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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-23

Against the singing blast:
He cut rope from a broken spar
And bound her to the mast.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-23

Follow stories poets tell
And you are apt to end in-sorrow.
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Asnostico

With thanks to the scnders. we print
below poems asked for last week:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-23

Mr.. Charles G. d. Roberts will have
new book brought out the first of
this month by the L. c. Page Com
pany. of Boston, which he calls 1.-THE
House in the Water"
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Bible Quotation.
please ,,iya fh.sN pSnCt WORDS uIAu ,s4Ao
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The skipper he stood beside the helm,
With his pipe in his mouth,
And watched how the veering flaw
The smoke. now west, now south.
Then up, and spake an old sailor.
Had sailed the Spanish main
Il pray thee, put into yonder port.
For l fear a hurricane.
Last night the moon had a golden
ring,
And tonight no moon we see,
The skipper he blew Whit from his
pipe.
And scornful laugh laughed he.
Colder and louder blew the wind.
A gale from the northeast:
And snow fell kissing in the brine,
And the pillows frothed like yeast.
Down came the storm. and smote amain
The vessel in its strength:
She shuddered. and paused. like a
frightened steed
Then leaped her cables length
Come hither. come hither, my little
daughter.
And do not tremble so;
For I can weather the toughest gale
That ever wind did blow"
He wrapped her warm in his seaman's
coat,
Against the singing blast:
He cut rope from a broken spar
And bound her to the mast.
20 father, hear the church bells ring!
oh! say. what may 1t be?''
''Tis a fog bell on rock bound
coast"
And he steered for the open sea.
20 father. I hear the sound of guns.
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THE VANISHING FLEETs.--By Roy
Norton. ID Appleton g. Company,
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THE STEM OF THE CRIMSON DALI
Liza, BY James Locke, Moffat, Yard

" CO., publishers. 4l.5O.
This lis breathlessly interesting
story of the present time with the
scene laid in the Balkans.
An American hero and heroine are
caught and held in curious net of
Eastern intrigue Implicated by ac-
cldeut with them in succession of
swiftly succeeding incidents is young
hflllsh diplomat possessing the quail
TIES that point to future prominence
! IN his profession. The attention is
| not allowed to flag for a moment. One
i sees unfolding before the mind the
lhahorama OF Balkan life. diplomatic
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-23

He wrapped her warm in his seaman.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-23

Lashed to the helm all stiff. and stark.
With his face to the skies.
The lantern CLEANED through the
cleaning snow
On his fixed and CLASSY eyes.
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daughter.
And do not tremble so:
For can weather the toughest gale
That ever wind did blow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-18
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

Do as you please and you will not
please yourself or anybody else, ex-
cept the author of selfishness. Self
Indulgence of any sort is short-sight-
ed. and inimical to characters highest
growth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-18

