The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, August 10, 1905, Image 4
A WOMAN’S ORDEAL
DREADS DOCTOR’S QUESTIONS
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There can be no more terrible ordeal
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than to be obliged to answer certain
questions in regard to her private ills,
even when those questions are asked
by her family physician, and many
THE MOON OF ROSES
Wondrous moon of roses—
Moon of roses red—
Watch o’er my lady
Till night has lied.
Tender moon of roses—
Moon of rose* white—
Uleant On her purely
With thy pale ligut.
Lovely moon of roses—
Moon of roses red—
Guide her through dreamland.
Guard thou her bed.
Blessed moon of roses—
Moon of roses white—
Whisper, “i love her,”
All through the night.
^•Anne P. L. Field, in the Century.
* THE MANKiLLER. •>
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By David Buffum.
continue to suffer rather than submit
to examinations which so many physi
cians propose in order to intelligently
treat the disease ; and this Is the rea
son why so many physicians fail to
cure female disease.
This is also the reason why thousands
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Mass. To her they can confide every
detail of their illness, and from
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Bead how Mrs. Piukham helped Mra.
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Mountains of proof establish the fact
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ANCIENT LONDON CHURCH.
All Hallows in the WaJI an Interesting
Relic.
All Hallows in the Wall la one of
the London city churches which have
a special Interest for the antiquary,
because adjoining It Is a piece of the
old wall of London. The church Itself,
however Is not a thing of beauty or in
terest. Dance, Jr., who built It In
1766-67, not having been exactly a
great architect, says the London
Graphic.
The first church that stood on the
Bite, its north wall probably resting,
as the present one does, on the ancient
wall -of the city, was built, it Is said,
in the eighth century, the city wall be
ing then 500 years old. Later the
church, of course, became Gothic, and
an old print shows it as a small build
ing with two aisles and a low tower of
timber. Old Stowe evidently thought
little of it, for in his survey he merely
mentions t-ho fact that the chlirch Is
called "Allhallowes in the Wall of
standing close to the Wall of the
.Citie." After mentioning some monu
ments of his own period, and the fact
that the hounds of the parish contain
no great extent of ground, and are
"needless to be spoken of,” he ends
his brief account by recording the
fcttt that “Mr. Andrew Geneway, the
parson, used him there very kindly.”
The New View of London (1703) says
that the church was of the Gothic
and Tuscan orders, and “not having
been consumed by the late fire, is not
so beautiful as those that are wholly
new erected.” The really interesting
part of the church is Its vestry, which
is formed of ono of the bastions of the
wall, and from which a flight of stairs
leads through the north wall of the
church into the pulpit.
Now there Is exposed a part of the
Gothic church of All Hallow’s in the
Wall w’hich is not mentioned by tho
guide books, old or new, so far as
the present writer is aware.- In New
Broad street behind the church, that
is to say, beyond its north side, a row
of nine fine old eighteenth century
houses Is being domolished to make
way for new’ offices, and you can walk
right through any of them and obtain
a view of the north side of the church.
There, In ruins, but of exceeding in
terest and high picturesqueness, are
some considerable remains of appar
ently tho fourteenth century architec
ture of All Hallows.
An Anecdote.
A writer in Harper’s Weekly tells
an interesting anecdote of Charles J.
Bonaparte, the new Secretary of the
Nayy. It appears that during Mr.
Bonaparte’s connection with tho Bal
timore Reform League It was decided
to Investigate the conduct of a prom
inent Federal office holder. Friends
of the crooked officer learned this,
end resolved to "pack” the council, so
that the report might be voted down.
Mr. Bonaparte listened attentively to
the arguments against the report and
then rose to give his own views, bit
terly attacking the officer, and urging
that the changes be immediately ac
cepted. Ho saw, however, that his
words would have little effeot on that
portion of the audience which sided
wrlth the accused man, so when he had
finished his discourse ho began over
again, repeating his Speech word for
word, pause for pause, gesture for ges
ture—not once, but a dozen times, un
til toward morning the friends of tho
accused officer were fast asleep. Mr.
Bonaparte and his associates then ap
proved and adopted tho report.
BABY’S INSTINCT - ~
Shows He Knew What Food to Stick To
Forwarding a photo of a splendidly,
landsome and health}' young boy, a
inppy mother writes from an Ohio
:owu:
“The enclosed picture shows my 4-
tear-old Grape-Nuts boy.
“Since he was 2 years old he has eat-
in nothing but Grape-Nut*. He de-
nnnds and gets this food three times a
lay. This may seem rather unusual,
nit he does not care for anything else
ifter he has eaten his Grape-Nuts,
vhieh he uses with milk or cream, and
hen he is through with his meal. Even
in Thanksgiving Day he refused tur-
cey and all the good things that make
ip that groat dinner, and ate his dish
»f Grape-Nuts and cream with the best
esults and none of the evils that the
►ther foolish members of the family
ixperienced.
