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SHOES OF SOUTHERNER
As 8 Rule Shorter Than the Northern-
er's, with Higher Instep.
“There is no doubt a marked differ-
ence,” said a New Orleans shoe man-
ufacturer, “in the size and shape of
the average foot north and sos.h of
Mason and Dixon's line. A great deal
of nonsense has been written about the
Bo-called ‘Creole last,” but the shoe
best adapted to high-class southern
trade does possess certain distinguish-
ing features of its own. It is shor
than the northern shoe, to begin with,
and has a much higher instep. The
difference in the instep varies from one-
half to one and a half inches, which is
equivalent to saving that a man with
a typical southern foot could not get
into a shoe made on a typical nothern
last. The Creole model cuts less of a
figure in the trade now than it did
formerly, for two reasons: First, peo-
ple wear Ilcoser footgear at present
than they used to, and the distinctive
points are not so noticeable, and, sec-
ond, an immense number of northern
folks have come into the south, and
the local manufacturers cater to their
patronage with a considerable percent-
age of the factory output.
tive southern customer still calls for a
short high-arched shoe. In the old
days every southern gentleman had his
boots and shocs made to order, and
the impression is even now pretty gen-
eral that no factory-made article can
possibly be as good as the hand-built
wares turned out by the antebellum
craftsman. That is a great mistake.
A high-class, machine-made shoe is
better than anything produced by hand.
for the reason that the stitching is ab-
solutely uniform throughout. In hand-
work no two stitches are of exactly
the same tension, but on the machine
they are as like as so muny peas. The
result of this uniformity is that the
shoe holds its shape better and lasts
longer. That is one point out of many.
The only question is that of being fit-
ted, and lastmaking has been reduced
to such an exact science that there is
no difficulty with any foot not abso-
lutely deformed.”—New Orleans Times-
Democrat.
BEAUTY’S GRAVEST FOE.
An Ill Temper Is Sure to Ruin Its Vie-
tim's Beauty.
Bad ‘temper and worry will trace
more wrinkles in one night than hot
and cold bathing and massage and
complexion brushes and creams and
lotions can wash out in a year’s faith-
ful application. Physcians assert
that an immense amount of nerve
force is expended in every fit of bad
temper; that when one little part of
the nervous system gets wrong the
face first records it. The eyes begin
losing the luster of youth, muscles be-
come flabby, the skin refuses to con-
tract accordingly, and the inevitable
result is wrinkles, femininity's fierc-
est and most insidious foe. There is
no use attempting to reason with a
woman about the evil effects of ill-
temper while she is in an ugly mood.
She knows perfectly well that it is bad
form; that it savors of the coarse and
underbred; that it is weak, belittling
and immoral, and that it hurts har
cause to lose her temper. But she
does not stop at just that time to
think abont it, and to remind her of
the fact only adds fuel to the flames.
But when she is cool and serene and
at peace with all the world, you can
convince her that each fit of temper
adds a year to her age by weakening
her mental force and by tracing crow-
tracks about her eyes and telltale lines
around her mouth, she will probably
think twice before again forgetting
herself. For no matter what she as-
serts to the contrary, woman prizes
youth and beauty above every other
gift the gods hold it in their power to
bestow upon mortals.—Woman’'s Home
Companion.
The Age of an Oyster.
He who wishes may find out the
exact age of an oyster, though he has
not the telltale evidence in teeth.
The lines in the groove of the hinge
of the shell tell the whole story, each
line representing a year. An oyster
Is of age at four years; that is, he is
old enough to vote, take care of a fam-
ily, and go to market. Going to mar-
ket is a disastrous undertaking, for a
four-year-old oyster is particularly
palatable. By this it must not be
supposed that after an oyster has
passed the four-layer period and has
five, six, or even ten wrinkles on his
shell he is a back number. Indeed,
there are records of oysters being
eaten just after celebrating their thir-
tieth birthday, and in most cases they
formed a delicious meal. Thirty is
an unusual age for an oyster to attain,
because few are given an opportunity
to live so long. If left to enjoy life
In his own way, it is quite probable
that the oyster would become an oc-
togenarian or even centenarian.—
Fishing Gazette.
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WHEN THE Fis BITE.
The woods are waiting and the rills
Are gushing down the rocky hills;
The trout are leaping from the brooks
At red flies and alluring hooks,
And, happy-faced, with hearts aglow,
And costly reels and rods,
The fishermen in dozens go
To worship woodland gods.
In faney I with them may lie
On banks where foamy flecks go by;
| Meseems I taste the s : bite
That comes, well earn in camp sat
night—
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Since throngh thy pleasing I got
That some must toil hile: “others
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Times-Herald.
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| Some years ago two men, Charles
Story and Edward LadlLury, had cha ge
of an outlying sheep station b-longing
to Mr. John Hassall, a wealthy Au -
tralian squatter. The first named was
the shepherd, the second the hat keep-
er.
Having dispatched their early break-
fast the two men counted and exam-
ined their sheep as they came out of
the fold and picked out those requiring
any particular treatment. Story then
started with the flock to a distant pas-
ture.
