BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GREAT BEAUMONT OIL MtLD.
VIEW IX THE BEAUMONT
HE recent disastrous fire in the
tlmt is now a familiar locality to
i Oil had previously been found at Corsicana, but it was not till Jan. 10,
Spindle Top hill, struck gushing oil at a dt pth of 1,300 feet. Uhe pressure was such that a stream of oil shot I7o feet into
the air. Almost immediately speculators and oil experts gathered from all parts of the country. Laud was bought or
leased at a rapidly increasing scale of pri-es. The Beatty well was the second to "come in." On March 29 and April 3
the Guffey wells struck oil. The Higgins company found oil on April C. The Guffey company completed a second
well on April 8, and on April 18 the Hey wood well began to flow. Eacn new well increased the excitement, not only in
Beaumont, but' in all parts of the United States, and interest in the marvelous wells was soon felt in Europe.
It was several days before the Lucas well was got under control, and it was not until the pipe was sunk below the
cap rock that it was safe from being clogged with sand. Some of the wells spouted deadly gas at first and some of theiu
deluged the hill with oil before they could be controlled. Up to August. 1SXH. twenty wel:s were yielding oil. In that
mouth twenty-five were added and in September nineteen. During the latter part of 1001 and fhe first part of this year
scores of other wells began to produce. In the meantime Beaumont has grown into a boom city.
All the wells were found on Spindle Top within a radius of half a mile. Hundreds of places were tried outside of
this limited area, but without favorable results. Besides hundreds- of oil companies, genuine and fake, many manu
facturing companies have sprung into existence as a result of the discovery of oil. Pipe lines were built to the railway
and to tidewater at Port Arthur only sixteen miles distant. A lively demand for the oil as fuel soon arose. Manufac
turers used it in furnaces, and steam vessels and locomotives began to use it instead of coal Companies were organized
to extract the illuminating oil from the petroleum and others devoted their attention to the asphaltum. The price of oil
at the wells was kept at about 30 cents a barrel. The output of the wells is more than 1,000,000 barrels a day more
than that of all the rest of the United States. Already Texas oil is being delivered in tank steamers to cities on the
Atlantic coast and in Europe.
THE SPIRIT THAT WINS.
While searching the archives for knowl
edge, While after the rarest of lore.
While seeking the richest of jewels
In Wisdom's variant store.
Remember this as you rummage
For a mot of the Sage's wit.
The best and rarest of lessons
Is: Git up, git up and git!
Ages are filled with the dreaming
Of verses the poets have sung.
Filled with the anguish and sorrow
Tragical muses have wrung
From the loom of fanciful musing.
But the essence of all the wit.
The ksson of ail the lessons.
Is the lesson: Git up and gitt
From periods primordial
On down to the time we live.
It's simply a matter of Take, my boy;
If we can't a question of Give.
Remember this as you rummage
For a mot of the Sage's wit.
The best and rarest of lessons
Is: Be just, but git up and git!
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
During the Cotillon
WASN'T dreaming:, Terry. I
II wasn't, really. I was just be
Binning to get sleepy, and then I
heard Martha talking to Jane In the lit
tle dressing room, and I got quite wide
awake. I didn't know what she said
nt first, and I did not mean to listen,
1M YOU THINK IT WOULD KILL FATHER?
really, till she said something about
mummy."
"Weill" said Terry he was in for It
now. and be meant to bear It aH.
"Jane was angry with Martha and
said she ought not to say such things
I don't know what It was and then
Martha said: 'O, yon needn't pretend
you don't believe It it's as plain as the
nose on your face he's going to run
away with the missus, and some one
ought to tell the master,' and then
Jane erlod out and said: 'It would kill
him' that was father, yon know. And
then Martha said something about me,
and Jane came Into the room with a
candle and said: 'Are you asleep. Miss
Dodo?' And 1 pretended that I was.
