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Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-02

Lavender row was accustomed TO
sensations. ard would not have been
happy without them.
But never had the row been so stir
red to It's grim depths, so blown with
potoTiety and unholy excitement, as
It wars on the occasion of ALT Jarvis
sudden departure from 1t.
One night in autumn, a night OF
ghostiy mists and no moon, ALT failed
to come home. AS he was not man
of regular habits, this was nothing
unusual. But in the morning his body
was found lying out on the NANCY
green stretch of the London Fields
dead. with q savage cash in the throat
that could not have been self-infiicted.
While no lived, nobody had been
especially fond OF Alf except his pa
rents. and they were half afraid oil
him. A Ioaflng, ill-conditioned rulban,
he had suffered Imprisonment for one
brutal outrage, and was strongly sus-
pected of others that could not be
brought home TO him.
Nevertheless, his death was general
~ accepted in Lavender row as
calamity; he was discussed as eX-
hauStivSly as If he had been real
loss to the community, and men and
women reapeC glory in small way by
retailing his sayings and doings and
posing Us his personal friends.
The police could find no clew TO the
murderer, ard, throughout this thrill
ing period. OF all who rose 10 local
emfnence by reason OF their acquaint-
ance with ALT. none rose higher than
Jenny Crfpps, nor took subtler pride
in tho elevation. nor appealed thence
more preyailirgiy to public sentiment.
Jenny lived with her mother In the
house opposite to that in which ALI
had lodged. She earned a livelihood
by work in q chocolate factory, and
was good,looking, vivacious girl.
who, for all her native coquetry and
slove of dress and amusement. had
robust imagination and ballast of
common sense that stood her in good
stead in a narrow, perilous world.
She had owned no preference for
anybody until she began to walk out
with Ben 6ihett, and Ben's triumph
was not iAStfnS. one QudIIelSu Win
him Frequently, and at length, Of
Tended by some fancied slight, sent
him away in moment of pique and
apparently transferred her affections.
But Ben was not readily daunted.
He was a logged, steady-going fellow,
a capFfble artisan, dwelling at dis
TANGO from the row, and had come to
know Kenny through meeting her at
intervals as she walked to and from
the chocolate factory
He went away when she sent him;
but he returned and returned again
with a tireIess persistence that was
presently rewarded; she found she
could not care for his supplanter as
she mad cared for him, so he was for
given and they were reconciled.
Then. after an interval, she broke
with him capriciously for a second
time. and be departed into the wilder
ness Of her displeasure, smarting IN
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-02
HAD TOO MUCH LUXURY.
Complaint That. Is Characteristic Of
Thomas Carlyle.


Thomas Carlyle.
Among recently published letters Of
Carlyle is one written to his mother,
in which he gives an amusing descrip-
ton of visit to Monckton Mines. He
says: 'The people are most kind.
polite people and Richard is the best
landlord man ever had. l am lodged
literally as if / were duke or serene
highness. My bedroom, to take only
one item, is fifteen PAGES (forty-five
feet) in length! Fires kept up all day,
troops of flunkeys waiting to tie your
shoes, ETC.; all this goes on to
length that seriously encumbers me.
The people live In a great way, have
quantities of company; / regret moth
ing here but that. For | wanted to
sleep and be quiet; and my sleeping
here is hitherto not of the best-tho'
my bed is some eight feet square,
perfect sea of down, which you mount
into by ladder Alas, as Dick OF
Paddock Ha' used to say in prayer.
What's Ia use o. a their grandeur
when the flames o. hell come and burn
t az That Is too like the case OF a
helpless man in a sea of DOWN."
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-02
BLAMING Il on the JUDGE.

An English judge, Lord Hammer,
was celebrated for his kindness and
courtesy TO the younger members of
the bar. Once he made a little speech
to some of them that was full Of hope
and encouragement and ended with
advice as to what to do with the first
brief. Read It," he said: read IL
carefully. Then forget oil about it
as quickly as you can. for it's sure
to be all wrong. Tell the cour- G
plain and straightforward story, and
when you've lost your case go back
to your client and tell him it was all
the fault of that old fool of a judge
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-02
HOW TO BUILD A CAMPFIRE.
Useful Hints to Remember When You
Take Your Vacation.

