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Charlevoix county herald., 1904-05-28

work a day Her girlhood was spent
kitchen.
When Sam was able to build
house he declared that it should be
his mothers home. He registered
VOW that she should do no more work.
The good old lady was astonished
and bit dismayed when she examin-
cd the modest house Sam had erected.
This is a nice place." she said
pride of her son and hereditary eau
ton struggling for mastery. 1T must
ha' cost lot of money. I'm afraid
you're reckless and extravagant, Sam
uel. Don't BIO extravagant, Samuel
It's a besetting SIM"
There amt no commandment ugin
it; leastwise l never saw none in the
Bible" said Sam, who was a perpetual
mystery to his mother. ITO my way
of thinkin', extravaganza is erbout the
only thing worth Twin fer | aims ter
be the most extravagant chap ever
turned outer Rocky Woods
The reproving look on his mothers
lace NdulSHSu WIcu Gam tHlCW Iio
strong arms around her and kissed
her with a resounding smack. They
entered the house, and Sam escorted
his mother to a coy room and told
her that it was her own. She looked
at the tasteful furniture, the snowy
linen, the bright rugs, and the pic
lures, and tears stood in her eyes.
This is too good for me, Samuel"
she said, holding his hands and look
ing fondly into his eyes. But you
must be hur cry. I'll change my dress
and get dinner. Where's the kitchen,
Samuel?"
Never mind erbout the kitchen"
said Sam. There amt no kitchen fer
you. Dinners all ready, anyhow.
Como on, Ma Rounds. II show you
the cutost dinin'-room we ever sot yer
eyes on"
1t was a pretty diningroom. A
broad bay window. framed with morn
ing glories, looked out on a well-kept
lawn. The table was decorated with
flowers, and tho table linen was flaw
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-05-28
Wanted Home Industry.

A wealthy Scotch ironmaster called
on a country squire and was ushered
into the library. He had never seen
such n room before, and was much
impressed with the handsome cases
and the array of well-bound volumes
that filled their shelves. The next
time he went to Glasgow he made a
point of calling at well-known book
sellers. when the following converse
ton is reported to have taken place:
II want you to get me a leebrary."
VERY we'll, Mr.. -; III be pleased
to supply you with books. Can you
give me any list OF such books as you
would like?" "Ye ken mair ABBOTT
buiks than l do. so you can choose
them yourself" Then you leave the
selection entirely to me? Would you
like them bound in Russia or Mo-
rocco?" Russia or Morocco? Can
ye no get them bound in Glasco?"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-05-28

less. To the old farmwife these mod
est comforts realized her dreams of
prodigality.
Sam touched a bell, and a trim,
white-apToned maid responded. She
placed tureen in front of the mas
tor of the house and moved noiseless-
ly away. Mrs. Rounds gazed search
ingly, first at the young woman and
then at Sam.
Seems Ike old times tew have YOU
offer blessin'" said Sam, as he sery-
cd his mother portion of the savory
soup.
WHO is that woman she asked.
Her name is Mrs. Fletcher. She's
the housekeeper here. She's a widow
lady, an mighty good woman"
"Of course you'll let her go now"
his mother said, when the housekeep-
er had served a roast of lamb, O dish
Of green peas, Drowned potatoes and
some tender cabbage. IL can do the
cookin' an all the work here now.
What do you pay her, Samuel?''
Seven dollars "a month" said
Sam, who preferred the falsehood
rather than the confession of the
appalling truth that Mrs. Fletcher re-
ceived that amount per week She's
an awful good cook, ma"
Seven dollars month and her
Keep" unused Mrs. Rounds. THAT
would be as much as twelve dollars
month, or one hundred and fifty dol
lars year, Samuel. We can save all
that. Let her go at once, Samuel, and
l will do the work.
You'll do nothin', Ma Rounds"
said Sam, decidedly. you've worked
night onto fifty years, an that's
enough. Now, I'm go'in ter dew Their
work, an you're goln' ter dew Their
playin' an restin Of course you can
sew an boss Their girl an putter
round like, but you must keep outer
Their kitchen, an fergit that brooms
ever was made. Don't you worry err
bout money. I've got enough money
ter keep both on us er hundred years,
an I'm goin' ter have more"
Sam took his mother to Boston and
superintendent the purchase of dress
materials, a bonnet. and various
articles of apparel, On this occasion
he was guilty Of a scheme of decep-
ton which filled his soul with joy.
He was acquainted with Mr.. Farms
worth, the merchant, and calling him
aside. said:
Il want you tcw wait on mother an
nc, yerself. Mr. Farnsworth. Mother
che thinks I'm extravagant. an
wouldn't hurt her fcelins fer any
thing. Nov, | tell We what We can
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-05-28
WAY OF RUSSIAN OFFICIALS.
Remarkably Proficient in the Science
of "Grafting."

