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VOLUME XXVII.
ACCOMAC CH., VA., SATURDAY, MAY 23.
1908.
NUMBER 47.
ure or the negro appeared nt tho door.
1
JOHN S. PARSONS,
Attorney-at-Law,
Aceomac Courthouse, Va.
Will practice in all courts of Aceo?
mac aud Northampton Counties.
BEN T. GUNTER,
Attorney-at-Law,
Aceomac C. H., Va.,
Will practice in all the courts of |
Aceomac and Northampton counties i
S. JAMES TURLINGTON
Attoruey-at-Law.
Offices?Aceomac C. H. and Fair
Oaks, Va.
Practices in all the courts on the
Eastern Shore of Virginia.
JNO. R. and J. HARRY REW,
Attorneys-at-Law.
Offices?Aceomac C. II. nnd Parks
ley. At Aceomac C. H., every Wed?
nesday.
Will practice In all the courts oh the
Eastern Shore of Virginia.
ROY 1). WHITE,
-Attorney-at-Law,
Offices: Parksley and Aceomac C. H.
Practices in all courts of Aceomac
a id Northampton Counties.
Prompt attention to all husiuesB.
WA KN KU A MKS,
-Attorney-at-Law,
Offices : Aceomac C. IL and Onancock.
At Aceomac C. H. every Wednesday
?nd Friday.
Will practice in all the courts of
Aceomac ami Northampton counties.
JOHN K. NOTTINGHAM, JR.,
? A ITO KN KY-AT-LA W,?
Frank to wn, Ya
Practices in all the courts on tilt
Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Will be at Eastville aud Aceomac C
H. tirs-t day of every court and at East
ville every Wednesday.
Otho F. Mears. ti. Walter Mapp
MEARS & MAPI',
-Attorneys-at-Law,
Offices : Eastville, Northampton
County and AOCOmsek Court Houm
Practice in all court-on tlie Fasten
Shore of Virginia.
L. FLOYD NOCK,
? ATTORN EY-AT-1,AW,?
Aceomac C H., Va.
Practices in all the courts on thi
Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Dr. H. D. LILLISTON,
DENTIST.
?Accomack Court House, Va.?
Office hours from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. Wil
?>e at Parksley every Tuesday.
FRED. E. RUEDIGER
? County 8 u r v e y o R,
Accomac C. H., Va.
Thoroughly equipped with latest am
best instruments, offers his service*-1
he citizeus of Aceomac County.
Will meet all engagements promptlj
W. G. EMMETT,
Notary
Public,
Belle Haven, Va.
WM. P. BELL & CO.
DRUGGISTS,
Accomack C. H., Va.,
Agents for
WATERMAN'S
ideal Fountain Pens
STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND.
Finest line of
STATIONERY
on Eastern Shore of Vi
Hotel Tull,
New Church, Va.,
P. 0. Massey, Va.,
L. J. TULL &, SON, Proprietoi
Board at reasonable rates.
All trains met.
Phone messages promptly atten
ed to.
The patronage of the public s
licited.
FIRST-CLASS LIVERY rlTTflCHE
Phones in hotel of Diamond State
and of Aceomac and North?
ampton Telephone Co.
White Hotel and Liver
CaDt. Wm. T. Mister,
Proprietor Hotel.
Harry T. White & Son,
Proprietor of Livery.
Hay and feed dealers?Wholes
Grocers and Brokers and Mfr's. agei
Harry T. White & Son,
Bloomtown. Va.
IN & MASON CO
Call attentiou to their large stock
Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mouldin
Builders' Hardware, Shing
Laths, Lime, Bricks, and Bu
ing Material generally, Pail
Oils and Painters' Supplies.
We are prepared to cut house bil
order; also manufacture barrel st
and heads of good quality. Our |
mill will run every Saturday,
Notwithstanding reports to the
tra ry
We shall at all times be please
show our goods and invite you to
and inspect our stock before ma
your purchases and we will save
money.
MARTIN & MASON CC
Harborton Va,
B. T. GUNTER,
President.
UNITED STY
Ol
Customers extended every
accommodation consist?
ent with conservative
banking.