For building a campfire the dryest
sticks are those that are dead and
have not yet fallen from living trees.
These dead limbs that cling here and
there on living trees are seasoned and
are off the ground. SO that they do
not get soaking wet at any time. and
they dry quickly after rain. They
are hardly ever wet through, SO that
no matter how wet the woods are you
can always get dry wood to start a
fire, and then almost anything viii
burn. There are ten thousand ways
to build campfire. l always build a
small fire, and then keep 1t going
with dry wood for while before
get ready to do my cooking, so that
there will be a good bunch of Goals
to cook over. Then / have a little
pile Of dry sticks as large as lead
pencils somewhere within easy reach,
so that | can help my fire along if it
sulks at the wrong time. Then l get
couple of green sticks as big as my
arm and put one on each side Of the
fire, so it will stay in one place and
not waste the heat on all Sides
Field and Stream.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-02

title, and IL not absolutely happy, are
so noisily cheerful as to deceive a
tenderhearted philanthropist.
The movement of life, the multi
tudes hurrying to and fro, the hustle
and the rumor OF comparatively prof
itless labor, which ill the streets and
lanes and squares of Naples, are what
distinguishes 1t from other cities. In
Naples the sounds never cease. The
city. said one who went seeking qulet
On those sunny shores, seems not to
rest either by day or night. When
darkness GENES down. and you might
expect silence to prevail, the twang-
Ing Of guitar Is heard. and the rau-
caus voice OF belated sorenader
breaks upon your ear. Or 1t is some
homeward bound wild revcler, at
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-02
Do a Good Turn When You Can.

1t needs not great wealth kind heart
to display;
If the hand be but willing it soon finds
the way;
And the poorest one yet in the hunrtlest
abode,
May help poor brother a step on his
road.
Oh! whatever the fortune n man may
have won,
A Kindness depends on the way it Is
done:
And though poor be our purse, and
though narrow our span.
Let us all try to do a good turn when
we can.
The fair bloom OF pleasure may charm
for awhile,
But its beauty is frail. ard inconstant Its
smile:
Whilst the beauty Of blindness, immortal
in bloom,
Sheds sweetness DER life. and a grace
Ger our tomb.
Charles Swain.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-02
Primitive Negrito Weapons.

The weapons Of the Negritos are
universally the bow and arrow and
the short knife or bolo. The bows are
of various materials, from a clumsy
strip of bamboo to the fine-grained
palma brava," which takes a beauti-
full polish. The arrows are of light
and straight mountain cane. either
with sharpened hardwood points or
variously shaped and barbed-iron
points. Some for larger game have
detachable points fastened to the
shaft by woven fiber coil, which I'M
winds when the animal Is struck.
leaving a dangling shaft to catch on
underbrush, and so retard the ami
mails fight.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-02
Rancher's Ingenious Scheme.

An ingenious rancher of Oceansise,
in San Diego county, is said TO have
q vivid and brilliant idea for econ
omizing labor and fuel, in Matching
eggs. He has discovered that bees
develop a considerable amount OF
warmth, so he simply places the eggs
over a beehive, and in due time they
are Matched. If he could manage to
cross his bees with Bantam hens, he
might be able to make them lay lit
tie sugar plums.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-02
peyond Knowledge of science.

Little Boy-I wish / was a great
philosopher like you.
Great Scientist-And why. my son?
"Cause you know everything, and
there's some things can't understand,
but if was like you | could"
"Tell me one of them"
"Well for one thing, I'd like to
know why photographers can take
pictures of comets an meteors. an
flying cannon balls, an lightning
flashes, and yet they cant photograph
a boy without squashing his head
In pair of pincers. STRAY Stories.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-02
Disasters to British warships.

During n great storm in 1903 twelve
men-of-war went down off the Eng
lish coast with 1,S0o men. Many lives
were lost when the British warship
Ajax took fire in 1907. The British
warship Captain turned over in the
Bay Of Biscay in 1870. about 500 lives
being lost. When the Sultan, the sis.
ter ship Of the Captain. was fitting ont
at Portsmouth. grim humerist.
prophesying her possible fate (hapet-
ly he proved to be wrong). chaiked an
her side: will leave on Thursday
with mails for tho Captain"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-02
Invocation.

