THE LITTLE VOICE.
v»h, little boy, my little boy,
You always have your way !
You tease until you bend my wik
A hundred times a day.
You lay your face against my rteek.
And 1 that should be strong am weak -
I cannot say you nay.
Oh, little boy, my little boy,
A vision cornea to me !
J tee a eblid that seldom amUed
Or uttered shouts of glee.
Within his breast bis yearnings died,
And, buffeted from side to side,
He learned humility.
Oh, little boy, my little boy,
I hear you plead, and Io!
There comes to'me another's piea ;
There comes from long ago
The l.ttle voice of one that knew
¡few pleasures, pleading, dear, for yOU---
How can 1 answer no?
Ob, little boy, my little boy.
Ask what you will to-day !
•You shall not fret while I may let
You have your gleeful way ;
For far out there where you must go
The world will often answer no—
Be master while you may.
—fl. E. Kflser.
( J
————J
Kitt in ths Marriaga Tie /
' nobody but a nice, comforting valet to
grew me at tbe door.”
‘That's nothing!” declared the Bach­
elor Girl sympathetically.
“Suppose
they «-ailed you 'p«xjr thing.’ ”
’ “What?'
"That's the conventional name, Mr.
Porter, that a married woman has for
one who carries her own latch key and
knows Juat what her Income will be at
the end of tbe week and sleep# com-
fortably night*, witbout listening for
the door knob, The most miserable
marrltsl woman alive ho neatly and sla-
cerely pities the luckiest and happiest
single woman from the bottom of her
heart.”
"By Jove!” murmured the Mere Man
•muklugly. 'There must be something
in It. Maybe,” he add<xl, regarding the
bit ofasllver In bls hand with sudden
inspiration, “It’s the love of
the
spoons."
‘The—what?" The Bachelor Girl
dropped her paper cutter and held her
«•up of tea poised half way to her lips.
‘The domestic ingredient, the hom­
ing instinct in us a'll,” explained the
Mere Sian, with a sigh, "the tender
f«»eliiig for darned socks and'cups with
handles and broiled st«)ak and a street
ami number to call our very own.
dog will stay with the master wlio beats
him dally in preference to roaming
the streets. And a cat -well, we all
have a little of the eat in us, I think.
We become attached to a pla »e through
mere association, and we somehow get
the wile or husband In It confused with
the place. If he or she Is nice anil
congenial, we take him or her as a
matter of course, and if pot, we ac«»ept
him or her as a matter of habit, It's
the feeling of belonging that gets hold
of us and ties the knot round our
hearts. We all want to belong, We
hate being detached. A man without a
wife Is rudder!«»«» and a woman with­
out a husband I» like a sail without a
ship. Haven’t you ever seen a family
that could afford a Boston terrier with
a iK»dlgree. who clung to a tbr«s*-legg«»d
dog with, a ba<l temper just because
be was there and belonged to them?”
"Yes!” exclaimed tbe Bachelor Girl,
witting down her tea cup with a thud.
It Isn't the marriage tie that I ob­
ject to," remarks«! the Bachelor Giri,
thoughtfully stirring her tea with the
handle of the paper cutter and trying
to look serious In spite of the rose In
ter hair and the smudge on her chin,
“lt'a the knots In It.”
Tbe Mere Man glanced up sympa­
thetically.
“You mean the ‘»halt not»?’ ” he in­
quired, clinging shamelessly to tbe
etudlo s;xxm anti regarding the dim­
pled elbow above the paper cutter with
artistic admiration.
“Yes, and tii* 'ought not»' an«l the
‘dare nuts' and th«;—tbe what nota!”
•greed the Bachelor Girl, waving tbe
paper «rutter dramatically over the
whole domestic situation. "They’re all
tied so tight and hard that most people
get tangled up or raveled out trying to
loosen them when they bind or—or—”
"Rub?" suggestetl the Mere Man.
“Or geP twlst«»d," added the Bachelor
Girl, with a msl of the rose.’
