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1 O' BOYHOOD’S l-AUNTS. no! I’m going buck to whore We were youngsters. Meet me there, Dear ol<l barefoot chum, and wo Will be ns we used to be— Lawless rangers up and dowu The old creek beyond the town. Little sunburnt gods at play. Just as in that faraway Water nymphs all unafraid, Shall smile at us from the brink Of the old mill race aud wade Tow’rd us as we kneeling, dnuk At the spring our boyhood knew, J’ure and cleur as morning dew, And, as we are rising there. Doubly dow'rd to hear aud see. We shall thus lx* made uwaru Of eerie piping beard High above the happy bird Ju the hazel, aud then we, Just across the creek, shall sea ((Hah, the goaty rascal!) Fan Iloof It o'er the sloping green. Mad with his own melody, A;, e, and (bless the beasty maul Stamping from the grassy soil Bruised scents of flour de-lis Boneset, mint and I’eunyroyil. —James Whitcomb Kiley. i VIRGINIA OF MANY YEARS ASO. CHARLES Al. SCHWAB, ELECTED Discipline In That State PRESIDENT OF GREAT STEEL COMBINE. Courtesy and in the Early Day«. The Change of Life In an old biography of Chief Justice From salesman I d a country store at Marshall there Is an anecdote which Is the most important period In a wo $3 a week to the presidency of the Owing to modern gi ves a significant hint of the discip man's existence. greatest steel-manufacturiug concern line to which young people were sub- methods of living, not one woman in a thousand approaches this perfectly In the woild, with a salary unparal Ject in that earlier day. natural change without experiencing leled In the business world and about Several of the great Jurisit's nieces a train of very annoying and some $30,000,000 In stocks and bonds. Is the were in the habit of visiting him, and times painful symptoms. record of Charles M. Schwab, who Is Those dreadful hot flashes, sending as they were youug and attractive the the head of the new $1,000,000,000 steel house became a rendezvous for the the blood surging to the heart until it trust formed by J. Pierpont Morgan, leading young men of the city during serins ready to burst, and the faint feeling that follows, sometimes with Carnegie and others. And all this the afternoons. Judge Marshall's black chills, as if the heart were going to came with less than twenty years. majordomo, old Vucle Joseph, held a stop for good, are symptoms of a dan- In Williamsburg, Blair County, Pa., tight rein upon these visitors. Every Mr. Schwab was born Feb. 18, 1862. day at 4 o’clock lie would appear at Ten years later the Schwab family the door of the drawiug-rooni In spot moved to Loretto, on the crest of the less livery, and, with a profound bow, Alleghany mountains, where “Char would announce: ley” was sent to school to the Francis “Ladles, his honor the Chief Justice can monks who have a college there. has retired to' his room to prepare for He fancied engineering and took a dinner. scientific course. At the age of 18 he "Gentlemen, dinner will be served at left the Institution to make his living half-past 4 o’clock. It Is now 4. His and came to Braddock, where some honor will be pleased If you will re friends from Loretto had located. He main, and covers have been laid for obtained employment In Dinkey's gen you at the table. If you cannot re eral store, which was not far from main, will you permit the young ladies the Carnegie steel works. When John G. A. Letsliman, at pres to retire to prepare for the meal?” Past the store on bis way to and ent minister to Turkey, resigned as The gentlemen usually took their from the mills came Capt. William It. preBldent of the Carnegie Company In leave, and the ladies retired In an ill- Jones, at the time general manager of 1807 Mr. Schwab, who had beeu elected humor; but any remonstrance with the works. He stopped In the store to a member of the board of managers of Joseph was only answered by: “It Is buy tobacco and noticed young Schwab. the company the preceding year, was the rule of the house. Young folks OB JAMIESON stamped around The latter seized the opportunity of ac chosen president. At that time H. C. must be kept within bounds.” his room, dropped ills favorite quaintance with Capt. Jones and the Frick was chairman of tho board of M m . J ennie N oblb . In Virginia houses of the better class, directors and the active bead of the pipe, said something unmention latter offered him a position. notwithstanding their almost bound company. When Frick left Mr. Schwab gerous, nervous trouble. Those hot In 1881 Schwab was made chief engi able, and picked up Ills cap. less hospitality, the calls of young men He paused for want of breath, Ills neer and assistant manager of the was given the chairman's duties. He | in that day were strictly held within flashes are just so many calls from nature for help. The nerves are cry eyes flashing, his nostrils dilating with Braddock furnaces and steel works, tilled them so successfully that when limit. No one was received as a visitor ing out for assistance. The cry should the business was reorganized last and held the place until 1887, when he calm contempt, it is to be supposed. to a girl unless his antecedents and be heeded in time. Lydia E. Pink "No, my dear Holly. 