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The Clinton News Record, 1912-06-13, Page 2News -Record' June 131h, 1&12 WILL CARRY FURTHER THAN RAN CANN 'S'' E New Guu With Range of 15' Miles to be 1t unted ht lluttlesldp 'Turrets. A gun that wilt carry its projectile' blear ea ant sight s It i'the n 9 et 1C gthat is sty ie 'placed hi the turrets of the new battleship' of the New York type Oue of these gitti.ti bas been made at the Washington factory and a dozou others are td follow as rapidly as th'a gtoatlathes can turn thein out. The gun has been tried out at 7'10 proving ground and has shown that it is without doubt the most 'powerful naval weapon.,,irr the world. With a muzzle velocity of 2400 feet a second, the shell will have rang of about 14 or la miles; consequently, it will lend far beyond the. horizon at ex- treme elevations. It might hit a'ship that the gunners could not see; a 'friend or' an enemy, perhaps. • ITenee, the ',erdonance officers will be un- usually careful when ,haps mounting these great guns go out for target practice,: ON EVERY OUTING OWN A KODAK. IT ADDS LASTING PLEASURE TO ALMOST EVERY DAY• OP' YOUR LIFE. IT NOT EXPENSIVE IS 1\0 I. PFtr EASTMAN'S CAMERAS AND KODAKS FROM ,$I.50 UP. G.,ET NOW, FOR YOU REALLY OUGHT TO HAVE ONE. ".. We S. R. HOLIES DRUGGIST, —REXALL— STORE.— SEED GRAIN WE I3AVE A COMPLETE STOCK OF SEED'GRAIN OF ALL KINDS, INCLUDING; —TIMOTHY —CLOVER —ALSIKE —PEAS —MAN I)SCHE URI BARLEY WE PAY THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR CATS, PEAS AND 13AR LEY, ALSO I-IAY FOR BALING. F:RD& D McLEO D `XXXXX.Y?ik:tKxxxxxiYXXXXXXX '.X X CENTRAL :STraaTFORD.,ONT. X X X Ontario's Bost Business Coll- X X age, Our oouroes are. up -date X X school, We have three de- X X and 'practical. We have a X X large start' of ccperieneed in- X X structors and our graduates X X get the high grade positions. X X We do moire for our students X X than does any other similar X X partmenee "Comncereiel, Short- X X hand and 'Telegraphy. , You X X owe it to yourself to know X i.T what we are doing. :Cel our X X ince catalogue at once. • X X ?: D. A. McLACHL'AN, X • X Principal. X X X XXX X XXXxil"xXVXXXIXXX N XXXX1 .4 The Bcsi Cod WANT i IF YOU THE, \\ BEST COAL AND PROMPT DEL1Y- ERIYSECURE YOUR SUP- PLY FROM US ORDERS LEFT AT teAVIS It ROWLAND'S HARDWARE STORE, PROMPTLY- .r - ,TENDED TO; Stevenson C T.H.O,M.A.S. 'W.A.T.T.S. For Boot and Shoes Repairing. STORE OPPOSITE` HE POSTOFFICE. TiiOltlike WATTS Shoes made to' order. lOUflt:' erec for News -Record Reader. RANGER, .THE WOLYEII.ENE By Stanley Waterloo 6 thyor. of the : Story of "Ab, the Night Ilawk", etc. How few there are who know the wolverene,! ft de wild andnnatl apart, defiant, ,widest among the erSIty and, above' ell, provident among the proud: Read' but the 'curious story of one of the ,' stern, amen. This particular wodverene, as befitted his high lineage was born in a castle. The castle was .the.dead, leaning stub of a buttonwood tree, at leaet four feet across and had in it a, great hollow some ten feet from the ground. There was art .en- trance to this hollow end at its bot- tom was a soft bed of all %ar'ts of (eaves which had blower in .'through- out the autumns, , Lt was warm and rudely home- like in the castle of 'the .wo'lvereues. In :this excellent retreat was born the cub who, for the wake of in- dividuality, may be called Ranger, for a ranger of importance he certainly became. Aad the cub flourlehed and became a brawny though agile creature and then' the lam of the woods exerted Itself. Elie was forced Dram the pro- tecting hollow and taught by his re- soltut•e parents ali the secrets 0f the chase end ways Of his daring, guile- ful kind. Next' came the parting. Had the mother been u barman being she would dou'btl'ess have (W- aked her son 'dears on this occasion: "Remember, always, who you are! Our blood lo bluer than that of 'ail the Howard:' or the Hapsburgs or of any othter'llving'astd'merl. .But who can foretell any sort of future! The Ranger, though