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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-01-29
True to Name.

MA Planters Cuban Oil, q
VTSw wonderful lipimeDt for the
WAN Nerves and Bones. This
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-01-29
Executors Notice.

ALL PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE
N Estate of Mrs. NJ. E. See, deceased.
must make payment on or before the
25th day of February, 1902. to the un-
dersigned, and those having claims against
said Estate must present them, duly attested.
by that date to
J. FRANK KYZER,
C. A. GEIGER.
Executors.
January 90, 1902. 3wl3.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-01-29
THE STATE Of SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF LEXINGTON.

COUNTY CF LEAlNGION.
By Geo. s. Drafts, Esq, Probate Judge.
WHEREAS, J. HARMAN AMICK
w made suit to me, to grant him Let
ters of Administration OF the Estate of and
effects of Sallie Rosan and Elizabeth Amick,
deceased;
These are, therefore, to cite and ad-
monish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said Sallie Rosan
and Elizabeth Amick, deceased, that
they be and appear before me, in the
Court of Probate, to be held at Lexing.
ton G. H., s. c.. on the 9Th day of Feb.
ruary, next, after publication hereof, at
II o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause,
if any they have, why the said administra-
ton should not be granted.
Gi-en under my hand, this Goth day Of
January Ammo Domipi, 1902.
GEORGE s. DRAFTS, J. P. L. C.
Published on the END day of January.
1902, in the Lexington Dispatch. 2wl2
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Notice..

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ at Lexington c. H.. S. c., on the 3rd
day Of February next, the County Commis-
sioners of Lexington county will let to the
lowest bidder the repairs needed on the
bridge over the pond of the Lexington
Mfg Co.. between the Town Of Lexington
and the Lexington Depot.
The commissioners reserve the right to
reject any and all bids.
P. e. CRAPS. Supervisor.
4. 4 HAIEMaS, /; h3Gk; Commissioners.
January l8. 1902. 2T12.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-01-29

celebrated oil cannot be excelled as
an Internal remedy where quick
and penetrating cure is needed for
rheumatism, neuralgia, burns, cuts,
sore throat, stiff neck or pains in
any part Of the body or limbs. We
also have Planters Cuban Relief and
Nub;an Tea for sale. Call at the
B zaar and get bottle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-18

impartial decision when a Republic
an was pittcd against a Democrat. %
Ills remarks called for a strong
protest from the other side. Butler .
friends say they viii bring the ON
ciai report OF his statements 70 the
attention % the supreme court Of
Missouri. where he will be given a
chance % prove his assertions.
The senate agreed today 10 take a
vote on the Philippines tariff bin
Monday afternoon.
eev. Tafts Report
when Gov. Taft resumed his tea-
tlmOny before the senate Philippines
committee today. he said the mas
saere 81 a part u the Ninth infan-
try IN Sanar had caused a feeling OF
apprehension In the army. which he
he felt as safe IN Manila as In wash
ington.
The governor said. In adopting an
ti-reditlon laws. 81 was intended 10
prevent continuance Of war
through a pretended advocate OF in
dependence.
@ wsman's Suffrage
DELEGATIONS representing the Wom-
ans suffrage Association appeared
before the house and senate commit
tees today IN advocacy OF their pleas
that women may be allowed 20 exer-
else the right ~ suffrage.
Susan - Anthony made the prin-
cipnl argument She declared that
women had as much right 10 go be
fore The senate and make their pleas
az FiiipiuOs. Puerto Hicans or Ha-
wah1ns.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-18

