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vided for, and had forgotten the sight
and taste Of luxuries before grew old
enough to discriminate between the old
days of plenty and our later poverty.
It was my unreplenished store OF play
things that most troubled me: 1t dimin-
ished gradually, day by day, and there
was no visible source of new supply.
At my seventh birthday would have
given a fortune, had boasted one, for
a knife, and I had never owned one.
In fishing. in shooting. in countless
emergencies, my one crying need was
for a knife. Zeke, one of the negroes,
gloated over the possession Of broken
case-knife, ground sharp and pointed,
and this l sometimes succeeded In bor-
rowing; but Zeke handled 1t lovingly
and guarded it with a vigilant eye. 80
that I dared take no liberties with 1t.
To insure a continuance Of his favors
always adhered strictly to the terms Of
the loan and never cut ramrod beyond
the stipulated number.
Peace came at last and brought home
my father, and two of the three broth
ers who had gone to the war, and for
a time l was fully satisfied. Soon the
stores we're filled with bright and pref
ty things, but they were costly and we
were now poor.
Thus came to be IL years old. with
the same hunger still keen in my heart.
No later happiness has ever surpassed
that Of the eventful day when my
hearts desire came to me, and my
father laid in my palm the prettlest
knife 1 had ever seen. When next l
went to school l had advanced much
in my own esteem; had my brand new
knife in one pocket, nine true and tried
marbles in the other and In my book
sack long elder pop-gun for shooting
china berries or hog-haws.
From time immemorial the pop-gun
has been the favorite summer toy OF
the southern boy, and no commercial
ammunition could be invented to sup
ply that weapon SO fittingly and so eff
caciously as the berry of the china
tree, everywhere SO plentiful here. l
was expert at making and using the
weapon. Given a human target, could
insure a blister for every berry.
Alas, l soon discovered that the heart
OF even a boy is rarely satisfied. Joe
Cooper, a boy four years older than
myself. had come by five large marbles:
they were ringmen-two buckeyes"
and three stripes" and they appealed
to my covetous little soul.
The luster of my nine tried old friends
paled beside them-their glory had de-
parted forever.
"Joe," I said, persuasively, as We
sauntered along together, what will
you take for 'em?'
"Whatll you give?" Joe answered.
named all my most cherished pos
in succession, but Joe would
hear to nothing but my knife. That,
however, was out of the question, SO
we could not trade.
Air. Wyndham, our teacher, was a
man, but severe to cru
cit; If persistently crossed. He was
low in stature, had a round beardlsss
face and was about 40 years old. We
boys both loved and feared him, SO kis
reign had been an uneventful one. As
for myself, he had never spoken a harsh
word to me. say this to show that l
had not even a secret grudge to avenge,
when my cupidity led me to assist in
an intrigue against his dignity.
The languorous air and the fervid
sun make dull work of the southern
school room during the summer
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04
LEARNING from the Chinese.

The instinct of the plain people has
been right in not calling our oriental
visitor Lee" for, acting out his name
as popularity pronounced, this willy
diplomat has, in England as we'll as
here, required English to be translated
to him, whereas it now appears that
for years past he has spoken it fluent
". This Chinese device of a needless
interpreter is "first-chop" one to
gain time for giving answers without
causing the delay to be noticed; :he
mandarin has the time taken in trans
lation for reflection, and. if further re-
Election is desired, ambiguity in inter-
pretation may be pretended and new
form of the question required. And
YOU men tell us that nothing can be
learned from the Chinese.-Time and
the Hour.
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04
A New Disease.

There is a new disease not down in
the catalogue of the latest medical ex-
rerts, says the Syracuse Post. Street.
railway conductors are the persons af-
fected. As far as can be learned, about
a half-dozen employees Of the Syracuse
street railroad company have lately
been afflicted more or less with swell.
ing of the eyes, accompanied by partial
blindness. The conductors in question,
without exception, stuck to their work.
but one of them was forced to undergo
medical treatment. He had observed
from time to time that his hands grow
black from contact with the brass rail-
ing of the car when he jumped on and
off. In windy weather he had to wipe
his eyes more or less to brush away
the moisture. These two things he
only observed after he was we'll along
in the stage of the eye trouble. He
consulted a physician and was treated
for metallic poisoning, finally recover
ing without difficulty. Then he came
to the conclusion that the contact with
the railing was responsible for the
trouble. Since that time he has worn
gloves ana has not experienced the c:s-
case. But those conductors who do lot
know his experience may yet suffer.
This man was afiicted for four weeks.
MotOrmen are noe troubled with the
disease. as they wear gloves.
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04
THE WHEEL.