strong and brave, was young. Within a month he had • inv'aded a clearing, where he was assailed by two huge dogs, driven in self defense to shelter _n the log barn and there finally overcome when beaten into insensi- bility by the settler and his hired man. A brass dog's collar studded with nails — placed there "to make the beast look ulvil.ized,' the laughing settler wild . — was about this neck when he Dotty recovered consciousness and :he foundjtimseat in a stout pen of logs. The settler's buxom wift n'lwaya bearing a lsughin'g baby in her arms, fed the pre:miter regularly and, etrange(), enough the child seemed to attract 'hint, The fondness of the walve•ene for the chltd wars a puzzle, to them for many •weeks, end 'then they 'thought no longer! Tee:ring ids' way through a- rotten log one night, the Rnger made"hds eecaipe. lie was a.' g'etr retmen adventurer at large egalm, 1 le 'rioted sunong the rabbits. He found an trdmiratble mate and dived arlthogether• a gaelant and daring ]'lege. i't was months later when he was aomelraw, attracted to the clearing ag in. Could the memory of the chaad have drawn him? It'wsss late: inthe apfteruo0n When the llasiger aria his mate gilded silent- ly atorosa the clod:ra rg and by the house and reached the sheltering buabea between the house and barn. Then, by one of bhe s'tvngoat of Ftrange-happeunings, they' crone upon a scene wallah cheeked them stiffly ra tli.ebr 1nneket 'Toward a tittle thecket ae the aide of the yard a child -- the child, a ld'ttile older; of the Ranger's memory etas toddling baPxibY. bat that alone wits not what hail brought the wolver0ne to such sudden, hail Crouched In the thicket Was a great Canada lynx, and ate glaring eyes es were open the anima coning little one. The ::Mild came nearer; the lynx gathered Itself for :the e'prtng, and. then -- the Ranger did not himself hoot\' welly — the woiverene launched himse?f for- went in leapi after leap and was upon :ate savage beast — one 'heavier and es fierce as he. There wet a hdoody, grapple, 'the rue eet:ltng the.l'Laager'a 'throat. but the co'll'ar and steep Yplkes withstood t and the Rengrtr round his enemy's throat -In tern. There was reud'ing of skin and fleab, .ta jugular vein was torn open and the great lynx weaken- ed svddeniy end sank downward, with the wolverene attempting to struggle. from underneath, Summoned' by the wad clamor of :trails avid grow tis the settler and leis ware cause r'uslhiaug froth the itouee, the mac: grasping hie rifle. , In, wee unra•ised in. an instant 'and leveled upon the goc,p,iag wOtverene when the woma"n, Who 'had ae bred the shriektatg baby iu (ret .rams, cried out in pro- test:ug wonderment: Dom' c own shoot, John: It's our o n w ole ereo'e and he has saved the baby!" Soddenly revived, the Itaage'+leap- ei away,tc orilg hie alarmed mate who has Ped 1:o the near a est wood. He coeld not utedorstaudnor explain at adi 10 'himse+lf, the pewee of 'lids lute cation, but. he ]thew that he'd bad a Piglet quite wor(hy of his kind. 'Phen reg•' aril far he wont with his coon - Such is the story of the Ranger of the Canadian vatiey. .'He bad ways of Ws own. WC':hat better ' description could he,glven of the wclvereri'e than that wheel) a great authority hats. -ap- plded .'"'he animal is noted for its vorac,:+ty, feroeley and sag:an:ay." Could :ainy, one pey tee salendid race a greater com:Mmond, than that! ,A New Use fair Old Pianos A Labrador tribe, it le_'sald, made the barrels stolen from a wrecked whaler serve' res chimney -tops; the West Indians' utilised Timothy Dex- ter's warming pans for •engar ladies; and the Shams find no worse use 'for Eaglieh beer -bottles than to 'stick. 