Little. Brown & Co. Ia Boston. Since
1889 he has been lecturer ON law Ia
the Boston University. and has dur
ing this time also held profesaorshipH
ia huskin College, Trenton. Mo-. and
ia tho Kansas Agricultural College.
lie ia now PRECEDENT % the National
League for Promoting Municipal
Ownership 81 Mouopuiics Professor
Parsons is the author Of many books.
some 81 which ore as follows. THE
city for the People. THE Bondage
OF cities. "Tho Peoples Highways"
and The Peoples LampB."
Co 10 the Meeting
The meeting IN Armory hall win be
presided over hy President Graves,
OF the University Of Washington,
who is also the president of the
Economic League. At the close OF
the lecture members OF the audience
will be permitted 10 ask questions OF
the lecturer or 10 state their own
opinions. briefly as TO the expedi-
cncy Of municipal lighting in Seat
tie. Every one who has the welfare
OF Seattle NJ heart II urged 10 at
tend the meeting and take part In
the discussion.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-18
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
ing Plants Are Requested to Ask Prot Frank Parsons
a Few Questions Tomorrow Night at the Armory

Professor Frank Parsons, who viii
lecture at Armory hall tomorrow
evening on Public Ownership OF
Public Utilities" - expected 70 ar
rive In this city tonight from San
Francisco. where he has been the
guest or Rev. y. Fay Mills and the
San Francisco Economic League.
The wide Interest which has been
aroused IN the coming OF Professor
Parsons to Seattle 10 lecture on pub
lic ownership at this time. under the
auspices Of the Seattle Economic
League. Il a sure indication that the
question uppermoHt IN the peoples
minds rs the question Of public own
ership OF a lighting plant for Seattle,
and that this question viii not be
considered settled until Il Is settled
right.
While In Seattle Mr. Parsons win
be the guest Of Miss Adclia Parker.
lie viii also be entertained by Prof.
j. Allen Smith. Of the university.
Has Great Record
Professor Parsons was born az Mt.
Holly. N. J.. In 1854. After Rradu-
atlnR at Cornell ne became assoc
ciated with the publishing house OF
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-18
Very Little ten

The point raised BY Mfr. Philip, Il
u only fair 10 say. seems 20 Be a
nooted one. As the doctors dis
agree, the voters viii have 20 decide
The Star IL informed hy able cleo
tFtcians that - per cent. r. a fair
calculation. IL IS said BY them that
the losses In the mains and trans-
formers between the station switch
board and the customers meter do
not exceed l8 per cent. which would,
on the basis Of the Tacoma load fac
tor Of - per cent. leave appruxim-
atelY 20 per cent as the meter reg
lister.
II viii be noticed that Mr.. Philip
does not contend that an avern re
load OF 20 per cent. cannot be car
ried, but only that rs per cent IL the
present load factor Of the Seattle
Electric Co. which e. not disputed,
and that II IL the probable net fac
tor Of the Tacoma plant.
A ReassHabie Claim
The Star has only claimed that %
per cent. IL a reasonable estimate ~
the ultimate load factor. and Off.
ciais 81 the Seattle Electric Co have
admitted that a. certain seasons the
average load Of that c0rpOratlon's
distributing plants exceeds 70 per
cent.
People with a taste FOR figures can
compute for themselves that while
Ar. Philips estimate OF 10 per cent.
would materially reduce the profits
~ the proposed syseem In the field
u commercial lighting, II would still
give n vast reduction from the pres
eut rates Of the Seattle Electric co.
And N does not enter into the ques-
ton of selling the power, n the city
plant keeps out OF the commercial
field.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-18
1N0 COMMUNICATIONS
VERY EASILY ANSWERED
seattle Electric Companys Letters Published Yesterday
10 the Star Are Read Between the Lines