A story which illustrates the
methods of Russian officials is told by
a traveller recently returned from the
Far East. In an important town in
Siberia there is a solitary member OF
the Anglo-SaXon race who has estab-
lished a successful business, despite
the restrictions imposed upon him.
Periodically, however, he is reminded
that he is there only on sufferance by
the receipt of letter form the all
powerful governor, which reads some
thing like this: Dear Sir: 1t is
proposed to raise q monument to the
beloved memory of the late emperor,
and knowing how deeply interested
you are in all that affects the peo-
pie among whom you live, | have ven
tured to put down your name for a
thousand rubles. Please remit the
amount as early as possible" At one
time the monument is to an emperor,
another time to national poet, or a
historian or general. Needless to
say, the proposals never get beyond
the committee stage-the governor
constituting the committee. The de-
mands are simply a polite form of
blackmail, OF which the merchant is
well aware, but they must be met,
otherwise he would not be allowed to
remain in the place.-Leslie's Weekly.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-05-28
CHAPTER TEN.
Samuel Lemuel Rounds.


The Roundses don't run much tew
ancestry, reckon; leastwise our end
on 'em don't" Sam Rounds had ex-
planned to John Burt on one occasion.
Course I've got lot of ancestors
back somewhat, but whom thunder
they are, blamed Z know"
1t is reasonably we'll established
that Rounds settled in Rehoboth
fully one hundred years before Sam
was born, but the latter's recollection
did not 99tend back of his father-one
Hiram Rounds. The annals Of Hiram
Rounds and his family can be epito-
mixed in one woodwork
Dad shorely was er hard, worker
an no mistake" explained Sam.
When thar want no work tew dew
on our farm, he'd hire out tew Their
neighbors fer fifty er seventy-five
cents er day. And at night we'd all
shave hoops after supper, working It'll
nine an sometimes ten o'clock. In
the winter dad would haul logs tew
Newport. He shorely was the cham
pionworker round Rehoboth. Lots er
strong young fellers came up from
Attleboro and tried to NOW a swath
with dad, but he pushed all on EN-
killing himself to live" unused
John Burt.
wall. l reckon he did-leastwise
Doc Reynolds lowed so. Dad died
when he was forty-eight. He teamed
all night, three nights runnin', workin'
out the poll-taX fer the neighbors, an
he had er stroke. Doc warned him
then tew let up CT bit, but dad just
somehow couldn't. and he pitched in
ergain. He was shinglin' Their roof of
Their barn, erbout eleven o'clock one
might, an | guess he had erother
stroke The doctor couldn't exactly
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-05-28

man power to be of iron. and though
the fingers Of 1t be diminished to the
smallness of needle, yet they are OF
iron STILL" In the same manner, IL
the ways OF life be of Christ, even
though they go out into such petty
things as the greetings of a morning,
the conversations Of table, the
games of vacation. day. yet will
they be of Christ still. We need not
wait for noteworthy events in order
to be noble men. Job on a dunghill
and Joshua at the head of nation
showed the same faith and force. "All
that mOlds the great lies mirrored In
the small" Covet not occasions;
seek rather for character.
When God looks into the mirror of
human lives, 1t is as when the sun
looks into a dewdrop or an ocean;
not the size of what He looks at, but
the image of Himself is what He will
see.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-05-28
The Victory of Faith.

When we reach heaven we may
discover that the richest and deepest
and most profitable experiences we
had in this world were those which
were gained in the very roads from
which we shrank back with dread.
The bitter cups we tried to push away
contained the medicines we most
needed. The hardest lessons that we
learned are those which teaches us
the most and best, fit us for SER
vice here and gloiy hereafter. 1t is
the easiest thing in the world to obey
God when he commands us to what
we like and to trust Him when the
path is all sunshine. The real victory
of faith is to trust God in the dark
and through the dark. Let us be as
sured of this, that if the lesson and
the rod are of His appointing and that
His all wise love has engineered the
deep tunnels of trial on the heaven
ward road He will never desert us
during the discipline. The vital thing
for us is not to deny and desert Him.
Theodore l.. Cuyler, d. ID.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-05-28
The Mystery Of Grace.

