Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SONG OF THE STAPS. tben the daylight fades in the evening sLades Aud the blue melts in the gray, We pitohour tents in the P-ruaments To guard the muky way. And we gather the broken sunbeams up That the day has lef t in its patb. t[ kindle and build the glow, and ZZI What our sparsling camp tires Lath. With fond caresses we jewel the tresses of the moon as she mounts the skiod; Lad the Heavens vs sprinkle with many I twinkle That leaps from our sparkling eyes. B2r when the storm cloud roUs his car In thunder across the sky, And the lightning dashes in fitful flashes We hide. t11 the storm goes by. The sun is our master, and no disaster Can come to his night of rest; For with constant eyes on the dim horizon We guard the East and tho West. We sometimes und where the comet hides, And we frighten him out of his laar. Tilte speeds through the night like a fox ir his fight. To his home in the great nowhere. We sometimes pause in our journey because We see ourselves in the glass Of the silent lakes or the sea that takes Our picture as we paos But when the daylight quivers and breaks, And the gray melts into the blue. The tears we shed o'er our fallen dead Are found in the morning dow. STORY OF A VALISE Returning from New Yorik City by the E- Rail oad a few years ago, I bought of the trainboy a copy of a Cincinnati paper, in which I read a long account of the robbery of the city National Bank of L-, KY., and the sudden disappearance of it: teller, Harry W. Swope. As usual in such cases, he had been a trusted em ploye, a member of the church and a society young man. The robbery was a particularly cool one, the gentle man having quietly slipped $90,000 in notes into a valise on the pre vious Saturday afternoon after bank hours and walked out into the cold world. That was the last seen of him, and it was not until after the bank opened on Monday morning that anyone suspected anything wrong. The affair created an immense sensa tion, "society" was shocked, the church scandalized and the bank dU rectors furious. The newspapers printed lo:lg stories of the Dr. Jekyll arfd-Mr. Hyde sort of existence the young man had led for a number of years, and numerous friends of the "lately departed" knowingly shoo' their beads as they told the reporters that they knew something like that was sure to happen soon. This sensation so inwarested me that when I reached Cincinnati 1 scarcely realized the express was, as usual, an hour behind time and had failed to make coLLnection with the train to L-. I should therefore be compelled to take the last train going west that night, which would cause me to stop over night in a one horse town in Indiana that did not contain a single comfortable notel. 1 knew Mr. Swope by sight, having zome in contact with him on a num ber of occasions while doing business with the bank of which he was teller. The L- napers I bought in the Union Depot gave further details of the affair, and contained also the an nouncement that the bank directors had offered a reward of $1,000 for Swope's capture and 10 per eent. of the cash returned, which would make a total of $i0,000 if the rascal was caught before he got rid of his booty. After eating an unsatisfactory iunch I t~ok a seat in the general waiting-room of the depot and rue fully awaited my train. As I did so 1 noticed a young man approach my seat, and, placing his valise on the floor alongside my own, to which it bore a resemblance, sit down while he looked cautiously around at the clock on the wall and then at the ot~aials moving about. How long he sat beside me I don't remember, but after a time he slowly arose and walked over to the tele graph ottice at the farther end of the room. Before he esme back a strong lunged individual in uniform stepped up to me and bawled out the names of the towns to which the train about to start was bound for. Hur riedly picking up my valise. I made straight for the gate and was soon aboard my train for the West. The journey was made with the aisual dIscomfort and monotony. The depot at N- Y--, Ind., where I had to stop over from 10 p. mn. till 5 the next morning had been rebuilt since my last visit to that town, and. remembering too well my hotel ex perience there a year before, 1 re solved to spend the night in the depot waiting-room with a few othber passengers who shared my misfortune. All that night the face of the itranger who had occupied a seat be side me in the Cincinnati depot haunted me. There was something about him that reminded me of Tel ler Swope. He was just his size and build; his mustache, to be sure, was wantmng, but that he could have shaved off this appendage was to be considered a matter of course. The gold spectacles he wore very much resembled tnose I had associated with the face of the intellectual looking