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OLD JOHNNY APPLESEED, ORIG M1SSIONAHY, AND NATURE DAY? PLANTED ORC .lou?thim Chapman, botter known as Johnny Appleseed, w?s -born in Boston, Mass., In 1775, and those po mol?gica! societies which do honor to his memory have agreed on Janu ary 15 as the day of his birth, al though the records do not establish the fact with certainty. Swedenbor glan missionary, hermit, and lover of his fellow man, Johnny Apple seed's life was one of usefulness. The first trace found of him In history records him as being In the Territory of Ohio In 1801 with a horse load of apple Bced, which he planted on and about the borders of Licking Creek, the first orchard thus originated by him being now within the boundaries of Licking county. For tho next five years Chapman drops entirely out of sight. He ls nejvt heard "of in 1806, when he de scended tho Ohio river with two ca noes lashed together, both canoes being loaded with apple seed from the orchards ot western Pennsylva nia. *' r With these \yo cahoes thus bur dened Chapman passed down the Otilo river to the.mouth of the Mus kiugum. He passed up tho Muskin gum to the mouth of White Woman ci'eek, thence up the Mohican into the Black Fori: to the head of navigation .In the vicinity of those counties which are now called Ashland and Richmond. lt appears that this canoe voyage was the only one in which Chapman made UBO of this means of travel, for all the rest of his trips were made on foot. The seed ho obtained for noth ing from the cider presses of the or chards of western Pennsylvania, and he carried it in leather bags over tho old Indian trail that led from Fort Duquesne to Detroit. In personal appearance Chapman was small and wiry, with long dark hair, a scanty beard that was never shaved, and keen black eyes. Gene rally, even in the coldest weather, he went barefooted, but would occasion ally make himself a pair of sandals, deeming even moccasins too much protection from the elementa. His dress was generally composed of cast-off clothing which he had taken In payment for young apple trees, but during tho latter half of his life he came to tho conclusion that all clothing beyond that de manded by tho dictates of decency .was superfluous and wore only a cof fee sack, with holes cut in it for his arms and his head. Among the Indian tribes he 'fre quently met with in his wanderings, Chapman(was treated with the cour tesy and consideration always Shown by the red men for those they deemed mentally afllicted or, as they phrased lt. "under the care of the Great Spirit." Hjs diet was as meager as his clothing. He believed it a sin to kill any creature for food, and in his brotherhood with all created life was a worthy disciple of St. Francis, car rying the doctrines of Immanuel of Swedenborg to a length no other dis ciple of the mystic has advocated. He claimed to have frequent conver sations with angels and spirits and always carried with him a few vol umes of the Swedish teacher's works. As ho had no tract society to fur nish him with literature and no pri vate means with which to buy many books, he blt upon an original plan for the spreading of tho Swedenbor gian teachings.. Ills few books he divided each Into several pieces which he left* with people he Inter ested In his mission. On his next trip he would collect the portions left on the former trip and distrib ute other portions, thus endeavoring to spread the knowledge of Sweden borg's writings as widely as possi ble. By this plan he was onabled to furnish reading for several people at the same time, but lt must have been a difficult undertaking for some near ly Illiterate backwoodsman to com prehend Swedenborg by a backward course or reading when his first In stallment happened to be thc last fraction of the volume. Probably lt was an outgrowth of his views of the sacredness of all ani mal life that he held that tipple trees should be grown only from the seed and that all grafting and pruning were work? abhorrent In the sight of God. Whenevor he found an animal abused ho would at once pun base lt If he could raise the money and give it to some moro humano settler on condition that lt. should be kindly treated. It frequently happened that the long journoy into the wilderness would cause the now settlers to bo Incumbored with lame and broken down horses that were turned out to die. In tho nutumn Johnny would make a diligent search for all such animals and would tnke caro of them for the wlntor. If they recovered he would never sell them, but would lend or give them away, stipulating for their good usage. No Brahmin could