OVER THE HILLS.
"Where is the valley of perfect rest 7"
Over the hills, my dear.
The dew falls bright on the daisy's breast
The dawn is cloudless, the dark is blest,
There in the valley of perfect rest,
Over the hills, my dear.
The summer is long and the winter is
brief
Over the hills, my dear.
The grain climbs swift to the golden
sheaf,
There are laurels and crowns for the
blows of grief,
Where the tears of the years find sweet
relief
Over the hills, my dear.
But long the journey and dim the way
Over the hills, my dear.
And I hold your hand, and I bid yon stay
For one dream more in life's sad to-day;
Then drift from my life, like a dream,
away
Over the hills, my dear.
Atlanta Constitution.
IN DEFIANCE OF AUTHORITY
X
' ACK," observed the Colonel, let
yJJ ting his hand hover Irresolutely
- over the chess board, "has it ever
occurred to you that it would be au
extremely nice arrangement if those
two children of ours would fall in love
with each other? You and I are get
ting along in years eh, old friend?
and I'd like to see Llla settled In a
home of her own before the order
conies for taps. There Is no one In the
world I would rather give my daughter
to than Billie; the boy Is white clear
through he could scarcely be anything
different, though, and his father's son.
I can't imagine why they don't," con
tinued the Colonel, argumentatlvely;
"they like each other all right, and are
always together riding, playing golf
or something but never a thought of
building a nest of their own. Just
listen to that, will you?" he broke off.
Through the library doorway came
the blithe notes of a rollicking duet,
sung by two happy, care-free young
voices. A tender smile blossomed on
Lawyer Reed's clean-shaven lips.
"Bless their hearts!" he said, softly.
"Nothing would give me greater satis
faction or happiness, Phil, than to have
what you mentioned come to pass. I've
had the same thought myself, and hint
ed at something of the kind to Billie
once."
"Well?" said Col. Bradlee, tentative
ly. "The young rascal laughed at me; said
the idea was absurd; that while Lila
and he were the best of chums, and all
that, there was no thought of any non
sense of that sort between them. Billie
hinted," went on the lawyer, ruefully,
"that I had better stick to chess, and
let match-making alone."
"Lila appears to be of about the same
opinion," remarked the Colonel, dryly.
"She called me an old goose to be
thinking of such things. I call it flying
in the face of Providence" blocking
an unexpected onslaught on his queen
"for If ever two people were made
for each other. It was those two, and
they haven't the sense to see It."
John Reed nodded, then all at once
smote his knee softly with his hand.
"Phil," he said, lowering his voice, "do
you remember that white mule we
used to have at headquarters in '65?"
"Ben Johnson's mule?" replied the
Colonel, with a reminiscent grin. "Of
course I do. The boys used to say
that when Ben wanted that mule to go
anywhere he'd lead hifu. In the opposite
direction, yell 'Git up!' at him, and old
Caesar would wheel and run the other
way like a deer." ,
! "Young human nature and mule na
ture are a good deal similar some
times," remarked the lawyer, signili
cantly, leaning back In his chair.
Vague comprehension began to dawn
on Colonel Bradlee's countenance. "Do
you think we might work something of
the sort. Jack?" he queried, eageriy.
"I'd do most anything to bring it about,
short of putting my girl on bread and
water or not kissing her."
John Reed rose to his feet. "Philip
Bradlee," he said, In a serious voice,
"prepare to have your innermost feel
ings outraged. 1 am going to Insult
you For goodness' sake, Phil," he
whispered, as he perceived a look of
blank astonishment sweep over his
friend's face, "don't look like that; It's
only a bluff! Play your part, man, and
don't give me away."
He swept the chess board off the ta
ble with a bank. "Colonel Bradlee,"
he cried loudly, angrily, "this is not the
first time 1 have caught you trying to
take an unfair advantage, but it's the
last game I'll play with a a "
Something choked his speech, but
the Colonel rose to the situation like a
hero. "Leave my house," he roared,
"you insulting erer pettifogger!" he
wound up, triumphantly.
There was a sudden rush Into the li
brary, and a dismayed chorus, "Father!
Colonel Bradlee!"
"You. too, sir!" yelled the Col.inel.
"Don't you dare set foot In my house
again! Lila If I know of your having
anything more to do with the son of
John Reed. I'll I'll disown you!
They're a pair of "
Billie Reed grasped his father's arm.
