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THE SCALLOP
afc, v
fiK ;V.When
dark had settled on my wor
(Except some distant do** that ba;
The flapping poultry seeking place
"A ^cricket shrilling through the mui
When all but these were silent, in;
When chores were done and coal-oi
1 used to steal away from ail and \
Upon one bright horizon spot, a s,
'Twos where the lights that lit the
Flared up against the edge of r.ighi
And I, ambitious, tilled with hope
Uazed, dreaming, at that glimmer
It told me wondrous tales of weal
That peace-destroying thing that ;
It sang sweet songs of conquest. t<
That gateway to my wonder-world
tVir v * - _ _
The time I dared not hope for rami
V\ hich tempted me to wander fort
I've seen the great, big wonder-w<
I've found love, wealth and cor.quf
Though life be sweet, the roseate 1
Has vanished, and the boon that
Is that blest time of bovhood whei
, Saw but the sweet that lav bevend
' *
I Le MEDAILLEC
f By ALFRED Q(
was a stocky, nervous lit-'
S*l |*|| tie chap, with rherrv gray
5K |~i & eyes, which had the beginning
of "crow's feet" in
*?K;i6iGi0K* each corner from laughter.
He had a smooth, aristocratic face with
a bit too much jaw, which, however, to
v some would add a charm as indicating
grit and tenacity. He was a nonchalant
fellow, who just escaped being
fresh by a narrow margin. I
formed tbe opinion that the verdancy
had been knocked out of him by bitter
experience, for while he was bright
and breezy to a degree, he never
seemed to overreach.
I met him in the smoking room of
"the Umbria with a number of his college
mates on the morning of the
"Glorious Fourth," as he was tying a
bit of red, white and blue ribbon
through his buttonhole in honor of the
day, and from then till the end of our
voyage i had many pleasant cuats wun
Harry Beaton. The boys called him
Shorty, not because of his size. I
learned, but because he had played
short stop on his college team.
We chatted the morning through,
I telling some yarns about navy
experiences, and how I had happened
to be appointed attache at Paris,
and Beaton of how he missed Annapolis
because of his "rotten" mathematics,
thereby compelling him to enter
a university. I am convinced that
in this case the navy was a loser, for
he surely had the timber of which sea
fighters are made.
We parted company in Liverpool after
agreeing to meet in Paris, and
while the jolly party of light-hearted,
strapping fellows took train direct for
London, I crossed to Birkenhead and
was soon speeding off to the Shakespeare
country, where I intended to put
in a week before reporting at my post
in Paris.
I had been in the French capital
about ten days, and was beginning to
acquire the Frenchman's easy deliberation,
when one fine afternoon, while
loitering about the Rue de Rivoli, I
stopped at the insection of the Boulevard
de Sebastopol to watch the work
I men digging the trench for the Metropolitaine,
the new underground road,
whiclj follows the Rue de Rivoli its
entire length. I was comparing their
methods and workmen with our own,
when a cheery voice hailed me from
the other side of the trench. ,
"Hello, lieutenant, are you looking
for work?"
And there was Beaton, balancing
himself on a shoring beam and making
his way slowly, at the imminent peril
of breaking his necl: and to the accompaniment
of a choice line of French
oaths from the foreman, not a word
of which he understood or minded in
the least.
"Well," I said, "I am happy to see a
familiar face. How are you and all
the bully boys; anS when did you arrive?"
I fired away, still clinging to
his fist, for be it known that Lieutenant
Crosby, U. S. N., had been rather
homesick among his new surroundings.
Shorty began in his breezy way and
soon brought his story from our parting
in Liverpool up to his arrival in
Paris two days before.
"And the funniest thing about the
gay metropolis," he rattled on, "is the
uniform courtesy we meet with everywhere.
They all seem particularly
anxious to please me, although my tips
are no larger than those of the other
chaps. I have concluded that this Is
what commands so much respect,"
tapping his buttonhole, where he still
kept the small strip of red, white and
blue ribbon. "You see. since our little
argument with Spain, some of these
foreigners have been convinced that
we are not all saveges running about
in a breech clout and a pair of earrings,
and are inclined to cultivate
our friendship. I even caught a pretty
chambermaid making eyes at the
ribbon, mind you, the ribbon" and
so he babbled on, not noticing a dapper
man with a fierce mustache, who
had been edging toward us, until the
dapper one touched him on the shoult?der.
"Pardon! Ze Prefect would interview
monsieur at ze prefecture. Will
monsieur accompany me?"
"The deuce he would!" cried Beaton.
"And who are you my friend?"
The Frenchman, drawing back his
coat, pointed to a small gold star.
"Ze messengaire from ze Prefect,
monsieur."
Seeing that the man was a detective,
T innnired in French whv mv friend
was wanted. He answered with a
shrug of the shoulders and an outspreading
of the palms that that was
the business of the Prefect?his duty
was to have monsieur accompany
him.
