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Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1907 One Dollar a Yearjjl|
IN IDE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
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State News Boiled Down For Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
There was a $50,000 fire in Greenville
last Thursday night. A buildrncr
Imnwn as the Convers building,
occupied as stores and offices, was
burned.
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Suit has been instituted in Spartanburg
against the Southern for
killing Miss Delinda Hand, a school
teacher, at Duncans about three
months ago. The damages are fixed
at $50,000.
Governor Ansel has appointed Mr.
B. F. Arthur, of Union, on the commission
to wind up the affairs of the
State dispensary, to fill the place of
W. W. Simpson, of Woodruff, who
could not serve.
Governor Ansel has appointed
Avery Patton, of Greenville, on the
dispensary commission, to take the
place of N. C. Poe, who declined to
serve. The commission held a meeting
in Columbia yesterday.
Last Thursday the State Supreme
Court rendered a decision sustaining
the lower court in the case of Geo.
Hasty, of Gaffney, who killed two
theatrical men in that city a couple
of years ago. This means that
Hasty will have to serve his sentence
of life imprisonment.
"Bud" Mauldin, a cotton mill
operative of Clinton, was struck by
a train on the Columbia, Newbeny
T ' & Laurens Railroad near the city
J Emits of Laurens last Saturday and
killed. The man was sitting on the
end of a cross tie apparently asleep,
||. and he was hit before the train could
^ be stopped.
g Under the act providing for a
r commission of five men to wind up
the affairs of the State dispensary,
Governor Ansel last Monday appoint-'
ed the following: W. J. Murray,
\ v Columbia; C. K. Henderson, Aiken;
W. Wells Simpson, Woodruff; Nelson
C. Poe, Greenville; John McM
Sween, Timmonsville. All these are
successful business men of high
ip'! character. Messrs. Poe and Simpson
have declined to serve.
L.asx weeK vjovernor ausci, uh recommendation
of the board of par?
dons, commuted to life imprison*v--'
,v ment R. A. Adams, the Colleton
murderer, who has three times been
under sentence of death. Adams
killed Henry Jaques, a neighbor, in
v 1903. He was tried, convicted of
murder, and sentenced to death.
\ Whale awaiting execution he escaped
i" > from jail. After several. months he
was recaptured, and his case was
then appealed to the Supreme Court,
vr who decided against him. Governor
Heyward respited him a few days
';? before he went out of Office, and
t' now his sentence has been commuted
to' life imprisonment by Governor
^ Ansel. The judge and solicitor dell
ciined to recommend the pardon.
Fate of the Poor Dog.
Champ Clark relates the experience
of a western politician who was
HI making a house canvass some years
ago.
py - This politician had come to a proses,
v' perous looking farmhouse at a crossroad
when he observed a comely
^ j young woman standing at the gate.
V Pulling up his horse, the candidate
/ for the people's favor gracefully
lifted his hat in salute to the young
p woman and politely asked:
"No doubt, madam, your estimable
husband is at home?"
"Yes," responded the woman.
"Might I have the pleasure of seeV
ing him?'' suavely inquired the politi;
cian.
v "He's down in the pasture a-buryin'
the dog," came from the individual
at the gate.
"I am very sorry indeed to learn
of the death of your dog," came in
sympathizing tones from the candi"What
killed him?"
"He wore hisself out a-barkin' at
candidates," said the woman.?Rochester
Herald.
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The Abuse of Hedicine in the Nursery.
The only medicine that a mother
should give on her own responsibility
is castor oil, says Emelyn L. Coolidge.
M. D. If mothers and even many
physicians would learn that the little
ailments of babies and young children
may be successfully treated by
proper changes in the food and a
few external applications, the mortality
among infants would be greatly
reduced. The digestive organs of
young children are very delicate and
when once upset by medicine it is
difficult to set them right again.