1 dare say you was sent over to Homestead as super spring Schwab was elected president { character were well known to her par ham's Vegetable Compound was pre pared to meet the needs of woman's will be expecting me to come and apol intendent. He was there when the of the Carnegie Company, the capital ents. system at this trying period of her life. ogize, and implore you to come out on first Homestead strike occurred In stock of which had been Increased to If his visit was prolonged until after It builds up the weakened nervous $160,000,000. the river with me, but you'll have to 1881). 10 o’clock, the invitation to family system, and enables a woman to pass •end for me first.” prayers was given. If he seemed like that grand change triumphantly. With which noble display of Inde boathouse. In spite, though of her A week or so after hts arrival from ly to become an habitue of the house, “ I was a very sick woman, caused pendence Robert Jamieson flung out of plight, her spoiled clothes and general Iowa, as Genera) Hen-dersou was enter aud so to engage the thoughts, and by Change of Life. I suffered with hot 1 was Ills room and down to the river, met discomfort, she did not feel as depress ing the dining-room, he met Blaine, perhaps in time the affection, of the flushes, and fainting spells. aphorically patting himself on the way, ed as she had been before the plunge, after having passed and repassed him young girl who was its chief treasure, afraid to go on the street, my head and and all the time dreading Hie blank In nor did the world seem so utterly de many times. The Maine man grasped her father quietly asked the purport of back troubled me so. I was entirely cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta Ills life which tie would feel as soon as void of happiness. him cordially by the hand, called him his visits, and, if he had none other I ble Compound.”—M rs . J ennie N oble , Ills rage should cool down. "Bob,” she said, after silently watch by name and Inquired about Iowa. than his amusement, courteously re- J 5010 Keyser St., Germantown, Pa. Dolly Parsons (tut on her prettiest ing him for some moments. “Bob why "I had heard of Speaker Blaine’s won quested him to discontinue his calls.— white frock mid a picturesque sun flat. were you up the river so late?” derful faculty for remembering names,” Youth’s Companion. "If Mr. Jamieson calls, tell him I am Immersion. “Why were you?” answered Bob, not says General Henderson. “When 1 had “Go bury thy sorrow!” said I. out,” she said to the maid. "I am going without embarrassment. seated myself at the table 1 beckoned The man bowed his head and went on the river. to the head waiter. -Will you tell me if I tell you?” his way. That night I came upon him She told herself this last piece of in “ ‘ Hasn ’ t Mr. Blaine asked you my “Yes,” he said, bis color heightening. drinking heavily. formation was for the benefit of the “Well. I was angry with you, and 1 name?” I said to him. ‘Now think bard “Is this the way you bury your sor servant. In ease she required to know. wanted to—frighten you.” and be sure of your answer.’ row?” 1 said. "When he comes and finds me gone “ Wes. sab,’ replied the waiter. ‘He “Hush! this is a burial at sea!” “You carried your scheme to perfec said the man, with a bitter, haunt be will be furious. I will take my tion, dear.” done called me ovah las' night an’ ask ing smile. canoe and stay otip till quite late. I'd “But, Boli, 1 didn’t—oh. Bob," In n ed yo' name an’ all about yo’. I told j I felt much pity for him. thereup love to frighten him thoroughly.” great state of consternation; “you can't him yo' was Mlstah Henderson.’ ” on, and would have had something Miss Parsons' bright, brown eyes think I fell in on purpose?” had he asked me.—Detroit Journal. Bring!