'them up as household gods to keels' away evil apirite. But says a writer the drollest instance of eonrerted usage occurred when that adventurous Frenchman, De •'I'ounant,',: while in Patagonia, gave an old chief a wort out grand piano which he had bought tor eighty francs: A. Lew days atter; making bila generous preeent, :De 'Vounaut;went one merning to pay cin early visit to the Patagonian, He found him sleeping peaeefully. with his wife Inside, the 'plans, from which he had care removed. ts000Ilin'g -board, - strings; etc„ and welch, thus 'transformed, constituted a not Ltn- t.:]'t:ahle ,bed. .' THE;'I'1LGCE • By 'Phomas Spratt Tem sun; rose slowly over the edge of the wood, while a 'lovely stip of a gra, rich in the gw'onsse of glorious wo,uianhood,, melt veatahistg the coming day. , The bards _caroled around her,. the wild fhowerre'opened threir edeepy eyes aid nodded brightly, the fragrant dogwood under which she -sat Sent. showers of. its soft white petals to greet her, but 'tire Titale messengers fell on and around her unheeded and unseen, :Over beyond, the eastern "horizon her father was fdglvbing, Down in: 'the tree shaded valley elteae 'the violets grew her another' had elept for nineteen years, while bock doa shuttered house •1 hie ter t'ed n own room lay the soldier Sail and brother nearing hie journey's end. The atrial squad of ttnlon officers with had. surprised a party 01 con- federate scouts the night before, whale not able to capture the trespassers; had succeeded In mortally wounding William Bickerton, the youngest of the three, I•t was a nearly unconscious Cern- gide they assisted from els horse, and that hastily aroused the only occu- pants — hie sister, Alice, end old "Aunt Lando," who had .nursed them both. '• 'l'be sun was weld over the tree tops when the girl arose and walked slow- ly back to the hoose and passed through the empty hall and up the uncarpeted states, Shetapped softly on the 'bed,romn door, to be admitted by the old caretaker, who was battlin'g for the young soldier's life. "Did yerh lock de outside do', honey?" she asked In a whisper. "Yes, Aunt Linda. Are the- men asleep?., "Sh-h=h, Pat 60 loud, but an low ley is. Dey 'spevLs bub 100(0 at dawk an' 'tak M'awse \\'idlle's hawse 'long," "Wail he live, Aunt Ltoda?' And the blue eyes searched the, dar'w ousts. "Sho, elate, ah reckon, if de good' Law•d's wiilin', Mawse, Wd•Itie"11 be heath to' it long time. Now', you sit retie while at fetch seine fa•esh wallah ant' min' yule keep ohangin' dem cloths on this bald:" Maj. 13naketron's potation with tate soultyrrn array hod so far 'eaeured protection for his daughter and her nurse, both of whom had begged to stay as :long as possible in the old hoarse. To be wire, prac:ticaily every- thing usable about the prase had been seized Sat the name of tate government and the Glares' Mid been lelmrsted, but the dear old house was mtell a shelter and outside protection was theirs, albeit from unloo ,nen -- protection eel:deb: had been scornfully rejected by Alice, to be eta wisely accepted by Aunt Linda, who reedured that pro- t.ectdon, even froon an enemy, was aometlrnee a boon. The days lengthened into it week and the life spark of the fever racked man was growing fainter. His cum panlans 'hod' though the union camp — v't antde and a ,hat!( north of the Ilial me= home -•- would soon be Molten by their mon and had promised the first medical ineh and had pro- mised the first tried:kell isid possible, but. the days had passed and no relief had 'ro:ue. Wendy, rrh it it the two women er fought for (l life < ut Fe t'v leer 1•o them, deaf t0 the Pontine 1 rs a rt rappings of the messenger- who was waiting oues.de. Butat daaylight of the seventh day; when the red of the enemy's fires was paihtg in the dawn, he opened the door unannounced and, gently brush- ing the Iwo wets lies: .aside, earn - mended Wee soldier soul to follow him, Together they passed out into the early morning. The union camp was astir MIS the surf and a group of ui'fdcors gathered around the general's tent were ebartled" 1t see a slender, bareheaded, beautiful gent it:primer before diem After the first outburse of grief Aunt Linda and she had faced to- gether the necessity of securing help to bury the..