“He is never sick, has a beautiful I
lomplexion. and is considered a very
landsome boy. May the Postum Com- •
>any prosper and long continue to fur- ,
ilsh their wholesome food.” Name
jiven by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
dick.
There’s a reason. Read the little
►ook. “The Road to Wellville,’’ In
very pkg.
HERE was little wonder
that Black Peter's disposl-
0 8 0 tion was bad, for his moth-
M ^ or was a peevish, irritable,
'WOW' vicious mare. Sam Per
kins, who owned -her, bought her
cheap; she was only a mongrel, any
how, and her Intolerable temper made
her still less valuable.
“But she'll do to raise a colt from,”
observed Sam, a remark profoundly
foolish/ but by no means original, as is
evident to any horseman who lias wit
nessed the occasional stock-breeding
performances in those districts where
few horses are raised.
Peter’s father was a thoroughbred,
and from him Peter inherited many
noble qualities. There was not another
j horse in all Perkins’ Neck who could
I show such clean, flat limbs as Peter.
' or who could travel so far without
j weariness, or who was so fearless of
j objects along the roads. Noi^Jiad Peter
I any bad habits in harness. But over
j all this the bad disposition hung like
a Cloud.
It manifested itself in a thousand
J surly looks and Impatient ways, and in
I a disposition to hurt all people who
| came near him. This inclination
I seemed irresistible at times,' at others
| held painfully in check. It was as
If two spirits were struggling for the
J mastery in the black horse.
He bit or kicked every farm-hand,
I until none would consent to take care
I
of him. Upon Sam, who was thus
constrained to the disagreeable duty,
he left so many marks that one day.
in sheer exasperation, Sam tied tho
horse to a tree, and with a nicely
trimmed birch sapling gave him a
thrashing,
“He ain’t wuth his barn room an’
keep,” said Sam.
This sentiment was echoed by every
person on the farm except Ruth, Sam’s
sixteeu-ycar-old daughter. For Ruth,
alone of them all, understood, and
when the others abused him she said,
“Poor follow I’’
And did Peter never injure Ruth?
Yes, once. On her white shoulder
there Is still the mark of his teeth.
But that was before he learned all the
sympathy there was in that kind little
heart.
Life is no brighter for a surly horse
than for a surly man or woman, ami
when Ruth visited the stable, Peter
would lay his cheek wearily against
hers, and a sad look replaced the an
gry glitter in his eyes, as if he were
saying, “Oh, why am I In this wretch
ed world at all—I who by every law of
humanity and common sense ought
never to have been bred, never to
have been born!”
One day—It was shortly after the
thrashing—Sam essayed to enter Pe
ter’s stall, although a peculiarly wicked
look in the horse’s eyes might have
warned him to take special cave.
Out flew the iron-shod heels, and
Sam received an injury to his thigh
that kept him confined to the house
for a week. It was thou decided that
if any one was fool enough to buy
him Peter should be sold. A customer
soon appeared in the person of a Mg,
red-headed Irishman, named Patrick
Rafferty.
“Sure, It’s mesilf can break any horse
in the wurruld av his vices,” said Pat.
On arriving home with his new pur
chase, ho discovered promptly that he
had some vices to break. For after
leading Peter Into a stall and tying
him, the Irishman found no way of
getting out.
If ho tried to come out as he went
In, the horse was ready with a pair
of very wicked heels; and If he climbed
ignomJuiously forward through the
manger, a strong set of teeth was in
waiting to harass him. A dozen times
did he back the horse out, kick him
savagely In the belly with his cowhide
boots, and then lead him back and
renew the attempt, but to no purpose.
Pat was puzzled as well as furiously
angry. He bad “broken’’ a number of
mongrels, but Peter was half-thorough
bred—a very different thing.
Pat had heard of the expediency of
laying down n horse in a ease like this;
in fact, had once seen it done, with
excellent results. He resolved to try
it. Bftt he proposed a few improve
ments on the original method, which
was too simple and humane to suit his
ideas.
Mike, his son, suggested the pro
priety of repairing to the pasture,
where the ground was soft, but Pat
laughed him to scort'.
“An’ make it nisy for him, is it?”
lie bellowed, his face crimson with
rage. “It’s here on the cobblestones
I’ll throw him, for it ain’t for his
pleasure I’m throwiu’ him!”
With Mike’s assistance Peter’s off
forefoot was now strapped up, a sur
cingle buckled round him. and a piece
of clothes-line run through it and fast
ened to his near forefoot. A push
sidewise, a jerk on the line, and the
game was on.
Peter leaped into the air like a tiger
when he found his two fore legs tied
up, so high, indeed, that Pat was con
strained to let go the bridle-rein, but
lie kept his hold on the clothes-line.
Then down Peter cam? upon the cob
blestone pavement, crushing his beau
tifully formed knees nearly to the bqpe.
Up once more, a wild spring into the
air, and again the crushed and bleed
ing knees were brought down with
terrible force upon the pavement. This
time Pat succeeded in catching the
rein, and the horse went over on his
side.
“And now, Mike,” shrieked Pat,
“hand me that cart-stake!”
