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JUST ESCAPED HANGING.
Dr. Slutlri. Wlio I<■<! .Inhn Wl’.Uri
nootir* liroUcii I.r*.
MudJ wns a pliysiolan. n:al it ^ns to
Ills liouse that Hooth had ridden on tin*
ni^ht of his exeat crime. There his
broken leg had been set. and there he
had been secreted for one day. The
doctor was an educated man of refined
and dignitied manner. He had never
quite recovered from his surprise that
any one should find fault with him for
setting a broken bone for a stranger.
He always asserted that he did not
know Booth and was not aware at the
time that Booth bad committed a
crime. But Mudd had been an ardent
secessionist. He was accordingly sen
tenced to imprisonment for life.
It was a hard fate to be called upon
for professional services by a wounded
desi»erado and then narrowly Uiescape
hanging for it The trial and sentence
were a terrible blow, from which Mudd
uever recovered. He bad left a devoted
wife at his home in Maryland, and his
mental sufferings were so severe that
he seemed always on the verge of in
sanity. He bad at first been put to
work with a wheelbarrow; but, having
never done any manual labor, be was
rapidly failing under the combined
physical and mental strain. For this
reason 1 directed that he be transferred
to the prisoners’ hospital as nuts'*.
There he made himself exceedingly
useful, and there be might have re
mained bad not his homesickness In an
evil hour overcome his judgment While
a ship lay at the wharf he contrived to
get aboard and secrete himself in the
coal bunkers, lie was of course dis
covered, and then he learned what he
did not know l>efore, that no ship was
allowed to sail until It was ascertained
that every prisoner was in his place.
He was immediately placed in solitary
confinement, where he remained sever
al months.—McClure's Magazine.
WEBSTER AS A DRINKER.
PELLETS OF SNOW.
How They Fllna and Dklft la the
Adirondack Revlon.
On a good driftmaking day in the
Adirondacks the snow comes not In
the star shaped flakes that look so
pretty when portrayed on a page of the
dictionary, but in small pellets. These
pellets are in shape like tiny white
footballs usually, and they come roll
ing and tumbling down wind as if they
had been "kicked for fair" by the half-
hack gods of the gale. And yet while
they roll and tumble and hound they
tiud lodging places, and as the idler
gazes be sees them pile up in a wall on
the crest of the road cut Higher and
higher grows the pile, forming at first
a vertical wall, hut before this has
risen three Inches it is seen to overhang
the gulch.
Though round and easily rolled, these
pellets in some way fit to each other as
bricks would, until the overhang is per
haps a fifth aj great us the elevation of
the wall, and then, marvelous and 1m
possible as it would seem to the unac
customed observer, a lip forms on the
crest of the wall, and soon It begins to
droop and bang down. Wider and Ion
ger It grows, farther and farther it
droops, until Its shape Is precisely like
the lip formed on a huge wave when
It breaks on a shoal water beach. Lips
that are ten feet wide and hang down
three feet clear of all, though but six
or eight inches thick where they Join
the chin of the wall, are not uncom
mon. By what magic is it that these
frozen, oblong pellets that go bounding
along as merrily as footballs form Into
(kuch a shape as that? Of course if the
wtortii continues a time usually conies
when the lips break off because of their
great weight And then no new lip
forms to replace the lost one. The snow
merely drops over Into the lee of the
wall and gradually fills the cutting.—
Scribner’s.
The Rose.
At all times the rose has enjoyed pe
culiar favor as a sacred flower. Mo
hammedan tradition says that when
Saladin captured Jerusalem be refused
to enter the shrine of the temple which
had been converted into a church by
tbe Crusaders till tbe walls bud be^n
thoroughly cleansed and purified with
rosewater. A similar story is told of
tbe Cburcb of SL Sophia, at Constanti
nople. when transformed from a Chris
tian place of worship to a Moham
medan mosque. Tiie origin of tbe rose,
according to Moslem tradition, is that
tbe blood of the prophet sprang Into
new life in this glorious crimson flow
er. To this day when a Turk sees a
rose lying on tbe ground be will raise
it tenderly, kiss it reverently and de
posit tbe frail blossom in some place
• «f safety.
