The Oregon daily journal., March 22, 1908, Page 33, Image 33

THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, i PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, .MARCH 22, .1008,
WONDERFUL WORK FOR
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BLIND
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ONDON, March It There .recent. J;, : t, v , JOlfU fnF"iMM""l11a"tM"1ltM, ago. But of such absorbing interest is
ly-was published In mgny AmerL f ' : If'- ' ' - ' rirg'- 1 " - 111 1 '"C ' " Tfl th life story of the men to whom It la
can Mmunn an int., ..tin. if I II mor aplendld monument thsn Wst-
t 1... , w Interesting i . I I I l.jBin.ur Abbey wuld afford that I tuv
' article about America' famous, fcv ' I I II H'tle space in which to detent It.
ENGLAND
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living blind men. It contained
no reference, however, to Dr., Fraud
Joseph. Campbell, an American who la
the head of the Royal Normal 'college
end academy of musig for' the blind at
Norwood" .one of the suburbs of Lon
don. Ho far aa It la possible for euch
en Institution to be the work of one
man the collie -la Dr. Campbell' own
creation. Kngllshmen believe It to be
the bent of Ita kind In the world, and
the man who haa made It what It.U
is worth telling, about. . -
Dr. IP, J, Campbell may not be the
world's moat wonderful blind man. Or.
Jelnly he would never claim that dis
tinction for himself. But a etill greater
distinction may be claimed for him.
H haa done mora for the dwellers in
the kingdom of eternal night than any
" her blind man. When destiny, has a
great work In itore for a man ahe
usually preparea him for It by giving
him a particularly rough time. Thai
la almoat Invariably the ceae when the
work required of him ia the helping of
others. He muat suffer that he nay
know how to mitigate Buffering; he
muet eurmount great obataclea before
he can abow there how to aurmount
them. It waa ao with Dr. Campbell.
He waa nut born blind. Hut to qualify
him for hla llfe'a task It waa eeaentlal
that be ehould lone hi a eight. Playing
In the yard of hla parent a home in
Franklin county, TenAeaaee, one da J
when he waa between three and four
yeara old, ha ran Into an acacia tree
and a aharp thorn pierced an eyeball.
Under proper medical treatment It la
probable that he would have Buffered
, no permanent Injury to hie eyealghL
At the worat ha would have loat the
alg-ht of only one eye. Hut an Inrnm.
netent doctor waa at hand to aee that
he should be properly fitted for hla
future aphere of uaefulnraa. By doing
the wrong thing thla doctor art up a
dangeroua Inflammation in the injured
eye. It spread to the other eye. and
before It subsided the sight of both
eyea waa gone forever.
Mo School for Blind.
Tennessee had no echool for the blind
in thoae day a. Not until the boy wa
iu yeara old waa a email one opened
In Naahville. Thither vounr f'amnhell
waa eent. Ha had a passion for learn- A ts'&J&i4xL
Ing. within three-quartura of an hour H We W. O.
aner nia arrival ne nad maetareo tne
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V
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aJbhubt. But It ai no part of th
urnemfl of dratinv to rrtHkn thtmre titv
tJ. ,!'lm u, A ,trrlb1 d'eePPointment 'i,,, n a rab two ,,.,, ,wav
aw.wa' inj iiuii, if ii ii v iui imu Ujy iu
-V.XO.-ev-)i O
hlx first leason in music he made auch
a wretched failure of hla attempts to
sound hie notes and showed auch an
utter Incapacity to hum even a tuno
that hla teacher decided then and there
that musical Inatructlon wpuld be
wanted on him. The man who haa done
more thau any other man to make music
the chief solace and support of the blind
was forbidden to touch a piano. He
was relegated lo brush and bask.tt many yeara later. Tyndull
from
anybody and wont in for a luird rell
of wood rutting and hill illmblnK. ."In
company with my brother," hi- mi ye, "'I
could ascend almoat inacicatiltde moun
tain cliffs. I became an expert climber.
