The Rising son. [volume], January 18, 1906, Image 2

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CRUSHKI) UN I) KIl PIE
WERE ARTIST'S HOPES AND MIL.
MGNAIRL'S SILK HAT.
Impression So Ardently Desired Was
Certainly Made, But Net In the
Rirht Place Consolation Under
the Circumstances Simply a Mock
'Don't talk to ln 1" walled the girl
urtist w i i 11 ir a daub of pn'i n paint
off thi' Mo of her nose with a clean
coiner of her apron. "iHm't even
look at in i ! I c:m't lirnr It! I'm a
liiilnii' a rank miserable "
"Tut, tin." in'trrupied the tympa
tilt ll.' fib ml. carefully testing the
strength of a tnbourctte before sitting
down on l:. "Why thin sudden de
1 i-i ssiou ?"
"It Isn't a ma: tor of depression ;
it's a n.itur of Impression," correct
ed the girl artist, lulling a screen In
I! "lit of l.t r last niulit's supper table.
"What do ou think of nil Impression
1st who cannot make an Impression?"
" I t;i t I luinuht you hail, yon know.
Your laititlti's "
"It isn't my paintings; It's my
lbs." w.is tin- astonishing rejoinder,
".in.l if I've made an Impression It's
Mi" very worst possible one I could
make. Listen, and you shall hear.
You reinemin r how well my two sub
j. i ts (! hung at t!ie exhibition lust
wee!;? Well. I had worked over those
hlngs for ji month and my whole
future depended oil them.
"Perhaps you heard that a certain
millionaire was seen admiring them.
Well, he diil more than that. He
offered to buy them, and even went
so far ns to make an appointment to
call and see me about the prices and
to look at more of my work. Yon
don't know what that means to an
artist who hns been living on tea
and hope, with an nrrnsloi.nl bologna
sausaue, for two solid years. I had
even planned to pay my three months'
back n ut and li.i l picked out a nice
n"W sty.jsh studio on the strength
of It. I cot to feeling so merry and
wcaMiy over It that I di cided to have
a rial dinner with my last spare
ehaiiue. I ,wnt stiaiuht out and
bought a steak and n bottle of wine
and a beautiful custard pi", one of
tle thick, creamy kind, yon know,
with white Huffy dubs all over the
top of It and a cnisr like snowllakcs.
I was tnai'ly rockiest). Thus does
F'irrets turn the youthful he-id.
"When I was ready to ncdve my
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"My custard pie reposing on the top
Of his silk hat."
millionaire and hail lighted a fire
In tin; grate that doesn't work, and
Hidden (erylhing hideable under the
bed, I put tho pie out on the window
sill nnd drew tho inside curtains so
that you never could have seen It
.without staring impolitely.
"Of course, I was horribly nervous
ami kept runnliu to the dressing
table to daub powder on my nose nnd
poking the tire and peeking out of tho
window every time the doorbell
rang. At last the bell gave a funny
little conventional tinkle. I sneaked
to the w indow and peeri d cautiously
out. Hut the visitor, whoever he was.
mis Maudlin: just a few inches too
tr Inside the ilooiway to be seen
from my point of vantage. Curiosity
v"t the belter of discretion wiihin
me, and. very carefu'ly. so as not to
make it creak, I ojiiud the window
and leaned out.
"I ha I scarcely touched the sill
when there was a whirl of something
hlto nnd yellowish through the air.
t splash and then a trash! 1 shrieked
nnd clapped my hands to my ejei.
MTion I withdrew them all I could tee
was the retreating figure of a portly
gentleman in a frock coat Hying mad
ly down the street with my custard
pie reposing on the top of his nilk
hat and di lpplnu; ovi r his face and
jihotilders like Niugi-a Palp In win
J' r. No, he won't come back. Don't
attempt to console me! I'll pevcr
be able to swallow another mouthful
of custard pie strain as long ns I live
without rhokini:! P.very hope I've
got in the world w as b p ashed wltn
that pie!'
Ami the tears rolled down
cheeks llllil fell into the tire III
prate kd it wouldn't work.
her
the
Found Cclory of Crows.
