The Gastonia
__ Devoted to the Protection of Home and the Intereata of the County.
V'ol. XX. . GASTONIA, N. C.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1800.
BILL ARP GETS LEFT.
POETEB OF THE HOTEL FAILED TO
▼All HIM.
>w..k»i Rmu Al a
Hap la a Cfcalr - CIllWWB Tktnk
Tkn l la a Muilw la tba M«i>w.
1101 Arp la Atlanta oaaaUiaUoT.
Left, lafl. Ml I That li an oaoloaus
word—I don't Ilka It. Lart Friday
ulgbt I doted ay rotation dowu In Ain
btaa—• aoat delightful waak wiUi
balmy weather. moonlight nlgbu and
good people to obeor on. I retired,
happy to droam of boate aad tbe little
grand-children and tba light that
would ba ah Icing In the window for me
on Satmday night
Tba porter wen to call me ap In time
to toko too 9 o'clock train for Cbatto
noage, bat alaeI be did not do It, end I
wee left, toft, toft—Ob tba ateery of tt
Kbakcopcaro my* that there la no phil
oeopbor can endure tbe toothache pa
tiently, and I will add. on being toft by
a train wtmn far from borne. Tbere
la a gooeoeee about It, for the train bee
gone
Tba next train would not onooeot at
Chattanooga, and I would have to etay
there till another 9 otoiook In tbe morn
log. Bat all's wall that ends wall.
About daylight 1 reached my home
All waa etlll and eltoot. Tba good old
dog wan lylag al tba door and gently -
waggad ble bothy tail. Tbe door eg
locked, bat the window each waa not.
and 1 re toed It elowly and mfily and
waa soon In tbe iltUng room, where
there waa a good oomfortnble sofa. I
knew that tba door to oar family bed
room waa looked, and 1 hoard tome
faint familiar aaaal aounda'tbat amniwd
me all waa well. Tbe diagnose wae
right, in a few ralautaa I waa aetoep
aad playing on tbe barmanioan myself.
My heavy boon echoed to the taoor lu
the other room aod awakened one of
tbe girle wtio wntoperod : "Mamma,
mamma, there to eomabody In tbe frool
room." •'Jt’a yoor papa," e»ld aha.
"1 know hto trooboue—be etlll and tot
bint limp for I expect hi I* almost
worn oat.” It wae 8 o'clock whea
somebody biased me while I ••• dream
ing of the aoIdler boy* drilling aod tba
uOtoar aald lefts taft, left, at every atop.
Ronaiag ap I reoelrad tba family e«o
braore, aad two lltlla children eema
ronolng In and climbed all over me aod
u\ada m happy—Ob, It beats war. or
pul lues, or a dog law, or anything. I
was escorted Into tb* dialog room to
breakfast and aaw at a glaoea that lb*
roam had been rapaperad with a tinted
olive groan paper aod tb* hordertoi
matoitad It baaottfolly. Tba door* to
the parlor were wide open, aod that
room had baao rape pared too and waa
lovely.
He cm bow I never oonld make aa
moch ado over plaaaaot surprises aa
«ny tamale Wka aspect. but I did my
beat and have expressed my admiration
aavarml tlmaa alnoe. Before I left they
bad talked about tha old paper that
bad gotten dirty aad waa falling off and
•aid that If I would get the pa par they
would put It on, aod I aaamtad. I aa
glad that I did, for If I bad been at
bom* they woohl hay* put tb* haroeei
oa a* and mad* me wait on theta all
day. for I am tha bey.
I mat a assn down In Alabama who
said that mj lattara were demonlltlog
the woman of this country and patting
new bordaaa oo tba men. “Why”
•eld be ”)nst look at me—I am any
fly* yean old and welch olgb on to 800
poandf,<aod yet my wife wasted zha to
climb up a step ladder yesterday and
Be tba oartalo Look, and I told bar I
couldn’t and t woakfe’t for tba ladder
waa old aod rickety and I might full
break my neck or soma of my arms aod
tana. Wall air. the laughed aod said :
'Bill Arp eilmba ladders for bta wlfa,
and plants Bower a, aod air* when tea,
and aurora the grand-obltdrea, too*'
“Yen,” said I,' ibat’a what ba write*,
bat I don’t balive a word Jof li. Ba
thinks that yon women are goto* to bo
allowed to vote pretty aooa and he la
Jest Using to ba Hasted.” How. am
bar*. Hr. Arp I fonght four veer* to
that dogood old war and now I am
gatttn’ old and tat aad I’m not gwfoa
to dUbb ladder* and tend tha Bower
garden loot because you do, that la, if
yon really do It. whlobl don’t baliava.”