"Come, father," he said, proudly, "Col
onel Bradlee has forgotten that he Is a
gentleman!"
As the pair marched stiffly erect
through the library door the lawyer
cautiously turned his head; but Lila's
eyes were too full of tears to intercept
the deliberate wink he shot at the man
he had so basely Insulted.
"They'll never cousent," said Lila,
dolefully. She was standing with Billie
Reed behind the grape arbor In her
father's yard a week later, and even a
disinterested spectator would have
needed no second glance to have shown
him that the wondrous light which
never yet was on sea or laud was Ell
around them.
"What if they don't?" replied Billie.
stoutly. "They ought to be ashamed of
themselves, anyway, trying to keep us
apart because they've quarreled! I
owe them a debt of gratitude for it,
though. I've found out how blind I
was and It's given me the right to "
"Billie!" cried a muffled voice, "some
body'll surely see us!"
"Let 'em!" replied Billie. "Now, list
en, Mrs. William .Reed-to-be it's no
use for us to wait for parental approv
al, father and Colonel Bradlee won't
PORTABLE SCHOOLHOUSE IN PRACTICAL USE.
EXTERIOR OF A PORTABLE SCHOOL HOUSE IN ST. LOUIS.
A remedy has been found for the relief of crowded schools in large cities. This
is known as the portable school building. Few of the larger towns in America
have as yet inaugurated them, but before many years have passed the idea
bronght to this side from Paris will have become familiar to school goers as
well as school teachers.
The school on wheels sounds like a Western idea, where houses are frequently
builded upon wagons, that the owners may move about to suit their convenience.
So, instead of going to their home, they have their home brought to them. In
St. Louis, where the schools had become crowded until good teaching was al
most impossible, these portable buildings have done much toward the relief of
the situation.
The idea of portable school buildings first came from Paris. Then the idea
reached the United States, about five years ago, and Milwaukee was first to adopt
it. In St. Louis, which next adopted the portable school house, the plan was a
great success. Several large Eastern cities have within the last year or so
commenced on a small scale to have portable school houses as a part of the edu
cational facilities. -
In St. Louis there has been a great influx of people on account of the world's
fair. When the city schools opened in the early fall the increase was enormous,
but the schools were well able to care for them. The portable school building,
however, is all that saves them, and when in any neighborhood there is a like
lihood of an overcrowding, a portable school building is at once moved in. At
present there are twenty-seven school houses of this kind in St. Louis, and all of
them are In use.
These portable school buildings are so constructed as to enable the school
board to order them sent anywhere at any time. They are easily taken apart
and moved from one school house to another. They are set up in the regular
district school yard. In St. Louis, where the portable school plan has reached
perfection from actual nse, the portables are made of frame, are 26x3i feet
inside measurement, with a clear-story height of 12 feet. The floor is coustructid
in eight sections, the sides in six sections, the ends in four sections, and the
pitched roof in sixteen sections. Each section is built upon frames,' which are
readily bolted together in such a manner as to make a perfectly tight and
secure room; all joints between the sections are covered both inside and out by
movable pieces secured with screws. The rooms are heated and ventilated by an
indirect furnace wfth double casing. The fresh air is taken directly from the
outside, which supply cannot be cut off by the teacher. The building costs about
$850. '
The valuable point is the readiness with which a portable school can be pent
into a neighborhood that becomes t-uddenly overcrowded and where the studies
of those who have been in regular attendance are interfered with.
as much as bow to each other! Let's
take matters into our own hands, and
get married right now this afternoon!
Then we can tell 'em, and they can
storm as much as they like, and they
can't alter anything. Besides, I don't
believe they would hold out forever.
We'll slip out the back gate, and go
down to the church study on Carver
street. I saw the Rev. Tisdale going
In when I came over." Billie fumbled
In his pocket, and produced a formid
able looking document. "I got a special
license this morning," he announced, in
triumphant tones.
Lila Bradlee opened her lips to say
no-to expostulate hesitated, and was
lost. Hand in hand the lovers fled
swiftly down the graveled walk. As
the defiers of authority vanished
through the gate, a portly form rose
warily from the further side of the
grape arbor, hastened to the fence that
bounded Lawyer Reed's lawn, and
whistled shrilly.
The Colonel was setting up the chess
men as his old friend joined him in the
library. "They've gone to the minis
ter's!" he gasped. "Don't that beat all
the rapid transit you ever heard of?"
