Nebraska Newspapers

    Trade Advantages.
From the Baltimore American.
A shoemaker Is a whole-soled man
and generally well heeled.
A baker can always raise the dough.
A butcher can usually contrive to
make both ends meat.
A hatter Is sure to be a block ahead
of all other men.
A huckster has no trouble with the
police In making a good living out of
green goods.
A baby carriage manufacturer never
falls to push his business.
A hair dresser, as a rule, does a
thriving business In combination locks.
A New Whittier Poem.
In 1833, according to the recently pub
lished reminiscences of Mrs. Priscilla
Webster Page, of Washington, D. C.. she
was attending the Cony female academy
at Augusta. Me. In that year there
came to Augusta for a summer a Mrs.
Nulclna, who established herself at the
aoaderoy boarding house as a teacher of
music. She possessed an autograph album
which was somewhat of a curiosity In Its
way.
Among Its contents was a poem written,
«s she said, by a very prosy, awkward
young man, who boarded In the same
house with her and at whom she was Is
•the habit of poking fun rather mercilessly.
The evening before leaving her Boston
•boarding house she gave him her album,
requesting a slip from his pen, upon which
he wrote the followlng'llnes, which, It Is
■believed, have never been published:
Thou are going hence—God bless theel
Thou art going hence—farewell;
.May the devil ne’er distress thee,
May the wide world use thee well.
Thou are going hence forever,
And thou eheddest not a tour;
Tls well, for tears shall never
Lament thy leaving here.
Tet some will not forget thee
A torment as thou art;
And some will e’en regret thee
Who do not weep to part.
They will miss thy merry laughter.
Ao the schoolboy does his rod,
Ami the Jokes which follow after
Thy vlsl tings abroad.
IFarewell, the Lord be near thee
In thy future goings on,
And the pious shun and fear thee.
As thy quaker friend has done.
Thy life—may nothing vex it—
Thy years be not a few,
. And at thy final exit
May the devil miss his duo.
John G. Whittier.
18th of 4th Mo., 1830.
A DESPAIRING WOMAN.
'Weak, Nervona and Wretched from
Wasting Kidney Tronblca.
Mm. Henry A. Reamer, Main and
■Garst streets, South Bond, Iml., says:
“When I began
using Doan's Kid
ney Pills I was so
weak I could
hardly drag my
self across the
room. I was
wretched and ner
vous, und had
backache, bear
ing-down pain,'
headache, dizzi
ness and weak
eyes. Dropsy set
In and bloating of
Cboked me and threatened
the heart. I had little hope, but to
m.v untold surprise, Doan's Kidney
Pills brought me relief and saved uiy
life. I shall never forget It.”
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
A Natural Error.
"Smith’s auto has a capacity of eight
people.”
“Hut ho never runs over that many In a
day, docs he?"
Woman! Womanl
Grayce—And you're going to engage
yourself to that dreadfully wild Harry
Hiroll?
Gladys—Oh, not Immediately. I've
put him on probation.
Grayce—For how long?
Gladys (proudly)—Two weeks.
Tormented Mo for if earn. l*r. Ilnrld
Konnody’a Furorlto ltoinody cured mo.” Mrs. O. 8.
JUoufthorty, Millville, N. J. Uaod uver 80 years. $1.00
A Satisfactory Explanation.
#,rHtere, waiter, there are two flies in this
jooup!*’
‘“Most^llkely twins, sir."
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A LABOR SAVING BAG.
It Is not an easy task for the man who
must do all of the work around the farm
most of the year to handle some things
alone, so that if he is at all Ingenious he
welcomes the devices which will enable
him to do his work more easily. Here is a
plan for one man to handle grains or any
other thing which may be placed In a bag
which is stored in the upper part of the
barn and must go to the main floor. Take a
bag of strong material, a seed bag is the
best, and have it ro-sewed so that It will
be a trifle smaller at the top than in any
other part; a light Iron or strong wire
hoop Is then sowed around the top so that
the bag is kept open and yet the contents
are not easily spilled out. Two rings are
placed in the bottom of the bag several
Inches apart and a ring is slipped over the
Wire or iron hoop before it Is sewed to the
bag. Place a strip of lumber properly
braced over the top of the door and to it
fasten three pulleys, the center one fast
ened so that It will come down some four
Inches lower than the others. Now fasten
one rope to the ring In the hoop, run It
through the first and the third pulleys and
you have the raising and lowering rope.
