THE SONGS.
I wonder in what distant place
Sweet "Annie Itooney" still is heard,
Where "Daisy Bell" has hid her face.
Where "Doris" tells of hope deferred?
If still some tender chord is stirred
By "Henrietta,'' blithe and gay,
JVho never at a feast demurred?
Where are the songs of yesterday?
If, in some dusky, moonlit space,
"O Promise Me" is gently purred
By some old tabby, whose embrace
Was never asked a heart to gird?
And, with barbaric accent slurred.
In some strange country, far away.
If "Tommy Atkins " cause is spurred?
Where are the songs of yesterday?
And where lives in its ancient grace,
"Love's Old Sweet Song," by Time
unblurred?
Where does "Ben Bolt" his thoughts re
trace To feed on sorrow's whey and curd 7
Doc-s "Only Me" still beg a word.
Has "Golden Hair" turned to gray,
Does "Nancy" mourn her vanished bird?
Where are the songs of yesterday?
ENVOY.
Princes, whose loyalty has erred
To these, who wore in turn the bay
The sad, the joyful, the absurd
Where are the songs of yesterday?
Life.
1
!
"KIDDY." ?
Ull HUIlllHH HM-j
rtOU had better let me ride to
VV frviii. and take that money to
the bank; there are ugly rumors
abroad concerning 'Lord Jim ana nis
band. Three times within a fortnignt
a lonely settler's shanty has been
'rushed' by these gentlemen, and the
third was at 'Miner's Corner,' not twen
ty miles from here! Besides, you
ought not to expose your wife and
Kiddy to an Invasion of that kind; the
fright would be enough to kill a nerv
ous girl like Lucy!"
The speaker. Jack Hartley, was a
tall, sunburnt young man, brother to
the owner of "The Bungalow," a newly
erected, low-roofed house, to which
some four years back the latter had
brought his young bride.
After months of hard work and
many a disappointment, the grounds
surrounding the house had been re
claimed from the bush by the young
fellow, who, like many another, having
found it impossible to make" a "decent
living in his native land, had decided,
on receipt of a small legacy from a
maiden aunt, to try his luck at cattle
rearing and sheep-breeding in Austra
lia. For once fickle fortune, less blind
than usual, was in a generous mood,
and, after a few years of hard work
and ceaseless efforts.. Ned Hartley
found himself sufficiently well off to
marry the "girl he had left behind
him," and to bring her to a home
which he had literally built for her
with his own hands. In the course of
the following year a son was born,
and "Kiddy," as he was called by rela
tives and friends, soon became a very
Important member of the small com
munity. Jack Hartley, Ned's younger
brother and Kiddy's most devoted
"before them stood a man.'
slave, had been a resident In "The Bun
enlow" about six months.
"Nonsense. Jack! When you have
been a little longer among us you will
not be so ready to believe all the ru
mors that are spread among the
'hands.' And then, you see, I received
the six hundred pounds from Barton
only last night, and no one with the
exception of Lucy, you, and myself
can have the slightest notion that such
a sum of money is In my possession.
Lucy has been ailing iately, and I
promised to take her to Melbourne as
soon as I could spare the time and
money. Now the shearing Is over, I
mean her to take the holiday with the
Kiddy and myself. I know you will
look after things for me, old man. Now
don't wear such a worried look! It
doesn't suit your style of beauty half
as well as your elegant sombrero and
cloak, not to speak of that six-shooter
I see In your belt! Going for a ride?
Well, ta-ta. see you by-and-by!"
Jack did not seem much convinced
by his brother's arguments and ban
tering manner. The "rumors he had
heard were alarming; there was no
doubt that the desperado and ex-convict
known as "Lord Jim" had been
seen In the neighborhood and that dar
ing attacks had been made on solitary
settlers. "Still." thought the young
man. "the results might have been ex
aggerated, and after all Ned Is not
likely to run any unnecessary risks.
However, I will ride as far as 'The
Copse,' and bring Sergeant Gilpin and
a couple of his men back with me. Ex
tra precaution can do no harm." '
As he was about to mount his horse
a shrill voice called out: "Uncle Jack,
Uncle Jack, take me with you! Kiddy
wants a ride on your big horse! Walt
for me!"
"Never mind. Kiddy," called out
Jack, "you can't come out with me to
day, you know; it's your bed-time.
