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"Come, Curly Head, 'tis eventide
The birds are sleeping, closed the flower*.
And run are weary, little one,
A-sp>rting through the sunny hours.
Come, fold your hands and whisper low
Your mother's pray«r for you tonight—
■Teach me, dear God, to love thee much
And do the right.' "
Not then I knew the words—ah, mcl
I since have learned on life's rough road
That they alone are truly safe
Who do love God,
For everywhere, on every side,
I see the shackled human soul, .
Driven by passion, want and wrong
Whither the wheels of fate swift roll.
And, oh, the sight is fraught with pain.
The bruised and bleeding throngs of men.
Who rightly are the sons of God,
And o'er my lips and o'er again
There surges that sweet mother prayer.
Prom mother lips long hid from sight—
"Teach us, O God, to love thee much
And do the right."
Rtao Bonner in Philadelphia Presa
3U think of it, dear?" my wife
one morning over the break
fast table. "Father's birthday is day
after tomorrow. What present are we to
give him this year? Have yon made up
your mind?"
I was deeply interested in my paper,
reading the report of our latest cause
celebre, a murder trial, and not paying
t attention to her remarks. I answer
bsentmindedly:
Ten years state's prison."
Kf-h-a-t?" a startled expression com
-5," she retorted hotly, "and give
me a sensible answer if you can."
I put the paper away and looked up,
noticing for the first time that she was j
in a temper and remembering the fool- I
ish remark I had made.
"Pardon me, darling," I begged re
morsefully. " You know well enough
that I couldn't have meant the vords in
good earnest. I was so very deeply en
grossed in the district attorney's address
to the jury that I became somewhat con
fused. Overlook it and be friends. But
to the point. What are we to give the
old gentleman? A nice pocketbook?"
' 'Would that not be like throwing out
amindelicate hint?" she replied, some
what pacified.
"H'm! I don't know. Well, then,
how about a morning cap of red, white
tick, with a large tassel?"
a comfortable house coat?"
no! I tell you what, a 'sell' actor
c,' " she exclaimed triumphant
jredulously. "Heaven defend us!
md of a thing did you say? And
the world is he to do with it?"
i know, dear"—Anna was all I
See ; how he scolds the cook for
not making the beverage to his liking.
What does she know about making cof
fee anyway? Not long since I saw in
Mrs. Faber's house a newly invented
self actor extraction coffee and tea ma
chine. I tell you that is exactly what
father wants." [
"So that is it! A coffee machine I I
thought it was a sewing machine or
some such thing. What did you call it?
A self actor extraction and so forth ma
chine? What a monstrous name! How
dreadful!"
"But practical, unspeakably prac
tical, I tell you. You pour the water
into the boiler and then some coffee
into a little bowl above. Then you light
the alcohol beneath. The heated water
I is by means of a glass tube led from the
boiler into the bowl. The boiler's weight
j diminishes as the water lessens. The
latter therefore raises itself a trifle,
thus releasing a spring attached to the
cover of the alcohol lamp, which falls
upon the lamp and extinguishes the
flame. Do you understand?"
"Not the least bit!" was my ener
getic response. But my wife went on as
though it mattered little whether I" un
derstood or whether I did not under
stand:
"And as soon as the boiler has cooled
off the beverage in the bowl, as the re
sult of the pressure of the outer air—do
J you understand, now?"
i ' 'No!" I exclaimed more energetical
jly than before, but with the selfsame
I result, for my better half kept on just
as if I had replied "Yes" instead of
"No!"
"As the result of the pressure of the
outer air the now ready coffee runs by
j means of a sieve and Ibe identical tube
back into the boiler below. Then you
can empty it into cups ut your conven
ience, " she concluded deliberately. "I
I find that a wonderfully simple proce
dure."
"Yes, surprisingly simple, my dear,"
j I said doubringly. "See here, wifey, I
| think I shall have to take another
I course in physiology and technology be
; fore I would be equal to comprehending
j the raising of the tube by air pressure
and the dropping of the lamp cover as
the result of the escape of heated water.