A dainty little pale blue chambray
gown stained with wild strawberry
Juice reminds one that the time OF
tains from fruit, mildew and rust is
at hand and that a talk on the care or
colored garments would be timely. Ths
little dress had never been washed,
and the color was so delicate that the
usual method of removing fruit stains
by pouring hot water through until
the desired result be attained seemed
impracticable, as the delicate color
would probably fade in the process. A
little molasses was rubbed in and after a
brief soaking was rubbed between the
hands until the stains were all out
The little dress was then washed In
cold water to remove all syrup, after
which it was soaked in a half gallon of
water, in which an ounce of alum nan
been dissolved to set" the color. This
will serve for almost any of the dainty
ginghams and chambrays so desirable
for children's clothing.
A half pint of salt in two gallons OF
water will fix the color also. and is
cheaper, but 1t is not quite so sure.
Where delicate pinks. blues. and grays
have faded in washing. try baking
them in water made slightly acid with
either lemon juice, cider, vinegar or
acetic acid. 1t is always best to try
bit of the goods first and If one acid
will not restore the color try another.
Fruit stains of all kinds can usually
be removed from white goods by the
use of boiling water, but when they
are obstinate try diluted oxalic acid
The acid must be washed out at once
or it will rot the goods. Grass stains
may be treated in the same way as the
strawberry stains, with molasses.
White garments that have grass stains
may be washed in ammonia water.
Rust stains may be removed by using
a mixture of lemon juice and salt.
placing garments in the sun and re-
peat unto ~ akains are faded out.
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Mrs. Bowser made no reply, and
nothing further was said until they
were seated at the dinner table. Then
Mr. Bowser took the matter up again
by saying:
to hope, and before we have finished
our dinner he may be floating in the
river. If SO, you will be to blame for
it."
But I tell you I'm not going to
make a tramp hotel Of this house."
she spiritedly replied. There's a lot
of rubbish in the back yard, and I've
offered tramp after tramp money to
remove it. Not a one would touch it."
THAT makes no difference to the
general character of the case. The
tramp is the victim of misfortune. He
has lost wife, children-all. He is
bowed with sorrow. Ambition has
fled. He feels that the hand of all
men are against him. From our store
Of plenty can we not afford him
crust or a dime? Who can say that it
would not be the beginning of a new
era with him?'
"Tramps don't eat crusts, Mr..
Bowser. and as for dimes. you leave so
precious few of them around the
house that I don't have one for my
street car fare half the time. I think
can make as good use of them as
any tramp"
overheard the remark and ne also
knew that it was trite and true, and
for the next two minutes he did
nothing but glare and turn red and
white by turns. Then he said:
You look at things from your own
selfish standpoint. There are thou
sands of people that feel as do-that
when misfortune makes a tramp of
man he still remains a human being
and is entitled to humane treatment.
How easy for you to have passed out
some food and a few kind words, In
stead of that you slammed the door on
his toes, or yelled to the cook to do it,
and the man has gone away wonder
ing If we are devils or human beings.
Listen to the moaning of the windi 1t
is going to be dark, rainy night, and
as that poor. hungry tramp makes his
bed on a pile of ashes in some alley
what can his thoughts of you be?''
II don't believe there are thousands
that feel as you do" replied Mrs
Bowser. 81 don't believe"
Hold on right there. madam.
firmly believe that you are the only
door on the toes Of a hungry and dis
couraged tramp. I not only believe it,
but I'm going to prove 1t. 1 acknowl-
edge that the world is selfish, but
| also contend that there are thousands
of hearts that beat for misfortune"
How can you prove it?"
You will see at the end of a couple
| of hours
For an hour after dinner, until it
began to grow dark, Mr.. Bowser read
his paper and smoked his cigar. Then
| he disappeared up stairs, and when he
came down again Mrs. Bowser thought
| the tramp had come back and sneaked
! in at the front door. Mr.. Bowser had
| hunted up one of his Oldest suits and
| reduced 1t to ragged state.
"And now what?" was asked
| II am going to prove my case. I am
| dressed liked tramp. I am going forth
| to appeal to the charity of my fellow
| men. shall find human sympathy
with me. You can't make me believe,
| Mrs. Bowser, that this town holds an
| other as selfish person as you are. If
it does then where is our boasted
| Christianity"
| Mrs. Bowser made no objections to
his going out. but smiled behind his
back as he went. Mr.. Bowser had
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-18
BOWSER. THE TRAMP.

AS Mr.. Bowser reached home the
other evening tramp who had been
at the basement door passed out of the
gate. He was not halted or addressed,
but two minutes later the inquiry was
put to Mrs. Bowser.
WAS that man who was just here
asking for something to eat?''
Yes; it was an old tramp"
"And you gave him something's"
mo. This is the third or fourth
time he has been here this week. He
is both impudent and persistent. Why
do you ask?"
Because, madam. when he passed
me at the gate his whole attitude por-
trayed hunger and detection. He must
have felt that the whole world was
against him"
''He didn't ask for food, but for
money. If he is suffering for anything
it is for whisky"
"And you are ready to libel his
character!" exclaimed Mr. Bowser.
Woman, you have heart of stone. I
have no doubt that you have driven a
dozen different men to crime, and a
dozen others to suicide"
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eT ROSE TERRILL