All sick babies must of course have
the benefit of a reliable physican's
advice, and the sooner one is called
the better?but there are now, and
probably always will be, many mothers
so situated that they cannot
secure a good doctor for little nursery
ailments, and when such is the
case I am sure they will not regret
trying the methods advised above in
place of relying upon their own limited
experience, of dosing with remedies
suggested by well-meaning but
misguided friends.-The Delineator!
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MA J. JOHN BLACK EXCITED.
Pulled His Pistol -on Man by Whom
His Reputation Had Been Assailed.
In its Columbia correspondence
the Augusta Chronicle yesterday
published the following article:
"State Dispensary Director Black
made an attempt this afternoon to
shoot the blender, William P. Norfolk,
who came here recently from
Richmond, Va., while the latter was
standing in the board room.
"It seems that Mr. Black entered
the room and found Mr. Norfolk
there, whereupon the director asked
the blender what he was doing in the
board room, and told him in rather a
rough manner that he had no business
there, and ordered him out.
Mr. Norfolk replied that he had
come in to get his pay check, whereupon
Mr. Black ordered him to leave
immediately. Norfolk hesitated,
whereupon Black drew a revolver
from his pocket, and, it is said, made
toward Norfolk, ordering him again
to cet out of the room.
"Employes of the State dispensary
who were in the room, or within
hearing distance, interfered and prevented
further difficulty. Norfolk
finally consented to leave the room.
"It is stated that animosity exists
between the two men because of the
fact that Blender Norfolk gave evidence
before the special investigatingcommittee
a short time ago, in
which he said the whiskey brought
in Peoria by Mr. Black was not
worth more than one half or twothirds
what was paid for it. He
also answered some direct questions
as to rebates, and stated that he
would be glad to accept an equal
division between the worth of that
lot of whiskey and its price as a rebate.
"The affair tonight seems to be
closed, no arrests having been made,
nor any legal steps taken, so far as
can be learned."
Mr. Norfolk yesterday admitted
the correctness of this article. He
is a stranger in Columbia, and says
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Ulclli IUI uiai> lauuuuvyiuiw uiw auw<
that the matter had been given publicity.
He was unarmed.
Maj. Black, who is a man of vers
quick temper, was probably irritated
by the presence in the board room oi
the. blender. It will be recalled thai
he did this same thing last May,
when he stopped Hon.. J. Frasei
Lyon on the street in front of the
Columbia hotel. Mr. Lyon was unarmed
at the time, as he does no1
carry a pistol.
Since that time Maj. Black has
been under peace bond of $1,00(
given to Magistrate Robert Moorman.
Mr. Moorman since that time
has gone out of office, but declares
that the bond has never been cancelled.
It appears that the terms oi
the bond have been abrogated.
It is stated on good authority thai
a similar difficulty occurred a fev
days ago between Maj. Black anc
Mr. J. D. Davenport, president of 2
bank at Newberry. This affair oc
curred on a train.
The matter was brought to the at
tention of Attorney General Lyor
yesterday, and some action may be
taken in the matter, as under a peace
bond a person is not allowed to gc
armed or to make any breach of the
peace.?Columbia State.' ,
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Col. R. W. Simpson, of Pendleton,
president of the board of trustees oi
Clemson college, says he is going
to consult with attorneys with a viev
of bringing a suit against The Farir
and Factory, a newspaper published
at Seneca, because of an article
which appeared in that paper recent
ly criticising the management of the
college and some members of the
board of trustees personally.
Col. Simpson says the article con
tained some statements that were
absolutely untrue.
Col. Simpson says he does no
object to legitimate criticism of the
college or its management, but he
said he was getting tired of so man?
unjust and false statements beinf
published in the newspapers and he
was going to get the advice of attor
neysTo find out if he had any redresi
in the courts. Two
Children Drink Poison.
Anderson, Feb. 15.?Two child
ren, two and four years old respec
tively, of Mr. Albert Gaines, whe
lives near Anderson, innocently dranl
some arsenic yesterday morning. /
doctor was quickly summoned wh<
left here in an automobile and arriv
ed at Mr. Gaines' residence in II
minutes.