Of the heart-sickening punishment
that followed I need only say that it
is as cowardly to strike a horse when
he is down as it is to strike a man
when he is down. Moreover, had Pat
been more of a horseman, he would
have known that he had no hands to
spare for wielding a club; both were
needed to handle the rein and line.
And noiv the horse did something
which Pat had never experienced be
fore—he roared: not an ordinary neigh,
but a roar, such as horses rarely give,
but which, when they do give it. is so
awful as to strike terror into braver
men than Pat. As Pat valued his life,
this was the time to hold the line
strongly; but be leaped back, dropping
it in his excitement. Mike ran, terror-
stricken to the house, and in a moment
Peter was up!
His off forefoot, it is tru’, was still
strapped-up, but be could handle liirti-
self on throe legs. TVith another roar
he reared and struck fiercely at his tor
mentor with his free forefoot. The.
blow struck him fairly and squarely
on the head—and Patrick’s career as ft
horse-trainer was permanently closed
Peter was now that most shunned
and dreaded thing among horses—a
mankiller. There Is little doubt that
he realized fully what he had done,
but if he had any thoughts on the sub
ject they were probably those of satis
faction.
But he was too sore, too lame to
think of much besides his own suffer
ings. lie wandered aimlessly about
the yard, and as his excitement grad
ually left him, became desperately
thirsty and longed greatly for some
soft ground, where he might lie down.
After a long time—for help had to
be summoned from a neighboring
farm—people came and removed Pat
rick’s body; but except for “standing
him off” with whips and clubs no one
paid any attention to Peter.
Two days later, Bridget, Pat’s wid
ow. came into the yard. The horse
being now too exhausted and lame to
cause her any fear, she cut loose the
strap that confined his forefoot, re
moved the bridle and surcingle, nnd
turned him into an adjoining pasture,
where was a brook of running water.
Here Peter ran for many weeks,
and fully recovered from his injuries,
although the ugly scars on his knees
of oonrse remained, as well as some
of tho marks left by the cart-stake.
On the side of the pasture next the
highway was a white board, bearing
the notice, “For sale, sound young
horse, warranted kind In harness.”
People looked at the s’gn and smiled
derisively ns they drove by.
From time to time, however, the
more curious stopped nnd looked over
the fence. It was not every day one
could see a real mnnkiller. But they
always gave the horse a wide berth.
At last, one day, came Ruth; and
Peter, although with some hesitation,
walked slowly up to the fence where
she stood.
Ruth had not intended to speak to
him or caress him—this inankiliing was
too horrible—but when she saw his
broken knees and, all over bis body,
the scars left by the heavy cart-stake,
she relented.
“Poor Peter!” shg said. “Poor, poor
fellow!”
Then Ruth fell to musing on the pos
sibilities for good and evil that’often
exist In the same individual, and the
kind of discipline needed to hold the
evil Impulses in cheek.
“Whatever the right discipline is, Pe
ter has never had it,” she said. She
was a wise little horsewoman, was
Ruth.
But a purchaser had been found for
Peter before, end a purchaser was
again forthcoming. This time It was
Hobbs, wbo ran tbe coal and wood
yard in the village, and he wanted the
horse to put In his tread-power. He
had always used cheap horses for this
purpose, and here was a chance to ob
tain for a small sum a good young
horse, who would last for a long time.
Peter gave a snort of relief when he
was taken from the lonely pasture,
where for many weeks he had had
neither equine nor human companion
ship. Use was far better than this
enforced Isolation.
He looked almost pleasant r.s Hobbs
put on his halter and led him out of
the field, and he trotted along behind
the buggy with bis head up, bis thin
nostrils distended and his warm blood
leaping In bis veins.
Half way to the village Hobbs met
Ruth. He halted to tell her of bis pur
chase and the use to which he intend
ed to put the horse.
Ruth looked aghast. “Peter in a
tread-power? Why, lie’s half thor
oughbred!” she exclaimed.
“So much the more reason why he’ll
stand up to that hard work,” said
Hobbs. “I ain’t much of a hossman,
but accordin’ to wbat I’m told, thor
oughbreds don’t quit.”
“No, and I’ll guarantee Peter not to
quit,” said Ruth, with a little ring of
pride In her voice, “but that kind of
work is too far removed from what
nature intended him for. It’ll break
his heart.”
Hobbs shrugged his shoulders.
“Maybe,” be said. “But if be does
bis work I ain’t frettin’ about bis
heart.” And he drove on.
Peter bad a good supper and a fine
bed that night, for Hobbs, although he
worked his horses hard, fed and
stabled them well.
In the morning Peter was led out to
the tread-power, and it was evident to
him that he was expected to enter It.
It was a strange-looking thing, but
Peter had never yet shown fear. He
entered it at once, and stood perfectly
still while the cross-bar was put across
behind him and his head tied firmly
down, so that he could not jump out.
Then the brake was taken off and the
floor began to slide backward under
him.