Ladbury had no lack of duties. Late
in the day he returned to the hut to
prepare the evening meal, when he
heard a low moan. He listened; the
sound was repeated.
It came from a cluster of bushes a
little distance off. With an anxious
heart he ran to the place and there
found his comrade lying on the ground,
bleeding from numerous wounds, and
with a spear head still sticking in the
body. Lifting Story in his arms he
carried him to the hut and laid him
on his bed.
the work of those black fel-
said Ladbury, looking out round
None were in sight. He came back,
and warming some water, bathed poor
Story's wounds; then he carefully cut
out the barbed head of the spear and
continued bathing the wound, except
for a short time, when Le poured some
warm tea down the suiferer’s throat.
Every
he expected the natives to attack the
hut.
him warning of the approach of a foe.
There was little doubt that his poor |
dog had also been speared.
The pain being soothed, Story at
length, to Ladbury's great joy, re-
turned to consciousness, and explained
that he had been attacked early in the
day by natives. He had run from them |
after receiving several wounds. but had
been speared again half a wile or so
of the distance, till he fainted from the
loss of blood and the pain he was suf
fering.
Sad indeed was the condition of these
two poor fellows, with no white man
nearer than 20 miles and no surgeon
within, probably, 200.
Night at length came on,
natives never move
they knew they were safe.
both felt certain the attack
renewed by daylight,
proved they were right.
Soon after dawn Ladbury, who, over-
come with fatigue, had dozed off, was
when asthe
and the event
forced through the reed-made door of
he hut. Another and another follow-
ed through the slightly formed walls.
“We shall be murdered, mate, if IL
don’t put them to flight,” he exclaimed,
taking his pocket-knife and bill-hook,
the only weapons he possessed, the first
in his left hand and the other partly
covered by his coat, so that it locked
like a pistol. Suddenly he sprang
through the door-way shouting to the
blacks, nearly 50 of whom he
didn’t run.
They scarcely daring to look at what
they believed to be his pistol, after
exchanging a few words with each
other, to his great relief began to re-
tire, and as he shouted louder took to
their heels.
“We are saved, Charley!” he ex-
claimed almost breathless with exeite-
ment. But the imps will be bck
again. Do you think you could move
along if I were to help you?”
“No, Ned, that I couldn't,” answered
Story; “but do you get away. You'd
easily reach Jennymungup before
night fall, and if you can bring help I
know you will; if not—why my sand
is pretty well-nigh run out as it ‘s.
God's will be done.”
“Leave you, Charley?—that's not
what I think of doing,” said Ladbury,
firmly. “While you have life I'll stay
by you and tend you as well as I can;
so that matter is settled.”
Night came on at length they both
slept. Ladbury was
call from Story.
“Ned, sleep has
legs.”
Ladbury silently made up their bed-
ding and the few household articles
they possessed into a bundle, which he
hoisted on his broad shoulders.
“Now, mate come along,” he said
lifting Story up and making him rest
on his arm.
It was two hours past midnight, and
they hoped to get a good start of the
blacks. But they had not proceeded
many hundred yards before Story
found he had overrated his strength
and sank to the ground.
“Now, Ned, you must go,” he whis-
pered. Save yourself; I can but die
”
you stop with me.
“What I've said I'll do I hope to
stick to,” answered Ladbury.
Still Story urged him to continue his
journey alone.
Ned made no reply, but
started off at a quick pace.
Sad, indeed, must have been poor
Story's feelings when he saw him dis-
appear in the gloom of night. Death
was coming, sure enough. Already he
repented of having urged his friend to
fly. Daylight would discover him to
sudden’y
work in revenge for the escape of a
companion.
Suddenly a footstep was heard. Lad-
bury appeared without his bundle.
“What! did you think I really was
going?’ he asked, in a low voice.
“You'll not beg me to leave you again,
mate. Come, get on my shoulders;
we'll see what we can do.”
Ladbury walked on with the wound-
ed man on his back for half a mile or
more.
“Now,
sit down here, and I'l go
{acs for the bundle,” he said, placing
him under a bush.
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| No one but a man long accustomed
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moment while thus employed |
He had no leng r Rover to give |
from the hut, and had crawled the rest |
about in the dark, |
jut they |
would be |
saw be- |
fore him, that he would shoot if they |
awakened by a |
done me good; I |
think I could travel if I were on my |
to the wilds of Australia could have
found his way as Ladbury did. He
soon again passed Story with thelr
bundle on his shoulders, and once
more returned for him. =
Thus they journeyed on till they
reached a stream which they well
knew, having traveled about seven
miles. Ladbury, however, was so
completely exhausted by his exer-
tions that he felt unable to crawl an-
other mile, much less to carry bis
two burdens.
Story had again become so ill and
his woulds were so painful that it
seemed doubtful that he would sur-
vive if moved further. Though the
danger was great, Ladbury resolved
to camp where they were for some
days, till Story
his strength.
| At last he bethought him that
| though Story could not walk, and he
could no longer carry him on his
shoulders, he might drag him along,
i should the blacks not have traced
him out.
