The Hillsboro argus., July 10, 1902, Image 4

WHEN I GET RICH.
When I get rich, Ob, many thiuga I'U
do;
For all poor folke whose lire arc full
of care,
Their days, now drear, I'll make ao
aweet aod fair.
They'll kniw uo grief, no aorrow, no
despair
When I get rich!
When I get rich the friends I love ao dear
Fhall know no more those weary, toil-
aome hour;
I'll light their akiea with eunshine, and
the ahowera
Will aeatter on their pathway taireet
flowers.
When I get rich!
When yon get rich I Those friends yon
lored ao well
May not be here, bat far beyond the
akiea.
And never know the hidden lore that liea
Within your heart ah! foolish. Tain aur
tulse When yon get rich!
Wait not till rich, bat baste to do it
now!
Tea, aeatter aunshine dry tha falling
tear
Light np with hope tha darkened heart
and drear,
That may be near you oh, ne'er mind
the year
When yoa get rich!
Freeman's Journal.
HER IDEAL.
5Er
iE glanced out of the window at
the gleaming avenue, and watch-
the suow-flakes hurrying to
find their place there, only to be re
lentlessly trodden under foot by pass
ing pedestrians; and then be looked
back again to the bright, girlish face
opposite him.
"Ideals are all very well in their
way," be ventured, lazily. "They af
ford pleasure, 1 suppose, to the person
Indulging in them, undoubted amuse
ment to htm who has to hear of them;
and, besides this, they have two other
advantages, their harnilessnees, and
their convenient submission to being
"IDKALS ARE VEST WELL lit THEIBWAY.
to suit ail clrcum-
(S
Sunset, with cuerp scnseluiaU
vSb catcfy tlje beauty of tlje Ufr.
;sun,set, tbe sun a tyit cire.x
She last flame of a soul's da
S iqstiqct ix)tb rjcui tojs allou'ed:
jf' glories of tlje rainbow's dress:
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ENGLISHMAN'S VIEW OF LINCOLN
i tjdjset.atid uetj suq has t,J I
'ie btart setros aouded uiiwret yi X
feilt,6llou)ii$ tlje lordof noon, Jj
MH MfM
"Oh, I think you have heard enough."
"Yes. I believe I have; now 1 want
you to listen to uie for a few minutes.
Did you ever guess that In spite of all
my talking. I too. bad my Ideals? '
Impossible," she murmured.
And," he continued, "what Is more
remarkable, I have found tutne.
"Indeed."
"ShaU 1 describe her?"
"I would rather not-that ia. It Isn't
necessary.
"No, I don't think It Is. but do you
believe there Is any hope for me?"
Her face was on fire, and the band
which held her needle trembled nerv
ously, but he persisted.
"Is there?" he repeated, gently.
She raised her bead and whispered.
softly, "Perhaps."
But, Louise," he protested, "my
eyes are gray.
"Are theyt" she asked. In affected
surprise.
And 1 thought you preferred light
hair."
"So I do-for gtrls."
"I measure six feet two."
"You don't look a bit over six feet"
"And then, handsome men are so
dreadfully conceited."
"Did I ever say I thought you hand
some?" she retorted. New York News,
A Aatrkii Greatly Revered by the
Mas In Knclantl.
When our Civil War broke out, tha
supply of rut tou to English mills stop
ped Hard times followed, and the
English worMug inau watched the war
with as much auxloty as did any Aiuer
Icao, James K. Holden. who write
"My Story of Abraham Llueolu" In
the Outlook, was born lu Ijinoaahlre
during the cotton famine on a day
when there was only half a loaf of
bread In the bouse. The wealthy
classes, supposlug that the North, If
victorious, would not give them cot
ton, were ou the side of the South. But
the working people were with Llucoln.
The emancipation Proclamation !
the best-known foreign docutuout
among the common people of I.auea
shire to-day. Many boys aud girls
have beeu taught It by their parents,
who remember the day It was Issued,
and can repeat It ofthaud. A govern
ment Inspector of aehoola asked a
school of twelve hundred Lancashire
children:
"Whom do you regard aa the greatest
man outside of England ?"
Hundreds of voices shouted In cho
rus, "Abraham Lincoln."
When the question, "Who Is the
greatest living Kngllshmanr was put
and variously answered-Brlght Ulatl-
RELICS OF ROYALTY.
ous scale. He Is now raising an en
dowment of $230,000 which will soo u
be subscribed.