"Thank the Lord it came out all
right," said John Reed. "I don't be
lieve I could have kept it up another
week."
The newly wedded pair paused on
the familiar threshold, and stared in
utter bewilderment at the two erst
while bitter enemies placidly playing
chess. "Father," called Billie, "you
here?"
"Howdy do, Billie," remarked the
Colonel, rising affably. "Been getting
married? Your father just came over
to congratulate you. Lila " The
Colonel's voice turned husky all at
once, and he opened wide his arms.
"Come here, girlie," he cried, "it's all
right!" and in a second his daughter's
head was resting on his shoulder and
her arms were around his neck. Farm
and Fireside.
OUR FIRST WOMAN ASTRONOMER
Birthplace of Maria Mitchell to Be
Preserved to Her Memory.
The birthplace of Maria Mitchell, the
first woman astronomer in America,
where all her early years were spent
and her first observations made in Nan
tucket, Mass., Is to be preserved by
Vassar alumnae. Vassar. incidentally,
was the first woman's college to intro
duce astronomy in its curriculum. Miss
Mitchell went there as professor of as
tronomy and director of the observa
tory in 1S65, remaining until her death,
twenty-three years later. Harvard Col-
MARIA MITCUKLL S BIRTHPLACE.
lege at the time had no telescope better
than that used by Miss Mitchell's fath
er In his Nantucket home. Nowhere
was tuition in this science then open
to a woman, so It was through her
father only that Miss Mitchell became
proficient in her life work.
She was the discoverer of a new
comet known to the world of science as
Maria Mitchell's comet. A few years
before this Frederick VI., King of Deu
mark , had offered a gold medal to the
first discoverer of a telescropic comet
and this medal was afterward bestowed
upon Miss Mitchell by Frederick VII.
After her discovery Miss Mitchell was
elected to membership in the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences and was
lionized wherever she went.
The Mitchell house at Nantucket was
built In 1790 and during the last So
years has been occupied by some mem
ber of the Mitchell family. The lower
part of the building will be used as a
museum and the upper story for lit
erary and astronomical purposes. Miss
Mitchell's scientific library was left by
will to her brother. Prof. Henry Mitch
ell, but he will turn this over as a gift
in his sister's name, to the library to
be founded in the old homestead.
VULGARITY OF THE ULTRA-RICH
Severely Condemned by Cnited Statea
Senator Henry Cabot Xod jje.
"When wealth expends in a single
evening, upon a vulgar, brainless en
tertainment an amount of money the
income of which would mean affluence
to thousands of families; when It is
used to promote corners in the neces
saries of life or for desperate gambling
on the stock markets; when it is en
gaged in an effort to debauch elections
or control Legislatures; when It con
siders that everything is for sale
Legislatures and courts, public officers,
the honesty of men and the honor of
women it is hard to overestimate the
peril which It portends."
In these words does United State
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Inveigh
against the evils of affluence. Were the
words uttered by a demagogue, they
HENRY CABOT LODGE.
would carry no weight, but coming
from so conservative a source as the
brilliant junion Senator of Massachu
setts they have attracted considerable
attention and have been widely com
mented on. Leslie's Weekly is prompt
ed to say:
"It were well If the warning note
were sounded until It should penetrate
even to the brains of the dullest and
most vapid of the creatures who are
dawdling away their lives in the midst
of luxuries and extravagances pur
chased , with inherited wealth. It it
these living sponges, the shallow,
heartless, aimless men and women in
marble palaces - who constitute the
greatest menace to our existing social
order, and whose ways of life are the
deepest reproach that lies against Chris
tian civilization. Worthy of more re
spect is a Zulu savage than a rich de
generate who finds no better use for
his money than the indulgence of his
vices and vanities."
Severe, Indeed, are these arraign
ments of the idle rich who worship at
pleasure's shrine and who contribute
nothing for the good of the communi
ties In which they live. Their fathers
and grandfathers, mayhap, were pio
neers of industry, men of genius and
perseverance, who did something for
the good of mankind. But the wealth
which they accumulated and left be
hind has passed Into the hands of ig
norant and unworthy scions, spend
thrifts and, in some cases, moral mon
sters. The lives of how many of these
gilded young men and women are filled
with shameful debauchery which it
takes something like the Molineux case
to bring to light. .