Strictly a home institution.
wwW
We Pay In
General Repair
Shop and Railway
We, the undersigned. hav< opened ar agener
;il repair shop ami railway at Wai ll.\
PREAOUE, VA., and we are now in a position
to ilo all kinds ol repairing to Guns, Bi
Automobiles, Carts, Carriages, &c. Boal
intr. installing and r> i airing gasoline engine* a
specialty. We can also furnish, under short
notice, Tobin bronte shafting any size ami
length, copper, yellow metal and Muntze metal
in sheet! amt bara, proi i
We also furnish tbe Harthan propeller the most
speedy wheel on the market and none genuine
units', stamped "Harthan," Galvanized stu-!
gasoline t-uiks tin-lust.1 Carbureters, Vapo
iIzers, Magnetoes Oil and Grease ' lips, 11
Pipe and Fittings, Insulated Wire, Switches,
Batteries,Coils, Edison's Wet ii ts, I
oil. ftc., ftc. Wt-arr also agents for the Harris,
Fay and Bowens and Ttx I * I Motors.
TbeToquet Special Single Cylinder Moto
more good points than any cheap motor on the
market and w will compare them with tl
ol the two cycle type. They gre medium wt ighl
and built l<> stand hard service, free of vibration
and very speedy. Allthejointsareeitbei ?
or ground Ino packing about them t<> blow out),
tapered bored tlj wheel wliieh is easily :.
connecting rod. crank, shaft and bearings are
larger than most ot the engines oi the same
v. er.
We can furnish motors and equipments at the
following prices: 6 li. p. 1185.00, 3 \ h. p, H05.00,
iii h. p.186.00. The equipment consists of the
following:
1 Galvanized Steel Gasoline Tank 'best make'.
1 Set Batteries with wire, switch and coil.
1 Strainer and water connections I intakes and
overflow, i
1 piece rubber hose.
12 ft. seamless brass gasoline pipe with fittings.
5 to 7 H. Tobin bronze shaft. Longer lengths
cost extra.
-1 Bronze propeller winvi .oed or,
towing.
1 Broiv.e stuffinK box with lay screws.
Catalogue and prices and any other informa?
tion you desire is yours for the asking.
We also have a list of second-hand engines we
will sell cheap.
Kellam & Cropper,
Wachapreague, Va.
Tell your engine troubles to Cii-Tle*
Cropper. He is our doctor and nevtu
loses a patient.
Builders'
Material
We have a large line of all kinds o
BUILDERS' MAT-;iiIAL,
and can save you money if you wil
call to see us. We name in part:
DOORS, SASH, BUNDS, MOULDINGS'
MANTELS. NEWELS, GABLE ORNA?
MENTS, BRACKETS, LATHS, BRICK*
sq INGLES, HAIR, LIME. CEMENT, <fcc, &
A trial order will convince you tha
we can save you money.
Let us nive you our prices.
G. T. BENSON & CO.,
Keller, Va.
NEW YORK. PHILA. & NORFOLK R.P
Train Schedule in Effect Jan. G. 190s.
ale
its.
of
?gs,
les,
ild
ats,
ls to
aves
grist
con
J to
call
king
you
South-Bound Trains.
47 49
a.m.
New York.7 80
Philadelphia.10 00
Wilmington . . . .10 44
Baltimore . ... 9 00
Delmar ...... 1 :J0
Salisbury.1 41
Cape Charles .... 4 30
Old Point Comfort. 6 25
Norfolk . . (arrive'. 7 i"i
49
p.m.
900
11 22
12 05
7 63
301
3 10
6 15
H 10
9 05
p.m. a.m. a.m.
p.m.
900
11 Xi
12 06
7 :.i
3 01
3 10
6 15
8 10
905
D.l
ia:
3
3
1:
I
North-Bound Trains.
48 50
Leave a.m. p.m.
Norfolk.7 20 6 00
Old Point Comfort. 8 05 7 00
Cape Charles .... 10 20 915
Salisbury.12 67 12 30
Deimar.1 06 12 45
p.m. a.m.
Arrive p.m.