Peter gave a spring forward, but,
fast as bo went, <he floor moved back
ward with equal speed. He was for
ever going up a very short hill, but
never reaching the top. Nothing could
possibly be more discouraging or more
destructive to a horse's ambition.
At last he gave up the struggle and
settled down to a nervous, quick stride,
a half-wild and hunted expression in
his eyes. All the forenoon he climbed
that interminable hill; then, .after an
hour’s rest, he was again put in, and
climbed till night. In a week he was
a greatly changed horse.
It was not the severity of his work,
hard as it was, that done it, for those
deep lungs of his, that short, strong
back and those clean, flat, sinewy
limbs would have carried him tri
umphantly through still harder tasks.
It was the absolute hopelessness of it.
the traveling for ever and never get
ting anywhere, the ignominy, the
shame, the mockery of the whole thing.
But although the horse showed less
disposition -than formerly to bite and
kick, his subjection bad not been of
the right kind, and his mind did not
run in a healthy, normal chancel. As
the phrase aptly expresses it, his heart
was broken.
For three months Peter worked in
the tread-power and no horse hal ever
stood the work so well before. But he
was no longer a horse; he was a ma
chine, an automaton, a part of the
mechanism he was running.
Then Hobbs was taken sick, and af
ter a short Illness, died, and soon af
terward all of his effects. Including
Peter, were advertised to be sold at
auction.
Peter stood listlessly in the yard on
the day of the sale, and his dull eyes
looked over the assembled throng with
out any sign of Interest. Np one would
bid much for tbe mankiller, and it
made little difference to him now who
owned him. *
But suddenly his eyes grew a shade
brighter, and he gave a faint whinny,'
for over in the corner of the yard he
saw Ruth. She came up to him and
took his head between her two little
bauds.
“I haven’t much money, Peter,” she
said, making sure he understood her,
“but you won’t bring much, poor fel
low, and I'm going to buy you if I
can.”
And if you had watched closely you
might have seen in Peter’s eyes a
trace—Just a trace, mind you, for he
had little feeliug left—of the sad, sym
pathy-craving expression with which
he used to lay his cheek against hers
in the old days at Sam Perkins’ farm.
Meanwhile the sale was going on,
and at last came the time for putting
up the horses.
Presently came the turn of “Black
Peter, half-thoroughbred, seven years
old, sound and with no blemish except
scars on his knees and body.”
He was sold to Ruth Perkins for the
sum of sixteen dollars nnd twenty-five
cents.
Ruth took the halter-rope herself and
led the horse home. She was not
afraid of him, and both she and he
knew that she had no reason to be.
There is but iffle more to tell. Ruth
still keeps Peter for her riding nnd
driving hors?. Under her treatment
his temper has so far improved that,
although it frequently shows Itself,
he is no longer dangerous.
I wish that I could conclude by say
ing that his old spirit and ambition had
returned, but that Is not to be.
Break ft horse’s heart, and his am
bition is gono forever. Peter does
cheerfully whatever his little mis
tress requires of him, nnd he is as
sound as ever in wind and limb; but lie
no longer looks eagerly for the further
end of a long road or exhibits that
keen satisfaction in surmounting ob
stacles that was once a part of his
nature.
“There is no help for it now,” says
little Ruth, as she rubs down his glossy
black coat. “It is too late, and I’m
glad that he is at least as happy as a
horse of his temperament could be, nnd
that he Is being treated properly at
last. But the saddest part of It all to
mo is that the dreadful experiences
he went through were unnecessary,
nnd that bis whole career, up to the
time I bought him, was a chapter of
human mistakes and wrongs.”—
Youth’s Companion.
ANCIENT WAR SHIPS.
V/hat Ho Meant
Mr. Griggsfleld was a man who
meant well, but was unfortunately ad
dicted to the habit of saying the
wrong thing at all times and In all cir
cumstances. An acquaintance of his
had suffered severe injuries in a rail
way wreck, Including a broken nose,
the loss of three or four teeth, and a
gash across one of his cheeks; but
his hurts were not serious, and he
was scon on the street again, some
what disfigured, but In good working
order.
One of the first men to greet him
after his recovery was Mr. Griggs-
fi.eld, who graspel him cordially by
*be hand and exclaimed:
“Hello, Williams! I understand
you have been pretty badly hurt. I
am glad to see you so much im
proved.”
Later, when he reflected upon It, he
understood why Mr. Williams re
sponded to this greeting with such a
queer smile.—Youth’s Companion.
He Was Done, But Wouldn’t Stop.
Chaplain Horton, of the Massachu
setts Legislature, told a story about
I a long winded member of that body.
The legislator was delivering an ad-
| dress in a town not far from Boston,
and the village folk gathered in the
Town Hall to hear it.
“He had been speaking quite a
while,” said Dr. Horton, “when final
ly an old Schotchman arose and walk
ed out of the hall. At the door one
of his countrymen was waiting with
his hack to drive the orator to the
station.
“ ‘Is he done yet, Sandy?’ asked tho
Scot on the box.