He could move but slowly, and often
had to make a wide circuit to avoid
any copse or rocky ground which lay
in his course. Even now, too, they
| were not safe, for the blacks, finding
the hut empty, might pursue and over-
take them. Still the brave Ladbury
toiled on; his own strength was rapid-
lav giving way. Once more he was
{obliged to halt near a stream.
“We must camp here tonight, mate,”
he said to Story. “Perhaps tomorrow |
my legs will be able to move; teday
they can do no more.”
The night passed away in silence,
and the sun rose, casting a flery heat
over the plain. Story had not moved.
He roused up, however, and after
some breakfast again Ladbury har-
nesse himself to the sleigh and moved
on. Often he was obliged to halt;
sometimes he could only move a few
hundred yards at a time; a few min-
utes’ rest enabled him again to go on.
Still the stages became shorter and
the rests longer as the evening ap-
proached.
He felt that he could not exist an-
other night in the bush. The station
could not now be far off. A faintness
was creeping over him. On, on he
went as if in a dream. Several times
he stumbled and could scarcely re-
cover himself. A sound reached his
ears; it was a dog's bark. His strength
seemed to return. The roofs of the
woodsheds and huts appeared. No
one could be seen. Even then he and
his friend might perish if he did not
go on. It was the supper hour at the
| station. On he must. go. He got
nearer and nearer, stumbling and
! panting. The door of the chief hut
| ‘was reached and he sank fainting
across the threshold.
Every attention was paid to the
imen. Ladbury soon recovered. Poor
| Story was conveyed to the hospital
pat Albany, but so great had been the
{ shock to his system that in a short
| time he sank under its effects. —New
| York News.
| WIST TEXAS PEARL-HUNTERS.
Growth of an Obscure Industry—Valuable
! Gems Sfent North.
“Some fine pearls from the Concho
river in Texas are now
| New York City,” said a dealer in pre-
| cious stones. “Of late years,
hunting in that locality has been de-
veloped into a considerable industr)
The harvest is brought
| competent man about twice a year. |
As a rule the pearls command as high |
| . .
| a price as any in the market. No
| finds of extraordinary value have been |
startled by the sound of a spear being |
made, so far as I know; but the aver-
| age Is very good. Most of the pearls
| find a sale at between $5 and $35;
| good many come nearer the latter
! price than the former. Some years
| ago nobody considered the
| pearls as important; the
the industry has been gradual
quiet.
=
and
i “Men hunt along the Concho from |
its mouth to its source at various
| times: but the most profitable fields
seem to be in Sterling, Concho,
Tom Green counties,
pearl-trading companies
both for harvesting
i of
organized,
selling.
“These
counties are thinly
istence of the industry is not
known in Texas—at least,
tent of it. The nearest railway
tion is many miles away: so but few |
people pass through that locality in|
and the work is
carried on very quietly. While Ster-
ling, Concho, and Tom Green counties |
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the course of a year,
vield the greater part of the harvest,
| the Llano river and other tributaries |
of the upper Colorado river are good
hunting-grounds. I have heard it said
that some valuable pearls have been |
found there.”
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
Eminent station makes great men
more great, and little ones less.
he who can
bring great truths to little minds.
impatience is the ruin of strength.
The soul knows all things, and
knowledge is only a remembering.
The pleasures of vice are as poison |
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| ant. Z
Angels weep on the day a young man
begins to spend more money than he
makes.
Malice and hatred are very fretting,
| and apt to make our minds sore and
uneasy.
Individuality is
spared and respected, as the root of
| every good.
had partly recovered |
marketed in |
pearl- |
north by a
Texas |
growth of |
and
where a number |
have
and
settled;
that accounts for the fact that the ex- |
well |
not the ex- |
sta-
Patience is the support of weakness; |
everywhere to be |
“Very Like a Whale.”
An Elephant came to the sea, meaning
to take a swim
He spied a bather near the
thus accosted him:
“Pray can you tell, my
am so big, vou see—
If there is any pool about that’s deep
enough for me?”
shore and
little
A mighty Whale raised from the deep a
head so huge and tall,
The pompous Elephant sank down; he
felt exceeding sma
“Yes,” roared the Whale: it's deep
enough for me, and so I think
You may find room—if not afraid. Why
linger on the brink?
—Christopher Valentine, in St.
The Sparrow Hawk.
The sparrow hawk is a fiery bi:d
that pursues its prey with great speed.
Darting downward, it forces the hap-
less sparrow, its usual victim, to the
ground. But sometimes the hawk is
baffled. One morning a troop of spar-
rows were wrangling before a house,
when, without any warning a keen-
eyed sparrow hawk pounced down
among them. Instantly their uproar
| ceased. One unhappy sparrow had
| been singled out by the hawk. The
| poor bird had almost been caught wh n
a companion came to its heip. Th»
rescuer darted so furiously at the hawk
that the latter stopped for an instant.
The frightened sparrow it had been
to get away. But the angry hawk now
turned on the other bird that bad
spoiled all its plans. But the first bird,
not willing to leave its rescurer to such
a fate, dashed fiercely at the hawk.
