, 36 THE SUNDAY OKEGOyiAST, PORTL'AOT), NOVEMBER 22, 1903.
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t, 1 TRIED and faithful cook, Brld
11 set Rafferty, who had been -with
me for ten long days, having left
rax employ to become the "wife of her
third cousin, Mr. Patrolman Magglnnis,
of the Bronx squad, I came to town the
other day and entered the Intelligence of
fice of Mrs. Bunkum, the famous domestic
Impresario, In search of a successor to the
lady. Mrs. Bunkum keeps laundresses,
cooks, kitchen ladles and butlers on tap,
and so many of these respective Indi
viduals have marched from her ofllce to
my home and back during the last ten
years that there Is a worn footpath be
tween the two establishments which Is
rapldiy degenerating into a rut. As I
took my place on the waiting lino of
would-be employers, my attention was
attracted to a fine looking old gentleman
In the chair directly ahead of me, who
seemed curiously out of place In that
atmosphere, and, in so far as his costume
went, strangely but picturesquely out of
date. More singular still, however, was .
mat in wnatever way he disposed of him
self In his chair, I could distinctly see
through him. He was not quite so trans
parent as a pane of French plate glass,
but lor translucency he was not to be ex
celled. "Wonder who the deuce the old an
achronism is?" I muttered to myself as I
endeavored to recall where and when I
had seen his undoubtedly familiar fea
tures before. The scar upon his nose cer
tainly should have identified him at once,
but the only name that occurred to me In
an association of this idea with a per
sonality was that of Captain Kidd, and
this chap surely was not he, for he wore
no fierce mustachios. nor .were there in
the i-iclnlty of his neck any of the chain
marks which, since a certain interesting
climax In his career, must have been
distinguishing features In the physical
make-up of the former pirate. Moreover,
his language, under the Irksome restraints
of the long delay in getting through with
the business in hand, was not that of the
billowy main, but more suggestive of a
certain familiarity with the ways of polite
society. Finally my speculations were set
at rest by his dlvulgence to Mrs. Bunkum
of his identity.
"Well," said that lady, glancing sharply
at him, "what Is It you want this morn
ing, sir, cook, kitchenmald, butler, or
what?"
"I I don't want ans of them, madame,"
replied the old fellow with a lordlv bow.
"I have come to seek employment, not to
ONE CTREGON THANKSGIVUNG IA1 1865
jk T Lee's Encampment kept by A.
J B. Harvey and John Meacham, on
the wagon road across the Blue
Mountains, November 26, 1S65, there had
been an early fall of snow, covering tho
road and the swaying pine trees with a
robe of virgin white. In the opening of
the pine forest surrounding the two-story
log hotel that was the center of attrac
tion and the low log sheds for stock,
was gathered a large collection of freight
erssome of the big prairie schooners
drawn by long lines of oxen or mules,
or the Interminable pack trains of mules
and horses and their bright camp fires
Illumed the darkness outside the big log
hotel. Inside tho log house was a group
of hardy men of all nationalities, inured
to the hardships of frontier life. As one
Is carried in. comfort In a palace car
over the Blue Mountains he can have
-bat little, conception of the difficulties
those men met as they made their way
from Umatilla Landing on the Columbia
lilvor to the mines of Eastern Oregon
and Idaho with great loads of supplies.
They endured tho heat and dust of Sum
mer and tho cold of Winter and the
terrible conditions of the roads. The
Meachams saw the possibilities of profit
able lnvostment in the construction of a
toll road across the Blue Mountains and
the establishment of a station about mid
way between Cayuse Station and Grand
Honde Valley. While they made money
out of their investment the hospitality of
their log hotel was well known. The
great fireplace, taking up nearly one
end of tho building, would be heaped at
night with great pino logs that lighted
up the big room filled with the swarthy
freighters. There were the greaser, the
tmll-whackcr, the polished graduate of
the Eastern college and the man who
spent his life on the frontier, pushing
further on as civilization advanced. John
Halley operated the stages to Boise City,
Idaho, over the Blue Mountain road. An
almost constant stream of travelers were
going and coming. Immigrants from the
East on their way to tho Willamette
Valley passed this place by the hundreds,
v "Usually by November most of the Immi
grants had passed over the mountains
toward their destination, but occasionally
a straggling family, caught by stress of
circumstances, had been belated -and
give it I have heard of the great oppor
tunities on very hand ln.America"
"Great heavens!" cried Mrs. Bunkum.