•, beloved dead. Nat an implement couid be found on I.he place nor at any of the neighboring houses, and the few }manes not already de- serted -serted ebeltered help to be secured far many miles was w'Olnen like them- selves. The nearest from e t es am the union men 1•t was with reluctance the girl was persuaded to seek relief from the only possible source: Aunt Linda had deftly brushed and coiled the gi'rl's thick ehes$mud hair and land out the best of what ias left of her wardrobe e and made Ater ready to face the.bdtter- eat moment of her rife: Like a., Mower of truce she stood r, e general before the e e and h:Ss men. 'ton - 6 S x it tl San - aa). and d ec site. told her tb P ys ra , omitting as much as possible any mad - Dieting details, stating 1(151 her brother had' been wounded while try- ing to reach hone for a few hours' stay and ilial: 1015 tw'ocomp:I:Mona had lled•uty the general questioned her and, satisfied that hie attempt to gain ind'orrnazlon was fruitless ,ordered two of hie 0100 10 red',urn with her,to her home, le nrself promaiseng to, •go over In the afteruoan. lit was nearly the' close of day that a tattle group of union men went up the broad steps of this p Bickerton home., Led by the general, the party mounted the stairs to find Alice wait- ing at the top, a confederate flag Ridded across her sum. Silently she led the way to the boy's room, where he &tial lay, dressed by Aunt Linda in the old gear} uniform he had worn home,au eanly white rose in his The general' looked long at the boy- ish face, then turned to the girl who stood like ev ittatue beside'hdvs "I thank you, Miss Bickerton, be saki, "fop the trust and the honor you have conferred upon Ole in coining to one as you did, You women of the south are not less fine than your men •and: I shall cherish the memory of 'your ;trust always." • With touching sole4nnity he assisted 'her in wrapping the dead soldier in. •the folds of his Bag, then tenderly r :the blue -coated .men carried the body AF7'1'lIt ANY TEARS 1(y !I'1111am ;10.ney (Copyright by Publishers Press Ltd.) The family always had " decided things for Penelope. Bushnell, In the first place there was only one of her ,against innumerable quantities . of fancily, and in mere ways than one might often makes right. When she was a> young girl, Pene- lope was round loped, cheeked and of the ' duninpliug variety, and everybody in town then spoke of her as a pretty young'wontan. She looked the type• to amble , on througb lite with only the usual, ordinary things happening to her, but fate. got nixed, for the young man to whom she had became engaged as, a matter et course, after going with, him through high school, was drowned site sunny Suns morning when he grid the "crowd" wore in swimming under the railroad bridge up the river. Penelope went around after Luke's death as heartbroken and tragic as an apple cheeked girl could be, but se- cretly She was scandalized to find how soon she began to take an interest in fall fashions and what her mother was going to have for dessert. It did not seem decent somehow when her life had been blighted at its very star;. In reality it had merely been fancy which had made` Luke and her think they were each other's fates. A very sweet, girlish affection she had for him, but love was undreamed of by Penelope. It took Ford Drummond to teach her that, and the family oppos- ed Ford from the very first, The Drummondb had come to town :'niy a few years before and calmly overrode so manyofthecurrent pre- judices that people said they were odd and disapproved of them, As to Ford Drummond, he would not settle down to work. Nevertheless, he easily vies the :Post attractive young mail In town, Pene lope's family were very set. In their Ideas, and one among them was that every man should earn his own living and stand on his own feet, instead of living on his father as Ford Drum- mond did. He made a few essays in business, but always quit in a short time, saying he did not like what he was doing, "He's shlftlesa and lazy," Penelope's father said. violently soon after Ford Drummond began dropping, in to see Penelope frequently. "I'm not going to have a daughter of mine throw her- self away on a good looking ecramp like him. I'm going to save you from Making a goose of yourself, Penelope. When you get married you pick out some steady .man who isn't afraid to work and who can take care of you." At first Penelope plucked up en- ough courage to argue back, spurred on by tate strange new happiness which was flooding her very soul, and then her joy became streaked with misery. 