The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, September 06, 1901, Image 7
IN THE HOSPITAL.
Ah, hf«r th« moinlrur o»er th<re.
The »u<i(lpn, bilter cry of p«inl
The Kmcll of drug* is in the sir,
bcaiii'ii shadow on the wail is plain.
And by the window, stooping down,
A nurse with Huffy locks anil brown
Locks in the eyes of one wtv. lies
Half propped in man) a snowy fold
And, blushing, holds a willing ear
Close to his eager lips to hear
A story that is ages old.
The doctor gravely shakes his head
Ami hends above an ashen face;
A widow, wailing for her dead.
Is led half fainting from the plaea.
And over there a jeweled hand
Is weakly raised to give command
And weakly falls, and through the halls
Death paces slowly, loath to leave.
While still the nurse beside the cot
Ben.!* lower, listening to what
Exultant Adam told to Eve.
D< aih stooped last night bel ind that screen
And smoothed a martyr’s veary brow
Where one with n>*w hope looks between
Soft pillows at her baby now,
And over there beside the door
Lies one whom pain shall reach no mors,
Who.'e work is done, who ere the sun
Goes down slutll soar or dumbly rest.
And she that blushing In-nt above
Yon cot goes dreaming dreams of love
To cross two hands upvn a breast.
—S. E. Kiser in Chicago Record-Herald.
:•> •>}-+■• • -HI* •* •H—5*
Why Tom Crowder |
| Re*enlisted «■ i
< • By JOHN H. RAFFERTY. ;
Six months of soldiering in the Phil
ippines had taken all the edge off Tom
Crowder's military ardor. In a year
the sight of a khaki uniform hurt his
eyes, and he began to realize that in all
the world no village was so fair to look
upon as Sugar Creek, Ills., the home
town where Crowder & Sons kept store
and where the event of enoh droning
day was "traintinie.” When two years
had almost passed, he began to dream
of swinging under the ehns in the old
front yard at home and wondered as he
nibbled at the everlasting bard tack how
many pitied cherry pies he could eat at
one sililug in the dining room at home.
Winn a young soldier’s mind begins
to dwell on ihe pies that mother used
to make, lie cannot flourish on sow
belly. Hill when he begins to decorate
his tent wall with the photographs of
Tillie and Sue and ".lie folks” lie’s lit
for nothing inn furloughs and sick
leave, and if there’s anything of the
•quitter about him lie's in iiuiniueni dan
ger of forgetting to answer roll call
some dark evening when the music qf
tie* sea beyond the jungle lures him
with false songs of home. Tom heard
the si;-, u voice all right, but he didn't
lure a little bit. II's term of enlistment
was almost at an end. and he sails-
lie 1 himself with blotting each di:!l dn\
^ off the calendar, writing doggerel verse
f about Tillie and making himself a nui
sance gene rally to his iniukie.
He used to swear roundly that he
m ant to ’ hike back" to Sugar Creek
as last as ohip and train could cany
him, and hoped by all that was holy
that once he was mu. tered out he’d
never see a soldier again, lie g.<t to
be the worst ’’knocker" in the com
pany. and he wrote so many letters
that his comrades began lo ask Inn.
why he didn't write a lew to himsel..
‘‘If you got such a good home and
swell people, why don’t some of ’em
write to youV" sneered his tent mute
one night. "You can't be very strong
with Tillie. or she’d write you at least
once a year.”
Now the latter question was u sore
one with Tom. because nobody wrote
to him except his mother, and her h t-
ters seldom reached him during the
ti'.al months of his campaigning in tin*
Interior. lie had quarreled with his
IwH’ot’ner so many times that no love
was lost between them, and his father
didn’t write for the good reason that
he didn't know how. As for Tillie, the
young soldier had no reason to expect
lett* rs I rom her. When he left home,
s’ e was only l(i. and his ‘'affair” with
her was oi tnc long distance, mooning,
mental sort peculiar uf hoys and girls
jus: out of high school. If Tom had
been perfectly fair in his intro: p vtion.
he mast have admitted that there was
nothing very tangible in his hopes with
regard to illie. lie told himself a
tin ’.sand times that she was "tin* on ■
g:;’h" and coddled himse! with t! e
belief that his fealty to her was little
abort of heroic, and that by s< me toys,
tcrions telepathic sympathy she must
by this time be pining away for Ins
return.
