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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-04-15

The storm had driven the galley out
Of its course. For Gala and Zoe the
inevitable separation was delayed, per
haps for months. There was a glory
not of earth in the girls blue eyes.
The trader grunted with satisfaction:
she was growing fairer every day, she
would fetch much gold. As for Gala
be was more amenable. The trader
did not guess at the reason that made
the Scythian put aside his fierce pride
because with tied limbs he could
not, with all his cunning, arrange those
desperate stolen meetings that were
life TO two souls on the slave ship. In
one of these dangerous hours, Gala
noticed how Zoe coughed-a hacking
little cough-and how the cold air
was making her SILVER. She was made
for warmth and light A chill Novem-
Der in the northern sea was not good
for her, he thought anXiously. So one
night he rose and made his way to
| the traders cabin in the fore part of
| the galley. Under the light of a
! swinging lamp sat the Phoenician cast
! ing up accounts on a huge sheet of
parchment. He looked up. Gala stood
| with his back to the cabin door. his
dark eyes burning fire in the pallor of
| his face. The trader had merely to
call his men to have him dragged
! back to the lower deck But he did
not call. He had lived a fearless and
evil life, but he feared his gods. He
| said afterward that Gala had the very
fire of Bael in his eyes, that night as
he spoke-quickly and hoarsely like a
man in fever.
What hast thou done with the
child? Answer me, man, answer"
The young Scythian had once com
manded men. The sense of that made
his tone like whip-ash, for all his
present fate. The trader could cope
with that, so he shrugged his shout.
ders and answered: 'Ah ha, SO It is
that, is IT."
The terrible burning eyes fixed him
i again. GIVE her to me" said Gala
give her to me, or by the gods It's
4 nv dead body thou shalt take on thy
shin to Tara and am valuable. Sect
He rent the tattered tunic from him
and stood in his 1.-the halfnakee
beauty under the lamplight. See
They said long ago ] had beauty ant
strength. Man | will make thee ricl
If | live. My body is thine TO sell o.
STAY, only--give her back to me-"
Wei, have thy way" said th'
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-04-15
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-05
THE IRISH elap.cHARMeR.

Hfd more or less O. tuneful grace,
AS fits q Celtic singer,
I've praised the great bird OF our race
The stork, the blessin' -bringer.
when first to my poor roof he came,
How sweetly he was sung to!
called him every dacint name
That could lay my tongue TO.
But glory me! that praise from me
So pleased the simple crayture
Mis- visits here have come TO be
A sort o. second nature.
Yn glad to see him now and then,
But, glory be TO Heaven!
n here he isn't back again,
An this is number seven!
Gchi though this gift O. song may be
In nanny ways a blessin',
n brings some popularity
That gets to be disthressin'.
How mind. / love this Irish bird
We couldn't live widout him
An, shure, III not take back a word
I ever said about him,
Nut now when all these mouths to feed
Ate up our little sav!ns,
The birds who visits most we need
Are ould Elishas ravens
Begcr'! IL they were round these days,
AM ! could make them hear me,
Nd sing them such song o. praise
'Twould keep them always near me.
II. A. Daily, in the Catholic Standard
and Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-05
The Foolish Rose.

White | was walking in the garden
one bright morning, breeze came
through and set all the flowers and
leaves a-Hutter. Now that is the way
flowers talk, so pricked up my ears
and listened.
Presently an elder tree said: "Flow-
ers, shake off your caterpillars."
"Why?" said dozen all together,
for they were like some children who
always say why" when they are tod
to do anything.
The elder said: "If you don't, they'll
gobble you up
So the flowers set themselves a
shaking till the caterpillars were
shaken off.
In one of the middle beds there was
a beautiful rose who shook off all but
one, and she said to herself: "Oh,
that's beauty! will keep that one."
The elder overheard her and called:
"One caterpillar is enough to spoil
you"
"But," said the rose, 'look at his
brown and crimson fur, and his beau
tiful black eyes, and scores of little
feet. want to keep him. Surely one
won't hurt me-"
A few mornings afterward passed
the rose again. There was not whole
leaf on her. Her beauty was gone;
she was all but killed, and had only
life enough to weep over her folly,
while the tears stood like dewdrops
on the tattered leaves.
"Alas! l didn't think one caterpil-
lar would ruin me-"
One sin INDUCED has ruined many a
boy and girl. This is an old story,
but true lesson.-Morning Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-05
Cherry,

