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THE NORFOLK NEWS : VRIDAY , MARCH 21 , 1002 , I DAN CUPID. I CHAUFFEUR | By Lilian C. Paschal 2 Copyright , 1001 , by Lllliin ( J. rHunhnt * ' " .Society , frivolity , clinrlty , and the t. ' greatest of these IH j-llarlty. " .Anlce covered n roschjut ninuili , half * blown Into a yawn , with a gloved bund ns she stood lu arguilicutallvc attitude before the flickering pas log. "I'm sick of tiie ilrst two , lady moth'- ' cr. Therefore will I practice charity. " \ "Well , " said her mother plaintively , taking up a novel , "do be careful with thnt automobile. Don't let It run away with you. You'll get smallpox or Home- thing down In that awful ghetto , as ' . * t\ \ you call it. Aid } be sure to change iT your clothes before" I , But her tall , willful daughter was already - ready half way down , stairs. Pausing fa In the hall and tUrustlng her hands lute - * to the sleeves of her long raglan , she paid : "Go hack to my room , Celeste , and bring me the rlolcts to wear. " "Oul , mamselle , but ze violets have faded since yesterday. Zc pink roses go better wlz mlladl's gown. " Miss Anlce repeated her order more imperatively. She would have told you that she detested dictation and pink teas. Dr. Ilnrvey had been guilty of the first In an eminent degree. In con- Boqucnce he was carrying round a re turned diamond ring In close proximity to a very heavy heart , which had also " * been declined with thanks , as though It were an unavailable manuscript. Charity covers n multitude of heart aches. Therefore was Miss Anlcc speeding on errands of mercy this clear ' . December day. And the fateful Juggernaut car , , which had ridden ruthlessly over two fond hearts and brought about this state of affairs was no other than the little white electric runabout which was now carrying her ghettoward. "IlarVcy was always so superior ! " V fibo thought scornfully as she pressed down on the accelerator and shot around Deadman's curve , narrowly grazing a policeman mid scattering his ? convoy of pedestrians. "I can run the White Arrow ns well as he can. " For their quarrel had been brought about by a difference of opinion as to her qualifications as chauffeur. ' To be sure , the little Jewish newsboy to whom she was playing Lady "Boun tiful was laid up with n pair of smash ed toes as a result of a contested right of way. In the encounter her auto mobile had come out on top in every Bcnse of the word and had been since gallantly carrying supplies to a de feated foe whose wounds the fnrsee- Ing parents did not allow to heal too rapidly. "But of course everybody has to learn to be anything , " she comforted herself , not chooslng/to remember that Ilarvey had counseled her to wait till ohe did learn before venturing out of the park , "and papa gave me the "White Arrow only lu October. I think * " ' . . " ' / - I've done pretty well in that time. " ' She sighed when she thought how it had been , because it w.is only the week after that ITarvoy Oh , dear ! And he had hinted about a pearl necklace for her birthday ! Now , among her tiresome gifts , not one from him , not even a bunch of ( lowers- he who had sent her violets every day ! But she blushed as she glanced down at those tucked under her coat lapel. She was winking so fast to keep the tears back that she did not see the nu- " ' \ nierous warning symptoms of the great , ly , lower east side , the hundreds of chil dren , abundant riches of the poor. Becoming - coming mistily conscious of a gurgling equall stopped half way down a baby throat , she looked back and saw a sprawling Infant In her wake. The White Arrow had gone completely - ly over the child , "straddling" It neat ly , BO she picked hlm"up more frlghtcn- ed than. , hurl ; . After comforting him with some of Ikey's confectionery sup- piles she rode on , leaving him with round eyes still staring tearfully and rounder mouth peacefully stuffed with raisins. Arrived at last In Hester street , she checked brake and lever In front of the tenement where Ikey abode. She was at once swarmed upon like a queen bee bj hordes of children to whom the dal ly visit of the white , horseless buggy was a great event. It Is sad to relate that with all her vaunted capability as an autorlst Mis tress Anlco forgot n small but very Im portant matter. She went up stairs loaded with good things to gladden the heart of Ikey and his numerous rel atives and forgot to take from Its socket the little running plug of the White Arrow. With that tiny key safe in her chatelaine bag the capacity for mlscUlcf in the combination of small boy and automobile was reduced