Once, far from our cabin we decided
to quit the path and descend the steep
face of the mountain, nwinglriK our
Kulves from tree to tree. I could climb
any tree that I could clasp with my
arms." It is small wonder that when.
the great
scientist, meeting thla Indotnltablc man
seating a dirrtcuit Alpine peak (no la
the only blind man who ever climbed
Mount Blanc) with all the vlanr anil
HHMuranco of ono pnsKesserl of the full
use of his eyes, exclaimed "Arc you
really blind, or arc you only hum
bugging?" By the time hla three months' holiday
had expired he was completely restored
and he had learned a eiwon to whl'"h
much of the success achieved by the
famous Norwood Institution Is due. To
maklpg. Instead of crushing Wm, that
only stimulated him. With or without
tho teacher's aid he determined thut he
would master music.
He hired one of the ooya to give him
lessons secretly. Three months later
. the music master, also blind, who had
pronounced hlin hopelessly incompetent,
chanced to enter the room where younir
Campbell waa playing. "Who la that
doing the new lesson so well?" he
asked. "I, air," replied the boy. '!
have learned all that you have taught
tno otner boys." nrteen montne lamr make the blind strong and healthy to
he gained tho prlxo for pianoforte play- generate in them a superabundance of
lng. He worked hard for It. Aa there vitality Is, according to Dr. Campbell,
were only two pianos In the school he the first essential in equipping them to
had to get up at 4 o'clock Jn order to overcome the terrible handicap in the
ght his turn for practice. In the sen- struggle of life which their lnck of
ond winter the cold was Intense. To sight imposes on them,
make matters worse the coal gave out.
But lie still kept up hla practice. He Thirst for Knowledge,
would play for half an hour, then, rush-
lng Into the playground, would run n His Insatiable thirst for knowledge
mile at top speed by way of thawing J(rt I)r Campbell to Harvard. There ho
X,l'1,,frr "rw-.".,! ""'' But his apprenticeship to
the bodily warmth needed to carry hlin hard times was not yet over. He lost
through five hours' practice at the all his savings. He returned to Ten
piano. When he was barely 20 he was ,,.., j ,,.,. ,,. ,
appointed teacher of music in the very ,,efisow and musical director of a
institution where, he says. "I had first flourishing girls' rchool. At Harvard he
been told I could never learn music'
Does Good Work.
Meanwhile by financial reverses his
father "had become greatly impoverlshsd.
The young man who was to accomplish
such a great work in teaching the blind
how to be self supporting had first to
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A jiism n 7 f M."
had come under the influence of Lloyd
Garrison and it was as an abolitionist
that he returned to Tennessee. In those
days It was in 1S66 public feeling
against abolltlonjsts had reached that
Inflammatory stage in which passion
alone holds away and the ordinary rules
of Judgment are suspended. Dr. Camp
bell wait not the man to hide his opin
ions, ii soon necume Known mat na
master that lesson himself. There were was an abolitionist To th la .fr.ni & livelihood compelled him to leave his
no limits to his energy. When he was that he wa. leaihl ir a n. tn native state. The work required of him
appointed music teacher he took up lnal fte was teanl a nLST t0 lay eUewhere.
other courses of study, which Included a ' deputation of prominent citizens Fr Vume US had a. haW struKKlQt
mathematics. Latin and Greek. To keep wattoj upon him to com-inee him of th make both ends meet. He made hl.s
pace with his selfappointed taak work, error of his ways The deputation wav to Boston and there the Perkins
while devoting much of the day to jmi,d to convince him He refused to Institution gave him the chance which
music lessons, he cut down tho portion abandon his abolitionist sentiments; he put him on his feet again. He unde;-
of sleep which ho allotted himself to would not promise to give up teaching '00k t0 teach music for one term for
lour nours. rie nepi iwu rtauon k"uk. nearoes. Finally an ultimatum whs """""r " o aumnamy cnu ue nui
The first read to him until 10 ocloik l,m,-i,oH UDOinSi 1,1.., if i. .11.1 . ceed that h
at night. Tho second was waked up change hla decision in 24 hours he would f the musical department,
segln his Innings at S o ciock. The be Bwun intw eternity from the near- wi n no neld ror 1 1 year.
year's fuilouj;li to rest.
