The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, December 11, 1891, Image 4
I SEND our THE SUNLIOHT.
BmiJ out the sunlight, the sunlight of cheer,
Khine on earth's sadness till ill* disappear,
h'ouls <?rr> in uniting this message to hear.
Send out the sunlight in letter and word;
Speak it and think it till hearts tire al'
stirred ?
Hearts that are hungry for prayers still unheard.
Send out the sunlight each hour and each
day.
Crown all tho years with its luminous ray,
Hourish the reeds that are sown on the way.
trend out the sunlight! 'tis neodad on earth,
Bead it afar tfi scinUU-M^mlrtt^^dj |
sou on poor%
n ? vlmsit in sorrow?and tatters endure,
All need the sunlight to strengthen and cure.
Send out tho sunlight that speaks in a smile.
Often it shortens the long, weary mile!
Often the hardens seem light for a while.
Send out the sunlight?the spirit's real gold I
Oive of it freely?this gift that's unsold,
Shower it down, on tho young and tho old!
s-enn out the sunlight, as freo as the air!
Blessings will follow, with none to compare.
Blessings of peace, that will rise from despair
!
Send out the sunlight! You have it in you:
Clouds may obscure it just now from your
vie?;
l'rny for its presence! Your prayer will
oouie 1 rue.
?Ellen I><trr, in Chicago Inlcr-Ocean.
THIS NEW CURATE.
T.Y KATE W Al.I.ACK CI.EMBNT6.
"You haven't seen him yet? Well,
that's a pity, lie's quite a catch I'm
told; young, handsome and single. Why
don't you set your cap for him, Mattie?
You've got as good a chauco as the rest
of them, and twenty-six is not old by
auy meaus."
She leaued over the gnrdeu gate, as
she spoke, this veritable village gossip.
I can sec her now, with her great poke
bonnet, from beneath which the clustering
gray ringlets peeped ; the keeu blue
eyes that seemed to read your very
thniicrhfja ' * * '
j, , ..... ninu ujruro cian always
ia ample skirts of sombre brown
or Quaker gray.
Never was there a wedding, funeral
or christening in the village without
this estimableJ/idy's presence. What a
Trafmlesrittthr ady she appeared, and |
how incapable of carrying about that
wonderful budget of information. How
nicely she imparled her knowledge to
her listeners, beginning with, 14 Well,
1 doit't mind telling you," or "They do
say, but of course you cau't believe
everything," and oudioi* with, "That's
between you aud rncim will go no
farther."
I was busy in the garden that morning,
training sonic early June roses; my
thoughts were not the brightest, scarcely
in harmony with nature, who wasdecked
in one of her brightest mantles. It was
quite unnecessary for Mrs. Ilriggs to remind
me of my age; I was thinking seriously
of it. Twenty-six! not very old to
be sure, and yet, not very youug to an
unmarried woman.
I must be content with fewer laurels,
less conquests. I must step out of the
liekl as it were, and leave the romance
ard the day dreams to younger and fairer
girls.
?ii n 11 imttrrr-f 'ittfc to me, whether tl;o |
uvn buiiiii; nua )uuii^riiD(i unmarried,or a
portly old fellow with a wife and grown
daughters. At heart I disliked this interfering
old woman who had broken in
upon my reverie. I thanked her kindly
for her advice, telling her that at present
IroJid no intention of setting my cap for
any one, not even the new curate; sc
saying I went back to my work and the
roses.
"There, Mattie, don't get riled," she
said. "Ot course it's nobody's business
if you're going to leave yourself au old
maid; but take my advice aud don't
spend your time frettiim aud worrying
over Hob l'reston, for > ain't wuth it
nohow."
She shook her head wisely aud was off,
before I had time to reoover from the
cruel thrust that had opened the old
wound, Robert l'reston aud tho past. I
hud tried to guard my heart to tranmlo
under Toot the old love. I could have
'-in laughed at my jyir.'Wv fotfy
dream,"until a thoughtless word had
brought back the past, like the dead
risen to life again, or a smouldering lire
that needed but a gentle breeze to make
it a burning llumc.
One by one, the roses dropped from
my hands. One by one, the blinding
tears full. I was only a weak woman
after id!, .as, covering my face with my
iinnds, i s ibhed, "Robert, oh, Robertl
why were you false?"
It silt rune back to me, that vis.? to
Aunt M rtha's, where I first met Robert
l'reston, a vountr student, inst. r#.?nrn/./i
J J? ?
from college.
