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13y tlie Eagle Eablitsliing Company.
VOLUME XL.
1899.
E. E. ANEOE Si CO.
START THE
New Year
BY GETTING IN
NEW GOODS.
This week we are opening up a large
shipment of
SHOES.
To all our customers we wish to say that
this year our stock of Clothing, Hats,
Shoes, and Fine Dry Goods will be
the largest we have ever shown.
R. E. ANDOE & CO..
14 Alain St.
I
Telephone £>.
Waterman, Burnett & Co.,
C. EXCLUSIVE
lotliiers, Tailors,
GENTS’ FURNISHINGS and SHOES,
C3-JLIJSTESVILLE, C3-JL.
—■The Time to Plow.
The season for sowing grain is now here, and it is to your interest
to have the very treat implements. We have a large stock of
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-«OLARK’S CUTAWAY HARROWS,e<-
Torrent Harrows.
1,2, and 3 Horse Plows:
AVERY’S STEEL, SYRACUSE,
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL WORKS, OLIVER PATENT.
T A P The largest lot ever brought to Gaines-
llvDLOi vide, from the cheapest to the fint st.
stock. Al! styles—all piieea.—
A vJ Uxl O» Breech and muzzle loaders.
A new era in prices. Everything cheaper than ever before.
Come and see us.
S. C. DINKINS & CO
THE GAINESVILLE EAGLE.
Railroad Engineer
Testifies to Benefits Received From
Dr. Miles’ Remedies.
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THERE is no more responsible position
on earth than that of a railroad engin
eer. On his steady nerves, clear brain,
bright eye and perfect self command, de
pend the safety of the train and the lives
of its passengers. Dr. Miles’ Nervine and
other remedies arc especially adapted to
keeping the nerves steady, the brain clear
and the mental faculties unimpaired.
Engineer F. W. McCoy, formerly of 1323
Broadway, Council Bluffs, but now residing
at 3411 Humboldt St., Denver, writes that he
“suffered for years from constipation, caus
ing sick, nervous and bilious headaches and
was fully restored to health by Dr. Miles’
Nerve & Liver Pills. I heartily recommend
Dr. Miles' Remedies.”
Dr. Miles’ Remedies Qp
are sold by all drug-BgN , -pM
gists under a positive g. miles
guarantee, first bottle
benefits or monev re-ft;
funded. Bookondis-gL V? , JE
eases of the heart and
nerves free. Address,
DR. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind.
I
I HP ll ’”- discom
f I forts and
a *- dangers of a
9 child-birth can aPwW
be almost en
tirely avoided. V nBBF
S wineof cardui~
■ relievesex-
£ pectant moth-
| ers. It gives
| tonetothegen-
I ital organs, and
| puts them in
I condition to do their work
R perfectly. That makes preg-
ig nancy less painful, shortens
ft labor and hastens recovery after
m child-birth. It helps a woman
S bear strong healthy children.
f has also brought happiness to
thousands of homes barren for K
| years. A few doses often brings g
joy to loving hearts that long
I for a darling baby. No woman
| should neglect to try it for this
| trouble. It cures nine cases out
| of ten. All druggists sell Wine
$ of Cardui. si.oo per bottle.
For advice in cases requiring’ special
directions, address, giving symptoms,
£a the “ Ladies’ Advisory Department,”
The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chatta
?s nooga, Tenn.
« Mrs. LOUISA HALE, g
i® of Jefferson, Ga., says: k
g “ When I first took Wine rs Cardui K
H we had been married three years, but K
3 could not have any children. Nine El
H months later 1 had a fine girl baby.” E
INSOMNIA
“I have been using’ CASGHSETS for
Insomnia, with which 1 have been afflicted for
over twenty years, and I can say that Cascarets
have given me more relief than any other reme
dy I have ever tried. I shall certainly recom
mend them to my friends as being all they are
represented.” Tnos. Gii.i.akd. Elgin, 111.
CANDY
Js CATHARTIC
laSi., TRADE MARK REOISTSRED
Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. Do
Good, Never Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. 10c. 25c. 50c.