A Northampton (Mass.) man,
whose veracity is unquestioned, says
tat ns he was walking along tho
Wink of the Mill river he counted
toity-elght crows In one tree, with a
dozen more on the ground nearby.
FRIGHT CURED HIS LAMENESS.
Gout Forgotten When Tavern Keeper
Ran From "Ghost."
Mary years ago, in the towrt of
Naples. Me., there was a t.ivcrn kept
by a jdiort, ihlrk-ret man who' namo
wns Chute. He was so afl'icteO with
gout that he had not walked for ninny
years.
One evening, when all the ir.en lr.
he vlllnee had gathered at the tavern,
as was their custom to talk over the
events of the day, seme one said that
a ghost had been seen down In the
graveyard, which was nhou', a quarter
of a mile from the tavern.
As they discussed the natter, all
but one man sccme.l to think It was
true. This was a veiy large man by
the name of Rucglos lie said he
would go and investigate If some one
would go with him. No one offered to
go but the proprietor, who said ho
would if ho could only walk.
"I will take you on my bad; " said
Uuggb'S. And In this way they start
ed. They reached the graveyard wall
where the ghost was said to have been
seen. All at once something on the
other side aro.su and said: "Is he
fat?'
"Pat or lean, you may have him."
said Rugglcs. nnd he threw Mr. Chute
off his back and ran for his life. Air.
Chute got up and ran, too He got
back to the tavern first, nnd was said
to never have b en lame nfterwar I
The cause of their fright proved tj
be two men engaged in stealing sheep,
fine was hid in the graveyard to help
tie them when the other came In from
thi pasture with them on his hack.
He saw Kugules with his burden, and
'ook him for his partner with a sheep.
Woman Becomes Broker.
A broker's office has been opened
in the Mercantile Library Hullding,
Cincinnati, by Mrs. Carlotta Thomp
son ltrown. who has fitted the place
out handsomely for the benefit of
her patrons.
Mrs. ltrown until her marriage
about a year ago was connected with
a bark the only woman cashier in
Cincinnati. Tired of the monotony
of housework, she has re-entered the
hu.'-lness world.
"Kee,ln house In the most tire
some thing I know of." said she, after
iwclvo months of domestic life.
"Wluth'T a woman does her own
work or has servants to do it, there
Is not enoiu'li mental stimulus In
housework fur a woman who has held
her own in the business world.
"Itesliies. it Is poor judgment to
waste ability on housework which
any one of average intelligence could
do."
Mrs. Brown Is the mistress of a
beautifully appointed flat, presided
over by a high-priced housekeeper.
New York World.
Vindictive Bachelors Form Club.
Because several have been jilted by
summer girls ten young bachelors of
Roscop and Rockland, Sullivan county,
N. Y., have formed nn anti-matrimony
club and decided to live only for them
selves. Kvery bachelor becoming a
member of the club Is forbidden to
marry under a penalty of $100.
The better to counteract any long
ing for the society of ladles, the club
has leased a tract of land and erected
a clubhouse, where the members con
gregate and renew their pledges of
bachelorhood.
. Two of the members were Jilted by
summer girls last iimiiirr. four have
vowed to marry only c liy girls and the
four otheis, while not telling their
troubles, are said to have been turned
down by native beauties. New York
Sun.
Pompeian Bread.
The bakers of Pompeii made their
break Into forms that were circular
anil flat, us appears from loaves that
we-e tound anions liie tuias of u bake
oven of the city.
Record in Butter Making,
In these das of creamery butter
It hounds odd to read that one wom
an has made with her own hands
1.810 pounds of butter in a single
year. Yet this Is the record of Mrs.
I2ds"r K. Cliasu of South Bethel, Me.
Has Civen Away Many Canes.
Warren Kason tif Brattleboro, Ver
mont, has given away more than 400
canes. He began making nines years
ago from walnut which he cut on
Wantastlquct mountain, nnd has kept
up the practice ever since.
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SHARKS HAVE SPECIAL SENSE.
Enables Them to Detect Presence Jt
Carrion Afar Off.
