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HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY.
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J. A. FOUCHE, Publisher.
R. L. JOHNSON, Editor.
Entered at the postofflce at McDon
jugh as second class mail matter.
Advertising Rates: SI.OO per incfi
per month. Reduction on standini
contracts by special agreement.
Most men who marry money earn
it, observes the St. Joseph News-
Press.
A little bit of land, not too far from
the city, if intelligently cultivated,
declares Bolton Hall, author of “Three
Acres and Liberty,” will support a
family and give them a life far more
wholesome than they could ever have
in the crowded city.
It is thought to be of enough im
portance to call for an explanation
from the department of agriculture
that the pure food labels bearing the
government tag do not guarantee the
purity of the articles to which they
are affixed, avers the Boston Post. The
law is undoubtedly of great value as a
deterrent of adulteration; but now, as
heretofore, eternal vigilance on the
part of the purchaser is the only guar
antee of freedom from fraud.
The action of most of our Ameri
can ports in declining to agree to
some uniform method of inspection and
grading, notes the New Orleans Pica
yune, is tantamount to an admission
that the charges made by European
importers that a great deal of Amer
ican grain is shipped in unsound con
dition is true. It has always been ad
mitted that New Orleans has main
tained a high standard of inspection,
and it is likewise painfully evident
that this desire for an honest inspec
tion has lost our port a good deal of
trade. It is not a pleasing comment
ary on American trade methods.
No one can view the spiritual life
of the time, boasts the Indianapolis
News, without feeling that it is one
of high activity and not of somno
lence. This, combined with the prac
tical testimony that we have in all
that we are doing both in an official
and an unofficial*capacity for the gen
eral uplift, must bring comfort and
assurance that whatever shape passing
developments take, there is no de
crease of real faith, of real hope, of
cheerful endeavor, of high resolve; and
no diminution of the spirit of human
brotherhood. And this surely is to
have the face set toward the light.
The Cherokees, who tracked De So
to’s footsteps for many weary days
while he was marching through the
southern forests and swamps, and who
later welcomed Oglethorpe to Geor
gia, are the most advanced in civiliza
tion and the most eager for education,
spending $200,000 a year on their
schools and colleges. The Chickasaws,
writes the Louisville Courier-Journal,
in comparison, have five colleges, with
400 students, maintained at a yearly
cost of $47,000. They also have 13
district schools, costing $16,000. The
Choctaws have 150 schools, in some of
which the higher branches are taught.
The Seminoles, one of the smallest
tribes, have two schools. The Creeks
have ten colleges and 65 common
schools, with a total attendance of
2500.
The extermination by poison of in
sects which prey upon vegetation is
engaging the attention of many natur
alists and chemists. More than a cen
tury ago certain arseniferous plants
were grown in field and garden, prov
ing fatal to many forms of vermin
and insects, observes the New York
Evening Post. Subsequently, arsenic
in small quantities wes sprinkled about
with excellent results. A law was
passed in France, however, forbidding
the practice: and now r chloride of bar
ium has been found to be a valuable
substitute; for, when used in proper
amounts, it is injurious to neither
man nor plant Through the investi
gations of a Russian entomologist, it
has been discovered just what propor
tions of this chemical can be applied
effectively. As a result, the mortality
among all kinds of creeping things has
been enormous.
vT * ** y* WALTER *B r*S A N
CmATTKIf A, IO
Continued. .
“You are happier than I. dear, be
cause you are not nearly so strong.
Why, there is a thin stick of an arm
for you; and look at mine, big and
strong still, in spite of our privations.
lam a dreadfully strong girl. When I
was born, Katharine—l have never
told you this—all the wicked fairies
came about my cradle. One of them
said. ‘She shall have no mother;’ and
another, ‘She shall have no relations
to help her;’ and a third, ‘She shall
have no friends;’ and a fourth, ‘She
shall have no lovers;’ and another, ‘She
shall have no money;’ and y?t another,
‘She shall have no work;’ and another,
‘She shall have no food;’ and then there
was one, the Queen of the Wicked
Fairies—an old woman with only two
front teeth left and those sticking
out over her lower lip—and a most
malignant eye, who carried a cat-o’-
nine-tails instead of a scepter. She
stood over me and said, ‘This child,
shall be splendidly strong, so that she
shall yearn and long horribly after all
6he can not have, and she shall suffer
twice as long and twice as much as
any other woman.’ ”
“Lily! Something may happen yet.”