... CURE CONSTIPATION. ...
Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago, Montreal. New York. 316
yO E TA-RAa' Sold and guaranteed bv alldrng-
EIU°IU*DAu gists to CUKE Tobacco Habit.
Shy 4 HAiL Ll v KI j
Cleanses and beautifies the hair, j
* Promotes a luxuriant growth. f
= -JK|Nover Fails to Restore Gray 1
EidHR Hair to its Youthful Color. •
Cures scalp diseases & hair failin’, j
gOc t andsl.Wat Druggists i
TRY ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE,
A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At this
season your feet feel swollen, nervous and
damp. If you have smarting feet or tight shoes,
try Allen's Foot-Ease. It warms the feet and
makes walking easy. Cures swollen and sweat
ing feet, blisters and callous spots. Relieves
corns and bunions of all pain and is a certain
cure for Chilblains and Frost bites. Try it to
day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for
25c. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S.
Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES
Alien’s Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It
cures painful, swollen, smarting, nervous feet
and Instantly takes the sting out of corns and
bunions. It’s the greatest comfort discovery
of the age. Allen’s Foot Ease makes tight or
new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for
Chilblains, sweating, callous, tired, aching feet.
Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Trial package FREE. Address.
Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
Chichester's Zncßsii Dismon *
FEfWIiQW.I hUS
Hi Original and Criy Ger vine. A
safe, a-rrays reiiaL;lao.~s ask ZA
Drur-’*st for Chichester s r.ic : D ' : a
iu Rod and C- -i<i metallic
■x jhoxes. sealed with bine ribbon. Take VjJ/
TH Sivn« other, .'C ctang.roiL’v
f / ~ frf'tiCMand ifniiations. At Druggists, or send 4e.
I Jy in otaniL.e for particulars, \ si; menials an .
\ T* O ‘‘Relief for Ladies/’ tn Ze.'/er. by return
—McfL 10.000 Testimonials. Aarne Paper.
F ChichesterCaexniealCo.,Madison Sous••e,
oil bj ail Local Drucciew. i’hilada., fa.
Itrests with you whether yos continue
nerve-killing tobacc • Labi:' N 3-1 S&SNK
removes the desire for lobrujco,
out nervous distress, expels J. w
tine, purities the blood, rIS s 1
stores lost manhood, S ■ boxes
makes you stroncia 7 tfi » i 400.000
m health, v J cured. Buy
andpocket- SO'OTO-B AC from
hook, h own druggist, who
k S vouch for us. Take it with
a will,patiently,persrstentlv. One
gsahA « box. fl. usually cures; 3 boxes’ 82.50,
guaranteed to cure, or we refund money.
S SteriiDg Remedy Co., Chicago, Montreal, Hew York.
Drs. RYDER & MERRITT,
33ENTISTS,
GAINESVILLE. - - - GA.
Dental work of all kinds done in a
skillful manner. Crown and Bridge
work a specialty.
Established in 1860.
GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 5, i«d9.
SOME BEAUTY RULES.
Modern Recipes For Attaining Good Looks
rt Varied Kinds.
To Get Thin.—Eat a great deal of
chopped meat without any potato
in it. Drink little fluid of any kind
except strong tea. Exercise a great
deal without drinking and do not
eat bread, butter or candy. Lemon
ade, acid drinks of all kinds and
saline mineral waters are excellent. ■
Drink a glass of clear water before
breakfast.
To Get Fat.—Eat vegetables and
sleep after each meal. Go to bed at
9 o'clock and lie in bed half an hour
after you wake up. Laugh a great
deal. Drink water by the pint or
the quart if you can. Drink weak
and sweet tea with plenty of milk
in it. Take cod liver oil and sweet
oils as much as you can. Eat until
you feel as if you would burst at
the table. Put plenty’ of butter on '
your bread, and do not be afraid of'
ales, lagers and sw’eet wines. This
will guarantee a gain of five pounds .
a month, and if you can sleep a
great deal of double that amount. *
To Have a White Skin.—Eat no ,
meat at all. Become a vegetarian f’
they always have beautiful skins.
