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Evening journal., 1904-07-29
STILL AFTER QUEEN ANHE'S ROAD
Harlan c. Scott Says There Are No
New DEVELOPMENTS.

Baltimore. Md. July 29.-Behind the Of
fer OF a syndicate headed By Nicho'as p.
Bond and Henry 7. Scott a banker Of
Wilmington Del. to purchase The Queen
Annes Railroad Company and the Weems
Steamboat Company IS the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company
Mr. Bond who is counsel for the Ball
timore. Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway
Company. owned by the Pennsylvania, ad-
mits the deal Is under way.
II. p. Scott was out Of the city today,
but Harlan c. Scott. a member Of tho
firm Of Scott & Co., stated that the
deal remains the same as 81 was last win
ter. There are no new developments.
Evening journal., 1904-07-29

There will be a special meeting OF tho
Delaware State Liquor League IN Ger
man Hall this afternoon. at g
o'clock. All members are requested to at
tend
Evening journal., 1904-07-29

There is only one way to make
advertising pay and IT is to do il
persistsntly and consistently, no
matter whether the weather is hot
or cold, rainy or clear, and the ner-
chant who lets up just little bit
just because it is bad day is sure
10 lose the business which a mors
snersetia and psrsevsrins eompsti-
ter will get
Evening journal., 1904-07-29
LOST. FOUND AND REWARD.

FOUND.-A SILVER HAT PIN AT
shelpot Park. Can d. A. El2A. jy27-Ar
Evening journal., 1904-07-29
Contributions Asked.

The contributions are gradually in
creasing in the dog-drinking trough
fund. 1t is hoped the public viii re-
spond willingly to this cause as II VIII
cost 500 10 carry out the plan. Today
81 was sent to this Office, and contriDu-
tions. whether large or small VIII be
thankfully received by the committee
The following contributions have been
rec eived at this office
Evening journal., 1904-07-29

Republican Smoker.
Eleventh Ward Republicans will give
a smoker at No. All South Van Buren,
street this evening.
Evening journal., 1904-07-29

New York commuters criticise the &C.
tion of President Mellen in running loca
trains on New Haven road.
Evening journal., 1904-07-29
THE WEATHER

tomorrow: Partly cloudy,
lower temperature. Sunday,
fair, moderate temperature will
prevail.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-11-19

ney when voices reached his ear, and
looking up he said sotto yoce, John
Caldwell as sure as I'm what | never
meant 30 be. Who would have thought
of seeing him after all these years? Well.
it's likely he wouldn't know me il he
should see me, but I'll not give him the
chance" And Toby crouched low in the
fence corner, while the farmer and cattle
trader haggled about the bunch of plump
calves in the pasture field before them.
At last the bargain being concluded,
the trader paid the farmer fifty dollars
and departed, while Mr.. Caldwell entered
the woods at Tobys back. Toby's eyes
followed him thoughtfully.
"If had that fifty dollars" said
Toby. I'd be more than thankful. And
vet that ungrateful reprobate is too mean
to let his daughter have Thanksgiving
dinner. | wish it was my business to
kick him into a better way of thinking"
Toby. in his half recumbent posture on
tho leaves. felt 10th 10 leave a retreat
81 nestful until his breakfast was di-
,oS+ed. Int ere the farmer had quite dis
onnaared from sight, Toby suddenly
reaching a decision, arose and stealthily
followed him.
Mr.. Caldwell's gloomy meditations took
sndden turn, as Toby from behind
tree sprang upon him, and before the
Farmer could think of resistance or de-
tense he lay prone on his back with a
hundred and eighty pounds of tramp
seated on his stomach
sSrake II easy. man." said Toby. you
needn't cut up rough, it'll do no good. l
mean to hold you quiet while We have
little talk. | think | can convince you
that you have several things to be thank,
ful for. oh, you needn't wiggle. heard
your talk to your wife and daughter al
though you didn't see me, nor you.
heard II all, while | was breakfasung on
your bounty. Now, listen TO me. As
Young men just starting in life our pros
nec4s were about the same.
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THE EMPTY CHAIRS.

