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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1906-08-23, Page 7eleleal4el teteeS d•3"# eaSi lett ti tt tl 11 n h..4eleiefeleleaf ielelalelea •0t4.1•kf4 T4ele0++ "x"%'t44**1.,I...j.'r +444 j.,s„%j"1"i lelea elea +++ • it5he• • Genikman • • VIDAR Pio i•• .* +•a, At • From Indiana 1.• Y. • v t • Dy BOOTH TA?t YNGTON t • +1•• Copyeldht, 1899. by Doubleday ( McClure Co. '••' :14,40:4 CopyHiht. 1902, by McClure. Phillipa eat Co. ,•••q 4.1"414141'x14 Ni.04,1"i..j.+•`M1.'.j•''.`1"4.44J1'K`.4"f'4e.1.+j'.iA.IC`4im:Mto4-+tt.4'A+,..eitstoik.. .t4a. ed that they Went by while he stood far aside and could not even see them utove. He did not consider the life he led an exciting one, but the other citi- zens of Carlow did when lie undertook a war against the White Caps, deni- zens of Six Crossroads, sevea miles west of Plattville. The uatives were much more afraid of the White Caps than, he was. They knew more about them and understood them better than Ile did. There was no thought of the people of the Crossroads in his mind as he sat on the snake fence staring at the little smoky shadow dance on the white road in the June sunshine. On the contrary, he was occupied with the realization that there had been a man in his class at college whose ambition needed no restraint, his promise was so great—in the strong belief of the university, a be- lief he could not help knowing—and that seven years to a day from his com- mencement this man was sitting on a fence rail in Indiana. Down the pike a buggy came creak- ing toward him, gray with dust, old and frayed like the fat, shaggy gray mare that drew it, her unchecked, de- spondent head lowering before her, while her incongruous tail waved in- cessantly, Like the banner of a storming party. The editor did not bear the flop of the mare's hoofs nor the sound of the wheels, so deep was his rev- erie, till the vehicle was nearly oppo- site him. The red faced anderspir- ing driver drew rein, and the journal- ist looked up and waved a long white hand to him in greeting. "Howdy' do, Mr. Harkless?" called the man in the buggy. "$otii.-in' iri the weather'(" He spoke in shouts, though neither was hard of hearing. "Yes, just soaking," ansettelred Har1t- less. "It'a such a gypsy day. How is Mr. Bowider?" "I'm givin' good. satisfaction, thank you, and all at home. She's in town." "Gfve Mrs. Bowider my regards," said the journalist, comprehending the symbolism. "How is Hartley?' The farmer's honest face shaded over for a second. "He's be'n steady ever sence the night you brought him home, six weeks straight. I'm kind of both- ered about tomorrow—he wants to come in for show day, and seems if I hadn't any' call to say no. I reckon he'll have to take his chance—and us too. Seems more like we'd have to let him, long as we got him not to come in last night for Kedge Halloway's lecture at the courthouse. Say, how'd that lecture strike you? You give Kedge a mighty, fine send-off to the audience in your in- troduction, but I noticed you spoke of him as 'a thinker,' without sayin' what kind. I didn't know you was as cau- tious a man as that! Of course I know Kedge is honest" -- Harkless sighed. "Oh, he's the best we've got, Bow,lder.' "Yes, I presume so, but"— Mr. BowI- der broke off suddenly as his eyes opened in surprise, and he exclaimed: "Law, I'd never of expected to see you settin' here today! Why ain't you out at Judge Briscoe's?" This speech seem- ed to be intended with some humor, for Bowider accompanied it with the loud . laughter of sylvan timidity risking a Went over the state, Tlie paper etinie out regularly. The townsfolk bought rt, and the farmers drove in for it. Old >fubscribers game back. Old advertis- ers renewed. The Ilerald began to sell In Amo, and Gaines county people sub- scribed. Carlow folk held up their beads when journalism was meationed, :Presently the Ilerald announced a news Connection with Rouen, and with that and the aid of "patent insides" began an eril of three issues a week, appear - lug on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur- days. The Plattville brass band sere- naded the editor, t During the second month of the new regime of the Herald the working force -of the paper received au addition. One night the editor found some barroom loafers tormenting a patriarchal old man who had a magnificent Tread and a -grand white beard. He had been thrown out of a saloon, and he was -drunk with the drunkenness of three weeks' steady pouring. He propped himself against a wall and reproved his tormentors in Lni!in. "I'm walking your way, Mr. Fisbee," remarked the journalist, hooking his arm into the old man's. "Suppose we leave our friends here and go home." Mr. Fisbee was the one inhabitant of 1 the town possessing an unknown past, and a glamour of romance was thrown about him by the