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Evening star., 1909-01-31
CHAPTER v.

TT was about midnight when we got to
i Rymersburg, and the Doc was in high
spirits. / didn't feel very cheerful my
self, seeing that we had bride on our
hands and things were kind of uncertain
about our future engagements. l limited
to the wizard that the outlook might be
brighter than it was; but he gazed at me
a trife sad as he asked:
'Zachariah, have you ever taught a
colored Sunday school class
l admitted that | hadn't.
Il thought perhaps you had he said
1T would account for your habit of look
ing on the dark side of things"
When l got up In the morning | found
the Doc in the little office at the hotel
waiting for me- He had fixed things con-
cerning the hall, and said the owner had
promised it to us if the Monte Cristo
Company didn't show up before seven
o'clock that evening.
Hurry out, now, Zachariah.' he or
dered, and get all the boys you can to
distribute bills, Angel Willie and his
company will not arrive At seven
o'clock this evening we shall begin to re-
ceive the offerings of the populace, and
will give them show that will mark an
epoch in the history of this town
But what if the Monte Cristo people
SnOulu get mere. 1 ASKED
"Zachariah, says he, you must get
over that t,-really you must,-or | shall
be compelled to find a new manager
What if Caesar had not crossed the Rubi-
con- What if Napoleon had not crossed
the Alps, What if Washington had not
crossed the Delaware, All, those fatal
words what if But for them the his
tory of the world would not be what it
is How has the poet said,
Fate grasps her hammer in both hands,
And is prepared to deal biff
To him who might achieve, but stands
And meekly asks himself What If,
Il am going to introduce a new act
tonight | have Just thought it out.
We will have box placed on the stage
You will enter this box in full view of the
audience. after which the lid will be
nailed on by d committee of reputable
citizens | will then shoot a real bullet
into the box, and as the smoke of the
powder clears away you will advance
down the middle aisle from the rear end
of the hall toward the stage
He rubbed his hat lovingly with his
coat sleeve while telling me about the
pleasant part | was to have IN the new
act, and smiled as though he had been
doing me great kindness. | supposed
the trick was to get me out OF the box
before the gun was fred but somehow |
couldn't help wishing he had fixed his
fancy on something else
nON'T you think says l. that the
act would take better If you got In
the box and let me do the firing!'
Evening star., 1909-01-31


Zachariah,' says he. Il wish you
would run out and try to borrow pair
of tame rabbits somewhere You can
give their owner a ticket to the show for
the use of them tonight -
"HEN the doors opened that evening
" things looked encouraging. The
people began coming early, and ten min
utes before the time for the performance
to start we had a full house The Doc
was IN high spirits, saying he was going
to give a show that would make every
body want us to play return engage
ment right away. The curtain hadn't
been up minute, though, before / began
to have suspicious that it wasn't going to
be our lucky night I'd put on a false
be called when | noticed back near the
door an unfriendly looking man with a
gun. i don't know how he got in with
his weapon; but there he was, and |
didn't like it. | had a suspicion that he
might want to fire into the box when the
Doc got ready for our disappearing trick
and 1T began to seem to me that manag-
ing wizard wasn't what nature intended
me for, after ALL
Still, there was Clytie The Doc was
passing his hands up and down before her
face, and she looked like an angel all in
white After getting her hypnotized, he
asked people to lend him their watches,
and when he held them up she would tell
the numbers on them. The act made a
big hit, and after it was over the drygoods
box was pulled out on the stage A COM
mittee of prominent citizens was called
up to look at the box and see that there
was a bottom in it and that the sides
were tight
Now, ladies and gents said the wiz
ard, Il am about to perform one of the
most marvellous acts ever conceived by
the human mind In full view of every
body within the sound of my voice | shall
place full grown man, ladies and gents,
IN this common drygoods box, load a gun
as stand here before you, and fire directly
at the person inside. The jugglers of In
dla perform nothing that compares with
this wonderful feat Crowned heads have
been staggered by it; princes have stood
aghast while seeing me perform this
miraculous and daring act; and scientists
have tried in vain to fathom the mystery
of it | will now call for somebody to
volunteer to get into the box, and to him
who dares to assist me in the performance
of this soul stirring feat | pledge absolute
freedom from injury. He shall be as safe
as babe that is rocked on its mothers
breast, although it will appear that he
must go to certain death Is there any
one present who will come forward :"
MY knees shook good deal as | went
A'A up on the stage; for | couldn't help
feeling that the show was going to be
queered The scheme was for the Doc to
spring the trap as soon as Id got in the
Evening star., 1909-01-31
THE WINSOME WIZARD