First, however. 1 must rrvord my Im.
preaalnne of Dr. Campbell hlmeelf, who
showed me around, fie is a III tie man,
now 74 yeara old. grey and grlailed, btt
brimful of energy and vitality. In hie
conversation thera waa never a note of
repining over the affliction which had.
made hla life one long night He had
r... . h . K 1 .4 .1 k... i 1. ki. .
It wonld have been pardonable If he had ,
shown aotne vanity In spanking of It,'
Kilt thAM wn nn, m (mm a9 It
was only great toy that he had been able
to do It With such ease and celerity '
' did he move about from place to plaee
that It waa difficult to believe the dark
colored snectaoMa which he were
screened sightless eyes. . '
une vieiie an institution ror tpe .
httn.l wltll thn evnaelaillnn ne Kt fl I n
feellnga of pity aroused for the Inmates
who are laboring under such a terrible
affliction. But It was Impossible to feel
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liimi wii ait hitwwu. j iiw mmm9T nan ,
embodiments of health and happiness, .
"'A healthy mind In a healthy body.';
la our mottJ," said the doctor, "The,
blind have greater need of physical '
vlaur and vitality than thoee who enjer .
the bleslna"K of sight, because their af-
fllrtln.i makes the struggle for eslet.
ene and a living so much harder for
them than for normal persons." As one 4
-vaicur-i 1 ii iiuiuie piaying- niiavplnB 111
trie hnW hn f alley net fArmlnv Amrirtm
a.-robatlt feats In the gymnaalum, dash '
Ing around the rink on roller skates, or
Btrulllng about (he grounds, the diffi
culty wus to believe thut they were
acl they seemed to have acquired Borne
surt of sixth sense which rendered sight,
superfluous There were none of those
llmlH fnnlMtUMi mn f.ll.rln hiava.
menta wlit h one naturally associates .
with the blind. Whatever they did at
work or play the v d'd with confldtpoe ..
Other Improvements.
The gymnasium at Norwood I on
the beat equipped In Konjon. Whethev
male or female there Is no Inmate of
the college who does not apend a por
tion of every day In gymnastic exercise
which are so carefully graded aa to
bring Into action every muscle of th
body In turn. Aa a result of the atten
tion paid to athletic exercise each pupil'
is aniu iu urvriuu niwui iww lovnri v
tra about the waist In the first II ,.
months of his sojourn at the college.
That means the accumulation of a greet
reserve force of strength, energy and
vitality. It accounts for much ef the
panl.l nrnarpaa Ihnv maka Ifl thale Buna
les. -
In many respects the teaching la Iflnk
that of an ordinary college. The cur
riculum is a comprehensive one and In
cludes English and general history,
composition, literature, natural history,
botany, physiology, astronomy, physlca,
political economy, etc. But the begin
ning of all sound teaching of the blind
is the kindergarten. It is one of th
most Interesting sights of the college
to see the young people modeling In
ilav, learning to draw by the aid of
bent wires and taking their first lee
sons In plaiting The difference be
tween the children who have been
taught In the kindergarten and thoae ,
who have been put Into the classes with
out having these preliminary advantages
is very great. After the kindergarten
the next step which gives manual dex
terity and accuracy in the manipulation
of tools is the Swedish sloyd class,. The
proficiency shown by the boya was)
amazing. With the aid of my two eyea .
1 could not have produced anything like .
such exact workmanship as they were
turning out without apparent effort.
Of all the departmenta of the col
lege the one which Is of the greatest1
value In fitting the blind to earn a live
lihood Is that in which they are taught
piano-tuning and music. On this 4e- '
fiartment Dr. Campbell has lavished an.
nflnlly of tlmo and patience. It af
fords a striking contrast to tne condi
tion under which he obtained hla musi
cal education. To carry It on are needed
4 pipe organs, 60 piano for teaching;
and 26 for instruction In tuning.