"Well. Beaton," I said, "there is
nothing to do but to comply with a
polite request In a polite manner. Evidently
there is a mistake, or else that
swearing foreman has complained of
your doing a tightrope stunt across the
ditch. I'll go along and see you
through."
So we started along the Boulevard
du Palais, across the Pont St. Michel,
and were soon at the prefecture, which
occupies the old municipal barracks,
and were ushered immediately into the
presence of the Prefect, a srnooth*
faced, wiry man with gray, hawk-like
eyes that seemed to read one's mind at
a glance. I could see that Beaton,
thought not one whit abashed, felt
those eyes.
"Good-day, Monsieur Beaton. Monsieur
wonders that I should wish to
see him," said the Prefect.
"Yes, chief, you have the best of
me," returned Beaton, coolly.
"I wish to inquire whether monsieur :
has the right to wear this?" indicating i
Beaton's strip of red, white and blue. { i
IN THE SKY.
Id and all was hushed and still
red, the raucous whip-poor-will,
upon the roosting pole,
k from some sequestered hole;)
iking silence deeper seem;
I lamps set all the house agleam,
raze with hungry eye
. allop in the sky.
town a few short miles away
t and turned its gloom to gray;
as vague as love or life,
with its hint of glorious strife;
th. but most it spoke of famesets
the boyish heart aflame;
old me many a sweet half-lie?
. my scallop in the sky.
e; I stand without that gate
h and grapple with my fate;
>rld to which ambition led?
?st, but'the glamour all has lied,
lue ray boyish fancy gave
most we weary worldlings crave
a each wide, hope-dazzled eye
the scallop in tne sky.
?S. W. Giililan, in Leslie's Weekly.
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"Of course I liave a right to wear
that ribbon," bustled Beaton. "I'm an
American, and that's my flag."
"Oui, monsieur is an American, but
this is not an American flag. Where
are the stars?"
"Oh, the stars! Well, you see this is
just the colors you know, just the plain
red, white and blue."
fcOui, monsieur; just the red, white
and blue, the tri-color of France, and
worn in this way Le Medaille de Sauvetage,
awarded by the Government
only to those who have rescued human
lives. Monsieur is guilty of a misdemeanor
and it is my painful duty to
place monsieur under arrest."
Matters beginning to look bad for
Beaton, I interposed and in French explained
that my friend had just arrived
in Paris, that he was Innocent of
intentional wrong, that I was connected
with the American Embassy
and would stand surety, and finally
that I would have the private Secretary
of the American Ambassador
vouch for Mr. Beaton's innocence.
This latter seemed to have effect for
the officer who made the arrest was instructed
to call up the Embassy. I
went to the telephone and explained
the situation to Rcss, the Secretary, requesting
him if necessary to place the
facts before the Ambassador, enlisting
his influence to release my friend
from his annoying position.
The Prefect had lost some of his
savoir faire before I had finished and
after a most courteous exchange of ;
diplomatic soft soap with Ross over
the telephone, the Prefect agreed to .
parole Beaton. ,
Shorty was very loath to untie his ,
ribbon, but I convinced him that there <
was nothing disloyal in furling the ]
colors, because, as the Prefect had ex- \
plained, it "d*as not the American flag j
he was wearing. But we were well on j
the way to his hotel before he had fin- j
ished roasting the French police for bo- <
ing a pack of polite idiotic asses.
We had turned into the Rue de Rivo- ,
ii, and were nearing the Rue du Pont }
Xeuf, where there was a clear s^ace ;
extending between the excavation <
where I had been standing when greet- 'i
1VI liTT Rootnn nnrl onntlmw nnnninnr .
VU WJ A/VUIVU UliU UUVIUW1 I
several blocks farther on, 'when the 1
ground under our feet was shaken as j
by an earthquake, and looking in the (
direction of the Louvre we saw a solid i
stream of water shoot into the air and s
then, settling into a great muddy s
stream, come plunging toward tis, increasing
in speed as it tore down a
slight incline.
Vehicles and pedestrians went dashing
and scrambling out of the way of 1
the oncoming flood, and to the rush of c
the water was added the excited
shouts of the frightened people. Quick c
as thought Beaton grabbed me by the J
arm, crying: * *
"The men in the trench! How do
you say 'Danger! Save yourselves?'" T
"Sauves vous!" said I, and he was J
off like a flash, running like a deer toward
the opening at the Boulevard de
Sebastipol, while I trailed on in his 1
wake.