Then fasten a second rope in the ring at
the bottom of the bag, the one farthest
away, run It through the second ring and
then up through the middle pulley and you
have the contrivance by which the bag
may be easily dumped. A glance at the
Illustration will chow how useful this ap
pliance Is and how readily It will work In
practice.
CHOOSING THE HEAD OF THE
FLOCK.
While It may seem to be a little early to
discuss the bird that is to head the Hock
during another season, the farmer poul
tryman must rely on his eggs for breed
ing purposes from the birds who produce
the market eggs and whether the male is
kept with the hens during the winter or
not (it is better not) he should be selected
early so that he may be trained in the way
he should go. Here are a few of the faults j
which should be sought for in selecting a
male for the pen for breeding stock. Dis
card a male with a pale face and comb or
If ho shows any weakness of legs or is i
run down. He should have no deformities ,
of any kind and no disease. He should
be a nervy bird, ready and able to tight j
for his family. If ho shows any weakness !
In tills respect such weakness will be re- J
produced In the progeny. His gait should ,
be proud and steady, he should be broad
of back and there should be no nostril !
discharges. If a bird is selected with these i
points in view, not all the good or the bad
points by any means, but most of the es
sential ones, the eggs will be well fertil
izod and the chicks will be strong and
healthy. Once a good male Is secured he
must be well fed whether by himself or
running with the hens, and care must be
taken, in the latter case, to see that he
has enough evfen if it is necessary to take ■
him away by himself, for feeding when :
running with the hens. Old breeders say J
[ that the male is one-half the value of the ;
pen and this being the case ho requires !
ih best of attention.
POOR LUTHER BURBANK.
Newspaper and magazine readers are
familiar with the wonderful work per
formed In hybridization by Mr. Luther
Burbank of California to whom we are ,
indebted for the Introduction of Japanese
plums. Mr. Burbank has also been won
derfully successful in Improving flower
ing plants, but he has not done some of
the wondful things credited to him by mis
informed magazine writers. He has not
crossed the potato and the tomato nor the
pumpkin and the apple tree nor any other
of the ridiculous things ascribed to him.
. Certain periodicals are laying great stress
' on the results of crossing the potato and
the tomato, which, it is claimed, Mr. Bur
bank has done. If he has done anything
In this direction It has probably been the
grafting of a tomato top to the stem of
the potato, a thing which has been done
several times by much less skillful men
than Mr. Burbank. This matter is men
tioned here as an early caution to look
out for some of the wonders (?) which are
likely to appear on the market later,
placed there by scamps who will make
free Use of Mr. Burbanks name simply
because the public have been made more
or less familiar with some of the things
he has actually done, but with more which
it is claimed he has done, but which, in
truth, ho nor any other man could ac
complish. Mr. Burbank, reputable seeds
men and nurserymen and the art of hor
ticulture Itself are all Injured by these
wild tates. Remember this caution a lit
tle later. If in doubt, write the editor of
this department for information stating
by whom the wonderful things are being
offered and you’ll be honestly and correct
ly advised.
GET TOGETHER THIS WINTER.
If fortunate enough to be near enough
to get the benefit of farmers’ institutes or
of the Grange, farmers will tind it well
wortli their while to become members. If
hot so located why not start an institute
of your own- among the farmers of the
neighborhood. Here is a plant. As soon
as the fall work lots up a bit take your
wife in the carriage and make a circuit of
neighbors for several miles around. Say
to each that you have called to talk over
a plan for meetings during the winter, at
: the several homes, to discuss topics of
mutual Interest. Get those upon whom
you call to agree to come to your home at
a certain date and agree upon details. Be
sure the wives are brought in each case,
j At this first meeting talk over plans and
j lay out a program of Interesting topics.
( Stan by having one member who has
i made a success in some particular branch
of his work, agreeing to read a brief paper
j on the subject. Then plan to have the
' oulk of the time taken up by discussions
ou this topic with a view’ to bringing out
i
I other speakers. Then have a question box
in which members may drop written ques
tions on topics in which they are inter
ested. This will be found exceedingly val
uable for it will bring out animated dis
cussions which might not otherwise arise.
