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Tc-tnre of a Fla* Shirt.
t tryiug urdeni that Booker
"gt 0 :i was forced to endure ns
<v3 o the wearing of n fins
L,ir, uutoolography, “Up From
lie says:
portion of Virginia wliere l
common to use tlnx as part
ll i 1 lng Cor slaves. Tliat part
,j from which our* clothing
was largely tl:e refuse,
course was the vhenpest nnd
part. 1 can scarcely Imagine
■ except perhuiis the pulling
that is eijual to that caused
,, u:i a now Has shirt for the
. It Is almost equal to the*
iat one would experience If lie
a or more chestnut burs or a
small pin points hi contact
dcsli. Even to this day 1 can
■irately the tortures that I mi
when pulling oil one of these
The fact that my flesh was
[.ruler added to the pain. But
choice. 1 had to wear tile flax
none, and had It lieen left to
,,r,se l should have chosen to
covering.
•tlon with the flax shirt my
,],,hu, who Is several years old-
I am. performed ope of the
[■rous acts that I ever heard of
relative doing for another.
... ms when I was lieing
,i i new fUX shirt be gen-
d ' put It on In my stead
u cveral ilnys till It was
hi.' Until I had grown to bo
ir.lh tills single garment was
1
RrnwrluMe Power.
HIS DISTINGUISHED VISITOR.
A dear old lady was taken one day A Pompom Reception That AmamJ
to a musical service In a Boston church. I'rcaiuent tirevy.
She had heard much aliout the flue M. Sevenaro de Heredia, the mints-
voice of the soprano and was prepared ter of public works In the Itouvler wild-
for n ti-eat. net during the presidency of >1. Drevy.
She sat In rapt enjoyment until the belonged to the famous hat unitized Cu-
service was over and then tui-ced a ra- bah family, of which liuotlier member,
dlant face toward her escort, who was the Comte de Heredia. Is one of the tin-
a young grandson. ruortul 4b of the From -ademy. Moft
•Dear boy,” she said, “you’ve given of the family have i spins, snap!
me a great treat. Her voice is perfect- etonsJy mulatto, ami otner negro elmr-
ly beautiful. It made wild chilis run acterlstles. Tills lias, however. In no-
all up and down my spine." j wise interfered with their standing In
"It’s too bad, grandmamma.” said Tnrls. where several of the family hove
the boy. ”but she didn't slug today. ( long been prominent. The former min
though sin* was there. The gentleman lster hnd also !>een president of the
next me cays she’s been suffering from municipal council of Paris Hud a depu-
I bad cold, and one of the chorus had j ty from a Paris arrondissenient.
to sing the solos for her.” j His dark skin led to a curious mis
“Wliat. dear?" said the old lady, look- ' take at the r.lysee the day after tie Imd
lug momentarily distressed. Then her j been appointed a member of the Uoti-
fnce cleared, and she patted his arm | vler cabinet According to Immemorial
reassuringly. | custom the new ministers called singly
Never you mind," she said. “We on President Orevy to pay their re
cafi conn* again some time. But. ufter spoofs. On tlw same day, ns It hap
NO BUSINESS
Can be properly rim without being
Advertised,
Too Prohinfc
Managing Editor—Quiller writes more
than twice ns much as any ether man
on the staff. He really deserves to
have Ills salnry raised.
Business Manager—On the contrary,
he ought to have It reduced. Just think
cf the money lie costs us In a year In
the matter of isms, ink and paper V
Boston Transcript.
rt»<-
iln Enter*.
■lag.'’ said u south Georgia
habit acquired by the
tiers who live In the neigh
i inrpentlnc still. The reslr:
i’t the hard, shiny resin of
hut has lieen dipped out of
caldron at nn(early stage
.. and when it cools it can
iiotween the lingers like
iuoluvoods rosin eater will
im-icuse chunk nnd chew It
It disappears Vlie heat
' ccps.lt fairly soft, but If
'n i-omcs too deliberate It
; as they say, ami cement
• jaws together In h grip of
occasion a big. rawlxmed
■ uin who used to hang
ill ! operated came rushing
:i. . cl. telling Ills face
ids .till making a horrible
>lse I’.; Ills throat. ’Wlmt on
r a ter?' I asked In alarm
.,n Id another Ornck-
oaiit up the rear. I was non-
;rnl. Inn tiually grasped the
ic man had been chewing a
■-.lab of resin and hnd.
!y suspended operations
!■ to allow It to solidify and
t!i like a vice. We finally
■ - ith open with a chisel nnd
;;>le cf molars In' the opera
day 1 saw him chewing
ft,- White Shark.
