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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-07-20
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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-07-20
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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28
Have n Glue-Pot.

There are a great many times when
a glue-pot in the house is a we'll
spring of pleasure, and is an economi-
cal investment, especially when of the
kind here described: Buy at tin shop
one small tin can. costing five cents,
and a large one costing about ten
cents, in which the smaller can be set;
five or six cents worth of glue will
mend a great many broken articles or
will fasten things that have become
unglued. Put the glue in the small
cup with a little water; put boiling
water in the larger and set the glue
cup in it; in few minutes the glue
will melt and be ready for use.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28
School for Walters,

Walters in Austria are now learning
their trade just like ordinary mechan-
les. They do not serve as apprentices
to employers, but instead 60 to Il school
in Vienna, where experienced profess
sors teach them how TO wait at table.
Their instruction is tWofold-theOreti-
cal and practical. First the professors
tell them what they should do, then
they show them how to do it, and final
ly they test them in order to see if
they can do it themselves.
This final test is interesting. -Four
persons, two gentlemen and two ladies',
who are posing as guests for the oc-
casion, enter the schOOlroom. which is
arranged as a cafe, and order a light
meal. a waiter approaches and serves
them, while at a little distance the
professors watch his every motion. If
he blunders in the smallest detail a
black mark is set against him in their
notebook. and he is obliged TO study a
little longer before he can obtain his
diploma.
From the very start this school has
been popular, and it has now several
hundred pupils. Some of the old time
walters, who have learned what they
know through experience. are disposed
TO sheer at it, but the younger men,
whose ambition in life is to serve
deity and slilfully in the cafes. which
are such a popular institution in Eu-
rope, regard it with high favor and
with few exceptions claim that only
those who have obtained diplomas
from it are entitled to be considered
members of their honorable profession.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28
Decorating Bedrooms.

Some of the seVen-cent Powered
muslins are most charming when ruff
fled for curtains and covers, or when
trimmed with a white cotton ball
fringe. With ordinary denim and
dotted muslin, or even with cheese
cloth, any bedroom may be made
charming. There are many chintzes
that cost only fifteen or sixteen cents
a yard. The printed Indian cottOns
are interesting, and the cretonnes, ar
mures, scrims, cotton damasks and
taffetas all lend themselves with de-
lightful "esults to the decoration Of
bedrooms. There is an infinite va
riety from which to make a selection,
but it is never to be forgotten that
however pretty the paper, large flow
er has no place in a small room.
Figured and Powered curtains also
have no place in one hung with flow
cred or figured paper Heavy curtains
ought not to be lighter in tones than
the walls. With an occasional por
there the case alters, and again with
certain Venetian silks taking up some
one tone in the room.
Burlaps make an excellent wall Gov
erng for small rooms, especially when
a wall is likely to be rubbed by any
one making the bed. 1t can be wiped
off with ammonia and water and pic
ture nails can be driven into it and
pulled out without leaving a mark
Harper's Bazaar.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28
A Real Prairie Schooner.

A real prairie schooner was that
described by F. w. Myer of Bonney,
Brazoria county, as he sat in the ro-
tunda Of the Capitol hotel, Houston,
Tex. In speaking of it he said: You
couldn't call it an automobile, but a
windmobile, because it is propelled
over the prairies by the wind. A trial
trip was made a couple of days ago,
and it proved decided success. 1t was
made up of two pair of wheels, the
larger pair being in front and the
smaller in the rear A board platform
made the floor upon which the occu-
pants stood or sat. A 1G-foot sail was
planted in the front part of the plat
form and through skilful manipula-
ton the vehicle was enabled to travel
in any direction except straight
against the wind. The prairie road
over which il Travelled was not an
exceptionally smooth one, but fur
nished a surface that enabled it to
move with CELEBRITY. 1t carried six men
on the trip. The result was so salts
factory that others will be built The
speed at times was 10 or is miles an
hour. Dallas News.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