Tre best testimony to the efficiency
of Dr. Campbell's methods Is the fact
that 80 per cent of the graduates of th
Norwood college are self-supporting and
many of these earn an excellent liveli
hood. When he began hla work In Eng
land less than 10 per cent of the blind
In thla country were earning their own
living. But the Immediate work ef th
college effords only a small measure
of the value of the work don by thla
His 'Idea nf But for that casual meeting and invite- men nut their head together and dla-. outcast from Tennessee. It Berves mm
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FVOKAL OIFT.5 TOR. DE, CAMPBELL
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resting was making an exhaustive study ,,on 1,1 Campbell would huve returned covered that they had the same notions the model for all similar institution In
of the methods and annllancs of the to A.Nca. about the t0 dfi., wlth the the country- Englishmen believe itj
01 tne uiemoas ana appliances or the He went to tho tea party. It waa ono problem of the blind. The Idea of the best college for the blind la th
to bearlr
natural result of such systematic over
work was a complete nervous break
down. Death or threo mouth's holiday
was tho doctor's verdict. At first ho
was somewhat pusslonately bent on risk
ing the former alternative, but, on sec
ond thought, he decided to try the holi
day.
institution for the blind he turned hW
face homewards. He arrived in London
on June 23. 1871. He was booked to
e was installed us the head nail from Liverpool three days lat.T.
a position in,) great iiju work for which he had
It was in nnderironft such a rlirorou.a trninlnir Inv
Boston that he laid the foundations In do.se at hand, but he had not then tho
ineory or tne system wnicn ne was um
mately to apply so successfully at Nor
cat tree. Mr. Campbell was left with
ins young wife to look at life and death
thrOII&rh tha hunaman'a n 11 1 U a Ir-fili-
ably the committee would never have wod. That was the cultivation " the tervoiied to keep him in Bngland. Tho
gone to the length of executing its
threat Pnnnlar fttillno K -n A
cited, would not tolerate the lynching of Overworked Himself.
a nuna man. For the death sentence a
best Luropcan Institutions for tho in- of those stereotyped, charitable affairs startlna- an institution which should world. They have subscribed - over.
structlon of the blind. Then with a where the. afflicted. In return for tea embody these Ideas waa discussed be- $1,200,000 for He euport. King Edward
luad packed full of Ideas for a model a id cakes, express with unctuous piety tween them. And the ship sailed from e one of Dr. Campbell's warmest ad-
nu ir gramtiae to me aonors. nut in Liverpool without Dr. Campbell. The mirers. Jt nas Dn nimoiw xnai ne in-
talking to Dr. Campbell, a fellow suf- man and his work had met tends to confer knighthood upon him.
frier, they threw aside the mask and But Dr. Campbell has won In this land
six.k freely of the depressing and hope- folloo-- at Hnranml prouder title than any his maleaty
less monotony of their lot. Dr. Camp- O"' WOrwooa. ooul(, b.tow upon ntm. f m "JcmT
bell learned that of 3.1 So sightless per- There Is no space to tell the Btory of the Blind." .
suns then In London. 2. 1 00 were depend- . .. . . ' 1 1 ,
faintest idea of It. It was In the tfiil-e ent on charitable relief. "Before 1 left 01 tne seeming prowue.mui imerven-
of an entire stranger that destiny in- the meeting.'' said Dr. Campbell; "the tlons by which the. money necessary to
With a brother and friend ho started "hoycott was substituted. All his pupils
It was Inevitable that he should over- f,
Bernhardt In New Roto. ."
burden nf the blind poor In tho ?reat mBko a start waa obtnlned. The Dres- Paris. March If. Sara Bernhardt ha
ly upon me." . Xi . 4.- .... - . t .