And you really intend giving such a
what do you call it machine as a pres
ent to your father? I am quite sure I I
don't care, bat I bet your father will be !
displeased, simply because he will not i
be able to make head or tail of so com- j
"You have always fault to find with !
my propositions," she pouted sensitive- !
jly. "Always. But I take the bet. What
"A kiss! As though an everyday af- j
j fair like that were an cbject for a wa-
My wife laid the index finger of her
right hand on to her little nose, her fa
vorite attitude when in a reflective
"The other day," she said, "1 noticed '
a splendid brooch in S. 's show window: :
just the thing. " j
"And I a rocking chair at F. *s, such
as I always longed to possess," I added.
"It is a bargain. Rocking chair against
! brooch! If your what do you call it ma-
I Ohine does its duty, you will get your !
I brooch; if not, you are bound to buy me'
j the chair. Shake on it!"
"All right," my wife acquiesced in a'
triumphant tone.
I She really purchased the extraction'
machine, which, to judge from appear-
prett T' neat and brightly I
polished httle affair. The birthday ar- i
rived, and we solemnly assembled in her !
, father s house and handed fcim the pres-1
tbut he looked rather surprised. !
Well well!" he exclaimed. "Just
at this! A filtering machine. Did
over? I must confess I like the idea,
for our city water is not very clear, and
: " ** " may come *
dear father?" my Anna interrupted ex
citedly and in an almost angry tona
i " Yoa do not really mean to say that yon !
IU 2? I ? ve U M Rifling' as to buy
| m a altering acp/iratue for a bjrjytf
STAUNTON, VA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17,1896.
The old man looked from one to the
other of us, embarrassed.
"God forbid," he said feelingly,
"that I should think so ill of my dear
children, but perhaps—yes, I know,
that's it; one of Ihe newly invented pat
ent electric night lamps, eh?"
I grinned. Anna looked daggers at
"It is a new coffee machine, father,
dearT" said my wife's sister Fannie,
whose head is always full of mischief.
"You throw the beans in one side, and
'cafe an lait' already made flows out on
the other. Plain as daylight"
"Fannie, my child," said I, with all
the dignity I could muster, "please go
and bring some hot water and the neces
sary ground coffee and give us a chance
to demonstrate to father tie utility of
this wonderful machine."
Fannie did so. In the meantime the
old man walked several times around
| the table, shaking his silvery locks and
| casting suspicious glances at the com
plicated thing before him. He looked
positively frightened.
"Say, Otto," turning to me with an
anxious face, "I hope that thing will
not explode. We read every day dread
ful stories about these new fangled pat
ftsinthe papers. Please be careful,
ildren, I beg of you."
"Why, father, the whole proceeding
is so very simple," my wife pleaded,
defending her present. "Just read what
it says here! I take the water," taking
the vessel with the hot water from Fan
nie, "and pour it into the boiler like
this—see, just so. Aw!" she suddenly
cried out. She had scalded her fingers.
It was my turn now. "Please step
aside," I said, going up to the table.
"Let me try. You will injure yourself
worse with your experimenting. Hand
me the water, Fannie. That's it. Thank
y»u, dear! And now I'll light the lamp.
tiunds, the stuff won't burn!"
"It is prepared noninflammable alco
-1 for medicinal purposes,'' said father.
"Well, then, send for some that will
burn," I cried, out of patience, after I
had wasted a dozen or so matches in the
vain attempt to ignite the lamp.
|' I know what lam going to do. lam
going to sacrifice my bottle of eau de
cologne," Fannie exclaimed magnani
mously. "What is the difference!"
She ran off and pretty soon returned
with the odorous fluid, emptying it in
to the lamp after I had poured out the
"medicated" alcohol.
The cologne burned all right, and
pretty soon a low,'melodious singing
could be heard, showing that the ma
chine was beginning to do its work
My wife's countenance was all aglow,
fr she was happy; only father looked
anxiouslike and worried.
Children, better not go near it," he
.onished. ' 'Only yesterday three lit
girls were terribly scalded, you
know."
Pretty soon the steam seethed inside
the machine, the cover fell upon the
lamp and the flame was extinguished I
looked"sideways at my wife with a grin.
"According to the recipe," I said ma
liciously, "the coifee ought to be done
now, but I fail to smell the usual aro
ma. Do you?"
Just then the water in the boiler be
gan seething and bubbling stronger, and
a stream of water shot out of the latter
into the. glass tube and thence into the
"My, how nice!" exclaimed my little
8-year-old brother-in-law Fred gleefully.
