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C. WABMA-VJ'. Cashier. I SAVINGS VOL. LXIVf NO.

2. THE HOUSE BY THE Ile was a friend to man, tuul bc lived in ali ore hermit souls that live I drawn lu the place of their self-content; There are souls, like stais, that dwell apart, 1 Ia a firnjament There are pioneer souls that blaze their paths 3 highways never ran. But let me live by the side of the road 1 And be a friend to maa. I see from my house by the'sido of the road, 3 By the side ot the highway of life, The men who press on with the ardor qt hope, The men who are faint with the strife. But I turu not away from their their tears- Both ports of an infinite plan.

Let mo live In my house" by the side of the 3 road, And be a friend to man, A Happu jyi. iyi y. V-JVt Day by day I had seen the lines of care deepen round iny father's month and forehead and watched my mother's pale and anxious gaze rest upon him. Night after night did Maude and I lay side by side and spend the hours when sleep, they tell us, lends us beauty in wondering what trouble was hovering over ns. But knowledge came all too sooD.

My father had lent money which he auppbsed he could call in at any time. The time arrived, but the money was not forthcoming. His health was rapidly failing him, a fact his business anxieties in no way helped, and we soon knew he must mortgage heavily the farm and that if health continued to fail he might soon be unable even to pay the inter' e3t. Then Maude and I began to hold our whispered conversations to better purpose-to decide thai we are strong and.young and healthy and that such gifts were giveu to us to be made use of. And so it ended in our sending off a mysterious- letter to the old school teacher and waiting and days for a reply, which came at to tell us she had succeeded in finding a situation as governess at a competency which to us seemed wealth.

The lady was willing to take'anyone her recommendation, aud either of us, she felt assured, would fill the role. So she left it for us to decide -one must go and one must stay. At last Maude said it must be she who would go and wrote and appointed a day for her coming. The intervening time rapidly away in busy preparation, and at last the one Suudtvy left us rose bright and clear. Maude looked so lovely.

that morning in her pretty hat; with its feather, that I did Kronder the straus inj hurch wandered was a tal1, handsome ovan, si. with the name whici. our village represented its aristocracy and wealth. There were gentlemen from London there constantly, but their gaze did not often wander from the stylish, elegant Misses Leonard to seek any other attractions. I saw them glance round once or twice, as if to discover' what else in the church could possibly distract attention from themselves, and I fear I felt more pride in Maude's beanty tjian was quite consistent with the sacred place in which we were.

My father grew rapidly worse instead of better, and it was hard work so to word my letters to Maude that she should not know of the skeleton in our home-the shadow of coming death? Her letters wore bright and cheery, and when at la-it I told her that our father grew no better she answered she baa met Dr. Melrose, who was a relative of the lady, whose children she taught, and him to go down and see father and that she would defray the necessary expenses. I almost gasped when I read the name-Dr. Melrose. His fame had reached even our ears.

I wondered how she could have approached him with such a request; but I said noth; ing to father of her desire, and one morning, about a week.later, his card was put into my hands. With quick, trembling limbs I has. tened down to' meet him and opened the parlor door to find myself face to face with the stranger who, weeks before, had sat io the Leonards' pew. My face grew red and pale as I recognized him; but he came forward very quietly and, taking my "Come, we will have a little taik first, and then you shall take me to see your father." Then when he left me to visit my father I found myself awaiting his return with a calm assurance that, could mortal aid avail him, he would find it in Dr. Melrose's healing touch.

A half-hour passed before his return, and when the room I knew I might hope. "It is not so bad as I feared," he so d. "Time and careful nursing will Roon restore him. The latter I shall intrust to he gave me his directions so clearly that I could not misunderstand them, and when he bade me good bye, holding both my hands for a moment in his own, and said: "You must take care of yourself as well-and not give me two patients instead of one," he smiled so kindly that I felt my heart leap as-1 thought: "It's for Maude's sake he has done this thing. He loves her." So the winter Two or three tinrts the doctor came to relieve the monotony.

