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TH-tf BIG-FISTED MAN.
Oh, here's to the man with a hand like a
' ham.
And a fist just as big as his heart;
To the big, manly chap, be he banker or
drudge.
Owning railroads or driving a cart;
. To the man who looks steadily straight
in your eyes
And gives jou a grip like a vise
fuel j men as decided long since, once for
all.
That they'd rather be men than be
mice.
He may have a skull like the crust of the
earth,
And a jaw like the Terrible Turk;
His hands may have spread on the helve
of a pick.
Or at some other menial work;
But his heart you'll find good as a nugget
of gold.
And 'twill always be faithful to you
Then here's to the man -with a hand like
a ham
And a soul that is loyal and true.
He may not be versed In the dining
room's ways,
He may never have donned a dress
suit.
But he will stand fast while you're true
to your trust;
Tour honor he'll never dispute,
For he's just the friend that will fight to
the end.
Till there's no further use to resist
God bless him, this man with the hand
like a ham.
And a heart just as big as his fist.
Los Angeles Herald.
AROLYN VERNET was of that
order of women to whom their
admirers are wont to apply such
adjectives as "regal," "magnificent,"
"imperial."
Many lovers sought to win her, and
many were disappointed when rumor
announced her engagement to young
Frank Reade.
To be sure, Frank was handsome as
a Prince and brilliant as to wit and
talents, was poor, hadn't even "expec
tations." -
Early orphaned of both his parents,
he was educated for the law by a rich
uncle, who made it "understood that
said education was all he meant to give
Frank.
nis presumptive heir was another
nephew, Frank's cousin.
Well, these considerations had their
weight with' Miss Vernet and she had
hesitated before accepting the young
lawyer, but his attraction of mind and
person proved too much for her world
ly wisdom, and it was an engagement
Only she stipulated that It should be
no more until Frank should have suffi
cient income to support her In good
style.
Of -course, Frank must needs go
away to seek his fortune. He went to
Europe. There was a tender parting
between the lovers, at which Carolyn
was tearful and despondent, Frank
brave and hopeful.
"Don't think of my absence, dearest,"
he urged cheerfully. "Think of the
time when I shall return with a for
tune to offer you."
"Return when you will, Frank," sob
bed Carolyn, "you shall find me true.
. I will wait for you faithfully."
Frank Reade went to Europe, and
for a month Carolyn was inconsolable.
However, this did not last long, and
at the end of a month Carolyn had so
far recovered from her grief as to ac
cept an invitation to Mrs. De Smith's
soiree.
At that soiree she met Albert Reade,
that fortunate cousin of Frank's.
Mr. Reade was a rather good-looking
young man. She saw at once that he
was destined to become her adorer. Be
sides he was Frank's cousin reason
enough why she should like him.
Still she did not speak to him of
Frank; neither did Mr. Reade allude to
his cousin, but Albert was ignorant of
Miss Vernet's engagement to Frank.
He began from their first meeting to
devote himself to her, and Miss Vernet,
not being blind, especially to such at
tentions, did not mistake it, yet she
did not discourage him.
And when occasionally she heard
some comment from "society" not flat
tering to her constancy she said indig
nantly: "Of course she must go about with
some one, and who could be a more
proper escort than Frank's cousin?"
So she continued to "go about" with
Albert Reade. Of course, you see the
sequel. Carolyn loved Frank. Under
the fascination of his presence she had
yielded her selfishness, but now that
he was gone, worldliness had resumed
Its sway, and ambition began to sug
gest that Albert was a better match
than Frank.
"Society," that astute and consider
ate body, had long foreseen the event
and was not In the least surprised
when Miss Vernet authorized the in
formation that she was soon to marry
Albert Reade, and society thought It a
sensible proceeding.
And Carolyn married Albert Reade.
They went to live with Uncle Jenkins,
who gave the bride a set of diamonds
and did the handsome thing generally,
and somebody was good enough to send
to Frank in Europe a paper containing
the marriage notice. What a crushing
blow to all his hopes that notice was
he never told any one. He did not re
turn home, and society was left to for
get or remember him as It would.
It chose to remember him, for Caro
lyn, riding on a ferryboat about two
years after her marriage, heard a lady
and gentleman at her side conversing
as follows:
"I suppose Maria told yon about her
friend Frank Reade' s good fortune?"
queried the lady.
