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i?. ... i *. , -cV i y' * ft ?,V ? ? SANG OF "LOST CAUSE" ON CONFEDERATE BILL SANG Of L.U8T CAUSE?10 W. * 'asset I of Independence, Mo., is a typical ex-Confederate soldier, treasuring in his house many notable souvenirs of the Civil war, which, by the way, he insists should be designated as the "War Between the Stutes," and by no other name, writes W. L. Webb in the Kansas City Star. In his youthful days he served for four years in Price's army, being one ol six brothers who were Confederate soldiers, all from Jackson count>. Mo., two of whom lost their li\es in the service and all of whom wenwounded. Among his several mementos he has an elegant and highly wrought, officer's sword, captured from tin federal owner in battle. < ?n the walls of the Cassell home are pictures of General Gee 011 horseback and ol "Old Pup" Price, of Jefferson Havls and nearly all of the Confederate generuls. Hut of all the war-time keepsakes In Mr. Oastfoll's eollertion, the one which appeals most ?'loi|nently t<> the casual visitor is, perhaps, the vers* subjoined below. This was found among the papers of the late John t' Hope, himself a Confederate soldier. There was a story current among some of Mr. Hope's friends that it was originally inscribed on the hack of a Confederate hill, a thing not impossible. inasmuch as Confederal money was printed sometimes 011 oih side only. Hut Mr. t'assell is ol opinion that it was pinned to a Confederate bill which was picked up as a part of the wreckage on some battlefield. Mr. Hope never knew the name that was signed to it. Nor is tin' name of the hat t Iclield where the verse was found now known. it is as follows: Keprosent big nothing on God's oal'th now. Ami naught in the waters below it As the pledge of a nation that's dead and gone. Keep it. dear friend, and show it: Show it to those who will lend an ear. To the tale that tills tritle can tell Of Giberty horn of a patriot's dream Of a storm-cradled nation that fell Too poor to possess the precious ores And too much of a stranger to borrow, We issued today our promise to pay And Imped to redeem 011 the 11101 row. The days rolled by and the weeks heeanic years. Hut our coffers were empty still. Coin was so rare the treasury quaked If a dollar dropped into the till. Hut the faith that was in us was strong indeed. And our poverty well we discerned : And this little cheek represented the pay That our suffering veterans earned - * We knew it had hardly a value in gold. Yet as gold each soldier received it: It gladdened our eyes, with a promise to pay. And each Southern patriot believed it. Hut our hoys thought little of price or of nnv. Or of Mils that wore overdue: We knew Unit if it brought iis oiiv daily brent! 'Twa.s the best our poor country could do. Keep it; It tells all our history over Front the hirth of the dream to the lust; Modest, and horn of an angel hope, hike our hopes of success it passed. W.UTINCi. Mew York I'illher I.ooks for Son "t.one West." Pittsburgh 1 >ispatels. New York lie maintains his vigil In the shadow of the towering Woolworth building. this little gray-haired gray-bearded father who is waiting who has been waiting for almost two years. 