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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19

agreed! You shan have the satisfaction
OF a conference.-the az you deserve IT,"
Selby looked at him smiling almost
dreamily As though 10 himself he said
I've read IN a fine old book, that the man
who knows how to ride ana shoot and tell
the truth, has the full education Of a gem
tleman. ! am a pretty poor sort COM
pa'ared with what want ter Debut any
body knows ! can do them three things"
CAS- we have no seconds, shall we not
toss for posltion?" Willoughby said icily
as though he had not heard Selby nodd-
ed, then suddenly held up his hand saying,
Seems ter me this might be better. Toss
up, heads or tails-the one that loses ter
stand under that candle, thar on the To-
Gust tree, and take his medicine like
man"
LAS you please" said Wllloughby. Selby
had drawn out a coin, I'VE better make
all haste he said; "still before this goes
further thars an awkward thing got to
be fixed"
Il won't wait" Wiloughby said dog
gedly.
you will wait!' selby said, decidedly,
drawing a long envelope from his pocket.
Here's passed. O. papers that mustn't be
found on me-"
II have nothing to do with your secrets"
Willoughby said.
Not even when they happen to be
your own?' 5elby asked. THESE happen
10 be your secrets, Mr. Willoughby. Here
are two checks you signed once-with an
other mans name. Most likely you was
drunk and done It fer a lark. Most folks
wouldn't think so, II you are 30 rich"
Wlloughby flung up his hands ana stag
gered back against the nearest tree. a.
/ cannot fight your he said. IL take
back-everything. ] will go away viii
do-anythlng you say, II. for my fathers
sake. you will not use those papers against
me.
Use em against you!" Selby said
When I'm mean enough 70 do sech as
that, III quit the country. Man wrote me
Ter come and git EN-. ] did git 'em--paid
his price-thep told him I'd shoot him
ef he ever named he had had 'em-with-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19

lie said, almost apologe Hcally, offering his
hand to Wllloughby. Il choosed the cam
die because-well, because II wasn't run
min fer Congress aginst me-"
The crowd was all about them, clam
orously merry, before Willoughby dared
trust himself 10 speak. SIN coatless and
bareheaded he sprang upon a bench ana
shouted: Every friend of mine cheer
with me for Bert Selby, our next con-
gressmafi-the best man in the Purchase
-or out Of III"
As the cheers came wild and ringing,
Mary Specs face grew ilumined. She
was almost at Wiloughbys elbow, smiling
through happy tears. Selby looked az
her sighed, and said TO his heart:
"wIloughby's elected fer heap moren
ever 1 shall be-"
Speech Speech the crowd shouted
Mai. Dade and Uncle Bob caught him by
the arms and tried to thrust him forward
lie smiled but shook his head obstinateIy
and dived into the throng, threaded It and
plunged into an ambush of shrubbery AS
he stood for a moment with downcast
eyes he felt the hghtest touch-Mary
Specs hand vase his arm Mary Spec
herself was saying: Il never would have
believed you so ungrateful Mr. Selbyl
Why didn't you make that speech?''
He took her hand between both his own
and said: Thar amt but one speech 1 feel
like 1 could make-and / know chat amt
worth while"
How can you know 1t is not worth
whlle-unless you make it?" she said
softly, little tremor under her words.
Because Il Is I love you'-and I'm
most sure you-cain't-never love-me's he
answered, choking a little over the last
words.
Possibly hearts feminine have a chame-
leon quality possibly also a psychic wave
too strong to be resisted was then setting
Solbyward. Whatever the fact. Mary
Spec smiled up at him. and said hardly
above her breath: Maybe l might learn
how-if--ii you gave me leave to try.a
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19

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Large size rolls of Toilet Paper, worth
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19
SPECIAL FOOTWEAR VALUES.

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19
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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-28

was not cleared. but, coupling up fifty
cars. light and loaded, Mr.. Vanderbilt
made the run as successfully as it could
ave been done by any locomotive on
the division. The next day, however.
the new locomotive was given the right
of way. to see what she could do. On
this trip she carried a string Of sixty
three cars behind her and yet she work.
ed up to thirty miles an hour, and, as
Mr.. Vanderbilt expresses it, "sha was
blowing off steam frequently, too" On
the throttle himself and his face BEAM
ed with delight aaen, at the end of the
run. he stepped in to the telegraph office
and wired back to Mr.. Waite, the head
of his department. the two words, 'She
works.
To have successfully accomplished such
a feat is certainly a great achievement
for the young railroad man, for Mr.. Van
derbilt prefers to be known as a railroad
man rather than as a millionaire. but
even it he had failed in his first attempt
it would have argued we'll for his future
thing worth While.
! 1t proved that money in hand and mon-
ely in prospect did not represent the sum
total of his happiness but that, on the
other hand. he had good stuff in him.
In pursuing this course young Mr..
Vanderbilt simply followed in the foot
steps Of his father.
When the late Mr.. Vanderbilt was a
young man he too proceeded to learn
the business ef railroading from the
ground un and he mastered every de-
partment before he became president Of
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-28