Hamburg Steak Baked-Rub deep
cooking dish with onion, line with
thinly sliced bacon, sprinkle with one
saltspoonful of pepper, season two
pounds of raw Hamburg steak with
one minced onion, one teaspoonful each
of sage, thyme, parsley and celery,
one teaspoonful of salt; pack into
dish, cover with thin slices of bacon.
Bake FORT minutes.
Delicious Apple Salad-Take half a
dozen rather tart apples, peeled and
sliced, and add a Spanish pepper
chopped fine. Place in your salad
bowl the tender leaves of q large head
of lettuce and upon that the apple
slices sprinkled with the chopped pep
per over all pour dressing com
posed of six tablespoonfuls of olive
oil. two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice
and little salt Serve with cold
meats.
Oyster Macaroni-Break half a
pound of macaroni in small pieces,
cook in plenty of sailed boiling water
until tender; drain and arrange in a
deep pan the macaroni and one pint
OF oysters in alternate layers TO one
cup of rich milk thickened with one
tablespoonful of -four add the oyster
liquor, one tablespoonful Of salt and
one saltspoonful of pepper; pour over
the macaroni ana oyster and bake one
half hour in a hot oven, Serve with
tomato catsup.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28
Piano DraperY.

The piano, unless treated decora-
lively, is a stiff article of furniture.
AS standing the back to the wall dead
ems its tones, music lovers are in
clined TO reverse the instrument and
place the back toward the centre of
the room. AS that is unsightly, some
drapery is needed, which should be
rich and heavy. A good way is to
cover the back with a broad, double
box-pleating of silk, drape over the
TOP and one side a hanging of the
same colored plush. Should silk alone
be used it should be richly embroid-
cred. A musical score and musical
Instruments artistically grouped would
be very effective. The embroidery
should be in monotone. Ii the piano
is placed diagonally across one corner
the stiffness is relieved by standing
behind it handsome screen, prefera-
bly one of dark, rich colOring and
matching or contrasting with the
wood of the instrument. A black back
ground with mixed figures in gold en-
broidery, Japanese in motive, is dec
orative. A rich, dark corner cabinet
is also suitable, or tall pedestal hold
ing a bust or a statuet. Other things
will suggest themselves.-GoodH House
keeping.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

The pain caused by a burn can be
allayed by the simple process of burn
ing again. If person has the misfor-
pain can be entirely stopped by hold
ing the injured member as near as pos
sible to the fire for a minute or two.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

A Kentucky youth and maiden were
married in a skiff On the Ohio river,
but this won't prevent them from ac-
cumulating squalls as they voyage
over life's sea.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28
His Income MAS All Net.

In the Bankruptcy Court once
heard a witness asked the amount of
his gross income. me gross income is
it? Sure an I'd have We know that l
have no gross income. I'm a fisher
man, an me income is all net" was
the astonishing reply. Bag. g.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

Little Willie (who has an inQuiring
mind)-Pa. what is a sage?
Mr.. Kenny Pecll-A sage, my son, is
a man VINO always agrees with his
wife.-Judge.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

Philadelphia is disappointed once
more. League Island Navy Yard is 10
continue as League Island Navy Yard
Congress having refused to change us
name to Philadelphia Navy Yard.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28
Dear Miss Wentworth:
Yours. Truly,
Oul .. ulSB
John Ray Hamilton, Editor.