Blown mist OF rosy grasses
7 Into my singing drift
Kindle its cloven masses
with lights that sway and shift:
Between it's dark impasses
Your fairy torches lift
Brown rill through rushes vending,
Where red-wings flash and dip,
Lend me the rhythm bending
Each dark reeds yellowing tip
The pause. the swift ascending,
The careless slide and slip.
Into my plodding measure
Your least enchantment fling,
Earth of tho winds wild pleasure
And leaves soft Jargoning;
Yield me hut one hid treasure,
Then listen while 7 singi
Gertrude Buck In the Atlantic
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-02

are attracted to this palace concen.
tratc around the person of Gioacchino
Murat. at one time, through the dis
position of his brother-in-law, the
Emperor Napoleon |, king Of Naples.
Indeed, other royal residences in Ma
pies and its immediate vicinity, such
as the grandiose royal palace of the
city and the smaller royal villa at
Portici, ere closely associated with
this monarch, once postillicn for
the visitors to his fathers inn, then a
soldier of fortune. finally the dashing
and unequGlcd cavalry officer, the
husband of Napoleon's sister Caro-.
line. and finally king OF Naples.
Cnrnn nnNnIo xukn aro ton hanncA ~.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-02

der the knowledge that he had a now
rival who was far more dangerous
than Cue old.
TTrHs new rival was none other than
the redpubtable ALI Jarvis.
Before his solitary conviction had
rendered the undue prominence too
rissy, Ar had been the leader of a
gang Of Hcoligans who were the ter
ror Of H1e neighborhood; and since his
release from durance he had been no
less darfngly lawless, but carried out
his ezfpi,s with battling cunning
and secrscy thatuleft the police no
ehane6 VI eutrapping him
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-07-02

Some people who are too honest TO
steal will borrow and not pay back.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-08-10

Mr.. Amcs entered with his nose nm
equivoeably turned up. "Those people
in the fiat below nre cooking onions
again" said he. Mrs. Ames lowered
one Of the windows before she replied.
81 wish you wouldn't say those PEG
ple" she said. "Thcir name IL Wat
SON "
"Phcw" said Mr.. Ames. lowering nm
other window,
II don't think the odor Is SO very
disngrccnhlc. "ashea said eheerfully.
Mr.. Amcs looked at her amazed.
'Why. l thought you couldn't bear the
smell of onions"
81 don't really like #, of course, but
1t is such little thing to be disturbed
over"
Mr. AmoS looked Indignant and in
jured and felt so; he could not un Ter
stand his wifc's attitude. Il wish YOU
had felt that way sooner" he said
dryly. Inst week you mnde me tell
the jantor that If those people didn't
should move"
Yes, did, said Mrs. AlneS candid
ly; hut that was before ! knew Mrs
Watson We have exchanged calls
this week, and | like her very much"
Mr. Amcs made u curious noise which
his wife was able to interpret,
II expected you'd take II that way
she said But even you must admit
that there's II great difference between
the smell Of friend onions aud those
OF people we don't know Youths
Companion.
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Mrs ltanSom'S greatest triH was her
poor memory. She had tried MI sorts
of 'systcms," both original and recon
mcndcd, but nothing succeeded for
more than little while
I'm almost Wild" Hhe said plain
lively To II niece who found her with
n wet compress bound about her hcnd,
"for my old school friend, Mrs
There, | hoped perhaps 1t would come
to me, but 1t hasn't Well she Is here
In New York, and I met her ON the
street and asked her to luncheon, md
l wanted you and Emma to meet her.
But what cnn | do? How can in
troduce her when ! can't think Of her
nnmeY
The niece looked properly synpn-
thctic and murmured something about
every ones having times Of forEetful-
Hess
But thcrc'H no reason for this"
moancd the sufferer for we have OK
changed gifts At Christmas for years,
Eve tried all my systems but lis
no use, her name has gone so doubt
If | should know II If | heard II or
course shnll just have 10 say, This
IL my old school friend Mary Lane
II seems more natural, anyway, To cali
her that, because TINT WIS her name
before she married George Rny. |
suppose | shall have to pass IT off as
best | cam
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-08-10
WHAT THEY READ.

