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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
So impressed was the surgeon by

So impressed was the surgeon by the girls voice, by her nssnnsr, that without one word he turned and, Of little elild Isa her through the Tapping doorway, dewR the narrow aisle, where on either side the ghast- ly figures were outlined beneath the slight coverings. and halted beside a cot near tks other opening.
 Grace and strength met in the slight figure that>beat above the piti- ful figure. quiet enough ROW that the deliriua had passed; love, deathless, absorbing and sufficient for her souls sore need, shone from the eyes that dwelt upon the aan's pale, pinched face-Ioye that had scught and found and was utterly satisfied.
 2 It was ,eRougk that John lay here beneath Rsr eyss. in touch of her hand. Gone the long, soul-devouring nights; tRs empty, torturing days. Though Death himself stood upon the other side of that Iowly couch, it.was enough Jobn should know and feel her love ere that icy hand should lead kim hence.
 Tears stood in the kind eyes of the surgeon, and tears streamed over the face of the nurse who had paused in her passiRg to and fro as she saw taa two eater, and now steod step withdrawn watching the scsna: but 2eS q tear arose in tRoso asep. Ssvk eyes that bathed John Muir in thsir heavenly looks.
 "Johp.''
 Slowly tba blue lids were lifted and the pale lips parted, gasped.
 On the alsrS for return of the deliriura, surgeon and nurse moved forward, but an uplifted hand waved tEem back, and kneeling, Margaret overshadowed John with her body. "John! Dearest! It is Margaret"
 And two strong, young arms went about and held ais poor head to a fragrant bosom.
 Margaret Margaret"
 And Margaret, regardless of all about her, bent to his, faxaiskcd and fever parched, the velvet of her ! mouth, and John Muir knew that ha had csrae into his own of love and sil high and holy living Julia Neely FiRch, in N. 0. es-DeMocrat.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
QUEER HORSE FRIENDSHIPS.
One Fast Paeer Chuns~ with PulIet -An0ther Ras a Goat
 fer Pal.

s"Sone of the famous trotters and pacers out this year have queer mas cots,' said man interested in such things the other day. "Joe Pointer, the unbeaten stallion, 2:osN, has goat for a chum.
 "Searchlight, s:oSA, is infatuated with pony stable companion. With the pony near him, he is the most tractable horse in the world. When ths pony is taken away, Searchlight will do nothing but kick and bite.
 "But the queerest of all stable friendships ever saw is one that Hal B., 2:041a, has made. He scraped an ac- quaintance with Plymouth Rock pull let q month ago. Now she roosts on bis back and rides around there for hours when the fast pacer is being cooled off for race.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12

day that he had blown the safety valve, of the boiler in the basement. I ventured to say that he was hired to look after ths furnace, and he told sne to so and chase myself. Not liking this style of conversation, I told kim he was discharged, and he gave me the laugh"
 "Is that all?" said the president, coolly.
 Not much, it ain 7 said the owner. "I considered the janitor fired, and got another man. When he tried to 20 to werk the union man threw him through q Hye-dollar window, and he still holds the fort. He says he is liked by all the tenants, and must keep him"
 ..Is that all he said?" asked the president.
 s'No. He told me that as long as he was an officer of the ia sniters', nobody could fire him without an order from the union
 1T guess that's right. said the president. land we-w--- hsve to look into your case.'
 The owner walked out, says the Chicago Journal. after promising to put his complaint in writing. He is now wondering who owns the build ing, the janitor or himself
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12