teller, and I had observed on his fingers a number of rings, jewelry that Mir. Swope was said to be very partial to. As I turned the matter over in my mind the more convinced 3 felt that 1 had lost a splendid chance of capturing the thief and se curing a $10, 000 r eward. When 5 o'clock at last came round I boarded' the train for L-, not in the best of humor, and two hours later arrived at home feeling very blue. After taking a slignt break fast I went down to the omice, where the big robbery was still the talk o'tf the clerks. Each of them had a theory of his own as to where the thief had gone, and when they ap pealed to me for my opinion 1 dole. lully recounted my experiences of the prev iouevenl ing. Of course they unan imously agreed with me that I had very toolishly allowed the fugitive t.el;er to siip out of my fingers. .ust before uriing out to lunch n mnostner boy langulidly entered the oi~ce andi handed me a note from my wiret. Tink.:ug it was the usual tommirission to get a yard or two oi 'Touds like the sample inclosed," I thr ust it into iny pocket and started .ult to dinner. I had not gone far (oerore I i uaenly stopped arnd took o'.t the envelope the boy had given Iue, opened it and readl it. At first 1 could not understand wIh rt it a I m~':mit: then I turnecd it ovcr and went Iihrough i again. :t read as fol lows: "j):. Grorn:-Como home at onc". In opening your valise to get your soiled laeno send it to the laundry I discovered mean? Is anything Wrong? Come bom, at once." My first thought was to hasten ni me. but upon reflection I resolved! t step around to the bank and ac quaint the o.*.ciais there of my dis covery. 1 found the President of the bank in his private otice, engaged with several lynx-eyed individuals whom I suspected froru their appear ance to be, as it turned out they were, detectives. When I was granted an lnterview, And explained my discovery it created, very naturally, a sensation. At first the old gentleman was inclined to re vard rue as a crank. but when 1 asked him to allow a cieri to accompany me home he seemed to be satistied I was in earnest. Ile consented to my proposal, but after a moment's thought he said an escort was un necessary, thinking, doubtless, that the handsoue reward would be a suf ficient inducement to ir..ure the safe delivery of the preci )us va~ise. As I left the lank and turned up the street in the direction of home I was joined by a young man who came running out of the bank after me, hat in hand. He said "Lhe old man" had reconsidered the matter and sent him to accompany me back with the money. This seemed to me to be quite satisfactory, and as the fellow was a very genial young man owe im. mediately fell intodiscussing the rob bery of his bank. le congratulaled me on mv good fortune, and know ingly hinted , that "the old gentle man" would treat me cleverly in the way of reward. I said this young man was a very genial fellow, but somehow I soon began to feel an instinctive distrust in him. i plied him with questions concerning the habits and business methods of the missing teller, but he returned evasive answers. In one or two little things he contra dicted himself, and finally, when I unexpectedly asked him how long he had Deen employed in the bank, he replied, after looking at me in a aated sort of way: "Oh, about a year or two." At once the thought came to me: What if my "escort" ws.s one of the young men 1 had seen outside the President's otice; perhapi be had overheard our conversation, and had planned this neat scheme of playing the role of a clerk of the bank sent me for "protection," as he insinuatingly put it. If so, I readily sawT that he intended to make an ef fort to get his hands on the valise and then seize the first opportunity to bid me good-by. This theory was strengthened wheL I noted that my "protector" seemed gradually to become very uncommuni cative, and the conversation during the rest of the journey referred to passing objects and sights. Try as hard as I could, I failed to get any thing satisfactory out of him concern ing the robbery. When 1 reached home 1 politely asked the young man to take a seat in the hall while I stepped up-stairs to get a glimpse of the treasure. I found my wife at the head of the stairs, very eXcited. In an adjoin ing room we examined the valise, and at a rough estimate we placed the amount at about the figure Ithe newspapers said Swope had carried otf with him-somewhere about $90, 000. I did not tell my wife of my sus picions of the young man down -stairs, but 1 resolved at once to arm myself in order to be prepared for the worst. It Is a well known fact that in Ken tucky t'he sixth commandment has long ago been declared unconstitu tional, and I quickly made up my mind that if my bodyguard showed any sian of playing me false I would let him have a dose