« Monev on a Barrow. flashed a little. A faint flush appeared "No, dear; I am quite convinced of Old George Todd made his regular on her pretty cheeks it was a flush of that.” A Fortunate Reminder. visit to Syracuse, N. Y., one day last “Do you expect to have a pair of anger, but it was eminently becoming. Dolly looked at him thoughtfully for a week. He walked into town pushing A man Judges a woman's heart by samples of every living creature in She looked maddeningly pretty as she moment. a wheelbarrow be her face; a woman Judges a man's face that ark?” asked one of the jeering sat In her canoe and paddled away up “Bob,” she said, severely, “what do spectators. fore him. The by his heart. stream. It was a glorious afternoon, you mean?” “From A to Izzard!” emphatically wheelbarrow was and the river was looking its best; lint Love is like the grip. Everybody in responded Noah. “Ah! that reminds “Well.” he answered with conviction, loaded with mon- j Dolly Parsons' eyes were not tilled with "young women don't put on their pret the world lias either Just had It, or Is me,” he exclaimed. “The zebra!” ey, as were also j waiting to get it. And he instantly dispatched a corps appreciation of the beauty around Iter. tiest dress when they contemplate a Mr. Todd's coat | of hunters to South Africa.—Chicago She repeated to herself again and again dive.” A thin woman can pad, but a fat wo and trousers. The I Tribune. the horrid things Bob had said. Dolly had the grace to blush. old man, who is . man can only wear tight clothes and "No, she would not forgive Dim for a “My poor dress!” slie said, dolefully; Changed His Mind. 80 years of age. look uncomfortable. long time; It would not do; the circum “and I was looking so nice when I start Friend—But I thought you were If a lizard were a secret, by the time has visited Syra stances were too aggravated. He would ed." she added, regretfully. "I must be going to commit suicide in case she cuse regularly ev three women had passed it along it rejected you. be coming back expecting her to forgive a fearful fright now, though,” with sud GKO. w. TODD. would be an alligator. ery year since Rejected Suitor—So I was; but af everything some girls must be so silly, den consciousness. "Am I, Bob? Do 1 1870. He always c owes loaded down A man can always get on with the ter I made the threat to her and left but I k * would find she was made of d.f look very dreadful?” with coin which he deposits in the women if he can make Ids voice trem I came back and peeked in the win ferent stuff ” “I have seen you looking better, dar Syracuse banks, having a large ac (low and saw her reading a novel.— ble whenever lie wants to. And all the time she knew that she ling.” Ohio State Journal. count with three of them. He claims A woman that talks politics is about dared not let her anger cool, for a hor Dolly's brow puckered again. to live in “Four Corners,” Canada, and as attractive as a man who knows the Objection Overruled. rid, absorbing pain would till her heart "Now tell.me why you were up here all the money he deposits is Canadian, He—I am going for a drive in ths names of all the different stitches. at once, ami a wretched feeling of lone so late." so that he Is apparently telling the country this evening. Would you care lines« and depression, and she hated to The microbes hail a mother's meet to accompany me? Bob diil not answer; he seemed deep truth. He dresses like a tramp, bls be unhappy. ly Interested in something on the bank. ragged overcoat being pinned together ing the other day and voted that the She—I would dearly love to go. but She paddled on and on. until the other short walking skirt was immoral. I'm so afraid of a horse. American Queen. nt the top with a safety pin and bis boats wete all left behind. She was He—But mine Is so gentle that 1 Most men take comfort in the thought trousers fastened at the sides with always tie the reins about the whip very tIred, but she would not glop. Her Blaine's Wonderful Memory. twine. On his feet he wears felt boots th«* world will never know how mean and let him follow his own inclina inInd was made up on one point; she Speaker Henderson told a Washing surmounted with heavy felt boot legs. they really were until after they are I tion. would frighten Bob Jamieson Into an ton l’ost reporter a good story of one She—And you have both hands free? He talks to nobody in Syracuse except dead. • ppreelnIiou of her worth of Ills initial experiences among public the bank officials, and after completing You can never Judge a woman by Oh, how delightful. Of course. I'll go. It was almost twilight when she men in Washington. It was before lie his business disappears as mysterious what the other women say alsiut her, —Chicago News. turned to go home; the river seemed to had been elected to t’ougress, probably ly ns he comes, uot to be s«*en again for as well as yon can by what she says Railway Speed. have suddenly become lonely aud de twenty-live years ago. another year. about other women. When traveling on a railway you can pressing; tlu* sun hail gone down and Blaine was then Speaker. Naturally A woman's idea of lieing nice to an tell how fast the train is going by the a chill wind had sprung up. Du ly pad he was one of the statesmen that Gen Some Standards of Beauty. other woman Is to kiss her and say: following method: The telegraph posts died fast and splashed the wa.er over eral Henderson much deslreel to meet, The Sandwich