Bafcr’s Mam*.
"But why did you name your baby
after bia most disreputable ancestor?”
the surprised friend asked tbe proud
joung mother.
"Well, you see I expect him to !m
prove on tbe former bearer of tbe
name,. Indeed, be hardly can help it,
because tbe ancestor waa so very bad.
If I bad named him after tbe most dis
tinguished member of tbe family, he
■night not have lived up to tbe uutne.
•tables hardly ever do when they are
named for great personages, as I have
<often noticed.”—New York Press.
Pbralcallr, Not Meatolly.
Dick—You were born to be a writer.
Char Ha,
CbaMIe (bliishlrtglyl—Ab, you’ve seen
vonie of the things I’ve turned off.
I >l< N’o I was thinking what a
aplen^id eirr you have for curry lug a
pen. Itray Stories.
1 lie flrent Ornloi-N IJeen Pntntlons
Before Tivo I'amatm Sjieeelirs.
Daniel Wei stor was invited lo Rich
mond in the fifties. He accepted the in
vitation. came to Richmond and went
to the Exchange hotel, fie was invited
by the state legislature to address
them and the people of Richmond, and
a committee consisting of James Lyons
of Richmond and Robert E. Scott of
Fauquier, two of the most eminent
lawyers in the state, were sent down to
the hotel to escort him to the eapitol
building. They found Mr. Webster In
n state of Intoxication in such degree
that Mr. Lyon8 said to Mr. Scott: "This
man can’t make a speech. You must
take his place.” Mr. Scott replied. “No
man can take tbe place of Daniel Web
ster.”
After delay, during which Mr. Web
ster Improved a little, be was asked if
he would go to tbe eapitol. He replied.
Yes.”V With great difficulty Messrs.
Scott and Lyotfs supported and helped
him to tbe eapitol. When they reached
the rotunda near tbe Washington stat
ue, Mr. Lyons said, “Mr. Webster, do
you think you can speak?” “If you will
give me a drink of brandy, yes.”
A messenger was sent to a neighbor
ing hotel and a bottle of brandy
brought. Mr. Webster poured out suc
cessively two goblets full and drank
them off, straightened himself up,
shook himself as a lion might have
done, walked steadily and directly to
tiie position from which he spoke, on
the south porch of tbe eapitol, and in
the presence of an audience of 5,000
people, which consisted of the intellec
tuality and beauty of Richmond, male
and female, made bis celebrated Octo
ber speech, one of the greatest even of
bis life.
Edward Everett related that on the
day Webster replied to Hayne of South
Carolina be walked with him to the
capitol; that he seemed so badly pre
pared that he doubted him and feared
that he was not equal to the occasion:
that just before lie rose to speak he
drank a goblet of brandy and then
made his great speech in reply to
Hayne, which is an English classic.
Such was the effect of the beverage on
Webster.—Beverages.
THE GREAT POETS.
Do Not Stinly Tbem For Knowledgei
Read Thrin For Cnlture.
Young men and young women actual
ly go to college to take a course in
Shakespeare or Chaucer or Dante or
the Arthurian legends. The course be
comes a mere knowledge course. My
owu acquaintance with Milton was
through an exercise in grammar. We
parsed “Paradise Lost.” Much of the
current college study of Shakespeare
Is little better than parsing bim. The
class falls upon the text like bens
upon a hone in winter. No meaning
of phrase escapes them; every line
is literally picked to pieces. But of
tbe poet himself* of that which makes
him what be Is, bow much do they
get? Very little, 1 fear. They have
had Intellectual exercise and not an
emotional experience. They have add
ed to their knowledge, hut have not
taken a step in culture.