“The old man turned about.
“ ’Ay,’ said he, ‘he’s done lang ago,
but he will na stop.’ ”—Hartford
Times.
Larjjc Vessels of the Egyptians, Phoeni
cians and Greeks.
The inventions of the Alexandrian
age were both numerous and varied.
Under the Ptolemaic kings of Egypt
ships were built of lengths varying
from 312 to 420 feet, the latter carry
ing 4000 rowers, 400 sailors and 2850
soldiers, altogether more than 7000 per
sons in oue vessel. Demosthenes men
tions a merchant ship which, besides
the cargo, slaves and crew, carried
more than 300 freemen as passengers
(Boaekt, GO). Archimedes built a skip
for Hiero, of Syracuse, which was pro-
vided with dining rooms, galleries,
gardens, fish ponds, stables, mills,
baths, eight large towers and an engine
for hurling stones of 300 pounds weight
and spears thirty-six feet long. Its
decks were Inlaid with scenes from the
Iliad, and it contained a temple of Ve
nus and other wonders. Although this
huge vessel may have been more use
ful as a pleasure boat than a man-of-
war, yet the Greeks of this age con
structed fighting ships of scarcely less
gigantic dimensions. Not only this,
but they accomplished in them the
most distant voyages. That of Pytheas
to the Baltic has been already men
tioned. They also sent ships to the In
dies, and several around the Cape of
Good Hope, which, nfter having made
the voyage from the coast of Spain,
were found wrecked on the shores of
Arabia. Eudoxus also made tho same
voyage, though in the opposite direc
tion. However, this feat had already
been performed by the Phoenicians un
der Pharaoh Neeho, 611-605 B. C., and
by the Carthaginians under Hanno.
The art of sailing on a bowline, or
against the wind,” if not also antici
pated by the Phoenicians, belongs to
the Alexandrian age. The invention
of an inclosed basin or dock, for ships.
Is also of the same age. Philon con
structed one at Athens, which har
bored 1000 ships. The Maritime Code
and the Colossus of Rhodes were of
the same age.—Seientifie American.
Too Cordial.
King Oscar of Sweden had a curious
experience a short, time ago, while
visiting ono of the principal towns
In the south of his kingdom. The
town was brightly decorated through
out, but the best-decorated house was
a largo building, and outside it was
hanging in largo letters, "Welcome,
Your Majesty!”
“What house is that?” asked the
king, of an attendant.
“The (own prison, your Majesty.”
“I appreciate their loyalty,” he said,
“but really it Is a little too cordial!”
Penny Pictorial.
His Strenuous Finish.
“Yes,” said the sad-faced young
man in the smoking car, “I’m out of
baseball for keeps. Why, in my first
game this season they got onto me In
the third inning and pounded me all
over the field.”
“Oh, you shouldn’t let a little thing
like that discourage you," replied the
hardware drummer. “Many a good
pitcher has been tip against similar
luck.”
“Yes,” continued the victim, "but,
you see, I wasn’t the pitcher; 1 hap
pened to be the umpire.”—Chicagc
Daily News.
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Dr. R. H. Kline, Ltd.,931 Arch Bt., Phlla., Pa.
Caruso, the celebrated Italian tenor, is
the son of a Naples engineer.
d
Fiso’s Cure Is the host medicine weaver used
lor all affections of throat and lungs.—Wm.
O. Excslet, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1900.
The State Forester of Massachusetts
urges the study of forestry.
Chalcedony.
With the rage for semi-precioue
stones the beautiful chalcedony be
comes of unusual interest. It is imi
tated in various ways. One of the
last vases to be added to the collec
tion of favrile glass in Memorial Hall
is in Mood, red shadings of chalcedony.
Chalcedony, by tbe way, is an v.n-
crystallized, translucent variety of
quartz.
It is usually of a white color.
It has a lustre quite like wax.
Chalcedony of different colors, ar
ranged in stripes or layers, is called
agate.
If the stripes in chalcedony be all
horizontal it is known as onyx.
The exquisite and much admired
ehrysophrase is but green chalcedony.
That splendid, tiesh-red shade of dial-
cedony knowy as earneliau.
Sard is the grayish red variety cf
this many-colored stone.
It takes its name from Chalccdon,
a town in Asia Minor opposite Byzan
tium.
The mineral has been famous for its
beauty for ages. In Revelation it is
set down as the stone which adorns
the third foundation of the walls cf
the New Jerusalem.—Philadelphia Rec
ord.
ITanl to Play On.
The experiences cf George B. Ccr-
telyou, chairman of the Republican
National Committee, during the recent
campaign were many and varied.
With keen relish he tells of one that
came under his notice.
A country club about to give a par
ade was debating as to the number of
transparencies to be had in line. It
was about settled that twelve would be
the proper number, when an old fellow
with his trousers tucked in his boots
arose and said:
“I guess two will be about right.
’Tain’t at all likely more’n two wil!
know how to play on ’em.”—Success
Magazine.
Crisp Dehaltlong.