tell her It is foolish--but each Thanksciv.
ing day
She's bound to have the table set in the
old-time way,
The little cup and saucer that Henry al
That handle has been broken since he was
Just n tad
The plate we. got for. Molie-the brim is
A, r. C's-
tell me It Is foolish, but her eyes. they
And then somehow or other I've got no
more to say
When she sets out the dishes for orr
Thanksgiving day.
She gets the little high chair-I've vowed
most every year
I'd sell IT to somebody, but still it's al
The baby used to use IT. the baby-that
It's always for her children our latest
turkey goes.
We send one to the others; II isn't much
to give,
But it's home touch for them away Off
where they live.
But tell ma it's foolish. with MS both old
To set the chidren's places on each Thanks.
giving day.
] ask blessing always; there's lots I'd Ike
But with those empty places, the blessing
is q task.
] tell ma not to do tim thinking all
the while
How Henry used to argue that handle was
In style:
And ma says she remembers the way that
II was broke.
Both of us laugh about 1t, but I most al
ways choke
l tell her that it's foolish to set the things
that way
And think we've got the children back
home Thanksgiving day.
We never eat that dinner. We don't get
half way through
Till ma Is In some story Of how they used
to do
OF how they used to chatter, and beg for
this and that
And all the time a-looking at each place
where they sat.
And then-and then-she's trying to hide a
sudden tear
And saying she Is thankful that one time
they was here.
But still | say it's foolish to have things
fixed this way
To set the children's places on each
Thanksgiving day.
w. d. Nesbit in Chicago Tribune.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-11-19

not insure him on any consideration.
But Lloyds, the great London con-
Germ. would insure anything or any
body-Prof. Langley going up in one
of his flying machines, a japanese spy
about to enter Port Arthur, Russian
battleship going into battle. And hence
Lloyds is willing to insure the poor
little Russian heir, and a certain class
OF men, taking advantage of this fact,
are procuring policies upon the baby's
life.
Gambling on lives is CHASTITY form
of sport, and l believe that 1t is prac-
ticed nowhere but in England. 1t
ought not to be practlced there. The
law ought to prohibit 1t. At Lloyds,
however, IT is always going on. Poll.
cies at Lloyds are continually being
taken out on persons Of eminence all
over the world"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-11-19

The dlgnl6ed citizen had just finish
ed telling his story to the grand jury
and, duly impressed by his importance
as cog in the machinery OF the law
had started for the door. He was halt
ed by a call from one of the grand
jurors.
"Mr. Binks! Just q momentv
Mr.. Binks stopped, slowly retraced
his steps and again took the witness
chair.
mfr. Binks," said the inquiring jur.
or, didn't you say you live on the
north slider"
II did, SIR" said Mr.. Binks, with
the Importance which some north side
people always assume. He looked at
his inqulsitor, but the black beard
tinged with gray of the grand juror
and the twinkling eyes behind the
glasses told him nothing.
Mr.. Binks," went on the juror,
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"who are your" interrupted Mr.. Cald.

who are your interrupted Mr.. Cald-
well, looking keenly at his captor.
1t doesn't matter. I'm not worth
name. But when we left school you
went back to the farm: while |. holding
your choice in contempt. went TO the city
| where in my ignorance | thought a man
had chance to rise in the world For
twenty years Knocked about. sometimes
working, sometimes starving. always
hard pressed.
Il lost my last job ten years ago, by
striking for less work and higher wages.
| couldn't get another job even at the
same wages, SO | turned tramp. | have
not had the energy to try any other vo-
cation since. In fact, | have come to the
conclusion that I've done enough and suf-
fered enough to have gained the indie
pendence ! started out for And now
the world has got to give me the living
it owes me.
But mark you. not one ambition OF
my early life has been realized. And
now | must travel on in search of the
next meal not knowing whether the peo-
pie | next encounter will give me
crumb or not
Compare my lot with yours: loving
wife. pretty daughter good home and
plenty 10 eat, all your own. And in adj
dition to all these blessings you've got
fifty dollars in your pocket ut this blessed
moment"
Yes" growled Mr. Caldwell. land
| that loving wife and pretty daughter you
mention so feelingly know how to spend
every cent of it."
What other use have you for it,
man." asked Toby, losing all patience
and humping Caldwelrs head rather
hard against the solid ground. Such an
old miser deserves absolutely nothingw
he exclaimed in disgust, as he dexterous-
| ~ changed the wallet from the farmers
pocket to his own.
Don't, man" cried Mr.. Caldwell,
helplessly.
| But paying no heed to his futile strug-
giles and remonstrances. Toby calmly
knotted handkerchief round his hands,
then sprang up and away.
Mr.. Caldwell instantly gave chase. hut
unfortunately he fell sprawling over the
first log in his way. Toby had vanished
| from sight when he regained his feet, so
with an imprecation on his own ill-luck
he seated himself and with teeth and
nails endeavored to free his hands This
task accomplished. he made his way
home, in anything but a mild temper. His
wife met him at the door, saying:
John, rather disreputable looking
man came here "A while ago and left
this holding up the wallet. He said
he found it in the woods"
Thank goodness" cried her husband,
eagerly Selling his treasure. Il thought
/ il was gone for good and always"
Mr.. Caldwell is still wondering who
among his many school fellows that
! preaching tramp may be" And although
| he would have suffered death rather than
admit so much to any one, yet he was
convinced that the tramp had adopted
the only effective method for showing
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,Uicins when we have nothing to b.