O, Terry, I had to pretend or I should
have screamed right out And then
Martha cam In and looked at me, and
she said that she hoped that that
mummy would die If the man took
hor away. It was the best thing. And
theu I think they cried, but I kept
the clothes over my face."
A hot word came upon Terry's Hps,
but he smothered it
And when they had gone I ran out
on the landing I was so frightened; I
did want to see mummy, and she was
Just going Into dinner and you were
with her; and, Terry, I was so glad
that you were there that I said my
prayers all over again."
Terry was sitting with one elbow on
his knee, his head resting on his palm,
and his face In the shadow. From the
big drawing room came the sound of
uuisle and the rippling laughter of the
children. He remembered now that
Constance had told him with a look or
pain that the last few days her little
daughter had been continually hover
ing about her in the house and watched
her to leave It. always with extreme
reluctance, nearly always eagerly of
fering to accompany her It was al
most as though she had understood.
And be bad laughed laughed. Good
God!
OIL FIELD SPINDLE TOP DISTRICT
B - - aumout oil field again attracts public attention to a corner of the United States
all newspaper readers, though' it ha been known to fame for less than two years.
"And I must not tell, father Jane
said It would kill him do you think it
would kill father. Terry?"
"Not a doubt about It" said Terry,
thickly.
Then I won't But I had to tell
you, Terry. I've always told you things
since I was quite a little girl, haven't
I, Terry?" '
Always, Dodo."
"Terry, can't you do something?"
Terry puts his hands over his ears to
shut out the maddening sound of the
gay music, and groaned.
"Couldn't you And out the kidnaper,
and make him stop couldn't you, dar
ling?" Terry's face was hidden In his hands
now. Then he raised his head sudden
ly and looked at her.
"Dodo suppose suppose," he said,
hoarsely, "that I could put my finger
on the scoundrel what then?"
"O, Terry, you could go to him and
make him stop. You could tell how
good and sweet mummy Is, and how
we all love her. Perhaps he's got a
little girl of his own, and If you tell
that I can't live without mummy he
will be sorry. Perhaps he could take
some one who wouldn't mind a bit
some one who has no little girl, or fa
ther, or you. O, Terry, tell him I can't
let mummy go. And when I am a
woman father says I will be rich, and
I will give It all to him I will give
him everything everything. O, Terry,
tell him that"
Terry caught the little, sobbing, tor
tured creature In his arms and pressed
his face tightly against her fair bead.
Then he pulled out his handkerchief
and wiped her eyes.
"Dodo, my sweetheart, listen to me.
Mummy is quite safe no one Is going
to take her away. If if anyone
thought of at least." He stumbled
in his speech, and then went on boldly.
"I know the fellow. Dodo, and he Is
heartily sorry that he ever thought of
such a thing. You believe me, when I
tell you that mummy is all right?"
"Yes. Terry." She looked up at him
trustfully. She knew that her darling
Terry would make things right.
"Dodo, sweetheart I want you to
promise me this: that you will try and
forget all that you bare told me, and
never mention It to anyone, and that
you will be very good to mummy, and
love her with every bit of love in your
warm little heart Promise me this,
dear."
"I promise, Terry Terry, darling!"
ne stooped and kissed with a so
lemnity that awed her it did not seem
a bit like her old laughing Terry. But
she felt that never had she loved him
as she did now.
"My little good angel!" said the
young fellow, with an odd break In his
voice. "Go and play with the others.
I'm going to have another smoke."
She kissed him and clung to him with
MAUSOLEUM OF A
Langlade, Hayti, has a mausoleum covering the remains of a Voodoo priest
The structure is made of clay, the sxme kind that the people use for the con
struction of their huts. It is 15 feet high and 25 feet long. Curious faces and
palm trees have been painted on the sides of the tomb. The representation of
the coffin is also made of clay and is about the size of an ordinary one. The
priest who lies buried under the mausoleum .was the chief "Papa Loi" in Presi
dent Solomon's time. 1S87, and the oodoo worshipers have frequent gatherings
around the tomb. They used to sacrifice children during their religious rites,
but this custom died out or rather, was stopped by the authorities, and they
now are content with killing goats in connection with their ceremonies.
