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THOMAS BAIL
Mabel, little Mabel,
With face against the pane,
Looks out across the night
And sees the Beacon Light x
A-trembiing in the rain.
She hears the sea-birds screech,
And the breakers on the beach
Making moan, making moan.
And the wind about the eaves
Of the cartage sobs and grieves;
And the willow-tree is blown
To ar.d fro, to and fro.
Till it seems like some old crone
Standing out there all alone
With her woe.
Wringing as she stands.
Her gaunt and palsied hands!
While Mabel, timid Mabel.
With face against the pane,
Looks out across the night.
And sees the Beacon Light,
A-trembling in the rain.
Set the table, maiden Mabel,
And make the cabin warm;
Your little tisher-lover
Is out there in the storm,
And your* father?you are weeping!
V JiaoeJ, timia 3iaoei,
Go spread the supper table,
'And set the tea a-steeping.
Your lovers heart is brave.
His boat is staunch and tight;
And your father knows the perilous reef
That makes the water white.
But Mabel, darling Mabel.
With face against the pane,
Looks out across the niglit
At the Beacon in the rain.
The heavens are veined with fire!
And the thunder how it rolls!
In the lulling of the storm
The solemn church-bell tolls
For lest souls!
But no se::ton sounds the knell
In that belfry old and high;
Unseen fingers sway the bell
As the wind goes tearing by;
How it tolls for the souls
xU-.'yv
I' 1 A PIANO m
BY CLAUDIA
seeteeaeeeeeeec.
* TO one could play upon it?that
I Ik j is, no one whose nerves
I were very sensitive or whose
horrors of the uncanny or the
inexplicable were in the ascendancy.
A magnificent piece of workmanship
-it was, to be sure, famous since its
v completion for its sweet tone and its
wide compass of expression. Yet it
stood there in Mr. Briggs's parlor ready
to indulge in mocking laughter at whosoever
should dare to seek its music.
The laughter in itself was sufficient
to unnerve even the most courageous
scoffer at the possibilities of ghostdoiu.
It was a harsh, grating "Ha, ha. ha!"?
- such as a merrymaking bedlam will
give vent to, and with as little occasion
for utterance. The longer any
one played the louder the laughter became,
until even the boldest would
clasp his hands to his ears and arise
~ - in nervous haste. Another strange
thing was that it did not begin until
the performer touched the note G, con^
- tinning' until he ceased playing,
whether that note was sounded again
or not. It stopped as soon as the
last echo died away, which caused
more than one to gaze back at the
instrument in shame-faced confusion.
?<tvrv,?* cv,?n tt? /*, an -n-ith itv snlil
H uai DUUii " C \*v '* - ' vMrs.
Briggs, helplessly, after a final
effort to play upon It without heeding
Its ridicule.
"Sell it," replied her husband,
fipp''. promptly.
"No, no, no!" she* said. "Father
made me promise upon my kuces that
"I'd never part with it. Besides, who'd
want it? I must have a piano that I
can play upon, for I cannot live without
music."
"Well, then, I'll send an expert to
examine it?what say you?"
"Send Mm, of course. But what
good can he do? The laughter was
not heard until after father died, and
you know that the letter G was his
initial?G of Gottlieb."
"It is a strange coincidence, to be
sure. But G may also stand for
Gretna," said the practical Mr. Briggs.
' "Let's see what the piano-maker will
will discover before we worry further.
Then if he cannot remedy the trouble
I'll get you a new one."
The next day the expert came, taking
apart the beautiful instrument and
minutely inspecting every detail in its
make-up. To their dismay he discovered
nothing out of the ordinary, informing
them instead that it was the
.best-made Instrument he had ever examined.
His efforts proved a failure,
obviously; for as soon as he had put
it together again it stood ready to emit
fcv that blood-curdling laughter in the
face of any and every performer.
The instrument was made in Gerfc
many by the father of the cultured
p&.vj, Mrs- Briggs. Gottlieb Yandofen had
been one of the leading manufacturers
of pianos in Berlin, also owning large
manufacturing interests in Paris and
| ' London. He was reputed as fabulously
wealthy, yet at his death the entire
bulk of his fortune did not exceed
$3,000,000 in American money. This
was to be divided equally between his
W )\ daughter, Mrs. Briggs, and his son,
Karl Yandofen. A sense of disappointment
was experienced by the former,
though she tried to persuade herself
that she had known so little about
her father's business affairs that perhaps
she had overestimated his financial
worth.
