The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 01, 1900, Image 4
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THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. c
The Old Year goes away; ber eyes are sad? .
_ The eyes of one who hopes or fears no 1
more. c
Snow Is upon her hair; gray mists have clad a
A form the vesture of the Spring which +
wore.
The new buds quicken now beneath the 8
clay;
But not for her?the Old Year goes away. ^
The New Year enters in; a happy child, \
Who looks for flowers to fill her out- l
* stretched hand,
And knows not fear although the winds be 8
wild. i
Soon shall the birds be singing in the land, t]
On the young leaves the patter of soft rain.
And violets ope'?the New Year comes
again.
So with this mortal life; now young, now ~
old, c
! A Spring which never dreams of frost and
snow, - 2
Summer and Autumn?then the tale is told; Y
With tired step, in wintry days we go.
God grant a wakening on some happier
shore. c
Where the lost youth and joy come back i
once more! ^
?Mary George, in Chambers's Journal.
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I I ONE PAY DAY. I \
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Z BY FRANK FARRINQTON. Z
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Bob Newell lored Mattie Hendry. 1
She was a brisk little stenographer 0
and bookkeeper employed by the ?
cycle company of which the senior
Newell was president Bob was a *
well dressed fellow whose mission in I
life seemed to be the compassing of *
his own amusement When he asked "
Mat tie to marry him she said? ;
'Bob, you know I love you?no,
wait ! Listen to what I have to say. *
You've never done a thing toward
supporting yourself, and while your
father may be willing to share his in- ?
come with you to an extent v which V
would permit you to marry, you would 11
not desire that, nor should I. Even *
if our pride did not prevent such a *
course our judgment would, for if he
should lose his money you wouldn't
have th * faintest notion of how to ?
earn enough to keep us. I am going
to make this condition: when you
have secured a paying position aud
saved 3500 of your own earnings, then a
we will be married. Bo not thing me
hard and mercenary, dear. I truly
love you, but I want to start right." .
A long and rather businesslike j"1
speech for a young woman to make f1.
in answer to a declaration 6f love from *
a man whow she loved; but Mattie *
!' Hendry had a cool head, and her heart
was under its control. a
Of course Bob acknowledged the ^
wisdom of her words, for he was really
a sensible fellow, and he left her with Tt
a resolve that on the next day he ?T
would search for a position and begin ^
to save money. .
The following morning he surprised
his father by asking him where he
could find work. Mr. Newell, after "
assuring himself that his son was in
earnest, asked? t:
"Well, Robert, what can you do?"
"Not a thing, father, that any one S?
would pay me for." J*
"Do you want to learn a profession?"
w
"No, no?that takes too long, I ,
cannot spare the time."
"Well, then," said the older man, *D
"are you willing to begin at the u
bottom of some trade, or would you cr
rather hare a clerkship somewhere ?" f1
"I believe," replied Bob, "that I e
H' - shall have to l6arn a trade. I should 0
like that of a machinist. If I have
. any natural talent it is in that direction."
*
So Bob decided to go into the ma- ec
: chine chop of the cycle company, and ai
? b;gin at the foot of the ladder. He e?
did so well there that he began climb- 0
ing upward even in the first year; at Wl
the end of the second he had saved
$300 and hoped for promotion, as the
assistant foreman of his department ,
had been advanced and his position ?
was to be filled from the shop; but a ,
man younger than Hob, though of ?
greater experience, was considered 8
|te more suitable for the place. J?