Few white people have succeeded in attending Voodoo festivities, but I gained
a clear account of how they are carried on through an old negro. The ceremony
Is a long chant. Each singer keeps on one chord, and as they all sing in a differ
ent key the chant has a weird and unearthly sound. The song is accompanied
by three tambours (drums), each of which is of a different size. One is very
large and Is struck regularly and slowly all through the chant Another is small
and has a flat sound. The third, a medium-sized drum, is played with both
hands and feet The player moves bis feet up and down the sides of the drum to
produce either a high or low sound. They end the ceremony by drinking the
blood of a freshly killed goat There are still many adherents of Voodooism in
Hayti, which dates back to the time the Spaniards brought negroes aa slaves
1 1 frlrrr V r- T " '
RECENTLY SWEPT BY FIRE.
1001, that A. F. Lucas, boring on
a -tenderness and trust that moved him
deeply.
"There is nothing to trouble you now,
dear. I will make It all straight"
She went away obediently and quite
j contentedly. He watched the slender,
j white figure until it vanished; then he
turned away wiiii a misi in unj eyes.
And he was miles away the next
inooilng when-his brief farewell was
taken up to Mrs. Garth. And after
wards she thanked God that she had
been saved at the eleventh hour; for
the future held much happiness for
her, and the deep, trusting love of
Dodo's father won hers, so long with
held. Chicago Tribune.
THE MAN WITHIN THE GUN.
Here Is the 16-Inch gun which has
just been completed at the Watervllet
arsenal. This view shows the muzzle,
with a man In It whose weight is 165
pounds. The gun is Immense, when one
considers the quality of the metal con
tained In It, which Is. of course, the
best that science and skill can produce
at the present time. It Is built up of
nine pieces of steel forglngs, the first
piece being the tube, all In one piece,
4S feet long. The whole length of the
finished gun Is 49 feet the diameter at
breech end is 5 feet, and at muzzle
2 feet 4 Inches. Its weight Is 130 tons,
and It Is rifled with 90 grooves. The
breech-loading mechanism Is operated
by the one movement of turning a
crank. Twenty turns of the crank
swings the breech block out ready for
the firing, which Is done by pulling a
lanyard after the primer has been
placed In position and connected with
electric contact The firing mechan
ism Is connected so as to make It im
possible to explode the primer before
the breech block Is properly closed and
locked.
At the Concert.
"Is that a dead march they're play
ing?" "Why, no; It sounds lively."
"Well, It will be dead when they get
through murdering it" Philadelphia
Bulletin.
After Camp Meeting.
"Is Br'er Williams eddlcated?"
"I dunno. But he's wearln' two pair
er gold spectacles, en lookln six ways
fer Sunday!" Atlanta Constitution.
VOODOO PRIEST.
RttNS THE WEATHEK.
HOW THE OFFICIAL FORECASTER
MAKES PREDICTIONS.
Signs by Which Our Forefat! ers Used
(Solemnly to Prophecy as to Coming
Storms Are Brushed Aside by More
Modern Methods.
Evening red and morning gray
Sets the traveler on his way;
Evening gray and morning red
Brings down rain upon his head.
Sucb was the way in which oar
grandparents foretold the weather. '
If it was noticed that the old tabby
washed herself by rubbing her paw
over her ear, or that the little tree
toads trilled their mournful little songs,
or the fireflies flitted low among the
flowers and the vines, the old folks
shook their heads and spoke of rain;
or if grandmother's feet ached the lit
tle folks grew sorry not because
grandmother had a pain, but because it
meant bad weather on the morrow.