“And then,” sighed the Mere Man,
leaning his shock of yellow hair back
against the Rembrandt sofa pillow,
“they get disgustfsl and go and have
them cut—in tbe dlvoyce court”
"Not at all,” replied the Bachelor
Girl, shaking her fluffy brown head,
"that la, not at all often. Just think
!iow few divorced people you, know,
compared to the married ones, who ar«» HOW
MIOK
A COOKJNO
going through life, fumbling' l«opej«»ssly
APRON?
with tlie knot« am! getting snarled up
tighter and tighter. There Is i lot of “and that's just why I *hall never,
talk about divorce; but it'a a luxury of never------ "
“Don’t gay It!” cried the Mere Man,
tbe upper classes, The ordinary man
and woman never resort to it until rising and waving bls spoon with a
“Y’ou’re not a bachelor girl
there la nothing ela» left for them to shudder.
<1<*.
And yet,'” aha’ finiahecl with a really, you kuow. You don’t smoke
trance of reproach across her tea‘cup, cigarettes and you do cafe how your
front hair looks and you're still young
“you n sk me*-----”
“I didn't aak you Anything,” protest­ enough to—to------” •
"Acquire a three-legged dog?’* lnqulr
ed Un» Mere Man quickly.
“1 told you
that you were nit out for cradles and ed the Bachelor Girl, »«»ornfully.
"Or a human, equivalent,”’ agrc«*d tbe
cHK'ker.v, lnsfead <>f for low art and
Mere Man. "But,” he proteste«l hum­
loneliness, and that I------ ’
“Don't, don't!” cried tlie Bachelor bly. "some of »us are still rattier deceut
Olrl apprehensively.
"Look at Hrld- looking.”
"And that's why I want to stand off
get!”
“But Bridget won’t do/* protested and look at you," replied the Bachelor
th«» Mer«» Man. '*ln th«f first place, Girl sweetly. “1 don't wint to get
knotted up to anybotly until they put
•hex married."
“Every Saturday night,’’ continued some modern improvements on matri­
mony. Marriage hasn't been improved
tlie Bachelor Girl, scornfully ignoring
tie» interruption, "she will appear reg or mltlgat«»«! a bit. It runs right along
ularly against Mike In th«» poll«»» c,*urt in the same old tracks, with the same
to keep lilm from lieating her; yet ev­ ' old slow, joggly, waldily, uncomforta­
ary Monday morning she will cart ble bumps, in tlie siune old dust and
borne my washing ami a load of other sipialls along' tbe" road, to tbe same
•».«»lilngs an«l cheerfully break her old destination; anil if you can't get
back over the tub to pay for the.b«s»r off until you reach the 'a»t station
•lit» lias put rtn lee ami tlie podding slie and are worn to a ’frazzle------ ”
"Stop!” cried the "Mere Mm, as the
lias made wherewith to celebrate bls
Bachelor Glfl twist«»d th«» point of ber
return to her hearth and bosom.”
“Bridget,” murmured th«» Mere Man, I brush «ieftly on tbe blue six»t In her
admiringly, as be ¿lied his pipe, “la an palette. "You're putting on the wrong
color aud mixing things all up.”
ideal wife."
.
"Am 1?" exclaimed tlie Bachelor
“Slie's Just like all flic rest," retort-
a<! the Bachelor Girl. "Mrs. Middle Girl, In consternation.
"Yeu're painting It all dark brown
«'lass will «10 the same thing in a dif-
fertait way. Bin» will cry herself to and deep blue.” exfilainyd the Mere
sleep night after night and wake up Man, “aifll you haven’t put any sun
in tlie morning only too thana«ul if In the picture, nor any life nor any
tier husband has come home at all. sparkle. Wouldn't it”—he leaned over
There 1« something tlie parson puts ami swept tbe Bachelor Girl's bund
away
from
the
palette—
luto tlie ceremony or tiiat the Lor«! deftly
put» into matrimony that will make "wouldn't it seem jolly nl-»e, new, for
Install«*, to—to have two s;xx>ns in
a woman endure anything rather than
unttg th«» knot. And it's the »nine way tlie family—in th«» house, I mean?”
Th«» Bachelor Girl sighed and studied
with a man!"
“Yen,” crl«»d the Mere Man. «lddea- her apron, ax a soft light broke over
!y arouaed to Interest. 'That's what 1 her delicate fa<*.