"What can you do? Butt?"
"Beg pardon?" he returned, perplexed.
"Can you butt that Is, are you a butler,
or do you wish a job as a coachman, or a
night watchman, or what?" she went on
impatiently.
"I do not understand," said the old gen
tleman. "I want profitable employment,
that Is all."
"But what are you? that's the point, I
can see that you wouldn't be a good lady's
maid, and I doubt If you would care to
become a cook In a suburban family, with
1C children, at ?14 a month," said Mrs.
Bunkum, sarcastically, and frowning.
"But whether you want a position as a
gardener, a valet or a groom how do I
know?"
"Madame," said the old gentleman,
drawing yhimself up proudly, "I am a
Baron."
"Then you don't want to come to an In
telligence office for a Job, Mr. Baron,"
said the iady, cortly. "The place for you
to go to is a matrimonial bureau. There's
one up the street, four,doors from the cor
ner, that Is much patronized by heiresses
seeking Barons, Dukes and Earls for their
menage, but we can't go Into that busi
ness. There isn't enough money in it.
You get a Baron a place once and Jfs for
life. He never comes back, so that a
permanent trade in that line Is next to
impossible to build up; whereas, on the
other hand, its's a lazy cook and an ut
terly hopeless mistress that doesn't pass
through this office half a dozen times a
year. Good morning. Next!
Heroic Patience.
Now I was next, but I yielded up my
place. My household could have gone
without a cook for 40 years before I
would have abandoned this opportunity to
have a chat with this strange nobleman
whom I now recognized as no less a per
son than HIeronymus Carl Frederick,
Baron Munchausen of Bodenwerder, come
back to earth again in -search of a share
of that marvelous prosperity of which we
see such evidences every time one pro
moter gets out his hatchet and goes after
the scalp of his late' partner, the other
promoter.
"No cooks for me this day with Baron
Munchausen Jn sight," I muttered, as I
made my way out into the street, in the
train of His Excellency.
"Excuse me. Baron," said I, tapping him
gently on his diaphanous shoulder. "Pos
sibly I can be of service to you If you
are really in search of employment."
"Ah!" he replied, turning and scrutiniz
ing me closely. "And who, pray, may I
ask. have I the honor of addressing?"
I told him adding that I believed he
struggled painfully and slowly on with a
worn-out ox-team.
The three Meacham brothers were men
of powerful frames, and were important
factors in the country at that time.
Stalwart and determined, and at the same
time men of benevolent character. A. B.
Meacham was a speaker of considerable
force. On the night mentioned Thanks
giving it was there was an unusually
large gathering on the ground, and owing
to the rough weather the bl room of the
hotel was filled with the freighters.
Horses had been fed and sheltered and
the oxen had been cared for. The hardy
mules and cayuse pack horses stood un
der the shelter of the big pine trees
munching hay tossed out to them.
It scarcely occurred to the gathering
of freighters that it was Thanksgiving
night and some did not know what the
day meant but among that motley gather
ing were not a few who remembered that
back in the states when they were boys
they had gathered around the family table
ladencd with good things, but It was
very different in the heart of the Blue
Mountains. However, A. B. Meacham
had not forgotten, and he announced that
he would conduct a little service in tho
largo room in the log house and invited
all the freighters to. come In. The great
fireplace was heaped with pine logs until
the room was light as day, while outside
the storm raged with great violence.
Great pots filled with hot coffee steamed
on the coals In front of the fireplace,
with tin cups handy for the use of the
freighters as they came In from the cold
and storm outside. The Meachams were
teetotalers and kept liquor only for medi
cinal purposes.