be more con IINAL HERMIT; ! LOVER, IN PIONEER HARDS, DIS I -DHU I 'ED. TRACTS. cerned for the preservation of Rfe, even of insect life. .Once he killed a rattlesnake and never ceased to re pent his action. At another time he put out his campfire in order that- it might not destroy anVtof'the myriads of mosquli.es which filled the sur rounding atmosph?re. At another time he removed tho fire he had built near a hollow log' and slopt on the snow because he had found that the log contained a bear and her' cubs which ho did not wish to disturb. In the summer of 1847, when his labors had literally borne fruit over 100.000 square miles of torritory, he died In the home of a settler tn Al len county, Indiana. Thus passed away a remarkable man of pioneer times, who never Inflicted pain or knew an enemy, a man In whom there dewlt a love for all created things. A laboring, self-denying ben t'actor'of his race, homeless, solitary and ragged, he was Intent only upon making the wilderness fruitful and doing good to his folio.?-creatures. Now no man knowelh his sepulchre, but his deeds still live in the fra grance of the blossoms of the tree which he loved so well. WHISKEY RU I LT CHURCH. Dig Profits Ma.ie from Dispensary in Dart of Orniigcburg County. A dispatch from Orangeburg says: There scorns to be a good business for the dispensary, at 'the town of\ Livingston, in this county. So much eo in fact mat the profits could not all be expended in Improvements about the town abd were donated for the purpose of erecting a church. The church has been about complet ed, and doubtless a portion of the last quarter's prollts will go towards furnishing the Interior of tho edifice, and in a short while the house of worship will be ready for use. This is perhaps the first instance In which money from tho dispensary has gone In this direction, and lt was done, so it is stated on good author ity, with the full consent of the citi zens of the town of Livingston. The story of the building of tho church with dispensary money was told some days ago, and this morning the facts in tho case were learned. Tlie town gets on an average of 'something like $?,000 a year from the dispensary, to be used in the im provement of the town, and the past year saw all the Improvements so far advanced that lt was not necessary to expend all of the money received from the dispensary tn making any additional Improvements to any great extent. It seems that the town ex pended all tlie money for this pur pose this year that was needed and there was still a good sum left over and lhere was some dlfllculty experi enced in deciding In what manner lite remaining sun, should be expend ed. It was suggested that the church be built, and so upon the furnishing of a certain amount by the members, the town donated a sum of some thing Uko $1,000. The total cost of the church will be about $3,000. It was stated that there was some little objection on the part bf some of the | church members to accepting this money, but they were finally persuad ed to do so. The church building,' though not entirely completed as yet, has been already turned over to the Methodist Conference. . -- . - - - SERVICE IOU LA Tl.M ER. House Resolution Designates Sunday, February iii, as the Date. Washington, Feb. 4.-Representa tivo Finley has Introduced a resolu tion in the House directing that Sunday, February 21, be selected as the time for holding memorial ser vices to Senator Lat liner, who was for many years a member of the House. No tl nie has yet been se lected for th? services In the Senate. Representative Aiken and the other members of tho delegation are also Interested in the matter. FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE WILL CURE YOU of any case of Kidney or Bladder disease that is not beyond the reach of medi cine. Take it at once. Do not risk having Bright's Dis ease or Diabetes. There is nothing gained by delay. 50c. and $1.00 Bottles. REFUSE SUBSTITUTER. J. W. BELL, WalliaUa. Stonecypher Drug Co., Westminster. HAW LINCOLN SHOT. Capt. GaU'h Tells of ?rcat Tragedy. Waa First to Keach Martyr. Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. C.-A man who saw Abraham Lincoln fall from the assassin-.