It is the boys who furnish the crisp
definitions: “Irony is small articles
made out of iron.” “Antieiimax is a
brand of chewing tobacco.” “Facile, a
litt’? face.” “An autograph is a money-
grabbing scheme s t on foot by one
ma i.” “Antifat and antitoxin are those
new, cheap breakfa ;t foods.” “A bliz-
zarl is something inside of a hen.”
“O'W ancestors are cur back relations.”
“A'i octagon is an eight-sided devil
fish.”
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, soften tho gums.reduces inflamma
tion,allays paln.oureswind colic, 25c.abottlo,
A brochure is a small book, stitched, not
bound.
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Is It Ktglit?
Is it right for you to lose $4.20 that a
dealer may make 50 cents more by selling
fourteen gallons of ready-for-use paint, at
$1.30 per gallon, than our agent will make
by selling you eight gallons ot L. & M., and
six gallons of linseeu oil, which make four
teen gallons of a better paint, at $1.20 per
gallon? Is it right?
Sold everywhere and by Longman &
Martinez, New York. Paint Makers for
Fifty Y’cars.
“By-law” owes the first part of itself
to the word “bye.”
For Instant Itollef and Fpeedy Cnre of Kaw
aixt Sculy Humor. Itching Day and
Night—Suffered For Months.
“I wish you would publish this letter so
that others suffering as I have may be
helped. For months awful sores covered
my face and neck, scabs forming, itching
terribly day and night, breaking open, and
running blood and matter. 1 had tried
many remedies, but was growing worse,
when I started with Cuticura. The first
application gave me instant relief, and when
I had used two cakes of Cuticura Soap
and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment, 1
was completely cured. (Signed) Miss Nel
lie Vander Wiele, Lakeside, N. Y .”
FEMININE SUBSTITUTE.
Myer—I wonder why young De
Bullyon does not marry? He has all
kinds of money.
Gyer—Oh, I suppose he thinks a
wife isn’t necessary. Money talks,
you know.—Chicago Dally News.
TWENTY YEARS OF IT.
FEAR FOR NIAGARA
IMMENSE VOLUME OF WATER OU
VERTED FROM FALLS.
GRATEFUL TO CUTICURA
Coinmerclat KnterprHes Are Making
Heavy Drain* on'Thl* Famoa* £h >w-
1’lace—It* Tremendous Electrical Fow
cr thu Inducement.
Niagara Falls, August 7.—The vol
ume of water being diverted from tbe
historic Niagara Falls is reaching such
proportions that the people of the State
are trying to pass laws which will pre
vent the possibility of a practical wip
ing out of this sublime natural spec
tacle.
Water sufficient to develop nearly
five hundred thousand horse-power
continuously, twenty-four hours per
day, for Industrial purposes, is now be
ing taken from tbe river above the
Falls, and further developments re
quiring more water are contemplated.
Probably tbe largest user of tbe elec
tricity produced by tbe waters of tbe
mighty river is the concern which by
the five or six thousand degree heat of
the electric furnace brings lime nnd
coke into unwilling union, thereby pro-
ducUig what is known as Calcium Car-
bide.
Dry calcium carbide is lifeless as so
much broken rock, but in contact with
water it springs into activity and be
gets abundantly tbe gas Acetylene.
Tbe light resulting from tbe ignition
of acetylene Is the nearest approach to
sunlight known.
’Phese facts, though of comparatively
recent discovery, were soon seized by
men with an eye to the commercial
possibilities and to-day calcium carbide
is being shipped everywhere and used
for dispelling darkness in buildings of
nil descriptions, from tbe ordinary barn
of the farmer to the country villa of
the wealthy, ns well ns for lighting
the streets of a large number of towns.
Acetylene can be easily and cheaply
Installed, and the manufacture and sale
of acetylene generators has become a
business of recognized standing, has
assumed large proportions and Is stead
ily growing.
STANDARD OIL PIPE LINES.
The Cost of Building and Operating
40,000 Miles of Its Carrying System.
Detailed information as to the cost
of building and operatnlg pipe lines
Is not now available, and no official
figures have ever been published show
ing the total mileage of existing pipe
lines—because it Is the settled policy
of the Standard to keep these facta
securely locked against public scrut
iny. But the Investigation of 1899 de
veloped two very significant admis
sions. In that year Mr, Rockefeller
stated, under oath, that “to perfect tho
pipe line system transportation re
quired in the neighborhood of $50,000,-
00 of capital.” In the two years 1m-
tnedlately following—1900 and 1901—
the cash dividends declared and paid
by the Standard Oil Company amount
ed to $96,000,000—nearly double the
sum needed to "perfect” the entire
pipe line system then in use, and with
in $4,000,000 of the entire capital of
the company, which is $100,000,000.
That- clearly demonstrates the low
cost of pipe line construction, as re
lated to tho enormous profits of tho
Industry.
In the same year, 1899, Henry H.
Rogers testified as to, the existing
mileage of the Standard pipe lines:
“We probably have 35,000 miles or
more scattered all over the country.”