When the crowd had assembled the
room was filled with about 50 men of
many nationalities. They had come tnain
ly to enjoy the comforts afforded by the
room. A. B. Meacham arose, and in his
peculiar manner delivered a most effec
tive talk to the men. He spoke along
temperance lines, and of the old homes
away, back In the East which so many
had left as they had come West to
make their fortunes In the new country;
and many an eye was moistened as ho
spoke of Thanksgiving. Ho said that
though far away from their homes, they
were under the same protection, and had
the same reason for feeling thankful to
the giver of all good. It wag a touching
address, and. the writer, then a boy. was
j deeply Impressed with It, and especially i
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M$& HT TM US m u
was acquainted with an ancestor of mine
In Hades an old fellow named Noah.
"Ah, indeed," said he cordially,, "Why,
yes, I know him. Very well. Fact is,
he Is an ancestor of mine, too, so that
we meet upon a common basis of relation
ship. I should 'judge that you are my
cousin, nine million, four hundred and
sixty-three thousand, eight hundred and
twenty-seven thousand, eight and twenty
seven times removed."
And here he lapsed Into one of his old
habits.
"Come to think of It," ho said. "Noah
'and I were talking about you only last
Thursday night We were wondering how
you were getting on, and were delighted
to hear from Elijah, who had recently re
turned from town, that he had seen you at
one of his meetings at the Madison-Square
Garden and that you seemed well."
Ordinarily I take offense at liars, but
in this particular case I realized that it
was only In the interest of pure geniality
that the old gentleman had spoken with
out due regard for the precise truth. It
was simply to place me at my ease that
ho had ventured the observation, and I
naturally fell Into his mood.
"Yes. I had quite a pleasant time with
Elijah," I returned. "I showed him the
town, and gave him a run out to Clare
mont In my automobile. He brought letters
of Introduction to me from Noah, and one
of my earlier ancestors as well-d chap
named Adam and we hit it off remark
ably well together."
As I finished this folderol" the Baron
glanced at me keenly and then with a
short laugh extended his hand.
"Now I know we're related," he ob
served. "I can tell by the strawberry
mark of mendacity upon your soliloquy."
And from that moment we were fast
friends.
"How did you get here?" I asked.
"Up through the subway in Park ave
nue," he answered. "That caveln there
some time ago filled the main streets of
with its effect upon that strange audi
ence. Mr. Meacham had talked for about half
an hour when the door suddenly opened
and in stepped, or rather fell, a man
covered with snow and mud. He fell on
tho floor In a state of collapse. The man
was quickly dragged close to the fire and
some stimulants were poured down his
throat, when he slowly revived. He tried
to tell something but so faintly that at
first he could not be understood. Finally,
by words and sounds, he told that he
was an -Immigrant and that his wagon
containing his family had broken down
nearly two miles south of the station.
Unless his wife and little one could bo
gotten quickly to the station they would
perish. As soon as the man had made
himself understood there was scarcely
one in that motley, mixed crowd who
was not ready to start after the stricken
family, but finally a wagon filled with
blankets and hay was sent down the
road. Help came none too soon. There
was a wife with three children in the
wagon that had broken down, and they
were nearly frozen. They were quickly
transferred into the warm room, where
they received every needed attention.
They were a family from Missouri, who
had been belated owing to the worn-out
condition of their oxen, and wero caught
in the storm in the heart of the 'Blue
Mountains. In a destitute condition they
had reached the end of the two miles of
corduroy road that was built south of
Meachanr'Btation. where a wheel broke.
The man left his wife and little ones
scanthy covered up in the wagon , while
he pushed on to the house, arriving
himself half dead. The sympathies of
the whole company were deeply stirred
over the condition of the unfortunate
Immigrants.