The Senator who has poken In such
plain and undiplomatic language con
cerning the ulfra-rich is one of the
foremost scholars of America, a man of
polish and the intimate friend of Pres
ident Roosevelt. He lives at Nahant,
is a lawyer by profession, but prefers
to follow literary pursuits for a live
lihood. He was a member of the House
of Representatives for four terms before
becoming a Senator.
School of an Empress.
The Empress Dowager of China In
tends establishing a girls' school in the
palace at Peking. Ten daughters of
princes will be the students. A female
teacher will instruct them in English.
The reason is that the empress needs
interpreters when entertaining the
wives of foreign ministers.
Any man who lives up to bis epitaph
is a dead one.
LEARN TO SHOOT A RIFLE.
Canadian Militiamen Appreciate tbe
Value of Good Marksmanship.
The lessons of the boer war have not
been lost upon the Canadian militia.
The superiority of the Dutch as rifle
shots-gave them an immeasurable ad
vantage over the British invaders In
many occasions and cost the imperial
army the lives of thousands of brave
men. The Canadian government is
therefore encouraging the development
of markmanshlp to an extraordinary
degree. The result is surprising. Ev
ery village in Canada sports a rifle
range and every province Is a school
for sharpshootes. Jt is not a fad, but
has seized upon the Canadians with a
firmness that promises to leave an in
delible stamp upon the people for a
generation. Of Canada's 6,000,000 of
people there are . more . than 500,000
capable of bearing arms. This vast
army is developing into a fighting ma
chine of .colossal proportions.
The conflict on the South African
velf indicated with frightful force just
what a body of sharpshooters can do
when opposed to armies trained in the
old school of war. Imagine an army
of 500,000 Canadians Invading the
United States, every man of them ca
pable of doing execution that Cronje
and his boer warriors wrought along
the Modder river, at Colenso and the
other death traps of South Africa.
The annual competition on the Onta
rio rifle range was indulged in by men
from every part of Canada, They
shot for three days. The result forms
an interesting study for the Ameri
cans. More bulls' eye shots were made
than any other, and the extraordinary
record was made of not a single shot
that would not have struck the vitals
of a man had he been the target at
which they were shooting.
The Canaadians have not only copied
largely in this respect from the sturdy
warriors who so long defied old Eng
land's sons, but these marksmen are
copying the style of fighting they were
taught was so effective by the boers.
In truth, the fighting force of Canada
to-day, with the extraordinary profi
ciency with the rifle, is a formidable
thing, regardless of any support they
might receive from the mother coun
try. England, it is now claimed, can
draw sharpshooters enough from Can
ada within a year to overwhelm any
ordinary European army.
They will be almost wholly men who,
when in the field, will conduct them
selves as the boers did. Besides the
Lee-Metford service rifle, they are be
coming equally expert with the six
shooter that weapon that has proved
so deadly in the hands of expert marks
men of the cavalry forces of the
United States. It is no secret in Can
ada "that the Northwest police, a force
of 2,000 expert horsemen, are the chief
reliance for fast work with the pistol
In .the event of an emergency call for
fighting.
SUMMER IN HONDURAS.
Pictnre of the Pleasures of a Tropical
Residence.
A southern woman who has been
spending the summer in British Hon
duras, not in the least because she
wants to, writ- In the fullness of her
discontent a frank condition of af
fairs. A glance at her letter will rec
onsile us stay-at-homes to New Or
leans as a summer resort, says the
New Orleans Times-Democrat. She
says: This place is , well, I dare
not write what I think, but you can
guess it is not cool and it is the very
reverse of the paradise of blisses. Pic
ture this:
Ten million sand flies.
Ten million mosquitoes.
No cooks.
No food.
No society.
No meet but fowls.
No potatoes.
Fever, all sorts.
Diphtheria.
No theater.
Require an umbrella In bed when it
rains.
Ten million starved dogs.
Ten million ill-used mules.
Ten thousand thunderstorms.
Ten million cockroaches.
No drainage.
Temperature 120 degrees in the
shade.
People brutes.
Stores dirty.
Ten million cats in back yard.
Seven colony cows.
Six birds do all the singing for the
colony.
No cattle.
No telephone.
One steamer a week.
One Irish liar Just left my service,
and I won't re-engage her.
One billion fleas.
No railway.
, No cars.
One boat that requires fourteen days
to go eighty miles.