He wasn’t "In love” when he enlist
ed. hut he hud her picture and ids
in »tl:e:'s, ami by a natural pro'-ess of
longing for home lie dovehijicd quite a
fierce ami ycaming passion for Tillie.
A hundred limes he began a letVr to
her, but he never had Hie nerve to
Kind it. He cut h<T inili Is on trees,
fences and tent poles and wrote her
name a dozen tines on every scrap of
paper that he could tind. Me sang It.
spelled it and whistled it till Ids soul
was in a tine frenzy, and hi- knew by
heart tin* long speech of p-oposal that
he meant to whisper into her little pink
ear the tirst time he could get her
alone In the swing or on the narrow
scat of dad’s spring wagon.
So when Tom got back to Manila and
“ugnlar mails” lie was stirred by an
unreasoiia! lo hope that there would
be at least’one letter from T'dlie. Me
was disappointed, but not dishearten
ed, to tind nothing km three o!d m s-
sives from Ids mother, in which there
wtis not a word of his lean’s delight
an ! a volume of motherly advice uho
the care he should take of himself, the
things he si ouid cat ami drink, the
cot Mt'dcs he should avoid and the
prayers he should say. Her latest h*t.
ter was fllii of the ’’tiine lie \\ ,
g e him" when he got home, and !
f ' ’
arf-prise” that was In store for him
Of course that put new zest Into hit
“honing for home" and his hatred for
the army roue In proportion.
The whole town was at the station
when Tom swung off the train steps at
Sugar Creek. The Silver Cornet hand,
with old Bill Tomlinson, shako and nil.
at Its head, was standing on the plat
form playing “See, the Conquering
Hero Comes.” Great flags waved above
the dejiot, and yards of bunting stretch
ed clear across the street from Crow
der’s grocery store to the town hall.
Tom almost fell into the arms of his
mother. Even his brother Jim seemed
to have forgotten all differences and
hugged him. But, best of all, there
was Tillie, quite a woman now, pret
tier than ever, blushing furiously mid
holding his hand as she hail never held
it before and holding up her radiant
face to be kissed as often as he liked.
The small boys yelled “Hooray for Tom
Crowder!” old man Crowder shed tears
of joy, prominent citizens wearing
badges marked “Beceptlou” ushered
the hero into a carriage, and ns Tom
was whisked away to the mayor’s resi
dence for a brief carnival of speech
making and handshaking the baud
played “ThereTl Be a Hot Time In the
Old i own Tonight.”
But it all seemed too long to the re
turned hero. He felt very proud and
happy of course. He bowed to the
judge and shook hands with everybody
and tried to make a speech, buit all the
time his eyes were seeking Tillie, and
his heart was aching for another
chance to greet her. At last the guests
withdrew, and Tom and Jim and Mr.
and Mrs. Crowder and—wondrous luck
—Tillie all piled into the big carriage
and were driven up to the Crowder
home.
“And now, my son,” said the proud
old father, "now comes the grentest
surprise of all. Tillie, bring him out.”
And Tillie, all blushes, ran Into the
bedroom only to reappear In a moment
with a bundle of muslin and lace that
looked like a small bolster.
“Allow me, Tom, to Introduce you to
your nephew, Tom Crowder, the sec
ond."
Then they all laughed and clapped
their hands, except poor Tom and the
baby.
“Whose kid Is it?” asked Tom faintly
as his white face turned from the
child’s to Tillie’a.
"Why, it's Tillie’s,” laughed the
mother. “Tillie’s and Jim’s. They were
married a year ago, hut we thought
we’d keep the secret awhile.”
“We thought it’d make you home
sick, mcbhe,” said Jim.
“Do you want to hold him, Tom?”
whispered Tillie, holding out the baby.
“You’re his godfather, you know.”
Tom held his little namesake for
awhile, but he didn’t s >cm to know just
what to say. They laughed at him,
teased him and praise:! him till his
mother suggested that he looked worn
out and shoald go to bed.