Wilmington .... 349
Philadelphia.4 33
Baltimore.5 22
New York.7 00
p.m.
R. B.COOKE,
Traffic Manager.
a.m.
4 io
518
6 01
800
a.m.
700
7 ll
p.m.
p.m.
10 17
1100
1135
1 IC
p.m.
J. O. RODGERS
Superintend
Notice of Dissolution of Partnersh
Notice is hereby given that on Jai
ary 1st, 1908, the firm of W. N. (
nant, Henry W. Conant and Willi;
T. Conant, heretofore partners uni
the firm name and style of W. N. <
nant & Son., doing business at Ch
coteague, Va., was dissolved, W.
Conant retiring from said firm on s
date. The business ever since s
date,has been and will continue to
carried on by the said Henry W. I
nant and William T. Conant, un
the old firm name and style of W.
Conant & Son, to whom all indebt
ness to the old firm is payable ?
who assume all its liabilities.
W. N. Conant,
Henry W. Conant,
Wm. T. Conant.
W. C. PARSONS,
Cushier.
VERNON BURTON,
Asst. Cashier.
Merchants National Bank,
HES GOVERNMENT DEPOSITORY,
fl LEY, V
i
Thc smallest depositor re?
ceives as prompt and
courteous) treatment
as the largest.
Managed entirely* by our
home people.
terest on TS nie Depo?5tse
Established in 1862.
C. S. Schermerhorn 8c Son,
Receiver*, Shipp ts, Dealers,
Grain, Hay and Mill Feeds,
Seed Oats, Linseed Meal, Col I Meal Gluten Peed,
Also Distributors ol the Purina Poultry feeds.
127 AND 129 CHEAPSIDE,
Near Pratt Street. - - BALTIMORE, MI).
The Parksley Manufacturing Co., inc.,
RETAILERS AND JOBBERS OF ALL KINDS OF
?4-BUILDERS SUPPLIES'
lu fact wo can furnish everything in the most up-to-date (wildinga from tin
foundation to the roof. SVe also make a ol cont rael int,' for HOUSE
BUILDING and will guarantee satisfaction. We can furnish the Pamoos
Florida (lear; Shingle* made from Gull Cypress at right prices. Wean
agents for the
BEMIS TRANSPLANTER,
the ono that has taken the prize over all others. We carry FARMING
UTENSILS of all kinds. The most up-to-date COOK BTO\ ES and Ranges
and Cooking Ware. A line line of nickle goods always on ham!. In thc
BUILDING MATERIAL LINE
we can tarnish extras and estimates on short notice. We havo the best
lines of PAINT and Painters Supplies that is on the market, and many other
things in our line too numerous to mention. In fact we have the most up
to-date sto.-e of itu kind on thr (?'hore. Call and see our afore and thi. will
convince von of these facts. We are manufacturers of all kinds of LUMBER
and BARREL MATERIALS and retailers and jobbers ot all kinds of FEED,
such as Corn, Hay, Middlings, Bran ftc.
PARKSLEY,
VIRGINIA.
Watch This Space
If you want the best at the
lowest possible prices in
Marine and Stationary Gasoline Engines,
Batteries, Whistles, Propellers,
Spark Plugs, Carburetors, and
other Motor Boat Supplies.
Write or phone to
Edwin T. cTVlcMath, Onlejr, Va.
Jobber and Manufacturers' Sales Agent.
Farmers Attention.
Call on us for
FERTILIZERS-= = Pf^ k1'"--*'* *nd at lowest margin of profit.
HAY-3*-*'*'** grades, al lowest prices and in quantities to snit.
Potato Bed Glass.
Farmers Supplies Generally.
Bay delivered to anyone in car load lots at any railroad station o
Eastern Shore
J. AV. BARNES,
Bloxom, Va.
E. W.JPOLK,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Pocomoke City, Md.
ti?* Will visit Aceomac C. II., every court day.
am
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Jo
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N.
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be
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N.
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md
It isMjur own fault ify6u wear uncom?
fortable Shoes
intkDOlErMKDISOfl
there isa style and a
Last foreveryfoot- Select the style and
the leather-Then det fitted-andjSur Shoe
troubles are overf
sow BrfimmmmE dealers
$3-00 S3-50 S4-oo
vaamawmmwata
J
A Question of
Home Economics.