The younger child was in a dyinj
condition when she was given ai
antidote. The other child was in j
critical condition and after the doc
tor administered antidotes an im
provement was noted at once. Hat
the doctor arrived an hour later, i
is probable that the life of the smalle:
child would have been lost.
Mr. Gaines was in the city a fev
days ago and secured a vial contain
ing a solution of arsenic for a skii
eruption. When he got home h<
placed the vial on a shelf. The four
year-old child got in a chair ant
reached the bottle and divided th<
contents with her two-year-old sis
ter.
The grateful mr.n is a happy man
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COUNTiY NEWS LETTERS
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, February 18.?Last
week was an exceptionally quiet
week with us. One or two runaways
by some horses frightened by the
trains was about all the excitement
we had.
Mrs. Jacob Ehrhardt, Mrs. Frank
H. Copeland, Miss Florrie Hiers, and
Mr. Frank Hiers went to Savannah
last week, where they spent two
days visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kinard, and Mr.
, and Mrs. J. A. Chassereau returned
last week from their trip to Florida.
They all say South Carolina is good
, enough for them.
| Mr. David Dannelly came home
Sunday from Florida where he had
- been on business.
L Mr. Wm. Mitchum went on a busi.
ness trip to Charleston last week.
Miss Effie Jones, of the McLaurin
section, is spending some time with
. Mrs. Bertha Jones,
k Idle gossip is plentiful around
town. Seems as if there is a growing
. fad for such now. Idle hands is a
i great factor in such. Plenty work
; stops all such stuff. Jee.
Efarhardt News.
. Ehrhardt, February 18.?Mr. and
j Mrs. J. F. Loadholdt, of Jennys,
i spent last Sunday at the home of Mr.
[ J. F. Copeland.
; Messrs. Jesse and Clark Jones were
. in town last Tuesday.
Mrs. Jacob Ehrhardt and daughter,
i Mrs. F. H. Copeland, spent last week
in Savannah.
| Mrs. H. C. Kirkland, of Olar, spent
last Tuesday with her mother, Mrs.
[ W. E. Sease.
. There was a quilting party at Mr.
I G. B. Clayton's last Tuesday.
; Mr. J. M. BShop was in town last
. week, working for Mr. Henry Planer.
Mr. A. W. Kinard is doing some
r brick work for Mr. B. B. Bishop.
[ Mr. David Dannelly spent last
week in Florida, looking after his
saw mill interests there.
Mr. J. F. Kinard and Miss Lucia
Hiers were married last Sunday by
? Mr. G. B. Kinard.
! Mr. Monnie Bishop went to Bamt
berg last Tuesday.
Mr. Ransom Barnes and Miss
j Carrydell Hiers were married last
) Thursday.
A firm in Charleston has bought
? the bankrupt stock of Mr. R. Miller,
5 and the goods were shipped last
week.
Mrs. W. S. Clayton, of Wilmington,
N. C., is spending time at the
t home of Mr. C. R. Clayton,
r Mrs. G. L. Kinard and Miss Effie
I Jones left Monday for Atlanta to
i buy millinery goods. They will be
. gone about two weeks.
Mr. Frank Sease, of Ashton, spent
. last Sunday at Mr. G. L. Kinani's.
i Mrs. J. M. Dannelly has been sick
for the past week.
Lionel Clayton.
Rhrhardt Graded School.
Fitting School Notes.
Last week the boys held a meeting
for the purpose of taking some definite
steps along the baseball line. As
a result of this meeting an athletic
Lr association was formed to be known
\ as the Carlisle Fitting School Athletic
l Association. The objects of the as[
sociation are numerous: to increase
> the athletic spirit among the stu[
dents; to have a general oversight of
j matters of the athletic nature; to
^ have someone who will be responsible
" for all property of the Association,
etc. It seems that heretofore there
a has been no one to take care of those
things which are bought and placed
t for the use of the players, and consea
quently every year everything would
I have to be purchased new. Now the
officers wi" be personally responsible
r for everything; everything can be
i taken care of, accounted for and
~m nothing lost.
