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THE 15LACK CANYON OF THE I
GUNNISON.
The Lord. He smote a racecourse here, two
hundred fathoms deep.
All lined with frowning crags of black,
piled granite heap on heap,
And then He loosed the waterway and
bade His horses leap.
And so they rush with snow white manes
where sun's rays seldom glance;
Ah, how their foam Hecked heads are
tossed, and how those white manes
dance!
And he who seeks to ride those steeds has
not a feather's chance. ^
The aces come, the ages go, and cities dot
the plain,
And then the cities vanish, as the dust
yields to the rain.
But still the Lord's white horses race between
those black walls twain.
?Arthur Chapman, in the Denver Republican.
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Tbe Wooing of Victoria |
7 : 7
4 By BARBARA CARDS-WILSON. %
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"Lord Scarsleigh is coming this afternoon,"
remarked Mrs. Winstenley
as she arranged herself carefully in
the chair she usually occupied on her
"days." She looked across at her
daughter meaningly.
"Very well, mother."
Victoria spoke quite unconcerned
ly. She was accustomed to Lord
Scarsleigh's visits, and they did not
interest her in the least. Besides,
her mind was extremely busy over
other matters just now.
She went on quietly with her embroidery
without even looking up.
"He remarked this morning that
your color was pretty and natural
looking."
"Very kind of him, I'm sure."
Victoria was still engrossed in her
fancy work. Her own private affairs
were reaching a crisis.
Mrs. Winstanley put up her lorgnettes
and surveyed her daughter
critically.
"He seems to ha^e a curious prejudice
against anything in the way of
what hs calls 'make-up;' I have heard
him talk of other girls. I wish, love,
you would run upstairs and wipe the
powder off your face before he comes.
It might make him suspicious of your
coloring.
Victoria hesitated. She had had to
return from her morning trysting
place in rather a hurry lest she
should be late for luncheon, and was
hot and tired. It was two flights of
stairs up to her bedroom, and her
mother had made her use powder
since she was seventeen, and always
told hor she looked unfinished and
gauche without it. An expression of
mild annoyance crossed her pretty
face.
"Don't you think you had better
take the same precaution?"
"Don't be rude, Victoria."
Victoria's slim figure rose, and a
smile quickly replaced the frown. It
had suddenly occurred to her that
Lord Scarsleigh's frequent visits
might help to expedite her own little
plans.
"Very well, mummie, I'll do my
best to make your environment all
that his lordship would approve of.'*
Lord Scarsleigh had arrived when
she reached the drawing room again.
He was an elderly man, tall, with a
military aspect. He sat down near
Victoria and watched her and played
with his mustache.
Her mother was at the other side
and talked gayly to him across her.
"I suppose you will soon be leav'ng
town now. London is beginning
to get a cheap, second-hand appearance
that is quite unpleasant; isn't
It? xne Dest people are an going.
"I?er?hadn't noticed it."
"Oh, everybody is making their
plans for the autumn now. Next week
sees the last of the opera. I saw dear
Lady Flora this morning; she is just
Dff to Cowes."
Mrs. Winstanley leaned back and
fanned herself pensively. It was
rather fatiguing making all the conversation
this hot afternoon.
Lord Scarsleigh left off fingering
ois mustache for a few seconds.
''Does?er?Miss Winstanley like
yachting?"
"Intensely."
Victoria started slightly. Her
mother must ,surely have forgotten
what a pitiful sailor she was and how
she loathed the water, but she restrained
an exclamation and went on
quietly with her embroidery. She
Hi/1 nnt wish tn cnnil nnv nnp pise's
plans.
"The sea has a great fascination
for us both," Mrs. Winstanley added
serenely. "My dear father was an
admiral. No doubt Victoria and I
inherit it from him."
"I have a yacht."
"How delightful! It has always
been one of the dreams of my life to
possess a yacht. How lucky some
people are."
Mrs. Winstanley sighed softly and
waited expectantly.
His lnrdehin's nprt rpmnrlr wnc nnr
quite what sho hoped for, but it contained
latent possibilities. ^
"I will have it painted."
Tea was brought up and other callers
arrived. Lord Scarsleigh promptly
departed, but graciously signified
his intention of coming again the following
afternoon.
When Mrs. Winstanley told Victoria
they must stay at home again
she was as much annoyed as such an
amiable, well-brought-up girl could
be.
"But surely I need not stay, too?"
"Nonsense! Of course you must."