One pig.
One mad dog, at present outside my
door.
No physicians.
No gas.
Ne electric light.
One pineapple and ten oranges which
my maid buys up.
One lunatic asylum (more needed).
But, oh, churches, chapels, till you
can't rest. Adventists, High Church,
Low Church, Narrow Church, Broad
Church, and all sorts and conditions.
Won't you come next summer with
me?
On the Stairs.
CHAPTER I.
"Sh-sh!" she whispered. "I thought
I heard some one on the stairs."
"Shall I go see?" he asked.
"No! No! What If some one should
be there and he should h-hurt you?
Darling, it would kill me to see you
suffer."
They were silent for a while, then
she said:
"I was almost sure it was papa. But
it couldn't have been. Perhaps you had
better go, dearest, before he does come
down to cause trouble."
CHAPTER II.
(Five Years After.)
"Charles! Charles!" she whispered.
"What is it?" he sleepily asked.
"Get up, quick. I'm sure I heard
somebody on the stairs. Don't lie there
like a coward. Go and see if anybody's
in the house. Have some nerve about
you." Chicago Record-Herah1
CONSTRUCTION OF BIG BUILDINGS
MEANS SACRIFICE OF LIVES.
In the rush of building in the down
town districts of Chicago the element
of time In the construction is of vital
consequence when the question of
ground rents is considered; where a
man, firm, or corporation Is paying
perhaps $25,000 a year for a ground
lease It Is necessary that the building
shall not be any longer under way
than the greatest haste in building
makes unavoidable. But If In this
rush of building it should be brought
home to the buildors that a steel struc
ture forced to completldn - In six
months Instead of a necessary twelve
months should offer up a sacrifice of
one or more human lives for this priv
ilege of haste, there Is no question that
a Christian civilization . would make
such protest that a six months build
ing would be made impossible.
For to this hurry - In a contract the
builders of Chicago credit greater loss
of life than to all the other possibili
ties In building combined. In this
sense haste is not the haste of the in
dividual in individual tasks; it is the
haste that piles one set of workmen
above another until perhaps a dozen
gangs of men are working at a dozen
separate contracts, while between
these gangs of men are floor after
floor, formed of loose planking through
which hammers, rivets, tongs, bricks,
stones, terra cotta, and the thousand
and one tools and materials of build
ing may fall in spite of all precautions,
killing and maiming as they fall.
"You may lay the largest per cent
of accidents on any-building to this
haste that sets one set of of workmen
above another." said the superintend
ent of one of the large construction
companies. "You may say that 90 per
cent of the accidents on a building is
due to'falling missiles, and just to the
extent that one gang of men is piled
upon another through a structure, just
to that extent one may expect these
missiles In falling to find victims.
Many Trades Wor ing at Once.
"Haste, as It is ordinarily under
stood, is not accountable for undue ac
cidents. As a rule, men working upon
a building do not work in a rush. Steel
workers do, but they are the exception.
Haste in building means the beginning
of wiring, fireproofing, carpentering,
plastering, bricklaying, plumbing, and
perhaps certain lines of finishing, be
fore the structural steel is up to the
level of the sixth floor of a sixteen
story building In fact, on an ordi
nary down-town building going up in
a rush twenty-five separate trades
have been at work through the struc
ture at the same time.
"Ordinarily a person familiar with
the conditions under which craftsmen
work might look to the laws and the
city ordinances for protection of these
men. But the laws do not protect.
There is an ordinance which requires
the builder to see that the floors In a
skeleton structure should be planked
over. So they are, but with a dozen
gangs of men working at a dozen lines
of work on a dozen floors, you may see
where the element of chance plays. A
foreman going through a building may
see a board or two boards or three
boards in a floor out of place. He or
ders that the hole be covered " over
for tbe protection of everybody below
It. The order suits everybody below,
but the man who may have removed
the boards for wiring the building,
or for the conducting of pipes between
floors, throws down his tools and says
he will quit work if he Is to be inter
fered with In his work. What is the
contractor to do? It is a rush job; he
CONVENIENT SHOE FASTENER.
One of the Important considerations
which guide some people in the ques
tion of selecting a pair of shoes is the
manner of fastening them on the feet,
AIT UPWAED PULL FASTENS THE SHOE.
for when a man is in a hurry, as most
men are in this century, he does not
want to consume any more of his time
in dressing than is necessary.
