smoke was so dense he could not see the plug lights in his I switchboard. The young women sufj tered seriously from the fumes. Happy Homes. Homes would be happier IF Married people were as agreeable as : in the days of their courting. IF I Each tried to be a real support and I comfort to the other. IF Household expenses were under and not over the sum given for them. IF I Married people remembered they j were married for worse as well as ! better. IF People were as polite to each other i in private as they are in public; and IF Husbands and wives did not make the fatal mistake of drifting into humdrum machines.?Home Notes. Clothing Terms. The English word "frock," denoting a kind of coat for men, was borrowed from us by the Germans in the form of "frack," and afterward became French "frac." But whereas in English it means a frock coat, on the continent it means a dress coat, j which is quite another thing. In the "N. E. D.," where quotations are i given for all senses, there is no trace I of its meaning a dress coat in Eng| lish. This application of the term j must therefore have been "made in ; Germany," whence it penetrated to : all the continental languages, includ j ing Lithuanian "frakas" and Finnish "prakkl," the Finns having no "f." ! The term is well known in the Slavonic dialects, always in the sense "dress coat," and the Russians have | even coined the admirable word "fratchnik" to describe an habitual j wearer of evening dress?a "toff," in fact. While they use "frac" for a dress coat, the French designate a frock coat by another English loan word, "redingote," which was originally "riding coat." In Spanish "frac" is dress coat, and frock coat is "leviata," i. e.. levitical coat. The Young Turks greatly affect the frock, and I have heard it called by them "stambolina," I. e.. Constantinopolitan coat. I "Frock" is not the only clothing ! term misused by foreigners. "Smoking" (i. e., smoking jacket) is used ; ?n French, German, Russian and l other tongues to signify a dinner | jacket, which in New York is called i a "tuxedo," from the village of that, j name. "Buckskin." which in English has a very limited currency, seems extremely popular in what some one has called "the gross gargles of Prussia and Holland." which J use it indiscriminately for any i breeches material or for the garment | itself.?Notes and Queries. !)oes Love Come? 1 In matters of love it is strikingly I noticeable how reckless and extrava| gant Cupid i.s in some eases, and how slightingly he treats other deserving women. All of us know three or four women ot' different ages whose lives are made supremely happy by I the power of a great love. The mystic art that strengthens the weak and tramples on the strong has a wonderful effect of presenting smiling vie woman's! 1 realm V _"?S - J ? ?V I tims to our view. We rejoice with .these happy women. We are glad to be allowed to walk with them in the radiance of their joy. About these women there is no doubt that love has come and intends .to stay. But in our circle of friends there is, perhaps, a lovable woman who walks on in single blessedness. She has executive ability in affairs of the household, and we picture her as a successful manager o::' a home, but for some reason she never has her own fireside. We think of this friend as a true and loving wife, but she does not marry. The divino spark never seems to strike her. We bemoan the loss to our little world, and some of us protest against the barriers which wall in. her heart, but there she is, smiling?and immune. Love does not come to her. We cannot explain why her heart is not touched; we wonder at the silence when one or two adorers offer their hearts, which are promptly refused. With a potentiality for loving she lives through her years and then passes out of our knowledge. What is the reason? Can it be that there really exists somewhere in this world a man "who can awaken the soul of the loveless one? Is it possible that in her youth she formed ideah beyond the power of man to approximate, and the first murmur of the grand passion is drowned by the loud demands of these high ideals? Or ile this is a favorite preparation for je prepared just as well in an ordile boi!:er. Melt one tablespoonful of jaspoonful of cornstarch, and when* . ded stir in slowly one-half of a cup: two minutes after the cream is all nd of mild cheese, which has been son with salt, paprika and mustard. >ese is melted, on rounds of toasted ckers?Emilie Fox. perhaps, when the sorjl mate is quite near, her time and heart are occupied in a career or an art, and she is deal to all calls but that ol! her particular muse. At any rate, love passes by. We who know the little god pity her for the great gap which, poets sing, can never be filled by other