It Is a curious thing, and, so far
present knowledge goes, quite Inex
plicable, how a shark seems to have
an unerring perception of the pres
ence of carrion. By virtue of what
sense does he know that at a distance
of perhaps a couple of miles there la
food to be had for the picking up? It
can hardly be sight, and to say that It
Is the sense of smell presupposes an
olfactory apparatus of such marvelous
delicacy that one good whiff from an
average "harness cask" would Barely
burst the machinery for good and all;
and yet our shark will bolt a goodly
lump of the gamiest salt pork without
so much ns a wink. No, it cannot be
his nose which leads him.
Now a theory has been put forward
by naturalist that the shark possess
es, In common with the Andes condor,
a special sense, or Instinct, which Is
denied to cleaner feeding animals.
The naturalist cannot explain this
sense; confesses. In fact, that he
knows nothing about It; but he can
give It a name. He calls It the "car
rion sense." and with that name,
whtrh. of course, explains nothing at
all, experts us to be satisfied.
MUST JOIN FAMILY PRAYER.
That, or Leaving House, la Alterna
tive of Lovera.
A Presbyterian clergyman of this
city, with two popular daughters, has
discovered a new way to end the visits
of their beaux at a seemly hour a
plan which might appeal to lay fami
lies ns well.
For a number of years It has been a
custom of this good man to hold even
ing worship after supper, always con
cluding the prayers with a short dis
course. Things went very well until
tho daughters began to receive the
attentions of young men, and begged
off or Rtole awny to make their even
ing toilets. Then the minister changed
the devotional hour until 10 In the
evening.
This reform created an upheaval,
but tho father Insisted, and at th
stroke of 10 the visiting young men
are now left two alternatives: Klthet
to leave or Join with the family lr
prayer, and It has proved a severe test
of thiir devotion for the daughter!
when thove not prayerfully IncllneJ
st'.ck It out, sermon and all. Phlla
delphia Record.
Monument to Pig.
polly;
MOTHER 07
aged i is yt&m:
In the hamlet of Worslcy. near Man
Chester, Kugland, there Is a n'onu
inent unPitii; In the world's history-
a monument to an anti-race suictdt
pig. Polly, the sow, who has gained
this distinction, was 15Mi years old,
and bad had a progeny amounting tc
the total of 2bo, of which number onl)
four died In infancy.
Chalk-Written Will Held Valid.
A curious will has been probated
at Rehet, France. Some time ago I
gentleman of Independent means and
somewhat eccentric habits commit
ted suicide by hanging himself In hit
house at Donmely. A search among
'lis papers failed to disclose any will
until, under the bed on a piece ot
sheet Iron, was found chalked the fol
lowing words: "This is my last will
and testament. I bequeath all mj
property to the borough of Ardenni
on condition that the mayor and bor
ough council give 300 francs to the
men of tho local fire brigade for a
bean feast to be held as soon ns pos
sible." This extraordinary will wai
disputed by tho relatives, but the
local court has held that It Is valid.
Practice for British Gunners.
Off Cibrultar the ltritish channel
fleet has been practicing night firing
at a novel target. It Is shaped
like a tUsltoyer, and is outlined with
incandescent lamps that can be
switched on or off nt will from the
towing boat. The Idea is to make the
practice ns realistic as possible. Out
of the darkness tho "destroyer" sud
denly siuings, giving tho gunners
only a few seconds to take aim b
fore sre disappears again.
Chatham Leads Canadian Cities.
Chatham has the distinction of be
ing tho fli-ht city In Canada to build a
public heating plant. The exhaust
steniii from a railroad company's pow
er house Is used by tho heating com
pany. About a mile of mains has been
laid, and .several churches, schools, ho-
relit, office buildings, as well as busi
ness houses and private residences,
are connected w:th Its mains.
Cotton Plant Blooms In Winter.
In Ashland, in Aroostook county,
they have a curiosity In the shape of
a cotton plant In full bloom. The
seed ur.f obtained by Mrs. H, A,
Greenwood at Atlanta, Ga., last win
ter. It was planted in March. The
blossoms appeared on Thanksgiving
day Boston Globe.
v W't!
GREAT PROSPERITY
WONDERFUL ACTIVITY IN
LINES OF KUSINE8S
ALL
Our Country Blessed In the Ytar 1905
With a Degree of Material Prosper
Ity Beyond Anything Known 8lnce
Its History Began.