svne. You know men! You, a girl guarded as a jewel within @s sasst! Why, had you the faiRtest idea sf what soiling thoughts fkat nan RRs- iects toward you would faint ws&A shame. And tell you"
 He paused, for demon seemed to clutch and hold his throat, and Shs girl could see in the moonlight fsfi- ing softly aboutsthem the trembling of the tense wrist. the krotted lines in the smooth young brow. s.a.s
 ssI tell you, if he even daFes to eall but your name before ns--aS I would brain q mad deg, will I asr sauIt hia." ~.#.
 Tkere fell silence between thens and the young fellow stFaish teaad up his bread shoulders and, wlth a swift, nervous gesture, tossed back a lock of fair hair that kreke 9rsza it's masses and fell over his brsw. 1 As for the girl, there had riasn to her cheek a dusky rose, and her teeth showed line of pearl against l the luscious fullaess of her ua&sr I lip. She breathed a little hurrisalJ, l so that the long-EtemMed rere wafeh l shone golden against the fel&1 of thin black stuff that yelled her hes om trembled, ar though a kiss had stirrred its pstals.
 .s1Iargarst''-there was almest . sob in the word, and JeAn Maip fsM en kis knees on the step beaew tha 1 s4rl aAa keld her tS=s k@a&e la hsss ] leAIine with all his sesl iR h3z slaav eyes at her lovely, dswEsass faoe. Perfect, perfect, frsM rin5aiag, dusky hair te tiny tss-tfDs was aas! l A beautiful wsmaR and his hearts dear love.
 As for hirn, his facs was a aeble one, and good, and in figure he < held his own aReng hia fellows.
 "JehH--" "Yesf'' "Jekn-" ..Yeu-" .Yesr' .sYeu hurt ny hands"-ana her Hght laugh ripplss on the air.
 i Without one wera JOhn Muir rsse and stood mexaent on ths step De lew her, quisb and grave.
 There was Palior upon his fsee and kis hands, dropped at his sides, were eIutched tigAtfy, thumb in palm
 This night wAs as shs cad of She world to him.
 (Ah, mel Hew sweet 60 look hadk uponi New bfttsr to live threueAi these eatselysrns ef cur ysuth!)
 Eis voice treMbled as he spske, but there was Ane Aaver oa neahoeS iz it. He had called upon his naturs'a deep and it had answered hin.
 'I had not teld ysu, Nsrsarst-- bull lsave ts-merrow fer the frsxt ! I want to ge with the bsya of eur own set-ge before am fereea ta wo and whils yot a ehsise la Hztns.'
 "Gel'' she whispered shs wesd and clear pallsr swept her face drowning the Resss in she xesa&sd checks "Goi"
 "Yes, I plannea Co have tAia tala' with you tonight, and if yeu re sponded, as I wished, to take witt i me the shield and buckler of nrs chosen one's love and promises but''-he sighed heavily-s AonG hopeless sigh.
 Tt is just as well, perhaps. Ye' would scarcely love me out of sigh and be true to me when you hay' nouted and trifed with, ma bx xQni
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
To High
 EIAdeav0r By JULIA NEELY FINCH
sa VoU cannot deny that I hold an

NOU cannot deny that hold an
 influence over you. That I am not to you of that world that is about you, worsliping '.I will admit that much. You cer- tainly are not WorShiping.
 Despite its fippancy there was the tense undertone of earnesfness in the girls clear meditation of tone, and the dark head was held bit defiantly for perfect mental equi- poise; but the man opposite her, standing and leaning against the low balustrade, was in too deadly earnest to be in reeeptively watch ful mood, hence the deeper meaning of her speech he nissed.
 .'No. My worship-1 reserve for"
 ''Another woman?. But his low, uneven tones ran on My ideals"
 And l. unfortunately am not the realization of even the IcEest?"
 ''You certainly are not my ideal of noble womanhocd And yst-Mar- garet-Margaret- lave you sol Why, I love you-not te aaadRs sss, but to all high and holy purRosa. To the end and limit of leys's meaH- ing. No endeavor would be teo kigh for your sake; no aim aRd object too far!
 .sBut you-oh, dearestl Forgive me that I must say it to you! That my very love impels nc to hurt yeu -youi You are beautiful, blsSsed by all for fortunes gifts and favorE, and what are you te your fsllow-be- n |. fa-l Ae and direct? The soft light set in . window that stumbling feet may set their way tkereto?
 "Alasi Alssi ny dear one, tAat you are actl Were you all that it is in your power and possibility to be, believe me, I would, would, re- sign all to another who nisaht better help you So to be."
 "You arc kind"
 ssYes, kind to you. but nest un- kind to myself For-well have l calculated the result of what I ana daring to say to you. And yet dare. Danger lies in the path you tread. How dare"-azd his voice took on the growing menace of an angry brute-ssbow dare Granville Joyce set his IusffuI glance upon you? How dare yon receive his ap- proving looks witA . sMils? Were you nfns"
 ssBut then-I ans not-yet''-witil swift upward gisa4n frexn beneath the 1onR-lxsheS kse and a slight upward infection of. the musical voice
 q would kill you with these hands that yeArn to labor for you before YOU should bszk under lecherous Sookl Do you suppose you know
 ss6me of them. I think know 2 little bit-but--"
 ssNezer mind all that badinage o'
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12