Think the plan over and talk It over with
your neighbors in the manner suggested.
You Will be surprised how much knowl
edge each has gained through meetings of
tills kind even though they can be held
only once in two or three weeks during the
winter.
WHITEWASHING TWICE A YEAR.
A writer in a prominent poultry journal
says that the houses should be white
washed and cleaned twice a year. By
cleaning it is assumed he means, every
thing removed and the house thoroughly
renovated. The poultryman who works on
this plan cannot keep the house free from
vermin and diseases no matter how freely
he may use insect powder nor how thor
oughly the whitewashing is done twice a
year. Twenty years' of experience In
raising poultry has taught the writer that
no house ought to go longer than two
months without being thoroughly white
washed in every nook and crevice. In
certain seasons the w'ork is done more fre
quently. All our houses are built with
scratching sheds so It is easy to do the
whitewashing while the hens are in the
shed and then by shutting them in the
house whitewash the scratching sheds. In
sect powder is, of course, a necessity, but
less of it will be necessary if the houses
are kept clean by lime and disinfectant
and It is almost impossible to have the
insect powder $o its full duty otherwise.
CLEANING UP FOR WINTER.
Gather the crops clean. Such as are
gathered for sale can be properly stored
away and then go over the field again
gathering up the odds and ends which of
ten make more than one wagon load and
representing several good feeds for some
of the stock. If one can turn swine or
sheep into the field to clean up it can
generally be done with profit. Any plants
with tops like aspargus may be mowed
and thousands of weeds thus destroyed
if the tops are burned. Then the fields
aro in better condition for the manure
vcjien it is time to apply it. The weaken
ing meadow may be braced up by the top
dressing or manure put on late, the cor
ners can be cleaned out, the tools be tak
en under cover and cleaned preparatory
to being painted later on. Breaks in fences
and leaks In roofs can be repaired. There
are plenty of things to look after and the
doing of them means money saved or
earned in every case. Try it.
TREATING SEED FOR SMUT.
As formalin is now used by growers of
wheat and oats it is possible to almost
entirely eradicate the germs of the smut
which has caused so much trouble in
years past. Twenty-five gallons of forma
lin are used to each 100 bushels of seed so
that the cost for treatment, aside from
the labor, is very small. The method of
treating the seed is to select an absolute
ly clean place on the fioor seeing that the
lloor is free from cracks through which
the grain may be lost. .Spread out the seed
in a thin layer, place the formalin solu
tion in a sprinkling pot and sprinkle the
seed in a pile and cover it with old bags
letting it remain for several hours when
it may be spread out and dried and sown
when desired. For the loose smut on
wheat place the seed in a bag and immerse
in cold water for five hours. Then drain
the water from the bag and let it remain
for four hours and then immerse, still in
the bag, in water 133 degrees and let it
remain for five minutes. Use a thermom
eter »o that the water will be at just the
right temperature. Then spread the seed
out on the Moor to dry and sow it w’h-r\
thoroughly dried.
UTILIZING YEAR OLD HENS.
While it is a good plan to depend most
largely upon the pullets for eggs during
the coming winter the year old hens will
be laying in good shape but it is not a
good plan to push these birds too hard
provided they are of good breed and have
a good record as egg producers. Let them
lay well, of course, and feed them properly
but plan for them to produce their best
eggs at breeding season, being sure to
mate theiS up with the best male obtain
able. The eggs from these year old hens,
if they are the right sort of hens, will
turn out better chicks than the eggs from
the pullets. Another point just here, If
you are not in a position to use incubators
the coming season it will pay to get to
gether a few year or two year old hens
of the larger mixture to use as incubators.
Never mind if they are not purebreds, if
they are large and broody they will make
ideal mothers set on high grade eggs and
will be worth their keep for this purpose
alone.
FOR DRIVING HOGS.
This is another idea which the one-man
farmer will find exceedingly useful If he
has to drive hogs for uny purpose. It needs
! but one experience with the beasts to
j convince any man of the difficulty in
| making a hog go where desired. The
hurdle described will help wonderfully in
this wrork. Use slats of one by three
material and make a hurdle two and one
half feet high and about four feet long.
