Corvallis gazette., December 05, 1902, Page 4, Image 4

THE LAND OF POPPIES.
Where, blue and silver in the ran, .
The broad Pacific swell,
And, king among the forest tree.
The giant redwood dwells;
And frosty winter never smites
The smiling earth with gloom,
In all their gay and glowing pride
The languid poppies bloom.
The hills are rich with yellow ore.
And in the Tales below
The luscious fruits and fragrant flowers
Of every climate grow;
And by the ruined mission's walls
And from the wayside sod
And all along the garden walks
The drowsy poppies nod.
Bright, crumpled blossom, silken pink.
Pure white and crimson deep,
And vivid scarlet, everywhere
They tell a tale of sleep,
When purple shadows long and cool
Among the vineyards lie,
And apples ripen into gold
Beneath a turquoise sky.
While Louisiana on her shield
The sweet magnolia shows.
And Maine displays the brown pine cone,
New York the queenly rose,
And Delaware prefers the peach
To garland her renown,
The Golden State elects to wear
A regal poppy crown.
Leslie's Weekly.
rt OTJ know, pa wouldn't consent
V to Del's marriage with Jim,
wouldn't allow the wedding at
the house or allow either Del or Jim
to come here afterward. This was be
cause Jim had been wild and hadn't
settled down. It was hard on us all.
for Del was my only child; she had
always been her father's pet, and his
treatment almost broke her heart.
The years went by, and pa, instead
of softening, appeared to harden,
though Jim made Del a splendid hus
band and grew rich. They had one
child, a boy. the prettiest little chap
you ever saw. One day an artist saw
him in his bath and was so struck
with his slender little form that he
asked leave to copy him into a picture
he was painting. The picture was a
success and brought the artist a fine
reputation, all on account, everybody
said, of the little figure in the corner.
One day Del said to me: "Ma, I'm
going to send pa a present."
"I'm afraid, my dear, he'll send it
right back to you."
"Maybe he will, and maybe he
won't Anyway, I'm going to try it.
I'm going to put it in the little dining
room so that he'll see it when he
comes down the first thing in the
morning. He's always in a" better hu
mor then than at any other time of
day. Don't you remember how he
used to toss me in the air every morn
ing before breakfast?"
"How are you going to send it?"
"Jim and I are going to get up early
and take It round. You are to let us
in. We'll place it right where pa will
see it the first thing when he comes
into the breakfast room."
I didn't believe It would do any
good, but I told Del I would help her
In any way I could, so It was all ar
ranged that they should bring their
gift the next Sunday morning. On that
day we breakfast at 9 o'clock and pa
does not have to go downtown to busi
ness. When Sunday came, the sun
was shining bright and beautiful, the
birds were singing in the yard, and
there was a delicious freshness In the
air. I was thankful, thinking that if
anything could put pa in a good humor
It would be this beautiful morning. A
little before 9 Jim and Del drove up
to the side gate, which was hidden
from the house by trees, though that
wasn't necessary, for pa was shut up
in his shaving room, where he couldn't
see anything, and Jim carried an ob
long box about three feet in length up
to the side entrance. I let them in,
and they went to the dining room,
whilo I went upstairs to keep an eye
on pa. He had finished shaving and
was sitting by the front window, look
ing out, but Instead of being happy,
the bright morning seemed to make
him all the more melancholy.
"What a pleasant day," I said, "for
a family party to go for a drive in the
country!"
"There's no family party except you
and me," he said.
I knew that he was pining for Del,
but I didn't say anything more for
fear of making him ugly. I 6aw by
the clock that It was five minutes to
9, and I went to the banister and
coughed to give Jim and Del warning,
then told pa that breakfast was ready.
He got up with a sigh, and we went
downstairs together.
We both stood mute, looking at
what we saw In the bay window at the
end of the dining room. The marble
bust that always stood on the pedes
tal had been removed, and in Its stead
was the statue of a little boy about
6 years old. It was of white marble
that Is. so far as we could Judge and
held out a pair of little arms to us.
"Great guns!" pa exclaimed.
"Little darling!" said I. "What a
pity it isn't alive!"
"How do, grandpa?" cried the
statue, and, tearing off Its white face,
It displayed the rosy features of Del's
little Jim. Jumping off the pedestal,
all in his white tights he ran up to his
grandpa, who bent down and took
him in his arms.
