The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 06, 1901, Image 4
HIA LESSON FROM
BY AGNES 10
' * i ? T CAXXOT understand what has
I changed Nellie so."
I Mrs. ?Howard spoke In trouA
. l>Ic?l tones, her eyes on her
ggjj?.;" daughter's empty i>iace at the table.
? Her husband shook his head. lie was
r-:*~ getting a trifle impatient with Xellie.
Tom finished his second plate
' of griddle-cakes and intimated that lie
-could dispose of a third. Then he ang|^\
nour.ced his views ou the subject:
"Now, mother, there's nothing the
matter with Nell but pure airs. Slio
has been away to school these two
Kv years, and last vacation she traveled
MBfev. with "Armt XpII and was "united ou un
iil she was completely spoiled. Now
she feels a lirtle too large fur 1\e
. house. This morning she's late for
breakfast again, and when she does
trailing In she'll have on that
^^^^ ressing-jaeket thing that looks like
^^^^Bbnthrobe cur in half. It gives me
^^^^^^^>lues to look at it. I liatc these
^^H^^^^things! I suppose she doesn't
worth while to dress up and
H^H^^flQ^fining home."
^HB^^^owT Tom dear!" admonished his
^H^mothor gently. "You must not be uncharitable
with Xellie. Remember that
has studied hard this year. We
HB will give her a chance to rest arul J
^^^Kthink she will soon come back to lier
Tom shook his head unconvinced, lie
fWpPwas a lively young gentleman just reKpt'torned
from his sophomore year at
| college, and Ids patience with his sis-^
Vter's new attitude was limited.
i "Its a good thing to varv^brainwork
with physical cxerc^r he sng:
V gested'wisely. Is down late
' roomings, ojftf if there is anything she
P mightyj^^Tround the house, she half
it and forgets the rest, or else
^mbPRic gets a headache ;uid can't do anything.
But she can spend hours writing
fat letters to those girl friends of
hers. "When the Ellis boys come you'll
j^.. see her down stairs early, and not
_ wearing that loose rag, cither."
'> 4Tom, be careful!"
.
tvVj. Mrs. Howard's word of warning
^^_cahie just in lime. The dining room
j^B^xloor opened and Nellie entered, looking
a trifle sleepy about the eyes. Her
W&-" hair combed somewhat less carefully
than for more public occasions, and
Br-; she wore the short, voluminous dressKfcing-sack
which was Tom's pet abomHgHnation.
*1^*- "Good morning," she said, smiling,
h^i- hut stopping to cover a bit of a yawn
t T with her hand.- "I'm sorry I'm so
late."
Nellie^ had been sorry a good many
mornings since her return, but her
3=.regret had not carried her to the point
of prompt attendance. She was a
igS. plump, pretty girl, with a face usually
sparkling with animation; but just
now she looked rather listless, perhaps
a trifle bored. Formerly she had
found it a pleasure to exert herself to
entertain her own family. Mrs. HowBprjjtrd.
with a mother's charity, had heen
Hp ., attributing her lack of animation to
r " delicate health, but had been slowly
| forced to admit that when strangers
were with them, her young daughter
as bright and charming as ever.
Sw.' Doubtless Nellie herself had little idea
r cf how far she had let herself drift
into this indifference.
There was a letter at Nellie's place,
and as she opened and read it she
gave an exclamation of pleasure.
r_ "Oh, how lovely! It is from Joan
Fairfax, mamma, and she says she
Hk can come. Saturday afternoon?that's
^to-morrow. Why, that is when your
^^^^ollege friends come, isn't it, Tom? Oh,
^^^B^Hiso-glad she can come! She is
up straighter and evinced
^ H^^more life, but
^^^m^^H^^^nishing coffee,
answer her
little
a few
TTO 4-/-.! * fT
iiiux,
cross the table at
m hunted up his
busy about ber
f you have a lot
k. I hear her at
ite. Oh, yes, I
an anything, but
mean something.
, only she's eareI
you always did
" >
k her head and
the affectionately
her big son occa^
rd her. Tom had
-- .
r^-f ?v?, o make a bargain,
: honor bright. If I undertake to cure
J^ell with heroic treatment, will you
; aid, abet and encourage my nefarious
^^^schemes? You needn't do much; just
stand by me. For instance, I didn't
tell her, but I have received word that
the Ellis boys will get here late tonight
instpntl r?f tn-mnrrnw nffomnnii
?C?
I want to smuggle them in so that
Nell won't know they are here. Will
you help me?"
Mrs. Howard looked at him serious'?
ly. "Tom. I do not wish to do anything
to humiliate Nellie, at least un
necessarily. Still. I think you art*
right. It hurts me to think of causing
her pain, but I do think it will be the
- ? best thing for her. I have tried to
speak with her gently, but I know she
merely thought that I was carping and
unkiad and that we do not quite un\
derstand her. She docs not realize
how careless she has grown. Now, be
careful, Tom!"
"All right," said Tom, cheerfully,
and he was off like a whirlwind.
Nellie was not quite as late as usual
to breakfast on Saturday lnornmg.
perhaps because she was expecting
Jean Fairfax, and had awakened with
a more lively interest in her every-day
life. Her hair was a trifle reckless,
and she wore the short, pink dressingsack
as she came into the dining-room.
