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    TIIJ3 OBEGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND,' WDNESDAT , EVEXINO, JUKE i 17, 1003.
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A DRUMMER BE A R-HUNTER
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'.. THE JOURNAL, P. O. Box 121, Portland. Oregon.
The task of the world has been to educate its educators, to reform Its preachers,
to Instruct the rich, to cultivate the hearts of the cultured. At a speech delivered In
Buffalo' recently. President Eliot of Harvard said, "One half of the education of a child'
should be m'anual education young people learn by dblng and the time will soon
come when no school or college will approximate right methods that does not
have Its manual training department. The soul-centers of many a young man
can only be reached by having him work with his hands; I constantly see the fallaey
"of abstract theory In education."
frHEPPHER'S NEED. ,
Heppner's cry for help has met with a
response whjch berpcaks the depth of the
' sympathy aroused by the terrible disaster.
As, one man the people of Oregon have re
plied to that appeal and all that human
hearts and hands can do to relieve the need,
-tjfie distress and the overwhelming sorrow of
"the suvivors( Is being done. The. first and
' "most urgent necessity Is the Interment of the
- dead and this is proceeding as rapidly las
possible.' To those who have lost homes and
friends and relatives the days of deeper sor-
jow 4re yet to come, when the magnitude of
"their affliction forces Itself Into full reallta-
"Horf andwhen "h merciful necessity for In-,
jitant endeavor, which has followed, the
calamity Is cussed.' -
Jr-Wheii-UieVnurnb ilunpaln that first fol
lows the blow Is succeeded.,!?? theV agony of
full consciousness, .when grief,. asserts its
sway, then will truest sympathy' find field for
Its endeavor. When the heart-broken sur
vivors'" are forced once more to take up life's
broken threads,' to begin anew' the struggle
: of existence, the-need of help will be keenest
It is Impossible- that the financial losses
caused -by the flood should be wholly made
good by the contributions- nowv being re
ceived. That is neither asked nor expected
But some provision must be made for the
care and shelter and sustenance of those
who have lost their all and who are as yet
so unnerved by the terrible ' scenes through
which they have passed, as to be Incapable
of self help... The people of Oregon have al
ready given generously and eagerly, but
. their 'hands should not be stayed until as
surances are received that all danger of suf-
firing and want among the unhappy sur
vivors is at an eri3.
The aid thus fur extended hus accom-
pllshed much, but more is needed. Those
who give ca'n do so with the assurance that
their contributions will be used wisely, and
that every dollar will be applied to the
purpose for which It Is given. All contri
butions of money should be sent either di
rectly to the relief committee Ht Heppner,
or Jothe newspapers of Portland.
who Is charged with having shared In the
IHcgitlmate profits of the swindle.
Miller testified on the stand that whan he
began his operations He was penniless, but
he conceived the idea of persuading other
people te ''invest" their money through him,
by promising them 10 per cent a week. At
first he merely worked his friends, but he
found them so gullible that he soon con
cluded to enlarge his field. At first he han
dled all the money himself, 'but he soon had
to employ four clerks and finally increased
the number to 50. f
Money began to pour Into his office1. Of
course not a dollar of It was ever actually
Invested. Part of the newer receipts were
used to pay dividends to earlier "Investors"
and the balaYice went into Miller's private
bank account.
' frr one day, only eight months after the
syndicate" . .was started, i the receipts
amounted to $122,786, while the disburse
ments were but $30,586, the, difference, rep
resenting the profits of the swindle, less of
fice expenses.
Many such swindles have been perpetrated.
There. is really, nothing new in the story.
