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QOOB MORN I NO. .
toy daws and bpls the blushing sky
"GoM. mft-nlngr -Sim
flute-voiced .birds tain up the spy;
"Good morning!"
!rpd neary home, beneath the eaves,
The gnarled old. maple's tender leaves
14iat shivered 'In the midnight rain,
New whisper at mywlndow pane:
"Good morning!"
The genial sun peeps o'er the hill
And laughs across my window sill.
Eyes quiver under sleepy lids
Tils is the King himself who bids
"Good morning!"
I rise and ope the window wide,
The sun-kissed breezes charge and
ride.
Straight through the breeze in merry
rout,
And scale the walls and fairly shout:
"Good morning!"
Hhey made me captive to the King,
They pluck at me 'and l?ld me sing
Their paean to the Golden Bay,
Whose conquering slogan is their gay
"Good morning!"
They frolic here, they scamper there,
They clutch the Blnglng birds In the
air,
On all the world their music beats
"Good morning!"
Heart to heart. The surly wight,
Who scorned his neighbor yester
night. With smiling visage stops to greet
That neighbor in the busy street:
"Good morning!"
O joyous day! 0! smile of God
o hearten all who toll and plod,
M?e hail thee, Conqueror and King!
We hug our golden chains and sing :
"Good morning!"
T. A. Daly In the Catholic Standard
' and Times.
Uncle Jeffy's
Latest Catch.
By E. Crayton M'Cants.
Three miles out from Keowee, upon
hat is known locally as the "Mink
Trap" road, and just at the summit
of that long red hill which is
flanked on one side by the stony
slopes of the pasture land and on the
other by, the brown wastes of the
stubble and the straight green rows
'of the corn, stands the "Uncle Jeffy
Barnes old place." The house a
quaint "double-log" cabin has little
In common with the newer dwellings
which the negroes round about in
habit, for men do not build its kind
any more. Modern cabins may be
reared in a day, and are built, princi
pally, of thin boards and of scahtling,
but the domicile of old Jeffy Barnes
is a relic of a bygone age, and stands
as a specimen of that rude order of
architecture which was evolved un-'
der the stress of circumstances, and
which served over fifty years ago to
shelter those faithful black slaves, of
whom Uncle Jeffy was one.
For when old Benjamin Barnes,
Uncle Jetty's one time "marster," had
come to die, realizing the honest
service of Jeffy and that of gentle
Aunt Sara, he had bequeathed to the
two old negroes some acres of land
that lay about the hill, and had given
them the cabin as well the cabin
which was then but a single-roomed
pen of logs, but to which old Jeffy,
as great of muscle In those days as he
Is now of heart, soon added another
pent-log room, shed-rooms and pas
sages, and In front, a long, low-roofed
"py-azza."
The site of the house, with its
cribs and outlying barns, is quite an
elevated one, and in the warm spring
mornings, when the trailing mists hide
the tall cottonwoods that fringe the
nearby streams, and cover", as with a
garment, the long, low stretches of
the fertile valley land, the earliest
bearms of the upcoming sun .fall here
upon the tops of the spreading old red
oak trees. Then, before the amber
light has time to drop downward to
the roofs of the barns, the lusty,
black ploughmen emerge from their
doors and go whooping across the
green breadths of the fallows, and
the red cattle and the dun wander
forth to pasture, and presently one
may hear the sheep-bells tinkling on
all the far-off si: pes for Uncle Jeffy
is a notable farmer and his day's work
begins with the day. Later, long af
ter Aunt Sara has put aside "de brek
fus' things," and has taken compla
cently to her rocking-chair and her
knitting, the gray miBt begins to dis
solve in the warm and liquid sun
shine, and as it streams away and
vanishes, the land far-stretched and
fair lies open to the eye like some
panoramic view. In one place there
is a spring overhung by pale green
wlllowB, further along a little brook
brawls in miniature fury over the op
posing Btones, while further still
there is the gleam of the creek as
the hurrying water slips quickly past
-the bridge, only to linger further
along in the deep pools and In the
eddies which lie beyond the bends.
