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CAPT GRAHAMS CURE
Sores on Face and Back Tried Many
Doctors Without Success
Gives Thanks to
Cutlcura
Captain W S Graham 1321 Eoff
St Wheeling W Va writing under
date of June 14 04 says I am so
grateful I want to thank God that a
friend recommended Cuticura Soap
and Ointment to mo I suffered for a
long time with sores on my face and
back Some doctors said I had blood
poison and others that I had barbers
ifch None of them did me any good
but- they all took my money My
friends tell me my skin now looks as
clear as a babys and I tell them all
that Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Oint
ment did it
Why H Was Chosen
A well known lecturer who had
been invited to serve as a substitute
In a country place felt some nervous
ness knowing he was to fill the place
of a more famous man This feeling
was not diminished when he heard
himself thus announced by a long
limbed keen eyed farmer This man
is our substitute I dont know what
he can do Time was short and we
had to take what we could git
With the coming of May Hudson
River navigation opens and both the
day line and the night boats palaces
of elegance and models of comfort
will be once again in active service
Travel the earth over one will find no
more beautiful water trip than this
journey up or down the historic river
that flows majestically through a val
ley of peace still bearing the foot
steps and scars of battle still echoing
with the sounds of war From Vest
Pocket Confidences in Four Track
News for May
The Lions Fled
Addressing a Church House meet
ing the Bishop of Chichester alluded
to the prospects of Rhodesia and told
a good story of the Bishop of Mashon
aland His lordship it appeared once
vanquished three lions by reading
aloud to them the Thirty nine Articles
On the bishop reaching the Article
concerning justification by faith the
lions turned and fled English Ex
change
The Days of Ship Carving
Years ago when ship carving was
considered one of the fine arts sure
to return rich financial rewards boys
were encouraged to learn it An old
ship carver says when he was a young
man he was kept busy from early
morning till late at night and it was
a poor season when he was unable to
earn 4 a day and from that to 5 7
and even 8 a day when business was
brisk
The Prospect Pleasing
Aint it good to be a livin in
this
great old world today
When the light is all around you an
when heaven aint fur away
When a feller feels like flyin with
the bright wings of a bird
An his soul sins Halleluja an he
means it every word
Atlanta Constitution
Good Artist vs Bad Man
Alfred Gilbert the artist told bis
Royal Academy audience according
to the report in the London Pall Mall
Gazette that the good artist never
was a bad man and the bad man nev
er was a good artist And what does
Mr Gilbert think of the artistic abil
ity of that champion all round bad
man Benvenuto Cellini
Beans a Japanese Dainty
Beans whicb looked like the or
dinary liver bean of this country
cooked tender and given a coating of
sugar were among the sweetmeats
served at a Japanese entertainment
the other day They are said to be a
common Japanese dainty
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA
a safe and sure remedy for infants and children
end see that it
Bears tho
Signature of
ucMm
In Use For Over 30 Years
Tho THnrt You Havo Always Bought
Girl Turns Out Lights
The Strassburg police were puzzled
for some time by the fact that every
night a number of street lights were
turned off They finally succeeded in
catching the culprit a young girl
who gave as her excuse for her
strange conduct that it amused her
Trades Are Independent
A bankrupt sawyer recently stated
in a London court that his trade had
been ruined by the advance in the
price of sugar Confectioners and
candy manufacturers were economiz
ing by doing without wooden boxes
and cases
PIsos Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections of the throat and lungs WiL
O Esdslkt Vanburen Ind Feb 10 1900
Truth or Libel
If a woman was as careful In se
lecting a husband to match her dis
position as she is in selecting a dress
to matcb her complexion there would
be fewer unhappy marriages in the
world Exchange
A Nickels Worth of Jumps
A small boy came into my store
the other day remarked the drug
gist and asked for five cents worth
of jumps Now what do you sup
pose he wanted When everybody
gave it up the druggist told them what
the boy had been sent for was hops
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AHTTO
LomsjAra
who had been attacked by a nervous
headache was lying down in one of
the bedrooms on the lower floor and
Lazalle sat reading aloud to her the
Spanish girls rich voice being the
only sound to break the stillness of
the cabin where In the open doorway
Rose de Cazeneau sat listlessly her
chin in her palms and her eyes stray
ing to the primitive outof door world
around her
So wrapped was she in dreams as
not to know that Lafitte had come
from Scipfos domain and through the
room back of her until standing
above her he asked gently and with
a smile Are you performing guard
duty little Rose Must I give the