This other man was James Dant, a
;> showy k>oking fellow who lived next
door to the Hendrys, a circumstance
w which enabled him to frequently walk a
to and from the factory with Miss
gjr' Hendry, a privilege of which he
seemed glad to avail himself, much to la
the annoyance of Newell. He was co
not jealous of Dant; but he felt that or
despite his fair outside appearance he he
- was untrustworthy, and not a fit com- is
p|; panion for a good woman. He told th
Mattie so, but of oourse she only of
i i j l: :li i vx cii
iaugaeu at mm, gin i&saiuu. ?i
Rpf;?;.; -"James is all right," she said con- A1
fidently. "We have been neighbors al
eyer since we were children." he
"Is that sufficient to prove him of of
good character?" said Newell, sarcas- K
\ ticaily. in
'*DonH be hateful, Bob. And don't sh
be imaginative. I won't let Dant OC
walk home with me if yon object, pi
Bat I'm sure there is no harm in re
?j?K*: him." th
" - Bob wasn't; so he watched the ta
smooth spoken yonng man, and found pr
Tthat he had steady acquaintances, kept th
lais'hoitrVJW-- cambled. - su
"1 guess ishalf get that raewtcy," fa
mused Bob; and he worked harder at
than ever. ha
The factory hands were paid every fa
two weeks, in cash in envelopes, and ha
as there were some 500 of them, the
pay roll amounted to over $7500. One Qi
Saturday afternoon Mr. Hamley, the is
manager, brought up to the office the is
money, leaving Miss Hendry to put it tii
into the envelopes. He had no sooner ch
left her when the door re-opened and sb
a man entered. He was well dressed, ac
a stranger, and smilingly bade Mattie 01
*.1/ "Good afternoon" as he advanced, tu
^ When near her he suddenly drew a ot
revolver and said in a low voioe? an
"Hand over that currency, miss, Ca
and those filled envelopes, too?you hr
heard me! Be quick!"
Mattie was a brave girl he
"You shall not have the money ! w]
Shoot if you dare!" she exclaimed. mi
+ But the stranger jumped over the th
rail and grasped her throat with one
hand while with the other he stuffed all
the money into his pocket She tried br
to scream, but he forced her from co
the chair to the floor, and as she oc
gasped and ceased to breathe he Ui
walked out of the offioe with a sang sa
froid which would have deceived even oc
Mr. Hamlev had he met him. pe
It may have been a minute, it may pe
have been five, that the girl lay there m<
V _ before the door opened and Dant co
walked in. Seeing her prostrate form th
he went to her and, succeeded in re- Bi
storing her to consciousness just as sn
the manager returned. Both listened
to her story, told rather disconnectedly;
then Dant called a carriage with
tlfe avowed intention of taking her tw
home, and Mr. Ham ley went to inform tic
the police of the robbery. to
Abont -an hour before the thief dr
entered the office, Bob Newell, work- ch
ing 'at a bench observed a man watch da
ing the factory from a house across he
the way* There was nothing in this th
to cause comment, but Bob soon saw rei
that Dant was hovering near, his eyes "J
on the man, and evidently nervous, an
When Mr. Hamley presently came de
Bra*;?
:
fer, .
jut ot the office, Dant's agitation in*
jreased; he passed the window, wavng
his handkerchief with feigned
arelessness. The man over the way
it ouoe left his position and crossed
he street, disappearing up the office
tepj.
All of these movements Newell
vatched with growing interest, but
vith no thought of auy dauger until,
ipon the stranger's coming out again
ind talking hurriedly away, Dant
nnrl. onma trivial ar/>nca ar?.-1
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loam to the office. Newell wondered
vhat called him there, but made 110
novemeat uutil he saw Dniit assist
diss Hendry, who seemed ill, into a
:arriage and drive away.
"Something has happened to
klattie," Newell thought, and filled
vith alarm he ran down stairs, reachugthe
front of the office just as the
arriage disappeared arouud the corler
of the street in which the Hentrys
lived. He ran after it, and saw
t disappear through a gateway a short
listauce dowu the aveuue, Mattie
ived at its extreme end. Something
ras radically wrong. Bob ran up to
, poli emau who at that moment came
rom a side street.