"No. What about him? I under
stand that he was rather unfortunate
at one time."
"You mean about his engagement to
that Miss Vincent, was It I suppose.
Yes. he did take her inconstancy bad
ly, Maria says. They say she was a
,$reat beauty, and men are silly about
- a pretty face begging your pardon,
aion ami!"
"Granted." laughed the gentleman.
. -"Proceed."
"Well, you know, as soon as he was
safely out of the way she married a
rich man. some relation to Frank
- Reade, I believe.'
"Yes; I have heard all about that"
UNITED STATES MARiNE
THE MARINE HOSPITAL AT CHICAGO.
Uncle Sam cares well for the sailors who pursue their calling under the flag
of the United States. And not only does he look after the old "boys" who
fought the flag's battles, but those of the merchant marine are cared for with
equal tenderness. For more than a century the United States government has
maintained a hospital service and afforded asylums for sick and disabled marin
ers. From a service established in 1708 and consisting of a few employes and
one building has grown a chain of perfectly appointed hospitals. There are two
distinct branches the navy, or fighting force, and the merchant, or commercial
fleets. Of twenty such hospitals devoted to the latter, Chicago has the principal
one. '
The United States marine hospital in the northern suburb of Chicago, on the
shore of Lake Michigan, is the best appointed, best equipped and best suited of
any similar institution in the country- Here any seaman who can show a certifi
cate proving service on a vessel Uying the American flag for sixty days previous
to application may, if ill, obtain admission. Or, if even after only one day's
service aboard a vessel flying the Stars and Stripes he is injured in his line of duty
he is entitled to care and treatment. It is not a home, in the sense that one may
enter and remain there indefinitely. When the inmate requires no further medi
cal treatment he. must leave. Other places are provided for aged and infirm sea
men, but these hospitals are for invalids.
The doors of these institutions are not closed to men of foreign vessels, either.
Here are received seamen and officers of foreign ships, also of the revenue cutter
and life-saving service and the allied branches of the navy, where provision is
not made for their care elsewhere There are treated annually in the marine
hospital service over 50,000 cases. These dispensaries are maintained in all sea
and lake port towns of any size throughout the country.
The structure in question is the second of its kind built in Chicago. It was
completed in 1873 at a cost of over $450,000. The sandstone building is about
300 feet long, 100 feet deep and three stories high. Since its completion a modern
operating apmhitheater has been added at a cost of $10,000. Further additions of
a laundry, stables. Isolation ward and disinfecting chambers have been made
costing $35,000. The average expense to the government for maintaining the
marine hospital in Chicago is about S25.000 annually. Including the down-town
dispensary where "out relief" is afforded about 3,000 patients are cared for
every year.
"Well, now comes the sequel. Frank
went to Switzerland on some wild
goose chase, and while there saved the
life of a certain rich, benevolent, child
less gentleman. Well, the benevolent
old gentleman Insisted on taking his
brave young preserver home to En
gland with him. Then he adopted him,
and now he has capped the climax by
dying and leaving his immense fortune
unconditionally to Frank. Now, won't
that be a bitter pill to the faithless
beauty?"
Carolyn heard no more, but she had
heard enough, and later the story had
plenty of confirmation. It was a bitter
pill to her. But the worst was not yet
In the course of nature. Uncle Jen
kins died and was buried, and his law
yer came to read the will to the heir
presumptive. With serene satisfaction
Mr. and Mrs. Reade listened to the
following:
"I give and bequeath to my nephew,
Albert Reade, all the property of which
I die possessed, amounting '
Here the lawyer paused to wipe his
spectacles.
"Amounting to $5,000, Invested in '
etc.
That was all. Uncle Jenkins' appar
ent wealth had been all a sham, and
Carolyn had sold herself for $5,000!
She had lost not only a true, loving
heart, but what was of more value a
princely fortune. Chicago Tribune.
FATHER OF THE TRUSTS.
Tbe Great Business Ventures Organ
ized by Cbarlea R. Flint.