The son was absent in Anstralia and
its neighboring islands when the father
|r \ was attacked with his final illness,
failing to receive the letter bearing
the news of his approaching demise.
Three months previously he had gone
thither, led by his roving disposition
and the desire to see that part of the
p. world. The two had had a lengthy
conversation previous to Karl's departure,
but Gretna had not learned the
purport of it, neither did she let it concern
her very much. She knew that
% X her father and brother were upon the
best of terms.
Two months after Gottlieb Vandofen's
death his daughter Gretna was
married to Augustus Briggs, an American
professor who had gone to Germany
to study the language. This
seemingly hasty marriage was but in
accordance with the father's request,
for he knew that his daughter's interests
would ho safe in the h?n<ls of
that gentleman. As soon as the business
could be adjusted, the happy pair
sailed for America, expecting Karl
x v to reappear upon the scene at any
day to take charge of affairs there at
> Berlin.
But he did not come, and. unknown
to them, was anxiously awaiting word
from the beloved Fatherland. Finally,
be wrote his sister a letter of inquiry
as to her silence, which reached her a
few days after her arrival in America.
Three months more passed, and at the
time of the final struggle with the mysterious
piano Mrs. Briggs was daily
expecting another missive from her i
wandering ' trot her.
The letter failed to conic, but the '
brother arrived in its stead. Sun- i
>JST THE PANE.
KY AtDBICH.
Of the sailors on the sea!
God pity them, God pity them,
Wherever they may be!
God_ pity v.ives and sweethearts
Who wait and wait in vain!
And pity little Mabel,
With face against the pane.
A boom! the Lighthouse gun!
(IIow its echo rolls and rolls!)
'Tis to warn the home-bound ships
Off the shoals!
See! a rocket cleaves the skv
From the fort:?a shaft of light!
See! it fadej, and fading leaves
Golden furrows on the night!
What makes Mabel's cheek so pale?
What makes Mabel's lips so white?
Did she see the helpless sail.
That, tossing here and there,
Like a feather in the air.
Went down and out of sight?
Down, down, and out of sight!
Oh. .watch no more, no more.
With face against the pane;
You cannot see the men that drown
By the Beacon in the rain!
From the shoal of richest rubies
Freaks the morning clear and cold;
And the angel on the village spire,
Frost-touched, is bright as gold, ? '
Four ancient fishermen.
In the pleasant autumn air,
Come toiling up the sands.
With something in their hands?
Two bodies stark and white,
Ah. so ghastly in the light.
With the sea-weed in their hair!
0 ancient fishermen,
Go to yonder cot!
You'll find a little child.
With face against the pane,
Who looks toward the beach,
And looking, sees it not.
She will never watch again!
Never watch and weep at night!
For those pretty, saintly eves
Look beyond the stormy skies.
And they see the Beacon light.
IT LAUGHED. 1
MAY FERRIN. ^
burned, weary and heartily satisfied
to refrain thereafter from his long,
aimless journeys, he appeared at her
door one morning, to be welcomed as
none but a sister can welcome.
Explanations over, he began to
glance casually about the room, and
immediately his eyes fell upon the
uew piano,
"What's this for?" he queried.
"Where's father's piano?"
"It's haunted," replied Mrs. Briggs,
with subdued voice.
"Haunted? Tut, tut!" And without
further commeut he seated himself at
the familiai* old instrument at the opposite
side of the room. Eagerly he
struct the central note E, then listened
intently. Next the note F, and
listened again. Lastly the note G;
and as the laughter began its weird
reverberations he turned to his sister
with a smile of triumph.
"Haunted, is it?" lie cried, exultantly.
"Xo. no, Gretna. That's just
what I was hoping for. Come, sit
down, and I'll tell you all about it."
Leading her to a divan near by, he
seated himself beside her, and begait
to explain carefully the hitherto unfathomable
mystery.
"When I was about to leave on this
last trip, you remember, father called
me to. him and we had a long conversation.
That morning he told me for
the first time the exact amount of his
fortune?about $10,000,000 in American
money?and gave me a wojking knowledge
of his three establishments. He
had long been thinking of selling his
interest in the factories at Paris and
London, but was not yet ready to close
negotiations. Whenever he did so, that
would necessitate the handling of large
sums of money, and he was then at
a loss to know just which city?
whether London, Paris, or Berlin?
to deposit the bulk of his fortune in.