The doctor folded the letter, and as
the girl took it she said:
when received that my dream Of
happiness was realized. l did not
mind their publishing it anonymously.
1t has my idol. did not care for fame,
but l had labored-oh, so long-over
that story. But, like most women. |
couldn't keep it to myself. l had to
tell all my friends that my story had
been accepted by the leading New
this letter, and l was fairly lionized by
the simple village folks. l was pointed
out as the young literary woman of the
state. and some even said would be
great novelist. Well, finally the maya
zine came"
Hamilton groaned.
Everybody in the village had order
ed one. and Bill Morrison. the stage
driver, handed them around; but he
didn't make any comment. He seemed
in a hurry to get away as soon as he
gave me mine, and when l called after
him and asked if he had read my story
and weren't going to congratulate me
on it, he seemed not to hear me, but
turned so quickly away that I was
alarmed He had read my story,
though, and this is what he head at
the top of it,"
Hamilton raised his hand in depre-
eating manner.
The doctor took the slip. 1t read
as follows;
For a long time we have been on
the lookout for the most worthless
story possible. in order to give our
readers an idea of the kind of rubbish
we receive, and have selected this as
the one"
The doctor stood with the slip in his
hand. The girl watched his face as he
read, then said:
"A whole world, no doubt, laughed
at the brilliant editors sarcasm. All
| but lone, little village in the back
woods of Texas. There were a dozen
men there who would gladly have
| gone to New York and shot that editor,
| but | begged them not to do so. l was
| dreadfully ashamed. | could hardly
| look nv own mother in the face. And
after all the hopes they had built on
me, too. They loved me so, and pitied
me so! but when heir compassion be
came greater than | could bear l crept
| away alone-alone with my broken
| heart-to die here. hadn't done any
thing to deserve it, either had just
worked at my story, dreaming of
fame; and when it was ready copied
it so neatly, and didn't roll it or fold
it. but put it between two pieces of
pasteboard, and then posted it myself
And | waited so long, and then the
editors letter came. And oh! the Joy
of it. And then-and then-oh! the
tragedy. the cruelty of it all"
She broke into a violent fit of sob
bling. At this Hamilton groaned and
turned away.
81 have only one thing to say" said
the girl softly. Il thank God for Civ
ing me the chance to tell you that
forgive you
A sound like the faint echo of a
zephyr escaped her; then great still
ness followed The doctor moved
nearer to the bed He bent down and
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

London has at last shaken itself Tree
Of corporate control, and by its County
Council elections has started fairly on
the road toward municipal ownership
OF public utilities.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

The doctors have discovered a new
nervous disease, which they name
"matinitis." 1t affiicts young women
OF emotional temperament, and is caus-
ed by looking at the stars between
two.thirtv and five in the afternoon.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

Some croakers are predicting, as
result of the sugar tariff war with
Russia and the formation of the gigan-
tic steel trust, that a European trade
coalition will be formed against Amer
lea.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

Italy labors under a terrible burden
of military expenditure. The best
thing she can do would be to withdraw
from the Dreibund and cut down her
military and naval budget. There IS
some evidence that the young King
and his new cabinet will take THIS
course.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

Philadelphia makes ninety per cent
Of our ingram carpet,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

The man in Mississippi who does
not pay a poll tax cannot vote or serve
on juries, and official returns snow
that 1881 white citizens have neglect
ed to pay up this year. This neglect
DISTINGUISHES them for two years. the
privilege of voting, seemingly, is not
held in very high esteem in Missis-
sippi.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

Those who do not regard the sky
scraper-that salient feature of great
American cities-as a type of beauty,
physical or moral, but rather as an
example of the ability of massed capt.
tai to profit by natures provisions, to
the detriment of the individual, may
be interested in the view taken by a
writer in one of the magazines, He
regards the twenty-one-story block as
the masterpiece of mass, of imme9si-
ty. of numbers; with it's Laps Windows
and its 497 offices it expresses, he says.
the city ward tendency which is so
marked a characteristic of the present.
era. 1t is the statue of a crowd.
This is cleverly put, and anyhow, this
kind of statue" has come to stay. =
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

The segregation of alleged "dulP'
pupils, as proposed by Chicago edu-
Gator. would be irrational and unjust,
even if it were not impracticable, for
the reason that the average dull
pupil is not dull. He simply does not.
respond to a fixed, inflexible course OF
instruction that takes no account OF
varying temperaments and mental en-
dowplents. The rational remedy is to
be found in a teacher who has tact
enough and sympathy enough and in
telligence enough to adapt her instruc-
ton each day to the dull pupil as
well as the bright pupil.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28
THE STORY OF A LOVE STORY.
By Henry Irving Dodge.
By Henry Irving Dodge.