countersign before I can pass out
A vivid flush mantled her cheeks
as she sprang up and turned to face
him
I am sorry if I startled you he
said coming outside and taking off
his broad brimmed hat he pushed the
curling locks from his forehead Then
as if from impulse he took her hand
Little Rose he said a slight
tremor sounding in his voice I must
as you know leave here to night and
there can be no telling when I may
return or what may happen before
you and I meet again I have a story
to relate one I have longed to tell
you and I have a strong desire aris
ing from something far more than
mere sentiment as to the place where
I should like you to hear it The spot
is not far from here only a little way
through the woods Will you come
with me and listen to my story
Lifting her eyes to his she saw such
an impressive solemnity in their dark
depths that something impelled her to
say in the submissive tone of an
obedient child Yes Captain Jean I
will come with you
As the man and girl took their way
side by side Lazalie appeared in the
doorway Her eyes blazed and her
scarlet under lip was caught fiercely
between the white teeth as she saw
Lafitte reach out one hand to clasp
that of his companion while with the
other he cleared a bush from the path
Then they moved on and were shut
from sight by the trees
Aha I thought so the Spanish
girl said to herself the last word end
ing in a sigh as she turned away and
began pacing the floor
I hate him and r ought to hate her
Hate her No I cannot do that my
sweet Rose You are not responsible
for having the same fever that once
possessed me And who could help
loving you As for him he long ago
gave me to understand plainly that I
might claim nothing more than friend
ship from him
She laughed bitterly as that last
day on the Barra de Hierro rose be
fore her bringing with it an increase
of color to her cheeks at thought of
her past lack of maidenliness
Meanwhile Rose de Cazeneau stood
with Lafitte beside what seemed
from the wooden cross marking it to
be a grave It was a long narrow
mound already rich with brilliant
wood growths and the forest shut it
away from sight of the cabins
Obeying silently the motion of his
hand she seated herself upon a fall
en tree where the moss thick as a
rug made a covering soft as velvet
Lafitte then sat down upon the ground
before her with his back against the
mound the cross making a rest for his
bared head
This little Rose is Pierres grave
Pierre Lafitte known to the world as
my brother and never was a brother
more true of heart or lovable than he
although not a drop of kindred blood
ran Jin our veins
The listening girls amazement was
manifest not only in her face but in
her voice as she exclaimed What
Pierre Lafitte not your brother Cap
tain Jean
No nor any blood relation what
ever But of this I will tell you pres
ently What I wish to say now is
that he talked to me of you little
Rose just before he died your name
was the last that came from his lips
Mine she said in surprise I
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BY JMJARY gEVEHEUX
IY1TH ILLUSTPATION5 BY DON C WILSON
CCofyrrgfit J903 6y I We finm f Company
CHAPTER XXXI 7 spoke to him only once Captain Jean
Later in the day Madame Riefet i and then It was but a few words- when
he came to the house seeking grand
pere
Yes but he saw you more than
once even if you did not know it
do not remember it And once was
sufficient for what I mean
He sighed and gave his head an up
ward toss as if to throw off the
thoughts begotten by his allusion to
Pierres death and then as if read
ing from a bcok he told her of the
Languedoc home where he and Pierre
had spent their childhood of his
father Monsieur le Baron of Na
poleon the young officer of his boyish
idolatry He told of Margot and
Pere Huot of all the persons connect
ed with his life
Rose listened intently her face re
flecting the feelings and emotions
aroused by Lafittes story and more
than once a mist of tears dimmed the
violet eyes perhaps a moment before
filled with indignation
He said little in regard to his life
with Laro but told fully of the meet
ing with Greloire at Martinique
which had aroused hist better self
At this a small hand stole from its
fellows clasp and was held out to
him He took it and pressed his lips
to the soft fingers Then after re
leasing it gently he went on
He told of his visit to Elba of the
interview with Napoleon of the prom
ise he had made and his efforts to ful
fil it of his temporary loss of resolu
tion after the descent upon Barataria
and of its full renewal at Pierres
death
As he described that scene in the
moonlit cell her tears flowed freely
and at sight of them a strange smile
touched Lafittes lips
Ah my Pierre he murmured
bending to lay his face against the
wood flowers upon his foster brothers
grave other eyes than thy Jeans
can weep for thee
As he raised his head Rose de
She seated herself upon a fallen tree
neau stretched out both hands to him
Captain Jean oh Captain Jean
she sobbed how could I have had
such hard wicked thoughts of you It
surely was because I never knew you
until now
She looked down into his face filled
with a light such as the face of Jean