she took more than a friendly
interest in me. Anyway, l
thought I'd throw out a few
hints to let her know l liked
her; so l said it made me sad
to see her suffer =
I'm not suffering she an
swered; I'm happy"
But often when you are
performing says l, you
look so sad"
II am sad sometimes; but
l must not talk of that. |
must be brave. | must en-
dure.'
The look she gave me made
me feel guilty for not being
able to do something noble
for her. Tell me the story of
your life | said. There's S
some mystery about you. Let
me save you, if you need to be
saved. "
" No, no. she answered,
there's nothing you can do.
Nothing nothing' And yet
if you only might! You are
SO strong, SO kind, so brave.
But it cannot be. All, no, it
cannot be-"
1t must have been the way
she looked at me that made
me do it; but right there,
without any more words, |
flung my arms around her.
She turned her face up to me !;
but just then a hand came be-
tween her mouth and mine.
and | afterward found that it
belonged to Quintius Coglio-
ctro tho y,izarJ
Evening star., 1909-01-31

"Zachariah." says he, Il wisl
would run out and try to borrow
of tame rabbits somewhere. Yo
give their owner a ticket to the sh
the use of them tonight. -
The Brunswick news., 1909-07-29
Sees Mother Grow Young.

1T would be hard to overstate the
wonderful change in my mother
since she began to use Electric Bit
ters," writes Mrs. w. L. Gilpatrick
of Danforth, Me. Although past -
she seems really to be growing ycu.lg
again. She suffered untold missry
from dyspepsia for 20 years. Az lasi
she could neither eat, drink nor sleep
Doctors gave her up and all Temcdi, S
failed till Electric Bitters worked such
wonders for her health" They in
vigorate all vital organs. cure liver
and lidney troubles, induce sleep, iir-
part strength and appetite. Only &c
~ Roses Drug Store.
The Brunswick news., 1909-07-29
STATE STATE ROAD ROAD GAN GAN
Be EXTENDED
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE SUB
MiTs INTERESTING REPORT
ON THE SUBJECT.

The report submitted by the in
I vestigatng commission to the gene
raj assembly, Tuesday morning on
the question Of extending the safe
road to the sea, recommends that the
general assembly go further ard pro-
vide for deeper investigation of tn
matter, whose suggested solution the
commission considers feasible and
imperative. The commission believes
that the cost per mile would be re-
duced about $4,000 by the use OF
convict labor.
I In part the report says
ITO the General Assembly of Geor-
gia:
The commission created by the
resolution OF September 5, 1903, to
inquire into the feasibility Of en-
ploying conyicts in extending the
Western and Atlantic railroad and
report thereon to the present gen
eral assembly, beg leave to report
as follows:
The sum appropriated did not
warrant anything Ike the ascertain.
ment OF actual figures BY survey or
other like means. The commission
confined its inquiries therefore to
such sources Of information as were
open to it without serious expense
They have concluded and beg leave
TO report that frst-class standard
railroad can be built on grade OF
l per cent. southeastward from At
lanta to the region Of the tertiary
formation. ard q grade of six -tenths
OF | per cent from there to the sea
with q four degree curvature, at
cost of $36,550 per mile, that pro-
per allowance in addition to this to
cover the cost OF mantainin. the
grading during the first two years and
ballasting the road thereafter should
be $4,000 per mile; that such a road
can be thoroughly equipped at a cost
of $4,000 per mile add.tional and
that complete ana elaborate terminals
can be acquired or constructed fol
an additional sum Of $4,000 per mile
The commission appends hereto
tabulated statement covering The de-
tails Of these expenditures.
From he amounts given, redac
tionslare possible as may be deter
mined upon, according to The items
that may b. omitted entirely or re-
duced ii quality
"2y the use o. convict la@or, ii
cca; for sradins, balaating, t'ach
LAWNS and suefacing can, in the
o@n en- OF the commission, be reduced
about $4,000 per mile.
The commission is further OF the
opinion that before any final and &c
curate estimate can be made, pre-
liminary survey will be necessary, and
that a reliable survey of this char
acter will cost from $4,000 to
$4,000"
The Brunswick news., 1909-07-29