Strictly speaking, our weather bu
reau Is made up of a great many build
ings scattered all over the United
States, and the one at Washington is
the central station that governs and
directs the smaller ones, and to which
they send In their dally reports; for it
Is by getting reports from all the dif
ferent sections of the countrty that
Uncle Sam's weather makers are able
to make their predictions. There are
one hundred and eighty towns and
cities in the United States where there
are observation stations, having the
same Instruments and apparatus as the
Washington bureau. Now, the observ
ers at these one hundred and eighty
stations do not spend their time wait
ing for spiders to crawl out of their
holes or looking at the sky to see
whether It Is red or gray In the even
ing. They look at their thermometers,
barometers, anemometers, and so on,
which are far better guides than all
the other signs put together.
At eight o'clock In the morning and
at eight o'clock in the evening of
every day the observer at each one of
these weather stations from Maine to
California looks at his different instru
ments and carefully notes what each
of them marks. Then he takes a look
at the sky, to see whether It Is fair
or raining or snowing, and to see what
sort of clouds may be sailing about.
According to the Weather Bureau,
there are seven different kinds of
clouds, and it Is important that the
observer should see what particular
kind is hovering around, for each kind
means some special sort of weather or
some particular state of the atmos
phere. When he has finished his ob
servation and noted all the Indications
he telegraphs bis report to Washing
ton. In that way, then, the Washington
station receives an account of the
weather at all parts of the country at
the same time, and, as you may easily
believe, It keeps the four telegraph
oporators busy receiving the messages
that come pouring in soon after eight
o'clock. As each message Is received
In the telegraph room It Is carried by
a messenger across the hall to the fore
cast room, or room where predictions
are made, and handed to the translator.
As the translator reads aloud the
cipher reports from the jliflerent sta
tions, other men In the room mark
what he reads upon a map of the Unit
ed States, so that when the last mes
sage has been translated the map
shows just what the weather Is at each
one of the one hundred and eighty sta
tions. The map is then turned over
to the official who Is to make the predictions.-
In-order to get his bearings,
he traces across the map the differ
ent places throughout the country
where the temperature Is the same
and the places where the barometer is
the same. The one he marks with red
lines and the other with black lines.
and If you will look at a weather map
you will see these red and black lines
wriggling and twisting all over the
country.
When the reports from the North
west show a great fall in temperature
he knows that a cold wave has start
ed on a journey through the United
States, aud be keeps a lookout to see
how fast It reaches the different sta
tions in the West Then he calculates
how rapidly It is moving and what
kind of weather It has to encounter.
and perhaps when he has worked out
the problem he will telegraph the fol
lowing bulletin: "Hoist cold wave
flag; thermometter will fall thirty de
grees In next twenty-four hours," and,
sure enough, by next day Jack Frost
has got hold of our noses and toes, and
the cold wave flag Is almost rearing It
self to pieces with delight. But some
times the cold wave does not come as
was expected It Is switched off on a
side track or It melts on the way and
then the cold wave flag drops in shame.
Clifford Howard, in St Nicholas.
SIEVE SIFTS FINE.
Only Gilt-Edge Immlirsntt Get Far
ther Than Kills Island.
While there are more Immigrants at
the port of New York than ever be
fore, the deportations are correspond
ingly numerous. A rigid enforcement
of alien laws at Ellis Island results in
more people being sent back on the
ship they came on than used to be
the case. There are many things that
may make an Immigrant ineligible for
a long stay on American shores, and
among the thousands of foreigners that
come over In the steerage every year It
is natural that a certain percentage
should be lacking In proper qualifica
tions for American citizenship, or even
residence. Every day at the barge of
fice there are pitiful scenes of dis
appointment as the Immigration offi
cials coldly make arrangements to send
a man, a woman, or, mayhap, a whole
family, back to the country from which
they have just come. This happens
very often among the Italians, says a
correspondent of the Pitttsburg Ga
zette. A goodly percentage of the to
tal Immigration is from Italy, and
there are many swindling agents in
that country who persuade their fellow
countrymen that they may evade the
Immigration laws of the United States
by embarking from some foreign port
sway from Italy. The Italian Royal
Immigration Commission has Jta k erthe
matter tip novr. It warns air Italians
that if they do "not come within the
provisions of the United States Im
migration laws they will not be al
lowed to land In New York. It is not
believed that the Italian government
desires to check emigration to this
country, but It does not like to have
; its people sent back in disgrace, as It
! were. While Italians are named as
the most numerous class suffering un
der the provisions of the immigration
laws, there are people of other na
tionalities who find themselves sailing
out of New York harbor about the
time they expected to be dropping off
a railroad train In the far West The
enforcement of rules at Ellis Island
and the barge office are stricter than
ever they were, and only gilt-edge Im
migrants have any chance to pass the
barriers down at the battery.