"For all the world like a waterfall!"
My wife was disgusted, fche turned
pale from subdued excitement and an
ger. "What can this mean?" she said
"Something must be wrong!"
"I think your self actor extraction
machine is suffering from internal trou
bles. There is altogether too much in-1
ternal business,'' I ventured to remark
dryly. "I dare say you are beginning
to make up your mind where the best
rooking chairs are for sale. Eh, dear?"
My wife looked as if she were consid-
Bvhether it would be the better
to fall in a fainting fit into my
r to declare herself vanquished
f the bet, while her father con
shaking his head until the tassel
top of his cap swung to and fro
pendulum,
ill," he at last remarked, "this
is me funniest apparatus I ever saw.
Where is the coiiee?" when suddenly
Fannie, in her usual impulsive way,
"What a set of fools we all are! We
forgot all about putting some in."
Sure enough A napkin had been ac
cidentally thrown over the ground coffee
brought in by Fannie, and during the
prevailing excitement of expectancy no
body had given it a thought
My wife was delighted Her machine
was to be redeemed, after all. After fa
voring me with another annihilating
look the second act of the drama began.
Not a single word was spoken. We were
awaiting developments.
Again the seething and bubbling
sound, and even (he aroma cf steaming
ooffee filled the room. The brown fluid
could be seen passing through (he tube,
and exclamations of surprise and grati
fication escaped the lips of those present
Anna was all smiles and sunshina
"I trust,"she said to me mischie
vously, "that you have not forgotten the
address wkere to buy that brooch we
were talikng about yesterday.''
Eveu father nodded satisfied and
mused complacently, pouring out the
first cup of the brown beverage, "and
what an aroma, but rather an odd sort
of smell. Strange, isn't it? What does
The old man lifted the cup to his lips
and tasted the contents. With a jerk he
set it down again upon the table, mak
ing a wry face.
"I'll be— I ask your pardon, but
that stuff has a positively wicked taste.
Monstrous, abominable, fie! What the
dickens does it taste like?"
He expectorated several times and
pressed his hands to his stomach as if
"Just like eau de colonge, father," I
suggested, "a very agreeable smell,
don't you think? A trifle odd when
taken with coffee, but you will undoubt
edly get used to the taste when you
once become familiar with the ma
chine."
"For shame, husband," said my
wife, "how mean of you! Undoubtedly
Fannie has accidentally spi Ued a drop
of eau de cologne into the boiler while
filling the lamp. Where is the harm? It
is a bit unpleasant, it is true, but that,
is all there is to it. We will have to try,
again, for the machine works all right
Of that wo ought to be convinced now.''
"Hold!" objected father, lifting his
hand with a protesting gesture toward
the coffee machine. "No more of this
monkey business! I would rather that
Anna make as all a cup of coffee now in
the old fashioned way, and later you
may continue your experiments as long
as you like. The machine is Jost splon-
tnanir you neartuy tor your tnougntrui
ness in giving it to me, but there is
something strange and odd about it to
which I must get used first, and that
takes time for a man of my age."
"Before we go any further with it"
I added, us tell the girl to give it a
thorough cleaning. Lottie"—to the
cook—"take this machine into the
kitchen and scald lamp and boiler with
hot water and soda or some such stuff."
The girl went off with her burden.
Shortly afterward we were startled by a
loud report, followed by frightened
screams from the kitchen and by a sound
of falling and breaking pieces. Some
thing told me that again it was that ill
fated machine. I opened the kitchen
door. Sure enough, the girl in a dark
corner had stumbled with her burden,
and the self actor extraction coffee and
tea machine lay broken on the floor.
The poor, frightened girl sobbed. Fan
nie scolded, my wife wrung her hands
in despair, I bit my lips underneath my
bushy mustache, and father looked
pleased and relieved. )
"Nevermind, children," he said. "It!
is best so. I take this for a sign from
above. Providence has interfered. lam
conservative in my ideas, and am there
fore not overfond of the present era of
Binery. Stop crying, girl"—this to
>ok—"and brew a good cup of cof
rmy company. And now no more
the matter. Ido not wish to have
my birthday spoiled " !
"How about our bet Anna?" I asked
my wife.