The ~EetroFStsSeNh h~~,&>4s ~U6~ ~ ~
noVFu G.;
Asrs a meal or lunch always Ca, b.
fesG6
Elegant Rossts. Steak, chEsa ana cst
let, teo:
Best Coffee in BrLnsWlok we scrwo %
you.
At 1907 Newcastle street. Call
sight or Gay, "JUnn Gavsraw' eSss
riease you all;
,sIicaeies in season; oy.Sers, Fish oi
every kind;
metropolitan the name, be surc "a
bear In mind.
,EG LAP NIMMRR "a - "a.
The Brunswick news., 1909-07-29
NEWS NEWS AND AND NOTES NOTES
OF LEGISLATURE
SENATE NOW DISCUSSING The
BIENNIAL SESSION BILL.
OTHER MATTERS.

Atlanta, July 28-The house yes
terday reconsidered its action CT
Monday in placing a tax Of ten cents
q gallon on manufacturers Of syrups,
tnctures and extracts used in max
ing soft drinks and after nearly three
hours debate, reduced tn. tax to five
cents a gallon
1t is provided in the bill that stamps
must be affixed TO each receptacle
holding any such commodity. The
amendment for a 5-cent tax for each
gallon was made by Mr. Hill, Of Mon
roe Mr.. Turnipseed of Clay county
sought to have the tax fixed at 2
cents, and Mr. Ellis of Bibb wished
st made l cent for each gallon. Fin
ally by a vote of 70 TO 50, the Hill
amendment was carried.
Osteopathic Examiners.
There was an entire absence OF op-
position in the senate yesterday to
the bill providing for the creation OF
& state board of osteopathic eXamin
crs, to consist OF five members to be
appointed by the governor, and the
C'3 NSAl NhlOuSd DJ NSAN vi - " w.
The osteopaths OF Georgia have
been trying for years 10 secure this
recognition Of their profession on the
part Of the state, and this is the
first time the measure providing for
the examining board has gotten
through either house The bill now
goes to the house, where strong ef-
fort, win be made to have it finally
enacted at thi1 session
Biennial Sessions.
The biennial sessions bill by Sena- 4
tor Slater, OF the First was under
debate during the greater part OF the
session Of the senate yesterday, and
the friends OF the measure believe
that with q full senate present, the
measure will receive more than two
thirds constitutional majority vote
The biennial sessions bill viii come
up again Wednesday morning as un-
finished business, and the senate viii /.
continue its consideration untl it Is
d sp0sed Of. 1t requires thirty votes
to pass the measure, since it pro
poses an amendment to the consti :
tuition, which, Of course, must be sub 7
mitted TO the people for ratification /
before 1t can become law
The Brunswick news., 1909-07-29
smashes An Re.orda.