~ The officers of the association are:
R. H. Ott, president; Ernest Hiers,
vice-president, Richard Addison, secretary;
J. C. Guilds, manager of
the baseball team and treasurer of
- the association; John Huffman, cap
tain of baseball team.
> The grounds are being wprked on,
< the boys are showing much interest,
k i i x x ?x _ ?_ J i;xxi?
* | ana we nope to get out t* gwu utuc
> I team this year.
Prof. Hogan was visited by Mr. B.
3 J. Wells, of Laurens, last week. Mr.
Wells spoke to the students after
I chapel exercises Friday morning,
i We all enjoyed his talk,
i Many of the students are attend
ing the revival services at the Metho
dist church.
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t "Good gracious!" exclaimed the
r visitor: "hear those boys fighting
and yelling out there. Regular
f little hoodlums, aj-en't they?".
"I can't say," replied Mrs. Fam1
ley. "I'm rather nearsighted, yoi
2 know."
"But surely you can hear them.'1
1 "Oh, yes; but I can't tell whether
3 they're my children or the neigh
bors."?Philadelphia Press.
The door of hope has no lock, bolts
. i or bar'*.
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COUNTY AFFAIRS.
Appropriations Made tar Bamberg
County for This Year.
Below will be found so much of the
legislative suppy bill as applies to
Bamberg county, and it will be seen
from this that our legislative delegation
let the appropriations stand
about as usual, few if any changes
being made in salaries of county
officers:
For the county of Bamberg, for
ordinary purposes, three mills; for
Auditor, $267.00; for Treasurer,
$267.00; for Sheriff, $800.00, in lieu
of all costs and fees in criminal cases
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county within the county: provided,
that the said Sheriff shall receive
actual expenses and the sum of two
dollars per day for all work in criminal
cases and work for the county,
without the said county, and as
jailor, $150.00, the said sum to be in
lieu of all fees for keeping prisoners
in jail and attendance thereon. The
said Sheriff to receive actual cost for
the feeding and maintenance of the
prisoners in jail; for Coroner $100.00;
for Supervisor, $800.00? for
County Commissioners, $105.00 each,
payable monthly; for county physician,
$175.00, and he shall :be, and
hereby is, required to examine, with
some other physician, all parties
claimed to be lunatics, to conduct all
post mortem examinations and
attend on sick convicts and prisoners
of said county without extra compensation
therefor; $50.00 for county
attorney for legal advice and $100.00
for litigation, if so much be necessary;
for clerk of county board $300.00;
to the magistrate at Bamberg,
$275.00; at Denmark, $300.00; at
Olar, $125.00; at Ehrhardt, $110.00;
at Fishpond, $100.00; provided,
that the salaries of magistrates
shall be payable monthly, and that
they shall, before receiving payment
of any part of the said salary
o?i/1ka?/1o? fn fV>o nlnrlr r\f I
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the court a roster and report of all
criminal cases in which warrants
have been sworn out, the disposition
of the same, also showing the
amount of fines and costs collected
therein, and he shall further submit
to the Supervisor a receipt from the
Treasurer for all moneys as shown
by the said roster and report; and
the constables appointed by the said
magistrates shall receive as compensation
the following: The constable
at Bamberg, $225.00; for the constable
at Denmark, $200.00; at Olar,
$110.00; for constable at Ehrhardt,
$100.00; and the constable at Fishpond,
$100.00; payable monthly.
That the profits from the dispensary
accruing to the county shall go into
the general funds of the county to
be used for general., county purposes.
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Honor Roll Denmark School.