Mrs. Langtry has had her bicycle
enameled in turquoise and fawn. her
racing colors.
If a new saddle proves too stiff for
comfort, rub few drops of oil on the
underneath surface, and it will soon
'set" to the rider.
Tests are being made in Indianapolis
to determine whether the creOsote in
wooden pavements is injurious to the
tires Of bicycles brought in contact
Herewith.
Pump up your tires jadiciously. Bet
ter have them too hard than too soft
A soft tire is more easily punctured,
wears out on the edge Of the rim and
:etards speed.
Near Jacksonville, Ind, a cyciist
applied his brake just as the fore tire
was punctured, and he was hurled
from the machine and had to be taken
home on a train.
TIE salvation army has begun to
adopt the bicycle in its crusade against
sin. This will help to Offset its use by
uonchurcbgoers on Sunday, says the
Newark Advertiser.
It is estimated that there are II, 900
600 bicycles in use in various parts of
the world. II placed in a line end 10
end they would stretch more thaa half
way round the globe.
Liverpool has city ordinance for
bidding the use of the streets to vehi-
cles displaying advertisements. A man
who undertook to show an advertise
ment on a bicycle was fined recently
under the Law.
The famous target champion marks
man. Rolla Helkes. is an ardent ad-
mirer Of the wheel for sport or excr-
else. and attributes much OF his pres
ent good form to his seasons exercise
On Wheelback.
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chanced to be the cooler. Al Joe and
came up from the spring he was rest
Ing his head wearily against the door
frame. while the children drooped over
their books: it was . village school.
and thirty years ago-things have
changed since then.
snow for It," Joe whispered. "Plunk
him quick" and his hand slipped into
his pocket.
I tiptoed to where my popgun lay In
crack in the wall and took good aim.
Zip" went the little berry straight to
sts mark.
Then more things happened than
had foreseen. but not the expected. The
impact Of q well-thrown berry on a
nerve-centre is calculated to smart
worse and to startle one more than the
uninitiated might suppose. Besides.
the country was passing through law
less stage Of reconstruction, and unpro-
voked crimes we're not uncommon. Mr..
Wyndham jumped up, startled by
thoughts of q cowardly attack from he
knew not whom, and, infuriated by the
pain Of my singing little missile. he
lost his balance and fell heavily on
Jagged corner Of the doorstep, where he
lay SO long that the incipient litter
from the school room wound up In a
cry Of terror.
Blood streamed from a cut in his
cheek; was sure that had killed him.
With all an assassin's instincts for
escape, l turned and fed. BY and by.
as l crouched in q thicket. conscience
stricken and too miserable for tears.
l heard my name called in the voice
that I always instinctively obeyed. Mr..
Wyndham was not dead!
When ] crept out, visions Of shame
and punishment rose before me, but
cared not what might come. now that
my friend had not perished at my hand.
In the silence of the deserted school
room I poured out the whole story.
Perhaps Mr.. Wyndham remembered
some childish treasure that he had
craved and failed to get, or it may be
that he himself played pranks with the
popgun berry; anyway. went home
comforted.
Joe was closeted with Mr.. Wyndham
a long while the next day. l believe
he played the Joke act" and pretended
to have intended no harm; neverthe-
less, he was severely reprimanded. He
was utterly crushed when Mr.. Wynd-
ham made him turn the marbles over to
me, from which it was evident that he
had not intended to keep his contract.
He might have kept them and welcome,
for they had lost their attractiveness
for me.
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SURE I HAD KILLED HIM.