Beaching the trench, which was deep ?
at this point, he yelled like an Indian:
c
"Sauves vous! Sauves vous!" waving
his hat and in such earnestness in
his manner that by the time I reached f1
the hole the workmen were scrambling
out and running for places of safety. e
Beaton was not a second too soon, for L
before the last man got out the yellow c
flood was upon us, and it plunged into [
the trench a perfect cataract. It took *
all our strength as we gripped a near- 1
by lamp-post to keep from beii*j swept J
into the excavation. *
After the first rush the water, which
had been waist deep, began jto subside,
carried off into the immense and per- ,8
feet system of sewers of which Paris c
is justly proud; but It was days before
the trench was entirely clear. 2
The jabbering French workmen had
returned and were pouring out their 1
gratitude to the modest little Beaton
with tears in their eyes, while several
wildly excited fellows insisted on kissing
their rescuer, and it wTas all we 1
could do to keep them off. We were a
pretty pair in our wet and muddy gar- *
ments.
By this time the police had arrived, *
headed by our friend the detective, ^
who approached Beaton in a most 1
humble manner, and lifting his cap, *
said. * *
"I have ze honor to request monsieur 1
to come with me to ze Prefecture.'
"What! again?" said Beaton. "Now 1
look here, Mr. Sleuth, I didn't do this
and am not responsible, and I simply r
can't go?look at my condition!" *
But we did go?this time in a cab, *
the Jehu swearing that his carriage
would be ruined by our wet and mud- a
dy apparel. a
We were met at the entrance by the *
Chief in person and conducted into his
private apartments. e
"Ah, monsieur, I welcome you. Mon- *
sieur must allow me to send for his a
clean garments and permit me to show t
him the bath. The correspondents ?
would like to interview my friend a
Monsieur Beaton. Would monsieur
permit?" J
Monsieur did not wish to be inter- ?
viewed, but the Prefect insisted that t
the newspapers had certain rights that u
monsieur should respect, and as a favor
to himself would monsieur be so kind
as to mention his friend the Prefect.
Well, we had the interview, I doing t
the talking in French, and Beaton look- s
ing miserably uncomfortable. t
We learned that the blasting of a d
rock had broken a large water main, o
which accounted for the geyser, and v
that but for the quick wit and nimble s
legs of my friend a number of work- h
men would undoubtedly have been v
drowned. Of course the papers gave h
a glowing account of Monsieur Bea- k
ton's brave deed, "with a history of his
life and a caricature of a photograph,
with the surprising statement that
monsieur was a descendant of an old {
Huguenot family, the original name be- I
ing Beton.
The next morning when I called at
Benton's hotel to learn whether his ex- '
perience had caused any serious re- !
suits, I found him in a wild state of j
excitement over an official note from
His Excellency, the President of
France, requesting his presence at the
Palais de l'Elysee.
"Well, I remarked, "for .one small ;
American you certainly are in demand, i
with three polite requests in twenty- j
four hours.'
"Of course, lieutenant, I ought to go, j
but what a fuss they make here over !
nothing. You must go, too, or I don't ,
budge a step, for you were In this j
thing as deeply as I."
"When we left the Palais after our in- J
terview with the President, Shorty |
Beaton wore a little tri-color ribbon
on tbe lapel of his coat and had no fear
of a summons to wait upon the Pre*
feet of Police.?Waverley Magazine.
INDIANA'S OLDEST LANDMARK." |
The Old Capitol of tho Northwest Terrl*
tory is Still Standing.
Within a short time the most his* j
toric building in Viueeniles" will be
torn down to make room for a modern j
home, unless some action is taken to- j
ward buying it as a relic, or as an j
ornament for a city park. The build- j
ing is one which for about seven years !
served as the capitol building for the !
Northwest Territory. It stands near
the heart of the city, but did not orig-!
inally stand tliere. The building was I
erected, so far as can be learned, iu
1S05, and consisted of two rooms upstairs
and two down. No nails were
used in its construction, it being put
together by wooden pegs. Since that
time improvements have been made on
it which have changed its appearance,
but it is still the old capitol building in
the eyes of the Vincennes people, and
efforts are making to interest the city
or State to buy it and transform it
into a museum, placing it in one of j
the parks.
The building is now used as a resi- i
dence. aud unless it gets some atten- j
h i it will soon bee-in to decay. It is j
owned by Thomas Kilfoil. It could
be bought, it is believed, for about
$300. For many years it stood in the
principal street in the city and has 1
been used as a business house, as well
as a home for numerous families. Much
history was made in the old building
while it was the meeting place of the
Legislature of Indiana Territory, which
was formed from a part of the Northwest
Territory. Governor William !
Ileurv Harrison read his first message
in the old building, and in the message
he worked for the passage of a measure
that would prevent the sale of intoxicants
to the Indians. The measure
Lt is said, was never passed.
At the session of the Legislature in
this building in 1S07 laws were made
ittaching the death penalty for crimes
3f treason, murder, arson and horse
stealing. Burglary and robbery were
made punishable by whipping, fine and
Imprisonment. Larceny was made
punishable by fine or whipping; stealing
by fine and whipping; bigamy by
5ne, whipping and disfranchisement.
