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Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1909-04-16
CORN WHISTLES
RI,,n's Old Reserve

Tennessee Corn, 4 quarts $500
Pure White Corn, q quarts 3.OO
Rlack and Blue Corn, 4 qts. S.0O
Harvest Corn, 4 quarts ---- 3.5O
Laurel Valley Corn, 4 qts-- $50
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prov of the boat grated on the beach
and four men stepped out. had only
counted on two. In my hurried ride
l had planned out my course of action.
1 had read somewhere of q soldier
capturing a company Of the enemy
singlehanded. and intended to follow
his plan.
las the four men advanced up the
shelving bank gave tense command
to an imaginary posse hid back in the
shadows and. with my revolver leveled
l stepped out into the moonlight, COW
ering the nearest of the men.
"This trick may have worked with
soldiers, but 1t certainly didn't 60
with border outlaws. No sooner had
stepped from the shadows than the
four men reached for their guns. at
the same instant dropping Nat upon
the ground. where they were almost
invisible.
Il took hurried aim at the foremost
man and pulled the trigger. The
hammer fell with a metallic click,
which rang sharp and distinct in the
still air. Then, with q sickening
sinking of the heart. I remembered
that in my hasty departure l had
failed to load the revolver. was
unarmed and at the mercy Of the out
laws.
These incidents had happened with
marvellous swiftness. Instantly there
was q fare of light, loud report, and
q bullet sang uncomfortably close to
my ear. 1t was the first time l was
ever under fire. There was a second
fash, and my right arm dropped limp
ly to my side. sprang for the shad-
ows of the cottOnwOOds just as the
third revolver cracked. The bullet
cut across the back Of my neck and l
fell unconscious.
when l came to myself was in
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-19