Tom ro-eniistid !n.-.t week in spite of
the combined objections o'’ Jim, Tillie
and the old folks.
“No use kickin about It. dad,” be
said. "I got the fev *i’, and I can’t
sli. ke it. You don’t need me in tl.e
store, an I guess they ain’t more than
enough lo split ’tween two families.
I’ll gel along ai! right; but honest, dad.
I just couldn't live here* in Sugar Creek
another week. Ti !1 Tillie to write tc
me about the kid.”—Chicago Itecoid-
Ilerald.
A Story of Lincoln.
Muring .Mr. Lincoln's practice of his
profession of the law. long before hi*
was thought of for pr sident. lie was
attending the eir lit court, which met
at Uuomingtoii. Ills. The prosecuting
attorney, a lawyer by the name of
Lumen, was a man of great physical
strength, and took particular pleasure
In athletic spurts, and was so fond ol
wrestling that his power and experi
ence rendered inn; a formidable and
generally successful opponent.
One pleasant day in the fall Lamon
was wrestling near the courthouse
with some one who had challenged him
to a trial, and in the seullh* made u
large rent in the rear of his uumentinu-
ables. Before he had time lo make ajiv
change he was calk 1 into court to take
up a case. The evidence was Muiit... .1.
and Lamon g. t up to address the Jury,
and. having on a somewhat short coat,
his misfort une was rather apparent.
One of tin* lawyers, for a joke, start
ed a sul i riptlon paper, which was
passed ruin one member of tin* bar to
another as they sat by a long table
fronting the Lei., h, to buy a pair of
tn users for Lamon, "he being.” the
paper said, "a pi or 1 ut wortfiy young
mam" Several put down their names
with sonic ludicrous subscription, and
flna!!.v tii** i .per was laid by some om*
in 1 font of Mr. Liiuolii on a plea that
he was ong.v ed in writing at the time.
Me quietly glanced ov<*r the paper and
Innnediati'ly took up his pen and wrote
a!!<r ids name. "I can contribute noth
ing to tlie i ’l l in view."
HACK SAWS.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
And Sawa of Varlooa Other Serta
laed In Cuttlua Metnla.
No doubt the common idea of a saw
would be of an Implement used for
sawing wood, aud such is the chief
use to which saws are put: but there
are also many saws used for saw’ing
metals. The most commonly used of
these saws Is what Is called a hack
mw.
The hack saw Is built something like
a meat saw; that Is, the blade is held
between the bent down ends of a
frame, to one end of wdiich Is attached
the handle by which, in the ordinary
way. the saw Is plied. But the hack
saw Is smaller than the meat saw, with
a far more slender frame’, and a light,
slender blade.
There are various styles aud sizes of
hack saw frames, including extension
frames. In which can be used, accord
ing as the frame Is adjusted, saws of
different lengths; for the hack saw*
blade Is not riveted into its frame, but
adjusted there, and blades can be taken
out or put in at will.
The blades are very narrow and very
thin and very flue toothed; they are
made of a steel specially hardened for
the use. lu the manufacture of the
>lades the teeth are set and filed by
machines with greater accuracy than
thai work could be done by hand, and
at much less cost. Formerly many
hack saw blades were imported from
England; now there are very few Im
ported. The American blades are bet
ter and far cheaper. They are so inex
pensive that when worn dull ’hey are
not reflled; it is cheaper to use a new
blade.
The hack saw blades most commonly
used are made In various lengths rang
ing from <5 to 14 inches; perhaps there
an* sold more 18 inch blades than any
other. These saw blades are put up
In dozens, a dozen of them together
making only a slender little bundle.
The average price at retail Is about i>S
cents a dozen.
Hack saws are used in many trades.
A Jeweler would have some little hack
saws on his workbench: hack saws
are used by machinists, locksmiths,
stovenuikers. plumbers, brass workers,
foundry men; they are used In all
trades in which metals are worked,
and the carpenter, supposed to lie a
worker in wood alone, is likely to have
a hack saw in ids kit of tools. He may
want to saw ofl’ a bolt or something
of that sort, and for that matter hack
saws are sometimes used for sawing
in wood.