I cannot tell you nil those bright,
happy day dreams. How I loved hira
and waited for the hfcppy day when ho
would usk me for that love. He read
Ids answer in my tell-tale face beforo my
lips uttered it.
llo, engrossed with Robert's society, I
took little heed of other matters, scarcely
iving a thought to the fact that a young
lady, the daughter of a deceased friend
of my aunt's, was going to make hrf
home with us.
She came. From the moment I looked
upon her lovely face my happiness was
gone, i was a pretty girl, lair and fragile,
yet one might as well compare a
simple little daisy to a full blown poppy
or a rioit, red rose, as my frail beauty to
this giri'a exquisite loveliness.
For a tiim my love was unchanged.
1 laughed in my foolish heart at my
doubts and /ears. At times I would lind
his serious eyes wandering from me and
resting admiringly on the beautiful faca
of K itliletn Lee.
No man could resist that wondrous fas
cinating face. never oooountgwt
him, but tho' dfJTog'bg lU4a?, the fflrttft
flush, the trembliujPhf her iittle hi?ndat
all fold plainly that she too loved him.
How 1 suffered. In my mat] jealously
I grew to almost hate the child. Ho
loved me before she came with her beautiful
flowerlike face to rob me of that
love. Was she blind that she did not
fen that we were betrothed? I prayed
thai she might go away and leavo us to
ourselves once more, and Uobert would
ao back to his old fond ways. Hia
caresses were growing colder, his kisses
lighter. 1 spoke of his seeming neglect;
he answered lightly, taking both my
hands in his, and looking fondly at me:
Nonsenae, Mattie. Do you know,
my littlo girl, that you are giowiug
nearer and dearer to me every day?
For a time I was satisfied,- trying to b?
content with but a share of his love.
Wo were seated iu the garden out
afternoon iu the early autumn, Robert,
Kathleen and 1. She was looking unusually
pretty iu a dress of soft India
mull. Mv lover had iust paid her a wellmerited
compliment, wheu Aunt Martha
came to us.
"Robert," she said, placiug bcr baud
fondly on his shoulder as she spoke,
* y uu^^mm^soimo grapes for me I
o!n'them^ -feigning a
Bevere headache.
"They do not want me," I reasoned
wmi inyseu. i waicncu mem a- rncy
walked away together, he carrying the
little wicker basket, and she tossing her
bright curls with that coquettish air that
cnnie so natural to her.
1 cannot tell you what tempted mo to
follow the u; it must have teen some evil
genius.
Slowly, I walked down the pathway,
taking every precaution, however, not tc
be observed. Seated upon a little rustic
bench, 1 could sec every movement of my
'lover and Kathleen, llow lovely she
looked standing iu the orchard, tiie sunlight
falling athwart the lovely upturned
face, ou which a smile rested. Nevci
was seen a fairer vision. Her sleeve of
soft texture falling back showed the
shapely outstretched arm.
Sometimes a peal of uierry laughter
would full upon my ear. They did uot
miss me, not even Robert; bo was content
with Kathleen.
The basket was full to overflowing
and still they lingered. One bunch of
luscious grapes,the last gathered, was in
Robert's hand. He stooped to place it
with the others wheu their eyes met,
their handstouckcd. Was I dreaming!
Alas, no. I saw him stoop and kiss her
fondly.
I waited no longer. With a cry of
pain I turned and tied to the seclusion of
my own room, where I sobbed out the
troubles of my young heart with only
God to hear mc.
I went away tpiitc unexpectedly. 1
was homesick, I told Aunt Martha. I
left a letter for Huberts, iriviuy; no explanation
of my conduct, simply telling
him it was better that we should part. I
wasjyproud girl and would not stoop to
I remember taking the ring he had
given me, from iny hand. Oh, what a
struggle it cost me to place it with that
letter?the last I should ever write to
Robert.
I came home to mother, who was
unite an invalid, and needed all my care.
I never heard of Robert save oucc
through Aunt Mirtha who wrote:
"Di c>uiso, .uiiute, you vc not lorgotten
Hubert, whom,to speak candidly,
you treated rather unkindly. IIo has
gone to New York to practice medicine,
lie is doing well."
Au old newspaper had fallen into my
hands where an account w is given of a
brilliant reception. Among the guests
were the names of Dr. Hubert I'rcstou
and wife, I know that it was Robert aud
Kathleen.