And tha good, jolly old veteran laughed
leioMiety.
Mttt day I caade aequatotoncee with
a eoodnctor on tha Alabama Urent
Southern aad ba auaaforted me by aay
la* that my letters pare goad example
aM food shear end plot tired what hoaae
ought lot*. Said br, “aa bare nloe
obOdrao at our bowa—all under aa,
and my ftaateal ptoaenre u tn meeting
them wbaa my ruo to off, aad la hate
Inf them aad their mother to light the
battle of Ufa aad ba oootaalad aad en
joy what we bare pot to ba thankful to
Ood for hto taodtr mwrote*. RanpUg
a traia half night aad bait day to head
week, bat 1 enjoy my bdme aad my
family all tha man whew I pat with
them, aod they ara all Um gladder to
ma FT
I Bka that man aad that kind of
talk. When Mr people realise that
home to tha beat piaoson earth, aad
tha mother to Ite deereet Inmate wa
will bare aa Idaal amom wealth.
Oooioddge aay*:
X'lseztefflz*”'
r-ftttotoo aara:
"IWImrli ear bain*
■a* tea whm U «*aia> i*«ataa SrW*T
AU tha grant poota bare paid trtbeU
to tM bam* and to the mother, tor
baaaato aot homo without a mother.
Of oourae than ata married woman
who ara aot mothara aad da aot wtob
to ba. With tham ahltdraa ara Intro
dma. aod tha pity to that thetr mother*
had aot haaa of almtlar mtad. la aaw
Smriesd aad faabtoaebta sort barn air
•loathe maternal laatlnet baa been
•matharad, and hao pom lau aa *ia
poototm daaaatoda" aa Uk. Ctoretond
woald aay. Aod paad paatto Tam
Howard aaM that a Boataa mother
wooldat bate bat aaa or twa ahltdraa,
iad iba wootdnt bare aay If tea
didn't waat aa heir to Inherit l ba aw
Mil.
WOm Wkmkr WOoom wrMt m r*
markable totter two years ago oo Lbs
dvcsy of the maternal lostloct to New
Bogland. aod the grant Inoresst of di
vorces aod volaotary separations.
Mary Brant Bald has recently published
aa ail Into oo lbs same subjsot as ap
plicable to Francs. 8b* saya that' tba
fashionable woman won't even drees
Ilka womea. Tbhy deep Ian htpe aod
try u> hide tbson. They prefer to be
allm as raea borate, and to oonosal
awrysigo.of a maternal form. Chib
drro are latrudera they say; sod If by
eftaboe they have any ibsy an put out
to oaiaa and to bs reared by uuioolber-1
ly hands What ao awful ptetar* ibis
Is—wbat a sad dsecant from the moth
erhood nf our mo barm—wbat a eoan
tsrpart to tba Savior'* teaoblog when
be said. "Suffer 11 ilia oh lid ran to
dome unto me for snub la Uut kingdom
of beeveo.”
Nearly all the great men of tba
have been nursed by uobl* mothers,
and It rrjoteea ms to know that Mrs.
derail Belt*, of Brusawiok. has a book
now Id prsaa with L'ppluoolt that will
rtsoa* from oblivion tba Brothers of
many nf Georgia's gnat and good
msa. With her it bat baso a labor of
tov*. How our biographers from
Moss* down have lauded tba gnat
men bat paid small tribal* to ibtHr
mother*.
But tba highest heayto ia retread
for (barn, and ao eternal fstse that
•111 oot paae away Ilka that tha great
moo acquire In Lbls changeable world.
Alaapoor Dewey, bow toon did b>«
fortanda wither. But we (till bees
Schley and Brumby and Hobson left;
end a boat of loearr lights that llliml
mu the aoatbara shy.