«•annot understand. It’a easy enough
“And—-and a cat?" she added mus­
to see why a woman Mould cling----- ” ingly.
"Yes—and a th reel egged dog and a
"I t>eg your pardon, Mr. Porter.”
Should cling------ ”
bird and a——*’
“Oh. please, don’t!" plended thè
Will you have another cup of tea?”
Bachelor Girl, shaking berseli defer­
"Should------ ”
"One lump or two?"
mlnedly and beginning to mix colora
“Should cling to her duty and her for dear life. “It Isn't any use, is It?
Ideals,” finished the Mere Man deter- We haven't found any way of slipping
Dilmslly.
the knot."
"And her home nnd her children."
“I wonder,” remarked the mere man.
Interpolated the Bachelor Girl, virtu- standing up and «lulnting at tbe Bach­
ously.
elor Gfrl reflwtlvely, “how you would
"And her r<*»p«'etnblllty sml her In- look In a cooking apron, Instead of
♦ome,” finished th«» Mere M.ui. "Wom- that thing?”
•n in* built that way; but men! Why,
"Perfectly insipid!” declared the
I've seen chaps who had nothing in Bachelor Girl. “It wouldn't fit."
commnu with their wives but tha
“Or sitting before n sewing machine.
dlslx* an<1 the parlor furniture, who Instead of before an ease!?"
-were hanging on to matrimony by a
The Bachelor Girl made a t!ny stroke
ana*» thread and In dir» terror for fear on the nose of a painted kitten.
the threa«! w.mld break There's Billy
'•Or leaning over
"
Cro»-k®r. wlw Ims to take a bracer ev­
“Must you really goT’ exclaimed the
ery night t«eforc he can go li »me to face Bachelor Girl, rising and blinding the
the l»atU»». He actually
Hie, be­ Mer* Mffn hD gloves and cane.
ar«* I 11 v* La $ bachelor flat w.H Mva
"Oik yea«” bs a«.»qule.seed pleasantly,
ahnk’ng bls shoulders, with a sign of
relief, “aud the beauty of It 1»—I can.
"What!”
"Aud 1 don't have to cotue burV
again.“
"Of—of course not."
agre«xl
Bachelor Girl, with a little frown of
wonder.
"B«*cause,” pursued the Mere Man.
taking his hat aud cane and disentang­
ling himself from a yard or so of Per­
sian portiere, "In1 the tie that blmls
us------ "
'There Isn't any,” protested the
Bachelor"Girl hastily.
“In the tie of friendship," ¡»erslsted
the Mere Man, reaching for the d«x>r
handle, “there Isn't any knot.”—New
York Press.
“Everything goes wrong ways,”
Said little Annie Lee.
“Things I love the best to «»at
Are always denied me.
‘There's candy, enk^ and pudding.
I love them all so much!
Mince pie. and cheese and crackers,
Which at u ght 1 mustn't touch.
CHESTNUT TY HAIR.
!*araly*la XDmeliuie* the Price
Vanity and Dyestuff*.
of
5
A man accustomed for twelve months
to dyeing hi» hair and beard with a
strong solutkgi suffered from general
weakness, confusion of thought, loss of
memory, tinnitus aurium and defec­
tive sight, says a writer In the Home­
opathic Envoy. These symptoms all
ceased after »topping tbe dye. This
reminds me of one of my first casta« in
my country practice; Indeed, it was the
very first case 1 tried my hand on in
northwratern Ohio. I was called to a
little more than middl<»-age«l woman, a
mother In Israel, but without children,
a leader In the Woman’s Relief Cori»,
and I found her sitting In her rocking
chair carefully propped up to keep it
from moving. In her lap she had a
large tin pan filled with cold water and
in this she had a mess of dirty potatoes
which she was pe»eling and quartering To-day I learn my lessons,
for tlie next meal. She had called me
But to-morrow there are more;
for her rheumatiz. That’s what the And so I’ve got to study '
Just as I did before.
“old” doctor bad always called it. I
took great pains to examine the case
and the more I chewed on the symptoms “All wint«»r lone I go to school.