Mow long a hack saw will last de
pends. of course, very largely on how
much it is used, inn a hack saw with
which a seven inch steel shaft had
been cut off still remained sharp
enough for further use. Mack saws are
put to many uses on indoor and on out
door work.
There are now made for railroad com
sfruction and repair work portable rail
saws for sawing ofl’ rails, the old way
being to cut them ofl’ with chisel and
hammer. The rail Is clamped into the
frani" in which the saw is worked. Hie
saw being operated by hand power.
Portable rail saws of American inven
tion and manufacture are sold all ov»*r
tin* world.
Of power driven saws for metals
there are various kinds, these saws be
ing put to many uses. For some pur
poses hack saws are fitted up so that
tin y cun be power driven, lint the saws ! modern, economical and scientific
People Yon Know tind People You Don’t
Know.
Mr. T. R. Cox and family, have
moved to Yorkville to make their fu
ture borne. Mr. Cox will have charge
as superintendent of the Victor Oil
Mill. They 1« *»e many close friends
in our city who wish them a pleasant
and prosperous future in their new
home
() E Wilkins is in the northern
markets laying in his fall and winter
stock of goods. All who know Mr.
Wilkins know that he will Uy in a
good assortment.
John L. McCraw left Tuesday for
Bonham. Tex, John’s friends will
miss him and ait hope how soon bis
pleasing countenance may again
smile upon them.
J. N Cudd of Spurtunbure. spent
Sf-v-ral day- in the city last week on
business. He was uccotiapsoieci by
Ms two little children, J Jr and
Aleme.
J 8. Lavender and wife returned
to Gaffney Tuesday after a visit to
Shelby and other points in North
Carolina They are now away in
another section finishing up a two
we*-ks vacation granted the popular
dummy engine
Mrs Alie Carpenter and her grand
children, Misses M\rt!e at d Evelyn
Sarratt aud Muste s Ralph Sarratt
and E r Carpen er, returned yester
day from Thermal Ci’y where they
have been enj 'ving the cool mountain
breez * for s v r I weeks.
Mrs. R Ann War er.-i. from Mid
way, was s' opping in the city Tues
day.
Mrs. A. V. Montgomery is vi iti g
in Sparta* nrg.
Mr. and M ’* VV. C Carpenter left
Tuesday afternoon for Baltimore and
New York, where they go to select
the fall and winter stock for Carroll &
Carpenter. Little Miss Lucy Car
peoter is spending some time with
her aunt, Mrs. J N. Cudd, of Spsr-
tniibur,? while her papa and mama
are iti he orth.
Mr Je er Fowler and little son.
John, wno hav* bren spending several
days with the family of Mr. C L
Harraor near Limestone, retun ed to
their home ut Union yesterday.
Mr N W. H^rdm sp*-nt Wednes
day in the city on hu>*in*ss. H- r e
ports th ng- s improvirg on th'
other stdt vi th. Brotd.
A Novel Uixxl Kuadrt filett.
(.Charlotte Observer. |
A movement of great importance
has recently been started in the West
and will undoubtedly lead up to a de
inand for b*-fter mads. The econom
ical and scientific buildiug of roads
has been iiius’rated in that secHor.
b» me **’ a “good roads tn in ”
which ro gists of sev-ra! cars Io>«'id
*i h the 1:11* <t improved machim ry
f"*’ road-building and t* under the
charge of • Xpert road build* rs The
railroads have hith*-rto given ?r< e
f ra'*«porti.'io* to thi- train, and by
sending notifications ahea* J to t lie dif
ferent points where the t-xhihition
work was to b" done, have always bad
i .rgr' 1 gatherings of merchants, farm
ers and the general public t*o witness
the operations of grading, ditching
and general road construction on
commonly used with power arc cir
cular As to size, circular saws arc
ma !c for metals ranging from to CO
inches in diameter, and smli saws arc
variously tempered, some harder and
some softer, according to the use to
which they are to lie put. Sonic are
run at hiuli speed, some at low speed
Some are toothed and some are tooth
less. those last being called friction
saws. And there are cold saws and
hot saws, so called, tin* hot saws being
lined to saw metal which comes to the
saws red hot.