To dig iuto tbe roots and origins of
the great poets is like digging into the
roots of an oak or maple the better to
Increase your appreciation of the beau
ty of the tree. There stands the tree
in all Its summer glory. Will you real
ly know It any better after you have
laid bare every root and rootlet? There
stand Homer, Dante. Chaucer and
Shakespeare. Read them, give your
self to them, and master them if you
are man enough.
The jioets are not to be analyzed;
they are to be enjoyed; they are not to
be studied, but to be loved; they are
not for knowledge, but for culture—
to enhance our appreciation of life and
our mastery over its elements. All the
mere facts about a poet’s work are as
chaff as compared with tbe apprecia
tion of one fine line or fine sentence.
Why study a great poet at all after tbe
manner of the dissecting room? Why
not rather seek to make the acquaint
ance of bis living soul and to feel Its
power?—John Burroughs in Century.
WllltaM Shakespeare.
What point of morals, of manners, of
economy, of philosophy, of religion, of
taste, of the conduct of life, has he not
settled? What mystery has he not sig
nified bis knowledge of? What office
or function or district of man’s work
has he not remembered? What king
has he not taught state, as Talma
taught Napoleon? What maiden has
not found bim finer than her delicacy?
What lover has he not outloved? What
■age has be not outseen? What gen
tleman has be pot Instructed in the
rudeness of bis behavior?—Kaiph Wai*
do Emerson.
The Proaseters.
"Let os make tbe capital stock $1.
000,000.000,” said the first promoter.
“All right.” said the second, who was
preparing tbe prospectus on the type*
writer.
“Will it be bard to increase that cap*
ital?” asked tbe first
“No, indeed. All I hava to do is to
hit tbe *0’ key a few more times.”—
Baltimore American.
HEART STIMULANT.
Coltl A;i|illestlnn« Superior to Drafts
of Alcohol.
There Is a deep seate:! belief amount
ing almost to a superstition that alco
hol is a very important heart stimu
lant. especially when this organ is
weak. Winternitz. the great authority
on hydrotherapy, in Germany, has
often told us of the very great value
of cold as a heart stimulant or tonic
and that it is far superior to alcohol in
this respect. Dr. Kellogg gives tbe
method of application as follows:
“The application consists of a com
press applied to tbe portion of tbe
chest wall over tbe heart. This com
prises the space bounded by tbe second
rib above, the right border of tbe
sternum, a line falling a half inch to
tbe right of tbe nipple and the sixth
rib below. The compress should be
large enough to cover this space and
to extend at leas/ wo inches outside
of it. Ordinarily the best effects are
produced by employing water at a
temperature of about 60 degrees. The
compress should be wrung moderately
dry and should be very lightly covered.
It is desirable that cooling by slow
evaporation should be encouraged and
be continued for some time.”
Dr. Kellogg continues: “In Germany
and France it is tbe custom to adminis
ter alcohol to the patient just before
putting bim in a cold hath. Some prac
titioners. as Winternitz, administer but
a very small amount, a single mouthful
of wine, for Instance, while others
give brandy in considerable quantities.
A few American practitioners employ
brandy freely with the cold bath. Tbe
unwisdom of this practice will be ap
parent on due consideration of the fol
lowing facts:
“One purpose in administering tbe
cold bath is to secure a true stimulant
or tonic effect by arousing tbe vital
energies through excitation of the
nerve centers. Alcohol was once sup
posed to be capable of effecting this
and was used for this purpose Id ty
phoid fever and various other morbid
conditions accompanied by depression
of the vital forces. At the present
time, however, it Is well known, and
with practical unanimity admitted,
that alcohol is neither a tonic nor a
stimulant, but a narcotic; that It de
presses and does not excite; that It
lessens and does not increase the ac
tivity of the nerve centers, and that
this is true of small ns well as large
doses, as has been shown by tbe re
searches of careful investigators.”—
Health.