"You have lost that," she quickly
responded. "The machine was in per
fect order if only"—
"Yes, if only it had not been so im
perfect! No, my dear, this time you
have lost and not L You had better get
ready to go for my rocking chair!" !
"What bet are you quarreling about,
you two?" asked the old man. '
I told him all, and called on him to
decide who had won.
"Both of you, "was his diplomatic
opinion, which created another contro
versy between Anna and myself. Mean
while Lottie appeared with the coffee,
made in "old fashioned" style, and the
conversation became general.
On the following morning, however,
there appeared a messenger in ourj
dwelling, delivering a rocking chair for I
me, a splendid piece of furniture, by
the way, and exactly five minutes later I
another messenger came, bringing aj
brooch for my wife, a veritable little j
gem. To each of the two presents was I
fastened father's visiting card with the J
inscription, "This is my revenge fori
jeopardizing my life with youf self actor I
extraction coffee and tea machine!"
"Say," I remarked to my wife, com- j
fortably stretching myself in the new I
E chair, "you 'seem to have been j
ight, after all, for your self and j
machine has proved itself to be
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manufacturing of tobacco cigarettes, tea
being a substitute for tobacco; that he
must register, give bond and so on, and
that the cigarettes, when made, must be
packed, stamped, branded and labeled,
exactly as the tobacco cigarettes, before
the government would sanction their re
moval from the factory for sale.
Kveral descriptions of the tea ciga- j
have been printed, but these have
lin the presumption that the tea
was taken as sold, rolled up in a paper
and smoked. This would be practically
impossible, as the sharp edges of the tea
would cut tho paper in all directions,
spoil the draft and render the cigarettes
unsmokabla
To make the tea cigarette one takes a <
grade of green tea which has but little
dust, being composed of unbroken leaf,
ond dampens it carefully, just enough to
permit the leaves to be unrolled with
out being broken, and so as to be left i
pliable and capable of being'stuffed in
the paper cylinder, while the dampness
is not sufficient to stain the paper. The
cigarettes are laid aside for a few days
and are then ready to be smoked.
The feeling of a tea cigarette in the
mouth is peculiar. JEhe taste is not so
disagreeable as might be supposed, but
tho effect en tho tyro is a sense of thick
ening in the head and a disposition to
take hold of something or sit down. If
the beginner quits them, that settles it, |
he will not try tea cigarettes again.* If,
however, the smoker sits down and tries
a second cigarette, inhaling it deeply,
then the thickening feeling passes and
is succeeded by one of intense exhilara
tion. The nerves are stimulated until
the smoker feels like flying, skirt danc
ing or doing something else entirely out
of the common way. This stage lasts as
long as the smoke continues, which is
until the reaction of tho stomach Gets in.
Words cannot describe the final effects
of the tea cigarette. Tho agony of the
opium fiend is a shadow to that of the
nauseated victim of the tea cigarette. It
will be hours befcre focd can be looked
at yet the first step toward a euro is a
cup of lea. An hour afterward cosies
the craves frr tho tea cigarette. Cin
cinnati Tribune.
PHOTOGRAPHING A WHALE.
A Snap Shot at a Monster as it IVsapesl
Ont of the Water.
Whether a certain whale thaf- break
fasted, dined and supped every day in
the Santa Gatalina channel went out
one morning with the determination of
being photographed I really cannot say,
but the picture was certainly take^.
Living in the neighborhood, the whale
was probably familiar with the steamer j
that plowed daily through its dining j
room, and if it was at all an observing I
whale it must have noticed on the morn-1
ing in question an unusual commotion
on the deck of the steamer, and this is |
what it saw: The passengers were crowd- j
ing about the rail, and on the upper j
deck stood a man and a little girl, the
former holding a square black box, into
which he looked earnestly. And if the
whale had come a little nearer this is
what he might have heard:
"Will he look pleasant?" asked the
little girl of her companion.