To the right of all this the hill falls
away rapidly, and stands foot to foot
with a long gray ridge whereon the
hickory trees and the great pleasant
white oaks grow, while north and east
and south and west other crests show
themselves, and behind these others
still, until at last there is but the far
boriion where, as it were In the
semblance of hills, the little . blue
oleudlets lie. And over it all, over
. hillside and valley and stream and
wood, there drifts the marvelous sun
light, and the Keowee country teems
a peasant land, and the Uncle Jeffy
Banys' old place seems set In the
midst thereof.
So it may be that one passing that
way will linger for a space in front
of the old-fashioned dwelling, and
will notice that the moss lies green
on the steep and shingled roof and
upon the well curb that stands be
side the door. And such a one, stand
ing in the red, dusty stretch of
the road and looking beyond the door
way and the curb, will see under the
trees of the yard a milkhouse that
Is suggestive of shadows and of great
stone crocks, while nearer 4he fence
there are beehives and damask roses
and trailing honeysuckle. vines. And
with so much given the traveler, be
he a man of even small understand
ing, will picture readily the faces of
those old people who from the eter
nal fitness of all things must necessar
ily inhabit here will imagine Aunt
Sara Barnes, with her broad, black,
good-humored face and her blue
checked, cotton apron, and will give
heed to Uncle Jeffy's voice as the old
man calls: " 'Light, boss, 'light; an'
des come in dis yere py-azzy, suh, an'
res'."
But if in response to the invita
tion so heartily given our traveler
should seek to enter, he will likely
find opposing his passage a dog a
bandy-shanked and brindled jlog,
which will plant itself firmly in his
way and will growl ferociously and
otherwise so misconduct Itself that
Uncle Jeffy will hurry out in alarm
to cow the benst with hot words and
with blows. Afterward, however,
when cool water has been brought and
the wayfarer is duly refreshed, the
old man will turn again to the brute
and will call to it temptingly:
"Here. Rowdy, here! Come here to
me, my lad!" And he will take the
evil looking head between his knees
and will stroke the same reflectively.
"Yas," he is accustomed to remark as
he waggles the fragment of wolly
beard which hangs at his chin, and
spits well out across the steps, "Row
dy air part p'inter and part houn'
might nigh half houn', hit 'pears to
me lak. An' I think thar's a lettle
touch o' bull in him an' then thar's
some fice in him shore, fer his great
gran'mammy on his daddy's side she
were a full blooded fice. But I don't
reckin he's got much tarrier blood.
I jedges that ther rest uv him
what's lef atter ther houn', an' ther
pinter, an' ther bull, an' ther fice
is just mostly dog. He's a mighty
fine yawd dog, too, Rowdy is, but ho
air a gittin' a sight too sharp he's
agwine ter bite somebody ther very
fus' thing I know. Thar he was a
t'arin at you just now I'll bout have
ter brush him one er these days."
Then the old man will pinch the
dog's ear, and Rowdy will yawn ani
will stretch his left hind leg as if to
say, "What a pleasant morning it is."
And when no one replies he will go
back down to the gate, where he will
turn round three times presumably
"for luck" after which he will com
pose himself to rest.
In the leisure which this episode
will afford him the wayfarer may
study the old negro. He will, if per
ception has been vouchsafed unto
him, observe that Uncle Jeffy has
once been a "pow'ful man," and taat
even now his hairy chest still looka
broad and muscular as it shows
through the open front of his coarse,
white cotton shirt. The old man
wears no coat, of course who want3
a coat in the open Spring weather?
and his face is honest and shrewd.
Only laughter, too whole-hearted,
kindly laughter could have drawn
those lines which radiate so finely
from the corners of his quizzical
eyes. And beneath all this, beneath
the wrinkles which the years have
left, and the dull and weather-beaten
skin, and the gray gi'owth of stubby
beard, there exists an odd look of
youthful drollery, as if the boyish
blood time-hindered in its surface
flow, still stirred within and sent new
currents, warm and free, about the
old man's cheerful heart.