Since that time many additions and
extensions have been laid In every
oil field in the United States; the oil
regions of Kansas and Indian Terri
tory have been largely developed, and
a trunk line is building from the Kan
sas fields to Chicago. Thus we are
entirely safe in assuming that fully
40,000 miles of pipe line are now em
braced In the Standard oil system.
This means simply that the Stand
ard Oil Company is now in complete,
arbitrary and exclusive control of
more miles of transportation facilities
than three of the greatest railroad
systems of the world! Here are the
official figures, as reported in 1904:
Track
Ry. systems Employes mileage
Pennsylvania 160,706 19,720
New York Central... 45,842 7,158
Baltimore and Ohio.. 45,000 7,359
Cmaclated by Diabetes; Tortured With
Gravel and Kidney 1’nlns.
Henry Soule, cobbler, of Hammonds-
port, N. Y\, says: ‘Since Doan’s Kid
ney Pills cured me eight years ago,
I’ve reached sev
enty and hope to
live many years
longer. But twenty
years ago 1 had
kidney trouble so
bad I could not
work. Backache
was persistent and
it was agony to lift
anything. Gravel,
whirling headaches, dizziness and ter
rible urinary disorders ran me down
from 168 to l OO pounds. Doctors told
me I bad diabetes and could not live.
I was wretched and hopeless when 1
began using Doan’s Kidney Pills, but
they cured me eight ye-ars ago and
I’ve been well ever since.”
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale by all dealers. Price, 50
cents per box.
Grand totals 251,548 34,237
But oil Is cheap, you say? Y r es;
much cheaper than it used to be, be
cause of the enormous increase in
production—but not nearly so cheap
as it would be under free and fair com
petition.
The Cruel “Range.”
There would appear to be no sea
son of the year In which calamity in
s/me form does not lie in wait for
cattle left to shift for themselves on
the great plains. In winter they slow
ly perish from long-continued cold anj
lack of food. In the spring storrr.< de
stray the young and the less enduring
of the older stock. Later they perish
from summer and autumnal droughts.
The Indications are that the range
steer Is going out of existence In a
similarly perverse way. With him
goes the cowboy, the most picturesque
figure of an immature Western civil
izatlon. He gives us some fine types
Did not Roosevelt himself develop
from a cowboy?
But even Roosevelt today condemn!
the range system, with its wastefu
use of land and its necessary monop
olles, as well as its cruelties. So ii
will not be long ere the spectacle o:
cattle perishing in thousands as th«
result of a heartless system will hav<
become a thing of the past. Th(
r ‘Western stockman” will have to be
come a farmer.—St. Paul Pioneei
Press.
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YOU CAN LIVE IN A. SWAMP AND STILL BE WELL
Chilli and Fevers will
have no terrors lor
you if you use
OXIDINE
Made in Regular and Tasteless Formi.
For sale by all Druggists.
M’f’d by ^A'XTTTO**-WORSM.n.IVt DRUG CO.,
;k 50 Cents Dallas, Texas axu YlEiirms, Tkxkessek.
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Truths that Strike Home
Your grocer is honest anil—if he cares to do so—enn tell
you that he knows very little about the bulk coffee he
sells you. How can he know, where it originally came from,
how it was blended—or With What
—or when roasted? If you buy your
coffee loose by the pound, how can
you expect purity and uniform quality ?
LION COFFEE, the LEADER OF
ALL PACKAGE COFFEES, Is o*
necessity uniform In quality,
strength and llavor. For OVER A
QUARTER OF A CENTURY, LION COFFEE
has been the standard coliee In
millions of homes.
O
LION COFFEE Is carefully packed
■t our factories, and until opened In
your home, has no chance of being adul
terated, or of coming In contact with dust,
dirt, fierms. or unclean hands.
In each package of LION COFFEE you get one full
pound of Pure Coffee. Insist upon getting the genuine.
(Lion head on every package.)
("Save the Lion-heads for valuable premiums.)
SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE
WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Chin.
WINCHESTER
RIFLE AND PISTOL CARTRIDGES
Winchester Rifle and Pistol Cartridges of all
calibers are loaded by machinery which sizes
the shells, supplies the exact quantity of
powder, and seats the bullets properly. By
using first-class materials and this up-to-date
system of loading, the reputation of Win
chester Cartridges for accuracy, reliability and
excellence is maintained. Ask for them.
__ THEY SHOOT WHERE YOU HOLD
A Brittany Wedding Feast.
Mile. Anne Mario Guynamant,
daughter of the Mayor of Serignac,
has been married to M. Blanchard,
a solicitor’s clerk, at Poullaouen, ac
cording to the rites of their native
Brittany. Over one thousand guests
were bidden to the rejoicings. They
sat down to the feast in a field be
longing to the bride’s father. Tables
had been built in a simple way by
digging trenches. The diners sat on
one edge of the ditches and the meal
was served on the other. Fires were
lit in the middle of the field, at which
seventeen bullocks were roasted, be
sides a dozen calves and a score or so
of sheep. The service was easily
managed by relatives of the happy
pair, driving round the field in hay-
carts and filling up the plates as they
passed.-—London Telegraph.
