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The New Year
Arrived.
as
By an American Girl Who
Was Engaged to an
Englishman.
• By BEATRICE TUCKER.
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Among the marriages of American
girls to titled Englishmen was that
some years ago of Miss Emily Kltson
to the young Earl of Hartmore. The
earl came over to claim his bride,
bringing with him his cousin, whp
was best man.
Hareourt Berks, the earl, and this
cousin, Stnnwood Berks, hnd been
brought up together from childhood.
Hareourt waB an only child, and Stan-
wood stood next In line as heir to the
title. The wedding occurred at the
home of the bride’s parents in New
York, all the arrangements that per
tained to the groom being performed
by his best man. After the ceremony
Stanwood conducted the clergyman to
the library, pointed to a desk on which
there were pen and ink, and there the
marriage certificate was written. Stan
wood received It from the clergyman
and took it to the bride.
The earl and his lady sailed imme
diately for England and after a tour
In Scotland settled down on the fam
ily estate.
A son, Lord William Berks, was
born to the pair,- who grew up to be a
fine fellow. He was extremely fond
of his mother and said that when he
married he would choose an American
wife, claiming that he owed much to
his mother’s broad American views,
so different from those of English
women of birth, who lived- very nar
row lives. Fate brought him and
Dorothy Sands of Chicago together on
the eve of his majority. She was a
merry little elf, at times appearing
very stupid, at other times showing
great shrewdness. They met in Na
ples and became engaged - In Rome,
From Italy he went to England to In
form his mother of his engagement to
one of her own countrymen. He
found her suffering under a blow that
had fallen during his absence.
On Lady Hartmore's arrival In Eng
land after her marriage in New York
she had collected a number of papers
and such other articles that must be
kept, but were not likely to be needed,
and put them In the vault kept for the
storage of valuables. Having occasion
to use an old document, she hnd gone
to the vault to look for it. There she
saw her marriage certificate. Opening
It, she was filled with astonishment.
There were only the printed letters,
none In writing.
Having informed her husband of
the circumstance, a thorough search
was made through the (family papers
in the hope of finding a certificate that
had been filled out and signed by the
officiating clergyman. Lady Hartmore
remembered Stnnwood Berks, best
man at the wedding, handing her a
marriage certificate and remembered
looking at it and seeing that it had
been duly executed. She also remem
bered placing it op her arrival in Eng
land in the treasure vault. Neverthe
less here was a form for a marriage
certificate that had apparently never
been executed, and there was no other
at hand.
Lady Hartmore wrote to a brother
in New York asking him to discover if
the marriage had been recorded and
received a negative reply.
The painful fact that no evidence of
the marriage between Lord and Lady
Hartmore existed stared the couple in
the face. And how explain the mys
tery ? Stanwood Berks was appealed to
and said he could remember nothing
about the matter except giving Lady
Hartmore an executed certificate. He
bad since been married and had sev
eral children, his oldest son being a
few years younger than Lord William.
The position was this: At the death of
Lord Hartmore, since there was no
evidence of his marriage with his wife,
Stanwood Berks could claim the title
and the property as next of legitimate
kin.
Lord William on his arrival at home
went at once to find his mother to an
nounce his engagement. He found her
sunken In gloom. To have to tell her
son that so far as his inheritance was
concerned he was illegitimate was a
painful task. Naturally the blow fell
upon him with equal severity. He had
proposed to Miss Sands as the rightful
heir to final title and estate and if
Stanwood Berks or after him his son
chose to claim both they could sub
stantiate their right to Inherit and he
would be a beggar.
Miss Sands was to be In London
within a month, and it was decided be-
As we are the farmer’s best friends during the sprmg * ween Wlll u “ hls mother
, ,, , . - ■ , ■ ,, ,, r j to await her arrival before mention-
and summer months, so we are his friends in the fall and
winter months, when the crops have been made and
gathered. We keep at all times a full and complete stock
of Staple Merchandise—Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats, etc.—as
well as a large stock of Groceries, Tobacco, Bagging, Ties,
and everything that the farmer needs. We can make
special prices on Flour, Sugar and Coffee, big consignments
of which have just been received.
