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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-08-01

strange part OF the AFFAIR was that tho
cat had eaten her tail OF bit by bit
70 sustain life during the three weeks
she had been prisoner.
The feline had evidently strayed IN
to the space between the plastering
the night before the flooring was nail
ed on and had been there until dis
covered by tearing out the wall.-In-
dianapolis News.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-08-01
The Cooperative Nurse.

An employment for young women
that has not yet been exploited Is that
of the visiting nurse. This novel idea
was the result of chance meeting of
several matrons in a suburban town a
few days ago.
One of the number replied, when
reproached by her hostess for the
long intervals between her calls, that
she could not leave her little boy
alone with her one servant. 1.-THE
only time that can get away is oc-
casionally on Friday afternoon" she
said.
This plant led to a comparison of
experiences in that direction. A sec
ond caller had three children and
only one servant, so that her case was
even less hopeful, and third said:
Il have had nurse girls and nurse
girls, and they never know enough to
relieve me of the responsibility of
my baby. They seem to take up this
work because they have an idea they
do not need to know anything in or
der to do it."
man, as they thus compared griev-
ances. why can we not get a nurse
on the cooperative plan?" she asked.
81 mean an educated young woman of
refined manners, so that she would
be safe and desirable companion for
the children. If we could find such
a person who would come one day
IL
other times, it would relieve us of
many embarrassment.
"Of course, we should have to pay
her decent wages. We have to give
an ordinary scrub woman S1.25 a day,
so we could hardly expect such a wo-
man as we want to come for less than
$3.50. For this she might come from
8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
IF we wished to have her services
in the evening. to permit us to go to
the theatre, she might come at 6
o'clock and stay as long as necessary,
perhaps for 80 cents. She could
easily find enough to engage her regu-
larly. and so make the work pay her
at least as well as sewing, or many
other occupations"
All present agreed that the sugges-
ton was an inspiration, and i'm
mediately a &c. N. Club" was organ
lied, the initials meaning "Co-opera-
tive Nurse" They succeeded in find
ing young woman who had studied
kindergarten methods a little, but
had not been successful in starting a
school in the town, which already had
a popular one.
Thus far the plan is well estab
lished, and the members of the club
are convinced that the problem of
Outings" for them is solved by the
visiting nurse.-New York Tribune.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-08-01

Lace studded with gems Is one of
the trimmings that will be worn ex.
tenslvely at the coronation ceremon-
les In addition to amethysts, garnets
and other semi-precious stones, sap
phires, emeralds and even diamonds
will be used, the stones costing from
81 to $500. The lace need not be very
heavily studded to make 1T extremely
costly. Roses and lilies of the valley,
It is said, will be the popular corona
ton flowers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-08-01

When the New York stock exchange
gave up its old quarters less than a
year ago in order that new structure
might go up on the site 1t took tenn
porary quarters in the building of the
flight of stone steps leading to the ex-
change floor. When the stock brok-
ers went in these steps were practical
ly unworn. In less than six months
masons had to be called In to remove
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-08-01

these stones and reset them the other
side up. Deep burrows had been
worn into the surface by the thous-
ands Of brokers, clerks and messenger
boys rushing up and down the flight.
They will have to be replaced alto
gether before the end of the year.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-08-01
Pussy Saved Her Life BY Eating Her

Workmen building a new house at
First and Nell avenues, Columbus,
Ohio, have been worried over a noise
they have heard in the plastered wall
of the structure. They became merry.
Gus and tore the wall out to ascertain
the cause.
Here they found cat still alive
bat worn TO a skeleton, and the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-08-01

Millions of Hindus live, marry and
rear families on an income which
rarely e1tteds half dollar of our
money a week. They never eat meat
and need hardly any clothing.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-08-01

The consumption of meat in Eng
land has reached the total of 113
pounds per head per year, which is
more than double what it was fifty
years ago.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-08-01

Ask Your Dealer For Aliens Foot-Ease,
A powder. 1t rests the feet. cures COINS
Rnnions swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching,
Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Aliens
Foot Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. AT
all Druggists and Shoe stores, Is cents Ao-
cent no substitute. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. olmsted Leroy, N Y.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-08-01

