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big T>ak‘-<! petal <><•■<, half a loaf
of bread and a plate of buckwheat cakea.
What do you think of that? That was
certainly tho worst surprise party 1 ever
experienced. But there was no way out
of it. I had made tho rates and I could
not 'fire' the skeleton out. Ho staid
with mo nearly six weeks, and he camo
close to eating mo out of house and
home. ” —Exchange.
Lonir ftervlre.
A description of the old New England
Babbatli is calculated to make restless
children of the present day and possibly
come of their elders thankful they were
not born two centuries ago.
Tho Sabbath began Saturday after
noon with the going down of tho sun.
Sunday morning a horn was loudly
blown to announce tho hour of worship.
Service began at !) o'clock and lasted
for eight hours, with an intermission of
one hour for dinner and conversation.
In tho earliest days tho congregation sat
on rude benches, their seats being as
signed them nt town meeting. Tho
service consisted of several parts, which
are chronicled in an ancient diary as
follows:
"Preliminary prayer or invocation;
chapter of Bible rend and expounded;
psalm in meter, read out lino by lino
»>v Deacon S. ; long prayer on various
matters, one hour and a half; sermon
of 100 to 250 pages; at close of service,
baptism; sinners put on trial, confessed
before congregation. Minister 0. bowed
right and left, no person stirring till he
had passed down and out of tile meet
_Jug house.”—Youth’s Companion.
Origin »t the I>n>« ot the Week.
' Bunday, the day devoted to the wor
ship of the sun by our forefathers. Mon
day, tho day devoted to the worship of
the moon by our forefathers. Tuesday,
the day devoted to tho worship of Tien
or Tyw, the god of war. Wednesday,
the day devoted to the worship of
Woden or Odin, the god of wind.
Thursday, tho day devoted to the wor
ship of Thor, the god of thunder. Fri
day, the day devoted to tho worship of
Freya or Frigs, tho Venus of the north.
Saturday, the day devoted to the wor
ship ol Saturn, the god of agriculture,
or Satyr, the god of tho forest.
Kaaentinl.
"There is no denying,” exclaimed
the Chinese emperor, "that China is a
great country. Cur nation is one whoso
importance the world cannot fail to
recognize.”
"The other countries are the ones
who carry on the real contests," mildly
suggested Li Hung Chang.
"1 know it. But we’re the stakes."—
Washington Star.
Tn Trance, ’he oxen that work in. the
fields are as an Ul-~
couragemont to exertion, mid no peasant
has the slightest doubt but that the ani
mals listen to him with pleasure.
Elephants on Indian railways pay at
the rate of B cents a mile, Tho baggage
cars have compartments for dogs, cats,
guinea pigs, rabbits and monkeys.
I *. x frsmKwracT c.
Win»i
has demonstrated ten thousand
times that it is almost infallible
FOR WOMAN'S
PECULIAR
WEAKNESSES,
Irregular it tea and dernngementa.
It Has become the leading remedy
for this class of troubles It exerts
a wonderfullv healing, strengthen
Ing and soothing Influence upon
the menstrual organs. 11 cures
• •whites’ ’ and falling of the womb.
It stops flooding and relieves sup-
Prrcnrd and painful menstruation.
Ur Change ot Uta it is the best
medicine made. It la beneficial
durin< pregnancy, and h.lp. to
bring children into homes barren
tor years. It invigorates, stimu
lates. strengthens tne whole sys
tem. This great remedy is ottered
to al! afflicted women Why will
any woman suffer another minute
with certain relief within reacht
Wine ot Cardui only rests glsxi per
bottls at your drug store.
Me aUrw*. <-i eases -*<,.>rin.’
StMu. ad.lrw, ptwnv symptoms. .’S< “L.,.t,rs
Jj.varv TA. CSettaa«.'V‘ V.u-
wvU IV. Chattumvvu,
Rev. 1. W SMITH. Csmben. S C.. says:
"Mt alls uses Kins ot CsrSul st horns
tor tailing et the womb and It entire!*
cares hoe.”
. K’’
R’VggvWK'fji'-'; -IS "®'
Wl -If 1...’ 1 Ih'l
1,
applied just as »-</<>ii a- it is
Mc,-d that the headache is witting in
taken off the moment the pain
Teaw k lit many casce the rubber band
works nicely, though it affords no re
lief when the headache is the result of
stomach troubles or biliousness.
“I find also that a rubber band twist
ed about a toe between the corn and the
foot is a handy remedy to stop the pain
from a jumping corn. Corns are very
liable to bo troublesome when there is
much humidity in tho atmosphere. The
rubber band seems to temporarily quiet
the nerves in the toe, and in this way
stop the pain. As in the case of a band
around the head, the pressure should not
be tight enough to stop the circulation
of tho blood.” —Washington Star.
A rgeliirnler’a Wit.
