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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1910-08-25, Page 7Aug. 2 th 1910 'Ma Clintons New Era FRECKLES. The Events That Started a Poor Boy on His Career, By IRA TEN BROECK, [Copyright. 1830, by Anae ican Press Also- elation,] A zephyr of wind caught up a sheet of paper from the editor's desk and sent it whirling out through the open window. What the editor said is su- perfluous. Branton was just rising from Ms chair to recover the manuscript as a ragged urchin entered the door of the Pinetown Chronicle. When he caught sight of theboy be did what mor- tal1gat any or tal being possessed with an abiding sense of the ridiculous would have done—be fell back into his chair and laughed. "Here's yer paper, mister," announced the boy by way of introduction. "I seen it blow out th' window an' fetch- 'editin." Chance sometimes plays strange tricks. Had anybody told Branton an hour earlier that a gust of wind would blow him fortune he would have laugh- ed at the absurdity of the suggestion, "Thank you, Freckles," he said. "Here, take this dime for your trou- ble." The freckletf face of the boy broke into a smile as he pocketed the coin and turned to go. He paused at the door, and Branton, looking up from his writing a moment later, saw him standing irresolutely on the doorsill. Kind hearted Jim Branton was quick to surmise that the lad had something more to say. "Anything I can do for you, son?" he asked kindly. "N -no, I guess not," answered the boy. "Only 1 thought p'rbaps you could give me something to do. Y' see, mister, 1 don't know nobody here, an' 1 ain't got no place to go, an' if you could"— He stopped awkwardly and, fumbled with his fingers. A few hours later John Jupin, alias Freckles, late of the city of New York, '1 WANT YOU To AOT As niEPOBTEE." ♦nus engagea in sorting the contents or one of those receptacles known in the park nce of the printing office as the "he11I ox. The months that followed -were strener uous ones for the Chronicle. Pinetewa was in the throes of a political battle over the purchase of a municipal wa- terworks system. From the first Bran- ton stood firm for municipal owner- ship, and for a time everything seemed favorable, but then the tide turned. The political party in the minority, saw an onoortunity to create a sena. ment against the project and cuargea openly that it was a scheme for graft on the part of the party in office. Branton remained firm in his position. Affairs ere at this point when the leader o -the apposition made Branton an offer to desert the now unpopular cause. All this Freckles learned as he toiled over his types, and he gained a been insight into the contest. At leisure moments he joined groups of politi- cians on thestreet and listened unob- served to the discussions. He gath- ered a fund of information. The linotypes were merrily hunt - ming and clanking one evening a year after Freckles came to the office of the Chronicle. He had made remarkable progress in his work and through 'the intactness of Branton had attended tee sessions of a night school Be bent all his energies to make the beat of bis opportunities, and at the end of the term he had graduated near the Ibead of his class. Freckles was perched upon a box setting headings from a case that was too bigb for him. He was wondering how much longer Branton could -hold out, for it was an open secret that the Chronicle was near the end of its resources. Suddenly he read two lines that startled him: CARERS Ch1" PLS IVER �� Leat CURE •Hick Headache and relieve all the troubles incl. dent to a bilious state of the pystem, such as Dizziness, Nausea, Droweinese Distress atter eating, Vain is the Side . arc. While their moat remarkable eucceaa has been shown in caring SICK eadache, yet Carter's. Little Liver Phis are equally valuable in Constipation, curing and pre. venting this annoying complain whiletbeyalso correct all disorders of the stomach, stimuletetbe liversd regulate the bowels. Even if they gni, HEAD Ache tbeywould be almostpriceleestothoaewho suffer from this distressing complaint; butfortn. nately their goodness does notend here,and these who once try them will find these little pills vale - able in so many ways that they will not be w'I. ling to do without them. Hut after all sick heed ACHE Is the bane of so many linea that here 1s where we make onr great boast. Qur pills cureit while others do not. Carter's Little Liver Pills are very small and, very easy to take. One or two pills make a dose. They are strictly vegetable and do not gripeor large, but by their gentle action Flom at .see them. - J CARTEL1t3DXCilfa DDw arsw tom !mall Et Small Dow hall Irks, 1. HEAVIEST