"Smith, yon are the very man I
rant The e has been troub'e at the
ffice, I don't know what, and one of
he workmen, Dant, has taken Miss
lendry, the stenographer, away in a
losed carriage. It has entered the
rivate grounds of one of those fine
il t L _ /-?_
louses you see in xne distance. vjo
nd see where there are fresh wheel
racks from the road across the walk. I
suppose you cauaot arrest any one
n mere suspicion, but if all were
ight Miss 'Hendry wonld have been
aken home instead of to that place,
will go iuto Doctor Brown's office
ere, borrow a coat and follow you."
The policeman went dowu tbe
venue, easily found the tracks leadig
from the freshly sprinkled street
lto the grounds of one of the houses,
nd strolled b:ck to meet Newell,
'he two then went directly to the
ouse and rang the door bell. A
urly Irishman, looking entirely out
f place, appeared, and in reply to
lewell's inquiry said there was no
[iss Heudry there, and no such man
3 Jame* Daut, nor (lid he know of
qj carriage driving in recently.
The policeman was without autbor;j,so
nothing could be done; but Newll,
firmly convinced that he was on the
ight track, left Smith on gu.vd,
urried back to the office, and found
lere the chief of police and two deictives
with Mr. Hamley. To them
e told his story from the beginning,
ad taking the three officers with him,
ent back to the suspe.ted house.
They found tbe door fastened, and
sceiviug no respon e to repeated
immons, finally broke it in, only to
nd the place apparently deserted;
lit as Smith declared that no one had
it it they began a search which rexlted
in finding Miss Hendry locked
i a closet, while in the cellar were
ant, the Irishmau and the thief,
he last named was the only one of
te trio who was armed, and when he
iw tbe muzzles of three revolvers
ainting his way he made haste to
irrender, and turned over the money 1
hich he still had in his pockets.
The party, prisoners and all, reirued
to the factory, and after tellg
Mr. Hamley the story of the capire
the police departed with the
imiuals, lea*ing Newell, Mr. Hamley
id Miss Hendry together. Mr. Ham
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* was ioe nrsi 10 speas. xuruiug
i Newell be said ?
"Young man, you have done us a
*eat service today,and I do not know
bether we owe more to your persistice
or to Miss Hendry's courage. I
n going to take the liberty, diowrer,
of giving each of you in behalf
the compauy, $250. And by the
ay, Newell, you may now consider
mrself assistant superintendent of
>nr department.
The efforts of the two to thank him
> waved aside, bidding Newell take
iss Hendry home before the effect
the excitement came. If the lovers
opped in the narrow ball for a ruoent
it can be nobody's business but
eir own.
AN IMMENSE FORTUNE.
Private Fortune Saved by the Qneen
of England.
The wealth of the Queen of Engnd
is vast. It cannot be accurately
imputed, partly because there is no
te person whd is cognizant of all of
nr sources of income. In fact, wbat
known to the public is vast, while
ere is much which is known only
Bcially and is kept confidential,
re still draws as the widow of Prince
Ibert the $150,000 which was anuuly
allowed him by parliament. She
is also inherited the private fortuue
her mother, the late Duchess of
ent, and which brings in a yearly
come of $10,000. It is known that
ie receives a yearly income of $200,(0,
which goes into her private
irse without regard to any of the
MAM M An A A AMM ??? #V fK AW A fC A A A 1< ^/\1?
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e support of her royalty. It is ceriu
that Victoria has saved a large
ivate fqrtune. This is outside of
e amouuts set aside for the proper
ppoV^of each member of the royal
has^a separe
allowance. Many individual?'
tve been known to make bequests in
or of the Queen, several of which
ive been large fortnnes.
Besides the money wealth of the
aeen her collection of jewels alone
prodigious. Her gold plate, which
used only at court festivities, is esnated
as of vast value, aud consists
iefly of dishes, flagons, shields and
ands, and is the result of years cf
cumulation of former monarchs.
ther treasures in the way of furnire.
ornaments, wearing apparel and
her personal asd household effects
d works of art, tapestries, rags,
rriages, horses, etc., would reach a
ige sum if carefully appraised.
