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VOL. XXL RISING SUN, CECIL COUNTY, Ml)., FRIDAY, JANUARY 18. Ift!>!>. NO. 10.
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| The Secret of the Still |
By Sherwood Bonner.
rrtl’T. JAMES PETERS, riding-home
w from a raid into the moonshine
aouD'jes, stopped at Jared’s store, and
asked for a drink. A jug was taken
from the shelf and a finger's length of
clear, yellow whisky poured out.
“No moonshine in this sto’, you see,
captain." remarked Mr. Jared.
“Humph!" and the captain’s keen
eyes glanced toward the loungers in
and about the store. “Reckon, if I took
a notion I could unearth some moon
shine. an’ spot some moonshiners not
fur off."
"Captain, you mustn't be so suspi
cious"
Oapt. Peters only laughed. He A-as
eery good-humored, this mountain
terror, except when, as they would say.
his blood was up. Then it wasassafe to
meet a starving tiger.
"Seem lo me’s if you had somethin’
on your mind,” remarked Mrs. Peters
that same evening.
"Ye-es,” said the captain. “I'm
plagued about them Jared boys. I
can't ketch ’em nohow.”
A knock at the door, and a young fel
low eatne in and shook hands eagerly
with the captain. His name was Mad
dox. Capt. Peters hat* picked him up in
Nashville, and employed him “on trial.”
“I was jest, speakin’ of the Jareds.”
he said. “I'm pretty sure they've got
a still somewhat-. They look me in the
eye too powerful innocent to be ail
right. Now Eve got a notion in my
head, if T only had anybody I could
trust —” Maddox drew himself up.
alert, watchful as a listening sentineir
“What can't be done one way must be
done another," said C-apt. Peters, slow
ly. and he and Maddox had along, whis
pered conference.
A few day® later a peddler stopped
at Bley lock’s and asked for a drink of
water. Old Mother Bieylock sent Eliza
to the spring for a fresh bucketful and
the peddler, after refreshing himself,
opened his pack.
“ 'Pears's if we oughtn’t ter trouble
you." she said, “ ’cause we can’t buy a
pin’s wuth.”
“•Test for the pleasure, ma'am,” said
the gallant peddler.
The pack was opened, and three pairs
of eyes grew big with delight.
“'F you'll wait till pa comes home,
I’ll make him buy me that collar,” said
.Taney, the younger of the Bieylock
girls.
“P'raps Dick Oscar’d buy you a pres
ent 'f he was here." suggested Eliza.
“If tain’t maltin’ t-co free, I’d like to
say 1 admire Dick Oscar's taste.” said
the peddler, with an admiringglance.
•Taney responded with: “Oh, yon
hush!” and a toss of her head; and old
Mother Bieylock said: “The boys most
generally always paid Janey a good
deal ’f attention.”
She possessed a bold prettiness, this
mountain pink. BTOwn-sk.in.ned, black
eyed, red-lipped, and away of dropping
iter head on her swelling neck, and
looking mutiny from under he/r heavy
brew®. Eliza was a th-in slip of a girl,
with a demure but vacant look in her
blue eves, and a shy, nervous manner.
“I'y tell you the truth,, ma’am,” re
marked the peddler to the mother,
“you could take these girls o’ yourn to
Nashville, an’ people in th’ streets
would follow them fior their good
looks. An’ that’s Heaveni’s own truth.
All yo’ family?”
“Lor’ no; I’ve got three boys.”
“All at home farmin’, Is’pose?”
“Yaas.”
“Now, ’bout these goods o’ mine,”
said the peddler; “ ’f you could put me
up for a few days, we might make a
trade. I’m Is tired ’s lame horse, aDd
wouldn’t want nuthin,’ better ’n to rest
right here.”
"I’d like nuthin’ better’n to take you.
But th’ ain’t no use sayin’ a word till
pa gits home. He ain’t no hand fur
l strangers.”
“Well, I won’t be a stranger longer’n
I can help,” said the agreeable peddler.
"My name’s Pond —Marous Pond—
. Nashville boy; but a roilin’ stone, you
i know. I’ve peddled books an’ sewing
, machines, an’ no end of a lot of traps
i ginerally. Fond o’ travel, you sec; but
, jest's steady as old Time. Never drink
i when 1 travel; promised my mother
1 ! wouldn’t."
