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mm ' inr 11 ii i h When I am Old. . .Whan I am old? When snowy locks .wave o'er rny thoughtful dome, And whiskers white as ocean's glistening foam Sway in the winds that through them pirouette, When eyes now bright as those of graceful fawn Are blear and watery?all their beauty gone. When every time I load my rations in My nose comes down and hooks around my chin,* When I am old and quite played out, . Ready almost to be laid out, I know just what I'll do. When, I am old, decrepit, senile lame, I'll sit.before the gas log's cheerful flame And tell the children as they gather round Some tale that to my credit will redound. If it be Winter and the north winds blow; They shall recall how, many years ago, On FTttrKa night I was obliged to go With bag of corn upon my back through snow Fifteen feet deep and have it ground to make My daily bread, that was just johnny cake. If ft be Summer, and the men afield, I'll toddle out where they their sickles wield, And there relate how, in the days gone by, When I was young and vigorous .and spry. With my keen scythe 1 could cut all the grass Upon one farm ere noon had come to pass. And I^il lament that reapers ever came To dousijch work, and deprecate the samje. ... On rainy days I'll tell of fish I've caught, Of monstrous beasts with which I - fAllivkf . UIl> I1?>C lUU^IIV, Of deeds of knightly gallantry, How maidens sighed and died for me; . And though sometimes I rouse up ire, I'll be a garrulous old liar. When I am old. I'll do the very thing that makes me mad As jehu now; I vow I will, by gad. And I'll expect that those who hear me then Will say I'm nothing but an old 44has been," Just as I say it every day of those Who comie around and stick their peaked nose Into my business every day or so, And who lament for fear this world won't go Its daily rounds when they are laid away To wait the coming of the judgment day I'll fret and fume and kick and scold, And raise the devil when I'm old. ?Minneapolis Journal. Deadheadlsm Again. The deadhead evil is receiving attention from the newspapers of Virginia as well as South Carolina. The Charlottesville Progress remarks: The Progress would be glad to continue to publish free notices of all charitable entertainments if ttxonld afford to contribute so freely to every worthy cause which presents itself. But it cannot. Its advertising space is itn stock in t?*a<le, upon the sale of which it must largely depend for support. In the future, therefore, it will charge for local notices of all charitable entertainments the objects of which are to raise money. This rule will be strictly and impartially enforced. Hereafter our contributions to charity will be made in a direct and more practical manner, and so as not to interfere with the ordinary rules of business. And the Richmond Dispatch, commenting on the announcement of its contemporary, says: This is a jnst and sound business rule, and ought to be adopted by all uewspapers. The demand upon newspapers for charity work are exhaustless. and no matter, how cheerfully they are acceded to It is seldom the beneficiaries even so much as think of re. turning thanks. They say: "Oh, well, you you want something to fill up your paper with anyhow?" In their ignorance they do not know that each office has always more matter in type than it can make room for. The Dispatch has often had as much as forty or fifty columns-of matter in type awaiting publication day after day. It would be amusing, too, if it were not so irritating, to see how various committees, associations, etc., congratulate themselves and claim credit for work alleged to have been done, when really three-fourths of the work has been done by newspapers! We commend these expressions to the State ?r_ - Press Association. Decidedly, it is time for a newspaper revolt against the manifold impositions which long custom and persistent importunity have put upon the press of the south. And it is in order also to let it be understood that newspapers are not to be bullied out of auy resolve they may see fit to make for self-protection. We have iu mind a letter from a clerical brother, recently printed in a denominational paper, in which great indignation was expressed at the remarks we have alreadv made on the subject of free ?r ? advertising for colleges, and a still more recent letter enclosing $4- for ^advertising a .. leading denominational college to which we have given hundreds of dollars' worth of "write-ups." We do not care to advertise the clerical brother, but we think that the temper in which he has written emphasises the need of a distinct understanding as to how much of their Rtock in trade the newspapers will give away. As long as the matter remains undetermined they arc liable to get kicked for not inviting everybody into the shop to help themselves.?The State. More Modern. "What is that you are reading Jonny?" "A book I got out of the Sundayschool library, paw." "I know that kind of book. The good little boy dies in the last chapter and leforms the bad boy, eh?" "Not much. Maybe they did that way when you were a boy, paw, but this good boy makes $1,800,000,000 and has the bad boy working for him at 60 cents a day." Keeping: lp Appearances. A "licensed pawnbroker" who does a k great deal of work in the west end of L London lately gave to the writer parML . ticnlars of a strange sort of pledging WL that has become common of late and that often defeats men of his kind. Backing np his statement with actnal names and dates, he said: "A bailiff and I enter a showy flat, say, and my accustomed eye at once falls on a handsome or at least a preJr k. '^~ tentious piano. I say to myself that this piano will sell for what I require. I go to it, but find that it is locked. I ask for the key, and when this is reluctantly produced I find that there is in reality nothing