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VOLUME XXVI1.
ACCOMAC C. H., VA., SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1098.
NUMBER 50.
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FANTAN AT MACAO.
A POOR GROCER.
JOHN S. PARSONS,
Attorney-at-Law,
Accomac Courthouse, Va.
Will practice in all courts of Acco?
mac aud North tiuptou Counties.
BEN T. GUNTER.
Attorney-at-Law,
Accomac C. H., Va.,
Will practice in all the courts of
Accomac and Northampton counties
S. JAMES TURLINGTON
Attorney-at-Law.
Offices?Accomac C. H. aud Fair
Oaks, Va.
Practices in all the courts on the
Eastern Shore of Virgiuia.
JNO. R. and J. HARRY REW,
Attorney s-at-Law.
Offices?Accomac C. H. and Parks
ley. At Accomac C. H. every Wed?
nesday.
Will practice In all the courts on the
Eastern Shore of Virginia.
ROY 1). WHITE,
-Attorney-at-Law,
Offices: Parksley aud Accomac CH.
Practices in all courts of Accomac
and Northampton Counties.
Prompt attention to all business.
NV A KN KU AMES,
-Aitorney-at-Law,
Offices: Accomac C. H. and Onancock.
At Accomac C. H% every Wednesday
?nd Friday.
Will practice in all the courts of
Accomac ami Northampton counties
JOHN K. NOTTINGHAM, J__,
- -Atyoknky-at-Law,?
Franktown, Va
Practices in all the courts on the
Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Will be at Eastville and Accomac C.
H. first day of every court and at East?
ville every Wednesday.
Otho P. Mears. G. Walter Mapp.
MFA RS .fe MAPP,
-Attorueys-at-Law,
ot.ices : Eastville, Northampton
County aud . ueumack court House
Practice in all courts am he Eastern
Shore of Virgiuia.
L. FLOYD NOCK,
? ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,?
Accomac C. H., Va.
Practices in all tue courts on the
Eastern Shore ot Virginia.
Dr. H. D. LILLISTON,
DENTIST.
?Accomack Court House, Va.?
Office hours from 9 a. m. too p. m. Will
be at Parksley every Tuesday.
FRED. E. RUEDIGER
? County Surveyor,
Accomac CH, Va.
Thoroughly equipped with latest anc
best iustruments, oilers his services U
he citizens of Accomac County.
Will meet all engagements promptly
W. G. EMMETT,
Notary
Public,
Belle Haven, Va.
PAULDEWEES,
Plumber,
Steam and Hot
Water Fitter,
Pocomoke City, Md.
College oi William and Mary.
William.^! >ur_. Vir_ini;i.
Two hundred and fifteenth session begins Sc
teniber 17th. 1908.
Buildings renovated and newly equippe
lighted with electricity and supplied with pa
artesian water. Two Coane.: 'li Collegia
Course leading to the degree* of B.A., M.A. ai
ll. S. r> Normal Course: Tuition free ai
board at reduced rates. .Send for catalogue.
Lyon G. Tyler,
President, M.A., LLD.
WM. P. BELL I CO
DRUGGISTS,
Accomack C. H.. Va.,
Agents for
WATERMAN'S
Ideal Fountain Pen
STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND.
Finest line of
STATIONERY
on Eastern Shore of V
White Hotel and Liver
Capt. Wm. T. Mister,
Proprietor Hotel.
Harry T. White & Son,
Proprietor of Livery.
Hay and feed dealers?Wholei
Grocers and Brokers and Mfr's. age
Harry T. White & Son,
bloomtown. Va.
Hotel Tull
New Church, Va.,
P. O. Massey, Va.,
L. J. TULL _. SON, Proprie
Board at reasonable rates.
All trains met.
Phone messages promptly att
ed to.
The patronage of the public
licked.
FIRST-CLASS LIVERY ..IIcl.I
Phones in hotel of Diamond Rti
and of Accomac and North?
ampton Telephone Co.
B. T. GUNTER,
President
Farmers and
united sra
Ol
Customers extended every
accommodation consist?
ent with conservative
banking.
Strictly^ home, institution.
We Pay lui
On the famous Pikes Peak Cog
Railway in Colorado, the steep
grades of the mountain necessitate
the use of cog wheels to control the
train, and vibration often so injures
ordinary watches that an expert
repairman must readjust them.