I made 110 inquiries, and receiving no
further information, took it for granted
that Aunt Marthas Kindness ot heart
prevented her from again referriug to
the past.
I closed my heart forever. The world
will uever know me as a disappointed
woman I thought, flattering myself that
I had quite succeeded in deceiving humanity
in general, until the gossip had
come upon mo with her idle words,
bringing to life the bitter past that '*
thought I had buried years ago.
* * * * * *
"Going to service, .Miss Kenwood?'1.
It was my neighbor who asked tue question,
"Marcia Mall. A dear little girl
with the utmost faith in maukind in
general. I smiled laiutly as I caugh|
sight of the now bonnet with its dainty
ribbons; evidently gotten up forthenevs
curate.
"Young and foolish," thought I.
"Wait until she is six and twenty and
I'll wager she will not buy a new bouncl
for all the new curates in town.
I .had not yet fully recovered from
Jtfttujpi iVigraVvgkind remarks and wan
^wrerinined to show" her my disinclination
to "set my cap," as she termed it
by appearing in an exceedingly unbecoming
gown.
I was really disappointed, 011 catching
a last glimpse in the mirror, to tind
that notwithstanding my plain toilet and
my six and twenty years, I was still a
pretty woman, and to hear my mother
say, as I stooped and kissed her:
"How well you're looking, Mattic."
How crowded the little village church
was. Everybody was there, even that
hateful Mrs. IJriggs. I caught a glimpse
of the great poke bonnet us I walked
quickly to my seat. They were singing
as wo entered yet I scarcely heard them,
feeling rather embarrassed at coming In
late to be stared at by almost the entiro
congregation.
1 sank wearily back among the soft
cushions, gladly taking refuge behind a
huge palm-leaf fan kindly proffered by
a portly old gentleman beside me.
Now a hush, a slight llutter among
the congregation, a rustle of garments,
with now and then a sub 1 tiu-1 whisper as
the pulpit was rolled close to tiie cliaucel.
and the new curate ascendu I. "lie's
ju?st lovely whispered Murcia, pulling
so'tiy at my sleeve. "Do look at him
Miss Kenwood."
I kept iny eyes downcast. If every
woman in the congregation cast glances
of admiration, I was determine I to do
otherwise.
"Am I my brothot's keeper?' was
the text.
Clear and distinct came the words of
the speaker. The first words ha 1 earned
my heart to boat wildly. How like that
voice of long ago, that rich, soft voice
-that bad pleaded for my love.'
. I listened like one in a dream, until I
to
mUN^^^^Thanged, tob3 8uro; not the
bright boyish face of long ago. There
were lines of care and suffering on it
now, while the dark hair was streaked
witii silver.
W'ai Katlierino dead? I wondered.
Had he given up his practice? Wa% he
happy? Kiffy different queries crowded
u I if hi my memory, w ny mum fate thrown
iir oiioc more together? (> le thing [ wna
determined upon. I must leave the village.
I dure I not trust myself further,
liea-o i as f would, my heart told me
that I loved hiin still.
It wm all overl I could hear th^
whispered comments of the worshipers
on the eloquence of the new curate. The
singers were chanting in that nasal,
druwliug tone so natural to village
choirs, ami still I sat dreaming.
'Are you coming? asked my corapaniou;
then as I arose mecbanisally tc
obey: "Don't you like him, Bliss Kenwood?
I>o tell me. You listonod so attentively,
and once, as I looked at you, I
thought you were going to faint. Ajq
you ill?"
"Yes, I like him," I said aloud, while
my heart whispered:
"God pity me, I lovo him.,f
We were out once more ink, tho bright
? ??myqOTtc unexpectedly
upon a little group, comprised of the
wealthier members of the congregation
gathered around the now curat*. They
had learned that ho was a man of wealth
and standing, choosing his calling simply
as a matter of taste.
tioinc ouu, I think it was the pastor's
wife, prcsontod me to him. Our eyes
mot; our hanUs touched, a3, resting
these serious eyes upon mc, he said:
"I have had tho pleasure of meeting
Miss Kenwood before."
I cannot tell you how it all happened
that wo wero all walking through the
churchyard toward the highway, and I
found myself alone with Robert. I was
the tirst to break the silence. It pained
me to think it was a commonplaco remark.
"How is Kathlcon?" I asked, on endeavoring
to show how little I cared for
tho post; and how, without betraying
the slightest emotion, I could inquiro for
his wife.