Such saws, in one form and another,
at** used in the various mills in which
iron and steel ate made
into shapes
ajtd iti bridge and architectural works
mid in machine shops and foundries;
tue.v are used for sawing off rails and
I methods. Arrangements are being
made by which rhis train will be
brought to Charleston and will the re
b-»shown in operation, and its appiar-
■inee at many p>dnrs throughout the
8 mth cou d doubtless be -eeured af-
f er : r s mission at the exposition
fulfilled. Mr. E. L. Tessier vice
president for South Carolina of the
National Good Roads Association, has
interested himself in the matter and
i* domrious of having th-se dem: ri -
Tritiums given through ut the Soti'h
mu ho’&K'Uld De aided by ihe citizens
who favor belter highways The peo
ple of some se items of North Mam
ina are even ut this s* »s >q con'ront-
«d with the problem of * getting to
town,” owing to the almost uni a-sa-
bl*‘ roads and they should coimnunj-
Jieums and liars and for many other cate with .Mr. Tessier. at Charleston
purposes. New York Sun.
Pretoria iir.it Thackeray.
Pretoria. ::s everybody knows. Is
mimed after i’retorius. one of the cele
brated Bner triumvirate of the past,
he was said to belong to the same
family as a Hr. Pretorius who in the
ea.I.*' years of the queen’s married life
was attached to the immediate service
of tin* prince consort and who in that h * v Albany. Bmd’or! Cotin r y. }’
"h and endeavor to secure h prac-
>ic«l demonstration of how to m.ilv*- «
go -d mud out of a trail, ai the ie>*st
xp< fisc.
■\ Certain Cure f*>r Dysentery anil Dlar-
rhoejt.
S *me ji nrs uj j 1 was one of a !
oar y that intend'd making «, lo- g ;
bicycle 'rip ” says K. L Tayler, of *
The Sense of Smell.
Experts in the mi;hr.faetitrc* of pei-
f’tmi*!' t \ say that tin* s* use of smell can
b<* dev* loped Ju t as acutely as the
sense of sight, hcar'.mr. taste and touch.
This would seem pa ndoxicnl. for it is
a well known fact that after smelling
live or six different pi rl'una s the uned
ucated nose so loses its power that til) 1-
it}’ to dis:.nga!sh odors i entirely lost.
'I his to a degree is true of the educated
nose, hut its fmwer lasts longer. An
expert i. ai !c by putting a drop or two
of perfi:t:.e * a hit of cotton to tell
what it is and Just what extracts enicr
into its composition.
capacity was prcseiu at all tin* func
tions of tin* court. Tin* Court Circular
of tin* time, after naming all the d!s-
tincuished personages present, invaria
bly concluding with tin* words "mid
I>’ - Prctorirs." At a banquet om* even
ing at which Thackeray was present,
alter the Past of the queen had been
received with musical honors, tin* nu-
I!.' " of "\ unity Fair” was overheard
quietly singing to himself tin* refrain:
'Fi'pny anil u'lonous
Long to reign over us
Li Preforms
Glut save t !io uneen
-Westminster Gazette.
To Pw-norve ?teat.
Meat of au.i uiml i ::.y be | reserved
in t''!:'.pci';;ium o'. SO to loo degrees
for a p Tiod of ten cays after it lias
been s* "Led in a swl lion of one pint of
salt dissolved m four m.ilons of cold
water .aiid ouc-huif *. ailon o a solution
< '■ bisulphide of c.ile,; ; i. By repeating
tills | Mil ess tl.e prf venation mriv lie
! W I'--’*.' • ' a - ;•
of gelatin or the white of an egg to
the salt and water.
The I'riile of Manhood.
The happiest time in a hoy's life is
the day that he dons his rirsi short
trousers Mrs IV sor’s bantam cock,
which imagined that the sun rose every
morning to hear him crow, could not
si;u! with more conscious pride than
db' tills llttie fellow aiul he felt the
iinpoiiauee incident to his tirst pair.
Finally, he stopped in front of his lit-
t!" s.sief a ml t| *1; v**ml himself of these
Indisputable facts
"S iter. \:.u can't never wear pants!