bnt a case. All the inside of the instrument is gone. The fact is that people in difficulties who still want to keep up appearances can fcor row money, while still apparently retaining their piano, by allowing the a .i it?n v f l\a moin norf nr ICUUCiO uu iflac a ? aj vug uicuu v, v* inside, of the instrument. One man in the west end in particular does a considerable business by lending money on pianos in this way. "I suppose that when visitors want to play on an instrument of this kind the host pleads that the key is lost Anyhow I have in my own business had qTiite 50 examples of gutted pianos during the last two years, and I never mark a piano down in an inventory now till I have closely examined it"? London Answers. r b Er- % THE GEOGGjALTNCHIRG, Vengeance For the Shocking Crime at Saffold. FIVE NEGROES DEAD. Two More In the Hands of the Lynchers. Hot Times Through the Country. Baixbridge, Ga,. ,July 28?There will be a double lynching at West Bainbridge early to-morrow morning unless something unforeseen occurs. Two more members of the band of robbers, murderers and rapists are in the hands of a determined posse of whites. One of the captives is Charles Mack, the companion in crime of Louis Sammin, who was lynched yesterday. It was Sammin and Mack who outraged Mrs. Ogletree in the presence of her husband, at Satfold, one holding a pistol at the head of the husband to prevent his interference. Mack was captured at Iron City by a white man named Cardell. Cardell tried to get his prisoners to jail, hence secreted him. A mob ??f several hundred country people met Cardell and asked the whereabouts of his prisoner. H? declined to say. A rope was quickly put about his neck, and he was given ten minutes in which to give up tho rapists or his life. He then told where the negro was. In a shor while the crowd had Mack. While arrangements for the lynching were in progress a telegram came from Iron City that another member of the gang had been captured. It would require several nours 10 get the new prisoner to the scene, so it was determined to postpone the execution of Mack until to-morrow, at which time it is proposed to have a double hanging for the purpose of impressing other possible members of the gang who are not yet known. Before Samtnin was lynched he confessed, and said that he and Mack had robbed the Ogletrees and that both had outraged the woman. While they were committing their crimes, he said, six others, whose names he gave, were on watch outside. Mack is said to have confessed, corroborating Sammin's testimony. The men, he said, were banded together for murder, robbery and rape. Five of the negroes named, including Sammin, are now dead, and evarv indication favors the death of two more to-morrow. The information is that the prisoner from Iron City will arrive at about 2.50 a. m., and the lynching will probably occur shortly thereafter. "Kid" Jim, one of the Saffold negroes, was located this afternoon in a cabin, near Pinnickard, Ga. He is j guarded by 100 of his race, who say they will defend him against any attack. A posse of 100 men have been armed and have left for Bain- j hride'e. and sav they will take Kid Everybody in the world depends on somebody else. The woman who hesitates may be lost for a time, but you can't lose her permanently. Too many people resemble a ball of twine?they are completely wrapped up in themselves. Long whiskers lend dignity to some men; some men, again, have sufficient diguity without borrowing. The reason we always like to see the Right succeed is because we are invariably on that side. 4 Jim, dead or alive, guard or no [ guard. Duty of the Preacher. There is a mean streak in all grades of humanity wherein runs evil thought of other people. Nothing is more convenient than to dislike people because they have in some way the advantage of us. But this dislike ought not to be cultivated, and yet in politics there is hardly any end of work to grow it and to give it bud and hateful blossom. The business does not need the assistance of the pulpit. Men used to be preacheJ at unceasingly to deal justly in all things by their neighbor, to cultivate right thoughts, to keep the pumps going on the impurities of the heart. They need to be taught the individualism of God in them and the salvation which each may work out for himself, whoever and whatever may stand against him. But the tendency in these days,. in the pulpit and out of it, is to teach men that they are dependent upon other men and that they are in bonds to the sin of other men and that there is slight hope for them until their enemies are reformed. That is going at the wrong end of things, as it seems to us. It is weakening and not strengthening. It fortifies men, prone to shift responsibility from themselves, in the hopelessness of personal effort. Proof. Lawyer?On what grounds do you base your application for divorce? Client?I n san i ty. Lawyer?But she isn't crazy. Client?Oh! no! it's me. I married her you know,?The New York World. A $40.00 Bicycle Given Away Daily. The publishers of The New York Star, the handsomely illustrated Sunday newspaper, are giving a High Grade Bicycle each day for the largest list of words made by us Ing the letters contained in "T H-E N-E-W Y-O-R-K S-T-A-R" no more times in any one word than it is found in The New York Star. Webster's Dictionary to be considered as authority, Two Gold Watches (first class time-keepers) will be giveu daily for second and third best lists, and many other valuable rewards, including Dinner Sets, Tea Sets, China, Sterling Silverware, etc, etc., in order of merit. This educational contest is being given to advertise and introduce this successful weekly into new homes, and all prizes will be awarded promptly without partiality. Twelve 2-cent stamps must be inclosed for thirteen weeks trial subscription with full particulars and list of over 300 valuable rewards. Contest opens and awards commence Monday, June 26th, 1899, and closes Monday, August 21st, 1899. Your list can reach us any day between these dates, and will receive the rewards which it may be entitled for that day, and your name will bejprinted in the following issue of The New York Star. Only one list can be entered by the same person. Prizes are on exhibition at The Star's business offices. Persons securing bicycles may have choice of Ladies', Gentleman's J uvenile's 1899 model, color or size desired. Call or address Dept. "E," The New York Star, 236 W. 39th Street, New York City. it?.?'