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NOBLE
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Heart to Heart
Talks.
By EDWIN A. NYE.
Copyright, 1903. by Edwin A. Nye.
THEY KILLED THE GIRL.
Kathleen Sheclian, aged twenty
three, of New York city killed herself
because her mates mimicked bur
speech.
Kathleen was a slip of a lass who
came from tho old sod recently and
brought her mellifluous tonguo with
her. Sho broadened "meat" Into
"mate" and rolled her "v'b" with a
rich bur. Only ignorance would have
failed to catch and admire the delight
ful accent.
The girl had a tender heart, tho mo
bllo. temperament of her people and
was timid and sensitive.
She first found employment nt n
dressmaker's. She chanced to say
something about "woruck." The girls
tittered, and one of them said. "You
mean woyck,' don't you?" When
Kathleen understood she was having
fun poked at her sho took it much to
heart and left the place.
Sho engnged herself at a department
store. Laughter greeted her utter
ances. The teasing wounded her spir
it Sho worked hard to learn tho cor
rect pronunciation of English, but her
labor was mostly In vain. Sbo could
not easily twist her Limerick tonguo.
Kathleen went to another shop only
I to endure similar torment. Sho brood
ed. Her once smiling faco grew sad.
Ono day sho told her relatives she had
Insured her life.
"Why?" they asked.
"I might die," she said, with a far
away look. "Tho money would be for
you."
The last Sunday tho poor lass dressed
herself In her best clothes and went to
a park. Here sho stayed all day and
all that night. She was debating tho
old, old query, "TO BE' OR NOT TO
BE?" What torture to tho distraught
brain nnd tender, sensitive soul! She
was passing through her Gethsoraanc,
poor child!
Monday morning at dawn she went
to a clump of bushes and swallowed
carbolic acid. A policeman found her
writhing on tho ground. In the am-
.bulanco on tho way to the hospital she
gasped:
"They'll nlver mnlce fun av me
ngaln." Then she died.
No, no, lassie; they'll never make
fun of you again. And If they oul
knew how they had hounded your
poor little body Into the grave most
bitterly sorry would ihey be.
YOU SEE, THERE'S MORE TnAN
ONE WAY TO KILL A POOH GIRL
And your lisping brogue, Kathleen,
will not trouble you in the kinder
laud where you have gone. They
spenk neither English nor dinlec-ts
there. There Is only one language In
heaven a language used too little on
the earth.
It Is the language of tenderness nnd
love.
WE DON'T KNOW MUCH.
It behooves tho scientist to sing low
1 theso days. Heretofore he has been
j rather too dogmatic. If, for Instance
j Radium may bo changed into hellon
then some of tho "well settled princi
ples of science" are knocked Into
smlthereons. Tho discovery of radium
Itself was a bard blow.
Truth is a powerful wedge. It splits
theory logs smack open. The prating
of tho suro enough who Is certain of
his conclusions Is often made to sound
like tho puerflo prattling of a child
talking In tho dark.
A learned professor Haeckel In his
book "Rlddlo of tho Universe" takes
several kinds of kinks out of the
boastful know-all.
Ho says we don't know much.
And comes mighty near proving It
Ho says we play at putting up big
things high buildings, great bridges,
huge engines and such. But ho says
we do not know even a little bit about
how to prevent murder, suicide, theft
nnd poverty.
He hits us hard there.
Wo boast of our civilization and
point to Its Indices railroads, ma
chines, news transmitters, etc.
Why, Diogenes made fun of that
nort of "progress" 2,000 years ago.
Ho got out his tub and rolled It through
tho streots of Athens and said, "That
Is all there Is to your boasted prog
ress" simply making the wheels go
round.
Haeckel sayB wo don't know much
about a man. We don't know where
ho got either his mind or his body. Wo
dont know very much about how bo
can best use either body or mind.
Wo don't know very much about the
proper relation of men to government
Our political economy stops short of
the problem of distribution.