At the door she started guiltily, and a
wave of warier pink swept over her
A ilVv UUU ucvauu UilpifU ill llltr > VI J
edges of her mair.
Two strange young men sat at the
"table. laughing and chatting with her
father and mother and Tom. They
w were tall,?Nellie particularly admired
tall men,?one of them slim, with
7y">gl?gses and shrewd, twinkling ej-es
behind them, and the other broad and
heavy, with a head of hair which proclaimed
him to be none other than
"Billy'' Ellis. Tom's football hero.
***- ^ Tom looked up innocently as Nell.
' of cruel necessity, came forward and
took her place, giving an apprehensive
twitch to her spreading draperies and
wishing fervently that she were at
the north pole, with that wretched Tom
and his friends at the south pole.
Tom apparently was utterly oblivious
: BROTHER TOM. 1 j
il ,
o)5ft
UISE PRO YOST. ||| ;
that anything was wrong, and cheerfully
introduced his friends with an
explanatory, "They came last night,
you know."
>cme sat uirougn ner ureaniasi m
a far from happy frame of mind. Tom
was horrid not to tell her, and she
hated that dressing-sack! The Ellis
boys were nice, though, and she
brightened and tried to talk, but in
some way Torn kept the conversation
going so rapidly, only including his
parents, that she found it difficult to
say anything. Billy Ellis thought
Tom's sister was "jolly pretty," only
he didn't care for that loose thing she
wore, and lie wop dor ed why she was
so quiet. His brother Preston watched
her reflectively from behind his glasses
and concluded that there was some
electricity iu the domestic atmosphere,
and that Tom was probably the cause
of it. > <
Breakfast had never seemed so loijg ,
to Nell, and as soon afterward as rjic
could find her brother alone, slic^or- ,
nered him indignantly. S
"Tom Howard, I think '^was perfectly
horrid of you! didn't you ,
tell me, instead of letting me come
down to breakfast looking like this?" ,
There were vdumes of scorn in the ]
tone in which she designated her gen- i
eral appearance, lorn looked at tier )
in injurei surprise. <
"That? Why, I thought you liked it, ,
although I must say I don't think .
,-Hiuch of it myself. Of course, I could ]
have let you known, if I'd known you j
felt that way. They just came late
last night. Beside, if (hat rig is good ]
enough for us, I guess it's good enough j
for other people." 1
Brothers can sometimes be brutally ]
frank. Nell colored, feeling that the 1
conversation was taking an unfortun- ]
ate turn, but she had another, and to 1
her a very real, grievance. <
"And you were actually rude, too! 1
You never gave me a chance to say a 1
word, and I had to sit there like a
wooden doll. I know they thought ;
me queer and stupid. You never used 1
to act that way." i
"Well, I can't seem to suit you," ;
said Tom, resignedly, and his sigh was
eloquent of injured virtue. "I thought ;
you were so worn out and everything i
from school, and you've been so mopy i
all along, that I just exerted myself to i
take your share of the conversation off <
your shoulders. You haven't talked 1
much to us during breakfasts, you
know " 1
"Oh, you needn't bother explaining!" ;
Xell interposed, and, marched away i
with all the dignity she could com- i
mand under such trying circumstances. 1
But there was a choking feeling in her i
throat, and cnce out of her brother's i
sight she lied swiftly to her room and 1
wept. '
"Oh, oh!" she wailed in the depths
of a pillow. "Wasn't it just too horrid
of him? And I saw the f-football one
looking at this d-dreadful thing! I
know he thought it wasn't nice, and I
looked just like a balloon!"
A flushed and tear-stained face rose
suddenly from the pillow, the ohjec- '
tionable trarment was whisked off. 1
rolled into ail ignominous ball, and \
viciously stuffed behind the bureau. 1
"Oh, I just hate you. aud I'll never {
wear you again outside this room,
never, never, never!"
The recollection that Jean Fairfax :
would be with her that noon was a "
faint comfort. Nell bathed her face ^
and began to prepare for her friend's 1
coming. N 1
At lunch Tom obligingly let the con- ^
versation go where it would, and '
Nell's spirits rose uutil Billy Ellis concluded
that Tom's sister was a "jolly !
little thing," and turned his head in "
her direction so frequently that her '
brother's eyes gleamed with delight. <
But the wound still rankled, and No!- i
lie could hardly wait to get Jean Fair- '
fax heme from the station before she
poured her morning's woe into that 1
sympathetic ear. Jean looked a little 1
blank and paused with hat-pins half '
out.
"Oh, do you wear your dressing- (
sack at breakfast, Nell?"
^^Vhy, yes, just at home. Don't .
you?"- j
"Well, rid;*?ii>f out of my room. You
sec, papa aud the boys hate those loose j
things so?most men do, I guess. Besides,
there are a good many of us and .
only one servant, so I am pretty busy
helping mother mornings. If I didn't j
dress before breakfast, I shouldn't get
. <
time afterward, iou don't have to do
anything but amuse yourself, do you,
you lucky old dear?"
Nell did not have much to say. She !
was looking doubtful.
