TANDON RECORDER.
facts in few lines
have Lad her thigh broken if »be had,
for she ti1i’fl®fri over one of the chil
dren'» wagon» and cau»e<i the accident
that made her lg-lples» for the rest of
her life. Hut »ay, evtfft if »he had been
a cripple, wouldn't it have iieen i-etter
for ter-! to have been in her own little
home, for w ith the pro|n-rty »he turned
over to b«*r daughter, »he oo tid have
converted it into muuey and hired a
woman who would have l»-en Iter coiu-
panion'a» well a» a helper, who could
have taken entire charge of her, read
to her, etc., and »lie would have been
much happic, than leading the lovehw»
life »he did In her daughter's home.
Then, too, her relative» would have
been only too delighted to wait ou
grandma, to run little errand» for luff
or bring her little delieacie» that they
la-grudged Iter a lien »he gave them all
and went to live with them. She
would even have l>een happier If »he
had changed her property into coin
and paid her entrance fee into some old
ladie» home.” The <lear old friend
wa»ollt of breath when »he finished
her long »lory, but it wus au o'er true
one ami her advice to old |>eople»hould
be heedtai, a» well a.» the plea for the
flower», etc., while »lie lived.
WOMAN AND FASSON [
Ha.d.uH. skirt.
JEWISH HUMOR.
GKE.LK ATMLETÊS.
The Way They Ham aad the gtylv al
TraeK 't hey I ott.
While the circular skirt is very smart
“In the foot race» of the uueieut
for long house wear, it is not a aiiceea«
for the short, round lengtli of the ««I- Greeks," says a writer, "the shape of
or walking skirt, "ff lie plaits are verj the stadium caused a-great difference
smart and exceedingly popular amouu siuce it was uot circular, but loug au«l
narrow, with oue or both euds seiulcir
cular. Consequently the runners had
to take a sharp turn at the end of each
lap, while except at the turu they were
rutiuiug a atraight course. Evldeutlj
this turn uei-ded lunch practice, for the
pictures 011 th«- old vases show athlrtes
practicing this one part of the race a«
a kind of drill, taking each movement
separately.
"lu early tirnt-s, when all the runuers
turnetl round the same post, the turn
gave opportuniti«-» for foul play, aud
there ure stories of oUe competitor trip
ping another at th«- post or seiziug him
by the hair to prevent bis winning
But later, in th«* shorter dlstauetm ul
least, each runner had bls own track
and post to turu round, and probably
the separate cours«-» were rop«-d off lu
much tlie samt* way us they are uow
in sprint races. For the start elaborate
arrangements were made and ut illym
pla the stone slubs are still to be seeu.
NINE GOKE SKI KT.
well dressed women everywhere. Her« with the- grooves ut regular intervals
is a new plaited model consisting of i that had to be t«»-d at starting.
“Greek long distance men ran in the
nine gore skirt with an inverted plait
In front and back and having a lowei most approved style of the present
part plaited 111 flounce effoct. It is very day. But tlie sprinters apparently em
graceful uml^imt difficult to construct, ployed a considerable uuiouut of arm
so well adapted to the home sewer action and took very long steps, rising
Any of the new skirtings may serve well 011 to the toes. Theu there was the
us material, broadcloth, serge, cheviot race in armor, an event highly praised
by several of th«- Gr«*ek writers us a
pauama or taffeta being good.
valuable preparation for war and
which is auppost-d to explain the fa
Cuucerulnu Sleet ea.
There are Indications that sleeves mous runuing charge of th«- Athenians
w ill soon undergo another change. 11 at Marathon.”
is said that they are to be a little
i HL MUSSULMAN.
smaller at the top. Why the change
should be made so soon uo one knows
I n Intense uud He la
The sleeve of today Is certainly pretty Ills Devotion
Proud uf His itelltfluu.
ami is becoming to the stout as weli
A traieliT in Africa writes: This
as to the slight woman, for sleevet
have not yet grown as ridiculously u laud of religion, file Mussulman's
large as they were a few’ years ago devotiou Is Intense, ever present am1
If the change shall come the probabili all pervadiug, lielug not au accessory
ty Is that the new sleeves will uot b« tacked on, as it were, to his life to be
as well liked as are the present ones practiced more or less surreptitiously,
However true the prophecy may be it lint an essential part, wherewith aud
regard to dress sleeves, the new tui wliereiu In- lives ut ail times. A Mus
coats have quite a little fulluess at th-- Kulmau prays openly ami publicly, in
top. This looks, despite the advance uow Ise afraid to b«- s«-«-u. Every tuau
news, as if dress sleeves would al • la wears his string of beads whereon in
records Git- number of his daily pray
of good size.