SLi r. you can't never have n mus-
taeL"! anil finally, a- a complete
clinehei. ".v; ter. you can’t never be a
in"!! nohow!"
>•*•'• • c With the ::i cf her f.;.
turo, “slater” burst Into an uncontrol-
ablo flood of tear.*—Memphis Sduitar.
' I vas taken suddenly with rli ir-
rho-a and was about to give un fb*-
j 'lit;, when E inor vY<trd. of Lao yvii -
i*-SMiig. r suggested tpsT { take a
iose of t.!fi itnocrlain *> Colic, Old *
ru and Diarrhu -a K ne ly. I pur-
1 ithatjed * (j e tie and to i v tw» doses
••ne bef-*r» starling and one on ih
mute. I made the irip sucecssfuilj
• ■!!'..I never r e!t an Mi effect Again
1 la-' summer I .vas almost completely
run down with an attack of d\ seo-
tery. I bought a bottle of this sjim
remedy aid ttii.- tune one (in-e ••or*'i
md” Sold by the Cherokee Drug
Company.
Guess what pretty girl .vent visP- |
ing the otfmr night with o Id «hoes on. |
* on Kuom WIihI You Are i MklMg.
VV tn-o >,iu iake Tasteless
t niil I*o,ic b*-* aii-r ih formula is
iflairil) printed on every b'*rtle -h w-
ng that it i< simply Iron and c M-
' *'•» ’ a asteiess form N * Cure
N a v. T>( > •
SHORT LOCAL ITEMS.
Loml It«a>« Too Mhort for m Hood Droapod
Togotbor.
Capt. J. T. Thackaton has moved
into the Dr Nesbitt house on Rut
ledge street.
Capt. Moses Wood has moved into
the house recently vacated by Post
master Folgep on Grenard street.
In a private letter from Mr. Clive
F.dger he says that h« has been offer
ed the agency at Durham, with an
advance of $10 per month, and that,
he will accept. Clive’s many friends
here will rej dee in his good fortune.
Jones J. Darby has paid Ambros
Phillips $80 the amount of his in-
Kurance on household goods destroy «-d
in the Knox fire some weeks ago.
The policy was carried in the North
British and Merceaotiie Insurance
Company, for which Mr. Darby is the
local agent.
Rev. Arch C. Cree is in Cowpeus
engaged in a series of meetings with
Rtv. J, D. Bailey. There will be no
services in the First Baptist church
on Sunday morning. Rev. Mr.
Hodges will preach in that enurch at
night. Services at 8 ;00 o’clock. Ail
are welcome.
A J. McCraw is in luck. He has
discovered a fine monazite mine on bis
place and has leased it to P M. W’hise-
nant, who is now engag-d in develop
ing it. Your ’ Uncle” Asbury is a
mighty good fellow and there are
few people in Cherokee who will
begrudge him bis good luck.
NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT.
Eczema
How It reddens the skin, itches, ooMt
dries and scales I
Some people call It tetter, milk Croat or
salt rheum.
The suffering from It Is sometime* bh-
tense; local applications are resorted tK—
they mitigate, but cannot cur^
It proceeds from humors inherited or ae*
quired and persists untli these have beam
removed.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
positively removes them, has radkxUJr
and permanently cured the worst cases, mkl
is without an equal for all cutanmc*
eruptions.
Hood's JTiLUarathe b*Mtcathartic. FriiM&aaafiL.
Chronic Constipation Cured.
The most important discovery of 1
recent years is the positive remedy'
for constipation. Cascarets Candy
Cathartic. Cure guaranteed. Geno
me tablets stamped C. C. C. Newer,
sold in bulk. Druggists, ioc. ^
Women as Well as Men.
Are Made Miserable by*
Kidney Trouble.
H■ v* ho
iiim-i 1
<ia ■ pr* another smut*
B VV Pors-'i K'iiini.'Ville IV
saya hi* suff* red flo veitr- with pile-
and could ibtrtU* le r-li-f unMI It-
.. A—. Vo i IT. v.»h w —
permanent euro. Counterfeits are
worthless. Cherokee Dure Co.
“World’s Leading Monologue Entertainer”
Will Appear at Limestone Audlto lum.