_t conductor on the Pikes Peak road
made a ninety-day tatt of the South
Bend Watch last Summer. -
No adjustment of the watch was made
for the whole period, but at the end of
the test, examination showed a variation
of less than one-half second per day. Do
you think the watch you carry could
stand a test like this? ?>
? We will be pleased to show you out
line of these watches at any time.
Fine Watch repairing?satisfaction in
work and prices.
Next door below
Postoflice.
W. J. Neville,
Onaneoeh,Va
Jake
the Painter
SttVs
For Sale by
Parksley Coal 5 Supply Co.,
PARKSLEY, VA.
NEW YORK. PHILA. 8. NORFuLK R.R.
Train Schedule in Effect Jan. 6,1908.
South-Bound Trains.
47 49
New York . .
Philadelphia,.
Wilmington .
Baltimore ?
Delmar .,
a.m.
. 730
.10 00
. 10 44
. DOO
i :jo
Salisbury.1 41
Cape Charles . ? . . 4 ito
OU'. Point Comfort. ti 28
Norfolk . . (arrive). 7 15
p.m.
900
113
18 36
7 H
3 01
3 10
6 15
8 10
905
p.m.
900
1122
12 05
7 .".2
301
3 10
615
8 10
905
45
p.m
12 2(
301
3 4
ia
t. u
7l?
p.m. a.m. a.m.
S.
North-hound Trains.
48 50
Leave a.m. p.m.
Norfolk.7 20 6 00
Old Point Comfort. dui 7 00
Cape Charles . . . .10 20 9 IS
salisbury.12 57 12 30
Delmar.1 06 12 45
p.m. a.m.
io
700
7 11
p.m.
50
p.ir
60
70
9 1
128
13 i
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Arrive p.m. a.m.
Wilmington .... 3 49 4 10
Philadelphia.4 33 fi 18
Baltimore.5 22 tl 01
New York.7 00 8 00
p.m. a.m.
p.m.
1017
1100
ll 86
I IS
p.m.
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R. B.COOKE,
Traffic Manager.
J. G. RODGERS,
Svperi-tendo
For Sale
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Private Contract
Tract of Timber near Pail
ter, about 75 acres,?su]
posed to cut 750,000 feet (
lumber. Price $3,000.00.
Tract of Timber in Wa
lops Neck, near Wattsvill
4 miles from Railroad St
tion, containing about 2,50(
OOO feet?very desirab
tract.
8 la rg e raft Horses, fro
7 to 12 years old.
For tartha, particulars write
call on
E. S. PARSONS,
Parksley, Va,
W. C. PARSONS,
Cashier.
VERNON HUNTON,
Asst, ('ashier.
Merchants National Bank
IES GOVERNMENT DEPOSITORY,
.LEY, VA.
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The smallest depositor re
ceivea as prompl and
courteous, treatment
as the largest.
Managed entirely by our
home people.
;erest oo Time Deposits.
Established in 1st,..
C. S. Schermerhorn 8c Son,
Receivers, Shippers, Dealers,
Grain, Hay and Mill Feeds,
Seed Oat-, Linseed Meal, Cotton Seed Meal Gluten Feed,
Also Distributor- of the Purina Poultry Feeds.
127 AND 129 CHEAPSIDE,
Near Pratt Siren. - - BALTIMORE, MD.
The Parksley Manufacturing Co., Inc,
RETAILERS AND JOBBERS OF ALL KINDS OF
< rBUILDERS SUPPLIES'*^
In faet we can furnish everything in the most up-to-date building- from the
foundation to th I roof. We also make a specialty of contracting for HOUSE
BUILDING and will guarantee satisfaction. We eau furnish the Famous
Florida Heart Shingle* made from Galt Cypress at right prices. Weare
agents for th6
BEMIS TRANSPLANTER,
the one that has taken the prize over all others. We carry FARMING
UTENSILS of all kinds. The most up-to-date COOK STOVES and Ranges
and Cooking Ware. A fine line of nickle goods always on hand. In the
BUILDING MATERIAL LINE
we can furnish ex.ras and estimates on short notice. We have 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-dau Btore of its kind on the Shore. Call and see our store and thi. will
convince von ot these facts. We are manufacturers of all kinds of LUMBER
and BARREL MATERIALS and retailers and jobbers of all kinds of FEED,
sueh BS Corn, Hay. Middlings, Pian &c.
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. <_7WcMath, Onlej^, Va.
Jobber and Manufacturers' Sales Agent.