The expense of keeping up the royal
usehold is still another mutter
tiich is taken care of by the gcvernsut,
even to the extent of each of
e royal palaces and r6sidonces.
The Prince of Wales receives annnly
about $500,000, while each of his
others and sisters receives regal inmes
as well. It' has been claimed
casionally that the president of the
nited States receives a:i immense
lary. But out of his $50,000 he is
>liged to defray much of his exinses,
few of the most ordinary ex
rises Demg ctetrayea Dy tne governBnt
over and above his salary. The
ntrast bstween this small sam and
e income of the heir apparent to the
-itish throne makes it seem pitifully
lalL
Hit Story "G?e?" Until He Poet,
There is in Crowley county a big
o-fisted farmer who has the reputa>n
of being the biggest liar in the
wnship. But he will fight at the
op of the hat, and men are very
ary of accusing* him. The other
y he went into Dexter and told that
had a nine-month-old calf that gave
??a quarts at a milking, and, after
counting this story, the paper said,
klr. Horrell is still in town, and we
s convinced that that calf is a wonr*"?Kansas
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WHITE HOUSE BLOSSOM
HOW THE YIELD OF THE CONSERVATORY
IS ENJOYED.
Favorite Flower# of White House Mistresses-Displays
for Grand Occasion#
?Faun# Which Many Year# Ago Outgrew
the Place Assigned to Them.
Each mistress of the White House
it Washington has had her favorite
lower, except Mrs. McKinley, who
sxpresses little preference except an
iversion to yellow flowers and a great
ove for the blue ones, in which the j
resident joins lie". A large bunch j
>f flowers is cut from the couserva- i
ory every morning aud sent to adorn |
he president's table, while others go j
0 Mrs. McKinley's apartments. The j
>lants that adorn the^omestic part of |
he White House are frequently I
1 1 A * 1 il. _ 1 ? ll. - I
uangeci io give uer me oeuent oi me
are aud beautifnl variety that fills
he conservatories. All of the finest j
>lauts share her admiration, each for i
,s long a time as it can stand to be j
;ept from real hothouse atmosphere. |
Neither Mrs. McKinley nor the I
resident visits the conservatory regilarly,
thongh before the busy days
if the war were thrust upon him, they
ioth loved the ca'e and cultivation of
lant lite. Now, the president has
to time to watch the gentle unfolding
f nature placed under the vast area
tnder glass to the West of the White
louse.
The rose house is always riotous
ti bloom aud at any season affords
mple cuttings for the home part j
f the White House life, while '
hat part filled with violets is redolent !
rith perfume that wafts to meet you i
rith the opening and closing-of the j
lothouse doors. Long rows of primnaaa
lia o In n or nna rvrPT)?vil)flr fnr I
jidwi ter blossoms, anil though the
resident's chrysanthemums ae snfBring
from a rust that has beset that
^articular family of plant life the:e
> a large corner of one of the honse3
tiled with rare specimeus of these
taunting beauties.
Hundreds of beautiful ferns? sevral
bouses of them?as well as of the j
elioate trailing asparagus, tell the i
tory of the exquisite displays of
lowers and ferns that bank the manelpiece
and table on large occasions,
ike public receptions, cabinet dinters
and similar functions. Each
aantel has a box made to fit it and
he ferns are loosened, from the edge
f the pots and slipped in the moist
arth that fills the boxes. Roses and
thev flowers are thrust in here and
here, making the gorgeous floral displays
that are read of and talked of in
11 parts of the country. Jnst as soon
s possible after an affair the flowers
re taken out and the ferns are carenlly
put back in the old pota and reurne
1 to the hothouse for future use.
'bus the same ones may be used for
11 the receptions of a wintc. There
re a few o cnsions which even these
reat conservatories refuse to give up
nongh blossoms for the decorations,
'hen florists outside are called upon i
o supply whatever is needful.
