Corvallis gazette., January 16, 1903, Image 4

THIS IS TO WIN.
Who swings with every wind that blows
Or changes with each changing tide,
Into the harbor of success
His craft will never guide.
Through storm or shine, 'gainst wind and
wave,
With never-lagging courage he
Must steer his vessel ever on,
Straight over life's rough sea.
To breast the storm, the winds defeat,
The waves o'ercome this is to win.
Who labors thus will hear at last
The summons: "Enter in."
Los Angeles Herald.
STURDY M'QUINN
err HE whir of the machinery grew
jj dim In the ears of Sturdy Mc
Quinn. Not that It had stopped,
but the buzzing in his ears made It
seem far away.
The wonderful, almost human type
setting machine at which he sat, was
motionless, awaiting . the lightning
touch of his "fingers. So is the great
" "Daily" born each day to live and die,
before the setting of the sun.
The clamor of the newsboys outside
meant that it was almost 12, time for
the first edition. They had finished
their crap game and were jabbering in
many keys and tongues. A motley
crew, Indeed, like none since the Tower
of Babel.
Sturdy heaved a sigh of relief as he
finished the last word of a long col
umn, for the click of the keys made
him nervous, for the first time in the
many years he had been sitting at the
same machine. "
He had done his work faithfully, but
listlessly, for a week past. Yes, It was
just a week to-night. How long a week
may seem when you must watch each
dawn. -
, The foreman noticed this change and
wondered. . Sturdy had been his right
hand man through many years of
nerve-racking work, never missing a
day, and always willing to share the
burden of his overwrought chief.
There was something so reassuring
about this big man's calm voice; the
echo of a self-reliant and resource
ful nature.
No one dreamed of associating senti
ment with the homely, quiet type
setter, but Sturdy was In love.
In love, as only a man of his shy, re
served temperament can be; with a
served temperament can be with a
sleeping lees of his heart.
A week had passed since that mls-
. erable night when Mary had told him
they must part. She didn't love him,
and never would, so it wasn't right
, for them to see each other any more.
They were sitting on a bench in the
park. How well he remembered every
detalL The purr of the summer breeze
in the trees, the stray curl that brushed
his cheek; the dainty hat, and pretty
muslin dress, and Mary's voice, almost
a sob, as she laid her hand on his
broad, strong shoulder, and asked him
to forgive her for making him so un-
. happy.
Was there any one else, he had ask
ed?. No, It was only her duty to him,
for whom she cared so much, but not
quite enough. Sturdy had taken -the
blow silently, as all brave men meet
fate, but Mary had to almost lead him
home, for this crumbling of tenderly
cherished hopes had made the trees
dance and the walk evade him. They
said good-bye at the gate, just as they
had done many times a week for two
years.
Not that night, nor the next, did
Sturdy realize it was to be for always,
and . that the little house he had se
cretly, picked out, dreamed about and
worked for would never be "home,"
for home meant only a place where
Mary would be waiting -for him when
the day was over.
He bore the first two days patiently,
with a sort of numb resolution, but
could stand it no longer. The third
evening he stole up and hid In the
shadow of some trees opposite her
- house, feeling like a thief, but a thief
who .steals because he Is hungry.
He had not long to wait before Mary
crossed the street, almost at his elbow,
but did not notice the silent, figure un-
- der the shadow of the trees.
She stopped a moment to say good
bye to a girl friend, then went In and
quietly closed the door. Just then a
man passed, looked keenly at the si
lent watcher, as If Interested In his
study of the little house opposite.
The dull routine of the day's work
- did little to lighten Sturdy's burden.
The buzzing In his head grew worse
and the whir of the machinery harder
to bear. His nerves were overwrought
from lack of sleep. Another day was
almost done, a hard, trying day, and
It was a relief to go home and be quiet.
The air tubes belched forth their last
batch of "matter," generally "ads"
which came In late, and appear under
the head of "Too Late to Classify."