"But, mother, it's very tiresome. I
promised to go to tea with MaryLester.
Hew long is this going on?
I shall be glad when something is settled."
"So shall I," returned her mother
fervently.
The next afternoon Lord Scarsleigh
sat at one side of Victoria again and
fondled his mustache and watched
her pretty head bending over her embroidery,
and Mrs. Winstanley sat at
the other and talked to him.
She did not sew; she leaned back
and waved a fan gracefully to and
fro and wondered what she could do
to expedite matters.
"Are you going abroad for the winter?"
she asked pleasantly.
???. .
"It depends on circumstances."
' Circumstances" might mean anytning.
Mrs. Winstanley felt quite
hopeful.
"I do not wish to be unduly inquisitive."
she laughed, "but one
likes to hear what one's friends are
doing. I am still very uncertain in
my own mind where Victoria and I
will go."
She paused. It was as well to give
him opportunities for making suggestions
if he wished to.
Apparently he did not.
"Of course, Scotland is very pleasant
next month?I hear your place
is perfectly lovely. I suppose wost
people will move north at first, but
for myself I feel the cold so I shall
soon be in a hurry to get south
again."
Lord Scarsleigh only caressed his
mustache and watched Victoria.
Mrs. Winstanley wished desperately
she could think of some washable
excuse for leaving the room.
"Your daughter is?er?very fond
of needlework?" he remarked while
she ruminated. f
"She's devoted to it."
The opportunity being given for
airing Victoria's womanly virtues.
Mrs. Winstanley did not hesitate to
make the most of it.
Victoria is a most sweet, domesticated
girl altogether," she purred,
"fond of quiet, feminine occupations.
She does not care for rough, outdooi
sports like so many young women of
the present day; a needle and piano,
or book, are her chief delights."
Victoria hardly recognized herselt
from this description, but remained
dutifully silent.
"I like, a lady to be able to sew,"
Lord Scarsleigh remarked, rising.
"Good afternoon."
"How abrupt he is and how slow,"
sighed Mrs. Winstanley aftv- he had
gone.
Victoria, on the contrary', felt extremely
cheerful. It was only 5
o'clock. She flew upstairs, put on hei
hat, whistled for a taxicab, and had
a second tea with Mary Lester and,
incidentally, her brother.
Next morning there was a note
from Lord Scarsleigh asking if they
would give him the pleasure of sharing
his box at the opera.
Mrs. Winstanley was rapturous.
"It will be almost equivalent to a
public announcement."
"Make Adele do your hair very
nicely, mummie, and do be careful
about your complexion," was Victoria's
sage advice.
Mrs. Winstanley was visibly excited
after they- reached home- again
"He has asked if he may call tomorrow
morning; a morning call always
means business." 1
Victoria was very much interested,
too.
"He Is coming between twelve and
one?he must mean to propose."
Mrs. Winstanley's voice positively
trembled with triumph.
"You darling! I'm so giaa. a
coronet and plen,ty of money are really
very desirable possessions."
"Darling girl!"
When Lord Scarsleigh arrived at
12 o'clock she was walking at the
further end of the park with Freddy
Lester. She returned home at luncheon
time.
"What is the meaning of this. Victroia?"
her mother gasped. "Where
have you been?"
"Why, you haven't been anxious,
have you, mummie? I knew you
would like me out of the way this
morning. I met a friend and we had
a lovely time together."
Victoria was getting a little reckless.
"But I thought, my love, that you
quite understood you would be
wanted at home. Lord Scarsleigh
has been waiting nearly two hours
and is in a hurry."
"I really do think you are a very
lucky woman. I'm pleased, mummie,
though I shall hate sharing you with
any one else. Perhaps now you are
both so happy I may as well tell you
of my own happiness. I am engaged
to Freddy Lester, and if you don't
mind, mummie, we think it would be
very nice to have a double wedding."
Five minutes later Lord Scarsleigh
left the house in a violent hurry,
while Mrs. Winstanley pollapsed
nonfino- /-v Y-> +/-? fVio cnfo HTVl O Tq 11 pr
A Long Walk.
He entered a Columbus car at the
City Hall, and, not finding a seat,
grasped a strap near the door. He
was an East Side New Yorker such
as is met with on Houston street 01
Grand street. His shoulders were
broad and set square on a broad '
back. *
A block further along Broadway {
the car stopped to take on another '
passenger. *
"Move forward!" yelled the con- (
ductor.