137)3 evert she could see Hint Ford had no future betore hitn.. "I wish 1 could believe in you," she told Mtn piteously. "You did not keep four word to me that. you would sttcic it out to the abstract office. It's been. the sante with everything y'en've tried for two years. Maybe father's right" Ole had looked at her bitterly and then softened. "I guess I'm no good, Pen," be Bald. "I can't seem to fit in. Things don't, appeal to 1ne. But, some- how, I feel 1'11 do things when the right Chance corner along." Ford had gone away then and Pene- lope had cried o Ied herself •1 •• b.ct helplessly, She loved i et though she could t d not approve of hint end his eonstani failure hurt, 1 -le drifted out of the town's memory In time. Penelope never went with any one else and In a few years was one of the accepted, permanent spinsters of the place. It did not seem possible, she ever had been connected with romance or tragedy. She was over forty when 'Ford, Drummond came back to town and registered at the beat hotel. The local editor, being new, did not remember the name as that of a former resident, and judging merely .by the arranger's clothes aud general uir, noted that "Mr. Ford Drummond, a prosperous citizen of Nevada, is stopping at the Park House. Penelope held the paper • stiffly for a tong while after she had read the item, resurrecting with painful labor the past. When she and Ford met st a social shortly of erward int.y regarded eachother with a kind; of wonder, not at, their , changed physical yslcal a&Peeats, but at [heir ruutual'eonseiousness of a living past In which they lia.d 'eared for ane an- other. Both of them were strangely' destitute of .words that night, but the next evening Ford Drummond came; down the street under the maples a toward her e home, and she knew hs step before she saw him. How many Danes, years ago, had' she sat like this In the dusk• waiting for him! 'Prey sat longIn the shadow of the eines talking as people do when they are onthe downward slope. Be told her alt that had come •to him, :dipping back through the years 1111 he paused at the boy she had known, remem- bering. "'You see, I was right after all," he said. "1 wasn't built for petty mer- chanting 'or dry cleric:al, work, ,1 didn't care what became of me when YOU went back on me, Pen, at first.. 'then I got angry to think you didn't. believe in me and 1 resolved' to mite Beed. The minute I hit that, mining" region It was like a new world and I strucke ` d— good gall. 1 made goo so (, od that 1was too busy for years to think of anything in the past. Then when 1 did 1 concluded yert had, of course, married some one else. And then of late I wanted to see you so bad that I came back anyhow. Will you go back West with me?" Penelope Bushnell : was 'crying and somehow the tears made her face seem. younger 'How can yen' want Tete," she asked, 'ghen I didn't , ave any faith in you then?" "There Wasn't anything : to have faith le then," the man told her gravely. "I'd never amounted to a row of pins if you• hadn't cast me. Out nnl hurt any pride, You've mad• me what I am and l've ,reser cared for anyone else, Pen, :We're going to grow old soon attd 41 seems to me the rest of our day might be happy. Will You Marry me?" When Ford Drummond left town shortly forhome he took his rvife •with through. the old house and garden, , down' to the valley where the mother haat' eveatete ee lean. WIGNIf (L'S FIRST •FAILII.RE Famous' Composer Tells of the Ez. perlence to I€Is Autobiography. The composer Wagner, to hie auto- biography, which has been translated tufo ;English, tells of bis first, tatIure In these words: The first item on the programme was called bythe eliciting 'title "New B Overtire -- nothing -more.