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FOR TOMS SAKE.


- " " wv w "
I'D take it real kind of you," an
swered Toms mother gratefully.
She pulled a piece Of paper from
2 her glove and unfolded it carefully
The stranger read il, and her face
cleared.
That will be easy to find," she said
1t is rigat on the car line, and che
conductor will put you off very rear
the house if you tell him the number
There, now, let me take your valise
and put you on the car"
The old woman rose confusedly; the
train had rolled into the depot, and
the sudden change of light and sound
bewildered her She clutched the
flowers and looked with desperate
eyes across the crowd. Then, before
she realized what had happened, her
friend had put her on a car and said
goodbye. She had never seen street
car before, and she clung to the seat,
her tired, frightened face, set in lines
of rigid endurance.
Every moment she expected an ac-
c1dent, and when the conductor helped
her off her first feeling was one of al
most incredulous relief, when sudden
ly she saw the number that she want
ed and darted forward. She was pant
ing with the weight of the valise, but
she did not know it. She hurried up
the high stone steps and eagerly rang
the bell.
The bell echoed through the house,
but no one came. She pulled it again
and again, nervous terror stealing
over her. She must make Tom hear!
Presently window opened in the next
house, and girls pretty face smil-
ed down at her.
Did you want to see Mrs. Has
Well?" she called. 'They went away
yesterday"
The old woman looked up. Her
hand dropped from the bell.
What did you say, dear?" she fall
tered. II didn't understand. 1 want
to see Tom. I'm his mother" :,
The girls pretty face softened with
quick pity. She left the window and
ran down the steps and across to the
old woman.
I'm SO sorry" she said gently. "Do
you not understand? They've gone
away: 1 don'l know when they'll be
back. They couldn't tell. On, don't
ook so! Come in our house and rest.
ou must. come. You can't stay here,
you know"
The people were very good to her.
'ne wanted to go back that night,
Ind they had to tell her over and over
nat there was no train before thew
'ould make ner undc-Sia I'D .v,r
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-06-25

TransatlantiQue, Colonial Bank of Lon.
don and the Credit Foncier Colonial.
There were sixteen commission mer-
chants, twelve dry goods stores, TWEEN
ty-two provision dealers, twenty-slN
rum manufacturers, eleven colonial
produce merchants, four brokers and
two hardware dealers.
The Island Of Martinique has the
same general characteristics as Its
nearest neighbors, with some peculiari-
ties of its own. Its extreme length is
about forty.flve miles from northwest
to southeast, and the main part OF it
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Pats jest.