I
i " 'Tis n good thing,” said Mother
Bieylock, with energy. “I do despise
to see n fuddled man. Whisky ain't fit
fur nuthin' but ter fatten hogs on."
Father Bieylock came home, and be
yond a stare und a silent nod, took little
’ notice of the peddler. He was a tall
; man. thin, taciturn, and yellow, and
; with a neck so small that his head pre
sented the appearance of being stuck
1 on with a pin.
He lighted his pipe, and after a sooth
ing interval of smoking, “peddler’d like
to stop over a period,” said his wife.
Puff, puff. “Don’t see no objection.”
; Puff, puff.
t Mr. Pond, as he had promised, soon
j ceased to be a stranger. The old man
i discoursed ou the grievunces of taxes.
’ and "the old woman, after the manner
j of mothers, talked about her daugh
t i ,ers '
j | The Bieylock boys. easy, rollicking
M fellows, treated the peddler very much
t: as if he had been a harmless though un-
J necessary catnbout the house, and were
„ surprised when Dick Oscar, dropping in
i one evening, informed them that they
J were all a pack of fools for "fakin’ in
. a stranger so free and easy.”
"Why. I ain't paid no more attention
- to th' nmu ’n if he’d a-been a preacher,”
said Sam Bieylock; "seems *s if th’
ain't no harm t' him.”
"He's a very God-fearin' man,” said
Eliza, softly, "aV a powerful render o'
the Bible.”
" 'F you’ll take my say so, you’ll git
quit cf him." said Dick Oscar.
"He’s got such beautiful taste!” said
Mother Bieylock. “It's as good’s goin'
to th’ city to lodk at his things.”
“I see he’s a-dressin’ you up,” said
Oscar, with a sneer at the new ribbons
the girls wore round their necks.
Janey sprang up. Her face reddened.
In an instant she had torn off the rib
bon and stamped her foot on it.
“That’s how much I care for him an'
his ribbons!” she cried.
"Don’t fly quite off the handle," said
Mr. Oscar, coolly.
Poor Janey. She had hoped to please
her lover by her scorn of the peddler’s
gift, but she was coming to the conclu
sion that he was a hard man to please, j
She was a passionate young animal. |
and she had thrown herself into his
arms with a readiness that robbed her-;
self of her graces. He liked to sting!
and stroke her alternately, and was |
about as unsatisfactory a lover as
Janey could have found on the Cumber
land. But she liked him. saw with his
eyes, thought with his thoughts. Nat
urally she turned against the peddler,
and from this time set herself to watch
him.
Cltauee favored -Miss Janey. She was
bathing, one warm day, in the creek
that ran out from the spring, when she
saw Eliza and the peddier coming, like
Jack and Jill, to fetch a pail of water.
Being naked. Janey could not get
away; but she slid along to a cool inlet
overhung with tree branches, and, so
hidden, waited for them to do their
errand. Of course they stopped to talk.
“That pink ribbon becomes your
black hair mightily.” said the peddler.
Eliza blushed. “We’re just country
girls, you know, Mr. Pond; we don't
have many pretty things. Seems 's if
the hoys don't have any money left
after bayin' the sugar, an' flour an’ mo
lasses. an'- things."
“Meat, I s'pose," said the practical
peddler.
“No; we raise our own meat. Pa has
a powerful let o' hogs."
“So!"
“But 1 expect you don't take much in
terest in country life. Mr. Pond?"
“Why, my dear" —and Mr. Pond
slipped his arm around Eliza —“I'd like
the best in the world to settle down in
a country just like this. A fellow gets
tired trampin' around. But I’d want
two things to make me happy.”
Eliza looked at him with happy confi
dence.
“First a little wife ’at was gentle in
her ways, and a good religious girl, an'
one with black hair to set off the pink
ribbins I'd buy for her. an’ a fleet foot,
an' a red mouth.”
Here Mr. Pond came to a full stop
with a kiss.
"And the other thing?" with a bright
blush.
The peddler grew practical again.
"Well, it's nothin' more'n some way to
make a livin’. Now. say I married a
sweet girl up the Cumberland, and
made a little crop. It's too far to get it
to market. I might turn it into whisky,
but lately gov'ment’s turned meddler,
at:’ is breakin' stills right an’ left
through the country.”