Karrriers Attention.
?Call on us for?
FERTILlZERS = = Best grades and at lowest margin of piofil.
f-j^dyY?*=^est grades, at lowest prices and in quantities to suit.
Potato Bed Glass.
Farmers Supplies Generally.
fey Hay delivered to anyone in car load lota at any railroad station o:
Eastern Shore
J. AV. BARNES,
Bloxom, Va.
E. W.^POLK,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Pocomoke City, Md.
$c_?r*Will visit Accomac C. H., every court day.
lor tkSprjfJof1908 there are
to be fouri_iR popular
DOWMDISi
SHOES
.NEW AND ORIGIAIAL DESIGNS
WE CREATE- AOT IMITATE
$3.00 &3.50 $4.0o
Saving thc
Company.
By CARLETON HAZZARD. J
Copyrighted, UM, by Associated ?
Literary Press.
After a lung line <>f Incompetent
ttesograpbers Bradley congratulated
ilmself when Alice Pullet tunk her
.lace at the typewrite, desk, and as
hough by magic tbe crooked places
were made straight
So quietly did thc girl slip Into the
routine Of the office and so unosteuta
tlouily did tbe accomplish result, that
Arthur Bradley did not realize all that
the was doing. He had only the plctis
iiit feeling that at last the office was
?nuning straight, and, uianllke, he took
tue credit to himself.
It had been u struggle to get the of
Bce going at all, for tbe' linn wns In
opposition to the trust, ami ererytbing
possible was done to break wyt tho
newly established brancb otlice.
More than .mee Bradley had narrow?
ly escaped some trap laid for him, hut
foi' every blow struck at him he gave
huck an good. The letters from th.;
bome Office were encouraging ami Inti?
mated that If he would lound (nit the
Hist year there would he au increase
of salary as well as the present of a
block of stock.
The biggest feather tu his cap was
when thc bone otlice turned over to
him the task of securing a contract for
some f2,000,t ., worth of material.
"Such big contracts are usually han?
dled from thc h.>me office," he explain?
ed to Ailee Puller ss lu- gave her the '
letter with Instructions to place lt In J
the private letter tile lu the safe. If ;
they turn this matter over to me It Is B
Sign that they have faith in my Judg- i
ment. It's going to be a ticklish mat?
ter to figure on nil that material at a
price that will be low enough to cap?
ture the contract and atm give us ns
much of | profit as possible."
"They probably realize that you are
erase to the contract, and they know
thnt they cnn trust you," answered
Alice. "It tahows that this branch is
becoming Important."
She went quietly nbout her work,
but there was u happy light In lier
eyt s, for she wus ns much pleased at
this sign of confidence as was Bradley
himself.
Alice wa. not a girl of Impulses, but
ene lind come to have more than a lik?
ing for Brndloy, nnd she took a pride
lu his success.
The week that followed was a busy
one. Bradley figured far Into the
nigh: on the problems of cost, and each
mon,lug he gave to Alice the results of
his work, to lie tabulated on the ma?
chine nnd flied in the safe until the
figures should be complete. It wus
weary work with all the specifications
and blanks, but at last the estimate
was complete, and Bradley took it .on
to New York in person for the ap?
proval of the bome office.
lie was Jubilant on his return. The
president of the company had congrat?
ulated liim on the excellence of his
wink and had hinted that the new
London office might be opened soon
with Bradley in charge.
Hut the Jubilation was short lived,
for two days later a long letter came
from the New York otlice Instructing
the bramli to alter the estimates in
accordance with a set of figures some
LO per cent In advance of the original
estimate.
"Here's a Job for you," growled
Bradley ns he took the paper tc
Alice's desk. "I'll have to do as th.
home otlice snys, but it's throwinj
away the contract nnd my chance ol
promotion."
"Are you certain that lt is the ordei
of the New York otlice?" asked Allc(
ns she tonk irp the sheets. "You know
that this contract will mean a groa
deal to the trust if they are able U
take lt away from us. It means i
great deal more to us to retain it."
"That's Just it," complained Bradley
"They know that If we lose this con
tract we lose our tight for nu Independ
ent existence ami shall have to sell ou
to the trust at their own price. If w
get lt, lt will mean that we can bea
them and hold our own. Yet the,
raise my figures."