- . -I U ** " >rrr. A BUILDING'9 HOODOO. The Washington PoMtolflce Ha* r Cat In It* Walla. j That the many mishaps which bofel i j that architectural monstrosity on j Pennsylvania avenue known as the, a new city postoffice (luring the many I years It was in process of construction^ was due to a "hoodoo" is freely admit- 1 ted by a large number of Washington \ citizens, who watched the building rise, with frequent interruptions, from its t foundations. No other public struc- T ture ever erected in Washington has caused the government so much trou- ? ble, and even now, although partially * rwimiwl. alterations and changes re- ^ main to be made. Columns have been written in the ^ newspapers by indignant citi::ens calling attention to defects in the big stone building and condemning the structure generally. A congressional committee ^ was appointed at the last session to j investigate the many alleged shortcom- i iugs of the building, and altogether the new city postoffice has been a cause j for complaint ever since it rose above t the tirst story several years ago. I Believers in such things have all along asserted with solemn conviction that the building was "hoodooed." Their position has at last been susj tained, for the "hoodoo" has been * found, and it will remain as long as ' the building stands. It is not one of those mysterious "hoodoos" invisible to the human eye, but, on the contrary, it may be seen at any hour of the day 1 or night by any one who cares to walk * to the south end of the west corridor $ on the tirst floor. There, distinctly out- * lined in the marble of the wall, is the 5 perfect figure of a huge black cat, with tail curled around its haunches, ears ( stiff and erect. Faint lines trace the f whiskers from each side of the jaws, t It is not necessary to search the sur- t face of the marble for the cat, because s the figure is easily distinguishable several yards away from the wall. A j nainter could scarcely have made it f plainer or more lifelike with his < brushes and colors. , The figure is due to the peculiar vein- < ing in the marble, and is the only one j which has so far been found in the building. Figures, faces and objects In marble are not uncommon, and there are a number of fine specimens in the geological section of the Nation- ] al museum. None of them, however, compares with the slab in the postoffice in realism and close approach to nature. One of the postoffice watchmen expressed the opinion the1 other 1 day that until the slab containing the cat is removed the "hoodoo" will con- i tinue to hang over the building.? ] Washington Star. New Two Dollars. * The new silver certificates of the denomination of $2 will soon be issued. The portrait of Lincoln will be the central feature on the face. The general scope of the design will be similar to the new certificates for $1, in leav- J ing as much white paper blank as 1 possible, in order to show the silk s threads and in making the figure plain and distinct. The back will be similar < to the present $1 certificates, with a 1 liberal display of white paper, but will t contain even more artistic lathework done by the best machinery in the bu reau of engraving and printing. 1 I la Knirk#* moHa in cnhcti- I < 111C CUUl I la I/Ciag luuuv, iu , tuting new designs for the present < gracefully drawn models, to secure < simplicity and clearness. A large figure in each corner of the note, or at ] least one at each end, has been grace- j fully provided, in order to facilitate , the counting of notes by cashiers, and j much space has been left blank In or- , der to aid in the detection of counter- j feits. The large, clear figures also contribute to prevent raising the denomination of notes. v ( A Fighting Shark. At Genoa three fishermen in a small 1 boat caught sight of a large shark close . to them in the water. One of the youths, named Enrico, wishing to se- . cure the fish, jumped into the sea, and with Incredible strength took it in his arms and threw it into the boat. For a moment the shark seemed stunned, but, rousing itself a terrible battle ensued in the boat. The shark seized the ' arm of one of the men and the others 1 beat it with their oars, trying to free 1 their companion. Suddenly the shark let go and bit it9 first captor in the neck and face. Finally the three succeeded in throwing the shark into the water, and the wounded men went on shore to have their hurts attended to.? London Letter. Hot Weather Diet. "It Is a mistake," said a physician during the recent period of extreme heat, "to eat too little in hot weather, Just as it is a mistake to eat too much and the wrong things. Extreme hot weather is In itself very exhausting, and plenty of nourishment is needed to sustain the system. This nourishment should be of a simple and easily digested kind. For myself I find that milk and vichy taken at regular intervals of two hours, sipped rather than gulped down in a single draft, gets me through best on a very hot day, from breakfast to a 6 o'clock dinner. Then I take care to have a fairly hearty meal."