"Kathloon?" He looked rather dazed
at the question. ,lI believe she is well,
but not happy, poor girl."
He believed she was well. How
strange? Ho had grown weary of her as
of me? Was he utterly devoid of honor!
"Not happy, I said, and toyod ncrvously
with the roses of inj bodice. "She
should be very happy as?as?youi
wife," I faltered.
"As my wife?" ho said, gazing at m?
in blank amazement. "Did you?O,
Mattie! you havo judged me wrongly.
I uevcr married Kathleen."
He looked like a man upon whom a
sudden truth had dawned, or ouo accused
of a" great wrong who was at
leugth able to prove his innocence.
It was in the twilight before service
that he told me all.
The notice concerning Robert Prestou
and wifo referred to his cousin.
Ho had entered the ministry from
choice, having come into possession ol
an ample foitunc. True, he had nd
uiiruu rv'inncen, as a man would aclinirf
. a bcuutilul woman, never entertaining
however, the slightest feeling of love for
her.
The scene in the orchard was but t
simple ru3e gotten up by Hobsit and
Kathleen to excite my jealousy, little
dreaming of the serious result.
Kathleen made a most unfortunatematch.
Like most beautiful women,
making a poor selection from her uiuny
suitors.
l*oor girl! what a dear, kind letter she
sent us, telling ho v pleased she was to
learn we were reuuited.
Just to think of it," said Mrs.
litiggs. He came back to her .after
the other girl had given him the raittcu.
I wouldn't take him, would you?" Wo
can udorld to laugh at her idle gossip,
v,*c arc o>i happy, ,lotcrt and J. I smi^o
proudly to think that without setting my
cap" I have captured the new custtto af?.
ter all. ? Yankee lilade.
Wot Feet Cnuso Cold.
Tho dispensaries are crowded with
women and child reu who have caught
cold. The doctors have all sorts and
degrees of rheum to attend to, from the
Minimis, >Yiiuv;AmLj aumii uuv iu tut'
couching ami straining old man. Ouo
of tho physicians said to a Sun reporter:
' If these people would only have
tense enough to keep their feet dry they
would be all right. I tell you that wet
feet fill more graveyards than an epidemic
of cholera. All the children that came
in here to-day with swollen eyes and
heads stopped up had wet feet. It's the
same way with men. You would think
that nu intelligent business man would
know cuougk to take care of himself,
but he doesn't. The average Now
Yorker goes down town and tramps
around in tho wet until his feet are cold
and damp. He gets into a perspiration
and goes back to bis oiiice, where he takes
nfT liiu pnat find flits ill Ilia Riiirh rIaava*
There is not uti office in this city where
there is not n draught, and that man
will find tint draught and sit in it.
Then he sneezes a few times and SH73:
'I will catch cold if I sit this way any
longer.' lie does not appreciate the
(act that he has caught cold already.
"When he goes home, instead of putting
011 dry socks and warm slippers, he
takes a drink of hot whisky. Now,
what connection is there between hot
whiskv and a cold iu the head? None.
Ho gets into another perspiration, au>I
the chances are that ho will catch more
cold.
"With the women it is all the same
way. Take the young girls you see
tramping about in the mud of Fifth avetiue
and Broadway. Nine out of ten
have got on low shoes. Is it surprising
that they have colds? They have not had
time to lay in their winter stock of foot
wear, or else they think thoir feet look
better in low shoe?, and they wear them
until the snow falls. But it is of no use
talking. As long as the earth turns ou
its axis people will have colds."?Not
York Sun.
B-iei of Strong til.
"Talk about strong min," says Mr.
Murphy, "I knew in Ireland wan of tho
strongest of thiin all, and I'll tell yo
about him. lie was a blacksmith, an'
he ran a forge in tho town where I tissd
10 uvu. 11is nmnu was reiner nic^oy.
One day there was a sojer rode down to
the forge from the barracks, an' ho was
a powerful lad hiuiself?was the sojer?
an' ho was always hanterin' McCoy about
liftin' heavy loads. 'Well,' sez ho,
'Pother,would ye give mo a coal to light
me pipe?' soz ho to the blacksmith. 'I
will,' sez McCoy, an' with that McCoy
takes a live coal from the forge?an* puttin'
tho coal on the anvil he takes the
anvil by tho horn of it, an' with wan
hand ho lifted it up an' handed it to the
sojer. The redcoat tuck the anvil,
raised it up nn' lit his pipe with the coal,
an'thin handed it hack as if it was a faggot.