l must tell you about the bird we
had. It's name was Cherry. 1t was a
mother bird, and very tame one.
Sometimes we would let her fly all
over the room. Once when mamma
wanted to put her in the cage again
she couldn't find her, but at last she
found her upstairs. Cherry would sit
on the back of chair and let me
wheel her all about. Once she rode
on mammals shoulder. She seemed to
understand everything that was said
to her. One day, when she was about
two years old, she laid four blue eggs.
She was a beautiful singer. When
we were boarding we had to have the
walls papered and Cherry was taken
up to my grandmother's, and there
she died. was very sorry. Three
years later had another bird, named
Dick, but | never liked him half so
we'll as Cherry. Camp, in the
New York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-05
A Brave Heroine.

Not all brave, venturesome spirits
are rewarded as was the Pioneer
Heroine" told of in The Youths Com
panion, but it is we'll worth the while
of any of our young readers to culti-
vate the spirit of an indomitable cour-
age that will serve to carry them
through all the supreme tests Of life.
An instance of unusual hefoism, con-
nected with the burning of Royalton,
VT, by the Indians in 1880, is record
ed by Zadoc Steele, one of those who
were taken captive, in a book pub
lished in 1918. A Mrs. Hendee, with
her little son, years old, and daugh-
ter who was still younger, was try
ing to make her escape. When the
Indians overlook her and captured the
boy.
Anxious for the fate of the child,
she inquired what they were going
to do with him. They replied that
they should make a soldier Of him, and
FASTENED away.
She determined to get possession of
her son, and proceeded down the riv.
er. She soon discovered large body
of Indians stationed on the opposite
bank of the river. Wishing to find
the chief and supposing him to be
there, she set out to cross the river,
and just as she arrived at the bank an
old Indian stepped ashore.
He could not talk English, but re-
quested by signs to know where she
was going. She signified that she was
going to cross, when he, supposing
she intended to deliver herself up to
them as a prisoner, kindly offered 10
carry her and her child across on his
back; but she refused to be carried.
He then insisted upon carrying her
child to which she consented.
The little girl cried and said "she
didn't want to ride the old Indian" :"
She was, however, persuaded, and
they all set out to ford the river.
Having proceeded about halfway
across, they came to deeper and swift
er water, and the old Indian, patting
the mother upon the shoulder, gave
her to understand that, If she would
tarry upon a rock near them which
was not covered with water until he
had carried her child over, he would
return and carry her also. She there
fore stopped and sat upon the rock
until he had carried her daughter and
set her upon the opposite shore; when
he returned he took her upon his back,
lugged her over, and safely landed her
with her child.
She hastened to the chief and bold
ly inquired what he intended to do
with her child. Overcome by the SIM
pie boldness of the brave heroine,
he assured her that her son should be
given to her. She also obtained the
release of eight other small boys and
led them all away. She carried two
of the children across the river on
her back, one at time, and the 9TH
ers waded through the water. After
crossing the river. she travelled about
three miles with them and encamped
for the night. The next day she made
her way to place Of safety.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-05