I want to trail back to the Geld and tho
Where .ephyrs are kissing the trees
Where rivers sing softly their rhythms Of
And melody rides on the breeze
I want TO 90 back to the old bayou
And angle for fish with pin.
To feel once again all the thrills I have
known
At hooking and landing a I'm.
I want to return where the gooseberries
grow.
Where choke-cterries pucker your
throat
I want to so pond-nly hunting once
more
In Stewards old. nat-bottomed boat.
I want 70 be lost in the heart OF The
Run
Where squirrels and owls have the:-
nests:
1 ito flop down on my back meath
And worship the blue through their
crests.
/ want to go barefoot along the old trail
That leads to the clover decked hills
BY ways that are winding. where bushes
nany lOW
And whisper their loves to the rills,
I want to go back and just splash in tho
creek
And let the cool Cedar run fast
Run over and under. and scold as II laves.
The hands it has known in the past
I want to wade out where the sand-bar
is heaped
In diamonds that sparkle with light
Just wade and get sopping clear up to
my waist
And holler--and yell-in my might.
I want to run down to The Quarry
1.-The HILL"
"The Bend 1.-The High bank AMI
THE strand
Let me stand all en;hroned where my
boyhood was spent.
Take me back TO my own Faryland.
Take me back where the roses are sweet
with perfume.
Where the bees sing song that is
glad
Take me back. let me feel ia my heart
once again.
Just the God-given joy of a lad.
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staggered into. the room. A few
drinks put him on his feet, and then
he told us that the rangers were not
at their headquarters but had gone
in pursuit OF q band Of cattle thieves.
We'll. We can 60 after them our
selves, I said. There will only be
two against two and We will have the
advantage by surprising them
Jarrall looked at pe in blank sur
prise.
''You must be crazy, man. to sug.
gest such q thing. l am not counted
q coward. but I wouldn't undertake
the job without at least half q dozen
good men at my back. for all the gold
in the world. 1t would mean certain
death for both of US. No. am not a
candidate for the undertaken just yet.
with that buckled on my revolver
and started for the door.
II wouldn't do that, old man, Jar
rail- breathed, look of real concern
displacins the amused expression that
had SO nettled me. My God, man. you
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"The men jerked me out Of the
boat with small ceremony when We
reached the shore. l moaned pite0us-
ly and lay limp and inert. clutching
the hat with my left hand. the writ.
ing underneath. As they packed me
up the bank dropped the hat in the
shadow of a bush. After this l be-
came unconscious from the pain Of
my wounds
Il came to In a small room with q
single window up near the ceiling. 1t
was heavily barred with iron. between
which l could see single star. so I
knew that it was still night. l lay
there for a long time. 1t, seemed. half
conscious and utterly resigned. was
suffering too much and was too weak
from loss OF blood to care whether l
lived or died. In fact. think pre-
ferred to die. The smugglers had not
dressed my wounds and felt that
was slowly bleeding to death. 1t was
beyond my strength to make any ef-
fort to escape
Il had dozen on again, / suppose.
when the report of shots awakened
me. A battle seemed to be in progress
about the building, but was too
weak to more than raise myself upon
my good elbow for q moment; then
l fell back painting and exhausted.
The rattle Of firearms grew less dis
tinct. as IL the shots were coming
from q, great distance and ! slept
again.
"The next l knew Jarrall was bend
ing over me. was in bed and very
weak. 1t was the room where had
stopped in Preside. 1 felt that it
was hallucinatiOn of my feverish
BRAIN
1T was little that l did towards my
recovery. Jarrall did it all. BY force
of his personality he nursed me back
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The invitations were issued ON card
board made to represent a magazine
and were inclosed in envelopes. Each
guest was asked to come wearing an
article to indicate current periodical
or in q costume, whichever was most
convenient.
This broke the ice and it was q very
merry party. In about a half hour
when all were endeavOring to find out
who was what, the hostess passed
little booklets which contained the
following typewriter romance. the
blanks to be filled with the name OF
publication:
Once upon q time an who had al
ways enjoyed and cared very little
for the - outside Of his own was
induced by his friends to become q -
and junior member of a prominent
- In the home town of the -.
At the time of his coming to the city
this was q very - individual
heart whole and fancy free. and when ne
heard - from - lips Of the fascin-
atiOns of a certain little girl with bright
eyes and a face of which an artist might
be the - he paid no attention. How
ever. upon receiving through the -
a dainty missive with the OdOr of the
floral garden upon it. his heart fluttered
in an unusual manner. The coming func-
tiOn. lawn party given by the - had
been the - at his hotel for days
! His friends. whom we will call Mr..
and Mr.. - for convenience. had
insisted upon his attendance. He object
ed. saying he was no favorite in the
-. The friends argued that little
would make him have a different
in life and would make him more
- and that he needed the - so he
accepted the invitation.
Arriving at the park. he found a -
gathering. and the place being n pic
turesQue one. he at once made use. Of his
camera. saving: Il must have -
of this He was first introduced to the
owner of the park. an old man with
flowing beard, veritabie -, and his
son. a youth of IS years.
The was a charming girl. who
shyly left her escort when she saw the
- approaching.
"A - indeed" was his mental ejacu-
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to life and health. and when ! got
strong enough to talk and tried to
apologize to him and as, his forgive
ness for my abominable conduct he
would not permit it. He was man
and a gentleman, at all times.
"One day he told me how he had
come 10 rescue me.
HE had followed after me when l
ran from the house. only stopping
long enough to get his gun. This de-
lay had allowed me to mount the
horse and secure good start. He
knew it was useless to follow on foot.
and he had lost further time catching
a pony and saddling it.
Before he managed to reach the
giant cactus where l had hObbled my
horse. he heard the firing at the land
ing. He had arrived at the river in
time to see the boat landing at the
farther shore.
las soon as the bandits had left,
he swan his horse across the stream
and found my hat His pony struck it
with a hoOf and knocked it out into
the moonlight. He had picked 1t up
and found the message upon the brim.
"Appreciating that pursuit was use
less. he had fastened back to Preside
to secure assistance. He met Capt.
Davis and ten rangers on the way.
They had returned to camp sooner
than was expected. and seeing Jar
rails note, had pushed on to Presidio
without rest.
"The rangers then committed
breach of international law. With
Jarrall for guide. they had invaded
Mexico and rescued me"
Copyright. 1895. by W. G. Chapman)
Copyright in Great Britain1
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Summer Dresses to Be coIIariess.