,Sicans when we have nothing to be
| On, papa" Amy exclaimed in horri-
ned tones. nothing to be thankful for.
how can you say 80 when we have so
much more than we deseryef"
Yes, Amy, in a general way that is
true. But you can't understand the hard
work and close management I'm bound 70
practice TO make ends meet. This year
mas Deen hard one altogether. One Of
my best horses died last spring The
ifoSt Killed the fruit crop. The pesky
dogs killed several sheep: aud between
the drought and the insects my corn and
potato crops are cut off at least half.
Ana now, to cap the climax that cattle
man oilers me about half as much for
the calves as | had counted on getting
NO I'm not feeling particularly thank
full"
Not have Thanksgiving dinner.
John' now Amy is at home and our only
boy Is coming. too"' exclaimed Mrs.
caldwell coming into the room as her
husband concluded his remarks.
Not thankful" exclaimed Amy. a sob
IN her voice, when we have good health.
a home and plenty in storehouse and
barn and Amy passed hastily through
the kitchen and ont of sight in the ward.
Toby, just taking the last choice bits
OF ms breakfast, east a furtiye glance at
the girl and noted the trembling lips
and fearful eyes.
Now, John, said Mrs Caldwell in a
pleading tone. you have hurt the dear
child And she has been so happy these
weeks past planning for the dinner and
the guests. And besides celebrating
Toms return, it would be most appro-
pirate way for Amy to renew old friend
ships, for after an absence Of three
years the poor child is almost stranger
in the neighborhood.
II m sorry to disappont you and
Amy returned the husband. But |
cannot afford to entertain the public this
year, If YOU and Amy are so awfully
thankful, you can have a small family
dinner; one of the little turkeys, and none
but home folks present"
I'1e idea of scrimping and pinching on
Thanksgiving dinner"' retorted Mrs.
| Caldwell. now evincing unmistakable
signs of anger; and leaving the ROOM she
| slammed the door after her.
With sigh of mingled contentment
and regret Toby slowly rose and pre-
pared to leave the snug room which
seemed paradise to him. AS he passed
the dairy he saw Amy. with a jar of
cream in her hand, and thanked her for
his repast. Then, with forlorn home
sickness that wouldn't be shook off, he
aimlessly climbed the long, red hill, and
presently finding himself in a sunny, smell
tered spot, he threw himself ON the dry
leaves for. what he seldom INDUCED in, a
little sober reflection:
IF | We're in that farmers place, s.
he soliloquized 81 honestly believe |
could be as thankful as he ought to be
l wish l could help that kind-hearted
girl, but what can a poor tramp do?"
He was thinking of pursuing his jour
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him his selfish and misery nature And
being convinced OF his former errors, he
at once set about a reformation. As a
first step in this new direction, he threw
the purse in his wife's lap. then told
Amy to invite the whole country to din.
ner if she chose to do So
And what a dinner it vast Turkey.
pigs, cakes and pies in bountiful per.
lection, rendered doubly enjoyable by the
participation of dear friends, each intent
on doing Justice to the occasion by q
hearty appreciation. and under the witt
cisms and laughter ran current OF fer
vent thanksgiving. which made Amy and
her mother the sincere and happy hos.
tesses they seemed.-Wayerley Maya
zine
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didn't your father at one time keep
a drug store on the north side"
'He did" replied Mr.. Binks, won.
dering what that had to do with his
testimony.
Now, Mr.. Blnks" pursued the
grand juror, didn't you at one time
steal number OF wine bottles from
your father
Certainly not STRIP shouted Mr..
Binks, standing up Indignantly, while
the other twenty-five Jurors stared
at the bearded member.
Yes. you did, Tom," exclaimed that
mysterious person, leaving his seat in
the row OF jurors and advancing to
Mr.. Binks with extended hand, "be-
cause l helped you and | took 'em
around to the front and sold 'em again
to the old man. Don't you know me,
you old fraudW
Then they had a reunion and the
grand jury took a recess.--Chicago
Daily News.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-11-19
GAMBLING IN HUMAN LIVES.
The Weird Sport Is Carried on in
London.