He expressed the fear if such should
be the case he knew that you could
not manage affairs, as you had never
handled money except to spend it. I
read his thoughts and offered to give
up my trip, but he would not consent
to that. Instead, he exacted a promise
from me that when I should return
this time I would remain at home and
devote myself to business.
"Well, when he had explained everything
so thoroughly that I knew just
what was depending upon me, he then
told me that he was afraid to leave his
fortune all in one bank, and that he
intended to divide it into two sums.
The smaller amount he would leave in
the bank with which our family has
always done business; the other?and
now comes the great secret of the
piano.
"You know as well as I that father
did every bit of the work on this instrument
except, perhaps, the carving.
He spared neither pains nor expense
in building it. for it was to be a family
treasure so long as an atom of it
remained. Well, that morning he took
me to it and removed a part of the
case, showing me that the rear of the
musical framework was double, with
space enough between the boards to
admit one's hand. In that space is a
peculiar bit of mechanism of father's
own devising, which ho termed a laughing-jack.
It can be connected with the
musical apparatus by means of a very
slender wire, which is brought around
past the sounding board in such a way
that no one can find it unless be knows
beforehand just where to look for it.
"To show me how it worked he attached
the wire to the hammershank
of a string near the centre of the instrument.
and struck that uote with his
finger. At once the laughter began,
just as it will do now. He played a
strain or two and the thing kept laughing
as long as the piano continued to
sound. This amused me so that 1
laughed in earnest. He feared that
you might hear us, so he released the
hammershank from the secret wire.
.tie men xoia me txmi ue was uniting
seriously of depositing liis money
in a bank in a foreign country, so that
. the lawyers and sharpers would not
be so apt to discover it and perhaps
purloin part of it in case I should not
be at home. He mentioned England
and France, because of his factories
being at the capital of each country.
I sanctioned the suggestion, whereupon
he explained that if he deposited his
money in England, at London, he
would attach the laughing-jack to the
note E, bv which I should know that a
letter of introduction to the cashier of
the Bank of England was secreted in
this recess at the back of the piano.
If ho left the money in Paris he would
attach the wire to the note F. meaning
France; if in our home city, to the
note (J, signifying Germany. Of
course when lie gave me these instructions
he took it for granted that I
would get word immediately if he
should die ere I returned, so that you
would not need to be alarmed by the
laughing-jack's merriment. lie said
I further that if he should die so sud|
denly that lie could not attend to this
! matter, then I must look for the letter
in the secret recess in his desk a
home, with which you also are fami I
liar. I searched for it there as soon a;
I reached home, but finding nothing. 3
concluded that you had either taken i*
or that it was in the piano."
"I found nothing of importance." re
turned the sister. "There was no lettci
there, at any rate?nothing but som*
old bills and about fifty marks is
money."
"Then I'll inspect the piano."
With that Karl Yandofen arose and
moved the instrument to a lighter part
of the room. In a very few moment;
lie-hnrl taken away a portion of tlx
| casing, and his first act was to sliov:
his sister the thiead-like wire attached
to the base of one of the hammer
shanks, the prime oause of all thn1
hideous laughter. W^th a small stoc!
which lie had brought for the purpose
he unwound the wire, whereupon lit
struck the middle G note of the key
board to prove to her that the cn
chantment was gone.
Ho next gave his attcnt'on *o tin
double back of the instrument, dis
I closing the unusual bit of space tc
I which he had alluded, with its queot
piece of mechanism within?the laughing-jack.
Near the latter was & carefully
sealed envelop?, address*d to
| Karl in scrawling hand and lettered in
faultless German?the father's special
legacy to his son and daughter.
With trembling hand Karl opened t,
to find therein the following message,
also in German:
"My Dear Son?The money awaits
you, as I promised?all in twenty-mark
pieces. Present this letter to the cashier
of our national bank, whereupon
he will produce an exact duplicate of ,
it and will give you the key to a box .
in the safety vault. Take the money
and divide It equally between yourself ,
and Gretna; hut'first give the cashier
100 marks as a reward for his fidelity, ,
although I have already paid him 3
handsome sum. Sell our interests in
Faris and London, and live in the old
home, remembering the blissful days
when your mother lived and we were
an unbroken family. Awaiting death's
call. GOTTLIEB VAXDOFEX."