Scores if not hundreds of similar schemes
are being successfully worked today. The
never-ceasing wonder Is fhat despite the fre
quent exposures in the courts and by the
press, presumably Intelligent people are still
eager dupes of such shallow trickery. The
bunko men are right when they say that "a
sucker is born every minute." '
SUCCESS OF DR. LGRENZ
Despite the medical criticisms upon his
methods, the operations of Dr. Adolf Lorenz,
the famous Viennese orthopaedist, seem to
have been, attended with a remarkable de
gree of success. "Bloodless surgery" has
accomplished some extraordinary cures. A
sufficient time has now elapsed . to afford a
fair test of many of the cases treated by Dr.
Lorenz during Ills first visit to this country,
and the reports given out by Eastern hos
pitals are of great interest. Four out of five
children upon whom he operated in a Phila
delphia hospital were released last week
''Porter, of The Dalles," Is the way the ether drummers speak of him.' All drummers
have a hobby outside of their regular line of work and pride themselves In their spe
cialty as well as In their regular line Porter's side-hobby fa bear hunting. '; When ha
gets a vacation, and sometimes when he Is on the road In a bear: country, he cannot
resist a bear hunt. He generally keeps two or three cubs about his yard at The
.Dalles and only makes way with them when they get too large td manage. .
"I have the most valuable young bear on hand now I ever owned," said Porter.,
the other day. "He is large enough to be mlechevlotis, and does rive ua considerable"
trouble about the place, but the 'good he does In keeping away tramps and , book
agents from the house causes' ua to overlook his bad qualities. He. seems to know this
class especially, and for some reason watches for them. He would not hurt any human
being on earh, but he makes these fellows. think he would, and that Is sufficient ,
"I could tell you of a dozen Instances, for they occur every trivr days, but the
case of a book -agent was the most humorous one to me. I happened to be at horn
and saw it all from an unobserved nook In the yard and It raised that bear' value
$100 more in my mind In a very few minutes. . .
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"I wp4 lying In the hammock, obscured by aW heavy growth of shrubbery Iri one
corner cf the yard and heard the a;ate gpen. I turned my face In that direction and saw
& typical book-agent enter. He won the usual self-Important expression of confidence
and sjal cn his face and reached down to see that his 'prospectus' was In proper place
to haul it from his pocket when he had once obtained entrance to the house. ' ': '
"The bear was basking In the sunshine under the rosebushes near the walk and'
was obscured from the agent. Although -the agent saw nothing but the door and the
vision of an expected sale, the bear was quietly eyeing him from his resting place.
When the agent had passed the point at Which the bear was lying the latter toss truletly,
shook himself, opened his mouth, showing an ugly set of teeth and gave a sort of
growl, Just enough to put the agent on notice.
"The book-peddler looked around, and that was enough! He doubtless thought
he had entered a too instead of a private yard. . He made for the front door of the
house, but the bear was too cjulck for him. Bruin headed the agent off from that point.
Then the book-seller attempted to escape by the same way he had entered. Bu the
bear was not ready to close the game and he headed him off again. As he drove
the agent from the walk into the main yard, the bear uttered a fierce growl and made
straight for his victim. Then came the most exciting race I ever saw. The book
agent was running for his life and the bear was running for fun. Around the house
they went like a whirlwind for three times, the agent watching for a chance to break
through a door, escape through a gate or leap the fence. But the young bear crowded
him Just close enough to prevent him from doing either. ,
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'It was now getting desperate for the book-man. You ought to have seen the expres
sion on his face. I was sorry for him, but I would not iet my sympathy spoil the
sequel to such an Interesting contest. But the end was ' close at hand. The agent
nerved himself for the final struggle, ' He got between the bear and the gate, and
with his eyes distended and his heart beating like a trip-hammer he rushed for
the gate. That bear Is a sprinter. He can run Just as fast as he wishes and he is a
wrestler, tod. He darted In front of the man, threw him headlong to the ground and
leaped upon him. He would not hurt a kitten, but he liked an Innocent roll 'and a little
hugging match. Uttering the fiercest-sounding growls, he' began to hug and tug at
the prostrate agent and chew and shake his loose-fitting garments.