Ju>t now the flowers are being
aken up from outdoors, and one
ouse is entirely given up for cuttings
cr next spriug's display. The houses
re filled with the rarest specimens
f tropical flora, and florists all over
be conutry vie with one another in
ending some rare specimen to the i
Phite House conservatories, while '
ur officers, traveling to remote parts !
' the earth, often ship cnrions and
are plants. The lofty gloss domes
dded to one side of the conservator's
are filled with such, and one might j
rell imagine being in an African j
ingle, so luxuriant and thrifty have j
lie plants become. About the newest i
rrival is n iepi esentative of the Phil- j
ipines. It is known as the "Dewey
lant." It occupies a conspicuous
lace in the White House conservairies,
and iu close proximity to the
lyriads of ferns that adorned the !
able and dining room at the great
)ewey dinner. These were interpersed
with a beautiful profusion of
rchids that also claim the islands as
heir home.
There is somethiug decidedly symolic
and startliug iu the way flora of
lie Philippines thrives in this eounry,
even when forced to it The
'Dewey plants," that add so much
d the riotous tropical beauty of the
dands, are tbere known as the
'Acalypha sanderiana," and were
nbbed by a Philadelphia florist the
'Dewey plant." The White Honse
p cimens, of which there are several,
land not more than 12 or 14 inches in
eight, with rich, dark green foliage,
rom which depend long, graceful,
A 1 _ - f i. 1
waying lasseis 01 unman* rose cuiur,
3 soft and fine as chenille and not
nlike it.
There are many rare varieties of orhids
from the Philippines, where
ley grow most luxuriantly, as well as
howy tropical plants of unproounceable
names, that, when comined
with the gorgeons birds and
owers of that country,
eritablc glimpse of
In oua__of?t5e~ tropical houses are
ilieapples in fruit, and also oranges
ud lemons and other tropical fruits,
n some of the houses where the temerature
will permit it, the fish that
11 the great basin in the lower part
f the White House grounds, as well
s those in the basin of the treasury,
re bronght in, and add mnch to the
eauty of the surroundings.
Doubtless, no first lady ever en>yed
the vast conservatories as did
[rs. Hayes. Others have found little
ime outside of social duties, but she
ame regularly every day and tended
lany of the flowers with her own
ands/ In was her greatest delight
i see some spindling shoot develop
lto a hardy plant or care for a little
roopiug one until it exhibited new
fe. She liked to take the great
hears and cat a flower here and there
>r herself. The superintendent took
0 much interest in her devotion to
ae flowers that every effort was made
> force some favorite plaut into bios- 1
Dm to surprise and delight her. She
ould keep all day some flowers cut j 1
1 the morning hours. Mr. Phister
ivs that in the 33 years that he has i
een in the department no first lady <
as shown so great a love for flowers <
s Mrs. Hayes.
Mrs. Harrison loved the roses best ]
nd was lavish in sending them to her i ^
>ss fortunate friends. Mrs. Cleveland j
as fondest of the stately American
beauties that are always associated .
ith her, and took the keenest possi- j
le interest in the orchids that reached j
leir first prominence in American j j
lant life during that administration, j ,
The superintendent showed many i
ue varieties of orchids imported from j
le present scene of warfare in South j
frica. These two late wars have in- !
jrfered very materially with the ira- j
ortation of orchids, palms and other j
opieal plants. There are none of j
le curious growths that are half in
jet, half plant, that feed uj ou bugs
ad worms. Sn h are frequently sent j
> the White House, Intare trans- :1
srred to Mr. Smith of the botanic ! <
ardeu, where one finds a most varied ' i
ad interesting collection. 1
Th" head gardener of the White 1
Hons? pars that many of the huge
palms that in summer adorn the driveway
leading to the president's house
date back from the time of Presidents
Fillimore and Pierce. Many others
of gigantic size were but small affairs
when he took them in baud more than
30 years ago, during Andy Johnson's
time. They have all had a part in inaugural
decorations since that time
aud have outgrown their surroundings.