The congregation has given liberally atone, Thomas Hughes one little fel-
to aid aud establish Episcopal mission' low said, "My dad says Llucoln la "alt-
churches throughout the country. iu-gern 'm all.
der Dr. Thurston $275,000 was coutrlb- in the Cotton Exchange In Manches
uted and distributed In this way. All ter Is a stand on which la a miniature
told over $3,000,000 has been spent in fcaJe 0f raw cotton. Behind It is the
advancing Eplscopallanlstu In fields J inscription: "Fart of the first bale of
apart from that occupied by the Church free cotton. Shipped from West Vtr-
of the Ascension.
VETERAN FIRE CHIEF DIES.
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' 6r(heWrfce
twisted about
stances."
She looked at him as be finished
speaking, and he smiled at the Indig
nant flash of her eyes.
"Do you not agree with me. Miss
Louise?" he asked, good-naturedly.
"You know I do not," she exclaimed.
with warmth. "Yon are only airing
some of your wretched cynicisms be
cause you know bow I despise them
as for Ideals, I believe In them, and
do not understand your assertion that
they will bear twisting about'
"Perhaps I am wrong there; but, to
Illustrate, I believe most girls have
their Ideal lover."
He paused.
"Well go on," she said, coolly. "You
don't expect me to answer for more
than one girl, do your
"Certainly not," he resumed, "but
don't they generally declare that. If
that paragon neglects to appear on
the scene, they will never marry?"
"They may."
"Now do you think this Ideal ever
comes?"
"Of course I do," she answered, earn
estly. "WThat would life be worth if It
did notr
"Has yours r he queried, softly.
"I don't see what that has to do with
the matter," she retorted, with dig
nity and pink cheeks. "Let us keep
to the subject, please."
"Certainly. Well, granted that some
do appear at the proper time and in the
proper plac3, you know that that is
the exception. Now for the point of
my explanation: It Is very easy, Is It
not, to cause your Ideal to undergo a
change gradually, of course until It
becomes a reality lh a form less per
fect, perhaps, more human than be
fore?" "Some people may find it so, but not
many, I think."
"Would not you?" he asked, quickly.
'Since yon insist on being personal,
I may as well admit that nothing
would Induce me to alter my. ldeaL'
"I see there Is no use In trying to
convert you?"
"Not the slightest"
"The least you can do, then, It seems
a me" he continued, "Is to Introduce
the gentleman to me. I am quite ready
to listen to a lengtny description.
"Are you so much In need of amuse
ment then," she asked, reproachfully.
"after all my efforts to entertain you?'
"fio on." be commanded, with a
wave of his hand, "I am waiting."
"Well, 'where shall I begin?"
"First, what does he look like?"
"I thought that was a girl s ques
tion," she suggested, mischievously,
"Really I have not thought much about
bis personal appearance, except that
he must not be handsome. Handsome
men are always conceited."
"Miss Louise, excuse a personal ques
tion, and one that has nothing what
ever to do with the subject, but did
you ever hear any one accuse me of
being well, passably good-looking?"
"Yes, Indeed," she replied, promptly,
"Edith Harland assured me that you
were by far the handsomest man at
the ball, the other night, and Alice
Barnett admires you more than Mr.
Courtenay, and you know everybody
raves over him; and Marie "
"That yill do. Proceed."
"Well, he must be tall."
"Would six feet two suit you?"
"Oh, no, too tall. Six feet is quite
enough for me; and then, I prefer light
hair and brown eyes, and " Just
then a pair of gray ones met ber own,
nd sbe stopped abruptly.
"What U the matter?"
CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION.
What a New Tork Kptscepal Congre
gation Has Done
The parishioners of the Church of the
Ascension. New York, recently cele
brated the seventy-flfth anniversary of
the founding of this society. The
church Is on Fifth avenue, where 10th
street crosses It and when it was be
gun In 1827, this section was pretty
much given over to pasture and timber
land and the church was looked upon
as an outpost of what might some day
be a part of the city. To-day this lo
cality Is filled with splendid residences
and great commercial "buildings and
the march of progress has made it
down town Instead of being the place
where the pioneers used to retire early
lest wolf and fox might waylay them
after dark.
Ascension Church has been fortunate
In its pastors, but five serving it since
R. A. William, Who Fought the Great
Chicago Conflagration.
