t i 14 1 I HE PLANS A DEVICE THAT WILL TAKE l THE PUBLIC BY STORM Mnjor Crofont OrlKlnntro the M XV tl Compniiy IMUIiik n Limit Iclt Wn nml Inctilrntnlly Tnk In m Lawyer Friend Copyright 1000 by C n Il The grand promoter snt nt Ills desk Jn his olllco with n wandering look on Ills fnce nnd -10 cents In change spread ont before him He lintl been counting that change over nnd over nnd figuring how ninny times the -8 he owed his landlady the 12 ho owed his tnllor 1hc -1 he owed his lmtter nnd the 75 lie owed vnvlons other people would go Into that 40 cents lie wns still nhout It when he henrd n step on the stnlrs 3t wns the step of nn nggresslve innn As It enme nenrer It betokened the step cf n determined man As the door wnn burst orcn wlthoiit preliminary warn Ing the innjor recognized the fact that he wns face to fnce with a clrcuin Btnncc For one brief second his knees weakened nnd he caught his breath with n gasp Then he wns on his feet with hnnd outstretched nnd n smile on his fnee nnd saying Bless my soul but If you hnd been two minutes later I should have been on my way to your olDcel Come lu come In I didnt know as you would remem ber me dryly replied the visitor as ho looked around the ofllce What Not remember Thompson of Thompson Thompson nttorneys nt law I You must be joking My dear I WAKT TO TAKE YOU IX man Major Crofoot never forgets the face or nnme of n friend You more thnn any other man In the world have been in my thoughts for the last three days nnd as I remarked 1 was about to start for your ofllce Thompson shnke hands again I havent time rrplled Thompson Look here major bills against you- to the amount of 200 hnve been put Into our hnnds for collection You promised 1o pay that old board bill two months ngo I want to know what you arc go ing to do Do my dear Thompson Why Im going to give you n check in about ten seconds for the whole Indebtedness You could hnve had your money long ago If you had given me the slightest ihlnt Major Crofoot has n good mem ory but how can you expect him to ikeep track of shillings when he is dealing in thousands of dollnrs I heard you were promoting a lit--tie said the lawyer as he waited for the check Ten companies formed In the last 4hree months my boy and the eleventh just ready to be Incorporated Grand aggregation of over 300000000 capital thus far nnd every company ibound to pay at least SO per cent divi dend What do you suppose Ive got on hand now I cant Bay and as Im in a hurry you may fill out that check Tho biggest scheme of all the no plus ultra whispered the major with a flourish of his right arm I expect ed to stop at ten but this scheme came pushing along and I hnd to take It up Its the richest of them all Itll pay 100 per cent profit from tho very start In a week from now tho Standard Oil company wont be on earth But Im here about those bills My dear Thompson walk with me IVhen I wns hard up you wero one of the few who did not lose confidence In my Integrity The man or woman who trusts Major Crofoot never regrets It I might not have picked up this elev enth scheme but for you I wanted to let you In I wanted to reward you for your faith In me Thompson my boy sell out your law business give It away get rid of It before night I want to know about those bills Bald the lawyer as he came to a halt Tho last and best scheme of all continued the major as he got hold of his arm again in the Musical Wash- hoard company organized on a capital of 20000000 The Idea Is strictly orig inal with me Washboard rune n music box while you rub Music box can be placed in the laundry parlor kitchen or even the next house May arrange later on to have em connected with drug stores kindergartens nnd public schools Twenty four tunes In tho box evenly divided between sad and lively As the washerwoman rubs away at one of your colored shirts the music box strikes up Comln Thro tho Rye She changes off to a Bheet or pillow Blip nnd you hnve Ilome Sweet Home with variations Thompson ehake hands I wont do It