1 tlrst noticed him about three months ago in March. and tin weather was cold and blustery. At that time he attracted only passing notice: there was nothing about him save his cheerful and welcoming smile to cause the passerby to give him a second glance. His seat is now. us then, a little wooden box Alongside the box is a suit ease tight lv hound with quarter-inch nianilla rope. Sometimes the old fellow Is smoking n pipe; oftener he is doing nothing but smiling at those who pass, bestowing a keener glance on men who are young than on those who are no longer young. This afternoon my curiosity got the l?ottor of my good brooding. Timo nnil again I luiil hoon on tho verge ??t asking tho old follow .itist for what?for whom he is waiting for. Several tlinos I havo ilotorminoil to food lliis curiosity; but oaoh tlnio tlioro was that benign sniilo of welcome. perhaps wouhl-ho friondsliin. so that it sooinod almost liko sacrilege to intrudo. Today tlio piostion was put. "Vv I vait horo?" eonntorod tho old follow. "Hon't voii know? I vait horo for mino hov who's gone awav throo yoars ago vol. llo's gone to do var mid ho sai<lt I should! moot him horo." Then followod tlu' story of many a fathor. many a inothor tho story to thoni of tho groat ost of all tragedies. Tho story of a lino upstanding boy who had harkonod to tho rail of war's alarms and had fal'od to como haok. As I turnod to loavo tho watting fathor, a poliooman lookod at mo and smilod. "Boon talking to old 'Jakov' Ar*"nvit?. oh." ho askod. "Woll, tho old gout's a sure enough nut. hut you oan't hlatno him. His hoy. Ilorman? I know him woll was a tlno 'kid' and it was tho hardost of look that ho should havo hoon humped off. Tho old man? Oh. suro; wo don't hot her hint. He's hartuloss and doesn't do ur.y dumage sitting tltere." TREASURE IX VIKING SHIP. | Old SnIHnir Vessel I'nenrthed Nenr 1 X(?rwuy Qwtn's Tomb. Arne Kkldal. in New York Times. The discovery of a new Norwegian Viking ship south of Aalesund. Norway. stated in u cable dispatch to the New Yo?"k Times recently, may prove of wido interest to the students of ancient civilization and Northern antiquities. The statement given I that the discovered ship is of a smaller type than the "Iceberg ship,"' found some years ago. is a mistake, however, probably due to a telegraphic error. The ship referred to is the "Oseberg ship," discovered at Oseberg, near Tonsberg, Norw ty. In 1902. and excavated during the summer of the following year. This ship is the finest and best preserved of the Viking ships hitherto known. very completely restored, and exhibited at the Tniversity of t'hrlstianla. The Oseberg ship is a little more than 100 feet in length and has a width of about 10 1-2 feet. It dates fiom the early part of the ninth century. The prow and stern post are beautifully carved and the vessel contained a easiness of priceless furniture and other antiquities. a loom with a tapestry full of small pictures. sledges with luxurious ornaments, implements nf various kinds and last, 1'iit not least, a carriiiRp whieh is a IHoinlnont work of art. Hut most interesting of all, the < hseberg ship has served the strange purpose of a sarcophagus for a Viking uueen, a pueen who lived and died more than 200 years before William the Norman conquered Britain. Skeletons of two women were found in the ship, and pleees of cloth, tapestries and ornaments. according to scientific investigations, point to the probability that the remains belong to a queen and her maid entombed there. Skeletons of 1 I horses and of oxen and dogs were likewise unearthed. Front the loom, lixed within t ho death chamber, the web buna, half woven. The richly decorated furniture and objects of art. the silk cloth interwoven with gold thread, and the ornaments of bronze, lead and iron, bear witness to the advanced civilization of the Norsemen of the day. The other prominent and well preserved Viking ship, the Ooksfad ship, was found in 1XK0 near Sandefjord. Norway. It dittos from the ninth century and is approximately of the same size as the Osohorg ship, having a | iii>iMii<'i'iii<Mii 01 .in tons anil a complement of iiliout 40 moil. A chieftain or king liaii lioon Imricii In it. . II has oars, 16 