sfSss and at your fast SH fBSse yvers. Yes, ever since yeu were s little, sky gsaRsssa of 8 girl, with long, black eeaids, hsAgiRg below your waist little girl wa*a sky, proud ways and dear, dssP eyes, aad I & great, awkward laa-@a, Margaret, how long I have levsd you and how well! Fee well! Tso well!"
 "Eave 1eved?"
 But truly the end had come and Jshn Muir fait a physical illness bern of tAs lsRS strain upon nsrve and brain, seal aRd heart, overcome hsaa aad he knew he could endure no l more. "Gcod-by"-and net hssdiRg tke slight cry thas bYeke from fks girls Kss tho lsaaiag after hiHa of her whole beay, he was down the steps end gene with but the sound of kis firm, yeuRg fsstfall on the air as trace of kim.
 'YSH, we dc Reed new nurses, butt the surgeeR's glance swept the girls face sna fgure, then went hack again and rsatsd upon the up ward gaze ef two deep, dark eyes.
 well, yas--at first glance l theught you little unfit; but, "Ah, try msl Try mel" Her voice was tsRss with stress ef feeling ard l her lips tReEa,lea, but steady pur- l pose end gVaYs dstsrninatiCa shsRs ap0n her wReIa Baoe and gave mesH- iag svan te tae pssturs her young bcny ass&znes.
 I SeHan g. have to get q geed held sn your saiR, miGs, foT you'Ye likely te see well, I wOD't daunt your spirit, but things are net iR very good shape in this camp hospital of CUTS. But," he continued, threaaiRg his way ahead I of her, through tents and groups of soldiers, "but-Gsd kaeus we do the very best we ean."
 ghe made nc answer; stepping l lightly and a though en sacred greuad, fafR and gracious sisht fer l the hungry eyes turned to-hsr-ward she GRissaY followed him. !.
 There was good stuff in Margaret's
 naIe-up, or she could never haye vfthstsed tho storm of oppesitiel that had mst her datermination te L0 MA WBH&1Y 0AKS0s m@MRCE @l that sr~nd corps af Red Cross work l CTS.
 BHS that 1t had been withstoet was preve1 by her presence in th' saSan, and her heart beat high witl hSpe and honest purpose. "Got willing, shs sheuId yet preve-" bu her thoughts wsre broken in upo1 by . terrible ssund-the scream O. dsliYious naan-and sshe started al theugh from q blow aRd clutehed { naomsnt at the suvgsen's arm, wh, turned and aaid senaewhat roughly yet tsndsrly:
 'sWhati Whati You go down fix thst at the first soundf" But sh
 turned uR to h1en face pc dsadl, white, SC drained of life's current
 that with a tender, manly impuls
 he threw his arm about her ant drew her, as he might have draw his own daughter, close to his sid
 and just held her there firmly.
 .sThat is John Muir's voice and
 love him. Take me to him. To z Gods sake, take me to him. I an
 strong. shall not faint. Take m to him v
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
HELD A QUAIL IN ITS MOUTH.