Then was enacted one of those scenes
only witnessed on the frontier in pioneer
days. The crowd decided to celebrate
Thanksgiving by putting the immigrant
and his family on their feet While the
wondering children and pale-faced and
sad-eyed mother with her husband were
being fed, a tin plate was produced
and placed on a table in the middle of
the main room. Then every mother's
son of that crowd of rough freighters
and Mexican packers filed past the tin
plate. Long buckskin sacks of gold were
produced and each dropped a big pinch
of gold dust and the pinches were not
small ones. There were nuggets that
must have weighed $5 and 510 each which
went into the tin plate, and rough fel
lows, who could swear the hardest at a
mule or an ox-team, poured- out' tho
most dust .They enjoyed the occasion to
the fullest extent Just, how much' gold
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Gehenna with Park-avenue houses, one
of which, liking the general style of its
architecture, I rented and occupied last
Winter. Having occasion last week to go
up on the roof to look after one of tho
chimney pots, which appeared to bo
clogged up, I was interested to observe
that the hole through which the house
had fallen was still open, so I crawled
through, and here I am."
I gazed at him with open-mouthed ad
miration. Here. Indeed, was no Impair
ment through age of those powers which
had originally won fame, if not fortune,
for old HIeronymus of Bodenwerder.
His Point of View.
"Once here I became much interested in
all that went on about me," he continued.
"I read all tho newspapers I could find
and was amazed at the vast opportunities
for the sudden acquisition of Wealth upon
every side of you Americans. It seemed
as if all one needed to become a billion
aire was an abundance of nerve, a san
guine temperament and an Imagination
unshackled by existing facts. With the
keen eye given to my kind I perceived
was deposited on the plate was not
known at the time, but It could not have
been under 5300. Then the whole crowd
followed the man delegated to present
the plate and contents to the immigrant
and his wife. It would not be possible to
describe the expressions on their faces
when they saw what had been done.
Then one of the crowd went out to
where there was a cargo of precious
Whiskey, intended for Mormon Basin, and
brought In a keg, which was tapped, and
everyone drank to the health and good
fortune of tho Immigrants. The Meach
ams did not offer objections to this, but
it never had happened before In their
hotel and never again while they were
the managers.
But this wag not all. Next "day the
wagon of the Immigrant was loaded with
sides of bacon nhat was worth 51. a
pound in the mines, and sacks of Stand
'ard Mill (Milwaukie, , Oregon,) flour that
brought & a sack in the diggings. Some
brought sugar and coffee, so that the
family that arrived destitute in a broken
wagon were supplied with more than
enough to last till the end of .their trip.
By 9 o'clock that day the crowd of
freighters were out on the road, swearing
at their animals as they moved toward
the mines of Idaho, and the' Immigrant
family, after staying long enough, to re
pair their wagon, proceeded on their way
to the Willamette Valley, well' prepared
for making a new home there, because
the hearts of tl?e roughest men of the
road had been opened that memorable
Thanksgiving night Gone Is the old log
house, with its wonderful memories; It
is now but a pile of ashes, but I doubt
if the memory of that Thanksgiving has
ever been obliterated from the doscend"
ants of that immigrant family.
L. H. W.
The Men of Old.
Richard Monckton Mllncs (Lord Houghton).
I know not that the men. of old
Were better than men now.
Of heart more kind, of band more bold,
Of more Ingenuous brow;
I heed not those who pine for force
A ghoat of Time to raise.
As if they thus could check the courso
Of theso appointed dajs.
To them -was life a simple arfr
Of duties to be done. .
A game where each man took his part,
A race where all must run; 4 f
A battle whose great scheme and eccpo
They little cared to know.
Content, as men at arm?, to cope
Each with his fronting- foe. x
Man now his Virtue's diadem
Puts on and proudly wears.
Great thoughts, great feelings, came tothem.
Like Instincts, unawares;' t
Blending their souls' eubltmest needs "
."With tasks of every day
They went about their gravest deeds,"
As noble boys at play.
your magnates blowing the most beauti
ful irridescent bubbles, for which they
supplled the wind and the public the soap,
and which, when pierced, left the mag
VARIOUS EDITIONS OF
OT long since there was noticed tho
sale of a copy of what is known as
"The Breeches Bible," a name given
to an edition on account of Its print Gene
sis 111:7, and Is as follows: "Then the eipes
of both of them wero opened, and they
knew that they were naked, and they
sowed figge tree leaves together, and made
themselves breeches."