on each side. That lhose hulls must have boon seaworthy is suttlelontly proved bv the fact tluit an exact replica of the Clokstad shi|> crossed the Atlantic in 1X!?:t jind became one of tbe sitihts at the World's full- in < 'hiciiKO. The vessels used in the Vlnelnnd voyiuies. by the lirst discoveries of America, were of the same typo as the (fokstad sliip. but probably somewluit larKcr. and may in several cases have been of about r>0 tons displacement. The excavation of the newly discovered Vikimr ship south of Aalesund will be followed with keen Int crest. It may offer an important contribution to the widened knowledge of early civilization and the rank of the Northmen in the history of ? ult nre of t ha t aue. It FMF.MIll'.lt IMl.bltIM FATHERS Oeseemlants of Puritans and Cavaliers to I......11-.? I 'rcsbyt eria n St a nda rd. Tito descendants of the Pilgrim ' Fathers will celebrate this year the ::<UMh anniversary of the binding ii|.on tho hloak shores of Now Kngland. ' They may not have heen the hest <u* companions, and no douht they often threw a damper" over gaiety, | yet they were a stalwart people of contain* and striet morality, to whom . this country owes tio small debt. We would prefer that men should have a moral backbone, unheiulinK as a ramrod, than the present race of Jelly tlsh men and women. ' What . Hives us anxious thought is the appelant fact that the race is dying out. . and that those who remain are by no , means to he com pa red with their ancestors. lirrcnt Investigations show that , the first century of their sojourn here they increased rapidly, but the last century has witnessed a heavy decline in the birth rati*. Something must be done before another :!( ?? years roll around, else a g< nuine Pilgrim will take his place among the dodos or other extinct aninu.b. * Tin descendants of the Cavaliers j may not be dying out as far as mini- ( .- mi- < ourrrnt'n, imi 11 must he confessed tliiii they have largely lost thai I'hariu of uianner that was in siieh contrast to the grimness of the Puritans :tu<l which too often hid a multitude of sins. We could possibly submit to the loss ol grncimisness if we could see a corresponding increase in morality. To th< studious observer of the social sub of American life it is evi'11 tit that society, both North and South, !s undergoing a radical I < hangc. not only in line questions J of molality but also in the nicer customs of social life. In g>\ing woman her imagined | rights we have opened a Pandora's box of evils that are springing up to I vox us. Man is losing that deference : ' I for woman, even before she begins 1 | to contend with him at the polls, and J what will be her standing then, we j art not prophet enough to foretell, j ' Women are imitating some of the ' 1 vices of men. with the result that 1 I cigarette smoking is increasing, while 1 i it is reported that oaths are more ' frequent than prayers among them. The Puritan may fall from his ' jstiict standard and the Cavalier may 1 j become rough and unmannerly, and ' I still there might he hope for our ' i country, but when woman falls from ' I her sacred place in man's estlmu- i ! tion then may the Ixml pity coming 1 i generations. ' That man is a success who lives up I . to his conscience. i i l FORT MILL TIMES LIFE OF LOCOMOTIVES. some Kii0iic<? Built In 1H.V1 Still In Operation. Milwaukee Journal. What becomes of ult the old loconotlves? During: the last two years more locomotives have been dismantled at the EVest Milwaukee shops of the Milwaukee road than In any five-year >eriod. Engines that were built as ar back as 1851. were finally sent to he scrap heap. But only In rare rases does it huppen that an engine s wholly dismantled. For, unlike