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FOR YOUNQ PEOPLE Short Story Each Week for The Dispatch's Younger Readers This Week, The OM Musician. Charles Francis Gounod, whose loss the musical world so deeply mourns, possessed a kind heart as well as the genius of a great com poser. The following story told of him has the merit of being strictly true in every detail. On Christmas evening, 1837, an old man with a stout stick walked slowly through the most fashiona ble Iquarter of Paris. His right arm pressed to his side an oblong object wrapped in a chequered cot ton hankerchief. He was thinly clad, shivering, and emaciated. He was buffeted about by the skurrying crowds, apparently at a loss which way to turn. He un tied the chequered hankerchief and disclosed a violin and bow. He raised the instrument and started to play a sentimental strain, but the result was only harsh and in harmonious sounds. The street gamins chaffed Win. With a sob he sank down upou the steps, rest ing the instrument upou his knees. "Mv God!" he cried, "I can no longer play!" Three young men came down the street, singing a tune then popular among the students of the Conserv atoire de Musique. One of them accidentally knocked off his hat, and a second stumbled against his leg. The bare-headed old violinist rose proudly to his feet. "Pardon, monsieur," said the third man. "I hope we did not hurt you." The speaker picked np the old man's hat. "No," was the bitter answer. The young man saw the violin. "You are a musician!" "I was one." Two great tears trickled down the old man's cheeks. "What is the matter f Are vou ill!" The old man faltered for a mo ment, then held out his hat to them. "Give me a trifle for the love of God. I can no longer earn any thing by art. My fingers are stiff, and my daughter is dying of ' con sumption and want," Down in his pocket went each one of the trio. They were but poor students, and the result was only sixteen sous. This was the combined capital of the two. The third had only a cake of resin. 'This won't do," declared the one who had apologized for the ac cident. "We want more than that to relieve our fellow artist.- A pull together will de it. You, Adolphe, take the violin and accompany Gustave, while I go around with the hat." A ringing laugh was the answer. They pulled their hats over their faces and turned up their coat-col-jars to avoid recognition. Adolphe took the violin from the man's trembling hands. Gustave straight ened out his shoulders. In an other moment the first notes of the "Carnivol de Venice" were float ing out upon the night air. Such masterful music did not customar ily come from the instruments of street players. Windows of the palatial houses flew up and heads were thrust out of the openings. Strollers coming down the street stopped, and those who had gone on retraced their steps. Soon a good-sized crowd had gathered. Gustave sang the favorite cavatina from "La Dame Blanche" in a manner that held the audience spellbound. It rained money when the song was finished. "One more tune, "whispered the .,i'Wt-;lMHrw.i . -i i Tor Mr Projection vrt place this kilicl on every package ot Scott's EiuuIhIod. The man with a (lull on hia back ' Is our trade-murk, and it Is a guarantee that Scott's Euiul uiou will do all that Is claimed , for It Nothing better for lung, throat or bronchial troubles in Infant or adult. Scott's Emul sion is one of the greatest flesh builders known to tho medical world. Wtta4r !' oTf ft f """C TI Street wuwil A bvunC, pm tatk. A VOMAITS ORDEAL DREADS DOCTOR'S QUESTIONS Thousand Writ to lira. Pink ham. Lynn, Mas and Beoaive Valuable Advice Abeolatoiy Confidential aad Fro Then eaa be no more terrible ordeal to a delicate, sensitive, refined woman than to be obliged to answer eertria question in regard to ber prirate ill, even when those question are asked by her family physician, and many continue to suffer rather than submit to examinations which so many physi cians propose in order to intelligently treat the disease; and this is the rea son why so many physicians fail to cure female disease. This is also the reason why thousands upon thousands of women are corre sponding with Mrs l'inkham, daughter-in-law of Lvdia K. Pinkham. at Lynn, Mass. To her they can confide every detail of their illness, and from her irreat knowledge obtained from years of experience in treating female ills, Mrs. Pinkham can advise sick women more wisely than the local physician. Read how Mrs. Pinkham helped Mrs.T. C.Willadsen of Manning. la. She writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham: " I can truly any that vou have wired my life, and I cannot erprfwi my gratitude in words. Befiro I wro- to you teillnir yen how I felt, I had doctored for over two vears steady, and spent lots of money in medicines besides, but it all failed to do me any good. I had female trouble and would dally ha ve faint ing spells, backa-hs, bearing-down pains, and my monthly periods were very irregular and finally ceased. I wrote to yon for your ad rice and received a letter full of instructions just whit to do, and also commenced to take A.ydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and I have been restored to perfect health. Had it not been for you I would have been in my grave to-day." Mountains of proof establish the fact that no medicine in the world equals Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound for restoring1 women's health. treasurer of the enterprise. "Bring out those bass notes of yours, Adolphe. I'll help you out with the baritone part, Gustave, my brave tenor. W11 finish up with the trio from 'Guillaume Tell.' And mind, now, we're singing for the honor of the Conservatoire, as well as for the sake of a brother artist." The young men played and sang as probably they never played and sang in their life after. The most critical of the audience were en thralled. Life came back to the old man. He grasped his stick, and adapting it as a baton, used it with the air of one having authority. He stood transfixed when they had done; his face lightened up, his eyes glistened. The proceeds of the entertain ment netted five hundred francs. Many of the wealthy listeners had thrown gold pieces into the old battered hat. Then they gave him back his hat, and its contents, and wrapped 'up the instrument in the old chequer ed hankerchief. "Your names, your names," the oid man gasped. "Give me your names that I may bless them on my deathbed." "My name is Faith," said the first. "And mibe Hope," said the sec ond. "And mine Charity," said the treasurer of the enterprise. "You do not even know mine," continued the old man, retraining his voice. "Ah, I might have been an