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she cross our bows, or viii she GO
to the stern, assuming she keeps
straight ahead? What do you say,
Mr.. Carmody?"
''She is bit faster than this boat,
I think" said Mr.. Carmody. In my
judgment. she will pass at least half
mile ahead of u.s."
81 do not think So" said Miss
Helen II am loyal to our yacht.
We will beat her. Don't you think
so, Mr.. Chalmers?"
81 think one of us will have to
change our course" replied Chai-
mers. At this moment Capt. Bald
win approached and called Chalmers
aside.
THAT boat to windward is the
Shark" he said in low tone.
Chalmers took a quick look at the
steadily approaching craft. "She is
going to cut us off, continued Capt.
Baldwin. You had better pass the
word among the men folks, and send
the ladies below. I don't know what
the intentions of that fellow Hestor
are, but he is not going to interfere
WIFI the hcIen NdTulOuy WIlHOuJ q
fight"
Chalmers returned to Mr.. Carmody
and Miss Helen.
''That yacht is the Shark" he
said, quietly. "Capt. Baldwin has
recognized her. He does not antici-
pate any trouble, but he suggests
that Miss Carmody and Mrs. White
uo hn1oxy for oxubila
81 do not wish to go below" said
Miss Carmody, her eyes dancing with
excitement. II am not afraid. They
| cannot hurt us. can they, papa? Let
me stay on deck. I want to see that
awful Mr. Hestor and his captain"
'That will not do. Helen said Mr..
Carmody. Capt. Baldwin is right.
You join Mrs. White and remain in
the saloon until 1 call YOU"
Miss Helen glanced appealingly at
Mr. Chalmers, but received no en-
couragement in her meditated re-
bellion: so she obeyed and went to
the lower deck.
Sidney Hammond came rushing for
ward.
THAT is the Shark" he ex-
claimed. LET us prepare for trouble.
That maniac means mischief. Where
are the rifes?"
| CTo Ee Coptipued1
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SOCIAL LIFE IN BURMAH.
When a Native Gets a Little Money
Ahead He Proceeds to Have an
Enjoyable Time.

There are many interesting things to
be noted in Burmah. William E. Cur
tbs, who has been visiting IT speaks of
Burmah as an ideal country in respect
to climate and soil. And in a later let
ter from Mandalay, says the Chicago
Record-Herald, he tells much about the
life there. which he says is gay and
happy. OF some social features Mr..
Curtis writes: Whenever a burmese
gets little money ahead he will either
build pagoda for the benefit of his
soul or spend it in hospitality, inviting
his neighbors to 'pwe' whenever there
is the slightest provocation. sPwes' are
given when child is born, when a
daughters ears are pierced or after a
boy is tattooed, on birthday or mar
riage anniversary or on any other occa-
sion that will furnish an excuse. They
are always given in the open air. and
if the host has no garden he blockades
the street in front of his house with
tables, chairs and other furnishings.
No formal invitation is necessary. but q.
general announcement is made. and
everybody is expected-rich and poor,
old and young, foreigner and native.
Burmah is literally free country. Mo-
body seems to have secrets or care for
privacy Neighbors are in the habit
Of entering each others houses with
out knocking or giving warning of any
sort, and treating them exactly as they
would their own; overhauling their con-
tents, helping themselves to whatever.
they want. and making themselves per-
fectly at home under every circum-
stance. The same freedom is permitted
to foreigners. Everybody tells us that
the more curiosity we show about the
people the better we will please them,
and if we stop a woman on the street
and examine her costume and finger her
jewelry she will appreciate it as the
highest compliment we can pay her.
We have tried that experiment with
moderation, and have found the state
ment to be true
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CHAPTER NXIV.
HOME AGAIN.