Isn't it? Besides, people don't go for
rides In night-dress! There, don't cry;
you shall fire uncle's revolver all by
yourself, see
And, having assured himself that the
revolver was unloaded. Jack proceed
ed to instruct the child In the art of
aiming, pulling the trigger, etc., and a
wild romp succeeded, in which Imagin
ary wild beasts were "killed dead." the
said wild beasts being represented by
himself, running on all fours, and
LIFE OF A TEACHER IN PHILIPPINES J
YOUNG lady who is teaching
school in the Philippines, writes
hriirhtlv and entertainingly or
some conditions there, in the following
paragraphs:
wo hnvo lust moved the girl's scnooi
in Dagupan into a new building, a pri
vate native house, nirea tor me yui
pose But we chose the date of mov
ing badly, for it is the beginning of
the fiesta, and the cock-fighting will
last two weeks. It will be Impossible
during that time to get any one to do a
day's work for us. The benches are
too long for the rooms and we will not
be able to get a carpenter to saw them
off or any one to put the blackboards
in place. We are so near the cockpits
that the noise is deafening. School
has to be carried on largely by signs.
The cocks crow continually, the
swarming children shriek and cry and
the women are forever pounding rice.
In going to school we have to cross the
river in a banca. It is nothing more
than a log hollowed out, in which we
crouch at the bottom and are paddled
across by a small Filipino boy.
The islands swarm with Insects of
all kinds. Ants are most plentiful and
most troublesome. As I am writing,
the "tickeys," as the children call them,
or little lizards, dart across my writing
table and catch the bugs that fall
around the lamp. Several times liz
ards have fallen from the ceiling on to
my neck. Now and then It is a centi
pede that annoys. Cockroaches are
GOING TO
everywhere. One feels like standing
and holding one's umbrella and hat all
the time, that the cockroaches may not
riddle them before they are used again.
They will eat the stamps off letters if
they are not hurried into tne man
pouches.
Birds are the principal playthings 01
the native children. There are several
kinds no larger than humming birds
that are often to be seen tied by a
thread to a stick or to the hand by
Tom, the retriever, who, entering fully
Into the spirit of the game, wouia
stand quite still while Kiddy, labori
ously aiming the harmless weapon at
him, called out in his clear treDie voice.
Shoot! Bane! Fire!" THIS was tne
signal for the wild beast" to f all
down.
Kiddy's delight at this hew game was
XV1UV1J D uciiftu. v o I
, ji . r.,i irhon : at Inst . .Tnrk.
OOUUU1CBS, OUU ttuv- . '
i thiooo with tho exertion of his re-
uicaiun00 "
oeated death struggles, aeciareu uiai
. . , 1 J .5
it Was time for mm to- De ou, aim ie-
took possession of his revolver, the
child sobbed.
"Klddy wants the gun! Kiddy wants
, i. ivixri Vocw nnkinrl nn-
tO SDOOI. cvij'uvvaj. """V
cle! Give me the gun! Give me the
gU-U-U-Unl ne Criea.
By this time his uncle had mounted
his horse and, with a wave of the
hand rode away, wnne oiaster iiuuy
antiirod hv his mother, a cen-
VY u.j 1 V " " - - - w
tie, delicate-looking girl, ana arter a
prolonged struggle, was finally dis
posed of in his little bed.
-
m i inin tTa TTart1oTr onrl fifa
i Wv LHJ UI O latci v. va alui j
wife were sitting out on the verandah,
he smoking a short pipe, Lucy slowly
rocking herself to and fro and now and
ii i,.!n 'licki'ciilf tn enmo n dpi! u-
int. u ayyj iug uvi ov.i
work.
They had been discussing their plans
. . 1 1 .. . . Inll.nil .1 tl . I Affon.flofoi
LOT mc luug-iomiu "-"
red trip to Melbourne, and there was
anything ana everytning to get away
from this eternal, monotonous bush!"
XV LI LI Y ltii a cufe" ww, .u.v
her husband's shoulder.
"Nothing will prevent us this time,
dear; unless" with a short laugh
"Jack s croakings snouia take definite
shape unless, in short, we should be
TafV's rrnnRinsrs snouia taKe aennite
" " -
11T1I099 In shnrt. wn shmilrl lu
"""
mshei and the money taken. Then
there would be no trip for us this
........
Tr nr nnv raiei
"Don't!" she exclaimed, looking fear-
fully around her. ''It could not hap-
pen! I cannot think that
.The sentence was unfinished. Before
them stood a man who "had seem ngly
Ui VJ I wtjvi iiu Li uunucic ivu uiicn
himself in front of his wife.