One of the most active men In the
business life of New York is Charles
R. Flint who Is generally known as
the "father of the
trusts," and the
perform ance of
whose yacht the
Arrow, In travel
ing at the rate of
over forty- four
miles an hour, has
brought him Into
temporary promin
ence. Mr. Flint Is one
of the few holders
CHARLES, K. FLINT of greflt fortunea
in the United States who has drawn
nearly all their money, not from their
countrymen, but from foreigners. His
vast fortune has been accumulated al
most wholly In the South American
trade. He is also one of the few Amer
ican millionaires whose efforts to ac
cumulate money have not wrecked his
health. This Is very largely due to
the constant care of his wife. It Is
Mrs. Flint not his business associates,
THE OLDEST THRONE IN EUROPE.
What is probably the oldest throne In Europe has just been discovered and
laid bare. This remarkable and surprising find was accomplished by the British
archaeologist and explorer, Arthur Evans, at Knossos, on the island of Crete.
The main feature of his last season's work was the uncovering of the original
gypsum throne used by King Minos in his great palace, now being excavated.
Minos, as will be remembered, was the son of Zeus, the first law-giver of Greece,
who U styled the Cretan Moses, who every nine years repaired to the cave of
Zeus and received from the immortal god of the mountains the laws for his
people. Here from the gypsum throne more than 4,000 years ago King Minos read
his laws to his subjects. The most interesting of all the chambers exposed was
the spacious throne-room. The walls were elaborately decorated with frescoes,
which have established a new epoch in the history of painting for that early
period, as little of the kind, even of the classical Greek antiquity has been hith
erto known earlier than the Pompeiian series.
The colors were almost as brilliant as when laid down more than 4,000 years
ago. Round the walls of the throne-room were found low stone benches, and
between these, separated by a small interval and raised on a stone base, stood
the great gypsum throne, with a high back and colored with decorated designs.
Its lower part was adorned with a curiously carved arch, with crotcheted mold
ings, showing an extraordinary anticipation of some moat characteristic of Gothic
architecture. Here truly was the council chamber of King Minos ana his sover
eign lady. It may be said to-day that the youngest of European rulers (Prince
George) as high commissioner of Crete has in his dominions to oldest throne ia
Uurop. - ' --
HOSPITAL AT CHICAGO.
who dictates his hours of labor, reore
ation and rest She decides how long
he may remain In his ofHce, what and
when he must eat how long and in
what way he shall play, and when and
how long he shall sleep. Their social
acquaintance Is, of course, very large,
but such merry-making as they attend
must begin and end early in the even
ing. It is said that Mr. Flint Is never
outside his own home later than 10
o'clock at night Mr. Flint is a prod
uct of Maine," having been born at
Thomaston In 1850. -
A WOMAN MINER'S PLUCK.
Works Herself at tbe Hard and Dan
Keroaa Toil. v ..
A story comes from Arizona which
shows what can be accomplished by
the energy and determination which
often lies beneath the fair exterior of
a woman's frame. Mrs. John Kay lives
near Kingman, Ariz. She has a hus
band and a family of children. Her
husband is a hard-working man, but
his earnings barely suffice for the daily
necessities of the family, and several
years ago she decided that she would
engage In mining for herself.
She had no money to pay for the
development of her claim, but she had
a pair of tender, but willing, hands and
arms, and did not hesitate to sacrifice
their beauty and mar their fair propor
tions in the effort to provide a future
for her family. She took' the drill and
hammer in her own hands, and, with
Infinite patience, wrought the holes In
the rock, says Ores and Metals. She
cut the fuse, bit the cap, tamped tbe
charge, went back Into the smoke to
look for results, and wheeled out the
muck, and kept up this work for years.
Progress was slow, for she washed
and baked and made and hemmed for
her children, but there was no thought
of failure in her mind, and no dream of
rest until It had been earned.
A few weeks since her reward camq
As she went into the tunnel after a
round of shots she found big chunks
of ore literally plastered with horn and
native silver, assays running at high as
$3,000 to the ton." The vein Is opened
and is rich, and now she- is superin
tending with a force of men taking out
wealth for her. Washington Times.
And the Stars Winked.
You say the evening wore on. What
did It wear?"
"Why, the close of day, of course."
London Answers.
Cats in Switzerland.
Swiss ornithologists declare that cats
have become so numerous in Switzer
land as to threaten the extermination
of all birds of the country.
FLOWERS FOR OUR RULERS.