'• <■! sharks, the real “mar
mi tin one most dreaded. It
e ; hark. Thin variety reaches
v feet and a weight pf
Is. Its bead Is long and
' -‘in- snout far overhangs the
b' ti rows of teeth are sharp
in led notched like saws. Its
i "cry large, so that one has
• ! cut a man’s body com-
> • at o single snap of its
m i ‘her to swallow one
r i alcutta one.Of these
'■ ■ t wallow a bullock's'
s nnd all.
•itoraoth of another a bull’s
taken c-utlre. and the sailor
>e discovery Insisted that
I been swallowed wholi
e- ept the hide had been di
the stomach of nnotlie
its a lady’s wo r lib ox, fillod will
d contents. scissors and all. It
ir.iily the white shark which
ll,r ‘ '■‘-•••set at sea day after day
k alter week.
1 1
ru*!»t<>r.
i positive sweetness bf
gffcd coffee. It should be
of deleterious suhstan
d will and malice and the
1 1 are worse than ehico
: laugh and a giggle there
'f the horizons. 1 could
i listen to the hearty nnd
'■ ha. of a lot of bright
'pie. hut would rather be
: reed to stay within ear-
’i j| e of s.Iiy gossips. Cit 1
' ■1 of vour nature that is
mirthful side of things,
’ ■ enabled to shed many
■' ■: as the plururge of the
h rain. But discourage
• to seek your amusement
f another’s feelings or
■ impure. It was Goethe
me what a man laughs
■ wd you hiS character.”
if? •# H'wna Roll ill.
’ i world. A can can't
he has 8 good suit Of
' c ‘ ’-Ogle."
• can’t '-r.t n good salt of
■ •• hits n Job Detralt
all. If she cau make me feel tbat way
without singing l don’t know that it
would lie wise for me to hear her. Now.
would It?”—youth’s Companion.
Many men In China do not marry,
(lie priests Who serve In the temples
nnd those who take up literary pur
suits abstaining liy choice, while many
remain single by reasou of their pov-
rty.
Where the Fnnlt la.
ThPse complaints of bud cooks—have
pened, ail official visit wns expected
from the president of the republic of
Haiti, who wns to present Ills letters to
the president. When M. de He rod In
arrived tu the court at the palace, the
minor officials stationed there, who
were not familiar with the new minis
ter’s features. Judged from Ills com
plexion that lie was the Haitian digni
tary. The courtyard become very nnl-
muted with guards hurrying to and fro
to their plueea. while one of the officers
of the president’s military household
went to Inform M. Grevy of the dla
tlngulslied visitor’s arrival,
M. de Heredia received all tills with
dignified composure, for, never having
been a minister before 1his, he thought
this ceremonial was probably the usun'.
pne. Finally, with the dienttng of
drums, he wns Mstiered Into the recep
tion room, where tlie chief executive
stood ready to receive him. “What.”
cried he. '‘it’s only yon. Heredia!”
"Why. yes. M, le President." replied
you observed ihui they all come from the puzzled minister. Grevy began to
elderly people? Children are given Ihe j laugh. "Well.” he cried. HfTOU Unvt
scraps around borne, say nothing and ’ been, minister only 24 hours and hove
get fat.. The world Is all right: the
cooks are all right; It’s youi stomach
that Is out of order.—Atchison Globe.
Win,I Are We Coming Tot
The fond mother had Just killed 10 of
her 12 children.
She was a happy wife, and her hus
band came home early every night.
"Now." she said, wllh a contented
sign. "John can close with the agent
for that house.”
This wns '.TO years from now. when
po landlord would swept a tenant with
more than two children.—New> York
Suu.
The Victim*,
“Some men." said Uncle Elien, "gits
de reputation of beln-patient when de
troof Is dot day’s too Indolent to stan’
up fob wbm dey is entitled to,"—
Washington Star.
succeeded In turning my house upside
down. What will you do later on?”—
Chicago Herald.
“A fewv months ago, food winch I
ate for breakfast would not remain
>ri my stomach t’or half-an hour. 1
ised one bottle of vonr Kodol Dys
pepsia (,’ure and can now eat my
breakfast- and other meals will; a
relish and my food is thoroughly di
gested. Nothing equals Ivodol Dys
pepsia Cure for stomach troubles’ H.
S. Pitts, Arlington Tex. Kodol Dys
pepsia Cure digests what vou eat.
II. L Hicks.
Had Whnt Sho Wonted.
Papa—There, there! You needn't
kls-s me any more. Tell me. vrhut you
want. Uut with It.
Daughter—l don't want anything. 1
want to give you something.
Papa—You do? What?
