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\ ?If? Hantbrrg i[?ralii ESTABLISHED IN APRIL, 1891 A. W. KNIGHT. Editor. Rates?$1.00 per year; 50 cents for six months. Payable in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertiou, 50c. for each subsequent insertion Liberal contracts made for three, six, or twelve months. Want Notices one cent a word each insertion. Local t .fx Notices 8c. per line nrst wees, 5c. aiterf wards. Tributes of Respect, etc., must be paid for as regular advertising. Communications?News letters or on subjects rtf general interest will be gladly welcomed. Those of a personal nature will not \>e published unless paid for. Thursday, Dec. 5, 1907. Women Shuck Corn to Lift Church Debt. Sioux City, Ia., Nov. 26?Donning overalls and sweaters, society women of the town of Sutherland, la., near here, spent an entire day in the corn fields picking corn to raise a church debt. They received three cents per ' bushel, and nearly fifty women engaged in the task. The combined output for the day was 2,500 bushels, r. , getting the tidy sum of $75 for the day's work. Mrs. W. P. Davis, one of the most enthusiastic in the scheme, and who first proposed the idea, is the wife of the president of the Sutherland State bank; Mrs. A. J. Sieh is the wife of a prominent business man; Mrs. Rose Eraser's husband is a state representative; Miss Nellie Farley is the daughter of District Judge Farley, and the others are equally prominent. Motor cars were procured, and the women whirled away to the farm of R. W. Lee. They presented a picturesque appearance in their mannish costumes, but they did not come for show, but to work, and in an instant \ had raided the cornfield and fell to t work. The women labored rapidly, and the picking of several acres was accomplished in a few hours. By noon several wagon loads had been taken to the barn. Oppose Nude in Art. New York, Nov. 29.?According { to a special to The World from Trenton, N. J., the people of that town have become suddenly stricken with the idea that there is something wrong in the nude in art. As a result the visitors yesterday to the statuary rooms in the industrial school of art found each of the timeblackened nude casts adorned with a fresh, glaring white fig leaf. Many ridiculed the idea, but the directors of the institution say that they were only carrying out the v-: / wishes of the ministers and Sunday school workers of the city v and that time would discolor the additions to , the statues so that they would not f'. appear so prominent as they did yesterday. if \ Columbia Firm Selected. Messrs. Shand & Lafaye last WedPk; nesday were selected as architects Rg^;; for the new school building at Bamberg. There were 15 or 18 architects who submitted plans and the selection of this Columbia firm is quite a comv.; \ _ir x ~~i 1 2piimeiiL. A HIS 5CUUU1 uuuuin^ nm M- contain 10 rooms to be finished and |y equipped in the latest manner. There' will also be a large auditorium. This |'*f building will replace the one which H was burned recently. The cost will ^5 be about $15,000.?Columbia State. Died A Heroic Death. New York.?Death claimed Geo. A, Kneel in his home at No. 1575 Washington avenue, the Bronx, at S V the end of a battle which the old man ||| had fought with fire to save the lives > of his daughter and her two little 'fy children, who were penned in the SK kitchen by flames. Kneel dragged the mother and her j|; 'children into the front room, using ^ himself as a shield between them and r the fire. Then he put out the blaze. He staggered into the front room, smiled at his daughter and the child| v ' ren, and held forth his arms as if he wished to clasp them to him. As the daughter ran toward him the old . man fell to the floor and died of heart B disease. TT n A ne was c? ycoia uiu. How the Other Half Gives. "That sentiments of tender charity are innate among the poor can be seen from a case which presented itself among a group of little children at a school where we visited," writes Mrs. John Van Vorst in her Christmas article in Woman's Home Companion. "They were of the most destitute, this little class, but as regular as soldiers in attendance. After an unusual absence of two days, one of tjie small pupils, Mary by name, was closely questioned by the teacher on her return. Very reluctantly she responded that they had been without food at home and that she was ashamed to come hungry to school. "No comment was made before the other children. Nothing further was said. "The following morning a small procession filed before the teacher's desk?a procession of little people, tiny, poor, ignorant. Yet not one of them came empty handed. One brought an apple, one a piece of | cheese, one a roll, one a slice of meat. And each, as she put her meager offering down, whispered to the teacher: 'It's for Mary.' " ^ . There are people boasting about their treasures in heaven who could not get credit in their home town for a cake of soap. P w I Marian's Si was strong and frisky, with a glossy [ coat and bright eyes once more. The pony now became a "privileged character," a distinction that he seemed to enjoy. He was in mischief very often. He took special delight in walk ing under the clothesline, brushing his back with the newly washed clothes and making the washerwoman furious. Picking up a switch, she would rush after him, but he was wise enough to do his mischief only when his mistress was near enough for him to run to her for protection, and the washerwoman would retire, shaking