Make pur store your headquarters when ip town.
We shall be glad to see you, whether you wish to trade or
not. Very truly yours,
M. G FARMER S CO.
lng the change that had come over the
family fortunes. To write her love
letters without showing that there was
trouble at hand Lord' William found
Impossible. At any rate, the young
lady, suspecting something bad gone
wrong and having been educated on
the American method to take care of
her own affairs, persuaded her mother
to go with her at once to England.
Lady Hartmore and Lord William
met Miss Dorothy In London and gave
her the situation.
‘‘Well,’’ she said after hearing it,
with a bit of that which the English
people, call American twang and with
a businesslike air, “the first thing to be
considered-is, What are we-going to
live on ir you're tunieu uuu tunu-
nat»ly' father Is wealthy„,and X have
something in my own rlgnt' from
grandma. So that’s settled. Next,
I've always had a fancy for detective
work; and-I would like to interest my
self in getting at the bottom of - this
mystery.”
There was something refreshing In
this Yankeo heartiness, and Lady
Hartmore, who recognized the typical
American girl, Binlled for the first
time In months. As for the young
lord, he folded hls fiancee In hls arms.
Miss Dorothy spout sovoral -hours
one morning with Lady Hhrtmore,
notebook and pencil in hand, asking
Innumerable questions nud noting the
replies. Then she asked to be' Intro
duced to Stanwood Berks. Ho was In
vited to dinner. Dorothy when the
function was over said she didn't like
him.
The Hartmores went to thetr home
in the country, and Dorothy remained
In London. What she did there ahe
kopt to herself. After awhile she
wrote Lady Hartmore that she and
her mother were going to follow out
their Itinerary In a trip to Scotland.
The Hartmores had relatives In Edin
burgh, and Dorothy asked for a letter
of Introduction to them. The letter
was sent, and Dorothy went to Scot
land. There she chatted glibly with
the branch of the Hartmore family to
whom she had boon Introduced and
when she departed was spoken of as
"that inquisitive American.”
Lord William was to meet Dorothy
In London, and Dorothy wrote him to
bring the blank certificate of hls moth
er’s marriage with him. When he ar
rived he asked her what she Intended
to do wlthit. She put her head on one
side and, looking at him saucily, Bald:
“Don’t you wish you knew?”
“But surely you will toll me, your
fiance.”
“Do real 'detectives go about telling
people of their clews?"
“I won’t tell any one."
"Certainly not, because you won’t
know. They say a woman can’t keep
a secret, but a woman detective must."
He got no satisfaction and was
obliged to content himself with the
part of a lover, leaving whatever was
serious to hls "American girl," as he
called her.
One morning Mr. Stanwood Berks
received a letter from Miss Dorothy
that sent him to Loudon posthuste;
and he was closeted with the young
lady for an hour. What transpired be
tween him and her she kept to herself
with all the rest of the moves she was
making. When Mr. Berks returned
and again met hls cousins, the I-Iart-
mores, he was very much changed.
He had aged teu years. He was silent,
distrait and had lost all that was gen
ial lu him. He got away from them as
soon as possible.
Dorothy’s last move bad been made,
and she was f ready to report results.
She wrote that if convenient for Lady
Hartmore she would speud a few days
with them, when she would have
something of Importance to communi
cate. Lady Hartmore responded fa
vorably, and oue morning the detec
tive appeared. Gathering the earl, hls
wife and their son In a room and lock
ing the door, she said to them:
“I’ve worked. It: all out.”
■ “What have you worked out?” asked
the countess.
“How did you do It?” asked Lord
William.
"Come, tell us,” said the earl Impa
tiently.