“They do hide ’em sometimes," said
Eliza, in a half-whisper, “so't a blood
hound could hardly scent ’em. An’ a
very good business it is, an’ the hogs
live on the mash.”
“Do you know of any such stills, my
little darlin'?”
But she drew back u little. “Kf I do
know of any,” she said, “I’ve promised
not to tell of ’em.”
“Not to the man as is goin’ tobe your
husband?”
“Not to him until he ks my husband."
And blushing, but resolute, Eliza filled
her pail and started for the house.
Under the water Janey clinched her
hands. “Dick was right,” she thought;
“and I see his game. He’s a spy. and
Eliza’s a fool.”
She knew that she had heard enough
to justify her lover in his suspicions,
enough to put them all on their guard.
A passionate exultation fired her blood
as she thought of the service she should
render Dick Oscar, his praise, the re
ward of his rude kisses.
But, alas for Janey 1 Something had
ruffled her sweetheart’s temper when
they next met. Before 6he could ap
proach the subject of which she was
full, stinging words had passed be
tween them.
“Dick,” said Janey, hoarsely, “d’ye
mean that you’re goiug back from your
word, that you ain’t a-goin’ to marry
me?”
"Marry, no!” said Mr. Oscar, and he
walked off.
“I want to speak t’ you," said Janey
that night to the peddier. “Can you git
up in th’ mornin’ befo' th’ folks is stir
rin'?”
“Of course I can, when it’s to meet a
gal like you.”
Privatelj' he wondered at her pallor
and lurid eyes.
Morning came. As the stars were
drowsily getting out of the sun’s way,
Janey and the peddler m by the
spring.
“You needn’t lie to me,” said she,
harshly, “I’ve found you out. You’re
up the Cumberland spyin’ for wild-cat
stills. I’ll take you to one.”
“But, my dear, is this a trap? I’m
nothin’ but a poor, harmless peddier."
“Come, then, my harmless peddler."
said the girl, with a sneer, "an’ I’l’i
show you somethin' t’ make your mouth
water.”
She struck through the woods, and he
followed, alternately blessing and won
dering at his luck. What thread led her
he knew not. Fallen logs lay in the j
way. thickets opposed, dense foliage hid j
ail signs of paths, but on she went,
above, around, amidst, athwart ob- j
stacles of every kind. And finally, gir- j
died and guided by trees and rocks, was
the hidden still, where the corn was
changed intothe flow ingmoonshine that
maketh glad the heart of man.
The peddler could hardlykeep back a
shout. He had won his spurs, it was a
much larger concern than he had ex
pected. Some hogs were rooting about
the sodden earth. Th* monotonous
dripping of water mingled with the
grunts of these poetic animals.
Janey leaned against a rock breath
ing heavily. The peddler thought he
would abor t as soon touch a wildcat as
speak to her. Nevertheless he did.
. "B'long t' your folks?" he said.
“’T b’longs to Dick Oscar, an' you.
know it," said the girl, fiercely. “Now
I'm goin' back home.”
“You don’t know of any more such."
said the insatiate peddler, “lyin' round
loose up here?"
i. “I’ve done enough. An’, look here; !
keep your tongue between yo' teeth.
Tell that I fetched you here, an’ you
won’t see many more sun-ups with them
i spyin’ eyes."
Mr. Pond was a tolerable woodsman,
and he ltd Capt. Peters and his scouts
to the mountain still without trouble.
| They were all t here—the Bleylock boys,
I the father, and young Oscar. They
j were hard at work. and. surprised, were
I handcuffed without the firing of a gun.
'The prisoners were halted at the
Bleylock cabin for baggage and good
bys. They were to go to the peniten
tiary.
Mrs. Bleylock and Eliza wept and
moaned their fate; but Janey was still,
her brown lids veiling the dull fire of
her eyes.
“Janey, my girl.” said Oscar, drawing
her apart, “I spoke up rough to you
t'other day. But don't you mind it. j
'Twarn’t nothin’ but jealousy.”
Her eyes softened. Mountain pinks,
as well as some fine ladies, consider
jealousy as a tribute to their charms.
“Perhaps I'll never come back,” said
he.