Once in six weeks or so eat a meal
of fresh meat. This does away with.- ,
the tendency to scurvy—that curse’
of the vegetarian. Drink as much
water as you can, eat little grease
and touch no tea or coffee. Your
breakfast may be oatmeal and
oranges; your dinner fruit, nuts, ■
fruit tea—preferably quince tea— j
graham muffins, cauliflower cro
queries, marmalade and dishes of\
stewed vegetables. The diet is not
so bad when you get used to it. In ‘
large towns you will find one or two
restaurants catering to such as you. ’
To Become Very Muscular.—Walk
a great deal, carrying something al
ways in the hands. This develops
the arms. To roll a hoop might be
good if one were brave enough to
do so in public. Practice lifting a
little every day. Never strain or
tire yourself. Eat meat, drink milk ;
and practice bending backward, for- >
ward and sideways every day. At
night rub about a tablespoonful of
brandy or rum into your skin on the
under and tender part of the arms.
To Have Plump Hands.—Rub
them with sweet oil night and morn
ing. Exercise them by rubbing to
gether. Never wear tight sleeves or
snug gloves.
To Keep One’s Feet Small.—This
is difficult. The first sign that one
has passed youth is the tendency to
wear a larger pair of shoes—and
this is necessary. The feet spread
and really grow. To remedy this
wear shoes as long as can be man
aged, but not as wide as seem neces
sary. Never wear old slippers
around the house, unless they
snug in the width, and be careful 02. ( ,
coriis. are nbver necessafyT
while the chiropodist exists.
To Have a Fine Color.—Wash the
face with the juice of preserved
strawberries in the winter and in
summer rub a ripe berry on the
face.
For a Smooth, White Skin, With
out Dieting.—Bathe the face daily
with buttermilk. A preparation of
tincture of benzoin and rosewater
is excellent for whitening purposes.
There are very good prepared
creams, but these are never cheap.
Do not go under $1 for them if you
want them compounded of fine and
pure materials.
To Have One’s Garments Sweet
Scented.—Make sachet bags and slip
them in the linings of dresses. They
will, if good at first, keep their scent
for a year or more. Fold the bodices
of the scented gowns and lay them
away in airtight boxes. This fills
them with scent. Philadelphia
Times.
Against His Conscience.
The proprietor of a large London
restaurant has a small hydraulic lift
fitted up in a corner of his ‘'second
class room,” which is used for con
veying the various dishes from the
kitchen.
One day an unmistakable native
of the land north of the Tweed en
tered the shop, and, having ordered
some refreshment, sat down to wait.
The waiter in attendance called
down to the cook through the speak
ing tube, and in a short time Sandy
was astounded to see the very things
he had ordered rise up, apparently
from the bowels of the earth.
With a horrified yell he bounded
up, made for the door and exclaim
ed:
“Na, na! Ye’ll no get Sandy Mc-
Nab ta hae what th’ auld deil’s had
the cookin o’ I”—Nuggets.
The Chief Rascal.
Thomas was a gentleman of Celtic
origin, and it did not take long for
the boys to notice his brogue, and
they made all manner of fun about
it, often mimicking it to a nicety.
Thomas stood the torture as long as
any ablebodied man could be expect
ed to, but finally he resorted to pun
ishment for his tormentors. One
day, full of wrath at an exceptional
breach on the part of a towheaded
youngster, he strode vengefully to
the school. With much noise he
climbed the stairway in search of
the principal, to whom he had been
advised to complain. He was cour
teously shown to that person and be
gan to bitterly denounce the actions
of the pupils.
“I am very sorry to hear this,”
exclaimed his listener, “and I will
try to put an end to it.”
“Oi wish you would, sirruh. Oi’m
sorry to trouble ye, but Oi’ve been
so abused by thim rascals Oi thought
Oi'd tell ye, as Oi understand ye are
the principal of thim!”—Harper’s
Round Table.
UOOD’S Sarsaparilla is the One
■■ True Blood Purifier, Great Nerve
Tonic, Stomach Regulator. To thou
sands its great merit Is KNOWN.