Thus the magnificent piano delivered
its message, which touched a tender
spot in the heart of each recipient.
Nothing was left them hut to obey,
with Karl as the principal actor in
the drama.
A few months later the wishes expressed
in the letter were all fulfilled
save one. And Karl had taken the initial
step toward its consummation,
having begun to pay attention to a
buxom little lass in Berlin with a view
to installing her finally as mistress of
the Vandofen mansion.?New York
Times.
HOW SALT COOLS COFFEE.
A Little Experiment Worth tlio Trying
Out of Mere Curiosity.
Between bites of simple breakfast
he bad ordered, the young clerk gaged
nervously at the restaurant clock. It
was plain he had overslept himself,
and was paving the way to future inriifpstinn
hv l>o]tincr his food. The cof
fee was the stumbling block. It "was
hot, very hot, but the clerk needed it
badly, and he sipped it carefully, having
due regard for his mouth and
tongue.
But time pressed, and, with a parting
glance at the clock, he reached for his
glass of ice water and prepared to
pour some of the frigid fluid into his
cup. ^
"Don't spoil your coffee, young man,"
said an elderly gentleman, who was
eating his breakfast on the other side
of the table. "You take all the good
out of it by putting ice or ice-water
in it."
The clerk was at first inclined to resent
the interference, but the patriarchal
appearance of the-other man
tempered his resentment.
"What am I to do?" he asked. "I
am late for the office, and I want this
coffee badly."
"Let me show you a little scheme,"
said the elderly man. Taking the
cylindrical salt cellar from the table,
he wiped it carefully with a napkin,
then reaching over, deposited the glass
vessel in the cup of coffee.
"Salt, you know, has peculiar cooling
properties," lie said, meanwhile
holding the receptacle firmly in position.
"They put it with lee to intensify
the cold when making ice-cream.
It is used extensively in cold storage
warehouses for cooling purposes, and
being incased in glass does not affect
its power to any great extent."
As he spoke he withdrew the salt
cellar from the coffee and motioned
r
to the younger man to drink. He
raised the cup to his lips, and to his
surprise found the liquid cooled to
such en extent that he could drink it
without inconvenience.
"The uses of salt are manifold," said
the elderly man with the air of one beginning
a lecture. "I remember once
when I was in Mexico "
But the clerk, with another glance
at the clock, thanked him profusely
and dashed out of the restaurant ?
New York Mail and Express.
Hie Pt?et ud(1 tli? Cherlt.
Getting a check cashed is no easy
matter sometimes. A poet solved The
difficulty last week pretty successfully.
Walking into the Fifth Avenue Bank
he said ro the cashier, "I don't suppose
jou will cash this check without I am
identified?" The cashier seemed to
agree with him that something of the
sort would be required and handed him
over to the manager. The latter
scanned the check and said: "Well, 1
know your writings, hut I have not
had the pleasure of meeting your before."
The poet said the disappointment
had been mutual. Then there
was a pause. "Have you got anything
about you, except letters, which would
be likely to lead to your identification?"
The poet said he had not.
"Well," hummed the manager, "have
you. for instance, any initials iu yonr
hat?" The poet said he had not. but
if the manager would allow him live
minutes' grace, lie would go round to
the nearest hatter's and have them put
in. Then there was a mutual smile.
"Have you a card:" The poet had.
As this did not seem to satisfy the dispenser
of cash, the poet at last said
with a sigh, "You say you know my
writings':" "Yes!" "Well. I will sit
down now. and write you a poem?"
"Air. ." hurriedly ejaculated the
manager, "we will cash your cheek!"
And lie did it at once.?The Journalist.
The Hear and the Child.
The London Graphic obtains from a
correspondent at Sebastopol an interesting
bear story. A huge bear approached
near to the village and carried
off a young child. The inhabitants
! formed a cordon around the tract of
j forest where :hc bear had taken refuge,
and 011 the third day after the child
[was carried off they closed in on the
[ beast. The child, unharmed, was re|
c-lining cn a deep mossy couch made j
! for her by the bear. She had subsisted J
on the nuts and forest fruit brought
her by the bear. One almost regrets lo {
learn that the bear was summaril/
killed. '
3ATARP.H THIRTY YEAES.
The Remarkable Experience of a
Prominent Statesman?Congressman
Meekison Gives Pe-ru-na
a High Endorsement!