I came here to notify you that these bills must be paid at once or you will be haled Into court Its a hummer my boy Its a suc cess from the start Costs nothing ex tra for the music you know While on are hiring a woman In the laundry for a dollnr nnd a quarter a day shoa furnishing music for the pnrlor freo grail Put n bcdqullt on tho wash board and you can hear the strains of The Old Oaken Bucket from gnnet to cellar Let tho woman tackle a table cloth nnd everybody goes dancing to the tunc of Maggie Murphys Home Drug stores can hnvo It nt a slight rost for their pntronn and public fchools neednt pay a cent dub Music by the box Thompson dont miss It Dont throw n good thing over your shoulder I want to take you In I hnve taken you In Yoti nre to be secretary of tho M W C nt 20000 a year Thats all wind bluntly oxclnlmed the lawyer and It wont work Will you draw mo a check for 200 Isnt It a wonder thnt somebody else didnt strike on the Idea whispered the major as he patted Thompson on the shoulder The wnshboard haH been known for 200 yenrs What was easier than to make friction run n mu sic box to soothe the sorrowful lull tho nlllng or enthuse the discouraged It would have saved thousands of lives nuuunlly prevented thousands of sui cides nnd yet no one thought of it Thompson shake hnnds Its the sec retaryship at 20000 a year for you nnd Ill get -you r0000 worth of stock nt ground floor figures Months ngo when 1 wns hard up and couldnt pny n bill of 7 yon put your hand on my shoulder In n brotherly way and said you had every confidence lu my fliinn elnl Integrity Do you Imagine Ive for gotten that Thompson Not by the grave of my grandfather 1 never think of It without the tears coming to my eyes Do you want to be sued for these nccouuts demanded the lawyer when he could got In a word And your rewnrd for trusting me is this continued the mnjor the salary of 20000 Is only n starter Ill doublo It after the washboards get Into the mnrket The 50000 In stock will pay you 25000 a year in dividends nt the very least and perhaps double that nnd there you nre You can safely put your first years Income down nt 05 000 Is that enough Thompson If not just sny tho word and Ill odd 20000 to It Meanwhile Meanwhile 1 want no more of your wind Meanwhile my dear secretary of the M W C I owe 200 You have the accounts to collect Just mnrk em collected nnd Ill pny In tho 200 to hold your stock Always have to have n deposit as evidence of good faith you know If It was anybody else Id demand n certified check for 10000 Thompson go home nnd throw youi lawbooks out of the window Ill be hanged If I dot I want to know Throw your lawbooks out of tho window dissolve the partnership and then take your position as secretary No hurry for n day or two but dont wait too long I want to get tho arti cles of Incorporation through as soon ns possible and patent the idea Good by Thompson goodby But I want that check protested the lawyer as he was pushed out And the washerwoman rubs nnd tho box plays on replied the smiling mnjor Well have 50000 washboards plrjying Yankee Doodle nnd Home of My Soul before the month Is out nnd If you want 15000 iu advance on your salary and profits send your boy mound nnd Ill fill out a check Good by Thompson goodby nud remember to keep mum till our patent is secur ed The door was shut and locked and there wns grim silence for five min utes Then the major heard threats and vows nnd muttcrlngs and some one went slowly down stairs M Quad Growing Mateliea The Belgian artisan spends his lei sure In a very curious mnnner He keeps a special cock for crowing and the bird which can outcrow its fellows hne reached the highest pinnacle of perfection The mode of operation Is to place the cages containing tho roost ers in long rows for it appears that one bird sets the other off crowing A marker appointed by the organizers of the show is told off for each bird his duty being to note carefully the num ber of crows for which It Is responsible In the same