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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-23
cHUMLA, THE bride OF FLOWERS
An East Indian Love Story.
By Michael Clifford White.


In village of the Hindu tribe of the
Kadava Kumbis, in the province of GU
jarat, there once dwelt a young girl by
the name of Chumla Soman, who, having
arrived at the mature age of twelve sum
mers, was considered by her parents to
have remained even too long without
husband, especially as they had in view
most eligible parti-a venerable raja,
reputed to possess one lac of rupees.
Chumla was a tall, gracefully formed
girl, not without decided pretensions ito
good looks, a fact which young Motilal
the poor village brazier, had discovered
to his cost; for, on presuming to address
Chumla's parents with matrimonial in
tent, his advances were received not only
with scorn, but blows. "Chumla marry
such a one, when the noble raja had
deigned to look with favor in her drec-
tiony scornfully CALCULATED that young
ladys parents: 1T was more than pre-
sumption; 1t was an insult. Beat the fell
low well If he dares to show his face
again"
AS to what Chumla herself though about
a matter in which she was so deeply con-
cerned that was, of course, of no conse-
quence. She would give her hand first
and then, as the case might be- her heart
afterwards Such had been the custom of
her people for ages reaching back into the
days of which even legends do not speak
Her opinion was neither given nor
sought.
1t was, in fact. all well arranged. The
raja having made inquiry into the purity
of Chumlas caste, which he found to be
entirely satisfactory, announced that he
was quite ready to make her his wife in
the ensuing month of May, 1t being an
suspicious time of the year.
1t was then that a serious obstacle first
presented itself TO the Somans They were
not rich, and feared the expense of the
wedding-the fine clothes, jewels, and trim
kets with which Chumia must be adorned
as a dowry BETTING her new station.
Now, for just such a contingency as this
the Kadava Kumbis have a custom nv
which a bride-eleet may be first married
either to another person upon the distinct
understanding that she will be released
or divorced Immediately afterwards. or tn
a bouquet Of flowers, which, being subse-
quently cast into ditch, Is presumed 10
die, in either case the girl becoming a
widow in the eye Of their law, goes forth
upon her second marriage without adorn-
ment or display.
Much disturbed over the matter. the So
mans sought the raja, explaining their
difficulty. when the latter, presumably not
caring about the few things Churnia
might bring as her dowry, so far fel IN
with their views that he consented to her
being married first OF all to a bouauot
II would appear that he was sufficiently
jealous Of his future wife to object TO her
being married, even temporarily, to an
othe. man.
Overjoyed that the raja had so readily
acqulesced in their plans, the somans
thereupon. with due form and ceremony,
married their daughter TO y bouquet of
flowers cuiled from the rala's garden. and
which they subsequently cast into a ditch
al the foot Of their compound.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-23

Abboffs East india Corn Paint cursn
syaY lime; u takes on ne corn. 10 pain.
cures Dafis ano bunions and b conceded
% ~ q wonderful corn ours STA ~ az
aTuggiEtg.-a0.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-23

Now, The poor Motiial. though driven
on with abuse and blows. had by 10 means
rciuqu shed an hope Of obtaining the
hand Of chumla. but having observed al
that WAS going on Ia the SoDan house.
bold from o safe distance be- fully c0mDre-
hended that II he DprpOscd acting further
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-13
Assessment District No. z, City of
st. Paul-COntinued.
ms Addition to ST. Paul

Taxes and
Name of Owner and Penalty.
Description. Lot Block cts
Louis Fritch, und 1-3 Tex
26 2-3 TT Observation-Disclosures 6 1.73
Lillian M. Mitchell lex part
taken for Summit av) $500. Z 20.49
st. Anthony Park.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-13