capable Of w~ithstanding the pressure
To which it was subjected without the
use of such bolts. In the Vanderbilt
locomotive the total absence of the
staybolts makes it possible to remove
the tirebox by simply cutting a few riv-
cts at one end. To practical railroad
men the advantage of such an improve
ment makes the invention one of the
most important Of recent years.
In the new locomotive there is 4 cast
iron support for the Crate thirty inches
back Of the tube sheet, and a brick wall
twenty inches hi"h is built above this.
That part Of the furnace in front of the
brick wall forms a combustion chamber.
The ashes pass through a large opening
at the bottom Of the furnace into the ash
pan beneath. There is a small OPEN
ing to facilitate the removal of ashes
that may have accumulated in the com
bustion chamber.
Some idea of the size of the new Van
derbilt locomotive may ne gained from
the fact that there are 49,. IS square feet
of heating surface to the furnace, while
The 322 tubes give 2,164.5 Sc, making a total
OF Z,'06.2' square feet. There are 3d.
square feet in the CRATE area. The en-
CINE has Gl-inch drivers and the boiler
This means more than 81 900 pounds of
traction power. The weight of the en-
CINE is 100. 600 pounds all told.
The first trial of the new locomotive
was mad" last August, over the 1873 miles
of road between West Albany and SYRIA
cuse. On tn" first trial trip the road
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-28
formidable obstacle to happines. Lils

formidable obstacle to happines. Like
all other obstacles it facilitates when
sufmounted, the approach which origin
ally 1t had obstructed. To hold that eff
fect1ve labor is happiness. would indeed
De absurd. Wealth is capital and capital
is essential to the efficiency of labor. A
mar can labor without capital. but not
eHectiveiy. With his bare hands he might
IN a day turn over a few inches of earth.
but with a pillow he can cultivate several
acres in the same time. The capitalist
is a captain of industry. the laborer is a
soldier in its ranks. The post Of COM
mana imposes greater difficulties in front
OF MN; whatever the result of his efforts
ne is certain of the sympathy and affec-
ton of his fellows. The commander, as
we nave recently had abundant occasion
70 observe, must overcome not merely
the obstacles before him but he must Of
ten refute and confront a cloud of critics
behind him,
Those whose lives are utterly miserable
are those who devote their wealth to So
called lives of pleasure. The possession
OF a fortune does not necessarily lead to
~ldleness: properly used it may afford it's
posessor a wider field of industry. Who
ever utilizes capital in industrial pur-
suits is necessarily a servant Of the COM
munity. The more extensive his fortune
the more arduous his employment. If
MS revenues far exceed his expenditures
he must find an investment for the sur
plus. The larger that surplus the more
time he must devote to it's investment
Tbs greater his income then the less time
he can devote to dissipation or able in
diligence.
However obscure your station you can
do something to raise the standard of
Christian morality and of individual
prosperity by making your own lives use
full. Thus will you raise yourselves to
fields of higher labor. wider usefulness
and greater respect: thus viii lyour days
be fruitful; thus will all your nights be
restful; thus. will the highest success be
yours-the success which is not to be
measured by the possessions in your
hands, but by the peace in your hears
The success which ennobles every eNcr-
else of your faculties, which sheds the
light of happiness over existence While
it lasts and closes it with that satisfac-
ton, that confidence, that majesty, With
which the just man sinks to his final
sleep-passing through the bosom OF the
! earth IN which his labor has been loyal,
to the bosom OF his God where his repose
| will be eternal.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-28
LORD DUNBOYNE'S ROMANCE.

The late death of Lord Dunboyne re-
calls one of the romances of the British
peerage and in referring to it one irish
paper gives some interesting details.
The 18th Lord Dunboyne. it tells us,
was Catholic bishop of Cork, when the
peerage unexpectedly devolved upon him
through the death of a nephew. Wish
ing to perpetuate the family and the title
he applied to Pope Plus vi. for a d;spen-
sation to retire from the ep.scopacy and
to marry. The vatican replied in sever
est terms Of censure, Whereupon he broke
his vow Of celibacy and married a Pro
testant young lady, afterward publicly
seeding from the Catholic church. There
was, however, no issue to the marriage,
and shortly before his death which took
place at Dunboy castle May Z, 1900, he
was received back into the Catholic
church by Rev. DR.. Gahan. AS he be
queathed a large amount Of property TO
Maynooth college for the education 81
youths for priesthood, litigation ensued,
and pr. Gahan was sent to iatl for con
tempt of court refusing to reveal TIM fl
nal confession made to him by Lord
DunbOyne.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-28
WHAT IS SUCCESS
BOIRKE COCHRAN. THE GREAT LAWYER AND DIPLOMAT, WRITES
UPON SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS FOR THIS NEWSPAPER.