Busy looking little boys ran in aU
directions, handing each man a few
scribbled sheets. Sturdy absently took
his share and began to play .the keys
before him.
PERSONAL Will young lady In
white dress, black hat, who parted
with -friend last evening about 8, at
Elm and Chestnut-sts., be at same cor
ner this evening at 9? Admirer.
It was unusually deserted the next
evening out by Elm and Chestnut-sts.,
except for a dapper young man stand
ing on the corner, gazing up at a house
across the way. Suddenly, as if
sprung from the earth, a man stepped
up and dealt him a stinging blow be
tween the eyes. It was an uneven
combat from the first, and in less time
than it takes to tell It, the dapper
youth lay in a crumpled heap at the
feet of Sturdy McQuinn.
A crowd had gathered at a small ur
chin's cry of "fight," and just as Stur
dy was preparing quietly to depart
a policeman stepped up and marched
both victor and victim off to the sta
tion-house, i'
No one had heard a woman's scream
from behind the closed blinds of the
little house opposite, but Mary had
seen both the "Personal" and her
avenger. A strange, new light burned
in her eyes as she paced the floor, long
ing for morning.
Early the next day, Mr. Stevens, the
foreman of the composing-room, was
wanted at the telephone,
COMPLETION OF THE
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THE ASSOUAN DAM, SHOWING 5 OF THE 108 SLUICE GATES.
7$ HE great Assouan dam boon for Egypt and one of the most wonder
j ful achievements of man has been completed and dedicated. The
Assouan dam and the.Assiout barrage are monuments to British en- ,
glneering skill and progressive policy. These great works, which have cost .
between 100,000,000 and $125,000,000, will systematize irrigation, impart
security to crops and stability to harvests, and widen the area of Nile lands
under cultivation.
The Assouan dam is one and one-fourth miles long and will hold the
water 347.6 feet above the level of the Mediterranean. The dam Is pierced
by 180 openings, each twenty-three feet high and seven feet wide. Each
sluice is fitted with steel gates, adjustable at will, so as to enable the watei
to go in and out. An idea of the immensity of the labor involved in the
construction may be obtained from the fact that the foundations of some of
the sluices go seventy-five feet below the ordinary rock surface. The Nile
will be held up by a dam 100 feet thick at the base and the valley above It
will be flooded for fifty miles. ;
The experts, by. way of comparison, calculate that the reservoir will hold
water enough for a year's full supply for every town and village in the
United Kingdom. The engineering works also Include an open weir or bar
' rage at Assiout, a long way down the Nile by which the distribution of the
water from the great reservoir is secured over a large area.
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SCENE ALONG THE
A puzzled expression spread over his
face as he heard his absent typeset
ter's embarrassed request that he come
down to the district police station. " A
cab was soon speedily covering the
distance, and the newspaper man was
received wlthi great deference at head
quarters. Yes; the prisoner had vio
lently assaulted a man, without prov
ocation. Of course, If he was a friend
of Mr. Stevens it" would be all right;
In fact, he could go right along with
him now. -
The culprit was summoned and
blinked sheepishly out of two very
black eyes at his chief, who was laugh
ing heartily.
"What has come over my steady
right-hand man, I wonder?" But
Sturdy was being piloted out to the
cab and had no time to explain.
At the entrance they almost col
lided with a young girl, looking very
much embarrassed. Sturdy stopped,
looked helplessly first, at Mary, then
at his rescuer, who felt there was
something very important happening.
"Mr. Stevens," said a sweet even voice,
"Sturdy and I are going to be married
very soon, and seeing that he has been
with you for so long, and so fond of
you, I knew you would like to know."
So Mary and her sadly damaged pa
tient were driven home in the cab,
and Mr. Stevens chuckling audibly,
jumped on a car. He made straight
for the office of the proprietor, where
his counsel was much valued, emerg
ing a few minutes later with a letter
In his hand which read:
Mr. Sturdy McQuinn:
USEFUL RULES FOR QUIETING A CRYING BABY.