"The agent gave up the struggle. I saw that the fun was over and went and
pulled the bear on of him. He opened his eyes from their dazed state,' and seeing
that the bear was in custody, he rose and made for the gate. He found the latch and
he lost no time in opening; It. He did not look back. The last I saw of him he was
snaking for town across Jots.
"I still have his hat and prospectus." ;
"It may have been cruel on my part not to have called the bear off sooner," said
Porter, reflectively, "but a fellow likes innocent fun, you know, and then one who has had
to run himself likes to see others go through a like experience. That young bear's
jnother had given me a chase and a more dangerous chase than her son gave that
book-agent. , I
"It was when I captured the cub. I was up fn the John Day country, and. a
rancher spoke of a bear den. "He said, there were, two young: cubs there, and If he had
help he would go and capture them. This kind of work just suited me and after
spending the night with him, we started out early to captune the young cubs. We
found them lying contentedly and alone in their bed, and decided to take them at once.
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"The old mother was nowhere in sight, but I knew she 'was not far-away, 'n
fact, I knew that the minute we touched those cubs they would set up a cry and that
the mother would show up. My ambition to make a record as a bear-killer also -caused
me to hope that she would show up.
"I loldthe rancher that if he would mount the horse, (we only brought one horse
along as the trail was a difficult one) and' carry the cubs, I would take the rifle and kill
the old bear so soon as she showed up. - The horse was an ; old ranch animal, and
could not have headed a goat in a lane, and the' rancher knew it. He Insisted that I
mount the horse and take the cubs and he would kill the old bear.
'
"I agreed to this and mounted the animal. He sat the rifle! down by a tree close at
hand, seised the cubs and handed them to me. They set up a terrible din and I
started down the trail. The mother was closer at hand than I ' expected, and she came
through J.he thicket with a rush. She was mad, too. When; the rancher heard her
enraged growls, he forgot all about the gun. He took the nearest cut in an opposite
direction. But the bear did not follow him. 'She was after the man that had her cubs.
She came at me like a cyclone. With a cub under either arm Ij had no means of urging
the old horse on except with my heels. These I played with all of my energy, but the
animal could only reach a certain speed and this was slow enough. Before we had
gone a hundred yards she was reaching for my feet. I felt her claws graze my legs
about the ankles several times. I could feel the power of the old horse 'going. He began
to wabble and his wind was going like that of a punctured bicycle tube. A glance at
the bear made the situation look less encouraging. Her glaring eyes and ugly teeth
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jA There has never been any very good or J which by mental and ' monrt developrhept
logical reason given for abolishing the so- they rightfully belong beggars would Indeed
clety column. The hypercritical attitude of find themselves with strange bedfellows. ; ' It
ome people toward It la based on the pub- would.be a shock; to the feelings of many
Hclty lven some affairs In. social life thai women! 'ttxt If arbitrary rules were adhered
at time aj-ow vulgar to the unostentatious to of this kind. Nature kindly mlxea up her
class of Vomen who are really fond of social materia, and being no respecter pt persona
life In Its best and most hospitable interpre- she throws the black and white sheep to-:
tatlon. -.- . .. . - 4.: .:.Jaethert.
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. There' may'trequently be unpleasant no-
torlety siven to people through this column! Women who wnuM nnf
, .L, - JIIJ. V.I tliMW t llM VI IH'K 1 . . . ' ... '. . . .
vi u yaw", mi ..;.- . ijuran are noi irom mat wet tni on
to learnf irom me society nw m imyer wno make up eoclety, ;i Men and women un-
to have,. It entirely eliminated. Tnose wno versally read this page of amusements. J
criticise1 it may be taking it too seriously. wa never meant for a column of abstru
In truth, It Is those members of eoclety who literature. Its vapidity may .at times pafl, '
regard their ' social functions with this wor- ,tut It , teaches In Us way, , It waa nevfrr
ahipfui attitude who furnish the tried feeling meant to be taken with the high seriousness
to the society reporter. - V r with which a comparative few approach h.