ers., Notwithstanding its. to us, 1111
Gray lu Vogue,
Inviting appearauce, the religion has
Gray Is the leading color this season, made aud still is making great strides
and the woman who can wear it is in Africa, ami one <au ouly attribute
fortunate, fur there are many beuutlfiL tliis tu tlie fa-'t that here at last is a
goods from which to choose, from tilt religion ol which its adherents are ill
Leuty bomespuu or the soft broad uo way ashamed. It offers to th«
cloth down to the trim soft silks uud faithful absolute assurance of sal mi
muslins. There are u great muuy wo lion and engenders that blind, uuliesi
men, to be sure, to whom gray Is un tatiug faitli therein which is so <-0111
liecomiug, but a little touch of blue fortlng to tlie native mind.
green or pink makes a complete trims
"Seeing i> crowd of pilgrims bound for
formation, uud those who desire tc Mei-ea patiently nay, with pleasure
wear this color will be wise to flud enduring tlie worst treatment that oue
which combination Is the most becom could imagine meted out to herds ot
lug to her style aud govern herself lie driven slaves, oue envies tlie excel«
cordiugly.
of faitli tliat can engender such a dis
New Kutta lu Deuiaud.
pusitluti. Ihougli robbed, sluiu, sturv
One novelty in the way of au addi ed, herded with pestileuce aud sub
tlou to a woman's toilet bus already Jeeted to countless hardships and ail
caught on like wildfire, it consists ol iiuyauees, yet year after year they
au Elizabethan ruff made of colored come from tar ami near thousands uud
net aud Is usually made of a shade ol tens of thousands strong ou this th«
the tilmy stuff to match the wearer's most woiiderl'ul and fur reaching of lut <
gown. The favorite colors are th« ter day pilgrimages.
light shades of blue that are so popului
"At Jedd.i one s**es pilgrims from
Just now, thougli some of the ruffs are all corners of tlie globe Dutch sub
seen in pink, and they are also mad« jects from Java, Chinese from Peking
up in black and white.
shiploads from India and Farther lu
dia, Russian sulijeets from all parts
Draped Sleeve Effect.
of tlie great empire, FreUcll subj«*cts
Transparent mitten cuffs are, as they from Algiers, from Morocco, and dusky
were during the summer, the makeshift negroes who have trainpt*d for mouth»
for producing an elbow draped sleeve from tin- western shores of Africa
effect without exposing au ugly fore Through many lamls and midst many
arm, and these cuffs are often made tongues tin .. - nine, all to meet at this
adjustable, so that the sleeves may be thronged • enter of tin- maelstrom ol
worn long or short, as fancy or occa the Mussulman faith."
sion may demaud.
*
A manuscript of the HM-le made in
t>e ninth century is beiug exliibite«l at
“Polly, I woubl like to imffr<-~s U|»>U
the British museum.
all my friend» tlgr tad that I will take
Lake Titi<-aca, In Peru, the'highest all the kind words, all the praise slid
navigable lake in the world. Is .to l-e all tlie flower» while I am on earth to
tapped for electric pow er.
enjoy them,” »aid a dear old friend lhe
H. A. and W.
Lyons of Benning other day who had long since passed
ton, Vt., recently cut a bee t ree on
tlie sixtieth mile-post of her journey
West mountain, near Beuningtou
on
this earth. “YoB »ee,” she contin
which yielded forty pouuds of boney.
A good, sound potato which hud ued, “1 was at the funeral of old Mrs.
grown through a link In an old r-liaiu Smith the other day and 1 have done
was recently dug on the farm ut Mil a sight of thinking ever since. Every
tou R. Benner of Worcester township. body with half sense could see that she
had long Iieen a burden to her chil
Pa.
“1 s*-e by the papers that you say the dren and they did not fail to let the old
Kansas bank deposits are $79 per cap lady see bow they felt. .1 have gone to
ita,” wrote a Salina lalioriiig mau tu call <m her more than once ami found
Bank Examiner Royce. "1 haven't my her in t«-ars and lamenting that the
share. Please send it to me at once "
g<»»l Lord did not »e«- lit to call her
Mauy Immigrants change their numes home. She was the most patient old.
upou arriving in this country on ue soul I have ever known, and there »lie
count uf the difficulty they find III get
ting them spelled properly. Mauy in would sit in her »tifl'-backed old rock
New York adopt the names of streets ing chair from morning until night,
rather than a»k any one to help her to
us tbelr surnames.