There is no place at the White
House where these lofty old plants
can find roo n, and as they must be
kept housed they are appropri tely
enough sent in winter to the great
rotunda of the pension office, where,
intermingled with smaller palms, they
give a glimpse of Arcadia. Panged
lisnaaiti tliom nn marKIa flnnr Al'A
numerous garden seats. Here at
noon hour the clerks sit and waft the
smoke from cigar and pip? through
their historic branches.
Unusual preparations are making
in the conservatories now for a brilliant
floral display this winter, and
when the society belles come to the
White House they will find the most
lavish decoration seen there since
Mrs. Cleveland's wedding.
NEW WAY CF BALING HAY.
Pancakes for Mules In the Sonth African
and Philippine War.
The Georgia and Argentine mule3
which are doing war duty in South
Africa with the British army will be
surprised when they see the new
style of baled hay which will be
served up to them as soon as the
steamship Susquehanna gets to Cape
Town. Three huudred tons were sent
on the Sus juehauna recently, and
it is the first shipment of abont
2?,000 tons ordered by the British
war depa'tmenL The baling of
he hay is being done in Brooklyu,
where 6ix new machines are boing
usel. The machine was invented by
a man named Lowry. The hay is put
up in bales cylindrical in form, about
the si e and shape of the old
fashioned nail keg, or 18 inches
high and of the same diameter. When
baled in <this shape the hay is as hard
as a board. The bales weigh about
145 pounds.
What will surprise Mr. Mule will
be the way the hay is "handed out,"
It will be in pancake form. The hay
oancakes. or lavers. which make up
9 ? ' - I
the bale, are about three-fourths of I
an inch thick and as soon as the inulo
takes a bite of the pancake he will
be kept chewiDg so constantly that he
will forget all about the bullets. Mr.
Peck, who showed the reporter the
process, did not say that the mule's
mental faculties would be engaged to
this extent. That is simply a nonhayeiting
layman's own impression.
The hay in the pancake is so tightly
packed that, as soon as the mule begins
chewing it he will hare the same
buoyant feeling experienced by the
small boy whose waistband is made
tight by eating dried apples. The
most compact bale of hay put up by
the old style requires about 160 cubic
feet space per toD. This new tangled
Georgia mule hay takes up only 50
cubic feet space per ton.
A rather singular combination of
circumstances is afforded at the baling
plant in Erooklyn. The contractor
Mr Bloomingdale, is using Canadian
hay, baled in the old square
fashion, in Canada. The old bales
are torn to pieces and fed into the top
of the new compressors. About half
the product of the Brooklyn plant
goes to South Africa for use in the
army which is fighting the Boers,
while the other half goes to Manila
for use by Lawton and McArthur's
cavalry.
"We are compressionists when it
comes to baling hay, but we're expansionists
when it comes to selling
it," said Mr- Peck. "The good thing
about this new bale is that a mule
can carry two 112 pound bales, and
after he is fed off them for two or
three days, there's enough left for a
cavalry man to use as a miniature
rampart. The hay is packed so tight
that a bullet wouldn't go far into it
A mule can carry only one of the 145
pound bales. The greater numbered
bales shipped to South Africa weigh
112 pounds, the English hundredweight.
"A rather remarkable fact in connection
with this process of baling
was discovered by accident. Yon see
where the hay goes into the machine
through four mortised holes about the
thickness of the hand? Well the frictional
heat caused by the drawing of
the hay through those holes keeps
the whole top of the compressor hot.
As the hay passes through the heat
fuses the juices in the timothy and
clover and makes the whole layer, or
pancake, aromatic. Horses prefer
hay run through one of these compressors
to hay in its loose state, on
account of its aromatic properties*.".. .