And st/idy hard each day;
subjectively, and especially objective­
When 1 would rather run about
ly, noticeably her short curly hair of
And spend the time in play.
a most beautiful chestnut color ami wet
—the more I arrived at the conclusion
that my lady was using something on
that glossy hair. 1 broached the sub­
ject as gently as I knew how, but I
made a mess of It and was promptly
and Indignantly shown tbe door of exit.
As I helil the doorknob In my hand I
could not quite refrain from giving
her tills parting Parthian arrow; “I
want to tell you, Mrs. Gln«elschwobe,
that you haven’t got rheumatiz, not for
a half-eent's wocth. What you have
got is paralysis and if you don’t stop
painting your hair you will lose the
use of all your llmlis.”
It was siK«n noised through the vil­
lage that the new little-pill doctor had
been kicked out of bis first case. 1
felt pretty gloomy, especially when I
saw tbe old-school doctor drive over
there. In about twelve days 1 was sur-
prls«*d by a second call from the lady
with the chestnutty l«x»ks. I at first
refused, but, like the rest ot -us silly
“Snow and frost do always come
medical geese, when the case was press­
Tf wrong season of th’ year;
ed 1 gave way and visited her again, Instead of coining when it's hot.
Now she was lying In bed, her hair sev
They come when it's eqld and drear.
eral shades of green and brown and
red, with frequent lines of white. In “I'd like a world to be just right,
With summer every day ;
addition her right arm had' gone to
"sleep.” She confess«»«! her vanity and And not a thing to do but laugh
And eat good things, nnd play.”
her errors.- I do not r«*call what I gave,
but as I had l«een taught to give hepar /
How II« Painted (>•* Name.
against all metals taken in dynamic
They
tell a good Joke on a Maine
form. It is likely she got that. Or
perhaps I may hake recalled the «-«is«» of aptain of’a little coasting vessel. The
the woman swallowing a Bit of silver vessel was lying In [xirt, and the cap-
caustic as til«» surgeon or dentist wax lain decided to show the old "salts
doing .something In her mouth and that about there how the name should be
she was promptly <floo«led with normal painted on a*boat. He was fully able
salt solution. At any rate, my patient to pay a painter to do the Job, but he
got well and never again after that was stingy, and. moreover, he wanted
applie«! any more gum-stickem to her to let people see how readily lie could
lip i r. She became one of my best ad­ “turn his hand to anything.” So he
vertising patients. Mark well that I dropped a float overboard, but finding
do not say best-paying patients, for she that he could not reach high enough
never paid that bill. I was satisfitsl, .on the bow» to do the painting from
that standpoint, he went on deck and
however, nnd I think so was she.
leaned over the side to do the work,
The name that he desired to put on
(IrntiiiiK nn<l Kenewinf Fur*.
Recently many owners of furs have was MAGGIE, and having finish«»! the
been receiving tliepi from the summer lettering, be went on shore to take a
storage nnd finding them dead-looking l<x>k at his work. To his amazement
nnd lusterless, a condition i:i which he »aw It thus ;
even handsome furs are not attractive.
aionvK
This'is usually due to the fact that
the fur is simply soiled, and it may be
Of course you understand how .he
cleaned ami brightened to a remarka­ made the blunder.
ble extent by a simple methixl. with­
out the slightest danger of Injury ’to
How Henr* < atch Flah.
the article. This is the. method em-
Did J-ou ever see n ’row of men en­
ployed by the Russians, who arc cer-
raged In fishing? There they alt or
tainly the most extensive users of, and
statftl on the bank of a lake or river, as
probably the best Informed on the sub-
still as statu«»» trailing for the fish to
Ject of fur* of any natfort.
bjte.
Fislring la often weary .work,
Rye bran Should be heated Ip an
and needs a great <l«wil Df patience.
Iron or earthenware vessel, being stir­
Fishermen use a rod and line, some
red all the while, until it has become lmrv make-believe til«»» as bait; aome
as hot as is bearable to the hand. The
fish witl) worms or shr II s that dangle
bran should then be ]x>ured u[x>n the
from th«» end of a hook" But what
fur In liberal quantities and thorough fisherman could hope to use his hands
ly rubbed In. The fur should then tie
with any expectation of success?
brushed with a clean bru*b or shaken
Now the North American bear uses
nnd jxiiui'led until all the particles of bls paws In fishing, ami oh. bow very
bran have been removed.
patient and persevering he is!