?New York Post. Imprisonment For Debt. A curious survival of barbarism Is the fact that men are still Imprisoned for debt in New York. By general consent this custom has been generally abandoned in other ctates along with the flogging of criminals, but it continues in New York in spite of repeated and notorious instances of its cruelty and injustice. Governor Roosevelt might earn his highest laurel^ by adJ ' tho ohnlitinn nf I dressing UIUJOC-II. IV IUC SS.WVAA VSV ? v? this relic of rude times.?Kansas City Star. Intemperance In Drags. There is a source of nervous ailments < entirely special to this age and the unexpected outcome of our present day chemistry and advertising. Intemperance in drugs is becoming more com- ( mon, and it may possibly outstrip the abuse of alcohol in its evil results. The , manufacture of new chemical products i is supplying the public with endless car- I bon derivates of high molecular power J and of imperfectly known physiological action Some are most dangerous, and their continued indulgence leads to con- ! firmed neurosis or hopeless neurasthe- ' nia, and it thus comes to pass that as , the therapeutic activity of the profession j tends to abolish disease that of the pub- j lie is manufacturing it.?Medical Jour- t nal I f Planter of Paris. The setting of plaster of paris may be retarded by the addition of 2 to 4 ? per cent of powdered althea root. This j ! addition not only retards the hardening of the plaster, but also enables it to be cut filed, sawed and turned. Ap addition of 8 per cent retards the complete ( setting of the plaster for about an hour, ? bo that the mass may be used for any purpose where it is to remain plastic ^ during at least a portion of that time.' t ? '-V I r Willii I r II r II mtm\] ntmmrnmmmm THE TROTTING CIRCUIT. Willie Martin has resigned from th0 Jeisehmann stable and will ride for 'at Dunne. George II. Mills will do the starting t the July and September meetings at )u Bols, Pa. It is said William Deasy's Hard ?imes, 2:25%. has worked several miles vay below 2:20. It is said that Matt Byrnes, who once rained for '"Prince George" Lorillard, vill train a string for Pierre Lorillard. Charles Myers has a good mare in his .table for the fall races in Bonnie daid. She shows rare speed these lays. It was said recently that Martlmas, ast year's Futurity winner and the viuner of the Canadian Derby, will be l starter in the Brighton handicap. Ben Masseth of Butler, Pa., has a >air of good new ones in Florist, 3, bay folding, by Dexter Prince, dam by Electioneer, and Sans Gene, brown nare by McKlnney, dam by Elmo. John Madden has bought McMeekin 'roui C. T. Patterson. Mr. Madden hinks the colt has had too much racng and will let him have a rest before ittempting to get him into condition. A. P. McWilliams, a Bridgeport (Pa.) lorseman, has his gray gelding by Elecrotype, a son of Electioneer, dam by Unber, in Frank Jackson's stable. He s a 5-year-old and is stepping miles in >etter than 2:30. One difference between Arion, 2:07%, ind his brother Eclectic is that the irst named once changed hapds at 1125,000, while the "brother of Arion," is Eclectic has always Deen Known, i sold for $125 some days ago. Drum Major, 5, bay gelding, by >liimes, dam by Epaulet, being trained it Norristown by Champ Brown, trot:ed a quarter last year in 34 seconds md was second in a stake race at Go;hen, X. Y., in 2:22 and 2:23. The great stallion Advertiser, valued >y the late Senator Leland Stanford it over $100,000, has arrived safely at >tony Ford farm, the birthplace of the nighty Electioneer. His record is >:15Vi, and he has been a quarter In Mfl/o seconds. STAGE GLINTS. The small estate left by William (Old Floss) Hoey is in litigation. Charles Frohman will manage seven heaters in New York next season. Ten dollars was the price for seats ?or "Tristan und Isolde" in London. The box kite has already been utllzed for theatrical advertising purposes. John Drew will be seen here next jeason in Haddon Chambers' new play, 'The Tyranny of Tears." "In Days of Old," Edward Rose's new play, which George Alexander proluced in London, is a failure. Ethel Chase Sprague (Mrs. Frank Donaldson) has denied a statement that she would return at once to the stage. The verdict for $10,000 against Nat 3. Goodwin in the suit of John M. Maxwell of Chicago has been set aside and i new trial granted. At the London Lyceum next winter, while Irving is making his American tour, a subscription season of 22 31in|.noiiflQmon ttlnVQ Trill 1 ffiVPn. ill" cuaac?3[;vuivuu ?. ... ? - 0- , eluding some that are Infrequently actid. "Charley's Aunt" is doing more than many celebrated works to carry the fame of the English stage to the contiaent. It has been played 400 times In Paris and is performed at regular Intervals at the Cluny theater in order aot to lose the copyright. Louisville is trying to supply a second Mary Anderson. A 19-year-old society girl! Eugenie Thais Lawton, made tier professional debut there as Juliet, and her performance was greeted with enthusiasm, the local critics crediting her with genius and predicting a great future for her. She is described as beautiful of face and figure. MEN AND MANNERS. "Addison," says Pope, "was charming in conversation with intimates, but should a stranger be present he subsided into silence." Southey was sedate, stiff and so wrapped in the garb of asceticism that Lamb once told him that "he was m-made for a rn-mouk, but somehow the c-cowl didn't fit." Coleridge was luminous in conversation and invariably commanded listeners, yet the old lady rated his talent lowly when she declared that she had no patience with a man who had all the talk to himself. Ben Johnson used to sit silent in learned company and "suck in," as Fuller said, "not onlv his wine, but their several humors." .Like Shakespeare, he held the mirror up to nature, but chose some times to look In the glass himself. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Thunder can be heard nine miles away. Pearls are sometimes found In mussel shells. There are G5 steamers on the Swiss lakes. The largest can transport 1,200 passengers. The plna cloth of the Filipinos Is made from the fiber of the pineapple leaf. The cloth Is very expensive. If all the landed surface of the earth were divided up and allotted in equal shares, each human inhabitant would get a plot of about 23% acres. The sword of a naval officer is one of the most peaceful and useful tools on board of a ship. Orders cannot be given with it and it cannot reach the enetny that is being shelled. Why The South Is Poor. A pound of raw cotton is worth about 5 cents. When it is spun and woven into fabrics it is worth from 23 cents to $1, according to the figures of a Boston correspondent of the New Orleans Picayune. Massachusetts has 8,00? spindles and annually manufactures 1,250,000 bales ?f cotton. This cotton she buys from the South at Sets a pound. After she has spun and woven this cotton she sells a large part of it back to us at 25 cents to $1 a pound, inai is wny Massn chusetts is rich and Georgia is poor. "The South," says the Picayune, "hews the wood and iraws the water; it does the drudgery of producing raw material for he North to manufacture and get ich upon. It is this which keeps he South poor and always will, until he Southern people shall manuacture their own products." Goodness is anonymous, but not jreatness. Anti-prize-fight laws chiefly enable jolicemen to see fights without payng. It is easier to reconcile yourself to i disappointment if other people lon't know you have been disap>ointed. Bygones are always bygones. The vorld is interested only in the man t#it is ahead. I * WHIM-WHAMS. A Galaxy of Jests From the Yonkers Statesman. Miss Kittenish?I love those songs they used to sing 40 or 50 years ago. Mr. Doggerel?Do you sing thorn yet? Yeast?Will you take your talking machine with you to the country? Crimsonbeak?No; my wife's going along. Cbollie?Mollie said I was good enough to eat. Dollie? She probably tninas you are a lobster. She?Do you suppose we are ever to have any rain? He?Oh, yes; as soon as the picnic season comes. She?Do you believe empty wells are unhealthy? He?No; not if they are empty ink wells, I don't. Bill?Did the lecturer make many gestures in his speech? Jill?Why, he had to; the flies were something terrible! She?I believe you are a woman hater. He?No; honestly, I've never been married in my life! She?Have you- seen any of the automobile baby carriages yet? He?No, I have not. I haven't been to Brooklyn in a long while. Demanded Information. "I am surprised," said the professor, "that the value of the mushroom is not more widely understood. Now, a mushroom is both palatable and wholesome. It""Excuse me, professor," said the barbarian, who had been nervously toying with his war paint brush, "but before I get into this argument with you, let me understand one thing. Are you talking about vegetables or bullets?'? Washington Star. Odd, Isn't It? "I cannot understand," said the sweet young thing, "what Kipling meant by 'half devil and half child.'" "Nor I," said the savage bachelor, "when both phrases mean essentially the same thing." In the meanwhile the small boy boarder continued to play that the hall was a railway and that he was a freight train.?Indianapolis Journal. A Hard Question. "There i? something," writes a warrior from Manila, "which has been bothering me for a long time. Will you please ailow enough space in youi heart to heart talks to answer one question? Owing to the fact that I live in the Philippines I am known as a Filipino. If I were to move to Phila delphia, would I become a Filadel flan?"?Washington Star. Inexplicable. "I read in the newspaper," said Mr. Snaggs, "that the merchants of Manila never think of wrapping up a custom er's purchases and that Manila is prac tically a city without wrapping paper." "Then how did the place get itf name?" asked Mrs. Snaggs.?Pittsburg Chronicle. First Family. Miss Primm?Perhaps you wouldn'1 think that I belong to one of the flrsl families? Mr. Simms?Indeed I would, then Fact is, I'd take you to be the oldest daughter of Shem.?Chicago News. During the Hot Spell. Aggie?Harry, dear, I don't believe you love me as well as you once did! Harry (pale but resolute)?Aggie, darling, you give me so little opportu nlty between ice creams to prove my devotion!?Chicago Tribune. Blew Himself Off. Bentley?How did Larkins meet hii - " " 1-** loo* n<<rVi< aeatn: ?ueu ku mm mot. he seemed unusually jolly. Vosburg?He tried to blow out the electric light in his room and burst e blood \essei.?Harlem Life. They Dissolved Partnership. Jack?Bessie and her brother Bot are twins, are they not? Mabel?They used to be, but when Bob's hair began to turn gray Bessie couldn't afford to be of the same age. An Arrangement. r ]?m}\ "Say, young feller, I wanter hire yet f catch me some fish." "What'll yer gimme?" "W'y-w'y, half der fish yer catch!' ?New York Journal. On the Slippery Steep. Some men get on In life because They like to do their besL And many a toiler rises just To keep up with the rest. There's many a man who wins because Good luck falls In his way, But never a one by grieving o'er A chance missed yesterday. ?Washington Star. No Reason to Rejoice. A New England politician wh< hasn't the most roseate views of ex pansion, and experiences nianj qualms because of our reaching-ou tendencies, told a Washingtor friend the other day, who expostu lated with him because he hadn't come over to attend the Peace Jubilee, that he guessed he was a little in the position of a countryman nt knew up his way. A revival was being held in the little town, and all the villages were there. The preacher had them worked np to a point where they were all on their knees ( cept one old sinner, named Goss. He came down to Goss's seat and putting his arm around him, asked: "Brother Goss, what has the Lord done for you?" "Nuthin' to brag about, b'gosh !" replied Goss. Capt. William Astob Chandler, Congressman from New York, is the president of The New York Star, which is giving away a Forty Dollar Bicycle daily, as ofFered by their advertisement in another column. Hon. Amos J. Cummings, M. C., Col. Asa Bird Gardner, District Attorney of New York, ex-Govetnor Hogg, of Texas, and Col. Fred. Feigl, of New York, are among the well known names In their Board of Directors. To EioOpo P?