By Monday morning the family had ^
already fallen into the habit of linger- .
ing at the breakfast table. There was
much to linger for. Three times in !
succession Mr. Howard had put his
coffee down untasted, to laugh heartily
at a lively skirmish between Preston !
Eilis and Jean Fairfax.
"Would you two mind suspending '!
hostilities for a few moments?"
queried Tom. "I should like to plan
a little gadding. How about a tally-ho
party for Thursday? We don't own
one of those swell things ourselves, ,
but I know of a first-class one we could
hire, and pretend we owned it when
once ^ve were out of town."
"Oh, good!"
Nell's eyes shone with excitement,
but Tom suddenly looked doubtful.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, sis, I really forgot
you," he said, contritely. "Are
you sure you could stand it? It's a
long ride, you know, and you might
find it tiring."
"Why, of course I could stand It!
What nonsense!" Nell turned to her
brother in incredulous astonishment.
"Well, if you really think it wouldn't
exhaust you," he said dubiously. Then,
turning to the others he added, in
grave explanation:
"You see, Nell's health has been
very delicate since her return from
school. I suppose she studied too hard,
but she seems all worn out?just hangs
around without any ambition at all,
and we want her to be in better shape
before she goes back."
He said it with such frank innocence
of manner, and turned toward her
with such a touchingly solicitous air,
that it was out of the question to take
exception to this remarkable statement.
Nell's cheeks burned as she
remembered that she had never looked
plumper and healthier in her life. She
felt a hysterical desire to laugh as
Billy Ellis turned to her with a wondering.
"Is that so? Why, now, that's
too bad." But after all. it was no
! laughing matter. Billy was reflecting
that it was extremely disappointing
that Tom's pretty sister should be one
of the eternally tired kind.
"Well, then, the tally-ho goes for
Thursday," continued Tom, equably.
wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrnmtmmmmmamtmmtmtmM
"And Billy and I were saying yesterday
that It would be jolly to have an
ill-dav, out-of-doors, do-as-you-plense
trip down the river, a sort of picnic
with modern improvements, and take
a load of things for the inner man.
IIow about that, mother? Is Katie
too busy? Would it be much trouble
to get us up some stuff for to-morrow
?"
"If it is going to make Mrs. Howard
any trouble." announced Billy Ellis,
decidedly, "it won't come off. and that
settles it."
"Why. I can do it!" quickly interposed
Nellie. "Mother needn't do anything."
"Yes, and I'll help. Mrs. Howard
mustn't do a single thing but sit in a
aIw^ ?? nn/1 AV/IavC? Vol! Oll/l
uii; villi 11 uuu v viuuo. -.iv ii ti"u
I can do it ail."
Joan nodded her head conclusively
as she made this statement, but Tom's
anxious gaze was again bent on his
sister.
"Don't be reckless, sis. There will
be a lot of extra cooking to do, you
know, and it might give you one of
your headaches. I know you used to
make cakes and things, bux you're not
used to it now, and we don't want you
to overdo yourself."
-'"O, Tom, how utterly ridiculous!
Why, I am just as veil as?as you
are!"
Nell tried to speak lightly, but she
could have cried then and there. It
was too humiliating for a plump, rosy
girl of nineteen to be held up before
strangers as a dejected invalid.
Tom's medicine was by no means
exhausted, in fact, he considered that
iiis heroic treatment was just begun,
but Mrs. Howard had keener eyes
than he for signals of distress, and
she felt that Nell had been punished
enough. Iler eyes conveyed a quiet
warning to Tom, who responded gallantly
and led tbe conversation
promptly to less personal topics.
When Mrs. Howard went into the
kitchen a few moments later, she
found her daughter and Jean already
there, attired in voluminous aprons.
Katie, more than ever busy with this
liouseful of young people on her hands,
Uad thankfully improved the opportunity
to slip up-stairs. Nell was busy
collecting materials for her cakes, but
there were signs of a storm in lier
[lushed face and unsteady lips. As
Mrs. Howard opened the door, she
recklessly dropped an egg and hurled
lierself tempestuously into those everready
arms, which closed warmly
lbout her.
"O, mamma, mamma, I think Tom Is
just too horrid! I know I've been a
mean, selfish thing, and I just hate
myself, but I will help you all I can,
ind I won't wear that horrid sack, or
come down late, or be lazy and careless,
or?or?oh, dear!"
Mrs. Howard bent tenderly over the
brown head laid in woe and repentmce
on her shoulder. Tom came
swinging in at the back door, thinking
remorsefully that perhaps he had
been a little hard, and wanting to
make peace with 2sell. He stopped
short as he saw them. Jean, ever
tactful, motioned iiim to come in, and
slipped quietly out of the door.?
1'outli's Companion.
FORECASTING THE WEATHER
flow the Government Indications Can Ef
Utilized to Best Advantage.
"Amplification of Weather Forecasts"
is the title of an article by Alfred
?T. Henry, professor of meteorology,
weather bureau, which will appear
in the Year Book of the Department
of Agriculture. Mr. Henry says:
"The time at the disposal of the
forecast official of the weather bureau
it the central office in Washington
city for the purpose of forecasting
probable weather changes, cold waves
tnd severe storms is about thirty minutes
in the morning and forty at night,
it is impossible in this short time to
3o more than express the character
of the anticipated changes for each
State or district east of the Rocky
Mountains in any but the most general
terms. The local or State forecast
official, on the other hand, is
concerned with but a single district.