So It seems that the wearing of, the
breeches by the women occurred very ear
ly In the history of the human ra'ce.
- The Bible known as the "Bug Bible"
derives Its name from the Psalm xcl:5:
"So that thou shalt not nede to be afraid
for any bugges by night or for the arrow
that flieth by day."
This Bible was printed in London in
153L (May that, not this, be a point from
which to trace our well-known and largely
used word, bug-bear?)
The book known as the "Treacle Bible"
gets its name from the followlife printed)
in it, from Jeremiah vli:22: "Is there no
treacle at GILeaa? is there no physition
there?"
The "Conendale Bible" of 1535 has the
same verse rendered thus: "Is there no
rosin in Gllead? Is there, no physician
there?" (Jeremiah vlli:22.) Rosin and tur
pentine are regarded as good remedies for
many diseases, even in our modern times.
This reading gave a name to the first
Dowai Bible, printed in 1609. The word
translated "treacle" was translated In
other editions "rosin, turpentine," and
lastly "balm."
Another Bible Is called "The Place-Makers'
Bible." It was so called from the
verse from Matthew v:9. "Blessed arc the
'place-nla,kes,, for they shall be called
the children of God." (For place-makers
read peacemakers.)
This misprint occurred in the "Geneva
Bible,'!, In Its second edition in 1561.
"Tho Vinegar Bible" Is so called from
the heading of "The Parable of the Vine
gar," instead of the "Parable of the
Vineyard.' " (Luke xx.)
"The Wicked Bible" obtains Us name
from tho'leavins out of the ."negative"
In the seventh commandments This edi
tion1 was printed in 1631, and the printer
was made to pay a fine of three thousand
pounds sterling for his negligence.
"The Persecuting Printers' Bible" gets
its name from a verse In Psalm cxlx:161,
thus rendered: "Printers have persecuted
me without a cause." For "printers"
read "princes."
TThe Bible known as the "Ears to Ear
. Bible" had this misprint from Matthew
nates with the soap and the public with
the wind. Why should I not do this as
well as they? thought I. And so I have
remained over. My chief object is to get
a job of one kind or another where I may
earn the wherewithal In your circulating
medium to hire an office In a confidence
inspiring neighborhood like Wall street
and there hang out my shingle:
HIERONYMUS CARL FREDERICK:
: BARON MUNCHAUSEN, :
: DEALER. IN :
: IMAGINATION. :
"It is only lack of this quality which I
have to sell that prevents every man from
becoming a billionaire, ind I am ready to
furnish it at a moment's notice. I have all
kinds on draught. I am what you might
call the Bank of England of Imagination,
and I truly believe that, if I can only once
get started, and the public perceives the
quality of the Imagination which I am
willing to dispose of at so much a quart,
you'll find people flocking to my head
quarters In 'bus loads."
"It's a splendid idea," said I. "I wouldn't
mind buying SO cents' worth of Imagina
tion from you now, cash down. I need
Imagination in my business, and I can use
some of It this very day."
"Very well, sir," replied the Baron.
"Here's a 30-cent idea that Is worth a
fortune, or rather will be before you get
through with It. Do you know what a
great man Tennyson was?"
"Yes' said I.
"And do you know how large a vocabu
lary he had?" he asked.
"No," I answered.
"Well, it has been stated to mo that at
the outside he did not use more than 3675
separate words In all his work. Now in
tho latest dictionaries there are In the
neighborhood of 300,000 words capable of
an infinite number of variations. If you
xlil:42:
'Who hath ears to 'ear,' let hini
hear."
'The Standing Fishes Bible" has this
from Ezekiel xviklO: "And it shall come
to pass that the 'fishes' shall stand upon
It." For "fishes" read "fisherman."