When weary, selfish heart comes
to the Savior the Savior meets his
need by saying: Take my yoke upon
YOU" But, Lord, he is tired and
weary already; another yoke will
crush him." No, no; he has just
been carrying himself, and himself
only, and that is the heaviest of all
loads, heavier than any one man can
bear. But strange it is that if he adds
another burden, his own burden will
become light. That is the mystery
of grace, that the burdens of self
ish man are lightened by adding
more. Take my yoke upon you"
And what yoke is that, Lord?
1.-THE yoke of other peoples needs
the burdens of the blind and the deaf.
and the lame and the leper-the bur-
dens OF other folks sorrows; put
them on to my shCulders-take my
yoke upon thee--increase thy burden.
and thy burden shall becon.s light,
and instead of WEAKNESS thou shalt
ind rest. ". Jowett. NJ, A.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-05-28

tell whether he had er stroke, er
whether he fell off an broke his
neck, er both-enyhow he was dead
when they picked him up. | wasn't
home at ther time-I was in Fall
River worllin in the mills. When us
young ones got tew be twelve years
old most on us was packed uff an set
tew work in Their cotton mills er in
the match factories. Five of my sis
ters worked in Their cotton mills.
Nowadays Their workin' men are talk
in erbout er ten-hour day, an some
on 'em is strihin' fer an eght-hour
day. My sisters an thousands of
other girls used tew work from six
o'clock in Their mornin' till nine at
night, an they was mighty glad tew
git Their chance. Where air my sisters
now? Two on 'em is dead, two mar
ried, an ones in an asylum"
You never told me how you made
your start, 2Sam," John said, taking
advantage Of his friends reminiscent
mood.
Reckon l never would got started
IL / had tew depend on wages" re-
iected Sam. Worked In CT shop
in Providence fer three years an
saved up err hundred dollars. Then
dad died an left me part of Their old
farm. sold out fer six hundred.
Went up ter Vermont and bought
some bosses an brought 'em back an
sold 'em. Then kept on buyin' an
sellin' 'em. When had enough
money | bought that air strip of land
| own now, and I've been thare ever
since. I've been down ter New York,
lookin' 1t over, an have erbout decid-
ed ter locate thare That's er great
town, John, an l knows more erbout
bosses than nose on 'em down that
away. what dew We think erbout 1t,
Johnf"
Sam looked anxiously into the face
of his friend.
1T should CO. said John decisively.
There's a fortune waiting for you
in New York, Sam. Go, by all means"
This settled it with Sam. A month
after the Segregansett sailed away
with John Burt, Providence steam
or carried Sam Rounds and fifty
carefully selected horses to New
York. Stree the death of his father
Sam had provided, for his mother, who
lived with him in a well-built house
on his bingham stock farm.
Mrs. Rounds was q faded little
woman who had reached her three
score of years She looked frail, but
was seemingly incapable OF physical
fatigue. She had reared a family of
ten children, and for moro than forty
years had averaged sixteen hours of
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-05-28
Solomon,s Sona.


Love. I have wondered a weary way.
weary way for thee.
The east Is wan with the smile OF the
day
Open thy door to me.
My hair is wet with the dew OF the night
That falls from the cedar tree;
The shadows are dark, but the east is
light
Open thy door to me!
The stones Of tho road have bruised my
feet
The hours till morn are three
Thou that hast spikenard precious sweet!
Open thy door to me!
Stay not thy hand upon the lock.
Nor thy fingers on the key.
In the breeze before morn the treetopS
rock
Open thy door to me!
My love is fairest. the only one,
The choice of her house Is She
The height OF the heaven hath seen the
sun
Open thy door to me!
The holy kiss OF my lips and thine
Shall the sun have grace to see!
The hours foregone of the night are nine-
Open thy door to me!
H. c. Bunner.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-05-28
One WAY to Praise God.

There is a praise of God that be.
longs to God alone. But since so
many of our daily blessings comes to
us through others. there is a praise
of God which best finds expression in
grateful acknowledgment to those
about us for their kindness. The
loving care of the parents, the instruc-
ton of teachers, the sunshine of
children's love. the goodness of
friends, the faithful work of servants
how much our comfort and happi-
ness depend on all these things! And
when we praise God by approaching
men we have deeper sense of Gods
care. Little expressions like 81 thank
you," you are very kind" You have
done WELL" are even more helpful to
those who speak them than to those
who listen. One who constantly sees
and acknowledges the goodness of
men is prepared to see clearly the
goodness of God.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-05-28
Concentrated Power.

Great forces can be confined in
small places, and a great quality can
be manifested in trivial event. OF
modern high explosives, man can
hold enough in his hand to demolish
his house; and of Christian patience,
a woman can have SO much in her
heart when dealing with an irritable
child that, il the same spirit could be
gotten into the councils of mighty ma
Hons, great wars would he prevented.
The ancient writer IIiltenius once
said: "It is the nature Of the Ro.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-05-28
Fast Time Around the Horn.