-; shot will attend the Lincoln cetenary celebration In this etty February ^12th. He is Capt. Oliver C. Gaffh,. now in 'his 73d year, a retired" farmer, whpse home ls near this city. He was the first man to enter Lincoln's box in Ford's Theatre after John Wilkes. Booth had fired tho bullet that stilled the heart of the great emancipator. ' Until-recently Capt. Catch Ijas been reticent upon the subject. With even his closest friends he refused to di?cuss.th? gr<?at tragedy. Recently, however, he was . prevailed upon to give an account of the shooting and the history-making event he witness, ed on the fatal night. To a corres pondent lie talked for an hour, re peating and amplifying the story, re cently told by him. Capt. Gatch and his brother, Dry Charles Gatch, now dead, left Wash ington during the excitement follow ing the assassination of Lincoln without giving their names to the authorities, and it never occurred to them that their testimony was want ed, "lt wasn't necessary," says Cant. Gatch. Capt. Gatch, while hardly more than a boy, enlisted.In the anny, and war captured by the Confederate troops and imprisoned until March, 1864, when he escaped from his cap tors and returned to his hobie, which was then at Milford, near here. There he met his brother, Dr. Gatch. To gether they went to Washington on officialbusUiess. Ou Friday night, April 14, 18G5-Good Friday-they went to Ford's Theatre, attracted thither hy the announcement that President Lincoln was to be a guest. "Our scats wore in the balcony, and had we desired we could have touched the sentry stationed at the entry- of the box to be occupied by tho President," Gatch,, declares. "In fact, we were so close to the Presi dent's box that we could hear him chuckle at the jokes of the play, but we couldn't see him." During an Intermission in the play, which was the elder Sother's great success, "The American Cou sin," Capt. Gatch and his brother, cramped from pitting in one posture, stretched themselves. As they did so they noticed a handsome young man watching the show from a position ! against the wall near Lincoln's box. lt was .lohn Wilkes Booth, who mur dered Lincoln. "1 saw him edge toward the box," Capt. Gatch says. "Suddenly he en tered the passageway. A few sec onds later we heard a shot. Bedlam reigned in the audience. I "A man-Major Rathborne, Lin coln's guest, it was-rushed from i the President's box and shouted: j 'Get a doctor.' My brother said he i was a physician, and he and 1 were dragged into the President's box. My brother raised Lincoln's head to probe for the bullet, and the index linger of his left hand came In con tact With a jagged hole at the back of Mr. Lincoln's head. When he withdrew his hand lt was filled with tho President's brain, which was ooz ing out nt the ghastly hole." Capt. Catch's brother told those In the box that the wound was fatal, and advised that the President be 'aleen to a private residence near the theatre, and not to the White 'ouse, as was suggested. A shutter was hastily secured as a stretcher, and Capt. Gatch and his brot her, with ot liefs, raised the Pres ident from the floor of the box and carried him down the stairs and ont 'of the theatre. The sobbing of the people and the hoof-heats of the approaching cav alry regiment, which was hastily summoned, were the only sounds on the street. Lincoln was tenderly carried to a little house across the street from the theatre, and the great men of the nation called to look at him be foro death came. His wife, too, was at his side. Capt. Gatch and his brother re mained in the house, and when Lin coln died, early the following morn ing, they assisted in carrying his body to the funeral car which bore lt away. Capt. Gatch and his brother then returned to the theatre and meas ured the distance Booth had leaped from the President's box to the stage, lt was fourteen feet. "We sVv Booth fall on the stage, the spurs on lils boots having caught In the folds of a flag which was draped about the President's box. "Ho brandished a dagger, shout ing, 'The South ls avenged!' " Capt. Gatch and lils brother ob tained the cuffs worn hy Lincoln on tho night he was shot, but they were stolen fifteen years ago. Gatch works on his farm every day and lives alone with his wife. "The events of that night are burned into my mind," he said. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Cures Colds, Croup ?nd Whooping Cough. ?THE RELIGIOUS CARO PLAYER. Old Scotch Story of tile Soldier and * l>eck of Cards. A private soldier by name of Rich ard Lne was taken before the magis trate of Glasgow, Scotland, for play ing cards during divine servlcos. The account of it was thus given in the English journals: A sergeant commanded the sol diers at tho church; when the parson had sait}, the prayers he took the text. Those who had Bibles took them out; but this soldier had neither Bible nor common prayer book, and pulling out a pack of cards, he spread thom befpre him. Ho first looked at one card and then at another. The ser geant of the company saw