The stranger was attired In shabby
corduroy breeches and a tattered wool
len shirt, the color of which might have
been once blue; tall cowhide boots en
cased his feet and legs; In one hand
he held with mock politeness an apolo
gy for a hat In the other, pointed
straight at Ned's head, was a murderous-looking
six-shooter.
"Sorry to Interrupt the billing and
cooing, but might I trouble you to
hand over to me that six hundred
pounds you received last night from
Barton's? StoD! No humbuir hands
up!" the drawling voice changed into
U eillill ivni. t v. 1 uiiuu juur
wife: I'll look after, her." Poor Lucy
had fainted and was lying in a heap
on the floor of the verandah. "You
walk in front of me and show me
where you put the swag; make an at
tempt to get ct your 'iron' or to call for
help and I'll shoot you like a dog!"
There was no help for It Ned, his
face contracted with rage and hopeless
misery, led the ruffian Into his room,
where, in a little cot Kiddy, fast
asleep, was smiling In his dreams.
In a small cupboard which Ned had
built Into the wall by the side of the
oea lay me result 01 uiu jears uaru
work and privations the money that
t..tIOttlltttftf-
A GIBUS SCHOOL.
some baby. They do not live long
after they are captured and sometimes
a baby will still be dragging a poor
little feathered thing about even after
it is dead. Once I had a present of
three of these little birds, but they
were all dead within twenty-four
hours. When I next received a like
present I walked to the school house
window and let it go. I also had
given to me three little parrots, beauti
ful red and green birds about six inch
es long, but these, too. after a few
days, I freed. The children bestow
flowers and fruit on their teachers.
Sometimes they make little baskets of
bamboo and wind them with red, white
w o- -Of
SCHOOL.
and blue worsteds and make tassels of
the yarn. These they fill on the out
side with paper flowers and the inside
with real ones. The - school children
will also buy and bring with great
eagerness any little cheap ornament to
their teachers.
Sometimes we take trips on horse
back. There are no side saddles and
we ride astride. The horses are very
small and easy to mount There Is
only one fear that our feet may drag
was to have brought back health and
happiness to Lucy.
In silence he handed the bag and
notes to the ruffian, who, still keeping
Ned covered with his weapon, forced
him back to the verandah.
"Now. mate, having called upon you
just about supper-time, it wouldjaotjbe
manners for "me to dertart before I've
- - .
hnd the nlensnre of sharinsr the familv
meal!" Lord Jim remarked in pitiless.
i
mucinug wura. mu;o tumaiiji
1 nlAnnnn4- n-rrnn nrli rn 4 . nr n
ui wiija yieiioiim, cycu nucu mcj
in a faint! How long does this young
lady generally stay in hers?" with a
grim chuckle. "Not having the felicity
nf holntr mnrried myself. I am not ac-
v. 9 ' -
quainted with the means of restoring
juimg aim odion.,; .mw.io w
senses! Perhaps a kiss might do it!"
As the brute approached his wife
wun me mituiiuu ui lummug m vnc
threat Ned. with a yen or rury. re-
'
gardless or consequences, unarmea as
he was, threw himself upon the ruf
fian. Surprised by the sudden and
, i i .. -r a ti
tunexpectea onsmugut, xjuru jiui
Viia won nnn Tchinh rnl Ion n
V4i v;j;v
' few feet away from the two comba-
tants. Each then endeavored with all
his might and main to throw down his
nvaranrT n n fl tnkf noRRessinn nf it -
ciui.. "
j Physically the men were well match-
ed, but slowly "Lord Jim" was getting
41. ..nnnn hntlfl AJlrl'o hlVOth OflTTlA In
m Uijyci " -
short gasps. He knew that now it was
graauany squeezing tne lire out or tne
j young man's body, when a burst of
v. JL1 1 tta iou iauguii Diui mvu vaiw iiiw v --
ltants.
There, his white nightshirt gathered other end of the pen. That Is exactly by men of country Dirtn ana coun ry J mirror This morn
up in his chubby hands, his curls still where the drivers and knockers want rearing, for they usually start out with his attention to the -error : This morn-
, , ,. j 1.1.
moist, uis cueen uusueu iiuui uo uioi
. ' . --.1. i
sleep, ana nis iittie naseu icei tsiuiup-
. . -.u
ln my grouuu iu w iiu titiiemtui,
trirhLr -
, stood Kiddy!