>W the Borden* Ohee upon a tihit? a billionaire conceived the Idea that it would be disgracel'ujL to die rich. Accordingly ho fell to giving his wealth away. Bat it ?ooa became apparent that he had more -wealth than he could possibly gfve away in 400 years, working ten hours a day. "What shall I do?" he asked himself In much alarm. But he was a resourceful man, and it was not long till he hit upon the happy expedient of revealing all his belongings to the assessors. That being done he was speedily reduced to penury.?Detroit Journal. Fat and Irritable. Anxious Wife?I hope the stuffin won't upset you, William. Mr. Porkius (misunderstanding the remark)?What d'ye mean?what d'ye aean? Confound it, I'm not a glutton! ?Ally Sloper. Never Forgetful, Oh, No! "I tell you," Mr. Billus wag saying, "there is nothing like a bunch of keys to develop one's memory. Now I have twenty-seven keys on this ring, and I add a new one every few days, yet I am never at a moment's loss to select the right one when I have occasion to use it." "What have you got that brass button strung on there for?" "Um?that was put there by my wife a day or two ago to remind me of some trifling thing I was to get for her, but I've forgotten what it was."?Chicago Tribune. Capa Off. The comedian boarder allowed his eyes to roam around the table until they rested on the strawberries. "Any one," he said, addressing the sweet singer, "could see that these berries were not brought up right." "And why not?" "Because they come to the table with their caps on." Then the landlady gritted her teeth. ?Chicago News. Hardly Fit For Either. "I hardly know what to do with that young man," said the plumber, speaking of a recent employee. "Why?" "Well, he isn't prompt enough to be given the task of making out the bills, . and he Isn't procrastinating enougv t to be a success at doing the work.' ? I Chicago Poet k Filing a Confession. I "This sonnet you have written to me [ is simply delicious, Algernon! Only the title, 'To My Heart of Hearts, Sweet Love,' is a little vague. You might substitute 'To Miss Mary Sharpe,' and put the date, please. You'll find a pen and ink on my escritoire over yonder!"?Tit-Bits. i She Is a Genius. "That Bunsby girl is a genius." "Which one?" , "Mary Jane." , "In what way?" "See how her name figures on the programme of graduating exercises. Here it is, 'Marye Jeanne De Bunnest bie.' "?Cleveland Plain Dealer. t Perfectly Regular. "You are charged," said the court, t "with rioting." "It's a mistake, judge," replied the prisoner. "Me and Bill decided to have a scientific boxing encounter, and not > having the price of a hall we Jest pulled it off in the alley."?Philadelphia , North American. ' Coming Her Way at Laat. Mr. Singleton?Miss Willing?er?Nellie? you don't care If I drop the "Miss" and call you Nellie, do you? \ Miss Willing?No, Indeed I Why, only t yesterday I remarked to mamma that I was getting awfully tired of being i called "Miss."?Chicago News. i Experience. Deepin Love?What is the best day In the week to get married on, old chap? Hadder Knuff?Friday, my boy; then i you'll have something to blame It on > afterward.?Tit-Bits. Cornering a Liar. He?This scene always makes me feel in love. She?In love? This is our first walk here, and you "told me you never loved before. Explain yourself.?Pick Me Up. Bears and Lambs. Stubb?One-half of the world don't Know what the other half is doing. Penn?That's because the other half Is doing them.?Chicago News. To Uncle Panl Kroger. Keep your powder good and dry, Oom Paul; Never close your weather eye, Oom Paul; Have your rifle clean and bright. Look to lore and alter sight. They are planning day and night? r You will need to watch them all, Oom Paul, Ocm Paul. Shoot to kill 'em when you shoot, Oom Paul; * They are coming lor the loot, Oom Paul; They'll be gathering you in. Just as sure as sin is sin, For they know you have the "tin"? You must battle lor it all, Oom Paul, Oom Paul. Then get out your little gun, Oom Paul, For you don't know how to run,'Oom Paul; Don't dkcuM about the right When a rattlesnake's in sight, And his piaen head shows fight Don't you do a thing at all, Vot a thing to him at all, ~ *?---! D??T PH/* UOD rKUl, uwu I Mb There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, > and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctorn pronounced it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly aTling to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F.J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cur. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address, F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, O. Sold bv Druggists, 7oc. Hall's Family Pills are the best. About the only way to lessen your burdens in this world is by making j yourself stronger. a orportt deal of our modern poetry ' I seems to have been written by persons addicted to the cigarette habit. Whenever you hear a man boast of having a "boss" wife, the chances ; are he is getting dangerously near ; the truth. It is an easy matter to convince a ; woman who finds tears more effective than words, that water is more ' powerful than wind. The owner sometimes discovers that the mare makes the money go. i History continues to repeat itself in spite of the fact that two-thirds of history isn't worth repeating. PERSONALITIES. Yang Tu. China's delegate to the peace congress, was educated at Harvard. Henry Walters of Baltimore has given to that city $45,000 