Bouquets Are Supplied Bountifully to
Congressmen and Senators.
Cut flowers are supplied gratuitously
by Uncle Sam to a number of persons
and Institutions in the city of Wash
ington and members of Congress have
come to regard them as among the most
desirable of their perquisites. The
greenhouses from which the flowers
in question come are maintained prin
cipally to supply the city parks with
the plants which make them such a
feature of the city's beauty throughout
the greater part of the year. After the
White House is supplied the hospitals
and other public Institutions receive
flowers. Many other worthy causes
also share in the distribution. Fam
ilies of members of the" cabinet, the
supreme court and legislative members
come next This custom, which has
prevailed for years, of distributing the
cut flowers is still followed.
Besides the greenhouses in charge of
the Superintendent of Public Buildings
and Ground, and the White House con
servatory, other gardeners are those of
the Agricultural Department and the
botanical gardens. The latter are un
der the direction of the Senate Com
mittee on Library. The gardens of the
Department of Agriculture are devoted
largely to the growing of plants other
than floraL
The flowers from the White House
conservatory are used for dally decora
tions of the executive mansion and it
is for state functions and all other or
dinary occasions that the supply of the
park greenhouses is drawn upon.
Through this source of supply not an
inconsiderable amount that would oth
erwise have to be spent for flowers for
many state dinners runs well up into
the hundreds and sometimes even thou
sands of dollars. The floral decorations
for the Prince Henry dinner, which
were most elaborate would have cost
$4,000 if purchased In the flower mar
ket As it was the real expenditure in
the floral decorations was only a few
hundred. ,
1 USE OF WATER AT MEALS.
Dr. Felix L. Oswald insists that the
avoidance of water at meals is a mere
"sanitary superstition." It Is not possi
ble for any normally constituted human
being to eat his way to the first quarter
instalment of a modern dinner of over
heated made dishes and greasy viands
without experiencing a distinct longing
for a cooling diluent and before the
end of the second course that craving
assumes the urgency of positive dis
tress, but he sufferer is warned to for
bear. Has not Professor Orthodox enu
merated five distinct sources of peril
from Indulging that appetency, and
proved that the water instinct is wrong,
and that nature knows nothing about
It?
The most specious of these arguments
is the alleged risk that the introduction
of cold water would coagulate the al
bumen of the lngesta, and thus compli
cate the labors of the digestive organs.
But is it not evident that those organs
should be allowed a casting vote in the
decision of that controversy?
Dr. Schrodt, the author of "Natur-
Heilkunde," holds, on the contrary,
that our diet Is not half fluid enough,
and demonstrates that organic warmth
will soon reduce over-cold beverages to
the right medium, and that a craving
which nothing but fresh water will sat
isfy is a clear proof that the stomach
is suffering from an excess of caloric
and a deficiency of moisture.
Just wait, and that distress will sub
side, insists Professor O x. Yes; the
subtle chemistry of the organism will
eventually find means to satisfy its
needs from internal sources, just as the
agony of a famished man will give way
to a dull torpor; the system has made
another forced loan on the reserve
stores of its own tissues, and made the
sufferer a little mora comfortable,
though also a little leaner. Even thus
the disappointed stomach will make
shift to lead moisture from some other
part of the organism where It is less
sorely needed and the distress subsides,
though a feeling of vague discomfort re
mains, suggesting that the sort of
moisture reabsorbed from the lower ali
mentary duct Is not exactly what the
stomach wanted. "
What Age Is He?
The Navy Department is trying to
answer the question: "How old is
Rear Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge, re
tired?" Is he 99 or 100? The records
do not show and Rear Admiral Sel
fridge will not telL He says it is no
body's business how old he is. But as
he 'entered the navy in 1818, and must
have been at least 15 years old at that
time, the supposition Is that he is be
tween 99 and 100. The Admiral's old
est son. Rear Admiral Thomas O. Sel
fridge, Jr., owns to being 66 years. The
senior Selfridge was born in Hub
bardston, Mass. Philadelphia Press.
Singular Signs for Travelers.
On the banks of a rivulet near Stra
bane is a stone with this singular in
scription, which was no doubt intended
for the information of stragers travel
ing by the road: "Take notice that
when this stone is out of sight It is
not safe to ford the river." This recalls
the famous finger post which Is said
to have been erected by order of a sur
veyor of roads in Kent: "This is a
bridle path to Faversham. If you
can't read this you had better keep the
main road."