And he of the East Side obediently
moved forward.
At the next corner there were more |
passengers to board the car, and (
again came the demand: "Move forward!"
,
This command issued so often that j
after a time, by moving forward the ,
space of one strap at a time, the
East Sider found himself at the front j
door of the car. The car was theD ,
at Fourteenth street.
Some one there boarded the car at |
the front door and the conductoi j
walked thither. At that time he
spied the East Sider.
"Say, I didn't collect your fare foi
this ride, did I?" he asked.
"An you aim gom 10: exciaimeo
the man. "D'ye call that a ride?
Why, I walked all the way from the
City Hall to here!"?New York
Times.
The Real Thing.
"What's doing in the way o*
amusements?" asks the newcomer ol
the old inhabitant of Hades. t
"Baseball game every afternoon,' t
answers the old inhabitant. 1 i
"Baseball? You don't mean it! (
That's great! I was a fan from 'wa> j
back on earth. On the square, dc >
you have baseball every day?" j
"Sure thing."
"By ginger! This plaoe suits me
Baseball! Say this can't be Hades,
then."
"Yes, it is. The horn* 'earn nlways *
loses."?Lif*. '
New York City.?The blouse that
Is tucked over the shoulders yet plain
at the front is a favorite one just
now, for it allows most effective use
of embroidery, soutache and trimming
of the sort. This one is designed for
young girls and includes the new
fnrkoH slcRVfls and is altoeether at
tractive. In the illustration it i3
shown made plain in one instance,
with an embroidered front in the
other, and it is equally smart treated
in both ways. It is adapted both to
the odd waist and to the entire dress
ind to any seasonaoie material. The
;ucks provide just becoming fulness
ind if the plain tucked sleeves are not
liked the new ones in bishop style
:an be substituted. Also there is a
:hoice allowed of the stock or Dutch
jollar.
The blouse is made with front and
backs, which are laid in tucks over
:he shoulders. When the stock collar
s used it is joined to the neck edge,
jut if the Dutch collar is desired it
:an be finished separately. Both the
mucked and the bishop sleeves are cut
n one piece each and the bishop
sleeves are gathered into bands.
The quantity of material required
'or the sixteen year size is three and
seven-eighth yards twenty-four, two
ind five-eighth yards thirty-two or
;wo and one-fourth yards forty-four
nches wide.
Braiding.
A smarter way of employing braid
ng nowadays cnaii as a regular trim
ning is to use it as if it were embroid-,
;ry, very fine braid, closely set, formng
applied emplacements, pocket
laps, deep hems to long stoles, elbow
;ufifs and quaintly shaped supple
juckles or simulated clasps.
Dress Trimmings.
Jet and spangled robes used to bo
lufficient in themselves without being
;rimmed or made elaborate in any
vay. Now they must not only be
iombined with lace and satin, but the
)aillettes themselves must be used
vith haud embroidery and pearls or
et.
White and Black.
White serge is one of the suit maerials
that is being smartly lined
vith black satin.
^
iion^
Jabots on Plastrons.
Jabots are usually worn on the
transparent plastrons of tha shawlfashioned
corsages.
Pretty Belts.
Ribbons of various kinds are used
with handsome buckles fpr belts,
though the fashionable ones show the j
printed flowers overstitched with silk !
floss. The idea is good in trimming
asd brings out the flower in an embossed
effect.
ITUHSt'S OlkUl/.
The skirt that is made with a pleated
flounce at the sides and back is
always a pretty one and is greatly in
vogue, while it can be counted upon
to be absolutely smart for .the coming
season. This one, designed for young
girls, is adapted to almost every seasonable
material. The full length
panel nt the front gives the long lines
that nre always desirable, while the
flouncu provides flare and fulness.
The ltock Is plain, finished in habit
style. In the illustration serge Is
stitched In tailor fashion, but bandi
lag of any sort can be used above the
flouncf* if a more elaborate efTect is
wanted; the panel could be either
braided or embroidered, and, as the
flounce is straight, the skirt becomea
well adapted to all bordered materials,
so that it is susceptible of
many treatments in spite of its simplicity.
The skirt is made in five gores with
the straight pleated flounce, which is I
joined to the side and the back portions
and to the front gore. The
closing is made invisibly at the
centre.
The quantity of material required
for the sixteen year size is six and
one-half yards twenty-four, six yards
twenty-seven, three and three-fourth
yards forty-four or three yards fiftytwo
inches wide.