Haeckel says wo know scarcely any
thing about tho prevention of crime.
Sin and suffering are problems as se
rious as In David's time.
ne tells us It is the fault of our
educational system that wo do not
know more, He says our education
skips the really Important things.
Maybe.
Anyway we don't know much.
Mesdemoiselles LeMas and Llzetto,
direct from Paree, will appear at tho
Opera House FRIDAY, DECEMBER
11th, after act 2.
"Uncle Josh" will be In town
FRIDAY.
"Uncle Josh" FRIDAY, December
j 11 at MASONIC Opera IIoubo.
How a Wife Finds Out
Secrets From Her Husband
"There, now, I've told you!" said
the married man. "I know I should
not have done so, but you've coaxed
until I had to. Now you know all
about It, and I hope you are satis
fied." "I don't see why you shouldn't tell
me," said his spouse.
"It wasn't my secret," said the
man, sadly. "That's the point, as I
told you. It's Brown's secret. He
confided in me as a man of honor.
He trusted mo, and now I've betrayed
his confidence."
"Nonsense!" said the woman. "If
he expected you to keep things from
your wife he ought to be ashamed
of himself. If he keeps secrets from
Mrs. Brown I've got my opinion of
him. But what I don't under
stand "
"I know. You don't understand,"
said the man. "You women never
do . Certainly ho expected when I
said that I wouldn't tell a living soul
that I would keep my word. Ho
didn't think I was so weak that I
would let you twist mo around your
little finger and worm tho whole
thing out of me."
"Why, how you do talk!" said tho
woman. "It Isn't as If you had gone
around telling everybody. That
would bo different."
"Would It?" sa'd tho married man.
"Of course, It would," replied his
wife. "I should hope It would. But
It seems to me that you're making a
great fuss about nothing."
"I know you don't consider it any
thing," said tho man! "I have al
ways boon accustomed to regard a
confidence as sacred, though. How
do you suppose I'm going to look
Brown in tho face when I next meet
him? What do you suppose that ho
will think of mo when ho
learns that I've broken faith with
him?"
"In the first place, I don't see how
Place Criminals on
Farms, Not In Jails;
By ProfcMor C. R. HENDERSON of the University of Cblcatfo.
HEN THE DEVIL WANTS TO MAKE A MAN A CRIMINAL.
ALL HE HA8 TO DO IS TO KEEP HIM IN IDLENESS
AND LET HIM ASSOCIATE WITH CRIMINAL8. WE MAY
TALK ALL WE WANT TO ABOUT PROQRE38IVENE88,
BUT WE HAVE LITTLE RIGHT TO BOA8T A3 LONO. AS
OUR JAILS ARE LEFT 80 OLD FASHIONED AND BARBAROUS.'
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. Tho jail 13 no placo for serving a sentence. If the offense is felo
nious the man should bo sent to tho penitentiary, nnd if not ho should
bo put out on a farm. Cooped up in tho jail ho does nothing but play
cards and make tho acquaintance of men who Booner or later drag him
down. Tho farm has been tried successfully in Switzerland, in Hol
land and in Cleveland, O.
Industry in tho lockup is a prime necessity. NOT ONLY
SHOULD MEN AND WOMEN BE GIVEN EMPLOYMENT
WHILE SERVING A SENTENCE, BUT THEY SHOULD,
ALSO BE KEPT BUSY BEFORE CONVICTION. Many of
thoso arrested aro poor and would bo wiling to earn money whilo
waiting for their trial. In some cases men aro confined in tho county
jail almost a year. With no employment to pass tho time THIS BE
COMES A PUNISHMENT THAT IS NEARLY INHUMAN.
All cells should bo arranged so that every prisoner could have a
separate .compartment and that every ono should havo a window
through which tho rays of tho sun camo directly.