him and said: "Richard, put up tho cards; this ls no place for them." "Never mind that," said Richard. When the services were over the constable took Richard a prisoner and brought him before the Mayor. "Well," said the Mayor, "what have you brought this soldier here for?" "For palylng cards in church." "Well, soldier, what have you to say for yourself?" "Much, sir, 1 hope." "Very good; If not 1 will punish yon severely." "1 have bee.t." said the soldier, "about six week* on the march. I have neither Bible nor common prayer book. I have nothing but a pack of cards, and I hope to satisfy your honor of the purity of my in tention." Then spreading the cards before the Mayor, he began with the ace. "The ACE reminds me that there ls but one God. The DUCE reminds me of the Father and Son. The TRAY reminds mo of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. "The FOUR reminds me ot the four Evangelists that preached, Mat thew, Mark, Luke and John. The FIVE reminds me of the live wise virgins who trimmed their lamps. There were ten, live wore wise and five were foolish and were shut out. The SIX reminds me 'hat in six days the Lord made heaven and earth. The SEVEN reminds me that on the 'seventh day God rested from his great work and hallowed lt. The EIGHT reminds nie of the eight righteous persons who were saved when God destroyed the earth, viv..: Noah and his wife, his three sons and their wives. The NINE reminds me of the nine lepers that were cleansed by our Saviour. There were nine out of the ten that never returned thnnks to God. The TEN reminds me of the Ten Commandments which God handed down to Moses on the table of stone. The KING reminds nie of the Great King ol' Heaven, which is God Almighty. The QUEEN re minds me of the Queen of Sheba,who visited Solomon, for she was a wise woman as he was a man. She brought with her fifty boys and fifty girls. All were dressed In boys' apparel, for King Solomon to tell which were boys and which were girls. The King sent, for water for them to wash. The girls washed to the elbows and the boys to the wrist, so King Solo mon told by that." "Well," said the Mayor, "you have decrlbed every card in the pack ex cept one." "What ls that?" "The KNAVE." said the Mayor." "I will give your honor a descrip tion ol' that, too, if you will not be angry." "I will not," said the Mayor, "If you do not term me to be a knave." "The greatest Knave I know of is the constable who brought me here." "1 do not know," said the Mayor, "il he ls the greatest Knave, but he is the greatest fool." "When I count how many spots there are on a pack of cards, I find three hundred and sixty-five. As ninny as there are days In a year. When 1 count how many cards there are in a park. 1 lind fifty-two, tho number of weeks in a year. I find that there are twelve picture cards In a pack, representing the number of months in a year. I find In count ing the tricks, thirteen, the number of weeks in a quarter. So you see a pack of cards serves for a Bible, an almanac and a common Brayer Book." It ls understood the soldier was discharged. DOG BITES WOMAN ANT) CHILD. Mis. Leland Chandler and Mary Ia's ter Skelton Victims. Elberton, Ga., Feb. 6.-A mad dog late Thursday afternoon rushed Into tho yard of Mrs. Leland Chandler and blt Mary Lester Skelton and Mrs. Chandler. The dog ran at the little girl, bit ing her seriously, and then Jumped on Mrs. Chandler, biting her arm and breast. Both victims have left for Atlanta for treatment. The dog has been killed. Mary Skelton ls the daughter of Editor Skelton. Wants Damages for Tree. Mobile, Ala., Feb. 6.-Suit will be filed in the law and equity court against the board of public works for (titting down a tree on tho prop erty of Mrs. F. Haas, lt was on this tree that the negro Richard Robert son was lynched on January 24. The board of public works ordered the tree cut down becauso of morbid curlo-seekers hacking the tree with hatchets and knives. End? Life Arter Making Plans. Qultrhnn, Mlss.^ Feb. A.