fashion as the laps are re corded in a bicycle race The custom ary duration of the mntch Is one hour the winner being the bird which scores the highest number of crows In the nl lotted time A great number of these competitions hnve taken place In the Liege district nnd in some cases heavy bets have been made on the result nndlnhrs Rndishes originated in China where they have been cultivated for many centuries and sometimes grow as big ns a mans head In Germany the old fashioned country mothers cure hoarse ness and cough with radish juice mix ed with sugar candy The radishes of today have no flavor no character Formerly their shnrp biting taste made them palatable A Jury Room Gem A gem from the records of a Missouri court given In nn address by non William n Wallace 1b the following lucid verdict In n lunncy case Wo the Jury Impaneled Bworn nnd chnrg ed to Inquire Into tho lnsangulnlty of nezekiah Jones do occur In tho afllrm ntive Soup n n Orrtu Killer It has been showu by Koch nnd oth ers thnt soap Is a mlcroblclde or germ killer nnd according to Professor Sera finl soda or potash soap Is quite a good disinfectant not only because of the nlknlls but the combination Itself Heating the water favors tho effect Resinous soaps are not the best disin fectants Marseilles soap Is very good A solution of 3 or 4 per cent kills the most rcshtlnj microbe Washington Time j THE NORFOLK NEWS FRIDAY FRKKUARY 22 1001 mtmi 8 Iodinefs Celebration I of Washington re i 1 A- j m m B Diruiuciy - r J J - afcjy TV llFL wsT - - - v Z2 t yf 1 5 in rjY X J lOniNK IMIKIAIIKS TO CKLKIMATK goobas wuz planted n I aln lem git a gooba standln all de times deys brak ed de ole fence down n now when Wnshnms bufday cum n ole mauss les nil hes nlggas go down t Svnn t see de sogers a tnachln n de drums n drummln u de boom bnngln o do cannons n yo nils gwlne n take Marine n Looeyfer n Tndgum n Boots n yo nil up u sez Tdlnc we cnln gib ole mauss hawgs no Wnsh nms bufday dolns In wes gooba patch u yoll hater stny n keepin out Now wha fur I done tnken dat wuk nter Tndgum done lem root up leben hills les sos I cd stny home on Wnshnms bufday I spose Well I sez tain no fah n yo nil knows tqln The time wns long befo de wall Little Iodine Brown was a slave as were his mother sister nnd brothers Ills father Velvet Brown hnd been enabled by n stroke of good fortune to purchase Ills own freedom nnd 20 acres of ground nnd his wife Blissful and her five small children were permitted by the old master to live In Velvets cabin Blissful worked at the man sion encli day and returned to the enbin nt night while the children worked for their father to pay for their keeping Velvet hnd n little hoard of money which was growing slowly to be used when n sufficient nniount was saved for the purchase of BllssfuPs freedom After mammy was freed a fund wns to be started to purchase one of the children Marine the eldest and nil her little brothers shared Velvets la bors and worked onrly nnd Into Iodine the youngest wns but C yenrs of age and his only tnsk was keeping the old mnsters hogs from breaking through the brush fench into the peanut patch When the hogs came near the fence snlfflng the air Iodine would rush from his lair and beat them with a cudgel until they fled back Into Uie scrub pine underbrush The big red razorback called by Io dine Old Brlcky made many at tempts to get Into the pennut patch nnd his persistence wns almost a match for the boys vigilance Hot tears hnd coursed In shiny black rivulets down Iodines fnce In the morning ns he stood on a stump gaz ing nfter Velvet nnd Blissful who were trudging down the lnne toward the old masters mansion followed by Mnrine Lucifer Tndgum nnd Boots on their way to Savnnnnh to witness the celebration of Washingtons birth day by the military company of the city When the disappointed boy knew that his father was well out of hearing he shook his fist and stamped his bare foot upon the stump and shouted Yor mean Yor mean Yor mennl But the guardian of