PIERPONT MORGAN OF JAPAN.
Suggestion That All Great Financiers
Look Alike.
The excellent Baron Shibusawa, of
ten alluded to as "Pierpont Morgan of
Japan," created a highly favorable Im
pression In this country during his re
cent visit Possessing a physiognomy
which, barring an Asiatic tint and a
crown of hair of un-European straight
ness, blackness and fineness, might
have been that of a prosperous elderly
banker of American, English or -Scottish
nationality, and a grave and saga
cious financial bearing, be spread
everywhere the wonder how the Jap
anese could so soon have assimilated
themselves to Western ways. Are we
sure, by the way, that financiers have
not looked essentially alike in all coun
tries and ages? asks a writer In Har
per's Weekly. Many busts and stat
uettes of prominent elderly citizens
have been dug up hi Greece and Rome,
and are to be seen In museums to-day,
whose faces strongly suggest close aud
not too credulous attention to financial
propositions of some sort; and they
look just like our bankers. There is
nothing new under the sun of finance
except the scale of the propositions;
the financiers and their ways are eter
nally the same. Baron Shibusawa is
an excellent type of the kind. His nu
merous suite, however, were not the
well-asslmllated Japanese business
men seen dally on our streets, who look
as. If they were born in European
clothes, and who have substituted the
New. York facial expression for the
bland Japanese smile. They were for
some reason real Japanese, merely
masquerading in Western dress. In the
group of photographs which they ami
ably permitted to be taken for the
papers the awkwardly bending knees
look as if they were reaching out for
the kindly protection of flowing robes.
Local Distinctions
The spirit of democracy, which hates
sham formality, was the motive In the
rebuke of a traveling salesman to a
party of State Senators whom he met
at the boarding house of an Interior
town. They were on their way to the
capital, says the Philadelphia Times,
and were compelled to wait over for a
change of cars during dinner time.
Their conversation soon revealed to
the other guests that they were newly
elected "Solons," full of the dignity of
their position, and anxious to make an
Impression on each other and every
body with whom they came in contact
Their ponderous diction at table dis
gusted the salesman. It was "Will the
gentleman from Bilgevllle have the
butter?" and "Will the gentleman from
Painted Post pass the bread?" and
"Does the gentleman from Nowhere
Junction care for the pickles?" and
"Did the gentleman from Signboard
Township enjoy the trip?"
Even the natives present began to
squirm under the excessive formality
of It all, so that there was a hearty
laugh when the salesman, turning to
the negro waiter, asked with fine bur
lesque of what the French call the
"grand manner:"
. "Will the gentleman from Ethiopia
bring another cup of coffee?"
Sympathetic Critic.
The first play ever witnessed by Miss
Sparrow of Brooklyn was "Hamlet."
She sat breathless and spellbound un
til the curtain had dropped for the last
time, and not until she was well on her
way home did she confide her opinions
and feelings to her niece.
"I pitied Ophelia," she said at last;
"yes, I certainly pitied her; but you
see she didn't realize such a great daal,
after all, her wits leaving her that way.