- 1 had surreptitiously listened to the rehearsal with some mtegiving,l; was very much trnpressed by the coolnesv with which 'Dorn fenced'with the ap- parent cioafualon which the members 01 She orchestra showed ..with regard to this mysterious composition. .rhe principal theme of`the allegro war contained to tour bars. After every fourth bar, .however, a fifth' bar had teen Inserted, witch had nothing to do with; the melody, and which was announced by a laud bang on the ket- tledrum on the second beat. As tale drummer steed ,out alone, the dren,- • trier, who continually thought he was making a tniatake, got confused and did not give the right sharpness to the accent as prescribed by the scorn. Listening tram my hidden' corner, end frightened at My original Inten- tion, title accidentally different ren- dering did not displease me. To my genuine annoyance, however, Dorn called the drummer.t0 the front 'and Insisted on his playing he neeeritn with the prescribed sharpness. When, atter the rehearsal, i told the musical director of my misgiving's about this Important fact, he stuck to It that the thing would eeti_d 1ery well as it was. In spite of this assurance my rest- lessness grew, and I had not the courage to Introduce myself to. 'my Mende in advance as the sutler of the "New Overturn" 1 had forg'ltee to buy a ticket and was recused ad- mtseion by the nun' at the door. Suddenly the tutting tip of the or- chestra grew louder and louder, and - I thought 1 should have to mise the beginning of•my work. In my anxiety I revealed myself to the man at the door as the composer of the "New Overture," and in this way succeeded In passing without a ticket The overture began. After the theme of the "black" brass Instru- ments had made itself heard with great emphasis, the "red" allegro theme started, In which, as 1 have al- ready mentioned, every fifth bar was interrupted by the drum beat from the "black" world. The fatal drum beat, brutally hammered out, entirely deprived me of me settees. I beard my neighbors calenlnting the return of this effect, Knowing the absolute correc:tnese or their calcula- tion, I suffered ten thousand torments and became almost unconscious. At Inst I awoke from any' nightmare when the overture ,to which I had disdained to give what I considered a trite end - Ing, came. to tt standstill .almost unex- pectedly. No phantom like those In Hoffman's "Tales" could have succeeded In pre - ducting the extreordinar3' stale in which 1 name 'lo my acuses ori notic- ing (Inc astonishment of the audience at the end of the perturmance. I heard no exclamations of disapproval,' no 'hissing, no remarks, not even laughter. All I saw was intense us- toniuhment at snort •i sitrol3e oc'eur- tence, 011I111 " 1tnp"'"n'J them. as it, did me, like' i} horrible nip ,tninro Nothing, w n bo et el ra illd g u r. the pain 1 n of eo lr e Incl I < tr t to tlr the � lg cna. at the door.1100 tar 1te 1001, h gore me haunted the veer rte,\ i d to for n ronSfdrt•ahi" r mn 1 ar'o,ded the pit of the 1 cipsir: '111'1ct1e. ONE I'isliFOlt4Tt ('(3 ONLY Re Dined Willi The Servants And Ile ]:nterlsrined 'Spent. A well-linow•u envie,), entertelncr had been f ngil('ed to give a nertornr anee at a country' liogsti. The liosrnse had "risen", end w•i:s of , snobbish , instincts. S11a left htstettetions that the entertainer tris to dine with tae servants. The butler, who knew better, epologlxedt but the entertainer was not easily dioeourerted. "\\'ell, .now, my: even' friends," sale be, after he bad lured well 'if we have all finished. ;lad you tiro II agreeable, I will give you ray (Nee ell ow:" 'Cho servauis were delighted, and lbougb these'wee ua ;luno, the miter - tattler managed very well, for half an hour without' It. At lett ,o'clock a Message 'came down ae;iing'air. I)n0(1 if he would hln'liJ come Into the dr•i,w 1 -r a , n oom. s g 1 went, and rotted said thetom pony c p ny w'ttlttag .We' are quite ready, tsir Dash;" said the hostess. "Ready for. what?" ire demanded.a)V' for your a ire .J. t t t. in 4 uc tt tc be sure;" was the "answer. "But I have .