“Oh! yes, something may. Feople
have been known to pick up shillings
In the streets. We may beg in the
streets. We will borrow a hymn book
and sing along the road, ‘ln the Sweet
By and By.’ I’ve got a good strong;
voice. But we shan’t like it. There*
will be such terrible discomfort about
it that we shall go back to our starv
ing, and begin to get through thej
terrible job at once and have done
with it. Katharine, my head is full of
horrible things. Suppose,” she
whispered—“suppose wo resolve to
die at once and have done with it?”
"No, Lily, no. Let us wait and re
ceive what is sent.”
“It is truly wonderful. Katharine, to
hear you talk. Will nothing make you
rebel? Why, if there is no place for u<t
in the world, should we stay in it?
Some women are born consumptive
and have to die. Others, like our
selves. are born redundant. It is a
new disease. There is now a great
deal of redundancy among women; we
suffer from redundancy. It is incur
able. No drops have been found for
it and no pills. We shall have to die
of that disease. ‘Died, in the street on
a doorstep, after long suffering, of re
dundancy, Lily and Katharine.’ That
would read very sweetly, wouldn't it,
on a tombstone? But there will be no
tombstone for us two, dear—we shall
be buried by the parish in the pauper's
corner, where the graves stand side by,
side as thick as they can be placed,
and the dead bodies of the men and
women mclder away forgotten. It will
be like the sea that has closed over a
sinking ship without so much as a
single fragment left. In a few days
we shall be as much forgotten as if we
had never lived.”
Lily’s bitter words fell upon Kath
arine like blows of a scourge. She
could endure, but she would not re
btl. r
“Leave us some hope,” she said. “If
you take away that, we are indeed tbej
most wretched women in the world.’ 1
Just then they heard a soft step oom-j
ing up the stairs. Through the operj
drawing room below they could hear
Miss Augusta playing the psano sweet
ly and softly. The step was that of
Miss Beatrice the Consoler, who camq
to talk to them.
“My dears,” she said, taking a hand
of each. “I am afraid you are in terrible
trouble.”
“Yes,” said Katharine, “we are in
very sad trouble.”
“Have you found nothing to do, chil
dren?”
‘'Nothing.”
“Have you no friends to help you?”
“Not one.”
“Oh! my poor children. But there is
one Friend. Think of Him.”
Lily shook her head impatiently.
“Have you any money left?”
“No—none,” said Katharine. “And
to morrow we must pay the week in
advance, or go.”
Miss Beatrice was silent, because it
is difficult to find consolation for the
lack of money; most of the poets and
writers despise money; and yet here
were-two girls who, because they had
no money
“My dear,” she said, “will the Ma
tron not give you leave to stay a week
or two on credit?”
“No; it is against the rules.”
Then Miss Beatrice exhorted them to
patience, and told tliani in her sweet
religious way how the Lord, who is the
Father, is wont to open unexpected
doors and make tilings possible which
had seemed impossible, until even the
hard heart of Lily melted, and they ail
three wept together.
Then Miss Beatrice blessed them.
and went away with another exhorta
tion to patience and a hint, which she
meant for a promise—but they were
stupid and did not understand—that
something good and unexpected would
happen next day. Why—why did shd
not tell them what bad been done?
For in the drawing room there had
been a collection made for them, ana
out of their poverty and straightness
these poor ladies had got together the
snm of fifteen shillings and tenpence.
which was to be jflven to the girls in
the morning, so that they might pav
me jratron, nan rnr? nnorner ween
to look about them and to find some
employment. Also it was resolved
unanimously that their cruel case
should be brought before the Com
mittee, although lirtrley House is not
a charitable institution, in the hope
that something might be found for
them.