Oxalic acid will also remove rust
stains, but must be handled carefully
or the goods will be injured. Milk or
cream stains will often be fixed If the
garment is put in warm or soapy wa
ter, but will come out at once II wash
ed in cold water, which also removes
sewing machine grease. To remove
wine stains wash in sweet milk. Ink
stains can sometimes be removed in
the same way, but If the garment is
not colored oxaH acid is sure
remedy.
A scorch may be removed by hang
ing the garment in the sun. If OBJ
stinate, wet the scorch with acid wa
ter and hang in the sun.
Diluted peroxide Of hydrogen is a
simple bleach for white clothes that
have become yellowed and stained by
poor washing.
The housekeeper who makes a list
of simple stains and remedies and
keeps 1t in her laundry will save her
self much worry and loss of time. Re
member, too, that a fresh stain is
easier to remove than one that has
dried in. Do not leave the oxalic acid
nor the acetic acid in the laundry, as
is must be used judiciously and only
under the supervision Of the house
keeper. Strong soaps are not good for
washing colored clothes. And the use
of bluing must be looked after. A
pink, green, tan or cream colored gar
ment must never be blued.
Simply made white clothes for chill
dren are the most economical in the
long run, as they neither suffer from
stain nor fading, but all children like
the dainty ginghams, so the house.
mother must arm herself in advance
and be prepared to come to the rescue
at any time. And remember that
scoldfng never removed a stain from a
little garment, and may cloud a happy
memory that would some day make
your heart glad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-18
Cat Carries Woods Mail.

1t is often that we hear of messages
and articles carried by a dog, but it
is rather unusual for any one to make
a messenger of cat. There is a cat,
known by some as Peter the Great,
near Patten, in the camps owned by
Finch, that does this little trick, says
the Millinocket Journal
Mr.. Finch has two camps off in the
woods about three miles apart. When
a message is to be sent from one to
the other the cat is hunted up and the
letter tied around his neck. Peter
the Great seems to realize the trust
bestowed upon him and soon starts
for the other camp, where the letter
is taken from him.-New York Her
aid.
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Honey Bees Matching Chicks.

w. +. johnson, Nerm1lltOn Grove
(Ill.) farmer, is attempting to make a
hive of honey bees hatch a brood of
little chickens, and he asserts that by
the end of this week he will be able
to announce the success of his plan.
johnson recently conceived the idea
that the temperature which will hatch
bee eggs is of sufficient warmth to
convert hens eggs into fluffy little
chickens. With the purpose of either
proving or discrediting his theory he
removed the top of beehive and
placed a layer of carpet on top Of
the honeycomb. On the carpet he
placed a setting of eggs.
This was two weeks ago. Yesterday
johnson made an examination of the
eggs. He declares that the eggs show
signs of Matching, and that, apparent
ly, the bees have done their work as
we'll as "Biddy'' or an incubator could
have done. The bee chickens are ex-
pected to come off, either next Sat
urday or Sunday.-Danville (Ill.) Dis
patch to Chicago Inter Ocean.
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a. m, ]. s. West. superintendent.
Preaching at IL a. m. and p. m.
Pastors morning theme: God Save
the King" Evening topic: 'sThe Good
Samaritan" illustrated with the stere-
opticon. Miss May Reddick will sing.
Short services.
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Write for Price List. Topeka. Kansas.