-R. I. Mc Leod, a prominent citizen of this place, committed suicide last right by shooting himself through the heart. His body was not found until this morning. He left a note t > lils brother-in-law, A. S. Mason, stating that he had planned to take his own ?lfe for the past two years Every Month writes Mi*s. E. Fournier of Lake Oh?rles, La., "I used to suffer from headache, backache, side ache, pressing-down pains, and could hardly walk, ?Ai last I took Oardui, and now I feel good all the time. TAKE It Will Help Yo? Oardui is a medicine that has been found to act ?pon thc cause of most women's pains, strengthen ing the weakened womanly organs, that suffer be cause their work is too hard for them. It is not a pain "killer," but a true female remedy, composed of purely vogetable ingredients, perfectly harmless and recommended for all sick wo men, old or your*. Try Cardui. Women's Relief. AT ALL DRUG STORES TWO DESTRUCTIVE FIRES. Three Children Burned to benth In Orphanage at Rattle Creek, Mich. Charlottesville, Va., Feb. r>. - A destructive fire this morning threat ened tia? entire destruction of the city. All efforts by the local Ure companies proved futile, and hy G o'clock seveiul largo buildings had been wiped out. Several cities were called upon to aid lu lighting the Hames. The People's Hank and several stores have been destroyed. Tho vaults and books are said to have been saved. At one time lt was feared that the entire western portion of the city would be destroyed. Orphanage Humed. Hattie Creek, Mich., Feb. fi.-As a result of an early morning fire In the Haskell Home, Seventh Day Advent ist Orphanage, three children arc missing and there were many narrow escapes. Thirty-seven ehildren were quartered in the building. The fire started about 2 o'clock and spread rapidly. Loss $50,000. Lived After ?8 Days. Naples, Italy, Feb. G.-After be ing burled thirty-eight days, a man was taken out alive from the Messi na ruins. Workers dug all night. Farly to-day the man was removed conscious and with a chance of life. NEGRO WAI liOllS TO (JO. White Servants Hoing Im|mrtcd by Atlantic City Hotels. The arrival at Atlantic City, N. J., last week of a special train from Boston hearing 2 50 waitresses to re place negro waiters at a local hotel has spread consternation among the darkles. It is predicted that several o? the hotels will Import young white' women and that practically all tho negro waiters will soon ho thrown out of employment. Insignificant though thc chango tn walters may appear, an exodus of no grocs would mean a marked chango In the political complexion of At lantic City, for the negroes have long held the hillanco of political power in tho city. Republican machino lead ers are not In favor of tho new move. Tuft BanquOi Will Re Costly. Now Orleans, Feb. 6.-lt will cost $25 to attend- tho Taft banquet here on Saturday night, February 13. This has boen decided upon by tho executive committee In chnrgo of the details of Mr. Taffs reception on his approaching visit to New Oiieam:. It fe expected that nt least 1,000 persons will attend the banquet. The war department has advised that tho military band at Fort Hamacas, Fla., will be sent here for the occasion. --T ?Jbio " Do you know of any woman who ever received any benefit from taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound? " If any woman who is suffering with any ailment peculiar to her sex will ask her neighbors this question, she will be surprised at the result. There is hardly a community in this country where women cannot be found who haye been restored to health by this famous old remedy, made exclusively from a simple formula of roots and heros. During the past 30 years we have published thousands of letters from these grateful women who have been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's yegetable Compound, and never in all that time have we published a testimonial without the writer's special permission. Never have we knowingly published a testimonial that was not truthful and genuine. Here is one just received a few days ago. If anyone doubts that this is a true and honest statement of a woman's experi ence with Lj'dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound write and ask her, Houston, Texas.-"When I first began taking Lydia TC. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound I was a total wreck. I hud been sick for three years with female troubles, chronic dyspepsia, and a liver trouble. I bad tried several doctor's medicines, but nothing did mo any good. "For three years I lived on medicines and thought I woidd never get well, when I read an ndvertisment of Lydia TC. Pink bam'H Vegetable Compound, and was advised to try it. " My husband got mo one l>ottle of the Compound, and it did me so much good I continued its use. I am now a well woman and enjoy the bee>t of health. "I advise all women suffering from such troubles to give Lydia 10. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial. They won't regret it, for it will surely euro you." - Mrs. Kessle lt. Hicks? 810 Cleveland St., Houston. Any woman who is sick and suffering is foolish surely not to give such a medicine as this a trial. Why should it not do ner as much good as it did Mrs. I licks.