, .... . , .. , j
tlttk sl!rht nf ,lia fathpr nn(1 the
tm noise naa aistuiDeu mm. uuu
, man playing at wrestling. like he and
Uncle Jack often md caused hlm
tfce 1WelleBt satlsfactlon; he clapped
; . hand3 as he ht sI ht of
the revolver, for the nossession of
which each of these two men would
have given anything.
"Daddy big lion, genpelman tiger,"
he shouted. "Kiddy shoot big lion!"
and he grabbed the revolver eagerly.
Ned saw that the child field tne
means of deliverance or death in his
hands, and he rallied his waning
strength.
"Shoot the tiger first Kiddy V he
cried.
"No. lion first!" shouted the child,
the spirit of contradiction awakening
within him.
"No. no, the tiger first darling," Ned
repeated, "and daddy will buy you a
gun all to yourself!"
Something In his father's manner ap
nealed to the child. Fearlessly he
crept near the men, and deliberately
putting the muzzle of the shooter to
the head of "Lord Jim," whom Ned in
a supreme effort was holding down,
the child said:
"Shoot! Bang! Fire!"
A sharp report, a scream from the
surprised child, and "Lord Jim" had
gone to his account
Ked and his wife and Kiddy had
uieir uuuuaj m
J Family Herald.
their holiday at Melbourne after alL
DO NOT SCOLD.
Women of that Temper Are Disagree
able to Alt and Usually UnHappy
No one is -so disagreeable as the
habitual scold, who to continually crit
icising and finding fault with those
who surround her in daily life. Sons,
daughters and husbands have been
driven away from home because of
her, and thousands fall Into dangerous
temptations." The scold sows seeds
which bear a rich harvest for the sa
loon and clubrooms, says a writer in
the Pittsburg Press. .
All women in authority, be it at the
head of a home or a business depart
ment, should study consideration of
other people's feelings. The common
scold or the continual fault-finder
DfUlU W tutj luuwuut" I
perhaps the most disagreeable person
in the world, not only unnappy nerseii,
but making others so. '
Scolding, in one light. Is really an
owiinnKahmont that is. when used
1 for the proper correction of servants
and children. If you feel cauea upon
to deliver a rebuke to a servant make '
it clear to tnat onenaer mat your m- ,
is ia;flut. navar lnsn rnnr
yiCllDUlC IB juauucui ' r ,
temper, but be calm and dignified, for
remember that your bearing has much
- ... - - . . 1 a. . Hwn
remember that your bearing has much
to do with the respect that you are
nelu in Dy mose uuuer juui auiuviiv
Never let a scolding degenerate into
nagging, for If you do you lose all
claim for respect from the delinquent
and the person at fault becomes your
critic, and a very scornful one at that
Let all scolding be gauged by tne
error, but do not make any one re
buke long drawn out Give each a
hopeful ending.
When properly administered a mer
ited scolding quickly bears the fruit
of better behavior on the part of the
nffpndine one.
Many wives have spoiled .tne gooo
nature of their husbands by seizing
iinon some fault trivial perhaps, and
constantly dwelling upon it
The art of Dleaslng consists in mak
ing our daily -liives agreeable to oth
ers as well as to ourselves. To throw
a grain of the ideal and of poetry into
onrTvninrNnsrs is "-eoing to maKe
them less commonplace and more con-i
eenial. It a woman has the tact oi ,
makinir others comfortable, tnen sne ,
is endowed with the gift or maKing .
life happy. The gracious woman
shines through a collection of beau-j
tiful dualities. She not oniy pieases
the eve by her outward air or rresn-,
ness and health, but she charms tne
mind by a characteristic wortn ine, draft anlmals ev time ralnfaU has been only about the aver
niltivarlon of the physical body, pro- ... t . oatnt,a
Ao the bloom of health; but quite
as necessary In making a woman beau-
- i
tiful Is the cultivation or tne intellect,
. ;
which gives her tne mimitame attrac-
tion of knowledge. Then there tne ,
cultivation of the heart, which gives
her those gentle graces which are t.
her what the perfume is to theflower. ,
Where home is made unhappy by a!
t fault of the husband, if he is
" . .
lAvinir nn anvino- Iia ffl 1
WUUUJ VA mj v O 0
more effectually appealed to by tender-.
neSS tUitU UV V. .
NEW-STYLS CATTLE-PUNCHING.
Is Now Done by Electricity, with Re
markable Results.
The employes of the Schwarschlld &
sniihere-er Packintt Company here
now employ-.electricity.lve-tlieiM.t-J
tie into the beef beds instead or snouts,
clubs, whips and prods.