It Is well within the bounds of mod
eration to assert that this nation, at
the present time, la blessed with such
material prosperity as It has not
known since Ita history began. Prob
ably the statement might safely be
extended to the declaration that since
men existed In organized communi
ties no nation has had so great a
measure of prosperity as that which
now belongs to the American people,
A complete detailed representation of
the factors contributing to It could
FTardly be made within the limits of
a newspaper article; but some of the
more Important of them may eerve to
Indicate the truth.
The largest corn crop the country
has ever known Is now being garnered
and sent to market. Last year it was
thirty bushels for every person. This
year it Is more than thirty-two bush
els. In 1870 the American wheat
crop was 287.000,000 bushels. In 1905
It is 7110.00(1,000 bushels. It has been
estimated that nearly twenty-five thou
sand trains of forty cars each, or
more than half the freight cars In the
cejintry, would be required to move
the wheat to market.
The pig Iron product in October was
much the largest on record. More
than two million Ions were produced,
ns against 1.900,000 tons in May of
this year. The production of steel
billets, steel rails and other forms of
Iron and steel also surpassed all pre
cedents. In many cases the demand
for finished material is much in ex
cess of the capacity of the mills and
furnaces. In truth, iron and steel are
being Imported In considerable quan
tities to meet the requirements of an
eager and Impatient, trade.
Similar reports come from the tex
tile and the boot and shoe industries.
The productive machinery is running
overtime, and the manufacturers com
plain of nothing but inability to fill
orders promptly and to obtain a suffi
cient number of skilled workmen. No
well man who knows how to do things
that the community wishes to have
done should find an excuse for Idle
ness nt this time.
While trade among ourselves has
Intense and wonderful activity, trade
with foreigners does not languish.
Both exports and imports have in
creased a.nd are still increasing. This
Is likely to be a banner year for ovtr
eas trading. The wide world Is get
ting some of the benefit of the pros
perous conditions prevailing within
our borders.
For tho nine months to Oct. 1 this
year the exports were 1.103 millions,
as against 985 millions last year. The
Imports were 872 millions this year
and 752 millions last year. The "Chi
nese Wall" of which our free traders
tnlk so much Is surmounted many
times In a year.
As a necessary consequence of the
Intense stimulation of general busi
ness the common carriers are em
ployed n they never were before. The
lines were almost choked with traffic
and the companies are greatly embar
rassed by the Insufficiency of their
car equipment. The swiftly expanding
commerce or tins superlatively ia-
vorfu, nn,nn has outgrown the ca
parity of the freight carriers. The
mills that cannot fill their orders and
the farmers, whose bins are bursting
with grain, are angry that the rail
roads do not find cars enough with'
which to carry the stuffs to the con
sumers. Meanwhile the net earnings
of the railroads are steadily Increas
ing. Two or ' three collateral facts de
serve to be noted. One is that the
number of commercial failures is
smaller than usual. The least dex
AN UNCOMMONLY
terous producer or middleman can
hardly help stumbling Into a share of
the prevalent prosperity. Another fact
Is that prices are slowly rising. This
is In response to the strong pressure
of an insatiable demarid, and Is to be
regarded aa a wholesome rather than
as an unwholesome Incident. Still an
other fact Is that the amount of money
In circulation - la enlarging to meet
the requirements of expanding com
merce. Last year the per capita sup
ply waa $30.77. This year It is 131.69.
In 1870 it was $17.60. Money la the
tool with which commerce works.
Credit Is another tool; but there must
Tie plenty of money behind a solid In
strument of credit.
The visible proofs of the extraor
dinary prosperity ot the country are
presented at a time most unpropltlout
for the persons who hope to invite
Congress in the coming session to con
sider reformation of the tariff law.
Probably that law ia not perfect; but
the most enthusiastic and daring re
former will find it hard to frame an
argument for revision which will not
be completely overrun and demol
ished by the facts relating to the na
tion's business. If, at the very worst,
the protective law has not promoted
or In any manner contributed to the
country's prosperity, at least we may
say with positlveness it has not hin
dered it. The man who shall propose
to try to obtain better commercial
conditions by overhauling and amend
ing the tariff should be required to
prove his case with unanswerable evi
dence before there shall be tamper
ing with a law which has permitted, If,
Indeed, it has not created, the enor
mous blessings that have come to
American wealth producers and
wealth distributors, It is as good a
rule In economics as in other things
to let well alone. From present ap
pearances the only thing that could
possibly unsettle business and Bend
cold chills through all the depart
ments of commerce would be an au
thoritative declaration that Congress
will throw open the tariff question
during the approaching session.