'Thank yoi kindly,' sez the sojer.
Indeed, an' ye'n welcome,' sez the
blacksmith, and i .s sojer wint away
about his Ini-.ness. Oi! there wuz
sthrong niin where I kom from," concluded
Murphy, aud noboiy disputed
him.?tfrO'J.Jord (Penn.) Era. ,
111 STOBYfejBE MATCH,
TUB FIISBKM^BWAS KADI IN
A (?M^"DUNU?ON.
After Th?llrflKntiun the Manufacture
(N^|itche? Wan Forbidden
fur a While?A CJreat Industry.
"I wonder,does nuy one know tho history
of the luqifer," said Air. U. C. Zappart
tho other day at the Southern. "I
tell you why I ask. I was once standing
here just frheral am now and I met an
Englishmen. The Englishman had a
wholc-htftrt^fa wear at things iu general.
'in^ tjjp summer,'
ho said, 'antrum are Tieated in .the winter
till one raiAt believe you were being
toasted br4,vn in a mistake for a
inutliii for breakfast, and you caunothuy
a wax vesta.' a occurred to me that
there was not si much cause for complaint
iu respeefcto this last item ut least,
inr you know inln has gone on for probably
n couple ofthousand years without
a match at all, much less tho wax vesta.
"For the comfort of such geutlomen
as I have just mentioned I will give you
tho history of thi match. First of all,
what do yoh-tyink is its value? In tho
United States'the value of a singlo match
would be the ^Ot'i part of a cent,
tuui in JSurope Aliout half the price.
Tliiuk of it, 360 matches, the wood
chopped and nil other things done, and
the lot neatly packftd into a little box for
lc., and yet therp are large fortunes
made out of matches. France has l>eou
. enabled to meet the terrible heavy liability
involved in the war with Germany
through making the match industry a
monop^jM^i^i Tliavo said, the world
had tolfol?fT?mittho match for thousands
of yeam You would find it difficult
to find a tponunicut to the genius of
the inventor, and probably the majority
of men do not even kuow his name.
"It is the old, old story. The raau who
introduced an article by which millions
of dollars have been made, and aro still
made, an article which is considered indispensable
to society,died poor, brokenhearted
ant) forgotten iu a lunatic
asylum. The first phosphorus match
was jaad^^by 011c John Frederic
Komerer, In Ludwigsburg, Germany.
Ho had been imprisoned for some political
offense in the penitentiary at
llohenaspcrg. The Governor of the
prison treated the convicts with humanity
and allowed Komerer, who was a
i;uuiui<9i> ijy piUll'SSIUU, IU III'IKU BCIUDUDC
experiments. In the coll of a gloomy
dungeon the first lucifer was struck to
the great delight of the unhappy
prisoner. It^iue as a ray of hope to
the mau shut out from tho rest of the
world and from all that made life dear.
' A year later Koiucrer was released.
At that time no patent law existed, and
tho ex-prisoner boing a mau without
capital had to fight thrco companies
in Vienna. His opponents had means,
while he had none, lint a still harder
blow was in store for him. The Qermau
Govcruient had a notion that matches
were dmfefkrous because some children
plQf i&ff with them caused a conflagration,
end in a fit of incomprehensible
stupidity passed a Inw forbidding the
manufacture of all kinds of matches.
Thus was Koinerer ruined. Other countries
took tho matter up, and in 1842
the law of Germany was repealed. In
1858 a millionaire match-maker existed
in Vionna. His millions increased as
tho years went by, and he retired after
twenty years work with a fortune of
$LO,000,UipO^,
* TT?jjg|0|2giu Vienna ntftnulftcturcra
CTjntronWi^P^Tntttcn business ot the
whole globeTjThey worked in the moc'
impracticable wny, without machinery.
There was a fixed idea that machinery
was useless, nntl that the work should be
douo by hand. One particular event
caused the downfall of the Vienna monopoly.
This was the invention of the
safety match. The priucipal material
in which the igniting composition is
dipped is phosphorus. One hundred
years ago it 'was nothing more than a
chemical ~ fluMosity, produced in very
small quadft^B and an ouuee of it was
sold for an ounce of gold. Now a
pound can he bought for sixty cents.