SURE ! HAD KILLED HIM.
mon.o.s, but happily the teacher is
lenient. Thus it is that Mr.. Wyndham
permitted boys of Joe Coopers age to
sit outside under the water-oaks to
study, and the younger ones were al
lowed to go at ridiculously short in
tervals to the spring for cool water
or to bathe their soiled and sleepy
faces. Doubtless he sympathized more
heartily than we knew.
was sauntering down the spring
path, digging my bare toes into the hot
sand and watching the countless black
ants that swarm everywhere, when Joe
met me.
do you still want the marbles?" he
asked.
DO II" answered eagerly; I'D give
anything for them-anything but my
knife"
"You can get them for nothing" he
said, IF you'll do me favor"
Joe was not a handsome fellow at
best, and just now his face was mali
cious He had run afoul Of some
''snag" in his lessons, and had been
made TO "stay in
Take your pop-gun," he continued.
''and plug Old Windy in the back OF
the neck with the greenest. hardest
berry you've got, and the ringmen are
yours"
My jaw dropped and gazed at Joe
in utter stupefac:ion. To my mind the
proposed assault would almost be
equivalent to murder, for I was not
wantonly mischievous. and Mr.. Wynd-
ham was the man loved next to my
father. Besides, l wa, not able to asso-
ciate him in my mind with the idea of
indignity, and SO l had the grace to
reject Joe's offer, but not SO firmly or
so scornfully as I ought, perhaps.
Joe evidently had in him the ele-
ments of the politician. as he afterward
showed; he bided his time, yet failed
not to keep his project before me. by
taking out, as often as he met me. the
coveted treasures from his pocket and
itantaiizing me with brief glimpses of
what might be mine.
He who hesitates is lost. and fell.
As time passed my refusals became less
vehement, and at last I found myself
thinking that I would be willing to
bear any punishment that Mr.. Wynd-
ham might inllict, II he left me with
my life and the marbles. Since that
hour l have been able to comprehend
the love of savages for trinkets. and
their sacrifices to obtain them.
In the longest, hottest days Mr..
Wyndham often sat In the doorway.
o. the side Of the sehoolroom that
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04

Flies are despised. but if everyone
was as persistent and as hard to dis
courage as fly more people would
succeed. When . fly gets after . per-
son it never knows when to stop. j.
may be scraped of fifty times, but it
Immediately comes back again and
lights in about the same place. AL
efforts to kill a fly usually result only
in personal injury. The Bible holds
Job up as an example Of patience, but
we bet there were no flies in his time.
-Atcbison Globe.
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04

From Gentlewoman.
At Levallois-P Perret very near Paris.
there is museum formed Of souvenirs
taken from Balzac's home, destroyed
some years aga It ID with great din.
Guilty one obtains permission to visit
this museum; but once there, an arch
geological student f,ds much Of inter.
est Among other treasures are su-
perb carvings. which were once ornar
ments above doors and window pieceA
One Of these represents . man holding
his head on his right hand; above arc
engraved in stone the words, ''Plus
Despoir." No one knows to whom the
collection belongs, nor the reason foe
so much mystery.
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04

James Allen Of Covington member
ef the board Of trustees Of the institute
for the blind. called on Governor Mat
thews the other morning and gave him
box Of strs vberries. He said that
George w. Msrriman. . tenant on his
place. b raising hundreds Of gallons Of
6ne berries and finds ready sale for
them in the Chicago market at 81 .
gallon net The patch covers six or
seven acreA When asked how such
berries can be raised for fall market.
he said: "After the first crop Is picked
the ground is covered with straw and
then set on fire. The vines arc all
burned to the ground. Then, by fer
tilizing the ground and irrigating it
the vines come quickly and bear, not
% much fruit rs before, but just as fine
In quality and saleable at much high
er price. There are several farmers in
northern Indiana who are pursuing
this mode Of berry raising for the late
market We have been having berries
for three weeks ut my house. Indian
spolis News
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04

One of the serials which St Nicholas
will publish during the coming year
has IN unusually unique plot 1t is .
tale of three Union soldiers. members
OF signal corps. who got news that
the entire Union army has surrendered.
whereupon they decide to hold out to
the end. They cut = bridge across .
gorge and become soldier-Crusoes, ex-
lied from civilization, and for many
months they believe themselves to be
the only loyal Union soldiers who have
not been obliged to surrender. The
author. William II. Sheldon. is . SOL
dier and artist Is well rs q writer.
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04

We offer Ono Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of latarrh that cannot be
cured BY Halls Catarrh Cure.
EJ CHENEY 4 CO.. Props, Toledo. Ohio.
We. the undersigned, have known +. J.
Oh oey for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligation made by their firm.
Nalding, kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Price 75c per
bottle: Sold by all druggists. TestipO-
mails free.
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04
A Timely Topic.