Daniel Kelleher, who recently died move or change her |»»dtioii. 5 ou
at Wilmington, Del., ut the age ot 105, know she lias Iieen helpless ever since
BRIEF REVIEW.
was aecustume«l tu smoke Uirce plugs she fell and broke lier thigli. There
uf tubacco each week. It is figured was not one in tlie house, from her
that he consume«! 17,8*8 feet of tobac daughter down to tlie »mallest child, Electric Power Schemes in England.
co during bls lifetime.
An interesting phase of the electrical
wli til'd not liegrudge all the old lady
A plan to turu Manchuria into un ex got. The daughter, who, by the way, awakening which seems to lie going on
perimental ground where the various had |iersiiaihil her mother to turn over in England, say» tlie Electrical Re
reforms the <'hiñese government so
all she had of this world’s goods to view, is tlie construction of large elee-
strongly advocates may be given a
trie power plants intended to deliver
thorough trial muy soon be taken be lier, promising her in return a happy
home with her and the children a current for light ami |»>wer purposes
fore the throne in Peking.
Among the exhibits at the recent promise tliat was never kept, for tlie throughout large districts, tine of the
fair at Bethel, Me., was a quilt spun mother was soon made to feel tliat she most iin|»>rtant of these, and one
uud woven in 1789 by a woman theu wa» a I>uiden lier daughter frequent w hich is typical of the general plan, is
seventy five years of age. Then- was ly complained liefore lier tliat she was (bat of the Yorkshire Electric Power
uuotber quilt at the fair which was tied down and worn out w itli tlie con t ' oiii pany.
over a hundred years uld.
This company is preparing to erect
stant attendance, not to speak of tlie
"The American mule may nut be so expense. She had the face to tell me power stations and deliver current
popular at home,” writes Walter J. liefore tlie old lady w hat she intended through a section of country having
Ballard, "but bls pupularity is im-reas to do with the room when lier mother an area of about UsOtl square miles.
lug abruad. In the first seven months
Tin* district contains eiglit«*en bor
no longer need«*! it.
uf 1905 he brought u* $435,009 ugainst
oughs ami IIS towns, liesides a nunil-er
$264,000 in 1904, an Increase of $171,-
“To make a long story short, I stood of rural sections. Tlie |H>wer consum
900."
beside
the old lady's casket the other ers are textile mills, mines ami manu
The Ramsbuttum (England) educa
tion committee grauted all the school day, and Inside me was tlie daughter facturing establishment»! of larious
children uf the town a half holiday on ami one of the granddaughters. They kinds, ami it is estimated that I hey are
the occasion uf the visit of a circus in were both eulogizing the departe«!. now using alsiut 3,IKio,0O0 steam horse
order “to give the poorer children an They shed tears enough for a life time, power. Tlie Yorkshire company has
opportunity of seeing unfamiliar ani as they told of how patient she had authority to build five generating sta
mals."
Iieen through lier sufferings and how tionsand to dispose of power through
During the recent German uruij ma wonderfully well she stood the trial of out tlie entire district, except where it
ueuvers maps readable at night were being helpless for so mauy long conies in conflict with certain munici
used. The map is photographed on a months, how uncomplaining site had pal plants now existing. At the pres
small glass plate, pm ket size, anil is
been, with always a cheerful word for ent time one of tlie main pow er houses
not affected by rain. It is provided
with u small electric lump and a mag tliis one ami that one; how she would has Is-en put into service, and a num
sit for hours at a time witli a smile for ber of substations have been erected.
ulfyiug glass.
J. A. Garuey bus presented tlie New everyone. They told aimut how dread Tile system will Is* extended as rapidly
Hampshire Historical society with u fully tiiey would miss lier; how they as tlie ilemind for |»iwer warrants.
massive English lock, probably over 11 (Ireadisl (lie hoim-comlng and tlie va
hundred years old. it bears tiie Eng cant chair. I made no comment, lint Grain Growing at a High Altitude.
llsb coat of arms and was presented by as they laid a lieailtiful wreath of vio
Eimb-len is a small hamlet in the
Carpenter & Co. It was taken from aD lets and maiden-hair on the casket, Swiss Alps, loeuted on the sunny slo|ie
old bouse at East Concord, N. II.