In the end both birds escaped.
A Mockingbird’s Pranks.
His cage hung upon the house wall
within the vine-covered veranda, but
as the grate was not closed excepting
at night he flew in and out of the
house at will, seldom going to the cage
but at meal times. As he grew larger
he showed a genius for mischief. He
was fond of napping between grand-
ma’s hands, but if she happened to be
would run up the folds of her dress
and watch until he could catch her
thread in his bill and dart eff with it,
untihreading the needle. If this device
failed he would balance on his wings
for an instant, dart forward, and, seiz-
ing the bow of her spectacles,
toss them over his head
After this exploit he would retreat
to the top of the picture over the
mantel and twitter and chirp, while
grandma would shake her fingerat him
for laughing. He seemed to feel that
| this was a grave offense, and after an
hour or more would hop about, com’ ng
a little nearer, till he would settle him-
self on the folds of her skirt, under her
arm, for his siesta. He was very fond
of her, and her work table was usually
chosen for his frelies. A bit of fun
| that he liked was to draw the pins
from the cushion and lay them side
by side on the table, heads all one way,
| He would work with his bill until the
row was even and straight, and not
| a pin left in her basket.
One day he took a paper of needles
and flew down to tue floor, turning it
over and over, to find the opening. It
was droll to see him work until he
found one side that was loose. In an
instant his bill was in the fold, and h»
! pushed along until the place was large |
enough for his claw. Holding it fast,
he soon had the paper laid back upon
| the floor. In the same way he side
| folds were lifted and laid flat, ex-
posing the shining row of steel.
To hear his gurgle of delight when
he had finished his work was ¢nough
| to make one laugh in sympathy. He
strutted about the wrapper, his head
tipping and tilting, his bright eyes
watching us, with chirp upon chirp, to
call our attention. Then seizing the
corner of the paper in his beak, with a
quick jerk he sent the neddles flying
| in a shower, and with a flash of his
| wings was on his lofty perch and sing-
ing his loudest.—St. Louis Star.
| Sad Romance of a Chinese Bell,
| China is a place of great mystery
| and strange people and things from an
| American point of view.
| is so very, very old that nearly every-
| | thing old in it dates back to some
| endary time. Thus nearly all the Chin-
| ese jokes are dated back several thous-
| and years, to give them dignity and
| jokes may reach the United States and
| be told about as new and strictly “un
to date.” But the old thing that I am
| golng to tell you about is what is said
| to be the largest hanging Lell in the
world. It is in a Buddhist monastory
| in Canton, is of solid bronze and meoas-
| ures 18 feet in height and 45 fect in
| eircumference—a great, deep an:
| sweet-toned bell 15 feet in diameter.
| It is said that the reason the bell is
so sweet-toned is because a Chines»
girl gave up her life to make it so, and
| this is the story:
The emperor of China ordered the
royal founder to cast a bell having per-
| fect purity of tone, Lut the founder
failed so many times that the emperor
i as Chinese
! threatened to behead him,
| emperors do when their subjects don't
| act to please the ruler. The bl found-
| er was in despair and consulted somo
wise men to learn why he could not
| cast a pure-toned bell. The wise men
| told him that the blood of a fa‘r girl
should mingle with the moltin broiz,
| of which the bell was to be cast befora
| the instrument would sound as desired,
swooping down upon thus had a chance |
force, and in the course of time these !
once, and you'll only lose your life if |
the blacks, and they would finish their :
The greater the provocation to do The founder wept bitterly and prepared
wrong, the greater is the reason for | to be beheaded, for he knew of no way
doing right. | to get the blood of a young girl to mix
Let the gulled fool the toils of war | With the bronze. But his beautiful
pursue where bleed the many to en- | daughter asked him to try once more
rich the few. i before giving up. So the founder made
The man must have a plenty of | a giant mold and heated the bronze
friends who can afford to tale need- | to make a final triak When the bronz.
less enemies. | was all boiling the beautiful daughter
| plunged into it and was instantly de-
stroyed. So the bell was cast and its
tone was perfect, tor the maidens blood
was in it.
Vanity will paint your po:trait as! great honors upon the founder, but the
vou please, but consciousness always | poor man mourned the loss of his
furnishes phetographs.
No one is more fortunate than the |
poor man.
Some people of fair futelliphos are |
so stubborn that they refuse to acquire |
practical sense. |
where his wonderful bell was hung,
claiming that every time the bell rang
the voice of his child sang to him from
the paradise to which she had gone.
He has no change for the!
worse to look forward to.
A word spoken is like the sword ir
the scabbard, thine; if vented, thy
sword is in another's hand.
Ta-Cung-tz.—Chicago Record.
The mill does not grow fat on the
wheat it grinds, nor do men on the
truths they simply reason over.
Starfish and Oyster.
How the starfish eats an oyster is
| told by H. W. Conn in St. Nicholas.
The oyster when at home lives in a
| hard lime shell which nicely protects
| | vie from the attack of enemies. Man,
He who can do some one thing bet-
ter than anybody else in the world is
sure to find a demand for his services.