and noting that Dr. Campbell was blind Th tea party led to a meeting next tml ""S""""1 ",,,r" . - y-.. "v-
told him that he was going to a tea day with Dr. Armituge, the founder of near the Crystal Palace, standing in IS Rlohepln and Henri Cain, "ThS 1 Bleep-
arty ror the blind next day and asked tho British and f oreign Hiina associa- acres or neauuiui grounua. w uegun ing nvnviy, mui rauiiou iwiws y
im If he would like to attend. The linn, and the mainstay of the Indigent with three small houses. One of the Francis Thome. Bernhardt and Judid
off to the mountains, set up housckeep- deserted .him. The necessity of earning work himself. In 1869 he was given a American said he would be very glad. Blind Visiting association. The two pleasanteat experiences of my life was were vociferously applauded,
GRAPHIC SUMMARY OF THE HARGIS FEUD
Continued From tne Preceding Page
thn clan mother replied with subilmcly
dissembled serenity:
?;AT THE TWENTY-FIRST GATE By John An-
derson Jayne
List of Sudden Deaths.
'Yes, they was all carried off sud-
My husband, he dropped dead In
ho
sunbonnet a knitted black worsted Big Harpc and his crew might sur
sliawl, from the folds of which her prise them. She told of the terror with
sliarolv uauiline features showed In bold which she caught her mother's skirts
relief. , "H the pilgrims passed through the .1...
II.. tnll traimt ffamH-lall AVAO AS Oiaclf mvlnnfl fir.fi fu... iV... rr.,ittl.a nf
ui.t. oat huddled un In her easv chair vawnina caves, out nt either of which the state house down in Frankfort
her high, cheek bones, her deeply might spring John A. Murrell and his got to be a senator before he died the
ZSUmUn HowTeaonaVeU,chn.eid's Twas " -lltlch3' ?dAffirMeen
the Spartan mother, tho mother of war- may he learned by anyone who Is at all Then they killed my oldest boy by A"lenr'can Mec hanlcs att"d.thf. Maaonlo
riors and of clansmen. familiar with the history of desperation my fl. at husband. He1 was crossin' a D"'thof ',JchR 1 LTV" 11 ,S
They also topoke an a "rnitter- In this action of the south . during the field m the moonlight and somebdy shot member-
.x vooru in Hi.itft nf hnr simnlinitv. in Thfl nurpntt. nf UMIa iTvnlfnP Hrfttnn llim rrm UIG snaaaer,
F
spite of her evident hospitality settled in Breathitt
amounted to a sort of arrogance.
count v
Hers from the present site of Jackson
not far Then they killed
and daughter s husband.
Jerry South, my
is the sort of pride which would scorn when a mere child sho married a man "Then they killed by boy John Hargls; their inherited habit to die.
to see named Sewell.
t,i ullnw either friend or enemv
her grief. r later, leaving two sons and three daugh
Sternly virtuous, a raitnrui wire ami ters.
burden-bearing helpmeet, a mother
capable of the most subiima heroism Hargis' Riches Grow.
for her children all this one would
know to look at the figure sitting before Then the widow married John Hargis
tho fire. It was written in the serenity - r.,, . m
of her dark, swarthy, mtich-wrinkled of Pan Bowl farm.
brow; It was written In her eyes and The Hargises were the richest peoplo
on tier mouth; most of all was It writ- jn the, opuntry; they were also the most
carodnfohr-lonng? th1. Sff hSWt one fMhlonrtleY the flrA window, with real
never saw on any other but a Cale- glass in them in this part of Kentucky
donian; hands full of the vestiges of a were those in the log house In the Pan
once masterly energy, much gnarled and Bowl.
knotted now from too much work in To the union with Hargis ftve sons
vouth and too much rheumatism in old wore born Alex, the eldest, and then
age. James, John. Elbert and Ben.
"My husband opened a store In 1847
Reared Under Stern Hand. Jt .where the boyE' store stands to-
Sewtll died some years Jerry Cardwell did that. They never
Knowed exactly who killed the others,
but Jerry Cardwell. It was him killed
John.