" V, 14 chronicles the social game. ; ' That sopie
'This Individual In the first place gets a play falsely has nothing; to do with it. So-
great deal of patronage which amuses her claj life1 has just as much to do with the
very much. She does not feel, if she. Is self j moral training; of a people as their work
respecting, which she usually Is, that aha la I That a few overestimate Ua Importance will
charity of the people from whom she gathers I capacity of appreciating a better adjustment ',
her' material".' " If any " woman ""floe not' oV f of values. " -' v T , -r r 4
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sire any of her big or little hospitalities In
her column she does not Insist upon It. She
does want theae affaire because her column
Is devoted to social happenings. She will
:ajn,
acifi .
aa-
If a woman enjoys looking over the social
affairs of the week she Is inconsistent If stye
refuses to give her own. It is not necessary
naturally try persuasion If people hesitate, to run after a reporter, and It Is a fery jraf
but 'its Importance to her Is not all that! thing when 'a woman does this. Every so-
many women seem to Imagine. clety reporter has what she calls her jrpi,"
A society reporter grows to know her She has certain aoquatntances who; know
cllentelle very thoroughly. She soon finds what is being done In the way of, entertaiii-
out which women are nature's gentlewomen tng. and she naturally xes to them forv
and those who cry from tne nouse tops that formation. As a rule she tries to see earil
,they are the real and only exclusive article individual hostess, as it Is to her own
In the market. vintan tn all hi trnm tKi ruiMh
f mn, lr.t . flAmHmu H'han i Ima I
It is not necessary Jo hare a servant, at short ..she: secures! hef. information, from
the door treat a reporter as If she were of others when she has not been able to find the
the pariah class to emphasise her mistress' hostess at home. N
, exclualveness, The reporter as a rule knows .' '" ."
about the lady of the house, or at least she It ttbsurd t0 ,ay tnat a younrf woman
has the report current among the lady's weakenB hr mental capacity by gathering
friends. These are the things that do not go facts on clothta and manners of .the "smart
Into her column, but there are times when It aeir Manners and clothes . are not to be
Is easier to bear her little insults and - ieBpiaei and their study is a revelation of
.tempted snubs In considering the source. many truths. 'The "smart set look and. act
A society reporter soon grows Into a very much ke every other Bet when Vewe(j
philosopher. She Is simply dealing with all at dose range and it has much In eommon
kinds and classes of human nature. If with all other sets in the fact that there! are
much of It la very weak and pitiful in at- fool8 ,n ltt Tne dlBtinction of fools
tempts to prpve Us right to some particular belongs to all times, all places -and all ped- '
position It concerns her little. It is only nles. No one can escape the folly of the
fools and wise people have their foolish
moments. t
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when it is Impertinently thrust upon her by
a rudeness that she gives an extra swallow
to keep her resentment. It is all in the day's
work and there are always people who will
make .the day's work unpleasant.
Society reporters are not out scenting
scandals and if they run across Scandalous
things they do not advertise them Jn th" so
ciety column. It Is the law and the courts
Because a woman desires to' keep her so
clal functions out of the society column is that advertise these things 'and' thV pe'opfe
who are doing them. ' . , :lht ,.
It would be difficult t , trajie, ajij under
mining of a young woman's ethical , sense
because she keeps on the alert for "scoops."