I never saw pa so overcome In my
life. He hugged the boy so tight that
I thought he would crush him. Then
Del came from the pantry and put her
arms around them both. Del was
laughing and crying, aud pa was try
ing to keep from doing both. Then
he put little Jim down, aud without
noticing that his clothes were covered
with the white powder that had made
the boy's tights look like marble he
folded Del in his arms.
Jim big Jim, 1 mean seeing
through a crack In the pantry door
that the plan had been a success, came
into the room, and pa put out his
hand.
1 That was the happiest breakfast par
ty any of them ever sat down to. I had
taken pains to have a nice breakfast,
though I didn't believe Del's present
to her father would break through his
crustiness, but hoped It would and we
, would all take our Sunday morning j
A Daughter's Gift X
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Do not print In strong sunlight ex
cept when using very dense negatives.
Do not handle your paper any more
than necessary, and do not wash gela
tine prints all night, as it spoils them.
Should you erer be unfortunate
enough to break a focusing screen, a
fairly good substitute may be made
by cleaning the gelatine from an old
negative and substituting tissue paper.
This is much preferable to using a
fogged plate.
Yellow beeswax, the common every
day product, is a fine thing to have
In the dark room. Before starting de
veloping rub a piece around the edge
of the plate. It will ndo much to keep
the film clear and unbroken in the
solutions. .Two drachms of the wax
In an ounce of alcohol or benzole also
makes an excellent waxing solution for
prints, and corks dipped in it will not
stick in bottles.
If you would like to possess a pe
destal for portrait work and not care
to go to the expense of buying one
ready made, procure two soap boxes
from your grocer and some marbled
paper to cover them. Joint the ends
of the boxes together and then paste
meal together. After the breakfast
we sat in the library and talked while
pa and Jim smoked.
"Ma," said pa to me, "didn't you
say something about a family party
going for a drive? I reckon we'll have
out the horses."
Pa and Jim went out to the stable
while Del and I got up a lunch. Then
we started ror the country. There
was room for Jim and Del on the
back seat, while pa had little Jim
with him in front. Jimmie hadn't ever
ridden behind horses before and was
wild with delight, talking to his grand
pa and begging him to let him drive
till pa consented.
Who got up the statue? Why, the
artist who used little Jim for a model.
After the reputation and money he
made out of his picture he couldn't
do enough for Jim and Del and exer
cised all his skill on the boy's make
up and in posing him. Indianapolis
Sun.
FAMOUS NICKNAMES.
Those of Many Prominent Individuals
in England.
It is fairly well known that King Ed
ward has, since the death of Queen Vic
toria, been dubbed "the Master" by his
own particular set or circle of friends.
The name, too, is happily apropos. The
Duke of Cambridge Is called "George
the Ranger," the joke, of course, being
applied In connection with his connec
tion with the royal parks. The Princess
Charles of Denmark Is called "Harry"
by her family, and the Duke of Teck
is always spoken of as "Dolly." His
wife, who was the Lady Margaret
Grosvenor, Is sometimes termed "Peg
gy." Names of this description are par
ticularly plentiful among the proud peo
ple of the house of Grosvenor. The
present head, the young Duke of West
minster, Is called "Bend Or," because
at the time he was a pretty babe in a
luxurious cradle his grandfather's
horse, Bend Or, was the talk of every
town, for did not the colt win the Derby,
and did not some one object to the prize
going to Eaton Hall because, as It was
alleged, Bend Or was Tadcaster, and,
as a foal, had been unsuspectingly
changed in his box with the other horse
named? The name, applied to the baby
boy In 1SS0, has stuck ever since.
The realms of sport are naturally hot
beds for nicknames. If one took down
list of the members of the Jockey
Club one could occupy a pleasant day
brooding over the why and wherefore
of pet names bestowed on the distin
guished sportsmen. The Duke of Port
H0LYR00D PALACE ONCE
TO BE
HOLYROOD PALACE.