TAXPAYER RECONSID- ERS ATTITUDE. DONNELLY FAVORS PURCHASE OF WATERWORKS. "Donnelly!" Where bad he heard that .name? Then like a flash be re. membered—big Jim Donnelly, one of the leaders of the opposition, the man who had been foremost in denouncing the project. Donnelly reconsiders? Impossible! Only the day before Freckles remembered be had heard. him say: "We have won. boys. The election next November is ours." There was treachery somewhere. ile must see Branton. Excitement prevailed in the editorial rooms of the Chronicle that evening. Branton was jubilant. With Donnelly fu favor of the project, its success was assured. The news had startled him, indeed, but he cast all suspicions aside when his reporter came in from a personal interview with the leader. Now be saw the Chronicle restored in the good graces of the public and his sacrifices repaid. Freckles found him merrily typewriting an editorial, "If you please, Mr. Branton, can 1 see you a minute?" . he asked as the latter paused to enake a correction. Branton wheeled around. "Why, heft's -Freckles," be said:'—"What's-the— matter? Going to give me notice that you've accepted a position as president ofthe bank?" • ' Freckles ignored his interrogation and delved a1 once into the object of his visit. "Mr. Branton,' this head is wrong," he said. "There must be a mistake." Then be repeated what he had heard Donnelly say. Branton smiled amusedly.. "Freckles,. you're wrong this time— dead wrong. That head describes, with minute exactitude just what has oc-• curred. We had it from Donnelly. him- self, through Billy Curtis.". • He turned to his desk. "it'sall right. Don't worry!" Freckles was nonplused. He went slowly back to the composing room. thinking hard. What had made Don- nelly change his mind so suddenly, or had he changed? .,It must allbe a a-mistake._nere must be treachery somewhere. • The nextday there was great excite- ment in Pinetown. The office of Jim Donnelly was flooded with !visitors, while the big boss .passed around .cigars to his anxious friends 'and ex- plained that the esteemed Chronicle shad had a "pipe dream." The prestige of that newspaper seemed forever lost —to all except Branton. In the office of the Chronicle there was equal turmoil. Billy Certis, the a'eporter responsible for the article that had set all Pinetown :a -quiver with excitement, . had resigned . and was not to be fouud. Rumor said he tad held an early conference with Donnelly before the presses of the Chronicle were through that .'morning aged had left for the far. west. Bran- ton experienced. a feeling nearer akin. to disappointment than he bad .yet ,known. The treachery of Curtis was •valent. The needs .of the present :aroused him from his 'reverie. Some one must be around at once to take Curtis' place, some one he could trust. In his dilem- ma he thought of Freckles. "1 can trust ,him," he mused. "Any- how, he can end] out what is`tappenr ing, and 1. can write the articles at present." So Pireekles was roused out of his bed at 10 o'clock by a messen- ger and ordered to report at the office at once. He went in fear. dreading he knew not what. 13ranton was *wait- ing him. "Freckles,". said Branton, "I 'have made up my mind that we don't treed you in the composing room any long- er," and Freckles trembled. The nest moment he could have shouted for C WA NIS PERFECTION COCOA tMAPLE LEAF t,AIIEL) has rare food value. Splendid for children. Wholesome, nourishing and 0 so good for breakfast, dinner and supper. Economical, • too. IS2 The COWANCOothaitedf, To*Otli` o. soy. "T want you to act ae reporter for roe temporarily." Thele he ex- plained. So Freckles went forth from the ot• flee an hour later with a jubilant heart notwithstanding, the prospects of the Chronicle, Branton had uncon- sciously stumbled upon one of the secrets of success. Be bad made an ally of his helper. IIB first went to the humble lunch roots where he had takeu bis meals since bis arrival in Pinetown. Flis bead was literally awbirl with his sudden promotion. He bore In mind Branton's last words: "And, above all, Freckles, don't let anybody know who you are. Iseefi that low;" lu spite of his small stature. Freckles Was now eighteeu years old, and his sudden gond fortune made blm, feel a man grown, His hard knocks in battling for an existence bad taught him many things that were to stand him in .good stead. el3ranton had chosen wisely. Residents of Pinetown will .always recall the events of the following day. The Chronicle was filled withremarks by eminent potiticlans never tneant for publication, with ,here and there a caustic comment by Branton. The last number of the Chronicle was sold be- fore the sun was two hours