The Weird Sport Is Carried on in
London.
Policies, I'll wager, are already be-
ing taken out In London on the life of
little Alexis, the new heir to the Rus
sian throne" said an insurance agent
to q writer for the Louisville Courier
Journal. THE English gamble horribly
in life insurance, and Alexis must APP
peal to them as a wonderful risk. They
will pay high for him, though
"The insurance rates on all royal
lives are a tribute to the power Of the
nihilists and anarchists, for they are
so huge as TO be almost prohibitive.
The rate ON the King of England is
enormous, and among monarchs his Is
the lowest rate of any. That on the
Russian Gar is the higest. The Gar
Is bad risk. Many companies would
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-11-19
Nonsense Calendar.

Over the country side
The turkey struts with pride,
And seems TO say:
How nobly ! adorn
This smiling autumn morn
SO blithe and gayr'
But he'll adorn plate
When we shall celebrate
Thanksgiving Day.
st Nicholas
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-11-19
From tho Twentieth Century Home.

HE first reason why women fail wives is because
marriage has never yet been esteemed the learned
PROFESSIONS which only highly qualified individual Is
fitted to practice. On the contrary, 1t is held to be
kind of Jackleg trade that any girl pick up
utes notice and carry successfully without the slight
est previous knowledge training No girl would be
conceited enough to think that she could practice med
cine or law dentistry without devotng years to its
study. She wouldn't dream of hiring out
ographer without first learning how to make pothooks,
but she bithey and cocksurey tackles the difficult
and complicated job existing that of being wife,
the fallacious assumption that a knowledge of how
manage a man and make him hannY and COMFORTABLE
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comes to a woma


by inspiration
to
comfortable Nobody can be sentimental
bad cooking will kill the tendees affection
tough
bands illusions about his bride
All to a is
nevertheless When
in the world to-day he has all that
finds him with wrecked body that
place where of
marriage partnership supply this
her contract
false If
COOK fewer wives would have liquidation In
fa
as wives There to
with her husband and things
and that their sacred duty
selves The wife
trying change his habits
Then there the children
exist between husband generally
queus from baby baby's arrival
baby
evenings with husband
when her husband
because In her desire
wife she has become
Women fail wives because
instead Of giving thanks They gmbe
bes
carae They Europe
beaming with because
want his wife brass
his his family
toll his
vain After has worked
gets-i he
whnes and repoaches because he doesn't
Finally lastly
an
requires
labor and and skill and
when
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-11-22
Shoe Industry Going West.

Oh, no, the shoe industry OF New
England doesn't need any relief
But at the same time it is noted that
big St. Louis firm who, some years
ago, were simply doing jobbing bus
mess and placing practically all their
orders in New England, have laid
plans fer another big e;ght-story fac
tory in addition to two already opera
ted, and will increase their nanufac>
turing capacity about 5000 pairs d
day. Nearness to their markets is
making it profitable to them to manu-
facture their shoes rather than buy
them in New England, and the New
England manufacturers suffer the loss
unless they discover new markets
with which they have the advantage
of distance to take the place of the
west.
Haverhill Gazette.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-11-22
DELAYS Are Not Denials

Wayland Hoyt, D. D.
They have preserved in Bedford,
England, the door of the jail which
was locked upon John Bunyan. |
looked at it long and earnestly. I
thought of the many years which
Bunyan must have pleaded behind it
that that jail door might swing open
for him. Yet for twelve years the
bolts OF that door stood undrawn.
But the delay was how efluently
fruitful. Dreams were going on be-
hind that door, and the world needed
them. When "The Pilgrims Pro-
gress'' of which Bunyan dreamed had
taken shape and tangibility, Bunyan's
Lord, who had never for an instant
forgotten him while the slow years
passed, swung that jail door wide.
Let US give God time. Let us trust
His wisdom. Sometimes quick an
swers would be worst answer. Let us
learn Adam Slowman's so needed les
son for Our impatient hearts-that
"delays are not denials."
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-11-22
THE CHRISTIAN churches at Cor