A remarkable performance on Inv
road was that of John Cooke, whose
death was announced in July is4s.
He was generally known throughout
England as Jack the Greyhound, on
account Of his feetness in running
In the old coaching days he ran FOR
long distances by the side OF coaches
throwing somersaults every few
strides. On one occasion he resolved
10 attempt the journey from London to
birmingham, accompanying the mail
coach for the whole distance. He ac'
tually performed this exploit, keeping
mace with the coach by taking an al
ternate number of steps and somer-
saults. But this combined speed and
agility did not save him from the
worl5house, In which institution he
dfnd
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-08-01

FITS permanently cured.N No flts or nervous
ness after first days use of Dr. Kline's Great
NeryeRestorer. atrial bottle and treatisefree
DR.. R.H. KLINE, Ltd, 9S1 Arch ST., Phila., Pa
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-08-01
MISS VIRGINIA CRANES
Tells How Hospital Physicians
IIse and Rely upon Lydia u.
Piukham's Vegetable Com
pound. ~

"prAs MRs. PINkhAa - Twelve
wssrS continuous service at the sick
SsS IN sotae 81 our prominent hospi-
els as well as at private homes, has
S i've me varied experiences with tho
S,.sas.s of women. l have nursed some
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-08-01

Meteors which reach the earth al
most invariably contain large guam
ttv OF iron and smaller amount of
nickel.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-08-01

lam sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-MRs. THOMAS Rob
BINS, Maple St., Norwich, N. Y, Feb. II, 1909.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-08-01

That is a good day in which you
make some one happy. 1t is astonish-
ing how little it takes to make one
nanny. Feel that the day is wasted
N which you have not succeeded In
,b,s II Dewitt Talmage.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-08-01

Conductor E. D. Loomis, Detro t, MI h.,
saws: "The effe OF Hal s Ca arrh Care Is
wo derful" Write him about it. So b
Druggists, 75c.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-08-01

The largest coral reef in the world Is
the Australian Barrier reef, which is lioo
miles in length
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-08-01

Some men never break themselves OF bad
habits until they find themselves broke.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-08-01

Mrs. Winslow's SC othing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces infamma-
tion. allays pain cures wind collie. Csc. bottle
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-08-01

Three-fourths of the people Of Cuba de-
pend for livelihood upon the sugar crop.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-08-01

Some men only put on their best man
ners when they dress to go out.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-08-01

BY the recent census the population
of New Zealand is fixed at S15,82O.
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BRANCH ROADS.

Leave Harrington for Franklin City, and way
stations, 10 3S a. m. and Ola p. m. weekdays.
Returning, train leaves Fran kiln City 6 90 a.
m, and l: z p. m. weekdays.
Leave Franklin City for Chincoteague (via
steamer) "a p m. weekdays Returning, leave
Chincoteague 4.52 q. m. weekdays.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown and Lewes
at 1898 a. m. GA p. m. weekdays. Re-
turning leave Lewes 645 a. m, and BOB p.
Leave Harrington for Rehoboth 1923 a. m.
Tuesdays, Thursdays and saturdays only. Re-
turning, leave RehOboth 2.40 p. IN. Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays only.
Leave Harrington for Berlin. 1OSS a. m. and
6 IA p. m. weekdays. Returning leave Berlin
6G6 a. m. and 29 D. m. week days.
Leave Clayton for Chestertown and way sta
tions 942 a. m. weekdays. Returning leave
Chestertown $50 a. m. weekdays
Leave Massey for ChestertOwn and way sta
tions 1921 a. m. and $50 p. m. week days. Re-
turning leave Chestertown $50 a. m. and 23C
p. IN. week days.
Leave Townsend for Centreville and way sta
at 9.23 a. m and sos p. m. weekdays: Re
turning leave Centreville Isl a. IN. and 2.45 p
m, week days.
Leave Clayton for Oxford and way stations Al
9.Ss m. and 544 P. m. Returning, leave OK
Leave Seaford for Cambridge and interme
diate stations at 11.17 a. m. and g. So p. m. week
days. Returning, leave Cambridge at 200 q. m
and 2.35 p m. weekdays,
CoNNECrIONs.- Porter, with Newark & Della
ware City Railroad. At Townsend, with Queer
Anne's& KentRailroad AtClayton with Delawar
d Chesapeake Railroad and Baltimore d Delawar
Bay Railroad. At Harrington, with Deiawe rt
Maryland & Virginia Railroad. AtSeaforc Il
Cambridge & Seaford Railroad. At Delrl
New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk, Wi,
Pocomoke and Peninsula Railroads.
j. p HTTCHINsoN. Central Mausgel.
/! R. Woop. Genera. Passe-9e Agent.
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YOUR STOMACH.
II It Ever Gives You Trouble, Try VinOl
Cl Our Guarantee and Get Well.

