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HANNAH CHARD.

out her hand. He came up, smelt the
hand, licked it. and lay down beside
her. The man inside. having let out
the dog, waited to see what would
happen. As he heard nothing more,
he was sure that no human being was
there. II there had been the dog
would surely have torn it to pieces; SO
he left the dog out for fur her security
and went to bed. Meantime the big
dog was keeping the little girl warm
in the porch He nestled close to her.
and the tired child slept. In the
morning, when the man of the house
came out, he was astonished to find
his savage dog keeping guard over
little shivering girl at his door. He
did not share the dogs disposition to
adopt her, however. nor did he, on the
other hand, restore her to her unkind
stepfather. He took her to a charit-
able institution near by. and thence
she was bound out" to a Quaker fam
lily who lived on farm on the battle
ground of the Brandywine In those
DAYS binding out" meant a solid SER
vitude until the child's majority. In
Hannah's case, 1t meant helping in
the work Of the kitchen. in caring for
the pigs and poultry; it meant ris-
ing early in the morning and going
to bed early at night; 1t meant wear
ing coarse, Iinsey-woolsey clothes and
sleeping in an attic; 1t meant very lit
tie schooling but 1t also meant a larg-
er measure of happiness than she had
ever enjoyed before. One of her pleas
ures was the ranging of the battle
ground Of the Brandywine, where she
often picked up bullets and other relics
of the fight-sometimes CHASTITY ones.
whose full meaning she did not know.
but which greatly impressed her i'm
aeination. At the age of twenty-five
Hannah married a young man named
william Chard. Though her life had
begun SO hardly, as II some fate had
turned its hand against her, she found
now that heaven could be kind as well
as severe. With the husband of her
youth she lived happily and serenely
for seventy years. William Chard was
ninety-one years old when he died:
and though his wife mourned him
deeply. and with reason. she had two
good sons. William and Joel, with
whom she spent her remaining years.
She celebrated one more birthday al
ter the one which came century after
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GUGLIELMO MARCONI.

eral years. Although only 23 years
old. 1t is said. that he has accomplished
something that Tesla and Edison ex-
perimented for without any great sue
cess. Marconi claims to be the inven-
tor of the wireless telegraph. While
the idea of wireless telegraphy" is not
new, 1t was deemed by many to be al
mot impossible to bring 1t to such per-
fection that 1t might be made of prac-
tical utility. The Italian says that the
distance to which he has transmitted
messages. twelve miles. is only limited
by the imperfection Of his present ap-
pliances. Nicola Tesla declines to COM
ment at length of Marconi's inventions.
on the ground that he himself has de-
voted a number of years to the study
Of the great problem of transmitting
dispatches without wires.
The silver lance., 1897-09-03
"o. BAlRMIEs. cuppLE powM.-
story of Scotch Section Hand Whs
Wrote These Beautiful l. ne..

SsoHy 81 Scotch Sectton- Hand Wha
Wrote These Beautiful l. mes.
tion hand dropped into poetry. His fsrst 81
tempt at verse was successful. SO successful
that 1t came to the notice OF friends wha
How far It has gained recognition cannot s,
determined, but the beautiful bit Of dialect
is worthy Of Robert Burns himself Ii
The bairnies Icnddle doom at nIcht
WI muckle faucht an din;
o, try and sleep, ye waukrife rogues.
Your fathers comm in;
They never heed a word / speak,
l try to gle frown;
But aye hap them up an say,
70, bnirnies cuddle doon!'
Wee jamie wi the curly held,
He aye sleeps next the wa,
Bangs up an cries. 81 want pieces"
The rascal starts them a.
rim and fetch them pieces drinks,
They stop a wee the SCUM,
Then draw the blankets up an cry,
moo, weaniee. cuddle doon"
But T.,s ere FIVE minutes gang. wee Ras
He's kittlin' WI his taes."
The mischief's in that Tam for tricks,
He'd bother half the toon;
But aye hap them up an say,
20. bairnies, cuddle doonr'
At length they hear their fathers 1t,
An as he steeks the door,
They turn their faces to the wa.
While Tam pretends to snore.
"Hae a the weans been guder' he asks
As he pits off his shoon
"The bairnies. John are In their beds,
An lang since cuddled doom"
And juist before we bed oorsels.
We look at our lambs;
Tam has his arm roun' wee Rab's neck,
An Rab his arm roun' Tam's.
lift wee jamie up the bed.
An / straik each Groom.
whisper till my heart fills up,
so. bairnies. euddle DOOM"
The barnies cuddle doom at nicht,
WI mirth that's dear to me;
But soon the big warl's cark and care
Will quaten doom their glee.
Yet come what may to ilka ane,
May He wha rules a1oon.
Aye whisper, though their pows be bauld,
30. bairnies. cuddle doom"
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Ms. Aueust. Cottlou.