/. w. Lyon of Englewood, N. j..
writes of a voyage he made to San
Francisco in 1851 on the famous clip
per ship Flying Cloud. The ship was
commanded by Captain ]. Perkins
Greasy of Marblehead, Mass, and the
voyage was made in eighty-nine days
and twenty-three hours. Afterward
the same captain made the trip In
eighty-nine days and thirteen hours,
which time has never been beaten.
Captain Greasy worked his crew for
all they were worth. One squally day
he set and took in studding sails
fourteen times. They saw land but
once on the first voyage and that was
Cape Horn, which they passed at q
distance of three miles.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-05-28

Limits Set on Those Who Would
Worry a Creditor.

Ordinarily when debtor appears
before a longtime creditor in Chi
caso there is no questioning of the
United States coin in which the debt
is to be paid, but the wide possibili-
ties possessed by an arbitrary cred
itor in STIMULATING just what coins
and In what amounts he will receive
payment are enough almost to dis
courage borrowing.
You can't force a mean creditor to
take more than 25 cents worth of
nickeis or 20 cents worth of copper
cents. II you could get as much as
So worth of old silver three-cent
pieces OF another generation you
could unload SIS worth on him, just
as he would have to take S. worth
of silver five-cent pieces and S. worth
of the obsolete 20-cent pieces which
made so much trouble in the late '70's.
But you can pay out $40 in silver
dimes and silver quarters and silver
half dollars; the trade dollars-of
which there are a few still coming
into the treasury of the United States
for redemption-are worth nothing,
while the standard dollar is an un-
limited legal tencer, as is the old
dollar Of our dads" the first OF
which was coineu in 1894 and the
last in 1873.
Coins that virtually have disap.
peared from circulation are gold S.
and 81 pieces. the trade dollar of sill
yer, the nickel three-cent piece, the
copper two-cent piece, the copper
half cent, and silver three and five
cent pieces.-Chicago Tribune.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-05-28
FIorentina.

@ surely. surely life Is fair.
And surely, surely hearts are true;
BE witness, balm OF April air,
And boundless depth OF midnight blue.
The trouble of an hour ago,
That seemed TO gather round our way.
IL vanished as the last-year snow
That hid the hills of Fesole.
And softly still the moonlight falls.
o love, and makes for thee and me
An Eden mid the bay-leaf walls.
The fragrant bowers OF Boboi.
How gently DER our spirits move
Tho golden hours we feared would dici
The very fame that threatened Love.
Has lent US light to see him by
Ernest Myers
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-05-28
AFGHAN Justice.

In native irregular force raised
by an Afghan chieftan. the following
amusing incident took place. says the
Regiment. A man was brought before
the chief for stealing a shirt, and
this is how the case proceeded:
Chief Ito prisoner)-You are charg
cd with stealing a shirt.
First Witness-Your honor, it was
my shirt.
Second Witness-Your honor, l saw
him steal the shirt.
Result-Prisoner ten days for steal
ing the shirt; first witness ten days
for not looking after the shirt bet.
ter, end second witness ten days for
not minding his own business.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-05-28
Sun and Shadow.

1t is the sun that makes the
shadows possible, beloved do not for
get that! So shalt thou learn the
first of all needed lessons for dark
days! When it is midnight even, the
sun has not gone out; the dark old
earth has rolled its own bulk between
it's face and the sun; it is dark be-
cause it is in its own shadow. How
often, o my soul, hast thou turned
thy back upon God and rnourned be-
cause thou vert in the darkness! Turn
thee to the Light, my soul! Thy sun
shall not go down, however dark the
clouds above thee! Nay as the moon
and earth light each other because
they face common sun, so shalt thou
give Gods reflected light to other
souls in present need and thou thy
self shalt see Gods light in their faces
when comes thy hour of darkness!-'
w. T. Barton, ID. ID.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-05-28
TURNED THEM ALL DOWN.
Culprit Evidently Not Impressed by
Appearance of LAWYERS,

SPPCd' cHSC W GdWyCIos
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie Nj
Shaw told the following story when
he was in New York the other day OF
the time he was practicing law in
Iowa.
One of his townsmen was arraigned
for crime and had no counsel. The
Judge explained to him that he was
entitled to have counsel assigned to
him. He pointed out several attor.
noys in the courtroom, naming them
as he did so, and said:
Here are Mr.. So-and-So and So-and.
So. and Mr.. Smith is out in the cor
ridor You can choose any one you
want and l will assign him to defend
YOU"
The prisoner slowly looked the law.
yers in the courtroom over, one after
the other, and then replied:
''If 1t suits your honor just as well,
I'd as soon have, the one in the hail.
New York Times.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-05-28
Strength by Trial.