ne siAf published two letters yes
..'aaI ffom the Seattle Electric Co.
- ~ ~ otheF ssds o. the rnuulciual
-. sontroysFsT. There IL no rea-
y = saession Mr.. Lukss' statement
-. p.f2oss Of the new steam
-. = ne Seattle Electric 60. II
~ slaS 70 note the statement
~ L4kea, that half OF the paa-
~ ~ morse power "waa lnwtalIad
-. 49, Y conjunction with the old
- ne load IN excess Of the
So -s p power supplied By the
an indirect concession az
-. .-'olotef fact that the Seattle
~ 20 y now purchasing the
80 pyNer obtainabIe az present
49, 80 The anoqualmle Co ana
49, prepared 10 carry thsi- a.
g. ioad with economy. a. weIt
f,sr...e,,fy he ioad now handed Nv
sR-s-..il'ie power, in cass tbsiy
surss.,s yntraet' with Mr.. Bakers
'AaJ . Fuptured.
he TrHtk ofTt
a. 49, ssar Z u the opinion that n
~ 49,. 80 Electric CO. or il prfn.
E 80 s.sssesaspr. the Union Electric
$780, go now have control N re-
i -. water power IL cedar Fslis
Il $3.50, ghee Contemplated througb
q !, 'lllnn d the Seattle pogrs+
- v. AmmiGown" fame. or ma
orr. hsker been forpmGat In -
kps',,s. ,ntrol Of snoqualroie Faffs
sns-, a. not now be hlatad tbaf s,,eb
IN ss ~. and costly a,aar7 80
surais,v 0s erected simply 40 an
stss,t ..ses also Indirectly concad.s
~ ,,, ing Of the claim he So -
1 ess, 49, a. 70 the value IN ele@,rt-.
= - In this city, wbicb ciet,r
- attacked. - '''i ~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-18

nv started In the Mexican Com
ws1rr building Of the famous
rsaaEea mines on Douglas island.
snf Juneau. about ) o'clock on the
|srsng q last Tuesday. FEB. II. and
kkrs the flames were finally sub
~ Il had destroyed the compress
y h1ilding, the Mexican shaft, the
trsRys and part % the ioo-ton
|nzy mill. Over one hundred min
|rwere At work near the bottom Of
|nshaft. when IL caught fire. For
|ral hours the utmost constcrna-
|NFevailed as 20 the fate Of these
IL The shaft was choked with
u. and volumes OF Il found It's
9ato the workings where the
y were.
Some sarrcw Escspes
- weEe severa1 narrow escapes
4 &nttocAtlon. but the men final
9nagh dlnt Of heroic effort Tn
Izfag each other. escaped through
rassz ard tunnels % the old pit.
rsss saey were drawn to the sur
No. Kss q single life was sacrifIc-
4 ne rescued ones turned
e<s <srss 70 saving the property.
nxwr % men work more hero
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-18

A MENACE
Schooner Laura Pike in the
SeattIe-Frisco Track

The steamer Queen. Of the Pacific
Coast line, arrived this morning from
San Francisco after a somewhat
squaily passage. She carried about
20 passengers and a general cargo.
When midway between Cape Blanco
and Mendoeino, the officers Of the
steamer sighted the derellct one
masted schooner Laura Pike.
The little schoOner'H decks were
partly below water and she was
drifting helplessly about. The dere-
lct r. almost directly In the course
OF Seattle and San Francisco steam
erB and unless a sharp lookout be
kept, a collision may be the result.
n is probable that some action Will
be taken to remove the dangerous
fOater
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-18
DROPS dead

SALEM. Feb. 1s.--Colonel n. -.
knight. the father OF Portia Knight,
the actress who recently returned
from London. where he effected n
settlement OF the celebrated Man
chester case, dropped dead in a hotel
this morning. He was for years n
resident Of Portland. ore. where
Miss Knight received her education
and made her stage debut.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-18

London, Ohio. Feb. rs.
Daily Star. Seattle. wash: NUM-
cipai iightplnnt here saves money TO
private consumers and city. II ~ re-
garded as n success since placed un-
der the management OF non-politic-
nj board Of trustees. but not while
managed BY the city council.
LONDON MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC
LIGHT PLANT
by $. n. Trumper.
Soc. Board % Trustees.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-18