IIognrth was fond of Joke books and
farces and enjoyed them immoderately
Mario, the great tenor, read anything
he could obtain relating 10 sports or
hunting.
Papa Haydn liked stories, and he
said, '"rhc more love there Is in them
the better"
ovvtsV w, rvt niony SvoIs vi ms
life, read nothing but his Bible and
prayer book.
Swift made special study of the
Latin satlrlsts and initiated their style
and language.
IN NinCi read Pindar and thought
him the noblcst poet who ever wrote
In any language
IIcinc seldom read anything but
poetry but he read that with the most
scrupulous attention.
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DUTCH SUPERSTlTlONS.

If the fire goes out ON New Years eve
trouble is fOrcboded
If YOU walk backward, the errand
you are bound ON at the time Will fall.
To prevent cramp wear an eelslsin
garter about the left leg below the
knee
To cure warts rub black snnll over
thcm, but the snail must ufterward be
impalCd ON II rose thorn
The first person to enter your house
On New Years day Will, If he be light
haired, bring bad luck TO you II dark
haired, good luck
To tcst your sweethearts humor
make him stir the fire, If he stirs II
Ia II hearty blaze he Is good humorcd.
If he makes 1t smoke and fade he Is
hard TO live with,
If lock of your hnlr burns bright
and long you will hive happy life of
seventy years or more, but If 1t burns
weakly and soon goes out your life
will be both sad and short
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NIintnI.en Identify.

The Woaricd flat hunter pushed long
and pcrsialcutly at the button labeled
"Janitor" The house bore sign stat
ing that there were apartments 10 rent.
The janitor was evidently absent from
his post of duty, MS there was no
response To her repeated ringing.
Dlshcnrtcucd, the seeker for home
was about To turn away when the door
was opened from the inside and IA
bright faced boy of about seven years
was disclosed. He looked wonderingly
Mt the visitor, who asked
"What kind of an apartment Is there
for rent hcrct"
\ look of mingled disgust and seorn
slowly oVcrsprcad the youngsters face.
He surveyed the queationer from head
to foot and finally said with an ny
gricVcd air:
Say amt the lnnilor." New York
Press
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A TnIIrh Old InNnlid.