Stringent laws were also made for the
punishment of children anl servants,
jvho refused .to obey their parents or
masters. Between August 12 and 22.
ISIO, the I?dian chief Tecumseh, with
?eventy-fiv? warriors, appeared daily
before Governor Harrison in the old
building, and it was in that building
rbat Tecumseh lost bis temper and
;ave the lie tt> the Governor. A sto;y
>f the affair used to be told by the
ate Felix Bouchie, whose father .is
said to have been present during the
scene? Indianapolis News,
: ??^ ^
"When the Prince Imperlall&iedi
A strange story is being told in finjerial
circles in Paris regarding tbc
ieath of the late Prinze Imperial. On
lie 1st of June, 1879, a lady who was
me of .the most enthusiastic supporters
>f the Napoleonic regime gave a gra^d
'ete in honor of her birthday, "and fit
he same time of the Prince Imperial,
vho had gone out to the Cape. After
linner there was a display of fireworks
n the park, the principal set piecesj
jeing the Napoleonic emblems surnouuted
by imperial crowns. The
ireworks went off with" the greatest
mccess until it came to the light&ig of
he imperial "crowns, when, to the genral
horror, not one of them wfculd
ake light in spite of every effort.
All of them remained nnlighted while
ill the other designs went off perfecty.
The failure was looked upon as an
vil omen,, and with reason, for two
lays later came the news of the death
>f the prince in Zululaud. A calcula- '
ion of the time was then made accord- 1
ug to the difference of longitude, and
t was discovered that at the very mooent
when the imperial crowns re- '
used to light the prinee fell dead unler
the spears of the Zulus. )
There would, perhaps, have been less
kpntic-ism a bout this remarkable coin- ^ i
idence.. if the story had been pub- j
Isbed immediately after the event, <
md had not been kept secret for near? |
y a quarter of a century. ? Vanity
'air.
The Maq and the Box.
Here is a box. In itself it is not re*
uarkable. But a man is packing it.
When man, unmarried man, packs a
>ox, women weep.
See the nan! He is not calm. His j
iair resembles a storm-swept wheat i
ield. He wears no crat, and his col- j
ar has playfully broken away from j
lis shirt-stud. Upon his perspiring J
ace is the look Napoleon used to
labitually wear when he called upon
lis neighbors. The man has observed
lis sister pack boxes.
Everything fitted in so nicely that the
icrobes cried out that they were beug
suffocated, but he cannot make out
iow she did it.
He thrusts nis hands into his pockets
nd makes a few remarks. But they i
ire for the box and not for publicaion.
At last all i; over but the closing exreise,
and toe man mounts on to the
id. He leaps upon it with both feet
rwl nnnn/lo niiz-l -tome Pill hofn-oon I
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be hasp and the slot there is a great ;
rulf fixed, measuring one-sixteenth oi j
tn inch.
At last! A click! The man steps ma- i
estically from off the lid with the '
lush of victory upon him, and notices !
wo tennis-shirts and a pair of socks
inder the bed.
Destructive Occupations.
General Horace Porter, in an address j
o the graduating class of a medical j
chool, said: "I congratulate you on
he wise course you have pursued in
leciding to follow such a beneficent
ccupation. In youth I long debated i
whether I should be a physician or a i
oldier. Up to the present moment I
ave not been able to determine in i
i'hic-h capacity my services would
ave been more destructive to man- j
ind." I
Good roads enable farmers to hai
more produce with the same expend
ture of horse power. The farme
saves in time and in wear and tear o
horses, harness and wagon. He ca
sleep later and get to market earlie
stay later at a neighbor's and g(
some sooner. Good roads promot
social intercourse, insufficiency c
which i6 one of the reasons why s
many persons leave the oountry fc
the city, and why so few give up cit
life for the country, except at that se;
son when nature is at her best in th
country and at her worst in town.
To Launder Delicate Garments.
JlflDy of tho expensive and beautiful sum
mer garments which will cot stand ordinar
washing may, witli care, be successful!;
laundered. Use Ivory Soap. If water wii
not cause colors to run, Ivory Soap wil
not, and avoid extremely tot weather, ho
sun, and a too hot iron.
Eleaxor It. Parker.
The fact that a fool and his money ar<
soon parted keeps lots of other people ir
a wiinnon
Court Sustains Foot-Ease Trade-Mark.