She seized him by the arm.
“Dick, what can they do t' you?”
“Dunno. Most likely I’ll kill some
body tryin’ to git away, and be strung.” ,
Janey burst into tears.
“Shouldn’t wonder 'f you married one
o’ the Jareds," he said, piling on the
gloom.
“Dick Oscar. 1 promised to marry
you, an’ I don't go back from my word.”
“No, an’ I don’t,” cried Dick. “There
ain’t as pretty a shaped girl as you cn
the Cumberland; an’ if ever 1 do git
back—”
He whispered the rest in Janey’s ear, |
and she clung to him, blushing a deep,
deep rose.
“ ’S jest one thing I want to know,"
said old Bleylock, as they tramped to
Nashville; “how’d you find us?"
The captain laughed.
. “Been entertainin’ a peddler, haven't
you? Which one o’your gals’d he make
'up to?”
Father and brothers swore. Dick
Oscar nodded to his discernment, with
human triumph.
A few days later a young girl walked
Into Nashville, who had never been in a
city before. She asked but one ques- :
tion —the way to the governor's house, j
That accessible mansion was readily
found; doors were swinging open; and,
announced by a sleepy darky, Janey
Bleylock stood in the governor's pres
ence.
With a fine and courteous' manner
that gentleman, listened, struck by her
figure, her full voice and passionate
eyes. He promised to use his influence
with the president -to procure a pardon
for Dick Oscar and the Bleylocka and
Janey was allowed to go to prison with
the cheering newa
The mountain girl was heard of in
high circles. Hearts beat warmly in
lovely southern bosoms, and they made
a heroine of Jamey.
“Why don’t you marry here?” said a
beautiful enthusiast, who had called to
see Janey, and kissed her, because,she
knew so well how to love. “Marry here,
and I’ll give you a wedding dress.”
“So we will,” said Dick Os tar, wthen
he was out of prison.
And Janey went home a wife, as if
the stars had been- diamonds', and
strung like a larkspur chain for her j
neck' —father, brothtfrs, husband, shel
tering her in their love.
Mrs*. Bleylock and Eliza ran to meet
them. Eliza thought perhaps some one
else would come with them. Had no’
her lover left her with a kiss and a
promise to come back?
The pink ribbon was round herneek.
Her lips were parted in a happy, vacant
smile.
The old father was in advance. He
thrust out his arm as Eliza drew near.
“Don’t you speak tome!”
“Pappy!"
“Krep away from my hands!”
The smile had gone. The vacant look
spread over the face that turned help
lessly to her brothers.
“You ought to be whipped like a nig
ner,”said Sam Bleylock. “What’d you
tell that peddler 'bout Oscar’s still for?
Might known he was foolin’ you.”
“I didn’t tell where the still was.”
“Hoh! you lie, too.” And her father,
passing by, struck her with the back of
his- hand.
“Shame on you. pappy!” and Janey
ran to her sister, over whose lips the
blood was pouring.
Her husband drew Janey away
“Don’t touch her,” he said, with a look
of disgust; “sheaim’t fit.”
A wild, terrified look swept over
Janey’s face. Should she grasp at the
wind blowing in the treetops above
her? She caught Dick Oscar's atm.
holding it fiercely. Here was some
thing to clasp, to cling to. Her sou!
shriveled in her ardent body.
Afterward Eliza Bleylock seemed to
wither away. She repeated her denial
of having been a traitor, but no one
ever believed her. She worked hard,
and was used roughly. She had never
j been strong. Sometimes she stole
j away and nursed Janeyb baby, who
I seemed to love her. Blit neveT when
j Dick Osear was a t home.
1 One day. sitting by the spring alone,
too weak, since a long time to work, she
leaned her head againsrt a tree, and [
i with one moan, too fain* -to startle the
1 singing birds*, she died.
Her mother and Janey dressed her
cleanly, and tied around her neck a
pink ribbon that they found in her
Bible. And she was lurried, with very
little said fthout it. in the valley.—ttan
Francisco Argonaut.
BEFRIENDED BY GIRLS.
How Five DnoKMerx ot the South
Helped I'nlon Prisoners to
Escape.
Very pleasing are the pages of M. J.