“Well, you know, I got a lot of In
formation before I started In from
you, Lady Hartmore. I consulted law
yers and found'.out all about the
marriage laws In your country. Some
thing I learned put me In mlud of
your visit to Scotland soon after your
marriage, sp, as you know, I went
there. I met a lot of people who re
membered your visit and asked many
questions. They called me the inquisi
tive American. Wasn’t It funny? At
last I found an old friend of yours,
Lord Hartmore, to whom you Intro
duced Lady Hartmore as your wife.
That, according to the Scotch laws,
made her your legal wife.”
"Upon my word, you are right!" ex
claimed the earl, delighted. “Who
was the man?”
“John Murchison, a classmate of
yours at Oxford.”
"John Murchison! Will he swear it?”
“Here Is hls affidavit."
While the earl read the paper there
was a triangular embrace among the
others; then Dorothy continued:
“You know, I didn’t like Mr. Berks
and got an Idea that he bad tampered
with the marriage certificate. I stated
the case to chemists, and one of them
told me that a certain—here it is, 1
drawing a slip of paper—“solution of
Iodide of starch when used for writ
ing nppears much the same as ordl
nary ink, but completely disappears In
the course of a few weeks, and noth
lng will restore It. I-Iavlng learned
from you that Mr. Berks had taken
the clergyman after the wedding to n
desk of hls own choosing on which to
fill out the certificate, I concluded that
he had filled the Inkstand with this
iodide of starch. I asked the chemist
If It would leave any trace, and he
said It would, I took your certificate
to him. Ho tested It and found traces
of what I expected.”
Dorothy was Interrupted here by ex
clamations of surprise und Indignation
and on the part of the earl one of
mingled pain and sorrow.
“I sent for Mf. Berks,” continued
Dorothy, “and showed him what I had
dono. On my promise to tell this to no
one but you three and to pledge you
not to prosecute him he signed this
confession.”
Berks had yielded to the temptation,
thinking that In case hls cousin died
before him be could claim the title
and the property.
. Dorothy Sands became Lady William
and In time Lady Hartmore., The fam
ily swear by American women.
F u BRT_0£BIRDS.
Rapid Wing Movement Doaa Not At-
> ways Imply Speed, ■ ‘
Birds have-different modes of flight,
just as men have different gaits In
walking or running. Rapid wing
movement does not always imply
speed in flight any more than rapid
log movement implies speed in walk
ing or running. With us it is the
length of the stride that tells ultimate
ly. What, apart from wing movement,
tells In the bird's flight; 1b not known.
Speaking broadly, loug winged birds
are strong and swift fliers; Bhort
winged birds aro feeble la flight.
When wo consider that a cumbrous,
slow moving bird llko the heron moves
Its wings twice per second when in
flight It Is evident that many birds
have a very rapid wlug movement.
Most small birds buvo this rapid
wing movement with feeble powers
of flight. The common wren and the
dipper, for instance, have a flight llko
that of a young bird.
Many of our smaller migrants seom
but to flit from bush to bush or from
tree to tree. Members of the thrush
family are low fliers, the blackbird in
particular, with its hasty, hurried
flight, often just avoiding fences and
no more. Wagtails have a beautiful
undulating flight with llttlo apparent
use of their wings. They look like
greyhounds bounding through tho air.
Nearly all birds Ball or float occa.
sloually without tho slightest move
ment of their wings. Even a largo
bird llko a pheasant will glide In this
way for more than two hundred yards,
Grouso havo a rapid wing motion
without nny great speed, but when
they snll, coming down with tho wind,
as they prefer to do, they go very fast
Before alighting they flap tl^elr wings
several times very rapidly, like .the
clapping of hands. Most birds after
gliding do this. Does it correspond to
putting on the brakes or reversing the
engine (n the case of mechanical loco
motion? With little apparent use of
Its wings tho wood pigeon flies very
strongly and rapidly. It never seems
to “bring up” much before alighting,
but crashes Into a tree at full speed.