"I hope so," he replied, glancing
rapidly from the camera to the whale
that was then swimming a few hundred
The passengers had first observed it a
mile or mora distant, when the little!
girl said it was "dancing on its tail"
It had really leaped out of the water
and for a few seconds exposed almost its I
entire back—most astonishing spectacle j
—and then had fallen back into the sea
with a thundering crash. Soon it came
to the surface again, and, shooting a
cloud of into the air that slowly
floated away, at intervals disappeared
and reappeared until finally it came
alongside the steamer, swimming along
within a short distance. It was then
that the fortunate possessor of the cam
era secured a good position near the rail
and waited, as his little companion had
said, for the whale to "look pleasant"
Looking pleasant in this instance meant
for the whale to show a large portion of
its body above the water. It was now
swimming just below the surface, its
huge black form, 60 or 70 feet in length,
distinctly visible, propelled by the un
dulating movement of the tail. Sudden
ly it rose, showing just the portion
around the blowholes, and with a loud
puff the hot breath burst into the air,
was condensed and in a little cloud
drifted away. j
"Didn't ho look pleasant?" asked the
little girl earnestly.
"Not quite pleasant enough,"said
I photographer as he peered into the
• window of the camera that reflect
he sea in brilliant tinta "I could
h the spout, but I want to wait un
le.throws his entire head out of wa
md looks really pleasant before I
h the button."
was an exciting moment as never,
ir as known, had n living whale in
jpen ocean posed before a camera,
photographer seen so huge an ani
obligingly swim along, allowing
icture to be taken.
it's a tame whale, isn't it?" said
little girl as the whale gradually
s nearer.
3e certainly does not seem very
timid," replied her companion, and as
he spoke, puff! came the spouting like
the escape of steam, the vapor actually
I ing aboard the steamer into the
i of the passengers,
le whale was now so near that the
acles upon his back could be seen,
one man was sure that he saw its
eye. Suddenly it sank, and all that
could be seen ill the little window was
the dancing waves and the white sails
of myriads of velellas that covered the
surface, scudding along before the fresh
•le wind. Then without warning the
iture as suddenly rose again, show
a large area of its back, sending at
the same time a cloud of misty vapor
into the air as its top or dorsal fin ap
peared The photographer saw it in the
little window, and evidently thinking
that the whale looked as pleasant as he
in all probability would touched the
button, and, so far as is known, took
the first photograph of a living whale
in the open ocean.—Charles Frederick
Holder in St. Nicholas.
It Didn't Work.
"Did you hear about Samuels?" asked
Mrs. Graymare's husband.
"No, I didn't hear about Samuels,"
the lady answered "When you have
anything to tell, why don't you tell
it?" ' |
"Yes, dear. Well, Samuels was going
home the other night, when a footpad
shot at him and the ball hit a latchkey
in Samuels' vest pocket and his life
was saved. So you see what .good a
latchkey is."
"Indeed? If Samuels had been going
home at a reasonable hour, he wouldn't
have met any footpad. Secondly, he
carries $50,000 insurance, payable to
his wife, and if it had not been for that
key she would be a rich widow right
now. So, if you are hinting around for
a latchkey, you will have to bring home
some better story than that one. That's
all. I'm going to go to bed now, and if
you want to read you'll have to go to
the kitchen. And don't waste the coaL " •
—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Eggs by the Gallon.
Eggs are now imported into Great
Britain from Eussia shelled, beaten up
and preserved in hermetically sealed
tins, from which they are drawn off
through a tap.
Eggs in this condition are principally
used by pastry cooks, and the advan
tages claimed for the system are free
dom from damage in transport and long
keeping qualities. The tin or drum is
packed with straw in a wooden case !
and holds the contents of 1,000 to 1,500
eggs, the white and yolk being mixed I
together, poured into the drum and the
aperture closed with a bung and sealed. '•
"Why," asked the youngest of the
neophytes, "why should truth always!
rise again when crushed to earth?"
"Because of its elasticity, of course," j
answered the corn fed philosopher, j
"Don't you know how easy it is to
stretch the truth?"—lndianopolis Jour-
Attractive to Bicyclists.
"Have you visited the Phipps' con-:
«ry lately, Miss Gaswell?"
link you would enjoy a visit very
much. You are such an enthusiastic
wheelwoman."
"Pardon me, but I do not exactly see
the connection between a conservatory
and bicycling."