gossips, who agreed that there was a dark, portentous se- eret in bis life, an opinion not too well eenfirmed by the old man's appearance. His fine eyes had a habit of wandering to the horizon, and his expression was .mild, vague and sad, lost in dreams. At the first glance ono guessed that his dreams would never bo practicable in their application, and some such im- pression of him was probably what i caused the editor of the Herald to nick- name him, in his own mind, "the White Knight" Mr. Fisbee, coming to Plattville from nobody knew where, had taught in the high school for ten years, but he proved quite unable to refrain from lecturing to the dumfounded pupils on archae- ology, neglecting more and more the • ordinary courses of instruction, grow- ing year by year more forgetful and absent, lost in his few books and his own reflections, until at last he had been discharged for incompetency. The dazed old man had no money and no way to make any. One day he dropped in at the hotel bar, where Wilkerson, the professional drunkard, favored him with his society. The old man under- stood. He knew it was the beginning of the end. He sold his books in order to continue his credit at the Palace bar, and once or twice, unable to pro- ceed to his own dwelling, spent the night in a lumber yard, piloted thither by the hardier veteran Wilkerson. The morning after the editor took him home Fisbee appeared at the Her- ald office in a new hat and a decent suit of black. Ile had received his sal- ary in, advance, his books had been re- purchased and he lead become the re- •portorlal staff of the Carlow County Herald; also he was to write various Treatises for the paper. For the first few evenings when he started home ,from the office itis chief walked with him, chatting cheerfully, until they .had passed the Palace bar. But Isis - tee's redemption was complete. The editor of the Herald kept stead- ily at his work, and as time went on the bitterness his predecessor's swindle had left in him passed away. But his loneliness and a sense of defeat grew .and deepened. When the vistas of the world. had opened to his first youth he had not thought to spend his Iife in such a place as Plattville, but ho found himself doing it, and it was no groat happiness to ham that the Hon. Kedge Halaeway of Amo, whom the Herald's opposition to McCune had sent to Washington, came to depend on his in- fluence for renomination, nor did the realization that the editor of the Car- low County Herald had come to be )1lcCune's successor as political dicta- tor prodtjco a perceptibly enlivening ef- fect upon the young man. The years •drifted very slowly, and to him It soem- Piles Make Life Wretched IT is a great mistake to imagine that the effects of piles are local, for, as a matter of fact, they sap the vitality of mind and body and slowly but surely lead to the ruination of the health. This is true of itching and pro- truding as well as of bleeding piles, which, because of the loss of blood, .are more rapid in their disastrous .effects. Pr. Chase's Ointment brings almostinstant relief from the itching and burning and is a positive and thorough cure for every form of this wretched, torturing and often- times stubborn disease. 'Frequently when doctors Have failed to cure piles and the surgeon's knife has proven futile Dr, Chase's Ointmenthaseffected thorough cure; 60 cents a box, at all dealers, or .Edrnauson, Bates & Co., Toronto. "Why? What's going on at the judge's?" "Goin' on! Didn't you see that strange lady at the lecture with Minnie Briscoe and the judge and old Fisbee?" "I'm afraid not, Bowider." "They couldn't talk about anything else at the postoffice this mornin' and at Tom Martin's. She come yesterday, on the afteruoon accommodation. You ought to know all about it because when Minnie and her father went to tho deepoe they had old Fisbee with 'em, and when the buckboard come through town he was settin' on the back seat with her. That's what stir- red the town up so. Nobody could fig - ger it out any way, and nobody got much of a good look at her then except Judd Bennett. He said she bad kind of n new look to her. That's all any of 'em could git out of Judd. He was in a sort of a dreamy state. But 'giddy Tip- ton— You know Diildy ? She works out at Briscoe's"— "Yes, I know Mildy." "She come in to the postoffice with the news this lady's name was Sher- wood and she lives at Rouen. Miss ',Tibbs says that wasn't no news—you could tell she was a city lady with both your eyesrshut. But Mildy says Fisbee was goi`n'to stay for supper, and he come to the lecture with 'em and drove off with 'em afterwards. Sol Tibbs says he reckoned it was because Fisbee was the only man in Carlow that Bris- coes thought had read enough hooks to be smart enough to talk to her, but Miss Seliny says if that was so they'd have got you instead, and so they had to all jest about give It up. Of course everybody got a good look at her at the lecture—they set on the platform right behind you and IIalloway, and she did look smart. What got me, though, was the way she wore a kind of a little dag- ger stuck straight through her head. Seemed a good deal of a sacrifice jest to make sure your hat was on right Yeti never see her at all?' "I'm afraid not," answered 1Iarlrless absently. "Miss Briscoe stopped mo en the way Otit and told me she had a visitor." �lyoung man," bald Bowider, "yeti THE WINGIEAM TIMES, .