OLD TIMES IN TENNESSEE.
AVlii*n Pells Were us Plentiful a*
Pennies In tlio Sfnte.
Probably few people know that the
original name of the state of Tennes
see was Franklin or that in 1788 the
salaries of the officers of this common
wealth were paid in pelts, but the fol
lowing is a correct copy of the law:
“Be it enacted by the general assem
bly of the state of Franklin, and it is
hereby enacted by authority of the
same, that from and after the 1st day
of January, 1788, tbe salaries of this
commonwealth be as follows—to wit:
“His excellency tbe governor, per an
num, 100 deerskins.
“His honor the chief Justice, 500
deerskins.
“The secretary to his excellency tbe
governor, 500 raccoon skins.
“County clerk, 300 beaver skins.
“Clerk of the bouse of commons, 200
raccoon skins.
“Justice’s fee for serving a warrant,
one minkskin.”
At that time the state of Franklin
extended to the east bank of the Mis
sissippi river, and on the west bank
was that great unknown forest region
of Louisiana. It was then a “terra in
cognita,” save a few canoe landings
and Indian trading posts on tbe river
banks. It was known as the district
of Louisiana and in 1805 was made
the territory of Louisiana.
The state of Franklin, which be
came Tennessee in 1796, was almost
as little known. The now great city
of Memphis was a mere trading post
and was not laid out as a village until
1820.
Felts were as plentiful in those days
as pennies and much better distributed
for purposes of currency and barter.
Tbe pioneers were perhaps as happy
and as well contented as is tbe average
cltiaeu now.—Arkansas Gazette.
A RIVER OF LAND.
“Tin* capacity
filling up c?mn!
COOKING HINTS.
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.
Give the roots of trees a deep and
broad bed of soil to start and grow in.
In pruning the grape cut back to the
third bud, as it is usually tbe first - n-
tirely perfect bud produced.
When winds prevail from any direc
tion, as they usually do, lean the tree a
little In that direction when setting out
The essentials In making a good gar
den are rich soil, plenty of manure,
good seeds, timely labor and a fair sea
son.
Having tbe soil In a good tilth and
planting in straight rows will save
much labor in cultivating in tbe gar
den.
One of the best ways of getting rid of
moss and lichens adhering to the bark
of trees is an application of lime white
wash.
In taking trees from a nursery or for
est preserve all of tbe roots and fine
rootlets possible. Dig out instead of
pulling up tbe tree.
When the fruit or leaves of any plant
or tree are eaten by insects of any kind,
spraying in good season and sufficient
ly often is tbe safest and best remedy.
Gladiolus bulbs should be planted in
full sunshine, four or five Inches deep
and about one foot apart Good soli,
rather sandy, is best avoiding manure,
especially if fresh.
Don’t add lard, molasses or sngsr to
bread if you wish to keep well and be
wholesome.
Potatoes baked thoroughly, but not
allowed to turn dark, are tbe best to be
used for creamed potatoes.
If salad dressing curdles when being
mixed, add a little cold water, stir
quickly, and it will become quite
smooth.
If tea be ground like coffee or crush
ed immediately before boiling water is
poured upon it. It will yield nearly dou
ble the amount of its exhilarating qual
ities.
If a sliced onion and carrot are cook
ed with veal. It will be found that tbe
flavor of tbe rather tasteless meat is
much improved. Veal cutlets rely for
their flavor on the tomato sauce that
is usually served with them.
A delightful flavor Is sometimes giv
en to steak by placing it overnight in
a bath of oil and vinegar. In tbe morn
ing it Is wiped before the broiling, but
enough of tbe mixture has been ab
sorbed to give It a decided flavor.
If in making split pea soup a teacup
ful of whipped cream is put iu the
tureen Just as tbe soup is poured over,
the improvement in flavor of tbe soup
will lie noticeable. This puree has
sometimes a flat, even watery taste
that is not at all agreeable, which the
whipped cream entirely removes.
tlflleea and UPeeaeekers.