The application of electricity is made
Dy two iusuhicu " "-"""----
. 1 j.1 nrlAa AOT, Vl It Vjll-
wires connected
witn me "S"i w 11 to " "
, ing pen and the knocking pens. The
j current passes through a stick and con-
1 nects with two brass points on the
I omi
...
"Punchers" Is the name given the
utieito. luao nic "
j 6ix feet long, in the catch pen. and
five, four feet long, in the knocking
pens, xne msuiateu wucb me ouum
twenty feet long, thus covering a dis-
cance in the pens of about thirty feet
each.
One hundred and twenty-five volts
0f electricity are turoea ou. j
nf Plectricitv are turned on. It Is
mnVn a fiTiarTt. ntlnrinflr KPTl-
vruuugu uau.u.w y o o
sation. without leaving a mark or
bruise on the beef. It Is said fifty
volts would be as effective.
I . . ,
The work is done In one-half the
time and with half the exertion.' The
lime ana w.tn nan uut uuu.
effecton the steer of the magic toucn
rU?J ,rLTL his
r . . ..
" .. .
tLeSroublee UeTin of the
doSHl?t.SiSLl
howL He has urgent bU8,ness at the
. .
him
1
t eomnletelv does away Witn an
' c"mPlleiJr u"co ,
Yin 01? rushes and uratTiTintZ in wun
iff ,
chains, for lust as lone as the puncher
1. ii, n y,a otoor ia 111st nn mr as
' - - ....
" ""rZS.Z ,Z" a MV,nfrfl of
Al VOU - - O
to be considered.
This novel Instrument says a Kan-
. nity .1 tn the New York Her-
;7d . th7 invention of L. E. Unroe.
the machinist In the beef beds, who when a young man deserveoiy Dears a rtMto 1 of the officers at last, his patience hav
has made several other useful improve SSiL S ToTZttl ing given out "You'll get Into trouble
ments in tne macninery
superintenaeni j. lu oiee oaja.
"The" cattle puncher Is a great money
Itt rrals.
Mnnv actual dollars are saved because
..S." " T
AUAUAU X. V.A. .
One of STSST recently'
vue ui um uxttjcoij B
collided with another while clearing
out or ir-ortsmoutn qocks auu imu
bowsprit carried away.
According to the Tatler .e captain
promptly reported the disaster to the
nmtm In O HonntfM B TOllOWS!
t " "77; Co
0 .....
your lordships that his Majesty's snip.
, wiiue leaving me uonwi,
into collision with another vessel, and
. while leavinsr the harbor, came
her bowsprit has been carried away."
Promptly came an admiralty wire in
reDlv: "Report who carried away bow
sprit and where It has been placed.
London Express.
Old people-txire young people. And
young people should remember that
they are great bores to their elders.
COUNTEY BOYS KISE.
WHYTHEY EXCEL LADS BROUGHT
UP IN THE CITY.
Lack of Opportunity the Be Equip
ment for Serious Struggle of Life
" The Town-Bred Boy Is Likely to
Karly Become Blase.
A country boy's lack of opportunity is
his best equipment -for the - serious
struggle of life. This sounds paradoxi
cal, but it is true. - It is Just as true as
the oDDosite proposition, that the great
est hindrances a city boy has to contend
! with are the oDDortunitles which beset
- -
him when young and pursue him till he
Degms me rem uumoo
ness which each individual must carry
on for himself. For the city ooy every-
thing is made as easy as possible. Even
pleasure becomes to him an old story
Derore ne is out oi nis ieeu. diuus
up in the feverish rush of a place where
great tilings are unwemus uuj "J
Aav Via coos tha world with a cynic's
j " -
eyes and despises the small things
which, like the bricks in a house, go to
' 1 1 1 ,1 : . . . . 0 l. ., ... r r-rc art.'l
which, like the bricks in a house, go to
the upbuilding of characters and
carcem. uc ucucica m .uouij
markers In the game or lire; lor pennies
and small units of value he has little
taste and scant regard.