The result of this treatment will be
Th«» bear, ns I daresay you know,
that all dark furs have regained their sleeps all through the long winter. He
freshness and luster, and that white was very fat lnde«»l when hi* went to
furs
appear like new.—Technical sleep, nlid has kept himself alive by
World Magazine.
ocensloiially ¿licking his paws. Into
which the fat from Ms laxly has
Double Protection.
"1 wish.” a lady recently said to her passed.
husband with what Punch discreetly • But now spring ha» come, bringing
terms "considerable emphasis." “I wish the warm sunshine; the hear wake»,
you wouldn’t always sit on the piano­ rubs his eyes, and feels uncommonly
stool when we have company. Every­ hungry after his long fast. In order
to satisfy his hunger he goes a fish­
body knows you can’t piny a note.'
“Neither can anybody else when I'm ing.
You wonder, perhaps, how be can
sitting there." returned the sage.
hop» to succeed without n rod. line, and
Tbe Lacky One*.
bait? I-et us see! There he alts on
“Old Rounder 1» engaged."
the margin of a lake or river; he keeps
“Gee! Who's the lucky woman?”
so stil] that you might easily mis­
'There are mill Iona of her.”
take him for an old burnt tree stump!
“Why, be Isn't engaged to more than He is. however.'very much alle» and
one?"
watches rtie water intently.
“Nope; that'» what I mean—all the
By and by,alone «»omes a fish, and
others are the lucky ones.”—Houston l«^K
It <• tbout to swim past, the
,
dips 4)1» right
•
paw Into the water and scoops out the
fish, no doubt to its great surprise.
The bear fishes in the morning and
/ HII OF THE YOUNGSTERS
evening, for he knows well enough that
those are the 4>est times.
When he. has landed as many fish
as he *1- a mind to. he eats > hat he
Little Winopa—Mrs. Uppson sayaour
wants, bud thoughtfully buries the rest.
So you see that he is not only a very minister Is austere. What does that
clever fisher, but that he wisely pro­ mean? Small Waldo—Oh, I guess she
vldes for the future. Cassell's Little means he's a bully preacher.
Teacher When t’olumbus dl*cov«*r<!
Folks.
America he thought It was India. Can
The l.obMrr'a Shell.
you tell me why, Arnold? Little Arnold
Perhaps the boys and girls have
—I guess it was ’cause he saw so many
heard of the young housekeeper that re
Indians staudiu* around.
fus«»l to buy some lobster« In the mar­
Small Phyllli s—Mamma, can I have
ket ixs-auae they were not r«»d. W mm
the dealer told her that they were just some raisins? Mamma Yes, de ir ; you
out of the water, she said that might may take a handful. Small Phyllis
b«» true, but it was the red kind she Won't you please giv«» them to me.
wanted. It should int lx» necessary to mamma? Your hand is so mud) larger
¡lolnt out the Joke to the boy-^and girls, than mine.
for they know, of course, that the red
Unde Georg«»—To save my life r
color of tlie lobster is produced by boil­ can’t think of the name of that medi
ing; but do they know why* it turns cine I t«x)k last summer, and only a
red? If they will notice th«» short of day or two ago it was on th«» end of my
a fresh lobster closely, they will see tongue, Little Elihu—-Stick out your
that it shows til«» mingling of two plg- tongue, Uncle • George; perhaps the
ments, r«»i ami lilue. Now when the name is on it yet.
lobster is plunged into hot water, the
“And ran you remember President
blue pigment fades out, and the red Lincoln,
grandpa?”
queried
small
remains. That Is the whole story.
Kloist». "Yes, dear, 1 remember him
quite well ” replied the old gentleman.
St -etching.
“You see, I am a good deal older than
You may stretch your mouth in jolly fun; you are.” "And how much older will I
You may stretch your legs in a good have to be before I can remember him?"
long run ;
asked tlie little Inquisitor.