"And lt would be worth a great el
fort to beat us," went on Alice. "Sui
pose that the trust people had som
one planted in the home otlice wh
could copy the figures and send thei
to the trust officers. Suppose, to<
that they supplied the people with oil
letter heads and envelopes. We woul
be unsuspicious and change the bid i
accordance with instructions, only t
find out that we had been duped afb
the bids had been opened nnd the coi
tract awarded to the trust. I thin
you will find that they have bid on!
-lightly lower than this, but muc
higher than your original figures."
"That's possible," admitted Bradle
"I'll Wire the home otlice and find out
"And warn the traitor in the oflb
that his plans have been discovered'
reminded Alice. "They will then b
below your figures and get the contra
anyway. It would be best to hold (
nnd take chances by yourself. It w
be the only way to hold the contract
"If I only could be sure," exclaim*
Bradley. "But I can't net on me
guesswork."
"This ls something more than gue?
work," insisted Alice. "In the flt
place, this letter ls mailed from I
Madison square station. That ls In t
building in which the trust has i
main office. Our letters all come frc
ihe Wall street station, four or fi
miles away and nearest our offli
They nre using the same make
typewriter President Hammond's i
nogrnphcr uses, but it ls not the sal
mr.chiue. On the letters from our i
flee there ls a piece broken from t
cross of every 't.' "
"I think you are right!" cried Bri
ley as he compared tw^tetters, "Wt
pop in the original est iTn ie, aud wh
they c..pie t0 Open the bi.ls out <
trust friends will have a dozen lits."
"Bul answer thia letter and say tl
changes have I ?? ii made Id the bid
accordance with Instructions aud t'
the bid has been lubml ttl," direct
Alice, Then tbe traitor will not :
come alarmed and notify the trust
"You're the general," cried Bradley
Kimi tingly. "I am only the second in
lommand until this ls straightened ont.
Do Just as you please."
That evening a letter went to the
ionic ollice reporting that the changes
iad been made ns directed, but Brad?
dy personally took to the office of the
contracting company the original bid.
Two days later a long telegram ar?
rived from the bend office demanding
the explanation of the changes to
which Bradley made reference, it wns
Alice who wrote the telegram In reply,
explaining what those changes were,
and who wrote the second message de?
claring it to bs Impossible to niter the
hld to the old figures, as they directed
by wire.
The next inorning President Ham?
mond stamped into the office shortly
after Bradley had come in.
"I cunio out on the fast train to see
what lt all means," he cried. "You
have ruined the company by letting
yourself be fooled In this fashion."
For reply Bradley brought out the
letter he lind received. It startled
Hammond, for beyond question it was
on the paper of th*; company and not
00 a cheal) Imitation. Ile sighed us he
laid it down.
"I suppose that you cannot be
blamed," he said dispiritedly, "but it
means thnt the company is smushed by
a trick of the trust."
"Not yet," declared Bradley, with a
laugh. "Miss Tuner's quick eyes saw
through the trick. We took a chunce
and put In the original bid. I think
you will find that we are the lowest
bidders, for the trust felt snfe in keep?
ing up their bill."
"If we win, you can have the Lon?
don office next month," declared Ham?
mond.
"Excuse me u moment," said Bradley
as be slipped out to the outer office.
"It's a go," he announced beamingly.
"Miss Puller says that she will corne?
as Mrs. Bradley."
"Rather sudden?" asked Hammond.
"lt's sudden only in the recent real?
ization that I have loved her ever since
she came into the otlice," explained
Bradley. "It took this crisis to force
I the fact home."
Alice looked In at the doorway.
"Ihe Wallington people telephone
that your estimate has won the con?
tract," she reported demurely, and to
her great embarrassment Bradley
kissed her under the approving eyes
of the president of the company.
"We've tricked the tricky trust," h(
cried, "and we're going to London or
our honeymoon."
"On my yacht," added the president
"We can't do too much for the gir
whose clever brain saved the company
You're a lucky man, Bradley."
"Don't I know it?" cried Bradley
"I knew It first."
Lungs and Long Life.
One of the most remarkable cases o
longevity on record wns that of ai
Englishman born In 1483, whose dell
cate appearance made all the doctor
give him up when he wns In the era
die. His chest wns so narrow, say
the report, that he seemed to havedlf
Acuity in breathing. Well, this youn
moribund, condemned by the d(xtor
to die lu short order, died in ltiol a
the age of 109. He saw the reign o
ten kings. Secundl Hango, consul o
Yenice ut Smyrna, meusured only fl]
ty-eeven centimeters around the ches1
and one of his lungs was dlseaset
Nevertheless he lived to the age c
Ho years. He wns married five time
and had forty-nine children. When h
wns 100 years old he got his wlsdoi
teeth. When he was 110 his ha!
turned black again. At 112 his ey<
brows nnd his beard turned black.