Robert A. Williams, chief of the Chi
cago Fire Department at the time of
the great fire In IS71, died In that city
Rfter an Illness of
four weeks.
Mr. Williams was'
proud of the fact!
that he had never!
missed an impor
tant fire in Chicago
for more than fifty
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V the last few years,
J when he was em
tf'f ..I I l v,
ty Treasurer's of-
B. A. WILLIAMS. b(J woul(j 6,p
out whenever he heard of a bad blaze.
Directing the department at the time
of the big fire, his report is among the
records of the Chicago Historical So
ciety. He was able to tell much about
It that never lound Its way into print
It was bis opinion that the fire would
have been confined to a tract two
blocks wide from the starting point to
the lake had not the manager of, the
gas works at Market and Adams street
turned the gas Into the sewers to avoid
an explosion.
or.
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glnla to Liverpool. 18t,
The story of that bale of cotton
marks a great holiday In England. Lan
cashire people walked to Liverpool, got
a wagon, trimmed It with bunting and
flowers, and put on It the bale of cot
ton, the flags of England and America,
and between them the picture that ap
peals to plain people In all the world
Abraham Llueolu.
They dragged the wagon through the
streets to St George's Square, where
It served as an altar for the Bishop of
Manchester, who preached a sermon
to twenty thousand people on the les
sons of civil liberty.
HIS NERVE FAILED HIM.
let it
pitSitt
oryo
St tawr encv
An exhibition, lately held In London,'
of more thau ordinary Interest to the
antiquary, was composed of all kinds
of curious relics of royalty, lucludlug
paintings of motmrchs of Ureut Bvttaiu
and Ireland, aud their descendants.
Mauy of the objects ghowu, though
Jevold of beauty or artistic value, yet
possessed a melancholy, roumuilc or
tragic Interest from the associations
connected with them. No oue who had
followed the fortunes of lloiindhead
aud Uoynllst through the pages of his
torical romance, or wept over the death
3t the unfortunate King, saw without
a thrill the piece of the rlbbou of the
liarter worn by t'harlra I. ou the scaf
fold, or the bit of the pall that covered
bis cofilu.
In a case (lent by the Earl of Ali
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FOUNDLINGS IN DEMAND.
Mot .. of '
llrlgnt Lou' Howe.
It Is am-prl"!''' to discover what
ruahlug mall order busluesa for babies
could be traiwscled. Inquiries for ba
bies come to the Hials Charities Asso
ciation and lbs tiulld from all over the
country. Iteeeiitiy iu mujor
flourishing Massachusetts i'7 wrote
for a baby. Inclosing plana and specl-
flcatlotia for the same, wulcu inciuneti
bins eyea. light hair, girl, anywliers
from 15 moulhs to 3 years old."
From a colored family In Pittsburg
waa received a request for "a boy any
where under 2 years, not black. Must
be light colored "
From aa far west as IMiver ami as
far south aa Alalmtna come tns re
quests, aud If Investigation proves the
parlies to be really respuiisinio tne
fouudllng does his first traveling. I n-
leaa the child la legally adopt It is
alwaya under the aupervlalon of the
orgaulsotlou that Indentured It. Bare
ly does It happen, however, that ins
child la taken sway, even If It la not
legally adopted. Legal adoption la nu
expensive affair for parents of moder
ate ineaua-lhe class that usually ol.
tain the children-ami the formality of
drawing up the iiecessary papers Is of
ten omitted. But the foundling la to
the satisfaction of lis foster parenta
regularly adopted and treated as such.
Ouly one Instance Is on record where
a child was returned as unsatisfactory.
That was when a wouiau, angered by
the visit of ous of the Klate Charities
agents, who called to make Inquiries aa
to the care that was being taken of the
child, resented the luvestlgatlou and
sent back the Infant.
That the foundling never quit gives
tin the hope of discovering who his real
estate In Herefordshire passed Into tb
bauds of Nicholas Brlstowe.
Amongst the manuscripts was ths
confirmation of all gifts and charters pBr,(lt( wpr )g gmwo in many a pa
Bad. Bad Btory of a Twenty-Dollar
Panama Hat.
The man looked hang-dog and guilty.
Tin rall!.wl nn tha itell of hli home
with his shoulders sort of huuehed burulmu.) '' ome of the undergur-
uienis worn ou uie same incinucnoiy
DRUGLESS CURE.