He is at liberty to amplify the national
foretaste or to put forth a statement
of his own. in which the antici>ated
changes may be given in as much
Llctail as the conditions seem to
justify.
Persons who use the forecasts constantly
should cultivate the habit of
carefully noting the weather changes
in their respective localities, especially
the sequence in which such changes
occur, for it is only by acquiring a
knowledge of local weather signs that
they can use Government forecasts to
the best advantage.
"Persons whose working hours are
largely spent in the open air soon become
familiar with the changing aspects
of the sky and the condition of
the atmosphere as to its moisture content,
viz.: whether relatively dry or
humid. Tf en refill observers of natur
Lil phenomena they note also the shift
of the wind and the sequence of
weather which follows. In this way
and without special elfort a fund of
weather wisdom is soon acquired
which needs only to he properly correlated
in order to serve a most useful
purpose. The greatest advantage will
naturally accrue to the individual who
reads and accurately interprets not
only the Government forecasts, but
also the local weather signs."
Mr. Henry devotes the remainder of
his paper to a description of the local
sign of falling weather.?Washington
Star.
Two Kinds of Porridge.
How is it that the agricultural folk
in the south of England will not take
at all to porridge as the Scotch peasantry
do? Possibly the explanation is
that for the most part they know
nothing whatever about this admirable
food, which makes bone and muscle,
nnd ic 1 nnronrnr cn wo! o to Vilo tr> tliu
majority of people who have tried it
for a while. The rural workers could
not, it is true, often afford to take milk
with their porridge, as the well-to-do
people in the south of England who
eat this food do, but Scotch peasants
seem to prefer porridge and salt to porridge
and milk. There was an excellent
dish at one time in favor in the
south, but which has gone entirely out
of fashion?frumenty, or furmenty, as
it was sometime s called. It was
boiled wheat with milk, spice and sugar.?London
Express.
Oucen AYilhelmina's Successor.
There is one peculiar feature of the
Dutch Constitution which is not generally
known. If a son is born to the
Queen of Holland and survives to the
age of eighteen he then becomes king.
The consort will not have the slightest
scope for political influence, nor any
excuse for using it. The Queen represents
the history of her house, nothing
more. She is loved, and will be in af- j
ter years, if she and the Dutch continue
to agree, as the descendant of thosu
princes of Orange who wrested the
Netherlands from Spain and enaoled
them to withstand Louis XIV.?The
Howe Journal.
' '1">~ '
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MILLIONS OF RAILROAD TIES.
Ilow to Make Them Past I-onjjer a Problem
iCailroad Men Can't Solve.
It is impossible to estimate, except
vaguely, the number of railroad ties in
use in the United States, but a single
road, the New York Central, replaced
1.S00.000 ties with new ones Inst year,
the Erie 400,000 in New York State
and 900.000 on its whole line, the Delaware-Lackawanna
1 .">0.000, and other
New York roads in like proportion.
On all the roads of the country fully
7e.00O.000 new ties are required for renewals.
extensions and additions each
year, and this entails a vast use of
railroad materials, is a steady drain
upon the available lumber supplies,
and costs, moreover, a large sum for
labor and hauling. Much Ingenuity
b.as been expended on projects for retaining
wooden ties longer in use than
is possible at present.
The standard American railroad tie j
is nine feet long by eight inches deep j
and eight inches wide, and a fairly j
hard wood is required to prevent the ,
'' * Kn/?Amin<r .
raus irom suikiu^ ;mu num ui-wluiu^
displaced. Oak, chestnut, locust and i
cedar are the usual cross ties.
Many attempts have been made to
treat the ties ro as to prevent decav of I
*" I
the "wood. Some years ago the cross- :
ties used en the Heading Railroad "were
notched where the rails crossed them '
and their ends dipped in coal tar. It
was supposed that the tar would pre-;
serve the ends from decay. Since then
another process by which, the ties were
saturated with a solution of zinc has
'been tried, but it was found too costly.
A railroad tie costs about fifty cents,
and it is customary to add twenty-fivo
cents for the labor of putting ties in
position, or seventy-five cents for each
new tie. Any plan whereby the durability
of ties may be increased without)
undue expense will be welcomed by
railroad men, but so far the problem'
remains an unsolved one.?New York'
Sun.
The Trocress in Electrical Science.
As far as dynamos are concerned,
the first patent in this line was grant
ed by the United States to Saxton, n
citizen. Since then, Edison, Tesla,
Westinghouse and others have proven
to the world that American inventor./
are unrivalled in the construction oJ
new electrical contrivances. {
The greatest step forward in clectricity
has. however, been in the pro'
pulsion of cars. Here, again, th-J
American blazed the way, for Profes- !
sor Henry, the inventor of the electromagnet,
also constructed the first practical
motor. Dr. Fage, another American.
built the first electric locomotive, j
which, in 1S51, drew a train from .
"J ? ~ U>?/1/\nc.Unvor nf flip
Washington 10 u.mcij^uui? 1
rate of nineteen miles an hour. To- ;
day. there are in the United States ;
about 20,000 miles of electrical railways.