Bufalo, X. Y., July 23th.?Justice Laughlii
in Supromo Court has granted a permanent
injunction, with costs agaius. certain Xev
York City dealers, restraining them fron
making or selliug a powder which is an imitation
and infr ngeinent on "Foot-Ease.*
now so Ir.rgjiy advertised .and sold. Tin
owno of foot-Ease" is Allen S. Olmsted
of Lc Roy, X. Y., and the decision upholds hi;
trade-mark and makes liable those attempting
to prolit by "Foot-Easo" advertising bj
marketing a similar-appearing preparation
When a baby's grandmothers are all dead
it stands a pretty good chance of not beinj
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Burnside Post, No. 4, G. A. R.,
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" In diseases that come to women only,
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Perez. Other familiar names amonj
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E. Nesbit, John Oliver Hobbes, H. B
Marriott Watson, Herman K. Viel
Charles Belmont Davis, Clinton Scol
lard, Norman Duncan, Frederic Trevo
HI if, Charles Hanson Towne and Nix
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;r Very Old,
n Topsy-turveydom prevails in the
u Black Country, not only in the reeling
r- houses, but in the domesti: arrange-t
rneiits, for there the poetical idea,
0 "Women of the hearth/' has an inter)i
protatiou not contemplated by the
a poet,
it The "hearth" is the tiny, often dilapiy
dated home smith in which daughters,
i) wives, mothers and even grandmothers
5 toil from morn to eve, heating, hammering,
shaping and welding chain
links. Practically all the small chains
below three-eighths inch in thickness
are made by women, less than fifty
y men being employed on small sizes,
y whereas the women smiths number in
| the Cradley district alone at least a
{ thousand. It is a queer industry, for
the most part hidden in out-of-the-way
corners, the shops mixed up with prim}
itive and neglected outhouses. Unless
i the constant ring of the anvil aroused
his curiosity the unobservant visitor
might traverse the place all the day
i without suspecting the existence of
t this really enormous industry. Yet he
[ could hardly enter a court or alley I
. In any direction without stumbling
' upon a chain shop. In many of these
J six to eight women aud girls are emj
ployed?four or five is a common uum
her. In one yard alone, appropriately
r named "Anvil Yard," there must be
" forty or fifty people at work when the
I place is in full swing. In one shop a
> youth and a girl of fourteen to sixteen
, will be found benuing over separate
anvils and hammering away at heated
chain links, while a few yards away
grandfather and grandmother are
performing exactly similar operations,
as they have been at almost any time
during the last half century.
One couple, Joseph Parsons and his
wife, are both over seventy. The husband
has made chains continuously foi
sixty years. His chief trouble is thr.t
the prolonged use of the hammer has
so cramped and distorted his right
hand that lie can no longer wield it
as of old. It is a pathetic sight to see
the old lady, silvery-haired and her tall
figure already bowed with age, stoopI
ing over the anvil. The old man exI
plains that if he works a full week
' at nine hours a day he may possibly
~ '"-11 -I- >> +1,^ c,villi I
clear 12s. to ios. ~~vni:eu?t iut\
cinders used for heating, as he explains,
are dear, and half a crown a
' week has to be deducted under this
head. Mr. Parsons has several children
and grandchildren in the trade.
The old couple have now only them1
selves to maintain, and out of theii
] combined earnings can just pay the
i rent of their little cottage facing the
- smithy and buy enough food.?LondoD
1 Leader.
5
WORDS OF WISDOM.
)
There are no mechanical morals.
r The fast man makes the poorest
i speed.
> Submission is the secret of spiritual
f strength.
There are no necessary evils in a
) righteous world.
* Temperament will be a poor excuso
}' at the judgment.
j A light familiarity Is worse than a
dead formality.
' A life-line is better than a speaking'
trumpet any day.
There is no virtue where there is no
. possibility of vice.
Complaisance with sin is not comJ
passion for the sinner.
You can give men your love until
you take off your glove.
Heart-searching is a good cure foi
- the habit of censuring.
1 The things that give us greatest pain
are the ones most highly prized.
= Better the water without the well
2 than the well without the water.'
Barn's Horn.
'9 '
[. A Sure Remedy*
r Do unto others as they do unto you
.. might well be the heading of this true
1-1-> rn"-" nriA a finer nro tl"|p rhflr.
laic. AMU LUC 11 auu U. uvg uiv
- acters thereto. Man number one, being
unable to sleep for three entire
nights owing to the constant barking
f of the dog aforesaid, got up and are
rayed himself at 4 to the morning and
r hied him to his neighbor's front door,
j There he kept his thumb on the elecJ
trie bell until the dismayed servant appeared.
"I wish to see Mr. W."
? "Why, sure he's to bed at this hour,
sir."
"I'm sorry, but I must.see him now."
"He ain't going ter get up at this
" time ter see nobody."
"Well, I intend to stay here and ring
this bell until he does see me, and you
can go and tell him that."
? After an ominous interval Mr. W.
5 descended, almost speechless with
| wrath.
. "What do you mean by disturbing me
I in this manner? It's the most out
? rageous?"