The collarless dresses threaten to
become positively epidemic; ''decap-
lite" they call them abrOad-a rather
grewsome name when one stops to
think that the imagination of the
French sees in them repetition of
the barred necks of the guillotine vic
tins of the Revolution. In reality,
they are quite safe and hygienic, for
they give a woman a chance to show
pretty neck if she has one, to &C.
quire one If she hasn't, and in either
case to rest her throat from the effects
of the high close collar. Nine. Paquin
seems to be responsible for the fad:
certainly she is most successful
sponsor, for her own neck is very
beautiful and she always wears the
decapite Observation-Disclosures.
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the bottom of boat and the four men
were padding with might and main
for the Mexican shore. Here was 4
pretty mess my rashness had dragged
me into. l realized that the men would
show me no mercy, that death prob
ably awaited me at the landing. But
l was mistaken in this. They did not
know that | had recovered conscious
ness and l could hear what they said
when they paused in their furious row.
ing to catch their breath.
They seemed highly excited over
my single-handed attempt to capture
them. One of them. Mexican. wanted
to kill me at once. but the American
wouldn't hear to it, He advised that
l be revived and made to tell just what
l knew. This met with general ap-
prevail, and 1t was decided that l
should be taken to the house that
had visited that morning in company
with the American. They were go
ing to hold me q prisoner there until
they had gained the information they
wanted, and then they were going to
make an end of me.
They stopped talking and resumed
their padding. was in the heavy
shadows at the bottom of the boat.
and when I noticed that my big Pana-
ma hat was resting on my chest an
idea came to me. I 6shed q pencil
stub from a pocket and. with my left
hand, scrawled q message to Jarrall
on the brim of the big hat. 1t was a
miserable effort. and feared 1t would
be unintelligible. I told him Of my
capture, that I was wounded. and be-
ing taken to the house with the broken
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don't know what you are doing. l
haven't lived on the border ten years
for nothing. You will be killed.
can't. won't permit it
Il turned on him and snarled in
his face:
." You are not big enough to hold
me and you can't keep me any other
way unless you shoot me. and l don't
think you want to commit murder
Il poured out a volume of vile abuse
for which l was afterwards heartily
ashamed.
- am going l concluded. and with
that l sprang out of the house and set
of at a run for the north trail.
".Wait until get my gun and I
will go with YOU Jarrall shouted after
me, but 1 paid no attention to him.
TT was half-past ten. and knew it
would be a tight race to be at the ap-
pointed place on time. The messen-
gers horse was standing before the
door. I mounted 1t and set out at a
rapid rate for the trail. 1t was a wild
ride through the chaparral that night.
my heart beating time to the pounding
of the horses hoofs. At the giant
cactus l hobbled the pony and has
tened, on foot. down the cattle-trail
towards the river.
LAS 1 came in sight of the water,
shining white and silvery through the
bushes. could make out the bulk Of
boat approaching. gripped my revol-
yer nervousfy and waited for it to
land. The cottonwood trees cast
heavy shadows where crouched. and
this gave me the advantage of the
smugglers. for the moonlight was al
most as brilliant as sunlight. The
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-19
An Accessible Governor.

On the glass of the double doors
leading to the Offices of the governor
of Massachusetts there is printed this
cordial invitation: Walk in" And
many visitors to the famous state
house beneath the golden dome On
Beacon Hin who might otherwise pass
by contenting themselves with furtive
glances feel that here is a welcome
SO plain aad cordial that any timidity
they might otherwise be conscious OF
is entirely disrelled.-NatiOnal Maya
zine. ga +
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Declared Worse Than Cancer

Worse than cancer; that is the truth:
I have heard 1t from physicians. l
have heard it from three old people
whom cancer finally killed. They all
said that the pain of cancer at its
worst was mild beside the pain Of the
worst tOothache.
"TOothache drove DeQuincey to
opium-eating. DeQuincey. too. says
In his Opium Eater'-like all dentists.
I have the passage by heart:
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pljIow.
The stenciling is done with Easy
dye" which is a simple, effective meth
cd and will launder beautifully. 1t is
Is cents tube for all colors. Before
applying the color the fabric should be
dipped in a strong solution of salt and
water: A handful of salt will be
enough. The material should be dried
and irOned before applying the dye.
After this salt process the cOlors will
not run.
TO prepare the Easy dye" squeeze
some out into a fiat dish and dissolve
thoroughly in hot water. Use enough
water to obtain the desired value of
color. When cold. strain it through a
little piece OF muslin. Then mix the
color with the white of an egg TO pre-
vent it from running.
Lay the material on fiat. smooth
board. with sheet of blOtting paper
under it, pin the stencil in place, pin
ming il down firmly on all edges, and
apply the dye with stiff bristle
brush. holding the brush vertically
and having only a little dye on the
brush at a time. Dab" the color on
a little at a time, rather than paint it
in in long strokes. SO that it will not
run. 1t is good plan to have a bit
OF old white cloth on which to wipe
the brush before applying it to the
fabric
Some effective color schemes are.
Material. light golden tan rajah:
tulips, orange: dots, deep brown:
leaves. dark green. Material. ecru
crash; tulips. old blue: dots. bright
yellow: leaves, gray green: turning OF
leaves, dark green. Material. tan
denim: tulips, old rose; dots. Delft
blue; leaves. dark brown.
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vised by sbe W<ll-KpowD Authority Oh
the Subject, Nadanoe Nerri.