We looked to him almost as our deliverer, for father's health and vigor were at last restored; but when he asked him for his bill he laughingly replied: "That was a private matter with Miss Maude. She is to settle that." My father looked amazed; but I could appreciate the payment he wopld accept, and imagined their surprise when he should demand it their hands. The summer was rapidly approaching. The time for Maude's homecoming was at hand. I had reason to be happy, for Maude was coming to a home over which hung no shadow of debt The mortgage had been What she had saved OF THE ROAD.

ouse by tho sldeof the know there are brook gladdened meadows ahead And mountains of wearisome height, Chat the road passes on to the long afternoon And stretches away to the night. 3nt still I rejoice the travelers rejoice, And weep witn the strangers that moan, Tor live in my house by the side of the road Like a man who dwells, alone. jet me Hvo in my house by the side of the road, Where tho raoe ol men go by. Chey are good, they ore bad, they are weak, they are strong, Wise, foolish. So am I.

Then why should I sit in the seat, Or hurl the oynio's ban? "jet me live in my house by the side of the And be a friend to man. -Sam Walter Foss. Vir A A Mistake. Bhonld go toward her trousseau when Bhe needed one, for father "had prospered beyond all expectations. At last I heard the sound of "wheels.

Nearer and nearer. "I bring you a surprise," she had written, and by her side sat Dr. I knew it all. "Was it not as I I only know that an impulse whioh sprang from some corner of my brain caused me to turn hastily up the stairs and, burying my head in my pillow, sob aloud. "Ellie, darling! Where are you?" questioned a sweet, girlish voice; and I sprang up, ashamed of my momentary weakness, to find myself clasped in my sister's warm, loving embrace.

And, taking me by the hand, she ran rapidly down into the room where they all sat. Dr. Melrose instantly arose and came forward with his old smile of welcome and made a movement as would already give me a brother's kiss, but remembered in time that secret was not yet The evening passed rapidly away in pleasant laugh and Occasionally I intercepted a glance between Maude and her of meaning, but no one else seemed to notice it. At last he rose to bid us good night, and as he held my haud a moment in his own he whispered: "You have always been the most indefatigable in pressing my small claim upon you. Tomorrow I will present it to yon for payment.

May I see you for a few moments in tho morning?" "Certainly," I answered; but my voice trembled, and I think had he a moment longer I should haye bnvst into tears. All through that long night I watched my sister, sleeping so by my my little war with He Should 1 wu ups, but nothing more, I entered the parlor next morning to greet Dr. Melrose, who stood waitiug for me. ''I have come, as you claim my payment, Ellie. Can you not guess it?" A momentary struggle with myself, then I answered bravely: "Yes, I know it all.

You have my consent, Dr. Melrose, although you take our dearest possession. He looked bewildered, but suddenly seemed to understand, as he said, gravely: "Then you know, Ellie? Since the clay I first saw you in church I have loved you, as my fondest dream the hope of making you my wife! Darling, you are sure I have your consent?" "But Maude?" I almost gasped. "Maude is only too happy in the hope that I may win you. She is engaged to a cousin whom she met at Mrs.

Marvin's and who is soon coming to claim her. He is a splendid fellow and well worthy of her; but ah! my darling, can accept no other payment than yourself!" And, in a wild burst of passionate joy, of marvelous unbelief, I gave it to him, as he sealed it with the first kiss of our betrothal. Cliary of Prnise. Persous who refuse to acknowledge ability in others until the world has acknowledged it sometimes have some axperieuces which should teach them discrimination. The members of a New York rowing club once found themselves a man short in boat's Brew.

A stranger.stood by the landing stage, and was hailed by the coxswain, "Say, mister, can you row?" "A "If you like to take an oar, we'll coach yon up the stream." "Don't mind, if you take it slowly." The stranger took the seat off rud and did his fair share of work. The coxswain, Unwilling to let the crew appear too easily satisfied, gave the word to quicken the stroke, and the new man responded admirably. At the end of the afternoon, the captain said, as the crew stepped out of the boat, "You've got on very well, sir. If vou come down again we'll give you mother lesson." "Thanks," replied the stranger; 'Til be very pleased, you let me have a line I'll be sure to come;" and he handed the captain i card which revealed the fact that the stranger was the then champion sculler Hanlan. Caged Panther Attack? a Girl.