1
Seersucker Again.
With tbe advent of crepe for the
gown there has been a revival of all
materials of that class. Seersucker
has been called back, and, standing 1
out from among the less expensive 1
qualities, there is the East Indian '
seersucker, which may be got through
the importer.
Proportions Considered.
The proportions of the wearer I
must always be taken into considera- i
tic*i when deciding upon a model. :
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THE RIGHT GOODS IN THE
S WRONG PLACE.
MMMOIISMKIIII
One grocery salesman, traveling
out of Chicago, has for years made a
apecialty of picking up "the right
goods in the wrong place." Towns
have their own trade peculiarities,
and goods whicli sell readily in one
place may prove to be dead stock in a
town twenty miles distant.
Cigars afford a good example of
this peculiarity. The merchant buys
a certain brand of cigars because he
likes it, perhaps, or because it contains
superior stock for the price and
he thinks he can make a "leader" of
it. The stock is good, but it does not
hit the taste of the town and it will
not sell. The alert commercial traveler
who has an eye for bargains on
the shelves of his customers, buys the
entire stock at a "knockdown price"
?say twenty-five per cent, of what
the merchant paid. He then takes it
to another town, where the public
taste is different, and sells it for a little
under the regular price.
Perhaps groceries and drugs offer
the best opportunities to the shrewd
traveling man for this traffic in "dead
stocks," but there is scarcely a line of
trade which is devoid of these chances
for the turning of an honest penny.
One salesman, traveling out of Chicago,
received a regular salary of
11800 a year, but made double that
amount in the rehandling of misfit
goods. He is now worth $65,000.
Instead of buying from a merchant
only his stock of a certain brand of
cigars or canned goods, the trading
commercial traveler often buys the
entire store and puts it in charge of
some energetic and capable clerk
whose abilities have attracted his notice.
There are hundreds of instances
in which, this has been done with
great success, the "silent partner"
still rontiniiiner to "follow the road"
and pick up goods adapted to his own
trade from the dead stock of the mer-,
chants whom he visits in the, capacity,
of commercial traveler. ? Forrest
Crissey, in Everybody's.
Profitable Protective Forests.
From her State forests France derives
an annual income of approximately
$5,000,000, or $1.75 an acre.
Approximately 6,000,000 acres are
managed by the State, the annual
cost of management being ninety-five
cents an acre. The great achievement
of France in forestry has been the
establishment of protective forests
where much destruction has been
caused by floods. Toward the close
of the eighteenth century about 2,?
500,000 acres comprised in the department
of the landes were little
more than' shifting sand dunes and
disease-breeding marshes. This section
is now one of the richest, most
productive and healthful in France.
This change ha3 been brought about
bv the intelligent cultivation of Dine
forests. Immense forests now cover
the country, the sand dunes and
marshes have long since disappeared,
and the wood, charcoal, turpentine,
resin and kindred industries have
brought prosperity.to the department,
which was formerly the most barren
and miasmatic in France. The climate
is now mild and balmy, the
great change being wrought by the
forests.?Science.
Hens That Think.
If the average man were asked if
hens had any memory he would probably
say "No," buthe would be wrong,
according to the experiments of two
German scientists. The plan they
adopted was to gum twenty grains of
rice on a piece of cardboard and between
them to place ten grains of
loose com. At first the hens, of
course, pecked at both rice and corn,
but soon they learned to leave the
rice alone, thus very clearly showing
that they remembered that the rice
was stuck down.
A very remarkable thing about the
OTncrlmunt wac that tVio Inncor thn
time between the trials the better was
the hens' memory. When the experiments
were made consecutively it
took them six times to learn that the
rice was not worth touching, but
when the experiments were made at
intervals of an hour they learned the
lesson at the third try, thus showing
not only that they had memories,
but that they thought the matter over
in the intervals.?Chicago Journal.
To Bring Sturgeon.
Horace G. ' Knowles, recently
United States Minister to Rumania,
Servia and Bulgaria, is leading a
movement to reintroduce sturgeon
into the rivers of the Atlantic Coast. 1
He obtained the consent of the Rumanian
Government to the shipment
of a carload of fry of the Black Sea
sturgeon, the best in the world, to
the United States. The United States
Fish Commissioner has told Mr.