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Husband's Announcement of His In
tentions Worked Wondera.
"John, dear," feebly called the Inva
lid wife, who was supposed to be near
lng the end of her earthly career.
"Yes. darling." answered the sorrow
ing husband. "What Is It?"
"When I am goue," she said. "I feel
that for the sake of the motherless!
little ones you should marry again."
"Do you really think It would be
best darling?" asked the faithful John.
"Yes, John, I really do," replied the
invalid. "After a reasonable length of
time you should seek the couipunlon
ship of some good woman."
j "Do you know, my dear," said the
husband, "that you have lifted a great
1 burden from my mind? Now, there Is
. that charming Widow Simkins across
: the way; she has acted rather friendly
! toward me ever since you were taken
j ill. Of course, dear, she could never till
I your place; but she Is young, plump
' and pretty, and I'm sure she would do
her best to lessen my grief."
j "John Henry Jenkins!" exclaimed
: the female whose days were supposed
' to be numbered, as she partly raised
i herself up on the pillow, "If you ever
i dare Install that red-headed, freckle
' faced, squint-eyed hussey in my shoes
; I'll I'll " And then she fainted.
I But the next day Mrs. Jenkins was
able to sit up and two days later she
was downstairs. Chicago News.
forward.
There was a furtive, hunted expres
sion on his face.
On his head there was a $20 Panama,
He had paid $20 for It that afternoon.
This Is why he looked guilty.
During all of his previous married
life be bad been staking himself to
lids of the $2.38 brand.
But he had been aching and hunger
ing for this $20 top-piece, and In a mo-,
ment of recklessness he had bought :t
for himself.
But as he went up the steps he look
ed mighty hang-dog and guilty.
He knew that when he broke the
Jay. The Klug's garments were divid
ed amongst bis attendants, aud these
fell to the share of John Ashburuluuu,
the ancestor of the preseut earl, who
also left a lock of the King's hair. In
trout of a magultlceut portrait of
Queen Elizabeth, leut by the Duke of
Devtaishlre, was a case full of pathetic
interest. At one eud were the tiny
garments fashioned and beautifully
worked by the same great Queen, w lieu
Princess Elisabeth, for the child which
never came to gladden her sad fucod
lister; aud at the other end a little
:ippet of liullatlou mtuever, with sad
,u" "r " brown stalus upou It. left there wueu
news to u s w re tnereu ne sometuiug i . , .. , , , ,
, , l-t was taken off the ueck of poor head-
uoing. anu quics. at mat.
CHUBCH OF THK ASCEHSIOS.
Its establishment The first was Iter.
Mantor Eastburn, afterward made
bishop of Massachusetts; then Dr.
Gregory Thurston, who became bishop
of Ohio; John Cotton Smith was third
with a 20-year rectorship; Dr. Winches
ter Donald fourth, and Percy S. Grant
the present Incumoent, nnder whom
the church has attained Its greatest
vigor. There are over 1,000 communi
cants and the donations for church
purposes are on an uncommonly gener-
Cod Like Cold Water.
A Cbrlstiania professor has discover
ed that at the Lofoten Islands cod are
Invariably to be found In waters whose
temperature Is always between four
It made no difference that he bad
blown her to a $32 spring hat only a
month or so ago.
He kuew that
But he had firmly made up bis mind
on the way up In the car that he'd
boldly tell her that he'd dug $20 for
the hat. and take what was coming to
him.
She was upstairs when be let him
self In the frout doof. He braced him
self as he heard her descending the
stairs.
He felt that his time was coming
pretty swift. As she got to the bottom
of the stairs, however, all of his nerve
foozled out.
"Why. what a pretty hat!" she ex
claimed, picking the hat off the rack
as she reached the hall. "How tnuehr'
It was nor or never wlih blm.
It was the chance of bis life to as
sert himself and make a stab at pick
ing It up and running away with it
But his knees shook beneath hlin.
nn 1 the hot beads began to pour from
his forehead.
"Three-'n'-a-half," bo replied, weak
ly, and then he tossed In bed all night ,
trying to dope It out bow he'd explain
for the expenditure of the remaining
$10.50 that he's paid for the Panama
headgear. Washington Post
less Anne Boleyn. Here wero shown
ber high heeled shoes, too, together
Aith a rough tuggy bearer bat, reddish
;n color, with a green ostrich feather
tuck In It, belong'.ng to Henry 111.