; "Yes, that's what I think, and 1
, .simply called to warn you that as long
; as your dog keeps me awake every
nightj shall come and ring this bell,
for if I can't sleep you certainly shall
not. Good morning."?Public Ledger.
Things Grow Farthest North.
3toe interesting fact has lately come
" to'' the attention of the Government
scientists that the frog (the edible vari'
e.ty) attains its greatest and best development,
not, as one would imagine, in
the semi-tropical swamps of Florida
and Louisiana, but in far Northern
Canada, on the extreme northern limit
at which these reptiles are found. This
bears out an old and pretty safe rule
that both plants and animals attain
their.best development at the northernmost
point of their habitat. Thus
the diamond-back terrapin of the Chesapeake
brings nearly eight times the
price of the diamond-b. ckof Louisiana,
j and the best oranges are grown, not
? in tropical Cub", (people of the older
generation still remember the coarsegrained,
sourish Havana oranges), but
1 in* Northern Florida, where the trees
^ are frequently cut down by the hard
frosts and cold weather.?Washington
. Post.j
A Popular German Gener-1.
Count Von Haeseler, who has just !
resigned command of the Sixteenth
Army Corps, undoubtedly was the
most popular General in the German
Army. It was his ambition to see that
even-private soldiers carried out orders
B mifh intallifran/ic fin rmn norflsinn he
j| ?uu .m.n.evuvv.
ordered a cavalryman to ride to a bill
I a mile distant, where stood a solitary
> tree. When the soldier returned the
\ General asked what sort of a tree it |
> was. "I do not know," said thf; man, j
I dnwing a twig from his hoot, "but
) 1 brought this for your excellency."
I The soldier's i'orethouglit was reward |
? ed with a piec(? of gold.
I Provided With Natural Anchor.
| A peculiar water animal is the synapta,
which nature has provided with
j\ an anchor somewhat similar in shape
> to those used by ships. By means of
1 this the insect holds itself firmly; in any
desired spot. * r
Absorption
Beloved, In the still deeps of thine
eyes
Absorb my soul, that I may know no
more
The pain of separation! I Implore
Thyself to take me in, and solemnize
My union with thee in some mystic
wise.
I would no more be I, but would
explore,
As thee, thy soul's dim temple, and
adore
Therein, as thee, with secret sacrifice.
Oh, let me die to Self," and find rebirth
In some fair body as one soul with
thee!
There are no purposes in life for me,
But as thv complement: nor any
worth
In all the fame and splendor of the
earth?
Unless one perfect spirit we may be.
?Elsa Barker, in August Smart Set.
Lhasa, the sacred city of Tibet, is
built on Mount Potala near the mouth
of the river Indus. Tradition says it
had its beginnings in the seventh
century; but until recent years almost
nothing was known of the city and its
people," save that foreigners were rigidly
excluded from within its walls. To
Ushe Narzumof, a Kalmuk Pilgrim
who twice cleverly managed to elude
the vigilance of the guards, the world
Is indebted for pictures of this forbidden
city, and for much valuable information
concerning it. The story of
many futile efforts to accomplish similar
ends and of Ushe Narzumof's final
uuccess will be told in the August Century
by J. Deniker, member of the Soqjete
de Geographie, Paris. The illustrations
will be from photographs by
Narzumof.
"An Unwilling Guest," by William
Gordon-Perez, is the title of the novel
in Ainslee's for August. The author
has evidently had some experience
with South American revolutions, as
well as with the doings of the Newport
summer colony, for the local color
of the story is laid on by a master
hand, and the characters are drawn
with a similar fidelity to fact. The
story is dramatic and full of life without
being in the least sensational.
One feels no surprise at the hero's
popularity in Newport.
Darwinian.
First Monkey?It seems to be a
toss-up whether man is descended
from us.
Second Monkey?Yes, it's heads,
they win; tails, we win.?August
Smart Set.
PRICES TO SUIT.
Assistant?There is a woman in your
tudio who wishes to know what is
the price of your last picture.
Artist?Tell* her a hundred dolars.
Assistant?And she says she is a connoisseur.
Artist?Well, tell her a thousand.?
Philadelphia Record.
PITS permanently cured.No fits or nervousness
after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer.f Sttrial bottle andtreatisefree
Dr. B. H. Klike, Ltd., 9S1 Arch St., Phila.,Pa
No matter hotf ho*, ely she may be every
acirJ thinks she would make a beautiful
bride. ~ *
Use Allen's Foot-Fase.
It is the only cure for SwolleD, Smarting,
Tired, Aching,"Hot, Sweating Feet,Corns and
Prtnl.-ma a at fnr a Ufln 'B "Fnnt-FflSfi ft fiOwder
to be shaken into the shoes. Cures while you
ffalk. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c.
Don't accept any substitute. Sample sent
Free, Address, Allen 8. Olmsted, LeRoy, N.Y.