"Well, the conservatory is full of
bloomers, you see."—Pittsburg Chroni
a
The smaller the drink the clearer the
head and the cooler the blood, which
are great benefits in temper and busi- j
ness.—William Perm. j
Delaware people are called " Musk
ets," an allusion to th« former abun-
CARD SUPERSTITIONS
PLAYERS WITH THE PASTEBOARD I
HAVE THEIR "BLIND SIDE." I
Some of the Strange Beliefs Are as Old as
the First Game of Cards— Some of the
Standard Superstitions Which Were Held
by Persons Known to History.
That immortal devotee of whist
Sarah Battle, whose wish was for "a |
clear fire, a clean hearth, and the rigor
of the game," and who, emphatically
observing that cards were cards, loved
a thorough paced partner, a determined I
enemy, We are told, and neither took
nor gave concessions, had yet her weak
point. "Allpeople,"saysLamb, "have
their blind side—their superstitions—
and I have heard her declare, under the
rose, that hearts was her favorite suit"
And in this respect Sarah Battle was a
type of most card players. Every one
has his pet superstition, or his favorite
suit, and as some one suit, or certain
cards thereof, may be considered spe
cially lucky, so there are at least two
cards which are generally looked at
askance as decidedly unlucky. One is the
four of clubs, known as the "devil's
bedposts," and the other is the four of
hearts, which, for some reason, goes by
the name of "Hob Collingwood" in the
north of England.
No manner of man is more prone to
belief in luck, or to put his trust in
strange methods of insuring it, and
warding off the effects of unlucky
omens and influences, than the con
firmed gambler, and even the mildest
player at that form of domestic whist j
disrespectfully known as "bumble pup-1
py," where stakes are counters repre
senting purely imaginary values—even j
such a one is, as a rule, just as strong a I
believer in the "luck" which he tries to
Spitiate either secretly or openly, as
professional Barry Lyndon. The or
ary card player, when pursued by a
run of ill luck, gets up, makes his chair
perform mystic gyrations, and sits down
again, refreshed and hopeful, to pick
up the cards of the new deal He may
laugh as hu turns the chair round, but j
ti it all the same, and entertains, j
ty be sure, a sneaking belief that j
I "something in it," after aIL
superstitions sometimes take odd
Some time ago a visitor to the
irbood of a country town in the
part of Suffolk discovered that
there considered unlucky to sit
J the hinges, locally called the
srs," of the table when playing
. Old Aubrey, tho old antiquary,
ban 200 years ago noted that
10 had bad luck at cards it was
1 for him to say that somebody
ting with his legs crossed and
had so brought him ill fortune. This
was a survival of a superstition which
dates back to the days of Roman pagan
ism and may possibly account for some
of the contempt so freely and proverbial
ly poured out upon tailors, who sit cross
legged at their work. j
Habitual card players often have re
sort to strange methods of propitiating
the goddess fortune or luck, whom they
worship. Dv Boisgobey, in one of his
6sational stories, remarks: ' 'All heavy
rers believe in some kind of fetish,
le nut faith in a ring, others in the
darns of a watch chain; some will
r stake with their hats on or when
.ving a toothpick. Others again in
on wearing spectacles, although they
possess excellent sight, while some, be
fore venturing to enter their club, will
walk for hours in the streets, hoping to
meet a hunchback person and gently
touch the hump. " Fetish worship is by
no means confined to Africa. Burglars
have more than once been found carry
ing coal in their pockets, which was sup
posed in some mysterious way to help
them in thoir nefarious trade, and many
people who have nothing in common
with lawbreakers save superstition make
a practice of carrying this or that in
trinsically worthless thing to bring
them luck.
Among English card players of the
last century what was called a "carp
bone"—that is, the curious fleshy palate
of the fish—was supposed to be of sin
gular efficacy in bringing luck at cards.
An aristocratio devotee of the green
baize table, Lady Mary Coke, wrote to
a friend something more than a hundred
years ago: "The carp bones are intoler
able. In the evening I lost eight and
twenty guineas at Lady Hertford's. I
have thrown one"—carp bone—"in the
fire. But whether 'tis yours or Mrs
Jackson's I can't tell." Was not this
like the African fetich worshiper? The
untutored savage, when things go wrong
with him, beats his fetich; the English
lady of rank, when her fetich failed to
bring her luck, threw it into the fire.