In Illinois turing 7 the last 15 years
birds have decreased 38 per cent.
but besides
remove the soft animal,
Oddiy
| wan the oyster has few foes.
——
friend—I |
| hinge
Nicholas, |
| muscles relax,
|
|
| ach of the starfish is very large and
| elastic,
sewing and did not attend to him he |
head round the corner of
would |
| ready,
| walked on
The country
arrival of an
|
|
| commended.
And the emperor bestowed |
daughter and ever stayed by the temple |
This is the story of the great bell of |
with his tools, can open the shell and |
enough, ue Sater foe is not, as
might be expected, an animal with
powerful jaws and strong teeth, but
one wholly without jaws. It is the
common starfish, so common every-
where at the sea shore.
Now, the starfish is a soft, flexible
creature, very sluggish, seemingly
helpless, and utterly unable to attack
such an animal as the oyster. Its
mouth, which is in the center of the
disk, has no teeth or jaws. How can
such a helpless creature open the *for-
midable oyster-shell, and get at the
animal concealed within?
Its method of doing so is odd en-
ough. It first clasps the oyster in its
arms, wrapping its fine arms around |
the shell tightly. Having thus seized it, |
it quietly wa Just exactly~ what |
happens next even our scient’sts do
not exactly know. The two shells of |
the oyster are held together by a'
which is opened by a spring. |
The spring is so adjusted that the
shells will be pushed open unless they
are held together by the muscles.
Some scientists tell us that, after the
starfish has held the oyster for a while,
the oyster opens its shell in order to
get food, and the starfish that has
been waiting for this. now injects in-
to the shell a little reddish liquid.
This acts as a poison, paalyzing the
This acts as a polson, paralyzing the
muscles and thus making it impossible
for the animal to close its shell.
Others tell us that the process Is
simpler, and that the starfish simply
holds the shells tightly together until
the oyster is smothered. As soon as
it is stupetied by the suffocation, the
and the shell opens.
Whichever of these two accounts
is true, it is certain that after a little
the oyster shells fly open. Now comes
the oddest feature of all. The stom-
and it is now thrown out of
the animal's mouth much as one could
turn a bag inside out. This stomach
is then thrust within the oyster-shell,
and wrapped around the soft animal,
beginning at once todigestit. The star-
fish does not take the trouble toremove
the oyster from the shell, digesting it
in its own home, and eventually crawl-
ing away, leaving behind the gaping,
empty shell.
The Commander.
“I speak to be captain!” cried Luke
Edwards, just as soon as he put his
the barn
were already
1s
where the other
assembled.
“Well, you won't be!
my Green, indignantly.
coming on us that way. You're al-
ways doing things when we ain't
to get ahead. You didn’t think
of the company. Willie Jackson spoke
of it first and asked us to meet here,
and this is his barn, and we're to
boys
' retorted Tom-
“Twa'n't fair
train on his land, and of course he
ought to have the first chance.” |
“Then he ought to have spoke first,” |
mocked Luke. “He didn't, so Im!
captain.” |
“But you don’t know so much "bout |
training,” expostulated Tommy, al- |
though less vehemently. “Will'e's!
brother's a soldier, and he under- |
stands things, and—and is intrested.”
“Well, I guess 1 can walk on ahead |
and give orders and wave my sword,
can't 1?” demanded Luke, aggressive.
ly. “That's what a captain's for. And
then I'm the biggest, and I spoke
first.”
“Oh, let him be captain if he wants
to,” interposed Willie, generously. !
“What's the odds.” |
“But he can't do as well as you.”
“He can learn,” smiled Willle.
“That's what I'm trying to do.
find out anything he don't know I can
|
| show him.”
So, in spite of a general feeling of |
discontent, Luke became captain, and |
ahead and waved hig
and called out sharp and con-
commands which the 12
because Willie as-
sword,
tradictory
boys tried to follow,
sured them that a soldier's first duty
was to obey. But as to accepting
Willie's advice, that was something
that Luke would not do—it was a re-
flection on his dignity as captain to
receive advice from the ranks. And
more than that, he insisted in putting
his brother as lieutenant and his two
cousins second lieutenant and ser-
geant; and to keep the peace, Willie
persuaded his companions to accept
the situation.
Thus it went on until along in Octo-
ber, when the town was thrown into
sudden excltement by the unexpeocted
old res'dent who had
gone away, and in 20 years had risen
to be a famous general. Of course
there was a hurriedly arranged parade,
in which the prominent men and the
band and the school children took
part, and in which—to their conster-
nation and delight—the Invincibles
were asked to join. They were at the
very end of the parade, and when they
came opposite the piazza of the little
hotel, the spectators were astonished
to see the general suddenly leave his
chair and approach them.
“Very good, very good indeed,” he
“It makes me think of a
little company that I commanded on
this very street some 40 years ago.
But I have a proposition to make,
boys, that I hope you'll agree to.”
“We will!” they cried in chorus.
“Wait till I get through,” genially.