to n minimum. Her electric horse would be hitched fast. But with that brass plug lurking Impishly In Its hiding place behind the leather apron of the scat and \yltl ) little Mosc Rudinsky's bump of curiosity much Inflated the Inevitable occurred. "Ye're afraid ! " What Juvenile bosom ever failed to respond to thnt battlcery ? Mosc scrambled up the big , fat cush ioned wheel. "Der loltly zed fer us not ter tech lit ! " warned another stolidly , while a third cautiously fingered the shining , Mosc atobd up and Krusped the bilRht steering lover. It moved and the front wheels > vlth It , btiniplnj ; vi ciously Jnto the Hhlim or the boy who hud questioned the cournuo of MOBC , ( irhoroupon that young gentleman I inched trtumphaiiUy and pat down comfortably on the wtft leather seat , his grimy face , tousled blac.l > hair and greimy garments ImllentUBly out of place among the luxurious cu.MhloiiH. Ills elbow struck the controller ban- die. There wan new footl for Investiga tions. Mose Investigated. The White Arrow started obediently doWu the street. i Miss , Anlce was de. eyudlug the rick ety stairs amid a shower < if.blessings when she heard a shoul below. "What's wrong ? " Khe demanded of a panting child. "Yer nottymoblel" he gasped. "HH ; run olT will Mosel" When Anleo reached the pavement , breathless and pale , she could see down the narrow street a runaway au tomobile , with a frightened barehead ed boy clinging to the Beat and screamIng - Ing frantically. She ran blindly after him , dizzy with visions of a sickening co\llBlon \ on the Htreet car line n few blocks away. A burly policeman Joined lu the chase , and recruits swarmed up , seemingly from the ground. Suddenly a tall young man In a long ulster appeared around the corner ahead of the Hyjng White Arrow. "Jam your lever back ! " he .fihouted. But poor Mose was too frightened to obey. lie only clung tighter to the controller , pushing It to the third notch. The carriage shot forward. As It bowled toward the tall young man he sprang out almost directly lu its path. He waited till It sped alongside , then quick as a flash ( lung himself on the rear of the auto. Grasping the pro jecting axle , he swung himself up , then reached over the buck of the seat and seized the controller. "Lift your foot , " he commanded. Mose , with face very white under Its dirt , obeyed meekly. "Now , youngster , where did you get this machine ? " The tall young man seated himself calmly , backed the runabout slowly and turned It around , following the direction of Mosc's trembling finger. Miss Anlcc was waiting to receive them at the crossing. "Oh , Harvey you , " she said , then very dlgnlfledly : "Thank you very much , Dr. Glvlns. 1 had no idea" "I was down below here , to see a pa- ! tlent. " He bowed gravely as he do- 1 sceudcdrom tlie carriage. "In Hester street ? " she queried. "Vn " lln wnlil mnnflllrr linr rrlnnnn unflinchingly. "I have several in this region , Ikey Mecmstein among thorn.1 He did not deem it necessary to add that he also had practiced charity only since October. "Shall I assist you up , Miss Anicc ? " the last as he caught night of the faded violets. She followed the direction of his glance and blushed furiously. "There was no card with them" she excused weakly. "But you knew they were mine , didn't you , Anlce , dear ? " "Yes. I thought so , " she said very softly. Thou she bravely flew the flag of un conditional .surrender. "Won't you please take me home , Harvey. I don't think I can manage the White Arrow very well yet. " IIj" face lit up joyfully ns he swung into the seat beside her. His left band was upon the controller , but his right disappeared under her raglan sleeve. The Paean. Peter was dying , and he had been a friend of mine ns long as I could re member. , He had gone to work under ground at the age of seven. He had never been properly fed. Every day ho had conic sweating to the surface aftci a climb of 200 fathoms , had changed and walked a couple of miles to his clean , cheerless cottage. Now he was fifty-live , and he looked seventy , and heart and lungs had given out. He knew that he was near the end and still kept his philosophy. Ho was us honest n man as ever lived , and it had often seemed strange that he was al most tlie only man In that village of Methodists who had no religion. He lay dying and was content except fo'r the fact that he could no longer enjoy tobacco. Oiiq day I sat by hia bed when the doctor came. He was a shy man and a very earnest Christian , ant he , was fond , of Peter. I knew that ho had something he was desperately anx ious to say , and I was on the point of taking