In electric lighting, too, America
stands first. The greatest searchlight
in the world is near Pasadena, Cab'
It is one of 3.000,000 candle-power and
can be seen for a distance of 150 miles,'
The first incandescent lamp we can 1
also claim, being the invention of a
Mr. Starr. Moses G. Farmer lighted
his home at Salem, Mass., with electricity
in 1S59, being the first in the
world to put electricity to such a use.
Since then, electric lighting has be?u
so developed and has become so popu-1
lar, that to-day there are about 500.000
arc lights and 25,000,000 incandescent
lights in active use in the United
States.?Collier's Weekly.
Puzzling Height of a Tower.
A great mystery invests the electric
tower at the Tan-American Exposition.
Nobody kuows how high it is.
At any rate, that is a fair inference
from published descriptions. A long i
account of it in the Industrial and
Architectural Review says: "From!
the water to the feet of the figure of j
'Electricity' is a vertical distance of
331 feet. The ugure is seventeen feet
in height."
To verify this we turn to certain
Pan-American publications at hand.;
One official looking book in a gray-blue;!
cover informs us that "the electricj
tower is 391 feet high." On the same !
page with t~is statement is a cut of i
the tower labeled "Eiectric Tower, 37$
feet high." Another exposition fold-;
er?a green and yellow one?gives th?
height of the tower as 409 feet, and of!
the goddess as eignieen ieer, uul
whether or Lot she is included in the!
403 feet, is net'stated. The builder of
the statue informs the Express- that'
her height is twenty-fo.r feet
Still another exposition booklet with :
an esthetic sage-green cover says of j
this marvelous construction that it is
"a stately tower of soaring height." i
Just how 'ugh a thing has to be before
it is of "iring height" we do npt
know, but we ihink in this case the i
statement is correct.?Buffalo Express. '
Bleaching hy Electricity,
Some information as to the advantages
of a new method of bleaching
textiles by means of electricity is given
in a recent communication to the
State Department by Ernest L. Harris, ;
United States Consular Agent at Eibeustock,
Germany. The new method,
which has been invented by a German
professor and a firm of electricians in
Saxony, consists of passing currents of
electricity through brine, producing a;
liquor strongly impregnated with sodium
hypochlorite, which, it is said,
advantageously replaces chloride of
lime for all bleaching purposes.
The advantages of this new agent
are that it possesses the highest'
M..o/>1,inn nnn-nv thorn nn illilirv OT*'
uiva^iiai^ ^v/ 11 v i ) v io ?v j ^
loss to tlie weight of the fabric; lime
ami magnesia salts are not deposited
on the cloth?a valuable point in the
subsequent dyeing and printing processes?the
liquor is always of one
strength, and the cost of production is
less. Rock salt or sea salt may be
used for the mixing of the brine, provided
it contains 110 material injurious
in the subsequent processes.
The Germ Theory.
The origin of disease was formerly
a subject of mystery. It is now pretty
thoroughly established that almost
every form of disease is caused by the
introduction into the human system of
certain poisonous minute organisms, i
Thus one kind of germ breeds small
pox, another scarlet fever, and so on.
As it is the function of the leucocytes
to destroy these and all other germs,
the perfectly healthy body is really
immune. It is only when the system
becomes weakened that the leucocytes j
are unable to do their work and the i
unchecked germs get a hold on the or- j
ganisin, multiply and proceed to de- p
stroy it as fast as they can.
A widespread understanding of these
incalculably important doctrines would
do much to raise the general standard
of health.?New York World.
Invention of the Pneumatic Tire.
It is of considerable interest that
the pneumatic tire, to which the bicycle
owes a large share of its popularity,
was invented by an American, R.
W, Thompson, in 1847,
m Poor Hetty Creen r'~'i
There is a shoemaker who lived at
one time in Fjr Rockaway, who has a
stock story to tell of the melancholy
time when he cheated himself. There j
li\ cd in his neighborhood a poor woman
who had rented one of the summer cottages
which she was able to hire at a
low sum for the winter because no one
else would take it. She lived in only a
few rooms of the house, the kitchen I
anct a littlp room out of it. a rlininer room, i
where she had a small smoky stove
which had gradually darkened the walls I
to a cloudy gray. Everything about the |
house was of the simpdest, even of the I
poorest, and the kind-hearted shoe- |
maker felt sorry for the poor woman j
who lived in this uncomfortable fashion.
She brought him a shoe to mend one
day. He did the work in his best fashion,
and when she came lor it refused
the money. I
"It is nothing, madam." he sai*d, cheer- I
fully. "I was glad to do it." The wo- j
man thanked him and left.
"Why did'nt you charge her?" asked j
an astonished witness of the scene.
"She is such a poor woman I didn't !
like to," answered the shoemaker, apolo- I
gctically.
"Poor!" cried the spectator. "She is
the richest woman in this country. That
was Hetty Green."?New York Times.