as he clips in a subterranean
cell.
If wealth, power, fame and knowledge
are not happiness, in what does it con-
sist? Is it unattainable? No, it is not un-
~attainable, it is not ever difficult to
reach. 1t is at our feet and as often
happens we stumble over the substance
which is close to Us while straining at
ter it's shadow in the distance. Happi-
ness consists not in possessions, but
in ourselves, not in what we have, but in
What we are. l think happiness may be
defined as absorption in some form of eff
fective labor. You may say some men
are unhappy though they work every
way-nay, some men declare their occu-
pations are sources of %isconte because
they are arduOuS. Do not be deceived.
A mans hands may be busy yet he may
be unhappy, but it is because his mind is
not occupied by his task. Where all the
faculties, mental and physical, are alb
sorbed in any form of industry, there is
no time to feel discomfort, and still less
time to express it.
Believe me, happiness is effective Ia
Dor. Our possessions are often sources
of disappointment, but the labor spent in
acquiring them is always a source of sat
isfaction. Poverty, which spurns men to
labor and usefulness is often a fountain
of hopefulness-wealth which leads to
ldleness is always a source of despair and
misery. When we speak of the poor as
Gods own, we do not express a senti-
ment of pity, but we formulate a pro-
found philosophical truth The bene-
volen intentions of God towards his
creatures are accomplished through the
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-28
THE KIMBERLEY MINES.

New York Press: In 1867 a Kaffir boy
playing with a pebble attracted the at
tention OF a prospector, who discovered
that the pebble was a diamond. That
was the beginning of the Kimberley
mines. Between 1861 and 1899 the value
of the diamonds taken out was s455, 900, :
600. There We're originally four famous
mines-tae Bultfontein. Du Tots Pan,
De Beers and Kimberley. In the natu-
raj order of events a trust had to follow
so all We're merged into the Kimberley,
the richest and largest. The trust oc-
cnpies poo, COO acres Of land, employs To-
600 natives and $4,000 whites, consumes
each month in the Compounds ., 900
pounds Of mutton and 200, 900 pounds of
beef. turns out s22G. 600 carats of dia-
monds a month. uses 5000 tons of coal a
day. has 1000 horses and mules II stall
Of the best breeds and 200 brood
mares.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-28

revolution in modern locomotive con
Struction.
One of the features of the new boiler
is a corrugated furnace. "a inches in di-
ameter and II feet 2 !. inches long, plac-
ed scientifically in the back of the boiler
shell, which is S55a inches in diameter
at the furnace part. Sling stays sup
port the big tube from the top in front
OF the tube sheet, n in the back it is
Hanged to the outside sheets.
One of the greatest advantages of this
Vanderbilt fire-box is that it can easily
be taken out and W back again. In
the ordinary locomotive there are usually
more than 800 staybolts in a tireboX and
when it is necessary to make repairs
these must first be taken out. In this
new locomotive, however. the fire-boX
has no staybolts. 1t is riNeted to the
back end of the engine and is supported
in ron by sling stays.
For years locomotive designers have
been trying to get rid of these stay
bolts. 1t was admitted that they Were
a nuisance but, with the old design. the
tirebox, not being a cylinder, was in
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-28

assume no life can be deemed success
full unless it is a happy one. Happiness
is the object of universal endeavor and
happiness alone is success. Of course,
when we speak of a happy life we do not
mean a condition of uninterrupted bliss.
Sickness, death, and other disasters lie
in wait for every man-even the most
successful-making difficult the progress
which overcomes them-wounding and
blistering the feet which they can not ar
rest. The cup of success can not be
quaffed without tasting some bitter
dregs of disappointment. Perfect happi-
ness is not of this earth. BY a success
full life we mean not one which has es-
capped all sorrow. but one which by COM
pal,ison with others has achieved a
large degree of happiness.
To discuss success intelligently, 1T is
then necessary to agree upon what it is.
Having ascertained in what it consists
we can consider how it must be achiev-
ed and how it may be maintained.
What is happiness? Is it fame Some
wise men hold that fame is posthumous
n notOriety cOntemporaneous, but
without pausing to consider the grounds
OF that belief it is certain that the only
fruit which fame or notoriety brings To
its living possessor is the sense that his
fellow men are curious about him. To be
gazed at in the street or in a public con-
veyance soon pals upon the mind; from
being a source of satisfaction it becomes
a source of embarrassment The promi-
hence which has cost a life time of in
dustTy II self-denial to acquire can be
forfeited in a moment by an ill-consid-
cred act or a maladroit expression. The
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-28