The swindler's version of it is "one touch
of nature makes the whole world skin."
Mrs.tVinslow's SoothiagSyrup for ohiidrei
teething,soften the gums, reduces inflammation,allays
pain,oures wind colic. 25c. abottle
Only children and fools tell the truth?
where a woman's age is concerned.
Piao's Cure for Consumption Is an infallible
medicine for coughs and oolds.?N. W.
Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17,1900.
Some men's idea of a friend is a fellow
*.hey can make use of.
~Hair Splits I
"I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor 3
for thirty years. It is elegant for W
a hair dressing and for keeping the I
hair from splitting at the ends.*'? |
I J. A. Gruenenfelder, Grantforfc, 111.
Hair-splitting splits
friendships. If the hairsplitting
is done on your
own head, it loses friends
for you, for every hair of
your head is a friend.
* Ayer's Hair Vigor in
advance will prevent the
spotting. If tne splitting
ha: begun, it will stop it.
$l.M ? bottle. All drofilsts.
If your drnggist cannot snpply yon,
. send as one dollar and we will express
I yon a bottle. Be sare and give the name
of yoor nearest express office. Address,
J. C. AYER CO., Lowell, Mass.
RipansTabulesare
the best dyspepsia
medicine ever made.
(-A. hundred millions
of them have been
sold in the United
year. Every Illness
arising from a disordered stomach is
relieved or cured by their use. So
common is it that diseases originate
from the stomach it may be safely as
sorted there is no condition of ill
health that will not be benefited or
cured by the occasional use of Ripans 1
Tabules. Physicians know them and
speak highly of them. All druggists
sell them. The five-cent package Is
enough for an ordinary occasion, and
the Family Bottle, sixty cents, contains
a household supply for a year. One
generally gives relief within twenty
minutes.
ATLANTA JJOLLEGE
Physicians and Surgeons
Finest laboratories in the South. Clinical
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Reasonable. Write for catalogue.
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v AFCO Female Pllla
/ X mak? WEAK WOMEN
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/ atlon f?r sexe9. AdV,
/ Afro Chemical
Company, P. 0. Box 57.1, Jacksonville, Fla.
?JJ-I.ady agents wanted in every town.'
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FOR TWENTY YEARS MAJOR
SUFFERED FROM ?
DANGEROUS KIDNEY DiSEASI
Pe-ru-na Creatine a Na'ionai Sensation
Of Chronic Ailments of the Kid
Major T. H. Mars, of the First Wisconsin
Cavalry Regiment, writes from 1425
Dunning street, Chicago, 111., the following
letter:
"For years I suffered with catanh
of the kUneys ton'racted in the
arnty. Medicine did not help me
any until a comrade who had been
helped by Peruna advised me to try
it. 1 b ught some at once, and soon
found blessid relief. 1 kept taking
it four months, and am now well
and strong and feel better than I
have done for the past twenty years,
thanks to Peruna. f,?T. H. Mars.
At the appearance of the first symptom
of kidney trouble Peruna should be taken.
This remedy strikes at once the very root
of the disease. It at once relieves the catarrhal
kidneys of the stagnant Wood, preventing
the escape of serum from the
blood. Peruna stimulates the kidnevs to
excrete from the blood the accumulating
poison, and thus prevents the convulsions
SYMPATHY.
Cecil (sentimentally)?Don't yon
feel gloomy when the sky is overcast
with gray, when the rhythmic rain I
sounds a dirge upon the roof, and the
landscape's beauties are hid by the
weeping mist?
Hazel (sweetly)?Yes. it's dreadfully
annoying. It does make one's hair
come out of curl so!?New York
Times.
SHOULD SAY, BUT DIDN'T.
He?I know your family doesn't
like me, but will you be my wife?
She?Well, I should say not!
He (taken aback)?Whew, that's
rather short.
She?I repeat, I should say not, but
a3 a girl in love doesn't always say
what she should, I'll say "yes."?Philadelphia
Press.
THE REAL TROUBLE.
"It's easy enough to make money,"
Bald Nuritch, with a self-satisfied air.
"That's so," replied the counterfeiter,
absent-mindedly; "the trouble is
to get it into circulation."?Philadelphia
Press.
Summer is a food tiae I
KIDNEY BUdder, and Urinary trouble*
they coaqoer tic most stubbo
Aching backs are eased. . ?=?
Hip, back, and loin pains
overcome. Swelling of the [fit
limbs and dropsy signs &ft
vanish. Mil
'They correct urine with 8MI
brick dust sediment, high Bfl?J
colored, pain in passing, y& J1**_?Lg
dribbling, frequency, bed Cm
wetting. Doan's Kidney Pills
remove calculi and gravel.
Relieve heart palpitation, NAMI???
sleeplessness, headache, p ?
nervousness, dizziness.