THE BOS’N’S STORY.
We borrowed some mills from the joiner’s
bench,
A hammer and cross s:/.v,
And sadly reduced 2»I?C.i:; s fence
As the good ship Rover grew.
Her lordly mast was the old pear tree,
Her flag was a pinafore gay,
And we built her and lauueli d her and sailed
to Fiji
On a Saturday morning is May.
And all that summer, come rain or shine,
To the wide world’s ends would we sail,
Loading with gems from the KaSir mine,
Harpooning the polar whale,
And the pirate and savage of cannibal climes
We slaughtered in many a row.
Oh, the gallant ship and the glorious times!
And where are my shipmates now ?
The captain, a chief of renown is he,
Though dullards may fear or sneer.
When duty calls o’er the untried sea,
He is skillful and swift to a, '■
Oh, stainless and strong, wit., the glad heart
of yore,
, Sail forth on the shoreless tide,
Outward and godward forever more,
With the star gleaai of truth for your guidel
The cabin boy, oh, his merry eyes
' And the stir and the fun he made!
Ah, the coolies know where the sahib lies,
With a bullet hole in his head!
Wandered far from the track, you see,
king]» of heart and hand,
He went to the devil so gloriously
That the down hill road was grand.
And at work by his father’s bench the mate
* Looks out on the old time street,
Where grown folk pass with placid gait
And the children’s lively feet.
‘‘But the world is growing old,’’ says he.
r “We have no such boys today
As the madcap rogues who sailed with me
P That holiday morning in May.’’
—Maggie Clark in New York Sun.
Pharmacy.
The druggist of the present time
does not differ greatly from hia
brother of the eighteenth century.
The extensive use of proprietary
especially in America,
.has, however,decreased his prescrip
tions, but at the same time these
‘ proprietary medicines are sold
through him and sell so largely that
4ie does not complain. While a use
ful and able member of the commu
nity, the pharmacist of today is not
an original investigator or a pre
scriber and limits his efforts to fill
ing the prescriptions that are sent
him by his friends, the physicians.
Every year he becomes a greater
ladept at his art, which with the
\course of time has come to be con
sidered a branch of trade rather
than a profession, while thd drug
gist is looked upon in the light of a
skilled laborer. The most success
ful druggist of the present time is
not he who mixes his drugs most
skillfully, but he who has the busi
ness capacity to make his shoj) prof
itable to him. It is often the drug
gist least skilled in the art of phar
macy that possesses this capacity.
It is not unreasonable to believe
that, as humanity progresses in its
knowledge of hygienic living, a sub
ject in interest is being
tltfficn todayjtne drug shop will be
10ssrtomand until, after
of qfi bi < ome en-
- lirti/Wivt-time the
, v <^Hjßtj^’ l lCcoKtifju6ply his
*rhtTvi afinby M s dTu giS’fh e
ills of a too rapid civilization, in
which men have no time to rest and
repair their wasted energies, but
simply patch them up by the use of
the apothecary’s wares, and because
of this the druggist will for a long
time remain an important member
of any community in which he
chooses to establish himself.—Lip
pincott’s Magazine.
Sir Frank Lockwood’s Wit.
Sir Frank Lockwood once began
cross examining a lady with a few
irrelevant questions to put her off
her guard. This would have been
very well if, like most witnesses, she
had meekly submitted, but she up
set everything with “Don’t you
think that is a very silly question,
Sir Frank?”
“Upon my word,” he replied, “I
think it is.”
In a breach of promise case he
once rallied the jury with “You,
gentlemen, cannot seriously think
that this charming lady’s matri
monial prospects are forever blight
ed. Surely not one of you could be
ungallant enough, if single, to be
averse to the acquaintance of so at
tractive a lady. I myself am no
longer available,but you!”—London
News.
There Are Others.