Whether Mr. Peck's theory is correct
or not^ihe iaet remains that the
jjgftfcad bay yielded a delightful fragrance
in the old storehouse where
the work is being carried on.?New
York Tribune.
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
No peace was ever won from fate by
subterfuge. ?Ruskin.
He is great enough that is his own
master.?Bishop Hall.
There is but one step from the sublime
to the ridiculous.?Napoleon.
Guard against that vanity which
courts a compliment, or is fed by it ?
filial mars.
When a person is down in the world,
an ounce of help is better than a pound
of preaching.?Bulwer.
By all means use sometimes to be
alone. Salute thyself! See what thy
soul doth wear.?George Herbert.
One of the Godlike things of this
world is the veneration done to human
worth by the hearts of men.?Carlyle.
The grandest of heroic deeds are
those which are performed within four
walls and in domestic privacy.?Bichter.
The highest problem of every art
is, by means of appearance, to produce
the illusion of a loftier reality.?
Goethe.
Great numbers of moderately good
people think it fine to talk scandal;
they regard it as a sort of evidence of
their own goodness.?F. W. Faber.
Love feels no burden, thinks nothing
of trouble, attempts what is above
its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility,
for it thinks all thiugs lawful
fo - itself and all thiugs possible.?
rhomas a Kempis. 9
With a quickened eyesight, go on
discovering much good ou the worst
side, remembering that the same process
should proportionably magnify
ind demonstrate to you the much
more good on the better side.?Robert
Browning.
It is an irretrievable error to grow
weary of failure and fall back upon a
limited and nnprogressive perfection, I
3r spurn the condition of existence, ]
ind endeavor .to realize in this life 3
what is the work for eternity.?Edward
Dowden. 1
Net Absolutely Jyooraat
It is commonly understood that one
of the newspapers of New York City
has a rule to employ none but college
graduates on its staff. It may or it
may not be true. Nevertheless, a
young man of good address, bringing
with him excellent recommendations,
and equipped for Journalistic work by
several years' experience, called one
day at the editorial office of that paper.
lie made so good an impression that
the managing editor was about to assign
him a place on the staff, when,
as if remembering something he had
overloooked in examing the applicant,
he suddenly asked:
"By the way of what college or university
are you a graduate?"
"I am not a graduate of any," replied
the young man, "but I know better
than to write 'pants' for 'trousers,'
'plead' for 'pleaded' and 'he was given
a chance' for a 'chance was given
him.' I never use the phrase 'in our
midst.' I understand the correct use
of 'who' and 'whom' and of 'shall' and
'will.' I prefer 'officer to 'official,'
'dwelling' to 'residence.' I avoid 'as to
whether,' abhor 'reportorial,' never
split an infiinite, and never write a
sentence long enough to tie in a double
bowknot."
He got the postlon.?The Fourth
Estate.
Seizing an Opportunity,
Mabel?Poor papa had a paralytic
stroke yesterday. He can't move his
legs.
Tom?Indeed! Miss Gotrox?er?
Mabel. I love you devotedly. May I
peak to your father at once?
Artificial Sight.
A Russian inventor has perfected an electrical
appiianco, which he claims will enable
the blind to ace. This vi'.l bring much happiness
to those who have defective eyesight.
Anothor great discovery which will bring
much happiness to those whose stomachs
have become daraneed is Hostetter's Stom
ach Blttere. It has made'a world wide reputation
for itself as a certain cure for such ailments
as indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation,
biliousness, and malaria, fever and sgue.
A Qnery.
The goat eats tomato cans, and such,
To the amusement of man;
But what can tickle a man's palate so much
As an oyster can?
Beauty Is Blood Deep.
Clci.n blood means a clean skin. No
Leauty without ft. Cascarets, Candy Cathartic
clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all impurities
from the body. Begin to-day to
Lanish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets.?beauty for ten cents. All druggists,
satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50cAs
He Saw It.
Teacher?"Johnny, yon may define the first
person."