The universal prosperity supplies
the key to the riddle with which many
men who long for a greater exploita
tion of American goods in foreign mar
kets have been sorely puzzled. All
our consular reports are filled with
complaints that Americans will not
embrace opportunities for selling their
goods to alien consumers; nnd some
ugly things are said by the consuls
respecting the supposed stupidity nnd
the real Indifference of our people
with respert to this business. Ex
planation of the general and very
marked neglect Is to be found In the
overtime in American mills and the
overcrowding of American railroads.
The manufacturer who cannot fill all
the orders he gets from domestic cus
tomers can hardly be expected to he
solicitous to find new customers in
Asia Minor or Argentina. The iron
and steel market which must buy for
eign metal to meet a demand which
home producers are unable fully to
supply seems to be a good enough
market for the man who runs a fur
nace or operates a rolling mill.
There are American products, and
many of them, which are sold abroad
in increasing quantities, and the mak
ers of these things are equal to all
tho opportunities that lie in that di
rection; hut the greater number of
producers find at home all the busi
ness they can handle, and It is the
best of all business, for while the pro
tective system is maintained they
have advantages not to be obtained
by them In any other market in the
world.
Tho nation which possesses pros
perity In a flood, which has begun to
turn its attention vigorously to the
extirpation of graft in politics and
crookedness in all high places, and
which has a President who, as the
most popular man that has held that
office, for thirty years, has actually
succeeded in removing the last ves
tige of the sectional ill feeling caused
by the civil war, has a. right to con
sider that it is the object of blessing
almost beyond measure.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
Poe'a Mistake.
'Tli said that Edcar Allan Foe
Received ten dollars for "Tht
Raven."
Out Edgar Allan, aa we know, .
Waa never much account at savin'
And therefore times were always bar!
With this poor glory-chasing bard.
The frowns of Fate he could not budge;
But had he tried to sell his rhyme
To some gay sheet like Puck and
Judge
What ever flourished In thos
times
They would bare paid him thirty cent
A line, and brought him wealth Im
mense. Fame Is a glorious thing, Indeed,
But grocer' bills It will not pay,
And hungry mouths It will not feed.
Nor keep the snarling wolf away;
And bards wh6 hanker for prosperity
Must write for us not for posterity.
St Louis Post Dispatch.
Final Judgment.
If you are rtght your enemies will
think you are wrong, and if you are
wrong your friends will think you are
right; but the cold, calculating world
will get at the facts. Atchison Globa
Don't Wait.,
Hnnna. vVyo.. Jiin. I5ih (Special)
Iteluya are dangeious. Don't wait un
til all the awful yujptnia of Kidney
Disease develop In your system, and
your physician shakes his bead grave
ly n be diagnoses your case. If you
suspect your kidneys, turn at once to
the grout Kiduey Specific Dodd'S
Kidney Pills. You can do so with
every confidence. A few of Dodd'S
Kiduey Pills takeu In time have saved
many a life. The early symptoms of
Kidney Disorder may be tho forerun
hern nt Urtglu's Disease, Diabetes and
Dropsy. Dr. W. H. Jeffries, a resi
dent here, tells beiow bow he treated
an attack of Kiduey Trouble. He
says:
"Before I commenced taking Dodd'S
Xldney Pills, I bad always a tired
feeling every morning when I got out
of my bed, nnd my Kidneys were in
very bad shape. There was always
a dull heavy pain across my loins, and
I had hard work to stoop. I took two
boxes of Dodd a Kidney Pills, the tired
feeling and back pains have entirely
gone, and I am now cured."
Disappointed.
"Dear me," she said when she was
Introduced to the hsplrlng young au
taor, "Isn't it funny bow people will
form Ideas? I had pictured you to my.
self ns somehow like tue hero of your
story."