Tn conditions surrounding the coun
trv bov are as different as possible
There is a deal of regular work that
everv country bov must do, and "this
vvcij tuuuuj uvj &uuki -
regularity of employment mostly out of
doors, inculcates industrious habits,
while it contributes to a physical de-
1 , 4. 1, T In nftni. rania a "llicl
as valuable as any athletic training that
can be had. He cannot run as fast PO-1
haps, as those trained by a system; he
may nQt be ftble tQ junip SQ hlgn or so
. i nt tho snnrta iinou
far. or excel In any of the sports upon
which we bestow so much time and from
which we get so much of pleasure, but
his develoDment enables him to buckle
down to the hard work In- which hours
. . nnA Pi-tii rchlfh vorv lit-
ItlC CUliOUUlCU, ClUIVA L&VU. 1 u.w.m -w. rf I
. IT nn tmiTiAllnfi nldaanrd la Dvfrfl I't- I
strength mav be something
1(. ... . .. o . Wa. hllt tllp flrt
, . . . e i, im,ir
steaay DUu is required. The thor-
rnhnrse has n fine flight of
,, , .n-v, zioiicrv.i'fiii ll?ht-1
CCCU UllU .UUI.AO i awu f
. na
, .... xnn to rha wnrv
remand. nnd for that we want
I ill 1 UUL LUC UCttT J rv Ul k vuvr
Enthusiasm is tne spur to enaeavor
j la f-ha cn vnr nr
w -hoal
j rrV..,
nl-ar Mm tn trwurn nnmH flllPIl With I
r -"
"c" 17 rT?.
T'a"u "Dpl9 "that heTs
.
uomg umeWUs
but vamaDie. tiis simp.e ie .
not been spoiled by a multiplicity or
ratifications, and so he Is glad of ev
j VI A
erytnmg goou mat coiucb m . .i
thirty, if he leads a clean life, he has
'
more oi me uuj m mui iuu
cousin has left at fifteen. He does
what is before him because It is his
duty, while the other fci too apt cynical
ly to question the value of doing any
thing and ask, "What is the use
Of the men who have achieved great
prominence aTlarTTgTrThTOence"Tn our
affairs of state the country boys are at
least twenty to one over the city lads.
Nowadays, indeed, our cynical city lads
look noon men who take an active inter
estinDublic affairs as rather low fellows
and quite beneath their associations
and notice. But the country boys are
at the toD in other lines of endeavor
In finance they are pre-eminent and the
great bank presidents of to-aay in tne
"rent cities nearly all learned to read
and to cipher in country schools where
birch and ferule had not succumbed to
the civilizing influences of scientific
nedatroev. Our great railways were in
the main built by them, and to-day the
administrators of these great compan
les are in great uieuouie n.vuu imuio
and country villages, from places where
los nre In irreat measure from farms
won uegau u couj mim-j , ouu u
sense of duty developed while still the
lisp of childhood lingered.
Some city boys, however, are of such
sturdy stuff, and endowed with such
' .., ,fta tw thy hv rea-
. ro . . Inpltv. other9
1 succeed abundantly because they have
I a rt.mltloa wlsolv. nnd in
k hi nnmpa tn town rpaohpfi
out for the high places; though not all
find seats of the mighty, nearly all of
the exalted stations are nuea in tne ena
1 snn thonrv that what is wortn
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muis' ,iuD -0
ent tr. Ttonrinr ATnnzine.
ma uctu, au 0
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vn th and lkaddcu ulu muc.
insult One might as wen praise a
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by side witn enmusiasm tor vum.
Nothing gives one more of a glow man
: ? w
- , i,i,,r,ir.
ZTZl!'
"A judge named Robinson was noted
for his peevish, sneering manner,
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XL. T-,oh la-nrtrai tTO a finPO Or.
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was uuuun, rr
intending to bring the king's commis-
mwjwuus .,
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wuu;m'"- ... .
lord." said Hoare: I have
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he sh
the crown man
snect the king's commission, though
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aJ tA a KwnmVtla "
nm. t Vu a
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to his rank by the publication of some
itouiuauu M
flajlsh and iPa
m ' "7 ..r
unknown, struggling against great ad
versity, he appeared before Robinson.
The Judge tried to extinguish him.
When Curran declared that he had con
sulted all his law books, and could not
find a case that did not support his
position, Robinson answered:
I suspect your law library Is rather
contracted.
This brutal and unnecessary remark
stung Curran's pride and roused him
at once.
"It is true, my lord," he said, after -a
moment's contemptuous silence, "that
I am poor, and the circumstance has
curtailed by library. My books are not
numerous, but they are select, and I
hope I have perused them well. I have
DreDared myself for this high profes
sion rather by the study of a few good
books than by the composition of a
great many bad ones."
The Tradition of
St. Swithin's Day.
Somebody at Boston has taken the
trouble t expoge gamt BwthIllf who
. . . , , ,., ,A A
mcidentaUy rather interesting
figures are collected showing the num
ber of rainy days in various summers
since 1872.