interests. W6 who are one of the untouched ones realize that something is lacking, and, after years of watching for the one, shrug our shoulders, accept our lot. and try to fill our thoughts with work. No; love doesn't come to every woman. It is one of the unexplained things of this life, but it is true. There is this saving thought, though: If the great joys of love are not for some of us, the sorrows are also lack ing. And perhaps there is compensation in the knowledge that a life-worto is less personal and quite as gratifying wh>?n a woman's efforts are not confined to her own joys. After all, it would be difficult voluntarily to decide our own fates, wouldn't it??New York Press Pompadour silk makes c. charming tea gown. Russian blouse coats increase in popularity. Pleating is seen in mmy of the new skirts. The pin-striped serge? arc particularly smart. Handbags of black velvet are wonderfully smart. Jewelry is now made especially foi daylight wear. Plain princess dresses in velvet are very popular. Many of the new leghorns are faced i?i uitictv vcivcu Great knots of black or white lact trim large hats. Wide leather belts will be worn with linen dresses. Some deep cuffs on handsome waists have been seen. The kid and suede gloves show a wide variety in colors. Everything that is offered in Irisb lace is now popular. Linen serges and linen diagonals will be worn this season. Linens for the coming season arf soft, heavy and pliable. Ribbons in silver and gold, alsc in copper, are at hand. Heavy Russian lace of linen is tc be much used for trimming. Scarfs are as popular as ever, and their kinds are numberless. Chiffon is used most lavishly foi afternoon and evening blouses. Sleeves with puffs at the elbow below the elbow, and others with uc puffs at all, will be used. Ruffles down the left side of other wise tailored blouses?a dainty aua feminine touch?are seen. Hatpins with gigantic jewelec heads and advertised as the "latest idea from Paris." are all the rage, j The eol.tonl>all fringe, sometimes I ??l., v.nnttn,! ft, Kr,i,,,r rv.llf.tl I t'lUUUi it ICI,? Rlium u, AO wviug used as a finish to covers, as well as to bed spreads and for window drapery. Checked opaline taffetas, which reflect the colors of a shattered rainbow, aro liked lor afternoon wear veiled discreetly with neutral-tinted mousseline. wmtmamwmmmmmmwi - .. -;wv- - ' 7 v.;<-' ?vvr> EUROPE IGNORES AMERICA'S STRUGGLE. Defined by Ferrero as the Protest of Morality Against Greeds. Modern Methods. 1-1 i.; i v. : _ n fVi/N Vt. V-'Onimuing iiis xtLici i iu mc * *- i garo, Signor Ferrero, the Italian historian, undertakes to explain the moral upheaval in America of the last few years against some "methods of high finance." He says that Europe, to comprehend America and the crises preparing there, should not confound the anti-plutocratic movement with European socialism. After reviewing the immense sensation caused by the crusade of individual writers and official inquiries and prosecutions into matters of industry and finance, which, he says, have made Europe believe that America was a seething caldron of moral corruption, Signor Ferrero gives it as his opinion that the anti-plutocratic movement was fostered by the jealousies of the middle classes against the rich, and that it borrowed many catch words from socialism. Its fundamental idea, however, was to prove that America, so often accused of materialism, was still strongly inspired by puritanical tradition and democratic instincts. "It is the protest of elementary morality," he says, "that is imbedded in every soul not blinded by passions nor perverted by vice, against the artificial and sophisticated methods of the higher civilization. History affords nothing more tragic than this battle between elementary and eternal morality and the passions and interests of a complex civilization. Eu rope does not appreciate the grandeur of this struggle, because its living is obtained by artificial compromises."' Who Pays Advertising Cost? 'A merchant whom we will call Marks, because that is not his name, does no advertising. He pays a monthly rent of $50, and $125 per month in salaries to two salesmen, about $25 per month for lights, and about $100 for other expenses?a total of about $300 a month. On avj erage days he seels one hundred arti| cles at an average gross profit of fifteen cents. In twenty-six days his gross profit is about $390, and after deducting his $300 expenses he has $90 to cover his interest and his own time. In the same town on another street, but no better located, is another merchant whose name we will call Jones. I He employs one more clerk and his expenses, otherwise approximately the same as Marks', are $350 per month; but he spends $25 a month I for advertising?or a total of $375 a I month.