Lafitte had never before shown
Do you know me now little Rose
If so then it is well for that is what
I wished should be before I depart
forever from Louisiana
Depart forever from Louisiana
she repeated and the dismay in her
voice made his heart leap
Would you care would you miss
me And his clasp tightened upon
her imprisoned hands
Rose my little Island Rose he
said seeking to look under the lashes
that swept her cheeks when my
duty to New Orleans and Jackson is
ended as ended it soon must be I
shall return to France to be Monsieur
le Baron my fathers son in the old
Languedoc chateau a thing my em
perors love has made possible and
which will enable me to be nearer
him the man I have shown you how I
leved and still love Will you go with
me little Rose to be presented to
him as my baronne as my wife
The tears were running from be
neath the lowered lashes as she laid
her cheek against one of the hands
that held her own and a birds song
thrilled out with joyous melody as he
reached up and drew her face to him
There is an eastern legend telling
when Paradise was fading from earth
an angel plucked and saved a single
rose which ever treasured is imbued
with fragrance immortal
To every mortal is given sooner or
later a breath of this fragrance
which brings joy beyond all that earth
can give
This hour had surely brought to the
storm tossed ever battling soul of Jean
Lafitte his breath of the angels rose
of Paradise to abide as a benediction
of unspeakable peace forever
The battle of New Orleans had been
fought and won
It proved so far as the result of
the war was affected a needless vic
tory inasmuch as fifteen days before
at Ghent a treaty of peace had been
concluded between the United States
and Great Britain
But the triumph was In its com
pleteness and by reason of the means
through which it had been achieved
of Inestimable and lasting benefit to
this country It proved that Ameri
can freemen although lacking In disci
pline and poorly armed could repel
and defeat a greatly superior force of
eteran soldiers rich with all tho ma
terial and panoply of war the flower
of Britains army fresh from its vic
tories in Spain
History tells how much of Jacksons
success was due to the loyalty intelli
gence and bravery of Lafitte and his
Baratarians it says aside from this
that but for the warning and informa
tion given to the former by Lafitte
New Orleans could not have been
saved
Gen Jackson was quick to recog
nfze this during the battle and after
wards in his Reports and General
Orders
In one of the latter dated Jan 15
1815 he said after paying a high trib
ute to Lafitte
Captains Dominique You and Be
luche lately commanding privateers
at Barataria with part of their for
mer crews and many brave citizens
of New Orleans were stationed at bat
teries Nos 3 and 4 The general can
not avoid giving his warm approbation
of the manner in which these gentle
men have uniformly conducted them
selves while under his command and
of the gallantry with which they have
redeemed the pledge they gave at the
opening of the campaign to defend
the country
The good feeling of Jackson Clai
borne and the citizens of New Orleans
toward Lafitte and their appreciation
of the loyal and important services
rendered by him extended to all his
once outlawed followers and Presi
dent Madison in his proclamation of
pardon used these words
But it has been represented that
the offenders haye manifested a sin
cere repentance that they have aban
doned the worst cause for the support
of the best and particularly that they
have exhibited in the defense of New
Orleans unequivocal traits of courage
and fidelity Offenders who have re
fused to become the associates of the
enemy in war upon the most seducing
terms of invitation and who have aid
ed to repel his hostile invasion of the
territory of the United States can
no longer be considered as objects of
punishment but as objects of a gen
erous forgiveness
Beluche received an important offi
cial appointment in South America
and after the death of Dominique You
some years later the city of New Or
leans erected a monument to his mem
ory
It is true that some of the more ad
venturous Baratarians relapsed into
their former pursuits but their oper
ations were carried on in foreign seas
and Louisiana knew them no more
There is also good reason for suspect
ing that one of these more intelligent
than his fellows assumed the name of
their former great leader and in 1819
or 1820 made a stronghold upon the
site of what is now the city of Galves
ton in Texas
From this came one of the stories
relating to Lafittes career subsequent
to the battle of New Orleans another
being that he resumed his former
practices and had been drowned at
sea while still another states that he
died in Yucatan But a fourth story
claims that he was as late as 1830
seen in France and that some years
after this his widow was known to
be living in a chateau near the upper
bank of the Loire
Certain it is that with the sails of
the Black Petrel turning slowly
from the golden glow of the sunset
near the land to the cold gray of the
far off sea and then to pearl ere
they faded from sight vanished La
fitte of Louisiana