O infallible rule has yet been discovered for quieting a crying baby.
Complete and "instantaneous success in stilling a baby's cries under
all conditions is, of course, too much to expect. There are a thousand
expedients but the general tendency is toward simple and direct methods,
administered in a quiet manner.
The new plan suggested -by science for stopping the cries of a baby is to
place the hand over the "baby's mouth, causing a smothering sensation with
which the baby will learn to associate crying, and by whlch means, it is
hoped, the habit of crying, for the sake of crying or excitement, may be
broken. -'
The cause of crying in a baby Is either on account of pain or hunger.
The plan suggested is merely intended for the outcries due to "the latter
cause, and to babies in a normal healthful condition. When the lamentations
are due to such accidental causes as the sticking in of pins or too tight
clothes the remedy is, of course, obvious.
The. popular plan is first of all to divert the baby at all costs. According
to the German authority the first thing to do should be to make the little
one perfectly comfortable.
The holding of the baby often has as much to do with Its comfort and
consequent serenity, or lack of it, as has anything else. In case the baby is
being held or carried in an upright position, care should be taken first of all
. to provide proper support for the spine. The hand should be constantly held
firmly against the base of the spine. .
The comfort of the baby's attitude reflects directly upon Its nervous sys
tem. The slightest discomfort," for example, may cause, a condition of un
rest, and, consequently, of irritability, which will defeat the most persistent
efforts at Quieting it. - The same general rule applies to putting the baby to
sleep. It is, besides, often possible to soothe a "youngster by placing it In a
horizontal position and then seeking to divert It The Becret of success In
soothing a child Is in keeping "It as quiet as possible and as free from any
form ot unnecessary excitement. Babies seldom cry, most doctors will agree,
except In case of pain. To be more accurate, they rarely cry to an extent
when In their normal condition. When a baby cries continually without
apparent reason it is safe to say that it has been spoiled.
GREAT NILE DAM.
V i '.Ai v y ... i -
NILE RIVER.
Dear Sir We take pleasure In send
ing you the enclosed check for $500,
In acknowledgment of your 15 years of
faithful service on our paper.
We trust you will soon recover from
your slight illness, and report for work
as usual, with an advance of $5 a week
in salary. We remain, very truly
yours.
THE EVENING TELEGRAPH. ,
E. R. Whitcomb, Proprietor.
: Buffalo News.
Open to Persuasion.
"Is your husband a strong-willed
man?" asked Mrs. Sampson of her
neighbor, Mrs. Towne. After a mo
ment's reflection Mrs. Towne replied.
T don't know," she said, dubiously.
"I always thought he was, but the oth
er day he went into a department store
to get a new rug for the sitting room,
because he said he wouldn't go an
other day with our old shabby one.
"He happened to get off 'on the wrong
floor, and he came home with four
new-fangled flat-irons and a porcelain
kettle, and no sign of a rug. So you
see I don't quite know what to say
about him since then.
"All he told me was that you never
knew, just what you needed till you
saw it right before you."
When a woman has watched a hus
band thirty-five years, and raised a
family of children, she has a right to
be nervous.
A woman who sues for a breach of
promise is almost as unpopular as the
woman who talks about her kin.
" - . - I
ARITHMETIC feY MACHINERY.
Louisville, Ky.t Man's Bamarkabls
Invention. :
The stereotyped remark about some
of our modern machinery having al
most human Intelligence ' gains new
force as the result of the Invention
of a Louisville man. A. C. Schuman,
of 560 - street, that city, has been
granted patents on an adding machine
that computes all four sums In arith
meticaddition, subtraction, division
and multiplication.
Mr. Schuman has already gained
more than local distinction by his in
vention in the field of applied me
chanics. The manipulation of the Invention
Involves no mental arithmetical calcu
tlon to assist In the working. The
process is as nearly a mechanical ope
ration as possible.
The adding machines now In use are
built for processes of addition alone.