Miss Augusta Cottlow will soon re-
turn from Europe to her home in Shell
byville. Ill. Miss Cottlow. although
not yea done with her studies, has
managed to amaze and delight the
leading musicians OF Europe With su-
-perb performances on the piano. For
the past two years she has been study.
ing under Herr Tappert and Prof.
Busoni. Miss Cottlow began her musi-
cal studies at three years of age. At
she made her debut in public. At nine
she went to Chicago and was placed
in charge of Prof Wolfsohn and be-
gan her studies in harmony under
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her runaway, and was very near 70
celebrating her one-hundred-and-
ninth: for 1t was on the 2s6 o. March.
1897. that she died. All her birthdays
after her one-hundredth were really
celebrations. She was always ready
to relate the incidents Of her childish
life In the time which seems now TO
belong to an age long past-and par
ticularly did she like to tell about the
strange and gruesome things she found
On the battle-ground Of the Brandy
wine.
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LARGE EXPEDITION PROPOSED.
Tho English VIII Move ON the Revolving
Afridls In Force.

Tho English win Move ON the Revolving
Afridls In Force.
dmla, Aug 27.--The government has
decided to send an expedition in large
force against the Afridis.
The upper Swat tribes on the right
bank of the river have paid fine of
10000 rupees for revolving against the
government.
General Blood's column returned to
Thana yesterday. All is quiet at Shah
dar.
1t is believed at Simla that the Orka-
zaris are not sufficiently in earnest to
attack the British posts on the Samania
range.
London. Aug. 27.--A special from
Simla says that the Daulatzai tribe of
Afridis. near Kohat. descended from
the hills in strong force during Thurs
day night and attacked and captured
the village OF Ian. setting fire to the
buildings. nearly all OF which were de-
stroyed. General Briggs. commanding
the force at Kohaf. having heard OF the
Afridis' plans. had prepared IA force on
Friday morning and attacked the enc
my. After sharp fighting the Afridis
were driven back to the hills with
heavy losses. The British loss consist
ed Of one Sepoy killed and native 81
ficer and two Sepoys wounded
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before. She had never been
sorry for it, she declared; and
Few persons who run away in
childhood are able to say as much. af-
ter q hundred years! Aunt Hannah,
on this occasion, was celebrating her
one hundred and seventh birthday
ohe was born in New York in l7SS,
ana was the daughter of German
sailor named Miltenberger, who died
IN her infancy. Her mother was mar
rled again to a man who treated the
child cruelty. The family removed to
Fniladelphia; and when she was
seven years old, on a spring day when
the belated snow covered the ground,
little Hannah. though in bare feet and
very thinly clad. ran away and wan
dered alone about the open region to
the southwark of the city. Night came
on. Cold and hungry. Hannah crept
into the porch Of honse that stood
near the road. covering her half-frozen
feet with her scanty skirts. This did
not warm them, and fearing that they
would freeze, she stamped them
against the floor OF the porch. Then
she heard hoarse voice from within
call:
Who's there?"
She trembled. and kept quiet. The
call was not repeated; but after a time
her feet again became so cold that SHE
could not help knocking them against
the threshold. Again came the voice:
Who's there, say? If you don't
answer. I'll shoot through the door!"
This did not frighten her much, for
she was SO cold, SO hungry and SO un-
happy that she did not care IL she were
shot to death. She did not 20 away,
but crouched in silence, almost hold
ing her breath; and then something
else happened, for around the corner
Of the house came an enormous ami
NAL growing threateningly. Hannah's
heart stood still an instant. and then
she saw that the animal was not a
wolf nor bear. but a dog. This re-
assured her. for so far in her short
life it was among dogs she
had found her only friends.
She spoke to the big animal. and held
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The silver lance., 1897-09-03
KN0WNlNKNoxyILLE
a cRlPPLE CURED.