Holyrood Palace, at Edinburgh, which King Edward will use for a royal
residence, has not been put to that substantial use for upward of 200 years. It
was built as an abbey in 1128 by King David I. of Scotland, and is so interwoven
with the history of that country as to be the most interesting place in all Cale
donia, next to Edinburgh Castle itself. In 1205 James Baliol held a parliament
within its walls. James II. was bora in it, crowned in it, married
in it and buried in it. The nuptials of Princess Margaret of Eng
land were celebrated r there in 1503. From that ' time forward the
abbey, which had been reconstructed into, a palace, became the principal seat of
the Scottish sovereigns. Queen Mary lived there upon her return from France
in 1561. There, in 1566. Rizzio was torn from her side and stabbed to death on
the steps leading from the throne room. Her son, King James VI., dwelt much
in the palace before his accession to the English throne in 1603. He revisited
the place in 1617. It was garrisoned by Cromwell's troops after the battle of
Dunbar. In 1745 it was occupied by Prince Charles Edward, and from 1705 to
1709 it sheltered the Couut d'Artois, afterward King Charles X. of France. For
years the old palace i.as been merely a show place, visited by pilgrims from the
four ends of the etvth, and reverently loed by the Scotch who see in it the glories
of a great and brilliant national history. It occupies a pleasant site and has been
kept in splendid repair as the years ave flown by and the face of the land has
changed.
gftttatotr
your marbled paper neatly over them.
Place a plant on top and you will
have a first-class pedestal. It can be
made with three cheese boxes instead
of two soap boxes if desired.
A good flash lamp may be made by
obtaining an old clay pipe, attaching
a piece of rubber hose to the stem, and
tie some cotton wool around the bowl.
Soak the wool In alcohol and put the
flash powder in the bowL Ught your
cotton wool and by blowing down the
rubber tube the powder will flash. This
improvised lamp will be much handier
if you make a stand for it of some
pieces of wood nailed together, into
which the stem and bowl will fit.
One cause, and it is an important
one, of plates frilling in warm weather
is the difference in temperature- be
tween the developing and fixing baths.
If ice is used- in the first it should be
In the latter. If the developer is rath
er warm and the hypo bath cool, a
plate will frill where It would not If
the hypo was of the same tempera
ture as the developer. Hypo, when a
fresh bath is made, is very cooling.
This Is easily verified. When the fix
ing bath to be used has just been
made, be sure the developer is cooled
with ice to correspond.
land is called "Jumbo," an appellation
that may be complimentary or the re
verse. Prince Soltykoff is called
"Solty by his Newmarket intimates;
Prince Dhuleep Singh, "Tulip;" Lord
Cholmondeley, "Rock," and the north
ern owner of race horses and collieries,
Lord Londonderry, as "C." This nama
was given to his lordship when he was
Lord Castlereagh; while the Cheshire
lord was called "Rock" because of his
earlier title, Rocksavage. Of other well
known "sports," Lord Coventry is pop
ularly dubbed "Covey," Lord Lurgan
"Billy," the hard-riding Lord Cowley as
Toby," and Captain Machell as "El Cap
itano." That lucky sportsman, Alfred
de Rothschild, will always pass as "Mr.
A." Lord Buchan, who Is a well
dressed, dapper man, is called "P. A.,'
no reference being made to the Tress
Association, but to the description once
passed about him that he was the
"Pocket Adonis."
The Duke of Athoi was once termed
"All Scotland," and the name has been
associated with his lordship ever since.
The young Duke of Manchester is
called "Kim;" the Duke of Newcastle
goes by the nickname of "LInnie," de
rived, again, from this noble earl's other
title. Lord Spencer passes as the "red
earl" on account of his color; Lord War
wick will answer to "Brookie," and
Lord Yarmouth to "The Bloater," al
though in his case this name was be
stowed upon his father in the latter's
soldiering days. Lord Roberts, as ev
erybody knows, is called "Bobs," but
it would not be safe to call the great
little man that name to his face. Gold
en Penny.
"A Bird" of an Opportunity.
The great Beecher said that "oppor
tunity Is a bird which flies but once
to the window of your chamber to
lure you with its sweet song. If you
fail to stretch out your hand to take
it, it flies away and returns no more
forever." When the eloquent Brook
lyn preacher said this he did not have
advertising In mind. Here the bird of
opportunity comes every day, and wise
is the man who takes it and cherishes
it. Printer's Ink.
A Hint.
"Ef politics, lak Satan, is a roarln'
lion," said the colored campaigner, "I
wish tew de Lawd he'd roar loud In de
place whar I could find ten dollars!"
Atlanta Constitution.
The mothar with her arms full of
babies has as much right as a bride
with American beauties.
AGAIN
USED AS A ROYAL SEAT
LET US ALL LAUGH.