of cold lead. Contrary to my expectations the young fellow made no offer to carry the valise as we started on our jour ney back to the bank At the end of the short street on which I lived we stopped to take a car. My friend had again become very affable, an~ as we stood on the corner he offere rue a cigar. I took it, thanked himj and placing my valise carefully on the ground between my feet, I struck a match to light it. Just as I was In the act of doing so I received a blow from the left that sent me stagger ing into the middle of the street. At the same moment my "protector" disappe.red in the other direction. "Look here, young man," said a gruff-voiced fellow in uniform at my side, as he shook me violently, "2 thought you told me you were going to take the train west to-night. It has just pulled out and you're left." Opening my eyes, I looked around the waiting-room in a confused way and then rea4chfed for my valise. It was nowhere to be found. My brusque arouser instant-ly took in tbe situation, and, with a look ol intense disgust on his face, said, at he turned away: '-I guess that student-like sport ,ho was sitting Leside you has taken care of your baggage. He passed me a few moments ago on his way to the train with a couples of valises. Nexu time you go traveling, young man, you had better take some one along with you to care for yoy~ while you The Bay View Reading Circle. Ever since the well-known Chan auqua Circle was started there has been an insistent demand for a short, well-planned and low-priced course or reading for the thousands for whom the above circle course is too expen sive, and requires too much time. The Bay View Reading Circle has been organized to meet tbe demand. Many of the leading educators and ministers of the country are among its promoters, and Mr. J. M. Hall of Flint, Mich., is the Superintendent. To him application should be made ~or information. The circle has a our years' course of reading, and has ~he advantage of specializing sub ects. The first year is the German ear, beginning with November. lhere is so much aimless and hap hazard reading, that the well-planned and attractive Bay View course ought to mest with instant favor. An Explanatlon. A New York dude traveling in the West was violently kicked by a cow boy, apparently without any provo cation. "Why-ah-did you kick me?" "Because I done forgot and left my gun at home."-Texas Siftb Sicycle'. if The Future. "Now, here is : ar new machine," said ;he bicycle agent of 1994. "It was a rreat jump from steel, which was very ieavy, to aluminium, so much lighter, >ut it is a still greater jump from I tluminium to airinum, the new metal rhich they have lately discovered. [his wheel is made of it. -You see it weighs a good many >ounds less than nothing. You notice :hat it is chained to the floor securely. f it were unloosened, it would fly up ai nd knock a hole in the ceiling, and it would be hard work to pull it down igain. Owing to the lightness' of the medal, which, by the way, we extract rom the air by the same process >recisely that aluminium is extraceed rom the virgin clay, there is great lifflicultly in putting it into the shape >f a machine, to properly hold it down while being worked; for the pieces ften slip up out of the mechanic's r ingers and take him on the nose, -ausing great soreness and swearness. .;The tirst machine we succeeded in ompleting we took out to try, but it ot away from us and soared upward, nd, my friend, there is little doubt y but that the man in the moon is hav- si ng a time all to himself with it, hang him! "Our show room is not exactly fitted ;o display these new cycles. Com mon cycles, of course, are displayed I >n the floor. We intend to put in an ron ceiling and range them along in rder there, with a rope to each to pull them down for inspection. We re not expected to get averything in ! proper shape all at once; it takes time. Now, the usual question will not be asked as to how much the machine weighs. It will keep it down? Just the revers, you see, as the law of gravitation is just the opposite now to the center of the earth; and so this is regulated by the amount of ballast you carry in your pockets, whether you r want to chase tame ducks along the earth or catch wild geese up in the air the weight of your ballast bringing you safely down, of course. The tires can C also be filled with gas, and regulated for ascent or descent. Please step on these scales and let's see what gauge of the airinum you require." t SUICIDE ASSISTED~ IN 'RUSSIA s &ged and Sick Tchuktchis Sacrificed with b Strange Ceremonies Even To-day. t Tery few persons in Europe or else where are aware that human sacri- y ices still exisr, in a part of the Rus- t ian Empire. Among the Tchuktchis 1 iuch sacrifices still take place, says he Gazette de Yakootsk, and seem .ikely to