Lucky In Ona Way.
"The late Valerian Qribayedoff," sal
a Chicago art editor, "wns one of tl
first American newspaper sketch ai
lsts. On that SCCOUnt he leaves b
hind him a famous nnme. As Gribay
doff said himself the last time I vi
ited him In Paris, his fame was di
not to his great artistic skill, but
his luck in coming first. And he adde
with a laugh, thnt lt was always luci
to come early mid avoid the rush, 1
stnncing the case of a restaurant <
the Bottle Mich, In thc Latin quatta
where a young poet had n large turei
of soup spilled over his coat one eve
ing. The walter, in response to t
savage outcries of the poet, said go
naturedly:
" 'Oh, well, you needn't alarm yoi
self, sir. There's no harm done. O
Foup never stains after half past 7.''
All In Red.
Thc playwrights over their supper
lobster boasted. "I," said the greata
of them, with a complacent glance
the two pure pearls lu his shirt fro
"decree the color of every actre
frock."
That is carrying the regard for <
tail too far," said a playwright W
had failed.
"Not B blt of lt," said the other. '
I didn't decide on the color of I
dresses file stage manager won
Why, that must always be done. <)
ciwise, in their overmastering des
to draw all eyes to themselves, ev.
actress would wear bright red. In i
first play the frocks were forgotten
the general excitement, and at the fi
dress rehearsal all six actresses ca
on In thc discovery scene In scai
gowns."?New York Tress.
Even Buds Grow Old.
According to a government botar
at Washington, there ls reason to
Hove that buds shnre In the grow
old of the parent plant. He lllustra
his meaning lu this way: Suppose
average life of an individual plat
say a tree?to be 100 years; then a I
removed when the parent plant ls fi
yenrs old will also be virtually fi
years of agc nnd If transplanted
grafting will be able to live on
graft only fifty years more.
She Knew.
Applicant?No, ma'am; I coule
work In a house where there were c
dren. Mrs. Keephouse? But we ad'
Used for a girl who understood c
dren. Applicant?I do understand '
ma'am. That's why I won't w
where they nre?Illustrated Bits.
Thy purpose firm ls equal to
deed.?Young.
Gambling Houses of the Monte Carlo of
the East.
Macao, a Portuguese Chinese port at
the mouth of the Canton river, lu
Ubina, is the Monte Curio of the cast
One must walt until evening to see tho
famous "fantail" houses. The Interi?
ors are brilliantly lighted with oil
lamps (for Macao boasts neither elec?
tricity nor gas) and furnished with cost?
ly < anton blackwood elaborately curved
and upholstered In velvet There aro
two floors. The cooly class remains
on the ground floor, where the actual
games take place, but in the room
above, immediately over the table In
the room below, there Is a square
"well" with a rall around it and a
narrow table furnished with betting
books and pencils, cigarettes, etc.
The visitor may take u seat and look
down at the game, which really seems
fair and simple. A man sits at tho
head of the table with a huge heup of
brass "cash" before him and a slender
wand in his hand. He takes up a
handful of the coln and puts lt on tho
table, covering lt with a brass hat
Then the betting begins, the bets being
laid on the number 1, 2, 3 or 4, after
which the banker takes up the hat and
counts out the cash lu fours, separat?
ing them with his cane, tho number
left when the last "four" is removed
being tho subject of the betting. These
houses, numerous as they are, make
an enormous Income aud are a source
of large revenue to Macao.?Exchange.
JAPANESE PAGODAS.
Enormous Pendulums Render Thesis
OW Structures Earthquake Proof.
The only old structures In Japan
which seem to be earthquake proof ara
the pagodas, which were eic ted before
the temples. There are m..ny H
are 700 or SOO years old i nd as solid
as when first built.