an lutomobile. there are no annual nodels or short lived engines. The ife of a locomotive is practically Inleflnite. There are still In operation today ocomotives that were built as far ack as 1855. But this four wheel ype engine is being discontinued, for he cost of their upkeep is too great, t is for this reuson that practically ill engines built prior to 1895 are lestined for the crap pile. A lov^.iiotive's life is indefinte be uuse it is continually being overinuled and rebuilt. Just as soon as ertain pnrts become worn, they are eplaced by socalled secondhand maerial. In cases where it would not he conomlcal to rebuild an engine or to eplnce Its worn parts, as In collllions, explosions and broken frames, he locomotive is dismantled, and Its oiler with other usable parts are tent to the storeroom to he kept as leeondhand material. The unusable parts are cut up to ?e sold as Junk Iron. This socalled secondhand material is kept in the storehouse until a locomotive of a ype similar to thut from which the articular part was removed, tlnds hat it needs the part to replace one hat has been worn out. for the parts f all locomotives of one type are nterehangeahle. one of the engines that was itripped at the West Milwaukee shops ast year was built In 1867, yet on one of tlie parts the original date of 1867 could l?e found. Insteud were bund the dates on which other enfines of the same type hail been com leted and which were long dismanled. This showed that the life of an ngine can be made indefinite by tho i ntinual replacement of worn parts. Oil, l'IND "(iOI)'S MYSTEHY." Daughter I .a 111 cuts Wealth Parents Did Not Get. The Covert family moved from tear Chiago to settle in the early 70s on a ouarter section no von mii^ nst of Pen body, Has. The quarter las as its only beauty spot a slit of a .alley, through which trickled a Meandering stream that was clear ind sweet, even if It didn't look like iiuch. < ?n the valley's side. Covert nit up a house. father and Mother Covert are dead low. Their only child. Miss Nellie Penelope Covert, taught school last rear in Tucson, Ariz., hut this year die is hack home watching that same ild stream trickle and meunder. But nstead of water that is cleur and sweet, the stream Hows a dark, rrimy. foul smelling substance known is crude oil. The Covert home still stands where t was originally built, but Its several ooms are inhabited by oil men, drlll?rs. tool dressers and the well that ipened what is known as the rich 'overt-Sellers pool Is out In the back rard near the creek. If you're wondering about Miss "overt's income, oii men hereabouts ;ay that, reduced to a per diem basis, t easily reaches $2,000. Nine prolucing wells are on the farm, three nore are in the process of being Irilled and four locations are ready for the erection of the rigs. Mrs. Mary Covert, the mother, died VIII I-1- "" - ....... ... ...i.-. ji-jir. i n?* anuffmer a'roto her obituary which appeared n tin- Poabody Clazette-Herald. In t Miss Covert told about her famly coming from the Rait, he hardships. the droughts. the grasshopper scourae and closed this way: "The mystery of Clod is past findng out. My father died ignorant of lie wealth under the land over everv root of which he had trod for more than enough tongpaoi. fffllh . cnifwyp han ?.0 years. My mother lived Ionvr Miniigh to see the vision. Why eould It not have come in the awful hours ?l' their desperate need? It seems as f they were defrauded somehow of rest and pleasure that they so richly lescrved. even In this world." Ttomamv of Marshall Islanda. "no of the most interesting settlements In the world is that of I.elrieh. in the extreme north of the Marihall Islands in the Pacific, close to he equator., Fifty years ago. a roung PortuRuese grandee, on a trip Hflvnnt tiro omnn/l a U. ? 