TdrtM WMICM HIM WAS.
■aa Uaea WOm Voagbl Pw# (otMaa
At All.
Boo)osti Aiaarlnan.
dome of Uu moot memorable ware m
bliLory bare been brought about by
tbaearioat Uldw. W# all know that
tba Uvgtoolog of the terrible lodiao
Motley, whlob wrought each disaster
lo Britain's Eastern empire, was ao
uneasy feeling created among tba Se
poys by tba belief that the grease naed
la tha preparation of U*ir cartridges
eooiUted of a mixture of tba fat of
oo wi aud plga, an I mala abhorrent both
to both Hindoos and Mohammedans.
It was declared, too by a Loodon newa
papar that tba reseat trouble lo lodla
waa ‘'all about a mud but,"
if boo tba world was many eeotartea
younger than It la to-rfay—In 1009. lo
feet—a disastrous war was oaoaad In
Europe by tba theft nf a bucket. Soma
soldiers of Madras took tba book at
from a public wall beloogtsg to tba
(Mate of Bologna. Tba suldlara rafua
ad to gira up U>- bucket, and a series
of deadly battles was fought, la wbtoh
Uaary King of Bardina, waa taken
Prisoner. Hoary’s father, who waa
Emperor of Ueraoany, offered a chain
of fold that would encircle Bologna
for bis sob's release, bat Id rsla. Han
ry died In prison after tweuiy-eeern
jeers of eoelinrmeol. History Is alient
u to tha reason why Ibis particular
backet was so proeleua, but It la still
to be aaas in tbs Tower of Modern
UatbednJ, where U is lo an iron cage.
It seems absurd to aiy that a war
waa sow oaoaad by tba shaving of a
klog hot It ig oot such aa exaggarstloa
aa It appears to be Early la tha
twelfth can lory tha Archbishop of
Booen decreed that all man (bo old be
clean tba van. on penalty of exeom
■aataMloD. Louis VII, of Pranee
submitted to tha decree, thereby of
fending ble wife Eleaoor. Tbrlr re
lation* became ao (trained that lu 1159
tba marriage waa dltolved, tod in a
few weeks Eleanor married Haary.
Duke of Normandy, afterward* Henry
II. of Bogland. Tbaa began those aw
fol wars which lasted far nearly three
hundred years, lo which the dead
were numbered literally by mllHoea.
tba real aad only oauae of tba wbola
trouble being that'* Klog (bared kta
cbla lo please an Arabblabopl
•ww tm »wl Wit* Tma.
ptuUdrCpM* Hurt. Dam.
Tba simple way to deal with nloa
teae out of tweoty of tba Trust* la to
repeal tha blgb protective duties which
tbslter tbaea against com petition when
despoiling American cooiumarr. The
last, (or tba moat part, can ba aafeiy
laft to tba operation af aooaomlo lawa
The laaoa lovotrod la tba Intimate ra
lattoaa of tba Troata aad tba tariff has
already bom —da, aad tt aaa ba pros
pected to a dose without adding or
aabtraatlag aa lota from Democratic
principles, aad without alarming tba
——— ml ad af lira oocntry by aa
lad toed minaba warfare apoc capita 1
aad lndustrr. Tbaea M do seed of
"Coin” Harrey to damooatnta the
oonneotloa of tha tariff with tha 8ugar
Trust, Ute TinptaU Trust, tha Mall
Truat and numerous other Ilka oom
Mnations. Bat to erode tha Truat la
•oa la tba aha pa which tba Dmocratlo
National Committee seeks to peasant It
tba Bepubiloao majority In Congress
would only hero to pass a route AuU
Trust law like that af 1690, and thru
taka tba wind out af tba sail* of the
opposition. Oa the other bawd, there
h aa manplag tba Issue la tha rwortrl
unt tariff bp wbleb tba Troata are
a rested aad featured, unless the Dam
oetmtt shall betray the meal res by ebaa
doeiag their ows greaad to punas a
phantom of ‘-Oota Hurray's ototttUm
Tor tba ram, the Damoerata bare so
seed to eaarob far arUAotal laanna la
order to wta rotm U they tt
entry the elaeUea oa the prtoetsie* of
tba party aad oa tba latum which tba
Raanbtteaw administration he* made
op they ought not to win at an.