By a most unfortunate accident, how
ever, that little collectfon never
reached the hands for w'hoin it was in
tended.
CHAPTER XI. *
A Night Out.
The breakfast at Harley House was
3orved, to suit the convenience of those
whose work begins early, at half past
seven. This was the last breakfast for
which the girls had paid. They were
the first to sit down, because they
wished to avoid questions.
“This is the last breakfast paid for,
Katharine,” said Lily. “Let us eat as
much as we possibly can. When shall
we get another bfeakfast, and where?”
Katharine drank the tea, but un
fortunately could eat nothing.
“You are taking a mean advantage,
Katharine,” said her friend. “You
know you are not half so strong as I
fira, and yet you are taking three hours’
start in the starving race. Put some
thing in your pocket. Never mind the
rules. You must and shall.”
| She cut off half a dozen great crusts
Df bread and cramped them into her
hag, the little hand-bag that carried
absolutely all the posses-sions of the
two girls. Their watches, tlieir ward
robe, even Katharine’s engagement
ring, everything was gone except thb
tlothes they stood in. Never was wreck
more complete. Never had Misfortune
made a cleaner sweep of everything.
Friends, work, wardrobe, money—what
more could she take? In a warmer
dimate she would have torn the clothes
aff their backs, but in Great Britain
this is not allowed to Misfortune, who
leaves grudgingly their clothes upon
tho backs even of the shirt and match
makers. One thing more ■was left to
Misfortune. She could separate the
two girls. You shall see presently that
•he even accomplished that.
“Now,” said Lily, “we have eaten
our breakfast—at least I have. Let us
go at once before the Matron comes
;lown, and while there is nobody to ask
questions. Come, Katharine, we have
loft nothing upstairs. Come.”
Now that the supreme moment had
arrived, when there was no longer any
room for hope, Lily assumed a defiant
air.
- “Com?, let us hurry along, Katliar
.ine,” for she lingered and trembled.
n'Come. I say. It will not help us to
wait—and cry. We have done our best;
we have prayed and there has been no
answer. Let ns go out now and starve.
Come, dear Katharine—oh! my dear—
It will not help to cry. Let us go out
and find a place where we can sit down
and wait.”
It was eight o’clock. When the door
closed behind th*m. Katharine sunk
down upon the doorstep and broke into
sobs and moaning.
“Oh. Tom-Tom!” she cried. “How
can you be happy in heaven while I
am so miserable here? If I am to join
yon. ask them to kill me quickly.”
“They’ll do that,” said Lily, grimly.
“Come.”
She put her hand in Katharine's arm
and dragged her away.
Five minutes later Miss Beatrice
came down stairs, her face full of
sweetness and satisfaction, because
she was now going to demonstrate to
these two girls, by means of her col
lection of fifteen shillings and ten?
pence, how faith and patience and
resignation are always rewarded.
But they were gone. One of the
servants hod seen them leave the
house. Upstairs they had left nothing.
Perhaps they would return in the
evening.
But they did not. The evenings came
and went at Harley House. The girls i
came home at night heavy of eye and
head, tired with their day's work;
Miss Augusta played to them; Miss
Beatrice talked to them. For a week
or so they remembered the two who
had sunk under the waters; then they
forgot them. As for the collection, it
was all returned to the donors, and
only Miss Beatrice remembered the
crirls, and prayed for them that they
might yet be saved.
At nine o’clock Katharine began to
be tired.
“Are we to walk about all day le-.ig.
Lily?” she asked. “Can we not find
some place to sit down and rest?”
“We will go to the British Museum.
It is quiet there at least.”
They did. They went to the room
where are the great pictures of Assy
rian battles.
Here they sat down. The place was
very silent and peaceful. There were
eery few visitors so early; the attend
ants with their wands sat about al
ready disposed for the gentle doze
which helps them through the day.