First grade?Weters Califf, Leon
Roton, David Sojourner, Joseph So
journer. x
Second grade?Philip Cox, Ghristabel
Mayfield, Virginia Hutto, Pauline
Ray, Aiinie Lee Tant, Kistur Warren.
Third grade?William Hallman,
Jesse Folk, Abram Hallman, Walker
Hartzog, Fitz Hugh Cox, Elizabeth
Brux, Earl Cain, Wolsey Kearse,
Marshall Gillam.
Fourth grade?Josephine Faust,
Virginia Faust, Shular Owens, Reynold
Wiggins, Lillie Hallman, Laurie
Gillam. ! 1
Fifth grade?Stanwix Mayfield,
George Hallman, Tindal Califf, Wildon
Cain, David Folk.
Sixth grade?Roy Tyler, Lois Ray,
Jennie Hallman.
Seventh grade?Olive Pearson,
Boyce Steadman, Ruth Seymour.
Eighth grade?Sadelle Guess, Azile
Nix, Ruby Guess, Marion Riley,
i Ninth grade?Alma Folk, Pansy
Smoak, Ruth Ray.
Tenth grade?Lottie Kearse, Elbert
Steadman, Donald Boozer.
Strange Story of a Dream.
A correspondent sends the London
Daily Mail the following anecdote,
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or, as ne cadis it, case 01 tuuugm
transference," which was told him
by an eminent engineer, whose name
we withhold:
This well known engineer had been
\ to Bulawayo on the occasion of the
! opening of the railway to that place.
A friend who accompanied him on
the occasion contracted enteric fever
and died on the homeward voyage.
Half an hour before he died his hair
turned perfectly white.
On arriving in England the engineer
went to break the news to tine
young man's sister. He found that
not only did the lady know of the
death of her brother but she knew
. the time and the circumstances of
' * ^an.
. me nair turning wiulc. mc engineer
was requested to break the
news to the father and mother as
; gently as possible, but to say nothf
ing of the hair turning white.
After a journey of 100 miles he
found that both father and mother,
- whom he saw separately, not only
i knew of the death of their son but
knew of his hair turning white at the
' time of his death.
Each had had a dream, a vivid
. dream, at the moment of the death
taking place, and each had kept his
and her own counsel qnd they had
; i not spoken to each other of the
dream.
THE DISTRICT IKEETIN6.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS WILL MEET
HERE NEXT TUESDAY.
Interesting Program Arranged?About
Fifty Delegates Will be in
Attendance.
The district meeting Knights of
Pythians will meet here next Tuesday.
The session will be called to
order in the opera house at 11:30 a.
m., at which time a public meeting
will be held, to which all are cordially
invited, especially the ladies. The!
meeting will be presided over by J.
E. Warnock, of Allendale, who is
district deputy grand chancellor.
The district comprises the lodges
at Bamberg, Denmark, Barnwell,
Blackville, Aiken, Williston, Spring
field, Graniteville, Allendale,- ana
other towns, and delegates from all
of these lodges will be present. These
delegates will be entertained in the
homes of Bamberg's people. The
program for the gathering will be
about as follows: Public meeting in
the opera house Tuesday morning at
11:30. Welcome addresses by Mayor
G. Moye Dickinson and Chancellor
Commander J. F. Carter, with responses
by District Deputy Warnock
and possibly others.
The secret meeting of the order
will be held that afternoon at 3:30 p.
m. in the lodge room of Bamberg
lodge.
In the opera house at 8:30 p. m.
there will be a public address by Dr.
J. H. Thornwell, grand keeper of
records and seal. There will also
likely be short addresses by other
grand officers. It is hoped to have
Grand Chancellor M. Rutledge
Rivers, of Charleston, present if
possible.
After these addresses a banquet
will be served the visiting brethren
at Johnson's Hotel.
The Grienauer Recital.