her head and the switch and muttering dire threats of future punishments "when yer missis ain't nowheres around." His devotion to Marian was really remarkable, almost beyond belief, and he showed it in little ways too many to be mentioned. Whenever she came out of the house he would stop grazing to follow her about the yard or to stand by her, his head upon her shoulder and an expression of perfect content in his great dark eyes. Sometimes she would take a book into the garden and read, while Cricket grazed among the flowers. One fault Cricket had, a relic of his MARIAN FED I wild days, when he roamed with .the herd over the prairies and had to take care of himself?he was very quick with his hind feet and it needed very little provocation to make him kick. The stable boys were shy of saddling him, for each of them had felt the weight of his hoofs. And the blacksmith sent him home unshod, declaring he "wouldn't fool with a horse so quick with his hind feet" Fortunately his hoofs were tough and strong, and he never needed a shoe. One day Marian's mother was horrified at seeing her seated upon the ground at Cricket's hind legs, with a pair of shears in her hand and deliberately trimming the pony's fetlocks, which no one else had ever dared to touch. Cricket would turn his head iwm-n fiima fn Imo q nrl lav his Tins A nrv l&VUi IUUV VV VllMV uuw ?M|r ts?v wr on her arm as if to. reassure himself, but he never lifted his foot In the spring following Cricket's entrance into civilized life he happened to be in the pasture one day when a drove of Texas horses was passing along the road. He saw the horses and became wild with excitement Neighing loudly, he raced along by the fence to the end of the pasture; then, like a deer, he went easily over the five barred fence and in the big, broad road was free. The horses, startled by Cricket's sudden appearance among them, began to run. Among them, with his head up and his tail waving like a great black plume, was the pony, prancing, standing upright kicking and snorting, beside himself with excitement and rapidly imparting that excitement to the other horses until there was danger of a stampede, and the drovers were fast1 losing their tempers. The hostler and the stable boys went out to try to get the pony back, but coaxing and scolding alike were in vain. They were unable to get near him. In despair the hostler ran back to the house, calling for Miss Marian. Marian ran out into the road and cried: "Cricket come here! Come here to me!" The pony turned, looked at Marian, stood up, pawing the air for a second, raced once around the drove of horses, snorting loudly and then came on a full trot to where Marian was standing. Coming close to her side, he lowUAO/1 Koi? Oi?m TTTV*OHD Citru uio ucau ivi u&ui, wmw pat over his neck, and together they went through the gateway into the yard.?Chicago News. The United Family. Four pretty little sisters and a sturdy little brother Work and play the livelong day close to one another. One sister has a silver cap and one a hoop of gold. And they cuddle all together in a heap when they are cold. They never, never quarrel (perhaps because they're dumb), *niese pretty sister fingers and their little brother thumb. ?Tenth's Companion. lucy Pony, j LONG the dusty, level road a drove of Texas horses was M passing, tired, hungry looking. showing no interest in their surroundings and for a careless observer possessing in themselves no attrac tion sufficient to claim a second glance. No careless observer, however, was the dark haired, brown eyed little girl leaning against the front gate of one of the plantation homes and watching the horses as they passed. In the drove was a little mustang pony, in color deep bay, with black mane and tail. His quick step, erect head and bright eye showed the spirit that conquers weariness and that makes the mustang ponies invaluable to the people of the west. This pony had attracted the eye of the little girl at the gate. Marian Starke, and she looked longingly at the horses until they were out of sight; then with a sigh she turned and went back to her play, but the spirit with which she had begun the game was gone. Marian was only ten years old. Having no sisters, she played with the boys and surpassed them in their own games. In running she was swifter IIM HERSELF. \ than they. Not one of them could leap like her, and she could climb to the top of the tallest pecan tree, on branches that would scarcely bear her weight swaying with them in the breezes. Bnt above all other sports she loved horseback riding, and in this she excelled and was perfectly fearless. With saddle and bridle or without she was at home. She loved riding, and she loved the horses. They were her dearest friends. She went among them without fear, and not one had ever shown the slightest disposition to do her harm. Even Black Prince, her father's saddle horse, the terror of women and .children, was gentle with her. The night after the drove had passed her last thoughts were of the little bay pony, and in her dreams she was on his back racing over the fields or leading him about the yard or the garden. The next day was cold and clear. Th#? March winds were whistling around the plantation house, bringing down from the trees the dry leaver that had braved the storms of winter and sending them hurrying along, to the great delight of a crowd of little darkies who were already engaged In making switch brooms and were grinning at the prospect of making great heaps of the leaves in which they would bury each other. Colonel Starke, Marian's father, had a governess for his three children, Marian and her two brothers, and on this day when the lessons were over the two boys rushed off to join the sweepers, while Marian stood at a little distance watching them. While they were thus engaged a colored man from a neighboring plantation rode into the stable lot leading a little bay pony, the very one that had passed in the drove the day before. Marian's father had bought it for her. From that day the devotion between ? ? 