Congress 3Ieekis?n of Ohio.
Hon. David Meekison is well known not
only in his own State but throughout
America. He was elected to the Fiftyfifth
Congress by a very large majority,
1 '' Iaa/^at. r\f kiij rtnrtv
and is uie atKnuwicugcu icauc* v>* k;
in his section of the State.
Only one flaw marred the otherwise complete
"success of this rising statesman. Catarrh,
with its insidious approach and tenacious
grasp, was his only unconquered
foe. For thirty years he waged unsuccessful
warfare against this personal enemv.
At last Peruna came to the rescue. He
writes:
'1 have used several botUes of Peruna
anl I feci greatly benefited,
thercb u from my catarrh of the head.
I feel encouraged to believe that if 1
use it a short time longer I will be
fully able to eradicate the disease of
thirty years' standing."?David
Aleekt&on, Member of Congress.
If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory
results from the use of Peruna write
at once to Dr. llartman, givinga full statement
of your case and he will be pleased
to give you his valuable advice gratis.
Address Dr. llartman, President of The
llartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio.
Natural Butter.
A new tropical product, the butter
of Karite, seems destined to play on
important role in our diet if we can
believe recent experiments. The butter
of Karite is as nutritious as our
present butter, but it possesses the
great advantage of being much less
expensive. In the whole of the Soudan,
from Senegal to the Niger, at
the- north of Dahomey, there extends
a vast forest, the dominating tree of
which is the Karite. It is from this
tree that the natives extract the butter.
The time at which the butter is
gathered varies in the different regions
but is generally from June to September,
and whereas the natives consume
this product at once, a quantity
exists for exportation. The butter of
Karite has the appearance of a solid
block analogous to butter, but white
in color aand possesses all tfte advantages
and all the qualities of butter.
It has not the disadvantage, as
have other vegetable butters?the
vegetaline, for instance?of melting at
a temperature of 30 degrees centigrade
for the butter of Karite is perfectly
preserved up to the temperature of
37 degrees centigrade.?Christian
Work.
Ancient Dentistry.
False teeth are by no means a modern
invention, says the Philadelphia
Public Ledger, as is proved from the
fact that jawbones of mummies have
been found with false teeth in them,
and also with teeth stopped with go d.
Indeed, the ancient Egyptians were :ao
mean dentists, and in Greece the art
was also practiced with much skill,
says Homes NotC3.
There is plentiful evidence of skilled
dentistry among the Romans, and
many of the ancient Latin authors
have references to false teeth. There
is a distinct notive of them in the "Roman
Laws of the Twelve Tables." The
first part of No. 10 prohibits useless
expenses at funerals, but an exception
is made in No. 11, which permits the
gold fillings of teeth, or the gold with
which they are bound, tc be buried
or cremated with the corpse.
About a couple of years ago an ancient
grave was discovered near Rome.
It was opened, and in it was fouad
the skeleton of a woman with a complete
set of false teeth, admirably
made and wrought out of solid gold.
I Your Hair]
| "Two years ago my hair was | "
i falling out badly. I purchased a |
I bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor, and I
5 soon my hair stopped coming out." I
| Miss Minnie Hoover, Paris, 111.
I Pcrfiaps your mother
I had thin hair, but that is
I no reason why you must
| go through life with half- S
starved hair. If you want
| long, thick hair, Feed it
with Ayer's Hair Vigor, [
and make it rich, dark, j
and heavy.
5 $1.00 a bottle. All druggists. J
If your druggist cannot supply you, I
send us one dollar and we will express I
you a bottle. Be sure andgive the name I
of your nearest express office. Address, fi
^ ^ J. C. A VER
MBamtaaaggMMBPaMMM
I A Golden Rule 1
I of Agriculture: s
| Be good to your land and your crop f
5 will be good. Plenty of 0
urUlve the name of this paper when
writln# to ac?vertl?ert-(A - 47. '02)
fj >02> I^OAjasI '
Oiled Highways.
tt* DISPATCH from Paris states
/\ that the experiments with
crude petroleum, employed to
prevent the accumulation of
dust on highways, which have been for
some time going on at Saint Germain
aud Versailles, have resulted satisfactorily,
and that the petroleum treatment
is about to be applied upon various
roads near Paris, Lyons, Nice
and Marseilles. In consequence of this
undertaking, says the dispatch, there
is likely soon to be a considerably increased
demand for American petro-.