It rpqiiently happen^ tbai when .a
wian gt»l» an office he finds ft too small
for nih). jk they’re ail willing to
•quei-zv in.-Atlanta Constitution.
A Devoted Parent.
“Dawson Is one of the most devoted
fathers I ever knew.’< < • it t
“How ■O?” .**$*•*. *(.♦ Ml * ■ t
"He’s so proud of hla children. Why.
•ay. he often lies awake half the.nigh!
trying to think up clever things that h*
can credit them With saying/’—Cleve-
>. A X \ \ * « it»<.'» I
—A—
To tfco Point.
An incident which occurred while
Admiral Dewey was commanding tbe
Asiatic squadron and one which illus
trates his Independence is one known
as “the coni Incident”
It seems that his squadron was in
need of coal, but instead of writing to
tbe chief of tbe bureau of equipment
at the navy department be purchased a
large amount of coal without consult
ing tbe department.
Tiie following is tbe correspondence
betw een tbe admiral and Captain Brad
ford, tbe chief of tbe bureau of equip
ment. and la aelf explanatory:
Navy Department, Washington.
To Deway. Manila:
Why did you buy so much coal?
BRADFORD.
Flagship Olympia, Manila.
To Bradford, Chiaf Bureau Equipment,
Washington:
To burn. DEWET.
—Saturday Evening Poat
General Grant** Namesake.
A number of years ago a son was
bom to a eolored woman In tbe south,
and us he was her first she looked up
on him with pride and was much at a
loss to find a name for him. Relatives
and friends, including her mistress,
were appealed to; but. although many
names were suggested, all were dis
carded.
After many days of deliberation she
said one morning to her mistress: “Miss
Mary, I'ze found a name for my boy.
I’m going to name bim Delicious.”
“Why,” said the lady, “where did you
get that name?”
"Oh.” she cried. "I’m going to call
him that ’cause I want to name him
for Mr. Grant”
When it waa explained to her that
the great hero was named Blesses and
not Delicious, she was somewhat dis
turbed in mind, but Ulysses did not
please ber, so the hoy bad to begin life
burdened with the name Egbert Eu
gene.-Detroit Free Press.
land Plain •Dealer.
• • * ■
Ynclit racing is one of the chief dl-
•versions in ihe Ha walla u islands.
The JuvrnJI* IlM. fV . M ,
“Willie, do yon know *Wbat happen*
to the bud liftlb bbyHlf ^
“Sure.” •■-.I ,• t/r-j i
“What?”
“They have more fun than tbe good
little boys.”- Chicago Peat
'j
Tbe Wrvag •t lataleraNe*.
The Intolerant state of mind Is in
jurious both to tbe state and to tbe In
dividual. It goes with conceit and
deadly pride. Tbe strange thing Is
that men are apt to plume themselves
upon their intolerance. It la evident
that a man’s conduct and a nation’s
conduct should be tbe result of thought
and Judgment, but Intolerance stops
thought aud destroys Judgment.—Cen
tury.
Witt,'4 Ferpasei .V
“Wasn’t ^ there uu ungrammatical
sentence in one of your speeches?”
“Inhere Was,” answered Represeiitn
tlvf Hpsker. ■ *'l put It there on pur-
potwi You see, we’re plulp folks up to
i’tinhin C’oniera. and i don’t want my
conNtitueuts to think Lin getting proud
Just because I’ve come to oougreen.”—■
Washington Star.
William Wirt’s Reformation.
William Wirt, the great lawyer, at
torney general of the United States
and prosecutor of Aaron Burr when be
was tried for treason, was stupefied
sud made sensuous by liquor. At times
be lost all self control and self respect.