THE CHRISTIAN churches at Con-
stantinople, Turkey and Yokahoma,
Japan, have long used the Longman &
Martinez paints for painting their
churches.
F. NJ. Scoheld, Harris Springs, S.
C., writes, Il painted our old home
stead with L. & NJ. twenty-six years
ago. Not painted since; looks bet
ter than houses painted in the last
four years."
w. B. Barr, Charleston, w. Va,
writes, "Painted Frankenburg Block
with L. &. NJ. shows better than any
buildings here have ever done; stands
out as though vanished, and actual
cost of paint was less than S1.2o per
gallon. Wears and covers like gold"
These celebrated paints are sold by
the Newberry Hardware Co.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-11-22
Work for Women.

\ Chicago society woman OF
wealth has learned to bind books, and
has set up an establishment where
work will be one at figures designed
to produce a profit. She expresses
the belief that every woman ought
to have something to do, and this
venture is in token Of her faith.
OF course, every woman should
have something to do, and the one
at the head of a domestic establish
ment could hardly suffer from lack of
mental and bodily employment, if she
attended to her duties. 1t does not
follow, just because oversight of the
home may not appeal to her that she
should learn a trade and for novelty
and amusement, enter into competl-
ton with those to whom a trade is
the means of support.
If a rich woman learns how to bind
books as a diversion, there can be no
objection. There will be volumes of
her own for her to experiment on,
and others doubtless could be OBJ
tanned from friends. Or she might
rely upon her mechanical skill as a
means OF winning bread if the day
came when this necessity faced her,
To enter the field on a business
basis would be unkind to the people
already there. Exactly as the woman
who desires to kill time, and have ex-
ira money for adornment, takes a po-
sition at clerking at half the legiti-
mate pay, thus bringing down wages
and forcing hardship upon the real
clerk. so this rich woman would con-
fuse the natural labor conditions by
her artistic dealing.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-11-22
Haverhill Gazette.

In South Africa among the Kafirs
snuk taking is universal, and it is a
grave breach of manners TO ask your
host for a pinch when you are stand
ing up.
The reason for this is found in the
treacherous practices of former times.
When one man wished to kill another
a favorite device was to ask him for
pinch of snuff, and then, while the
unsuspecting victim was fumbllng for
his snuffbox, the murderer had a
splendid opportunity. AS this trick for
taking a man at a disadvantage be-
came familiar it naturally grew to
be a point of good manners to make
your request when squatting on the
ground, when clearly you were in
tending no evil.
The Kahir snuff is made from crude
tobacco grown at every kraal, which
is powdered up and mixed with the
ash of the aloe, carefully ground on a
ouette to ask for snuff, and the donor
grants your request grudgingly, lest
he should be suspected of pressing
upon you bewitching medicine with
It.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-11-22
The Rising Tide.

The tide is rising. It submerges
point after point of weedy rock and
runs farther and farther up into the
clefts of the craggy shore, each wave
flinging its crest upon the upper
levels, to pour back in noisey water
falls whose music dies to silence as
the next wave comes. Up the rock
ladded toward the lower pool the
breakers climb and climb. At last a
single wave throws its spray over the
barrier wall, and as its drops fall life
stirs in all the shady hollows under
kelp fringe and waving weed. Still
ness returns and then another dash
OF spray, a climbing wave whose
crest falls over, swift recurring trl-
butte from the sea to its imprisoned
child. until at last the ocean takes the
pool to its embrace again to nourlsh
and delight it and prepare it for re-
newed trial of lonliness when the tide
goes out. 1t has the sorrow of wait
ing; it has also the patience Of hope.
If for awhile it lies bare to the suns
ravs and the winds bufeting, it be-
longs by nature and expectation to
the power and beauty and purpose of
sea that never fails to come to its re-
lief. So Gods purpose and refresh
nent include our wa:ling as COM
pletely as our active hours, and so
His help is sure. But the poor, self
dependent pool, to whose assistance
the ocean never climbs, shrinks in
the sun and gathers the dust Of the
world and withers away at last with
heat and drought, unsatished.
Congregationalist.