Flammarion on the Inhabitants of Mars, j
"As for me," says M. Flatnmaricn, j
speaking of the inhabitants of Mars in <
The National Magazine, "I rather envy j
them. A world where it is always beautiful,
where there are neither tempests >
nor cyclones, where the years are twice j
as long as ours, where the kilogram is j
01* 376 grams, and where, therefore, men j
and woiv.cn who here weigh 70 kilos !
there weigh only 26, and where, in a !
word, everything is lighter, more deli- j
catc and more refined." And in another !
place he gees further, pointing out that j
if the Martians wished to communicate ;
with us thev would doubtless have made !
the effort many times in the past and ;
probably long ago r.bandoned it, dccid- j
ing it a hopeless business to attempt j
communication with a planet so stupid. ;
CHEERED BY IT.
"You are sure you can support my j
daughter in the style to which she has 1
been accustomed?" asked the Heavy Father.
"Sure, Mike," answered Our Hero,
with the assurane of youth.
"Well. I'm glad to hear it. It's more
than I can afford any longer."?Indianapolis
Press.
A?k Tonr Dealer for Atlen'a Poofc-Tt^ie.
A powder to shako into your ehoss: rest* ths
frtt. Cnres Corm, Dnnions, Swollen, Soro,
Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and Ingrowing
Nails. Allen's Foot-Ease makcj new
or tight ahos3 easy. At all druggists and
shoe stores, 25 cts. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
The purest Chinese is spoken at Nankin,
and is called "the language of the mandarins."
, I
Hall's Catarrh Cur3 is a liquid and is taken
internally, and acta directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Write for tea- ,
timonials, free. Manufactured by
F. J. Citevry it Co., Toledo, 0.
Chinamen plow with a crooked stick
with a steel point fastened to it. The
moti%'c power is a water buffalo. 1
FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous- j
noss after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great j
Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free i
Dr. R. II. Klixk, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa. |
The largest enclosure for deer is said to 1
I-- a 1 T> 1 1 i
L'C till? X^U>cl( JL ai iv ah vvyt/uuujv?j
mark?4200 acres. |
J
Mrs. Window's Soothing Fyrnp for children
teething, soften the guras, reduces inflammation,
allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle.
A wren lives three years, a goldfinch
fifteen and a sparrow as much ns forty. j
I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
Has unequal for coughs and colds.?John
F. Botek, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15,1900.
Gold was first discovered in California
in 1848.
Thirty minntcs is all the timo required to
dyo with Putnam Fadeless Dyes. Sold by
all druggists.
Holland has nine miles of canal for every
100 square milc3 of surface. 2700 miles in
all.
A man's conscience often depends upon
the condition cf his liver.
*}*'$?'$< ?* ?*? ?? >J? *J? ij? ?J? *< ?J?
? "A BAD EYE." f
X There is only one kind I
X which cannot be cured ?
| by qjtchell's Eye f
X Salvo. That's a blind eye, mor- i
4 ally or otherwise. Having the 4
curable kind, try " Mitchell's." |
X You will be satisfied. Price, &3c. X
I Mitchell's Eye Salve I
? By mail, 25c, llali & Racket, New York City.
ij. ?j, *j? a <j< ?j? ?j? ?j< >ji >$, ?j? ij? >*< ?*?: *f )}?
AGENTS "fl?
Orohard Sash Lock and
Brohard Dcor Holder
Active worIters everywhere can c-arn big moner,
always a sieuly dermal lor our goods. Baiuole
ash lock, with prices, terms, etc., free for 3c stamp
'" outage. T1IE BItOIIAK!)< <>., ?
titHtLoj "(V i'liiladelpluaj I a.
"The Sauce that made VTest Point famon*.'*
MciLHENNY'S TABASCO.
i^T'e/irllilTHomptoa's Eye Water
V*
X Undigested, decayii
of that awful breath, s
y* Nobody can stand its o\
& ones. . There is only on
clean, let CASCARETS
(* properly. Nothing but (
!: Tm TABLET
?U1SAKTEED TO CUKE i
bad breath, bad blond, wind on
headache. Indigestion, nl males. p
plcxlaa and dizziness. When y
Kettlni nlcfc. Constipation hills
It Is a starter ftr the ehrealc all
afterward*. K? matter what all
> yoa wUI merer set well wm_b? 1
rUht. TakMor advice; atari w
\ tnnrwta> f eMtaraawy reftu
A GREAT READER.
Bindid?That man Numskull isn't
right, is he?
Bindad?Why not?
Bindid?He kept bothering me for
books and 1 gave him the first volume
of my encyclopedia.
Bindad?Well ?
Bindid?Well, he brought it back and
said he liked the story tip-top because it
i was continued, and wanted the other
I twenty-nine volumes.?OJiio State Jour|
r.al.
I Up-to-Date Illustrating.
"If," says a floating paragraph, "there
is a battle in Europe, Asia or Africa a
I hundred years hence kodak pictures of
it will appear in American papers the
same day, the outline being sent by
ocean cable." But what is there re-,
markable in that? We already have;
papers which give us pictures of battles I
cn the other side of the world the same
day they are fought, and sometimes |
when they are not fought at all.?Louis-!
ville Courier-Journal.
FOREVER TOO LATE.
"How much did your baby weigh?"
"Oh dear! Do you know, I'm so provoked!
They forgot all about weighing
the dear little thing until it was nearly
two hours old, so we'll never know."?