"The Idle Shepherd Bible" should have
had "Idol" Instead of "Idle." The "Dis
charge" Bible comes from 1 Timothy v:21:
"I discharge thee before God." The "dis"
should hae been omitted, so that it would
read: "I 'charge there before God."
"The Wife Hater- Bible" gives Luke
xlv:26 thus: "If any man come to me and
hate not his father yea, and his own
wife also."
This reading will be found in "the Bible
printed at Oxford, England. In 1S10.
"The Rebekah Camels Bible" has thi3
from Genesis xxiv:61, "And Rebekah arose
and her camels."
"The Religious Bible" gets its name
from a verse In Jeremiah iv:27: "Because
she has been religious against me. saleth
the Lord." For religious, read "rebelli
ous." Other editions of the Bible, be
side those named, have ' had errors in
them, but In the language of a distin
guished Bible scholar. "It is only because
the Bible is so pure and so holy that
theso Incongruities and mistakes are no
ticed; they resemble the spots on the sun,
which do not Impede the sunlight or
heat."
One of the Bibles known as "The
Breeches Bible" Is now in England, and
kiha Ms g ?&??&? Bm ECS IS? JS?
Sk BUS! iM sWsMfi -I?5 H5
of the suffering and danger in store for her, robs the expectant mother
of allpfcasant anticipations- of the coming event, and casts over her a
shadow of gloom which cannot be shaken off. Thousands of women
have found that the use of Mother's Friend during pregnancy robr
confinement, of all pain and danger, and insures safety to life of mothei
and child. This scientific liniment is a god-send to all women at tho
time of their most critical trial. Not only does Mother's Friend
carry women safely through the perils of child-birth, but its use
gently prepares the system for the coming event, prevents "morning
sickness," and other dis
comforts of this period.
Sold by all druggists at
$1.00 per bottle. Book
containing valuable information
TfA Dn4TAf DAMiifn(MrA Af.ft.
jw uiuuiiciu iicyuiutui UiAUailiafUHi ?
will advertise tomorrow that you will
supply vocabularies of 5C00 words each to
every applicant who encloses five dollars
in money or postal order by which he or
she can win a fame as great as Tenny
son's without leaving home, your harvest
will be rieh.""
I scratched my head In perplexity.
"I don't see how I can guarantee Tenny
son's fame to those who would purchase
my vocabularies." I ventured.
"You can't that would be a swindle.
After thej get your vocabularies it's up
to them, of course, to do the rest." said
Munchausen. "It is only the way Ten
nyson arranged his words that brought
him his success, and it will ha pnly in the
way these patrons of. yours use the larger
vocabularies 'which, ydu furnish that will
bring them theirs. In any event, if you
sell as few as. a thousand vocabularies at
five dollars apiece that's five thousand
dollars, which strikes me as a. pretty good
return on the thirty cents you pay for
the Idea."
Munchausen Dividends.
"Heavens," I cried, It's 166,686 per cent
they send men to jail In this country
when they get up as high as 520 per cent"
"Not the same thing at .all," said tho
Baron. "Those 53) per cent chap's never
gave the public anything for their money.
They went In for pure Imagination undi
luted. You, however, do give something
In return. You give a man a vocabulary
that's worth every cent he pays for It,
whether ho becomes a Tennyson or not
If he can't use It that's not your fault.
If a chap comes to me and buys a set of
carpenter's tools, I'm not a swindler be
cause he doesn't know a saw from a
toothpick or a jack plane from a tack
hammer and Is therefore unable to use
what I sell him."
"I still think I should bo answerable to
the law for imposing upon human cre
dulity," said I.
"Well, It's easy enough to get around
that" said the Baron. "With each vo
cabulary send along a copy of Tennyson,
in one volume and call It 'How to Use
'Em; or, a Handbook to a Tennyson Vo
cabulary.' Then you have done every
tning you could do to give quid pro quo."