HOME AGAIN.
How far are we from Vera Cruz,
Capt. Baldwin,"
about 25 miles. Mr.. Carmody"
'Iou may proceed to that harbor,
at once" directed Mr.. Carmody
Mr.. Carmody then called confer
ence in the social hall of the Helen
Carmody." There were present
Palmer j. Morton. John NJ. Rock
WELL r. j. Kent. Simon Pence. Hiram
Haven, Sidney Hammond and William
Chalmers.
eve will be in Vera Cruz in an
hour" said Mr.. Carmody, when all
were seated around the center table.
lit is now 9:30 o'clock. We will be
IN telegraphic communication with
New York by IL o'clock, Vera Cruz
time-which is oIsa o'clock New York
time 1t is unnecessary to disguise
the fact that our return to civiliza-
ton is matter fraught with much
Importance from business stand
point. l am not speaking for myself,
as l have no interests which have
been seriously menaced by my alb
sence, or which will be affected by
my return. This is not true of some
present. They have been made to
suffer financial loss by their deten-
ton. 1t is but fair that they shall
have the right to recoup some of
their losses. Now, 1 am not unac-
quainted with newspaper men. their
methods and ambitions. l am going
to ask Mr.. Chalmers to waive his
rights as journalist for an hour
after our arrival in Vera Cruz. in
order Mat we may send the news of
our safe return to our families, and
that we may then notify our bust
ness associates, and forward such in
structions as shall protect our inter
'ests in stocks and securities. / am
aware that we are under many obi
cations to Mr.. Chalmers and to the
New York Record, but l assure him
that neither he nor his paper will
suffer by granting this favor"
Mr.. Chalmers was on his feet the
moment Mr.. Carmody ceased speak
ing.
Il am only too happy to grant that
request" he said. Through no fault
of the Record, or of its editor. Rob
ert Van Horne, we are Implicated In
this affair through the unaccount
able acts of a man who has beer
one of our correspondents. AL
though this is the most important
piece of news in recent years. ant
one in which the paper is entitled
to a fair share of credit, recognize.
that you gentlemen have interest.
which are paramount. I will send ne
message to the Record until tn,
Stock Exchange is closed in Nep
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1HE FOOLS PRAYER.

The royal feast was done; the king
Sought some new sport to Danish care,
And to his jester cried: "Sir Fool,
Kneel now, and make for us a prayer"
The Jester doffed his cap and bells,
And stood the hooking court before;
They could not see the bitter smile
Behind the painted grin he wore.
He bowed his head, and bent his knee
Upon the monarch's silken stool;
His pleading voice arose: 20 Lord,
Be merciful to me, a fool!
mo pity, Lord, could change the heart
From red with wrong to white as wool;
The rod must heal the sin; but, Lord.
Be merciful to me, fool!
otis not by guilt the onward sweep
OF truth and right, Lord, we stay;
TITS by our follies that so long
We hold the earth from Heaven away.
''"These clumsy feet, still in the mire,
Go crushing blossoms without end;
These hard well-meaning hands we
Among the heart-strings of friend
1.-THE ill-timed truth we might have kept
Who knows how sharp it pierced and
stung!
The word we had not sense to say
Who knows how grandly it had rung!
"Our faults no tenderness should ask,
The Christening stripes must cleanse
them all;
But for our bunders-O, in shame
Before the eyes of Heaven we fall.
Earth bears no balsam for mistakes;
Men crown the knave and 'scourge the
tool
That did his will; but thou o Lord,
Be merciful to me, fool!'
The room was hushed; in silence rose
The king, and sought his gardens cool,
And walked apart, and murmured low:
BE merciful to me, a fool"
e. r. Sill. in Farmers Review.
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ADVANCE IN GLASSWARE.
American Products That Can Be Put
on Market in Competition
with Imported Ware.

-Four years ago Americans were
making but little effort to compete
with imported Bohemian glassware,
said George Morton, vice-president of
a glass company, of Steubenville, o.
Now four factories in the United
States manufacture annually $780, 900
worth of glassware that used to be
imported from Bohemia. And what is
more, we are making glass that can
be put on the market on the same
footing with the imported ware and
at lower price.
"The principal advantage of the Bo-
hemian manufacturers over us is their
cheaper labor Glassblowers and
workers in this country receive high
wages, and the men who are earning
SIS and $3.50 a day in our factory
would receive about 65 or Is cents a
lay in the Bohemian works. The cost
Of labor really is the largest item in
our manufacture, for of all the indus
;ries the glassworking industry has
made the smallest progress in ma
:hinery, and almost all of the work
must be done by hand 1t is probably
.he best labor in the United States,
Tor skilled glassblowers in window
glass factories earn from $500 to $500
I month
mo, we did not go to Bohemia to
earn their secrets, for coloring and
decorating glass. We just worked
hem out ourselves and then educated
,ur workmen until they could do the
work"
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Copyright, 1901, by Lothrop Publishing Company.
All rights reserved.
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THE EVENING RECORD.
New York, May "a. !