The extraordinary igniting powers of
phosphorus cannot be equaled by any of
the chemical substances now in use, but
it ic a most poisonous article, and many
suicides were committed with an emulsion
of the heads of the matches of which
it termed a part. It also caused a ternlily
deadly disease among the poor operators
in the factories. Professor Shrutcr
made a discovery of something which reduced
the deadly elemcuts of the phosphorus.
He ollcred his discovery to the
leading Vicuna manufacturers, but the
offer was rejected. By some way the discovery
found its way to Sweden, and
there a new industry sprung up, which
gave employment to thousands of hands
and realized millions of dollars.
"Sweden nroduces no other but safety
matches, and they are exported to all
parts of tbe World. Id Germany,Austria,
Switzerland and Holland phosphorus
mat?h factories are under State control,
to prevent as much as possible the spread
of the disease to which I have referred.
The girls must wear special dresses; the
factories rau*t possess special lavatories
and dining-rooms, and a medical man
must examine the surroundings and send
in a report otice a week to the factory
inspector. The manufacturer must pay
for the medirfnftreatment.
"It is strango that the safety match
has not found favor in the United States,
the most progressive country in the world.
Only a few are used in Eastern cities,
and tliesc are mostly imported from Sweden.
"The number of factories in the States
of tho Union is verjsrail% R* compared
with Europe, as the following statistics
will show: .?ormany, with a population
of 40,000,(K)0, has 140 factories; Sweden
and Norway, with a population of
6,000,000, has 40; Switzerland, with
3,000,000, 22; Russia, with 90,000,000,
200; United States, with 63,000,000,
30. Lumber is more plentiful in the
United States than anywhere else, therefore
there is every pr jspcct of chance for
a development of the trade."?3t. Louis
Olobe-Democrat
The Swamp Angel.
The Swmnp Angel was an eight-iocb,
200-poun?% Pafrott rifled gun, mounted
by the Federal troops in a morass on
Morris* fsland, Charleston Harbor, in
1 O rt. 1.. -1 09 - ? .1 99 ?!,? ?!??
iuuu. vu August ?/? nuu vwu VIVJ
of Charleston, fire and one-half milos
distant, wa* shelled, the gun bursting at
the thirty-sixth shot. After tha war the
Bwamp Angel was sold for old metal aod
conveyed to Trenton, N. J., but having
been identjftft it was set up on a granite
pedestal atf&jMuier of Perry and Clinton
*tr<tuWmKt city.?Detr+it Wru
HPJF* ' Z
I Soiuo First Things.
Melon* were tint called canteloupe*
from being cultivated at Caoteluppi, a
village near Rome, where they had been
introduced from Armenia by missionaries.
Spectacle) were invented ia the year
1830, but were not in general use uutil
ucarly 200 years later.
Musical notes, as now used, were invented
in 1830.
Cannons were first used in the year
1342.
Two centuries and seven different men
claim the inventiou of guupowder.
Printing was, invented at Mentz, by
Quttenberg, in 1450; introduced into
England in 1471. ~M
Poetoffices were first established in (
France in 1404. The first English postoffice
was openod in 1581, tho first Gorman
office in 1641.
The first couch was made in Etiglaud
{in 1594.
: Potatoes were introduced into Irelaud
jin 1589.
The first English clocks were inado in
1608.?St. Louu lUpnblic.
The Man With a Lantern.
After nightfall, along tho 3000 miles
of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, no matter
how bare tho prairie nor how wild
or desolate the mountain or lako shoro,
any one standing on tho rear platform
cau see every few miles a lantern in tho
hands of a trackwalker, who, after tho
train pnsses, resumes his duty along the y
track. It is a rule on this road that
after the passage of each train the road
way shall bo carofully inspected, and
particularly the bridges, for fear that some
spurk from the locomotive may
have set Are to them. Along hundrods
of mile* between Ottawa aud Winnipog,
over tho prairies of Assiuiboia and AU
berta, und through the mountain ranges
far west, the humble hut of tho railway
track repairer or guard, is often the only
human habitation that is seen for long
stretches. ? Cleveland (0'iio) Leader,
Nerve Waste.
Nerve waste is somewhat of a new field
of consideration for people of studious
habits. People think that tho supply ol
vital energy is inexhaustible, and that
repair goes on as fast as waste. Then
comes n crash and they are puzzled.