Nothing easier, sir replied the
doctor taking his visitors measure
with a glance. IN show you it was,
as l said, a mere hallucination. l sus-
pect she will have forgotten you by
this time" Then, leading the way to
a remote corner of the room. he drew
aside a curtain and said quietly:
Miss Marguerite"
Come in" said the girl in low
musical voice and marked southern
accent
A mellow half light" filled the
apartment
1--WE a visitor"
The splendid Harvard man stood at
the doctors side and slightly to the
rear. From his eyes there shone
great compassion.
This is Mr.. Hamilton" A cry of
alarm came from the pillows.
Hamilton approached the bed.
won't you tell me why my name
alarms you so?' he asked tenderly.
She looked at him for what seemed
an interminable period, then she said,
half to herself:
How could man with a face like
that do such thing?'
At this the doctor would have With
drawn but Hamilton, with a motion OF
the hand. detained him.
DO what?" Hamilton asked.
4 heard you say, DOCTOR" the girl
went on, "it was an hallucination; but
here-read this,' She fumbled under
her pillow, drew out sealed envelope
and handed it to Hamilton. 81 didn't
intend that should be opened until my
death, but l think you, of all men,
should see it."
Hamilton broke the seal and read.
The doctor watching him saw look
of the keenest pain come to him.
The contents of the envelope had
fallen from Hamilton's hand. They
were simply a letter and a clipping.
The doctor picked them up and handed
them to the girl, but she gave him
back the letter and said quietly, Read
it,"
1t ran:
Dear Miss Wentworth:
your story, His One Love- has
been favorably considered by US. We
want you to let US publish it anony-
mously, or under a nom de plume. :
suits our purpose so well that | shall
pay you 'Kipling prices for it. In
closed please find check for 800.
trust you will find this fair compensa-
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28
yours truly,

Two hours later the young doctor
received Hanilton's card. The men
shook hands. and then. without any
"preliminaries,' Hamilton said:
OR. Sprague, I want to see the
Young woman who showed such alarm
at the mention of my name
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

Much money has been expended I'D
a vain effort to kill out the Canadian
thistle. 1t has now been discovered
that the fibre of the same can be used
in paper-making, and, for that matter,
in the manufacture of cloth. Instead
of trying to eliminate the thistle, why
not cultivate it? Possibly then IL
might disappear, very much TO the
chagrin Of the would-be cultivators.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

Speaking of valuable metals, what
do you say to the newly-discovered
radium? 1t is said that half pound
of il will light an ordinary sized room
for million years. The present price
is rather a drawback to it's general
use, as an ounce of it is worth $1,000.
However, at that rice, as an illuml-
nant, considering $4,000 in conjunction
with a million years, neither coal OIL
electricity nor the sparklings from a
womans eyes would be in it.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

Noting a suggestion that the British
colonies be called kingdoms, the Mon
treal Herald says: There is not IN the
world a more democratic community.
In Canada we have neither the ap-
panages of a court nor the survival OF
a feudal nobility by which to be Joln3SS
to the past We have only a groWlAss
population of Industrious freemen'
knowing no castles or classes, and
government that is truly by the people
and for the people"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-28

The British War Department asks
for the enormous sum of $10,O0OO0O
for remounts. Many centuries have
passed since Job spoke Of the thunder
with which the neck of the battle
charger of his time was clothed when
he went on to meet the armed men
and was not affrighted, but even now
in the era of the automobile and the
bicycle the horse is by no means obso-
lete in arts of war or of peace.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-02
Dreyfus Has Demanded Com
pEete Exonerat1on.

Paris. Dec 27-Dreyfus has written
to the premier, NJ. Waldeck Rosseau
chasing as another falsehood the recent
statement cf NJ Heuri R3chefort. 10
The Irtransigean', that he (Dreyfus)
bad seut TO Emperor William OF Ger
many, iu 1894. letter sto!en from the
German embassy at Paris, aud Which !,
annotated by the emperor, constituted
formal proof of the crime ,'for which
have been twice uujustly condemned. "
and adding
my innocence is absolute, aud lega!
recognition of this innooeuce by 70
vision | will seek to my last brearh |
am 90: the author of the bordercau
annotated by tho emperor, whiob is
forgery ror Of the original auhentlc
borderesu. written by Esterh zy to
save Henry Al! the pi,aclpal authors
OF ny iu.quiious condemoa'loo are ~;iis
alive | sn not dispersed Of all mg
rights sill rctaiu that right Of
every man 10 defend his boror and
have the truth proclaimed therefore
have the rigb: 20 ask you 70 order su
iLquiry."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-02
GROWTH OF THE READ.
ING HABIT.