It has been said by those who are
in a position to know that In his
youth Uncle Jeffy "wuz pow'ful wile"
that once he ran "hoss-races" and
openly "fit chickens." But let this
be as it may, our hero is a staunch
enough church member now and
sleeps on Sundays very peacefully iu
the BOlemn "Amen corner" of "Lower
Betharbry" church. And when Aunt
Sara would call him to account for
this somnolence he readily defends
himself.
"Brother Larkin" he will remark-
"Brother Larkin, he do talk so
feellniy 'bout that thar res' ther
res', sweet res, whut we alls is
agwine ter git over on t'other side
o' Jurdln 'at ther ve'y fus' thing I
know I is done fergit whar I is, au'
I is a restin' afore my time."
But he cannot easily evade Aunt
Sara. "Jeffy!" she will continue,
"ain't you afeerd ol de bad place,
Jeffy?"
"Tooby shore," Is his ready ans
wer. "Tooby shore I is 'feerd. Dey
say 'at water is skace in Torment
an' I cuddent never go a fishln' thar!"
For fishing is the old man's" weak
ness, and he knows every "hole" in
the creek.
But last June Uncle Jeffy had what
he calls an "eBpeerunce." Some one
In Keowee had given him a new
recipe for bait a bait which he was
firmly assured would "suttinly fetch
them suckers." The bait itself was
a malodorous compound of dough,
cotton batting and dried beef's liver,
but, notwithstanding this, on the first
"likely" daythe old man set off for
the Btream to try its effect, followed
according to time-honored custom by
Rowdy, well-tried and true.
So familiar is Uncle Jeffy with those
fishing "holes" that fle Das given tc
each one a name. There Is the
"mlnner-hole" and the "cat-hole" and
the "brier-hole." The "minner-hole"
lies just below the bridge. One is
able to smoke in comfort there, and
may hold converse with the passers
by as he waits for the fish to bite;
while the "cat-hole" affords great
sport whenever the stream is "up."
But notwithstanding the fact that the
day was fine, the sun lying warm on
the long brown furrows of the hill
side fields, the south wind just stir
ring in the leave, and the water
laughing musically as it slid round
the grassy bends, none of these places
just now attracted Uncle Jeffy not
even the "water-hole," where a wil
low offers its shade, and where the
rush and hurry of a foaming little
fall strikes pleasantly on the ear. A
halt mile further down, however, and
just at the spot where the "horse
branch" pays its toll to the creek,
there is a broad, still pool,, which is
deep at its upper end, but which
shelves rapidly until it featheredges
in a shoal against a white sand-bar
below. Above this spot are cotton
wood trees, and at their roots a fallen
log offers one a pleasant resting
place; moreover, there is brushwood
dose by where a dog may amuse
himself, and if he is diligent he may
perhaps find a gray rabbit there. In
view of these advantages the place
attracted Uncle Jeffy, and it was here,
that he halted.
After the bait had been adjusted
and the old man had seated himself
and Rowdy had gone away to nose
through the bushes, the silence grew
soft and somnolent. Away off down
the creek a bull-frog was croaking
hoarsely; buck in the long stretch of
the road an empty wagon came rat
tling down the hill, and up among
the leaves of the cottonwoods the
heavy-winged bees were circling
drowsily.
"H-r-r-ump! h-r-r-ump! h-r-r-umph!"
chanted the frog, and its tones re
minded Uncle Jeffy of the preaching
of Brother Tom Larkin of "Lower
Betharbry" church. Presently he
closed his eyes in order to heighten
the effect.
"H-r-r-umph! h-r-r-umph!" The Hue
paid slowly out from the rod, the cork
bobbed Inshore, and the hook, floated
upward by the light cotton which the
bait contained, drifted down-stream
into the shallow.