my leave when he spoke , drop ping , as one did with Peter , Into the old caressing dialect : "Where do 'ee think you'm goln * to Peter , when you do die ? " Peter looked up at him with the kindliest of smiles. "Dunnaw , doctor but 1 never knew a horse yet thai couldn't get n bit o' grass somewhere. ' Academy. Moaning of "Sophomore. " Says a literary man : "I used to think that the word 'sophomore' was made up of the Greek word signifying wise and the English word 'more. ' The word was thus applicable , I thought to the second class in a college because they were 'more wise * than their fel lows lu their own estimation. But I seems Hint the word has a purer gene alogy and a meaning even less flatter ing to the class of c&lleglans to whom It Is applied. It was first used at the University of Cambridge. England , am in Its 'Infancy appeared In the form 'soph-nfor. ' It was composed of the tvord 'soph , ' a contraction for , 'sophls ter. ' and a Greek word meaning fool tab ( uioros ) . . "The college course extended over three years and one term. The respec live classes of students were termei freshmen or first year men , Junior Bpplis or soph-mors , senior sophs and questioners , This nouiQiicluture was transferred to the American higher in- utltutipnn of Jenrnlng , and In the form frcHhmen , Juniors and seniors , still ex- Utn. " ERRORS OF HISTORY FICTIONSTHAT FOR CENTUniES HAVE POSED AS FACTS. Vliy tlio CD 1 IKmix of Hlio lrn Cntiltt Not Have StmmtiMl ( lie Unrli r The I'oren > f lronUln at Tlu'rniopj Ins The Wlllliiin Toll Mlli. . There hnvo boon wovt'ii Into lilwtory' many Interesting RtorleH thnt tlmo uiul nvcstlgutlon linvo proved mj'tlm , but n anile of tlie effort H of the luoliocluHtH hcso mistake ! ) of history still pans tirront with many people. 1'robnhly ono of the mont affectlni ; cones connected with the making of Iternture IH that tkwrlbinl In the oft onuated Btory of the blind poet Milton llctatlnK "L'aratllHe Lost" to IIH ! tlungh. era. Dr. Johnson , however , IIIIH been juotud as denying It. lie Bald , further- nore , that Milton never even permitted ilu daughters to learn to read and vrlte. A. favorite "piece" with wentorn and outhcru schoolboys on recitation and exhibition days was , n set of verses tell- ng of the heroic stand of Lconldas and ils brave " 300" at Thcrmopyhu. The Abbe Uarthelemy , who averted that 10 had Inquired minutely Into the Hub- ect , wrote that , according to DlodoniK , > onldaa had 7,000 men under him and that Pausanlas gave the number of Iu- onldas' army as 1U.OOO. Did Caesar say to the pilot : "Why do you fear ? You have Ciusar on board. " Many trustworthy historians declare thnt Cu-'Far never used the words quoted. The Inside of cigar box covers are sometimes ornamented with a picture of the Colossus of Rhodes , with ships n full sail passing between the out stretched legs of the gigantic statue. Thesq pictures reflect the popular and what for centuries was the historical dea of the Colossus , which was ac counted one of the seven wonders of ; he world. It may be Interesting to mow that all drawings of the statue arc purely Imaginary and , what Is more , arc modern , not ancient , efforts. The Colossus was erected In 305 13 , O. The most trustworthy of ancient ac counts of It Is contained In a mnnn- scrlpt dating about 1DO B. 0. , In which the height of the stntue Is givdn as 106 feet. The entrance to the harbor of Rhodes Is 350 feet across , so that It was manifestly Impossible that the legs of the Colossus should span the en trance to the port or that ships should sail beneath It. As a matter of fact the Colosmis was not built across the harbor , but on an open space of ground near It ; but , for all that , It was a wonderful statue. People who.se sympathies are easily aroused have wept over the wrongs of Bellsarius , the conqueror of the Vandals , who , many were taught , "begged his bread at the city gates" after having commanded victorious armies and been of much service to the state. The good old general was unquestionably an unfortunate and much abused man , but there Is no proof that he begged his living at the city gates or elsewhere. Yet Van Dyke engraved him and David , the great Frenchman , painted him , and trage dies and romances were written around jilm lu the belief that he did sit at the city gates a'forlorn and discon solate object with palm outstretched for alms. The facts are , n conspiracy against the Emperor Justinian being discover ed , two of Bellsarius' ofllcers confessed under torture that the old general was In the plot. lie was condemned with out further hearing , his property se questrated , and he suffered Imprison ment for itfix mouths. Ills Innocence being established , Bellsarius was re- le.ased , and he died about a year later. But that he ever was reduced to the extremity of begging Is declared to be absolutely untrue. The" schoolbook talc of William Tell shooting an apple from his sou's head Is also without foundation In fact. Toll's name doesn't even appear In the chronicles , pf Zurich , and the most an cient writing In which the story Is mentioned bears date some 200 years after the event It pretends to describe. The story Is a variation of an old Scnn- dlunvlnn . A similar bit " , saga. of "his tory" is related of William of Clouds- ley In England In the twelfth century. \t \ Is denied also that Emperor Charles V. of Spain on his abdication adopted the habit of a monk and occu pied himself In the manufacture of clocks. It Is declared that be never ceased to be emperor do facto , and be npvcr surrendered control of affairs of state. Coming down to later times , the people ple of three different countries claimed three different men as Inventors of the steam engine. In America there Is a popular belief to this day that Robert Pulton built the first successful engine and steamboat. In England the Mar quis of Worcester , vrho published an account of a steam engine In 1003 , has received credit for the Invention. In France Solomon de Caus (1015) ( ) was re garded as the genius who had'given to the world a new motive power. Eacl of them may have conceived and work ed out the Idea of a dtcam engine with out the slightest knowledge of what had been done In that direction before their day , bu ( none of them might rightly lay claim to being the first li the field. On April 17 , 1543 , Don Blasco de Gamy launched a boat of 200 tons bur den at Barcelona In the presence of the Emperor Charles V. The boot was pro Celled by steam and made ten miles an l)9ur. ) Slip was called La Banctlsslmn Trluldadn. The emperor gave to Don Blasco a handsome present , but did no regard the Invention as practicable and nothing carnc of It. From this 1 would seem that Fulton' was ccnturie behind tlie tlmei. New York Mall and Expreta. * " DISTILLED WATER , I In ( In * PiircNt , lli-iit nnil Only A1 nolnlrlHiifo Wutrr. Hull a gallon of water until ( hern IH nit a quar4 | loft , and thu quart will oiilnln all thu ImpurltU'H of the galen - on and bo nearly four tliui'H IIH tin- niro IIH before. Continue the boiling , nd all the hnpurltlcn- animal , vogt- able -and mineral , except the gam > n blown off -will be reduced to ono HO- ! d masH. The water which IH uvnpo * ated and PUHHCI ! off IIH uteam IH very learly pure. But , you will HM.V , It Ullln he dangerous germs. We will HUP- > o. e It tloi'H , but their remains furnlhli imterlal for Imetorlal life to feed up on. Do you rellHh the Idea of eating n food or drinking their dead and de composing hodU'H , which polKon the vater by their decomposition ? The fact Is Hctentlllc InvcHtlgiitlon IIIIH prov- d that boiling only kills the foohlcdt , he least Injurloim , germs. Try a simple experiment. 1'ut tin- tolled city water In ono bottle and the same that IIIIH been boiled for half an lour or moro In another , cork tightly and keep In the mm or In a warm place or a week or longer and note thu dif ference. The unboiled water will nhow i marked depreciation In lookH , taste iiul smell , but that which IIIIH been tolled will be BO much worse in them ) pupee-tH thnt no ono would think of islng It. In comparison with these von can Hubmlt n properly Healed hot- le of pure distilled water to the Kame conditions , and at the end of a year It will ho found to bo IIH pure , sweet and terfect as when llrot bottled. The purest and best and the only ab solutely Hiife water to use for drink- ng and the preparation of all foods and artificial drinks is that produced by distillation , but the most Imperfect one produces a water far miperior In nirlty and healthfulnesH to the very jenl Kprlng waters under their most 'avorablo conditions. The nearest ap- iroacli to It lu purity IH rainwater , which Is distilled water of nature's own production , when collected on clean surfaces , In uninhabited Boctlonn , where the air Is pure and unconUunl- natcd by smoke , dust , city and factory gases , etc. Sanitarian. SOME WRITERS. Locke Is said to have spent over Blx yearn In the preparation of his essay , 'On the numan Understanding. " l.nninrtliio. lh irrnnt French noot. was happily married and received great aid from his wife In all lilu un dertakings. The great Dante was married to a notorious scold , and when he was In exile he had no desire to BCO her , al though she .was the mother of his six children. Wolfe Is Bald to have written "The Burial of Sir John Moore" in one even ing directly after news had been brought of the defeat at Coruim and the death of the gallant British officer. A friend of the late Walter Besant relates that the novelist always kept on his desk before him a list of the characters of the novel he happened to be at work on , their relationship and appearance. Hans Christian Andersen formed his style by narrating his stories to vari ous groups of children before he wrote them down. Ills one thought was to become famous , and he was very care ful not to make any enemies. Dickens says In the Introduction to "David Copperfield" that ho spent two years In the composition of that novel , lie did not usually require so long a time , many of his novels being finish ed In less than a year and most of his shorter stories In a few days. Aiilninln nnil Salt. Among certain people there IB a strong Idea that nothing Is worse for dogs than salt , but as a matter of fact , when administered in small quantities , It materially assists the process of (11 ; gestlon. There is no doubt , however , that to give dogs , or any other animals broth or pot liquor In which salt porker or bacon has been boiled would be al most equivalent to giving them a small dose of poison. The use of salt among horses , cattle and sheep is advocated by the highest veterinary author.ltleB. Tigs , on the contrary , are extrqmcly susceptible to the poisonous Influence of the agent , and experiments hnvo been made which had , after small doses regularly administered , fatal re sults. Habitually , as a matter of course , nil animals consume a certain portion of salt , as it exists In certain proportions tions In most articles of food. London Mail. Tllden'ii Dor. At one of the early dog shows Sam uel J. Tilden bought an immense Great Dane dog. "What's his name ? " asked a visitor. "Ask him , " said Mr. Tilden. "What good would that do ? " "It's jils name , " was the reply. So It was "Asklm. " The dog knew n number of tricks , but would only perform when fed. "He'd make a good politician , " said his owner as lie gave him a bone. New York World. At the Pnrtlnn of the Wny . "Do you take this man to bo your wedded husband ? " asked the justice of the peace. "I don't know whether to do it or not. squire , " said the young woman , wiping her eyes. "He's got the money from mo to pay for the license. I don't like to , marry a man of that kind , and yet I hate to see $2 wasted. " Chicago Tribune. DOK'B Teeth. De Style Ho pulled fifteen teeth from me < GunbiiBta He's no dentist s De Style I know It , but , be pried open the dog's mouth and yanked him' ' off. New York Telegram. Don't poy two filrn lironin wlirn rim liny irM. Itfixl wllli Iliu fuclnry. 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Improvements but if you intend to do any improving this spring , wo pledge ourselves to furnish you the hardware at a figure that will be highly satisfactory to you. G. E. MOORE. THROUGH SLEEPING CAR. SERVICE KANSAS CITY TO JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA TRY THE , Daily News Job Department FOR. . FINE COMMERCIAL PRINTING ALL CASES OF OR HARD ARE NOW CURABLE , by our new invention. Only those bora deaf arc incurable. HEAD NOISES CEASE IMMEDIATELY. F. A. WERMAN , OF BALTIMORE , SAYS : BALTIMORE , ltd. , Starch 30 , TOOL Ctndtmtn : Heine entirely cured of deafness , thanks to your treatment , I will , now give you 0 full history of wy cu e , to be used at your discretion. . . . . . . . , , . , , , until Host Atout ) five years ago my right car began to sing , and this kept on getting worse my l'u a'treul'nent'for catwrrh for three months , without any nieceis , consulted a num. wterweut . , . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . beruf pnysnci.ins . among ouier * , me iuu-vi sunutm t o | .ui.-w. .j. - - - - - - - > nlv an operation could help me. nnd even that only tcmixjranly , that the head noises would i n cuse. . . . hut _ the _ hearing _ . in the affected _ , _ . ear . would . be lost forever. I thar' Cm'ir'mlvertiiiVmenr'aVdd urn iyinB'New York paper , and ordered your treat- lento After I had used it only a few days accordinR to your directions , the noises ceased , and in the dUrned has been entirely restored.- thnuk you o- iHv , nf'-r fue trVs my hcurnn | * ear oCUIl ly ,4 - to remain Very m. . run IH-B . foRMANi , 7ao8 , Bradwoy. Baltimore , Md. Onr 'reatincnt iloen < not interfere t/f/f your vnmtl occupation , & % * YOU CAH CURE YOURSELF AT HOME INTERNATIONAL AURAL CUM1C , G06 LA SALLE AVE. , CHICAGO , ILL