Aa a ears for rheumatism Chamber
lala’a Pale Balm la gala log a wide
reputation. D. B. Jobaaiaa of Web
mood. lad., boa bean troubled with
that allmeat slate 1664. la apeak tog
af tt ba says: “I naror found say
thing that would relies* — uatll 1
oaad Cbambarlala** Pain Balm. It aeto
Nba magla with — My foot was
ralhmwMwa. Par sale bp J. B. Carry
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Bnullr Pifi TrikaM to the !<•*•
(MMM HTer*,; B«mih.
Mew Tot* Wortd,
Tbo appearance of tha automobile Id
Georgia baa creeled a seosstioo some
what laaa specular thaa lbat caused by
gherman's advent, but one wboaa •£
facts may prom more direct aud last
ing. For the moment It surprised and
frlghteced everything from tbs Cara
chicken ap to tha turkey bemard,
which coder tha pro toot loo of law sows
bog obolrnt and fallow Cover micro bos
broadcast from Mery lend to Taras. It
la taoorded a poo tba aatborltf of
neighborhood observers that tha latter,
after following tba maobiua a week.
Bed book to Cobs It despair, o >nvloneJ
that the tblug would neither die, nor ir
deed prom edible. Aa for the ooonlry
negro, he Invariably gives It all tba
spans the! Ilea tetwren tba two road
fooeaa, aa stall aa aueli awetobes of the
Bald beyond as can be oovered in the
limited time allowed.
Man to tba negro, the most promin
ent figure of the auulbero landscape
that baa abown symptoms of eareoos
prostration oo tba approach of tba
automobile Is a well-known farm animal
bred lo eld Kaatuoky. Mules that
bum worn ail aorta of home-made bar*
mm and mortgages with docility sod
bare tudored all tbe aUuga aod arrows
of outrageous fortune for a lifetime
with no kicks aiming or guiog. that
have Mood at railway oroesl ugs without
tbe trearar of an eyelid while el press
trains thundered tbruagb their scat
tered whiskers, sad oewe-balcbers
dropped pMuutelulo tbetr ears, evinced
at eight of tbe eotomoble a ey<—odla
I ud lost loo to walk aboot like a man
and fall over dashboards.
Tba cumiog ooataet is uf Intel set
seen to outsiders. It Is the on gb to mo
bile \ersus the automobile; the tired
mo'or Tarsus the tired mule. Basil
wonder that Selplo Afrtoaoua la wor
ried. Tbe time approaches when, the
In the eoateet of the factories fur aheap
cottoa, tbe eoet of markMttg tbe tuple
le to be redneed by the use of auto mo
biles lo some form upon the level road
ways of the south. The pair of ooght
omotsotitles wbtoh at a snail's pact
draw tbre* hates of oollou to town, lo
My nothing of steeping Selplo ou top,
meet give piaoe to the machine which
trill move sloeg briskly with bail s
doaea vans nf m many bates each.
dclplo** Immlneot danger spring*
from a cooatbuUooal defect—a defect
tbat le enmpIlSad in the fact tbat tbe
whirr of wheels pate him as tec p wbsu
he enters a factory. On Saturdays, lo
tbe eonntry. be Odds on his sack of corn
as soon as the distent grist mill begins
to sing lo him. And It doesn't by auy
means require ripen Site machinery,
tbe uooonotoua hula by of a too-dollar
waguu In the August sun Is inevitably
effective. This oonMItutlooal defect
Is uo4 curable lu one generation, and
no mao puMMOlog it Bay be aafely
trusted with the Mia of an ante mo
bite. An sotimobite with a cotton
train behind wad anxious to overtake
the etetrar oa every downgrade anils
for anything bat si amber. With the
male U la different; bo bst be depended
oa to lie wall book oa the breeching
and It nnnimiry coeet with everythloa
including hie ears, thrust forward, end
he will keep la the middle of tbe rood.
But tba automobile Is m yet neither
dteoreet nor elperleuoed.