Twas a mercy for her, but I couldn't
help thinking 'twould have been bet
ter to take her right out of the piece
when her head got so weak.
"But yet I could see that would have
thrown Hamlet Into a position where
he'd have had to say more to fill up the '
story, and as it was, he looked so sick
I didn't know as he'd live to finish the .
performance. Nothing would have sur-1
prised me less than to see him topple
right over where he stood, and If he's
got any relatives If there's a single'
one of the Hamlet family anywhere
round I should think they'd see to it
that he has the doctor before morn
ing!" Their First Ice Cream.
Seven hundred immigrants were
spending on Ellis Island their first
Sunday In the New World, and through
somebody's kindness ice cream had
been added to the bill of fare. This
was a novelty to most of the Immi
grants so great a novelty, lndeed,;as
to amount to a puzzle. The New York
Times reports some of the comments
which it called forth.
"Sure, an' there's frost In th
milk," said an Irish girl, when the
first cold spoonful bad surprised her
throat
"Milk, did ye say?" said a North of
Ireland lad. "Ah, but if s more like
sweetened snow, It Is!"
"An how did they kape It from
meltln?" inquired another.
as kindly to it, and tried to make the
. -a i - i 11 V J !
attenaant understand mat mey wouiu
like to have It warmed.
"Oh, what stuff this would be to
cruise with in hot weather!" ex
claimed an English fisherman, smack
ins; bis lips.
All Depends.
The beauty of the thinking cap de
pends upon the bead that wears It
Pcfc-
MAKING OF TROUT FLIES.
Mouse Whisker and Bears Eyebrows
Are Uua.
There are trout- and salmon-fishers
who pay several thousand dollars a
year for their "flies' alone. Few per
sons can learn to tie artificial flies,
knotting hairs that can hardly be seen
-flso the skilled fly-maker commands
high wages. The materials cost money,
too, says the Maine Sportsman. The
earth Is ransacked for feathers and
hairs, and one hair wrong makes "all
the difference."
- The business done In mouse whiskers
Is considerable this year, for they are
used In the making of a wonderful
new fly, the "new gray gnat," and they
are expensive nearly two cents a
whisker. Trout rise very much better
at mouse-whisker flies than at the
same "gnat" dressed in jungle-cock
hackles, which look" very much like
them.
Bears' eyebrows, being stiff and ex
actly the right shade, are used in a
newly Invented fly that Is killing quan
tities of salmon this year. These eye
brows come from the Himalayan
brown bear, and cost about one dollar
and a half a set
There are agents all over the world
searching tropical forests for the right
birds to supply fly hackle Oue of
the most sought-after skins Is that of
the rare "green screamer," an African
bird about the size of 'a hen. which has
a tiny bunch of feathers on each shoul
der that is worth fifteen dollars a
bunch to the fly"maker. One of these
birds supplies only feathers enough to
make rings for half a dozen flies.
These is no limit to the enthusiasm of
an artistic fly-tier, who will use hair
from his own eyelashes to finish off
an "extra special" fly. Babies' hair
Is much sought after, If It Is of -the
right shade golden yellow fcr all the
lighter salmon flies, and one curl will
make a dozen first-class flies.
It takes an expert only fifteen min
utes to turn out a fly, which consists
of a tiny hook, with wings of Egyp
tian dove feather, legs of fox hair, and
a body of mouse fur, wound rouud with
a thread of yellow silk. A carelessly
made fly will have neither legs nor
"feelers," but the true expert adds the
legs and puts on a pa!r of long "feel
ers" of cat hair, white at the tips. All
these tiny details will be exactly In
their places, and so firmly tied to the
book that the fly will take half a dozen
strong fish and be none the worse.
One thousand miles from its mouth
the Amazon is 620 feet deep.
Ninety-five tons of gold and 5:20 of
silver are mined In a single year.
Jupiter Is Vi times larger than all
the rest of the planets put together.
The nightingale's song may be heard
at a distance of a mile on a calm night.