"Well, anyhow, Baron." said I, "tho
idea is worth thirty cents and here is my
check for the amount. You'll have to
get something better, though, if you want
to get on in New York. It's deeds, not
words, that count."
"I know that." said the Baron. "That's
why I want to get started and float my
United States Ambergris Company, to
develop the ambergris mines of South Da
kota." "Is there ambergris in South Dakota?"
I asked.
"What's that got to do with it?" queried
Munchausen. "I don't say that there is,
but there's no reason why we shouln't
start a company to be ready fpr such
mines If they are ever discovered."
I shook my head sadly.
"Never mind," said the Baron. "You
needn't be unhappy about me. I know
what I am about, and I understand this
age pretty thoroughly. When I lived In
Bodenwerder I made the awful mistake of
devoting my fancy to the mere enter
tainment of the public. Now I'm going
in on a different basis. Imagination is
my asset, and I'm going to work it for
all it Is worth Incorporate It, organize it,
devote It to the enrichment of my own
pockets, and take my place among the
captains of industry.
"As my cousin nine billion, seven hun
dred and sixty-eight thousand, nine hun
dred and fifty-six times removed, but still
dear to me, I shall be glad to have you
come in and participate in the profits.
But if you fear it and are unwilling to
take risks that alone insure millions In
the future, far be it from me to try to
persuade you. Meanwhile, can you get
me a job to tide me over?"
Whereupon I bethought me that my
friend Harkaway, of the Folly Burlesque
Opera Company of Santiago, was in need
of a press agent and I gave my new
found cousin a letter of Introduction to
him, but It was never presented. I
have since learned that the Baron's rea
son for not applying for the position was
that on his way to Harkaway's office ho
met Mr. Parker S. Watson, president
of the Mulligatawny Trust Company of
Virginia, by whom he has been employed
to promote the interests of the Brooklyn
and Jersey City Water Cress Company,
which controls the eel grass crop of Lng
Island Sound and is putting its shares on
the market, 60,000.000 of preferred at 97,
and the common, amounting to 120,000.000,
at 43. On the whole, I think the latter is
the more profitable business, though that
of tho press agent Is vastly more respect
able. I presume the Baron chose the promo
tion of the Water Cress Company rather
than the press agency for the burlesque
opera company because It gave oportu
nity for a greater play of the imagination.
Meanwhile the Baron is very Indignant
with me because the 30-cent check I
gave him for his vocabulary idea was re
turned to him unpaid. Somehow or other
he cannot see why I should have paid him
for his drafts on his imaginary bank ac
count, which indicates to my mind that ho
has no sense of humor. For this I am
sorry, for without a sense of humor in
this world of sin and woe It is difficult for
any one to get anywhere, no matter how
strenuous his effort or how able-bodied
a prevaricator he may be.
THE BIBLE
bears the autograph of William Shake
speare. It is In the British Museum.
It Is said there is, somewhere In Vir
ginia, a large Huguenot Bible, jirintcd in
1657. Its preface was written by John
Calvin and it contains the entire Psalms
of David in metrical French, and set to
the music. The Commandments and the
songs of Solomon are also metrically ar
ranged and set to music.
Song to the Evening Star.
Thomas Campbell.
Star that brlngest home the bee.
An setfst the weary laborer free I
If any star shed peace, 'tis Thou
That send'st it from above.
Appearing when Heaven's breath and brow
Are sweet as hers wo love.
Come to the luxuriant skies,
Whilst the landscape's odors rise;
"Whilst far-off lowing herds are heard:
And songs when toll is done, .
From cottages whose smoke unstirrd
Curls yellow in the sun.
Star of love's sof tf interviews.
Parted lovers on thee' muse;
Their remembrancer in Heavqn
Of thrilling vows thou art.
Too delicious to be riven ,
By absence from the heart
The amount of cold In the United States
Treasury exceeds that in the banks of Russia,
Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands com
blned. Is an ordeal which all
women approach With
indescribable fear, for
nothing compares with
the pain and horror of
child-birth. . The thought
free.
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