A. R. McGill, that part Of Its
IA, 10, 16 and II as follows:
CONG at a point on the
nw'ly boundary Inc of
Scudder av 100 # from the
ne cor Of 1t IT; tn sw'ly
along said line 105 #; tn
nw'ly 1874 # to a point on
line of German av S it
sw'ly from the ne cor of
said 1t IA; tn nw'ly along
the said line 10 #. tn
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-13
Hamline Plat.
Second AdditiI

oI 80 II DC. 1seaIIaIsement Of Block 1 Her
Paul 0is Vi ST.
Name of Owner and 1 ana
Description. To. RIocl eass. a,
Frances E. Jordon 13 NJ et 81
Hersey- Woolsey Addition to ST. Paul Mimi
No. :. Taxes and
tNt'i neo .. Gwner anu Penalty.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-17


n leak had sprung in that great embank-
ment which saves Holland from the devas-
tations of the hungry sea. 1t was early in
the night, and no one was near ut hand.
The leak was small when he found 1t, but
he knew that the action of the water would
enlarge II long before morning, and wash
away the entire embankment, inundate the
country and destroy his own and thou
sands of homes. So he bravely put his
finger in the crevasse, and kept 1t there all
the long night through, until help came and
the opening was properly stopped. He had
saved his country.
Equally insignificant is the entrance of
disease into the human system The be-
ginnings of the most terrible ailments are
so small they can be easily stopped at the
start. Your health Is dixie which keeps
out and stops the inroads of dangerous aud
devastating disease. Whenever II breaks
down, no matter how slightly, there is an
opening for disease to enter. If the OPEN
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you, and health aud perhaps life is de-
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Taken in time, DR.. Pierce's remedies pre-
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Hundreds write daily to DR.. Pierce, telling
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Constipation causes and aggravates many
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-17
Aerobatic Soldiers.

Gymnasium practice is one of the re-
quirements Of the German army serv-
ice. ms well as special military practice
in scaling walls. etc. To test the sol
dier's agility and strength board wall
1915 feet high is built, with platform
on top Of it. How can man six feet
tall climb wall without single pro-
lection to catch hold Off Alone it would
be impossible, but with his comrades to
assist it becomes possible. though by no
means easy. Two of the soldiers stCop
down and place their clasped hands I'M
der the feet of ono of their comrades,
who stands erect, Then rs he places
his hands ON the wall TO steady himself
the STOPPING soldiers straighten up rails
ing him as FAR as they can.
The soldier Is not yet able to reach
the top of the wall and pull himself up
A comrade who il oh top stretches him
self cut on the roof. lying down at full
length, and extends his hands to the
soldier below. Then by main strength
and considerable serambling the man is
pulled up until he can catch hold of
tho top and help himself up.
Officers stand by with bayonets guard
ed by little bags of channels. so that no
one can be pierced by prod, and hurry
the practicing privates. Speed is IA nee
essary part of the evolution, for nm
enemy is not going TO stand idly by
while tho Germans climb their ram
parts. and the man who scrambles up
fastest is proclaimed victor in this test
of agility. 1t il no easy matter, with
heavy knapsack on your back and cloth
ed in marching garments, to get up n
straight wall like this,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-17