Brown-Our minister spoke at length
last Sunday on our financial situation.
Robinson-That is hardly a proper sub
iect for a clergyman. BrOwn-it isn't.
eh? When the interest on the church
mortgage is three months overdue?-
Brooklyn Life.
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04

Getting the BETTER Of Father Time.
Miss Elderly of Dallas has consider
able trouble in hiding the ravages of
time. A few days ago her mother said
impatiently:
"You have been before that glass for
the last hour. Aren't you ever going
to get through fixing yourself up?'
''Have patience, mother, dear. In
half an hour moro I'll be 20 years
younger. Texas Sitter.
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04
A Counties Dies From Eating F.sgss.

A Counties Dies From Eating FaDgos.
From London Daily News
The Countess Riccardi died on Sun
day, having ''fallen in . rigo;" on par
taking of fungus, and never showing
the slightest sign of consciousness dur
ing the forty-cight hours that she con-
tinued to breathe, although her teeth
were broken to feed her, and great
force was otherwise applied to open
her locked jaws No quiver of an eye
lid gave proof of the sensation. The
children of the family were pronounced
out of danger on Sunday. The fungus
cooked by mistake for mushrooms
was of the most deadly sort that
grows
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04

Mr.. Duncan Rose. the son Of . Con-
tederste officer. will contribute . brief
paper to the November Century on
why the Confederacy Failed" He
believes that the failure was due to
three things: the excessive issue of pa-
per money; the policy of dispersion,
the frontiers of the Confederacy being
attended for many thousands Of miles;
and the neglect of the cavalry.
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04
A Is.aelnna f.1afeh

Is that Of dyspepsia. Few remedies do mors
than palliate this obstinate complaint. Try
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. however. and
ycu will End that IL IS couquerablo. alonl
with its symptoms, heartburn, Aatulenco
nervousness and loss of flesh and vigof
Biliousness and constipation frequently &C.
company il. These. besides malarisl. fhe9
matte and kidney complaints, arc also sub
duablo with the Bftters.
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04
Not Altogether Hops!ess.

81 shall never marry" declared
Miss Elderly in a tone meant to be
firm.
Don't say that" answered her best
friend, Florence. Women older than
you have had proposals."
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04

FOrcLi.en teeihng sOftens theg ume. reduces indam
nation allays pain wind collie. = cents bottle.
The important announcement is
made that in the November number of
the Atlantic Monthly will appear the
first of series of exceedingly interest
ing "reminiscences covering the last
fifty years of the life of Col. Thomas
Wentworth Higgins. under the apt
title of Cheerful Yesterdays" Col
Higginson's career as writer, soldier,
public servant and man of letters COW
ers the last half century. and there is
hardly a man or \ movement of that
time that he has not come into inti-
mate relations with. These autobio-
graphical papers, in q cheerful tone.
really cover much of the most impCr'
tant history of this long period.
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04
Ruin Wrought by the Wheel.

Ruin Wrought by the Wheel.
''Bicycle hurts your business, too,
suppose?' asked the man who wanted
to be funny.
Not the bicycle. ITSELF" answered
the living skeleton, "but some of those
bloomer girls is putin up exhibitions
that has led the public to get the idea
that l amt SO much of a freak as they
used 70 think. ."-Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04
MY TEMPTATION.
By Nh. Bland b. Huddlestou.

II e fearful war
times % changed
the quiet. unfet-
tered life Of our
southern town that
even little tots like
myself went about
wondering an d
questioning. Food
and raiment gave
me no concern-1
was aomeh0W nr0.
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04
Cont tobacco s,it and Smoke Your Lilo Away.

Cont tobacco Siit ana Smoke Souf I''e AWay.
If you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever, regain lost manhood, be made
well, strong, magnetic, Iul! of new life and
vigor, take No-To Bac, the wonder worker
that makes weak men strong. Many gain
ten POUNDS in ten days. Over 400, ,0O cured.
Buy NO-To-Ea from your druggist. who will
guarantee cure. Booklet and sample mailed
free. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chi
caso or New York.
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04

Mira II. Sheppard. Room - Edling
Block, Omahs, Neb., writes: ~ have
had eonstipstion for . long time and I
also had . bad case Of internal hemoe.
rhoids (piles) from which suffered nm
told pain Your Dr. Hays Renovatoe
has entirely cured me" Sold by drug.
gists 1T IS eta and 81. Sec advt
What blessed thing that even those u
~ who are reliable don't have to prove Ill
Wo say.
Casearets stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowelA Never sicken, weaken or Rripe.
Some people cart b pleasant without
kASu NSI,v
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04