Do you ever have any trouble with
your digestion? Does your head ache?
Do you feel dizzy? Do you realize the
fact that what you eat does not nourish
you as it should?
If this is so, stop for your own sake
and consider the danger you are in. 1t
will only take a few minutes of your
time to consider what we have to say.
Buy bottle of VINOL and see if it
does not do you good. If you find that
we have overstated our belief and after
a fair trial you find Vinol is not all we
claim let us know and we will refund you
what you have paid for the medicine.
Here is a letter on this Subject:
Il had severe distress in my stomach,
dizziness, then numb feeling all over.
Finally l was sick in bed. Then l tried
VINOL. l have now taken three bottles
and am again around the house attend
ing to my duties. Mrs. C. F. LEWIS, 90
Pool St, Biddeford, Me-"
VINOL accomplishes the good that il
does by acting directly on the digestive
organs and by enabling the stomach to
obtain for itself the necessary elements
that are required to build up the body.
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v-caken my belief than to uphold it.
Yet they We're good.
There must, then. be some other lack.
and it could be sought in only one
place-amOng the percCptivc faculties.
The truth was there. but | was una,le
to see it. Argument might have done
something for my constructive mind,
but it had confused my perception.
The experienced teacher finds pupils
upon whom the mere rostatement Of
certain truths produces no effect. n~I
can they be demonstrated to such
minds by any exercise of ingenuity. II
the old days the idea seemed to be T.
beat as much as possible into the heads
of such pupils, to make them learn the
demonstrations by heart and to trust
that they would subsequently under
stand them. Nowadays we know bet
ter. We realize that the pupils Pc
ceptive faculty must be developed.
Fashion his mind so that it may see
the truth.
From that point the sermon wrote it.
self. Indeed, as | have intimated. I
seemed from the beginning to derive
increasing assistance from without.
! Some one who loved me sat beside my
| chair and whispered the words of revP-
! latiOn in my ear.
| will not praise the plan for the de
velOpment of spiritual perception which
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Clifton u KaVmon(i
DRUCCIS rs.
He FEARED He HAD LOST

When WI Ting Fang, the famous Chin
ese Minister to Washington, irritable and
somewhat forgetful from a severe cold,
missed one day from the front of his cap the
immense diamond he always wears there,
he was dreadfully frightened. A friend
pointed out that the statesman had mad
vertently donned his turban wrong side
before, and that the diamond was safe in
the rear. Had WI Ting Fang been wear
ing a Benson's Porous Plaster on his chest
or back to cure his cold, he never would
have doubted its location. He would have
felt it doing its work warming and max
ing flexible the torpid muscles, extracting
the pain and soreness, promoting the free
circulation of the blood, stimulating the
skin and lungs to proper action, and SO
dlssOl0ing and banishing the malady. Thus
we perceive, beloved friends, that
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Wilmington ( Baltimore Railroad
DEhAW AXE VISION.
~uUTHwARD