N xt Thursday evening the Gaffney
Lyceum course will be inaugurated
by the appearance Of Mr- Ralph
Bingham, at Limestone College Audi
torium. Mr. Bingham has been
classed by the Pniladelphia Times as
‘‘The World's leading monologi e
entertainer,” Of him and bis enter
tainment the Times says;
Rtlph Bingham—known to newis-
pup r print- throughout the country
as Ralph Bingham, th*- modern Pro-
uus, mohoLgist, humorist and
violinist, but known to many
tnuurands of friends in this city,
which is his home, as one of the
brightest and cleveresi young men who
r-ver titu ip mu-ic in th? l*Vkrt—wi 1 :
Sturt vD Mchday for h irip through’
tile South wbigh will occupy keviral
months. His versatility is" marvel
ous. He is a monologue pt rformer
in the strirt-fit sense of the term,
giving tor entire entertainment
ithout u-s etline from others; play
ing Die piano not with the touch of
a Pati* r« w.-Kt, hut with great skih ;
performing on the violin with a
natural ability that i$ magical; i-iig-
ing -i*'■ gi* with a vim ibat is infec
tious; imi atit g public sneakers with
olfivtr wit, and, ub.vc all, telling
num rous stories with a power of
graphic delineation that is little
short of genius.”
Detinii'K u t’rlntcr.
Miss Be:ilail idlenger. ihepopular
’lt d • ifi ient ;• acher at Thicketv, has
a chool of bright scholars. Amorg
the studies 'might are the defini i ns
of words. The children arc givt n
words to write upon the blackboard
am! then they are asked to give the
definitions Along with other words
given one day recently was the word
printer.” VV’nen a bright little
scholar was ask-d to define the word
to* rep! , nas, i'ne man who prints
I h** Ledger ” All of which wi;s
eminent 1} correct, ami yet it pro
voked some merriment among the
other schoiar**.
Then Mini Now.
We have Ik forr us a postal card
quo*ing prices of corn and Lav in
1881 The card was i-etit nut by
-imp-on, B -ss A ‘'o . commlssim.
merchants Richmond Vi . and is
oidressed to Messrs l-lfiie- ik Lwn
G If o e y. Tit is w *<* twenty yearsago.
t’orn is qu Med at 93 • per hu-hi-i in
rh- -ack while n**.v ir is eelli’g at
80’ Timothy hay is quoted a* $1 17
pT hundred while now it is -Himg
a; !L‘) ■ The card was handed us bj
Mr J I) G >U'iel"ck vviio discovered
it among -or»)» old paoers.
MaKiatrate HhillipH .Marries A Couple.
V 1 * itiii- , i\ • v* mi■ g at nt-r-> *ietn***
Vlagistrate Am Phi lips united n
itefo'v bond- of inatritnonv Mr
Will I) * vi- it'it L* ’« L*>ve. Tne c-r
eirtmiv >va- nerformed in the pr !i t?*
i f u few wrm-rsi*- The young couple
ire t'r *m r he Smith F >r i s ••tin;, a: :
•»r*- tniio! g the iv*1 thoiignt of y lit* „•
pi-opie of that neighkiornood Th*-
Ledger j their num *roUs friend-
in wi-hiog for them long life am-
pr i-perit\.
Aeknuw lei^enieut.
During tile !a-r t r*'" l-.-ll.s of The
I.- 'ger it was hand:capo*-d uy sics
i es? *»n the pir^ of the bustit* s- m t
ag-r ai d toi-rtl rep *r'er o it t*eci ;-
oi the kiodtieas of Mr I). A. Fhoma
it> reader- did not -utfer for lack o'
news Mr. Ftioina- o>0Ke*.i after th*
:*jf*al int-re-* f<*r :i- and q. i it so weii
thttf comment is e* tir*dv min- ees-ary
aiul ve make our .ii-k i'evien.'-m-ri'
f**i hi- ki do --
TIht** l« no lOunlly Medi* iin*-ofuior.il ly
know i s] ,u >-K'. t.:. ;. * "Vi rsixtv\eiira
i ,i .s L **(1 u e ! i,v Mi.-sjoiiai:# - m j..l - .ntn
of tit" v."• id. int o dy o * oiii.teia t 'l.e * ii-
in i i • ititiueti «•- on t .* ir h.irtil;*'-. hut for
th** ''itr*' o* all ill-*'. -*•- <>f th" iiowels, m <i .
f"i W Minis, luini-. lirili-es. ;»*' \'.oi<|
suhstitute-, ther* i- hut oi e I’.iiti Killer,
P**rry I»iimh’. I’ri* ** g.'M . und flOe.