A boy read tales of the sea and he
said: “When I am a man, I will
quit the plow; I will sail up and
down the high seas, north and south
and east and west; I will visit all
the earth. ” But when he was a man
there were those for whom he must
care and he must needs wait. And
so, day after day, year after year,
till he was old and bent and gray,
between the two handles of his plow*,
over and over he trudged his nar
row field, still sailing up and down
the high seas, north and south and
east and west, visiting all the lands
of the earth.—Christian Work.
Birthday Practice In Greenland.
Greenlanders get their growth
when about 25 years old. The oldest
persons known are about 60 years of
age.
Every person has a sack for tell
ing bis age, and each sunrise (once
a year) a bone is put into this sack.
Mr. Billtcpn and Franky.
“Pop,” said little Franky Billtopa
to his father, “will you give me a
cent?”
“Why, certainly,” said Mr. Bill
tops, and he reached in his pocket
promptly and handed Franky over
a cent
“You know you owe me two
now,” said Franky, still standing
by.
“Why how’s that?” said Mr. Bill
tops.
“Twice before when I asked you
you didn't have any,” said Franky.
This demand was rather bewilder
ing. Mr Billtops was dimly con
scious that unconsciously, of
course, on Franky ! s part—he was
being made the victim of a sort of
domestic flimflam, but to avoid fur
ther complications he paid the mon
ey.—New York Sun.
AN INVOCATION.
! Dome on, O glad millennium of times serene
an' 1 bright,
And mi r to gold the manifold and twinkling
stars of night!
Let every storm rain riches and every lily’s
Stem
1 Be bent with glittering dewdrops and every
drop a gem.
Come on, Oglad millennium of times unknown
before,
When the sea shall spray its plenty of pearls
along the shore;
When darkest night is kissed to light, and in
the morning gleams
We front a smiling future and realize our
dreams!
Conte on, O glad millennium, and kiss to bloom
the dells,
And shake the sweetest music from the tin
gling, jingling bells!
Let every storm rain riches and every star o’
night
Roll down its golden treasure from happy hills
of light.
Come on, O glad millennium I The weary world
awaits
With many a rosy garland of welcome on her
gates.
Make diamonds of the daisies, while every
lily’s stem
Is bent with glittering dewdrops and every
drop a gem.
—Atlanta Constitution.
SEA DUST.
Ocean Fogs That Are Full of Fine P»r«
tides of a Yellowish Powder.
People laughed at the man who
said that the fish he had hooked
“kicked up such a dust in the wa
ter.” Perhaps they will laugh at
the heading of this article, but there
will be sea dust nevertheless.
We have heard of waterspouts, of
showers of fish, of salt rain and
many other curiosities which pre
sent themselves in the atmosphere,
but to assert that there is such a
thing as sea dust is to transcend all
reasonable bounds. The evidence,
however, in favor of its existence is
exceedingly powerful indisputa
ble, in fact—and this is the story
told by eyewitnesses.
They say that in certain parts of
the world, notably about the Cape
de Verde islands, there are constant
ly met at sea. several hundreds of
miles away from land, thick, yel
lowish red fogs, not unlike London
fogs in November. These fogs ob
scure the atmosphere and are very
injurious to navigation, but they
have not the baleful odor of their
London prototype's, nor do they af
fect the breathing in the same way.
While sailing through them it is
found that the ship, sails and rig
ging are covered with a fine, im
palpable powder, which falls as dry
rain and covers the surface on which
it falls sometimes to the depth of two
inches. In color it is of a bright,
brick dust hue, sometimes of a light
yellow, and it feels between the
teeth like fine grit, such as might
be blown into the mouth on a windy
day in March.
No place is free from its presence,
its fineness giving it power to pene
trate everywhere. The sea while
m falling lopks ga.though
Jt had been peppered and is discolor
‘ efffor some dfstanc® d©wn: Some
times the dust comes in a shower
?nd passes off again. The fogs are
nothing but vast quantities of the
dust suspended m the air.