on and after Sept, 80, 1901, trains will leave
ag fpliuWk
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SPENT HOURS BESIDE HER BED.
know how much sincerity there might
be in me. When he warned me to fOrti-
fy my spirit against the worst, | SEEM
ed to recognize a willful imitation of
clerical language. as if he were inter
ested to observe how l, who so often
fed others with the husk of consolation.
would relish it myself. Perhaps it graf
flied him intellectually to see me take
the news with the grief and terror of a
child. pure protest of the flesh unmixed
with spiritual comprehension.
He FASTENED to assure me that he had
by no means given up hope.
"She may be as well as ever on the
wedding day that you have set" said
he, "but cannot deny that the indica-
tions this evening are somewhat alarm
ing, so much so that | felt it my duty
to speak to her parents and to you
1t became necessary for me to sum-
mon up courage in order that | might
help the others, but l made poor at
tempt. In the course of that night
Miss Wilton passed into a condition of
coma so closely resembling death that
a thousand times l supposed it had
come. | spent hours beside her bed, my
eyes turning from her face to the ply
sician's and back again mechanically,
expecting always to read in his eyes
the final confirmation of my fears mo
mentarily reassured, yet ever despair
ing.
Meanwhile | was conscious of an in
ward, vain and, at the last, a frantic
search, a scurrying of the soul in its
most secret chambers. seeking some
treasure long locked up there for this
very occasion and now lost. 1t was
against my conscience, against my ex-
perience-I would surely have said
against my reason also-that | should
regard this scene as possessing the ter
rifying element of finality. Yet ! was
utterly incapable of looking beyond it
There must be within me the means tc
enable me to do so. My faith! 1t was
that which sought in anguish; 1t was
that which did not find. | sat there
all that night believing that II Amy
died it was the end.
About sunrise, to the great amaze
ment Of Dr. Brett and the consultlhs
physicians, as they all subsequent!
confessed. an unduly sudden and yer!
favorable change set in. 1t was eX
pressed in the dear girls aspect ant
was obvious to any eye. Though mo
tionless as before. she ceased TO loo
like one dead. She became as muc
alive as any of us. 1t seemed to m
that the air of the room felt the thrill
that the inanimate surroundings sen
forth faint sigh as of one who wal
ems. And at the same time fear dc
parted out of my heart.
"We count upon her recovery" sal
DIR. Brett at o'clock.
Shortly afterward I had breakfas
and then sat for some hours in the
hrary of the Wilton house alone. fe
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is contained in that sermon, though |
could do so with perfect modesty since
it is not my own. Were it mine, how
ever. | could feel no greater pride in
the help and comfort which it seems
able to afford. But | will speak the
truth as l see it and say that it came to
me from one who. having tasted mortal
death. saw clearer than | see the sun
today the reality of immortal life.
This conviction that the work was
not mine grew stronger witt me as
continued. 1t became at last alarming
and yet was unable t. cease. | wrote
with amazing rapidity. I was drenched
in perspiration, which fell from my
| forehead, blotting the paper before me.
and the sermon, as You will see it in
the pamphlet, was completed to the
| third paragraph from the end-the re-
mainder being mere formal conclu-
sion-when l sprang from my chair ut
the sound of my name spoken outside
my door. 1t was so dark that do not
know how l had been able to write in
the last half hour or more.
| opened the door, which, without in
tending to do so, l had locked. My
housekeeper stood there. and she sprang
back with scream at the sight of me.
"They sent for you hours ago." she
cried. "She was wOrse-dying. We
could not find you"
l thrust her aside and ran as ] was.
without hat or overcoat, through the
great storm of that day.
In the hall of her house l met her
mother. who was weeping. l dared
not ask question. l seemed to
know. The white haired woman tot
tered into my arms.
"Where have you been" she cried.
1--WE sought you everywhere. If she
had died.
clutched my forehead and my hair
that was wet and cold with the snow.
Not dead?" l gasped.
The hard voice of DIR. Brett spoke in
my ear.
mo" he said. land she isn't going
to die. This time We'll make sure Of
her. So give yourself no anxiety"
So. you see. have destroyed appar
emily the supernatural element in this
| fecOfQ. Amy Is Well. oue Is NY Wiz
today. 1t was not her soul that whis-
pered to me.
But listen. In the great old mahOg
any bedstead in a crevice between two
parts of the headboard we found the
other day some sheets of paper. They
are written upon closely in my moth
er's hand. They were prepared wher
she lay there in her last illness. ant
they were for me. her son. whose spir
itual weakness she perceived as only ;
mother could.
Those sheets contain perfect dupli
cate of the thought in that sermon
The language is not identical, but th'
ideas, the arrangement, the sequence
in short. all that makes the sermon o
value to humanity is there in III.
mothers hand. Do you prefer to believ'
that paper and ink spoke to me out o
E the hiding place in the old bedstead
BY all means. if it suits your mind, bU
!, it seems to me far more natural I
o suppose that my mother came TO he!
me in my trouble just as she alway
d old when she was of this world.
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Fatality.