You may stretch your arms in work, for-
Sunday School ’Headier—Who was
sooth.
But never, never stretch the truth.
the wisest man, Ellis? Little Ellis-
Solomon. Sunday School Teacher—Can
The, Artery Strain.
you tell me some act of his that proved
This is a new phrase In the physi­ his wisdom? Little Ellis Yes, ma'am.
ology of athletics. It is thought to ac­ One day two womerf went to him to’set
iJach
company the» exc«*ssive exertion incident tie a quarrel alxnit a baby.
to somt» jxqnilar s;>orts. Otherwise, It woman claimed the kid, so Solomon
means nt* enlarged heart, waste of said: "Stop chewin’ the rag, women.
nerve force, and other organic debili­ 1'11 take my sword and make twins of
him, so you enn loth have one.”
ties.
It Is not observed that these trou­
Far intuit on (hr Yukon.
bles manlfeHt themselves promptly.
W. M. Styinehart has compiled for
Youth is buoyant and tough, and the
l«»sion» tnat are said to accompany vio­ publication the result of his experience
lent exercls*» do not develop any seri­ In farming at Fort Selkirk, nnd tlu»s«*
ousness until soberer years begin to show that, taking one season with an­
other, the crops raised and the prices
gather.
These facta. If they are really facts, received for the product are sufficient
explain the remark one so often hears, to cause the average farmer in the
that athletes died young. It Is quite States to look to the North with envy.
certain that athleticism ns a state of Oat hay, the chief crop produced, yields
robust health is not long continued. about three tons to the acre and sells
Violent muscular exercise Is not nntu readily in the spring at from $100 to
ral. The physical organism Is tonef, $125 per ton. Demand has never been
to moderate effort, and while It may lacking for ull the hay the farm pro-
endure "w[x>rts” of intense vigor, they due«»», since the Dawson-White Horse
are at t»he expens«» of the ordinary bod stage line, on which from 250 -to 400
horses are used every winter for sev­
ily force.
This sigils to ho a natural conclu­ eral months, pass«*» Within a few miles
sion. A strain may be accounte<«an of the farm. Potatoes yield from three
excess of muscular powerthe use of to five tons to th«» acre ,-flid bring as
the.organs beyond what nature Intend- much as 25 cents » ixnind. The.aver
ed. It Is ns if a man’s muscular force age price for a series of years lias been
Is limited to a definite quantity, say one a fraction over 20 cents a ]x>und. Ruta­
million pounds, and a man would use bagas yield six tons to the acre and
ten pounds of It In a minute, when he s«‘ll for 6 cents a pound, or $720 an
Carrots yield three tons to
ought to use only five pounds, the re­ acr«^
sult will lx* that his stock of power the tier«» nnd sell for 15 centfc a
will not last as long as It would If he pound, a return of $!IOO per acre. Cab­
bages vary in production according to
had not engag«»d in a “spurt”
This is th«» theory lately nnnouncetl season, ranging from thro«» to eight tons
by the medical experts. We do not be­ to the acre, anti the pric«» ranges from
lieve It Is Intended as a scare. but as 15 to 20 cents per pound. It is an ex­
a caution rather, in which light It ceptional season when th«» Swinehart
should be duly considered by those I farm does not net its owners an Income
who are inc)ln«*d to believe that ath­ of $10,GO.— Seattle post Intelligencer.
letics Is surely a phase of sound health.
—Ohio Stat«* Journal.
I llimate Fate of Flnh.
“Fish never die a natural death.”
said an old fish man who Ims ob­
served as he fished. "If they did.
laid les of dead fish would lx* floating
on tlie surface of the water about all
the while. Ix*cause such bodies If. Ull-
molested would have to float.
“I mean, of course, fish in
never die a natural death, nof fish in
captivity, And perhaps It should not
be called natural duhth that fish in
captivity die. Their environment In­
duces mortality that fish In their na­
tive habitat would esea|x‘, and these
causes might be properly classed as
among the accidents that carry the cap­
tive fish off.