AS an sll-round laxative tonic sns
health-builder no other pills can com
pare with DR.. Kings New Life Pills
They tone and regulate stomach, live
and kidneys. purify the blood, streng
hen the nerves; cure constipation
lyspepsia. rillioasness, jaun6ice, head
ache. chills and malaria. Try them
:5c at Roses Drug Store
Ycu are invited TO call on Nannel
g c., opposite the oaleshorne, ~sher
wanting anything iin tie drug line.
The Brunswick news., 1909-07-29
ROUND TRIP EXCLUSION RATEs
Via Southern Railway,

Via Southern Railway
ASHENlLLE, N. C.--S1l.S0.
On sale July s, 3 10 and 11th. Good
returning until July 26th.
ATLANTA, GA.--s9.9O.
On sale June 19 and 20. Good re-
turning until June 25.
ATHENS, GA.-SS.s5.
On sale June %, ~, IS; July 8, S,
10 anu II. Good for fifteen days
and may be extended on payment
of small fee.
BLACK MOUNTAIN, y. C.-s1625.
Tickets on sale June 80; July l
and 2. Good returning July IS.
BLACK MOUNTAIN, n. C.-$12.25.
Tickets on sale July II, 10. %.
81 and August :, 8, l6, Fl and 20.
Good returning until Sept. 6.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COL0-$51.60.
Tickets on sale July !, 2, and 4.
Good returning until July 80.
DENVER, COLO.-$51.so.
Tickets on sale July ]. 2, and
4. Good returning until July 80.
KNOXVILLE. TENN-S14.;5.
Tickets on sale June %, 81, %, 26.
81. July 5. 10 IL and 81. Good for
fifteen days and tickets may he ex-
tended on payment Of small fee.
MONTEACLE, TENN.-s14sS.
Tickets on sale July !, 10, H. %,
q and so. Good returning until
Sept. c5.
NASHVILLE, TENN.-$l1.o5
On sale Jlne oS, % &nd so. Good
returning within fifteen days and
tic6ets may b, extended on pay
ment of a small Zee.
NEW YORK, y, Y-$S5e0.
Tickets on sale June IS, July l,
s. s. IL 10, -, %, &c, 90 Aug
ust .. 5, ., -. 16, 10, %, &c and
80. Good returning until Sept. 20.
ST. PAUL. MTNN.-s4Slo,
Tickets on sale July 5, and 5
Good returning un.l July 81.
SEATTLE, WASH,
Portland. ORE,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL,
los ANGELES, CAL
Account Of Alaska Yukon Pscihe
Exposition. II Interested amply for
fur'Aor Information inSluiins rates
routes and literature.
{. MGouGAN,
GENERAL AGENT.
The Brunswick news., 1909-07-29

Apeiay in taking rYsey's Kidney Rem
edy If yon have bachacha, kidney o.
bladder trouble. fastens the diseas'
uron yon and makes cure more dH-
ficult. Commence taking Foley's Nla
ney Remedy today and you VII s1c1
he well Why risk a serious maiSoy
wor sale by Atlanta Pharmacy.
The Brunswick news., 1909-07-29
Yrr,Nle Mskcra cnseed

Waen a sufferer from stomach trou
BILE takes DR.. Kings New Life pills
he's might glad to see his dyspepsia
and Indigestion ny. but more he's
tickled over his new fine appet'ss,
strong nerves, healthy vigor all be-
cause stomach. liver and hdnsvs auw
~ora rIeat 2ac Ut ltose's Drug SsxaF
The Brunswick news., 1909-07-29

Glenn Springs Mineral Water il
highly endorsed by the physicians
and scientists. Pepsi-Cols Bottine
Works, agents.
The Brunswick news., 1909-07-29
METROPOLITAN
Restaurant

The HOTEL cUMRERLAND HAS
GRANTED A RATE o. $500 PER
WEEK FOR BRUNSWICK PEOPLE.
NO CHARGE FOR CAR FARE.
CHEAP BOAT RATES. ADDRESS
+. A. MILLER, MANAGER. CUM
8ERLAND ISL AND. ca.
The Brunswick news., 1909-07-29
FOR SALE