When It rises Its wlugs crack like
pistol shots.
Ducks are strong on the wing and
often fly In single Ole. Geese will fly
wedge or arrowhead shape, generally
at a considerable height. So do many
gulls and other sea birds, lu u stately,
measured fasblon, their calls occa
sionally sounding like “Left, right,
left, right.
Kestrels havo a beautiful, clean out.
clipping motion of their wings and
look llko yachts salllug through the
nlr, while their hoverlug lu the air is
one of the mysteries of bird life,
Peosweops, which are so graceful In
their motions on the grouud. look llko
enormous bats when lu flight. Swul
lows and lu a very marked degree
swifts have rapid wing movement
with great speed and extraordinary
power of flight.—Scotsmau.
They Are Trelned For Tholr Duties Jn
• Regular Polios School.
In Paris aspirants for positions in
the detective force are taught in a reg
ular school, where day after day they
are put through various exercises until
they become proficient and receive ap
pointments or Bhow that they have not
the detective Instinct in them.
The students first are trained in tho
use of tholr eyes and their hands. One
of the lessous consists in placing the
pupil in a brilliantly lighted room full
of furniture und ornaments. Then ho
is taken to another room and required
to make a sketch of the room he just
has left. Indicating the position of all
tho objects in it He is allowed to look
at a face for a minute und then re
quired to describe the,color of the hair,
the eyes, the general form, etc. He
afterword Is required to pick out a
photograph of the face from among
several hundred others.
In educating the hand the student Is
placed In a- dark room in which are
many curious and unusual objects.
These he feels over and then writes a
description of them. He mnBt remem
ber even tho slightest details. One test
Is to let him handle gems in tho dark
and thon tell what they are, whether
diamonds, rubles or what nob This is,
of course, an exorcise for the more ad
vanced pupils.
FKbNliH UtltUMVtS.
*
CHINESE PRINTING.
The Compositor* Are Staid and Digni
fied and Never Rush,
A font 1 of.type In the Chinese lan
guage requires 11,000 spaces, and In
the largo and.spacious rack each word,
Instead of each letter, as in English,
has a place by. ltbelf. There Is also a
peculiar grouping or classification of
symbols into groups to further facili
tate tho mental labors of the typeset
ters. Thus in the immediate vicinity
of the symbol for fish would be found
the symbolB of scales, net, fins, tail,
gills. This simplifies the labor, which
in any event must bo so strenuous that
it is evident that the compositor’s end
of the Chinese newspaper should. If
perfect justice ruled, be tho highest
paid.
Tho compositor is a staid and digni
fied individual, and ns he slowly walks
from symbol to symbol, picking up
those which he requires with provok
ing calmness, tho American compositor
might well wonder when tho work
would bo completed, and to sot up tho
type required for a small four page
dally paper tho constant labors of
olght or nine skilled Chinamen are re
quired for twelve or thirteen hours, the
entire work In every department bolng
tho antipodes of tho rush and whirl
and marvelous celerity of the modern
American publication.
One Cold 8aved.
Logic Is logic, whether It touches the
affairs of nations or u cold lu the
head. The conviction, snys London
Tit-Bits, was forced upon a Liverpool
woman whose coachman, although he
had been 111 for several days, appeared
one morning with his hulr closely crop
ped.
“Why, Dennis," said the mistress,
“whatever possessed you to have your
hair cut while you had such a bud
cold?"
“Well, mum," replied tbe unabashed
Dennis, "I do be taklu’ notice this loug
while that whlnlver 1 have me hulr
cut I take a bad cowld, so I thought
to meself that now, while I had the
cowld on to me, it would be the time
of all others to go and get me hair cut-
tin’ done, for by that course l would
save meself just ope cowld. Do you
see the power of me reasonin’, mum?”
Llttleet Father.
The woman who came to clean up
was telling how she left her boy to
take care of the baby. The boy was
two and one-half years old. The baby
was six mouths.