high, and Donnelly and his colleagues were rag- ing. The strange part was nobody knew bow Branton had secured his in- formation. Nobody had seen him about, nor had any one observed the little figure that quietly lingered near groups of politicians as they conferred in low tones. Freckles went about without attracting suspicion. and the leathers. began to whisper of treachery and of betrayed confidence. The` next day and the next the Chronicle contained edify- ing news morsels and told of the grow- ing spirit of disruption among the lead- ers. Donnelly grew alarmed as lead ing citizens began to aft up and take notice. The circulation of the Chron- icle increased by leaps and bounds. Freckles was, indeed, "making .good. The tide of public opinion soon turn- ed, and Freckles became established in the office of the Chronicle as head reporter, and Branton always said, the change was brought about by.a sheet of paper blowing from his desk one afternoon. About a year after his promotion Re- porter John Jupin made a trip to New York and after three days' absence returned with a careworn ' old lady, happiness beaming from her wrinkled face. and introduced her to Branton as "my mother." After that he bought a home in the suburbs, where, like they say in the fairy tales, they lived hap- py ever afterward. 7am-Bilk Is the best. remedy" •;known for sunburn, ;heat 'rashes, eczema . ,sore feet,., stings and blisters.. A skin food ! • All Druggists and Stores. -60g. e GOLD EXTRACTION: - Getting XTRACTION.Getting. Metal In Saskatchewan .Is Interesting Work: The evolution of gold extraction. from the . river bed and bars of the Saskatchewan would form a volume of interesting details. On .the hilly drive frorn Duck hake, the famous battle :. ground of 1885,, • on the.: south shore of the North Saskatchewan, to "Pri ce- Wilbert, tetueste-emae,=view—an-- old, curiously constructed, ramshac- kle, abandoned steamboat, which somewhat resembled .a sternwheel passenger craft, and is yet rigged with an apparatus evidently intended for dredging. This is 'a disused gold dredge, which represents. some $10,- 000 or $12,000 invested, Mostly • by Englishmen; in enabling and English engineer to develop his ideas as to what a gold dredger should be. - Per- haps, if he had been furnished with wheels, pulleys, chains, stanchions and other mechanical, parts of good steel, it might have worked to . this day, But the parts were atade in England, possibly by some one used to contracting for the war offiee. They gave out a% all critical junctures with wondrous rapidity, and the dredger practically wents to bits, as has been said, almost after the manner.' of Dr. Holmes' "oonehss sliay:" 'let it pro- duced in the open season of one year, gold that sold at the mint for $8,100, from 18,000 cubic yards of gravel dredged from the bars of the North Saskatchewan; this means 45 cents of gold per cubic yard. The tailings are said to have - contained enough more to be worth reworking. Now, extensive gold -dredging opera- tions are carried on along the Feather River of California, in gravel or sand, which yields less than 20 cents per cubic yard. Boston men . and money, are engaged on Feather River. Many have since turned their attention to the Saskatchewan. At present the North Saskatchewan,• at many points along the meandering. for 600 miles below Edmonton, is be- ing exploited by miners using a very crude apparatus locally called the "grizzly," which term is more proper- ly applied to one part of the collec- tion of cheap contrivances. The grizzly, whence the evolution of the gold dredge is a very simple device. Any ordinary man could con- strue t one, at a cost of $5 or $10, ac- cording to his ability. Men earned and now earn from $2 to $4 a day along the Saskatchewan by this pro- ecss. On some bars they run as high as $8 and $10.. During the open sea- son scores May be seen y recovering fine gold; the work is remunerative and fascinating, but now that modern invention has produeod a dredge and buckets operated by water power and electricity, tieing the work of 1,500 to 2,000 men each day,"the days of the "grizzly" and the "rocket" appear to be numbered—so far as being con- sidered distinctive machines for gold recovery. A steam dredger is essentially a ."grizzly" apparatus on a great settle. The machinery lifts gravels from the river bed or the bar, dumps it aboard the bntit, wni«hoa it aver arrrneeaiva screens; and' ultimately leaves the gold adhering to blanket cloth, from which work it is washed in reeep- taeles containing mercury, so that amalgam is formed. A steam "griz- zly" and all other plant contributing to the formation of a first-class mod- ern gold -dredging apparatus, cost