They should not be. Nerves should be
economized as carefully as a bank
account. You cynnot get out what is
not put into tho nerves any more than
into the bauk. Sleep is nature's way of
winding up the inuchino. When wo bo
gin to got sloop 3.<? the nerve? aro then
exhausted, and some form of norvo depression
is near at baud. Railroad
traveling, even in a sleeper, is not liko a
bed. Rapid menial work for short
hours is better than a long struggle to do
mental work when we are weary.?
Brooklyn Citizen.
In England the average number of
member* of a family is lour.
Ilow'a Thia V
Wo offer Ono Hundred Dollars reward for
any raw of catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking Hall's Catarrh Cur.*.
F. J. Cheney A Co., Props., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him
Gtrfectly honorable In all business transacons,
and financially able to carry out any obligations
made by their llrui.
Tkuax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, ..
Waliuno, Kinnan <fc Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, O. ?
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, acting
directly upon tho blood and mucous purfsow
of ttie njnstera. TnUbonlalu sent free.
Price 75c. l>or laittle. Sold by all druggists.
American-made shotguns are greatly fa
demand abroad.
The Oaly One Ever Printed.
can you find the woiid?
These is a.1 inch display advertisement In
this paper, this week, which has no two words
alUe except one word. Tho same Is true of
each now one appearing each week, float The
Dr. Hurter .Medicine Co. This house p'nees a
'Crescent" on everything they loakuiind publish.
l<ook for it. send them thennmeofiho
word anil they will return you iiook, bkactifui.
i.ithouhaim1s or sami'i.ks vltek.
A nkw excitement for Oklahoma is sup
?|,?x.t Kv t ?>., " ..f 1 1 ?
|/..w- ?/j mwuiov.ufi.1 j ui ^uiu-ucai iu^ ijuai ta
t Chandler.
Fern Impui a of thin Hlood, Weakness, Malaria
N- unilgia. Indigestion, and Itiliousnes*,
take Htown'a Iron Hitlers It gives strength,
making ohl persons feel young?and young
persona strong; pleasant to tnke.
Bin John Ma.odonald'* aetata Is rained
at *00 ooa
Prevention
Is better tlian cure, and people who are subject to
rheumatism, can prevent attack* by keeping tlie
blood pure and free from the acid which causes
the disease. This suggests the uro of Hood's Sursapnrllla,
uu<pic*tk)nably the bc*t bloo<l purifier, and
which ho* been used wllh great success for this
very purpose by many people.
Hood's Santoparllln hus also cured Innumerable
coses of rlicumntlMii of tho severest sort, by Its
powerful effect In neutralising acidity of tho I>Io;hI,
and enabling the kidneys and liver to properly remove
tho waste of the system. Try It.
I "Hood's Kursnpnrllla has done mo more good
than anything else that I hnvo ever taken, and I j
tako pleasure In recommending It In tho highest
terms." Khkduuck Mnxr.it, Limerick Centre, Pa.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Bold by All druggists. $1; six for $3. Prepared only
by O. I. HOOD * CO., Apothecaries, Ixmell, Mass.
YOU WILL SAVE MONEY,
Time, I'niu, Trouble
nnil will CtKK Dr^XARnyol
catarrhB/J
by using |??
Ely's Cream BalmF y^'m
Apply Ualm Into ouch nostril.
fcXY Ultoa^ M Warren 8L, N. V. PjyN^^e^SOcl
? ? #
_ THE 8MALLE8T PILL IN THE WORLD! ^
XUTT'S *
tiny liver pills?
hare*11 the virtues of the lnrgcr oncst a
eqtmlly effect It e| pnrelT vegetable. w
Ksact aire shown in tills border.
DONALD KENNEDY
Of Roxbury, Mass., says
frAnn^l.>. \*~J: i r\:
n.vuuouj a iULvuicoi i/ujwyerj
cures Horrid Old Bores, DeepBeated
Ulcers of 40 years'
standing, Inward Tumors, and
every disease of the skin, except
Thunder Humor, and
Cancer that has taken root.
Price, $1.50. Bold by every
i Druggist in the United States
and Canada.