Chicago Record-Herald.
ACCEPTED.
"I am a self-made man," said the pompous
individual with his chest expanded." j
The other looked at him critically. !
"Your excuse is satisfactory," he said.
?Brooklyn Life. I
One Hundred Tears
Is a long time, but Crab Orchard Water has
been in use for that length of time, and each
year adds to it; reputation. It is no artificial
compound. It is prepared in Nature's laboraiorr
as a certain remedy for Dyspepsia and
Oomt'pation.
The sun's diameter decreases at the rate !
of five miles in a century. Its present diameter
is SCO,000 miles.
Friends by t he Thousand.
Thousands of women owo tlieir he'alth to
riekoy's Fema e Tonic. It cures painful and
difficult menstruation, weak Lack, ulceration
of womb, and all female diseases.
New Yorkers will invest in a $1,000,000
I winter resort in the Island of Bermuda.
I
I $ Speedy, Pr<
9 /s. Acts quicker, nev
than any laxative kno
tByjmKBaBKCTI lisocuuu isiiJBi vc
No remedy will c
>?r quickly and with abso
BP Huny
nHBr Average*Dose: One-half g
m/Tyam Every druggist and general
b/&& A C if *or tiie ^ nam?j
B&in> "Hunvadi Janos.
Sole Importer: Firm of ANDRI
j
A LUXUR
J Lion f ,s&
I Coffee
GLAZED.
COATED,
of otherwise
treated with
EGG
| mixtures,
j chemicals,
I gj?e>
etc^ etc.
; i Lion
II Coffee
| is a Watch 01
I Pure Coffee. Just tr7 a pack,|
and you will u:
g mmmmmmmmmm?mmmm popularity.
1 LION COF
I lions of homes
0 In every package of LION COFF
fact, no woman, man, boy or girl wi
N comfort and convenience, and whict
g the wrappers of our one pound seale
0
ig food remnants, in the mouth ar
>o repulsive as to cause a halt
rerpowering stench, ana it is a c
e way to cure it?disinfect the dij
I stimulate the lining of mouth 2
^ASCARETS will bring about the de<
4ter ens-?Detroil
illlllaol Vce CWs carets we
BHkW *re a grc
a. **&t 1137 8111
REST FOR BOV
all bowel troebles. aapmileltto, MBwnw,
l the itoaueht bleated bewela, foal Manih.
alu after eatiay. liter troable, aallaw ooaa
or bowels don't rtcalartr yon are
ore Maple thaa all other dlaeaeee wtether.
iaeiu aad loaf years of nfMof that eoae
o yon, start taklof CAJCAJLKTt today, for
well all the tlaae aatll yea pat year bowels
1th CAfCAX|ril today, udcr aa ahoolato
idctL m
4
% ^
HIS ESTATE.
The count only laughed.
"I still have left," he gaily exclaimed,
"enough of my patrimonial estates with
which to do a neat song and dance!"
Saying which, he drew a paper of
Westmoreland sand from his bosom and
scattered it over the stage.
"Oh. Bevis!" faltered the deceived girl,
taking heart? Detroit Journal.
millions For Baseball*
A million of dollare are cpent every year upon
the game of baseball, but large as this sum
Is, it cannot begin to equal the amount spent
by peonlo in search of health. Ihere is a suro !
method of obtaining strength, and it is not a
coitly one. We urge those who have spent
ranch and lost h jpe to try Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. It strengthens the stomach, makes
digestion easy and natural, and cures dyspepsia,cons
.ipatlon.bil ousnees and weak kidneys.
Seven-year-old tea plants yield four
ounces of leaves apiece, or 700 pounds of
tea to the acre.
Gray Hair
" I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor
for over thirty years. It has kept
my scalp free from dandruff ana
has prevented my hair from turning
gray."?Mrs. F. A. Soule,
Billings, Mont.
There is this peculiar
thing about Ayer's Hair
v Vigor?it is a hair food,
not a dye. Your hair does
not suddenly turn black,
look dead and lifeless.
But gradually the old color
comes back,?all the rich,
dark color it used to have.
The hair stops falling, too.
SI.M a bottle. AU drsggists.
If your druggist cannot supply you,
send us one dollar and we will express
you a bottle. Be sure and give the name
of your nearest express office. Address,
J. C. AYER CO., Lowell, Mass.
HDADCV NEW DISCOVERY: i>m
\J | \ | vP I Q?iok relief *ad own worst
rum, Cook of te.tiaomals r.nd 10 days' tr?f ont
Fr**e- Dr. E. H. QRIEW'SaOBS. fx B, AtUari.
ompt and Sure.
(
er gripes and obtains better results
wn.
Ions, its effect immediate.
:ure constipation and biliousness so i
iutely no discomfort as ,
adi Jdnos
lassful on arising in the morning.
1 wholesale grocer In the world sells it.
I DI IIC Label with
J BLUE Bed Centre Panel.
2A3 SAXLEHNER, 130 Fulton St., N. Y.