lation. as he recognized the one In .
white - to be none other than tho
one with the pretty face. OF whom he
had heard He was introduced. and a
httfe later. leaving Of friends. they
strolled across the lawn. They parted at
- but he gained her consent to call
upon her and to take her to the -.
The intervening days seemed -
long. bat in the meantime had
come to him. - had suddenly become
to him as important problem as -
economy and - had been in his coun-
try days before. was no longer a
pet by his fireside. for his affections were
elsewhere.
II was the same old story and he soon
decided to become the - for - pro-
vided he had - with his wooinx. This
his - and their - il one Of the
happicst places in
ANSWERS.
American Boy. Country Life In Amer
lea. Worlds Work. Farm and Home.
Business Man. Enterprise. Boston Her
aid. American. Independent. Hints.
Everybody's. Designer. Saturday Evening
Post. Smart Set. Table Talk. Munsey.
Harper's. Ladies' World. Outing. Outlook.
Cosmopolitan. Recreation. Popular. Pic
tOrial Review. st. Nicholas. Youths Com
panion. Business Man. Modern Priscilla.
Dress. The Circle. Sunset. Theater. Cen
fury. New Idea. Good Housekeeping Ma
'tional. Farm Progress. The Black Cat.
WOman's Home Companion. Life. Sue
cess. Modern Priscilla. House Beautiful.
The World To-Day.
Candy boxes in the shape of books
were the farors, and the prizes were
subscriptions to magazines, the lucky
ones making their choice of list that
were all the same price.
Ii one secures an invitation to a
party of this kind, it would be good
thing to go to a stationer's and look
over the magazines. for there are SO
many it is impossible to recall all the
names just when they are wanted.
MADAME MERRI.
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"'No stronger expression Of tooth
aches intensity and scorching fierce
ness can be imagined than this fact
that, within my private knowledge,
two persons, who had suffered alike
under toothache and cancer. have pro-
nourced the former to be. on the scale
of torture, by many degrees the worse
In both, there are at times lancinatins
pangs-keen. glancing. aTrowy radia-
tons of anguish: and upon these the
basis of comparison is rested
paroxysm against paroxysm-with the
result that l have stated"
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0OFA PILLOWS are great addition
= to a living room. den or porch,
and it seems as if one cannot
have too many of them. Stenciled
pillows are artistic and pretty.
Girls who intend to enter col
lege next fall are beginning to get the
things ready for their rooms, and pill
lows are always feature of college
room. The work is easy to do. and the
materials inexpensive. A tulip design
is given to-day, and is to be dcne on
a inflow of denim. crash. burlap, rajah
silk, or any preferred material of this
order The motifs are to be arranged
in two bands of tour motifs each. one
across the upper edge, about three
inches down, and the other across the
lower edge of the pillow. This arrange
ment is a bit newer than the border or
corner decoration. One single motif
is placed in the center of the back OF
the pillow, and it is surprising how
much more interesting pillow decor
ated in this way is than one having
plain back.
To make the stencil, trace the de-
sign given on a piece of stencil paper
or heavy manila PAPER. Lay the paper
on a piece of glass and cut out the
Darts of the design that are blackened
in Use a sharp penknife or slOyd
knife. or, if preferred, cut out the stem
ell with pair of small, sharp embroid-
ery scissors. II the manila paper is
used. it should be shellaced on both
sides to insure its serviceability, and
must be hung up a day to dry thor
oughly. AS real stencil paper is only
ten cents for a large piece. it is much
wiser to use it, as it saves much time.
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Soma Of an Editor.
Grit In.