Presently Katharine leaned her brad
, upon Lily’s shoulder and fell fast
I asleep. But Lily slept not. She had
| been awake nearly all night, but she
| was not disposed for slumber. She
; sat looking at fate with wrathful eyes.
J and continually putting the same ques
j tion—it has been asked by every un
happy person since the world began—
“ What have we done—what have we
done—that we should suffer so while
the rest of mankind escape?”
The morning passed—noon came —the
attendant woke up and began to saun
ter about the rooms with the Intention
of getting an appetite for dinner. One
o’clock struck—Lily sat motionless, un
conscious of the time —Katharine still
slept beside her. The attendant went
away to his dinner, and returned re
freshed but languid, and disposed for
another doze. When he awoke at three
the two girls still sat there, one asleep,
and the other bolt-upright, her dark
brow contracted, her black eyes full of
rage.
It is not an unusual thing at mu
seums of the scientific kind for tired
visitors to sit down and go to sleep in
them, nor is it quite unknown, in col
lections which are free, for people to
drop in for the sake of rest. Bethel
Green Museum is naturally considered
in the neighborhood as erected mainly
for the convenience of children and a
place of safety for them in bad
weather. The custodian therefore re
garded the sleeping damsel without
surprise.
It was about half past three that
Katharine awoke.
“Well, dear,” said Lily, “you have
had a long sleep. Do you feel better?"
“Yes; I am quite well now. But ok!
Lily, I am so hungry!”
“It was a good thing that I remem
bered to put some bread in my pocket.
Let us eat our dinner.”
They did so, and were strengthened
oy the bread.
“And now', Katharine, we may move
m. I don’t quite know 7 where ive are
'oing. But we had better go, I think.”
They went outside and turned west
ward. Fortunately it was a fine after
aoon and warm. After the bread they
felt strong again and able to walk.
They found themselves, after wan
iering for half an hour, in St. James’
Park. It was then 5 o'clock.
“Katharine,” said Lily, “do you see
those seats? There is a whole row of
them outside the railings. They are to
be our bed to-night. To-morrow—no,
we must not think of to-morrew—do
you think we might break in upon our
shilling? Oh, how tedious it is! Look
at the heaps of people who are doing
nothing; I wonder if they are as poor
and as miserable as ourselves?”
St. James' Park this afternoon was
thronged*with people. They lay about
the grass; they sat upon the- free
benches; they leaned over the railings;
they stood upon the bridge; they threw
crumbs to the ducks; they looked as if
they never did any work, and did not
watft to do any work, and never had
my work offered them. They might
have been as poor as the two girls, but
they were certainly' not miserable at
all. It may be laid down as a broad
principle that nobody is ever miserable
who has solved the problem of living
without doing any work. At G o'clock
the evening was beginning to fall.
Then Lily drew' Katherine, who was
low simply quiescent, out of the park.
“We will spend threepence,” she
said. “We will buy more bread, be
rause that goes farthest. With three
penny worth of bread we shall have a
supper that will carry us on until the
morning. Why, Katherine, we shall
actually, with care, make our shilling
last till Monday morning. That is
splendid. After that I suppose we
shall fulfill the purpose for which we
were born, and be starved to death.
Come, dear( don't give in; hold up
your face; try to look as if you liked
r
I When the lights were lighted in the
ptreet and the shops there began for
a few' minutes a new 7 interest, but it
lasted a very little while.
I “Lily.” said Katharine, “I can not
walk any more. Take me to some
place where I can sit down.”
S “Well, then, we must go back to St.
James’ Park. It is the only place that
I know of where we can sit down.”
At this moment a great piece of luck
befell them. They met, walking up
Waterloo place, no other than Dittmer
F.oek. That young gentleman had been
turning his Saturday afternoon to use
ful account by observing how trade
was conducted in the West End.