Daughter—A san-lu-law. Jack asked
me to speak to you about it.—Philadel
phia Press. .
The foreets ni (he Philippine Islands
cover an area ot about TU.OoO.iHO acres.
The Island of Mindanao, with an area
of some 2Q.Uft0.0UU acres, bos Immense
Tracts of almost unbroken forests.
CHASED THE SUPER.
Tke RxcItliiK Race tklwreie, Kvnn
inn! the Stas* Haml,
Some strange tales have been fold by
old timers In'the store business a (nut
'the Keans, both the elder and the lard
to be seen, on the fVgierleati stuge.
Some have said that hard study made
them n irtlu wrong at times, and some
of the/things tluy did certainly looked
quoep
It Is told tyy an old New Orleans
Uors r iHnn. w’.o la here from the Ore*
rent,/‘City, that when Kean the yoiui
gcgWras pbiylng there he nearly sen red
a Viper to death and came near "plait
lug" him.
It was In "Richard III." in the scent
where ho sees the ghokta. The stage,
manager wne n bit tlie worse for-drink
and determined to have some ftm. tb
did not like Kean, as he was a han’
man behind the scenes. Among t! <
supers was a raw Irish lad who be.<
never seen n stage before. The man
ager told this fellow that if he would
run across the stage when he gave ht»-
the tip he would stand to earn ¥2. The
poor fellow was broke, and a two spot
looked to him like a national bank.
He agreed, and the stage manager gave
him a gaudy oilcloth banner bearing
these words. “Smoke General Jackson
Cigars.”
It was nearly a pyde tliat this Irish
lad started. He ran across the stage,
and when Kean saw. him he wns furi
ous. He made u lunge at the unfor
tunate super with his sword, and. ns
the "rag” came ^vhlzz.lng down to n
hurry call, he chased the poor standard
bearer off the stage, down tlie ffnsbage
and to the street. For two blocks he
followed him In his Richard costume,
and finally the super escaped down u
dark alley.
tVhot effect It had upon the show the
turfman does not say. but certainly it
A-as only the super’s agility of foot that
saved him.— Cincinnati Enquirer.
Dyspeptics cannot be long lived
because to live requires nourishment.
Food is not oour'.sliming until it si
digested. A disordered stomach can
not digest food, it must have assis
tance. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure di
gests all kinds of food without aid
from the stomach, allowing it to
rest and regain its natural functions.
Ji> elements are exactly the same as
the'natural digestive fluids and its
simply can’t, help but do you good.
R. L. Hicks.
UoUcaclm Oct of Semen.
Old Moneybags was tired of licnrinc
all this stuff and nonwr.se about the
poor. Some one had called his atten
lion to his own way of living, with dell
cades out of season or his groaning ta
ble and—
“Delicacies out of season!" be thun
dered. "What If I do pet to use Ice In
the summer time? Don’t the poor get
to use It In the winter, when It’s fresh.
find - ! have to rut i:p w’th the odd stor-
•i ufit V IJ-r-r-r’-r:” — Indianapolis
And no advertising pays better tbah
newspaper advertising. The news
paper goes into the homes of the
people and is read through, if bar
gains are offered, they make a note
of it.
THE SEARCI-LI6HT
a first-class advertising medium*
As it is read by the people very
generally in this county and by
many in adjoining counties.
PUT AN AD. IN
Wrote Sermon* In HI* Sleep.
Narrating "Some Remarkable Cases
of Double Personality," Dr. Ft. Osgood
Mason cites In The Ladles’ Uoaie Jour
nal the case of a "young ecclesiastic
in the seminary with the Archbishop
— of Bordeaux, France, who was In
the habit of getting up at night In a
condition of somnambulism, going to
his study and composing and writing
his sermons In the dark. When he had
finished one page, he read It over and
properly corrected It A broad piece of
cardboard Interposed between his eyes,
and his writing made no difference to
him. He wrote, rend and corrected
Jast the same as If there had lieen no
obstruction. Having comy.eied his
work to Ills satisfaction, lie returned
to bed. and In the morning lie hatl not
the slightest Idea of wliat he had dong
In the night and had no knowledge t>f
It until he saw the manuscript la his
own handwriting.”
And- work up your business to a
payin point?
Job Work
V-
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ing out tini-class job work all the
time, and we propose to give smis-
fftctioxi at reasonable prices.
If yon need anything in the job
printing line, write to us or see us.
before placing your order,.
It will pay you.
tlcriouDK—Why are you moving from
your suburban home? ’
Sublrabs—I am all run down.
t- -i ■ 'ji,c Malaria?
’s'-v nrWhbors.—
SEARCH-LIGHT.