a. m, ]. s. West, superintendent.
Preaching at IL a. m. and p. m.
Pastors morning theme: God Save
the King" Evening topic: THE Good
Samaritan" illustrated with the stere-
opticon. Miss May Reddick win sing.
Short services.
First Unitarian church. Rev. j. H.
Jones. pastor. Service IL a. m. Sub
ject: What Unitarians Believe and
Don't Believe" Music; violin solo.
'Largo'-Handel-b Mr.. F. g. Haul
enbeck Soprano solo-selected-by
Mrs. Frank s. Thomas. After this ser
vice Unity church will be closed for a
few weeks.
Church Of tn Good Shepherd. Ser
vices will be: Morning prayer and
Litany at IL o'clock; evening at 8
o'clock. At the evening service the
Rev. Carl w. Nau will continue his
course on the "Bible." the subject be-
ing the life Of st. Paul. Everybody Is
invited to attend these services.
Second U. B. church. Sunday school
at 10 a. m. Mr.. Ed Minard, superfn-
tendent. Preaching at IL by the pas
tor. Y. p. c. U. at p. m. Miss Ethel
Shannon, leader. A special programme
will be rendered. Chief of Police
Eaton will speak to the society at 8.
Robert Stone. state representative. will
deliver an address on Temperance"
at S:15. Special music. The public
invited. G. A Hudson. Pastor.
DR.. Frank N. Lynch. pastor. Subject
for IL o'clock a. m. Christ and the
Survival Of the Unf1ttest." Theme for
evening sermon g o'clock) Wanted
New Men for the New Age" At
both services Miss Legler will sing.
40 % 90
The w. G. T. U. will meet at the
First M. e. church at p. m. Monday.
First Congregational. Francis L.
Hayes. d. D.. pastor. Service at IL,
ual as Related to the Welfare OF So
ciety." At GAS, Christian Endeavor
meeting with short address by the
pastor.
st. Simon's Episcopar church, the
Rev. H. b. Brown. priest. Through
the courtesy of the dean the services
of this church will. during its extern
sion, be held in Grace cathedral at
4:30 p. m. Evensong (choral) with
sermon. Subject: "A Great Question
Answered" All are cordially well
come to these services.
Regular communion services of the
North Topeka Congregational church
will be held at IL o'clock Sunday
Preaching by the pastor. T. J. Pierson.
Walnut Grove Methodist Episcopal,
c. B. Zook. pastor. Sunday school s:45
q. m, NJ. c. Naylor, superintendent.
Worship with sermon IL q. m, SUBJ
ject: The Temptation of Jesus "Man
shall not live by bread alone. but by
every word of Cod Liz "A Song
and gospel meeting p. M, Subject:
Jesus, Lord of Environment. or the
Third Sign Of the Kingdom"
Second Church OF Christ, (Scientist).
Sixth and Harrison. Services IL q. m.
subject, Life" Sunday school Gas
a. m, at church; testimonial meeting
wednesday, p. m; reading room at
los West Ninth street. open every af-
ternoon from 1870 to s. except Sunday.
Christian Science literature. both FOR
sale and free. may be had. Public very
cordially invited. -
-
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The way to get the mastery Of low
desires is to open the doors of life to
all that is high and pure and beautiful
and good. In other words. the one
sure remedy for all forms Of intern
perance is to yield control of the char
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gone only three blocks before he saw
a lady sitting on the steps Of her
house. She looked sympathetic and
charitable. She looked tender-heart-
ed and full of love for humanity. He
therefore turned in, and removing his
rusty old hat he said:
Lady, 1 am a tramp through mis-
fortune. A tornado caused the deaths
OF my wife and children. and
And why didn't it cause yours as
well?'' was asked.
, Madam. I was once a happy man
"James!" called the woman over
her shoulder to some one in the
house, here is some one bothering
me. Please come out and remove
Madam. I simply ask for a crust
eat for three
James appeared. He was q husky
husband. He also had a voice on him
like the roar of q bull. When he
roared at Mr.. Bowser to git the dis
guised tramp got. Five houses down
Bowser leaned over the gate in
weary way. and worked bit OF
pathos into his voice as he asked:
"Sir. do you know what 1t is to be
all alone in this world?'
why don't you try the jail for COM
"Can it be, sir. that I must sleep on
the damp earth tonight for the want
OF a dime to get me to bed ??
1T can. and you'd better be doing
1t. Come-go on with you'll"
This was a direct and an aggressive
order. and Mr.. Bowser moved on. AS
he struck the next block he found
cook taking the evening air at a base
ment door. She was q middle-aged
woman. and he saw pity in her eyes.
II can see that you have the heart
Of a woman" he said as he halted.
1T crave little food to assuage the
pangs of hunger"
"Oh. you do? Perhaps you crave
strawberry short cake with whipped
cream on top?"
mo. ma am-only a few crusts. I
am broken, despairing man. Any
thing is good enough for me-
/ Then get in the way Of some cop
and let him give you the collar. Lord.
but how I should like to see him make
your heels flyI"
Further down the street. but on the
opposite side, a woman was playing
the piona and singing: Near. My
God, to Thee" AS the words f1oated
out of the open window upon the
evening air Mr.. Bowser felt sure that
his welcome would be kind. He had
mounted the steps and was looking
illo TIC IlalA, WLcu LIl0 IluSiC CcdScu
and the singer came out and said:
'Well sir, what is it?''
Lady, will you please be kind
enough to spare"
mo. sir! You get right out Of
here,"
But. lady. I am not to blame for
N.Y.
"Officer! Off1ceri" called the woman
to policeman that came pacing along
at just that moment "Oficer, please
remove this lazy and drunken old
tramp!"
Mr.. Bowser was removed. He was
removed with energy. He was re-
moved by the scruff, by the back, by
the arms and legs. He was yanked
and he was twisted, and when let go
of on the corner and told to pike"
his head swan, and his knees wob-
bled and the only conversation he
could call up was to say to himself:
by the seventeen bullfrogs Of Bull
Lake, but Mrs. Bowser shall suffer for
thfs-how she shall suffer!"-(Copy-
righted 1908 by T. C. McClure.)
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CHURCH NOTICES.