Scoops, 'when all IS said, are not very ter
rible things, especially society scoops.'
no sign of her good-breeding or her po
sition. Many of "the climbers" are loath to
appear in print. They belong to the con
scious class of entertainers. They have sev
eral generations to acquire before they can
take life for granted on its social side. The
reporter's source of information for sbciety announce an engagement ahead of her rfvals
news is invarmoiy irom ine women wno iaiw is not aemorftlizing to tne reporter,; jr. sne
a genuine pleasure In their" social life and has friends who will secure information for
have back of them the-prestige , of many her before others get it, does noharm to-any
hospitable ancestors. They do not cbnsider one and has no pernicious Influence upon hr
their ranking. They can treat a society re- moral character. The Information Is npyer
porter, as a human being; ft she has any made public unless permission is given-, and
sense she knows she may be asking for it Is simply an announcement to the friend
social news herself some day. Thfli whirligig and acquaintances of the persons Interested.
of time plays many mad pranks with the af
fairs of, men ana women. The average
newspaper woman has come from just as
good a home as any she ever enters.
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THE CURSE OF "BRIDGE"
It Is a mutter for congratulation that the
bridge whist mania, which has driven Eng-
llsh jsoclety marl an,i which is already pop
ular in New York's fast fft. haw not yet ap
peared In an j-tfRxavated form on the Pacific
'('oast. Of ail thr fashion.it)!" fails which
have become prevalent of late years, none
has been so utterly demoralizing as bridge.
The London papers hae inaugurated a vu
sade against if, but thus far without uppre
. ciable results. .Society vvorun and even
young girls are among the mist ardent de
votees of the game. lis charm lies .purify In
the fact that .it is a game of great skill, af
fording unusual opportunities for the cun
ning player, and still more largely in the fact
that of all the fonns of gaming which so
ciety hajj recognized, bridge whist gives the
quickest and the largest returns in the win
ner. The losses nre, of oms-:hi eiual pro
portion and m.-tny scandals ha(-. uiatsrally
resulted. Women ef rank and position hor
' row, pawn and owe, and J.ondo.i bankers tell i
i some strange tales of the petitions presented j
, to them. .asking them t pay UMs contracted
; bridge.- So general has this form of '
i gambling become that it is threatening to
practically supersede all other forms of so- j
ciai entertainment in English fashionable
society.
nau neen enciosea, ana an or tnem were
found to be completely cured. The phys
icians In attendance telegraphed the news to
i Dr. Lorenz, with their congratulations. The
I world owes a debt of profoundest gratitude
I to the great surgeon.
Nothing can prove a stronger stimulus to
the clvl( pride of Portland's people than an
intelligent, systematic effort on the part of
the authorities to improve the clty!s appear
j ance. Emerson observes that "the con
j cioujmess of elng well-drfssed gives a peace
; of mind that even the consolations of re
; ligion cannot afford." It is as true of com
j munities ps of individuals. - Improve the
; streets, wipe out the eyesores that offend
, the eye, and In the new consciousness that
the city is becomingly attired her people will
! wake to greater enterprises and to a zeal for
j progress such :.s they have never known
! before.
WHY ARE PEOPLE
DUPED?
No more remarkable
I "Only Americans meet ' my wants" Is a
! remark recently made by Emperor William,
! according to the Berlin Tageblatt. The
Emperor has ahvayB entertained a strong
; admiration for American energy and the ut--
! terance quoted w as made while dining with
the officers of one of his favorite SUeslan
: regiments. Evidently the Kaiser does not
! share the. opinions of some of the fiery Ger
, man editors who were recently pouring the
vials of their wrath upon our devoted heads.
j That St. Louis Judge who decided that a
I wife has the right to go through her hus-
commentary upon band's nnrket minht am wolT
human credulity can be found than the j hltnaelf hny cogitation-on such a subject. ' A
story of an Eaptprn get-rlch-guick suheme. -j custom so' well-established cannot be over-
aa recenuy tow upon tne witness stand by thrown by the courts.
us rounder and promoten This man. Wil
Ham P. IdiUer, organized the FrankUii svnd
1ca'. and. held out to the public gli iteming
PENNYPACKERSYLVANIA.