bearing a can!; “From the Daughter of a little valley, which ends in the
For fear of cholera German tullroad
tleket sellers or money takers in the and Granddaughter,” I almost lost pa neiglil-orlmod of Zermatt. At an alti
infected districts are ordered to "dis tience, and came miglity near s]>eak- tude of about 6800 feet, it is the highest
Infect" their bands as often as possible ing right out. It would liaie relieved permanent settlement in Switzerland,
As a Loudon medical authority re my pent up feelings ami brought me a excepting.Iuf, which stands about 180
marked recently, the only way to dis little |»*aee of mind, butthen I thought feet higher. As the slope fully faces
infect the hands would be tu boll them of the solemnity of tlie occasion, of the the south it is wariiie«! by tlie dir«*et
After the underground railway lines quiet sl«-e|>er who was done with rays of t tie summer sun, enabling euIti-
of Taris have been completed the next earth’s trials and tribulations forever, i at ion to lie carried on at a very much
great piece of municipal work will be and I kept my lips closed. I was dy higher altitude than on neighboring
the removal of the fortifications aud ing to ask them if those violets would slopes witli northern exposure. Thus
great dry moat around the city, which
not base Iieen a ileal sight more appre one may stand in midsummer lieside
works lost all military value many
ciated
by grandma Smith in life than fields of yellow grain, says the Geo
years ago. The space thus secured w ill
when she lay ro cold ami still liefore graphical Journal, and see not far away
be Bold for building lots.
Professor Eicliborn of Jena states them, and the tired hands that had the marvelous ice fields and snows of
that the sunniest district In Germany pits-ed enfly one of those robust grand tlie Findelen and Strahlhorn glaciers,
is Jena, with a dally average of 4 8 daughter» a lieautiful log-eabin quilt as ami on the northern slopes, which
hours. The gloomiest districts of Ger she sat day after day in her chair with have no sunshine for nipcii of the day
many are Alx-la-Cbapelle and Ham tier work-basket l»*side her, so quietly
there is an Arctic-Alpine flora and
burg. The highest average of sunshine folded. Then some on«* from t he out
patches of snow below tlie level of tile
in Europe is reached by Madrid, with
side sent in, ‘with d«-e|«-st sympathy,’ grain fields on the southern slope. A
eight hours’ average daily sunshine.
A Graceful Garment.
a lieantifill wreatli made entirely of few hundred yards separate from one
At Inch abbey. County Down. Ire
A very graceful garment Is here pic
autumn
leaves,
typical,
you
know,
of
another
two
kinds
of
\
eget
at
ion
that
at
laud, the shaft of one of the old Irish
tured, developed In black broadcloth
stone crosses hus been unearthed. It the autumn of lier life, only it wasn’t lower levels of the earth’s surface are lined with silk. It may be cut in
bears in relief the figure of Christ with autumn for lier, blit cold, cruel, hard 25 degrt-esof latitude apart.
three-quarter or in regulation lengtli.
the feet crossed and a single nail pass ol<l winter, frta-zing the very marrow
as shown in the Illustration. A broad
ing through both Insteps. There are in lier liones. Then tlie daughter di-
Snakes Lidless Eyes.
circular cape collar finished by a stole
two figures carved beside tin- crucified luged a li»mikereliief one of those
Snake» may also ba said to liave
one representing attendants at the cru little bits of lace-edged ones only glass eyes, inasmueli a» their
cifixion.
meant for show, and when she sai<l the never close. They are without
A syndicate of business men has been grand, exquisite, coloring in the lieail- and each is covered w itli a transparent
formed at Los Angeles. Cal., for the t¡fill leaves was so suggestive of ‘Ma’s
purpose of buying all tin- saloons in lovely life, so briglit and cheerful look scale, much r«-seinbling glass. When
tlie reptile cast- its oilier skin tlie eye
the city. They promise to reduce the
number from 299 to 25 and to pay tlie ing,’ wliy, I almost laughed right out. scale comes oil' witli tlie rest of tlie
city $180,009 for the licenses. Tlie Everything that daughter and those transparent envelope out of which the
stockholders In-Ing entitled to 0 per granddaughters did was all so false. snake slips. The glassy eye scale is so
cent ou their money after tlie guaran They were not conscientious in a single tough (list it etlis-tiially protei-ts the
tiling they said or did.
tee is paid, th«- city gets the balance.
true eye from tlie twigs, sharp grass
The Irish town of Limerick has a
and oilier oust ructions which tlie
population of 38,000, and the distance
“Tli<*n and there, Polly, I made up snake encounters in its travels, yet it is
from one end of the city to the other Is my mind to implore all my relatives transparent enough to allow tlie most
two miles, Cubs charging a generous
and friends to say all the good things, jierfect vision. Tims, if the snake ha»
fare have heretofore beeu the only
means of conveyance, A recent proj- gi«e me all tlie prai*«*s ami all the not a glass eye, it may at any rate lie
ect for a street railway line was re (lowers while I w as living and could said to w ear eye-glass«-».
jeeted. Ou the eveuing of the corpo enjoy them, and not wait until I was
New Anesthetic.
ration meeting bands paraded the lying dead in my coflin. I woiilii
streets to emphasize the objection of ratlier have one buncli of tlie swi*et-
Hoinnofornie is the naim- of a new
the cabmen and the working cojunnmj «!--«-l!it:g ■ iuletr-. now wlien I .-an «-njoy aiii-st helu teste«! ai tin* Bordeaux
ty lu general to tin- Innovation.