JOKES FROM THE PENS OF VA
RIOUS HUMORISTS. -
Pleasant Incidents Occurrinz - the
World Over Sayings that Are Cheer-
, fnl to Old or Young Funny Selec
tions that Yon Will Knjoy.
A philanthropic lady visited an asy
lum and displayed great interest in the
Inmates.- One old man particularly
gained her compassion. -
: "And how long have you been here,
my man?" she inquired..
"Twelve years," was the answer.
-"Do they treat you well?"
"Yes." . .
"Do they feed you well?"
"Yes." ' - . .
After addressing a few more ques
tions to him the visitor passed on. She
noticed a broad and broadening smile
on the face of her attendant, and on
asking the cause heard with consterna
tion that the old man was none other
than the superintendent. : -
She hurried back to make apologies.
How successful she was may be gath
ered from thes9 wordst -"I-am very
sorry. I will never be governed by
appearnces again." Brooklyn Life.
(
Entirely Gons.
Husband You remember those cl
gars you gave me for my birthday?
Wife-Yes. .
Husband I gave a lot to my friends,
and now I haven't any left.
Wife What, cigars?
Husband No; friends.
High Flyer.
"Ethel used to say her husband was
a 'bird' before their marriage and she
finds that he is a bird now."
"What kind of a bird?"
"A night owl."
Appropriate.
"What kind of little stories are you
going to put in your advertising book
let?" asked the caller.
"Ghost," responded the agent of the
hair restorer concern.
"Why ghost?"
"Because they are hair-raising."
His Comparison.
' xou eat your breakfast food so
slowly, Mr. Beaks," remarked the land
lady.
"Yes, ma'am," replied the star board
er, "and it reminds me of a kiss
through a telephone."
"In what way?"
"Goes a long way and tasteless."
Expert Insight. .
Alice I could make a literary hit if
I wanted to
Agnes What would it be?
Alice I would write a book called
"Confessions of a Widow."
Caution.
Dorothy You seem to shrink when
ever Mr. "Perkins comes towards our
part of the office.
Dora Yes; I'm afraid he Is going to
Stop and talk about football.
Rev. Mr. Pry What does your fath
er do for a living, Miss Gilhooly?
Miss Gilhooly (proudly) He's the
Wild Man of Borneo at the Museum
this week; next week he'll be the Miss
ing Link.
The Limit.
"You say Smith's credit is bad?"
asked the drummer of the village hotel
! proprietor.
I "Bad!" echoed the v. h. p. "Why, he
can't even borrow trouble."
Entirely an Impersonation.
"He tells me his wife wants to ap
pear as a character Impersonator."
"Does he think she would succeed?"
"Oh, yes. You see, he judges by her
ability to impersonate an amiable and
loving wife in public." Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Circumstances Alter Cases.
Old Lawyer I cannot take your
case. Circumstantial evidence is so
strong against you It would be impos
sible to prove your innocence.
Prospective Client But, sir, I am
not innocent. I am guilty.
Old Lawyer Oh, that's quite anoth
er matter. I think I can clear you."
Not Ashamed of It.
. "H'm! Why, your father was a com
mon laborer."
"Nothing of the sort. He always did
his .. work uncommonly" well." Phila
delphia Bulletin.
- He Snrpris d Her.
Kidder Skinner played a mean trick
on his wife. He told her If she learn
ed how to cook he'd give her a sur
prise. Slimkins Did she learn to cook?
Kidder Yes; and then he surprised
her by discharging the cook.
A Change Art.'st.
Aa Suggested . . .
"I hope yon will be careful to close
the front door securely after yon come
In at night," said the landlady to a eoiomon.
careless roomer who had the midnight ' If ever a prince combined great po
habit - Utical power with great historical as-
"What's up now?" Queried the room- sociationa a striking Individuality
er. '-.: -i.'.' wth personal charm. It is the Mabara-
"Burglars are to the neighborhood."; jh Scindhia of G wallop - The popu
replied the landlady.- "Last night they bar conception of an eastern potentate
got in the adjoining house and cleaned Is that of an autocrat, stern and re-1
out every room." . -
"Well, if that's the case," replied the
careless one, "I would suggest that
you fire the chambermaid and leave
the front door open every night."
r - - .. Wisdom of the M. D.
Anxious Wife What do you think of
my husband's case? Is it serious?
Physieian-Oh, he'll pull through all
right. What he needs is rest, so I
have prescribed an opiate.
Anxious Wife How often shall I
give it to him?
r-nysician uon t give it to him at
all; take It yourself.