French Happy Home Broken Up.
A Parisian lady has been, compelled
by the police to break up her happy j
home, consisting of 20 hens, 50 cocks,
30 pigeons, a goat, 4 cats, 8 dogs, a par
rot and a dozen small birds. Her
neighbors objected to being kept awake
all night by the cats and dogs, and to
being roused up at an unearthly hour
by the crowing of the cocks.
Etnnted.
movea out near you. nave you seen
their baby? Isn't It a tiny little mite?
Subbubs Yes, but you must remem
ber it passed the first six months of
its life in a flat Philadelphia Press.
' A woman's idea of a bargain Is some
thing she can't afford when she needs
it and which Is offered at a reduction
when she has no use f os it - r
DECATUR'S FLAGSHIP PRESIDENT.
. Nothing in international relations more clearly illustrates the cameraderie
between England and the United States than the fact that the famous war
frigate President lies tenderly cared for and revered as a historic relic in a
Loudon dock. .The President was Admiral Decatur's flagship, aDd in the war
of 1S12 her guns were the last of the American arms to be trained on a British
foe. Such a scourge had she been to British shipping that the admiralty issued
a special order that she must be taken at any hazard. But "orders" do not take
American naval vessels, and the old President lived in freedom to witness peace,
and now for nearly a century her dismantled hulk has been slumbering at the
India dock in London harbor. The President and the equally famous old Con
stitution were twin ships, and the former was the first flagship on a European
station flying the Stars and Stripes. It was of the President that OliverWen
dell Holmes wrote:
"Ay! Tear her tattered ensign downl
Long has it waved on high!"
CITY'S MARVELOUS GROWTH.
Modern Town Where a Year Ago There
- Was a Cornfield.
The rapidity with which things are
done In the West Is strikingly shown
in. the case of Anadarko, Ok., a little
city which recently celebrated the first
anniversary of its founding, says a
writer In Leslie's Weekly. Marvelous
has been its history, from the sale of
the first lot In a cornfield, Aug. 6, 1901,
to Its present metropolitan appearance.
Large brick blocks have taken the
place of the tents and shanties in use
then. Graded streets and broad side
walks displaced the corn-rows long
ago, telephone lines form a network at
some of the busy corners, and every
where may be seen improvements not
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A CITY'S MARVELOUS GROWTH.
(Upper view shows the site of Anadarko, O k.. In the fall of 1901; the lower represents
the place as It Is to-day, a bustling, up-to-date community of 3,400 souls.)
found often In cities of ten times its
mr. A mammoth ice plant, with a
capacity of seventy-five tons daily, not
only supplies the city but adjacent
cities also.
Contracts are now being let for a
$30,000 Court House, $5,000 jail, $20,000
school buildings, $40,000 water worss,
etc. Electric light companies are mak
ing propositions, so that soon tne city
will be thoroughly lighted, watered
and equipped In all particulars. The
nrmnlntlrm now is about 3.500. and Is
growing substantially all the time.
Good homes are springing up througn-
out the city.
JEFFERSON DAVIS MEMORIAL.
Arch Erected in Richmond by Dausu-
' tera of Confederacy.
A beautiful memorial arch Is being
erected in Richmond, Va., to Jefferson
Davis by the United Daughters of the
Confederacy. It was designed by Lou
Is A. Gudebrod and the cost will be
JEFKEBSOX DAVIS ABCH.
about $75,000, which it has taken the
daughters several years to get together.
The site of the monument Is the
choice of Mrs. Jeff erson Davis, who,
though opposed to the memorial at
first finally consented, and the arch
will be unveiled in Monroe Park at
Richmond hi the early spring.
MODERN SLANG PHRASE IS OLD.
"Nothing Doina" la an Anciant Ex
pression Used in the Classics.