Hy .). LUDLTJM LRE.
I 1908, by Associated
Lltcrnry I'ress.
"My country, right or wrong, but
s;iii my country," murmured Eleanor
Wright with great satisfaction ns she
I i???? 1 through the open window nt tho
npplo trees laden with gorgeous blos
Bbe loved Hie place and every
stick niul stone on lt. It was hors by
righi, of Inheritance, and she would
lt for no man.
Trie, her old nurse, Roxanna, hnd
forsaken her to become the bride of
Abraham, the head gardener on the
adjoining est site, and lt seemed as If a
landmark hud been torn up by the very
roots. Ono must learn to part with
landmarks, so Eleanor had promised
to go to Rozanna's wedding.
She Jumped Into the little runabout
which was waiting for lier nt the door.
No groom attended her, for all tho
darkle* on (he place had been giren'
a holiday that they, too, night attend
the wedding. She drove down the fa?
miliar laue to the cabin In the woods,
where hundreds of darkies had con?
gregated. Only ono other white per
-.111 was in sight, a tall, lithe youth
astride a roan horse.
Most of the colored mon wore white
linen suits, Immaculately clean, and
tarried canes of crooked old birch and
1 '"kory. The women were arrayed to
shame Solomon lu all lils glory. They
drew saide as tbe two white persons
came Into their midst. Eleanor drove
up nt tho side of the house and do?
led with tho aid of many black
hands. Tho tall youth stayed on his
horse and took up a stand near the
front door. Ann In arin the bride nnd
groom cami; from the house, and under
the old apple tree at the side of the
cabin the nv-t famous colored preach?
er In the south made them man and
wife. Eleanor shook the groom by tho
hand and told bim to guard well his
precious helpmate. She kissed tho
black face of Roxanna, who had been
her constant attendant since babyhood.
Then, blinded by tears, she Jumped
into her little runabout and started
for home.
< hoers nnd hallelullahs rang upon
the air. Bright bandannas were Hung
high, nnd hickory sticks wavered lu
circles'. After twenty years of persist?
ent courtship Roxanna and Abraham
were married! Eleanor turned to look
baa*, at the happy throng, and her
horse shied.
She was a good little horsewoman
nnd took a t rm grip on the reins, bul
too late: The "loree had the blt in his
I and huh ruining at terrific speed
LTJfo 11$ m wagon rocked from ono shh
of the road to another, Eleanor sway
Ing with lt Down the road, past phil
orchards and green fields, swaying
swaying?and then black nothing.
She opened her eyes to gaze inti
those of tho youth who had attendee
the wedding.
"I'm Dick Ewing, your next dooi
neighbor," he explained as he mad*
her a blt more comfortable by propping
her up. "Abraham ls our gardener, yoi
know," he contluuod, "and I saw yoi
nt the wedding. You seem to have for
gotten me. How's your bead, oh?"
Eleanor had known Dick Ewin)
when she was a child. The Inst timi
they had met he had called "tomboy'
at her as she climbed over tho fenci
which divided the Ewing place fron
the Wright plantation. Then he ha<
been sent to Germany at the behest o
a wealthy uncle.
He seemed to divine her thoughts.
"I got back the other day?Just 1:
time for the wedding," and ho laughfe
an Infectious laugh. "Hut this lino o
conversation ls not getting yon home
I don't know Just how to do lt. I don'
suppose there's a sober darky this sid
of the Mason and Dixon linc -all n
the wedding drinking Wright cidci
Ymir wagon ls smashed, oh, I sa}
couldn't yon sit my horse, and I'll wal
alongside? We're most there, yo
know."
Ile Inspired confidence. Eleanor gat!
erod up her torn skirt nnd with Dick'
assistance mounted the horse. On th
way home the time was spent In o:
planatJons. Ile had much to tell c
student lifo In Germany. Now a fu
Hedged doctor, ho had como home 1
practice In the south. Dor tale WI
? simple, nn uneventful life i
home, with Itoxanna always guardlr
her.