from $60,000 to $125,000—or more, ac- cording to capacity. --T. H. Brooks, M.E. $loo Reward, $)loo. The readers of this paper will he pleased to learn that there is .at least one dreaded disease that science has b re itstages, sena Ie to.cu in all a and th tt is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure of the only poiittve cure row known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Cat - merle Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the systems, thereby ries h•oying the foundation of the disease,. and giving the patient strength by hutlding up the constitution and assist- ing nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testi- monials. Address : ]s. J CHENEY & Co,Toledo,O Sold by Druggists, - Take Hall's Family Pille:for constipa- tion. • A 'Vivi Kind of Insanity. Many weird 'things come to the at- tention of the men who, look after the immigrants. Especially do the offi- cials who have charge of the deport- ing eporting of undesirables not find their lives monotonous. Romance looms up every week -scene of tragedy, scenes of comedy. An interesting incident cm- curred'the other day—something rath- er new for' Canada. A big train crept into Ottawa populated mostly by Rus- sians. There .was nothing in. that to cause cub reporters to prick up their ears; many incoming foreigners hik- ing for the prairies are given a glimpse of the capital city en route. But.this teein was net westward bop.rid. It. was pulling in the opposite direction —full of deports, so the officials said. They also calmly said in answer to jot rnalistic queries, that all the for- eigners on the train were demented: Nor were they joking. Of course, there are many . forms of insanity. Brainstorm was not one of the symp- toms of this. The Russians were af- flicted with a peeuliar malady vein - mon to those. of the Slavic tempera- ment—intense homesickness. Nostal- gia is, the name in the psychology books for it. The Canadian Immigra- tion Department has so far,. except in rare instances, been savednostalgia troubles. However, . other Govern- ments have been worried. The Unit- ed States spends a large sum aniival- ly returning Russians who yearn for their.. little villages, out of place in the western hustle. • When French Makes the Pace. Those who have seen Gen. Sir_ John French] .during his stay in Canada --hove been--tmal-le—to—resist- entally comparing his wiry fitness with that; of the fleshy: officers of the' Canadian militia who have been participating in the various reviews organized in connection with his visit. • An amus- ing illustration of this occurred at Montreal a short time ago. A big de- monstration was arranged at Lafon- taine Park when the general inspect- ed the.garrison of that city. The in- spection over, lie rode away from the. perk 'attended not' only by his own aides, but by a staff composed' of the leading military officers, of Montreal,•. most of w'hom are men of light and )eeding rend • also girth. He at once started at a brisk trots not canter, and kept it 111) all the way,to the Windsor. Hotel. When he arrived he looked• around for his staff, but found. only his. personal aides in' sight. The varinus Montreal officers were scat- tered at varying distances over the louts of two mile:- Sir John said t :othing at t,lhe tinct.;• but at 'a dinner` in the evening he• remarked the°ti's- ?itrema ability : of Canadians to,•Lid acything with hair op it, and in so •do ing glanced at one or two of the offi- cers just significantly enough to, make them conceal; their confusion in beak - ers of chainpagne. PHOSPRONOL, The Electric Restorer for Men Restores'every nerve in the body to its proper tension; restores vim and vitality. Premature decay and all sexual weakness averted • at once. Phosphonol will make vona new. ROSEBERY'S GRAND UNCLE. +le Was a Canadian Lawyer Who Liv- ed and Died In Quebec. Few are aware that the great publi- cist, Lord Rosebery, had a grand un- cle who played a prominent part in. the public life of Lower Canada half a century ago. He was the Hon. Fran - •cis Ward Primrose, advocate, who lived most of ' his life in the city of Quebec and died in 1860 at the age of seventy-six. The deceased gentleman was the second son of the then Earl Rosebery, and might, of course, have lead a prominent career in England. He came to' Quebec in early manhood, for reasons which made it inconven- ient to live in England. For many years lie stood at the front of the legal profession in Quebec, and that he, earned and retained the gopd opinions. and respect of his fellow practition- ers, is illustrated by the highly flat- tering and complimentary resolutions adopted by them after his death. His remains were