| family, mother took Donavan and Ellz-
abeth down town to buy the new cage.
They chose a pretty gilt one, and as
soon as they reached home they want
ed to put Dickie into it, but the ques-
tion was how to get him in. The chill
dren could not imagine how 1t could
be don't. But mother had had birds
before and this is what she did; she
put the two cages, the old and the
new, close together on the table, with
the doors open. The doors were just
the same size and fitted up close to
each other so that there was no place
for Master Birdie to get out of, and 1t
was just like little wire house with
two rooms and doorway between.
Then she put fresh water and seed
into the two little cups that were in
the new cage, and on the floor she
put nice bunch of crisp, green chick
weed.
Dickie seemed to admire the new
house very much. He hoped down to
the floor of his old house and peeked
through the door into the new one.
He even reached over and pecked at
the gilt wires, but he didn't venture to
go in.
Then he saw the chickweed, and
how he did want some of it! At last
he reached through the door and
pulled of leaf. The children were
so pleased that they both gave hap
py little squeals, and at the sound
Dick promptly flew back to his perch
again.
Several times he went down and
was almost ready to hop through into
the new cage, but every time some
body moved or somebody said "Ah!"
and that always sent him back to his
perch.
AT last father took the children into
the other room to tell them a story.
Mother moved the chickweed to a
place where Dick could not reach it
without going all the way into the new
cage, and then she kept very still and
waited. Soon down he went again,
but he put his head first on one side
and then on another, then he put his
head through the door and looked
at the chickweed. Mother didn't
move even finger, and in few min
utes Dick forgot all about everything
excepting that tempting little bunch
of green, and with two or three little
hops he was inside the new cage, with
his bill full of chickweed.
Then very quickly and quietly moth
er drew away the old cage; the door
of the new cage went snap" and
there was Dick in his new house.
Louise NJ. Oglevee, in Our Little Ones.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-05
WHERE PEOPLE LIVE LONG.
Men of Seventy Not Regarded Old
Simple Life and Longevity.

In Norfolk there are in every vii.
lage individuals of more than eighty
years of age and not infrequently one
or two over ninety, and those of sew
enty and upward are regarded as not
even old. Many farm laborers of
seventy are quite hale and hearty,
working from early morning up to 8
and 6 o'clock in the evening, and some
are so vigorous as to earn full mans
wages.
And the women in the country
(writes correspondent are more te.
nacious of life perhaps than are the
men. In one village personally known
to me, containing about 800 people,
within the past six months have died
three women Of more than ninety
years of age, the oldest of these being
no less than ninety.six. In another
Norfolk village with inhabitants to the
number of 400 there live a man of
ninety-five, woman of ninety, wom-
an of eighty-nine, woman of eighty.
seven and several of both sexes over
eighty. In yet another village there
are blacksmith aged ninety-six and
the widow Of country medical prac.
titioner whose years mount up to
ninety-two.
This longevity of the Norfolk peas.
ant, comments the Lancet, has very
interesting pathological side to it.
The chief enemy of the farm laborer
Of the eastern counties from the
standpoint of health is rheumatism
Not many reach even middle age with.
out having been the victims of rheum
atism, and large number are Grip.
pied in their old age by this disease
But in spite Of this the average OF
longevity seems to be the very high
although as well as rheumatism he
has to contend with the lack of ade
quate housing accommodation and
want Of proper sanitary arrangements
That to eat sparingly of plain whole
some food, to be much in the open air
and to work sufficiently to occupy the
able a man to defy more or less the
evils of environment would seem tc
be shown by the toughness of the Nor
folk laborer.-London News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-05
At Dinner.

No matter where we children are
We run In answer to the bell,
And dinner comes In piping hot;
1t makes us hungry Just to smell.
Poor father sharpens up his knife.
And carves with all his might and main
But long before he's had bite
Our Willie's plate comes back again.
We eat our vegetables and meat
For mother, who is always right,
Says those who wish to have dessert,
Must show they have an appetite.
And when Sunday comes around,
So very, very good we seem,
You'd think most any one could tell
That for dessert we'd have ice cream.
Alden Arthur Knipe, in st. Nicholas.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-05
The Chinese Hoe.

The Chinese farmer stands second
to none in all the world. This is all
the more remarkable since he has
really so few implements with which
to work the marvels he produces. His
only implements are the hoe, the plow
and the harrow. Beyond these the
Chinese farmer never dreams of desir-
ing any other. The first of these tools
seems never to be out Of his hands,
for it is the one upon which he relies
the most, and is his most effective i'm
plement. 1t really takes the place of
the spade in England, though the lat
ter is never put to such extensive
and general uses as the hoe. The
Chinaman can do anything with 1t
but make it speak. The farmer well
on in years can easily be recognized,
amidst number of workingmen, by
the cure his hands have taken from
holding the hoe, in the many years of
toll in his fields With it, II he is a
poor man, and has no oxen to plow
the ground, he turns up the soil where
he is going to plant his crops, and
with it he deftly, and with turn Of
his wrist, levels out the surface so
that it is made ready for the seed.
With a broad-bladed hoe he dips to
the bottom Of stream or of pond,
draws up the soft mud that has gath
cred there, and, with a dexterous
swing, filings the dripping hoeful onto
his field nearby, to increase its rich
ness by this new deposit.-The Kings
Own.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-05
sank into his favorite chair and drew
| his sister down upon his knee.