be practiced for a long tim o come. At the same time no >ame therefore can be attached to the Russian Government or to the e rthodox church, for efforts by botn tl o stop the custom have proved in- T lizectual. The sacrifices alluded to w re those of old people and the sick, tl who, finding no pleasure in life, re solve to have clone with earthly ex- a istence, to rejoin their dead relations C nd go to increase the numter of 'r, appy spirits. The Tchuktchi who 1 has made up his mind to die imme ilately notifies his neighbors and near- u t relatives. The news spreads in a the circle of his friends and all Of c hem soon visit the unhappy person ti to influence him to change his mind. Prayers, reproaches, complaints, and a tears have no eftect on the fanatic, r who explains his reasons, speaks of ~ the future life, of the dead who ap pear to him in his sleep, and even when he is awake, calling him to r them. H's friends, seeing him thus ~ resolved, go away to make the cus-r omary preparations. At the end of from ten to fifteen days they return to the hut of the Tchuktchi w.th white mortuary garments and some weapons which will be used by the a man in the other world to fight evil ~ spirits and hunt the reinideer.. After making his toilet the Tchuktchi with iraws into the cirner of the hut. a [Iis nearest relative stands 1 y his Ale, holding~ in his hand the instru ment of sacrifice, a knife, a pike, or rope. After the sacrftice the as sistants place the body on a sledge ~ irawn by a reindeer, which draws it to the place of the funeral. Arrived it their ciestination the Tchuktchis ut the throat of the reindeer, take f' trom the dead body its clothing, f which is torn to pieces, and place the a zorpse on a lighted funeral pile. t Du ing the incineration the assistants offer up prayer to the happy In the zther world, and supplicate these to watch over them and theirs. Thel e horrible practices are followed ti day with the same exactness as in an~ient times. - OLDEN--~ MEDICAL DISCOVERY' It Many years ago Dr. R. V. Pierce. chief . consultig physician to the Invalids' Hotel I and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., com pounded this medicine of vegetable ingredi. ent which had an especial effect upon the stomach and liver, rousing the organs to healthful activity as well as purifying and v' enriching the blood. By such mean~s the ' stomach and the nerves are supplied with pure blood; they will not do duty without it any more than a locomotive can run with out coal. You can not get a lasting cure of Dyspepsia, or Indigestion, by taking arti ficially digested foods or pepsin-the stom- x ach must do its own work in its own way. Do not put your nerves to sleep with so calle' celery mixtures, it is better to go to the seat of the difficulty and fced the nerve r cells on the food they require. Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Biliousness and Nervous Af fections, such as sleeplessness and weak, ( nervous feelings are completely cured by the " Discovery." It puts on healthy flesh, brings refreshing sleep and invigorates the whole system. Mrs. KC. I s:N it. of No. 896 North Halsted St., Chicago. I//.. writes: "I regard my unprove ment as simply wonierful. Since taking Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis cover in coninectioni with his *Pleasant Pellets ' I have gain ed in cv- y re'.pect, particularly in flesh and strength. My liver was dreadfully enlarged and I suf fered greatly fronm dyspepsia. No phy s:cia could give Now. after two mouths I am entire lv relieved of my di asease. My appe- MS SK tite is excellent-; Ioeldigted ; bowels regular and sleep itense Itching and Burning ood's Sarsaparilla Cured and Gave Sound Relief. 'I was tr mailed for months with a breaking it on my skin. I sufrered terribly at night and d bad to cut my tinger nails short to keep me fromscrat ch in. Three physicians didi not help my case. I had about given up in despair when a friend advised me to try a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla. It seemed as if every dose helped me and after I had taken a few nottles I was entirely well and a sound man again. I proved Hood's Sar saparilla to be a S good blood purifier and I gladly rec r. Wi. M. Flenniken ommend it to every iterer." wX. Li. FLE MEN, Carmichaels, Pa. 0ood's ***** parilla le sure to get ( res HOOD'S C A lood's Pills Easy to try, easy to take. Backwoods Diplomacy. A Portland man, who has just fe urned from a hunting trip in the for sts of Northern Maine, vouches to the 'ortland, Me., Argus for the entire ruth of the following story, as he had ' direct from the sheriff. A man who lives in Mount Katahdin ign went into the office of a justice of he peace a few days since, and in uired abot. the penalty for hunting eer with dogs, and very particularly s to whether one-half