Polo Is probably the oldest of ath
letic sports. It has been traced to JO0
B. C.
Palms never live more than !i50
years. The yew Is the longest-lived of
trees.
An elephant has only eight teeth al
together. At fourteen years the ele
phant loses Its first set of teeth and
a new set grows.
Among the curios of Windsor Castle
Is a chair made entirely out of the
trunk of the famous elm by which the
Duke of Wellington stood at the battle
of Waterloo.
In only two cases have baronetcies
been conferred on women In England.
Once was In 1(586 on the mother of Gen
Cornelius Speelman. The other was
Dame Maria Holies, made so by
Charles I.
Norway's population is the smallest
In Europe compared with her area.
Each of her Inhabitants could have
forty acres of land, while the Briton
would have to be content with less
than an acre.
It Is said that the redemption divis
ion of the national postoffice In Wash
ington Is nearly swamped by the re
turn of the left-over Pan-American
postage stamps since Nov. 1. Some ten
thousand packages have been received.
All records are broken as far back as
Chief Scott can recollect
A unique specimen of ocean life has
been captured at Honolulu for the U.
S. fishing vessel Albatross, now cruis
ing In that vicinity. It is a small fish
which has four feet They are webbed
like the feet of a frog, and are appar
ently the link between foot and tin. The
specimen Is said to be one of a few such
fish found in the world.
It is not expensive to become a noble
in Bavaria. To be made a simple
"Von" costs a matter of $375; to be rais
ed to the "Rltterstand," $500; to be
made a "Frelherr." $1,200; to be made
a "Graf" costs $2,500, while to be made
a prince only costs $5,000. These prices
are only for one person, but the gov
ernment kindly makes reduction In the
case of whole families wishing to turn
noble all at once. Thus, for $10,000 or
$15,000 a small family can be made
princes, though they are only permit
ted to use their title within the king
dom of Bavaria. j
Statue of a King. j
The colossal equestrian statue at
Rome of King Victor Emmanuel II.,
which Is now nearlng completion. Is
about thirty-three feet In height from
the level on which the horse stands to
the crown of the Kings head. The
feathers In his helmet are about five
feet extra. There will be space for
one or two persons to get into the head
and for four or five in the head of the
horse. The scale of the figure is about
that of the Bavaria statue at Mnnl-h. i
The Popular length.
Artist Do you wish me to paint you
a f nil-length portrait?
Mr. Saphedde Well, I want It as
long as your customers usually buy.
Columbus (Ohio) State Journal.
When an "artist" makes a sketch of
a sunset be does It so seriously, al
though his sketch looks no more like a
sunset than it looks like a flock of cy
clones. Some men show their secret desires
so plainly that they are vulgar.
OLD
I FAVORITES
HWHHHl IW.H..fWr'rl
I The Red, White and Bine.
0 Columbia, the gem of the ocean,
1 The home of the brave and the free.
The shrine of each patriot's devotion,
A world offers homage to thee.
Thy mandate makes heroes assemble.
When liberty's form stands in view.
Thy banners make tyranny tremble.
When borne by the Red, White aud
Blue.
Chorus: -Wnen
borne by the Red, White and Blue.
When borne by the Red, White and Blue,
Thy banners make tyranny tremble.
When borne by the Red, White and Blue.
When war waged Its wide desolation.
And threatened our land to deform.
The ark then of freedom's foundation,
Columbia, rode safe through the storm.
With her garland of victory o'er her,
When so proudly she bore her bold
crew,
With her flag proudly floating before her.
The boast of the Red, White and Blue.
The wine-cup, the wine-cup, bring hither.
And fill you it up to the brim:
May the wreaths they have won never
wither.
Nor the star of their glory grow diml
May the service united ne'er sever.
And hold to their colors so true!
The Army and the Navy forever!
Three cheers for the Red, White and
Blue. '
Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep.