Things that make and things that mar
Shape the man for perfect praise
Shock and strain and ruin are
Friendlier than the smiling days
The End
Two Columns of Horseshoes
In the town of Fort Collins Col
the village blacksmith has created a
curious but very appropriate sign In
fact it represents not only his indus
try but the many years in which he
has been engaged in it
On either side of the entrance to
the shop are pillars which rise several
feet above the roof From a distance
they resemble box trees with the
branches closely cut to give them an
ornamental appearance As a matter
of fact the columns are composed of
discarded horseshoes As each is fully
thirty feet in height and five feet in
diameter a faint conception may be
obtained of the immense number of
shoes utilized in constructing them
for each columns was built up by lay
ing the shoes one upon the other with
their flat sides in contact Through
the center of each column runs a
wooden post and the novel structure
has been formed by wiring the shoes
to it
The construction of the sign was
begun when the shop was opened for
business The columns have become
too heavy to be increased in height
and are anchored by iron bands to
the walls of the building Scientific
American
Characteristic Portraiture
A young man in a neighboring town
started in the livery business a few
weeks ago and the first thing he did
was to have a sign painted represent
ing himself holding a mule by the
bridle He was particularly proud of
this stroke of business enterprise and
asked of his wife
Is that not a good likeness of me
Yes she replied it is a perfect
picture of you but who is the fellow
holdinc the bridle
PAPAS JUDGMENT WAS OFF
His Boy Very Much Like Other Boys
After All
On tho day Tho Boy was eleven
years old ho visited an artist friend
who likes boys The artist enter
tained him royally He gavo him a
gun and cigaretto coupons worth
250 The Boy was proud of the gun
but he thought still more of the cou
pons
What are you going to get with
them son asked The Boys mother
I dont know said The Boy
His mother was about to offer a
few suggestions but The Boys father
Interfered
Just you let Bob alone he said
Let him pick out his own prize He
knows what he wants
But hell get something foolish
argued the practical mother
No he wont said the father
That boys got the best judgment of
any boy I ever saw He wont throw
his money away Hell come home
with something useful something
that he needs right on the spot I
wouldnt be afraid to bet on that
So the mother finally gave in On
Saturday The Boy went down town
to exchange his coupons for a prize
When he came home the family was
gathered at the dinner table talking
about him
Come dear said his mother
show mama what her little boy got
They sat expectant while the boy
unwrapped his prize After a littlo
they spoke The mother said Oh
oh oh and the father said Well
Ill be blessed
The boy had bought a razor
Music
The Jews have an old tradition that when
the world was done
And God from His work was resting He
called to Him one by one
The shining troops of the angels and
showing the wonder wrought
The Master asked of His servants what
they of the vision thought
Then one white angel dreaming oer the
marvel before him spread
Bent low in humble obeisance lifted his
voice and said
One thing only is lacking praise from
the new born tongue
The sound of a hallelujah by tho great
creation sung
So God created music the voices of land
and sea
And the song of the stars revolving in
one vast harmony
Out of the deep uprising out from the
ether sent
The song of the destined ages thrilled
through the firmament
So
the rivers among the valleys
the
murmur of wind swept hill
The seas and the bird thrilled woodlands
utter their voices still
Songs of stars and of waters echoes of
vale and shore
The voice of primeval nature praising
Him evermore
And the instruments men have fashioned
since time and the world were
young
With gifted fingers giving the metal and
wood a tongue
With the human voice translating the
souls wild joy and pain
Have swelled the undying paean have
raised the immortal strain
Rubie T Weyburn
The Sinners Balance Account
John Harvey Treat who has given
largely to Haivard College library and
whose Villa de St Prie on Lake
Cupsuptic in Maine is the show place
of the Rangeley region was formerly
in business in Lawrence Mass
One of the firms customers a paint
er had contracted a debt which ran
along for a year or more without any
signs of being liquidated Several dun
ning letters failed to bring about a set
tlement One day while glancing over
the religious notices in a local paper
Mr Treat saw something which gave
him an inspiration whereupon he sat
down and wrote theh following mis
sive to the debtor
Mr My Dear Sir I see in
the local press that you are to deliver
an address en Friday evening before
the Y M C A on The Sinners Bal
anced Account I inclose yours as
yet unbalanced and trust that I may
have the pleasure of attending your
lecture Yours truly
A check came by the next mail
Her Astral Spouse
An unmarried woman of my ac
quaintance was drawing dangerously
near the threshold of that age where
the unmated must abandon every mat