THE PROPOSITION 18 NOT A MERE THEORY. IT HAS BEEN
UNIVER8ALLY ADOPTED IN EURf E, AND WE HAVE IT IN SOME
MEA8URE HERE. WE TAKE TH, , KIND OF CARE OF OUR PIQ8
AND OTHER LJVE 8TOCK. WHY SHOULDN'T WE DO AS MUCH
FOR OUR HUMAN BEINQ8?
SNAKE SERVES AS PUR PIECE
Dogs, cats and other quadrupeds
are entirely too conventional as pots
for Mrs. 'Maude Coleman; she likes
snakes. She has liked them ever
since sho was a little girl. Residents
in the vicinity of her home who did
not know Mrs. Coleman and her
strange fancy were surprised to seo
her calmly strolling down tho street
with a snake nearly nine feet long
draped around her neck instead of
the usual fur boa worn at this time
of tho year. Mrs, Coleman has had
pet snakes In her homo for years,
but she has only ono now, Shu is
as fond of it as any pne could bo of
a pet dog or cat. In her lifelong
study and association with the rep
tiles Mrs. Coleman has discovered
that they aro affectlonato and havo a
good memory for people, places and
things. Wilwaukee Sentinel.
Mesdemoiselles LeMas and Llzetto,
direct from Paree, will appear at tho
Opera Houso FRIDAY, DECEMBER
11th, after act 2.
Steamer BREAKWATER sails
from Coos Bay for Portland SAT
URDAY, DECEMBER 12, nt 12,
NOON.
Have You Tried
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he's going to learn anything of the
kind," said the woman. "In the sec
ond place, you haven't told me a word
of "
"Do you think I can depend upon
you not to say anything- about it to
any of your friends?" asked the man,
anxiously. '
"Do you suppose I'd dream of such
a thing after you've told me not to
mention It? But, for that matter, I
don't see why "
"You won't whisper lt?"'-
"No, of course, I won't, but "
"Not If Mrs. Jamleson comes
around with a choice tld-blt of gossip
and 'gets all swelled up over It?"
"You know I wouldn't. Now,
Henry, J want you to stop talking a
moment and let me get in a word.
What I want to know is r"
"Of course, she'll say that she'll
never breathe a word of It," said tho
man, disregarding her plea "All
tho same, you mustn't trust her. Re
member, now. Not a word of'lt, or
a hint."
"I don't seo what there is to be,
so secrot about," said tho woman. "I
won't say anything about it if you
don't want mo tc. but It seems ab
surd. What would It mattor, If any
body in tho place knew It? It would
not hurt anybody, so far as I -can
see. I should think Mr. Brown would
tell everybody himself. It's to his ad
vantage to havo it known. It will ad
vertlso his business."
"I wonder!" said the married man,
musingly. t .
"You wonder what?"
"I wonder if that isn't tho Idea
Brown had when ho told me. I ex
pect ho knows had hard It is for mo
to keep anything from you."
"You'ro a mean old thing," Bald
the woman. "I don't believe It's any
secret at all, and I don't beliovo you
would havo told mo if It had been."
Chicago News. ,
NO TRACE OF THIEVES.
Portland Police Unable to Fnd Cine
to Rank Robbers.
(Ry Associated Press.)
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 9. Tho
police havo been unable to find any
clue to the bank robbers who secur
ed ?1G,500 from tho Eastsldo bank
tho night before last.
Tho summer girl can't laugh In her
sleeve becauso of tho absence thereof,
but sho may make a hit with her
funny-bone.
According to statistics recently la
sued by tho executive committee ot
tho Qrapo Qorwers' association for
the first tlmo California's wino prod
uction was greater than that of Ger
many last year, California produced
56,000,000 gallons of wine. while
Germany produced only 50,10,080
gallons.
Boo "UNCLE JOSH" and enjoy
good laugh Friday.
WHEAT $2.00 at Haines.
Two hours of Bolld fun, B
"Undo Josh" FRIDAY at MASONIC
Opera Houso.
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