- At the end of the month j Jones finds that he has sold 200 articles a day at a profit of $30, or $780 | for the month. Deduct his expenses j and he has $530 for his own services and to cover the interest on his investment, as against Marks' $90. Did Jones or his customers have to pay that $25 for advertising? Certainly neither of them did Then who? The clerks stood part of it because they sold twice as many goods as Marks' salesmen did. The landlord stood part of it because he received no more rent. The electric light man and the coal man stood a part, for they got no more out of it because more goods were sold. Advertising is not an expense. It is an economy, like insurance, or heat > or rent. This Is true of any line of mer- j chandising, or any business with fixed j expenses. The only man who gets j the worst of the deal is Marks, who j i doesn't believe in advertising, for he has to help pay Jones' advertising ; bills in lost trade. An Unsafe Bird. "How did the new parrot turn j out?" "Oh, he's a fine talker, but I'm 1 afraid I can'.t keep him." "Why not?" "He used to live in a medical col- | lege and the students taught him a j whole lot of professional terms. I j was so mortified the other night. That , I rich Miss Morris was calling on us ! ! and somebody asked her to sing. You [ i know what a voice she has. Well, I ! she sang a long French ballad for us, i and the instant she finished .the last verse that dreadful bird screeched 'Chloroform her!'"?Cleveland PlaiD Dealer. Watch Her Grow. Daniel O'Connell Lively, oi Portland, Ore., who is somewhat of a . booster himself, tells a story of two Seattle boosters who met in Port| land. ' Hello, Bill." "Hello, Jim." "When'd you come down from I Seattle?" "I left yesterday morning." "I came down last night, and. say, | i "Rill?" "What?" i "Jee-rusalem! You ought to see j hor now!"?Philadelphia Saturday ! Evening Post. As in Laundries. 'A California woman, in training a j new Chinese servant to wait on the ! door, had her daughter ring the hall ' and present her card. Next after- ! noon a friend called and handed her i card to the Celestial, who pulled out : of his sleeve the card the daughter I of the house had presented the after- J noou before aud carefully compared the two. "Tickee no matchee," he ! exclaimed, handing back the visitor's j card, "iso can come m. ?success ; Magazine. _____ The Whole Cheese. A Scotsman \va:; hired Tiv a 1 Cheshire farmer. At breakfast one of the famous cheeses of the county | was sot before him. His master left i the Scot at table, and later, wheu lie appeared for work, said 10 him: "Sandy, you take a long time over I breakfast." moctnr " ranlinrl thp ?r>nf I "a cheese o" that size is nae so soon eaten as ye may think."?Tit-Bits. On an average a man requires 1600 pounds of food per aunum; a woman ' 1200 pounds, and a child 900 pounds. \ y* w,v. --.T- * ??? - - rs^ In Beneal. wherever wells have been disinfected with permanganate of potash excellent results have followed, but outside the towns it has been difficult to carry out this procedure owing to the prejudices of the people. In rural areas cholera must inevitably recur in epidemic form, until the people understand that impure water is the real source of the disease. Recently at a meeting of the New Fork Academy of Sciences Charles H. Townsend described his studies in the Strait of Magellan. Among other things, he spoke of .the native tribes inhabiting that region, and expressed ihe opinion that those dwelling among the more westerly channels of the strait are probably the lowest of existing primitive races. They go almost naked and live mainly on shellfish. To .the question, "How old are the Niagara Falls?" geologists have returned replies varying by tens of thousands of years. At first it was estimated that the Niagara River came into existence through changes in the level of the land around the Great Lakes, about 55,000 years ago. Later this was reduced to only 12,000 years. Lyell increased the estimate again to 35,000 years, and still later other scientists lowered it to about 9000 years. At one period, I many thousands of years ago, the ! height of the falls was 420 feet.? Harper's Weekly. A new mounting for metallic fila- t ment in lamps has been devised in Germany. The mounting provides for the shrinkage of the filament, which is not always uniform, and for this reason each filament is supported at j its lower end on a small spring which ! is covered with a paste of finely pow- [ dered tungsten so as to prevent it [ from being consumed by the heat of j the incandescent filaments.?Scieu- . tiflc American. I The chief purpose of the sound- ' proof room at the University of Upsa- j la is the insuring of perfect freedom ; from sounds from