The following letter was written in
1888 by Thackeray to his wife. Surely
more tender message, more truly in
stinct with love and religion, was never
framed
"lIere have wo been two years mar
ried and not single unhappy day. Oh
| do bless God for all this happiness
which he has given mel Ii is so great
that | almost trembe for the future.
except that | humbly hope-for what
man Is certain about his own weakness
and wickedness2 Our love in strong
enough to Withstand any pressure from
without, and, as II is gift greater
than my fortune, is likewise one supe-
rior to poverty or sickness or any other
worldly evil with which Providence
! ,nuy- Visse- np.@ sIvf uTss-'prny, 40 I t.~as
there il no harm, that none of these
may come upon us, ms the best and
wisest in tho world prayed that be
| might not be led into temptation.
~ think happiness is as good as
prayers, and feel in my heart a kind
of overlooking thanksgiving which is
quite too great to describe in writing.
This kind of happiness is like fine
picture-you only see little bit Of IL
when you are near the canvas. Go n lit
tic distance and then you see how beau
tiful it s
81 don't know that / shall have done
much by coming away, except by being
70 awfully glad to get bacs.
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once watched II monkey, which had
n baby in aims, being fed with grapes
The youngster was most anxious to
have grape, but his mother, being
either too selfish to allow him to share
her treat or afraid the fruit might not
be good for her sons juvenile digestive
organs, would not allow him to have
any and boxed his ears soundly for be-
ing rude enough to attempt to take n
grape out Of her mouth. The keeper in
charge said she did not "spare the rod
and spoil the child when no became
"obstreperous "
AS his parent would not give him
any fruit, the little fellow endeavored
to obtain some on his own account and
several times escaped from her arms
and began to climb the wire netting in
the front of his cage. but was promptly
hauled lack by the tail. At length he
managed to get free, and, running up
to the top of his cage. put one hand
through the meshes of tho galvanized
wire and pleaded eloquently with his
upturned dark little eyes for caster. !"
while his mother actually bit herself
in sheer rage over naughty boys bad
behavior. -CassePs Little Folks.
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hidden under one of the chairs Mt the
foot of the bed. AS the man turned |
saw his profile plainly. It was Callan.
An instant's Thought and my enei-
neering training made nlain To me the
whole internal plot. The marcel was
gun cotton: the tuhe hold ocid In n thin
glass receptacle. Above this was a lead
en- bullet, kept in place by movable
pin. The string so carefully wound
across the floor was attached to the free
end of the pin. A touch of careless feet
against the string the pin would pull
out, the bullet fall, the glass SILVER and
the acid do its deadly work on the ex-
plosive below
had forgotten for the time all about
the boy. Suddenly, in moment of mad
fury-for he, too, had understood the
plot-he sprang up and beat with his
fists upon tho pane. Callan raised him
self quickly, but carefully, not forget
ting tho deadly string. What he did
forget was how near he was to the stove
As in dream / saw his coat catch
against it. 1t swung and the big kettle
overbalanced. For an instant 1t seemed
to hang in the air. strove to call out.
1t was too late. Smash, it fell right on
the string. The whole world turned
crimson and burst into great glare of
flame. Something struck me in the
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-17

A literary man who was compelled
by circumstances to use his family sit
ting room as study missed his pen
holder one evening while absorbed In
writing story
He looked over his desk. through the
pigeonholes and in the drawers. but 1t
was nowhere in sight 1t WAC not on
the floor. He felt behind his ear. 1t was
not there
"This is what comes, he said Inn
patiently, "of trying to work where
there is houseful Of children. Which
one Of you has taken my penY'
The children looked Mt each other
and laughed. Ho bees n initiated.
~ don't want any foolishnessl" he
exclaimed. where's that penn Who
has taken itY"
After moments pause one Of the
children said slowly:
"If yon'll laugh, papa, you will find
it."
He stared at her in establishment.
Then, as her meaning slowly broke in
upon him. he joined in the laugh, and
the penholder fell out Of his mouth.
where il had been all the time.
How many Of the little difficulties OF
this life one can extricate oneself from
by laugh l-Youth's Companion
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-17
Antidote Against stings.

According to DR.. Friedlander Of
Wiesbadon, electricity is an antidoto
against stings Of insects. His plan in
such cases is to apply n constant cur
rent and to place negative cathode on
the spot stung by the insect Galvani-
cation produces u rather strong sensa-
ton of burning, but at the same time
the pain from the sting disappears, and
If the electricity Is applied very soon
after the wound has been inflicted there
is little or no swelling. The current.
however. does excellent service even il
1t be not applied until after some time
has elapsed, for it removes the pain and
also quickly reduces the swelling. The
supposition is that tho poison which
the insect has injected through the skin
Is neutralized and rendered innocuous
by the current.
Dr. Friedlander has repeatedly made
experiments of this kind on persons
who have been stung by bees and wasps
and has invariably found them success
iul. He naturally believes that sim
llar result would be obtained in tho
Eases Of persons stung by other insects.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-17