“There are some defects in your ma
neuvering which I noticed and would
like to remedy. If you will let me re-
organize the company, 1 will give you
a full outfit of caps and belts and
wooden guns, and swords for the offi
cers. Do you agree?’
“Yes! yes! yes!” cried the boys.
“Good! Now go through all your
movements carefully. I want to study
each man.”
At the end of 20 minutes he held up
his hand.
*“That will do!” he cailed. “The boy
with the brown cap will step from the
line. He will be your captain.”
The boy with the brown cap was
Willie Jackson.
“Now that boy in the baseball suit,
and the other one with the red tie,
and the one that carries a broom.
handle. They will he your first and
second lieutenant and sergeant.”
The boy in the baseball suit was
Tommy Green, the others were two
who had closely followed Willie's ad-
vice to obey orders. Luke Edwards
stared at the general incredulously.
“But what'll I be?” he demanded.
“Oh, you will have to go back into
the ranks, my boy,” the general smi’ed.
“It will be for your own good. No
one can command until he learns
how.”—Youth's Companion.
Marshall's Pillar.
One of the striking natural curiositics
of America is that known as Marshall's
Pillar, located in Fayette county, Va.
It is an impressive mass of rock rising
in columner form to a height of 1000
feet. and is an object of great interest
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INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
A Weekly Review of the Happenings Through
_ out the World cf Labor in This and
Other Countries.
The supply of labor on the Hawaiian if you want to.
islands is very short.
England seems to be on
of an industrial crisis.
Baltimore & Ohio employes are given
medals for length of service.
Ten thousand glassworkers have
struck work at Charle roi, Belgium.
Scotch miners’ wages are to be
vanced to a point not reached in thi
ty years.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire-
men has gained over 3.700 members in
the past year.
Jecause of over production the ore
mines at Watts Station, Ky., have
been shut down.
Daniel Howell. for
a clerk in the New Y
fice. has resigned.
The carpenters of Dallas, Texas, has
secured the eight-hour day and seve:
minor concessions.
Four thousand cab drivers in Paris
have gone on strike, demanding a low-
er rate for renting vehicles.
The coal miners of Alabama have ac-
cepted a reduction of two and one-half
cents a ton from Augnst 71.
the verge
permanent cure.
in the house.
forty-sev en years
York City Postoi-
25 cents a box.
“1 have
Ayer’s Pills.
family laxative
May 22, 1900.
But look out, or it will get
the start of you. If it does, you will have dys-
pepsia, indigestion, biliousness, sick headache,
poor blood, constipation.
Perhaps you have these already.
take one of Ayer’s Pills at bedtime.
pills gently and surely master the liver; they
are an casy and safe laxative for the
family ; they give prompt relief and make a
Always keep a box of them
Then
These
whole
All druggists.
raised a family of eleven children, all living
present time, and I would not think I could keep house
I have used them for twenty
their equal” —S.
at the
without
and there is no
Myrtle, Miss,
years,
DARDEN,
According to the report of the labor
Commissions; 9 New Li ig tha HORSE HAIR. | A physician de S gh 1t people who
shoe output of the ate last year | p 1 tof sleep with their m hut live long-
Sao ocesses of Preparing It for Stuffing So t
Upholstery.
The horse hair used in upholstery is |
obtained from the manes and tails of
000.
he labor press of the country is
manding the deportation of Chinamen
and more stringent legislation to keep
de-
oui all Atta 108; 1 wd "aie B horses; the latter is the more valu-
ne 10vsant mmers in the avy : : + i
coal folds, near Huntingion, WW. Vo able, the former being of inferior qual
fty. The hair combed from the tails
is designated “hard,” that from the
manes “soft,” while the hair is further
distinguished by the terms “live” and |
“dead,”
have been granted ten cent. in-
crease in the waoes.
Cigarette smokers will not be
ployed in Swiit & Cos stock
at Chicago. the result of an Anti-(
rette League crrsade.
The joint executive board of the In-
ternational Bakers’ and Confectioners’
Union has issted an appeal to the 10,
000 bakers of New York City. ur
them to make a demand for the :
enforcement of the ten-horr law,
MINES AND MINERS.
Southern Copper Fields to be Operated by
a Rich Mining Company—New
Mines in West Virginia.
Drilling for coal is to be undertaken
at Bucoda, Wash., in earnest. Diamond
drills will be sent to a depth of 1,500 to
per
ec ne
“ive”
price.
hair commands the highest'
White is the
for dying bright tints, and the best
hair is obtained from wild horses.
Horsehair undergoes three sortings—
viz., into sorts according to length,
into different colors, and into various
in warm soap baths and in water
slightly heated, to which lime or pot-
is after cleaning passed through a dye
ash has been added. The hair, except |a
the white sort, which is to be bleached, | Norway.
Sha!
pow
| iid feel easy. Ci
Nails,
and Sweating Yee
Shoe Stores sell jt 8
| Address, ALLEN 8S. OLMSTEAD,
The longest
according as it has been taken | Dakota,
from the animal before or after death. | 000 miles.