Knowles that he believes the abandoned
sturgeon fisheries can be re- 1
vived. The Black Sea sturgeon grow .
to enormous size. In the old days, 1
before the sturgeon were routed, a
600-pound sturgeon in the Delaware
River was a monster. In the Danu'oe
700 and 800-pound lish am .the aver- '
age. Tnese yieia oetween zuu ana
300 pounds of caviar each. Some ot i
the Danube sturgeon weigh 2000 i
Vounds.?Argonaut.
Legislature Favors a Woman.
Miss Nellie Phildrick, of East Cam j
uridge, Mass., has had a special law
made for her. For eighteen years she
has been chief clerk in the East Cam- i
bridge Probate Court, but could not ;
be made assistant because of the law [
limiting the office to males. For her |
benefit a law wa3 rushed through the j
Legislature making women eligible ,
to the nosition. and she was imme- ,
iiately promoted.?St. Louis GlobeDemocrat.
Got the Worst of It.
"Did you have a pleasant time at
;he picnic, Ronald? I trust that you
"emembered to fletcherize, and masticated
each mouthful 100 times."
"Yes'm, an' while I was chewin' my
Irst bite the other boys et up all .the
jrub."?From Life.
To build a tunnel under the Engish
Channel, according to present I
)roject, would entail an exDenditure j
)f $75,000,000. I
RELAXATION.
f always like the freakish verse,
I The kind that runs downstairs;
j The kind that circles round the page,
Or does its turn in squares.
It's fun to see the poets' stunts,
Helped by the typo men; # ,
Just see again,
the way runs up
this runs and then
down hill
' [ do not think that people ought
j To keep the same old gait;
j The}' ought to break loose now and then
And keep an evening "late."
A. long straight line, without a break,
Is bad for verse or men;
up hill
this runs and then
the way runs down
Just see again.
?Boston Herald.
"What does your husband like for
his breakfast?" "Anything I haven't
got In thehouse."?Cleveland Leader.
Bess?"That's a quaint ring you're
wearing. Is it an heirloom?" Tess
?"Well, It dates from the Conquest."?Cleveland
Leader.
My sense of sight is very keen,
My sense of hearing weak;
One time I saw a mountain pass
Rut rrmlrl -not hear its T>eak.
?Oliver Herford.
j Diner (to innkeeper's wife) ?
j "What Schiller is in poetry and
| Raphael in painting, so are you in
i pancake-making." ? Meggendorfer
! Blaetter.
Fat Man?"What! Are you going
! to let this small boy shave me?"
I Barber?"Let the boy have his fun
| for once. It is his birthday, sir."?j
! Fliegende Blaetter. ;
Lady?"What makes these peaches
! so unusually high, my man?"
I Rooney, the Peddler?"Well, 'tis thid
j way, mem?they come from the top
o' the tree."?Puck.
Wife?"Here's another invitation
to dine at the Flatleys. What a bore
those occasions are." Hub?"Yes;
even their dinner knives are dull."?
Boston Transcript.
The Flower Girl?"Yus, the pore
dear gal fell down-stairs and broke
'er leg, an' now it's flew to 'er 'ead.
an' she's got orsefrictlon of the celluloid
cavity."?The Sketch.
A young man in Pratt said to the
divine object of his adoration: "Doi
you think your father would object
to me marrying you?" She replied:!
"I don't know. If he's anything like
me he would."?Kansas City Star.
Mrs. Hayseed (indignantly)?<
"Here's an article, Hiram, that sez in
J Formosa a wife costs $5." Mr. Hay|
seed (after some thought)?"Wa-al,
i I reckon a good wife's wuth it."?
j Judge.
i She smuggled in a set of furs,
She smuggled in a gown;
j And oh, what righteous wrath was nera
The day they called her down!
?Public Ledger.
I "I see that royal blood has been
! discovered in an old American fami
ily." "Don't believe it. Some gossip
I Is always making a slam at our
I old families."?Philadelphia Public
! Ledger.
j "Here is a telegram from papa,"
j says the eloping bride. "He says for
' us to come right home and live with
him and mamma." "I didn't think he
I would be so vindictive as all .that,"
! sighs the eloping bridegroom.?From
| Life.
Macdougall?"Ton's an awfu' like
sight to see on the Sawbeth, Angus!"
! Angus?"And what awfu' like sight
do ye see, Macdougall?" Macdougall
! ?"There's Airchie an' his lass smiling
and hurrying as if It was a week
j day just." ,
j Vicar (who does a little stock raising)?"How
are you, Mrs. Jenkins?