The purest lives have known have
not been those carefully screened
from the world, but which, coming up
in it, have kept themselves unspot-
ted. The sweetest and truest have
grown and ripened under conditions,
you would say, most hostile, but
which have been wrought into the
means of grandly elevated faith and
life.-J. +. w. Ware.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-05-28
Stones in Gods House.

Let our Lords sweet hand square
us, and hammer us. and strike off the
rough corners of pride. self-love and
world-worship, and infidelity. that He
may make us stones and pillars in
His Fathers house.-Samuel Ruther-
ford.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-05-28

Cupid had stolen upon her in the
night. He had fired an arrow and
lied. She felt the delicious Jingle
of the wound in her heart, and Won
dered il it was love.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-11-16

roRoposAIs WILL BE RECEIVED At THE
L Bureau Of Supplies and ACCOUNTS Navy
Depar4uaent. washaa rton ID. c.. until 10 O'Clock
.. m. November 2e. 1904 and pubiiciy opened
immediately thereafter. TO furnish Al the
navy Yards, League Island, Pa. Warrington, d.
C., and the Naval Academy. Annapolis. Nd,
a. specified quantity q incandescent lamps.
panel boards telephone SETS. wattineters, elec-
ira carbons. standard Carbon Cas- carbons,
wire conduit and fittings. miscellaneous cleo
tricai supplies, Portland cement sand. hre clay,
broken stone red brick, lime. granite siiis bur
Ian. cheese cloth carpet curied hair. dry goods,
window glass airport lenses. bolts, nuts. riFets,
brass springs chain. brass wire. Nicho.sons
flies aifIerential purchases. platform scale, tool
racks Dixon's crucibles. Little Giant arr drills,
Bower chipping hammers. slOttiug attachment,
biiee block fittings. oliver pillow. etc. Westcott
lathe chucks. Curtis pipe machine, Toies' train
ing vises. miscellaneous hardware and hand
tools leather betting. uphoIstereTs leather,
6lieta. oak, pine. poplar, knees. window frames.
brass rod Parsons brass sheet copper. ingot
copper. slab zinc. pig tin, pig iron. strap iron.
corrugated sheet iron, steel forgings, castings
shapes, bars sheets solder, etc rails, pneutnas-
ie hose. wife.wound hose, strip rubber, Red Seal
packing, Cariock packing. Rainbow packing,
Druid fax packing. disks for Deaue air pump,
paints. Red V oil arctic engine oil. machinery
oil. lard oil. sperm oil paraffn of. petroleum
oil. rape seed oil, damar yarnish, Albany grease,
acids. soda ash, mixed acid, sal ammonia etc,
chemicals. Lubria. brass and copper tubing. iron
pipe hose gate valves. terra Gotta pipe, vitrihed
clay conduit. cotton waste. fiber Cotton, garnet
paper, laundry soap. asbestos mittens. oars.
hemp junk. strawboard, sour -four, iayatories
and fttings candies. seeds. books. index cabi-
nets, stationery, RiheF's drawing instruments,
Photographic supplies Argo paper. blueprint
paper. franklin blsckpriut paper. American
Optical CO S cameras. steel die, wax seals. lead
seals, presses. kitchen utensils. dish washing
machine. dischargiug coal, and extension Of
stairway. Blank proposals viii be furnished
upon application 10 the Navy Paw Offices
Philadelphia. Pa, and Baltimore. Md, or to the
Bureau. H. T. b. HARRIS Pa,apasfe,-Geneyal
u. S. ~ ii-4o4 MA
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-11-16
The Bsst Liuiment.

Chamberlain Pain Balm is con-
sidered the best hniment on the market. =
write Post < Bliss. of Georgia, VI. No
other hniment will heal a cut or bruise so
promptly. No other affords such quick
relief from rheumatic pains No other
is 50 valuable for deep seated pains like
lame back and pains in the chest. Give
this hnlment a trial and you viii never
wish 10 be without it. Sold BY Field
meyer Bros.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-11-16

Prof. G.. X. Gilbert, of the Geolog-
ieal Survey. despite the fact that the
lake levels have been unusually high
this year. adheres to his belief that
sooner or later-probably 5000 years
hence-the Great Lakes will change
their outlet from Niagara to the Mis-
sissippi river through the Illinois
river. Who cares what happens in
5000 years from now. None of US
will be here anyway.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-11-16

An educator in Pittsburg writes
that cooks are paid higher wages than
teachers salaries. Honestly, now,
we can't live without cooks. but any
man can make his mark to a paper
where millions are at stake.