"H-r-r-umph!" The preacher by
this time was well launched into his
discourse, and Uncle Jeffy snored
gently as his head drooped and
rested lovingly against the trunk of
the tree.
The afternoon wore along. The
slanting sunlight crept under the
leaves and rested on the old man's
forehead, the wind caressed his gray
locks, and the curving branches
seemed to stoop toward his weather
beaten face, but all unheeding, he
dreamed on and on and on. In his
slumbers he had grown young again,
and the preacher was rebuking his
sins. His pole lay lax in his fingers,
and the hook and the bait rested
lightly against a bank of sand. .
In the meantime Rowdy had grown
tired. The one rabbit which he had
started had behaved reprehensibly,
and had led him a long chase around
the brow of a gullied hill, then it had
eluded him altogether. Ready to
stomach refreshment let its kind be
what it might, the dog came panting
to the water's edge, lapped hastily,J
sniffed the Inviting bait and then
"Gee whiz! Hit's a gollywhopper!"
Startled almost Into affright at the
magnitude of his "bite," the old man
"struck" and sprung, wide awake, to
his feet.
Rowdy lunged. "Yi! kiyi! ky-l-i!"
he yelped in the greatness of his
pained surprise.
For a moment Uncle Jeffy stood
speechless, then, as the dog plunge.1
again, the situation dawned upon the
old man and his face flushed.
"Come yere, Rowdy!" he yelled.
"Come yere, yer blamed ole fool, an'
lemmo onloosen dat hook!"
But Rowdy, hurt now and voicing
his wrongs until the red hills rang,
ran backwards and sideways, struggl
ing and leaping.
"Rowdy! Rowdy!" Mastering his
wrath Uncle Jeffy tried persuasion,
then rushed forward suddenly.
Rowdy crouched and tugged once
more at the line, then in a last wild
effort he shot forward as If from a
catapult, struck Uncle Jeffy and
tripped him, and both went down, yel
ling and yelping, into the deep, chill
water of the creek.
When at last the book had been ex
tracted and the two had crept out up
on the bank, sundown had come, the
west was ablaze with purple and gold,
and the bats were flying high to wel
come the shadows. And, as the twi
light gathered and Uncle Jeffy went
walking up the path to his bouse,
a single star came out above him,
then another and yet another, an!
then, faint and far away, he heard
Aunt Sara calling him.
"Here! here!" he replied, and she
came to him.
"Is that you, Jeffy?" she asked. Her
voice was tremulous and she drew
very close to him, but as she touched
his wet sleeve she stopped suddenly
and faced him.
"Jeffy Barnes!" she exclaimed,
very sternly, "You don't tell me youse
been in dat creek!"
The old man looked aggrieved.
"Twarn't me!" he replied stub
bornly. " 'Twarn't me at all. Hit
were Rowdy!" Good Literature.
Argentina's anual foreign trade la
$450,000,000 or 90 per capita.
1 New York City. There seems llter
ally so limit to the variations of the
lingerie blouse and no limit to its
popularity. This one Is among the pret
ties and the latest and is showu In
white batiste with trimming of simple
lace banding. It can, however, with
propriety be made from silk and wool
materials as well as from washable
ones and can be either lined or un
llned so that the model serves a great
many purposes. For the separate
waist lingerie mnterials are a bit
smarter tha,n anything else unless It
be the simple wash silks, but entire
"Tucked Blouse Waist
gowns are equally correct iu linen,
cotton, wool and silk.
The waist consists of tbe lining,
which can be used or omitted as ma
terial renders .desirable, front and
backs. It is tucked to form the yoke
and tbe trimming is arranged on In
dicated lines, while the closing Is made
Invisibly at tbe back. The puffed
sleeves are of moderate size and can
be 'in elbow length, finished with
straight bands, or extended to the
wrists, the lower portions forming
deep fitted cuffs.
Tbe quantity of material required
for the medium size Is four yards
twenty-one, three and one-quarter
yards twenty-seven or two yards forty
four inches wide with eight yards of
insertion.
Feather Muffs the Vogue.