V. Hadley’s recent little volume of rem
iniscences, “Seven Months a Prisoner,”
in which the author relates how he and
three companions of his escape from
a southern prison were found, hunted,
weary, half-starved and half-frozen,
and helped on their way by the five Hol
lingsworth sisters, kind and coura
geous girls of union sympathies who
dwelt among the North Carolina moun
tains.
The first difficulty was hotv to get the
cold and hungry fugitives into the
house of their new friends, where a
company of neighbors had chanced to
assemble that evening. They " were
| stowed away temporarily in a corn
shed, where despite a smuggled pot of
hot coffee, they still shivered so that
: one of them declared he “had to thrust
bis head between the logs to keep his
jaws from chattering his teeth out.”
Fronting the shed stood the house with
its door midway, opening opposite a
■ staircase. One of the sisters, stealing
in at 11, warned the men to take off anti
j carry- their boots, and when they heard
! singing in the hall to run into the house
arid upstairs, quietly, one at a time; if
the song stopped before all had en
tered, the others must wait, as it would
mean danger.
“We put ourselves in order,” says the
narrator, “and patiently waited the sig
nal. Soon there broke from the door
j indicated such a stream of melody as
l is seldom heard away from the moun
tains; loud, clear, vigorous, ringing and
j swelling out upon the night air like the
i chiming of bells, the words chosen be
ing those of Dr. Hart's old familiar
hymn,
“ 'Come ye sinners, poor and needy.’
One by one we shot up to the house,
' and as 1 bounded along I could but
smile at the words of the old song,
never so well appreciated.
“The singers were Martha and Eliz
abeth, while Lislia entertained the vis
j itors, and Alice stood guard in the
hall to see that none of them came to
witness our performance. As> soon as
we were housed above, one of the girls
j shouted: ‘Oh, let’s quit this, it’s too
cold!’ and through the hall and into
SINNERS POOR AND NEEDY.
the room below they- ran, scolding the
company merrily for their want of ap
preciation of the serenade.”
Late that night two of the girls
walked six miles and back again over
the mountains, through wild and dan
gerous woods, to procure a guide to
take the fugitives on their away, while
the others hid them safely in a loft of
which the trap door was cleverly con
cealed by the canopy of an old-fash
ioned big bed beneath.
There was, however, a delay of sev
eral days before the guide could start,
and the sisters—surely adding a unique
feature to a romantic escape—would
not let their guests depart without a
clandestine candy-pull in their honor,
10 which only union girls were in
vited, and which went off none the less
merrily because the hostesses had to
relieve each other in doing picket duty
at the door while it was going on.—
Youth's Companion.
Heal Hardship*.
“Talk about hard times in war,” said
a relic of the civil war, snapping nis
fingers, “the best meal I ever had was
eaten in the heart of the Alleghanies.
Our mess of seven had a pint of corn
meal apiece and three ounces of bacon
for all. Mine was the only bat that
didn’t have a hole in it, so we used it as
a mixing dish, two fellows holding the
brim while another poured in the meal
and water and a fourth stirred with his
hands. \Ye raked some bright hickory
ashes from the campfire and used them
for salt. Then we laid a rail iu front of
| the fire and when ii got hot spread the
' dough along it. The latter was care
fully cut into seven parts and each
man looked after his own cooking. |
Everyone got a stick, on the end of i
which he.stuck his morsel of pork, and !
this he held over the dough so that the ,
drip would add to the tiavor of the |
bread. Not a drop was lost; none went
too far over, none fell behind. After
the feast we smoked our pipes for
hours and were happy.”—N. Y. Press.
Xo Fulse Pride There.
The municipality of I’incrcla in north
ern Italy recently sold the great for
est of Chamboys, to the disgust of the
dwellers therein, who were rendered
homeless. Sixty of the women drove
out the woodcutters. The women of
(Plianiboys are evidently Tomboy®.—
tonden Judy.
CONTINUAL SUMMER,
i
American Bible Society Receivea
Report Concerning Philippines.
Itev. J. R. Hykea Sent to Islands to
Ascertain the Opportnn Itles for
Missionary Work—A Great
Need Insists.