(ew'n rt r;'.ey, pla.ined the entertainer: •"and m e:a gagement was for 0.^,0 lie rfn. r,:ra err only " "Given' tt! \"'h ee, "Down-atalrs; ri)t hoer ,, ire „ "'Hot this is nonse.1ser' exelalmed the hostess,' "it seemed to 'tee eomewhc:r exira ordinary," was' the steady reply; "but It has" always been my privilege to' dine, with the company, I am naked', to entertain. I' took it Yoe- had +ar- ranged -tor a little treat• for the v t " ser an a.' 'Shen he :eft t (earth h 0 r 1s train, regret"1r Interpreter. Tbe•now member of ttia State Board' of Control, addressed ,the etiulCnts at: the Deaf :apo Dumh School at Olathe' the other day. The interpreter didn't treat Shutters as be did Henry .1. Allen, a former member of the hoard. when It e. made a Speech, Henry rambled along in hie usual` entertain- ing fashion and''lreonentIy. received. applause, "Well, I seemed to ploesc the shad- enta all right,,' said he to the toter, - prefer afterwards. Yes,. they enjoyed it. ,'Cry much," replied 'the Interpreter, 'But 'f w{..1, t .ivotrld eZplain why . thee trrgttently applauded at Mapportins tltnea," aald iletrry. "That.; 'easy," replied the - i itri•- pr, 'ter, !.Tali =Ma one sir :" B44 hlrri for, (dclt!-0ria. Wgsq Clqther," IYOIT lIA4ACKI NOLAN ,STEPPED DOWN, As. Alderman Malachi Nolan' sat and remelted and sipped, he thought again: of Llmerlek the' breath of spring blows the' fragrance of the hawthorn,' white upon the boft , to hears the song of the mavis; he is walking homeward along the black path through the bogs and uL the green boreen,'and there before him is the little :cottage, Its thatch held down by where and stones, .a long ash Bole propping up,' its cruulhifug gable; there is the mud shed` with the trills of the old cart sticking t'ut of It; the donkey is standing ay, sad as ever; and up the muddy lane little Annie in her bare feet Is.driving the cows to the byre; and then he sexy his mother sitting in the low dooeway, all at once be catches his firs'. whiff; of the peat smoke. and, with the strange spell that odors work upon the memory, it makes aim a boy again;) again he is sheltered on a rainy day In' the mud shed, playing shoot -marbles with Andy Corrigan and Jerry O'Brien; again he is In the little ,chapel with tihe leaky roof: he sees all the boys .nnd girls Mary: Oaesidy among them -- standing on the bare clay 'floor; he brings his bit of stone to kneel on during mann: he even runs out for a, piece of slate to sive to Merv. who let's it in the. puddle at her feet and spreads her lndterchief over it before she kneels. And when the innss is over, he will take little •Nein, little Nora? He placed his lin-d to his forehead in ' confusion, and then in a gnat) it all entree over him — Mary c old, Andy and',Ieery -ere old, tittle ..nnie Is old, and he. Is 1.0,1 — they are all "one: away. Ire ho"ecl his bead And yet Nora, v.erned t', cc. Should he turn the ward over to 'Brennan and take her thio anrlr"? Ire could res 'or the legislature ,when be rano back 'n the fall; a senator would he sleeted by the next Generol .lseembly, and the teraft would he ve'v peed then, The compromise altreetee Mat:,chi, for et once it 7reclitted him of in- decision. a 01101in. of statesmanship he hated, and ket't for him the life of rower that had, beeeme as the very breath of his noitr:as. The long day was dear'. and Malachi, in shirt sleeves and s;u'ilting- ed feet, sat in his bit: plush roekmg- «hair, his legs stretched out hcfore him, taking his ease at hie own hearth. When he"had 'reeee home at midnigbt, Nora. who always sat up' for him, had insated upon brewing. him a cup of tea,' ander the im- pression, common t0 a certain class' of women, that it his great medkeinal qualities. Malachi had sipped it