Make it of light weight material so that
it may be easily handled. In either end
piece, at top and bottom, hocks may be
placed so that the hurdle may bo attached
to posts if required at any time. Then
make handles to make it convenient in
manipulating it. One should be on the
center upright near the top and one on \
either side of the upright in about the
middle. These han lies are made by fash
ioning a strip of wood large enough to get
hold of and then nailing it on to a block
and through the hurdle material. Made
light, in the manner described, one can
drive a number of hogs with ease and also
ward off the quarrelsome boar if a mem
ber of the herd. In the illustration the
small cut at the left shows the completed
handle and the one at the right the man
ner of fastening the bolt through the
block of wood the end of the nail or screw
going through the slat of the hurdle.
Good Word. I
From Harper's Weekly. •
In the old south It was customary for
■lavc9 who could neither read nor write to
ask some member of their master’s fam
ily to do their correspondence.
On morning Aunt Chloe aproached her
young miss and requested her to write a
love letter to Uncle B'.lly, an aged suitor.
"What shall I say. Aunt Chloe?” the
young lady Inquired.
"D’law! Miss Annie! Write it jes lak
5ou wus er writin' to one er your own
beaux; but I tink notwithstanding is er
mighty purty word. Jes put dat in
som’ers”.
The Empress of Japan.
From the Chicago News.
The empress of Japan is a noble and
Inspiring character. Her name is Ha-s
ruko, and she is the daughter of a.
noble of the highest rank. She is two
yearis older than the mikado. Her mar
riage took place In 1868. A further indi
cation of the sacredness In which the
imperial personages are held Is shown
by the incident which occurred when
It was determined that the court ladles
should adopt European dress. At this
time great difficulty was experienced In
getting clothes to fit her royal high
ness. The profane hands of a dress
maker could not be allowed to touch
the personage of the empress, so a
court lady had to pose as a model un
til the garments were gradually made
to fit.
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Cured Her Kheumntism.
Deep Valley, Pa., Oct. 2.—(Special.)
—There is deep interest in Qreen
county over the cure of the little
(laughter of I. N. Whlpkey of Rheuma
tism. She was a great sufferer for live
or six years and nothing seemed to do
her any good till she tried Dodd’s Kid
ney Pills. She began to improve al
most at once and now she is cured and
can run and play as other children do.
Mr. Whlpkey says:
“I am indeed thankful for what
Dodd's Kidney Pills have done for my
daughter; they saved her,from being a
cripple perhaps for life.”
Dodd's Kidney Pills have proved
that Rheumatism is one of the results
of diseased Kidneys. Rheumatism is
caused by Uric Acid In the blood. If
the Kidneys are right there can be no
Uric Acid in the blood and consequent
ly no Rheumatism. Dodd's Kidney
Pills make the Kidneys right.
Sure to Visit the Well.
Sunday School Teacher: Now, chil
dren, you have read the story of
Rebecca at the well. Who can tell me
why she was waiting there? Little
Johnnie Wise: I guess her sweetheart
was a milkman and she knew he was
bound to show up there.
SKIN PURIFICATION.
Cnticura Soap, Ointment and Pills
Cleanse the Skin and Blood of Tortiir
inn Humors — Complete Treatment
$1.00.
The agonizing Itching and burning of
the skin, as in eczema; the frightful
sealing, as it} psoriasis; the loss of hair
and crusting of scalp, as in scalled
head; the facial disfigurement, as in
pimples and ring worm; the awful suf- ■
fering of infants, and anxiety of 1
worn-out parents, as in milk crust, tet- j
ter and salt rheum—all demand a rcm- I
edy of almost superhuman virtues to j
successfully cope with them. That
Cutieura Soap, Ointment and Pills are
such stands proven by the testimony
of the civilized world.
Mrs. Mackay’s Duchess Dinner.
From the New York World.
There will be a musician for every
guest that dines with Mrs. Clarence
H. Mackay at Harbor Hill, Roslyn, L.
I. , on September 23. This entertainment
is In honor of the duchess of Marlbor
ough. The duchess was Miss Consuelo
Vanderbilt and Mrs. Mackay will have
her as a house guest over the week end.
The dinner will rank as one of the
great society events of the autumn.
Mrs. Mackay was one of the brides
maids at the wedding of the duchess,
her school friend, almost ten years ago.