An unusual accident befell a young workwoman on the Boulevard Belleville, Paris, recently. The girl, Liad been turned out of her room bemuse she could not pay her rent, was wandering through the streets till she arrived on the Boulevard, where she crawled for refuge beneath the floor )f a menagerie. She drew so near to ont of the cages its occupant, Milich was a large panther, immediately put its claws the bars and held her firmly, rhe girl's screams aroused the staff of menagerie, who rushed to her escue. They labored, for several minites to make the panther release its jrey, but they did succeed until a red hot iron bar was used. The poor girl's and shoulder vere fearfully lacerated, but the say she will recover.

LOOKING AHEAD THIRTY WTARS, Sequences in 1938 of the War Between America and Spain, Extracts from the New York daily papers of 1928: "The reunion of the Society of the Survivors of the Battle of Ci'vite at Madison Square garden last evening a most successful occasion from both a social and financial point of view. Over 7000members were in attendance, nearly four-fifths of the entire membership, and the accommodations of the hall were strained to the utmost. After the banquet addresses were made by a number of the prominent and letters of regret were read from the president and the governors of New Porto Pico and Cuba. Among those who addressed the meeting were Rev. George Dewey Fitzgibbons, Hon.

Dewey Manila Brown, Hon. Cavite G. Jones, Governor Philippine Olympia Green and Vice-Resident Raleigh Concord Tubb. After the banquet was over dancing indulged in until a late hour. "The Patriotic Order of the Sons of Cuban Liberty gave an in their hall, No.

1674 evening, the receipts of which are to go toward building a monument to the memory of thVCubauswho lost their live8inthe late A fair attendance was present, and the mnsiciil numbers were well rendered by Mrs. Santiago Cortez Coogan, Cienfuegos Murphy, Amphitrite Cook and Matanzas Johnson. Mr. Habana Donoghuemade quite a hit.with of 'When Gomez Marched to Dinner. Quite a neat little sum was realized." "From Sampson, comes a dispatch which says that John K.

gunner's mate on the Nashville in the late war with Spaju and who claims to have fired the first hostile shot of the wai1, died in that town on Wednesday. We have no wish to doubt the veracityNof Sampson at the same time Mr.Littlejohn is the 23rd man to die since the war was ended claiming the honor of having fired the first hostile shot. Isn't this rather overdoing it?" "Schley J. O'Brien, 28 years of age, was picked np hy Officer Good 'in Bleecker street last night in an intoxicated condition. Before Judge Cooley this morning O'Brien claimed that his condition was the result of discussing the war with Spoin in the Maine saloon yesterday evening with two cronies, Bill Dewey Naughton and Bagley Terror O'Rourke.

Judge Cooley decided that, in view of the the prisoner was lucky to offend by a mere plain drunk, and Mr. O'Brien was released. "A youth giving name as Augustus Cuban Libre Lightfoot was arrested -yesterday while actipg in a suspicious manner on Broadway. Lightfoot is thought to iffM i QUAINT AND CURIOUSSouth Africa has a telephone system. There are nearly 3000 stitches in a pair of hand-sewn boots.

California has a club of left-handed persons with over 2000 members. It has been ascertained that plateglass will make a more durable monument the hardest granite. In some of the farming districts of China pigs ave harnessed to small wsgons and made to draw them. Two British Guiana stamps, dated 1850, and worth originally one penny each, were sold in Berlin not long ago for $5000. The old custom ofwatehmen calling the hour at night is still retained in two localities of Loudon, namely, New Inn and Ely Place.

It is a remarkable fact that, as a rule, the sewing done by male tailors is neater, finer and more uniform than that done by women. In Peru it was once the custom for domestic servants to have two of their upper front teeth extracted. Their absence indicated their servitude. The largest woman in the South, Mrs. Mary Magique, colored, died recently at Little Rock, Ark.

Her age was thirty, and she weighed 560 pounds. A Walkden, England, mechanic has succeeded in breaking his iegs twentyfour times in the last fifty-two years. The Manchester doctors look. on him as a marvel. A bill-board before a church in Paisley, Scotland, contains this announcement: "Only short sermons delivered here.