A good story is told Of an 'rishman'
more patriotic than clever, who enlist
ed in one of the smart cavalry resf
ments. The fencing Instructor mac
eyperienced rather difficult JOB IL the
matter of explaining to him the varl'
Gus ways of using the sword NOW
he said, "how would you use the sword
If your opponent feinted?' "Bedad,'
said Pat, with cleaning eyes. I'D
lust tickle him with the point to see
If he was shamming."-St. James''
Gazette.
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tired. mt 49,. .el old self again.
The girl was delighted at the change
and sat beside her at breakfast, coax
ing her TO eat, and finally went to the
depot with her and put her on the
train. When late in the afternoon the
train. began climbing up in the hills
once more, she pushed open the win
dow and breathed the keen air with
a sigh of deep content. She had left
the city behind forever.
The train would reach Holmesburg
about T. Four miles before that was
Farrar's, a new station, and between
Farrar's and Holmesburg was road
nearly all through the woods and not
much used except in Summer. Sne
had never been over this road but
once, but she was sure she could find
the way Only one or two other peo-
pie, strangers to her, left the train at
Farrar's. That was as she had hop
ed, and she plunged resolutely' into
the woods. It was a long walk, and
her valise was heavy for her. AS it
grew dark, too, she began to stumble
on the road. She hal to stop and rest
more and more frequently, but her re-
solution never faltered.
It was 10 o'clock when she finally
reached the house.. She had crept
around through back ways and felt
sure she had not been seen. Indeed,
for an hour the lights had been out in
the houses. She stood still for mo-
ment: in the sweet, silent night. The
apple trees were all silver in tle
moonlight. and the daffodils cleaned
family down the path. She unlocked
the door and dragged in her valise.
She was home at last.
For moment she stood thinking.
Then softly opening the door she crept
out to the wood pile: AS she was re,
turning with her arms full she STUN
bled over an animal at the door.
Checking her exclamation, she lean
ed down. It was her cat purring soft
ly about her feet. With little cry
OF joy sne picked him up AID carried
him into the house with her She
made fire and went busily to work
so that by daylight, when she put out
her fire, her breakfast was ready, ant
fresh bread and cakes we're in the
closet. About eight o'clock she neart
Miss Martha come and call the. cat
After she had gone the old woman
took in the milk and gave it to him
but she did not let MIN go out-sh
wanted some one to talk to.
She was very lonely and oppresse
by a strange sense of unreality. A
she sat behind her closed blinds an
watched the neighbors go by she fel
almost as if she had died and fror
another world was looking back ul
on her old life. Once the ministe
came to the gate, and she heard Mis-
Martha call across to him that Mis-
Haswell was in the city visiting he
son. A hot flush burned in her cheek
and she turned hastily away.
: Monday was the last day of her in
prisonment. At daylight Tuesday sh
slipped out of the house with her VI
{, lise and began the journey back
, Farrar'S.
! The first up train from Boston can
: at ten o'clock so that she had sever
): hours to wait, but she had known tha
and until the station was opened 81
sat on the platform outside with stt
y cal patience. When the train cam
. she rode the four miles back
!. Holmesbprg and then took the sta!
y tt, the house. She drew long brea
as she walked again up the path /
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-06-25

cry it was believed that aA-the grave
stones of the pilgrims had: long since
vanished into dust. The sto"" in ques'
tion, the only .Mayhewer gra' estone III
.yistenc& rests over the grave of Cap
tain Richard Moore, ST., who came 'e
Plymouth in the Mayhower as boy
in Elder William Brewster's family
and finally settled in Salem, where nc
died at the age of eighty-four in some
where about 1695-.the date is not giver
ON the tombstone.
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HUMOROUS.

Nell-She talks necessarily. Belle
oh, that's only to keep people from
finding out how little she has to say
Gladys-They say Harold is an ex-
pert in the art of self-defence. Eve.
lyn-Nonsense! Edith made him pro-
pose in just one week!
Blobbs-Have you ever been disap-
pointed in love? Slobbs-"Only once.
advertised for wife with s1,00O,0OO,
and didn't get single reply.
Fond Mother Ito teacher)-Don't
you think my boy is bound to make ais
mark? Teacher am afraid so. It
seems impossible fc- him to learn to
write.
Mamma-What are you tearing your
doll to pieces for, Hattie? Hattie
I'm lookin' for the crumb of comfort
papa said was to be found in every
thing.
Muggins-"Youngpop is going to
have his baby christened Bill. Bug
glns-How strange. Muggins-Oh! I
don't know. He came on the first Of
the month.
Hoax-I'm always in trouble. can
not even take bath without finding
myself in hot water. Joax-Well, I
can't take bath myself without put
ting my foot in it.
Cadleigh-I thought 1 had met you
before, Miss Browne Miss Browne
No; l guess it was my sister. Cad.
leigh-Perhaps so. The Miss Browne
l met was rather pretty.
"Pa, why does a woman have Wed.
nesday or Thursday or some other day
in the week printed on her cards?"
We'll, my boy, that's so her women
friends can call some other day."
Dick slowboy (who had just been ac-
cepted)-Did surprise you, darling?
Wanda Long-I should say so. gave
up the. idea ten months ago OF your
ever having nerve enough to propose.
Hacker-Papers don't appreciate
your services these days. They fire
mo hN'f Of "'"'t"-" spacer-Oh,
.p- l-H.g-rr
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lPONPEII

and 100000 blacks of all shades from
ebony to light octoroon.
Martinique had two interesting
claims to distinction in that the EN-
press Josephine was born there, as was
n LIE. De Maintenon, the latter passing
her girlhood on the island as Francoise
dAbisne. At Fort de France there is
marble statue Of the Empress Jo-
sephine.
Martinique became IN interesting
point in this country during the recent
war with Spain. The first news Of the
arrival of the Spanish feet of Admiral
Ceryera came from st. Pierre. At go
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-06-25