"Then they killed my hoy Ben; Tom
cockeriii did that; Hen waa my baby.
I've only got two sons left I reckon
maybe the t ockerllls and the Card
wells 11 git them, too, if they haln
pretty peart.
Out into the "buryin" ground" I wan
dered a little while afterward. Marble
and granite monuments marked tho nu
merous graves of the Hargises, now
grown rank with periwinkle; of all, that
is, save the new made one.
This was literally banked with hot
house flowers, (treat wreaths and nil- ,,,, n,i. r nr.. n.ere mnm manv only that names arc clinnited and local
lows and anchors sent by DOlltic.al fae-. ' " ' ., ,., ,, ,,, ' ities not given. The story;
iions. wnoicsaie nouses in ixuisville u.rmsi-"iu. ip . , .j
when tho sky is overcast witn ciouas ftg()( Charlie Maxwell determined that ne is, and to see him away from his work,
and the sun is hidden from view. he would leave school, (incidentally he and. yes, even about It, you are con-
The optimist supreme Is he who. look- regrets It now.) He felt that he knew soious of the fact that you r In the.
1 , ne aa a hv irmui. t a imta-h 'nore tha father and mother, teachers presence of the best product of the
ing at life as a hoy looks at a dough- and a t))c o)( fu)ks in (he worl(, Abl. tlnlted States of America th American
nut, sees the booJ thing that he has to to hoe his own row. Able to make hia worklngman gentleman. ,;
enjoy. The pesslmiBt is he who sees way. In short, at the use of 18 Charlie Contrasting his position with soma
only tlie hole in the doughnut and goes had what u good many hoys of his age who will work only at kid-glove Jobs,
away onsntisficd. and older have, u irood old-fashioned who are fearful of soiling their crett
An optimist always, through good and case of swell-head-lt-lve-ncss. There are little hands, or of getting their sweet
DK the man who makes It the habit fiCfJOTl I JlVlie wortn' not alone In dollars and oents.
of his life to look for the bright ' J . "f. .VL?"... v-
tliinKM In life there comes many enacted right here In Pittsburg, with its taken from htm. Twenty years from
scenes of brilliancy, Joyousness unfolding chapters corning to our view now he will be able to ,fwlp sv joint
and jublluucy. every day. His t d 1 hi ooay.
For the man who looks for the hard. The story is an absolutely true story. tlatecannot, beWtaken?ro1n ffinf"
Furthermore, he ha learned th valutt
given. The story; of persistence. He haa lost much of
At the age nf 1,1, some eight yeara nis niirniiness, who. taut, rougn man
Every man sleeping" there had died
with his boots on. as it becomes a
Hargis to die and as It has become
Across thn stubble cornfield a untt
spring-like breeze was wafted up from evil repon. through fair and foul weath- but two remedies for that, disease, little face dirty, how infinitely far" re
me rivev ana sianea a rippie over the er
thu preacher finds greatest delitrht lCtthar a m,iH f.id.fnshlonel annllca- moved from them ia Char 11a? M a-lv.
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anno "iiicutmi imgo which ino junior " ins km u""s 'v w'la nui iu, inn tion or tne doctrine or me laying on um uiunmr av jicr wa., pay pis own
Mechanics had stuck in the soft clay, nmny sucruss stories that continually of hands" by means nf a birch rod, way, loves his best gin, puts some
On the same, hreece there alan fama are lielnar enacted In this rroat mere An- m n i . .....i.ii., .rtir inmea money each ntv da v In that Sank i.
uicii ""' vory lainiiy tno ecno 01 uw Drasg Dand me cenier 01 uue i niitu oiticea. handy, on the part of the Body trial, on ino ruau ui prosperity, ana even now,
tween Jim and his son Beech, and now at the rink. And here is a genuine success story, because of its physical construction, standing at the 21st gate. s thinking
" . was evidently designed by the eternal of the time when ; he shall i ; a con-
UTT. r'C" rrr r-v-rx TP ri-. tr A T T -r nt -r ws I -r-k to be spanked. The second remedy is tractor, ana s Baying nis money so that
HERE S TO THE SMATJ, ROV Rxr C..nUrn Pr' j?: ,utJ!'"..,.n? wv.ri.d, ?d wm
discover that he is only Just a little It.