Kidney trouble preys upon the mind.
courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor
. , . and cheerfulness sooa
disappear when the kid
neys are out of ovdar
or diseased.
Kidney trouble htar
become so prevalmk
that it is not uncommon
, for a child to be bom
^ afflicted with weak Mo
neys. If the child aria*-
ates too often, if
urine scalds the flesh or if, when the driHB
reaches an age when it should be able to
control the passage, it is yet afflicted wttfc-
bed-wetting. depend upon it. the cause ut
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the ffesT
step should be towafds the treatment off
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to a diseased condition of tfc*
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit al
most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mis
erable with kidney and bladder trouble; •
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is soMh
by druggists, in fifty-
cent and one dollar,
sizes. You may have a|
sample bottle by mail
free, also pamphlet tell- Home of Swaiap-iteoa
ing all about it, including many of tbs
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer
Si Co.. Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and
mention this paper.
• a
CANDY CATHARTIC ^ *»
lenume stamped C. C. C. Never sold in bulk.
Beware of the dealer who tries to sell
“something just as good.”
I . >0r
Tli< WorM’h Grcate-t FfV* r
.Inllll-utE- t uiii" *11 I - III ;i cl.<v wliilt okm
l.'uiuni" vimior *lo in t«n days. Its -ait niiid
tun.s m-c in .tril;li:j.* i-nntriist with tin- feebie
out' s nnuit* by i/uiniii".
If you un* utifi-ly vvri:t*'h* il. taki* a thor-
ouch "ours" of .loiin>on\ Toni" and ilriw*
out I'Vt iy triff* of Malarial poKonini!. The
m!m* insuio tlu*i*• lis'ivs and tin wlst r insure
thi-ir h*-altli by u-iiiL: .lohn-on's rhill ;dJ
f ** vi*r Torih*. It i-iisti ."•u v*t*nts if iti-urer;
n >t one ceiit if It hoes not.
iMOTHIRIiDDD
I Ik* greatost aitibitioii of Amer
ican men and women i* to have
homos bli*--".! wi*!) <'hi],! r n n tj,
woman afllictoil \v;ih foir.alo dis-
♦-a-i; i- Kon-t tittlv .'iitMi:n"*d with
hceoming : t childl -s wiff*. No
medicine can res:.ire dead or
gan.-. but Wine of C tt-d d
regulate ilerangetnents t.hat pre
vent conception; di„. s prevent
nii.-c ait!:,ge ; does t e-tore weak
functions am! -Iiatteicd nerves
and doe- bring o tines to homes
btirreii and de-olate fur veats.
I W ino of ( ardui gives wyuieti ihe
hc:i)t!i and ?!ren..:!t *(> ■ .-ar heal-
'hy chiitfren. You can get a
| dtdkr bo : • of Wine of Cerdoi
'n m your dealer.
.Wit
K* f C£.i
A.ar'-et Urtet.
M hid", T*'ti: ' pril It, t9*n.
In Frh.ii - . i.-I, T * ‘t on ct
-rV’T 'V ' l ;uid <"*<•’ PacWo of
niai.n i hlt"**n years and hud never
n ; ! ; 7 • <■ o.id until 11* i b Wi .<,
*m srdui. , <v J ammoLiorof aline
1 -l h '- ’’, rl r n -Marih -M, 1901.
I h" :).*.h" weighs fou. tm n pouiii's and I
| tml ; ..x - ,y p r^-Vcou! ! feeL
Ni'.i in., . <>me is ha[ ; i/ a.id I no r will
he witaout Wine < f iVidui In ne. ,9“
1 ’f aln - Mr*. J. VV. C. SA’tTH.
| l i,r "dTl.*** »n.1 ;u .im*.
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