to build two public bathhouses. Don Jaime, only son of the Spanish pretender, Don Carlos, ha* just won $100,000 in a lottery. Ex-Secretary Whitney's famous stables at Wheatlv are 800 feet in length. The foundation Is of brick and the upper structure of pine. The Marion (la.) Register sums up the character of Colonel Henderson with the statement that he "is the only man In the country who can say 'God bless you' as it should be said." President McKlnley has agreed to attend the laying of the cornerstone of the federal building in Chicago on Oct. 9. He will be accompanied by his wife and at least four members of the cabinet. Joseph Jefferson is a great tea drinker and has lately been warned by his physician to give up the habit lest he should imperil his health, which, since (lis illness of last winter, continues very poor. D. O. Mills, the banker and philanthropist, who now has a fortune of 125,000,000, says that while all his life has been happy some of his happiest hours were when he was a small country merchant. It is not an ordinary knighthood that has been conferred on Sir Henry Stan ley. The Grand Gross or me cam goes only to general officers who have particularly distinguished themselves and to first class diplomatists. While Benjamin Ide Wheeler, the president elect of the University of California, was an instructor at Harvard, President Eliot said of him, "He seems to have in him the stuff to make the best college president I know." Admiral Dewey says the first bit of fiction he ever read was "Robinson Crusoe." Then he and his sister, now Mrs. Mary Greeley, started an island In their father's barn, where George was Defoe's hero and his sister Man Friday. General Wade Hampton and his daughter, since the destruction by fire of their handsome house and fortune, have been living in two small rooms in Columbia, S. C. In an interview General Hampton says, "I feel that I did not lose everything in tlrat fire, for I saved my sword from the flames." Richard W. Thompson, "Uncle Dick" of Indiana, who recently observed the ninetieth anniversary of his birth, served in congress with Lincoln, John Qulncy Adams, Calhoun, Clay and Webster. He was born in the year that produced Darwin, Longfellow, Gladstone, Tennyson, Holmes and other great men who are now all dead. THE GLASS OF FASHION. Parasols of the material like the gown are the correct thing to have. Hats of black brussels net run with mflnitesimally narrow tucks very close together are one variation of millinery, and again you see hat brims lined with tucked chiffon. Dainty boleros of renaissance lace and embroidered chiffon fastened at one side with a bow of velvet or silk ornament many of the bodices of the foulard gowns. Feather boas in black, white and gray are one of the very active fads of fashion In London, and at least three boas are considered a necessary addition to the summer outfit. Long, sleuder white wings are one of the special features of millinery and are especially pretty on white straw hats trimmed with white tulle or chiffon and a black velvet bow with a stunning buckle. Fans are simply beyond description If any attempt is made to give an idea of the variety to be found in the shops, for there is everything between the cheapest paper and real lace with jewels which fancy can devise. The white pique skirt is indispensable to the summer girl's outfit, and with this the correct thing Is the lawn shirt waist, snowy white, a white kid belt and a white or violet necktie. Ecru pique skirts, with the white waists, are also very stylish.? New York Sun. APHORISMS. A useless life is only an early death. ?Goethe. Nobility should be elective, not hereditary .?ZIm merman. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.?Auerbach. The Joys of meeting pay the pangs of absence; else who could bear it.?Rowe. No nation can be destroyed while it possesses a good home life.?J. G. Holland. He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.? Johnson. Manner is everything with some people, and something with everybody.? Bishop Middleton. The secret of success in life Is for a man to be aeady for his opportunity when It comes.?Disraeli. It is the mind that maketh good or 111, that maketh wretchedness of happiness, rich or poor.?Spenser. Half the misery in the world comes from want of courage to speak and hear the truth plainly and in a spirit of of love.?Mrs. Stowe. Time is a lighted fuse; don't foo with it. At certain seasons of the year labor becomes a drug, and should betaken sparingly. Some people were evidently born tired, and some for the purpose of making others tired. It seems inconsistent that fourthclass postmasters should be allowed to handle first-class mail. Tie Gentlewoman OF NEW YORK CITY, Wants an agent in your town. It gives premiums of Cameras, Bicycles, Sewing Machines, Desks, Sets of Dishes, Rings, Watches, Shirt and Silk Waists, Handkerchiefs, etc.; in fact, about a hun' - - - -? i 1 u dred useful and ornamental articles ana n?ix u necessities can be secured without costing one cent. A new and attractive plan of securing subscribers without the objectionable features of canvassing. The Gentlewoman now has a circulation of over 300.000 copies each month. Will you act as our agent? All supplies free. Write for particulars to GENTLEWOMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY, Gentlewoman BUilding, New York City, N. Y, 11 m !| BTI'? !