It is not only in the vicinity of
Cape de Verde that this wonderful
dust is seen. In the Mediterranean,
in the northern parts of Africa and
in the middle of the Atlantic it has
been reported. It is invariably the
same in kind and appearance, and
examination under microscopes has
proved the identity of, say, Cape de
Verde sea dust with Mediterranean
sea dust. All this is very remarka
ble—dust falling in clouds, no land
within some hundreds of miles,
nothing visible which could possibly
account for ti e curious phenome
non.
Sand spouts there are in sandy
deserts and sh iwers of sand taken
originally from spots whereon the
carrier wind has left its mark, but
here there is no desert from which
the sand can be drawn, and the
wind, so far fl om being boisterous
or disposed to play whirlwind
pranks, is light and steady, blowing
ships along at a calm five knots an
, hour.
, It is believed by scientific men
that the dus*-. clouds of Central
America are, in all probability,
closely connected with the phenom-
1 enon of sea dust.—Los Angeles
1 Times.
A “Lucky” Lawyer.
Numerous instances are given of
the power that Mr. Rufus Choate
possessed over a jury, concealing it
. even at the time he was exercising
it with the most potent effect. Mr.
' E. P. Whipple instances two notable
' cases of this kind: One resolute
’ juryman said to another as he en
tered the “box:”
i “Now, mind you, there is one
; man in this crowd who will not give
a verdict for the client of that man
Choate. Why, sir, he is the great
corrupter of juries. I know all his
( ' arts. He is engaged by fellows who
. wish to subvert justice between man
• and man. I hate him with my
' w’hole heart and soul!” i
When the verdict was given for
4 ' Choate's client, with hardly a dis
cussion in the jury room, the wonder
was expressed that this obstinate
member of the conclave agreed so
i readily with the rest.
i “Oh,” he said, “the case was a
plain one. Choate was right this
- time, and you know it would have
t been scandalous for me to violate
? \ justice because I had a prejudice
against the person who supported
) it. Let him appear before us in a
f case where be is palpably w r rong,
and I will show you that I’m all
-' right. He never can humbug me!”
On another occasion a hard head
i ed, strong hearted, well educated
. farmer was one of a jury that gave
- five verdicts in succession for
- ; Choate’s clients. He said:
f “I did not think much of his
3 flights of fancy, but I considered
f him a very lucky lawyer, for there
- was not one of those five cases that
• ! came before us where he wasn’t on
' the riaht side.”
,OO Per Annum in Advance.
JUDGED BY HIS POLISH.
It Is Not Always the Polished Gentleman
Who V the Gentleman of Real Polish.
The reporter had stopped in the
office of the laundry to leave an or
der. As he came in a young man
who might have come from New
Jersey or Newfoundland passed out.
“He hasn’t been in the city long,”
remarked the clerk, with a smile
which was not wholly complimen
tary to the departed.
“Who is ho?” inquired the re
porter.
“Don’t know; never saw him be
fore in my life.”
“How do you know he is new to
the town?”
“He wanted a shine on his shirt,
a polish on his linen, as Boston per
sons call it.”
“Does newness in town have any
thing to do with it?”
“Does it?” and the clerk’s tone
indicated how sorry he was for the
reporter's ignorance. “Well,l should
say it did. When a man’s been liv
ing in the city any time, he hasn’t
got any use for shiny shirt fronts
and likewise the collars and cuffs
that go with them. Take a yap
from the raw districts, and the first
thing he wants to put on when he
strikes the town is a shirt he can
see himself in the bosom of. Then
he wants his cuffs to glisten to
match, and his collar is a rank fail
ure if it doesn’t look like it had been
soaked overnight in an enamel
bath. That’s for the first half dozen
washes or so. Then he begins to
think different, depending on the
kind of society he trains with, and
pretty soon he asks for a ‘domestic
finish,’ and it ain’t long after that
until he begins to think that a shiny
shirt front is something positively
dreadful, and if we happen to get
the least bit of a shine on his stuff
he wants to slug somebody. A real
ly and truly swell, don’t you know,
would a blamed sight rather be seen
drunk at a social function than to
be seen there wearing linen with a
shine on it.