COTTON GINS
WITHOUT BELTS
GANTT’S NOISKI.KSS GKAKFD GINS
Completely does away with the brush belt and
pulleys. This means satisfaction. Time and
money saved to you In tfinniiiK cotton.
I’radically No Wear-Out to It.
We guarantee satisfaction. Write foi prices
and Illustrated catalogue.
GANTT Ml'G. CO., Macon, Ga.
JUST LIKE A MAN.
He—How awfully mannish she is.
She—Isn’t she, though?
H—Y’es, and the funny part of it Is
that she thinks people admire her for
being that way. I should think she'd
realize that people are only laughing
at her.
She—Well, she’s mannish even to
that extent—Philadelphia Press
Shaeen Baba.
The Shaeen Baba is common in
nearly all North India towns. This
follower of the prophet of Arabia goes
about the streets with a hooka all
ready for smoking. He calls out to
the passersby “Bhaia hooka pulao”—
“Brother, have a smoke.” The Hindus
will take tlYe chillum—the bowl con
taining the fire—and smoke direct
from it without the intervention of
the nooka. The Mussulman takes a
pull or two from the snake of the
hooka. Occasionally he gets a copper
or two from those •who enjoy his
hooka. He blesses the giver with
the words, “Abad rahio; khus raho”—
"Prosper in this world; be happy.”—
Allahabad Pioneer.
All Africa Appropriated.
By tho King of Italy’s award re
specting the Anglo-Portugue.se fron
tier in Barotseland (Northweste: n
Rhodesie) the last piece of land not
definitely appropriated in Africa has
been disposed of.
The new Anglo-Portuguese bound
ary is formed by a lino following the
Kwando River from the Zambesie *o
the 24th meridian of east longitude
and thence along the meridian as far
as the 13th parallel of south latitude,
following that parallel until the Con
go Free State frontier is reached.-
London Mail.
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M0ZLEy*8>l«0N ELlklR - ,
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ACM AND AtL»0«IIANOBMXNT« ON^TM^
•T0MAOH ano a
bottle at aCl' bnuayrO»iB.'_\ r ,
Malsby & Co.
41 South Forsyth St., Atlanta, Go.
VOu« vtatunu**?
them perfect. Couldn’t do without them. J
used them for Rome time for indigestion I'll-
Ioiird and am now completely cured. Kccoin-
mend them to everyone. Once tried, you will
never be without them in the family.
Edward A. Marx, Albany. N. !•
Best For
w. The Bowels
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CANDY CATHARTIC
Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Tnnt* Good. Po Good,
Never Sicken, Weaken or Gripe. 10c. 2->c. 50c. Nryef
iol<l in bulk. The genuine tablet etnmpod L L L.
Guaranteed to euro or your money back.
SterUnK Remedy Co., Chicago or N.Y. 6oa
ANNUAL SALE. TEN MILLION BOXES
FOR WOMEN
troubled with ills peculiar to -
Lheir eex, used as a douche i. marvelously suc
cessful. Thoroughly cleanses, kills disease germs,
stops discharges, heals inflammation and local
soreness, cures leucurihoea and nasal catarrh.
Taxtine is in powder form to be dissolved in pure
water, ar.d is far more cleansing, healin-, germicidal
and economical than liquid antiseptics for all
TOILET AND WOMEN’S SPECIAL USES
For iale at druggists, SO cents a box.
Trial Box and Book of Instructions Free.
Tmi n. Paxton Company Boston, Mass.
AN INSURANCE VIEW.
Howell—Don’t you wish you could
live your life over again?
Powell—Well, I should say not!
I’ve got a twenty-year endowment
policy maturing next month.—Judge,
Judge.
Portable and Stationary
Engines, Boilers,
Saw Mills
AND ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY
Complete line Carried in stock for
1MMEDIA TE DELI VEIi Y.
Best Machinery, Lowest Prices and Best Terms
Write us for catalogue, prices,
etc., before buying:.
If nailrted
wl'la weak
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OUR SPECIALTY
3 4 5
Three two dollar shirts for five dollars.
MADE TO YOUR MEASURE.
Wr.ts for simples and measurement blanks.
MODEL SHIRT CO..
Dept. S, ludlaitupolU, Ind.
NEEDLES,
SHUTTLES,
REPAIRS.
FOR. ALL SEWING HA-
CHINES. Standard Goods
Only. Free CalaJodue to
Deader*. BLELOCK
MFG. CO., M3 Locust
St., 8T. LOUI8. MO.
Thompson’s Eye Water;
FISO’S. CURE FOR
o UUKU WntRt ALL ELSE FAILS.
Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Dso
In time. Bold by druggists.
C O N S U M P T j ON.
(At32 ’05)
T° PM re f or money refunded by your merchant, eo why not try it? Price 50c.