1t was in the middle of square, and
in the very centre was a most beautiful
fountain. Countrywomen from the sur.
rounding hills made daily pilgrimases
to the market place. dressed in gor-
Geous colors, to sell the produce of their
lands-oranges, bananas, vanilla beans
and cocoa. The fishermen were accus.
toned to lift their boats bodily out of
the water and convert them into tenn.
porary stalls, where were sold the many
hued fish of the tropic sea.
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Description
of Mar
tir1iiqgle's
Destroyed
Metropolis.

height and overlooks the bay, from
which it is easily visible. A great white
Virgin" surmounts the Nome d. d'Orange
to the south Of the city. Behind the
city was the cemetery.
The market place Of st. Pierre was
one Of the most picturesque features.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-06-25

driven wells. The main thoroughfare
of the city was the Rue Victor Hugo
The aristocratic quarter extended IN
q long line of villas and country seats
through luxuriant growth OF tropical
foliage to the mountain village OF
Morne Rogue, five miles away. Rue
Victor Hugo was the Broadway OF ST.
Pierre. In this narrow and sinuous
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70 600U co 1117
mother"
She stopped a moment and then
caught the child up in a passion OF
tenderness. Her bright brown eyes
looked with sudden softening over
the yellow baby head.
"She amt ever goin' to do such a
wicked thing as her grandmother did,
she said.
Then she went silently back be-
tween the rows of daffodils to Tom
Household Companion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-06-25

ment with rule or compass will show
that all three are Of exactly the same
length.
The eye is deceived by the inclinee
lines, which represel. the top and DOT
tom of the wall, so in the upper dia
gram the short inclined lines deceive
the eye and make the two equal hori
zontal lines appear unequal. The de-
ceptiun in the case OF the posts, says
tha New Lorl; Herald, is chiefly an ef'
feet OF perspective.
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which is the LonGere

Who can help believing that the left
hand post-or the most distant one II
we regard the picture as perspective
drawing-is much the longest, and the
right.hand, or nearest, post is much the
shortest, of the three? Yet measure
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-06-25
vera was on this side of the ocean: was

vera was on this side Of the ocean was
established.
The city of st. Pierre had an ap-
.pearance Of great solidity. 1t looked
as if it had been hewn out Of the solid
rock of the mountains. The two-story
dwellings were uniformly Of stone
with walls three feet thick. In the
upper city there were many fountains
carrying excellent drinking water from
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-06-25
xhower Tombstone.

In the old Charter. Street Cemetery
NJ Salem. Mass, is q tombstone recent
" identified as marking the grave OF
one of the passengers in the MS
tor,c Mayfower. Prior to this dlscoV-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-06-25
BAD LITTLE LoBsTERS,
Pugnacious Youngsters That Long Con.
tinually For q Fight.

tlnualIy For Fight.
Perpetual motion is the only saliva
tion of the baby lobster, says the New
York Journal That much has been
thoroughly demonstrated by a series
of very interesting experiments con-
Quoted by the United States Fish Com
mission at the Wexford Or. ~ lobster
culture station.
The explanation is exceedingly sim.
pie. Lobsterlings, as the young lob
sters are called, are naturally born
fighters and cannibals. They fight to
the death, and even eat their own little
brothers and sisters if they get q
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but the whole covered with the rich
vartlure Of the troEics.
The total population Of the island is
yeckoned at 115,OOO, of whom 10000
ure whites, $4,000 of Asiatic origin
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street, with its blocks o, square stone
buildings, were the leading shops.
st. Pierre had many images ana s'a:
tues. One of the statues, the figure OF
a gigantic "Christ," which stands on
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-06-25

Greater London covers 701 square
miles: but the area supplied by thu
London water companies is not 81
great, being 620 square miles.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-06-25

The highest of the noted health re-
SORTS of California are in the San Jac-
into mountains, at elevations of 5000
and 5000 feet.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-06-25

600. The city was divided into two
parts, known as the upper and the.
lower towns. The lower town was
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-06-25
THE MAN WHO RINGS IN.