“Still there are some right nice
men yet living who like to have
shiny linen. They’ are mostly old
fellows, and they like the shine be
cause it looks cleaner after a little
wear. Os course these old chaps are
of the left overs, the style once be
ing with everybody to have shiny
linen. That’s where the laundry ran
out the washerwoman, who hadn’t
the machinery to shine with, and
she lost her customers. She’s com
ing in again though now, for the
shine isn’t the thing any more, and
no machine laundering is equal to
the hand work for real sweM finish.
The country laundry is yet doing
the bulk. of its work with a shine
on, and the countryman, like the
one you just saw go out, is known
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troit Free Press.
A Persian Assassin.
The late shah of Persia, according
to a recent story, was assassinated
not for political purposes, but
through revenge. His murderer,
Muhammed Riza, was a theological
student, but was compelled to be
come a trader by the confiscation of
his property. He sold some of his
goods to the son of the shah, and in
due time presented his bill. For
this he was thrown into prison and
his wife transferred to the prince’s
harem. After seven years he was
released and fled to Constantinople.
At an opportune time he returned,
disguised, to Teheran and, waiting
a chance, shot the shah, crying,
“The tree that bears bitter fruit
must be cut down!”
Ideal and Real.
Mrs. Melnotte (reading)—“Man
fred impulsively flung himself at
her feet and, with his hand pressed
upon his heart and his eyes agleam
with the fierce light of perfect love,
swore that he never would rise until
he arose the accepted suitor of the
fairYsabel.” Isn’t that beautiful?
It so reminds me of the time when
Henry proposed to me.
This is what Henry said upon that
eventful occasion: “Nan, s’posin you
and I hitch bosses together?”—Bos
ton Transcript.
Appropriate Name.
“These scales, for instance, have
a great sale among coal dealers,”
said the manufacturer to his visitor.
“I see they are called Ambush,”
remarked the other. “That’s an
i odd name.”
“Odd, but appropriate. They lie
in weight.”—Philadelphia Record.
He Saved It.
’ A certain Cleveland youth has a
1 watch which he tenderly cherishes.
‘ Several years ago it was given him
’ on his birthday, and there wasn’t a
’ prouder youth in town. The very
1 night after he received it he wore it
to a party. After the affair was end
ed he asked permission of one of the
young women to see her home, and
his escort was accepted. She lived
■ some distance from the scene of the
3 i party and as he walked along with
J her he felt a little dubious about his
personal safety. There was a good
1 deal of talk about footpads and some
3 very bold holdups had occurred.
3 Presently he noticed a suspicious
3 character dodging along intheshad
-3 ow across the street. The suspicious
1 looking character finally hurried
* ahead of them and then crossed to
’ their side of the street. This was too
] much for the youth.
“Say,” he said to the young wom
an in a hoarse whisper, “you 11 have
1 to go the rest of the way alone—l—
-3 I’m blamed if I want to lose this
r new watch!”
And he actually left her then ant
8 there and hurried along the bad
3 track. She wasn't far from home
e and didn’t mind the desertion a bit
* but the deserting youth didn’t heai
3 the last of the story for manj
months. —Cleveland Plain Dealer.
NUMBER 1.
CAVALRY IN FUTURE WARS.
the Art of the Hashing Horseman Will
Not Be Eliminated.
It has been said that the days of
dashing cavalrymen will soon be
over and that the art of riding will
become as purely a pastime as the
art of sailing is destined to become
by reason of the introduction of
steam. This opinion is combated
very vigorously by Major Kunz in
his “Kriegs Ges< ’ chtliche Beit
rage.” He believes that the uses of
cavalry have been changed, butthat
its existence is not yet endangered.
On the other hand, he points out
that mere mounted men, as against
highly trained riders under the very
best leaders, are absolutely useless
today. Commenting upon the many
brilliant though unfortunate caval
ry attacks executed by’ the French
in 1870, he says:
“First.—A frontal attack of cav
alry against victorious infantry can
only be justified when the aim is to
save time for the purpose of saving
the beaten army. The success of
such an attack is practically impos
sible.