The American Bible society has re
ceived a special report from ltev. John
R. Uykes, whom it directed in Septem
ber last to proceed from Shanghai,
China, to Manila and investigate eon
i corning the Philippine islands asa field
for Bible work. He reports concern
ing the islands, the people, the views of
Admiral Dewey and American otlicers.
The first part of the report is devoted to
describing the racial and tribal char
acteristics of the inhabitants and to a
statement of the diversity of the lan
guages spoken in the islands. Further
cn Mr. Hykes says:
“Not more than one-third of the
arable land in the valleys of Luzon has
been brought under cultivation. The
mountains are rich in the most valuable
timber to be found anywhere in the
world. While some of the valleys have
been denuded of the forests. Spanish
official obstruction has effectually
spared the valuable treesin the interior.
It is not a bad thing that it required
about two years’ effort and a large fee
in order to get a license to fell a single
tree, and a heavy duty before it could
be exported.
“The climate is a continual summer,
and it is not unliealthful for Europeans.
The cold or dry season is from Novem
ber to February, inclusive; the hot sea
son from March to June and the wet
season from July to October. The
average temperature for the year is
about SI degrees Fahrenheit. The most
common diseases among Europeans are
malarial fever, diarrhea and dysen
tery.”
In concluding his report Mr. nykes
says:
“Gen. Otis, the military and civil gov
ernor, said there can be no doubt of the
great need of our work. The Spanish
priests are thoroughly hated by the
Philippines, and their hold upon the
people is gone. lie would welcome the
American Bible society and any other
missionary organization, and he would
have much pleasure in giving us any
help in his power. He thought our
work would probably be discouraging
at the start, but there could be no dif
ference of opinion as to this being the
church’s greatest opportunity in the
Philippines.
“Admiral Dewey received me most
cordially, and spoke very freely and
enthusiastically about opening mission
work. lie said he was anxious for the
churches and the Bible society to come
in and begin work at once. We could
not come too soon.”
BITTEN BY A HIPPOPOTAMUS.
Keeper In Central Park Menagerie
Meets with Accident While
Feeling Animals.
The distinction of being one of the
few men in history who have been bit
ten by a blood-sweating behemoth of
the Nile and survived to tell the tale
belongs to Patrick Marrin. a keeper in
the Central park menagerie. Marrinis
in the Pretsiby tertian hospital undergo
ing treatment for a hand injured in the
capacious food repository of Iris, the
youngest of the hippopotami in the
park.
The ponderous creatures ate fed in
their tank, and to Marrin wins intrust
ed the duty of satisfying their appe
tites. A loaf of bread for Iris wa-s
thrown, inito the water by Marrin, but
the young hippo did not see it. Marrin
stooped over the edge of the pool with
the intention of getting the loaf ami
throwing it within the range of Iris'
vision, but the attention) of the hippo
was attracted by this movement and
he turned. lie saw the bread and made
a grab for it with his mouth, just a.
Marrin reached it with his hand.
The face of Irisclosed, engulfing the
loo.f of bread and the handof the keep
er. The beasit, realizing that he had
something in his mouth that did not
belong there, allowed Marrin to pufl
out his hand, which was badly lacer
ated.
These are dangerous times for the
health Croup, cold and throat troubles
lead rapidly to Consumption A bottle of
One Minute Cough Cure used at the right
time will preserve life, health and a large
amount of money Pleasant to take;
children like it. Eli T. Reynolds.
THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL
It U said that an attempt to ealeu
ate the value of the gold In the Rand
district of the Transvaal has shown
ihat there remains about COb.OOO.UOO
ions of alluvial, worth say, it 1.0U0.U00.-
000.
The richest gold mine in the world
is located under the thriving town of
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. It has
yielded more than $15(1,000,000 or gold
since it was opened 50 years ago.
During tile first three months of th
year the revenue collected by the Suez
Canal company amounted to 1!583,-
705 In the same months of 1807 and
1896 the revenues were $723,718 an!
$647,197 respectively.
A useful attachment for pockel
bcoks consists of a register by which
the amount of money on hand can be
indicated at a glance, a series of dials
being placed inside the cover to be I
turned until the figures show the right I
numbers.
A Wonderful Discovery.