In the accompanying drawing is
shown what is probably the most rapid
can't spare the one angry ' workman;
certainly he can't say to the gangs be
low to stop work because something
possibly may fall through the hole and
crush a man's skull. No; the condition
is that It Is a rush job, and as such the
foreman walks away, unwillingly, but
having.no recourse that is practicable.
"Right there, the conditions are all
ripe for the unexpected to happen as
the unexpected always does. Indeed,
a rivet may fall, red-hot, through a I
knot-hole just as easily as through a j
hole ten feet square, and a man just'
as easily may be under the one as,
under the other. .--I
"Another thing making accidents In j
one gang of workmen that have small
duty toward another gang. An iron
worker, for Instance, will be careful
of other ironworkers, but "he Is dis
posed to say to blazes with the ma
sons, who may be working just below
him. Workmen get careless, too, even
of themselves. It is not often that
they fall; their carelessness largely Is I
that of men who work looking to the
other fellow to take care of himself, !
provided he Is not of themselves."
Accidents that Happen.
To show how easily the unexpected
may happen in the work of putting up
a great building, an accident that
broke both legs of a riveter In the new
Chicago postoffice building may be- re
called. A heavy derrick had been put up on
the. third floor, and In order to anchor
the legs of it ropes had been looped
over them, doubled around stringers
on the floor below, and for tightening
them wooden levers were run through
the ropes and twisted, shortening the
doubled ropes and thus holding the
heels of the derrick firmly to place.
One day a riveter working above the
ropes holding this derrick chanced to
look down and saw one of these an
chor ropes on tire from cinders drop
ped from a forge above. It was burn
ing briskly. The derrick was lifting a
load at the time, and in order to avoid
accident it occurred to the riveter thajt
he must put out the fire quickly. Seiz
ing a column, he dropped down, hand
over hand, to the next floor and sprang
for the blazing rope just as the strands
burned through. This loosened the
Hght wound lover, which whizzed
around, striking the workman across
the legs, breaking both of them and
throwing him off his feet, twenty feet
below.
As to workmen falling, it is the ex
perience of a foreman that many men
lose their nerve on buildings; that
some fright or narrow escape so im
presses the possibilities of danger upon
them that while they may continue to
work, and may believe that they are
as steady as ever, they are really a
constant menace to every one about
them.
To the average workman walking
about the skeleton of a new building,
200 feet above the pavement, the ele
ment of height cuts no figure so far
as his nervous system Is concerned;
he can walk a six-inch beam at that
height at, readily as a person in the
street can keep to the line of a street
car rail. But persons in the street oc
casionally step into coal holtes or trip
over obstructions, and to this extent
at least the workman on high build
ings is not immune from falling. In
case of falling, however, the ordinance
requiring temporary flooring up
through a buiiding Is the means of
preservl ig many lives. Chicago Trib
une. shoe fastener yet placed on the mar
ket, as there is but one motion of the
hand necessary to complete the work
of securing the edges of the uppers
together around the ankle. One ad
vantage of this invention Is that it '
can be used in connection with a shoe I
originally intended to be secured with
laces, the labor of making the altera
tion being inconsiderable.
As illustrated In the drawing, this
fastening device consists of a series of
projecting studs arranged on either
edge of the upper with a telescoping
slide arranged to engage the studs and
draw the edges of the upper toward
each other as the actions are expanded, j
It will be seen that by grasping the.
outer section of this fastener and giv
ing it an upward pull the inner sections
will arrange themselves from the bot
tom to the top of the opening, drawing
the edges together as they rise. The
two sections are shown in the picture to
gether with views of the shoe opened
and closed. As the fastener is made of
spring metal it will allow sufficient
movement of the ankle to prevent bind
ing, having In this an advantage over
lace or button shoes. John F. Hawkes, j
of Jersey City,-N. J., is the Inventor, i
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FAVORITES
till 1 M 14-t f i .H..M fr-fr.
The Land o' the Leal. '
I'm wearin' awa. Jean,
Like snaw wreaths in thaw, Jean,
I'm wearin' awa'
To the land o' the leal.
There's nae sorrow there, Jean,
There's neither cauld nor care, Jean,
. The day is aye fair .
In the land o' the leal.
Our bonnie bairn's there, Jean,
She was baith gude and fair, Jean;
And, O, we grudged her sair .