It is possible, however, to use them for
simple subtraction. When Mr. Schu
man, some time ago, turned his atten
tion to computing machinery he In
vented two machines.'
One of these is an adding machine
and typewriter combined, suitable for
making out itemized bills and the like.
This machine which was the first one
patented by Mr. Schuman, only com
putes sums In addition.
The machine which is available for
all our processes of computation is lim
ited as to typewriting facilities. The
change from one form of calculation
to another means only the shifting of
a bar and the turning of a crank so
many times. s : .
.The odd part of this uncanny ma
chine Is that it computes sums In five
or six figures more quickly than the
shorter ones. This is due to the me
chanical construction. In division the
fractional remainder is always set
down with the answer.
"I applied for patents on both ma
chines at about the same time, but the
letters on the simple machine were
granted first," said Mr. Schuman. "The
machine which computes all sums was
invented, before the other." .
Mr. Schuman is assisted by his son
George Schuman. Between them they
have"done some remarkable work. For
the Nazareth Academy Mr. Schuman,
furnished a planetarium and a tele
scope.' The planetarium shows the po
sition of all the inner, plants for the
century Just closed, recording transits
and eclipses. The telescope, which has
an equatorial mounting, is an unusual
ly good one.
Another of Mr. Schuman's achieve
ments, says the Louisville-Courier
Journal, was made in the line of cog
and thread cutting machinery. He has
built a machine which will cut any re
quired number of cogs on a wheel of
any given dimension The threadcutter
can be adjusted so as to cut from 100
threads to the. inch to one thread In
12 inches, on a rod one-quarter of an
inch in diameter. Only a mechanic
can appreciate the Importance of these
machines or the difficulties surmounted
in building them.
The Russian mercantile marine con
sists of 745 steamers and 2,293 sailing
vessels.
Three thousand newspapers and one
thousand letters are received by King
Edward every day.
Last year sixty ocean-going steamers
were engaged exclusively In the ba
nana trade.
Novel flrst-ald-to-the-lnjured boxes
are to be scattered In the streets of
Paris. Outwardly the apparatus re
sembles a lamp post letter box, and it
contains a small medicine chest, a fold
ing stretcher and a telephone for sig
naling the nearest ambulance station.
Access to the box Is gained by break
ing a glass panel. -
It was disclosed . by examinations
made In the Washington city postofflce,
covering a period of about two and a
half months, that 979.S20 pieces of paid
matter and 5,900,000 pieces of unpaid
(or "franked") matter of all classes
went through, the unpaid matter on
some days running as -high as 135,000,
127,000, 126,000, 125,000" and 122,000
pieces, while the percentage per day
would often go to about ninety, crawl
ing up as high as ninety-three per cent
on a single day, and averaging 85 per
cent every day. " ' .
Of the four hundred Inscribed clay
slabs found in the ruins of Babylon
by the expedition sent out by the Ger
man Oriental Society, but two have
yet been deciphered, one explaining the
Babylonian cuneiform characters and
the other containing the litany chant
ed by the singers of the temple of Esa
gila on the return of the god Marduk
to his sanctuary.
MERCHANTS OF OLD MEXICO.
Government Controls AU Business
Operations PubHc.
The government of Mexico exercises
a somewhat paternal control over the
doings of Its merchants. '' Each town
keeps a register of all mercantile
houses In its confines, giving full par
ticulars of the firm or corporation
property, how held, etc.
Each merchant is obliged by law to
keep at least three books, namely, a
book of inventories, day book and
ledger, - writes the Dallas News. No
erasures are permitted. -The books
must be balanced annually and show
all obligations. They must show ex
actly what money the merchant draws
out for his private use. A penalty of
not less than $50 nor more than $300
is Imposed for failure to keep books
In the manner prescribed. " "
Merchants are also required to pub
lish, through the press, the class of
business, with its essential circum
stances, etc.; to record In the public
registry all documents which the puh
11s is interested In; to keep strict and
accurate accounts, and to preserve cor
respondence for ten years which af
fects their business.