impositor, but I am not. My name is Chapuce, For ten years I directed the orchestra of the opera at Strasburjr. It was I who led in 'Guillaume Tell." Since I left my native Alsace mis fortune has followed me. With this money my daughter and I can go to the country, and there she will regain her health, and I shall find "a place to teach when she can no longer perform. You all of you will be truly great." "Amcnr' was the hearty re sponse of the students, as they shook the good man's hands. Despite their attempt at dis guising, the young- men had been recognized by one who afterward told the tale. They were known to fame in la ter years as Gustave Boger the great tenor; Adolphe Herman, the great violinist, and Charles Gounod, ine great composer. bo ine oia man's prophecy was fulfilled. -The Standard. Well SUd Down Hill. The rodents of Bainbridge, Ohio, are much excited over a re markable landslide which has ta ken place on the south side of that village during the last few days, for sections of the hill continue to slide away at intervals. The slide is on what is known as Hijtjins Hill, -'where a stone quarry has oeen operated lor many years. . The hill was over forty feet high and a great deal of valuable rock has been removed from it iluiin the last few years, but the givater part oi ine broken stone and earth has been dumped on the hillside The recent wet weather caused this to loosen a portion of the hill com mencing to slide' on Thursday mgnt and nas been going down ever since. a muu roaaway, wmeh was used by teams to bring down the stone was entirely obliterated, but the remarkable part of the slide is that an old stone well, which was on the top of the hill, slid down the embankment for a distance of twenty-two feet and was not destroyed. The well which is sixteen feet deep, has always had from twelve to fifteen feet of water in it, and there is an old windlass on the top. As has been stated, the well slid down the side of the hill, wind lass, stone and water, and it did not even cause turbidness' '.of the water. The windlass, which is nearly worn out, appears as good today as it was before the well moved. The naval appropriation bill car rying nearly one hundred million dollars was passed by the house last week. One item in it is for the construction of the largest bat tleship afloat. England recently built the "Dreadnaught, "which is now the biggest warship in the world. Congressman Williams suggested that the big American ship be named "Skeered o' Noth ing," and that a contest between the English ship and this one be arranged, with the president and cabinet aboard. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS Have you pains in the back, intlair.- mation cf any kind, rheumatism, faint ing spells, indigestion or constipation, Hollister's KocKy .Mountain Tea makes ou well and Keeps you well. 85 cents. .B.Smith. Love in Later Lite. It is a shame to any man who has courted and persuaded some girl in the freshness of her youth ful beauty to leave her home and go with him, and then after vears of toil and worry, child-beanne and heartaches, when the shoul ders lR'gin to stoop, the wrinkles legin to appear in her face, and her hair shows streaks of gray, it is a shame that can never be put into words strong enough to ex press it, for the husband to show any waning of his love for her, or his loyalty to her, because of her fading beauty or diminishing in tellect. It is the most pathetic tragedy that the world furnishes, to see a man treat his wile rudely, or pass ner by m com neglect, when once he has made all .sorts of professions of constant love and never-ending affection. How can such a man look such a womau in the face?. , . If he really lovid her when she was young he would continue to love her when she is old. If his love was anything but animal pas sion when she was fresh and dim pled and rosy, it would abide the changes that have come to her through the.toil and stress of try ing ' to make her home a happy place. A man ought to be horsewhip ped who would go back on that wo man who has been true to him, and given him the best part of her life He ought to horsewhipped in pub lic. There is no crime he could commit the equal of this one. He doesn't deserve to be called has band. He is not worthy of the name father. He is simply a low down ruffian, andjthe wonder is that any woman can continue to drag out a miserable existence trying to be true to such a man. He is un worthy of the respect of all self-re specting men and women. C. 8. Carr, M. D., in the Purity Advo cate. Short Accounts of Incidents and Events Gathered From Every Source. The senate committee on the Panama canal has decided by o u vote for a sea-level Ciiial. Tho minority will report for a lock ci nal. TV 1 i , , I m xagnt car luaus oi snoes lor Kan Francisco sufferers were sent from Boston last week. In all ."). 0(0 pairs were shipped. These shoes were given free to the destitute. Judging it by the number cf bills passed, the present congress is howling success. It has made more laws than any congress ever did. Up ta last week more than 3,01)0 laws had leen made, some hou more than ever before. , The general conference of the Methodist church had before it last week a proposition to make the limit of a preacher's term on any one charge six years instead of four, as now. This was defeated, by an overwhelming majority. It is stated that it will take 'the San Francisco people five years to rebuild the city. One and . a half- years will be consumed in remov ing the debris. The people have very courageously begun to work on the vast undertaking. In October, 1904, $30,000 was stolen from the Forepaugh-Sells circus at Tarboro, this state. Last week VY llliam T. Spaith, who was treasurer of the circus at that time, was arrested in Ohio at the insti gation of the sheriff of Edgecombe county, and will be brought back to this state for trial. Spaith of course denies he is guilty. .. . Father Gapon, a leader of the Russian revolutionists, disappeared sometime ago and ntthirg more was ha-d of him until recmtly when a body wes found that has leen identified as his bodv. He is supposed to have beeu killed by revolutionists because he confessed to being an emissary of the govern ment. The supreme court of the United States has decided that a state has the right to permit or prevent an outside insurance company from doing business within the state. This is clearly a state right and is not m conflict with the federal con-1 stitntion. It had previously leenj decided that insurance was not in terstate commerce. EIQHTY-YEAR-OLD WOMAN CURED Had Suffered Tortures From Rheuma tism for 20 Years. S. H. 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