lliein Gian a whole cart-load wlien I school, Paris, which, when properly
What probably will lie tlie costliest am dead and gone, which would lie administered, is said to have no after
monument erected to the dead lu re given just for the effect. ‘Regrets and effects. It is «-oni|»ised of chloride of
cent times will be placed above tin- deepest sympathy’ do not stir the ethyl, chloride of inetliyl and bromide
grave of Mrs. Margarita Alvarado, the
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heart’» action, but a single flower w itli of etliyl.
late wife of Pedro Alvarado, the peou
Highest Elevator.
mining king of Mexico. The monument loving words and tender light from
will be of Italian marble and solid sil bright eyes can work wonders in
Tin- highest elevator in tlie world
ver. Two tons of silver from Alvara smoothing out tlie rough places, and lias t>**«»ii opened on tlie Burgenstis'k,
do'« famous Familia mine In tlie Turril make me downward path of your a mountain near Lake Lucerne. It
district will be used. A steel frame journey over the liill uf life very pleas lifts tourist» 4» f«-et to tlie to|i of a ver
CLOTS CAPE.
will be built around the grave to guard ant and easy. At liest the last years
agalust tli«- theft of silver from the of the aged are none too joyous. An tical rock.
txtendlug down the front gives breadth
monument.
and dignity to the figure. The cape
other thing I made up my mind to
A large granite ball, weighing two
A German publicist who spent u part w as to bang on to my little bit of prop tons, in a cemetery in Ohio, is slowly is appropriate for either street or even
Ing wear, aud both heavy aud light
•t the summer in a boarding house nt erty until Gie last trumpet soun«i«-<i for
turning on its axis. During the last weight cloth can be used In making,
'feignmo 11 th, England, says: "English
me. People have oceans more r«-»|>«*<'t flve years the ball has turned thirteen edges being simply stitched Made of
seaside visitors display most remarks
ble ingenuity lu sustaining a lengtli« for you if you have got something to and three-fourth inches. The reason pale gray broadcloth lined with a deli
cate shade of pink satin brocade, it
conversation founded on no other topic bless younelf with, or, in other words, is assigned to the heat of the sun.
would be exquisite for carriage wrap
than the weather. When this Is ex so nettling to provide yourself witli
Htudents of Japanese universities and Medium size requires four and one
hausted they turu to their aches and the iii»'«-ssari«*s of life. They w ill dance
palus Each individual adduces some attendance on you amt wait on you commercial schools are not obliged to eighth yards of fifty-four Inch mate-
Striking example of bodily suffering on clu-erfiilly enough if you have some serve in the army. I n (Germany it has rial.
his or her part, uial the combined ail thing to leave w hen you are calle«! up often happened that the universities
meuts uf the company afford themes on to go lienee. No matter if they do were closed because all the students
A Stubborn Opening.
for endless disiusslon.”
The Lead of the household was going
I Link you are a burden, they will have ami professors had joined the army.
through her husband'» pocket» the uext
««-nse enougli to keep it to themselves.
Try It.
In Germany the Staateanzeiger, the morning
They
may
l>e
acting
the
false
part
all
"Don't you smell Are?”
"What kept you out so late last
along, but just so long as you don't I official gazette, records the appoint night?” site suddenly demanded.
"No, I don't think I do."
"I don't either, but most pt-oplc do If know it, it can't hurt you, »nd, any- [ ment of Dr. William Kalker as a mem
"It was the opening of the campaign
you ask them"
way, it pa.vs to tie blind to thing« 1 ber of the imperial sanitary council. my dear." tin- lesser half replied
Rut
Dr.
Kalker
has
been
dead
for
three
"Well, It didn't take three corkscrew s
sometim«*».
Coideaied.
years._______ ________
to open It. did It?”
Dtaer Give tne n plate o' pork and
“Now, wouldn't Mrs. Smith hav<
And she drew the offending artl< les
bssns and hurry ’em up
Walter
I AU year the Uniteti States con- from his side pocket aud waved them
(shout ing'Chicago and Boston ex been worlds better off if she had staid
before him Cleveland Plain Dealer
in I.er own little home" she wouldn't numeri 1,117,000,000 pounds of coflee.
praaal—Cleveland Leader
•
*
G OF LIONS.
L
liH'idt iiix t«» Prute That lhe Hi iutei
Arc Vol < uwardly.