On one occasion while drunk be fell In
tbe atreeta of Richmond. While lying
there asleep Miss G.. tbe most beauti
ful woman in tbe city, to whom be was
betrothed, came along, saw him aud
placed ber handkerchief, on which wnt
ber name, over his face. He wakened,
saw the name, learned tbe incident,
and it reformed him.—Beverages.
Mis Bahama.
Filbert—Aren’t you afraid to be so
knowing about poker when your wife
Is around ?
Ktlty-Qulte tbe contrary. It la tbe
man wbo lughs tbq loudest over a
poker Joke vbo knows tbe least about
the game. My wife knows that, and it
la my cue to be tbe man wbo does tbe
loud laughter.—Boston Transcript
Privileges Limited.
k The Cook—Ah done rtnb’d dot man
Kuten de kitcheu. ma’am, fo’ stealin’
; fo’ sugah.
t : The Mistress—You did perfectly right,
Mary.
I'. The Cook—Yes’m. He ain’t got no
fight fo' to steal yo’ sugah. He ain’t
, Work In' heab.—Baltimore News.
After one woman hai convinced a
man'ibm she would die for him be be
gins t6 look vaguely around to see If
there are any more.—Atchison Globe.
r' e
1 lie only confers favors generously
1 wpo appears, when they are once con
fer: od. lo remember them no more.—
Johnson.
Anton!*!tIti;s Amount of Fn-fb Thnt
flow* Down Git* *<;! Xu ; .mlvpl.
< f Tiie Mississippi for
.•Kill old channels is
something awful.” says John Swain in
Ainsiee’s. “Government engineers have
found thnt the amount of solid matter
annually carried past Vicksburg in sus
pension is enough to make a block of
earth 300 feet high and a mile square.
Fifty feet off the top of this is spread
around on the valley between here and
the sea, and the rest goes out iuto the
gulf of Mexico to build up more conti
nent.
“Think what that means. Instead of
a river of water this is a river of land.
It would make a solid stream of earth
five feet deep and nine feet wide, flow
ing night and day as fast as a man can
walk, four miles an hour, all sliding
down off the northern half of the coun
try toward the sea. Year in, year out,
that endless line of earth goes on. It
would take a force of more than 50,000
men working in eight hour shifts to
throw the dirt into the stream, suppos
ing the river bed were rigid and an In
exhaustible supply of dirt on tbe bank.
It would make 25.0u0,000 wagon loads
every year.
“But here—what are tbe use of such
figures? Below Vicksburg—and above
it, too, to an extent—we have the earth
Itself to speak for it Except for the
occasional fragments of tbe line of
bluffs along the eastern edge below
here which bob up at Fort Adams, at
Natchez, at Grand Gulf, at Baton
Rouge, at Port Hudson, there is noth
ing about the level of tbe high water
river except the artificial levees. These
are in places miles back, great earthen
banks, sometimes thirty feet high or
more, sodded and free from trees,
which protect the wonderfully fertile
region behind them.
“And all this level country which
the river overflows and fertilizes is
constantly increased by this river of
dirt which tbe Mississippi lyings down
from the inner region, gatln-rad all the
way from the Rockies to Lie Allegha-
nies. Sometimes the river starts to eat
awby this land that it has made. In a
single summer, if it will, it eats away
half a mile of it out of some bend, it
cuts it out sometimes au acre at a
bite and takes with it forests, houses,
levees and all else.
* “The river 'a not a uniformly moving
stream. One side or the middle moves
swiftly; the other parts are still or
sluggish. Sometimes even these run
up stream. The swift part is the chan
nel current and runs in the deepest sec
tions. It makes crossings whenever
driven off shore by a promontory.
These crossings are dumping places
for the surplus earth the river has
picked up in the beud it is eating.”
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One of Field's Crssy Jokes.
In his biography of Eugene Field
Slason Thompson says that shortly aft
er the humorist’s arrival in Chicago it
occurred to him one bleak day in De
cember that it was time the people
knew there was a stranger in town.