What la true of aelplo upon Uie
waguo U Uoa of bun upon an Improved
farming Implement. To thorn who
have aaen him aouatad upon a wheeled
barrow halted la the abode of a persim
mon tree where bis teolae have wan
dered with him at 11 a. m., the whole
onlflt aeleeo. It la very apparent what
will happen when plows or disks am
bang under the new motors and the
colored man-with-tbe-hoc boa been
opumtettoaliy pr-enjted. Ha may laara
evamnally to bmp awoke when on
doty; be may lean to wander about,
eake-waka, ’possum haot aad bypeottu
poultry leaa after bedtime, aad an ap
proaob the new oriels with more ciua
oi if for ceelmlag tbe ted native glide of
rubber tlree—but It srlll be long after
tbe eatomobtle Idea la In full operation.
HeMlag to wabbling plough-handles,
with aa occasional root to threw him
nerom tbe row. with s pressing neote
atty for eopptytim certain word# which
are part of tbe Knotoektanf band tvs
emeu, sad with a ebaoea of walking
la to agrosod rattler's tieec* and yellow
jteket oooveotlona. hamaeagmto beep
in partial touch with-r‘—inis
but put him en aa automobile on a
the novelty gene, and be
would he dowa aaaong die eoge and
other eld lb legs la twenty at looter
AM Wit* Bolplo will pool out tit*
mat*. Indeed, ban la a gvnalos
tragedy owUioad. Dlapteoad to Iba
•oath, no* alt matin aa rood, ernaad
or otbarwtaa aor raluabla aa a friend
of tha family, Iba mala threaten* to
fad Into lMoatrawe itmuatofla aldbg
whb tba mammoths aad mitral preat
daota of mpoMtoo. Tbata ta a raa
•ooaMa exportation for a while that lit
might aorrlra tba ra«h of ebaaga oa an
adfaaet of eirUtord warfara. hat tb|»
stubborn per*latanaa at Datgatn la try.
lag to swim him baak to Tampa wfeaa
pwAari orarboard from tba traeaperU
*od Ma moaat fatal rtopmwit with all
tba artlDary aad ammaattloa of two
HrNldb regiment* baaaoaa gamabady
roiled a atwa batwara hu logs bar*
araoead aaraptahm that otnitwd war.
tarn U bad momk wKhoat him Tba
male Is doomed. Aa abler Inreotloa
I* ta displace Mm. _
f maafogd a tatter fiom a lad, aahlag
me ‘/o lad him aa may berth. To this
1 replied: **Toa oaa not be aa editor;
do aid try Urn tow; d« not think of tb*
mlototry: tot aloe* aU ships, shops, and
merobaMtoa: abbar pntutoa, don’t
praotto* mad tola*: b* not a farmer aar
tmetbaato; neither be nmtdtor nor a
ftotar. Don’t work. Don’t atady.
Dra't tbtak. Mono of tbraa am easy,
o Of btl Yaw ham oomo Into a
hard world. I kaaw of oa|y oaa taay
plara la It .aad tout la tba gmm.”
—Harrar Wiu Btraona
■MB BIIU IUHB
W the Seal* la nw
■nmkwnrt.
Mkra Far* Maaskas.
Ur. W. K. Daaoo of Naabvllto.
Tano., to of Mm opinion U>»t Um South
would do wtotoj Id entering Mere geo
erully Into tbe flour Billing Industry.
In a paper prepared for Km Euutovilto
loduaUtol Cooraatlou he traced Um
decline of Um lodaeuy lu tbe South,
and Mid :
"Tbo South U short oa flour and long
m oottoa-crowlag States of North
Carolina, South Carol Ins, Georgia,
Florida. Louisa ua. Ark an sat, Alabama
sad Utootoelppi. These rales but s
trifle over 8.000,000 bosbeU of wheat
with which to feed e population of 14,.
000,00). who require tbo flour from
over 48.000.000 busbetoaf wheat. This
deflelt moat be eupoltod from other
states at a ooet of •40.000,00), ws or wlU
Mg, 1.900,000 bales of oottoo sod tbs
South, she pays tbe freight-both ways.