T'hero are tiresome creatures all over tho
world.
The fool and the chump and the bore,
But the dreariest, weariest thing in the
bunch
Whom we pass up the palm and some
more,
Is tho wise, learned creature who listens the
while
You converse on original sin,
or political bribes, with your point neasiy
made,
Then comes up
Ana
Sweetly
Rings
In.
-puor
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-06-25

By a great blast at Bonawe Quarry
In Argyllshire, in which 10000 pounds
Of gunpowder was used, upwards OF a
quarter of a million tons Of granite
we're displaced. The mine was driven
into the center of the quarry face for
70 feet, with two arms each reaching
so feet. 1t was the first attempt IN
any of the granite quarries to- pierce
by rock drills and compressed air, and
was carried out in the short time OF
ten weeks.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-06-25

In the time Ut James I. there wert
no fewer than sixty royal forests II
Great Britain.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-06-25
Carrying n Theory Too Far.

A New York doctor said the other
day that indigestion has been respon-
sible for more than one lie. and it's
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MODERN O
SHE'S now bury st.

~ .N.LHl -.
SHE'S now bury st.
Pierre, Martinique,
the modern Pom
peii. 1t was the
largest town and
the commercial
C e n tre Of the
French West In
dies, being well
built and prosper
Gus. Its popula-
tin,, r1,oc o1,o,,f Ok -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-06-25

The somewhat unbelievable news
comes from the Klondike that two
petrified ships have been found near
the head waters of the Porcuplne'
Each of the ships is described as about
one hundred feet long, and of ancient
origin, being built like the OLD Vlk-
ing vessels. The ships are now 4ooo
feet above the sea level.
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idly, as is the. case in all tropical
islands, but the women of Martinique
seem to be pre-eminent in physical
perfection. Cornilliac ascribes this
wonderful beauty, which is the rule
rather than the exception in Marti-
niuue, to the mixture of Carib blood
with Caucasian: and Negro. One
writer says:
"Both men and women are often so
perfect anr nically that the artist
wishing to create a Mercury or a
Venus need only to take a cast OF the
body of one Of these natives without
making one modification from meek to
heel" :.: =.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-06-25
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

In the Russian town of Jelabuga
there was recently unveiled a monu'
ment to a local Joan of Arc. Her
name was Nadyeshada Andreyevna
Durova, and she died in 1866, aged
eighty-three. Impelled by patriotism,
she had, as young woman, enlisted
in the army and distinguished herself
for bravery.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-06-25

The dwarfs as we'll as giants are
caught in the net of compulsory mill
tary service, and the last conscrlp"
tion in France has brought out re-
cruit of very diminutive size. HIS
name is Francois Finas; he comes
from Montmelian; his height is feet
8 inches; he weighs only 4 stones 8
hounds; ne cannot carry a flag or keep
step with his comrades, but trots after
them as they march through the town.
It remains to be seen whether the
medical officers will reject this war
rior as unfit.
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HOW THE ERUPTION WAS CAUSED.

water from the ocean flowed in and met
the molten mass in the mountains mte-
rior. The steam generated thereby, toi-
lowing the line of least resistance, Die"
off the top of the volcano.)
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-06-25

There ars. :250OoO coins and medals III
the British Museum.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-06-25

The bloscope is proving itself to be
an instrument of some value in scien-
tiic investigation. At Harvard uni
versity Professor Richards and Mr.
Archibald have made series OF In
stantaneous acknowledgements OF
growing crystals, their object being to
determine the manner in which crys-
tallization begins. With high micro
scopic powers some observers nave
thought that they could detect the
formation of minute globules 1mmeal-
ately preceding the appearance OF cry
stal forms. But the new bioscopic
pictures of forming and growing crys-
tails show only crystalline Shapes
from the beginning! They also reveal
the fact that the growth in diameter
in the first second of crystals ex-
istence is vastly more rapid than DUR
ing the subsequent period, and it Is
thought thai this swift growth at the
start is the cause of lack OF the de-
! fiaition which deceives the eye but
not The Photographic film
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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-04-01
Old Joe, the Night Watcbman.