“If fish In their native element were
never molested I believe they would
never die. If they had sufltciefit food,
which would l»e im|M»ssible If they no
longer preyed on one another, there
would be no reason for their dying.
It was to prevent such uninterrupted
tenure of life that all fish were made
fiercely predatory if not remorselessly
cannibalistic, as many kinds are.
"A fish's Life Js a.constantly stren­
uous one ami one entirely selfish,
A
fish Ilves only to eat and to avoid lie-
Ing eaten."—New York Sun.
Jndac«* Wilt's Relink«.
Judge Witt administered sharp nnd
deserved rebuke to n Richmond Jury
which made wide discrimination he­
tween a white man and a n«gro ron-
victed of the same offense. They had
Isitb sold liquor to minors, hut while
the first escaped with a fine of $25 the
negro was fined T°ur times as much.
The Judge promptly set aside the ver­
dicts in the latter case and ordered a
new trial, and he did exactly, right.
That any distinction shoual he made
In the administration of the law be­
tween races or classes la a violation of
the spirit of justice, and all the more
reprehensible when the harsher sen­
tence Is meted out to thp poor nnd
friendless.—Norfolk Virginian-Pi lot.
At
th« linllot Ros.
WaRiier’« < hllilllkc ltai«|>ln«-s*.
While In Dindon in 1S55 Wagner
took a walk every «lay In
Regent's
park. There, at the small bridgi» over,
tlie ornamental water. woul«l lie sta'nd
regularly and feed tlie «links, having
previously provici«»! himself for tlie pur­
lins«» with a number of French roll»,
rolls or«l<»rc»l each «lay for the «x»ca-
slon. There was n swan, too, that
«•am«» in for mu«'h of Wagner's affection.
It wax a regal bird and fit. iix tlie ma»
ter said, to draw tin» chariot of Lohen­
grin. Th«» chilil-like liappiness, full t«>
overflowing, wiih which thia Innocent
o«»»ui>atlon fill«»! Wagner was an im­
pressive sight never to I«» forgotten. It
wax Wagner you saw liefore you, the
natural man. afi«<tinnate, genti«» and
mirthful. From Ferdinand I’raeger *
"Wagner As 1 Knew Him."
M j»t»iiu w c Proverb«.
"The Africans." said an- ethnologist,
“are great |H»opl<‘ for proverbs. I «»I-
ieeted among the Mpongwe tribe la^t
year a multitude of wis«* saws.
“'Almost,' say the Mpongwe people»,
’brings nothing into th«» house.'
“'When the fox dines, no hen weeps.’
" Teoph» think a poor man Is not as
( lever as a rich otic, for why. til«»/ ask.
would lie slay jxmr if lie were clever?’
“'Don't ask the fish what peopk* ure
doing on land.'
“'Anger draws arrows out of the
quiver; patience, nuts out of the bag.’
"'Who marries a beautiful woman
takes trouble into the kraal.’
" 'Hear l»>th »id«*» before you Judge ' ”
— Philadelphia Bulletin.
of it Well Preserve«! Joke.
Nasica, having <all«»«l at tlie lain»«» of
th«» poet Ennius, and tin» maidservant
having told him, on ills inquiring at tbe
door, that Ennius wax id at hmi.e. saw
that she had said xo by her master's
order nnd that lie wax really within,
and when a few days afterward En­
nius called at°Na»ica’s house aud in­
quired for him at tin» gate Nasica eri«»l
out that he was not at home, "What!"
says Enn lux. “Do I not know your
voice?” “You nFe an Impudent fel-
low," rejoined Naslca. "When I In-
quire«! for you, I believed your servant
when she told me that you were not
at home, nnd will not you believe me
when I tell you that I *jn not
home?" -Cicero's "I* Oratore.”
Origin
Middletown, Conn., man was re­
sponsible for an amusing mistake nt
the polls, which was not exactly ballot
box stuffing, although It savored of It,
and It was due to absent minded**»*.
Has a husband any more right to go
Having carefully made out the ticket he
wished to vote, he deposited In the box, Into the kltchea nnd find fault than a
not the ticket, as he Imagined, but a wife has to gif'Into her busband's otllcfl
A
check wblcR b« bad In bis pocket,
«