Excellent This is tho place to save your soul and be happy. Walk in. A Convict's Remarkable Escapo. An extraordinary escape from jail was made the other week by a young man from the Pentonville prison. This prison is one of the great houses of detention for all sorts of criminals, and it is situated in the very heart of London, Eng.

In some way or other a man got out of his cell, scaled the walls, several of them, and dropped in Bafety to the ground. He was at once pursued, as a lffborer employed in the prison was applying for admission at the main gate just at the moment when the prisoner dropped from the onter wall. In five minutes' time at least a hundred persons had taken np the hue and cry; but the convict, who, it seems, can run like a hare and has a marvelous capacity for climbing up walls, managed to evade his pursuers and was soon lost in the maze of streets surrounding the prison.Ne AV York Mail and Expre-s. A Mashonalnnd Mystery. Henry Wade, jeweler, has received two gold Venetian coins, which were recently found on the banks of a river in Mashonaland.

The pieceB which are about the size of a shilling, appeared to be of great age, and bore inscriptions in Latin. As to how these ancient coins came to ench an out-of-the-way part of the world aB Mashonaland is a mystery and offers a field of much speculation. Mr. Wade is making which he will forward to esperta in- numismatics at AROUSED THEIR. His Look Waa Wan, Nu of the Hired "Poor fellow," one "how wan he looks." "Yes, and how "Y- would think a meal for a weeL." "And there is a wild' that was probably left it is pitiful I we, the richest nation treat our braye defend way." "Heally, it almost mai of the land of my birtltouched with pity.

11 him, "and offer him a will take it. Poor, hardly know how. to bej Then, relates the Ole she approached tho nnf smiled sympathetically her hand. He took it and trying to remember wk "I hope," she said, tones, white the tears eyes, "that yon will coi help you. I must do feel that I had been rem; if I didn't Will you co: me and accept of my 1 would you prefer monej may consult your own.

and your own tastes in t'. "Madame," he replie afraid I don't quite nnde "Poor fellow," she whi companion, "he wanders The fever has left him i condition." Then, addressing him said: "Yon have suffered can see it in your face." "Yes," he "I "What regiment were why did they send you hospital before you had 'Regiment Hospital "I haven't been iu any ho wasn't with any regiment "What she eiclain you one of those unfortu who suffered in the fever "No, suppose I look tror ble with me is tl I girl left as suddenly abouf and my wife's been trying cooeing since then. I ap But he didn't finish. gone. -j A Different Point of "Does physiognomy anything.br doesn't bright day a girl nature-; whhrling in on her wheel i our beautiful country, ii with masses of golden on her hat, in her golden rod borne before wheel.

Whizzing ness of a lovely-afternoon in sight bf a pathetic at that of a 1- "ni Say with another nature-lover whose fate was harder; perhaps the woman had been a farmer's daughrter, and in her city home pined for her old, free lifo, nearer to nature's heart. Perhaps the golden rod awoke in her heart some long silent, tender sentiment-who knows? "How do you do, Mrs. Stebbins?" said the girl. "Isn't this a glorious day? It was too nice to waste ia town, so I've beeu out in the country. Don't yon want a big bunch of this golden rod? I saw yon looking at it as if you liked it?" "Golden rod?" repeated the pathetic-faced woman curiously; "golden rod? I never seen any o'this yere Btuff before-is it a yarb? What is it good Free Press.

Checking System Applied to In some of the New York department stores babies can be checked like so many umbrellas, while their mothers pursue the elusive bargain from counter to counter. A small boy is detailed to stand guard over a tain number of infants. The small boys and the infants have not been asked for an opinion, but the mothers are enthusiastic in then- approval. In Brooklyn the checking system, as applied to babies, has appeared in a new form. Brooklyn being recognized as the of Churches, the new development is along the ecclesiastical line.

Rev. Dr. Willey of the Nostrand Avenue M. E. church is the originator of the fheme, and the mothers are once nv re the gainers.

