Richmond Palladium (Daily), 11 November 1901 — Page 6

IMCIIMCKXD DAILY PALLVDIUM, MONDAY, NOVEMBER .1, 1901.

A Good Hearted Man, or in other words, men with good sound hearts, are not very numerous. The increasing number of sudden deaths from

heart disease daily chronicled by the press, is proof of the alarming preva lence of this dangero complaint and as no one can foretell just when a fatal collapse J- A' Kreamer. will occur, the danger of neglecting treatment is certainly a very risky matter. If you are short of breath, have pain in left side, smothering spells, palpitation, unable to lie on side, especially the left, you should begin taking I M?ieV Heart Cure. J. A. K reamer 01 Arkansas v. irr, ivans, avs: "Mr heart was so bad it was impossible for me to lie down, and I could neither sleep nor rest. My decline was rapiij, and I realized I must Ret help soon. I was advised to try Dr. Miles Heart Cure, which I did, and candidly believe it saved my life.' Dr. Milea K.mdies art aold by all druiliXi oi guarantee. Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. TRUMPETER MUELLER, - SOLDIER " The Story of a Man Who Was Thought Fit Only Co Blow liuglo Calls. BT EDWARD B. CLARK. liana Mueller used to toot a trumpet In tLe Third cavalry. Ilans was more or less of a butt fcr the Jokes of the men of his troop. lie took all kinds of gibes with a good nature that was as perfect as it was stolid. The trumpeter knew more about music than he did about muskets. When for awhile lie tried what the other men called straight soldiering, he was continually getting tangled up with his equipments, and on several occasions at ekiruiish drill he came within an ace f shooting himself. His comrades told Hans' that long as he eoufiued Ills efforts to killing himself they would offer no strenuous objection, but that If he got real careless and shot the head off some one else he must look out for trouble. As a matter of fact, he did one day come pretty close to putting a bullet through the heart of Sergeant 1 .er .elson, who forthwith tbrati eu .::; in an approved style. Captn. - i. I . its called Hans gross" and sa:d ii-ut he must stick to his trumpet. , The edict of bis chief made Hans feel bad. He blew the whole scale of calls from reveille through fatigue, recall and drill to taps, but his soul wasn't In his music. Down deep In Hans' soul there came the thought that somehow he was not like other men. The smartness of apptairance which characterized Sergeant Nelson, Corporal lirady and a score of privates he kuew could never be his. There was lucking in bis makeup that something which gives dash to a soldier. Hans used to fall over his feet In a most tinmilitary way, and his hands were never In the proper places. There was one thing, however, that could be said for him. he always tried to obey orders Implicitly. He generally blundered while making the attempt, but the intent was right, and that covers a multitude of sins much more serious in nature than mere blunders.The Third cavalry was in the Wyoming country in the Klkhoni creek region. There had been a good deal of trouble with the Xez Perces. and 1. troop had been kept on the jump most of the time for a month. L troop was Hans' outfit. There bad been one constant succession of scoutings. It had been necessary to send small squads in half a dozen different directions at one and the same time. The trumpeter had been forced to stay with the main body, which was not a very big main body at that, at all times. He had bceu In everything in which the whole troop was engaged, but the idea of sending Hans out on a reconnoissance .where coolness and the subtlety of the devil were necessary for safety was the last thing that ever entered the head of the troop commander. One day, however, one of the coldest days of the second winter month, it became necessary to send a scouting party to Investigate the rumor of the approach of a band of savages. Now. it happened that the whole command was fagged out. and this In a nutshell Is the reason why Hans Mueller found himself for the first time In his life ! position of acute responsibility. He was ordered by Captain Roberts to prweed with Sergeant Nelson and twe privates northwest until something was "felt or until the sergeant was satisfied that a wrong report had been turned Into the camp. When the little body set out, the fatigue of the individual members of the troop showed that It was not. so to 2ak, strong enough to keep, these

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I same luuivtunuts from giving iians a j eendoff. Hans had a carbine and a re-vclvt-r. His trumpet was hanging up ! on a peg. One of th bystanders said