“Second. Momentary’ success of
an attack against the flank of vic
torious infantry is possible. But
even such an attack must end in the
destruction of the force which un
dertakes it.
“Third.—ls the enemy’s infantry
is btj en, cavalry may be used to
advai age. But it must be faultless
cay ly, led by’ faultless, courage
ous nders, men who are also perfect
in their knowledge of the history
and psychology of war. In such a
case no thought must be given to a
few hundred horses foundering on
the field. The enemy's infantry
must not be given time to assemble.
The cavalry must endeavor to head
off the fugitives, for the most dis
heartened of them will lead the
stampede. In the rear of a flying
army are always the bravest. It
matters little whether the enemy
loses much in killed and wounded.
The question is not how to kill men,
but how to discourage them, to rob
them of their leaders, to destroy
their organization.
“An infantry which has suffered
many losses but has advanced vic
toriously and still has sufficient am
munition may’ laugh at a cavalry
attack. An infantry that has been
beaten and whose officers are killed,
and which has lost courage in con
sequence, is a ready prey’ to enter
prising cavalry. It will be said that
in such a case the cavalry of the
beaten army must, sacrifice itself
for the infantry. Quite true. The
task of the attacking cavalry will
then be to -overthrow the horsemen
of the vanquished army. If this
succeeds, the stampeded horsemen
will only assist in increasing the
confusion of the flying infantry. <
“At any rate, a few’ hundred men
and horses dying of sheer exhaus
tion in the pursuit of a beaten ene
my will save the trouble of another
bloodthirsty battle. To train caval
' ry for such work is the puipose of
extensive maneuvers.” Literary .
I Digest. 1
. FARADAY’S ANCESTRY.
’ It Proves Acceptable to the Sensitive Eng-
I li»h Upper Crust.
’ With a sigh of relief our English
■ contemporaries announce the result
1 of the investigation into the ances
' tral history of Michael Faraday, j
Dismay and consternation were
plainly visible everywhere when the
' insinuation was made recently that
' the family of the famous scientist
occupied a humble place in the low-'
er walks of life. The “nice people’!
who had been admiring the genius
of Faraday were horrified at the
; thought that among his progenitors
[ w’as a common “day laborer. ” This
j impression is now’ corrected, and joy
and gladness fill the hearts of the
[ fraternity on the other side.
, A representative of the family,
i “John W. Faraday of Hayle, C’orn
t wall,” furnishes the information
that “one Robert Faraday married
t Elizabeth Dean, the owner of Clap
j ham Wood Hall, in Yorkshire. This
hall, it is said, was of some beauty,
and of a style peculiar to that part
of the country; architecturally, it
was very effective. Robert Faraday
) was the great scientist’s grandfath
’ er, his own father, Barnabas, being
. born at the hall.” It is explained
’ that he was one of a large family,
i the members of which had to shift
for themselves when they left the
i parental abode, but particularly em
phatic is the statement that “in no
instance was their condition in life
anything approaching that of a ‘day
laborer, ’ a class of men whose po
’ sition at that period was peculiarly
t miserable and degraded.”
, Faraday’s father was verger and
t sexton of the village church, leader
of the choir and a shoemaker by
3 trade. Faraday’s uncle was the own-
J er of a neighboring quarry and em-
I ployed a number of “day laborers”
and “was noted for his kindness to
' his employees.” Faraday’s father,
g James, formed an attachment for
1 Margaret Hastwell, whose “father
1 was a farmer and also an employer
g
of day laborers.” He was averse to
the match, being ambitious for his
S daughter to marry some one who
had more cash than a youth who
j came from Clapham Wood Hall was
rj , likely to have. It is also said that
0 James “followed the calling of a
blacksmith” in London, and even
tually married Margaret and took
e her to London, where he had to
fight his own battle, and like many
g another found it hard enough.
Michael’s earlier years are described
j as a struggle against poverty,
k All of which is very interesting,
e I but scarcely worth the fuss that has
t I been made about it. However, it
*1 seems as if old world prejudices
1 must be consulted even when the
* i recognition of genius of the highest.-
order is involved.—Western Elec-]