me .ChicaGo /" z1mes Herald Cor-.-
pondent - Knoxvilie Meets
an Old Friend.
From the Times Herald Chicago III
At the Normal Institute at Knoxville
fowa, ON August 9th, the Knoxville CORE,
spondent Of the Chicago Times Herald was
much surprised to meet his old friend. Mr.
A. T. Conn, whom he believed to be a life
long cripple, from rheumatism and sciatica
moving around a. brisk as anybody As
the last time Mr.. Conn had been seen nv
the Times Herald man he was on crutches.
and IN . terrible condition, the subject Of his
recovery was the topic of conversation The
following is . resume Of Mr.. Conn's story :
TssYou are aware that from overwork and
.sxposure in April. 1894, l contracted sciatics
and rheumatism, and grew steadily worse,
Notwithstanding the best of medical treat.
meut that the neighborhood Afforded until
was at last confined to my bed, and what
little locomotion performed was done on
crutches. From the time was taken until
August, 1895, tried every remedy could
hear Of without any relief whatever. 1t
was 1t that time that friend recommended
DR.. Williams' Pink Pills, and, was SO on
thusiastic over their virtues that was per-
suaded to try them, and began to take them
in September 1895. was rather discour-
aged at first to find myself decidedly worse,
but was urged by my frinds to persevere
and give the medicine fair trial and SO I
did. After a while began to feel an i'm
-provement, though it was not noticeable to
those around me, but knew l was better
,and soon was so elated that foolishly dis
carded my crutches, and received a severe
fall for my pains. This SO retarded my re-
povery that l became disheartened, and
ave up taking Pink Pills, SO great was my
encouragement. l shortly after this mis-
hap and set back, began again to take Pink
Pills steadily and perseveringly, and in .
short time could walk without crutches,
and in January, 1895, was able to discon-
tinue the medicine altogether, being entire
ly cured. Since then l have cleared .
piece Of brush land, and planted and at
tended this years crop. l took in all
seventeen boxes of DR.. Williams Pink Pills
before was entirely cured.'
Mr.. Conn's address is Pleasantville, Mar
ion Co., Iowa, where he is as well known
- in Knoxville, his former home.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in a con-
densed form, all the elements necessary to
give new life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are also a
specific for troubles peculiar to females,
such as suppressions. Irregularities and all
forms of weakness. In men they effect .
radical cure in all cases arising from men,
tai worry, overwork or excesses of what
ever nature. Pink Pills are sold in boxes
(never in loose bulk)at 50cents box or six
boxes for ESQ, and may be had of all drug
gists, or direct by mail from DIR. Williams'
Medicine Company, Schenectady, n. Y.
The silver lance., 1897-09-03
Frenchman lnv-nts q Match.

A new kind Of match, which is supposed
to be non-poisonous. is said to have been in
vented by a Frenchman. Potassium per
mangate and amylacetate are among the
ingredients, and tests at the Pasteur lucifer
match manufactory have proven 1t a sue.
cess. The matches are made without the
slightest danger to factory hands. They
ignite freely; there is no danger of explosion
when stored, and the disagreeable odor Of
lucifer matches is replaced by an aggeeable
one.
The silver lance., 1897-09-03
MISS AUGUSTA CoTTLoW.

MISS AUGUSTA COTTLOW.
Prof. Gleason She plays the most
dinicult music from memory. She won
New York musicians with her per-
formance of Beethoven's concerto in C,
which she played with the Thomas or
chestra three years ago. She has late
~ turned her mind to composition.
Her first piece, "A Romanza" for violin
and plano. was published in Germany.
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Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.

"Well, how was the camp meetingT'
"Just like all camp meetings; religious peo-
pie working hard listening to the sermons
and sinners sitting around enjoying them
selves"
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Borgess. has untold wealth" "How
do you know" "I Just saw the tar
assessor coming from his house.
Cleveland Leader.
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The New Wizard.

Young Guglielmo Marconi, ths Nal
ian electrician. has been attracting AZ
tention in the scientific world for se~-
The silver lance., 1897-09-03

Educate Your bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, euro constipation forever.
lOc II c. c. c. fail, druggists refund money.
The silver lance., 1897-09-03

Railways in Holland are so carefully maj
aged that the accidental deaths on the
average only one year for the entire coul
try.
The silver lance., 1897-09-03

"A Birmingham workingman made use of
the parcel post recently to send his three
year-old boy home by mail. The postoffice.
of live animals, was obliged to accept the
child. and charged nine pence for the SER
vice
The silver lance., 1897-09-03

Don't miss the corn roast at Loveland
Monday. September 9Th.
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To Cure Constipation Forever.
II q @. @. fail 70 cure. druggists refund money.
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SHE LIVED 1O7 YEARS.
REMARKABLE LONGEVITY OF
MRS. s..HANNAH CHARD.
She Ran Away sron Home when but
Little Tot asd Never Regretted
Her Act-ssvsd from Death By .
Watch Dog.