outside. By build- j ing it on platforms of thick lead and j cement, and by constructing its walls j of many thicknesses of felt, cork, as- ! bestos and other bad conductors of sound vibrations, the principal object was attained. The room is so quiet that the beating of one's heart or the i creaking of one's muscles is at once | heard on taking up a position within its closed doors and windows, and the only defect of it as a laboratory for acoustic experiments is that ventilation is absent, and no one can remain in it for more than an hour at a time. ?Scientific American. , BLACKFEET GO TO WORK. j Helping Uncle Sam With One of His j Po/>lamQ+inn PunlPrfc Uncle Sam found' the Indian such a good workman in the year 1909 that he has formed an entirely new opinion of that erstwhile troublesome person. Of course there are still many red men on reservations living the bounty of this Government and showing no disposition to get out and earn a living, but their number is becoming smaller every year. Last year the Blackfeet tribe put 1 their shoulders to the wheel and made the reclamation service's Blackfeet project in Montana a big success. Other kinds of labor, says the Van Norden Magazine, simply could not be had. So the red man was the sole reliance of Director Newell. ' ?- - r> xi a 1 B as in xne case 01 me Apacues 01 Arizona, the Blackfeet proved to be men of their word. They wanted to know just how many hours they were to work and the character of work they were to do. Then they went at ! it with a will and never did they shirk or make excuses. Once tho time for quitting came, however, they knocked off with all the eagerness and promptness of union men. They displayed remarkable intelligence and eagerness to learn. Moreover, they gave evidence of a desire to take up the ways of the | civilized to live in houses and observe ! the laws of health. The Woman and the Dog. A crnwH o-athpred at Tenth and Barton streets to watch a handsome fox terrier that was running about, nose in the air. White froth was running from the dog's mouth. "He's mad!" yelled a fat man. The fox terrier stood in the centre of the group with wide open eyes, either too mad or too frightened to move. At this juncture, the policeman arrived. A dozen voices began to tell him that the dog was mad; that it ! must be killed: that it had been snapping at the children; that it began to froth when it passed a pool of water, and how best to shoot. A tall, quiet-looking woman pushed through the crowd and started toward the dog. A. dozen men yelled at her, two or three men grabbed at her. She picked up the do?; and started J out of the crowd. Tho policeman | stopped her with: "Madam, that dog is mad. He must be shot. Look at the foam coming out of his mouth." 'Foam." she said contemptuously, j "That's a cream puff he was eating." ?St. Louis Dispatch. The Word Chanticleer. Doar Anne Ritteniiouse?Will you ! give me. through the paper, the pro- ! nunciation ot' the word "chanticleer"? j P. C. H. 1 It is a good English word, pronounced in three syllables, beginning as yon would with the word chant in church music. The last syllable lias the long sound of the double e. The French word is spelled with only one e.?Philadelphia Ledger. Boats of 2000 to 3000 tonnage now ?dy between Japan and Formosa oa tegular three and five-day, schedules. - ; y ^ - " ?C:^ *'Y ' \ 1 . ; ' 1 M ftWES U II HER LIFE TO Lydia E.Pinkham's i Vegetable Compound ' Chicago, HL?"I was troubled with falling and inflammation, and the doch" ^ ;' jk-TW 11013 831(1 * could not get well unless I "a<* aI\ operation. knew I could not r^^pa^| stand the strain of ^J^one, so I wrote to /*5? ^ flP you sometime ago Wt $p about my health ' < ?. 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Her advice is free, and always helpful. Moscow has the lowest priced daily publication. It costs a farthing. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Brorno Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it falls to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25c. Why There Are No Fresh Eggs. We are aware that when fresh eggs come rushing from the farms in enormous quantities they are promptly shot into cold storage just as they' come, while the stale eggs, already in storage, are put out to the customers. The fresh eggs are whisked out of sight, so as not to "break the market." There is an abundant natiif>nl 9r\r* onn OAn Knf V\D uiai ouppij iui me ocujuu, isuv wvcause it is withdrawn from the consumers the artificial shortage is maintained, with relatively high prices? and for stale eggs in the fresh egg season.?New York Press. At Lisbon Byron performed ? more perilous, though less cerebrated feat than swimming the Hellespont. 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