Saint Swlthln's day. it will be re
membered. Is July 15. and the reputa
Uon q thfl gamt b staked upoll tne tra.
mlon Qr a(- whIcn rung tQ tne ef
dition or adage which runs to the ef
fect that if it rains on Saint Swlthln's
day It will rain on each of the forty
days following. This did very well be
fore the days of rain-gauges ana
weather bureau records, but now It
does not go down. In point of fact the
tradition came nearer being true tnis
year than for twenty years past, says
yeur mail iur iweuij jcub iruoi, oajo
tne New York Evening Post Out of
tLe forty days this year It rained on
twenty-two. This was nearly equaled
- Or 1 I 1 rint
nf the fortv days. In 1889 and 1900 the
record was nineteen days, in 1872 and
1891 eighteen. In 1888 seventeen, in
1892 fifteen, and so on. As to the
amount of rain, 1872 was much the
wettest at this Darticular season, near
ly twice as much rain falling as in any
of the vears since. The next rainiest
year was 1884, when St. Swlthln's day
V CtO Ltllk UUU VIYTCXl, TV ALU UVl U " " f "
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was fair and clear, with not a drop or
hw o relation lwtween the amount of
c c,irhi'o a,v on, the
in ii,t Tho host
the saint could do of late years was In
1Brt whon 00. inphon nf rain fell, vet it
' i ' rQ Cocnn fnr tho
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I , a1m m innhco fn.
I 111 M t 111 V w n B laiUCl ITtU sv uiviK-u
inD- ot Ttntnn vt since Aueust 1 the
age. xne yeur , . - - -
i nnv wna nrv. naa J.o.oi lutuco vi .
5rin. July and Auirust
Rrnshlnir the Peas.
It was a rosy-cheeked but pale-eyed
young man who applied to Mr. Powers
vacjmt position of assistant
The master of the place
I "Ii,i Mm lonh as to
u " " .
his Qualifications.
Do you know much about the care
of flowers? Have you had experi
ence?" he asked.
I've never been out to work," said
tht vonnfir man. "but I know all about
'em flowers. Oh, yes, I can take care
of 'em all right Geraniums and nas
turtiums and all of 'em. Oh, you can
trust me, sir."
Thonsro .Awn--that. oath to your
right," said Mr. Powers. "When you
reach the flower earden you'll see that
the sweet peas need brushing; let me
see how well you can do It
The would-be gardener went as he
was bidden. In less than ten minutes
he reappeared, to Interrupt his employ
er, then deep In a book on the piazza.
"Excuse me, sir," said the young
man, Jauntily, "but if you'll come now,
I think youll find I've brusnea tnose
peas enough. There was hardly any
dust on them, anyway. Of course if
you want, me to keep on I can, but it
looks to me like a waste of time."
A Poor Compliment.
People don't often Insult you when
uey mean to oe gracious, sum ou
artist the other day. "Insults are the
. , i.a
I creations oi ui nature, auu uui uicic
matters of words. But I had an ex
perlence to-day that made me laugh
kand yet Irritated me."
"Somebody take one . of your snow
scenes for a spring landscape m-
miired an amiable friend.
- "No," replied the artist "this was not
n matter of Drofesslonal pride. A
better chance
Interrupted
the facet ous friend.
"Now hold on. Billy, and let me teU
the story. W""
time ne " . ZTLTl
ine 1 Kot a letter truui mm m irmtu
1 ... . , , ,
ho 'thanked me for my honesty.' A
. - -
man may thank vou for your courtesy,
. - - -
or for your kindness, but when he
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toaiiKS vou ror ueuisc ucmicbi, it ut au
- . . -
Tartinc the Sermon.
nor, ah in iwrt of
" Jl","
pew ""ZZJZn un that horse!" shouted one
commonly applied.
I "Mv clerical friends in the city teU
me tLZlJ" coitions
appear widawakejand Interested they
eex encourageu,
I wljh to lotert lie con
I "nilT W1LU llie 1LB UiU.rct.CUL.
J I 4.nn iMlf If I IT flVOr m I IPHI11II
anA thAn to Deacon
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1 and heads noaaing. 1 reei mat
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ail is weii. uuai. 00 ""w -
MV them wide-awake and alert after
,7 preaching for ten minutes 1
know that'there's something wrong, to
x wh&t
I I it is as soon as tne service is over.
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A Hot One.
I The amount OX neat generate! ujr n
The amo wg8work & 8uffl-
to raise sixty-three pounds of
water from freezing to boiling point-
London Answers.