A valuable farm ahout six miles
from this city; shell road nearly
all the way; nicely adapted tor
chickens and hogs, also vegetable
raising; forty hogs incIuded IN the
sale. Farm just 70 the righ: Of
chappel church. Come quick as
it is a bargain, or address
The Brunswick news., 1909-07-29

Delay in commencing treatment for
a slight irregularity that could rave
been cured quickly by Foley's h'"ney
Remedy may result in serious Kio'
ney disease. Foley's Kidney heulFe
builds rp the worn-cut tissues asa
sfrengthens these organs.
The Brunswick news., 1909-07-29
]. D. FOGLE2,
6ox 81, Brunswick, Ga.

THE HOTEL CUMBERLAND IS
NOTED FOR GOOD SERVICE. IT'S
\ GREAT PLAYGROUND FOR CHILL
DREN. WRITE L. A. MILLER, MAN
The Brunswick news., 1909-07-29

For diseases of the liver, kidneys
and stomach, there is no better min
eral water in the world than Gienr
SpEings Mineral Water. Fepsi-Coia
Betting Co, agents.
The Brunswick news., 1909-07-29

For pure drugs and PROMPT serv
Ice, phone AZ, Fearrington's dru!
store.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02
WORK OF A BUDDING GENIUS
Couplet That Lacked Something of
the Divine Fire, But StrikingIy
Original.

The ten-year-old daughter of an art
ist believes that she is destined to fill
a great place in literature, and all her
spare moments are devoted to writing
poetry about every conceivable sub
ject, according to the San Francisco
Wasp. Recently she attended her
first church wedding, and so filled with
inspiration was she that she imme-
diately began to write poem descrip-
tive of the event A few days after
ward, when her mother was entertain
ing friends, the youthful prodigy asked
permission to read her poem before
the guests. Her mother humored her
with not little secret pride. Stanza
by stanza the poem progressed until
the young lady reached the point
where the description of the brides
maids was set forth. There one of
her couplets read thus:
Some had pug noses and some had
Roman,
And each wore a blue ribbon about her
abdomen.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02
Rer 0chNar6z -

position makes it possible for me to reach many
who are in need of help and many who are stran
gers and I want to stay here and make my work
effective in helping the German citizens in this
country"
1t is because of this sincere desire to be of help
to his church that Mr.. Schwarz has labored with
his hands and brain to build the church 1t
has arisen out OF what seemed to be insurmOunt
able difficulties, Not only the cornerstone, but
every stone in it was once refused by the builders
but when it is finished there will be no fault found
with it's smooth, gray walls, its modern equipment
and its generous dimensions.
In connection with his pastoral and building
work Rev Mr.. Schwarz devotes nine hours a
week to teaching in the University of Omaha
where he has charge of the German classes. He
is also stated clerk of the presbytery of Omaha
and the compensation received from this additional
work he considers providential in that it helps to
secure him sufficient salary to bring his work to
a self-supportng basis
Rev. Schwarz' father was practicing physician
in Franklin county, Mo. He hailed from Heide-
berg, Baden, Germany.
of IL months. He was taken into the home of a
knd-hearted couple who had already raised eight
children of their own.
AS tribute to the memory of his foster par.
ents and token of appreciation of the kind
ness received at their hands, the church parsonage
has been turned into a sort of a home for the
friendess and refuge for the destitute Many
have partaken of the parsons hospitality until
work or other assistance had been offered. Should
this sort OF hospitality require space it is
possible that an old peoples home may be estab-
hshed after the financial obligations of the new
church edifce have been met
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02
LOST REGISTERED LETTERS
FOUND IN QUEER PLACE
Missed From a Mangled Mail Bag,
They are Recovered From