“That’s the youngest little father I
ever heard of.” said the flat dweller
she was cleaning up for. “Do you
lock them in?”
“Yes,” said the cleaning woman.
“Poor little fellow!" said the flat
dweller. “Locked In to burn In case
of fire! Some day when you are
cleaning up for me I want to go over
and see that little father, who ought
to be In the cradle himself, taking
care of the six-month-old baby. I
want to juBt sit there and look on
awhile. Poor little fellow!’’—Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Whet Aoeountanoy Moans.
Accountancy Is not and never can
be a matter of abstract knowledge to
be transferred by means of lectures,
but is tho art of knowing how to ap
ply that knowledge to the require
ments of bflslnosB under very varying
conditions. It Is essentially something
that cannot be taught lu lectures or
classes, but can only be acquired ns
a result of cureful Individual study
and a reasonable amount of actual
practice.—Bookkeeping.
After the Honeymoon.
"Pa, what’s the difference between
Idealism and realism?"
“Idealism, my son. Is tbe contempla
tion of marriage; realism Is being mar-
rled.”—Boston Transcript.
Greatly Overestimated.
Hewitt—Half the world doesn't know
how the other half lives. Jewltt—1
think you overestimate tbe number of
people who mind their own business.—
Brooklyn Life.
Do not think that years leave us and
And ns tbe same.—Meredith.
Wi-i '
He Obeyed Order*.
Old World domestics make tho best
possible servants because they work
like machines, nevor forgetting an or
der and doing exactly ns they are told,
without presuming to think for them
selves. But onco In awhile this literal
ndherenoo to duty produces some awk
ward results. Au American woman
living in India, with native servants,
once told her butler to see that there
was always a napkin at the bottom of
tho fruit dish, cake basket, etc., when
these wore brought to tho table, Tho
napkin was thorenftcr always seen In
Its place. But one day a tureen of
vegetable Boup was served, and the
hostess began to wield the long, old
fashioned silver ladle about In It.
Something very like a fringed rag
made Its appearance in the first plate
ful. The butler wns summoned to re
move the dish. "It cannot bo that the
mem sahib found no napkin at the
bottom,” he hazarded, much distressed
because of this unexplained disap
proval, “for' I myself placed there the
largest one I could find."
Queer Qoldfith.
Beautiful and most interesting of all
goldfish Is a native of Japan, and it 1b
noted for the beauty of l(s tall and the
nbuormal length of Its fins. The tall
resembles a delicate veil, and the. fins
are developed to such an extent that It
Is Impossible for the fish to make rapid
progress In the water. It 1b therefore
solely on account of Its beauty that It
Is prized and because lu this respect It
differs widely from other varieties of
goldfish, such as the “telescope fish,”
tho eyes of which bulge out of tho
head In moBt unsightly fashion; tho
"celestial eyed fish," which Is also un
comely because Its eyes are bullet
shaped and arc over turned skyward,
and the “egg fish," which Is so called
because Its body Is somewhat amor
phous, but resembles an egg more
than anything else.
Hls Impartiality,
Lord Lansdowno once congratulated
Lord Crowe on nil eloquent speech in
tho house of lords. "I have followed
It,” he snld, "with earnest attention,
not only on account of the Importance
of the subject, but also on account of
tbe noble lord’s Judicial attitude. I
admired hls earnestness nnd hls elo
quence, but wliat Impressed me most
was hls Impartiality.” A pause. “Yes,
until tho lust minute I did not know
oil which side of the fence hls lord-
ship was coming down.”
Thoroughly Broken.
“Subster Is a perfect husband.”
“I never heard he was so wonder
ful."
"Well, every time be sees a mail
box he feels In hls pockets.’’—Buffalo
Express.
There We* Fruit.
Jack—So your efforts to win the rich
heiress were fruitless, eh? Tom-
Fruitless! Oh, no! I got the lemon.—
Boston Trans crip
dpt