rimonial hope
Belonging as she did to that large
contingent of women to whom mar
riage represents the only possible
career her anxiety as she saw her
chances of achieving it dwindling to
the vanishing point became keen and
in her distress she began to seek for
comforting reassurances among that
fraternity who for a suitable consid
eration obligingly offer to reveal the
secrets of the future
In the course of an interview with
one of these wise women she was
told My dear you already are mar
ried on the astral plane and it is your
astral husband who is keeping the
earth men away from you
Oh cried the ungrateful bride
please tell him not to Sunday
Magazine
Acid from Sweets
That was a very fair retort of a
pretty girl annoyed by the imperti
nence of a conceited beau at a wed
ding party
Do you know what I was thinking
of all the time during the ceremony
he asked
No sir how should I
Why I was blessing my stars I
was not the bridegroom
And I have no doubt the bride was
doing the same thing said the girl
and left him to think it over again
Chicago Journal
Didnt Mind
I suppose Jerry said the eminent
statesman looking through his pock
etbook for a new dollar bill like a
lot of other folks nowadays you
roulci qrher have clean money
Oh thats all right Senator said
the cabman I dont care how you
made your money
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The practical man Is he who turns
life to the best account for himself
the good man he who teaches others
how to do so Lord Lytton
Investigation of the Packers
Very general interest has been man
ifested in the government investiga
tion now in progress into the mode of
conducting business by the largo pack
ers located in Chicago and elsewhere
Much has been written upon the al
leged illegal and improper modes of
business procedure connected with tho
packing industry but It seems that so
far no definite charge of any kind has
been sustained and no proof of illegal
or inequitable methods has been dis
closed to the public While a wave of
severe criticism of this great indus
trial interest is now passing over tho
country it might be well to remember
that the packers have had as yet no
opportunity to make specific denial
the many indefinite charges of wrong
doing having never been formulated
so that a categorical answer could be
made
The recent report of Commissioner
Garfield which embodied the results
of an official investigation undertaken
by the Department of Commerce and
Labor of the United States was a vin
dication of the Western packers but
this result having been unexpected at
tempts in many quarters to discredit it
were made
In view of the situation as it now
stands however attention may proper
ly be called to a few facts that owing
to popular clamor are now being ap
parently overlooked Fair treatment
in this country has heretofore beer ac
corded to all citizens whose affairs as
sume prominence in the public eye and
some of the facts that bear upon the
relation of the packers to the com
merce of the country may at this time
be briefly alluded to It would be
difficult to estimate the benefits gained
by the farmers of the country result
ing from the energetic enterprise of
the packers for whatever is of benefit
to the farmer is a gain to the entire
commerce of the country And con
nected with their continuous aggres
sive work no feature perhaps has been
more important than their efforts In
seeking outlets all over the world for
the surplus products of the farmer
Our total exports of agricultural prod
ucts have gained but little in the past
twenty years and leaving out corn
the total of all other farm products
was far less in 1903 than in 1891 But
in packing house products there was
considerable gain during this period
because an organized and powerful
force has been behind them seeking
new and broader markets
Besides the benefits reaped by farm
ers on account of the enterprise and
energy exercised by the packers in at
taining commercial results by foreign
trade the great development in the
manufacture of packing house by-products
has added enormously to the
value of all live stock raised in the
United States The waste material of
twenty years ago then an expense to
the packer is now converted into ar
ticles of great value and as an eco
nomic fact this must correspondingly
increase the value to the farmer of
every head of cattle marketed at the
numerous stockyards of the country
Let these facts be remembered while
now it is so popular to regard the
great packing industry as deserving of
condemnation At least it must be ad
mitted that so far there is no ade
quate reason for the almost unani
mous howl that may be heard every
where in the face of the Garfield re
port above alluded to which practical
ly exonerates the packers from the ob
scure and indefinite charges that have
been for some time past made the sub
ject of popular comment American
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Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time because it
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He knows that Defiance Starch has
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