Johnny?"Adam."?Brooklyn Life.
8100 Reward. SIOO.
Tbe readers of this paper will be pleaded to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has beeu able to cure in all
its states, and that is ?'atnrrh. Hall'sCatarrh
Cure is the only Dositive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease. requires a constitutional
treatment. Hnll'sCatirrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly on the hlood and mucous
surfaces of the svitem, thereby destroying
the foundation ot the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much faiTh in
its curative powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollar- for any case that it fails tocure.
Send for list of ie>tiinonials. Address
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
HalPs Family Pills are the best.
The "Golden Rule" wou'd not be much but
for the life of the Golden Lire on it.
Bow Are Tour Kidneys 9
Dr. Hobbs' S parages Pills cure all kidney Ills. 8m?
pis free. Add. Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or If. Y.
It Is not the man who dees the most talking
who Is the most t tlked abo.it.
Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces Inflammation.
allays pain, cure? wind colic. 25c. a bottle.
Piso's Cure for Consumption has no oqnal
as a Cougli medic ne.?f. m. Abbott, 3S3ceneca
St., buffalo, N. Y., May 9. 1SJ4.
The pardon of sin is not perfoct wlihout the
powor over fin.
To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Casoarcts C andy Cathartic. 10c or 25c.
If C. C. C. iall to cure, drugglstsrefund money.
The kings of finance have no greater power
than the humblest toller with the King of Glory.
Half I
a Bottle
Cured Me
"About thirty years ago I
bought a bottle of Ayer s Hair
Vigor to stop my hair from
falling oat One-half a bottle
cared me. A few days ago my.
-hitf-begai to fait ooHgttk .1
went to the medicine shelf and
foand the old bottle of Hair
Vigor just as good as when I
bought it." ? J. C. Baxter,
Braidwood, 111., Sept. 27, 1899.
Keeps
I Thirtn Vanro
A Klf A WU/ O
Aycr's Hair Vigor is certainly
tfie most economical preparation
of its kind on the market.
A little of it goes a long way.
And then, what you don't need
now you can use some other
time just as well.
* It doesn't take much of it to
stop falling of the hair, restore
color to gray hair, cure dandruff,
and keep the hair soft and glossy.
There's a great deal of good and
an immense amount of satisfacItion
in every bottle of it.
$1.00 a bottle. All draniste.
Write the Doctor
Tf win do not obtain all the benefits vou
1 desire from the u96 of the Vigor, write I
I tlio Doctor about it. Address, 8
3 Dr. J. C. Aykb, Lowell, Mass. I
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It injures nervous system to do so. BATOcrKOistho
only cure th*t REALLY CURES
and notifies ynu when to stop. Sold with a
guarantee that three boxes will enresny case.
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Then Lore Declared Itself.
4'Fred," she said, when he had pro- i
posed and been accepted, "shall I tell
you when I first knew I loved yon?"
"Yes, darling, tell me."
"It was three weeks ago, when I
had a raging toothache, I felt that if
yon would hold my head I should have
the conrage to have the horrid thing
out."?Stray Stories.
Except In Sonth Africa.
"I guess?"
"Oh, don't guess. Yon Americans
always guess, you know."
"No, I don't know. You English
always know, you know."?Chicago
Tribune.
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Kc, ?5c. if C.C. C. loll, drugg leterefundmoney.
Direct Testimony,
"la that your offspring, madam?'' asked the
Missouri judge.
"Naw," replied the elderly female, "he's me
oldest young'un."
Vitality low, debilitated orexhausted cured
by Dr. Kline's Invigorating Tonic. Fbsb (1
trial bottle for 2weoks' treatment. Dr. Kline,
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Judge Not.
"Judge not from mere appearances,"
Oft have the poets sung.
Think not because the skirt is short
The woman in it's young.
/DrBull'sN
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COUGH SYRUR
Get the genuine. Refuse substitutes.
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