It Ims been said mauy times Ilia I
Hous arc ■ iwurdly brutes, but of th«
mauy Hous witii w hich I have had per
souai dealings, expectedly aud imex
JM-eUsily. Hu- I pitliet cowiirdly is th«
last I .sbiiuid consider appropriate Ic
describing tiieiii. 1 have lieeu cllarg«»
by a lion, and lie certainly did not look
cowardly. I liave come face to fact-
ut a distance of sonic twenty f«-et, wltl
a family party of half a dozen, fortu
untely full fed. They »tood. with quiei
dignity, luokiug at us, and then slowly
movtsl away, stopping every few yard-
to stand and look again. There wa>
neither fear nor meanness lu their up
pearanei* or lieliavior.
I have seeu lions stalking game, ant!
1 have myself lii-en stalked by them
If I could have encouraged myself will
the conviction of their i-owardlim-si
w lieu I was tlie quarry and they th«
hunters, Il would have put a different
aspect on tlie sitiiathm. We were al
this time living in a station over seven
ty miles from tlie uean-st connect.ili|
link with tlie outshle world, and wlien
man eating lions took possession of Hi«
one road which led to this link things
l»H-anie serious.
A large troop was reportisl, and tlx
natives maintaimsl tliat this troop rail
along In tin- grass parallel witli tin
caravan road (a path some ten iuebe-
wide», ami. having sehs-ti-d the most
edible meml»-r of tlie curuvau. Jum|M*«i
upon I1I111 like a flash, mid. seizing iiiiii
disappeared us quickly as they came.
Our mail runners, attaeliisl to whom
were a couple of native |H>lice armed
w itli rifles, w ere sei oral tlm«-s attack
ed. Finally, as flu- wall parly wa-
camping one night, fortunately for it
witli a native caravan, the Hous be
came so bold that, in spite of tires, they
sprung upon a native and carrltsl hili
off into tile bu»h. Mrs s I.. Illiide It
Blackwoi»i's Magazine.
The
ord Derrick.
The word derrick fur a iDU<*liine used
to lift heavy weights is curiously de
rived from a Londuu haugmau in th*
beginning of tlie seventeenth century
who. r name was ’iheodoric aud who is
often mentioned in old pla)!. ’ Ik
1 i«l» ' circuit with tin* devil, and I»er
ri* k inu^t I m * his hunt, and Tyborue the
inn :it which In* will light" occurs in
’ I «’ Beiluiun uf London," published
lu i<’»IG The name thus corrupted
* ••• af* . « 1. d tu be applied, by un
easy transition, t > the gallows and lut
er still to any frame or contrKau<e re
seinbimg It in shape.
I
It» »Ta«ttr of ■IlttraeM aag It» Sat-I
irv of J»«I»I»« m .
Renan sahl of th«- .lews, "The Sem
itic ¡H*uple are almost entirely without
the power to tetilgh." Surely liad he
looked for trac«-» uf Jewish liuiiior lu
tli<* light w hich Heine cast* back u|ion
its «lurk I rad 1 tlou he would lie-.ee have
mude »0 »weeping a »tatemeiit. For
-igbt years Heine lay u ¡ miii hi» 'mat
tree» grave” lu Pari* suffering «xcru-
rlating agony. He de»erv««d. he »aid.
to liave award«*«l to him "the graud
míalaI» of palu and misery.” L« s >| hi I i I
Zuiiz said almost the »ame words of
the whole Hebrew p«-ople, "If there are
runk» ill suffering. Israel takes prts e-
deu a* of all tlie nations." The humor
of Israel Is flavored with liitteruess aud
plays round the greater subjects uf
thought auil of »|Hs-ululioii. plays like
the humor of a man lu pain.
Listen tu the iauient of h satirist
born ut Arles in 1287 who timl» the
works of the Jewish law an lutoleribie
buiden ami seems tu have come, like
Helue, to the bitter «-oucluslou Glut
"Judaism Is not a religion, it is a mis
fortune:”
uh. hapless sire, distraught with cares.
Whose wife to hlr male ehlldren liears.
For all of them, or rich or poor.
Have only suffering to endure
This la caused by the Jewish i-reed,
W hose v oke is hard to b -ar indeed.
Its many taws and regulations
Which are unknown to other nations
Every Hebrew must obeeive
Witli watchful eye und straining 1 • rvv;
E'en though lie shares in public font lions
He still must follow their injunctions.
l'he Bible Is not half enough:
Glosses there urv and other stuff
In which he erudite must be.
Especially In theology,
in all the Talmud may relate.
In authors' quarrels and debate,
In things particularly small.
Of no significance at all.
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A Woman.
The great love that was not fur her
Parsed on. nor |>.iux«*d tu j*«e
The wistful eye®, the hands* vague stir.
The mouth m mut® misery.
