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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- Our 1 ook and Job office is busy tu ru 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.