Ostrich down and feather muffs ore
to have a great vogue this summer for
the fluffy thin dresses, and many a
mere man will be left to guard such
an accessory while milady leaves it
on the empty chair beside him to chat
with some one for a moment. They
are patterned after the great pillow
muffs of fur, and many are trimmed
with ruffles of deep, soft lace, making
a very pretty addition to a dressy sum
mer toilet.
Circular Hkirta WIU 8a.
The reputation of the circular skirt
for sagging was revived with tbe style.
Home dressmakers should remember
to weight such skirts nt the bottom,
and let them hang' for a few days be
fore finishing them at the bottom.
Yoke and Bodice airdlee.
The tiny coats that have become
so popular and the very general adop
tion of the short walsted effect have
combined to make girdles essential
features of the wardrobe. Here are
number of attractive and shapely de
signs that can be utilized either for
the separate belts or for those that are
made of material to match the cos
tume. As shown the plain ones are
simply finished with stitching, but
they enn be trimmed with braid or
with embroidery or elaborated In
almost any manner that may be liked.
In this instance Nos. 1 and 2 are made
of heavy linen. No. 3 is made of silk
and No. 4 from mescaline satin.
No. 1 Is cut in eight sections, which
are joined at the edges, the seams
being stitched with beldlng silk, and
Is closed at the centre front. . No. 2
Is extended to a point below the waist
but forms a round outline above and
is made in six sections, the seams over
the hips being so curved as to pro
vide perfect fit No. 3 Is differently
shaped from either of its predecessors
and can be opened at either front or
bnck while It can be made with or
without points. It consists of ten por
tions and each seam Is boned to keep
the shape. No. 4 is made over No. 2,
which is used as a foundation, and
is softly shirred and draped, the clos
ing being made Invisibly at the front.
Any one of the plain girdles con be
cut off at the wnist line if the yoke
portion Is not desired.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is, for either Nos.
1 or 3 three and five-eighth yard twenty-one,
one-half yard twenty-seven
Design by May Manton.
Five-Gored Tucked Skirt
or one-qunrter yard forty-four inches
wide; for No. 2, three-eighth yard
either twenty-one or twenty-seven or
one-quarter yard forty-four Inches
wide; for No. 4, one yard any width.
Oitrlrh Plume Popular.
Ostrich plumes are popular. The
newest are very broad and full, and
are so treated that the flues are not
curled, but droop down willow-like on
both sides of the quill. This treatment
Is effective, especially when the plume
is arranged under the hat brim to
droop on the hair. They are expen
sive because difficult to make, each
flue having to be tied Instead of pasted.
Only a few, in fact, are In the market
at all.
SEVEN YEARS ACO.
A BochMter Chemist Found Blagalmrif
KffeetlTO Medicine.
William A. Franklin, of the Franklin
1c Palmer Chemical Co., Rochester, N.
Y., writes:
"Seven years ago
I was suffering very
much through tbe
failure of tbe kid-
V lyVl.vW 1 npva in eliminate
the uric acid from
my system. MJ
back was very lams
and ached if I over.
fexerted myself In tbe least degree. At
times I was weighed down with a feel,
lng of languor and depression and suf
fered continually from annoying irreg
ularities of the kidney secretions. I
procured a box of Doan's Kidney Pills
and began using them. I found prompt
relief from the aching and lameness
In my back, and by the time I had
taken three boxes I was cured of all
Irregularities."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburu Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Lifetime of a Bell.
Comparatively few people know
that ringing a hell ruins it. That Is,
a bell has n definite length of life,
and after so many blows will break.
A 9i0-pound bell, struck blows of 178
foot-pound of force, broke after 11,
000 blows. A 4,000-pound bell, broke
after IS. 000 blows of 350 foot-pounds
force. A steel composition bell
weighing 1.000 pounds broke after 24
blows nf inn foot-pounds, but Its mak
ers said it w as calculated for a light
er blow.