Some of those who affect the pictur
esque in their language, Interlarding
their speech with what they suppose
to be the latest slang phrases, eschew
ing accepted and approved English for
what they think is the latest up-to-date
coinage of the purlieus, may be shock
ed to learn that one of the latest and
most frequently used phrases is at
least fifty years old, and possibly clas
sic, writes the Brooklyn Eagle. This
phrase is "nothing doing." Thomas De
Qulncey, In writing his paper on the
"Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth," all
of fifty Tears ago, framed this sen
tence: "All other murders (referring
to Macbeth's) look pale by the deep
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crimson of his, and, as an amateur
once said to me in a querulous tone:
"There has been absolutely nothing do
ing since his time, or nothing that's
worth speaking of.' " Here the phrase
Is used in precisely tbe same form and
in the same meaning .that It Is by the
professor of slang in this day.
Shakspeare uses It as "nothing done."
but In the same sense, in "Measure for
Measure," "King Lear" and "Othello."
Enough is shown to prove that tbe
latest slang Is, after alL old and of
good use. Hitching this wagon of a
slang phrase to the stars, De Qulncey
and Shakspeare, it becomes classic.
It is a fair deduction to be drawn
from the De Qulncey quotation that
the phrase "nothing doing" was slang
in the day of his writing, and was used
as such. It will be noted that the bril
liant master of style did not use the
phrase except as a quotation. ' From
Whom? An amateur murderer. This
amateur laments that in the way of
murders there has been "nothing do
ing" since that done by Macbeth worth
speaking of. It Is a fair conclusion
that a man who tries his hand at mur
der purely as an amateur with an ef
fort to attain that degree of skill which
he has set up as standard for himself
is of that class and manner of men
who use slang as a habit of speech.
And it therefore, may be deduced that
De Qulncey's amateur was using the
current slang of his day.
ONE HUNDRED-MILE COAST.
Slidins Down the Side of a Mountain
in a Hand Car.
Lord Ernest Hamilton describes his
experience of a thrilling but perilous
pastime, the descent in a small hand
car of a wonderful mountain railway
in Peru.
"As a matter of fact," he" writes, re
ferring to the title of the article,' "it
Is 106; but for the sake of a title, the
extra six miles may go 100 are enough
at any rate for purposes of illustra
tion. . These hundred odd miles are to
be found on the Ferro-Caril Central of
Peru, commonly called the Oroya Rail
way, and they are to be found no
where else.
"This Oroya Railway Is a very won
derful line, indeed. It not only climbs
higher than any other railway In the
world, but also distinguishes itself in
a variety of other ways Incidentally re
ferred to hereafter. But the accom
plishment with which I am chiefly con
cerned is this, that it provides the only
road In the world which a man on
wheels can travel over 100 miles by
his own momentum and practically at
any pace to which the fiend of reck
lessness may urge him.
"The object of what is here written
is to trace the sensations born of a
run down from the summit of the Oro
ya Railway, 15,666 feet above sea level,
to the verge of the Pacific. You start
under the eye of the eternal snows and
you finish among humming birds and
palms. You start back with the un
speakable sickness of soroche, and you
finish in the ecstacy of an exultation
too great for words.
"The gods of Olympns were worms
beside the man who has during the
last three hours controlled his car from
the Paso de Galera to Callao, for it is
in the control that lies the joy, as in
other things apart from car running.
To sit beside the brakeman is good, but
to drop the brakeman on a friendly
siding and grasp the lever in your own
firm but not too exacting hand is to
sup a liberal foretaste of the Joys of
heaven. Pearson's Magazine.
Many a man breaks his bills down
town, then growls because his wife
wants a little of the small change.
When justice and love go band in
hand ifs a case of the blind leading the
blind, ... .;, ; . . -'.;',;
OLD'
FAVORITES
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- The American Flag.
When Freedom from her mountain height
Unf url'd her standard to the air,
She tore the azure robe of night,
And set the stars of glory there;
Hhe mingled with its gorgeous dyes
The milky baldric of the skies.
And striped its pure celestial white
-With streakings of the morning light;
Then from his mansion in the sun ,
She call'd her eagle-bearer down, '
And gave into his mighty hand
The symbol of her chosen land.
Majestic monarch of the cloud!
Who rear'st aloft thy regal form,
To hear the tempest trumpings loud,
And see the lightning lances driven,
When strive the warriors of the storm,
And rolls the thunder-drum of heaven
Child of the sun! to thee 'tis given
To guard the banner of the free.
To hover in the sulphur-smoke.
To ward away the battle-stroke.
And bid its blendings shine afar,
Like rainbows on the cloud of war,
The harbingers of victory!
