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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.
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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.
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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.
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the largest list of words made by us
Ing the letters contained in
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no more times in any one word than
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as authority, Two Gold Watches
(first class time-keepers) will be
giveu daily for second and third best
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including Dinner Sets, Tea
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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