the goobers could not spend much time In hurling Invectives from the stump Soon he snw Old Brlcky emerge from the scrub pines followed by a dozen shotes nnd then there wns work for Iodine to do It seemed to hlra that the hogs were never bo persistent nnd bold ns they wero that morning They gnve It up after an hours effort howeyer and wandered bnck toward the mansion Having then a respite from his In bor Iodine went over to the three acre lot where Velvets cow and pigs were kept This wns a peculiar piece of ground There were hundreds of de pressions In the earth where deep holes had been excavated and partly filled Many yenrs before a box of strange nnd old fashioned clothing nrmor nnd wenpoim wns received at the Savan nah custom house The owner never called for It and It was sold nt mic tion In the box wns nn Iron helmet upon the Inside of which wns engraved n full description of the locntlou of gold nntl Bllver money which hnd been burled by n shipowner who was sup posed to have been a pirate nnd iib there was a tradition thnt the treasure had been burled In the vicinity the pur By Julius N Jorgcnscn Oijimi oM IW liy JiiHtw N Jotvtimn Iodine Brown sat In n big nest of gray moss which he had made In a fence corner outside the peanut field nnd he muttered nnd mumbled and scolded Occasionally he would argue with an Imaginary opponent using all tho gestures with which he had seen Elder Berry deliver his sermon on Itasslln Wld de Hperrlt Now yo knows well miff said Iodine to his adversary tint yo aln n trentln o me right 1 done drib dem hawgs outn de fiel mos eber sense de t - J rV n iii v nm m V rf i kh 3t2iSZa VfOlift tkMma IT j chaser of tho helmet began to search for tho money A careful survey show ed Hint the dheetloiis pointed to a spot In this wild comer of the old masters plantation and hides weio dug at n distance of Hi feet north noilhwcHt funn every tree and stump within ten neres mound the Indicated spot Final ly the seai cli wns abandoned When Velvet ottered to buy some land funn his former master this wild corner was sold to him lie had done a deal of digging for the treasure but had long since given up the search Iodine became Interested lu a small hole which had been tiuidu by some nnlmal In the side of one of the oxen valloits and he began to probe Into It with a stick The boy had been an Interested spec tator at the blowing up or slumpH with gunpowder and he thought ns he peep ed and poked Into the hole that he could imike a noise mid celebrate Washingtons birthday by exploding a charge of powder In the bunow lie inn to the cabin and brought out Vel vets old powderhorn ami began the preparations for his celebration In dine knew he would probably have to suffer punishment but no matter He must do something to celebrate the day lie poured Into the hole n copious charge of powder mid then putting In a small cane which hnd been boied out for plpchtcms he filled this with he explosive nlso Then ho pounded the earth about the cane until the cnvlty was tightly closed After several feints he touched the lighted match to the top of tho reed ami inn He had not tnken more than three steps when the explosion came He wns thrown to the ground by the concussion nnd wns nearly covered by the shower of dirt that fell upon him He was uninjured however and turn ed his intention to the hole In the giound Theie was a little yellow stieak In the loose dirt nt the bottom of the hole nnd with n stick he uncov ered the object which proved to be n dead chipmunk Mils be mo ehimunlcs n dlsn In de hole said Iodine as he began ngaln to scratch away the dirt Soon he struck something hard which made a peculiar hollow sound nnd he took away more dirt and uncovered a brown scnly Iron object The urchins curiosity was aroused and lying fiat upon the ground he used stick and fingers to uncover more of the iron He snw that It was a large round ob ject with thiee little horns sticking out like the wrops of hair on Ma rines head and then he knew whnt It wns