A large room has been fitted np with hammocks and cribs, perambulators aifd toys. Here a volunteer committee of young women assembles every Sunday morning, and here the mothers, who would otherwise be kept at home, leave then- babies, while they themselves attend the regular church service. The plan is a novel one, but promises and deserves to be popular. -Harper's Bazar. Piwitlier Presented to Queen Victoria.

The British legation in Bombay has seut a curious gift to Queen Victoria, which is now en route from India. It is a full-grown panther, which was captured when a cub by F.L.G. Simpson of the legation, and reared by bottle by his wife. It is now over a year old, ns docile as eau be, affectionate and faithful, and, though it has reached its full growth, as playful as a kitten. Budh is the panther's name, so called because captured on a Wednesday.

He grew very large for his "age aud was very powerful; but although often quite able to take the law into its own hands, had. he been so disposed, he remained perfectly sweet tempered throughout, and at eight months old was as playful as ever and always anxious to be fondled by his mistress, and, indeed, by all about him. He was brought np on the juice of meat and goats' milk, and ate raw meat from the age of five or six weeks. But he was" still using'hi? bottle at eight months old. His teeth were still very small, but his were well Times.

One of the most prolifio vines in the world grows a few miles from Vienna. In the ninth yeal1 after it had been planted it boro more than 2000 full bunches of grapes. ABLE HERO. the Colors ot San TroopD, TenthCavthe rank of First Sergeant, i at Camp Forse, Huntsville, November 1, 1898. alive to-day seems nothing a miracle, says Harper's OB-SERGEANT GEORGE BERRY, 1 ted the colors of the Tenth and Thin ns cc inot at San fire.

fife i in advance ot his ci 3 aloft flags, the stars and if the Tenth 'and the Third 1 tero did not burst upon his ding officers as first for gallantry in the war ith Spain. He had lone before won is laurels, having, during Iii'; thirty sara' service in the army, utich campaigns, -venuesj Kiowas, Ara'WckeSj ner own achievements, in speaking or ma action at San Juan Hill, where he successfully planted the colors of his own regiment upon the works from whioh the Spaniards were even then running away, said: "Where did my courage come1 from? It came from our 'war Captain Ayres. When I saw him leading his men, waving his hat in the air, shouting out like a trumpet to the soldiers to follow, I took the two sets of colors and ran, calling as I ran 'Dross on the colors, boys! Dress 'on the During the recent peace celebration in Philadelphia, as this sable hero, bearing the tattered battle flags he had carried so gallantly at Las San Juan, and Santiago, marched' in the procession with the Tenth Cavalry, he was pelted with roses from the balconies and stands orowded with people. The large picture, taken from Harper's Weekly, shows Sergeant Berry standing near Captain Ayres's tent at Huntsville, Alabama. In his lefthand he holds his regimental national colors, while in his right is the regimental flag ribboned by the Spanish bullets in the three great land battles of the Spanish-American war.

Big Figuren. The yearly output of newspapers on this whirling earth is estimated at 12,000,000,000 copies. This is not the calculation of the circulation managers, but of a disinterested Statistician. If all the papers were spread ont, they would cover 10,450 square miles. The paper weighs 781,250 tons, and if the ink were dumped into Lake Erie, Niagara Falls would be in deep mourning for a year.

If the printed sheets were piled up, the top of the column would be 400 miles nearer the moon than the bottom. Hebrew Flags Flying in. New York. One of the results ol ihe Zionist Congress at Basle is the reappearance of the Hebrew flag in New York City. At the meeting-place of tho delegates a flag was hoisted which had two bine stripes on a white field, and between these the six-pointed star, or sign of David.

It was explained at that time THE FLAG OF BBEWS. that a similar flag used as the standard the Hebrews in the days of the Hebrew Nation. Pictures and descriptions of tMBrag came to the United States witfu accounts of the proceedings of the congress, and dwellers in the New York Ghetto began to look- for Hebrew The consequence was that the manufacturera turned out a quantity, for which there was ready sale. A perfectly proportioned man weighs twenty-eight pounds for every foot of his height. WOWAN AS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR Abbott, of Michigan, ls First to SEotd Thia Office.