STATC
Mrs. James Beck of 314 Tor tree trial box.
West Whitesboro S t r e et. Forter-HUbam Co., Bat
Rome, N. Y., says: " I was | rpactjt ineuffldenC, wr
troubled with my kidnej*s for ; r>te sUpeight
or nine years; had I
up
iMCRSO^ (h (Jill
mm?
10 cents. u|
oiesmi ds
headaches,
4:_ ^
?
blood, wind on the stomach, bloated bowels, 1
pains after eating, liver trouble, sallow akin at
regularly you are sick. Constipation kills moi
starts chronic ailments and long years of suffe
CASCARETS today, for yon will never get w
right Take oar advice, start with Caecareti
money refunded. The genuine tablet stamp
booklet free. Address Sterling Remedy Cptnp
I to keep the stomach clean, brain
1 clear and liver active. It cools
/ the blood, cures heat eruptions,
I relieves constipation, aids di^es)
tion. Effervescent; Agreeable;
/ Reliable.
I Used by American Physicians
1 for nearly 6o years.
/ 50c. and Sl.OO.
V At Druggists or by mail from
/ The Tarrant Co., &? {?!?:
l Bcslneaa established 18M.
pr-Glva tha name of this paper when
writing to advertleers-<At. 3I,'03)
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I MARS
XT s Vil
-lilcures^catairh
|
neya simply because it cures catarrah whet*
If you do not derive prompt and Mttif* !?siHw|
factory results from the use of Penm*.
write at once to Dr. Hartman, gjving a full
statement of your case, and he wi3 be
pleased to give you his valuable advice t |
Address Dr. Hartman, President of The ' ;|S
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 0.: ' ; ?
Literary Notes from The Century C*'
For a sculptor of international repa
tation to lay aside the chisel that he k
may take up the brush and palette as
Frederick MacMonnles has done*
unusual enough to invest all his paint* ,
ings with interest. When Mr. Mao
Monnies made his first serious essay
in this nejv field two years ago, he
hibited anonymously at the Salon1,r'< W:
winning honors that quickly made'his
reputation as a painter scarcely inferior
to that gained as a sculptor. It
is Mr. MacMonnles' portrait, of M. ,
Gecrge Thelmar that the August Cen- "|S
tury has chosen to reproduce as ita
latest example of American portraitOne
of the most efficient system* of v
public works in history was that la - 4
which each householder was required
to care for the street before his- owhjdoor.
There can be no surer way
securing a general system of good 'IsjjsMI
roads than by having each municipality
provide good roads within its own
to treat Chronic Kidney.
MM****, ras: COMFORT.
cases. - '
much pain.in my hack; u
time went on I could hardly ^-.vjHfetSSE
endure it; I could not stand
tafiO except for a few momenta at
exha?wt?i; ffSg cotereo
ills, not stoop or bead my head
MTt. ached severely; I wasinrpoin >
ton. from mv head down to my
ttiuuaS^ ^5 wnte^J^J?*
" - neys ft was a heary. steady,
sickening ache; I could not
rest nights, and got
mornings weak and tired. I
11 thought I was about doos
for, when I saw Doan's Kid- x i .<& h 2egS|
neyPills-advertised. WitjriB
nun t^i<? coupon to a week after commencfeg,~ Vf-SSSB
ralo, N. Y. If above th?fr use I beganto Improve Vs^Sh '
ite address on sepa- a^d from time on rapidly fe.v^*
grew better. I used dwa'f-.^KaBflW
' boxes la all and was ctaed.fr
srvbus
Miralflfifl
adaches
CKLY CURED BY
twmm. itQ^
THE BOWELS ^
tl AtK
S, CATHARTIO ^
*, appendicitis, bflionsneas. bad breath, bad . J .
"oul month, headache, indigestion, pimples, ." id
dizziness. When your bowels dotTt mora "
ra people than all other diseases together. It - > -*?' v / ,-%*
ring. No matter what ails yon, Start taking
ell and star well until you get your bowela
i today under abaolnte guarantee to cqrs ? - r
?d CCC. Never aold in bulk. Sample and .>
jany^hicag^^fewYor}^^^^^5??^
~ i . * >
The Great Cast and West Line
sifiiii* :
KO TKOUBt* TO AN3VTJEU QUZ6TI0JTI..
miles Shortest Route Shrereport to ,, ?
tDailM. ~ Write for new book on Term W.-' E.
P. TURNER, Gen. Pass. Agt., Dallas, Texas. :-i,|
Dropsy 111
Removes all swelling in 8 to so \'rdays;
effects a permanent care
in 30 to todays. Trial treatment
given free. Not hinges a be fairer . x \Ji
write Dr. N. H. Dreea'a teas. . ? >Spaclalists,
Box B AttantaTtbt .
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