row escape, as the big reptile was within only . few feet of him. The party stopped near . Asls, which sssusd to held ssoa ProUise of game, and the horse being hitehsd, tho Shrss wsAt out into ths weeds te hunt for quail Ihers vas only ens dog for ths party, . pointer, thsa seem flushed a scvsy. Dr. Dsney managed So ret two on tha rise, cad he vas then attrected by an cxclamztS ton
 made by Nr. Drysdale, who said that he had almost stepped on snake. The tive together made an investiga- tion and found . big rattler in the very spot in which the birds had risen. The rattler was fred at and killed. Tn his mouth, the huntsmen say, the snake held quail, which was still futtering with life, though the shot had also struck the bird and it soon afterwEra died. Ths rattlrr was very large enc and had nine rattlers.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
UNIQUE KUErTEG STORY.
Payty If Fisrfan EfEareas shot Rat. tIesnaIke Tkat Nad n Live aualI
 i'm ItE Mouth.

The Florida TiMss-Union reports that hunting party which left Jack sonville the other day returned to the city at night with . usisue trophy in the. way of very large rattlesnake. The party was cssapeses ef Al Drys- dale, Dr. Willian NeLsu Dsney and John N. Ksrtridgs. TSs snake was killed about four Rilss west of the city The huRtSMsR voueh for a re- raarkabls story in sslRsetisn with the killing of the sRake. They say that the reptile was found with q quail in its mouth.
 MT. Drysdale first came upon the snake, and he, indeed, had very mar
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
wO8LD NOT gE FIRED.
'AbsoIEtsEy True Story of n Chicago 5aattor Wac EEaErtrfned
 Esas EEs6eza EsfssEts.

''Hex am going to get rid of my ianiter:' said helpless owner to- the president of the Chicago Janitors' union.
 Whats the naatter?" asked the kingly official, as he leaned back and pusFed at s peFfeeto. D..
 Matter! Why, he refuses 10 be hred!" said the owner. ....."
 Maybe you hayen't the right to fire him." said the president, picking a Epeek of dust of his trim suit of worsted
 That's what he Eays," remarked the owrer "I found out the other
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
sueaer,. wat.r Fewer.

Tie Swedish government has de- eided to convert the 4,so0 miles of government-owned railways in that country into electric traction sys- tena for the purpose of utilizing the natural water power of the country. IN. Y. Sun.
 Shadow of Age.
 "Why does the great actress look so worried?" asked the man in seat A. ssShe is bothered about her lines," whispered the man in seat B.
 ..Shakespearean lines?"
 "No, the lines that are beginning to creep in her brow."- Chicago Daily News.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
Mur. c,sN sf wire.

rls largest esil sf wire reYs svs~ -.Sa tn Brooklyn wss turned cut by rope company of that city reesAtay. ls measured 17,7oo feet in length or over three miles, without a break, ana weighed 22, ,oso pounds.-Albany Argus.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12

Britain last year imported no less than e1,55.;ooo worth of musical in- struments g 75o, ,ooo worth from Ger many alone.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
Mutiiafsd d 6y an Otter.

While swimming n . Hoatdng bath tn Berlin a lady felt clutch at her foot. In another moment her big toe was gone, bitten off by an otter. Tho lady will be lame for life.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-03-13
LITTLE REo-ToPPED BOOTS.

oh, pity the boy Of to-day;
He has pleasures that you
And l never knew
As ruddy-faced, tousle- haired boys, IL Is
true.
But there's one Joy that's taken away!
Look back Ger the years-let us say
Well, thirty long winters ago,
When father came home through the
deep-drifted snow
With a wee pair Of boots that had red
tops!-Oh
Can a boy ever know
The glee that eclipses all joys here below
II he never at last and in triumph, has
drawn
His FIRST little pair OF red-topped boots on!
oh gay little tad Of to-day.
Your hardships are few,
You have little to do,
We are making life easier daily for you;
The hours grow longer for play,
We are clearing your troubles away;
There are fewer wood-boxes to I'LL
When the paths are showed under and
nights become chill.
And we give you sweet doses instead Of a
pill
That is bitter, but stlll.
oh poor little man, with Christian-like
will,
am signing for you, since you never have
drawn
Your first little pair OF red-topped
boots on.
IS. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record Herald.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-03-13
DRIED SNAKE POISON.
Serum Thus Obtained an Effective Remedy
for venomous Bites