dey buy de whole / ing for t'ousan dol.
lar, for l be hignorant man an not be
know de value
''W'en dey lef' fer home, oil bon.
homme Gingras laugh at dem for fool
man. He t'ink he see way for mex
some money, an mex day he start queek
for Quebec wit hees leet' bit quartz.
He get dat analy2e' an fin gol' h in
hit.
''After he get back home he come for
see me an want for buy ma farm.
Z" Jacques. how moch you TEX for
your farm p he say.
=" 'Bien, M. Gingrasl | say, Il not
be want for sell ma farm. Dat b'long
to hour faInilee for long tam now.
He try an try for | sell. hut know
h all bout W ut he mex an | not sell
hat all. Den he say he t'ink mebbe dere
be h iron ON ma farm. an he want for
buy de right for mine, say he try for
mex me joke an dat never see h'any
,'iron dere. He h offer me one humid !.
lien tree humid. let him go head till
he h offer five humid. Den say:
:" M sieu l tell You vat do. You
be give ~ e'erinne an two hund' dol
ssr, let YOU five hall dem right.
Mebbe. say. .dere be iron dere. l
don't know. I'm mebbe dere DO gol'
mine.
''lle prick h'up hees ear w en- say
dat, an he say he give mo one hund
dollar an | TEX Corinne After we talk
Cor while he say he let mo marry Co.
rinne an give me one hund' dollar an
COW.
"Bonhommc Gingras was Ii in beeg
hurry dat ! marry queeck. for he be
'fraid dem two men come back. Well,
m sieu, marry my leet' Corrine, an
deys not be come back yet for buy dem
right from pere Gingras. New York
Post
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Go. Historical Society
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M. Jules Claretie is responsible for
this story Of Erckmann and Chatrian.
Those who have studied the works Of
these men in the original can appreci-
ate how conscientious they were. In
the height of their popularity they
agreed to supply the journal des De-
bats with "A romance. 1t is said that the
skeleton of the story always came from
one and the giving of flesh to it from
the other When the work was con-
Guided, the joint authors sat in judg.
ment over it and read it all over.
"What do you think Of itf" asked
une of them.
at is very bad. said the other
"Then let US make good fire with
it, " and so page by page the manuscript
was burned in stove. The Debats had
10 wait. In time, however. fine novel
was sent to the paper. and the fame OF
Erckmann and Chatrian increased.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-17
ALL, SAVE ONE.

The lady rode In her coach of state
As the air grew chill and the day grew late,
But she felt no longing to turn and go
To her own hearthstone with its royal glow,
For though 1t was warm and rich and fair
There was never child TO greet her there.
What treasures had she In that prineely homel
There We're silks from Persia and busts from
Rome,
Pictures from Paris and London town,
Books and books, up stairs and down,
Strange, quaint things from the curious enst,
But never u child to share the feast.
In the lady's mind was n goodly store
OF Wit and learning and culture more.
She had sailed to the east and sailed to the west,
She had seen all the things that are rarest and
best.
And many wondrous tale she knew,
But she had no child TO tell them to.
And deep In the lady heart there lay
Such power of loving and giving, they say,
Such fancy for feeling her warm arms close
Round slim little form, with checks of rose.
Such wealth of love had this lady true,
But never child TO give II to.
Oh, women who fret at the ills of Iife
The round of duty, tho small. small strife
OF daily living, with ehildren's needs
Drawing you back from prouder deeds
Think of yourselves hereft and lone,
For love, ambition; for bread, stone.
Louise Morgan sill In Ladies' Home Jour
nal.
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A PERFECT NEWSPAPER.

70 publish ALL THE NEWS promptly and
succinctly and in the most readable form,
without elision or partisan bias; to discuss
its significance with 'frankness, to keep AN
OPEN EYE FOR Pubic ABUSES, to
give besides complete record of current
thought, fancies and discoveries in all de-
partments of human activity in its DAILY
EDITIONS of from 10 to IA PAGES, and to
provide the whole for its patrons at the
nominal price of ONE GENT-that was
from the outset, and will continue to be
the aim of 1.-THE RECORD"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-05-17
THE LESSER LIGHT.

The day Ia dead.
lie walked the earth in glory and In pride
And lived in spendthrift joy, yet, like u king
Majestic ROBBED In purple state, he died.
But nova ghostl
No sunshine pulsing in the quiet veins,
No gusty laughter-wan and draped in white,
He steals, spirit to tho earth again.
Carl l., Sparrow in Frank Lcslie's Popular
Monthly
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The little Dutch
boy who stopped the
leak in the dixie with
his finger saved his
country from over
whelming destruc-
ton. You have read
about him In your
school readers, how
he was walking along
the dixie when he
heard a faint sound
Of triekling water,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-05
COUNTESS scH1MMELMAN AND HER YACHT THE DUEN.