Old Brlcky came out of the brush closely followed by the spotted shotes sniffed the nlr suspiciously and then trotted straight to the peanut field fence AIns for poor Velvet Brown Ills bright dream of the big crop of White Lady goobers which he expected to market In the summer wns soon to be shattered I gwlne t git dis kll outn hynh fo my mammy muttered the boy for getful of his trust nnd nil unconscious of the raid upon the field Ho was soon nble to move the kettle nnd a poor and badly used up kettle It wns Iodine soon realized that his prize was of little value Then lie bethought him of the other chipmunk nnd turned ngaln to the hole His eyes bulged out with surprise ns he snw another ket tle smaller than the first standing up right In the ground It was not empty like the other but was filled with yel low and black pieces of money De plts money shouted Iodine ne tried to lift the kettle from the hole but he hnd not strength to move It Running to the well he brought the drinking gourd filled it with gold mid carried It to the house Trip after I DUN FOUN DE nTB MOSTr trip ho made often saying Now wo cn buy mammy now we cn buy mum my fm ole mnuss until he had all the gold and silver piled In n heap upon the bed A big yellow piece tumbled from the pile nnd Iodine Btruck It bnck nnd snld Gl bnck dar Ole Brlcky And then he thought of the peanut field nnd the old red razorback nud the shotes nud he rushed out of the house and n round to the hog pas ture Faint nud sick nt heart he saw the hogs In the ruined field Casting aside all thought of Wash- lugtons hlrthda1 and the pirates gold Iodine seized his club and made war upon the hogs Ills work done ho tin on himself Into his mossy nest nail wept and willed upon the hogs all the abusive woids his tongue could frame In no other way could he re llcc IiIk conscience and the fearful ap prehension of what would take place after Vehet letutued When the sun had gone Imlf uay dovMi the western sky he saw Velvet and Blissful and the ehlldieii leluru lug Ills heart almost stopped beat lug mid he could not haulsh fiotu his thoughts the big black strap which hung upon the cabin wall As his ther and mother came up the lane lo dlue ran out to meet them with team streaming from his ees Oh pappy he cited de hawgs dun gut In de gooba patch n dey et up inns all de hills I con n hope It pappy I con u hope It But I dun foitti de plts money Yo aln gun I whoop me Is yo pappy Vehct looked Into the field and a storm of wiitth swept over his face Yo trltlln rapscallion he shouted Wha fur yo dun go dlggln rutin fur plts money n le dem huwgs eat up my goobas Go lu de house ills In stumps Ill show yo how t dig fur money wP my laha shop The Irate father strode Into the call In unmoved by Iodines tears mid en treaties Blissful lingered by the pea nut Held Her heart bled for the little truant Hearing no outcry she soon began to wonder If the strap could have been lost Presently Velvet up peared lu the cabin door and shouted Blissful Rtlssrul Gum heah lion ey Yos flee Yos ft eel Idlne dun foun de plts money sho miff Ouin In heah ehlllum u gl dou n on yo knees n frank do tod To his iiiusslful prohldenshuluinsl Blissful rushed Into the cabin close ly followed by the children They felt of the money nnd held It up In hand fills mid poured It back upon the bed In heaps of fieedom nnd comfort and Joy Their ears drank In the sounds of Its sliding and rolling mid clinking as they would have drunk In music from the harps of paradise Old Brlcky led the held again through the brush fence mid they rooted and smacked their Jaws over the feast of nuts but they woic all un heeded for to the Blown family the day of Jubilee had come In n short time a black piocesslou was on the match fioin the cabin to yos rnrKi vos iiiicr1 the mniision At the icar was Hoots preceded by Tndginn Lucifer Marine and Blissful lu the lend wan Vchcl wheeling n barrow iu which were piled the silver and gold and the kettles while crowning the heap sat Iodine