"I Just don't know how I'll ever gi
along without her. Do you know,
seldom oveu put a hairpin in my hair'
said Eleanor, with a helpless, nppef
Ing expression that touched Dick
heart as If some tragedy had ovortaki
her.
"Don't you talk. I expect the f
mons gardens of the Ewing estate a
now go to rack and ruin, for Abraha
will be home making love Instead
wielding the hoe," said Dick In a mn
cullnc attempt at sympathy.
Eleanor was safely deposited on tl
front porch, with her mother aime
hysterical In gratitude to their nelg
bor,
"I may come again, please?" he sa
as he extended his hand to Elenni
'Trovlded, of course, that 1 don't ha
to take a haud at the garden," ho ad
ed, with some sarcasm.
"Oh, do come over!" cordially nssei
od Eleanor. "I shall probably bo ;
pinned up the back and wearing r
hair in a pigtail, because without Ile
anna?well, come over and see for yoi
solf."
Dick was very busy the next day o
Ing to the promotion of the second m
as overseer during Abraham's hom
moon. The underservauta resented 1
authority, and Dick was at his wi
end to mollify them, assuring them tt
Abraham would he back In a f<
days and peace would once more rel|
Mrs. Ewing wept and said lt sen
Dick right. Fie ought not to have
lowed the gardener to marry. The s
ond morning things were at a sta:
still all over the place. None of 1
darkles would work at all, and D
Jumped on his horse and rode down
the cabin where the bride and gro
were "just restln' " as a bridal trip.
"When did you think of coming ba
Abraham?" asked Dick as the tall
"Mlstali DICK, 1 just ueeu urania
with Roxanna. She say I should go
work for her folks, nn' when a man's
married"? Abraham sighed.
Dick Ewing wns a true southerner
nnd would not stoop to ask favors of a
negro. Ho wheeled around and half?
way down the lane met Elennor, sit?
ting her grny horse ns if born to the
saddle.
"Good morning!" she sang out mer?
rily. "I'm on my wny to beg Roxanna
to return to her old duties. My hair's
in a snarl, my shoes are losing all their
buttons and?well, I must have my
Rozanna."
Dick smiled, not without malice.
"I io come along and Join me. A.
man always lends dignity to an attack
of this sort," continued Eleanor, And
Dick turned his horse's head In the
same direction.
Roxanna was called to the door,
where Abraham had stood a few mo?
ments before, and her mistress Im?
plored her to return. She offered the
sumo excuse that had greeted Dick.
"Miss 'Xor, Abraham seems like he
thinks I ought to work for his folks,
an' when you're married"?
Eleanor and Dick wheeled about and
rode down the lane at full speed. Con?
versation seemed to lag until tbey
reached tho spacious porch of the
Wright homo.
"Let's talk the matter over seriously,
Eleanor," said Dick. "I may call you
Eleanor, mayn't I? And let's us go j
back to the old time chumminess of
childhood."
Eleanor looked nt the fence where
they had parted In anger?but she ac?
quiesced.
"Tho other day as I was going to
that Infernal darky wedding which up?
set two erstwhile happy homes I stop
lied under the old apple tree by the
turn of the road, and I roached up to
gather some blossoms," bogan Dick.
Eleanor leaned forward as If listen?
ing to an Interesting story. "They
were out of my reach, and when I
found that I could not get them I felt
as If I had lost something which had
Deter really been mine, yet something
which I had always coveted subcon?
sciously."
Eleanor smiled, with a suggestion of
a blush.
"So lt ls with something else, Elea?
nor," ho continued. "Yon are that
something el60. All my life I have
wanted my little neighbor. As a boy 1
teased you, bat I wanted you. As a
man I missed you In Germany. I love
you, and I must have you. Perhaps I
am reaching up too far. Fcrhaps you
are way above me, as the blossoms
were."
He hesitated as if walting for an an?
swer. Eleanor leaned back In her
chair. Her lips twitched. lier eyes
danced.
"Dick, tell mc truly one thing, and I
will answer your question."
Ile rose and stood beside^hor In the
golden sunlight. J-Joicf 8ft breezes blew
a few petals on them both.