1 juanan auu LriL^ei, iui mat ?o wo name she gave the pony, became a byword throughout the neighborhood. On the day after his arrival Cricket began to cough, the next day the cough was worse, and in a short time it proved to be a severe "attack of distemper. The season was unfavorable. An unusually cold and rainy March aggravated the disease, and in a few weeks Cricket was so ill that it was thautrhf ha rnnlfl not rpeftVAr. He WSS reduced almost to skin and bones and was so weak that he would often fall in attempting to walk. He could eat only the softest food, and his cough was really distressing. All the time that she could spare from her books Marian devoted to caring for him. She superintended the cooking of his mush and gruel and fed him herself. She pulled the tenderest grass for him, watched the weather and never allowed him to get wet or cold. At last Cricket began to grow better, and before spring was over be \ A REINCARNATED SOUL Burmese Baby Appears to Have Been a British Officer. Reincarnation, which is a fundamental doctrine of Buddhism, recently has presented two cases which are so extraordinary as to invite the interest of all foreigners. A reincarnation of human identity in human form, although changed in outward appearance, is called a "minza" and is usually an ordinary looking child. The "minzas" in the present cases are the children of humble Burmese parents. The souls they are said to possess are those of two British officers who died at the time the "minzas" were born. The story of one "minza" is related in the Rangoon Times. It furnishes a curious and interesting glimpse of a phase of Burmese belief. The story runs: "There is a little blue eyed, light haired boy here between three and four years old, the son of hardworking and matter of fact Burmese parents belonging to the laboring ciasses. who until recently prattled like any other child of that age. "The other day he astonished his mother by insisting that he was the late Major D. J. Welsh, border regiment come to life again. He went on to describe the house where he had previously lived, the number of ponies he had and other personal matters. ' "His mother was frightened and called in the neighbors, to whom the albino repeated his story, describing how he and two others, a woman and a man, were drowned in Meiktilla lake in a boating accident during a storm at night in March, 1904, when the three and only occupants of the boat perished. "That is the year in which Mrs. Meade, Lieutenant A. W. Quinlan and Major Welsh, the latter two of the border regiment, did lose their lives in this manner as a consequence of omitting to put down the centerboard of their sailing boat. Large crowds assemble daily to near tne nine cimum an speak. "Of coarse skeptics will say that it is a 'put up job.' The answer to this is that Burmese coolies are not given to romancing to such an extent. Several methods have been applied to test the genuineness of the child's utterances. Investigators are satisfied that he has not been tutored. "The parents, indeed, would have to be wide awake sharpers to succeed in foisting such a story upon the public through the instrumentality of a mere infant There is no evidence that they are not what they appear to be?simple minded folk." PROVED HIS CITIZENSHIP. Voter's Novel Filing Case For His Naturalization Papers. "Are you native born or were you naturalized?" asked the inspector of James McGarry, who was trying to qualify to vote next election from the Nineteenth election district of the - -? 1.1- XT/vrvr lwenry-secouu assemuiy uisuki, ?cn York city. Tm naturalized, sir," said McGarry, who came from Rathkeale, in the "i Was afraid I'd dose it, sib." county of Limerick, some years ago and now manicures horses In a livery stable. "What Is the date of your citizenship papers?" continued the inspector. "Don't know, sir, but I'll go and get 'em," said James. He left the place and returned in a few minutes. He bore on his broad back a door. The citizenship certificate was pasted on the back of the door. "I was afraid I'd lose it, sir," he explained. "Well, you didn't and you won't lose your vote either," declared the Inspector. Eskimos Turn Cannibal. Cannibalism has been resorted to by the Eskimos in the Ungava bay district and on the shores of Hudson u? cm-act. stra.it, accorcmig to uie ?c*. im.. u?,nart, an Anglican missionary to the Ungava bay Eskimos. The Rev. Mr. Stewart states that owing to the severely cold weather and the unusual scarcity of game many of the natives in remote regions have perished from starvation and exhaustion, and the survivors have been forced to cannibalism to sustain life. Recently the crew of a Newfoundland vessel which was In Ungava bay discovered thirty skeletons lying unburied on the beaches. It is supposed that these were the booes of some ef the victims of the famine. /1 . /v' ? _ . ; - f* [ LET'S GET TOGETHER j yV>. 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