B
OTS, just ordinary, every day boys, widely commented upon by the educa-
They don't seem to amount to tors or tne Kritlsh J ales."
much. Big sisters would like to f tt& aoln "urHn1 .!". ,lh"
Turning; the paste we find a picture
ripe.
And not much of a one at that. It is a story Uken f rnm life; Is abso-
Charlle soon discovered that he wasn't " i J"..'....:1. l" Petaais except
have them kept out of the way their Enirllsh cousins, is there?
when thefr callers are in the A man has recently become a
parlor, and mother often feels like in
"mag-
or a dozen sturdy laas wno are bending tne Dig jt ne nan consuerea nimson u ii tV-- ' ''"
eagerly over bits of cloth. If we look be. There was considerable difference J"1 trr5!'J ffr imSf.Li??' "V1
closer we see that the cloth is made between going to school every day and :Jr rSiVii JilV
Into shirts, and these boys made their Playing ball after hours, and working T WHERE ATC& voTtcllrMix
Bhlrts themselves, unaer una direction iu nours in a not iaciory i
uh v. aaNi m m n m lanv nar ava.H mdrH . , . . . . . . i . . ,
Rut a. sort anil irenTie moinerr iot anntr into th "H nroannren. r inuu inner ncwsiea at Drices ranamK mere win rrany ire io necessity ior ""!
.. .. . . . v... n... i . T u.:- ,v. of Tndinn analnlnir and buildlnar dams from to 1R0 aaeh anA haa lilrori ii ihn hnva in aret marrleii an that than found work with a carpenter at
.he wno Dore James narg.s ana nis S' .;M,a J .1. nM,.P mo,. newsies, who T are hustlinV for him , mav have a wife to do their mend I of U.76 per day. But the v
hrothers. One feels to look at this re- v,A v, .,.. . ... . the hnsv itncniiwn aPKiinn '' Unw'a hia anA uwln,. for them. . . hard and Charlie determined
:......,.. i,af ahe wt hav. ii wl?li:Z..V- J "ii iVi'I"' el's back yard, and father seems to be f "h"" " ' .nYT, mh th.r. would learn a trade if ,he mi
ur . or n iu mio wni iirAS'' '
nate." He ha8 bought up five of the of their teachers In the vacation schools week. But Charlie was plucky and liaaa wua un iuub Uftl
most prominent downtown locations made them, buttonholes and all so game, so he stuck to his work until he 1 --'.".
aay ugy, oiouncain neeD increau.ina--
From the Denver" Republican:'
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arSnS Grand report th recent appearance of
a wage
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K0.n .larn r wftvs toward ner cnlldren uiu, was iur tno norm. , j hvisuwiiiik uiuu town uui, umi 1 1 " aim hbhq vt tn . ." . : v . . . . , , - a a.., . .
neen siern mwayn iuwiuu ci l-""ulml ua . j ,i . bovs. and a eninroH kV. v- hau hi. rM'a Hinira wa i of life he knew he must tret the rlarht two bands Of mountain sheen nn tha
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even when they were ,babes on her ylfth Ta? until But watch
Itch them carefully, and yon will father at hav after he hai nounded Ids news about the bovs. mostlv rnod newa
i.,..m,ci atem. that Is. according to her iha Knva a . v see see that there are wonderful dosbI- Inin Inannaihiui.. nn .in.,ii ahni f..r the avrrma un t aia im.in
.religion, "for their own future good," thought all our troubles were over, but bilities in every one of them. See how hirn, this being the only way in which boy is a pretty good sort of fellow ne8 was able to give him work. Th - Th animals ar roaming about oi
as the Spartan mothers were stern. they wan't, as It turned out. Jim and carefully the boy plans his actions, and he could save his mother's life.. after all. He is wide awake and full work at flr8i,.wa d!rty dlsagreeabl. ;the rocks hundreds of feet above t hit
"Yes, such things are hard," she said Alex, they took hold of the store, and watch him in cane of an emergency, and a small boy. aged 10 years, jumped of ginger and energy and enthusiasm dangerous. Fifty cents a day th first tracks. They par no attention to tha!