First Church of Christ, Scientist.
Subject: Life" Children's Sunday
school at $3.50 a. m. Wednesday even
ing meeting at o'clock.
Sunday Observance and Law En-
forcement' will be the subject OF the
Rev. F. E. Mallory's sermon at the
Third Christian church Sunday morn
ing at 10:45 o'clock. Instead of the
regular Sunday evening sermon there
will be a musical programme rendered
at o'clock.
First Baptist church. Thos. S.
Young, pastor. Sunday school at $3.50
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acter to the strong Spirit Of God. And
how may one know If he has the
Spirit of God? Easily enough If he
has the Spirit he will bear the fruits
thereof; no tree can escape bearing Its
own fruits. Paul enumerated the
fruits of the Spirit as
Love
Joy
Long-sufering
Goodness
Faithfulness
Weakness
Self-control.
"The way to abolish the saloon"
said the temperance speaker Is for
every man to close the liquor business
that is carried on between his own
chin and nose"
Total abstinence on the part of the
individual is the only rock foundation
for prohibition in the state.
ANY habit, no matter how good.
which cannot easily be broken mill
tates against the sovereignty of the
spirit.
Every moderate drinker could aban-
don the intoxicating cup II he would;
every inebriate would II he could
John B. Cough.
Any thing that is proper to do is
proper to promise to do. Signing q to-
tai abstinence pledge is as manly and
chivalrous (if faithfully kept as is
total abstinence itself.
Drinking water neither makes a
man sick nor in debt. nor his wife a
widow-John Neal.
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.
Nothing makes one so selfish as to
be the object OF unselfshness.-Ar-
thur 8. Hardy.
Let friendship creep gently to a
height; II 1t rush to 1t, 1t may soon run
itself out Of breath.-Thomas Fuller.
\
True worth is in being. not seeming.
In doing each day that goes by
OF great thing to do by and by.
We all have our secret sins; and If
we knew ourselves, we should not
Judge each other harshly.-George
Eliot.
do not know of any way SO sure OF
making others happy as of being SO
myself, to begin with.-Arthur Helps
= n =
Beyond the darkness, light; beyond
the seattle.
Healing; beyond the cross, a palm
branch tree;
Beyond death, life, on evidence OF
faith:
lift mine eyes to see.
Christina G. Rossetti.
= =
If every workshop held a workman
like Him who worked In the carpen-
ter's shop at Nazareth. the labor prob
lem and all other workman's prob
lens would soon be solved.-Drum-
mond.
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Aes6ReAmgsA

Holding the Reins ON Life.
Terse Comments on the Uniform Topic
for July 10: Temperance Meeting:
How to Promote Total Abstinence"
Gal 6:16-24.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-13
NOTICE

n n Chamberlain, w: r CUNNING
10 y. wv Royle and r. j. cooper. 49,
nam re hereby notified that tne u
lou al Walker Lake Gold MininS
deTsisnn Company, co-owners WIFI NV nA
y MEafs5 mining claims known as said
IN ,ne 'Mamoth and Hiawa.ha, Sa'
nenana' iny situate in Penro9 oanym
claims ~raa1ouarters of a mile IRON ne
ABOUT ~ Walker Lake, about 4, Iake
shore o ~ Schirz. in the Walker Ia
south VI district. county or EsmaaS in
mining 20 of Nevada. and recoT9eu and
ana r. Se 1I9, Book 4. page irino
BOOK ! 90 1a9. respectively, vi Year
BOOK i, aid expend during tne sum
locatiohS shor and improvements II
1907 IN lapI bundred (s300l oiinls~ an
or three hundred ($l00l uoiiaaS .ba
sun OF o eaia mining claims-psin5 ;ms
each OF raa,,ired to hold the ana
for the said year. a.a that II. at the
w., are hereby notified tna' from date
xn,ration of ninety NV, Sfs notice, you
s Hrst publication OF ,ref,sed to con-
Oil have failed or tba mount re-
sna,,,e YOUR portion OF .anded on said
lrDraS nv law to be enpnded on them
a,uaams and actually esptn said claims
ciaininsa,d YOUR interest," and be the
aIoi he forfeited and pe eonwners. under
VII Of your said CO sssi. Revised
proop PROVISIONS Of Sec,ient States.
p.rp LAKE GOLD MiS
WxnLIfIING CoMPANf.. ,aos
NIL arst nub., May 1s. lsevesas
Date OF mrs. hub August 5. i'''-