Piso’s Cure is the best medicine we ever used
most valuable | for ali affectiors of th
a | kind as regards color, as it is suitable | O- ENpsLey, Vanb
Chi
has decreased
three
The only
lower death
Fits
Do Your Feet
ke into your shoes Ailes n's Foot-Eass,
der for the feet. It tizht or New
ros, Ingrowing
Jot, Cullonus, Sore
All Druggists and
sample sent FREE
LeRoy, N
Ache and Burn ?
Itching, Swollen,
unnavigahle
length of
river is the
the which is about
at and lungs—Wa.
1., Feb. 10, 1930.
yrth Caroling mills
cent. in the past
14 libs in
56 per
years.
To Cure a Cola in Ono Day.
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE TABLETS. All
qualities. After this the hair is washed | druggists refund the money if ir fails to cure,
E. W. GROVE's signature is on each box
rE uropean c
rate
ounty which has
than England is
ermanently cured. No fits or nervous.
2,000 feet. bath, in which logwood is the chief ons for inst dap ne ny LE Gress
1 H 1 11 118 © I
The output in the Joplin (Mo.) dis-| ingredient. Short hair being used for e. Dr. B.ILK LINE Ltd. 91 Arch Stbila Pa
trict during the week ended July 28 was stuffing in upholstery work, and long) ey a
8,874,470 pounds of zinc ore and ¢82,760
pounds of lead ore, valued in all at $134,- the manufacture of
the two kinds,
hair chiefly for
haircloth,
Lot
fier the from yelling forth the rts of their
047. { wares,
above treatment, undergo different
processes. Short horse hair, although '
best for the purpose when used alone,
is nevertheless mixed with cow and pig
{ hair for stuffing chairs, sofas and the
like.
| made and the three kinds thoroughly
incorporated by suitable machines, |
| after which the mixture is beaten and
Then,
At Charlestown I. S. Smith in devel- |
oping manganese ore has discoverad
lead and zinc deposits, and a company
will be organized for extensive develop-
ments.
S. Cunningham, superintendent of
the Berwind-White Coal Company, at
Windber, Pa., says he has received in- |
structions from the company to ope al
more mines soon in the Windber dis-
trict. It is said the output of coal there | | screened to free it from dust.
will be increased to 5,000,000 tons a year.
Sen
Baltimore, M1.
fuge.
The Chinese poss
Different blends of these are Nordenfeldt, Il
, guns,
Dys
tem.
Ly the use of Boeman's Pepsin Gum,
1don newsboys are prohibited
now
. Box 248,
of Yermi-
& 8. Frey,
acd get a bettie
Your little one may need it.
d 25¢ to I
ss Mauser rifles and
S and Maxim
pepeia is the bare of the human eys-
Protect yourself against its ravages
1 by Willi Me | follows the “curling” process, by which | The National 1 ibrary of Paris has
K he fae pooupled De Wachin ston | the hair is first spun into ropes, which {1,400,000 bound books and 900,000
ean, in Collier I : are next twisted into much shorter pamphlets.
county, Pa., near Carnegie, was recently |
bought by Carnegie capitalists, who
only kept it a few weeks and sold it to
Selwyn Taylor, of Pittsburg. The farm
consists of 210 acres and is underlaid |
with a six-foot vein of coal.
The New Central Coal Co.,
cently purchased 3,000 acres of coal za
in the heart of the Fairmount, W. Va,
| lengths, and by a third operation fur-|
| ther twisted until they get into con-
| volute shape. The curl thus given re-
quires to be fixed by placing the hair
|in cold water for several hours, and |
w bo 'e’ lafterwards in an oven, where it is kept
| tor some time at a considerable tem-
region, report that they propose going | perature, This baking also destroys
right ahead to open up the property | the eggs of obnoxious insects. For
and expect to be able to ship coal with | use in stuffing chairs, etc., the hair re-
in a year. This concern is also nego- [quires to be te
tiating for a tract of 7,000 acres of soft |
coal land in Pennsylvania. |
| Fens Without Shells.
are |
A number of good-sized mines In the report of the trade of Italy
now on fire in the United States, and | for the years 1898 and 1899, by Sir
have been for years. The Vulcan mine, George Bonham, secretary to her ma-
on the Green river, opposite New Cas-
tle, in Colorado, has been on fire since
the great exnlosion several years ago.
when about eighty persons lost their
|
|
|
Jesty’s embassy at Rome, there is an
interesting paragraph describing the
system adopted for the exportation of
eggs to England for pastry. The shell
is removed, and the interior of the
egg—white and yolk together—is pack-
ed in air-tight vessels or drums con-
taining each 1,000 eggs. Great care is
taken to ensure the eggs being fresh,
and to exclude the air, as one bad egg
spoils all the remainder, and renders
the consignment unsalable. The new
system has the advantage of removing
the risk of breakage, and is also pre-
ferred by the pastry cook for whose
olina and Southern Virginia. The Bos- | yge they are intended. As to the ex-
ton Mining and Milling Company was | tent of the trade in eggs, the report
organized about four years ago. It pur- | pentions that in 1897 Russia exported
|
chased and leased about 23.000 acres in 5 oR
the heart of the district, which is right to England over 354,000,000.—Mark
Lane Express.
on the line dividing the two States
mentioned, and at once set about erect-
ing smelting and refining plants. Be-
fore forming the corporation the capi-
talists interested are said to have sent
lives. All efforts to quench it have
proved fruitless, In Butte, Mont, there
is a mine which has been on fire since
In Pennsylvania there are several
steadily burning mines, and in one place
where the outlet of natural gas is very
great, the spectacle it affords is of sur-
passing interest.