(cum throughout France.
So it appears that crude petroleum
as a "dust killer," which has been tried
repeatedly in the United States and
generally abandoned as ineffective and,
for other reasons, undesirable,still finds
favor among the Frenchmen. It was
reported a short time ago that the
Touring Club of France, desirous of in
creasing me comturis <jl jis meujuas,
had voted a large sum of money for
the purpose of conducting a series of
experiments on various roads with
heavy American petroleum and also
with thick mineral oil. During the
last twelve years. It is said, numerous
avenues of St. Gaudons, in France,
have been kept dustless by the free
use of oil and tar, which render the
surfaces absolutely impervious to water,
and hence mudless. These materials,
declared La Locomotion recently,
are the only ones known to science
which will effectually prevent the creation
of dust on roads traversed by fast
vehicles.
The most extensive application of
crude petroleum in the United States
for the purpose indicated has been
made by the railroad companies, but
several of them have expressed their
determination to discontinue its use
for various reasons, one of which is
that the fine soot-like particles which
arise from the roadbeds whereon it is
spread arc extremely objectionable. In
California crude petroleum has been
employed freely during the past year
or more as a cement. There it is usually
applied while a road is in process
of construction, and it is invariably applied
hot. Minor experiments of a similar
sort, however, undertaken in the
East, have been conspicuously unsuccessful,
and the coal oil remedy Is regarded
hereabouts as a failure. Possibly
its efficacy depends largely upon
the quality of soil treated.?New York
?un.
Telford Rase, Macadam Top.
TThere the material is springy on the
,/ine of a proposed highway, a telford
IIOCA nf otrriif innhoc nnH n mnpadam
! top of five inches should be provided,
( making thirteen inches over all. On a
gravel foundation the Highway ComI
sioner of Connecticut has used a fireinch
treatment, four inches of macadam
and one inch of bonding and wearing
surface. Upon some of the roads
he has used a foundation of slag, with
a two-inch treatment of crushed stone
and one inch of screenings, making a
very good road. The engineers put on
the.profile for his information the character
of the materia! fouud at each station,
so that he can select the most
economical treatment.
Where macadam is laid with no curbing
to retain the stone in the position
that it should occupy, it is essential to
build a very solid, compact and firm
shoulder of the very best material.
This very valuable precaution does not
receive adequate attention. In the
forming of shoulders the rule with
contractors is to line out of the road
and establish the height of the shoulder.
and where shoulders are to be
made to build the shoulder material
flush up to the line, instead of allowing
the material to leak over into the traveled
part not less than from eight to
ten inches. This gives an opportunity
for ramming the sboulders down good
and solid and then cutting back to the
line, thus forming a good firm edge to
work to. When shoulders are thus
made the metal used in the roadbed is
retained in position, and does not work
out into the shoulders, robbing the
road of material that properly belongs
to It.
Hopes to See More Great Highways.
it is a tact tnat since me esiaunsument
of steam and electric railroads
the construction of turnpikes, or boulevards,
has suffered much, except roads
built for comparatively short distances.
This, of course, has been a nautral result,
as traveling by private carnage,
drawn by horses, has long since given
way to the swifter steam motor railroad
traveling, and the railroads have
literally become the highways of the
nation.
But within the last few years there
has been a mcst commendable revival
of interest in good roads, and as a factor
toward this end the humble bicycle
played no unworthy part. The introduction
of the automobile promises to
result in the construction of magnificent
thoroughfares of great extent, and
I am glad that this is so. One who
travels through a country on a railroad
train learns nothing of the district
through which he is whirled at express
speed. There is no real pleasure in
such traveling; in fact, it is not traveling
in the real sense of the term: it is
simply being hurled from one point to
another wth the gheatest possible
haste.
It has always seemed to me that the
xf -o- -1-1 o + n rra
Oiu-UXIIL' lilMiiUU Ui. UilfdiUn UJ oiupt
coach or private carriage, stopping to
rest at will, pausing to drink in the delights
of a particularly fine bit of scenery.
putting up at fashionable hostelry
or humble farm house or roadside inn,
according to fancy, was the only real
way to travel so as to know the country
traversed?to know the country itself,
its inhabitants and their customs,
the flora and the fauna, the peculiarities
of dialect, and all the thousand
and one littie things which go to make
up intimate knowledge of a community.