"Dick Ewing, on yom honor, do you
want mo?just me, Eleanor Wright?or
do you want Roxanna and Abraham?"
Two hearty young laughs resounded
through the air.
"Honest Injun, dear, I vtunt Just you,
and I want you, as they say In the
song, 'Because You're You,'" emphat?
ically declared Dick as he drew a no!
unwilling captive within hts arms,
Eleanor pushed him aside and with
mock dignity said:
"Come, dear?yes, dear Dick?lot's gc
back to the old cabin and see If Rox?
anna and Abraham will come and work
for us."
Many Times Married.
There are some very remarkable in?
stances of people who havo been mar
ried a large number of times, and alsc
of husbands nnd wives who have livec"
together to an extraordinary age. St
Jerome mentions a woman who mar
ried her twenty-second husband, who
In his turn, had hoon married to twen
ty wives. There is an instance re
corded in Bordeaux in 1772 of a mai
who had boen married sixteen times
A woman named Elizabeth Nase, wh(
died in Florence In 17C8, had been mar
ried to seven husbands, her last wed
ding taking place when she was seven
ty years of age. Numerous cases exls
nil over the world of people who havi
been married four, five or six tlmoa
In 1708 a couple was living In Esse
who had been married elghty-om
years, the husband being 107 years oh
and his wife only four years younger
These cases are also not isolated ones
and lt ls somewhat remarkable that ii
most of such instances when one ha
died the survivor has died the nex
day. _
His Heaven.
"What does you reckon yer'Il Uko te
do w'en you gits ter glory?"
"Weil," said Brother Dickey, "sine
you put de question ter me, I'll mak
answer ter lt: Ef dey lets m6 have m
way, I'll des lay back on a white clou
an' let de heavenly winds blow m
furn star to star."?Atlanta Constltv
tion.
Her Day Out.
Mr. Subbubs?Great heavens, Lue]
Mary Ann tried to start the fire wit
gun cotton, aud she has be*u blow
through the roof! Mrs. Subbubs
Never mind; it's her day out anrbov
?Exchange. ^
Horses and Music.
Horses are particularly sensitive
music. Guenoe. who carefully studh
the matter, quotes the following eui
ous fact: "In 1892 the Fifty-eighth re
Iment of Infantry was making a ml
tary test march when tho music strm
up. The young horse of Captain I
R. hastened forward and placed Use
In spite of its rider, behind the last rai
of the musicians. Then lt followi
peacefully, giving obvious signs
pleasure.
"When the music ceased tbe capta
was able to resume his place at tl
bead of his company, but the bai
struck up again, and the horse, n<
withstanding tho efforts of Captain I
R., galloped ahead and once mo
placed Itself behind the muslclar
This happened every time the bai
played,"
Lions have been found to listen wi
marked Joy to the plano. They appi
elate the top notes and the medlui
ck, but roar terribly when the bass ke
Ag- are struck loudly.?Paris Revue.
Heart to Heart
Talks.
By EDWIN A. NYE.
Copyright, 1908, by Edwin A. Nye.
JUDGE NOT.
"He ls an old tightwad."
That much the writer heard, and he
listened to this further arraignment of
the absent subject:
"1 tell you, he Is the stingiest man in
town. He Insists on the last red cent
that ls coming to him. He ls as close
as the bark on a tree, and it ls well
known he gives nothing away In a
worthy cause."
Severe, but?
As the writer happened to know In
this case, lt was only half the -mth.
True, the man referred to is close In
his dealings, but this ls also true: If he
insists upon what is due him he is also
rendy to pay to the last cent what he
owes. His bills nre promptly met He
ls recognized as an honest man. His
credit is good. And this cannot al?
ways bo said of some other men with
a reputation for generosity. He de?
mands no more than ho is willing to
concede. If he ls Insistent upon full
payment, he ls also ready with his
own check book.
But
There ls another 9lde to his charac?
ter hidden from the public view.
Let us turn the shield .around.