the line did not o to the informer. The justice consulted the game laws, nd assured him that it did. "Very Well," said the man, I want ) complain of myself and settle." The justice could not back out, and 3 gave the transgressor "a clean bill of ealth," upon payment of one-half of be penalty. It seems that the man got wind of ie fact that a game warden had got ie "drop" on him on his deer poach igs with his dogs, and was only wait ig an opportunity to arrest him. Lnce his shrewd bit of diplomacy. How It May Happen. "Jeminy crickets, she's got the rick s," whispered one beau to another in ie company of a very pretty girl. ruly she was very beautiful, but there as a twitching about the nerves of te face which showed suffermng. No," said the other, "it's neuralgia ad she's a martyr to it," St. Jacobs ii was suggested as the world mowned cure for it. Did she try it? *es and was cured by it and--married one of the fellows" afterwards. The se of the great remedy for pain will ot bring about a marriage, but in its: are of pain it will bring about condi ons of health to make life more en yable. No man or woman ought to iarry who is a sufferer from chronic ains. We should not wed woe to win nly wretchedness. A Clarke County, Georgia couple ecently celebrated their golden wed ing in the home in which they were arried and which has been their ome continuously since. 11ow's T'G I We offer One Hundred D, 11as Reward for ny case of Catarrh that Ca: not be cured by F. J.CH EN &b Co., Props., Troledo, 0. W, the undersigned, have known F. J. Che ey for the last 15 years, and believe him pier :ctlr honorable in all business transactions rnd tinane ally able to carry out any oiuliga ion made by their firm. VESTr & TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, D.DING, KrsvAs & MARYIK, Wholesale Draggists, Toledo. Ohio.. Ha'l's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act tdirectly upon the blood and mucous suir tees of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle.:Sold y all1Druggists. Testimonials free. Natural gas has been used in China yr many centuries. It issues from ssures in the earth near coal mines nd is led through bamboo tubes to :e point where it is consumed. Dr. Kilmer's 8 wAM3IP- BOT CaUes all Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphiet and Consultation free. Laboratory Blnmhamton. N. r. Harry Spies, a Cincinnati tinner, es aped death recently by havmng a very Leavy watch chain, which caught g. cantling and held him from pitching If a high scaffolding to the street. After Breakfast o purify, vitalize and enrich the blood, and le nerve, bodily and digestive strength, take ood's Sarsaparilla. Continue the medIcine af 3r every meal for a month or two. Iood's Pills cure constipation. 25c. The price of $50 offered for the ruggst who, at the next session of he Missouri Pharmicists, shall cor eetly name most drugs 'by the smell, 0s set the doctors training their toses. With Emphasis -e say tha: R irans Tabules, the best and sta n alreined" h6r stomach and liver troubles, iiill are your hiemilache or bilious attack. one tabule i'es relief. Gas lamps were introduced in the "aris streets in 1819. Their employ lent caused no little remark among he country people, who got an idea hat there was some magic about the natter. I could not get along without Piso's Care for 'onsumtion. It always eures.--Mas. E. C. IoLTo, Needham,. Mass. Oct. 22, 't. A loaf of bread supposed to have een leavened and baked about 50 L C. has has been taken by a French xplorer from a tightly sealed Assyrian arcophagus. l rl's Clover Root. tl~e great blood purifier, tvesfreshness and clearness to the coimplelion Ld cures constittation 25 ets. 50 ct.. 51. The oil wells of Baku, Prussia, cover distance of country twenty-five miles sng by over half a mile in brerdth. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for chnldren ethiag, softens the gumis. xedues9 ila'! mia Ion, aays pain. enre-" cind colic. 25c. a bottle A Norman-Percheroni horse, owned n Detroit, Mich., and weighing 2,500 , ounds, i a thecis equine in the Was It Senatorial Courtesy. B efore the introduction of the tele graph Ambassadors at foreign courts used to be far more important person a.es than' they now are, and great rival grandeur existed among them. (n one occasion a new Italian Minis ter had arrived at the Spanish capital, and went en suite to pay his respects to the reigning sovereign. Arriving at one of the rereption-roons to the palace. he found it occupied by an imposing-looking man surrounded by a glittering throng. These he not unnaturally took to be the King and his courtiers, and with profound obeisance introduccd himself. The supposed King received him with gracious condescension till the Liojrs opened and an even more mag niticent train ushered in the real King and showed to