There is a reason for this, and lt lies
in their construction. A pagado ls
practically a framework of heavy tim?
bers which starts from a wide base
aud Is in Itself a substantial structure,
but rendered still more stable by a
peculiar device. Inside the framework
aud suspended from the upex ls a
long, heavy beam of timber two feet
thick or uk.re. This hangs from one
end of the four sides. Four more heavy
timbers, aud if the pagoda be very
lofty still more timbers, arc added to
these. The whole forms an enormous
pendulum, which reaches within six
inches of the ground
When the shock of an earthquake
rocks the pagoda the pendulum swings
in unison and keeps the center of grav?
ity always at the base of the frame?
work. Consequently the equilibrium
of the pagoda ls never disturbed, and
this ls the explaniflon of the greal
age of uiany of them, when from theil
height one would suppose them to b(
peculiarly susceptible to the effects ol
the earthquake.
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Franco and Fourteen.
So far as France is concerned, lt li
the number fourteen that has played i
conspicuous and portentous part lu hei
history'. On May 14, 1.54, the Buo d<
la Ferronnierre was enlarged by ordei
of Henri H., and four times fourteci
years later Henri IV. was nssasslnatet
there by Havalllac?namely, on Mai
14, 1610. Henri had lived four tlmei
fourteeu years, fourteeu weeks am
four times fourteen days?that ls, fifty
six years and five mouths. Then Hen
rl's son, Louis XIII., died May 14
1043. the same day aud month as hi
father. And 10-13 added togethe
equals fourteen, just as laV>3, the yea
of the birth of Henri IV., equals four
teen. I/nils XIV. ascended the thron
1043, which, added together, equal
fourteen, and similarly the year of hi
death (171.1 equals fourteen.?Londo
T. T. 0.
Kept Them All on Edge.
One of the favorite devices of Lor
Nelson when ships were cruising 1
company wns to signal to a give
craft that Lieutenant Smith or Sta
Engineer Brown or Captain of Mi
rlnes Jones was to take charge, on tb
assumption that all his superior o
fleers on board had been put out <
action. The author of "Trafalgar K<
fought" says that the result was vei
good, for no one knew when he tnlgl
be called upon to take command, an
every one therefore made a point <
trying to make himself fit to can
out the duty should it ever be assign*
to him.
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Selfish Etiquette.
Some rules lu an old book on e
quette seem to encourage a praett
commonly called "looking out for N
1." Here are two of them:
Wheu cake ls passed do not ting
each piece, but with a quick glance ?
lect the best.
Never refuse to taste of a dish t
cause you are unfamiliar with lt
you will lose the taste of many a de
cacy while others profit by your abs
nence, to your lastjug regret
Not Superstitious.
"Do you believe in ghosts?" ask
the mau who resents all superstition
"No, suh," answered Erastus Pin
ley. "An' all I's hopln' is dat di
ghos'es will lemme stay dat way 'st
o' comiu' aroua' tryIn' to convince mi
?Washington Star.
A Different Proposition.
Pompous Director (hotly)-Why (
you refuse to give my son a fi
chance to show what he could tl
Don't you hei le ve in Introducing you
blood in the business? Superintend*
-I do, but uot young bloods.?Puck.
Out of the Usual.
"I have something novel in the tc
of a melodrama."
"State you case."
"The blacksmith ls a rascal, wt
the banker is as honest as the day
long!"?Louisville Courier-Journal.
Outspoken.
Mrs. Garrulous?I was outspoken
my sentiments at the club this afl
noon. Her Husband?I can't belii
you. Who outspoke you. my dear
London Mail.
Happy ls the man who does all
good be talks of.?Italian Proverb.
Audubon's Lame Attempt to Succeed
aa a Merchant.
It ls not generally remembered that
the worldwide reputation of Audubon
as a naturalist Incidentally is due to
his failure to establish himself perma?
nently as a Mlssourl^croeery merchant
and denier In the boM brands of Ken*
tucky whisky.
In 1810 he and Ferdinand Uozler of
St Genevieve loaded a keel boat at
Louisville, Ky., with 310 barrels of
whisky aud groceries nnd started down
the Ohio nnd Mississippi to St. Gene?
vieve to open a grocery store. The trig
was made during the winter, and the
streams were so full of Ice thnt tho
boat was drawn up against the bank
and winter quarters were established
Just below Cape Girardeau. When St
Genevieve was reached, after the open?
ing of navigation, the firm of Audu?
bon & Boater opened their store and
did a prosperous business. But the
business was done by Rozier, for Au?
dubon preferred the woods to the coun?
ter and devoted more of his time to
sketching and stuning birds than he
did to marketing the 310 barrels of
Kentucky bourbon or any other gro?
ceries. This led to a dissolution of the
partnership. On April ll, 1811, Audu?
bon, convinced of his unfitness for
business, sold out to Rozier and took
up the work for which he was better
titted than any one who had lived be?
fore or who has lived since and from
a fourth rate grocer became the groat
ornithologist. The grocery business
which Audubon abandoned grew until
finally it "extended throughout ali of
Lo isl \&."?Kansas City Star.