Attached to these was a note of con
lderahle Interest, showing how a large
of the founder (Heury VI.) granted I.J
himself to Eton College, with the ureal
Seal attached. All the lloyal H'ali
of England, a very luterestlug collec
tion, were lent by the Society of Anti
quaries, aud there was a due collec
tion, too. of Kugllsh gold and stiver
coins Conspicuous among the paint-
t belle Incident III the oltlce of Mrs.
Punphy, the superintendent on Han
Unit's Islaud, where the records of New
York foundlings for the past twenty
years have been kept by her.
Ofteu a num. aometlmea prosperous
looking, oftener with the stamp of tho
toller uiHin him. will ask to see the
lugs was a very beautiful diptych of of ho M'm hKlM ,r ,
Itlchard 11. adorlu the Mrgln ami
Child, lent by the Earl of Pembroke.
The young, almost effeminate looking
King, la kneeling before a vlslou of Ins
Madonna, who appears surrounded by
angels robed like herself In exqulsita
luminous blue, and all wearing tlx
Order of the White Hart, which ap
pear also on the Klug's left shoulder.
No one seems able to say with any au
thorlty by whom It waa painted. Much
Interest was concentrated on the Coro
nation relics, shown In a large case In
one of the galleries. Several are lent
by the Earl of Ancaster. The helmet
shaped ewer of silver gilt used at the
coronation of Queen Aune was a per
quisite of the first Duke of Ancast'ar
aa I-ord Great Chamberlain, and ths
ewer aud salver used by Oeorge III.
became the property of the third Duke
In like fashion, as well as the corona
tion robes of George IV, The p'ua
used by Queen Victoria at her corona
tion and her marriage, were leut by bis
majesty, aud one of the arm sllnga
made by her late majcaty for ths
wounded in tiie Crimea, but relies or
Queen Victoria were Dot so pleutlful
as might have been expected. The Or
cliardson portrait group of the four
generations of the royal family, and
one of the best portraits of the Klug
-that painted by Mr. A. Stuart Wort
ley, aud lent by the Junior Carlton
Club, were much almlred.
tain year. Ituuuliig his finger down tne
page of entries, he will pause al a
name and ask If there Is any record of
parental Inquiry after the Infsnt's ad
uilaslun to the hospital.
It la ths foundling come back, with
the haunting hope that he may, after
all, find out who he realty Is,
But the foundling never does find out
And so. even If h rise to lie Gov
ernor or manufacturing magnate, he Is,
beyond everything else, pathetic to tha
end.-Alnslee'a Magazine.
COW .GIRLS OF OREGON.
nd
flier Rone Steers, Hrand Calves
Conquer tha W ildest Horses,
Eight girls do almost all the work of
a big cattle ranch lu Oregon. No cow
boys are more skillful at roping a steer
or branding a calf than are thesu en
terprising daughters of William Walk
er, whose home Is In the picturesque
and rugged section at the headwaters
f John Dny lllver. These Walker
girls are noted as daredevil riders,
who can conquer the wildest horses.
The horse was one of the first sights
that caused their ba1y eyes to kindle
with excitement, and they have Is-en
practically raised In the saddle.
Their costumes arc picturesque and
practical, mostly of duck and buck
skin, with plain calico skirts. Their
ranvas coats are more often tied to the
back of the saddle than worn. They
ride astride, as every one has to do In
that rough region. The country Is not
Accident Gate It Origin.
Some things that fall under one's ob
servation every day and are regarded
as commonplace are really somewhat
nd five degrees above the freezing extraordinary. Among these confetti
point Norwegian fishermen now mnke
use of the tnermometer as a means of
detecting the presence of the fish.
In every home there are disagreeable
tasks that are left for one person to
perform.. For Instance: Who drowns
the kittens at your bouse?
Paint will make an old house look
new, but It won't make an old womar
look young.
NOTABLE STRING OF BIG TARPON
CAUGHT IN FLORIDA WATERS.