"When | began business" said the
plutocrat wearily, II made a vow that
whenever had earned an even million
/ would quit
"Why, you've done that, many times
over, long ago." said the other man.
''yet you are still accumulating."
"That's the curse of it. Whenever /
think I've made the even million |
find on figuring it up it's either a little
more or a little less, and I've got to re-
new the struggle"
And he sighed heavily. Chicago IT,
r;lne.
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4 Daily. Daily except Sunday.
"a Stops to leave passengers from Wilmington
and points north, or take passengers for points
south of Delmar.
"e' Stops to leave passengers from New York
Division.
"f7' stops only on notice to conductor OF agent
or on signal.
'i" stops 10 leave passengers from Middletown
and points south.
81 Stops to take on passengers for Cape Charles
and beyond.
''p'' Stops to leave passengers from points south
of Delma T, or take passengers for Wilmington
and points north.
~On Saturdays arrives at 9 .25 p. m.
tArriyes daily except Saturday and Sunday.
NEW CASTLE ACCOMMODATION TRAIEs.-Leave
Wilmington 8.l3 a. m, 3.03, 4.02 and 6.5S p. m
weekdays. Leave New Castle S.3l, 9.5S, 1883
a M, e Al p m weekdays.
Express trains leaving Harrington $40 a. M,
and arriving at 6.1O p. M, weekdays, run
through solid to and from Baltimore, via Porter
and Newark.
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/ BEGAN MY WORK.
her-I could not endure the thought!
AS before. her death was a finality to
me. could not see beyond it.
In the midst of this agony | fancied
that heard a sound. and l crossed to
the door, but did not open it. Some
one was calling the housekeeper. |
must have been mistaken in supposing
that heard my own name.
returned to the table and began to
write. Without the slightest reference
to the scheme of reasoning which ]
had sci up. pursued path that seem
ed to open of itself. Is it throuQ( lack
of argument that one fails to gtsl p the
truth of the immortal life? Ees Prly
not. for my own arguments, tho\ :,
had earnestly believed them TO heT, +
ter than my adversary's. had failed(
satisfy me They had done more 1
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THE BIG DIAMOND ON HIS HAT

while pretty thing to look upon. was of
no practical use. But Benson's Plasters
are supremely useful. They relieve and
cure gout, rheumatism, neuralgia, colds
on the chest, lame back, etc., so quickly
and completely as to make you wonder how
it can be. Better nOW,-wen tomorrow;
that's the way they work. Get the genu-
inc. All druggists, or we will prepay post
age on any number ordered in the United
States on receipt of Csc. each.
Seabury & johnson, Mfg. Chemists, NY.
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THE PASTOR 5 !:
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|. An Easter Story :.
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: By EVERETT HOLBROOK q,
Copyright, 1901, by ~
= Charles II. Etherington -
Copyright, 1901, by
Charles Il. Etherington
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1.-THE following is an extract from let
ter to former parishioner and long tim
friend.1
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Exp. Pass. Exp. Pas Mail.4. iii
Pm. a. NJ. A. NJ. P NJ. Pm. Pm
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hard, a remarkable incident attend
ing it's preparatiOn-an incident which
rests upon my word alone and of which
/ can offer neither proof nor eXplana
ton. But you, my friend, will take the
story just as tell it.
was at that time in dire extremity
of grief. Coming close upon the most
perfect happiness. it may have unset
tied my mind more than | then sus-
pected or can now realize. For many
months had looked forward with ever
increasing ecstasy to my union with
the most lovable of women. Il creature
built, soul and body, of my highest
ideals-indeed of better fabric than
any dreams of mine could weave.
You may have heard that Miss VIII
ton fell i'll early in March. The attack
was not supposed to be serious. for |
think we all put too much faith in til"
ardent and splendid health which had
always distinguished her. 1t may Ec
that DR.. Brett entertained some apprc-
hensiOn from the beginning. but it was
as late as the 23d of the month when
he spoke to me the words that stopped
the heart in my breast.
l think he did not like me; that he
even despised me, believing that | was
hypocrite. or. rather. being curious &c
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THE pamphlet containing my
n Easter sermon which is the
subject of your inquiry was
n published under the direction
of q committee of members of
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Security Trust and Safe Deposit
Company,

$40 MARKET IT. wILMINGToy. DEL.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-04-19
No Trespa ssing.

"This last spring" said the man
who is fond Of watching bird life, "a
couple of red-headed woodpeckers
started to build nes1 in a telegraph
pole near my home. The pole was
an old one, having been spliced, and
the birds started to dig out hole at
this point. | think that they thought
when they sounded the spot that there
was a rotten place within where it
would be easy work making nest.
But they were doomed to be disap-
pointed, for the pole was a firm one,
and the building OF their home pro