I VVI
Y WITHIN THE REACH
ur next advertisement. *r^e 1
age Of LION COFFEE From"
aderstand the reason of its So a
There
And P
?- j _
IS HOW useu m um- bo to I
l# Sinc<
EE you will find a fully illustrated and d
.11 fail to find in the list some article whicl
1 they may have by simply cutting out a c
:d packages (which is the only form in whi
ireath
id stomach, giving off pestiferou
in friendship, affection, love,?
ause of terrible misery to those
gestive canal with CASCARETS
ind stomach, and put it in shap<
;ired result BE SURE YOU GET
t Free Pi. .a. * i
or It
been mine ClMiBBlf thro
aad effective laxative they are
rfuL My daoffeter sod I were lew
si ok stomach aad oar breath
Alter totting a few dotes of
bare improved wonderfully, see
at help In the family."
riLHEUfTKA Nagvl,
teahouse St., Cincinnati, Ohio. age,
mo*' E
lad to kno^ -hot,* ;t."
VELS AND LIVER.
ilallar m41<Im la tta warM. TkUH afe<
ear beat tMtlaaaiiaL Wa kare fluSi aa4 ?
pmaalail tm care ?r way rtteadeii fla
ttwa ttfttri kaa^tr^a>??ito^?mt
as fey *!b3?artka tranMTNa wk??7aa 1
saEffisSigsss
J
'
! *
Sozodont
A Perfect Liquid Dentifrice for the
Teeth and Breath
25? 4
Sozodont
Tooth Powder
Both forms of Bosodoat at the Stores or by
Mail; price, 35c. each; LamSUee, together, Tm
HALL A RUOKCL, Hew York
?
| DYSPEPSIA I
J yietofl^to^ j|
w\
M Iteanlly cure* Dyspepsia and all stomach, Ji!
1,1 liver, kidney and bowel disorders. An un- ,
II rivalled aperient and laxative; invttroratea V
I" I and tonea tbe^rhole system. A natural I l
I | water of the highest medicinal value, ooo* | V
i-i eentrated to make It easier ? _ |'i
? and cheaper to bottle, ,1 >
t ship and use. A 6-ox. ,
',1 bottle w equal to 2 jrallocs^^^W V
1,1 of uncondensed water. ~ m|a <,'
CI 8oldby druggists erery-ewarc CW>? I.I
f | where. Crab apple trade. I ^ If
,?, mark on every bottle. (11
QCRA8 ORCHARD WATER CO.. UcWBv. Ky. ;,
__ I ? SJ
Malsby & Company,
89 8. Broad St., Atlanta, Oa.
Engines and Boilers
steam Water Heaters, Steam Pomp* Mad
Penbertlty Injectors.
Jt
J8y iPjftifffl j^j^SagfajiSs^am^K -'^tSsfyt
Mannfactnrare and Daalara In
SAW MZIiZitt,
Corn Mil)*, Feed Mills,Cotton Gin Machiaery
and Grain Separators.
801.11) and INSERTED Saws, Saw Teeth and >;;
locks. Knight'* Patent Dogs, BtrdsaH Saw
Mill and Engine Repair*.Governors,Grata
Par* and a lull hne of Kill Supplies. Price ' "
end quality of goode guaranteed. Catalogue ' g
tree by mentioning this paper. * ' .
UseCERTSIK ^'CURE.fi
;
_01__ 1? time. 8o4d bydrosglrta. "*
Moatmrt tliJcPaaoc In renting to advertiser*.
oivouvu IUUI ?|ivt axr-Twenty-three 1901- ^
-tee]
OP ALL!
'AYS YOU TO BUY LION COFFEE"
Icoto give housewives a few reasons why
ys them to buy LION COFFEE,
jrand upon which they can always rely, H A*
it pays them to buy LION COFFEEL
e purest and the cheapest, the wholesomcst, ;\J||
s satisfaction the whole country through,
rOT glazed or colored, has natural hueit
pays you to buy LION COFFEE,
i your quantity full, and your quality right,
pays you to buy LION COFFEE,
i also some other inducements is sight
pay you to buy LION COFFEE.
1 ncaa on cvaj imppcr juu u uuvif
iackage is with a big Premium List lined,
points out nice presents of every kind? J ;.*'*
: pays you to buy LION COFFEE.
in get Silver Spoons. Thimbles, Scissors or
pays you to buy LION COFFEE,
ting or-Gold Watch that your praises well .
ins, y ft *&$(?
pays you to buy LION COFFEES
lias or Pictures, or Cutlery fine,
, Handkerchiefs, Belts?things in every line,
ch use and ornament often combine;
pays you to buy LION COFFEE,
are toys for the baby, the girl or the boy,
: pays you to buy LION COFFEE,
Dolls up to Kites?each a suitable toy,
E pays you to buy LION COFFEE,
are Household Utensils for everyday use, < ~
ictures as pretty as Art can produce;
ack all such goods you have no excuse,
r it pays you to buy LION COFFEE,
escriptive list No hotisekeeper, in
1 will contribute to their happiness,
ertain number of Lion Heads from * v
eh this excellent coffee is sold).
WOOLSON SPICE CO., TOLEDO, OHIO.
?. _____
is gases, are the cause W /jS
any form of intimacy,
afflicted and their dear
>! Clean it out, keep it
5 Jo work naturally and ^
mtM!
NEVER SOLD IN SULK.
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