activities of the poor. The HISTORY of
human progress is a history of poverty
laboring to improve its own conditions.
The assurances that the poor we have
always with US is then a promise that the
principle of progress shall forever abide
in the human race. Blu while we shall
| have the poor always with us, poverty
Will not always bear the same harsh Sig
nificance. The poverty of a century OR
even of twenty-five years ago exists no
! longer. The poverty of today would have
| been considered comfort by former gen.
erations, and what today we consider
comfort, fifty years from now will be
considered poverty. 1t will be poverty
by contrast with the greater prosperity
| surrounding it, and those hen laboring
to escape from it will be working not
merely for their own improvement, but
for the welfare of the whole human race.
But, some one may say, admitting that
absorption in work is happincs S., how is
thai absorbing employment to be secur-
ed? I answer by qualifying yourself for
it. Do not suffer yourselves to be recon-
ciled to idleness by those misleading
phrases which seek to place upon the
shoulders of others burdens which the in
exorable law of life has placed upon your
own. Do not depend on a friend, a rela-
tive. or a neighbor for what is called a
start-an o~pening-an opportunity. No
AieAA toAA o1SS ySN u Gal IN lASli SoAA
give you an opportunity, no man can
give you an opportunity except yourself.
Waste no time then, in vainly seeking
the aid of others. You may not hope to
be the very best in the pursuits which
you choose, but you can be among the
best. Prepare yourselves, equip your
selves, qualify yourselves, II then all
men will combine to establish a market
for YOU services-to provide theaters for
your abilities. Above all, let no one ex-
cuse to himself neglect of the task at his
hand by the delusion that he would be
Industrious if he wound a more congenial
occupation. A man often tries to x
plain his own inefficiency by ~perSuading
himself that he is fitted for some higher
field of labor. Here I am" he
ted by natural ability and educational
equipment to direct the labor of others
condemned to pass my days adding up
columns of figures while l am capable of
directing the largest financial institution
in the country" The way to reach a
higher field of labor is not to neglect but
to cultivate ~assiduously that in which
youfind yourself.
But some one will say, II the possess
sors of wealth are among the least happy
of the human race and II effective labor
be certain to produce wealth, If I seek
| happiness in active absorbing occupation
will I not be following a vicious circle.
F; where the very success of the pursuit
| will defeat its object? I do not define
wealth as an insuperable baT. but as .
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-28

sense of insecurity in it's possession robs
it of all enjoyment, and speedily con-
VinceS any man with sufficient wit to be-
come conspicuous that no one can be
considered famous until he is dead. A re-
ward which can be enjoyed only beyond
the grave is not a temporal success, and,
therefore, it is not within the purview of
the discussion.
Is power happiness? Ask the professor
of it and he will t ell you that it is an OBJ
Stacle to all contentment. Power is a
good deal like commercial credit; a man
can possess it only while he refrains
from using it for his own benefit. An at
tempt to utilize it for personal gratifica-
ton destroys it. Wherever power ex-
lists it must be exercised chiefly for it's
own preservation; and this is true wheth-
err the %potentate be the cZar of all the
Russias or the boss of an American city.
The imperial autocrat cannot appoint an
incompetent favorite to the omman or
his armies without exposing his throne
to destruction by foreign invasion or do
spy: for his very life depends upon the
nestle revolt. He annot even crafty
his own caprice in the appointment of a
detective vigilance of his nolice. The
American boss must use all his power to
enlist the aid of those best qualified to
maintain his boss-ship.
The utmost hat a life devoted to study
can nope 10 accomplish Is 10 ulSCONeI Tue
fountain of knowledge; not one of us can
ever hope to slack his thirst at it. II
knowledge be happiness, then indeed is
happiness unattainable.
Is wealth happiness? Look at those
who possess it and tell me If O think
they are a happy race. Who chat has OBJ
served in these catacombs of modern
cities called safe deposits, the owners OF
millions. gloomy as the passages through
which they move, silently-almost fur
tively-to compartments appropriately
named vaults, where, is an isolation alb
solute as the grave, they count their Sc
curities or change them, will say that,
Judged by appearances, the very rich
lead lives of unclouded joy? HI Million
aire always appears to be melancholy,
but nowhere is he so sad as in the midst
of his treasures. Fl. is the only human
being who by the common observation of
all men has never shown gaiety. and who
is universally considered incapable of 1t.
have heard of jolly beggars. but no
one has ever heard Of jolly m~illionaires.
The cripple sometimes smiles on the bed
to which he is chained. The blind are
cheerful i'm the occupation to which
their af1iction restricts them. 1t is as
natural for a workman to sing while the
object Of his labor assumes a form III
which it will be at once the monument OF
his industry and the source Of his wages,
as it is for a mother to sing over the
cradle Of the child she has borne. But
who ever heard of a millionaire singing
a comic song or whistlins a merry tune