(From the Pail Mall Gazette London)
How often on returning home late on
a dreary winters night has our sympathy
gone out to the poor old night Waterman
as he sat huddied up over his cage fire,
overlooking the excavations which our
City Council in their wisdom, or other
wise, allow the different water companies
TO make SO frequently in our congested
streets. In all weathers, and under all
climatic conditions. the poor old night
Waterman is obliged TO keep watch over
the companies property, and to see that
the red lights are kept burning. What
life, to be sure; what privations and hard
ships; no wonder they have aches and
pains, which nothing but st. Jacobs Oil
can alleviate.
''Old joe is in the employ of the Lam
beth Water Works. He has been a night
Waterman for many years, in the course
OF which he has undergone many expert
ences. What with wet and cold, he con-
tracted rheumatism and sciatica, which
fairly doubled him up, and it began to
look a serious matter for old Joe; it look
ed extremely doubtful if he would much
longer be able TO perform his duties, on
which his good wife and himself depend
ed for a livelihood: but as it happened a
passer-by, who had for some nights mo-
ticed Old Joe's painful condition, present
ed him with a bottle of st. Jacobs Oil,
and told him TO use it. Old Joe followed
the advice given: he crawled home the
next morning and bade his wife rub his
aching back with the St Jacobs Oil "a
gentleman gave him." and undoubtedly
his wife did rub, for when Old Joe went
on duty at night he met his friend and
0enefactor, TO whom he remarked:
Them Oils you gave me, Guv'nor, did
give me a doing, they was like pins and
needles for time, but look at me now"
and Old Joe began TO run and jump like
a young colt. All pain. stiffness and
soreness had gone. he had been telling
everybody he met what st. Jacobs oil
had done for him. Old Joe says now he
has but one ambition in life, and that is
to always 20 be able TO keep a bottle of
St. Jacobs Oil by him. for he says there
is nothing like il in the world.
st. Jacobs Chi serves the rich and the
poor, high and low. the same way. 1t
has conquered pain for fifty years, and it
win do the same 10 the end of time. Sim
pie facts like the above tell an honest tale
with which nothing on earth can COM
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-04-01
A HOTEL CLERKS MEMORY.
That nd His Urbanity Important Fac

That a nd His CFbanIty I'm pOTbani Il az
TOYS in Success of Bonifaees.
The hotel clerk stood behind hls little
bar and one after another the guests
arrived. Thus, smiling affaby, did the
hotel clerk handle them
Mr.. A., I'm glad to see yen. WIN
you have your old room, 304a again!
Good It's vacant, fortunately
How do you do Mr.. r.? There are
five letters waiting for you. ! rather
expected you tonight sir. / had fire
built in the open CRATE in 172. You are
still fond of open CRATES, | SUPPOSE?
Mr. c., you are just in time. We en-
gagged a new pastry cook yesterday, and
the boss said he hoped y09'd pc along
soon to pass judgment on mm. Would
you like $50 again? All right. Fronts!
2S9.
'.Hullo, Mr.. d. l didn't thii5k you'd
visit us this winter. One Of your men
told us about your typhoid fever siege,
| think you are looking mighty well, ali
things considered"
Very wonderful was the hotel clerks
memory, and very pleasant was the
effect of it upon the faces of tho guests
Their worn and harried look vanished;
they smiled; 1t delighted theIa to be
welcomed so agreeably. and tEius does
the typical hotel clerk OF the big city
conduct himself always, says the Phil
adelphla Record. doing more by his ire
mendous memory and tremendous tact
than any other employe to help his boss
get rich.