&.UGUSr 22 better go out there right away." IIe raised the reins and clucked to the gray mare. "Well, ehe'ii be mad l ain't in town for her long ago. hide In with me" "No, thank you. I'il walk In for the sake of my appetite." "Wouldn't encourage it too ulueb— livin' at the Palace hotel," observed Bawldet. "Sorry you won't ride." Iia gathered the loose ends of the veins In his hands, leaned far over the clash- board and struck the mare a hearty thwack. The tattered banner of tail jerked indignantly, but she consented to move down the road. Bowider thrust his big head through the sun curtain behind him and continued the eonver- satloia "See the White Caps ain't got you yet." "No, not yet," IIarkless laughed. "Reckon the boys 'drunter you stayed in town after dark," the other called back. "Well, come out and see us if you git any spare time from the judge's." He laughed loudly again in farewell, and the editor waved his band as Bowl - der finally turfled his attention forward to the mare. When the flop, flop of her hoofs had died out, Harkless realized that the day was silent no longer; it was verging into evening. IIe dropped from the fence and turn- ed his face toward town and supper. IIe felt the life and light about him, heard the clatter of the blackbirds above hire, heard the homing bees hum by. saw the vista of white road and level landscape framed on two sides by the branches of the grove, a vista of infinitely stretching fields of green, lined here and there with woodlands and fiat to the horizon line, the village lying in their lap. No roll of meadow, no rise of pasture land, relieved their serenity nor shouldered up from them to be called a Trill. A farm bell rang In the distance, a tinkliug coming small and mellow from far away, and at the lonesomeness of that sound he heaved a long, mournful sigh. The next instant he broke into laughter, for another bell rang over the He stopped to exchange a word. fields, the courthouse bell in the square. The first four strokes were given with mechanical regularity, the pride of the custodian who operated the bell being h effectof aclockwork to reduce the P bell, such as he had once heard in the courthouse at Rouen, but the fifth and sixth strokes were halting achieve- ments, as, after 4 o'clock he often lost count in the strain of the effort for pre- cise imitation. There was a pause after the sixth; thee ft dubious and reluctant stroke, seven, a longer pause, followed by a final•ring with desperate decision —eight! Harkless looked at his watch. It was twenty minutes of 6. As he crossed the courthouse yard to the Palace hotel on his way to supper he stopped to exchange a word with the bell ringer, who, seated on tba steps, was mopping his brow with, an air of hard earned satisfaction. "Good evening, Schoilelds'," be said. "You came in strong on, the last stroke tonight." "What we need here," responded the bell ringer, "is more public sperritcd men. I ain't kicl:in' on you, Dir. IIark- less—no, sin; but we want more men like they got in Damen. We want men that '11 git Main street paved with block or asphalt; men that '11 put in factories; men that 'II act—not set round like that old fool Martin and laugh and pollywoggle along and' make fun of I.ublic sperrit, day in, clay out. I reckon t do my best for the city." "Oh,iiiobody minds old Tom Martin," Meati Kidneys 31ight's Disease and Diabetes Use Dr. Shoop's Restorative to Clue the Cause, If You Suffer From These Symptoms. Isere are the symptoms of Kidney compiatntse Drinc laden with sediment, brick dust n"urine. highly colored urine. greasy froth or blood in it, stringy mucous in urine, unusual de- sire to urinate, pain in passing water, pain in the back and over the kidneys, hot, dry and itching skin. hair dry and brittle, pain ful joints, legs feel heavy, sleeplessness, dullness, loss of weight, chilly sensa- tions; loss of mem.ory, general debil- ity, irregular heart, disorders o f eyesight, ,:. trouble with hearing, waxy shin, fever. shifting from 1 Ott Ono hgtandintootgtor A1110nimotperrop In �;c `G ': e r treat- mentisoften worse than none. Mostc 7Y a.