Newark. Ohio. Fob. ls.
The Seattle Daily star. Seattle.
wash: City does not furnish Tight 10
private consumers. The plant was
established IN 1880 az a cost Of Sc. 600
and has been splendid success. The
cost averages $50 per year for each
arc light The average cost TO sis
ter cities served by private corpor-
ationH II 500 per year for each arc
light We employ one superinten-
dent, one engineer. one fireman, n
day man and four trimmers. The
city has a population OF 60, 900 and Is
Thoroughly lighted
II. r. MAURTH.
Clerk OF City OF Newark, Ohio.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-18

South Norwalk, Conn. Feb. IS.
Daily Star. Seattle. our municipal
electric HIGHT plant has been IN high
~ successful operation ever since Il
started over nine years ago. II a.p-
plies street arc lighting. incandes-
cent lighting for stores. residences,
ETC.; electric power for manufactur-
ing, and operates the fire alarm syg-
tom. It's yearly rates for public and
commercial service Is the lowest we
know Of. After paying running cx-
pcnsea, including interest, repairs.
etc, gratifying profit remains 20
aid in reducing debt. The profit last
year was over $4,000 The plant IL
run by steam 600 horse power). The
cost was $50, 900. after three enlarge
ments. WIN again have TO be en-
larGed THIS year Have mailed re-
ports.
JOSEPH r. TAYLOR,
city Clerk
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-18

thicaEo. III. Fob. II
Daily star. Seattle: We have cleo
trio light plants for the city's use
only. We DO not sell light to con-
sumerH under municipal ownership.
bat che city hns state right to OPP
crate the plant for It's own use.
THIS method saves as ssb per lamp
"A year. The establishment In n COM
piets success.
WA. BOETFLER. City CLERK.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-18

bitterly denounced the election syH-
TEN practlced in the district and on
being contradicted In his arguments
~ one u Buffers representatives.,
replied that the elections we're al
ways open to question.
When asked n the supreme court
81 ne state haa not passed on the
election uuanimbusly, he said: THE
supreme court Of Missouri IL a hip
podrome IN political matters and
was fixed In this contest. That
court has never rendered a fair and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-18
~ w ''aHa TAG 20


bloomington Ill Feb. is
Daily star. Seattle. our electric
plant does not furuish light 90 con-
umern. only for lighting city ana
railroad crossings. The Unlon Gas
Aud Electric Company. a private
corpora ton. does al the commercial
lighting We regard the municipal
plant a great success ga a general
saving 70 the taxpayer The actual
cost ~ the city lighting ~ 80 arc
lamps being only al out So per lamp.
not counting tho interest IN the city
Investment n ia conducted ia con
nectiou with the city watrrw orlys.
We are preparing 70 increase the
capacity 81 cost Of ta5 600 the COM
ing year.
G. c. HAssLER. city Clerk.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-18
|READWELL MINE ON fire
IRE Than Hundred Miners Narrowly Escape Death
Intense Excitement for Several Hours

icaily. Eight 7-ineh streams Of wa
ter were turned on the flames. and
Il was hours before the mastery over
the fire was obtained. The fire
caused great excitement In Juneau
and the citizens gathered on the wa
ter front 10 watch tho flames. The
Douglas firehoys did good work. The
fire IL thought C. have originated
from a defective electric wire in the
compressor room.
supt. NeKsnxie raiks
n. A. Mckenzie, assistant super
intendent % the Trvadweli Names.
was passenger on board the Dol
phin, which arrived here At noon.
He corroboFatsd tho story Of the
fire and added: For the present We
have shut down the mills. but II viii
only he temporary. 7 am here for
tire purpose OK purchasing new ma
chinery. and Just as soon as get
that shipped. everything VIII resume
again. Our loss will be friiy s.a. GO.
probably more. We carried no in
sarance on the property. Our people
were very thankful that no lives
we're lost. IL looked very threaten
ing for time, but everyone cscAp-
ed alive"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-18
JOSEPH r. TAYLOR,
CITY Clerk.
At waIlingford
WalllnRford. Conn.. h