sank into his favorite chair and drew
his sister down upon his knee.
Il hate to give you pain, dear" he
began softly. ut is only the knowl-
edge that | am wounding you which
puts me Ill at ease The fact is that
Beth promised me last night that she
would marry me in June. Frank is
coming out this evening to dinner, and
wanted to slip home and tell you so
that you could get over 1t before he
came"
Stella sprang to her feet.
You are going to be married?" she
cried. "You are going to leave me and
the dear old home and make home
somewhere else"
1T had to come some time" he
argued defensively, you see, Beth's
aunt will have TO go back West short
ly, and that will leave the poor child
without any protection. You can't ex-
pect me to remain bachelor all my
life" he added with trace of irrita-
ton. Il think we have all been very
patient with your ,whims, Stella. Kiss
me like good sister and wish me
joy"
81 hope you will be very happy" said
Stella duly, but she did not offer to
kiss him and she slowly left the room.
Bert watched her go with the sense
of helpless irritation man feels when
he has unwillingly hurt a woman and
knows that really he is not to blame.
He made no effort to stop her, and
Stella slipped OFF to her room to fight
out her battle alone.
And here fresh shock awaited her,
for as she curled up in the window she
glanced across the street and was hor-
rified to see two heavy trucks piled
high with ropes and tackle stop before
the house across the way.
Gilt lettering proclaimed them the
property of the Metropolitan House
Wrecking Company, but Stella did not
need the signs to tell her their pur-
pose. All along the street within the
past two years those wagons, or others
like them, had stopped in front of
some old house, then presently the
yawning hole where the cellar had
been was all that was left of the land
mark. Then other wagons had
brought new material and half dozen
of the hateful brick houses had risen
to replace the noble mansion. So the
house wreckers moved down old
homes and neighborhood pride alike.
Stella hurried down the stairs and
burst into the library.
Bert" she cried, there are the
wreckers in front of the old Balm
place. We must send Robert over to
tell them they are making a mistake" I"
There is no mistake said Bert
gently. There was a decision in the
court of appeals last month. Frank
and | did not tell you because we did
not want you to worry about it until
you had to. They are going to put up
a row of fiat houses"
For a moment Stella was stunned
by the announcement, then she went
over to her brothers chair.
Lets ask Beth out to dinner to-
night" she said as she kissed him.
Well plan for double wedding, dear"
Bert reached up and drew her down
to the comfort and protection of his
strong arms.
I'm glad you're going to give in
and marry Frank, even if he doesn't
insist upon running away from the
| ~ L. ,l,sa Dad
it's the first time ever saw the house
wreckers act as Cupid. American
| Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-05
Stopped the Cow.

Edwin, aged four, owned a picture
book, in which a ferce-looking COW
was running after a small boy. He
looked at it long time, then care
fully closing the book ho laid it away.
A few days later he got the book again
and turned 10 the picture. Bringing
his chubby fist down on the COW, he
exclaimed in tone of triumph, "She
amt caught him yet!"-The Delinea-
tor
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-05
Qickie's New House.

Dickie's cage was only borrowed
one, and when Carl had given him to
Donovan he had said: when you get
a new cage you may give this one
back to US. II you will, for. one Of. eur
other BIRDS So the very next day
after Dtckis came to be ons of the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-05-05

"But why did you backslide?"
Because of the preacher"
How was that?"
He painted the pleasures of the
world so beautifully that It made me
homesick. ."-Nashvflle American.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-24
CANADA HAS ANNUITY
SYSTEM OF ITS OWN
Enables Its Citizens tt
Provide for Old Age.