Again, the African beats and mal
treats his fetich, but continues to wor
ship it or another. Lady Mary Coke
clung to her belief in the virtues of the
"carp bone. " Six years later than the
date of the previous extract she wrote
to a friend concerning another card
party: "I lost 15 guineas, though the
carp bono lay upon the table, but I fear
the princess"—Amelia—"has taken
away tho virtue, for sho unfolded the
paper, took it out and called it an old
tooth, which diverted the company more
than it did me, for from that time I
lost. At cards lam superstitious, and
as it is only at play 'tis pardonable."
Lady Mary was candid, although her
reasoning is open to question.—London
Why He Was Moving;.
"You like music, I understand?"
"Then you are happy in the location
"I am miserable."
' 'But that young lady next door plays
all the time. If you enjoy music"— |
"It is because I enjoy music that I
intend to move out."—Chicago Post
Infallible Sign.
"How came you to suspect the pris
oner to be a man in woman's clothing?" \
inquired the magistrate.
"I didn't suspect," answered the de
tective. ' 'As soon as I saw her try to
lift her bonnet after she had met and
Knnther woman on the street I
iew she was a man."—Chicago
Misunderstood."
Id yon like to takg a chance?" I
i Hraid» rosy checked maiden of
g, l ~t the church fair,
d 1?" exclaimed the stranger!
. '' Well, I should say I would,
is voice fell to a whisper and
the eager light in his eyes died to a far-!
away, sad expression—"l am already
married. "—Washington Times.
It is the same with understanding as
with eyes—to a certain size and make,
Just so much light is necessary and no
Biofe. Whatsoever Ik rxyoui?. Vtngs
i ittttnton SpwtaSrr.
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■■: looks out at the
world with clear
and healthy eyes
cannot help feeling
great gratification at
the thought that his
children and his
children's children
have inherited from
him no weakness nor
tendency to disease,
> The healthy old man
jis the man who has
throughout bis life
kept his digestion
good and his blood
pure. Once in
a while yon find such
a man who has never
taken any medicine.
That man has lived
a perfectly natural
life. Not one in t
thousand does do it.
Sometimes very
slight indiscretions
or carelessness pave
the way for serious
sickness. The r-.«a
theory of disease is
well authenticated,
and germs are every.
i where. This need
make no difference
fc ~ to the perfectly
hea thy man. Germs go through the
healthy body without effect. They are
humed along rapidly and thrown off before
they have time to develop or increase. Let
them once find lodgment or let them find a
weak spot, they will develop by the million
and the blood will be full of them. Instead
of rich, life-giving properties, the blood will
luggish, putrid tide of impurity. In
)f giving strength to the tissues, it
rce upon them unwholesome and
tious matter, and the man will
sh. The more flesh he loses and the
he becomes, the more susceptible
d disease. His trouble will become
:atcd and serious consequences will
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is the only medicine that absolutely
allibly cures all blood diseases, and
all diseases are blood diseases. It
isn't a medicine for some one particular
so-called disease. It is a medicine for the
whole body. It forces out all the germs of
disease, replaces impurities with rich, red
blood, feeds the tissues and makes strolls',
healthy flesh.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
First Presbyterian Church, on Frederick Si
between New and Market streets, services
II a. m. and Bp. m. Pastor, Rev. A. M. Fraser
Second Presbyterian church corner Freder
lck and Lewis streets. Services at 11 a. in
and 8. Pastor, Rev. Wm. Cuinmlng.
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, worship on
West Frederick St. Services at 11 a. m., and 8
p. m„ Rector, Rev. R. C. Jett.
Trinity Episcopal church. Mam street, be
tween Lewis and Church streets. Services at
11 a. m., and Bp. m. Hector, Rev. W. Q. Hul
llhen
United Brethren churtj, Lewis street, be
tween Mam and Johnson streets. Services at
11 a. m and Bp. m. Pastor, Rev. J. D Don
ovan.
Methodist church, Lewis street, between
Main and Frederick streets. Services at 11 a
m. and Bp. m. Pastor, Rev. J. H. Boyd, D. D
Christ Evangelical Lutheran church, Lew
is street, between Main and Frederick street*
Services at li a. m. and 8 p. m. Pastor Re*
H.F.Shealy.
Baptist church, cornel Main and W suing
ton streets. Sorvices at 11 a. m. and ? p m
Pastor, Rev. M. L. Wood.