What of these can one learn by
gazing from the window of a car speeding
along at a mile a minute??Buffalo
Times.
" Tlie t'oottlali Mother.'
Mr. Carnegie, after visiting the Ladies'
College in Queen street. Edinhiirg,
the oldest educational institution
in connection with the Merchants'
Company, made the following entry in
the visitors' book:
"Surprised. delighted, impressed.
Ruskin says lit ere is nothing in the
world that equals the Scottish mother
in the tried pcrfeclness cf her old age.
This institution does the important
part of starting the future mother well'
?a greater service it Is impossible to
render.?A mire w Carnegie.
Mr. Carnegie himself, of ccrrso. had
a Scottish mother, and no mother, as
is well known, had ever a more de*
Voted son. . ,
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Stylish Organ Grinders.
Much amusement was afforded the
residents of Logan square the other
evening by the actions of a couple of
gentlemen who were evidently exhilarated
from taking too much liquid
refreshment. The men were enacting
the parts of Italian street musicians.
Both men, who were attired in Prince
Albert coats and wore shining silk
hats, made a laughable sight as they
pushed a large hurdygurdy clear
around the square, stopping in front
of a dozen houses en route.
While one man ground out music
the other passed his silk hat for a
collection. The donations were
liberal, too; even the poorest-clothed
workingman, seated on a bench in
the square, tossed in a copper for
the "two swells what got broke and
had to take to the btreets for a living."
An officer, who evidently knew the
two men, finally persuaded them to go
hoipe, and the instrument was returned
to the waiting Italian, from whom
the had hired it.
Just as the two men had turned to
go away they met a poor, lame old
woman, whom they stopped and made
wait while one of the men emptied his
collection of nickels and pennies from
his hat into the surprised woman's
apron. Both men politely bowed to
the woman as she stood pouring out
thanks and blessings, and then they
went their way arm in arm.?Philadelphia
Record.
GETTING ANXIOUS.
"Oh! Miss Perkins, have you seen
that ridiculous idea of Prof. Andrews
about forcing all the bachelors to get
married, and in that way eliminate the
entire spinster element?"
"Yes, Miss Green; I saw it in yesterday's
paper. Isn't it absurd?"
"Yes, lhdeed! Only think of having
to marry a man who felt that the law
forced' him to marry you!"
"The-he-he! Isn't it too funny?"
"Isn't it? I'd like to see any man
come to me in that way and ask my
hand!"
"So would I. And oh, Miss Perkins,
did?did the paper you 6aw it in say
anything about how soon we might
hope?that is, how soon the?the law,
te-he-he! would go into effect?"?
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The experience of working convicts
on the public highways in Florida has
proven the most advantageous and economical
use of their services.
CURES RHEUMATISM AND CATARRH
B. B. B. Cures Deep-Seated Cases Especially?To
Prrfve It B. B. B. Sent Free.
These diseases, with aches and pains in
bones, joints and back, agonizing pains in
shoulder blades, hands, fingers, arms and
legs crippled by rheumatism, lumbago,sciatica,
or neuralgia; hawking, spitting,nose
bleeding, ringing in the ears, sick stomach,
deafness, noises in the head, bad teeth,thin
hot blood, all run down feeling of catarrh
are sure signs cf an awful poisoned condition
of the blood. Take Botanic Blood
Balm. (B.B.B.) Soon all aches and pains
stop, the poison is destroyed and a real
permanent cure is made of the worst rheumatism
or foulest catarrh. Thousands of
cases cured by taking B.B.B. It strengthens
weak kidneys and improves digestion.
Druggists, $1 per large bottle. Sample free
by writing Blood Balm Co, 14 Mitchell
St., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free
medical advice sent in sealed letter.
The trouble with some men is that they
are not ready for their opportunities when
they come.
St. Louis and San Francisco R. R.
Offers to the colonist half fare, plus $2.00,
~ "nintc in irtnncw Missouri. Nebraska
Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma and
Indian Territories, on the following dates
N<">v. 4 and 18, Dec. 2 and 16, Jan. C and 20
Feb. 3 and 17, March 3 and 17, April 7 and
21. Write for advertising matter, rates and
information to W. T. Saunders, G. A. P. D.
Atlanta, Ga.
Capsicum Vaseline
Put up in Collapsible Tubes.