#;,, Kidneyney medi- eines get their eff0ot from remedies called diuretics. These are p raeticallylcidney physics, acting as cathartics t.et on the bowels. tonyeyteseoettoTederithauvr-ysrain These t- etieremedies Are them selves the frequent cause of 10riona kidney disease, Don't try to doctor the kidneys themselves, for you will only harm them. Their only strength is nerve power. • rthat operate the Kidneys. Sold bog • WAI,I,EY'S DRUG STORE,. 1906 observed lElarkless. "It's only hall the time he means anything by what he pays." "That's just what I hate about him," returned the bell ringer in a tone of high complaint. "You can't never tell Which half it Is. Look at him nowl't %he gentleman referred to was stand- ing over in front of the hotel talking at to a row of eo 1,ess loungers, who sat. with their chairs tilted back against the props of the wooden awning that projected over the sidewalk. Their faces were turned toward the court- house, and even those loSt In medita- tivo whittling had looked up to laugh. Mr. Martin, one of his hands thrust in a pocket of his alpaca coat and the oth- er softly caressing his wiry, gray chin beard, his rusty silk hat tilted forward till tho brim almost rested on the bridge of his nose, was addressing them in a one keyed voice, the melan- choly whine of which, though not the words, penetrated to the courthouse steps. The bell ringer, whose name was Henry Schofield, but who was known as Schoilelds' henry (popularly abbre- viated to gehofielcls'), was moved to in- dignation. "Look at him!" he Cried'.. "Look at him! Everlastingly goin' on about my hell! Well, let him talk. Let him talk!" As Mr, Martin's eye tell upon the (To be continued.) HINTS FOR THE The Lure of Old Song. (W, D. Nesbit, in Chicago Tribune.) You were playing, sweet and low, The old songs of long ago; And the high lamp's crimson shade Poured a softened light that made Mystic shadows were laughing there Shadows which were Iaughieg there As the shadows of the dawn Leaped and laughed in days bygone. So you played --and so I dreamed While the pranering firelight gleamed In its raoe along the wall; And I heard the boy days call In the songs that thrilled my heart With their subtly simple art— As when praotised hands are swept O'er a heart that long has slept. Winding paths through meadowlands, Brooks that sang on silver lands, Bending branches on the trees, Noontime chants of honeybees. Drifting India summer haze, Pelting snows of wintry days, Wonderoas stale that blazed above— All this you knew something of. Yet you played, and played wrought All the glories anforgot, And the high lamp's rnddg glow Where the glints swayed to and fro Seemed some way to blend and blur Into those fair days that were— Led me backward, mile by mile To each golden olden while. NIGHT IN BACHELOR'S HALL. (T. A. Daly, in Catholic Standard.) HOUSEWIFE They've gone away! It seems a year, Always wash the dishcloth thoroughly and hang in the sunahiae to dry after each using. Always pat the sugar used in a pie in the centre of the fruit, not at the top, as this makes the paste sodden. If the juice of a fruit pie runs out try putting a small funnel of white paper in the centre of the upper crust. Those who use salt generously in their sweeping of carpets are never troubled with moths; besides, salt brightens the calors and brings out the pattern pf the carpets in a most satisfactory manner. Stitch together newspapers enough to entirely cover the springs of your bed and if there are slats, make a second paper sheet to put under the springs It will keep out the dust and is ,easily re- placed. When the collar of handsome linen or batiste blouses becomes slightly soiled, it may be cleaned with a little naphtha or benzine in the same Manner as those of silk or satin. With this process the collar dces, not need pressing. Such waists never look as handsome after they are laundered. To freshen stale rolls, wrap them in a wet napkin and plane in the oven until the napkin is dry. Auother way is to w rap them in a dry napkin and piasce in a steamer, over bo ling water. Da not let the rolls get too damp, Cake may be freshened in,either of these ways. To frost a glass rub over carefullywith a little muslin bag filled with fine sand and powdered glass and grindstone grit and water. Then clean the glass thor- oughly and moisten with hydrofluoric acid. When the glass is frosted to suit, wash with clean, cold water. Severe 'Kidney Trouble. Mrs. Geo. Lawton, Consecon, Ont., writes :— "Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills c ntpletelycured meof;constipation, rheumatism, stoma: h troubles and a very severe kidney trouble after years of suf- fering. I am now sixty-eight years of age and very' grateful for what Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills have done for me," , Aye! weeks of years, since they were here; And yet it was but yesterday I kissed them when they went away; Away from all the scorching heat That grips this br ok-walled city street, And it was I who made them go, Though she, dear heart. protected