Islanders estimate along a railway line are placed 30 tc lier pretty frock, and grew cross and and the opportunity came of a morning. women by their weight. The Chinese “Oh. how lovely that new hat is!” when the mile. So if you multiply the num she knows she lias hail it a year. miserable. She had quite expected Bob Just as th<< Speaker was passing require them to have deformed feet and ber of posts passed in a minute by two. the result gives you the number ci would have followed her to "make It through the lobby on Ills way to the black teeth. A girl must be tattooed Younts Bookkeeper. miles per hour at which the train is up;" she had deeld»*d how long she marble rostrum. The formal greetings sky-blue and wear a nose-ring to satisfy Florence M. Miller, of Bloomington. would keep him in suspense, ami how. wen* exchanged in a brief moment, and a South Sea Islander. Certain African Ill., was born in 1894. Before she was going. General Henderson was left to see th«* princes require their brides to have 4 years old she was able to read. At at last, to forgive Idin All a Mistake. A clock in the distance struck 7. Dolly swinging doors close on the form of their teeth filed like those of a saw. Percy (who writes)—When I start tin* same time she paddled faster aud faster, though she the Republican leader. showed astonish ed to ask your father for your hand he drew a revolver on me. was so tired she hardly knew how to go Six years later General Henderson When a woman goes away on a visit, ing ability in the Edith—It was all a terrible mistake on. She lookixl anxiously along, when again came to Washington, this time to up to the time she reaches tty her let diroction of hand Percy. Papa thought you were going swiftly around the bend she had Just get Iowa divided into two Judicial dis ters home indicate that the men are ling figures. By to read some of your poetry to him.— cleared shot another boat, close In her tricts. He put up nt Wormley's, where paying a great deal of attention to her. the time she was Judge. wake. It came so swiftly it was almost Blaine also lived. It being in those days and her husband has cause to be 5 she could count on her before the sound of the oars a fashionable and flourishing hostelry. Jealous. To Spell Shakespeare's Name. and was able to do It has been shown that Shakes matte her glance up; it came so close simple problems peare's name has been spelled, by re that her cry to “look ahead!” came too in subtraction anil sponsible writers, in 1906 different late. MISS MII.LF.R. addition. More ways. In his own time, his contem She screamed with alarm and missed j than a year ago she asked her father poraries spelled his name in thirty- her stroke. The man In the other boat to let her help In taking care of bis day two different ways. looked around with annoyance written book. He consent««,!. ami tin* little girl The Ruling Passion. ou every feature, and then before he [ took hold with all the skill of an old west coast of Michigan. At the north First Enthusiastic Golfer—I say could back water, the Impetus of Ills , bookk««eper. Her handwriting was will you play another round with me entrance to the harbor there is a L’ult«*«l last stroke brought the nose of Ills boat ■ States life-saving station and on the neat, ami sin* rarely made n mistake In on Thursday? with a crash Into the stem of her canoe. ' copying the records. She was soon Second Enthusiastic Golfer—Well. south point a lighthouse. which filled and sank instantly. promoted to the charge of the Itslger. I am booked to be married on that Lumber Is still the principal Industry, ••Rob! Bob! Bob! Help!” But before day—but it can be postponed—Punch. although there are other large Inter«sts. !n th«« care of which she displayed the cry w as past her lips Dolly had gone In summer th«* place Is a resort of tour equal ability. Since that time she has under ist«. The city 1« laid out with asphalt b«*en regularly employed in her fath “Groat Scott! It's Dolly!" er’s office. In addition to her accom an«l macadamized streets. Th«* business In a second Boh had sprung Into the plishments as a bookkeeper she also district Is «veil built up. There are two water after her. A stupefied face rose ' has shown much talent as an artist, excellent hotels nml many handsome above the surface ami two hands strug ' and has written children's stories homes. It is in this section that Judge gling wildly to clutch something; then which have met with the approval of Brad«vell believes he has a large «I z « h 1 she sank again. In des(>eratlou Bob competent Judges. claim. made : wild plunge down, and this time If yon haven't a reffular, healthy mercment of the bowels every day. you re sick, or win be Keep youf Thirty-nine years ago the Jurist says caught a bit of her sleeve. It was ban* 1 Sponge Fishing in New Fashion. boweis