Deafness Cannot Bo Cured
by local applications' as they cannot reach tha
diseased portion or the eiir. Therein only on
way to cure dmitiiess, and that is hy consti
tutional remedi. Deafness is caused by an
inflamed rori'lilici') of tlio mucous lining ot
tho Eustachian Tube. When this tube isln
flnmed you haven rumbling sunnd or Imper
fect hearinir, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness Is the result, and onlnss the Inflam
mation can be taken out and this tube re
stored to its normal condition, beurtng will
be destroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten
are cnusnii by catarrh. which is nothing but an
inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will (rive One Hundred Dollars for any
caseof Dfneflj.(cnused by catarrh) that can- .
not be cured by flail s Catarrh Cure. Send for '
circulars free. F.J.Chrnit 4 Co., Toledo, O.
Bold bv DniKcists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family I'll Is for constipation.
Origin of the Crescent Bread.
The origin of that Viennese bread
shaped like a crescent, which in found
In most places on the continent, dates
back to At that time the Aus
trian Capital was being besieged by
the Turks und.r the terrible Grand
Vizier Kara Mustapha, and as they
failed to take the city by assault,
they decided to dig a passage under
the walls, mid so penetrate into the
town. In tho day-time the noise of
the siege made the sound of the tun
nelling inaudible, and at night-time
the defenders of the place were
asleep, all but the sentries and the
bakers. It was the bakers who, as
they baked the bread for the garrison,
heard the pickaxes of the miners com
ing nearer and nearer, arid gave the
alarm. In the fighting the Bakers'
Association took hfir share with the
utmost bravery, and as a reward for
their services the Emperor gave them
permission to make a special cake
shaped like the Turkish crescent.
London Sketch. '
Trees Almost Fireproof.
The giant sequoias of California,
which are thousands of years old, have
been preserved to this day because ot
their enormously thick bark. From
time to time, In the course of ages,
vast forest fires have swept through
the big-trte lands, destroying every
thing, yet only scorching for a cou
ple of inches depth or so the almost
fireproof bark of these huge trees.
The flames,, having carlwnized that
much of the bark, could- not penetrate
farther, far the carbonized portion
formed an absolutely fireproof cover
ing for the remainder of the interior
bark. Chicago Journal.
BUILDING F0CD
To Jiving the rnb:ei Aronnd.
"When a little humnn ninchine (or a
large onel goes wrong, nothing is so
important ns the selection of food to
bring it around again.
"My little baby boy fifteen months
Id had pneumonia, then enme brain
fever, and no sooner had lie got over
these than he began to cut teeth and,
being so weak, be was frequently
thrown into convulsions," says a Colo
rado mother.
"I decided a change might help, so
took him to Knnsns City for a visit
When we go; there he was so very
weak when he would cry be would
sink away and seemed like be would
die.
"When, 1 rea-hrd my sister's home
she said immediately that we must
feed him Grape-Nuts and, although I
bad never used the food, we got some
and for a few days gava him just the
Juice of Grape-Nuts and milk. lie got
stronger so quickly we wore soon feed
ing him the Grape-Nuts Itself and in
a wonderfully short time he fattened
right up and became strong and well.
"That showed me something worth
knowing and, when later on my girt
came, 1 raised her en Grape-Nuts, and
she is a strong, healthy baby and has
been. You will see from the little pho
tograph I send you what n strong,
chubby youngster the boy U now, but
he didn't look anything like that be
fore we found this nourishing food.
Grnpe-Nuts nourished hit- back to
strength when he was so weak he
couldn't keep any other food on his
stomach." Name given, by I'ostum Co.,
Battle Ircek, Mich.
All children can be built to a more
sturdy and healthy condition upon
Grape-Nuts and cream. The food con
tains tbe elements nature demands,
from which to make he soft gray fill
ing in the nerve c?ntres and brain.
A well fed brain and strong, sturdy
nerves absolutsly insure a healthy
body.
Look In pkgs. for the famous little
book, "The Eoad to Wellvllle.'
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