Flag of the brave! thy folds shall fly,
The sign of hope and triupmph high.
When speaks the signal trumpet-ton.
And the long line comes gleaming on;
Ere yet the life-blood, warm and wet
Has dimmed the glistening bayonet .
Each soldier eye shall brightly turn
To where thy sky-born glories burn.
And as his springing steps advance
Catch war mid vOTisrenncd from thu
glance.
And when the cannon-mouthings loud
Heave hi wild wreaths the battle-shroud.
And gory sabres rise and fall
Like shots of flame on midnight's pall
Then shall thy meteor glances glow.
And cowering foes shall sink beneath
Each gallant trra that strikes bolow
That lovely messenger of death.
Flag of the seas! on ocean wave
Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave;
V hen death, careering on the gale,
Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail,
And frighted waves rush wildly back
Before the broadside's reeling rack.
Each dying wanderer of the sea
Shall look at once to heaven and thee,
And smile to see thy splendors fly
In triumph o'er his closing eye.
Flag of the free heart's hope and homel
By angel hands to valor given;
Thy stars have lit the welkin dome,
And all thy hues were born in heaven.
Forever float that standard sheet!
Where breathes the foe but falls be
fore us,
With freedom's soil beneath our feet.
And freedom's banner streaming o'er
ns?
Joseph Rodman Drake.
PROUD OF HIS WORK.
His Early Manual Labor Gave the
Noted barrister Much Satisfaction.
The late D. W. Richardson, In an
address to working men, declared that
work, manual work, and that, too, of a
resolute kind, Is absolutely necessary
for every man. He spoke also of the
Importance of doing one's work, not
merely to get It done, but with a feel
ing of pride In doing It welL In this
connection he said:
I was invited not many years ago to
a lecture at St. Andrew's University,
and to listen in the evening to a lec
ture by another man, like myself, an
outsider. I was not personally ac
quainted with this other man, but I
knew that he filled an Important judi
cial office in Scotland, and was consid
ered one of the most able and learned,
as well as one of the wittiest, men in
that country. He chose for his sub
ject "Self -Culture," and for an hour
.held ns in a perfect dream of pleasure.
For my own part, I could not realize
that the hour bad fled.
The lecture ended at 7 o'clock, and
at 8 I found myself seated at dinner
by the side of the lecturer, at the
house of one of the university profes
sors. In the course of the dinner I
made some reference to the hall in
which the exercises of the day had
been held, how good it was for sound,
and what a fine structure to look upon.
"And did you like the way In which
the stones were laid inside?" I asked
my new friend.
"Immensely," I replied. "The man
who laid those stones was an artist
who must have thought that his work
would live through the ages."
"WelL' that is pleasant to hear," he
said, "for the walls are my aln daein'."
He had the Scottish accent when he
was in earnest
"Fortunate man," I replied, " to have
the means to build so fine a place," for
I thought naturally enough, that be
ing a rich man, he had built this hall
at his own expense, and presented It to
the university.
"Fortunate, truly," he answered, "but
not in that sense. What I mean is.
that I laid every one of those stones
with my aln hand. I was a working
mason, and the builder of the hall gave
me the job of laying the inside stone
work; and I never had any job In my
life" in which I took so much pride and
so much pleasure."
While this man was working with
his hands he was working also with
his brain. He took his degree, went
to the bar, and became a man honored
throughout the country. We applaud
ed his brilliant lecture; but those silent
beautiful stones before him, which
echoed our applause, must, I think,
have been to him one cheer more, and
a big one.
Judging from the Sample.
A Congressman who thought that one
of the great national parties was try
ing too hard to find an issue when
there was no issue In sight rebuked
his opponents by telling this story:
A client of mine has a large family,
and accordingly Is rather pressed for
money. He came to me joyfully one
day, declaring that he had found oil
flowing from a spring on his land, and
bringing me a sample.
The bottle he brought was one which
he.had picked up in a hurry somewhere
about the bouse. - I forwarded It to aa
expert chemist and my client and I
waited with a good deal of Interest for
his report of the analysis. In a day
or two we got this telegram: , . ,
"Find no trace of olL Your friend
has struck paregoric" . -
What ornery people there are In the
world! But you can't reform them. ,