To the land o' the leal.
But sorrow's sel wears past, Jean,
And joy's a-coming fast, Jean,
The joy that's aye to last
In the land o' the leal.
O. hand ye leal and true, Jean,
Your day it's weariu through, Jean,
And I'll welcome you
To the land o' the leal.
Now fare-ye-weel, my ain Jean,
This warld's cares are vain. Jean,
We'll meet, and we'll be fain,
In the land o' the leal.
Lady Nairne.
Abon Ben Ad hem and the Angel,
Abou Ben Adheni (may his tribe in
crease!)
Awoke one night from a deep dream of
. peace.
And saw, within the moonlight of his
room,
Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,
An angel writing in a book of gold
Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem
bold,
And to the presence in the room he said,
"What writest thou?" The vision raised
its head,
And with a look made all of sweet accord,
Answered, "The names of those who love
the Lord."
"And Is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay,
not so,"
Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low,
But cheerily still, and said, "I pray thee,
then,
Write me as one who loves his fellow
men." The angel wrote and vanish'd. The next
night
It came again with a great wakening
light.
And show'd the names whom love of God
had bless'd.
And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the
rest!
Leigh Hunt.
NEW F0HM OF SHOE FASTENER.
For the man In a hurry to get to work
in the morning :or for the man who
oversleeps and has to rush to make up
lost time, Inven
tions which enable
him to dress quick
ly have a peculiar
interest, and there
is no doubt that
many a person
would like to util
ize an apparatus
-imilar to that
which is employed
shoe fastener, by fire companies
for harnessing the horses if It could be
applied to the clothing of a human be
ing. At present, however, the shoe is
about the only article of apparel which
the inventor has sought to improve on,
and in our illustration we show a new
fastening device which can be applied
to a shoe which has laces to draw the
edges together. Located Just above the
top lacing eyelet on each meeting edge
of the upper Is a short lacing loop, pref
erably of leather, with a metallic tube
section inside to give the lace free move
ment. Located above the short loops Is
a pair of long loops extending almost
to the top of the upper, with slightly
curved metallic tubes inside. The lacing
is inserted In the eyelets In the usual
manner, anu is men passed tnrougn tne
short and long tubes. When the shoe Is
on the foot it is only necessary to give
a pull on the lace ends and tie the knot,
drawing the edges of the upper close
enough together to fit snugly on the
ankle, the slight curve in the tubes
causing the lace to exert its pressure
along the whole length. Milton S.
Brown, of Washington, D. C, is the in
ventor. GREEDIEST FISH OF THE OCEAN.
Sea Devil, or Goosefish, Has Bnge Ap
petite Kats Anchors.
The sea does not hold a more vora
cious rascal or a greater hypocrite
than the goose-fish. Not that this is
its only name. It has at least seventy
others. Each locality where it occurs
gives it one that indicates Its great
greediness.
In Connecticut It is called "greedl
gut," in England "sea devil," "wide
gape," etc. Its mouth is enormous and
its capacity unlimited. It is a matter
of record that seven wild ducks were
taken from the stomach of one speci
men states the Morning Oregonian.
Live geese are not too large for them,
and a fisherman told the late Dr.
Goode of one that had swallowed the
head and neck of a large loon, which
had pulled the fish to the surface and
was trying to escape.
The goosefish has been known to
seize a boat anchor when it could not
have anything else to devour. It will
even make a meal of fishes of Its own
kind, so that It might properly be called
the "cannibal fish."
The Duke of Argyle writes that the
goosefish Is admirably adapted by na
ture for concealments, generally at the .
bottom of the sea, with its cavernous
jaws ready for a snap. From the top
of its head rise a pair, or two pairs,
of elastic rods, like the slender tips cf
a fishing rod, ending in a little mem
brane or web which glistens in the
water and attracts other fishes.
The goosefish can afford to go to
sleep, knowing his bait is always in
place, and as soon as he "gets a bite"
the elastic rod bends over, coming
close to its huge jaws, which immedi
ately open, engulf the victim and close .
again.
From Tree to Newspaper.
In two hours and twenty-five min
utes a growing tree in Eisenthal, Aus
tria, was converted into newspaper.
At 7:35 a. m. the tree was sawed down;
at 9:34 the wood, having been strip
ped of the bark, was turned into pulp
and made into paper; at 10 o'clock the
paper was printed and sold on tha
streets.