By a majority of four votes, on a recount, Merrie Hoover wife of Charles F. West Branch, has leaped into prominence. Mrs. Abbott holds a very peculiar position, as she is the only woman in Michigan ever elected to a constitutional office, and the first to hold the office of County Prosecuting Attorney in the United States. 1 mOOP TENTH U.

S. CAVALRY, i Cavalry in the charge AbboR is just -old enough to were pioneer resK di: Clinton County and lived Johns, where- she was born 'and she-received a high-school oduation. Then she took a normal course Ypsilanti, devoting attenion to Shortly after, his she seoured a position as stenographer with Marshall Field of Chicago. In the early '90s she maries F. Abbott, and they-were marr ied at West Branch in rhich they took the law course at the Jniversity bf Miobignu togai-hag.

1 to begu-" MRS. MERRIE HOOVER ABBOTT. practice last summer. Her drst case was in the Circuit against the Michigan Central Bailroad Company, and she will have opportunity to appear in the Supreme Court, as she has taken the case to that tribunal. It was not Mrs: Abbott's personal desire that led her into the arena of politics.

Ogemaw County is naturally Republican by an overwhelming majority. Mrs. Abbott was known to be a free silverit2, and finally, after 'the persistent urging of the DemocraticUnion-Free-Silver County Committee, she was induced to accept the nomination for the office to which she has been elected. Her campaign only lasted three weeks, but she conducted it personally, speaking in all the public places throughout the county, and no amount'of bad weather or wretched roads could prevent her filling engagements. While her platform was that of the party which nominated her, she added to it some planks of her own, one of which -was conservatism on the woman's suffrage question.

As a pnblio speaker she was bright, witty and forceful, controlling her audience entirely by her natural eloquence and sympathetic voice. When the first returns came in the vote was a tie, but an unofficial recount of WeBt Branoh Township gave her a majority of four. Mrs. Abbott makes few intimate friends among women, as she has neglected the social set of West Branoh and does not attend its functions. Among the womenkind the faot that she is a "lady practitioner" is looked upon as a handicap.

Bead Too Far. A Cincinnati clergyman reoently sent to the preacher with whom he frequently exchanged pulpits a notice I to be read at a morning service. The recipient astonished his congregation by reading a postscript intended for himself only, as follows: "I will be pleased to have you come and dine with me at tho Journal. The eleven men who are the leaders in the Chicago Fire Department are on the roll of honor for valiant service rendered at the great fire of Ootober 10, 1871. The deepest coal mine in the world is the Lambert, in Belgium.

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JOHNSTON INSTITUTE, JOHN LAKE, Superintendent. S- O. Something About the Largest School Between Columbia and Augusta, It is a well-known school-not a new thing-but there aro some new things about it. It grows better every day. It is a military boarding school, ina healthful locality on the famous "Bidge," in a moral community.

It has nearly 300 students, thirteen teaohers, over seventy boarding students. Gil ls and boys in separate halls, in charge of competent, Christian teaohers. Matron and housekeeper, home influence. English, Classical, Oom? mercial, Art, and Mnsio departments. $10 a month for board, tuition, lights, fuel and furnished rooms.

Liberal, discounts for payment in advance for two from a family, etc. Wonderfully cheap, no extra fees of any kind. Four splendid literary societies. Strict discipline. No idling allowed.

Splendid new building. Tho faonlty consists of: John Lake, Supt. French, etc. Fletcher E. Mathematics, English, etc.

W. D. Holland, Science, Latin, etc. Geo. P.

White, Latin, Greek; C. C. Herbert, German; J. T. Prince, Penmanship.

Six malo teachers, you see. Miss A. S. Arnold, Primary, etc, resides in Girls' Hall; Mrs. L.

C. Latimer, Intermediate, English, etc. Miss Beulah Beams, Primary; Mrs. S. Sloan Cobb, Piano and Organ; Miss S.

Sloan, Stringed Instruments; Mrs. J. H. White, Vocal Music; Mrs. J.

Beamy, Art. Other teachers will be added if necessary. We will always be abreast of the times. Write for handsome illustrated catalogue. Students should enter at the beginning.

School opens MONDAY SEPT. 19th. Come later if you cannot come then. We offer "the Most School for the Least Money," so our patrons say. Try us..