The brief article which followed
contained no information not stated
IN the headlines. and there was no
date line at the head of it. Mr.. Sharp
was busy preparing a second and
more circumstantial announcement
when telegram was received from
Mr.. Chalmers. A few minutes later
the second Record extra was on the
street. 1t read:
Vera Cruz, Mexico, Nay 16.-The
expedition in charge of william Cdas-
mers, managing editor OF the New
York Record. has effected the rescue
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CHAPTER XXIII.-CoNTINUED.


Mr.. Carmody informed Capt. Bald
win that there was a quantity OIL val
liable stores on board 1.-The Jump
ing Jupiter" The naphtha launch
was lowered and several sailors de-
tailed to transfer all articles worth
saving from the raft to the yacht.
Mr.. Vincent returned to The Jump
ing Jupiter and rescued Socks"
who was voted mascot of eXcep-
tional ability.
When Sidney Hammond came on
board the yacht he was given a recep-
ton which brought blush of pleas
ure to his bronZed and handsome
face.
"The Jumping Jupiter" was aban-
3oned to his" fate.
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Her Gain.

Mrs. Peeks-Well, never thought the
landlady would encourage her young
boarders to keep late hours. What does
she mean by it?
Mr.. Peeks-Sh! She has discovered
that young men who keep late hours
don't eat any breakfast Chicago Daily
News.
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MafrImoniaI Anlance.

Mrs. Jackson Nah son Jim am Z
tonsorial artist.
Mrs. Johnson And am he welded
to his art?
aOh, yesi He makes it support
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-02
WHOLE STATE KNOWS DAVIS.
Every Citizen Of West Virginia Can
Spot Ex-senator.

No man in West Virginia is so
we'll known all over thar state as
Henry Gassaway Davis, the Demo-
cratic nominee io- vice-president.
says independent. II may be doubted
whether he could call every man, wo-
man and child n .hc population by
name. but i would no, be wholly TN
safe to guess 1!,a: there are lew OF
either class who do 20, feel sufficient
" acquainted with him 20 address
him freely i? ally H?ate where they
meet. ior he IS extremely democratic
in manners When he travels on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. which.
passes through? his liietiln>'s field OF
labor, he enjoys continuous levec
from the time he boards the train
until he leaves i. How do YOU do.
Mr.. DaviS:" GOOD morning, Mr..
Davis why, AE-. Dav;s.it's long
time since I've seen you"-these are
the rafting voiiey - greetings as uas-
sengerS enter and quir his car. .Anr
the old gentle:1?ai: Is rarely at loss
for a response !: he cannot always
remember the name @: a fellow pas
sanger. he usually manages to recall
the fact thar brother once worked
Tor him. q that couSin lives in
such-and-such 4 Town. or something
else which has enough Of the nature
of Identification 70 answer practical
needs. Not few OF the Young peo-
pie who meet him call him Grandpa
Davis, catching the title from the
lusty sons OF Stephen B. Elklns
brood, who derive the right to apply
it through the maternal lines.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-02

Z great, Shiny alligator, evidently at
tracted to the house by the hope of
young kittens or puppies, wriggled and
writhed. Its wicked, stony eyes,
grim with baleful light, were fixed
on the unconscious babies. and the
wide jaws. open and ponderous. drip
ped with the foam OF eager. unsatis-
fed greed. Frantically calling to the
dogs outside the front door to enter
and help her the brave girl caught TIP
III" large lamp that stood Just with
iii the mothers room. and hurled it
full at The HORRIBLE Gaping Jaws.
Then lcaping aside to escape attack
herself. she stopped quick as thought,
and tossed ;:pon the high bed IN the
corner the suddenly rouscd and
frightened children. She turned from
this task 20 ind that the iniNria;cd aiIi-
gator. diverted from its original pur-
pose and confused by the l1nexC cc;eti
attack. had dashed strai ght through
.thc open door and made its way to
The bedside OF the helpless. terrified
moll?cr. Without a seconds hcsi1a-
ton the devoted daughter rushed to
her aid.
\ shovel OF hot Goals from the
glowing tirc thrown directly against
the vicious eyes OF the angry creature
only served to strengthen and inten-
SHY his fury. Apparently his entire
will was now bent upon the destruc-
ton OF the helpless woman on the
bed The awful. swapping jaws were
within a few feet of her body when
the desperate Alice, returning from
the kitchen with the stout an that
had just REQUIRED to her memory,
sank it to the helve in the thick neck.
Narrowly escaping severe injury in
the death-struggle that followed. all
but fainting with nervousness and
conflicting emotions, the brave girl
followed this blow by others no less
telling and doughty. When the still
quivering, but no longer murderous,
creature had been reduced to absolute
impotence the entire house looked as
though it had been wrecked by van
dals. and the weary conqueror found
herself suffering from many bruises
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-02
Little Girl Fights an Alligator