with sparkling eyes of living Jet nnd a row of white teeth visible fiom ear to ear The amount of money taken from the ground by Iodine wns a little more thnn 10000 a great fortune to this humble family Blissful and the chil dren were purchased from the old mus ter n good roomy house wns built and more hind added to the farm Good stout fences were built about the place and Old Brlcky needed watching no more A red letter nay greater than Wash ingtons blrthdny or the Fourth of July a day to be marked by the Brown family with a white stone wns that upon which the old mnstcr drove to Savannah In his finest carriage ac companied by little Iodine whose bosom swelled with pride ns he thought of his Itnportnncc and con templated his beautiful suit of store clothes They drove to a bank nnd there the mnstcr Invested 2000 In government bonds nnd deposited them to the credit of Iodine and his guar dian On the banks of the Ogecchec near Eden lives n prosperous colored man the owner of n large farm and the fa ther of a bright family of girls and hoys Among his most treasured pos sessions Is nn old kettle on which the following words havo been painted Washington Iodine - f s Snnltatlon Was it Lord Beaconsfleld who ns Mr Disraeli was once twitted with being the exponent of a policy of sewage According to Sir William Preece no loftier subject can occupy the nttentlon of man nnd according to him also nn ancestor of the great pre mier Moses to wit wns the greatest Bnnltnry engineer the world hnd ever known nnd the book of Leviticus wns n treatise on hygiene The Jew wns the healthiest and long est lived type of humanity and the doctrines of Moses could be summed up ns the obler ts of sanitation today namely It pure nlr 2i pure water 3 pure food Ji pure soil 5 pure dwell ings mid til pure bodies Pure nlr he snld wns to be found In luiitic nsy linns jails and workhouses I nt not In our churches theaters railway car riages or dining rooms even the din ing room of your dearest friend Chambers Journal THWIAILLEABLE Ik i u r rr T r ju7ii i f is FIRE ALL YOUH ft H T I rrwiiM An F stIglano maLli HULL WITH POUCH l ELD I III Mill III ALBERT DEGNERS Dr Humphreys NieelllcH cure by acting illro tly upon Ilin dimmHo without oxeltlng disorder in any oilier purl of tho syslom Nil CUIIICH rutrict I Irrr imKrfllloim liillnmnmtlorn lfi 1 Wiirum Wnrin Vnwr Wnriii Colle It3 l iVrllihiv CiillcCrj InnWuHiifiiliiivn SfTi l lllnrrlim nt ClilMrrii or Ailultn 7 4iiili Cnliln llrmu liltlA Itt H Nflurnlgln Timtlimlin Kiicimclui Uii tl llrnrinrtip Hlrk llciuliicliu Vurllrfo UTi I O Dyprixln lnillKitlnWinklItmiiuhJAi 1 I Huiprril or lnlnfiil IVrltiJn Ji Ii WMlra Too Irnf urn lVrlmln 1 I Croup lifiryiiKlllii lloiiriiimniu i 14 Stnlt llliriiiii KrMitnHniitlimn iT IB lllimuMHtlmn llliuiinintla Pnlnii Al 10 Miilnrlft ChlllR 1ovnr ami Akui VTi 1 0 Cnliirrli Infliiiiim UoliI 111 tlio llniut Jfi uo whiHuingroimii ir li7 HIlirv DUrniH ii U ItnMlttv tOU iO Irliinry Wrnltiirmi WoUIjikIIoiI VUV 77 rli liny Kevcr 2 Dr lluiiiiliriri Mnnnnl iitnll Dtsotuot lit jciar liriiKKlit or MiiIIimI Krro Hold lij ilmuKlxtM or omit on rxiiliitot ortru lIimiiilircyH Mitl Cil Cor Wlllluiu John Ktk Niiw York CO YEARS EXPERIENCE Thade Marks Deoighs Copyrights c AnyonnnonilliiK iinkntrli nml doiicrliitlon mnv nnlcklf nnnirtnlii our opinion freo wliollmr hii Inviiiitlon In protinliljr iintiinliitili Ciiiiitiintilcit tloiinHtrlctljrriiillilmitliil Iliinillionkon Intimt Mlil f run oIiIomL iifronoy for mm initio iminntfl 1nlimtn tiiki n tlirotmli Aliitin V Co recttre rjvelnl notice without tlmrm In tlio Scientific Emericait A tinnilHomnlr llluntrntril wiM kly lnnr t rtr riilutlon of nny Hcliiiitllln Jminml JlirniH tz a ynnr four nioiitlm fL Hold by nil iiuwHlfnlirt MUNN Co3CtBfoaIwa New York Urnucli Olllto ir K St Wnnlilinilon 1 C IF GOING EASTIOR SOUTH of Chicago ask your local ticket agent ti mute you between Omaha Jiid Chicago via the fCMCGfi miLWAUKEEL mut tho 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