So he arrayed himself in a loug linen
duster, buttoned up from knees to col
lar, put an old straw hat on his bead
and, taking a shabby book under one
arm and u palf leaf fan in bis hand, he
marched all the way down Clark street,
past the city hail, to the office. Every
where along tiie route he was greeted
with Jeers or pitying words, as his ap
pearance excited the mirth or commis
eration of tbe passersby.
When he reached the entrance to The
Daily News office, he was followed by
a motley crowd of noisy urchins, whom
he dismissed with a grimace and the
cabalistic gesture with which Nicholas
Kooran perplexed and repulsed An
tony van Corlear from the battlement
of tiie fortress on Rensselaersteiu.
Then, closing the door in their aston
ished faces, he mounted the two flights
of stairs to tbe editorial rooms, where
he recounted, with the glee of the bov
be was in such things, the success of
bia joke.
Praise of Work Well Doe*.
Perhaps there is nothing else so
productive of cheerful, helpful service
as the expression of approval or praise
of work w’ell done, and yet there is
nothing so grudgingly, so meagerly
given by employers. Many of them
seem to think that commendation is
demoralizing and that the voicing of
appreciation will lead to listlessness
and the withdrawal of energy and; in
terest. This evinces but a poor knowl*
edge of human nature, which is- al
ways hungering for approbation, But
how mistaken such views are is shown
by tbe loyal and unstinted service giv
en to those large minded men who.
treat their employees as members of a
family committed to their care.—Suc
cess.
Her Coasolatlom.
At a confirmation at Strassburg the
bishop asked of a pretty soubrette the
usual question of the Heidelberg cate
chism:
“What is your only consolation In
life and death?"
Tbe neophyte blushed and hesitated.
The first question waa repeated, and
then she stammered out:
“The young shoemaker in the neat
street”—London Tit-Bits.
Wise at Last.
Stocksoo Bonds—Poor Lambleyt He
nev^r:COUId get on, tbe right side of the
market.
Cutter: Kewpons—Oh. but be has
been for the Inst three months or so.
8took*mu Ufiude—ReaJly? What—
CpUeu Kewtyoua-The outside. He’s
quit—J'kllndelptila Prese.
pAuu ilAVANA. Filler
TL 0R0D ORA “BANDS are
of same value as tags from
'STAR: 'DRUMMOND'Natumi Leaf.
GOOD LUCK' OLD PEACH & HONEY'
'RAZOR'and 'E RICE GREENVILLE'
Tobacco,
A mil)
Aidlna Iks Usslksa.
“Brotbei Highmore, are you icdntrlb-1
uting nwthi ;w for the liMiufit of' the
hunthen thla yearVi’.i i t :* n * i > ■ * i
TYee. sir. I am having my washing
done at a Chinese laundry."—Chicago
Tribune.
We believe thoroughly in
advertising. To prove it
we aie going to use this
space for our own pur
poses. We have advertis
ing space to sell, and we
know it will, pay a good
return upon the price we
charge for it if it is prop
erly used. Out paper goes
into the best homes in this
community; It has been
going week after week and
year after year until each
issue is welcomed as an old
friend of the family.
The news it brings is
news of neighbors, of per
sonal affairs in which all
have more os-less of a com
mon interest. If one of our
readers called upon you, a
merchant, you would do
the best you could to con
vince him that what you
had for sale was the best
he could buy. You would
show him the new things
you had got in recently.
You would tell him why
he should have them and
why they were better than
he could prbeure elsewhere.
You probably would make
a sale.
Your effort, however, would be con
fined te one person.
You could tell die same
story just as effectively fo, r
every reader of this paper
in each issue.
You do not believe it
;would; havft [the lame ef- ;
feet?
I.. ( | f , -I
If yfiu told fire story * ; ‘
in the came way it w<fu]<L
We ere ready*’Ol I * Q H . I i H
to do our part to prove it Do yoa
cere to try it?
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