WallinRford, Conn. Feb. is.
Seattle Daily Star. Seattle, Wash.
our municipal lighting plant was
started Jan. /, 1900. with 70 arc street
lights and $50 commercial mean
descent lamps. AZ present we have
80 street arc lights and 5000 CONNER
cial lamps. The plant has cost. to
date, $4,000 We use the general
electric enclosed arcs and tub trans
formers. Tho net profit last year
over operating expenses was $500
| have mailed "A detailed report in
separate cover.
w. c. NORTHROP,
Clerk.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-18
ASSE SAYS SUPREME
COURT WAS FIXED"
'''a'eS Sensation Before the House EIec-
tons Committee

\ lhs s s-,. d. c. Feb. "a
horton ,pa,,' Of the hearing Of the
p, ths sl.D.I election contest be.
l'uss al, ,.l Committee of the
.sassa By we 1'hs a sensation vas
ss'..srrsg. Har .llsm Fisse. Horton,a
"a sssai n ees ssr,oil Is a Contestant fop
NC, ssssl ifor1, 1sisaa On the Rep1bllc .Dr
11ls 'De Of the 81. L5uis disl
As TIE c Z alsss became excited dpr.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-18
HOW THEY
SAVE MONEY
Figures From Cities Where Nun.
ieipal Light Plants Are
Established

Immediately after receiving the
telegram sent b. the Scientific Am
erican. the Star wired for details 10
all OF the cities mentioned aA hay-
los municipal electric plants. and W
20 the hour % going 20 preFn had
received the following answers. Il
wiil be noted that In cases where the
municipalities do not sell light and
poWer 70 private consumers. thus re-
duclng the cost % city lighting, there
Il stan large saving effected. II
must also be remembered that IN Sc
attic the city pays 81 per arc light
N -
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-18
BRINGS DOWN
0LD-TIMERS
Dirigo Has Dawson Pioneers on
Her Passenger List

The steamer Dirigo. OF the Alaska
Steamship Company. arrived here
about z O'Clock this morning from
skagway and way points. She
brought down about a dozen passen-
gers and a cargo OF 126 boxes OF
hallbut. Among the paBaengera
were several well known Klondikers.
Joe Barrett. who made his stake at
Dawson In 1898. and Con G. Buckley
and Andy Nelson. two others. w.
II. Parsons, OF the Ames Mercantile
of Dawson, also came
down.
Purser Harris states that the
weather throughout the round trip
was excellent.
The steamer brought down several
acks OF Nome mail.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-18
JEFF BETTER

NEW YORK, Feb. ts.-Pugilist
Jeffries was better this morning. and
hopes to be able 10 leave for Cali
fornia next week, 10 begin training
for his fight with TitzainmonE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-18

w. X. Greene IN having plans pre-
pared for a new 2-story Groom house
tO be built IN the Squire Park addl-
ton. Architect Umbrocht Ia draw
Ing the plan
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-18
RELEASED?

VIENNA, Feb. 1s.--Die TaReblatt
says Miss Stone has been liberated.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-18

Mrs. G. M. Coe, 1895 Fourteenth
avenue, viii entertain the Orpteo
Club Friday afternoon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-18

wME Washmgm
New York, Feb 1Ssuccessfu municipal electric lighting
plants exist in Chicago Detroit Allegheny Pa, So Norwak
and Wangford Conn, jamestown, N. " birmingham, Ply
mouth, Weymouth AttIeboro and Adams Mass Joliet and
Bloomington ILL.,, London and Newark, o. AND IN FIVE HUN.
RED OTHER CITIES Only honest management is needed
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-11-27
THE MERRY HEART.