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rne recitai given vy i^ui vjx ienauer
and his wife at the opera
I house in this city last Thursday evening
was fairly well attended. This
was the second visit of the famous
'cello player to, Bamberg, and his
music was throughly enjoyed. However,
Mrs. Grienauer, who was advertised
as a vocalist from the royal
conservatory at Berlin, made a complete
failure, and the audience made
considerable sport at her expense.
The lady can't sing a little bit, she
has no voice, and it is hige time her
manager should take her off the
stage. No blame can attach to
the local committee who had the
entertainment in charge, for she
came highly recommended and her
husband is unquestionably an artist
and had delighted his audience on
the occasion of his former visit.
Governor Ansel's Staff.
Columbia, Feb. 15.?Governor
Ansel today announced the appointments
to his personal staff, as follows:
Quartermaster general, Col. W. F.
Stevenson, of Cheraw; judge advocate
general, Col. B. A. Morgan,
of Greenville; commissary general,
Col. R. P. Hamer, Jr., of Hamers;
chief of ordnance, Col. D. W. Danid,
of Clemson College; aides de camp,
with rank of colonel, W. W. Moore,
of Barnwell, Joseph G. Wardlaw, of
Yorkville, and D. 0. Herbert, of
Orangeburg; aides de camp with
rank of lieutenant colonel, D. A.
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Geer, ot tseiton; * r . a. j^vans, ox
Greenwood; Alvin Etheridge of Saluda;
W. W. Ball, of Charleston;
William Banks, of Columbia; Thomas
B. Butler, of Gaffney, and Sam T.
McCravey, of Spartanburg.
The number is in addition, of
course, to General J. C. Boyd, adjutant
and inspector general, and
Col. W. T. Brock, assistant adjutant
and inspector general.
Under the Dick law the new
colonels and lieutenant colonels have
to be appointed on the staff of a
Governor as prescribed for and for
that reason the staff of Governor
Ansel is not as numerous as the
staffs of the former governors, but
what is lacking in numbers is made
up in quality and soldierly fitness.
The gentlemen honored by his excellency
are among the most substantial
citizens of the State.
Negro Arrested.
A few days ago Ed. Robinson, a
negro, was arrested near here bj
Mr. A. Fischer, of Orangeburg, an
official of the United States government,
charged with robbing the post
office at Jamison some time ago.
Only a few weeks ago Robinson wa*
arrested on the charge of complicity
in the robbing of a store in Branchville
and he was bound over to court
on this charge. He was out on bond
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wnen arresteu xur uic pvacwmvc iwr
bery. He was carried to Orangeburg
and placed in jail.
What the evidence against Robinson
is we do not know, but we fee'
sure he is not guilty of either charge,
for he has notheen away from home,
His father lives on Mr. N. Z. Felder's
place just out of town, and Robinsor
has been at home all winter. It is
really astonishing what flimsy evidence
negroes are arrested on onlj
too often.
Men who fear death are those wh<
I are always looking backwards.
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH. ^||H
Foul Play Suspected as to the
of a White Infant at Union. ?<,. :J
Union, February 18.?An eight ;; If
months' old white baby was burned y :ffl
to death in the Union (Cotton Mill * |j
village, this city, early yesterday ^ ^
and an inqtiest was held on the same, ;:aj|
the result being that the coroner's
jury failed to agree and the matter .'^|SH
is again being investigated before thej|g S
coroner this afternoon. ;||j
Some suspicion of foul play is
tertained. The child's mother, sister
and young brother were the only tfgm
ones about the premises at the
nf thA nrvnirrenoe. The family namie3?$3waa
is Shuler and they have only been in
this community a few months. It
reported that the child's mother;^pa
offered a bribe to a woman lhring
close by her not to tell what * ;J|i
she knew of the circumstances, "vA*f3
This is apparently the ground upqti^
whichjjhe suspicion of foul play
Had a Long Root. vjfftffB
An Irishman, with one jaw very ;||3M
much swollen from a tooth that
wished to have pulled, entered
office of a Washington dentist, says ,
When the suffering Celt was put?!