Persons who iaave been condemned
for offenses against property, Including
forgery, embezzling and conspiracy,
cannot engage in commerce, r
Business, failures are rare,' not ex
ceeding ten yearly In the last several
years.'" ".
LET US ALL LAUGH.
JOKES FROM THE PENS OF VA
RIOUS HUMORISTS.
Pleasant Incidents Occurring tbe
World Over Say in gr that Are Cheer
rat to Old or Young Fanny Selec
tion that Yon Will Enjoy.
Two brothers went to the same
school. They were absent about -a
fortnight, and then one returned alone.
"Where Is your" brother Thomas?"
asked the master.
"Please, Bir, he's laid up with a
sprained arm. We were trying to see
which could lean out of the window
farthest, and Tommy wea" Youth't
Companion.
No Hope. ' -Smiggs
Why so melancholy?
Jiggs My wife got a divorce the oth
er day.
Smiggs Well, you ought to be happy.
Jiggs Yes, but I've married again.
Her Choice.
"If youse married a title, Clorinda.
would youse radder be a dukess or a
earless?"
"I t'ink I'd radder be a coal baron
ess." Comparison.
Giles That fellow Borem reminds
me of a mosquito.
Miles How's that?
Giles He isn't very dangerous, but
awfully annoying.
First Past the Post.
Client How about that account I
left with you to collect on shares?
Collection Agent Oh, I collected my
half all right, but It's simply impossi
ble to collect yours.
The Kxceptlon.
Miles I wonder if animals are hap
py?" Giles I guess so with the possible
exception of the mule. He's a chronic
kicker, you know.
Compliment.
" She You are always saying such
clever things. .
He Of course. When you are pres
ent I am forced to think of something
clever.
No Chance for Argument.
"You were always a fault-finder,"
said the angry better half.
"I plead guilty," calmly rejoined the
husband. "I certainly found you."
" Better Start.
"Didn't you want to get off at 42d
street?" inquired the officious passen
ger. "Wum-wuw-wuw-whv, yeh-yeh-yeh,"
began Stutterton painfully.
"Well, you'd better begin to tell the
conductor to stop. We're at 34th street
now." Philadelphia Press.
Undoubtedly.
"Manners make the man," remarked
the dispenser of ancient proverbs.
"That," rejoined the cynical person,
"explains some men's underdone condi
tion." A Reminder.
Lives of great men all remind us
We may do great stunts as well,
And, departing, leave behind us
Anecdotes we didn't tell.
Washington Post.
His Definition.
' ( ORPHAN jf
Sallie What is an orfing asylum,
Horatio?
Horatio It's a place fer kids what's
shy on ancestors, see?
Human Mystery.
Wife That young man who calls on
our daughter has me guessing?
Husband How's that?
Wife I' don't know whether he Is
economical or has a grudge against the
gas company.
Waa a Weddlnz After All.
Ada (pensively) I hope you'll Invite
me to the wedding when you get mar
ried. . . .
j Jack (boldly) I'll invite you before
I ask any one else, and If you don't
accept there won't be any wedding.
! New York News.
I Thoughtful.
I "Your husband appears to be such a
thoughtful man."
i "Oh, he is! He never forgets to cau
tion me about keeping down the house
hold expenses' Detroit Free Press.
Better Left Unsaid.
Witless-Who Is that handsome 'girl
standing near tbe piano?
..Mrs. Homer That Is my daughter.
Witless Indeed! She doesn't resem-
' ble you In the least.
Railroad Matter.
Though the early morning train "was
on time, tbe cars themselves were all
.over dew.
Which may have accounted for the
fact that the locomotive's bell was
' ringing wet Baltimore American."
I V ". -.' Safer.
"I was thinking," said the old-fash-.
loned young man, "of asking her father
if I might pay my addresses to her." .
! "H'm," mused the wise girl, "in thl
case I'd advise you to pay In advance."
' Philadelphia Press.