St. Francis Roman Catholic, North August!
street. Mass at 7 and 10.30 a. m. Vespers and
benediction of Most Blessed Sacrament at
p. m. Pastor, Rev. Father McVerry.
Young Men's Christian Association, corner
Main and Water streets. Services at 4 v m
Sunday.
DIRECTORY OF LODGES.
M/SONIC LODGE.
Staunton Lodge No. 13, A. F. and A. M., meets
every second and last Friday night In eacr
month. In Masonic Temple, Main street Jar
M. Llckllter, W. M; B. A. Eskrldge, Secy.
r/Nlfw ROYAL ABCH CHAPTER.
No. 2, meet third Friday In every month. Id
Masonic lem pie, on Main street. W W Mc
Guffln. High Priest A. A. Eskrldge, SeCyl
ODD FELLOWS' LODGER
Staunton Lodge, No. 45,1, o. O. F. meets
cry Thursday night to Odd Fellows' Hall, ove
Wayt's drug store, on Main street. John O
Fretwell Noble Grand: C. A. Crafton, Sec*
KNIGHTS OF HONOB LODGE.
Staunton Lodge No. 756, of Honor
meets every first tad third Tuesday In each
month, to Pythian Hall, Main street. W. L.
Olivier. Dictator; W. A. Burnett, Recorder.
MOUNTAIN CITY LODGE.
No. 110,1. O. G. T., meets every Friday night
in their lodge room over Wayt's drug store on
Main street. A. 8. Woodhouse, Chief Templar
F. B. Kennedy, Secy.
DISTRICT LODGE.
No. 22,1, o. G. T., meets overy three montht
G. C. Shlppiett, D. C. T.; 8. H. Bauserman
District Secretary ™°
ROYAL ARCAttum.
Augusta Council, No. 490, Royal Arcanum
meets every second and fourth Tuesday to the
month, at Pythian Hall, Main street. W. W
Robertson, Regent; Jos. B. Woodward, Sec
retary.
SONS OF TEMPERANCE
Charity Division, M. A., Sons of Temperance
meets every Monday night at Odd Fellows
aU. W. A. Rapp, Worthy Patriarch; John
B. CoSelt Secy.
UNIFORMED RANK, KNxGHTS OF
PYTHIAS.
E. B. Stuait Division, No. 10, meets second
and fourth Mondays each montn at Pythian
Hall. Sir Knight Captain, F. B. Berkley; S
Knight Recorder, S. H. Rosenbaum.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS."
Valley Lodge, No. 18, K. ot P., meets every
Monday night at Castle Hall, on West Main
street, over Dr. Wayt's drug store. C. T. Ham
mond, Chancellor Commander; Albes
Keeper of Records and Seal.
R KNIGHT TEMPLARS,
ton Comm'andery, No. 8, Knights Tern
eets first Friday night to every month
onlc Temple, on Main street. W. B.
McChesney, Eminent Commander; A. A. B k
ridge. Recorder.
ONEIDA TRIBE, NO. 88,1. 0. B. M„
Meets to their wigwam, to Valz Building
every Wednesday at Bth run 30th breath
setting of the sun. J. D. Anthony, sachen
James W. Blackburn, chief of records. 1 11
R brothers welcome.
MERICAN LEGION OF HONOR.
Valley Council No. 736 meets on the first and
third Mondays in each month. Commande-
A. S. Woodhouse; secretary, Dr. J. M. Hange
collector, Isaac C. Morton. Jr.
CATHOLIC HIBERNIAN BENIFICAI
SOCIETY.
I [Meets first Sunday to every month In tbeli
hall on the church lot. M. T. B presi
dent; J. J. Kiigalen, first vice-president; J. 3
Murphy, second vice-president; D.J. O'Connell
recording secretary.
H 'STONEWALL" BRIGADE BAND,
d meets every Monday and Thursday
orchestra, every Wednesday, at 8 p. m., In City
Hall. Mr. J. M. Brereton, director
J. A. Armentrout, president, and C. Harry
CHAMBER Or COMMERCE.
Monthly meetings, Fourth Tuesday In the
BatT:3oo'eloek. Boom n City Hal build
presnf J<Jent:J.C.Fheflt ,