McClure's Magazine for November
will contain the first installment of q
Eve or six part story by Rudyard Kip
ling. 1t is Kipling's first long story OF
American life, being tale of stirring
adventure among the Gloucester fish
ermen on the Grand Banks 1t will be
illustrated with drawings from life by
]. w. Taber.
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04

When bilious or costive. eat q cascaret
candy cathartic. cure guaranteed. 10c,
DC
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04

Do what you can do well and you vii
soon te alb @ to do much letter
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04

A silver zeal was captured at Dovs9.
n. H.. the other day.
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04

with the celebrating sense Of renewed
health and strength and internal clean
illness. which follows the use Of Syrup Of
Figs. is unknown to the few who have
not progressed beyond the old-time
medicines and the cheap substitutes
sometimes offered but never accepted
BY the well-informed.
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04

Better lie a lamp in the house than try
to be q star in the sky.
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04

just try l0c box of Cascarets, the
finest liver and bowel regulator ever
made
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04
Comfort to
California.

Every Thursday morning. .
tourist sleeping car for DEN.
Yer. Salt Lake City. san Fran
cisco, and Los Angeles leaves
Omaha and Lincoln via tho
Burlington Route.
Ii Is carpeted. upholstered
In rattan. has spring seats
and backs and is provided
with curtains. bedding. tow
els.sOap.etc. AneNperienced
excursion conductor and q
uniformed tullman porter
accompany il through to tho
Pacific Coast.
While neither as eNpen-
siVcly finished nor as fire to
look at ~ a palace slccper,i 1t
Is Just as good to ride in. Sec
Ond class tickets are hOnOred
and the price ofa berth. " ide
enough and big enough for
two. Is only s..
For a folder giving full
particulars write to
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04

A woman seems to mourn as much for
a tad husband as for a good one.
Lots Of POOR tyrewriters would have
made excellent servant gir.s
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund the money il It fails to cure sc
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04

Some men are built for politics, tho same
as others are built for work.
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04

Some people cart b pleasant withou
icing 0ily.
The Columbus journal., 1896-11-04

J. FRANCIS. Gen'l Pass'r Agent, Omaha. Neh
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-09
AN1LLA Ice cream at Crystal Spring
MONEY AND MUSIC.
How Some Famous Composers Were Paid
For Their Brilliant Creations.

How Some Famous Composers Were Paid
For Their Brilliant Creations.
Handel, had it not been for his ora
torios and his operatic speculations,
would have lived and died as poor as
the proverbial church mouse. Walsh,
his publisher, paid him pitiful prices
for his operas. For at least / of these
works he received no more than 30 gum
cas- each, and the largest sum he was
ever paid was only e105, which he got
for "Alexander's Feast. - 1t must not
be thought from these small prices that
the composers works did not sell. On
the contrary, they always found ready
market and proved great source of
profit to the publisher. From the pro-
ceeds of his first opera, "Rinaldo,"
Walsh netted profit of over 81, 500,
whereupon Handel jocularly remarked
to the music seller, "Well, you shall
compose the next opera, and will pub
ish it " Handel, as everybody knows,
lost fortune in trying to establish Ital-
ian opera i'll London, and, although he
subsequently more than recouped him
self by his oratOrios, it was not the pub
Usher, but the public, who put it in his
power to do this
Even when we come down to the time
Of Mozart, we do not find that the claim
of the brain worker to fair wage had
been recognized. 1t almost staggers one
to recall the fact that Don Giovanni"
brought to its composer no more than
$50. For 1.-The Magic Flute" he was
paid just 100 ducats. and yet the man
ager Of the theater at which the opera
was first produced made fortune out
of it. No wonder Mozart had to be laid
in pauper's grave, the very site of
which is unknown to this day. Schu-
bert Jared even worse. Some of his mag
nificent songs sold for less than shil-
ling, and at his decease it was difficult
to raise enough money to bury him.
Haydn's income would today be deemed
small by player in the theater or.
chestra, and his "estate" was almost q
minus quantity. Weber. who died about
70 years ago, received less than $500 in
all for his "Freischutz," one Of the
most popular operas ever written, while
from his five other operas he made only
a1, 900 altogether. BY 1.-The Bohemian
Girl Balfe gained less than 1900
although the Marble Halls" ballad il
that very popular work put some e3, O0t
into the pockets OF the publishers. -
Chambers Journal