Right in Line. ;
Diggs What is young Softed doing
now? . .
Biggs Running a soda fountain. He
has made a failure of everything else
he ever tried."
. Diggs And at the soda fountain he
is bound to make a fizzle.
.One Thing Lacking.
Maude Which would you rather be
rich or handsome?
Clara Well, I'd like to be rich also.
His Excuse.
"John Henry!" snapped the little
woman as she held, the flickering lamp
m liic uuorway, explain me oaor oi
cloves on your breath!"'
"Had to eat a few so I could tell a
story at the club," said Mr. Bender.
"Indeed! What did cloves have to
do with it?"
"Why, it had to be a spicy story,
Martha."
' Visible Proof.
Diggs Smith's wife is deaf and
dumb.
Biggs Does she talk with her fin
gers? Diggs I. guess so. Smith hasn't a
dozen hairs left in his head.
Void.
"'I say, Broadbent, did you hear the
story of my coal-bin?"
"Think not. Is it a good story?"
"No; there is nothing in it."
. Daring the Spat.
Husband Well, anyway, I'll not
have the pleasure of wrangling with
you In heaven.
Wife Oh, I don't know. You may
repent before it is too late.
Close Game.
Edmund You and Helen seem
to
prefer billiards to ping-pong.
Harry Yes; every time the balls
kiss we follow the example.
Poor Henpeck,
"Henpeck says his house Is never
cold in the winter."
"His wife makes it hot for him."
A Scarce Article.
"What is that document that Gilder-
sleeve Is displaying so proudly?"
"A receipted bill."
His View of It.
'You are not calling on the Colonel's
daughter now, I understand." said
Hunker to Spatts.
"No."
"Did she dismiss you?"
"Oh, no. ,1 received an honorable
discharge."
Unequal Division.
We all have burdens to bear In this
world of sorrow," said the easy-going
philosopher.
'But some of us have a double load,"
remarked the father of twins that
were troubled with insomnia.
Sure to Exhibit.
Rodrick No, women would never
make good soldiers. They would show
their heels on the battlefield.
Van Albert-Yes. if they happened to
wear that fancy French kind.
What Did He Mean ?
Patient (after giving the doctor
three dollars and receiving a prescrip
tion) But suppose, doctor, this doesn't
cure me?
Doctor In that case, come back and
I'll relieve you again.
T would Be a Belief.
Maud's vocal teacher says she car-
rifa her phest tones too far nn "
"Well, she don't. If I had my way
she'd carry 'em up in the attic and do
her practicing instead o' lettln' out
down here 'n the' parlor." Philadel
phia Bulletin.
A Scarce Article.
"What is that document that Gilder-
sleeve is displaying so proudly?"
'A receipted bill."
On Outpost Duty.
A Canadian, Lieut. Hart McHarg, In
describing his experiences during the
South African campaign, says that out
post duty was a very serious one
through the long nights. Yet often
some little Incident occurred to relieve
the monotony.
One night svhen the countersign was
'Saskatchewan," a Cornwall patrol
came along, and was challenged in the
usual way.
"Halt! Who goes there?"
"PatroL"
"Stand, patrol! Advance one, and give
the countersign!"
Oh, I can't remember the word!
Something like 4catch-as-catch-can!' "
The outpest gave him a lecture on the
pronunciation of Canadian words, and
then allowed him to pass.
At another time the countersign was
'Halifax," and a French-Canadian sen
try challenged some one, saying:
"Halt! Who goes dere?"
"Friend."
"Advance, 'frien'. Say 'haversack'
and pace on. All is veil."
Any girl who induces a young man
to propose beg3 the question,
I IN THE STATE OF GWALIOR.
I , .Wn ,&r
Brilliant and Just Prince Who Hulea
lentless in his wrath, magnificent and
whimsical In his fits of generosity.
But no eastern prince so little ful-
fills that conception as Maharajah
Scindhia. Versatile in his accomplish-
ments as a prince., many-sided in na-
nt nri arduous in his earnest
mre a sn uiau, cousisc-
to welfare of his people, he
combines m himself the two ideals of
a ruler, the eastern and the western.
' And. withal, such is the gracious and
tender disposition of his heart that.