Tvts of women do foolish things so
they can snub those who don t
IfB a great work of art to make art
pay.
OLI
I FAVORITES i
The Death of the Flowers.
The melancholy days have come, the sad-
j . r .u. .
Of wailing winds, and naked woods, and
mooHnwH hrnwn and sere.
Heaped in the hollows of the grove, the
- . autumn leaves lie dead;
They rustle to the eddying gust and to
the rabbit's tread.
The robin and the wren are flown, and
fmm the Rhrnha the 1av.
And from the wood-top calls the crow
through ail the gloomy day.
Where are the flowers, the fair young
. . . . a
flowers, tnat lately sprang ana
In brighter light, and softer airs, a beau
teous sisterhood?
Alas! they all are in their graves; the
gentle race of flowers
Are lying in their lowly beds, with the
fair and good of ours.
The rain is falling where they lie; but
the cold November rain
Calls not from out the gloomy earth the
lovely ones again.
The wind-flower and the violet they per
ished long ago,
And the brier-rose and the orchids died
amid the summer glow;
But on the hill the golden-rod, and the
aster in the wood,.
And the yellow sunflower by the brook
in autumn beauty stood.
Till fell the frost from the clear, cold
heaven, as falls the plague of
men,
And the brightness of their smile was
gone from upland, glade and glen.
And now, when comes the calm mild day,
as still such days will come.
To call the squirrel and the bee from out
their winter home;
When the sound of dropping nuts Is
heard, though all the trees are
still,
And twinkle in the smoky light the wat
ers of the rill,
The southwind searches for the flowers
whose frngrance late he bore,
And sighs to find them in the wood and
by the stream no more.
And then I think of one who in her
youthful beauty died.
The fair, meek blossom that grew up and
fnded bv mv side.
In the cold, moist earth we laid her,
when the forests cast the lear,
And we wept that one so lovely should
have a life so brief;
Yet not unmeet it was that one like that
vniiTip friend of ours.
So gantle and so beautiful, should perish
with the flowers.
William Cullen Bryant
The Dinner Hour.
O hour of all hours, the most blest upon
earth.
Blest hour ofour dinners!
The Innd nf his birth:
The face of his first love; the bills that
he owes;
The twaddle of friends, and venom of
f hpr '
The sermon he heard when to church he
last went:
The money he borrow'd, the money he
spent;
All of these things a man, I believe, may
fnriret.
And not be the worse for forgetting; hut
yet
Never, never, oh, never! earth's luckiest
sinner
Hath, unpunish'd, forgotten the hour of
his dinner!
Indigestion, that conscience of every bad
stomach,
Shall relentlessly gnaw and pursue him
with some ache
Or some pain; and trouble, remorseless,
his best ease,
As the Furies once troubled the sleep of
Orestes.
We may live without poetry, music and
art;
We may live without conscience, and
live without heart;
We may live without friends; we may
live without books;
But civilized man cannot live without
cooks.
He may live without books what Is
knowledge but grieving?
He may live without hope what is hope
but deceiving?
He may live without love what Is pas
sion but pining?
But where is the man that can live with
out dining?
Owen Meredith.
Bono
Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's- gal
sings,
And Phoebus 'gins arise,
His steeds to water at those springs
On chaliced flowers that lies;
And winking Mary-buds begin
To ope their golden eyes:
With everything that pretty is,
My lady sweet, arise,
Arise, arise.
William Shakspeare.
It Was a Hopeless Case.
A balky horse is an annoying creature
under any circumstances, but the story
of an incident which happened during a
regimental drill raises the question
whether such a horse may not simply
be overconscientious.
The sun blazed down on a field of
hot tired horses and excited men, all
wnitiner for a big. raw-boned animal to
succumb to the urgings of the starter
' on Into line
I jou oon
-toe juu"" .u j
, horse looked at his
j H h duU resignation, "but I
i wt help it He's a cab horse, sir.
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' haven't got any door to snut!"
Poet Won Against Time.
"Champion poet of the town, is he?'"
Inquired the summer boarder.
"Yes, sir," replied the postmaster?
"his record Is three an a half hours
better'n the next fellers."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Why, he wrote a poem, sent It to
New York and got It back In twenty
seven hours." Philadelphia Press.
The time comes terribly soon to peo
ple when they quit staying out late
nights, and Join those who lie wide
awake in worrying over those who are
out
The girls named Llllie never agree
on the spelling. Some spell it Lily,
others Lilly, and others Lillle.