“Oh!” cried Katherine. “We are
saved, Lily! Dittmer, you will help
r : ”
She explained the situation in a few I
words. But the young German’s face
0/7 Alnetf Ti lio/l h«f aiffh^nPßPA
Uivnfpeu. -nine* "*" ' " n “ 1 .
in the world; he had lent three shil
lings and sixpence to a friend one or
p, e three who shared his room—and he
could not possibly be paid before Mon
lav. What was he to do? How could
he’ help them? Eightpence is a ridicu
lously small sum. Would they go with
him to liis lodgings, where he would
persuade the other men to give up
their beds and bestow themselves
somewhere—on the landings, for ex
ample?
“No,” said Katherine, “we cannot do
that. Dittmer. I am afraid we must
spend the night here, in the open air,
and perhaps to-morrow you will come
for us, and find some way of helping
us. Oh! it will not be so very bad
here; the night is not cold, and our
jackets are thick! I ani not afiaid.
aow that we have found you.”
Dittmer hesitated. He had nothing
to pawn-no watch or chain The had no
other clothes than those he wore; his
friends and fellow clerks were as poor
as himself; at that moment he had no
jrbore than that eightpence with which
i lie had proposed to tide over the Sun
day. with only forty pounds a year,
; you see, a young man is liable to days
of tightness; he takes them as a neces
sary part of a situation which is only
temporary. Therefore lie laughs, and
goes hungry with a cheerful heart, if
jin old man has to go hungry he grows
melancholy, because the situation is
permanent, so to speak. But that a
(ime of tightness should have hap
! pened at such a juncture was indeed
! unfortunate. The eigiitpence was al
, together at their service. But yet——
(To be continued.)
MILLIONS MARCHED IN PARADE.
Labor Day Was More Generally Observed
Throughout Country Than Usual.
More than five million men and wo
men, members of labor organizations,
spent Monday celebrating the one day
in the year s’et apart in most of the
states and territories in the union as
a tribute to those who earn their daily
bread.
From all parts of the country comes
the information that laboring men and
women have fared well in the last i 2
months and that Labor Day was cel
ebrated with enthusiasm. There have
been fewer labor controversies than
usual, only four serious strikes hav
ing been recorded during the year.
Such other disputes as have arisen
between capital and labor have been
settled by arbitration.
The general situation throughout the
country is good from a labor stand
point. Wages, according to reports in
the hands of the federal bureau o-f la
bor, were never so high in this coun
try * as now.
Nor were there ever so many men
at work. Hours have shortened rather
than lengthened, and the remuneration
according to government experts has
generally kept pace with the increased
cost of living.
ALABAMA OBEYS FEDERAL COURT.
Judge Jones Discharges Grand Jury With
Complimentary Remarks.
In discharging the grand jury in the
United States court at Montgomery,
Ala., Judge Thomas G. Jones referred
to his remarks in calling them togeth
er at which time he told them they
were to feret out and indict any who
tried to defy the orders cf the court
by attempting to enforce state laws
that are now enjoined.
He said that the people have under
gone a change of mind, that there is
now no active resistance to the orders
of the court, and he thinks there will
be none. He said the court had called
upon the people to support the laws
of the land and its court and that they
have heeded it.
FUED ENDS IN TRAGEDY.
Brother of Senator Money Fatally Wound
ed and His Son Killed.
Colonel Janies Money, brother of
United States Senator H. D. Money,
was mortally wounded and his son, Jas.
D. Money, Jr., instantly killed in an
outbreak of the Money-Kirby feud at
Money Station in Lafiore county, Mis
sissippi, Friday afternoon.
Governor Vardanian, a cousin of
Colonel Money, hurried to the scene
on a special train to Prevent further
trouble.
SEVEN DEAD; SEVENTEEN HURT
Is Result of Bad Wreck on the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad.
Chesapeake and Ohio passenger
train No. 6 was derailed near Kenawha
Falls, W. Va., Monday night, and as
?. result seven are. dead and seventeen
injured. One coach and the combina
tion express and baggage car left the
tracks and overturned. Spreading of
the rails is supposed to have caused
the accident.
