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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
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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
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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.