Tbs States Banned require a llUto Um
than 400,000 harm of lead upon which
to grow UMtr scant wheat wop. Nov.
if they will aow 5.000.000 acres of
oottoo land to wheat, which will bere
>T bread them, tbo oottoo crop will be
m reduoed that 14-oent oottoo will Ik
an absolute certainly.
"Fur the enoouragwMeet of tbe
Southern tanner I wish to say that the
average yield or wheal per acre to the
outtou States named to greater than la
the great wheat-growing States of I1U
aola end tbo Dakotas. With approved
methods and appliances I feel safe la
asserting that so section of lha eoon
try oould sarpaM tbe South In this re
spect.
"Shell tbe South raise the wheat re
quired roc boas consumption IP If eu,
then eo«e tbe floor mill. Over 1000
more floor allla of Dfty barrels’ oa pari
ty eeeb would be required If three
(waoU should ran XO deys la Um year,
twelve hours pur day. These outfits
would average In oott, with ■ rosesi?
grela elevators mad other sppartena'i
ore, about 10,000 aacb. Just think
"bat 1000 Splendid manufacturing as
tabilsb(Boots would isms far thalndua
triel progrvM of - these eight States I
Bat should tbo Sooth be oooteot to
food I Mr owe people ooiy f With the
msgolfloeot possibilities afforded by
Um throw leg opeo of the ports of
Cabs, aad Porto Rtoo to Amarisen
floor, to My nothlag of the proopvetive
opening of the Nicaragua otaal. there
by making a route by wbieb 400.000,000
hungry mouths can be reached la the
Orient, the South UtouJd bvencouraged
U> a revival of her flour-millina Indus
in- Tha nceaaaltyof readies out own
people la urgent, Tha opportunity of
reeding other 1 U alluring.
“No where la the United Stelae an
there aoeb openings for 0 >ar Bills as
la the heath, especially la tba oottou
growlog States. Already tha farmers,
tlrfag of fiee-oeol ooUon, ace turning
their attention to wheat-growing.
Georgia (arisen ara producing forty
four bushels liar aary. South CaroUu*
ia bolding wbaat socesoUoo* sad will
probably quadruple bar crop, Tbare is
a geocral awaksalag all along tba
Hoc, and sobs of Iba Southern States
■re building flour Bllla faster than tba
ok! wheat-growing State*. Not bring
overcrowded, the opportunities for
profitable opsrmttoo ara good.
"Flour aUlkag la tba Mouth baa tarn
for years mors prod table than rlsa
where. Tba fallura of a 11 >«er Bill Is
exceedingly rare. I bars sold 430 out
fits daring tba past Bataan years la tba
Southern miller*. Tha majority of
those cuatomvn required time on part
of lha put chase prise, gad In bnt a sin
gle taotanoe watt Bill a 'Id by lha sheriff
Does tba reoofd of aa* other maauteo
torli.g Industry afford a puntllal T”
He suggests as tbs bsat aiU for pres
ent oooditioua In tba Booth tba as
dtuB-etod one, capable of doing local
custom or exchange word in two or
three days each wank, las*lag three or
four day* la which to grind for tha
merobeot trade, and addad :
"Let me suggest aa Ideal mill ter a
oouoty asat vows la oottoe growing
States, where, wa will eoppoae, wheat
growing m yet la Ita fntaaay, Tba
Bill should be from sixty to ssvewty
fles bares la' ceaaeHy per twenty tear
heara, and should employ tear steads
of rollers and other necessary mecfcla
ary. Tba bulldlnf abeald ba say,
3fii48 feat, either two or Ursa atoriee
high, with base Beet. TWe baUdlog
will aeaoteosodata tba aacblsary ter
110-barrel if tba fauna absuld demand
saah so Ioersaaa. Until nab lecrsaa*
tba oxoMi room ou oa otmaad for
atortof grata aad aMII prudoeta. Tba
elevator aod warebooaa far tba Bill
wlU aome wbaa Cba capacity of tba
■Ml la taoraeaad. A. can cell! abould
ba provMad, aa wall aaa am ember,
aa ibe opera iloa at aaeb requtrea bat
altgbt addltlooal espron. Aa aaglae
aad boilar of aa aeannnleel In wa|
ba provided. Aa aateentta eaglaa
•bould U able to loaar* a foot ooo
ranpttoa of laea than oao-twir buabel
of coal par banal of Hoar. Boob a
plant abould erodan a band or dour
from four and aaa-balf buahaia of Ho. 1
wbaat watebtag alatjr poaoda to tba
waaacred bethel aa Itaoana to tbo
faraer. aad 60 prr aaat. of tble Soar
■bould bo a blfb-frud* pataat Sour,
tbo btlaaoo eloir. Tbebalp req aired
la aaeb a nUl weald ooaalat of a nlllar
•aaaglaaor, a Bowrpaekar aad the
oCoenaa. TlnnUlare*aba obtained
far bon 1*0 to 960 pec noeth, aad tba
ofloa naa la mni*j tba awaar.
“(leeb aa oatft* taeludt*. bonding,
aaa ba rgalppod far bon 6*S)0 U |60»
•coordtag to local aeadlUoaa. aad fro
qoeatfj naab laaa. A pleat tor eoea
trv oanon of ml, tortf bamta*
capacity, aaUaMa tor a (owa mailer
m,Ui
Mr aaa baa b**a uoeUad tor yaan
wHb abroalo dlattboaa. Unarm tne ago
I paraaadad bln to Uka mm at
cb.Bbarlatat Oolta, Ok alarm awd
Otarrtwaajmadr^ ^Attar aMagtwo
&ar- ttxitsx}
■•■atm! un »r am. *■*-**—
In o. tsa— -TT-w-ru
(MOM on Um ouuktrta of Ballwin. Mo.,
tlinre dwelu alooa an HO year-old lad I*
vtdnal who baa bad a varied raprrl
ao*>, aort aa fella to tha lot of few
flnla Captain Webb Harter.
■Mai; known aroaod Bleb mood, Va ,
beeaoae of bU Intimate eaqaalataaae
wHh JrSMou Derte daring Iba aoU
brilutn dais.
la^hW time Oapteln^fawknr ban been
Mien advocate*and origlaaSferty'atoer
Ha nUU ia heart; sad vtoarooa.
Oapuia Barker hM Urad to am or
JVMMCiUlJoO MU’ M *"
K. HU home i
waa, bat ba dart net
aars for aonbiag bat bla
Ua waa a gifted plan IK la
and !• aeU to bare bad
bUibTrDUngpawJSoaod^be’ baaawaa
aod tahrweaiaof klsaM piano as ba
woold of Ua bla. Altbaagb iba la*
--la old, ft atill tatalas tba
tone of termer daws,
i driving peat tba oM auk
——j laiba aart; morning baas fra*
q neatly board blm alaring. Of eoaraa
a piano la a lawMadowa abort war
— —-- —- -Uto
r
r
—I to tlia soft dream; marie. Though
tbo Oapuia la fhoiUar wttb tba warts
of tie. grant aawpoaita, ba i
plan U«afr marie. Ua prefer*
IKoriaa, and ba graaraU; lab t
oM bout hex* tariodr far bis
Man; bare triad tolars Man
areloaloo, bat tboirvOnato
Waa.
AQSBAT HUWTWrn.
Darlug iba Mara of bla —‘Irani
•mr Ballwin Captota Uarhar baa aal
dota ion aeon without bla gan In'
band. Ua epaoda bla da*a eat many
of bla night* hunUon, and ba la arid to
know ever; foot of tba graaud ter ton
mile* aruntid. dam people aa; that
ha baa n name for are 17 tree la tba
terror. Tba hauling ha not ao good
uow a* K waa wbra tba uid taan loca
ted tbi-iv, but, ocvacUmbea, ba fnve
out prepared ter an; kind of mumr. ilia
gun la a earlou*.weapon, with one bar
rel f.»r email atn* and tba other rtflad
for a ball.
A party of eooa nan ten net Captain
Darker la tlia Modi oaa nlgbt laat
«wk. II11 look bad bean band, aad
tb oaa of tba party a bn kaaa bln for a
long Una ware aarprUad la Bad bla to
n talkative mood, [g order to draw
tba old nan oat. tin bunieta told
■boat tba experience* of Abak youth.