quietly, "but I've seen a lot of sorrow they made It pay; I reckon you've seen I tell you the boy is always there or from a boat to recover a bucket that and all the other characteristics which year was Charlie s wages. He says now trains and as the law forbids any one
start. Consequently he became appren- cliffs lust beyond th Royal srorse nesi
tieed to a man who. having a large busl- Spik iuckv; ' v ' r " '
little more before they shovel the clods of the great merchant princes turned , In Just one Issue of a dally paper I again. The river was dragged for his know. year. The second brought him a alight frightened at th antjearaic of C, !
of earth over my rough box lid. her dark eyes Inquiringly upon me. happened to find enough news regard- body, but he made ills appearance an And pretty s;ood fellows to have for increase, the third a larger, and at th being In the dlstanuaT
The clan mother then told of her own I nodded, and Grannie Hargis straight- ing boys to convince me that the world hour later, none the worse for a swim friends, too, for a boy will stick to his en1, ,f, ne fourth year he stood forth On band eontalna trh a,n .a
early life, of the long Journey over the ened herself up ,n her chair with qulot would be a pretty poor place to live in of more than a mile against a swift friends through thick and thin. He has w.uh trade all learned at the age (i( nM, th" ZXX 'Z rn.lVrli iT, . i
mountains from Lee county, Virginia, but unmistakable pride. were It not for them. current. " an excuse for every one of their short- ?. eapaMe of earning $4ji day." Today movins: trains and ZjJ'l
when she was a little girl, and all the "That was the way with my bovs: Just one day of 24 hours, and here Here's another: A Newcastle Lid, comings, and loyal as leng as there Is ,n unjSn ?.hoP'. member of a local about T I Thi train '
country south of the Ohio fiver was they ulwayh could do anything, and are few things that one Pittsburg pa- who showed his Spartan courage by breath in his small body. union, Charlie Is getting : more, than toitrhWn- thi
being terrorised by the robber bands Anything they did was sure to turn out per had to say about tho boys of west- hiding from his sick mother for three Yes. this would be a pretty lonesome "n,on,wa7e because he is worth more, ihout ih aI i -Mia .ITJ J"
and land vlratea that infested .that well. And they was all goo boys, too. ern Pennsylvania: days, th fact that he carried a bullet world If It were not for the oya, even Next Christmas he will be it years of dom als L-hVn 'h.Z i.l '"
thinly settled country In those days, all Gorfearin and obedient to their A boy has Just returned from Ox- embedded In his neck- Fearing it might though they do get in the way once In a"8 and now receives T per week, v ': "VlS Thty re-I.f, . M
rotibing and; murderlng the pioneers and father and always good, to their ford university, where he received hon- alarm her and make her worse he kept a while and have a fashion of messing The money that he receives he actu-' K Aiitii it l .'
burning their homes. . mother. ,.,' . , . ors n the legal departmenU six of the hi, painful secret until blood poison set things up. They will get ovjr these ally earns b the sweat of his brow and thU JShilliI ''t .'"''
She old haw th Emigrants camped I spoke or the fate that had over-height honor men being from the United -in and the secret was made known. Ho habits soon enough, so give then. aU the skill of his hands, backed 1 bv 2 ln i. nuTw.J.f ' . '
at uight, not knowing what moment the s taken bo many of her men folks, and States, which fact, by th way, is being wlU probably die. ill encouragement they deserve.1 . trained brain, . Ho knows what tamvarP 9 r tVJ,i U