Invariably So.
"Human nature's a queer thing, es
pecially female human nature."
"What are you thinking about now?"
"For instance, if a young man tells
a girl, any girU that she's altogether
different from her sisters she always
takes it as a compliment." Philadel
phia Press. ,
An Original Idea.
"Has Mr. Wlshington any original
Ideas?"
"One," answered Sliss Cayenne; "the
Idea that his views are original is ex
clusively his own." Washington Star.
Why They Are. Not Visible.
Little Willie Say, pa, what becomes
of the flies In winter?
Pa I suppose the airship Inventors
use them In their business, my son.
Kindred Blessing.
"Here is a letter from a lawyer," said
his wife, 'who says that your uncle
has died and left you $10,000."
"For these and other kindred bless
ings," murmured the dominie, "let us
be devoutly thankful." New York
Times.
They Are Coming.
"Aren't these rare days?" asked the
poet
"Sure," said the practical man, "but
In a few days they will be so rare that
they will be absolutely raw." New
York Times.
A Particular Lady.
Miss Nurich I think I'll take this
bracelet You're sure it's made of re
fined gold?
Jeweler Certainly.
Miss Nurich Because I do detest
anything that isn't refined.
All New.
"The way you're describing the dif
ferent places to me,", said the tourist
"you evidently consider me a stranger
here."
"Av coorse, sor," replied the sour
looking, driver.
"What makes you think I've never
been here before?"
"The fact that no wan Iver comes
back that's been here afore." Phila
delphia Press.
Used to Cramped Quarters.
Husband (inspecting house and lot
with a view to purchase) The lot Is
absurdly small, my dear scarcely big
enough for a flower bed.
Wife (fresh from flat) Er couldn't
we have a folding flower bed? Smart
Set .
A Difference.
Mrs. Jones A bachelor has no ex
cuse for living.
Mr. Jone-Of course not; but a mar
ried man has to have two or three a
week. Judge.
A Vacant Lot.
A Usual. . . i .
Husband Where do you want to go?
Wife Oh, I don't know anywhere
where I can spend money.
"But I thought you wanted a
change?" Smart Set
Had No Use for Him.
"Why didn't you let our friend
Schulze into the club? He comes from
a good family, and is very wealthy."
.Millionaire's Son Yes, that's so; but
he made his money himself. Fliegende
Blaetter.
An Snthusiastie Rooter.
."See that man In front of you?"
whispered the fat man to the lean one
sitting next to him on the bleachers.
"Look at his hands. Baseball did
that."
The hands referred to were bruised
and the fingers blistered.
"What position did he play?" whis
pered the thin one.
"He never played."
"But his hands?"
"He got 'em that way cheering for a
deaf mute's game." New York Sun.
,- He Is Sorry Now.
"So Jarvis got his wife by advert
Using?"
"Yes; and now he's thinking of the
exchange column." Judge.
A Wise Boy.
She A woman is as young as she
looks.
He Yes; but she ain't always as
young as she thinks she looks.
Perfectly So.
"Whatever else they may say about
Scribblem, he at least writes clean
verse."
"For Instance?"
"Well, did you ever read his soap
ads In the street cars?" Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Where He Got Off.
First Horse Thief What you pinch
ed fur stealin' a champeen trotter?
Second Horse Thief Naw; wisht it
was. I stole a automobile and couldn't
get three mile an hour outer the ma
chine. - Government Whitewash.
" The government recipe for white
wash, which is used on lighthouses
and other government buildings where
whitewash is required, Is said to be
the best formula there is. It is as fol
lows: Put two pailfuls of boiling
water in' a barrel and add one-half
bushel of well burned fresh quicklime.
Put in quickly one peck of common
salt dissolved in hot water and cover
the barrel tightly to keep In the steam
while the lime Is slacking. When the
violent bubbling is over, stir until well
mixed together, and if necessary add
more boiling water, so as to have the
mass like thick cream. Strain through
a sieve or coarse cloth. Make a thin
starch of three pounds of rice flour
and one pound of strong glue, having
first soaked the glue In cold water,
and to the latter mixture add two
pounds of whiting. Add this to the
lime wash1 and also sufficient hot wa
ter to dilute to the proper consistency.