Tula bad tba daalcad effect, and tba old
nan told Una nora about blmaelf to
Bflevu mlaulea than tbe? tint Warned
■bout bla to If loan year*.
Tba ktory of bla e-xirtahtp l< * ro
aaaoa I iwelf, and tba Boat roaetic
toeWot.t of a varied wuaar. Da waa
toft an orphan at an early ana. and a
klod-heartod Virginia lady nanaed
Grant took bla to obaiga and aaved
bla iron tba orphan toylaa. At tba
aga of 10 Captain Darfcnr deatded to
aaa tba world, aad to eplle of tta »
aanttMaoa of bla footer parruta. be
■tartM oat to make a fortune, with all
hla poaaanlooa oa bit beak. Dra.;Qmat
gave bla orooay aoongh ta pay bla
paaaga to Saw Orioene. Tboaa ware
tba pahay daye of aleanboatlnn oa tba
Miaeiaalptri. Captain Harkov fnllawtfl
tba buatoeaa for atnbtaau years aad
than rat trad with a fortune.
About a year after ha loft tba Grant
bomaatCM a daagtlar wwa bora to Mr.
and Mr*. Grant. Tba daagbtav ba
oaaa an orphan whan aba waa 0 yarn
old. Whan Cbatala Darker returned
to Virginia ha found that tba kind poo
pi# who bad aaiud far bla to bla youth
ware dead, but ha did not boar about
Ibi diuffcttr.
‘•Thnru la a dlvtutty that abapaa our
aada," anld Cbpulo Haikar, aa ba toM
hla Movy, “for l wont to PIthaaaB
aad waa aooa taaabtog In an orphan
aaylam, Tata Boat haw directed ay
aaaraa I bad (Booty of aaaay, and
tbara waa ao partleulae ram on why 1
nhoold ga to iraghtng __
•Moat and bdgbVaB girla in tba_
Wan Hapfala Oat bamrkUal
laaraad ta love tba girl. I
aaaaaotad bar with tba <
that I bad known and I Bid
that aha waa tba daagbtar of
baaafaotev until wo ware aagagtil to
bo aavrlaB.
■wr* •
N«w Ortna
••I (lUMwd a realty n
hLUUoa d naaaaw o<
mtmtf bta aflrmooti." udd a Sia
(Maaaa Ibaaraiaw auui. "Hmm wmtk
ara wm mutual a* aa uvartwad wire
»a uptwr Pr)iMj>. anH, «rbau mm
»'d of It W'-tr j.«aa and •- nlil
oowa u Um tamiNt U deaand
Latu a wrt ml ham aa It Ml. aad kf a
rtatolar attain*,ft»mfeMy ualiSil
ayooa* few «lw «Hb
mk, hooray, toaohlu* aha any warm
, of laa Mdd hare
lad UiMr hrda infer aaah oiraan
MJn°aa aannanr *'*** *taak^p*a"
on oiiyJ^^aU y^ijnga^tthani
taoenei to atnba bln in the hoaj5
haanfe w iflat to )anp. Oi tha
oaatnwr. ha Mead pnfMdy atO, raf
Wans at a ohm ha bad harawnh
la* aa ha «aan alau*, aad arnaaOy
a Ian baa** aa opaartaalty, ha
lecadqaMty ootof thaopeueedef the
loa*. aa aaaaaavaad, la all anaw
aaaa Mtanw^^t<it(fan
w^rtdl fiiiTi Ml ffg"*
hair btMaman head. I taa anon
aad ooaMat hd» tanartta* la tha
Cat naa that I adnfccd hn phnfc
hnahtd. *Oht ihat<a aU aa tha
Mitaaa r haaaad. •I’n drUpla* wtth
aoiat aad an laaiy nadUlaHh,'
‘1 woakd Ilka to raaad effthla
Mary by aayta* that the artta «aa aar
ryla*aaaa*h nmn lekfl ■ da
i**ut, hat tha troth la that it naeaet
ganaMd at ttotim, aod^oaa aa
MUka maajy h^nrtii lyjaao
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