1 1 V..VW. V niuuillJ HIV wuriu, ur* ived at Honlulu and there made the icquaintance of a young German rader. They formed a partnership o trade with the natives of the Marihalls and, buying a 100-ton schooner, loaded her with cheap and showy ;oods pleasing to the islanders of hose days. These young traders >urceeded in exercising a great powrr over the natives by the introducion of soap and mirrors on the lsands. The great wonders of the accomplishments of these Kuropenns n exhibiting the mirror was told throughout the Marshalls and the raders did much trade in cocoanut il. becoming wealthy in a few yeare. Moth, however, had lost their heart* to the two daughters of the king who, being an extensive landowner, promised on the marriage of his laughters to the young traders to clve between them the large lagoon r?f Tdegieh. A German missionary was brought from the Caroline Island* and the traders were married to the dusky princesses amid much rejoicing. From these marriages the half-caste settlement of I^iegteb had its beginning, and is today one of the most prosperous lagoons of the Mershalls. There are schools and rhurche8. the people are well educated. and many white men, traders and sailors, have marreld Into ths families, all living In a happy way, sharing equally the work and profits 1, FORT MILL, 8. 0. ~ " (kh r REMN This Remnant 'July 16, and continue find in this sale Remr | Satins, Voile, Crepe < cale, Calico, White G Wear Clothing, Ladie Remnant Sale. Kl'MIAL SILK FIUCF.N. Cut prlees on all Silks during tlio J liemnant Sale. I CLOTH RKMXAN'TS One counter full of Hemnunts of Pleaching and White floods. * TAFFCTAS AND MKKSAIJXKS New lot of TulTetas and Mescalines Itemnant Sale $2.2u MIDDY SUITS 150 Ladles' and Misses' Middy Suits. Itemnant Sale price S-.WH to SI1.WH. .MlHOY TIHS. Ladies' and Children's Middy Tics. Itemnant Sale 40c to SI.25 PILLOW CASKS Orient Pillow Cases, worth 35c. Sale price 25c MF.X'S SOX Men's Coarse Knit Sox. Keutnant price 15c TAHLK OIL CLOTH I Table oil Cloth, fancy patterns Itemnant Sale 40o TAHLK OF VALCKS Crepe de Chine Silk Shirting. Itemnant Sule $2.25 SI ITINOS AXII SHIKTINOS <?ne table of Kemnuntu of SuitinK* and Shirtings. Keep in mind tl | Bargains that will g Thousands of dollai ; in sale, which lasts t m m a i tVIIV I HKAVKIt RKA OF F1RK. Wytlicxille l>r?ivc Kurnliix I large to I Sea mikI Su x i'<l Clly, San Francisco Chronicle, ai American skipper and memliers of i the crew of the United Stutes shipI ping board steamer Wytheville | rammed stern first through a million : Kullons of burning gasoline on lightI ers in the port of Kobe, succeeded in | breaking the chains that were holdi ing the flaming barges together, perj miffing them to be carried far out to sea by the tide, thereby saving t Incity from almost certain destruction ' and then herself to steam through j the inferno to sea. afire amidships and the Stars and Stripes fluunting front her masthead, was told recently by Carl A. Itink, chief steward of the steamer Siberia Maru. Telling of the thrilling spectacle, witnessed by other members of the crew from the decks of the Siberia Maru, Rink said: VIBRELI IANT Sale commences hen through Saturday, lants of every class of de Chine, Ribbons, L< ioods, Suitings, Bleacf s* and Children s Dresj Remnant Sale. SI'KCIVI, WAIST I'ltlCllS All tipowili' :iti<l < "rope Waists cut prii'os for Kenmant Sale. I WASH DKI.SSHS Children's Wash I tress Iteninaui Sale .51.110 to $:t.OO 1 si'Kt'i \i. siii'.irr (ii i'Kii Sleepwell Sheets. Slx'.ttt, worth $2.7f>. Kenmant Sale prleo $11. to I'1 I* A.I A 51A t il I .( UN llt'.