DR.. Calmette keeps a stock Of
snakes at Lille, and extracts the ven
ON by pressing the jaw, says the Lon
don Globe. 1t fallsinto a watch glass,
and when dried to preserve it resem-
bles brayed resin. The snakes are fed
by introducing raw eggs into their
stomachs if, as usual, they refuse to
eat. Solutions Of the dry venom in
salt water Zone per cent. in strength)
are made and used in experiments.
Rabbits and other animals are inocu-
lated with increasing doses for several
months until they become immune
to doses 200 times greater than a NOR
tai dose. A horse, after six months,
can stand venom enough to kill 200
horses not vaccinated. Horses tur-
nish the antitoxic serum for inocnlat-
ing against snake bite, and six to eight
liters of blood can be drawn from
them every two or three weeks. This
yields two or three liters Of active
serum. The horses are then treated
again. The serum is exported to all
countries where poisonous snakes
abound, especially India, Australie
and South America Some ten to
20 cubic centimeters Of it simply in
jected with a large hypodermic
syringe under the skin Of the abdo-
men, where it is easily absorbed, arc
efficacious if the patient is not yet in
a state Of asphyxia.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-03-13
LoAFERs ARE INVITED TO THE
D ROAD THIs 99 ~ PR RDME I'VE

Coming from anybody else this
hint might have invited trouble, but
respect for Josh Kinney's iron mus
Giles and his teeming brain brought it
only silent obedience.
Lower Corners, which, by the way,
is not a village but farming com
munity, made sport of Josh when he
first came and started his newspaper.
That was before they knew anything
aboutsthe big brain that dominated
his angular body; He managed to get
something into every issue that set his
neighbors thinking and made them
respect him for his learning. Some
times it was an editorial, sometimes a
plea for new methods of agriculture,
sometimes even a bit of verse. Yes,
there was poetry in Josh Kinney, and
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-03-13
Schools for Stuttsring.

Courses Of instruction for children
who stutter have been stan ted in vari-
GUS German schools. In Berlin six
specialists, engaged by thu municipal
board Of education, devots II hours
a week to this work, 0nesnd a half
per cent. Of the children tttending
German schools stutter.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-03-13