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For the sportsman there Is certainly something uoumal and attractive In
this string of fish. They sre tarpon that were recently caught off Fort Myers,
11a. The "silver king" on the right weighed 180 pounds, while the smaller
"bunch" averaged nearly 100 pounds, each. Alligator shooting aa a sport la all
right In its way, but the real thrill of the tropics comes when a magnificent
silver-finned tarpon at the end of the line leaps out of the water again and
strain in frantic efforts to free itself from the hook. It la anywhere from 60 to
175 pounds of electricity fighting for life at the end of a line. About every
other kind of fishing in Florida is with live bait, bat the tarpon can be taken
in true sportsmanlike style with a By. A ripple, a cast beyond, a wild ruth, a
superb leap, a drag of a hundred yards or more of line, and the fight is begun. It
is exhsustion that captures it. Punta Gorda and Fort Myers are the great west
coast points for this magnificent sport, and all other kinds of Florida gams fish
abound there. ,'','
may be mentioned. The history of con
fetti is rather curious. About ten years
ago a large printing works In Paris was
turning out immense quantities of cal
endars, through which a small round
hr,lo hid tn lie nnni-hcil to receive an
eyelet for holding the sheets together. !
A heap of the little circular scraps of
paper cut out by the punch accumulat
ed on a table und one of the machine
men amused himself by scattering a
handful of them over a work-girl's hair.
She Immediately snatched up a handful
and threw them in his face. Other adapted to sidesaddles or wheeled ve
girls followed ber example and the first blclcs.
confetti battle began. The Walker horses and cattle have a
The head of the establishment came rery extensive range, nut veqy little)
in when It was at Its height, and. being of it Is level, and when the oUji go to
what th Americans call a "smart "cut out" a horse or cow some lively
i, nt nnco realized that there racing has to be done, ine riuers are
money in It" He ordered special apt to be going straight up the moun-
05 k or the cow omi.s.
horse breaking the Walker girls bar
few sucrlors, Furthermore, they are
sensoiied mountaineers, aud deud shots
with the rllles tlnyalways carry across
the pommels of their heavy stock sad
dles. They are thoroughly at home In
the mountains, and If night overtakes
them far out on the range, they ran
curl up In their saddle blankets and get
a good night's aleep on mother earth.
Carrying t'onla to Newcastle.
When the woman who loves flowers
went to California to spend the whi
ter, she Insisted ou taking along lier
pet enlla, snys the Troy Times. "1 nev
er thought so much of a plant aa 1 do
of that calls," she replied to her hus
band's objections. "It will be full of
blossoms this winter, anil 1 wouldn't
miss seeing them aud smelling them
for anything."
Ho she au I the enlla started. I low
they fared Is told lu these paragraphs
from her first letter home:
As to that calln, It was the greatest
bother. I almost wore myself to n
shadow taking care of It. By the tlnia
I got to California 1 was sick aud
tired of It. Hut I remembered the. com
fort the blossoms would be wheu they
came.
"When I got tip on the morning of
the last dny I looked out of the car
window, and may I never seo home
again If the train wasn't n lug
through a field of callus so big that 1
couldn't see Its limits! I Just sat down
and had a good cry!
"To think that an ordinarily smislblo
woman should cart a twenty-pound pot
and Illy more thnn three thousand
miles Just because she wanted to see
It In bloom, and then find minimis of
the same lilies growing wild! It was
enough to make an angel weep I just
took that calla and threw It out of the
car window!"
He Waa All Ulgltb
About twenty years ago, when tha
bridge across the Hchuylklll t Koiith
street was closet! some works for re
pairs, owuers of row boats reaped a
harvest ferrying passengers from one
aide to the other. The nearest brlilge
north waa theu the one at Chestnut
street; south, the lirny'a Ferry span.
The boat owuers charged aa much as
they pleased, ofteu asking and getting
a half-dollar from passengers uirtt til
ing to make the long detour to !ld
street, the nearest highway east of (lie
Schuylkill then cut through from South
street to Chestnut. A Jcrseymnn, with
wife and child, wsa bent on visiting a
friend with a farm back of lht Hinck
ley almshouse, and was asked at South
street $l,!il for ferriage. Ho refused
to pay It, and declared he'd wade
across that the Schuylkill was "not
so detp."
"Take Zeke's hand," he aald lo his
wife, "and I'll take yours, and we'll
got across In uo time."
They removed their shoes and start
ed. When the water lapped his litick,
bo turned, and found It reaching to Ills
wife's chin, while .eke was not lu
sight
"Where Is ths boy, Sarah?" be naked
his wife,
"He's all right Jclh," sbe replied.
I've got hold of bis hand."-Philadelphia
Times.
man,
was
machinery, placed large quantities of
the new article on the market, made a
fortune and created a new Industry.