-ineh I'a.jama Cheeks, worth 4 0e. Heiiinant Sale priee UOe C <jrn/r < i.mtii .'IC-ineh Ouilt I'luili l > hi price 20c ) corxiKKi'wr.s Counterpanes at ticninunt Sale prices. lilNOAI.OW XI'ltUNS Bungalow Aprons. ^ootl colors. Keinnutlt Sale. P <;o\VNS \\l> r\l??.lt Ml SI.IN Muslin tJowns ami i'ndcrshirls at a reduced price for I a ianaiit Sale. .mmn's i?ici:ss siuurs 'lie talde of Men's I M ess Shirts. Keninant Sale SI.on s SI'I-U I \l. IN SO\l? Arrow Borax Soap. Ueninaut Sale price Ic rata | PII.I.OU CASKS Sleepwell Pillow Cases, worth title. Itemnant Sale price I'm n 1 . C .1 1 le aates or tms sale greatly reduce the \ s worth of first class hrough nine days. 1BRELL "< >n .Iiiiu* 7 we siiiltlt'iily noticed a w scurryiiiK among the small craft in ' the harbor of Kobe to b<i to tin- o|m ii ' sen ami tlx- shouting ami holh ring on H, the iiirxer vesesls in port. Then sev- (i eial explosions were heard ami sml |, denly we were startled to see four- |, teen barges loaded with a million gallons ol gasoline in flames- ' 'on .f fusion reigned. Kfforts were made to (| Bet the barges away from the dorks, hut those eommamled to help he- r| eame terror strieken and ran. Kxplosion after explosion oeeurred. ami |, drums of Kasoline were hurled linn- 1( dreds of feet in the air. The waters were aflame and the tide carrying the hla'/.iiiB oil toward the piles wliieli sii pported warehouses. "Suddenly we saw a sleatnei nun. u ir.B full speed astern from her pier t and head direetly for the hla/.iiiK them had. a sailor on hoard the ves- s sel beeomiliB pa nie-st rieken l-y the I daritiK action of the eaptaiu. had I n leai?ed overboard into the blazing j a 7s] SALE ? Friday morning, |uly 24. You will merchandise?Silks, aces, Gingham, Perling; also Ready-toses, Etc., Etc. Remnant Sale. i mti.i-: \< m:i) siii r:n\(. l'nlilea?*h<*il Slit'cliiiK, worth inc. Ictiiliunt Sal?> ?fir. <1 IM \l\ COOIIS Now I'urtaiii Hoods. worth COf. o'liinani Salt- prion 10c i.ad1ds' Slv i H'l's ah I .ado? "SCiils at I'l-domd | > i i <-1* -> or Kmmiunt Salt*. (ilNCIIAM wd I'diu XI.I'.s I'iK iiiunti'i lull of I H'llltta lit s of iiiKltaiiis and IVrralr. ill.i:ai'lidd siiddi in(. 1 Hcai'lii'il SlnrtiiiK. worth lot' \ard. U'liinaiil Salt- prion J.'if i'l mi's and ohoiids lint- Ion lot of l.adios' I "ross I'liliips id ? ixfords. Iloiunanl Sale prion .. VI *.<> son \ it \ie<. \i\ Kanle Thistle Soiln. iCeimtanl Sale tee :: l-Ch paekaj'.e \ am i: in siii.irrs orient Sheets, s I \win Hi j i , Celiinant Sale priee Stl.l.% CANNHN tl.OI II t'aniiuli t'ldtli, vvoith !" ICeliiliailt a le (iriee :tOc i..\t i: ritit i:s ciT < hie I a hie I'ull Keiunanl- uf -nees. TAl.t'l' M IM >\\ |?l ICS Kaheoek's Tah'illu I 'nw tiers. IC 1*111 - mlit >>;i l?- liner. . J.?r and come here for ligh cost of living, merchandise goes 'S. ati'is fI?* was Ixirni'il s.i iliil lit; Icil. Tin* sit aiiit-r I'siuiinil (In- I > t it; t-i iftl Iuk?-I Iiit. I'l i-.tkiiiK .'.it'll t liailis. ratlt'l'illK 111 < -111 hi all <li 11 ft inn; . ail'l it'iinit'tl iliift il\ tIntnmii i in hi 'I'lii* aims wfif all tann-'l mil l > s'-' v llit' title as stit111 as tlit-y ivt if rest sftl. "We then saw tlif strainer thai hail erfornieil litis feat a lila/a , liel 1111*11 I'lililitt III*- lirt- lna.lin;; for s**a, ml saw as sh** went li> lit-1 nam*'." "In- tlif on llit- Wyt lii'\i! I*- vt ;n ticiH'lictl. alilitniKli it t'tiiii iniictl t;? mil itn III*- harms iwti ila\s, aerol'ili? to Itink. lilts til l*liil?iv< 111111, I'lisiiifss sin t'l'ss ami coiD'cii'iit e st'tl tti liaVf I It t in itiiiiiiiiiii. it wus 11?111K111 Toil ay business suet-ess anil eonrloncp mi lia 111I - in-liaiitl. as a rule, mlft'il, "siH'i'ess" nut altaini'i) ill hariuiiv with eonst'ieriri' is now ft*ner11y liiuk* tl nit us no ueci' .s at all.