open, and be well. Force in tbC8ba;«eof that lie acquired from Btepheu A. C«x>. violent physic or pill jMAison is daraerous. The |y enough to support her by, but having Th«* art of s|s>nge fishing is likely to mootbest. easiest, most i>erfect way oi keeping the and wife of New Jersey a d«*«*«l convey sc w jls clear and clean is to take got a hold he made the moat of It ami be revolutionix«*«! by the introduction of ing the land on which the principal part submarine ehs-trie arc lamps A^ pres managed to keep her up until he could CANOY of Muskegon stands as eotenant with ent the fishing apparatus is limited to grasp her flrmly, then by degrees he CATHARTIC Muskegon. Mich., which 1ms neen men named Brown atnl Trowb’ldge. a long |«ole for s|s*aring and a water drew her to the bank, and In time man I aged to lift her into his lioat, which for brought Into notice by the claim of He says that th«« deed was forgotten glass. If the lamps prove succexsful tunately had drifted to the bank. She former Judge James B. Bradwell of until recently, but that his Interest has greater depths may Is* renehcl and not laps«««l. as the statute of limitations larger and finer s|«onges seeurexl. waa conscious again by that time, and Chicago to some sixty-eight acres of do««« not run against a co tenant. It is he laid her In the boat and wrapped his business an«l residence property. Is a likely that a test case may be tried at Fish that Can't Swim. coat about her She wax not really thriving city of 25.WJ0 Inhabitants. The an early date. It is estimate«l that i There are several varieties of flslj main portion of th«« city borders on the hurt, only overcome with the shock and over 200 property -owners and taxpayers that cannot swim. In every instam-e ^PWaennt. Palatable rot*nt Taate Good PoGwid, Merer Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe 10c. SAc Write weariness, but she looked a very pit landlocke«! harbor of I-ake Muskegon, of Muskegon are lnterest««<l in the set they are deep-sea dwellers, and «rawl for free sample, and booklet on beaitn. Add rets eous and forlorn little creature aa she and the total length of docks and «lip« Btarttae TCbteae», Isaiml, Bsw Tsrk. M b tling of the question of title to their about the rocks, usiug their tails aud lay shivering In the bow while Bob Is twenty five mile«. The port doe» the holdings. tius as legs. pulled as quickly as he could to the larg«*«t marine business of any ou the ® MUSKEGON AND MAN WHO CLAIMS PART OF IT. bcSTFORTHE BOWELS kWwwWrWw KEEP YOUR BLOOD CLEAR Clever Sa/esman. "I wish to see a bonnet,” said Miss Passee, aged 40. "For yourself, miss?" inquired the French milliner. “Yes." “Marie, run down stairs and get ma hats between 18 and 25.” Bonnet j sold.—Tid-Bits. How Strange. "Well, I suppose that young Good fellow is married?” “You don’t say so! I’m surprised!” "Why, I supposed everybody knew he was engaged.” "To be sure—but that's different.” —Colorado Springs Gazette. A Good Reason. Papa—You know, James? how much I disapprove of fighting—st'lll it is gratifying to know that you have beaten a bigger boy than yourself. Why did you fight him? James—'E said I looked like you, «’ad.—Moonshine. Sayings of Little Folks. Mother—Don't boil those canned peas, Bridget; they only want to be warmed. Little Tommy—Mammy, peas can’t talk, can they? Mother—Of course not, dear, why? Little Tommy—Then how do you know what they want?—Motherhood. In Old Kentucky. The parson came out and remon strated with the major for being t«xj hasty with his gun. “After he said that,” said the par son, “you should have forgiven him.” “And didn’t I?” spoke up the ma jor. "Why, parson, I was one of the pall-bearers.” Not Entirely Disinterested. Little Bessie—I like you better than Bister's other beau. The Beau—I'm glad to hear that. Why do you like me? Little Bessie—’Cause sister never eats any of the cheap candy you bring, and I get all of it.—New York journal. His Name. The teacher.of the Sabbath school class approached one little fellow who was present for the first time, and in quired his name, for the purpose of placing it on the roll. "Well.” said the youngster, “they call me Jimmie for short, but my maiden name is James.” —Christian Register. A Literary Note. Mrs. Meddergrass—Well, if I was them Boers, I’d just go without readin’ before I'd do it. Mr. Meddergrass—Do what? “Why, the papers say they've been takin’ a lot o' British magazines.”— Baltimore American. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of See Fac-Similé Wrapper Below. Very email and as easy* to take as sugar. FOR HEADACHE. CARTERS FOR DIZZINESS. . I FOR BILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXION OESUIWE MU«T HAVtl^P MATURE. ÍS COTb I Purely W.S - - -n ji— i j»v * CURE SICK HEADACHE. 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