Child labor 'conditions In Pennsylvania are
,ujiie or enormous proms. He was. fin-' the worst in the world. But what could be
ally arrested convicted and sent to Sing j expected In a state that submits to Quay ism
plng. Lan-week he was taken back to New and Pennypackerism 'Chicago Record -fork
'to .testify against his former attorney, HeraM. .f- . r i
warned me of my fate, should I fall into her power.
,
"But a fortunate accident occurred. The young cubs had. instinctively discovered
her presence and they set up a series of wriggling and. scratching that made them
difficult to hold. Finally one of the little round' fellows escaped from my grasp and fell
to the ground. It was this that saved me. While the motherf would not give me her
whole family, she seamed willing to divide It with me. She did not pursue me farther.
"When I reached the rancher's home he was already there. He had been there
some time. I had my rig hitched up and drove away. I learned afterwards that It was
several days before the rancher returned to the scene of the encounter with the bear for
his gun." ' ' t :
In criticising the society columrf the
critic Invariably picks up extreme cases of
notoriety, as illustrations. Extreme cases
are rare. The society column Is usually
It is the assumptions of men and women made up of the ordinary social events of the
that make them ridiculous. If they. would week, and is meant, for those who enjoy
realise this oftener they would grasp the these things. For those who find no pleas
normal, natural poise that does not requlro ure in it there are ;other columns. "
a platform and an audience. Money makes It is a fallacy that men do not read tne im
possible many things that the well-born cial happenings; that these, are kept for
wuiiikii iiiiub ner weu-uuru ueisiiuor n- i women aione. wnen more, apace is given io . if
joying, perhaps. But the well-born woman men. So much of which -is how occupied' by
shows she Is but an accident of birth when I Women, it will be found' that the world Is X
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she endeavors to force upon others her su
periority. She loses her strongest power.
very evenly divided and that It is six of , on
and half a dozen of the other, where tne
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SUPERSTITIONS. -
ine eclipse or ine moon is run of portent, to the Macedonian Mohammedans. It
Indicates bloodshed. It Is met with reports of firearms and the imams call from the
minarets the faithful to public, prayers in the mosques. s This recalls In a striking man
ner the practices of many savage and barbaric nations. The great nations of Asia, such
as the Hindoos and the Chinese, still cling to the belief In the eclipse monster. The latter
meet it with prayers, like the Turks. But even in civilizd Europe, both ancient and
modern, one finds numerous proofs of this superstition. - The Romans came to the succor
of the afflicted moon by flinging firebrands into the air, by the blare of trumpets and the
clang of brazen pots. The sjuperstltlon survived through the middle ages into a" very
late period. Prance,' Wales and Ireland offer many instances as late as the seven
teenth century. -
He or she who enters a house for the first time is supposed In the Balkan countries
to bring it good or bad luck for the whole twelvemonth. This belief gives rise to a
curious observance. The visitor before crossing the threshold picks up a stone (token
of strength) or a green twig (emblem of health and fruitfulness) and lays it on the
hearth. He also brings with him some grains of salt which he casts Into the flames and
then, squatting by the fireside, wishes his hosts "a prosperous year, a plentiful crop
and many blessings." Then, as the grains of salt burst and crackle In the fire, he
utters the following quaint formula: "As I am sitting evten so may sit the hen and
warm the eggs. As this salt splits even so may split the eggs of the clucking hen
and the chickens come forth."
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A sneeze may mean various things in .some parts of Turkey. It Is regarded las a
confirmation of what the person speaking, has Just -said. In. that case he interrupts
himselMn order to address the sneezer as follows: "Health be to thee, for thou has
proved that I am speaking the truth." It Is sometimes taken as a sign that absent
enemies are speaking I1 of the sneezer and .the bystanders express: the pious 'wish
that those, individuals, whoever they may be. "may split." Sneezing ' also con
sldered as an Indication of health, especially If the sneezer Is just recovering from
an illness. - ,"v--:.. . .
ALL FOR THE BEST. ,
my daughter's commencement essay was very fine,".