As Hansen was Germany’s greatest
master in mathematical astronomy, so
was the venerable Arg< lander in the ob
servational side of tho science, save
Professor Simon Newcomb in The At
lantic. Ho was of the same age as tho
newly crowned emperor, and the two
were playmates at the time Germany
was being overrun by the armies of Na
poleon. He was held in love and respect
by tho entire generation of young as
tronomers. both Germans and foreign
ers, many of whom were proud to have
find him as their preceptor. Among
these was Dr. B. A. Gould, who fre
quently related a story of the astron
omer’s wit. When with him as a stu
dent, ho was beardless and had a good
head of hair. Returning some years lat
er, he had become bald, but had made
up for it by having a full long beard.
He entered Argelander’s study unan
nounced. The astronomer looked at him
with some surprise, not at first recog
nizing him.
“Do you not know me, Herr Profess
or?”
The astronomer looked more closely.
“Mein Gott! It is Gould wit his
hair struck through. ”
A Trio of llnlln.
The following remark is by a high
land clergyman. In his sermon preached
in a small church in Strathspey, after
j inveighing against slothfulness, he said
iin closing, “Do ou think Adam and
I Evo went about the garden of Eden
with their hands in their pockets?”
Last year, in tho north 1 f Ireland,
tho following came under my observa
tion. In a hotel the porter, for my in
formation and dutifully in furtherance
of tho interests of his employers, re
marked, “If you want a drive, sir, you
needn’t go out of tho hotel," meaning,
of course, that carriages formed part of
the establishment. Another bull was
in a conversation overheard between
two workmen. Ono put the ques
tion, “Were you acquainted with So
and-so?” to which the reply was. "No;
he was dead before 1 knew him.”
Au Irish friend of mine was describ
ing a dinner party he had been at. It
was a great success, as two noted talk
ers were present, each of whom was
talking so fast that neither could get in
a word.-.-Spectator.
Tolhkk-a Fx i-'.nu In nd.
In regaid-f*' the suggestion which is
•OJUfifimes made that one way to relievo
agricultural depression in this country
would be for the government to allow
ami oven to encourage the growth of to
bacco, it may bo interesting to note how
long tho prohibition has lasted and how
sternly it has been enforced. This may
be gathered from the following extract:
"Cornet Wakefield with a party of
horse marching out of Gloeester upon
the last of July to Winehcomo and
Cheltnam to destroy tho Tobacco plant
! ed in these parts, the Country did rise
against them in a groat body, to tho
number of 5 or (JOO, giving them very
j revileing and threatniug speeches, even
to kill them horse and man, if that he
and his Soldiers did come ou, insomuch
! that, tho tumult being so great, ho was
constrained to draw off and nothing
more done" (Mercurius Politious, 29
July-5 Aug.. 1658). — Notes and Queries.
Sin lied In Death’* Fare.
Surely pathos could go no further
than this. A little girl was killed by
the engine of a passing train in south
Queensland, Australia. Said the driver:
"I saw the little child ou the track, and
the sight was one that almost made my
heart stop beating. She was sitting
down playing, it appeared, with the
stones. She was not old enough to un
derstand the position she was in. When
I blew tho whistle, the little tot just
turned around, and as tho engine drew
near her she looked up at me and smil
ed."—Melbourne Age.
Grunt mid Porter.
Admiral Porter was forever running
into print, and his penchant for this
kind of thing was a source of great an
noyance to Grant, who was his stanch
friend.
"What do you think of Porter as an
admiral?” was asked of the general on
one occasion.
“Why.” replied Grant, with a quiet
smile, “he would be the greatest admi
ral since Nelson if he had never learned
to write. ” —Exchange.
The Future of Travel.
“What is rapid transit. Uncle
Chris?”
“Rapid transit? Why. it is electric
cars which have to run so fast that they
j never stop to take ou passengers. ’ '—De
troit Free Press.
UHHERVILLE NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1899.
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I School Yarns. :i
* —— *
* By Catherine Cain.
*
A chapter on the small boy at |
school will end my school yarns!
for this year. Friday was ths last!
day at school and many hearts!
were mads glad by that declara
tion. Ths small boys jumped up,
gave a war-whoop, popped their
heels together three times and
kicked over two chairs to celebrate
this happy occasion and the be
ginning of the holidays—l’m glad
they did the two : n one.
Some people think the small
boy is a nuisance; I think he is
cute and always wonder what he
will do next, but I’m young and
my nerves are not developed yet.
Maybe there will be a time when
I’ll think differently.