After dinner Nathan Franko, one of
the conductors of the Metropolitan
opera house, and the-opera house or
chestra of sixty musicians, will give an
interesting concert. Moreover, Franko
will play several solo^. There may be
other soloists. The musicians will go
In a private car, and they will stay
at Roslyn over night. An army of flor
ists will turn Harbor Hill into a bower
of flowers, and the population of the
village will be swelled also by the ca- 1
vterer’s employes, who will provide the I
dinner and a midnight supper.
Probably not more than sixty guests
will be present. This does not include
the entire Meadow Brook set, by any
means, and some of the leaders of so
ciety who are now at their estates
along the Hudson will make plans to
accept Mrs. Mackay’s invitation. The
guests will be the smartest set in the
smart set. The dinner will be served at
one great table in a large dining room
on the east side of the house.
The musicale will be in the great
stone hall, the feature of the Mackay
house. This extends from the ground
to the roof, and the solid stone walls
are hung with tapestries and trophies
of the hunt.
The duchess of Marlborough is the
guest of her mother, Mrs. Oliver H. P.
Belmont, who has a home near
Hempstead.
NOTICED IT.
A Young Lady from New Jersey Put
Her Wits to Work.
“Coffee gave me terrible spells of in
digestion, which, coming on every
week or so, made my life wretched
until some one told me that the coffee
1 drank was to blame. That seemed
nonsense, blit 1 noticed these attacks
used to come on shortly after eating
and were accompanied by such excru
ciating pains in tlie pit of Hie stomach
that 1 could only liml relief by loosen
ing my clothing and lying down.
"If circumstances made it impossible
for me to lie down 1 spent hours in
great misery.
“I refused to really believe it was
the coffee until dually I thought a trial
would at least do no harm, so 1 quit
coffee in 1901 and began on Postum.
My troubles left entirely and con
vinced me of the cause.
“Postum brought no discomfort, nor
did indigestion follow its use. 1 have
had no return of the trouble since I
began to drink Postum. It has built
me up, restored my health and given
me a new interest in life. It certainly
13 a joy to be well again.” Name given
by Postum Co., Hattie Creek, Mich.
^tead the little book. “ 1'he Road to
Y\*ellville,’’ In each package.
COLLEGE GIRL WHO
LIKES TO UMPIRE
Amanda Clementof Hudson, S.
D., Had Made Good on
Diamond This Year.
WORKED IN REAL GAMES
She Was the Arbitrator in Champion
ship Contests Between Hawarden
and Renville—What She
Thinks of Baseball.
(From the Sioux City Tribune.)
Amanda Clement, a charming young
college girl, who resides at Hudson,
a town in South Dakota, is probably
the only girl in the country who has
ever umpired in professional ball
games. It is doubtful if a woman was
e*-er known to handle the indicator in
amateur games—at least to the extent
that this young woman has.
Thoroughly convinced that baseball
is the greatest of outdoor sports. Miss
Clement, who has played baseball with
her brother and his friends, has taken
much interest In the game for years,
and this summer she appeared for the
first time as an umpire.
Readers of these columns have
doubtless noticed in reports of games
played in Iowa and South Dakota this
year the name of Amanda Clement as
umpire. Many thought “Amanda" was
a man, for as a general proposition the
position of umpire is one which even
the stoutest hearted man is backward
about accepting. No individual is
roasted mote plentifully and probably
more unjustly, and the thought that a
young woman would ever essay this
most trying position has probably nev
er occurred to the fans.
But that is what Miss, Clement has
done this summer, and, what-is more,
she has been an unqualified success.
So successful, in fact, that she has been
employed on more than one occasion
to officiate at professional games, for
which she received pay for her serv
•ces.
Says She Enjoys Umpiring.
Stranger yet. Miss Clement declares
she likes the work. The ball players,
although naturally gallant and disin
clined to criticize a woman, neverthe
less would probably not fail to com
AMANDA CLEMENT,
College Girl Who Umpires Ball Games.
ment rather sarcastically If her de
cisions were not fair. The fact that
they are always willing to have her
umpire a game, and in some instances
have chosen her in preference to men
who are experienced in the work,
shows that she thoroughly understands
the business.
Those who have seen her on the dia
mond this year, dressed In a natty
blue suit, short skirt and blouse, with
her hair tucked beneath a jaunty cap,
declare she is an inspiring sight. Her
presence makes it certain the game
will be clean of unseemly kicking and
the use of questionable language on
the part of the players.