When you come to a wearisome bit of the
road,
Where the stones are thick and the path
is steep,
And the back is bowed with the heft Of the
load,
AS the narrowing way is hard to Keep
Don't stop just then for a wasteful sign
But challenge the worst with steaodast
cheer;
If nowhere else, there is help on high
Gods angel will hasten, your pioneer.
When you reach lonesome bit Of the
road,
Curtained about with mist and murk,
And you hear faint sounds from the oread
above,
Where shivering, grim hobgobliEs Turk,
Just laugh to scorn their doleful cries
This is the place to whistle and sing;
Brush the fog from your fearless eyes,
And close to the faith Of your fathers
cling.
When you stand at q sorrowful bit Of the
road,
And hand you loved has Ioosed its clasp;
When streams are dry that in sweetness
flowed
And flowers drop from your listless
grasp;
Zen now take heart for further on
There are hope and JOY and The dawn Of
day;
You shan find again what you thought
was gone;
'Tis the merry heart goes all the way.
Margaret f. Sangster. in n Y. Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-11-27
M2Ess|Rj}1@E@Ifii7II;Hif@RA
ez7S115(lSl555T
TUMBLED INTO FORTUNE.
Old Irish Woman RagpicIxer Becomes
an Heiress by the Death of
Cousin.

It is doubtful if a fortune ever tuun-
bIed into the lap of person less like
Nv to use it to advantage than the $780,
900 which the United States supreme
court recently awarded to 65-year-old
Hannah Callaghan, of Cork, as her
share in the estate of her cousin, John
Sullivan. who died in Seattle, Wash.
From the accompanying picture of
Hannah Callaghan you can form a
pretty accurate idea of what sort of
person she is. Wrinkled, haggard,
with a narrow, pointed nose, thin lips,
a bitter tongue and an aggressive dis
position, the woman who has just in
herited $500, 900 earned her living IN
til few days ago as a ragpicker. For
wears she has made her home in
squalid little room in narrow
alley appropriately named Crone's
lane, in Cork's worst slum. She
began life as crochet worker,
and once earned as much as SIS
week. Then she got to be a scrub
woman and made less, and of late
years she has collected bones, sold
fruit and generally lived from hand to
mouth. She has been somewhat par
tial to gin. When the news reached
Hannah Callaghan the other day that
she had inherited half of John Sulli-
vans fortune-Edward Corcoran,
poor Dublin artisan got the other half
the old woman was SO bewildered
that she could hardly realize what it
meant to her. She heard that her
cousin had died intestate, but had
thought so little of her own chances
of getting a share of his estate that
when American lawyers came to her
several months ago and offered to
push her claim she made no trouble
over signing an agreement that they
should take half of any sum they
succeeded in getting awarded to her.
This does not mean, however, that
the old woman was feeced by her
American attorneys. For six months
they have worked like beavers to
get her Inheritance, and the endless
trouble they took and the ingenuity
they manifested certainly entitle
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-11-27
AN ANGEL IN DISGUISE. !
He Wanted an Eraser, But the Good
Woman Wouldn't Give Him
Dry Bread. q

An artist who was making sketching
tour through a picturesque region Of Con-
necticut CHANGED one day on a barn SO al
Turing to his eye that he sat down on
stone wall and went to work at once, relates
an exchange.
He soon became conscious that he had
two interested spectators in the persons of
the farmer and his wife, who had come to
the door of the house to watch him.
The artist by and by discovered that he
had lost or mislaid his rubber eraser, and,
as he wished to correct slight error in the
sketch he went up to the door and asked
the farmers wife if he might have a small
piece of dry bread. This as every artist
knows, makes a good eraser.
The farmers wife looked at him with an
expression of pity not unmiXed with sur
prise.
DRY breadw she repeated ''Well, I
guess you won't have to put up with any
dry bread from me, young man. You come
right into the kitchen with me and I'll
give you a thick slice of bread with but
ter on it."
''Now don't say word" she continued,
raising her hand to warn off his expostula-
lions. ''I don't care how you came to this
state, nor anything about it; all l know is
you're hungry, and that's enough for me.
You shall have a good dinner"