The small boy at school is a
great trader. The shrewd knowl
edge of business some of them
possess has developed afquite an
early age. The boy who gets the
best of the leading bargains of the
week is looked upon as a kind of
hero and is consulted concerning
all other trades to be made for
weeks afterwards. Some of them
are rather mercenary; they always
take "toll” for their advice, but
that seems to be natural with a
great many older people. If the
boy who gets the worst of the bai
gain is at all enterprising and ob
jects to being “crowed at,” he
works, puzzles and makes plans,
saying all the time, “He who
laughs last, laughs best.” Quite
an amusing incident of this char
acter occurred last week: John
and Ben made a trade and Ben
had the whole thing his way. At
noon all the boys congregated in a
big ditch to play. They divided
their “goodies” with Ben, but John
eat on the bank alone and ate his
own individual peanuts; he had a
very far away look in his eyes, and
there was a wistful droop to his
mouth. Everything went on
peacefully for a while, but finally
something went wrong and one of
the very small boys began crying.
IA very encouraging voice from
I John on the bank: “Cry on; cry
! lender, Jim, yonder comes ’Fesser ”
And then John jumped up and
yelled, "Oh! somebody’s hurt
Jim, lie', ryiug! he was plough
next ter Ben Smith.” The Uacher
comes along, investigates the af
fair, finds that John knows more
about it than anybody in the
ditch, so he takes him along as a
witness and in this way Ben is
condemned of maltreatment and
is kept in at recess for a day or
so. John advertises his enjoy
ment by wearing a grin from ear
to ear. in a few days all bitter
feelings have disappeared and
they are apparently good friends
again.
The boys seem to take a special
delight in arousing terror in the
bosoms of their more delicate
playmates They get dreadful
little tarrapins with strings in
their backs and wind them up and
start them at the nearest girl.
She immediately gathers up her
skirts and feet and if it comes too
near she squeaks. If the teacher
! catches on the boy always calls
! the girl a coward and all those
things. They do a lot of other
things quite as naughty, but
tliey'rs best left unsaid. I don’t
1 mean any discredit to the charac
ter of these ruddy faced urchins.
I really don’t see how we could
well dispense with them. And
who knows, as the teacher says,
some es them may attain gr*at
, favor in the eyes of this world—
may even be President. Tho’ all I
of them are happier now than
’ they would be in the White House.
Dec. 15.
Miss Alice Palmer, Wadley, Ga..
. writes: Have used Dr. M. A. Sini
j mens Liver Medicine 20 years. It is ,
I the best remedy for Dyspepsia, Sick
Headache, sour stomach, Indigestion,
Rilhousucss and Constipation I have
I ever used. In my opinion it is much i
belter than the Medicine put up by
Zeilin, and Black Draught, which I
have used.
Morning Sickness, or Nausea from
I Pregnancy, is dispelled by Simmons ■
* Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets. i
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l “Maybe a Sermon-■ I
I Maybe a Souq.” *
A gr»*- t many editors and some
preachers r- u’id y denounce the
! kissing • -pi- J-1 Chicago recently
in abici. i; .<> Hobson and some
I 163 f mi. nirsrs of his, per- i
ticipated. u >u»on lectured i:t!
tho Auditjrium and a reception j
and handshaking took piaca after- I
ward, then ths kissing began, just!
how, it might be hard to explain, j
On such occasions whsra enthusi
asm and feeling pervades the very
airthers is a sort of psychological
wave that carries people beyond
their accustomed depths, perhaps.
These hapless ladies, who have
been culled “maudlin females” j
and ether disagreeable names, are
doubtless trying to define this;
phenomena. Hobson himself, a i
brave man and gallant gentleman,
insists that if there is any blame,
it should fall upon him, and that
the ladies wore actuated by purely
platonic patriotism. And why
not? There is no counting on our
outbreaks of patriotism. A great
deal of it is quite queer.
It is ready' absurd for thess sen
sation loving parts of the public
to criticise the women who wish
to manifest th ir patriotism by
kissing deserving heroes. Patriot
ism of the vintage of ’9B includes
a greed for islands and for office.
Various enthusiasms of motley
nature masquerade under its red,
white and blue cloak. E. C.
For < Iverworked girls and Feeble
women, Simmons Squaw Vine Wine
or Tablets are nature’s greatest boon.
Aac-iierH -A'c-aae.
The London Daily News notes the
affinity between letters and trade.
Charles Lamb and Mill used to adorn
the old India House. Austin Dobson,
Gosse and Cosmo Monkhouse are in the
board of trade. Benjamin Kidd and W.
M. Rossetti used to be at Somerset
House. Dante Gabriel Rossetti narrow
ly escaped at one crisis in his career
being a telegraph clerk instead of an
artist. The postoffice absorbed for many
years the superfluous energies of An
thon Trollope.
Hlm I<nst Chance.
“Did you ever notice,” said Mrs. N.
Peck, “ibat about half of the pictures
in the photographers’ windows are of
bridal couples? I wonder why they al
ways rush off to a photographer as soon
as the knot is tied?”
“I fancy the husband is responsible
for it,” said Mr. Peck. “He realizes
that it is about his last chance to ever
look pleasant.”—Pearson’s Weekly.
Twenty-nine sheep introduced into
tho Australian colonies in 1788 are now
represented by 120,000,000 of the finest
wool sheep iu the world.
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