Moreover she thoroughly understands
the fine points of the game, is the pos
sessor of an "eagle eye” and good judg
ment and in the most exciting plays al
ways keeps her head and decides fairly
and impartially. She is especially good
on balls and strikes and on bases she
has a habit of being right on the spot
when a play is made. Altogether Miss
Clement is declared to be the equal if
not the superior of most of the league
umpires.
Prominent in Athletics.
From girlhood this young woman has
been a follower of outdoor sports. She
is a fine tennis player and at Yankton
college, where she attends, she was last
year captain of the woman’s champion
basketball team. She has played base
ball, and in a contest with other girls
last summer, she threw the ball 179
feet, a very good record.
Miss Clement is 17 years old. strong,
healthy and attractive in appearance.
She is thoroughly a modern young col
lege girl and immensely popular at home
and at college. Her brother is a pro
fessional ball player and this season
has been with the Hawarden, la., pro
fessional Independent team, which is
probablj the champion organization of
Iowa. Clement plays center field with
Hawarden and wnen that team and
Renville played here this summer Clem
ent occupied center for Hawarden at
Riverside park.
"How did I ever happen to try umpir
ing?" repeated Miss Clement in answer
to a question. She laughed merrily and
continued: "Well, as I said. I always
liked baseball and had a good knowl
edge of the game. My enthusiasm is
known to most of my friends at home
and so one day when the married and
single men of Hudson fixed up a game
they asked me to officiate. They
seemed to be satisfied with my decis
ions, so the next week, when the teams
met again, 1 officiated for them. Then
a team from Canton, a semi-profession
al organization, came down to play
Hudson. I umpired that game. They
accepted my decisions without ’beefing’
—that's the word, isn't it?—and I went
to Canton and umpired a return game.
Appears as a Professional.
Then l offlciaied between a couple of
I Knights of Pythias lodges from Hudson ,
and Hawarden and It happened thatj
the managers of the Renville, Minn.,
anti Hawarden professional teams hap-l
pened to be on the grounds. After thei
game they asked me to umpire a game
in the afternoon between their dubs|
and as there was good pay in it for1
me. I consented. I got along nicely andj
well, after that, my services were in;
demand. I umpired in a series between
Renville and Hawarden and now I’ml
looking for other world's to conquer.,
Do I like umpiring? Yes I do. It isn’ti
as easy as it looks, but for all that!
there's a good deal of enjoyment ini
the work. Of course the players kick,1
sometimes, just awfully, but not when,
I'm umpiring. Maybe it's because I’nv
a girl, but I believe that I give de
cisions exactly as I see it and in doingl
that I seem to satisfy the players andj
the patrons of the game. No I haven’t
any ambition to appear as a regular)
league umpire, but for all that I ber\
lleve women who undt.stand the work!)
could d as well as the men. That,
sounds conceited doesn't It? But I don’t
mean it that way. You've got to havei
confidence in your ability or you won't!
do well at anything.”
A CLERICAL HOLDUP.
It Was 3 a. m. and They Were Slow Ex
plaining They Had Lost Their Way.
From the Chicago Record-Herald.
Johnson works on a morning news
paper and lives in a Chicago suburb at
a considerable distance from the lino'
of the elevated, which isn't elevated'
when it gets to Austin. There
fore he "packs a gun,” explain
ing that with the small police protec
tion footpads are likely to be encoun
tered.
A morning or two ago Johnson had
left the car and was walking along the
ill-lighted streets toward his home
when he saw ahead of him two men.
To the lonely pedestrian on a lonely
street at an early hour in the morn
ing all other persons are suspicious.
The two men were approaching
leisurely and, indeed, somewhat stealth
ily, Johnson slipped his revolver from
his hip pocket to the side pocket of
his coat, where it could be produced
more quickly, and his fingers closed
around it. As the men came nearer
Johnson did a bit of lightning calcula
tion as to what he would do when
he heard the command: “Hands up.”
Doubt became certainty in Johnson's
mind when, a few feet away, the men
stopped, whispered quickly to each
other and separated. Johnson recog
nized it as an old trick of the highway
men, the attack from different sides'
precenting tht victim from making an
effectual battle, Johnson stopped.