The little love si
Crept closer hi
t’nlil for \er> la
She smiled anti
Not hers to choose, to weigh and part .
The greater from the less.
She only strove to till a heart
That ached with emptiness.
—Theodosia Garrison.
Ths Old Homs.
An old lane, an old gate, an old houss
a tree.
A wild wood, .a wild brook they will not
let tile be,
in boj hood 1 knew them, and still the)
eall to me.
Down deep In my heart’s tore 1 heal
them, and m.v eye»
Through tear mists behold them beneath
the old time skies.
Mid t»-e bloom mid rose bloom and or*
chard lands arise.
I hear them, uml heartsick with lunging
is my soul
To walk there, to dream there, beneath
the sky a blue bowl;
Around me. within me. the weary world
mude whole.
To talk with the wild brook of all th«
long ago;
To whisper tlie wood wind of tilings we
used to know
VVlien wo were old compunlons. before my
heurt knew woe.
To walk with the morning and watch its
rose unfold;
To drowse with the noontide, lulled on itf
heart of gold;
To lie with the nighttime end dream th«
dreams of old.
One inure mediaeval quotation, thia
time from the pen of a Bar« cl jua Jew
'the lines cun hardly perhaps he c.tllvl
humorous, but they Illustrate with a
certain terse comedy the great value
set by the race upou three things
money, knowledge and domestic hap
piuess. If a man has none of them the
poet baa no better advice to give him
than to hold bis tongue or to hang him
self:
What is the most useful thing to any
man in life?
Knowledge or wealth or a good and lov
ing wife.
But if none of these commodities man has
ever got
Then by kt eping golden silence he might
improv e his lot.
And if he cannot du so. that poor and hap
less knave.
Then let him go away at once and dig
himself a grave.
Ou bis deathbed Heine made Lis last
juke, and it is typically Jewish “Ke
view Ing his by no means irreproach.t
ble past,” be hoped that Hod might fur*
gi\e him, ’’for e'est sou met er" (that Is
his trader Another story illustrates
yet more perfectly the bitter humor of
the Jew. It Is the story of a dying
rabbi “who bad beeu all his lifetime
extremely religious, but bad likewise
always suffered much want aud mis
ery. *I»u you know,* he said tu those
in lite sickroom, *if after all the
1 ex
periem es 1 bate hud in lhe past th. re
is u«> future Ilf»* 1 shall be great,'.!
umuied.’ ” Luu*.on Spectator.
WASHING CLOCK FACES.
Some Tiaie|»le«*es Grow Soiled
HiilvLI, Than Other».
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Mor.
"I'Ve been washing the faces of tin
city clocks nigh on to teu yeurs.
guess," »11 Id a pleasant Beoteh Ilf
American, "and before that I did il
the ol I country There Hreu't mauy I
washers lu this laud, and the few «
know I lie business do well at it.*'
Iisiked prosperous III Ills tweed suit
derby hat.
"Is your work anything like that • ■
the steeple climber?" be was asked.
"Bless you, no," lie replied, will
twinkling eye. milch amused, "only ii
one thing, aud that is that mostly sail
ora take up with the trade. That's be
cause we're good climbers, you kuow
I've washt-d the faces of city am
cbuich clocks that were ISO feet froii
the ground, aud it took me two and
thre«* weeks to do it. I'm a practica
clock repairer, too ita ve to be, you
kuow aud <lo my work lu u hug»
wooden cradle made for the purpose
Some clocks get their faces dirty In a
year or an; others remain clean ten
years, auil so ou. < >l«l Beu. Westuiin
ster'a great clock, is expected to keep
dean fifteen yeurs.
"lu the old days the trade was more
dangerous. We us«*d to work from
scaffolds aud got many dangerous
falls. Now we have the cradles ami all
the tilings mid comforts, and if 4 man
keeps Ids head Im can work as well as
on the curb. How Is tlie pay? Well,
tbut's bard to tiglire, for we work by
the Job. We doll' t cleau clock faces in
winter, so we make enough In tb<
summer to lust the year round, . Ol
course sometimes the clocks are I a ken
out of tbelr cases and repaired in the
shop.», Last year 1 cleared $2,099 and
visited only two other cities, t bicligu
and Boston This year I’ll make more
because building o|>eratluiis have grim
ed the clocks and given our trade a
lift.’’- New York lout.
To tell to the old trees and to each lis
tening leuf
The longing, the yearning, as tn my boy
hood brief.
Tlie old ho|ie. the old love, would ease my
heart of grief.
The old lane, the old gate, the old house
by tlie tne.
The Wild wood, the wild brook they will
not let me be;
In buy hood I knew them, and still they
< all to me.
Madison Cuwein.
Rip’s Long
Sleep.