' to the sergeant in command: "Loi;k out for Hans If you happen to get Into a scrimmage. The first thing you know he'll forget himself, und he'll try to blow Tetreat on hla carbine. You may lose one man If Hans puts his mouth to the wrong end of the barrel." Then they said a few other thing to Hans. He was told to be sure not to get Lis canteen mixed up with his cartridge belt and to make sure th.-it he took note of the landmarks on the way out so he could get back to camp in a hurry If he happened to hear an Indian shoot off his gun. Hans took all this well enough, because the thought of actually going out on a scout was sufficient to knock all other things out of his head, resentment nlonjr with them. They had left the eauip far tx-liinil them. Sergeant Nelson, who was an old and tried campaigner, turned to his men and said, "We are getting near the place where we may exp ct to see something." Then he spoke seriously to Hans. "Mueller," he said, "you're not half as bud perhaps as the tr;op makes out. but I tell you honestly that I'm kind cf afraid of you when it comes to n pinch. LK the best you can and don't run. As a matter of fact, I think that Jim Crosby was pipe dreaming when he brought the rumor of reds In this vicinity Into camp, but you may hare a chance to see trouble and If you do please stick." That was a pretty tough thing to have to say to a soldier with Uncle Sam's uniform on his back. Stick! Mueller's face went almost white under realization that the true slgniflenneef that admonition was that the sergeant had a pretty strong fear in his heart that this trumpet tioter was a coward. Stick! He would show them if he tins only given a chance. Sergeant Peter Nelson was an ol? tid tried campaigner, Indeed, hnt that day he made a mistake, lie led his three men straight Into an ambush. There were a score of pointed Nez Perces straight across their truck. The Indians had very little cover, but they used it so artfully tiiat the old soldier sergeant had actually thought that the bit of embankment and the few scattered bowlders did not .flVr cover enough to conceal a jack rabbit. The first Intimation of the Indians presence was a volley. Sergeant Nelson went to the ground with a wound In his side. One of the privates, shot through the shoulder and les:. fell with him. The two men crawled behind a couple of rocks and secured temporary shelter. At the savage volley Hans Mueller's heart went to his throat. With the other private, who, like Hans, was nnhit, he fell back about forty yards and went behind an adequate covr. There for five minutes they exchanged shots with the reds, who, In accordance with Indian custom, would not charge across the open, but depended rather upon boing able to pick off the soldiers and then to go forward without danger and take the sculps. Hans Mueller found that he could use bis carbine. His heart went down out of his throat. He looked around him and saw that there was some chance of holding the savages off for hours. Out beyond he saw his two stricken comrades. They were not dead. He knew that because he saw them move and occasionally weakly raise themselves and send a shot In the direction of the red foe. Hans said to himself. ''Those men must be br UKht back here." Then he handed his carbine to his comrade and with It his belt and ammunition. "You may need these," he said, "if those fellows hit me." Then he Jumped over the rock In front of him. and with bis long, shambling, ungainly stride he made for the side of Sergeant Nelson. The Indians pumped at him. The balls whizzed by his head, cut his clothes in three places and spat spitefully Into the dust at his feet. Telling Nelson to grab his carbine. Mueller raised the sergeant In his arms and made back for cover, his track all the way marked out for him by the shots of the savages. He dropped the sergeant under the shadow of the rock and then stood on his feet. "Where you going. Mueller?" said Sergeant Nelson feebly. "I'm going after Dodds." said Mueller, and he cleared the little rock to the front once more. "God bless you. Mueller," was what he heard above the cracking of the rifles to his front. lie reached the side of the wounded Dodds. raised him and started back with him across the strip of hell. Twice he stasgered as volleys rang out. but he reached the side of his comrades and placed Podds bonween Nelson and the unwounded trooper. Then Hans Mneller fell dead. Kelief came to the three surviving cavalrymen. The two wounded lived. In the little cemetery at a post in the far northwest there is a headstone which is iiscrjbed.thus: MM The Real Celery Medicine. Cures Constipation, Nervous Disorders, Sick-Headache. Kidney Diseases, Dyspepsia, Ii-dipewtion, and all stomach, li-rer and jowel disease. It is a Celery to sic k