Woman's Home Companion.
\ frail. slender. girl. Miss Nelson,
one hre night early in April, 1908. sat
= quietly beside her mother. From
The next room where the tvo little
chiIdfssa>ob obaS been left playing came
strange grating sound. The older
sister stepped TO the door between
the two apartments. only TO turn pale
with dismay and horror. for there,
fast asleep on the hearth-rug, lay the
little brother and sister, and crawling
slowly across the floor toward them
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-02
The First Matches.
Chambers Journal.

Chambers Journal.
The first really efficient lucifer
match must be put 10 the credit OF
John Weber, OF Stockton-on-Tees,
who in 1897 placed them on the mar
ket under the name OF ''congreves,"
in compliment to Sir William Con-
greve, the inventor OF the war rocket.
These matches were sold for a shili-
ing box, which contained, besides
a few dozen OF the matches, little
piece OF folded sandpaper, through
which each split of wood had to be
drawn before it could be made to in
fame. An original tin box stamped
with the royal arms and bearing the
vord "Congreve," is preserved as a
uriosity in one OF the London NIL
seuns.
AS in the case OF all other indus
tries this was initiated by hand labor
alone. The splints OF wood were no
doubt originally dipped in the igni-
ting composition one by one. but sub
sequertly they were tied up in bun
dies and dipped en- bloc, the workman
giving each bundle twist with his
hands so that the end Of each split
would be free to move TO a certain
extent, and absorb a little more OF
the compound than it would If kept
quite still.
The next advance was to fix the
splints in frame so that each was
separated from its neighbor, and this
frame, containing about 800 match
es, would be brought down upon a
marble slab upon which the compo-
sition was spread. The dipped match
es, still in their frame, would then be
dried in air for few hours and after
ward placed in a heated chamber to
complete their dissicarion. Marshal
labor, as will presently be seen, is
now almost wholly dispensed with in
the manufacture of matches. The
employment Of yellow phosphorus
for the charging of matches made the
industry a very unhealthy one, and
the work people, if not ir the best of
health, ran risk OF contracting a
terrible disease known as necrosis Of
the jaw bone, the vulgar name for
which was ':phossy jaw With i'm
provements in manufacture this evil
has been eliminated.
Some folks" said Uncle Eben, lis
SO partic'iar bout gjvin' de devil his
DIE dat dey fohgits dar is heap OF
homes an well-meaning' people need
in little encouragement. "-Wash-
i1gton Star.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-02

A man working by the day is paid
for the time he puts in at " crk, but
when that man saves dollar for his
days labor it works for him nights.
as we'll as days; never lays off on
account of bad weather and never
gets sick, but goes right on earn
ing him an income It's a nice
thing to work for money, but it's
much nicer to have money working
for you. Try it---open a savings
account with us and get some money
working for you. Make deposit
n the Savings department today
md let it begin to work for you.
interest computed at 4 per cent
anuary I and July of each year.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-02

Charleston and Western Carolina RWV Co
Augusta and Asheville Short Line.
(schedule in effect August I, 1907
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-19
BOY OF 16
WEDS GIRL
WHO. IS IA.

New York. Feb. l9.-Zero weather coulo
not cool the affection OF Olive Palmer IA
years old. and Andrew Finner. 10, OF
Palrnerville. ". j. These children tramp
ed eight miles over mountainous roads
through snowdrifts. 70 a minister's house
AZ Mount Freedom. where they asked that
they be married.
They arrived nearly frozen at the home
OF the Rev. A. G. Covey lie glanced
at the girl whose dresses reached barely
10 her shoe tops; then he looked at the
beardless face OF the youth, ana salo ne
did not believe he could perform the cere-
niony He advised them 10 return nome;
But they were obdurate They salo
they would be married that day ~ they
had 10 walk 10 New York. They staIleo
out tor the home of the Rev. John tlll-
man. two miles further on. Arrived there.
they were explaining when Mrs Palmer
arrived on the scene. For noment ~
looked as II there would be storm, put
instead Mrs. Palmer said she came soleiy
20 see that her daughter was properly
married.
form the ceremony. and the couple re.
turned 70 Mrs. Palmers home. She hao
followed the children on foot, and so II
was necessary for all three of them 10
tramp back 10 miles In the colo.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-19