HEN Aunt Han
nah Chard of Fer
rell. New Jersey.
c Q . b r a t ed her
birthday ON the
goth of April. 1895,
she told the peo-
pie who came to
congratulate her
how she ran away
from home just
one hundred years
The silver lance., 1897-09-03

..Never marry q woman unless she will
follow you round the world" sIf I had
money to go round the world I wouldn t
marry until got back
The times., 1897-07-11
623 18th St. N. w.
SONG IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Thousands Sing Praises In the Me
chauics' Pavilion.

Thousands Sing Praises In the Me-
chauics' Pavilion.
san Francisco, July 10.-The chief feature
of the Christian Endcavor convention this
morning, apart fIom the meeting, was the
onen-air concert by the Golden Gate Pa TX
Band, and 1t is expected that there
win he mere people in the park this after
noon than have been seen far many day.
The afternoon viii he devoted chiefly
60 recreation by tie delegates. No def
mite figures have been given out as To
the total registration, but 1T is under
stood that something over $4,000 have
appended their names 10 tie roll OF at
tending delegates.
Nineteen more trains yet to come is
the latest announcement and the last Of
these VIII probably not arrive before Mon
day It IS estimated that there are be-
tween 80, 900 and 40, 900 visitors in the
city at present
In the early hours OF the morning the
last delegation from Pennsylvania arriv-
ed, $50 strong, and these, with 200 other
visitors from the Keystone State who pre-
ceded them, swelled the total from Penn.
sylvania to nearly 500.
The great song service ia Mechanics
Pavilion this morning was attended by
thousands. Many persons were unable TO
gain entrance to the great hail, but they
s,ood On the outside and joined in the sing
Ing Of the hymns
The times., 1897-07-11
New Members.

District OF Columbia, 27 Total member
shin. 626. The new members are;
H.B.C., James B. Burnside, P o. Depart
nlcnt; Cap. B. c., John Joy Edson' Jr.'
1924 Sixteenth street, c. and s. C. e,
william Bergman. 1912 Linden street
northeast. Washington. Unattached, ..
C. Brothers, jr, Congress Heights; Henry
D. Frv, N D., 1913 Fourteenth street
northwest; j. F. Philip, 1872 Sixteenth
street; B. R. Rhcese. Spring street, care
Station F; Charles L. Sturtevant, 92S F
street northwest; Mrs. 4. \. FooJe, o17
Carolina street: Isaac Allison, 100 Sew
enth street northeast: Rev. j. B. Appel,
P. o. Carmel, y. Y; Miss Annie s Brooks,
1907 X street: A B. Coolidge, III u
street; Harry Farmer, $40 Tenth street.
b. A. Lcaveil, 925 Pennsylvania avenue;
Philander C. johnson, Star Office; Edgar
H Nav. 2119 street; Guion Miller, 46O
Louisiana avenue; s. 7. Murray, 1429
Ninth street; Henry NJ. Paul, 2201 *
street; John H Renshawe, L s. Geo
logical Survey; r. c. Rogers, 2O21 Portner
place; HaIloweu NJ. Spencer, care w. b.
Moses & Sons; Frank M.Willis, $40 Third
avenue; Earle F Marean, 1900 Lincoln
Avenue northeast; Guy B. Marean, 1900
Lincoln avenue northeast; H f. Taft,
10 B street northeast, Washington.
The times., 1897-07-11
YOUTH CHARGED WITH THEFT.
Joseph Beaver, Who Has a Bad Pc
lice Record, Locked Tn.

Joseph Beaver, alias Edward Swords,
a seventeen year-old boy, who has already
established fer himself an unenviable police
record, was arrested yesterday afternoon
by Policeman Latchford, OF the Firth pre-
cinct, in Alexandria. The police have
been searching for the boy for some time,
as he is wanted for Committing a number
or larcenies, but he has heretofore sue
ceeded III eluding the officers Policeman
Latchford was assigned to catch him.
and succeeded in tracing the lad to Alex
endria. Joseph comes OF a good family,
but he is naturally bad, and prefers to
steal rather than work.
He left his fathers home some time
ago, and went to live with his aunt, Mrs
Wardell, at Third and Maryland avenue.
While there he largely made his livelihood
and spending money by stealing from his
relatives. From Samuel Beaver be stole a
largeuuantity OF clothing and some jeweIry
from George Beaver. Several days ago
he stole bicycle belonging to John
Doyle, on Pennsylvania avenue, near Sixth
street, and sold the wheel for S2s. He
was locked up in No: station aud
several charges of larceny will be pre-.
ferred against him in court tomorrow
The times., 1897-07-11
Affair Cycle Club.