It Is not to die. nor even to die OF
hunger, that makes man wretched-
Many men have died; all men must
die. But it is to live miserable. w.
know not why; to work sore. and Yet
gain nothing; to be heart worn.
weary. yet isolated. unrelated. grit
in with a cold. universal laissey faire.
Thomas Carlyle.
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adorned with the smallest of rhine
stone buckles. Others are all red.
the whole front embroidered with
tiny seed pearls. while others are
satin covered with renaissance lace.
and only here and there. where the
pattern is quite open. is to be caught
glimpse of the yellow shining
through.
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OF the Two, .Pangs Of Toothache Are
Less Easy to Bear.

you of the younger generation"
said the dentist, severely, don't appre-
ciate the importance of the conquest
of toothache that dentistry has made.
'1Toothache is the worst torture that
ever afflicted mankind. Its pains
'lancinating' they are technically called
are worse than the pains of cancer.
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Empire Yellow Slipper.

With everything empire naturally
that color known as empire yellow"
is playing its part well.
Every material is to be seen in this
delicate shade. From the velvet rib
bon laced through the debutante's hair
down to her slippers such slip
pers!
Some are satin with red heels and
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-19
The True Economist in Dress.

The True Economist IN OeeSS.
The woman who really does under
stand economy in regard to dress, and
who also understands that to have the
best and finest clothes she must in
vest in the same mot inadvisedly nor
lightly" pays a reasonable price for
one smart costume and three smart
waists-one dark one in fancy net.
crepe de chine or chiffon cloth. and
two deliberately made and perfect fit
ing white ones to wear with her
trimmed tailor gown. For her abso-
lutely plain costume she has one
waist to match exactly in color made
of crepe de chine or soft silk in tucks.
with which are worn a lace collar and
fat jabOt, or a plain but fine linen
waist. A curious incongruity permits
the wearing Of real lace waist also.
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Comfortable Sleeves.
II is almost paradoxical. but the
sleeves to be properly made should
not impede ones movement, or be in
the least uncomfortable.
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But Is He?

When a man pawns his watch he
good use of his time.
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And now the good citizen does not
wait for the Macedonian cry from the
village paper to burn those leaves, He
takes time and the rake by the fore
lock and gets busy early
Z 4 Z
If some men were as particular about
getting up when they are called as
they are about winding their alarm
clocks. wives would be saved a heap
of nagging.
A lady disciple of RoOseve.tian
spelling has married a Chicago proof
reader. She desires to reform him.
presume.
Come to Thee.
I come 10 thee o my darling.
Faint with the longing of years.
Weak with unsatate passion.
And burnt with its scaldins tears.
I have come from the Town of Ambition.
Through the Wood of the Heart-Sick
To dream in the Temple of Beauty.
And feed on the lilies Of love.
Alfred Hitch.
o O y
Non Appreeiative.
Having announced his text. an old
colored preacher down in Georgia, as
related by the Atlanta Constitution.
went on TO say: My attention has
been drawed ter de fact dat some
scoundul has gone n put alligator in
de pulpit, right under my two foots:
but, long as eZ dar. l gwine let him
STAY 'twel after de benedictiOn; fer
notice dat. DIES LAX de res er you
triflin'. no count sinners. he done
made up his mind ter take it easy en-
sleep through de sermon.
o o o
Woman.
oh. woman. you are charming.
And poets long have sung
Their sweetest verses to you
In every written tongue:
But none Of them has ever
Told why il is that you
Will always leave a street car
of dne gnorW
w. j. Hampton. in success magazine
SonQ Of an Editor.
This is tine season for paantin seed.
and tits also the printers time of need
Sow radish seed and lettuce. too, and pay
the printer whatever Is due. Go build
Yourself an onion bed and remember the
printer must BIZ fed. Sow several rows
OF early peas. and pay for last years
paper. please. Dig up the earth round
each strawberry vine and il you want
our paper drop us a line Plant sone
potatoes to put in hash and remember
the printer is short of cash Fix up
hill or OF beans. and with tee etitor
I,;yid. vour means OF Watfr-nielOns
you'll need a patch-the editors pants
reeds one to match. Pay up your sub
scription, plant your corn. and yOuN
raise a big crop as sure you're born
Henry tOula) Eagle.
BYRON WILLIAMS.