In England the purchase of an adj
vowson, or the right To succeed To a
vacant church Office, Is not uncommon
There Is n slury told Of n country vic.
aragc, who's incumbent was. though
but middle aged, very infirm His ten
IRE of the position being thus unecr
tain. the living was advertised for sale
the disposal of all church prefcrments
mentioned us special advantage to In
tending purchasers TINT the then holder
could not last long. TO put this pros
poet To the test several possible buyers
went down to the village 10 look over
the vicar 4 father and son attended
the Sunday services at the church. A
servant led in the ailing vicar, but the
latter managed to get through very
earnestly delivered sermon lasting huff
an hour In the afternoon he again
conducted service, baptized children
and preached for fifty minutes, SerY
Ice In the evening was to follow. But
the man who Ind come to buy had seen
enough. MY SON" he said, "that old
cock amt a-gon' yet, | am" and he
forthwith departed In the end young
parson bought the place for himself
The invalid outlived by twenty years
the man who had bought his living
He lasted fifty years beyond the sale
and died OF sheer old age at ninety
two
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paused.
Then there are only scattered roses
In the dust and Cupid weeping and
Rosemary for remembrance, May 1t
never come 10 you" She smiled at both
young faces. Memory is dear, hut not
when all IL brings TO mind are the
broken rose chains"
There was n mOmcntary hush. The
swcetly modulntcd old voice had err
ricd To the far ends of the table, and
all were listening. Rosemary's gnze
rested on her plate She dnred not
meet Deans eyes. The hush passed,
and there was the low, Hight babel of
voices again. She heard him speaking
to her and held her breath To listen.
Isn't she an old darling to suy
that
she doesn't know they are already
broken" lie could hardly catch the
half whisper
But are theyi Only last night, and
no one knows, and it was all mis-
take" He bent, with pleasing eyes, to
ward her. Rosemary. my Rosemary"
For remembrancep She laughed, Il
low, tremulous little laugh that was
the first sign of surrender
For life. Roses are sweet. hut they
need the steel"
She hesitatcd, her eyes full of qucs-
tioning doubt.
Jack didn't mean anything" she
said hurricdly. He didn't really pro-
pose. He knew that | was engaged, of
course. He only said that he had nj
ways loved me, and. after all, he's only
a boy. II couldn't matter In the least
his loving me when"
when whatp
His tone was full of the old impera-
tive, proprietary command, and she
met his glance for one swift, losing in
slant
when loved you
Mrs, Creighton was rising. As he
drew back Roscmary's chair he wills
percd:
Broken rose chains can be rcwoVen,
can't they. dear? Forgive me-"
lie caught n flccting glimpse of her
face rs she passed on In the wnkc of
Mrs. Chadwick She was tall and
sweet ns young lily In her white lace
dinner gown, and he felt Wild, sud
den longing to crush her TO his heart
before them all and win the world Of
forgiveness.
She was gone, and he was unan-
swcrcd but the La France rose lay in
his hand, and Rosemary WIS smiling
as she, too, accepted Mrs. Chadwiek's
congratulations in the drawing room.
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unknown u"ptn, the young man scent
cd Ia be resolved upon rescue lie
started To- roll up his immaculate trou-
scrs, then, apparently realizing the flu
tility of such prccaution, threw off his
coat and wadcd in 1t was evident
that If necessary he meant Ia swim
but he was spared that sacrifice. When
he reached the marooned kitten the
water was barely above his knees. Dis
regarding the unGrntcful little beasts
outrageous spittings and clNwmgs, he
picked il up, box and ALL and started
back To shore
"oh," cried Lois, with II long breath,
isn't he denr, l don't believe there's
another man in the place who would
so Ia all that trouble for poor little
kitten | wonder who he is. Mont You
go out and think him, fnther2 Perhaps
the kitten is one of Peosie's.
Il am sure he would appreciate
thanks from YOU more" replied South
ley, and when he comes this way
you'd better do II yourself lie de-
serves all the nice things you can say
to him"
why, what do YOU mcnnN inquired
Lois. CHANGING up quickly at the slgnif-
icant note In his voice.
where nrc your eyes. daughter?
There he's facing us, With his hat off.
Now You must recognize him"
The youth with the kitten ON his arm
had reached dry soil where he stood
rucfully inspecting his mud soaked
clothing, After a moments meditation.
however he put on his coat and con-
tinucd his progress toward them. still
bearing the kitten.
Lois took one long look, then lowered
her glasses to hide burning face
against her fathers coat
rs he still comlng?" she nj length
whispered.
.Ccrtnnly," snid Southley. You
didn't think he'd miss his appointment
Just because his clothes We're mussed.
did YOU
Lois forsook his encirclinE arm and
began 10 settle her hair With deft pats.
Il think" said she Il think No, l
don't think any more, | know. Father,
l shan't need your help I'd rather
thank him myself"
AN right child" replied the old gen-
tlemnn, turning to enter the house. Il
never believed II wise for parents to
NEEDLE In such affairs ns these
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ORIGIN OF "MCKERS."
Supposed to Come From an Occupa-
tion In Cornish Mines.

Il believe that the origin of the eN
pressiyc bit If slang 'kicl,crs' may be
found In tho very lowest form of eeeu-
patton any hcmhcr of the human race
follows W. NJ. RohinsoI% tates
"Brtwccn Wnrmslcy's and st llelcns,
in Cornwall, is an underground canal
connecting the lower levels of the coal
mines ut Wormsleys With the surface
station ut ST. IIelcn'S which saves
great deal of money for the mine
owners IN handling the coal, which Is
simply loaded on the harges in the
mines and transported lay the canal
under the mountains TO the hurbor ut
st. llelens When the ennal WIS de
Vised however, how Ia provide for
locomotion for these barges WIS prob
lem
"MulCS couldn't he used, and there
We're circumstances which mude steam
impossible, but nm inventive genius
finally solved the riddle by suggesting
that cross pieces of timber be plneed
along the roof of the canal, which was
very low, and men could lie ON their
backs on top of the loaded hargcs and
kick the vessel along. After the barge
WAS once started this WIS found to be
feasible
The men could easily keep the load
in motion by the means suggested. and
II has ever since been In use. There
is no question about the low grade of
this sort of work, and even the men
who follow ii are constantly Kicking
around the villages where they live.
They were known Mt the mines Official
~ ms kiCkCrs' because of their work
and their vocal complaints, continually
INDUCED in. caused every one ut
WormSlcy's or ST. lIelcn's, no matter
what their station or employment, who
INDUCED in complaints To he called
'kiclucrs' | presume that the origin
of the word, as we use II, is Just what
l have suggested" st Louis Globe
I1nInbttuI