so, And vowed I'd find 110 joy at all, Nor any peace, in Bachelor's Hall, I laughed at that, but she was right, I never new a sadder night Than this, while thus I tread, alone, These silent halls I call my. own. I never thought this place could change So utterly and seem so strange. The night is hot, and yet a chill Pervades the hoose; it is so still, I miss the living atmosphere. That comforts me when they are here; I miss the sigh, long -drawn and deep, The music of refreshing sleep, - That undulates the gentle breast, Of weary motherhood at rest; And in the unaccustomed gloom That shrouds the small adjoining room I miss the moans, the muffled screams, Of childhood troubled in its dreamt, And is this all? Nay; more I miss The strong, heart -thrilling joy, the bliss Or warding, with protecting arm, Between these precious hearts and harm, Oh 1 sing your song, all ye who roam, "Your wistful song of "Home, Sweet Home," Bat, though unhappy is your lot, You will not find a sadder spot In all the world than Home, when they Who make it Home have gone away. Hog Notes. Pigs may live on grass alone, but it oan hardly be said that they will thrive upon it. If a pig ltsimply notgoiug balkwards, he is losing the owner money; when he is just holding his own he is losing money. The later the spring litters come the less care is required to start them, but the opposite is true of fal litters. The boar will thrive Hsieh better if given good range and ex .;ise, will have more vigor, will sire pigs vith stronger vitality, and the litters NI i:l be large to number. The c;mpact sow is objectionable be- cause she cannot assimilate sufficient food to maintain a large litter. Exclusive corn feeding is the bane of young pigs, and is one of the reasons why litters are generally less thrifty than those farrowed in the spring when the Dorn is scarcer. Pigs should never be fed so much as to be indifferent about their feed, or so that they would Leave any; bat feed all that they will eat clean and keep them so that they will always Dome to their feed with good appetites. The first hundred pounds put on a pig costs less than the third. and every ad- ditional hundred costs more than the preceding. Keep the pigs growing from the day they are farrowed t!nflimarket as soon as ready. To be a good brood sow the first re- quisite is a good form, and the sow that approximates more nearly in form to a parallelopiped is, other things being equal, likely to prove the best breeder. As a rale, no aged sow that hat proved herself a good breeder and Buckler, should be disposed of to slake room for gonna and tattled Bows a9 long as she will raise large littera .of good pig. The Delineator for September. The Delineator for September is pack- ed with good reading matter for every- one. The woman of fashion will find mubh of interest in the many pages de- voted to dress, millinery and neckwear; and those who are otherwise inclined may derive a great deal of pleasure and entertainment from the literary features provided in this number. Barry Pain, the well known hamorist contributes the firet chapter of "The Diary of a Baby;" a story that promises to be one of the brightest and cleverest this author has ever written. Everyone must enjoy the observations of this precocious baby, and follow with amusement its budding career. The Williamsons' delightful story of a motorboat and its jolly crew in Holland is continued, and those who admire the two famous authors of motor steriee will learn much of them from their per- sonal side in an article contributed by J.riru Harvey. There are short stories by Ellie Parker Butler, Tudor Jenks, and an article of practical valve on 'How Not to Spoil the Hair," by Joliet Mar- ion Lee, a specialist in this Iiue. House- wives will welcome the advent of M. Jean Marie Davaux, a celebrated auth- ority on cooking, as culinary editor of the magazine. A feature of special in- terest in this department is "The Cali - nary Dictionary," giving the meaning of the terms used in cooking and menu - making, which is to be continued from month till mouth, until completed, and along with a series of "Favorite Iteeeip- es of Famous People," gives a distinct originality to these pages. The home - builder will get some splendid ideas in W. H. Wilkinson's illustrated article, "An Old House Altered," and ilt Alice Kellogg's article on "Farniehing the House; treating of Dressing the Bed.11 And for the children are stories and amusements well calculated to keep brains and fingers busy. MOSQUITO BITES. (Exchange.) What they can do.— Poison the baby. Kill the canary, Carry disease. Destroy the a night's rest. Make a front porch a mockery. What can you do: -- Avoid a malaria, swampty, moseinito infested region. Screen your windows. Mosquito net the baby and the canary both night and day. 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