Rocked in the cradle of the deep,
I lay me down in peace to sleep;
Secure I rest upon the wave.
For thou, O Lord, hast power to save.
I know thou wilt not slight my call,
For thou dost mark the sparrow's fall;
And calm and peaceful is my sleep,
Hocked in the cradle of the deep.
And such the trust that still were mine,
Though stormy winds swept o'er the
brine.
Or though the tempest's fiery breath
Roused me from sleep to wreck and
death.
In ocean's caves still safe with thee,
The germ of immortality;
And calm and peaceful is my sleep.
Rocked in the cradle of the deep.
Emma Willard.
CAUSE AND CURE OF COLDS.
Kxposore of Some Popular Fallacies
on This Perennial bubject.
Considering the amount of ink which
has been used in discussing the subject
of colds, discouraging small results fol
lowed. A physician says regarding the
matter: "The truth is that a cold Is due
to an almost Infinite variety of causes,
some local, some practically Inevitable,
and no one method will prove effective
in all cases. Very few are the fortu
nate Individuals who never have colds,
and most of those living in our northern
climate must be resigned to having one
or two in the course of the winter, but
one who takes cold readily and often is
not In a healthy condition aud should
seek medical advice. The cause in such
a case may be local, consisting In some
malformation In the Interior of the nose
which keeps the mucous membrane in
an Irritable state. This fault in ana
tomical construction can usually be
remedied by an operation which is sel
dom severe. But before resorting to
this the general system should be ques
tioned in order to determine whether or
not the fault lies with that Often this
is the case, even when a nasal deform
ity also exists.
"One of the chief predisposing causes
of a cold is a disordered digestion, es
pecially Intestinal digestion as a result
of overeating or the use of alcohol. It
has been said that an underfed man
cannot catch cold, while an overfed one
can scarcely avoid It. Whether this is
strictly true or not, there Is certainly
some close relation between the diges
tive organs and the nose, and inaction
of the bowels Is a frequent forerunner
of a cold.
"The adage that one 'must stuff a cold
and starve a fever' Is perniclaus a cold
is a fever, and one of the surest means
of cutting It short Is to take a laxative,
abstain almost entirely from food for
twenty-four hours and drink two or
three quarts of cool water. Another
popular remedy,' which Is really an ag
gravator. Is a 'hot toddy at bedtime.
A hot drink, hot lemonade, for exam
ple, Is good. If the sleeper does not
throw off the bedclothes the minute he
drops off; but the alcoholic addition Is
not merely superfluous, but Injurious.
Alcohol In any form predisposes to a
cold and retards the cure of one al
ready present Cool bathing, deep
breathing, daily exercise In the open
air, fresh air in the house at all times
and especially In the bedroom at night
abstemious living and not letting
waste materials accumulate In the
body these are the best means of re
moving one's 'tendency to catcb cold. "
Troubles of the Historian.
"Y'our husband must be very busy
these days," said the neighbors to the
wife of the historical novelist "I
haven't seen him In the yard for a
week."
"Oh, the poor man Is almost distract
ed," said the wife. "His publishers have
ordered a story for Immediate publica
tion Introducing the characters of Maye
Yohe, Pat Crowe, Outlaw Tracy and
Peter Power, and he doesn't knjw
whether to have Pat Crowe kidnap Pe
ter Power or have blm marry Mary
MacVane In the last chapter. Balti
more American.
It Didn't Matter Anyway.
The following explanatory note, ac
companied a young man's wedding gift
to a friend: "My Dear Girl You will
find In the box a thingamajlg, which
has something to do with eating. .It's
a cross between a harpoon and a hay
fork. It may be for spearing pickles
or stacking chopped cabbage. Any
way, you will be so happy that you
won't care."
Did it ever occur to you that the soles
of your shoes go awfully fast after the
first break occurs? A man Is like a
pair of soles in that respect '
If ever we join a lodge, it will be to
And out what the letters put - behind
officers' names stand for.