This individual who is called stingy
and close fisted has a largo family. Ile
ls fairly prosperous, but he needs all
his money. Ile slaves and saves not
for himself, but for his family. He
would perhaps like to bo generous and
charitable in giving, but for the sake
of the dear ones he must drive haul
bargains and insist upon full payment
of his due. Ile even stints himself for
their sakes.
More yet
One of this man's children ls a life
cripple. Another is incapable of mak?
ing its way In tho world. And he is
educating an orphan niece. The person
who called him a tightwad didn't know
that.
Stingy? No. nard hearted? No.
He lavishes all his strength nnd all
his money and all his tenderness on
those who need his first and greatest
care. Ile does this deliberately and
without regret and without self pity.
He ls not a demonstrative man. He
is not built that way. And yet his In?
timate friends know how his big heart
yearns over those helpless ones.
Stern and cold?
Maybe. He doesn't wear his heart on
his sleeve. And for many yen rs ho
has buffeted* the waves of crushing
trouble and dally sorrow. Ile may
have a false view of things, but he no
doubt feels that he must tight a world
that knows and cares little for him or
his. So men call him hard and unfeel?
ing, whereas In reality he' is as tender
as a child.
You see, exteriors are deceptive.
You do not know what a man's thorn
in the flesh may lie by looking at him
from the outside.
Therefore?
"Judge not lest ye be Judged."
KEEP CLEAN INSIDE.
Young man:
Deliberately Insult the man whe
starts to tell a smutty story In youl
presence by turning on your heel.
Such a corruptionist has no mon
right to steal your pure thoughts that
he has to put his hand Into your pocke
and take your money.
These retailers of filth are whltei
sepulchers?clean on tho outside, bu
Inwardly filled with dead meu's bones
They are debaucher" of clean minds
robbers of purity.
You should never permit yourself t
listen to an Improper story?a stor;
you would not care to repeat to you
mother or your sister. The filthy sug
gestiveness will soak iuto your mem
ory as spilled Ink soaks into blottlnj
paper.
Allow uo man to drag your mini
through a sewer.
Do you know there ls many a mai
who would sacrifice much today to b
able to wipe from his memory 6ome o
the things he listened to when a boy?
The man who will deliberately repea
a risque story In tho presence of
youth deserves no respect He ls a
Incarnate devil of meannegs. Ho I
fanning a coarse picture on clea
walls.
No gentleman will tell a story b
could not tell in the presence of ladle:
Do you remember what Goner;
Grant said to the officer who began I
tell a story, remarking, "There are c
ladies present," whereupon the silet
soldier quickly retorted, "There ai
gentlemen present?"
Keep your mind unsullied. A foi
suggestion may harden Into a habit <
thought that will lead you far astray.
Keep clean inside.
It is more a matter of importam
that you should keep the dirt off yoi
soul than to keep it off your clothes.
His View of lt.
A little boy had been sent to tl
dairy to get some eggs, and on li
way back he dropped the basket co
tainlng them.
"How many did you break?" ask
his mother.
"Oh, I didn't break any," be replie
"but the shells came off some
them."
Keeping His Word.
Mrs. Fogarty (in fashionable reata
rant)?Now, fer goodness' sake, Mil
don't order Irish stew.
Mr. Fogarty- All right, I won't, dei
Walther, fetch me ayther some Ilitx
alan suey or Celtic goulash!?Puck.
She Didn't Understand.
"Can you tell your present fianc
ring?" inquired the romantic girl ast
doorbell sounded..
"Why. certainly," answered her pr
tical friend. "It's the newest of 1
lot."?St. Louis Republic.
Heart to Heart
Talks.
By EDWIN A. NYE.
Copyright. MOS, by Edwin A. Nye.
A BRIDE AND A WOODEN LEG. !
This ls an Iliad of a woman's wooden
leg.
A Pittsburg dentist has been sued by
a physician of the same city for the re?
covery of $100. the price of a wooden
leg furnished some years ago for the
young woman who afterward became
the dentist's wife.
And the questions ask themselves:
Is the wooden limb of a bride a part
of the bride's person or an accessory
after the fact?
Does the man who marries a girl
with an artificial member take that leg
"to have and to hold, to love, cherish
and protect, for better or for worse,
till death do them part?"