A Substitute for and Superior to Mustard or
any other plaster, and will not blister the most
delicate skin. The pain allaying and curative
qualities of this article are wonderful. It will
stop the toothache at once and relieve headache
and sciatica.
We recommend it as the best and safest external
counter-irritant known, also as an external
remedy for pains in the chest and stomach
and all rheumatic,neuralgic and gouty complaints.
A trial will prove what we claim for it,
and it will be found to be invaluable in the
household. Many people say "It is the heat of
all your preparations.
Price la cents, at all druggists, or other dealers,
or by sending this amount to us in postage
stamps we will send you a tube by mail.
No article should be accepted by the public
unless the same carries our label, as otherwise
it is not genuine
CflESEBSOUGB MANUFACTURING CO,
11 Stat* Street* New Tor* City*
^Vots o?
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?=M0& '' / Syrup of Figs ap
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/ ponent parts are <
cause it acts withou
tions, as it is wholh
manu^ct1
fir .iJF* yirtues 01
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or e&U, by ell. dru^ists. Pric<
A PHILOSOPHICAL MILLIONAIRE:
Attorney?If you leave all your
property to your second wife, your
children will certainly try to break
your will.
Rich Client?Of course! That's what
| I want them to do. I want them to
! have their full share of my money.
"Then why bequeath it all to your
wife?"
"Well, you see, it will be easier for
i my children to break my will than it
is for me to Break hers."?New York
Weekly.
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EMBARRASSING ERUDITION.
"That young man has a brilliant fu;
ture before him," saiu the phrenoloi
gist.
And the little Boston boy whose
bumps were being examined polished
his spectacles and exclaimed:
"Pardon me; but you open up a very
interesting field of inquiry. Where else
could my future be if It were not be|
fore me?"?Washington Star.
How'l Ihl??
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for |
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by j
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Chkxet A Co., Props., Toledo, 0.
We, th'e undersigned, have known F. J.Cheney
for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obligation
made by their firm. .
Wist A Tbuax,Wholesale Druggists,Toledo,
Ohio.
Walding, KixxaxAMabvix, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Hall s Family Pills are the best.
Quarantine was first established against
infectious diseases in the tenth century.
FITS permanently oured.No fits or nervousnessafter
first day s use of Dr. Kline's .Great
NerveRestorer.t2trial bottle and treatise free
Dr.R. H. Klixx, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Phlla., Pa.
The man who doesn't hit the mark every
time isn't a failure by a long shot.
Mrs.Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething,soften the gums, reduces inflammation,allays
pain,cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle .
The ..Ian who is looking for trouble can
I find trouble without trouble.
You can do your dyeing fn half an
! hour with Put.vam Fadeless Dyes.
Some men shrink from their duty until
I there is nothing left of them.
1 am sure Plso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.?Mas. Thomas Bob-.
rixs, Maple 8t., Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17,1900.
A man looks anything but merry when
! the laugh is on him.
! IN ATTRACTIVE WIF
y nil fill Bid v m m w wm mm mm
? It is woman's duty to her husband
Q look attractive.
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CORSETS mn
K will helpso much that the rest con
| easy. These Coreets are the res
a of fortv years' study, and are r
I equaled in the worid for style and e
g gance. Ask your dealer to show the
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peals to the cultured and the
:o the healthy, because its comiimple
and wholesome and bet
disturbing the natural func/
free from every objectionable
substance. In the process of
iring figs are used, as they are
o the taste, but the medicinal
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be medicinally laxative and to
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s. fifty cents per bottle*
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for SOUTHERN MAIDS
The Best Ladies' Shoes in America for $1.53- xlSt
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YOU CAN GET THEM. O O O O ar
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LYNCHBURG, VA.
Thp simDlest remedy for indlget- ,
tion, constipation, biliousness and p
the many ailments arising from a
disordered stomach, liver or bowels
is Ripans Tabules. They have accomplished
wonders, and their time- \v
ly aid removes the necessity of dall- jgs
ing a physician for the many little
ills that beset mankind. They go
straight to the seat of the trouble,relieve
the distress, cleanse and cure
the affected parts, and give the sya- . f^iv
tern a general toning up. *
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At druggist*. V
rhe Five-Cent packet is enough for an
ordinary occasion. The family bottle, - -/$'
60 cents, contains a supply for a year.
! Cecoiae stamped C C C. Never sold la baft*
Beware of the dealer who tries to sell
"something jost as good."
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