I -
| A WCkaAN OF QUICK WIT.
I Suv c B. Anthony Never Lacked a
Ready Reply.
Few lives so lend themselves to dra
, malle na nation as Susan B. Anthony's,
says the Delineator. It ranged front
tragedy ro comedy, with scattered bits
of melodran.a, she ever lu the center of
the stage. With her everything was
always Intensely realistic?not acting.
Miss Anthony had a peculiar faculty
of condensing a whole speech into il
single sentence. For instance, when
she heard men lamenting that the pro?
fession of teacher was uot respected art
much as the other professions, "Do you
not see that so long ns society says
woman has not brains enough to be a
doctor, lawyer or minister, but hui
plenty to be a teacher, every man of
you who coudesceuds to teach tacitly
admits before all Israel and tho sun
that be has no more brains than a wo?
man?" And wheu Horace Greeley said
to her at Albany, "You know tho bal?
lot and bullet go together?if you vote,
are you ready to fight?" instantly she
retorted, "Yes, Mr. Greeley, Just as you
fought lu the late war?at the point of
a goose quill!" Again, when she was
talking on divorce and the Rev. A. D.
Mayo, thinking to annihilate her, said,
"You are not married; you have no
business to be discussing marriage,"
"Well, Mr. Mayo," she answered, "you
are not a slave; suppose you quit lec?
turing on slavery!"
His Support.
A young colored man in Washington
[ who passed with credit a civil service
examination was Immediately certified
i for appointment to the treasury de
. partment. Ills old mother, a darky of
the antebellum type, insisted upon ac?
companying him to witness his taking
of the oath of office. When the official
1 ! charged with the swearing In of the
new clerk put to him the usual formula
with reference to "supporting the con
,, stitutlon of the United States" the old
lady's eyes were seen to bulge with as?
tonishment. But she said nothing till
she and her son were outside, when,
turning to him, she solemnly observed;
I "1 didn't wanter say nothln' In there,
' Joe, but 'deed, honey, I don't see how
youse geln' to Biippote de United States
^ wheu you ain't been able till now to
suppote your folkses."?St. Paul Plo*
n neer Press.
Bird Structure.
Birds belong to the vertebrates, or
L backboned animals. They aro dlstln
. gulshed from the rest of tho verte?
brates by the graceful outlines of their
bodies, by their clothing of feathers,
t toothless jaws and the fore Umba, or
, wings, being adapted to flying. Nature
. has made many wonderful provisions
lu the bird, especially in the formation
|\ and arrangement of the booen. These
are compact and iu many case* hollow,
thus combining lightness with strength.
The first boue of the backbone ls so
^ freely jointed to the skull that birds
,e can turu their heads around and look
0 directly back.
ef Alms From a Tomb.
q. A remarkable custom which has
been uninterruptedly In force for 300
^ years ls yearly observed at Ideford, a
or secluded parish a few miles from
_. Chudleigh. It ls that of picking up
_. alms from the donor's tomb In tho
churchyard. The rector aud chureh
? j warden stand at one end of the tomb,
upon the Ant top of which they place
. coins. The recipients of the charity
come up one by one to tho other eud
' of the tomb and pick up the money.-*
London Standard.
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They're All Old.
"I am about," said the speaker, "to
tell a story which I believe ls new to
most of you."
"Gee," Interrupted a little man at
the end of the banquet hall, "that fel?
low would believe anything!"?Chicago
[0? Record-Herald.
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A Mountain of Alum.
In China, twelve and a half miles
from the village of Liouchek, there ls
a^ a mountain of alum which In addition
to being a natural curiosity ls a source
? of wealth for the Inhabitants of the
Je country, who dig from lt yearly tons
of alum. The mountain is not less
i than ten miles In circumference at Its
: base and has a height of 1,040 feet
' The alum ls obtained by quarrying
largo blocks of stone, which are first
heated in great furnaces nnd then lit
f? Vttt9 filletl witu boiling water. Thc
alum crystallizes out and forms a layer
about six Inches lu thickness. This
layer is subsequently broken up Into
Uw blocks weighing about ten pounds
each. . .