The guest to whom the question
was put doubted the statement and
the Countess said she had been skep-
tical as to its truth from what she had
seen during the few hours she had
been in Chicago. "Workingmen in
England and the United States are so
much better provided for than those
on the continent" said the Countess,
as she shook her head.
Her work in evangelical and practi-
cal-teaching the precepts of religion
and at the same time looking after
temporal wants as best she can.
One of her objects in visiting the
great lakes is to inspect lands in Can
ada on Lake Superior, where she is
anxious to establish colony for the
poor.
The Countess Adeline Schimmel-
man is a member of Danish noble
family. Until taking up missionary
work among sailors she was favorite
at the courts of Copenhagen and Ber-
lin. When she decided to help the
unfortunate many of the wealthy and
titled families of Europe came to her
assistance, for she is not wealthy. In
her yacht she has visited nearly all of
the large seaports of the world in the
last three years. During the summer
she secures chairs and holds services
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-05

Weekly, because of his conduct at San
Juan Hill, where, under heavy fire,
fifty feet in advance of his comrades,
he waved aloft two flags, the stars and
stripes of the Tenth and the Third
Cavalry.
This hero did not burst upon his
commanding officers as first dis
tinguished for gallantry in the war
with Spain. He had long before won
his laurels, having, during his thirty
years service in the army, actively
participated in six separate campaigns,
against the Cheyennes, Kiowas, Ara
pahoes, Comanches, Apaches, Utes. in
Colorado, Kansas, Texas, and New
Mexico.
Sergeant Berry, who, after the man
ner of real heroes, is modest of his
own achievements, in speaking of his
action at San Juan Hill, where he sue
cessfully planted the colors of his own
regiment upon the works from which
the Sraniards were even then running
away, said:
"Where did my courage come from?
It came from our war chief Captain
Ayres. When 1 saw him leading his
men, waving his hat in the air, shout
ing out like trumpet to the soldiers
to follow, took the two sets of colors
and ran, calling as I ran: Dress on
the eolors, boys! Dress ON the
eolors!"
During the recent peace celebration
in Philadelphia, as this sable hero,
bearing the tattered battle flags he had
carried so gallantly at Las Guasimas,
San Juan, and Santiago, marched in
the procession with the Tenth Cavalry,
he was pelted with roses from the bal
comics and stands crowded with peo-
pie.
The large picture, taken from Har-
per's Weekly, shows Sergeant Berry
standing near Captain Ayres's tent at
Huntsville, Alabama. In his left hand
he holds his regimental national colors,
while in his right is the regimental
flag ribboned by the Spanish bullets
in the three great land battles of the
Spanish war.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-05
Curious rrausferenoe of Heat.

A correspondent of Nature, who is
associated with the observatory at
Toulouse, calls attention to a very
singular phenomenon, the scientific
explanation of which he seeks. Take
bar of iron in the hand by one end
and plunge the other end in the fire,
heating it strongly, but not so much
that the hand cannot retain its hold.
Then plunge the heated end in pail
of cold water. Immediately the end
held in the hand becomes SO hot that
it is impossible to retain it in the fin
gers. This phenomenon, said by the
correspondent to be familiar to work
men in iron, is ascribed by them to
some repellant action which they
suppose the sudden cold to exert
upon the heat contained in the iron,
which is thus driven to the opposite
extremity.
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A Winter S0lace.

With the drearin ess and desolation
OF cold and rainy nights in winter
comes the comfortable thought of
brightly lighted sitting rooms, with
hearth fires and good books. There
is nothing more certain to make the
heart swell with cheerfulness than
this same combination. After long
day at work, when the wind is howl
ing outside and the rain is splashing
against the windows, the flicker of the
grate-tire is magnetic. One can
scarcely force himself to get up and
away from it, and book adds to the
attraction. 1t is the time when the
stay -at-home enjoys himself to the
fullest.