J even if he were not a prince, he would
yet be great and noble as a man. -
In Uwauor ne has erected a mag
nificent hospital at his own expense, in
which some 80,000 patients are treated
annually,' and so keen is the interest
taken by his highness in its work that,
notwithstanding his numerous other
labors, he has yet found time to go
through the regular course of a medi
cal Btudent
Once In the course of his frequent
rounds through the hospital, he heard
that a. coolie had fallen from a scaf-
fold outside and broken his arm. ' In
stead of summoning the house sur-J-geon,
his highness went out himself
j and set the limb and bound up the
wound, with the utmost care and ten-
1 aerness
His last public act in this connection
Is still fresh . in English memory.
Touched by the ' possibility of great
Buffering in an arduous campaign, he
fitted out at his own expense a splen
did hospital for the use of British
troops In the recent China expedi
tion. Another conception of an eastern
ruler is that of supreme judge, slt-
ting upon his throne like Solomon, and
giving daily Justice. In this Mahara-
jah Scindhia fulfills the eastern ideal.
except inai Dy a marvelous comDina
tlon his justice also "partakes of all
that is best in western jurisprudence,
for he Is a diligent student of Austin
and Bentham.
All these, says the London Express,
though he be absolute monarch in a
state as large as Scotland and Wales
combined alike In extent and popula
tion. And by a strange coincidence,
the kingdom of Gwallor is not unlike
Scotland In its topography.
CAUGHT BULLET IN TEETH.
This Was No Jna-g-ler's Trick That
Little Maine Girl Accomplished.
The State of Maine has presented a
juvenile wonder of the world, whose
performance is likely to down the lus
ter which surrounds that of William
Tell and his brave little son.
Rosa J. Starratt, a black-eyed daugh
ter of Bath, has been literally shot
Into fame by catching a bullet in her
teeth that was fired at her from a dis
tance of less than two feet out of a
82-caliber revolver.
But it all happened and Rosa is alive
to tell It, though it is an uncomfort
ably thrilling story to hear.
Rosa is 13 years old, and she assists
her mother at light housekeeping when
Bhe is not at school.
The Starratts had two boarders, who
moved to another part of the town re
cently.
Rosa and her 11-year-old brother.
Royal, went Into the room a few days
ago and the boy noticed a revolver on
the bureau.
Rosa picked up the weapon, saw
that it was loaded, and replaced it, but
the little brother took it nd moved to
the window to examine it
As they stool, scarcely two feet
apart, the boy pulled the trigger and
the self-acting revolver was dis
charged.
The bullet entered the right side of
the girl's mouth," cutting a furrow
nearly an inch in length along the top
of the lower lip and struck the eye
tooth in the jaw.
The tooth was splintered into fine
pieces, while the next tooth was re
moved as smoothly and artistically as
it could have been pulled by the high
est priced dentist.
Two more teeth were knocked from
tte 3aw but not completely severed,
and there the bullet stopped.
For an instant neither child realized
what had happened, and then, with a
cry, the girl ran downstairs.
As she flew along she wrapped her
face, which, from the blaze of the
' nowder. seemed to her to he on firn in
the big apron she wore, and reached
. her mother, apparently dangerously
wounded and completely disfigured for
life.
A scar where the bullet entered her
! llp vf cacy f,aused b,y the Ioss
, of the our h 111 remain as per-
luaueui reiiiiiiuers ui au acciueni
which could not be repeated without
fatal results once In a million times.
The bullet is flattened to a ragged
piece of metal, showing clearly the
marks of the broken teeth.
But for the remarkable fact that it
struck the jaw exactly In line with
the row of teeth, says the Philadelphia
Press, and proceeded along that line
so accurately that it struck each suc
ceeding tooth squarely, and so did not
swerve to either side, it must have
made a terrible wound.
That Man Next Door.
"A revolver?" repeated the clerk.
"Yes, sir; six-shooter?"
"Oh, yes," replied the determined
looking man, "that'll do. If I can't
hit him, or at least ruin his cornet, in
six shots I'll give it up." Catholic
Standard and Times.
Starving Himself to Death.
"Phatt seems to be losing flesh.
What sort of flesh reducer is he tak
ing?" "I understand that he has joined an
anti-tipping league." New York Times.
' When a woman boasts that her hus
band never speaks a cross word, the
other women present think to them
selves. What a Patient man he must
be!
When a woman gives a party, a man
is expected to do his part by paying
the bills and eating down town.
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FAVORITES i
I Past aud Present.