Last Saturday evening Messrs. Albert
and K. w. Cox, Deyereux Green and Dr.
Snyder. left the city shortly before mid
night for staunton and enjoyed trip
through the Shenandoah Valley, riding
good distance towards this city They
returned home Monday evening, well tired,
but thoroughly pleased with the trip.
Mr. +. Baker Weaver spent the holidays
at Colonial Beach, leaving the city Satur-
day evening and returning Monday.
The regular monthly meeting of the club
will be held Monday evening.
The club members are well pleased over
the success OF Capt Ed Hanger in winning
the third OF u mile handicap at the races
Monday in such a pretty way.
Tie annual vacation of the members is
the topic Of conversation at present, and
IN the near future the start will te made
for various POINTS. Already quite n crowd
has signified its intention uf visiting Colo
NAL Beach. probably this Saturday, tor
stay of a week or so in camp.
Messrs. Eritt and Braitmayer, with sew
eral other members, are making arrange
ments Tor TIP to Baltimore b. wheel on
Sunday.
The times., 1897-07-11
LARNED DEFEATS STEVENS.
He Takes Three Straight Sets From
Him in the Final Round.

New York, July 1O.-Larned beat stevens
final round of the Middle States champion
ship tennis tournament, at Orange, and
the old trophy becomes his personal prop
eIty. After the first few games there was
never d doubt as TO which man would win
the match, although Stevens made a strong
bid for the second set with brilliant
burst, that faded away when Larned put
Oh steam once more and ran out.
Larned was in splendid form for so early
in the season and his ground strokes were
well directed and fast and bad excellent
length. He kept Stevens so far behind the
base line most of the time that 1t was easy
for him to reach the net in safety.
In the finals Uf the handicap Whitman
proved too strong for his odds and he beat
Dodge three sets to one. The final match
in doubles was started late in the afternoon
and when the moon came out the three
Harvard men and one Yale MIN were still
at it, with the chances for success about
even. Scores:
Championship singles Final round. W
A Larned beat Richard Stevens, 6-3;
TO; 6-1.
lenger, beat Clarence Hobart, holder, by
default
Handicap singles-Final round. NJ d
Whitman. owe four-sixths, beat c. p
Dodge, owe two-siXths, g.; 6-3; 0-6; 6-2
Consolation singles-Final round c p.
Dodge, beat Edward Lyman, 90; 6-2; 6-2
Championship doubles-Final round. HoI
combe Ward, Harvard, and D. F Davis
Harvard against l. E. Ware, Harvard, aud
G. P. Sheldon, jr., Yale, ga; 40 unfiuish
ed
The times., 1897-07-11

c T Henkel's, at New Market, after pass
ing through Harisonburg. The ride was
Immediately Continued through Edinhurg'
Woodstock, MauersUown and Toms Book
to Straspurg, where dinner was taken at
tie Chalybeate Hotel, kept by j Mclnturf-
The next morning the trip was con
tinued after breakfast through Middietown'
Stephens City, Kernstown To Winchester,
where dinner was taken at II. II. Doveil S
ho:el From this place the ride was made
to Martin sburg, where the train was taken
for home, the boys arriving In the city
shortly after O'Clock in the evening
The run of the club today Will be to
Dickey's, at Great Falls, leaving the club
house, at GAL Pennsylvania avenue south
east, at $50 d, IN.
The club extends cordial invitation to
the members of all other clubs 10 drop IN
ar the clubhouse when passing By.
The times., 1897-07-11
Oakley Races.

Cincinnati, July 10.-Today's results at
Oakley:
First race-Five furlongs. Fieeda, 10
to L, Won; Taffeta Silk, second; Bermuda
Dance, third. Time, 1903 "a.
Second race Six furlongs. Fretfui, s
to 2, won; White Oak, second; stanza, third.
Time, 1:15 "a.
Third race Five and half furlongs
Malvolio, to 3, Won; Hampden, second
Ed. Farrell, third. Time, los Ia
Fourth race Mile and six teenth. White
Frost, to /. won; Donna Rita, second
Loneta, third. Time, 1:49 1-2
Fifth race One mile. Remp, to
Won; John Harlin, second; CASTOR, third
Time, 1:41.
Sixth race-Six furlongs. Balk Line, S
to 8, Won; Meddler, second; Old Center
third. Time, 1:15 IA.