A Small Boy Upon a Battle Flo
After the defeat of the Chill Go
meat troops at the battlo of Coi
Vina del Mar, near Valparaiso, a
lad of eight or nine years of age, b
and barefooted, arrived in the to
Vina del Maraud gave a tolerably cii
stantial account of the light. At
his story was not beli
but . little by little his tale
wcs credited and listened to
nrtonishmont that a child of his to
nge should have been present at si
sanguinary encounter. He quiti
lessly stated that when the Sau Fe
do battalion left the town with bs
flying and bands placing ho imaj
the troops were going out to exe
and followed them tUl b?k?udj
on tho field of the battlerwi
defeat and rout et-sued lie join
group of stragglers and at last fouu
wny back to Vina del Mar by wi
Quilpuc, at which place somebody
him a piece of bread aad a drin
water.?Detroit Free Prtu.
PrwrcM.
It is very important in this ago or vast
rial progress that a remedy be pleasing
ta'te and to the eye, easily taken, acce
to the stomach and healthy in its natui
effects. Possessing these qualities, 8yr
Figs is tho one perfect laxative and moi
lie diuretic known.
Titans are over nine hundred grata
rntors in North Dakota.
for Dyspepsia, Indigestion, and Sto
disorders, use Brown's Iron Hitlers. Thi
Tonic, it rebuild-< tho system, clonus tbo
and strenKlbeus tbo muscles. A splendl
lo tor weak and debilitated persona.
KiVUJOrrr la promised Ice at fine
hundred, as a result of competition.
FITS stopped free by Dr. KuniI (
Nerve Restorer. No IBs alter first
use. Marvelous cures. Treaties and $
bottle free. Dr. Kline, tSl ArcbSk.Phi
Thkrk is an epidemic or forgery and
Ingin Germany.
CHILD BIRTH
MADE EAS'
' " Mothers' Friend " is a scientifically
prepared Liniment, every ingredient
of recognized value and in
constant use by the medical profession.
These ingredients are combined
in a manner hitherto unknown
"MOTHER!
FRIEND"
WILL DO all that is claimed foi
it AND MORE. It Shortens Labor,
Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to
Life of Mother and* Child. Book
to " Mothers " rr.aiied FREE, containing
valuable information and
voluntary testimonials.
Sentby tipreu on receiptor price $1.60 per
BRADFIEIO REGULATOR CO., Atlanta.!
sold iiy all DRliaUISTR.
^ugusi
Flowei
** I inherit some tendency to
^fK-psia from my mother. I sul
two years in this way ; consul
number of doctors. The'y di<
no good. I then
Relieved In your August Fi
and it was jus
days when 1 felt great relief. I
got so that I could sleep andeal
I felt that I was well. Thai
three years ago, and I am still
class. I am i
Two Days. without a bottle
if I feel cousti;
the least particle a dose or t\
August Flower does the work,
beauty of the mediciue is, tha
can stop the use of it without an
effects on the sy
Constipation While I was s
felt everytliii
seemed to me a man could fe<
was of all men most miserable.
:.. i : *1. _ r i..
in tuuuusiuu, mai l in
August Flower will cure anyo
indigestion/ if 1
Life of Misery with judgment,
M. Weed, 2291
fontaine St., Indianapolis, Ind
D ij^sl l^tt y & ck ? a p n e un njlla
Mo Odor When Heated.
firm TTTTIT Health Helper |
I J U/ J I tells lmw. .lOi-. ayrar. I
T ? Willi Nenil for sample. !>r. 1
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rc|5et Sometimes you may have to wait.
^ ?t& gXta^gubies that have been years
' ? | injMbiring can't always be oleared ?1
d his ^P^?/ay- For all the diseases
|y of ana disorders peculiar to womangave
hood, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prek
of scription is tho surest and speediest
remedy. You can depend upon that
?but if your caso is obstinate, give
it reasonable time. j
mai?- It's an invigorating, restorative
to the tonio, a soothing and strengthen
ptabie lug nervine, ana a positive speoino
re and for feinalo weaknesses and ailments,
up of All functional disturbances, painful
st gen- irregularities and derangements are
corrected and cured by it. All unnati
ele- ural discharges, bearing-down sensations,
weak back, accompanied with'
faint spells and kindrwcJL symptoms,
"J^Ht arc corrected. In every, case for
dton^ which it's veoommcndedj'" Favorite
? Prescription," is guaranteed to give
wte6 satisfaotion, or tho money is refunded.
No other medicine for
Irsat women is sold on such terms. That
d?r? proves that nothing else offered by
?? p? dealer can bo "just as good.
(W.I- We make extraordinary cflcrs of
HICYCT.KS. CAM Kit AH, WATCHES, A
KKA11T1KC1. HEW I NO MACHINE,
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m m securing subscribers.
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