"Test" said Mr. Caimrox,
"Did you enjoy it?"
'1 should.say so. I wish I could write something like it.
"You,,regret not having applied yourself to literary pursuits t
No. If I had, I probably -couldn't have afforded to rive Ethelinri. h A.t
which enabled her to produce this masterpUr.-: - T t;
A PLEA FOR DESCRIPTIVE TITLES.
Setting aside the flood not to be counted
as literature, the naming of a book that is
worthy of the name is a matter of real mo
ment. Two methods seem to have been fol
lowed: That of using the name of the
leading character, as Jane Byre and Rob
Roy; the other that of giving some hint
of the nature of the book as in "Vanity
Fair" and "The Cloister and the Hearth."
The first method, has no. justification. What
we plead for is that's title shall contain
the soul or the keynote of the book. Then
the author and reader start on fair terms.
Jane Austen, a' consummate artist, under
stood this well, as in "Pride and Prejudice,"
but forsook her advantage in "Emma" a
better book (arid susceptible to as telling a
tale. Miss Johnston covers both, methods in
'her three books.. The first two. could hardly
be better named especially, the second, "To
Have and to Hold" but Audrey signifies
nothing. It is difficult 'to estimate what
would have been the Joss to literature It
"The Scarlet Letter" had been , labeled
"Hester Prynne,' and "The House of Seven
Gables" a title that has worked its. way
Into architecture had been called "The
Pyncheons."' l. , . .- '
;;i ':: SYMPATHY. .
Cecil! (sentimentally) Don't you; feel
gloomy when the sky s overcast with gray,
when the rhythmic rain sounds a dirge upon
the roof, and the landscape's beauties are hid
by weeping mist? . :'V - ,'
Hazel , (sweetly)-r-Yes, Jt's dreadfully an
noying. It does make one's hair come out of
curl sol New York Times. '
LIEUT. HOBSON'8, BRAVERY. : ;v
When he was a boy, LleptHobson was
called "the Parson" at Annapolis, because pf
his Christianity. ... .,, ' r.
One day young Hobson, with the rest of
his class, was at the swimming lesson. 'He
was far out along the rope, in the breakers.
It would be almost sure drowning to lost
hold of the rope. But it happened by some
mischance that as "Hobson pressed 'Still
farther ut he met a classmate coming, irt,
clinging for life to the rope. The two were
alone out there in the breakers. ' :
The two lads looked into each other's
eyes. It was-a hard moment for the young
sters. Safe passage along the rope for both
was nearly an Impossibility ;
rtODson gave way to nis classmate, Kee
lng the merest touch on the rope. B
somehow at the moment Of th hnv'a mu.A
. ... .
ing him even this slight hold gave way, and
;.The boy left on the rope got In and. sent
aid and Hobson was brought to shoreM All
supposed he was dead, but he revived fin
ally. .'.-
'.'Nobody could have come out of "it 'kllve
but Hobson," was the general try. i"He 4sa
tough fellow to stand that!" And from that
day he was known among his classmates
as :"Parson Tdugh." ,
" WOULD NOT PART. ' - -"Take
my advice," said the Throop street
man, "and stick to ChiPago." ...
'It seems,", replied the 8t. Louie man.
glancing at his "mud-covered boots, "that
Chicago is sticking to me." Chicago. News.
TRY A DARK SMOKE. '
A Scotch gardener' born" blind? who at'the
age of 90 years has gained sight by a' fciij
cessful operation for cataract, finds his - en
joyment f smoking doubled by the-'change.
This agrees with the observation of jpojit
smokers that .there Is but little pleasure,de
rlved from it In the dark. It suggests what
no -one 'as' yet appears to bays advised, that
the njan" who smokes to excess can use no
better, means to counteract the habit thatv to
retract to a dark room for Us Indulgence,
He will hardly saturate. - his . system wlh'
nicotine under; such conditions. Rochester
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