The last quarter of a century records
many wonderful discoveries in medicine,
but none that have accomplished more for
humanity dull! that sterling old household '
remedy, Browns’ Iron Bitters. It seems to
contain the very elements of good health,
ami neither man, woman or child cun take
it without deriving te greatest benefit. 1
Browns’lron Bitters L. sold by all dealers. 1
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The Rlvnls.
Mrs. Tiptop—l am sorry you were
; cot at my reception last evening.
Mrs. Higbup (coldly)—I received no
I invitation.
j Mrs. Tiptop (with affected surprise)
! —lndeed? It must have miscarried. I
; had among my guests three foreign
i ! counts.
Mrs. Highup—So that is where they
[ were? 1 desired to engage them last
evening to wait on table at our the
ater party supper, but the employ
ment agent told me they were out. —
i N. Y. Weekly.
An Expensive l.nxnry.
■ ! “Isn’t Jinks a man rather inclined to
borrow trouble?”
“I should say so. Talk about the fel
' low that worried for fear his halo
wouldn’t fit when he came to be an
angel, why Jinks was so sure when the
I I war broke out that he would be draft
ed before it was over that he hired a
1 substitute for SSOO, and the substitute
never so much as caught cold."—De
troit Free Press.
Giving n Dloknlns,
“Rev. Billwhacker received a pres
ent of a dressed chicken Tuesday.
Wednesday a church brother from
out of town brought his family of live
to eat dinner at the parsonage, and
they were a little puzzled when the
parson said grace."
“What did be say?”
“The Lord giveth and the Lord
taketh away.”—Judge.
Disappointed.
“They are very careless about be
stowing names in this country,” re
marked the critical tourist.
“Some names are rather inappropri
ate.”
“Absurdly so. Why, I was in Indian
apolis two weeks and did not see a
single Indian.”—Washington Star.
Sen National Hymn.
“Do you know,” remarked Mrs. Dar
ley, “I rather wish that the report
■would prove true that the United
States is to buy Greenland?”
“Why?" asked her husband.
“In that case, "From Greenland’s Icy
Mountains* would become one of our
national hymns.”—Judge.
Just What He Supposed.
“Confound it. sir! Do you think my
feet were made for a fool to walk on?”
exclaimed the angry man to the fel
low who had stepped on his corn.
“Yes; that was what l supposed.”
replied the stranger.—Yonkers States
man.
A Great Improvement.
Philanthropist (with tears of joy)—
Oh! you good man! You say you have
been a second-story thief all your life,
but you wish to do better?
Criminal (fervently)—Yes. lady; if I
ever git out uv here alive I’ll be a first
elass bank sneak or nothin’.—Puck.
Crm*l Girl.
Clarence —I dou’t know what’s the
matter with me. I feel like a fool to
night.
Myrtle—Now 1 know he was wrong.
Clarence —Who was wrong?
Myrtle—The man that said looks are
deceiving.—Chicago Daily News.
His Summer Girl.
He finds her love was merely art.
The mercenary thins!
For while she gives him back his heart,
She keeps his diamond ring.
—Judge. .
Paul Perry, of Colutnbns, Ga , suffered
agony for thirty years, and then cured his
Piles by using DeWitt’s Witch Hazel
Salve. It heals injuries and skin diseases
like magic. Eli T. Reynolds.
APPEARANCE AGAINST HIM.
f i
The Cashier—There goes our book
keeper. I’ll bet that he absconds some
day.
The Come-on —He looks crooked.
To insure a happy new year, keep tile
liver clear and the hodv vigorous bv using
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, the famous
little pills for constipation and liver
troubles. Eli T Reynolds.
New Couraae.
Figgles—l understand that Wynken
poop is going to contest his wife's will.
Waggles —Yes.
Wiggles—Well, it’s something he
never dared do when she was alive.—
Somerville Journal.
All for One Price.
“What a lovely new coiffure Miss
Ohltimer has. Where did she get the
style?”
“That comes with the hair.” —Cleve-
land I’laindealer.
Mutual llll.a.
“Yes, my wife and I have sep
arated.”
“Indeed? What is the trouble?”
“There isn’t any now.”—lndianap
olis Journal.
qae.tlon. In Kecfilntf.
Victim (irritably)—What silly ques
tions you ask.
Barber (severely)—Well, what sort
,if questions do you expect with a five
tent shave?—N. Y. Journal.
One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That U what it was made tor.