I'm sorry to say that I haven't seen
you at church lately." Mrs. Jenkina
, ?"Yes, sir, that's so. I 'aven't been
so reg'lar as I used, but?(conflj
dentially)?I don't 'ardly dare, for I
no sooner see you a-comin' out of tha
i vestry after the choir but'I think of
that there pig as I owes you for."? '
: Punch.
I _
Mexico's Troubles.
1 "There is more trouble brewing ra
Mexico than appears on the surface
i and in the press dispatches," declared
Colonel Nelson Graham, of Dallas,
Tex., at the New Willard. i
| "I have been in Northern Mexico
! several times during the last year,
i and there is a great deal of unrest
and turbulence in that section of the
Republic?more than ever gets into
the papers. President Diaz has ruled
for so long that people are saying,
I and have said for a long time, espe- j
cially in the northern part of the I
country, that it is time for him to step I
aside for a younger man. Then there '
are a great many disappointed office- j
seekers in the country who would j
gladly welcome a revolution, with the j
hope that the turn of the wheel would j
give them good, fat jobs. Others
hate Diaz for penalties he lias inflicted
on their friend:, and there are
several thousand malcontents along
the Mexican border on the Texas line,
who dare not return to Mexico for
fear .they will be imprisoned or executed.
These people, especially, are
?/lAanarofa ravnliitinnJirv
I cau/ ivi au; uvc^/^iuvc ?v*
venture to overthrow the Diaz administration."?Washington
Post.
Fixed All Right.
He made the acquaintance of the
young woman at the home of a friend,
and was severely smitten.
"May I call on you? he found the
courage to ask her.
The girl looked .troubled.
"I?I'm afraid not," she replied. I
? 1? I.c IrtAl/ Af Hoon Hie. f
men saw uuuteu mo iuuq. u?. v.w .
appointment, and hastily added: "We .
live in a flat, you see, and mammg I
and sister always sit in the parlor; j
and papa and the boys play checkeri I
in the dining room, and the kitchen I
is so awfully small and hot. Would
?would you mind sitting on the firo
escape?"
Of course he hurriedly told her
he wouldn't mind it at all, and tho
course of true love ran smooth again,
?Cleveland Plain Dealer.
For a number of years Washington
hes been far and away the largest
lumber producing State in the Unions
and it still is ahead, but last yeai]
Louisiana nearly caught up with it.
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"MEMOIRS OF DAN RICE," THE ^B
CLOWN OF OUR DADDIES.
Oan Rice in H19 "Memoirs" Tells Inside
Mysteries of Show Life. 99
Any bookseller will tell you that
the constant quest of his customers
Is for "a book which will make me Hb
J laugh." The bookman is compelled
j to reply that the race of American
| humorists has run out and comic litI
erature is scarcer than funny plays. HH
1 A wide sale is therefore predicted for
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Clown of Our Daddies, written by MH
Maria Ward Brown, a book guaran- HH
teed to make you roar with laughter.
The author presents to the public a HI
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| pungent jokes, comic harangues,
i caustic hits upon men and manners.
I lectures, anecdotes, sketches of ad- Hfl
venture, original songs and poetical
effusions; wise and witty, serious.
satirical, and sentimental sayings of
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Old Dan Rice, as proprietor of the
famous "One Horse Show," was more ^B9j
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Ward, and this volume contains the^Hfl
humor which made the nation iaqgh
even while the great Civil War raged.
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Mermaid For Breakfast.
A stranger meal than any ever partaken
by Frank Buckland or the most^^H
hardened and cosmopolitan traveler H9|
is described by Juan Francisco de St.
Antonio in his account of his travels^^H
and adventures in the Philippine Isl-^^H
ands, published at Manila in 1738. fl|9
In this curious little work the author
tells us that he once breakfasted
a mermaid, and he further gravely
describes its flavor as being like^Hfl
fresh fat pork. nBfl
Verrazano and the Hudson.
It is quite true that Verrazano saw^^J
the Hudson before Henry Hudson did.fl^H
but he "discovered" it in about the^^H
same way that the Northmen discov-^^Hj
ered America. There is no doubt^^H
whatever, says one of the most level HH
headed of our American historians,
about the fact that, in 1524?eighty-^HJ
fire years before the coming of theHHfl
Half Moon?Verrazanosailed through^^H
the "Narrows" into the waters of the^HB
"Grand River," but it was HudeonHH
who really gave the river to theBH
world. 8H|
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