I remember, I remember ,
The hous where I was bom,
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BUt now, I often wish the night
Had borne my breath away.
j. rememoer, l remember
Where I was used to swing.
And thought the air must rush as fresh
To swallows on the wing;
My spirit flew in feathers then
That is so heavy now, - "
And summer pools could hardly cool
The fever on my brow.
I remember, I remember
The fir trees dark and high;
I used to think their slender tops
Were close against the sky;
It was a childish ignorance,
But now 'tis little joy
To know I'm farther oS from heaven
Than when I was a boy.
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The Harp that Once Thro' Tara's Halls.
The harp that once-through Tara's halls
The soul of music shed,
Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls
As if that soul were fled.
So sleeps the pride of former days.
So glory's thrill is o'er.
And hearts that once beat high for praise
Now feel that pulse no more.
No more to chiefs and ladies bright
The harp of Tara swells;
The chord alone that breaks at night
Its tale of ruin tells.
Thus freedom now bo seldom wakes,
The only- throb she gives.
Is when some heart indignant breaks,
To show that still she lives.
Thomas Moore.
THRIFTY. NEGRO FARMER.
Henry Jackson, a colored man of
exceptional character, and the wealth
teat member of his race in St. Louis
County, has In
creased his real
holdings recently
to nearly 400
acres, by the pur
chase of a tract
of land near
Creve Coeur
Lake, says a St
Louis paper. He
owns other prop
e r 1 1 e s in the
county and has
HENRY JACKSON.
money loaned out at interest His
wealth Is estimated at $50,000, all of
which has been amassed since the civil
war, and which consists principally of
rich farming lands In the vicinity of
the lakes. The nucleus of his fortune
was furnished, however, from savings
RpMimnlstMl rtnrln hrtnilsnrA.
Before the war Jackson was the
slave of Richard H. Stevens, owner of
n nlnntfltlnn of 500 nerps near Oreve
L
Coeur Lake. He was made foreman of
the farm in 1862. As such he had
supervision over about twenty-five men
and women, and often had charge of
as many as fifteen or twenty teams In
hauling products of the farm to St.
Louis to market. He was then- a
young man and was married to a wom
an belonging to John Stump, who lived
six miles away. After the war broke
out, Jackson went to Ohio, but while
there wrote to his former master, Mr.
Stevens, saying that his absence was
necessary ana tnat ne wouia soon re-,
turn.
Coming back after the war Jackson
continued to work for Mr. Stevens
during the day, and at night, by moon
light he used to cut corn for the farm
ers in the neighborhood until midnight
In this way he saved considerable
money. He now owns one tract of 160
acres and another of 170, besides the
sixty acres which he has recently ac
quired. One of his sons is a practicing physi
cian in St. Louis; another Is a pro
fessor in Lincoln Institute at Jefferson
City, and still another is with him on
the farm. Jackson was married a sec
ond time eight years ago to a Miss
Belger, sister of Emanuel Belger, of
Clayton. He Is now 63 years old.
For Night Headers.
Speaking of new things, there Is a
French bedstead which provides for
the individual who reads after going
to bed or during waking hours in the
night
There are single iron beds, and In the
top of the rather high head Is set
an electric light A reading desk is
attached to a bar, which crosses the
head of the bedstead and can be raised
above it when not in use and lowered
when required. There are disadvant
ages to this light, which must shine
in the eyes as well as on the book or
paper .
Better arrangements are made in
some of our big hotels. There Is ar
ranged at one side of the-bed an arm
with an electric light attached which
can be pulled over the bed at the
will of the occupant, and. below the
eyes, though quite high enough for
j the light to fall upon the book.
j The top of the electric light globe
is covered with a dark green shade,
and none of the light can go up.
A Cutting Retort.
A richly deserved retort was that
made by a Sioux girl at the Hampton
institution not long since. A silly vis
itor to the school went up to the
magnificent red-skinned belle and said:
"Are you civilized?" The Sioux raised
her head slowly from her work she
was fashioning a breadboard at the
moment and replied: "No; are you?"
Plan for National Theater.
A Breslau journal announces that
Gerhart t Houtpmann has a plan for
building' a national theater a la Bal
reuth at Schrieberhau', in the Giant.
Mountains, where every summer about
fifteen or twenty performances of Ger
man plays could be given.
The average man gets very good
cooking until he becomes so rich that
his wife can afford to hire the cooking
done.
Some men would just about as soon
receive a whipping as an ovation.