Kinney's open doorway. He passed
through the latticed gate and up the
hill to the cabin. There he adjusted
his spectacles and read these words:
"To Subscribers: Walk in and get
your paper; the editor is busy else
where"
Manning, consumed with curiosity
and never bashful about getting what
was coming to him, went in and
picked up a paper from huge pile
stacked on the office table He
glanced over the first page and then
turned to Kinney's editOrials-he al
ways liked to read them even though
he was not always convinced by them.
There was something there this time
that blanched his face and made him
tote: to a chair for support.
His first impulse was TO tear his
paper into fragments and burn the
rest, but instead he folded itup, thrust
it into his pocket and hurried from
the office.
"Drat his hide" he mumbled to
himself, che might at least have asked
me. How'd he know what | might
have said?"
In two hours every man, woman and
child in Lower Corners who could
had devoured these double-leaded
lines:
with this issue publication Of the
Sangamon Boy is suspended for lack
Of an editor. He came to you empty
handed; he has gone with the fair
est flower of Lower Corners-with the
queen rose Of the rosebud garden
of girls He hopes he has gone, too,
with the kindly wishes of all this
worthy people. He bears with him no
enmities, no regrets save those that
come from the sense Of a work i'll done
II he had ideals and failed to reach
them it was not because he lacked the
inspiration of your generous support,
Better the Sangamon Boy should
die in his youth than be cas a waif
upon the world. OF him | shall hold
for myself the tenderest remem-
brance; to you l bequeath whatever
of good he may have done. loved
him the more that he was only boy
Just a strip of lad who longed to
be a man and WELD a mans power
Pity that one so young should not
have had a wiser hand TO point his
way and guide his wavering feet.
When you, my friends, shall read
these lines his life will have closed,
and mine-will have begun in fuller
measure. Do you doubt my prophe-
cy? Read:
KENNEDY MANEING-Aarried. June
II. IN Springfield. at midnight. by Rev. John
Iigalls pastor Of the Grand Avenue NJ. r.
Church, at his residence. Joshua Kinney
Corners. Shortly after the ceremony Mr..
auO MIS-. hluuey ltlt on the AltoIl TOT nan
sas City, where the late editor OF the
Sangamon Boy will give his entire time to
newspaper work. The bride Is the daugh-
ter Of John Manning, one OF the best-known
farmers Of sangamon County"
Two hours after he had read this
concise notice John Manning held in
one Of his hands telegram from St.
Louis signed Mary 1t simply stat
ed that she was very happy with the
dearest man in the world"
A cynical neighbor said Manning
was conciliated by reinstatement about
zone Of the most prominent farmers"
but whatever the cause, Manning de-
clared that kinney is mighty long
way from being the worst man in tie
world." -Chicago Record Herald.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-03-13
JOHN KINNEY, EDITOR
ny JOHN HOWARD TODD.


1t was an odd name for a newspa-
per-the SangamOn Boy-but its
career was so full of oddities that no
body minded that. The easy going
country folk of the Lower Corners
said it was a good paper. Anyhow,
like the good boy, it died young. Its
ejitor-there was a man who never
was duplicated in or out Of the news
paper business.
'That fellow was queer ONT" said
old Fph Edwards, "but he was smart
er'n Gain ightnin'. Did We ever read
about I2habod Crane? I've forgot
who it's BY, but this Josh Kinney was
good deal like IchabOd.
"Readi That man had read more
books then we had in the school Ii
brary, ami when it come to debatin'-
well, the whole literary society Of
Lower Corners couldn't Gown him,
and lord knows they tiled hard
enough The judges just waited to
see which side Josh was Oh, and then
decided that way beford the arguin'
commenced. And them long arms O
his could tote more cord stalks to the
shock ii day than al y two men in
Rochester township."f
Josh Kinney was d farm hand by
day and in editor by night. Some
body sale his nerves were made Of
iron. He rested his brain by busying
his body, and rested his body by busy
ing his brain. The eyes that were set
far back u der shaggy brows never
lost their keenness in the shadows Of
his protrud6ng brow. They were the
hnfailing signal lights that flashed
she MESSAGE of a vigilant, alert, OBJ
serving mind. Kinney was patient,
else he nfver would have learned the
printer'sArt at odd moments. He was
plodding and persistent, else he never
would have toiled far into the night
to bring out the weekly issues of the
Sang canon Boy.
Els office was even odder than the
mar. To see it one could almost guess
THAT manner of man was its presiding
= genius. 1t is standing to-day-a
plain square cabin On the very crown
of a desolate hill five miles removed
from any town. Behind it and shell
tering it from the spite of the winter
wind and the afternoon sun is grove
of great towering oak trees, lifting
their branches high over the head of
a tangled mass of forest shrubbery.
Its one door is nailed shut, and strong
boards cover the two squares on either
side where windows oncelet in a timid
light by day and sent out a ghostly
glimmer Of oil lamps by night.
For ten years not a foot has been
set inside the door. The little old
hand press was removed long ago, and
the worn type-one might find a rusty
stick nesting here and there in the
cracks Of the board floor, and he might
see bit Of yellow paper tackled near
the door bearing the words in Josh's
own handwriting: