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THE PURE IN HEART.
In the v,v3 e of t)ie Corn w<i)h&
IjftiUre )|f'n
Ami the tides forever moving
All about her creep.
And the five .sea-rivers flowing
Hav' and nighf, keep coming, going,
iJut they rouse not little Lett ice
From her sleep.
Ihrough Through the marshes of Cornwallis,
the rusty red,
Slij»« the mm his shining fingers
\)J aho.it her bed.
And the zigzag birds are stringing
1 p above the bleak Cornwallis.
And the sad brown glasses singing
Hound her head.
Little Let t ice was my sister,
And used to play
On the lulls and by the beaches,
in tie* salt sea-spray.
Letiice loved the squirrel's chirring
And the < rumpled leaves a stirring
In the v.ile of the Cornwallis
All the day.
Florence Wilkinson.
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THE
* Salvation of Lummux
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£ Ky ELLIOT WALKER. £
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"What’s that down on the pond,
Billy?”
“Got me, Fred; what is it.?”
In the nipping air the two boys
stood, shading their eyes with mit
tened bands from the glare of the af¬
ternoon sun.
A hundred feet below them at the
hill's base nestled Mud Pond, now
But that is true as to man in gen¬
eral. The city has achieved its great
frozen fast, in the embrace of early
winter. Beyond, the land, thinly cov¬
ered with light snow through which
dead grasses and dry stalks showed
sere and brown, stretched in different
degrees of elevation*to thrifty farm
houses banked up against the cold.
Some fifteen feet from the shore of
the small, oval lake, a motionless ob¬
ject attracted the attention of the
pair, who gazed open mouthed, vainly
trying to imagine it a source of ter¬
ror, with that desire of thrill peculiar
to early youth.
“Looks like a bear to me.”
“Pshaw! No bears round here,
Billy. More like a dog, ain't it?”
• ‘Let’s go down and find out. It's
a dead thing, 1 guess.”
“Come on. i'll beat yer.”
It was a slippery descent, made
almost dangerous by a spirit of
rivalry. Sliding recklessly with
many a sudden check of their The heed
*f A fee'7'they broilg^T* irptlfi edge
of the pond, breathless.
“Nothing but a calf, a miserable
old dead calf,” puffed Fred.
“Shucks!” responded the other,
not to be outdone in disgust.
“Thought at least it was a—a-”
He paused in mental groping for
some possible dangerous animal and
finished, “Let's go out and kick it.”
“That’s what 1 say.” They pro¬
ceeded cautiously.
The supposed corpse, as if in ap¬
prehension of assault, here lifted a
feeble head and gave voice to a de¬
spairing “Moo!” The boys jumped
in pleased excitement at the unex¬
pected.
“ ’Tain t dead. It’s fell down.”
“It's froze down. Yes, sir.”
“Fell down and froze down,” they
agreed in simultaneous conclusion.
“What a fool!”
The unhappy creature lowered its
head resignedly and made a few im¬
potent kicks.
Billy and Fred gazed at it with
the unsympathetic eye of the small
boy stifling better feelings, then ex¬
changed a glance indicative of a
proper hardening of the spirit.
Tain t our calf! Come along!”
“All right. Where’ll we go now?”
They took a step backward. The
calf groaned.
"I suppose,” observed Billy re¬
flectively, ”i suppose we might help
him up. He will die there, sure,
•lust for fun, you know." he added,
hastily.
“We might." assented Fred in an
absent way. ' Getting late though,”
but he moved to the sufferer with a
quick slide. “Huh! I slipped.”
The boys fell on their knees be¬
side the prostrate form.* “He ain’t
frozen down very hard," remarked
Billy, shoving a hand under the un¬
fortunate who -truggled in non-ap¬
preciation. “Let's get him up. Co
boss! Co-boss! What a lummox
he is. '
“He's a whopping big critter!”
“That's his name, i guess. Let's
call him 'Lummox. 1 ”
This pleasantry had an uplifting
effect on all three. The lads bent
to their work, laughing . ud succeed¬
ed in rolling the animal half over. It
flopped back heavily in spite of their
efforts.
Pshaw!" panted the rescuers.
“We'll never get him on his feet.
You pull and I'll push, now!'
B> dint of much hard work and
malediction loudly expressed, the
protesting Lummox was Anally
dragged and shoved to the shore,
there to lie aimlessly. Behind him
showed a melted imprint decorated
with tufts of hair.
“Dear me!" sighed Fred “Now
what?”
“Boost him. Get on the other
side.” They tugged and tugged. The
calf wobbled slowly to an upright
position and stood trembling.
“Steady him now. There! Go on,
bumtnux!"
A faltering step, another, then a
collapse. Down went Lnmmux
dragging the boys with him. They
arose in high wrath. “Kick him!”
exclaimed Billy. “Find a stick.”
Fred kicked gingerly. Lumraui
sighed.
“Harder,” said Billy.
Suddenly the big calf* staggered
up, bellowed loudly and t started
along a path running over a low
hill. He IIinhered with action and
presently capered.
His rescuers stared in amazement.
"He knows the way home. He’s all
right!” cried Fred. “Follow him.
Hold on, Lummux.”
Surely this was a turning of the
tables. The boys had difficulty in
keeping up but it was pleasant diver¬
sion. “We’ll see where he lives, any
way,” panted Billy.
Over the hill and down a lane
sped the calf. Close upon his heels
were the lads, shouting with merri¬
ment. Lummux scooted into a farm
yard.
“Hey! Whatcher chasin’ thet crit¬
ter fer?” yelled an indignant voice,
and the rescuers were conf.onted by
a grizzled and menacing individual,
whose eye and hand held warning
and a horse whip respectively.
The calf savers halted, appalled.
The man came up. “Here, ’in I a
lookin’ high an’ low, an' you a-run
nin’ him ’round the lots. What d’yer
mean?” He flourished the whip.
“We only brought him home,” ex¬
plained Billy, whose outraged sense
of justice lent him voice. “He was
froze on the ice and we got him
ashore.”
“Yes. sir,” chimed Fred. “He
couldn't move himself a mite, and we
thought he was dead.”
“Wall!” said the farmer coming
close. “He come to quick. Down
on the pond, hey?” grinning. “I
believe yer. The marks is on yer.
Didn't yer leave .,o hair on him et
all?” He pointed at their clothes
and haw-hawed. “Yer good boys
ter do thet for a dumb critter,’’ he
added, “an’ I’m obleegea. Come in
the house an’ I’ll bres. yer off.”
Ten minutes later two smiling
youths were walking on the road to
the village. Rach had a doughnut
in his hand and conversation some
wliat impeded. Their pockets bulged,
“Fred” observed Bi lly. ’ ou
V.',*'? -w W?lKl V't -
“Not much!” was the reply. “I’m
just as ashamed of it as you are.”—.
Criterion.
A Wonderful Railroad in the Andes.
A brief digression may be permit¬
ted regarding past railway building
in Peru because the subject bears on
future construction. No engineering
obstacles which are yet to be over¬
come in the Andes, anywhere from
the tapering spurs in Central Ameri¬
ca to the rounded tops in Patagonia,
equal those which were surmounted
by Henry Meigs when he built the
famous railway from * Callao to
Oroya, or rather when he constructed
the most difficult sectiorfor he did
not live to see the completion of the
whole. The wonders of that line, in¬
comparable in their scenic grandeur,
with its infinity of switchbacks, tun¬
nels, bridges, viaducts, sharp curvcl
and grades, culminating in the Ga
lera Tunnel, 15,665 feet above sea
level. show the marvels of which en¬
gineering genius is capable when
backed with unlimited funds.—From
“Tha Railways of the Future”—The
Pan-American Railway, by Charles
M. Pepper In Scribner’s.
Discovery of Coffee.
Coffee was discovered in 12S3 by
a dervish named Hadji Omar, a na¬
tive of the town of Mocha—hence the
familiar name.
Hadji Omar, lost in an Arabian
desert, was dying of hunger, when he
discovered some small round berries.
On trying to eat them he found, to
his disgust, that they were extremely
bitter.
Then lie tried roasting them, and
finally steeped a few thus roasted in
water. Naturally, this was coffee,
and. though of the worst description,
so agreeable did Hadji Omar find it
that as soon as he could make his
way back to his native town he in¬
troduced his new drink to the wise
men of the city, says Horae Chat.
So well pleased were they with it
that the dervish was made a saint.
The Three Colonies.
The New Haven Colony was found¬
ed (I6S2) by a number of wealthy
London families. They took the
Ribla for law. and only church mem¬
bers could vote. (2) The Connecti¬
cut Colony, proper, comprising Hart¬
ford. Wethersfield and Windsor,
adopted a written constitution in
which it agreed to give the right to
vote to all free men. This was the
first instance in all history of a writ¬
ten constitution framed by the peo¬
ple. (3) The Saybrook Colony was
as first governed by the proprietors,
but was afterwards sold to the Con¬
necticut colony. This reduced the
three colonies to two.
GOVERNOR SAW
THIS LYNCHING
South Carolina Chief Executive Ig¬
nored by Determined Mob.
URGENT APPEAL IN VAIN
Victim Was Neg-o Who Attempted As¬
sault on Yaung Woman and
Slashed Her Throa:.
A Columbia, S. C., special say3 :
Within the shadow of the home of
Iris victim. Miss Jennie Brooks, after
having been id, ntified by her, and
after Governor D. C. Heyward, who
went to the seme of the trouble and
had addressed the mob in vain, Bob
Davis, the negro who on Monday
murderously attacked Miss Brooks
with intern to commit assault, and
who afterwards rtraged a negro girl
14 years old, w i lync,.ed about 7:30
o'clock Thurso*; ••vening.
'Governor H ward reached the
scene shortly aft. ■ the negro had been
captured. A pla' arm was erected in
a fence corner on the premises of
th- victim's father from which Gov¬
ernor Heyward addressed the mob
in an effort to prevent the lynching.
The gov--rnoi beseeched the mob
not. t.o lynch !>av;_ but in vain. At
the conclusion his speech the gov¬
ernor was v -ife ouosly cheered.
The mob moved the prisoner
to a place wi hi a short distance of
the- home of victim, Wi.ere the
negro was rid 1! with bullets. It is
ir-possible to viimate the crowd, as
citizens fronts > a! counties bad
gathered at th^teene IjyS and for two
days had been rsuit of the fiend.
but. it is certai hat hundreds of
bullets were se irough his body,
The militia i at section of the
| state is now mped at Chicka
I manga and t were no nearby
troops to be odled. The governor's
guards and theiRichland Volunteers
of Columbia hacjjbeen ordered to hold
themselves ing jadiness in the event
I that tlieir safagea were neded, but
I '■ the mob walpftermined and if is
I doubtful fU V >resonce of soldiers
,*Jh y yn e r l n^
The nefgro .apt it red in a criHUe.
tied hand ami it and carried to t.he
home of hi? vitjm for identification.
Four men wer| Relegated to escort
him to the h <3 The young lady,
lying on her tmf be| 1th a deep gash in
her throat, her eyes toward
the negro.
“Tr.ai's the si kidrel,” she said. “I
know him by wl M |;yes. ”
The negro mioved outside of
the house, wherl platform had been
erected for the! fivernor. “Hear tha
governor,” said! |meone, and he be
gan ia his ele| voice a r ost im
passioned appe “I know.” he said,
“that nothing bid take place that
could keen youl lom hearing the gov
ernor of South] Irolina.’ The crowd
ehered lustily, Id clapped their
bands in admj ton. “I come here
alone,” he col lied. __'not bringing
any troops, onl ■wo newspaper men
came with meT |d they, as well as
I, are South (I linians, just as you
are. with like| |lings. You are my
friends. Here not alone as your
governor, but your friend. I
come to appi I to your manhood.
The question Itia.ll the people be
allowed to be |1 by their passions
and prejudice i shall the suprem¬
acy and the JHlfj-- ■ y of the law be
upheld? I prlmbt you on r y honor
that as speetir i ; ial as the law al¬
lows shall b4 held 1 would not ob¬
ject to cutting 1 rope to hang
that scoundred. r led the law says
so.”
It was one of jthe most picturesque
sights ever witie--“i, either in this
state or any oth -r
“I am here clone,“ went on the
governor, “but 1 represent the maj¬
esty of the law, jl represent the state
of South Caroiiia, your state and
mine and I sa' to you. I beg you,
I implore you i l God's name, don't
put another stair upon our fair state.
T plead with you to let the law- take
Its course. You have an opportunity
here, a splendid opportunity, to Jet
it be said that South Carolina leads
in this matter. Let us reason together,
I fee! just as yon do. I have lived
in the country and realize the dangers
to which our women are constantly
exposed, but there re something high¬
er than the wreaking of vengeance
on that black de-il and fiend of hell.
You wont enjoy it tomorrow when
you look back upon it all.”
Just here the men came up to
V.ie stand and said: “We appreciate
what you say, but w« are not going
to do it. we have stood this thing
long enough '
Many shouted for the governor to
go on, and he concluded his fruitless
appeal to prevent the lynching.
tURE FOOD LAW
As Enacted by the Georgia Legislature
at bessten just Gjsca—Hrov.suus
are Stringent.
The pure food bill, to prevent the
adulteration, mis-branding and imita¬
tion of foods, medicines, drug.- and liq¬
uors, or the manuiacture or sale there¬
of, passed by the Georgia legisla¬
ture on the closing day of the ses¬
sion, provides that any person who
shall violate the law shall be guilty
ol a misdemeanor, and for each or
fen.so snail be fined $500 or sentenced
to one year’s imprisonment or both,
and for suDsequent convictions a fine
of $1,000 and a sentence of one year’s
imprisonment, or both.
Examinations of specimens of foods
and drugs shall be made by the state
chemist of Georgia, or under his direc¬
tion and supervision, for the purpose
of determining from such examination
whether such articles are adulterated
or mts-branded within the meaning of
this ac.t; and if it shall appear from
any such. examination that any of
such specimens is adulterated or mis¬
branded within the meaning of this
act, the commissioner of agriculture
shall cause notice thereof to he given
to the party from whom such sample
was obtained.
Any party so notified shall be given
an opportunity to be heard before
the commissioner or agriculture and
the attorney general, under such rules
and regulations as may be prescribed
by them, and if it appears that any
of the provisions of this act have
been violated by such party, then the
commissioner of agriculture shall at
once certify the facts to the proper
prosecuting attorney, with a copy of
the results of the analysis, or the
examination of such article duly au¬
thenticated by the analyist or officer
making such examination, under the
oath of such officer.
In case it shall appear to the satis¬
faction of the commissioner ot' agri¬
culture and the attorney general that
the violations of This act is properly
a subject of inter-state commerce, or
otherwise comes under the supervis¬
ion and jurisdiction of the United
States, then the commission of agri¬
culture shall certify the case to the
United States district attorney, in
whose district the violation may have
been committed; but if it be under
the jurisdiction of the courts of this
state, then the commissioner shall cer¬
tify .Uat* case__tp. Abe .solicitor of the
court in the county where the offense
occurred.
It shall be the duty of the state
solicitor to prosecute all persons vio¬
lating any of the provisions of the
act a.s soon as he receives the evi¬
dence transmitted by the commis¬
sioner of agriculture. After judgment
of the court, notice shall be given by
publication in such manner as may
be prescribed by the rules end regu¬
lations aforesaid.
MFSSAGE St NT TO KOOSiVILT
By Citizens of Brownsville, Texas, Asking
Removal ol Seqro Soldiers.
A dispatch from Brownsville, Texas,
says: “No replies being received by
the investigating committee to re¬
quests for protection and relief from
the strain under which this -fty has
been since the outrage committed by
the negro soldiers on Monday night,
the committee has sent a most urg¬
ent message to President Roosevelt,
United States Senators Culberson and
Bailey, and Governor Lanham, detail¬
ing the outrage and stating that af¬
ter two clays' diligent inquiry, it has
been found that no blame attaches to ;
the citizens and asking that the ne¬
groes be replaced by white troops.
The message states that threats have
been made by the soldiers that fjjey
will break out again, and burn the
town, and it is feared the five com¬
missioned officers cannot control the
gnen.
The governor and senators are im¬
plored to do all they can to secure 1
the removal of the negro troops. It is -
expected the government investigation 1
will result in a courtmarlial for one .
or more officers.
A citizens’ guard of 150 men i.s
stationed along the road between the
city and Fort Brown, and if the ne¬
gro soldiers attempt to leave the gar¬
rison it is the avowed purpose of the
citizens to shoot them down.
WAR TO LIMIT WITH 1ERR0RISTS.
Czar thanks Providence tor Saving Lite of
Skallon ‘Tor Me and Russia.”
A call to an uncompromising’ war
with terrorism and revolution in
Poland was sounded in the imperial
telegram of congratulation to Governor
General Skallon, of Warsaw, on hi-j
escape from the bombs of would-be
assassins at Warsaw Saturday, in this
telegram Emperor Nicholas, after
thanking Divine Providence for sav
saving the governor general’s life “for
me and Russia,” continues:
“Do not be discouraged; be abso¬
lute In the battle with insensate anar¬
chy and sedition.”
Good Colors For Houses.
It is not generally known—not
even among painters—why certain
tints and colors wear much better
than others on houses, and the
knowledge of just what tints are best
to use is, therefore, rather hazy.
One writer on paint, in a recent
book, says that experiments seem to
show that those colors which resist
or turn back the heat rays of the
sun will protect a house better than
those which allow these rays to pass
through the film.
Thus red is a good color because
it turns back, or reflects, the red
rays, and the red rays are the hot
rays.
In general, therefore, the warm
tones are good and the cold tones are
poor, so far as wear is concerned.
In choosing the color of paint for
your house, select reds, browns,
grays and olives which, considering
the various tones these tints will
produce, will give a wide range from
which to choose.
Avoid the harsh tints, such as cold
yellows (like lemon), cold greens
(like grass green, etc.), and the
blues.
It must be understood that no vir¬
tue is claimed for tints in themselves,
irrespective of the materials used in
the paint. Any color will, fade, and
the paint will scale off, if adulterated
white lead or canned paint is used,
but. if one is careful to use the best
white lead—some well-known brand
of a reliable manufacturer—and gen¬
uine linseed oil, the warm tints men¬
tioned above will outwear the same
materials tinted with the cold colors.
The Drummer in Africa.
If all American exporters showed
the same energy in selling t.hoir wares
abroad that is shown by the agricul¬
tural machinery men, the United
States would become the leading na<
tlon in foreign commerce. A South
African journal says that “the ener¬
getic American drummer selling agri¬
cultural machinery is not satisfied
with keeping his stock in a central
storeroom, or of being a regular ex¬
hibitor at the shows, but in addition
he endeavors to bring his machine or
implement to the very gate of tha
farm. Wherever he can sufficiently
engage the attention of the farmer, he
gives an experimental demonstration
of his machine's qualities, J;he inevi¬
table result of a tour of this charac¬
ter being a large crop of orders, which
more than repays for the heavy out¬
lay incurred on transport, etc. In
1904, 54 per cent, of the agricultural
-machinery- imported into South Africa
came from the United States.”—L-ti’i
To Remove Splinters.
Splinters of wood or glass which
can not he removed with a fine needle
can be very easily taken out by filling
a wide-mouthed bottle with hot watei
and holding it firmly against the flesh
where the splinter has entered. Tha
steam will draw the flesh down and a
little additional pressure will take out
the splinter. This is an easy and very
satisfactory method, and comparative
ly painless.
SHE HADN'T.
Fair Buyer—Our club is going to
give a lecture on socialism. Have
you any literature on the subject?
Clerk—Did you ever read "Looking
Backward?”
Fair Buyer—Read looking back¬
ward? How absurd. How could I?—*
Chicago News.
SALLOW FACES.
Often Caused by Coffee Drinking.
How many persons realize that
coffee so disturbs digestion that it
produces a muddy, yellow complex¬
ion?
A ten days’ trial of Postum Food
Coffee has proven a means, in thou¬
sands of cases, of clearing up bad
complexions.
A Washn. young lady tell3 her ex¬
perience:
“All of us—father, mother, sister
and brother—had used tea and cof¬
fee for many years until finally we
all had stomach troubles more or
less.
“We were all sallow and troubled
with pimples, breath bad, disagree¬
able taste in the mouth, and all of us
simply so many bundles of nerves.
“We didn't realize that coffee was
the cause of the trouble until one
day we ran out of coffee and went to
borrow some from a neighbor. She
gave us some Postum and told us to
try that.
“Although we started to make it
•we all felt sure we would be sick if
we missed our strong coffee, but we
were forced to try Postum and were
surprised to find it delicious.
"We read the statements on the
pkg., got more and in a month and a
half you wouldn't have known us.
We were ail able to digest our food
without any trouble, each one's skin
became clear, tongues cleaned off
and nerves in fine condition. We
never use anything now but Po 3 tuna.
There is nothing like it.” Name giv¬
en by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich. Read the little book, “The
Road to Wellville.” “There's a rea¬
son."