into the chair and saw the gleamugM*%B
forceps approaching his face,
positively refused to open his mouthi.^;
Being a man of resource, the dentfefeyjjH
quietly instructed his assistant to.'|^H
push a pin into the patient's legt sd^j ^M
that when the Irishman opened, hiagl '^g|
mouth to yell the dentist could getv'MgH
at the refractory molar. "Wn
When all was over, the dehtisb^^raS
"ltdidn't l^urt as mucfc as youex-^^g
"Well, no," reluctantly admittddM^H
the patient. "But," he added, asheS-jlM
ran his hand over the place
which the assistant had inserted thg^wfaB
pin, "little did I think them ,iotSmiSKl
wint that far down!" '|:M
Walking along a road in the remb?{||9
west of Ireland, two tourists wereSaB
passing one of the cottages, or, I
they are better known in the cotth^W-IgH
try, cabins, of the peasantry.
particular cabin was even a in0f^^9|
thah usually dilapidated specimen of
its class, and the chimney, comfe^njl^^W
mainly of the remains of an old '$mK||9|
hat, presented a comical, if not^|^H
pathetic, appearance. .
Tipping his friend a wink, one otffigaH
the tourists accosted a youth whf-^^^9
was sitting contentedly on a fence/J: -^Bj
"I say, my boy," he said, "dcfe^^M
thatchimneydraw well?"
"Snure, thin, it does," was them^H
prompt reply. 4 4It draws the natio^^lls
o' iveiyfocdthat passes by?"?
Chrtv.Plve Thnuund Dollars for
^ Hours of Pleasure. "-^jM
"Mrs. Vanderbilt engaged 'Hie I
Wild Rose' company, playing at the ;jf
Knickerbocker Theater, in New
York, to give a single performance^ -Ja
on her lawn on an August night.
For this single item of the entertain^ :>3|1
ment she gave the management
check for seventeen hundred dol- ,^r$B
lars," writes Anna Steese Richard-^
son in Woman's Home fompanion
for March. "For the production she f^Jl
had erected a temporary
which gave employment to a* small
army of carpenters for a full week^|S|j8
and enough electricians to wire a/?SH
small Western city. The rough
board walls were hidden by vrafew'-ig
and gold bunting, draped with gSt?|||jP
wicker baskets filled with re$l rose$J| m
and the florist's bill alone was said to -^
be eight thousand dollars, and the .4-3
caterer's bill even more. The drive-rffjj|BI
way leading to the house from the ...
street was converted into a ICdway^B m
conducted without charge to gnegh?p
by fakirs from Coney Island.
"The first guests arrived shortly- ':M
\ before eleven o'clock; the stage jw??gag|jj
formance began at miamgnt;
! cotillion followed on the heels of S
; light opera, and just as the first cool M
white streak of dawn crept over the m
ocean, the guests and the player^Ji y
folks rose from their supper tables. -/M
During the interval forty-five thou- / *?
sand dollars had been expended in m
entertaining a hundred guests QikM'.j
more, and one thousand artisans and 'ifftv;
i players had been given employment
r Forty-five thousand dollars for five
i hours of pleasure?and Newport did >|S
not think it so remarkable, either." \M
"About the only men who learn &
> trade any more," says a Kansas
r paper, "are those who are sent to
the penitentiary. The country i* M
: being imposed upon more every year 3
I by men who have not mastered the
trade which they claim to under;
stand. As soon as a young man can 0
distinguish the difference between a 0fB
hand-saw and a jackplane he is a
I carpenter. If he can tell mortar 0
, from pancake batter he is a plaster- --aa
. er. If he can Dick a paint brush out
J of a pile where half of the bunch are >' %gS|
i. whisk brooms he hangs out his sign ^9
J as painter. If he can screw the fid ' Jig
- on a fruit jar so it won't leak he is a
The quicker you lift a fallen
) brother the less danger there is that ;>j|
he will drag you down to his level.