"Oh. And don't you find any resem
blance?" "Not a bit. You know wou de
scribed him as Dclng handsome and
witty." Chlcngo Record-Herald.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,
in merrury will mirrly du'troy the ten-e of tTnen
kntl -im.etPly dcruiire tbu whole ft.viu.-iu when
Miterlng U through the inncoufl mirfiiea. Htirb
triK-leii hould never lie used exeppt on pretrrlp.
Uona from reputable pliynlclHnt, a the damei,'n thef
will dolH ttu (old to the good you can p.itjijr de
rivo fmm them. II. ill's Ceurru cum. inaiitifiicLurcd
tjr K. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, o., cumulus no roei
:urjr, and la taken Internally. eetliiK directly iiyon
the Mood and iniie.'Ua aunuoea of the nysu-in. In
buytiitc Unit's Catarrh Cure be eure yu iret the
Bpiiuln. It I taken Internally and ma.le In Toledo,
li!i. by F. J Cheney Co, TentlnionlMlM tree.
rciu ty jruN'ii". i rive. inc. per iM'ioe
Take flail's Family rills for coum Ipatlou.
After playing with a baby on the
floor, why should we not return It
to its mother? Because we . should
not give it to ma to ketch up. (Some
say tomato catsup.)
Sensible Housekeepers
.nt v. n nnfianrtf Mtarr.h. not alone
because they get one-third more for
the name money, out uiou ira;.
superior quality.
Smiles that show through tears are
the silver linings of the clouds.
A r.ITARANTKKl) CI'RK FOR TILKS.
Itehtn,l. Illlnd, (deeding-, I'rotrudluK I'llea. lrn.
irlHts am authorized to refund money If PAZO
OINTMKNT fails to cure In 0 to 14 days. too.
A man gets tired of being married
and a girl of not being.
Treating Wrong Disease.
Many times women call nn their family
physicians, suffering, as they Imugine,
our from uypepsiu, another from heart
disease, another from liver or kidney
disease, another from nervous exhaustion
or prostration, another with pain here and
there, and in this way tliey all present
alike to themselves and their easy-going
and indifferent, or over-busy doctor, sep
arate nnd distinct diseases, for which he,
ussiiiuliig them to be Mich, present- Ills
pills and potions. In reality, tliey are all
utily KiniijiliiiHH raused by some merino
disease. Tli" physician, ignorant of the
r'(c of suli'eriiig. encourages this prac
tice until large bills lire tntiile. The suf
fering patient gets no better, but probably
worse, by reason of tho delav, wrong
treatment and consequent com pi lea Hons.
A proper medicine, like. Dr. Tierce's Fa
vorite i'rescripllou, directed Ut the caute
would luivo entirely removed the disease,
thereby tiisicllin all thoso distressing
symptoms, und jiislltutin comfort in
Steud of prolonged misery. It has been
well said, that "a disuasu known U iiulf
cured."
Dr. Pierce's Fovorlte rrescrlntlon Is a
sclentilic medicine, carefully devised by
an experienced and skillful physician,
and adapted to woiiuin's delicate 'system.
It is miidn of native ined k-Iiim 1 roots and
Is perfectly harmless in its effects in any
contlltlon of the NfKfem.
As a powerful Invigorating tonlo Fa
vorite Prescription " Imparts strength to
the whole system and to the organs dis
tinctly feminine in particular. For over
worked, "worn-out." "run-down," debili
tated teachers, milliners, dressmakers,
licamstrHsses, "shop girls," house-keepers,
nursing mothers, and feeble women gen
erally, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
is tho greatest earthly boon, being un
til u a led as an appetizing cordial and re
storative tonic.
As a soothing and strengthening nerv
ine "Favorite Prescription " is uneuualcd
and Is invaluable in allaying ana sub
duing nervous excitability. Irritability,
nervous exhaustion, nervous prostration,
neuralgia, hysioriu, spasms, rhnrea, SU
Vllus's dance, and other distressing, nerv
ous symptoms commonly attendant upon
luiicuiiiiai aim organic uiseaso oi tue
uterus. It induces refreshing sleep and
relieve mental anxiety and desiiondency.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Invigorate
the stomach, liver and bowels. One to
three a doaa. Eaay to take aa candy.