GdT tTUCkSs
1t does not always follow that the
disappearance of registered mail
packages indicate robbery of the
mail. This was demonstrated on
The Overland Limited train No. Q
Friday, November 9Th, when pack
age of five registered letters from
Schuyler disappeared between that
point and Omaha.
The recovery of the lost package
was as strange as its disappearance.
The Schuyler pouch is picked up
from crane by means of pouch
catcher as the train passes. This
pouch catcher is attached to the mail
car and hooks onto the pouch sus-
pended from the crane as the train
passes. In this particular instance
the pouch catcher did not make a
good catch and the pouch fell under
the wheels of the train and was cut
in two. The mail was scattered along
the track for a considerable distance,
but the five registered letters, which
were in a packet, could not be found
when the other mail was picked up.
The impression at once prevailed that
the registered package had been found
and kept by some one and it was re-
ported as lost.
Postofice Inspector L. A. Thomp-
son was started out to investigate. His
first visit was to Council Bluffs to
make inquiries of the postal clerks
on the car, and scarcely had he
reached there when he received word
that the registered package had been
found by the car cleaner resting snug
ly on the trucks under the dining
car, where it had been blown or
thrown when the mail pouch was
flung under the wheels at Schuyler.
That the package was not injured
in the slightest, nor Jared from its
position on the trucks, is simply an
other tribute to the Union Pacific S
unsurpassed roadbed and perfect track.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02
SCIENCE AND FAITH

Is it true that the greater the knowledge the
less the religious interest? Are these two persons,
the man whose zeal for religion is equaled by his
bigotry and ignorance and the other in whom sci
entic study has dwarfed spiritual sensibility fair
types by which to judg the relations of religion
and knowledge?
Is intelligence incompa BILE with real piety +?
Will the growth of knowledge bring about the dis
solution of religion? Is the life Of religious aspi-
rations and feelings out of date in a scientific age
such as we are constantly reminded this one is
today? Science has overcome superstition: is
faith SO bound up with superstition that it, too,
must go?
We can be sure of one thing, at least; that no
matter what our feelings, theories or ideals may
be, we cannot turn backs on the great world
of fact as it is laid before The faith that fights
facts is committing suicide. Appeals to our fears
cannot to-day make the facts less real to us and
we know that by them will have to stand or
fall
If you stop to think about it, there is a striking
significance in the fact that this question has
arisen. Is there religion for the intelligent edu
Gated scientific mind? 1t suggests another uues-
ton: Can any other mind fully comprehend the
riches and meaning Of religion? The unthinking
cling to customs traditions and forms that are the
vestiges of truth. The trained mind DISTINGUISHES
between the garments of truth and truth itself
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02
Country Neslecting the Children.

If the percentage of tuberculous chill
dren recently ascertained by an inves-
tigation in Stockholm, Sweden Q.61
per cent? were applied to the schools
of the United States there would be
1881 children between the ages OF
eight and fifteen who are positively af-
fected with tuberculosis, according to
a statement of the National Assocla-
ton for the study and prevention OF
tuberculosis. AS cOntrasted with this
figure, there are only II open-air
tuberculosis schools in operation in
the entire country, and nine more I'M
der consideration. At the lowest esti-
mate, even with all the schools now in
operation and those proposed, accom-
modations will not be provided for
four-tenths of one per cent. of the
children who need this special treat
ment.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02
TIE
Exc optional
Equipment

of the California Fig Syrup Co. and the
scientific attainments of it's chemists have
rendered possible the production of Syrup
of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA, in all of its
excellence, by obtaining the pure medic
inal principles of plants known to act most
benefcially and combining them most
skillfully, in the right proportions, with
it's wholesome and refreshing Syrup of
California Figs.
AS there is only one genuine Syrup of
Figs and Elixir Of SIENNA and as the gen
uine is manufactured by an original
method known to the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, it is always necessary to buy the
genuine to get its beneficial effects.
A knowledge of the above facts enables
one to decline limitations or to return them
if, upon viewing the package, the full name
of the California Fig Syrup Co. is not found
printed on the front thereof.