around her sisters waist she led her out
OF the room.
The portrait gallery was long room
lust over the garden salon, and looked out
on the terrace.
The windows were rarely opened. so
that when the sisters entered. It was dark.
and the air heavy for want of ventilation
They hurried along the whole length OF
the gallery not stopping 10 look at any
thing till they reached the other emo
where the daylight Just glimmered on the
dusty marble floor. and made the deserted
place look more weird-iike and ghosuy
than il il had been In total darkness.
Ulrike moved back one OF the cumber-
some shutters, and opened the WINDOW
opposite the portrait OF noble-looking
elderly man. All the rest OF the portraits
OF the mailed men, with their merry red
boards and determined faces. remained IN
obscurity, but through this open window
the sun shone full on the face OF man In
which the fiery red hair and beard or the
Trachenberg family had changed into
white. and lay thick and shining on head
and lip.
Dear, dear papat' whispered Lane.
lifting her hands toward him, and her
face softening as she gazed long and low
ingly at the picture.
She had been his darling. his pet, his
little one" whose head had often rested
on his breast, and even in the death agony
OF his last moments he had been able to
move his hand in loving caress for her.
BY his side hung Lanes grandmother,
a stately hard-hearted lady, who looked
down at her grandchild-the girl who had
done as her mother had bidden her. and
married the man chosen for her without
her consent who was breaking her heart
silently and uncomplainingly at leaving
the old castle--with cold blue eyes. and
held out her hand as II TO say:
"A conventional marriage is beat: no
need for love; but obey your lord and
master 10 all eternity"
And IL seemed as II whisper ran
] through the gallery-as II every ear had
J caught the words along the vista OF por-
| traits. and that every lip were replying.
amen. amen" but IL was only the wind
signing through the dim room, nothing
] else
The sisters went to the open window.
and stood for little looking out over the
distant wood and forest They had still
4 much 10 say 10 each other. still many
words OF farewell 10 utter but both were
I silent, because each thought IL best and
kindest TO spare the other as much sor-
row as possible.
ITO be ccntinued)
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-19
PORTSMOUTH.

A memorial service for Frances T.. Will
lard will bs held under the auspices of
the local womans Christian Temperance
union at the Christian church. this even
ing The principal address will be given
by the pastor Of the church, Rev. Ed
ward H. Macy. subject Frances VIII
lard. Her Message fro Today" Vocal solo
will be sung by Mrs. Emma Young. Miss
Carrie Anthony and Mr. Macy.
The Active Culture club met Tuesday
evening with Miss Lizzie Chace. subject,
"Bayard Taylor"
The steam trains furnished the only
means OF getting out of town Tuesday.
Steamboats, have been unable 70 reach
the wharf for weeks and the snow badly
crippled the electric road. The snow
drifted on the tracks a foot or two deep
almost as soon as they were cleared, and
cars were frequently stalled.
Rev A ii Morrill,. held secretary OF
Rhode Island and Massachusetts, Chris
tian conference, was in town the early
part OF the week, the guest OF Rev. f.
II. Macy.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-19
TRAIN FLEW
DOWN STEEP
MOUNTAIN.

wheeling, w. Va. Feb. ls.-on the fa-
mous 17-mils grade on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad. which lies between the
towns OF Altarnont and Piedmont and
inclines from the crest OF the Alieghany
mountains. a freight train OF IS loaded
steel cars ran away. going over steep
embanlument 500 feet high at Everett
tunnel Fireman Francis y. Egan or
western PORT, Md. was killed and En-
gineer Porter Kinney, OF Cumberland
Ma. who made a thrilling leap from the
cab. sustained a serious scalp wound ana
O broken leg.
Two months ago on the same pre-
eipitious grade a heavy freight tram
broke and ran away. killing five train
yaen. The place is considered one OF the
most dangerous spots on any railroad
east OF the Rockies. The railroad COM
pany Is now engaged In constructing a
series OF switches that will run upgrade
20 catch all runaway trains In the fu-
ture.
The cause OF the runaway Wednesday
"A said TO have been the ley condition
OF the tracks which resisted all the
power OF the brakes. and this trouble be-
gan soon after the train began 20 descend
fhe mountain. Desperate efforts were
made to check the trains increasing
speed, and the end came after a hair
raising run OF Ave miles.
At Everett tunnel the curve Is par
ticularly acute. The engine wheels left
the rails at this point, dragging the
rest OF the train behind, and all tumbled
10 the valley below.