Paris now supplies nearly every part of
the civilized world with confetti, and
single oi'd;rs for fifty tons are not uncommon.
Iln Knew.
The members of the Am Ml. a peculiar
religious sect, mostly agriculturists, are
very numerous In taiicnstt-r County.
Pa. They have lieen credited with
small sense of humor, but this anec
dote of a recent political campaign will
prove to the contrary. An orator
aonght to Impress gathering near
Paradise, In that county, with his logli-,
bringing himself down to the level of
bis listeners by a claim of rural birth.
"Why, I was raised between two
hills of corn," he declared, "and Hud's
sunshine has ever shone upon me."
For a moment there was a pause, and
ths politician, fancying ho had made an
Impression, was alsmt to continue his
harangue, when a big Amlsh man In
the rear of the hull Interrupted:
'A pumpkin I know whnt ho mean."
Nothing Easier.
Mr. and Mrs. Bailey, a young couple
rocjutly married, were beginning their
housekeeping, and were doing the
work of putting the rooms In ordor
themselves.
Mr. Bailey was having some trouble
In hanging one of the presents, a fine
clock, upon ths wall of the dining
room. "Why is it taking you so long, dear,"
asked the young wife, "to put up that
clock?"
"1 can' get It plumb," he replied
"Then why don't you send for the
plumlier?" she asked, in perfect sin
cerity. Youth's Companion.
lain one minute and straight down the
mountain the next or to be hovering
over a precipice. But however It may
chance, the girls are always equal to
the occasion and keep a firm seat.
The herding and handling of wild
stock Is very bard on their saddle
horses, so that they are constantly
breaking In new ones to ride. Before
their colts ore a year old the Walker
girls lasso and brand tbem on ths
range, aid then allow them to run wild
until tkey are 3 years old, when the
girls get them up and saddle and con
quer them. It Is wild work, but the
plucky jrtmng women do It to perfec
tion, and linve never even been hurt
at It. It Is no simple matter to break
and train one of these horses. They
are as wild as any animals to be found
In the West.
They kick and strike and "buck" and
lunge, and throw themselves over
backward with Intent to crush their
I riders. Yet for daring and skill la
A Mountttln-Climher.
At a reception of the Authors' Club
In New York the guest of honor was
Sir Martin Conway, the explorer and
mountain climber. One man who did
not know the guest asked another:
"Who Is hero to-night?"
"Sir Martin Conway."
"Conway? Who Is he? I can't placo
mm."
"The mountain climber."
"Oh, ycsl But what Is be doing In
New York"
"Merely traveling from climb to
climb."
Anmrloan Leather tha Best.
American kid leathers are growing In
favor nbrond, especially lu Australia.
Recently one of ths largest morocco
manufacturers lu Lynn, Mass., made a
shipment to that country of 8,1500 dozen
skliis, which shipment Is sitld to be the
largest ever mudo from there for for
eign parts. It Is not so very long ago
when the liest kid shoes were made
from skins Imported from France. Now
France Is buying large quantities of kid
from this country.
Autos In Aahnra,
Juat as the locomotive lias taken all
the poetry out of ordinary land Jour
neying, so now the automobile is trying
to usurp the place of the romantic
"ahlp of the desert." The French gov
ernment Is experimenting with gasoline
autos tn the Haliara, for carrying the
malls and supplies between the differ
ent oases, et cetera.
A camel will go scvernl days without
water, but should have It every day.
About 100 miles Is his "radius of ac
tion," as they say of a warship. Hut
a gasoline auto run go 5(M) miles with
out a renewal of supplies, Tim desert
makes good aulomobllo traveling and
20 miles an hour Is accomplished. Tho
Hahnra bus never been fully explored,
and France hopes to yet mnko n good
deal of this forsukeu region.
Necessary Precaution.
Samuel Foote, tho English actor, was
one dny Invited for u tow moments Into
A club where he was a stranger, Left
alone a mlnuto, ho did not soem qulto
at euso,
Ird Carmarthen, wishing to relieve
bis embarrassment, went up to speak
to him, but became embut'i'ussed hlm
solf and could ouly any:
"Mr. Foote, your hnndkerchlef is
banging out of your pocket."
Whereupon Foote, looking round with
playful suspicion, and hurriedly thrust
ing his handkerchief buck Into his
pocket, replied:
"Thank you, my lord, Ihniik you; you
know ths company better than do,"