is mide fiTm pcre Kecetibiand beiez medicated destroy a I I SOAP disease rerms. keeps tha pores open and mt&es the skin sort and velvety. Cares pimples, blotches, etc Vaexcetled for the bathoursery. I . hairandcompleiion SXcaannsriitMMtM. uiialir II Til rj I faded kau Is it rwutai -Hans Muoiier. irtimperer ana soldier. His Courage Was Bullet Proof." Chicago Kecord-IIeraUL Attarknl by a Heron. "I've hunted everything from gray squir---Is to grizzlits." said a veteran Phllad. Iph.'a sportsman, "and the nearest I ever s;;ine to being seriously injured I t auy sort of game' was one time when a wounded bird attacked and trUti to kill me. - "I wms a boy then and went down to a creek that Sowed through my father's farm to watch for a mink. It was early In the evening, and a blue heron came and sat within tempting gunshot. I knew It would spoil my chances at mink to shoot the bird, and I didn't intend to do it; but kidlike, 1 raised the gun and took aim just to see how I could kill it if I would. I lowered the gun and then raised it again. Every time I raised It I would touch the trigger gently. After awhile I touched it too hard, the gun went off, and I started toward the heron, which was wounded. "I thought it would be a good scheme to catch the bird and started toTtla so. when its bill shot out like a sledge hammer and struck me between the eyes. When I came to my senses. It was dark, and it was several minutes longer before I could remember where I was or what had happened. A little harder and the bird would have killed me. I shudder e'tti yet when I think what would have been the rer't if the bill had struck one of my ey." Tanied Him. An American drummer, fresh from our direct methods of business, dropped in on M. de WItte, the Russian minister of finance, one morning to get certain Information necessary for the sale of his goods. The minister refused it. The young man persisted. The minister still refused. Then the young man made the eagle scream. "You're the only man who can give me what ! want." he said. "I'm not going back to my folks and tell them that 1 couldn't do any business. I've got to know. 1 could get the same thing In two minutes In America, and I'm not going to leave the room until" The minister pressed an electric button. In walked two guards. The minister spoke to them in Russian, and directly the drummer found himself walking down the Nevsky Prospect with an uncongenial escort. As he thought the matter over In jail he concluded that his hand was not strong enough, as he put It, to Muff the wholo Russian empire. Within an hour he was led back into the presence of De Witte. who told him that a decent apology would save further trouble. After the drummer made it Ve Witte gave him the information, with the reminder that it. was not wise to be rude to ministers of state. ORCHARD AND GARDEN. The value of wood ashes In the or chard can hardly be overestimated. Coal ashes can often In- used to good advantage in mulching quince trees. The soil should be kept from beconi lug hard on the surface about fruit trees. There are few kinds of fruits more easily or more cheaply grown than raspberries. Fruit of a fine appearance sells bet ter than fruit of extra flavor which Is not so showy. While a good dressing of manure can be applied on the garden in the fail or winter to advantage, care should be taken to have it thoroughly rotted. Our best lawn or street tree, the sugar maple, should always be transplanted In the fall, as the profuse discharge from the branches aud roots when cut necessarily renders planting uncertain PITH AND POINT. If you accept flattery, yon are-con-ceitcd. There is such a thing as being a victim of Lope. The "story" that sounds funny to you may not be funny to other people. Don't repeat it too often. When a man and woman walk into a store to buy something for the man. the clerk never sells him anything. He sells to the woman. Every minute a man spends in his parlor his wife Is nervously apprehending that he will discover a new scratch the boy has made In the furnitnr. Somehow after one returns from a funeral at the cemetery the furniture and carpets at home look newer and brighter and more attractive than they did. Atchison Globe. Q o"r Msairsl Botes. Which note of the scale is the softest? Dough (do). Which is the lightest? Ray (re). Which the fullest and deepest? Sea (sl. Which demands the use of the pedal? Sole (sol). Which is In the obJeetlTe most frequently? Me (mi). Combine two notes and produce moist earth. Mi re (mire). Combine two notes and find a. parent. Si re (sire). What two notes will defray tout traveling expenses? Fa re (fare). i"onth's Companion.

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ITEMS OF INTEREST. The price of ice at Dawson lart summer was '2 ocuts a pound, cr $4 J a urn. Five thousand dollars has tteen srent In vain for poison with which to kill prairie doa in western Kaiirts. Of the 1.300 towns In Xfw Hni'and 101 manage their schools il '.er the district system, SI of them bc.ug in Connecticut. The American museum explorations seem to prove that Colorado had f;nr distinct types of early horses ai:i.C;:t contemporaneous. A costly marble monument stands f: a fashionable cemetery at Sea ale. Wash., sacred to the memory of a faithful horse. The animal's cwi-cr was himself buried beside the Lorstrecently. When the first Bible society in th country was organized, the Eas!!!) language was spoken by only 20.O.0vV" people. Now 12O.uo0,O0O ptople speak it. Then the Bible was printed in fifty languages; now it Is printed in 4-0 languages. A line of "observation automobiles" I to be run in Washington for the beuet! of visitors. Each vehicle carries twen ty-two passengers and wl;l be aceoui panied by a lecturer on points of interest at the capital. The fuel is keioscne and the motive power steam.