|1<U ill ft' 31 aswan iLkUL JU ' tubtcrlpttoni to Tht Patent BecordfLOO per umb. . I A SHOOTING STAR. 1 What It Really I* and When It Cornea From. Sir Robert Ball, who is the world's greatest living astronomer, told a London audience recently some interesting facts about meteorites and shooting stars. In describing the origin of meteorites he said that millions of years ago, when the earth was an infant at play and volcanoes were giants, the meteors were thrown upward in infant convulsions. Some of the earth's discarded rocks returned at once, but those which were.flung upward at a rate greater than seven miles a second passed beyond the earth'8 gravitating influence and sought paths of their own, no one could tell whither. And then, after millions of years, they once more came within the reach < of the world,- and old Mother Earth re a 1 i-.L 1 1_ il. -.1 sunieu uer away, ickjk uaca me iiau usher bosom and the astronomers said a meteorite had fallen. Sir Robert asked his hearers to imagine a wrapping of some hundreds of i miles of air ronnd the earth's surface. Now just in the same way that a gimlet, boring its way into wood, becomes warm, so a ballet going 20 miles a t minute would become extremely warm in boring its way through 20 miles of air. And in the same way that a bullet became warm, so a meteorite traveling 10,000 times as fast as a bullet, traveling at this speed perhaps for hundreds of years through realms of space whoee paralyzing cold was indescribable and finding itself at last plunging through the warm bath of the air. became hotter and hotter and hotter. It glowed, it became white hot, it melted, it dissolved in a burst of gaseous splendor, and observers on tha earth cried. "Why. there's a shooting atari" | ... AN AKUHII LU I UKAL ru^Lt. Monasteries Bnilt la a Wildly laas eesslble Locality. The famous monasteries of Meteors crown the summits of vast rock pinna* cles rising from the plain of Theesaly. By what strange means the first canning architects of these airy perches ; succeeded in reaching the scene of their labors is a matter wreathed in mystery. The cliffs are far too smooth and perpendicular for' any man to climb by hand and foot, and history guards jeai ously the secret of the monasteries. All that is known about them is that the v monks and wandering friars of the mid- : die ages found sanctuary here when first the creacent and scimitar ran red \ < > with Christian blood. Visitor* to the . monks' abode announce their presence .y-/-j-jj by shouting nntil some one far abo?# . looks out and lets the net, which is worked by A windlass, come down. ' ^ The sensation of the ascent is dia* '"J tinctly noveL Seated on the ground, in , the center-?fUfhe net, the meshes are one by one loopech-on to a large iron hood. As the rope be&wjies taut the cords press uncomfortably hard^upon T i various jy ints of one's body, andwith. *? a strong wind blowing it swings to and fro and bumps its Human ioaa against the cliff. The rope, as it slowly . & winds on the drum up in the monastery, 4 kinks occasionally, and the jerk gives one the impression that the rickety con* cern is giving way. The journey, however, ends safely, 170 feet above the ground, where the2^ vS ttonks promptly extricate the visitor and give him a pleasant welcome. Tke Caroline Islanders. As a rule the Caroline islander is ^ Mm fairly honest Once lay his suspicions to rest and win his confidence, and he will prove himself a faithful friend and <?. an excellent host, courteous and just in . ^ all his dealings, as I have very good * cause to know. On the other hand, V-' .T when dealing with his enemies, he calls ^ into play a talent for intrigue, lying and chicanery that would delight a Machiavelli x . i; j In his private life he is unselfish, frugal and economical, a man of careful. small habits. Like all folk of Melr anesian admixture, he is liable to fits of dangerous sullenness when he con-' siders himself slighted in any wiiy. Ha -.w? is inclined to be revengeful * and will : - ^ % bide his time patiently until bis oppor- f tunity comes. Yet he is not implacable and counts reconciliation a noble and. -v ~ ^ princely thing. There is a form of etiquette to be obeerved on these occasions * ?a present (katom) is made, an apology -t .? offered, a piece of sugar cane accepted by the aggrieved party, honor is satisfied, and the matter end& The Ponapean is a stout warrior, a \ hardy and skillfnl navigator, fisherman, 3 ' *1? carpenter ana uuaiuuijun, ovuicnw> an astronomer and herbalist, bat a very second class planter and gardener.? > "Geographical Review. ? .. He Did. "Whatever station in life you may be called to occupy, my boy," said tha- c; "*. ; father, in sending his son out into the ; ^ > great world, "always do your best" . "I will," replied the yoang man, > with emotion. He never forgot his promise. Yean afterward, when a prosperous* man of : business, he did his best friend out of a * large sum of money. In spite of everything it turns out that way once in awhila ? Chicago *, Tribune * * "Tf Dangers In Mercirj. Mercury is a foe to life Those wfto make mirrors, barometers or thermometers, etc., soon feel the effect of the nitrate of mercury in teeth, gums and the tissues of the body. i v? ; ".^K, In Iceland men and women are in , every respect political equals. The na* tion, which numbers about 70,000 people, is governed by representatives elect ed by men and women together. . >: J A philologist estimates that of every 100 words in the French language It are superfluous. ' WILSON & SUMMERTON R. r/N^I - . Time Table No. 1, to take effect Monday, June 13,1898. ? TRAINS GOING NORTH. r Lv \Vilson6 Mill 910am -,-'Ar Jordan 9 36am Ar Davis Station 9 45am ArSummerton 1010 am Ar Mi 1 lard ... 1015^'m . Ar Millard 1046am Ar Silver 1110 am Ar Pack8ville 1130 am ArTindal 11 65am ! Ar W. & S. Junction 1227pm Ar Sumter. 12 30 p m TRAINS GOING 80UTH. T ? O AA n m ? Ijv ouunci ^ w ill x ; ^ Lv W. & S. Junction...... 2 03pm * A Ar Tindal 2 2Cfp m s-; J?* Ar Packsville 2 38 p m Ar Silver... 2 50pm t Ar Millard 3 05pm Ar Millard 3 86pm Ar Summerton 3 50 piti : Ar Davis 4 20pm " Ar Jordan 445pm Ar Wilsons Mill ! 5 15pm BETWEEN MILLARD A ST. PAUI*; ' Ar Millard 1015 a.m.. 3 06*d m> ~ J| Ar St Paul 10 25 a m |J Lv St Paul 10 35 a m ta.! 1. Ar Millard 10 45 a ndSBHH^nl All trains daily except THOMAS