The purple shadows lie along
Th«* Catskills as they did uf old,
The robin sings his even sung,
Tlie sky is rimmed with red and gold,
Past shining lake and somber hill
The silent footed twilight creeps.
The stars light one by one- and still
Old Kip Van "Winkle sleeps.
It is no slumber of pretense
That wraps the wandering idler now
No Wonder whispering audience
Waits on to see the silvered brow
And tottering form and vacant stare
\\ hen with the dawning of the day,
The spell dissolved, old Kip shall rise
Anti take his homeward way.
Not on»* left to jeer and flout
Among the chattering village folk
And greet his looks of fear and doubt
With many a jest and clumsy Joke.
No friends, grown gray with time and
trial.
No children, changed to wrinkled men,
Will tap their heads and slyly smile
When he halts home again
For while lie sleeps the stars will fade.
The earth will molder and decay.
Ami all the things, that men have made
Will pass in crumbling dust aw us.
And when lie wakes all. would we knew
Before that farotr morning breaks
if kindlier friends he'll Journey to .
When Kip Van Winkle wakes!
James J. Montague.
Let Us Take Leave of Haste.
Let us take leave of haste awhile
And loiter well content
With little pleasure to beguile
And small habiliment
Just a wide awe*-p of rain washed sky.
A Hower, a bird note sweet.
Some easy tlappings worn awry,
Loose latchets fur our feet.
A wheaten leaf within our scrip,
Fur drink the hillside spring
Ami fur true heart « umpaniunship
Th® love of loitering
We want so much, und yet we need
So very slight a store.
But In the age's grip of greed
We hurry more and more.
The woodland weaves Its gold green net
The warm wind lazes b\.
Can we furego, can we forget?
Come, comrade, let us tr> !
< ’linton St ollard.
“Blue Sunny Air."
Vp for the glowing day; leave the old
w uods!
See. they purt like a ruined arch the sky
Nothing but sky
roots
And gruss of the hilltops level with th»
air—
Blue, sunny air. where a great «loue
flout» laden
With light, like a dead whale that whltt
birds pick
Floating »way In the sun in some north
sea.
Air. air, fresh lifeblood, thin and search
ing air.
The clear, dear breath of God that love'.f
us.
Where small birds reel and winds tuk«
their delight!
Water is lieautiful, blit not like air
See. where the solid azure waters lie
blade as uf thickened air. ami down be
low
Tlie fern ranks like a forest spread them
set ves
As though each pure could feel the r|e
merit.
Brow.ilng
It Look«*«! (£«■) tu lliua.
Little Nathan had beeu taken to his
father’s office, where, It appears, be
was considerably impressed Arter
ward nt hume be made known his In
teutions concerning the future
"When I get to be a man,” he said,
"I'm going to make lots of money, like
papa does."
Ills parents gave him to understand
that they approved of bls ambition,
after which Nuthau indulged for some
time in Serious thought At lust be
turned to bls father, asking
"Papa, Is sitting in a chair that turns
around all you have to do to make
tbouey?" A hlcago Record Herald
A Lllrrarz < «»Incidence.
"M.v father, IV. ('lark Russell." said
Herbert Russell lu telling of a literary
coincidence, “bad flulsbed maturing the
plot of bi» novel, 'The 1 tenth Ship,'
w hich is a version of the legeud of Van
defdeeken. I wus hl» aniunueusfs at
the time. He »aid to me, -Tomorrow
we will begin the story.' Du the fol
lowing moruiug when I euter«*d Ills
study Io take his dictation of the upeu
ing 1I ii « m he showed me a letter Ic- liuu
Ju»t r»»eived. It was from W. S Gil
bert, the well known dramatist, asking
him why be did nut write s novel'
about the t lyiug Dutchman
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Ah. life Is sad?
< loe fleet log hour
in love » short reign
A faded flower
And mem’ry'» pain.
Yet life 1« »W’eet,
No night »0 dark
But holds u »tar;
No storrus but mark
Where ungels are.
II Graham Im Hot».
The l.ondou l*ollce.
When the Hcbrme was first liruaclie I
fierce opposition devekipeU to the ei
tabllshmeht of Lomluu's metrupolftau
police, tn September,
Police tu
patrol the »trtn-ts of London? Hucb a
scheme was "repugnant tu the spirit uf
Eugllsb law and to the theory of free
government," aeeurdlug to au editorial
In the Standard of the day. ' Aa a sys
tern of claud«fstlue Intelligence tin
thing Is complete," It went on. “Th«
low constable is Instructed to make
himself acquainted with the Inhabit
ants of every house within bls beat
And how la this Information to be uu
Ulned'but
puipi",,,
guts?"