interred in Mount Her- mon cemetery. Mr. Primrose main- tained no correspondence with his family in England during his resi- dence in this country. Prior to com- ing to Canada he sat with honor in the Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland, where he was a consistent supporter of Liberal principles. An obituary notice published in The Que- bec Telegraph at the time of his death, said: "He was one of theunior coun- sel of the unfortunate Queens Caro- line, and in youth was a prominent cadet of a great Whig family, and,. even then, a trusted member of the Whig party. Like his brother, the present Bari of Rosebery, he was an intimate friend of Lord Broughain's, when Brougham, a rising barrister, was struggling at the bar without his noble and honorAble friends's advan- tages of birth and station. Ile was wally intimate with Denman and a rr ole galaxy of the foronsie talent of the day. in Canada he wore the robe of (4wecn's Counsel with dignity, con- ducted the crown business for a brief armee impartially and well, and wag nn auvocate or 'tne aims !-afire. Uf'!t'tfib the fire and energy of youth to the caution and experience of age, as all will admit who heard his full and ele- vated voice and noticed his vigorous and appropriate action on his very last appearance before thecourts, or noticed how he could piote old sta- tutes and old authors from the capa- cious stores of his vivid and accurate memory, while young men with book handpainfully after inp n lytoialda him, , or the manner in which' on occasions he poured forth the lessons of consti- tutional and Parliamentary law from the deep and rich lore of English his- tory." JUDGE HAGARTY'S MASTERPIECE From time to time there reappears in the press allusions to a celebrated paraphrase on "The House that Jack Built" which contains a wealth of synonyms not less remarkable than its mock, pompous and grandiose de- scriptions of the commonplace inci- dent. It was published anonymously and went around the world but is gen- erally admitted to have been the work of the late Chief Justice Hagerty of Toronto.) Lo ! here, with hirsute honors doffed succinct Of saponaceous locks, the priest who linked In Hymen's golden bands, the torn uuthrift, Whose means exiguous stared through many a rift. Even as he kissed the virgin all for- lorn, Who milked the cow with complicated horn, Who in fine wrath the canine torturer skied That dared to vex the insidious muri- cide, Who let the auroral effluence through the pelt Of the sly rat that robbed the palace Ian had built. The loud cantankerous Shanghai. comes at last,. 'Whose shouts aroused the shorn ec- clesiast, Who sealed the vows of Hymen's sac- rament, To Frim, who robed in garments indigent, Exosculates the •damsel lachrymose, The emulgator of that brute morose, That tossed the dog, that worried the cat, that kilt The ratthat ate themalt that lay in the house that Jack built. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTO R IA Indian Drama. Oberammergau gets the credit .for being the home of the Passion Play perhaps not altogether. justly. so. This year the greet drama is being produc- ed once mote, there, But Canadians won't need to cross to Europe to see it. The Passion Play is due to come off on the British Columbia coast acted by the Skale Indians who ]runt ()fish on the Fraser. For several days the Fraser has been lack with hundreds of .redrnen speeding from, Puget Sound in their canoes.. Tho big United States reservations in W'ash- ington and Oregon are silent places`' now, depleted of the Indians, who have been granted permission to at- tend ttend the religious celebration: of the Canadian tribesmen. Even up in Alaska, Indians are hastening to join the babel of tongues. The British Co- lumbia village has become . a vast, picturesque panoraina;; Skwa; which .ordinarily is the usual western fur station—shops, ‘shacks, houses; withal a touch of romance in the little paint- ed church from whose steeple booms for fifty miles into the_ mountains, the first brass bell. that ever went over. the trail to the northwest, 70 Years with Coughs We have had nearly seventy yeah of experience with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. That makes us have great con- fidence in it for coughs, colds, bronchitis, weak throats, and weak lungs. Ask your own doctor what experience he has had with it. He knows. He can advise you wisely. Keep in close touch with your family physician. No alcohol in this cough medicine,• yer o„ owe , ,. Be well; be strong. You cannot if your bowels are constipated. The best laxative la Ayer's Pills, all vegetable. Ask your doctor if he agrees with us. 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