the discomfited Italian that he had been kneeling L:e. fore his hated rival, the French Am bassador, who took no pains to con ceal his satisfaction at the flattering mistake. But his triumph was nut to last, for in the evening of the same day the King, with the Italian as his partner, was playing cards against the French Minister anl a third Am bassador, when in the course of the game the Italian threw down a card, exclaining. '"That is the king and it wins us the trick:" His partner looked at it and said. '-o! You only played the knave." "0. I beg your Niajesty's pardon, so I have:" and with a quick glance at his French opponent he continued, and it is the second time to-day that I have mistaken a knave for a king." _ Ine Laureateship. Gray, the poet, was offered the post of poet laureate oa the death of Col ley Cibber, la 1757, tut refused it. for the coitemptuous reasons set forth in a lItter to his fr-er.d Mason. The letter is reproduced in a recent num ber of the Edin!;urgh, and reads: "If a y great man wculd say to me, 'I will make you rat-catcher to his Ma jesty, with a salary of S200 a year and two butts of the best Malaga, and though it has t ee rusuallto catch a mouse or two, for form's sake, in pult lic o:ce a year, yet, to you, sir, we shall tot stind upon these things,' I ca-xot say I should jump at it. * * * But I do rot prete. d to blame a-'y a-!yo e else that has not the same sen sation-s. For my I art, I would rather be a trumpet major or pin-maker to the palace. The office itself," he co itinues, "has always humbled the professor hitherto (even in an age when kings were somebody). if he were a poor writer, by making him more couspicuous, or, if he were a good one, by settirg hiin at war w.th. the little fry of his owa profession; for there are poets little enough to vy even a poet laureate." The post ws sui sequently accepted by Wil liam Whitehead, a row entirely for ottea versifier, whom Macauley calls "the-most accomplished tuft-hunter f his time." No Wish to Intrude. Business Man-Show me some ci our soft black hats. Hatter's Cle: k-Yes, sir, Here's a ine that will just suit you. Be.4t uality and latest style. Gentleman'9 hat. What size? "Haven't you something wider In he brim and a little higher in the rown?" "Yes, sir. That's the kind we sel? o Chinamen." "Let me see some of them, please."' "Yes, sir; but I don't think they il suit you at all, Nobody but a Chinaman buys that sort of a hat now. I've sold 'em two dozen of that kind in the last month." '-That style just suits them, dose it?" "Always." "It's what they ask for when they come in, is it?" "Every time." "And you don't try to sell them any other kifld, do you?" "You bet I don't. "Well, I guess I'll go to some store here they are as anxious to please a white man as they are to please a Chinaman. Good evening."-Chicago Tribune. Did but rart of fler Duty. The umbrella of a Catholic penitent was stolen while she was at confession. She went with the story to Cardinal Wiseman, hoping probably to oljamn copensation. The only consolation she got from the the Cardinal was this: "My, child, I am sorry for you; but the, Scriptures tell us to watch as well as pray." THE washerwoman'a motto-"Let us soap for the best." S 925 DTOWLEDGE Brigs omfrt ndimprovement and tends to prsonal enjoyment when rightly used The many, who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adaptinv th e world's best products to the nee's ofphysical being, will attest the value to nealth of the pure lhquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas ant to the taste, t7.e refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a~ perfect lax ative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to milhons and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on ttie Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Srup of Figs is for sale by all drug gists in 50c an&S1 bottles, but it is mnan ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed ou will not acnt anz sr'bstitute if Oerremetlies um ST. J406 M" Ure Ml-sins, Brj 57UM MNILY A 4 LIff DMAR TO A CASE Of TIE A T|NINIRAL WAM AI6lyll. SA DOTT LES 5iT7ff![ SlYOU RMOM .4 ,A Handfal of Dirt May I Keep Your Hou SAP( A PLUCKY SCHOOL-TEACHER, aow Her Courage Defeated Two Desperate nobbers. In these days when railway trains and express messengers are at the mercy of armed bandits a woman's courage when she is confronted with masked robbers is inspiring. A des perate attempt to rob a safe in the banking department of the Northern Indiana Normal College was recently thwarted by a remarkable display of coolness on the part of a young teacher. When the office was entered it was ccupied by two women, one the secretary and the other a teacher, Emma Jones. It was in the middle ot the afternoon, and the buildinge were filled with students. "Keep quiet