Montreal, Sept. 23.-The annuities
act of 1908, inaugurated by the Cana
dian government, has been in force for
seven months. The measure origin
ated with and passed the senate and
house of commons without a dissent
ing voice Annuities from $50 TO
$500 per year are provided upon pay
ment of stated sums periodically, or
lump sum amounts. The auunities
are non-forfeitahle, and cannot be
seized for debts of any kind. Pre-
miums may be deposited in local
postoffices, and in case a beneficiary
should die before annuity becomes
payable all payments made, with
compound interest at per cent add
ed, will be paid to the heirs. The
government pays all expenses of man
agement and responsibility in connec-
ton with the undertaking without
charge or deductions of any kind.
The sale of annuities now totals
$2O5,OOO for seven months, with the
prospect of a total of half million
dollars at the close of the first year
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-24
THIS COUNTRY LEADS
THE WORLD IN SURGERY
Folly for Americans to Go Abroad for
Treatment.

New York, Sept. 23.-Dr Louis
Livingston Seaman, one of the Amer
lean delegates to the recent interna-
tional medical congress at Budapest
arrived the other day from Liverpool
and spoke very enthusiastically OF
the showing made there by America
and the success of the congress. THE
Americans are far ahead of other ma
tions in many branches of surgery
and medicine" said DR.. Seaman. las
shown by the testimony and exhibits
at the congress. This is particularly
so in the case of appendicitis, where
we excel both in the treatment of the
disease and the technique of the oper-
alton" Speaking generally, DR.. Sea
man said it was the height of insan-
ity for Americans to go abroad fol
treatment by foreign specialists, wher
there were physicians at home who
could walk all around" the Euro
pean medical men.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-24
PUT MORE BA6GING
ON YOUR COTTON
farmers Should See That
Thirty Lbs. Are Used.
Progressive Farmer.)

Again we would urge our cotton
growers to put on bagging and ties to
the full per cent limit this season.
If you put on less than per cent
that is to say 80 pounds on 500
pound bale, q on a 450-pound bale,
the cotton buyer good cotton worth
II 1-2 cents a pound when he is pay
ing you only for bagging and ties ev-
eraging about IL cents a pound.
This is a matter our farmers have
been entirely too slow to understand.
The gist of the whole matter is
simply this: The price of cotton is
fixed by manufacturers who buy on
a basis of per cent deduction for
bagging and ties. That is to say they
figure on 80 pounds tare for each 500
pound bale; and on each 500-pound
bale, therefore. they allow a price
for the gross bale sufficient to pay
for only 470 pounds net of lint cot
ton. In other words, the price paid
per pound for the whole 500 pounds
is lowered so as to allow for 80
pounds tare.
Now, the average farmer instead OF
putting 40 pounds of lint cotton and
80 pounds of bagging into a 500
pound bale, puts in ATS pounds of
cotton and % pounds of bagging-
thereby putting in s extra pounds OF
II 1-2 cent cotton worth 81 instead OF
8 pounds of tagging and ties worth
% cents.
Moreover, all the evidence goes to
show that if the farmer does not put
on full 80 pounds tare to each 500
pound bale, the exporter adds the ex-
ira s or 10 pounds in secondhand
bagging and makes the extra dollar
that really belongs to the farmer. AT
meeting of foreign manufacturers
with representatives of the Farmers
Union in Washington City year Oh
two ago, the manufacturers inquired
why is it that when cotton leaves
| the farmers gin it has only 20 to q
pounds of tare, but has 81 pounds by
the time it reaches us?" This is the
explanation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-24
ELECTRIC R. R. BUYS
FARMERS PRODUCE
Encourages Them to Raise
Better Crops.

Portland, Me- Sept 23.-An cleo
trio railway management in this state
has instituted the policy of going into
the agricultural districts and buying
the farmers produce, practically at
his door. The object is not the prof
its accruing from speculation in pro-
duce, but to encourage the people of
the district to raise more, bigger and
better crops, so that the railroad may
have larger freight traffic. The
consideration seems sufficient to the
railroad. To the farmer the advan-
tage of dealing with a corporation
whose prosperity depends ON his own,
rather than transacting his sales
through strangers in distant cities, is
apparent