“What do you fellows want," he in
quired roughly, his eyes keenly alert toi
every move. But there was no move.
Instead, one of the strangers spoke,
and his voice betrayed his nervous
ness.”
"Could you—could you tell us where
the hotel is?” asked one.
"Hum,” thought Johnson, “that’s
mighty thin.” Then he said:
"It's down that way,’ nodding, “and
it's quite a distance."
“Well, does Mr. Smithers—Henry G.
Smithers—live anywhere near here?”
"Never heard of him,” answered
Johnson, growing bolder as the men
seemed to be making no move in tho
nature of an attack.
“Well—h-m-m—well, you see we are
in attendance at the Des Plaines camp
meeting," said the spokesman, "and we
were invited to spend the night with
Mr. Smithers. We did not get here
until very late and we found we had
lost Mr. Smithers’ address. Everybody
seemed to be In bed, and we couldn’t
find a policeman or a hotel, and we've—
well, we’ve been sort of wandering
around since. I am the Rev. Mr. Jack
son of Jasonville and this is the Rev.i
Mr. Bulger of Hopkinstown.”
Johnson had been becoming more and’
more reassured as the speaker con
tinued and now as he drew nearer he
saw that both the strangers were at-i
tired in clerical garb. He laughed.
"Really,” he said. “I hope you will
pardon me' but I though at first that
you here—well—were ”
Both preachers burst out in hear'yj
laughter.
“We thought at first,” said one, “that
you might be a—well—a-”
"I guess the joke is on all hands,”
said Johnson, "and if you will come to
my house I will be pleased to offer you
a bed and a bit of breakfast before you
return to the camp grounds,” and the
two clerics and the L. P. linked arms
and passed down the street.
No Separation for Tennessee. »
From the Nashville American.
Talk of a new state Is nonsense. Giv«,
up east Tennessee? Never! East
Tennessee Is one of the richest sections
of the south. It Is nature’s storehouse
and conservatory. From Turleytown to
Ooltewah, from Glenalpine to Buck
lick. It is a land of wealth and loveli
ness. Its fertile valleys are walled by
blue mountains and traversed by beau
tiful streams that would beguile a
preacher Into fishing on Sunday, while
there is enchanting loveliness in the
deep shade of its coves. Its hills and
mountains abound in coal and iron and
marble and zinc and copper and gold,
while in the shadows of the mountain
tops and the recesses of the glades is
distilled a liquid that multiplies the
vision and robs death of its terrors.
East Tennessee is a land of milk and
honey, of fruits and flowers, politics
and scenery. Give up east Tennessee,
with its blue skies and soft sunshine.
Its bracing breezes and limpid waters,
its rich mines and teeming orchards, its
fertile fields and fine forests, its beau
tiful women and freedom-loving men?
Not for a moment. We shall keep it
and continue in the effort to convince
it of the error of its political ways, un
til in the end we shall have succeeded
in converting It to the truth, and shall
have baptized it in the faith, welcomed
It into the temple of righteousness and
received it Into the ark of safety.
The Fashion Outiook for 1906.
From Harper’s Bazar.
Host attractive are the advance de
signs for the autumn and winter, and
from present indications it would seem
a t though the first fashions would not
lequire the modifying that has gen
erally to be carried out In order to
make the styles becoming and not too
conspicuous.
As is always the case when the new
fashions are first exhibited, there is
much to admire, much to wonder at,
and something to criticise. Hats are
still on the eccentric order. Sleeves are,
as it were, tentative—of medium size!
in many instances, of 'exaggeratedly
large or small size in others.
Again crinoline is threatened in the
width of the skirts, which, to the un
initiated glance, seem surely to require
artificial means to hold them out. The
initiated realize, however, that the
wonderful cut and hang of these skirts
answer every purpose of the crinoline,
and the flare is gained without it. When!
petticoats measure not less than eight!
yards around the foot, it is certain
that the skirt of the gown must be ot
corresponding width; but both petti
coat and skirt fit close around the hips,
and have the fullness at the back in
the becoming inverted pleats.
There Are Others.
From the Pittsburg Post.
Globetot—I say, old man, I’ve been
abroad for eight months, and I’m rusty
on the styles. Are they wearing the
same things this summer they did lastTj
Dedbroke—I am. I