Was the reading habit ever so firmly
fixed upon the people as at the pres
ent
A glance at the publishers announce
meD, shows that the output Of books
this year has goue far above high water
mark and any book seller will tell you
that the sales have brokeo al! previous
records. 10 addition daily newspapers
are larger and more numerous than
ever before aud are read by more peo.
pie. Every ybedy must bagc his daily
paper nowadays
Couo,ry folk who few years ago
considered themselves lrcty to get a
weekly paper COW: get their daily paper
regularly Improved mails aud cheap.
er papers have done their part 10 bring.
iod abou: this result.
Tbs is q reading age. Everybody
reads s-nesb,ng. either books or oews.
papers. Ii is one Of the characteristics
Of people vho know one hour what
the rss. of the world did the hour
before. We discuss this afternoon the
Lcndoo sensation of this morning A
speech by the kaiser 10 Berlio bas an
instant echo all over the world Paris
aod Loo6oo are 90 sooner talking about
a new fad or fasbioa, a oew book or q
new play than the people all over toe
Uoited States take it up. Through the
active. wide. awake press We are kept IN
instant. ;otinate aud constant touch
With ali of the main centres OF the
world
This habit has aroused deeper inter-
est 10 geoeral. reading. 1t leads Us to
better inform ourselves ou foreign
politics, 90 distant peoples We become
better acquainted With the great figures
of consen poraneous history and learn
more of their coaotry We follow
more closely the leading 6c'lon of the
day. DO; of our own country alone. but
even of Japau and Russia
Thus we baye become slaves 20 read
log. We are, 10 a measure, dependent
upoo books and newspapers.
The American people are keeping
better abreast of the worlds history
and the worlds 6ctioo than ever before.
-Atlauia Journal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-02
THE PANAMA CANAL.

Paris, Dec - The oew Paoama
Canal company at lis annual meeting
today adopted the report. during the
course of which the united States
con missions report. says:
I'VE think ,ha. reasonable agree.
ment wherein the United States aud
Colombian governments aud our com
pauY should uoite lis seal;zaole and
might daaly determine tae preference
of the United States 10 favor o! Pan.
ANA TIE president OF the company
is pow pursuing oesotiasious at Wash
iogtou 10 that eud. Should it be
found impossible to arrive, within
reasonable period, at ao equitable un-
dess:sodipg with the Uoited States we
shall have 10 seek aud submit to you
the means to actively carry on ouI
work 1t is neither possible ncr per
uissible to say any moro on the sub
ject today"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-02
Uniform Divorce Laws.

A bill has been introduced io con.
gress to provide for uoiiorm divorce
laws 10 the States of the United States.
The bill! is in answer to very reasoa-
able demand 90 the part of the country
at large that there should be some sort
of consistency ou this subject 10 the
different parts of the couotry
The Laws 10 the different States DOW
are as variegated as the lives Of some
Of the people who seek divorces. 10
some States the laws are very liberal
towards persons who want to get rid OF
the martial bond. 10 other States 1t is
a difficult thing to get divorce-ln on
State it is impossible.
The great number Of divorces tba;
are occurring 10 many sections OF the
couutry has caused general alarm for
the sanctity OF marriage aud tee
preservation of the American bono 10
its purity and good i,faepce
The bill for securing some sort OF
uniformity is a good oOe but will be
opposed of course by the old States
rights advocates. who will cling to the
exploded potion that suoh legislation
should be left 20 the States This has
been left to them and it is seen what
a mess they have made Of it. Now LEI
the ba.ioo try it.
We presume that aoy bill that
congress might adopt 90 this sub]eci
would be restrictive, only prohibiting
divorces except op specified grounds
and not compelling State TO allo"
them at all uoiess it should desire to dc
80 in other words that State may
permit divorces for specified rea'oos'
but is not compelled to permit them for
apy reasoo South Carolina you'd be
left to continue Its uoique position 90
the subject OF 90 divorce for any cause
-Greeovil!e News