Attorneys for the plaintiff, lt ls un?
derstood, did not claim that the wooden
member was part and parcel of the
person married. They put their claim
upon tho peg that when a man marries
he assumes all the Indebtedness, of the
wife.
Which in this case seems reasonable.
Because in event of the wife's death
the husband falls heir to her property.
Manifestly, should the wife die her
husband would be seized of tbe wooden
leg.
On the other hand
Attorneys for the husband make the
natural defense that tbe doctor did not
marry the limb of wood, that lt did
not enter Into the nuptial contract, that
tbe doctor assumed no uuusual obliga?
tion respecting lt and that lt was not
more a patt of the woman ho married
than her gown or her shoes.
From which lt would seem the dis?
cussion at the trial did not leave either
side a leg to stand upon.
The court, however, decided that the
husband must pay for the limb, where?
upon he appealed.
Doubtless the court was right.
The husband may not have had ad?
vance knowledge respecting the wood?
en leg, or, having this knowledge,
chivalry would dictate his claiming
that he did not know.
Tho fact ls, when the dentist courted
his wifo he courted her wooden leg
and all, nnd when he married her he
married wooden leg nnd all.
The family should stand smilingly
on Its three legs and pay the physi?
cian's bllL
MARTIAL MORTALS.
The human race Is a brave race.
It ls proved by the fact that It con?
tinues to live. While lt requires brav?
ely to die, it requires more bravery to
live. And humaulty ls so stout hearted
lt fights the battle of life so long as it
can fight Occasionally a tired, sick
hearted one surrenders, but he ls tho
exception.
Humanity ls brave.
Men and women daily face conflicts
that might well daunt the Intrepid
gods. Think you because they go
about with smiling faces there are no
tasks that test all their fortitude, no
sorrows that must be courageously
borne?
Humanity ls brave.
Here ls one fighting to keep in sub?
jection his lower nature. Think of the
duels he fights! Who knows the striv?
ings of his defeats, the gallantry of
his victories? He is a brave man, as
brave as ever couched a lance in rest
against a foe. And here ls one who
tackles the wild beasts In the arena of
business competition and one who
struggles with a great sorrow.
Humanity Ls brave.
This woman faces poverty and limi?
tations, or anxiety, or pain, strain on
nerve or sympathy. An archangel
might well shudder to undertake tho
whole gamut of suffering that cornea
with wlfohood and motherhood. And
there ls no shrinking. Woman dies aud
gives no sign. Woman lives and smiles
In the front of Fate!
Humanity ls brave.
In this strenuous life of ours the real
mon and women sleep each night as
tho soldier sleeps?on the batttlefleld.
And reveille wakes each martial mor?
tal to daily battle?some to fight the
good fight with hands and some with
brains and some with hearts. Look
about you. Is it not true? You may
even seo some who nre fighting with
broken sword.
Yes, humanity is brave.
But it needs to repeat daily tbe
prayer of Robert Louis Stevenson:
"The day returns and brings us tho
round of irritating concerns and du?
ties. Help us to play the man; help
us to perform them with laughter andi
kind faces; let cheerfulness abound
with industry. Give us to go blithely
on our business all this day, bring us
lo our resting place weary and content
and undishonored and grant us In the
end the spirit of sleep. Amen."
Some Famous Faces.
Napoleon, with a faoo as If lt had
been modeled from a Greek cameo,
was never, In Talleyrand's Judgment
nt all events, quite a gentleman. He
gesticulated too much ard was alto?
gether too violent for the correct taste
of the great noble trained under the
old regime. Perfection of body ls not
necessary, either, for many misshaped
men have been dignified even when
they were not, like the Due de Ven?
dome, princes of the Hiles in days
when that distinction meant so much.
Little men aud wizened men hare
both Inspired awe, for great soldiers
trembled if Louis XIV. frowned, and
no man received without weakened
knees a rebuke from William III. Tho
protruding underlip of the Hapsburgs
has never detracted from their majes?
ty, and Victor Emmanuel, who, for all
his good manners, always suggested to
the onlooker a bull face to face with
the matadore, was for all that every
Inch a king.?London Spectator.