obe- diently, though he had not cared for it after all the mir''ral waters he had drunk that day, and had enjoyed far more than the tea the freckled Trish. face of his daughter. as he :,_rarely goggled at her over ttie ren of the saucer into which he bad poured tue beverage to cool R. "Nora, .:child, do ye sing now — p'hat was that? -- It w'int Mia min' (rough me head til' dstay. V,'ell, well., well, let me see, now —'hum -m -m -in — it goes something like—" And he hummed a quavering old tune: "I saw the Shannon's purple flood Flow by the Irish town." "But it's forbidden in the lease after ten o'clock," the girl protested, leer- ing over her music. "What .f the landlord---" "It's time enough to saay good marnln' to th" diva, Nora, whin ye meet 'int," Nora fixed herself on the stool fingered the keys, finding a soft minor chord. The old man closed his eyes, slid farther down in Ws plush chair, and0iujt ae_lleiwas prepared to listen.. Blood Humors Commonly cause pimples, boils, hives, eczema or salt rheum, orsotne other tonin of eruptive; but sometimes they .exist in the system; indicated by feel - inga of weakness Iansuor, loss otap- petite, -pettke, or general debility, without causing any breaking out. They are expelled and the wools eye - tem is renovated, strengthened arta toned by Hood's Sarsaparilla`' Get it today. Sold by an druggists everywhere. 100 lapses One Dollar. eue'aurnenry 151033(10' 'ruins' /rav03G rite. say: way meteormeteormusicians cultivate, to "But,father, that's such an old song;ouldn't you rather I'd sing the Intermezzo from•'Cavalleria'? Malachi opened his eyes with re start and sat bolt upright.. "Naw,"'he said, "none o {.`air; fur'u• spies -<- s'eat's tbe'7150 of ver goia' to th' cobvint ail' those years?" lane h!s voice quickly ;Battened. "Do ;ye, go on Stow, Nora, darlfn', there's a 'good gur-r1 " And so she sung, and the alderman sank in his chair, with his big arms In their shirt -Peeves thrown Over Hiss head, closed his eyes again, stre(heit out his stockinged' feet.. The smoke from his cigar ascended tothe chan- delier, and now and then, whenhe remembered the words of a line, he hummed them behind closed lips, in unison with his daughter. When the song was done Nora whirled around, clasped her hands in a schoolgirl's, ecstasy, and mid: "Oh, tattier, that song' 'makes mer homesick --- homesick for a place L never saw. You won't run again,. will you, father, will you? And we'll go to Ireland In the spring, won't we? Tell me, in the spring?" .A pain struck through' afalacht. Nolan's heart, a pain Abet .was.made only more poignant when, with. her American fear of the sentimental,. , Nora joked: "I must see cur ancestral eabin" Malachi could,'not openhis eyes,. For once he was afraid. He did not move for a long. time. But at lest'tte sighed and set his jaw, and said: "Well,. Nora — if ye saay so -- ln. the spring." • And that was why. Malachi 'Nolan. stepped dra..p , . . WHAT RECOIIIES OF OLT) BOOTST What becomes of old boots and shoes has hitherto been almost as puzzling a problem as what becomes. of all the pins The solution, however, is given in a adjl. '" boots and shoes tr"oleournaleather,"' th01de Journal says, "are cut' up into small' pieces, and then are put for two days Santo chloride of sulfur, the effect of which Is to make the leather very'• hard and brittle. When this is fully effected the material is withdrawn from the action of the chloride of sulfur, washed with water, dried and ground to powder It 1s then mixed' with some substance that will canes' it to adhere together, such as pheriac: or other resinous material, or even a good glue, and a thick solution of strong gum It to afterward pressed Into moulds to form combs, buttons. and a variety•of other useful articles.. "Prussiate of potash is also made out of old leather heated with pearl;:-_ ash and old iron hoops to a large pot. - The nitrogen and carbon form cyanogen, and then unite with the Iron and potasslmu. 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