or you will be shot,' hissed the two masked men as they rushed into the room. One of them put a revolver in the teacher's face, and levelled another at the secretary. Tne other strode toward the safe where he expected to lnd $30,000. The school-teacher never flinched. Instead of meekly surrendering, as many express messengers and train ruards have done under similar cir cumstances, she sprang forward and with a quick, vigorous bl w knocked the revolver out of the intruder's hand. He had another revolver in his other band, but being dazed by her unexpected resistance stooped im pulsively to recover the weapon from the floor. The plucky girl was too quick for nim. instead of snatching up the revolver, as he had feared, she darted for the door, calling upon her com panion to follow her. As she passed1 through the doorway a shot was fred, but with such faulty aim that she escaped unharmed. Plunging headlong down the stone steps she screamed for help. The masked men, hearing her voice and perceiving that delay would be fatal, followed her without robbing the safe. On the ground they met a man who had answered the alarm signal. They brandished their re volvers and frightened him out of his wits. Then they retreated across the campus, and escaped down the railway track. A swarm of students started in pursuit, reinforced by police offic:-rs and a Sheriff's posse. The robbers were tracked for two miles. In therz desperation they fired upon a farmer who was driving a load of peaches to market. He had a rifle and fought 3hem at long range with deadly ef ~ects He killed one and wounded the ther, delivering the drisoner to the heriff. The farmer drove to town and was he hero of the college. One en thusiast undertook to sell the peaches for him to a grateful community, and turned over a liberal offering of money to him in recognition of his services. The farmer's risk had been slight in comparison with the school-teach er's. Hie had his rifle and was a good shot. She was unarmed and in the power of her captors, but she had the courage and wit to defy them and to raise the alarm. She really earned the large gift of money by her hero ism rather than the peach-seller. whose marksmanship had been suc cessfully tested--Youth's Compan ion. _ _ _ _ _ _ Won the Bet. "Say, how many trained rats have you around this hotel?" was the rather startling inquiry a traveling man addressed to the manager of a popular hotel a few days ago. "Well, I notice you~ are still ad dicted to the cup," was the reply he received from the hotel man. "Don't you believe It," answered the traveling man. "I just came from my room a moment ago, and if I didn't see a rat w.th the initials of the hotel branded on his side I hope I may never sell another bill of good? in Cincinnati." "Oh, you're talking through your tile," replied the hotel man. "I'll bet you that 1 can point out such a rat in ten minutes," said the drummer. Then they went upstairs, and, sure enough, in the traveling man's room was a big gray rat with the hotel initials branded on its sides. The hotel man gave the tourist one sharp look and then led the way to the barroom, where the bottle was roduced. The rat was a papier mace rodent, and had been lettered by the traveling man. What are you doing to make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong in onnr own inwn? BS OIL ises, and a Backache R S EM WYOl? 15 YOUR NIL T1 YOU? THEN N0' B# WITH l ST 4a0 CNIAPE5T TAB11 R IN TIE MARNET. 97&AwsO# St& PIIIL4DELPIII, PLA 7 7! XTTLIA76R1Z e a Houseful of Shame." e Clean With )L IO The Irrepressible, "No, I don't want it cut and 1 don't want it trimmed," snarled the shaggy haired young man, seating himself in the chair and glaring savagely at the barber, "and I'm not a foot-ball player, nor a pianist, and I haven't taken any vow not to have it cut. Perhaps that will save you. the trouble of asking questions. All I want is a shave." "Yes, sir." The barber worked in sil ence for ten minutes. "I have a brother," he remarked, at last, "that's got a head shaped just like yours. He bas to wear his hair the same way." Chicago Tribune. SICK epe JUST SICK ENOUGH TO PEEL TIRED AND LISTLsS. TO HAVE NO APPETITE, TO SLEEP BAD LY, TO E'AVE wHAT YOU EAT FEEL LIKE LEAD IL YOUR STOMACH. NOT SICK ENOUGH TO GO TO BED, OR HAVE A DOCTOR. BUT REALLY, LIFE IS HARDLY WORTH LIVING. R'ipans WILL MAKE IT SO. THEY ARE GOOD FOR INDIGESTION. HEARTBURN. NAUSEA. DYS PEPIA CONnTIPATION,hICE OR BILIoUS EEADACHE. One Gives Relief Wi.L DoUCLAS $3 SHOE'e FA 4?3 RIECA&KAGAROa1 $3.5.oLUCE,ssoL.Es. *LAD1YS3HCIE8 , overn ionPopl@e erthe W. L.Dougas $3&$4Sh1OeS Alourshoes are equally satisfactory Pr~om Si to $3 saved over other usakes. If yourdaercafnetsupplynga1n. SELLS READILY! Writefo Terms end 4Centsinl - 12-13Nasau2.,N Y. City. 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