FOREIGN FACTS. naif a million Liberia coffee trees have been planted in German East Africa. Germany has a periodical. Die Flamme. specially devoted to the promotion of cremation. The new library at Athens is completed, it was Irt'gun fourteen years ago by Professor Ziller of Dresden. It has room for 4kmK) volumes. A new paving In Iondon Is formed of big 1 io-;s of partially pulverized stone obt; ed from Coruwall and south Wales aud held together by Trinidad pitch. The latest craze among the Parisian ladies is that of foxes, or. rather, fox cubs, as household icts. They ere so largely iu request that the little creatures are actually for sale now in the streets. Italy has a debt of 300.000,000, which is growing at the rate of 14.000X00 a year. The only way The Italians can escape the taxation is to emigrate, and this they are doing In considerable numbers. The magistrates of Madrid at a recent meeting voted the sum of 230.000 pesetas for the erection of eight statues of Lope de Vega, Murillo, Moratin. Ventura-Rodriguez. Goya, Arquelles, Quevedo and Salamanca. THE GLASS OF FASHION. Large flowered velvets in bright colors are ueu iu some stocks, which arc j very attractive. Cluny lace run through with fine gold ' thread will be a very styl.sh trimming for silk and filmy cloth. Ited jackets, Garrick capes, costumes entire, vests, hats and garnitures are everywhere in evidence. The season coming is to be distinctly a "magpie" winter. Black and white will be worn in all sorts of combinations. Silk embroidered buttons are one of the novel . features of the new shirt waists, and they come in all colors to match the material. If one sees a pair of black gloves which seem to have missed the last bath at the dyer's and are not quite as black as their companions, no complaint should be made, for they are not really black, but a gun metal shade. One of the newest of the French dress skirts for autumn wear has a five gored foundation, to which is applied a very deep graduated circular flounce. ' and this flounce on the front and sides is slashed, forming panels of different lengths. Tic Maori and fbe Witness. Captain Hayes in his book. "Among Horses In South Africa." tells several amusing stories. A friend of his In New Zealand had been a government Interpreter among the Maoris and had many stories to tell abo;it these people. On one occasion a native chief, who was under cross examination in court, on being asked why he had not brought a certain man with him replied: "I have brought him." "But," said the barrister, looking in vain round the court, "I don't see him. Where is he?" "He is here." chuckled the Maori proudly, stroking his massive chestCures Rheumatism or Catarrh Through the Blood Costs Nothing to Try. Would you like to get rid of that chronic rheumatism or offensive catarrh forever? Then take a bottle of Botanic Blood Balm, which has cured thousands of hopeless cases that had resisted doctors and patent medicine treatment. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) cures through the hlond hv destrovincr the poison which causes the awful aches in the bones, joints, shoulder blades and back, swollen glands, hawking, spitting, bad breath, impaired hearing, etc, making a perfect cure. Botanic Blood Balm thoroughly tested for 30 years. Composed of pure Botanic Drugs. Perfectly safe to take by old and young. Druggists, fl. Trial treatment free by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, xG a. Describe trouble and free med cal advice given until cured. Don't give up hope, but try B. B. B., which makes the blood pure and rich and builds up the "all run down," tired body. B. B. B. makes the blood red, giyinr he skin the rich glow of perfect health.

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cal science, but there hasn't been so much progress after all. The doctors have not been able to improve on many of the simple old remedies used during the last hundred years. Every mother knows that old-fashioned

sweet oil is a good thing to rub on the nose, throat and chest for a cold, and a doctor can't prescribe anything better or safer except Omega Oil. This Oil does all that sweet oil can do, and besides that it contains other ingredients that check and cure a cold in a wonderfully short time. It can be used on children with perfect safety, as it does not blister. A bottle in the house all the time may save a life or a doctor's bill.

Omrfn Oil U good for everything linl stent ought to be good lor,

OUR STORE 8 NEW

IT DOES SEEM TO US THAT IF KVKKY MAX IX TOWS WOULD COME IX AM) EXAMINE OUR New- Winter Suits and

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that we would sell this season every suit and overcoat we have. We try to look at our NEW Clothing with unprejudiced eyes, and in doing so, we will say that better, smarter, sweller and prettier clothing we never saw.

Every department is full of NEW THINGS, and some of our customers say, " I hardly know ivhich to select, the garments are so handsome."

PRICES ? We haven't had a man find fault with our prices this season. Come and see if you can.

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