Pittsburg, Pa., cz ipitalists are interest-
ed to the extent of about $3.000,000 in
the Boston Mining and Milling Com-
pany, which has begun the development
of copper fields of Northern North Car-
-
ui
Eacoe package of PurNAx FADELESS Dye
2olors more goods than any other.dye and
colors them better too. sold Ly al druggists
The Best Prescription for Chills
and F
CnILy
ever 18 a bottle of GROVE'S TASTELESS
ToNic. It is simply iron and quinine in
500.
a tasteless form, No cure—no pag. Price
L izhthous S
coast
cvery
itships dot the
1 at the rate of one
of Gre
14 miles.
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LARGEST MAKERS
of Men's £3 an
83.50shoes in the
moro $: 3.00 oa
23.50 shoes than
y other two
manufacturers in
the U.S.
® The reason more
W.L.Douglas $3.00
& and $3.50 shoes are
$ sold than any other
# make is because they are
the best in the world.
A $4.00 Shoe for $3.00.
A 85 ‘Shoe for $3.50.
Over 1,000 000 Wearers:
Uys Ino Tv
2010) 158 08) 0M.
‘890
: ar Sora,
an engineer and mining expert to the Codfish for ihe Aristecrucy. fa Ron, orth of 0 = $3 and 530 3ue 4
place and he spent several weeks inves- One of the present diversions of the 2 Sompered with other 0 $5. 4
tigating and testing the deposits. He is | eociety element at Newport is to give | Hne
said to have reported that there was | “codfishing parties” and to eat the “hy
enough copper in the territory owncd | catch. It is to be hoped that some- Y ca
by the syndicate to supply the world thing else is provided for luncheon Y
for years to come. The sulphuric acid
£ gainst the not unusual feature
aiene, he said, would more than pay for Bg of the
< ing and mining the ores. In the fish tailing to bite. i
deposits. he found from $2.50 to $18 gold | thw, 1 ’D ~d. 8100.
2mo
to the toit:- ~ere Dem Teaders al paper will be pleased to
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learn that there is at least ed
Pass tat gefonse Jizs be bee SE i wall
stages and that Dn Hall"
CYCLING NOTES. Cure is the only positive cure kn. a
medical Frater ity C nash being a con
Most repairs are necessitated through
careless riding.
nm ASS oes with
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Irani fin
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and 7 Comercial
¥ on the blood d mu i
Minneapolis is now trying to get the gurfages of the system. thereb ebirerii Tha | THE UNIVERSITY CF NOTRE DAME,
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on October 7. Foran os oy rey One ITundred Dollars
Tires may be soitened by an occa- iat of ostimmoninle. oe cure. fend for
sional wiping with a cloth dipped in J. Cr EY & Co., Toledo, Ou
water containing a little common soda. | 891d by Drugg 5c.
If the lamp wick is turned low when Hall- Family 8 ate the best
a halt is made it will prevent the forma- ~ = >
tion of soot, and the consequent choking | Germany is putting a tax on panied
of the flue. beer to help in covering the cost of the!
Many tires are ruined by being ridden | new warships.
when too soft. The tire is then folded
and pinched between the edge of
rim and the pavement, and thus
comes rim worn,
A bruise should be treated with warm | One
water whenever possible in preference | mint yield over
to cold. The warm water tends to lj- | Ver:
Mrs. Winslow's Soothin
the | teethine, softens the gum
be- a allays sani cures wind c re
Satan
British
$5,000 in gold and sil-
years sweepings of the
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quify the congested blood and to return
it to the circulation.
A man who keeps his
and well oiled and who is willing to
walk up a hill rather than stretch his
wheel clean
Senu0esteas800e0d
to tourists.
chain or to walk over a broken stone or
crders rather than risk a puncture is
likely to pay little for repairs.
In attaching a cyclometer care must
be taken to fit it in the proper manner,
which varies materially with the dif-
ferent makes, in order that it may prop-
erly perform its functions. Mistakes are
often made in doing this, and the cy-
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clometer condemned as fanlty in conse-
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In touring it is not well to bind one’s
self too rigorously to any predetermined
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a mishap may make a route, ideal under
favorable conditions, anything but pleas-
ant. An alternative route for such con-
tingency should be planned at the start.
A German scientist thinks that if you
are overtaken by a thunderstorm in an
open plain or near water while riding a
wheel, it is better to dismount and put
the wheel down sidewavs till the light-
ning is over. In riding through a forest,
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on the same day, July 4, 1826. and only
an hour apart. James Monroe died on
the 4th of July, 1831.
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day for each pupil,
sible by the enormous number of
the books being printed and sold.
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