Keep hot while applying. " It will re
quire about six-quarts of mixture to
one hundred square feet of surface,
and it may be made any color desired.
Life seema to be one protracted sleeo
to some people.
Harper and Brothers announce Songs
of Two Centuries, a new book of
poems, by Will Carleton, author of
Farm Ballads, Farm Festivals, City
Ballads, etc.
The authorshin of Little Breeches.
written by Hon. John Hay, was fre
quently attributed to the late Bret
Harte. A young lady once said to him:
"I am highly pleased to meet you,
Mr. Harte. I have read all your poems,
but enjoyed Little Breeches the most"
"Pardon me,' madam," said Harte,
"but you have put the Little Breeches
on the wrong ' man."
Anna Katherlne Green has - stipu
lated that the heroine in her new
story, in Leslie's Monthly, should
neither be dressed by the artist in
shirt waists nor bear any resemblance
to the Gibson girl type. "Let us have
some good old-fashioned types of love
ly women," she says. "There can be
no picturesqueness, and but little ro
mance, where there is a shirt waist"
We are Inclined to think that the Sum
mer girl, at least, will dispute Mrs.
Green's theory.
Baron Tauchnitz. the German pub
lisher, has made an Interesting con
fession. When the suggestion was
made to him that his terms to writers
might be improved upon he answered
by showing that the circulation of
books published by him Is much small
er than is generally supposed. A sale
of 3,000 copies Is fair, and $5,000 Is
very good, while a circulation of 10,
000 has been obtained only in six cases
out of 800 In the last ten years.
Clara Louise Burnham, whose Chris
tian Science novel, The Right Princess,
has recently been issued by Houghton,
Mifflin & Co., is a daughter of the
late George F. Root, one of the most
popular of American song-writers.
Mrs. Burnham was born In Newton,
but when she was nine years old tho
family removed to Chicago, which has
since been her home. The decision of
the reviewers to whom she submitted
her stories was unfavorable, but that
did not deter her from trying again. A
poem sent to Wide Awake was her
first accepted work, and No Gentlemen
was her first novel.
Mark Twain is one of the many long
suffering authors who are continually
in receipt of letters containing re
quests for favors. He Is under the im
pression that when people find time
hanging heavily on their hands they
sit down and write a letter to him
asking for something. "In my judg
ment," he said recently," "no compli
ment has the slightest value" when It
is charged for, yet I think I never got
one unaccompanied by the bill. The
latest letter Mr. Clemens has received
is something in the nature of a climax.
A school teacher asks for his portrait
in oil. "There is nothing we would
appreciate so much," wrote this . ad
mirer. "It could be used for years
and years in the school." The fact
that It would cost the author a thou
sand dollars or so entered nowhere in
the calculation of the correspondent
Living on Ships Ashore.
An interesting feature of English
coasts where there is plenty of ship
ping is furnished by the cheery homes
made in the hulks of vessels before
they fall into the hands of the ship
breakers, whole families ; living in
them for years at a stretch. Not far
from a watering place near the mouth
of the Thames a vessel of consider
able size,, that was one stormy night
cast high and dry and on a pretty even
keel on the sands, has now within it
quite a separate population of most
respectable working people, who seem
to get on together quite as well as do
the average Inhabitants of any city
court.
One most -respectable looking house
wife, who occupies, with her husband
and family, a part of this hulk, de
clared that she had never in her life
had more comfortable or cleanly quar
ters. And all the hulk-dwellers aver
red that, so far as fresh air and
healthfulness went, their dwelling on
the sands was worth a thousand of '
such slums as most of them had been
compelled to live in previously.
Near the Medway are a great many
hulk dwellers who have never paid
ontr Tiaiico rout for mnrii nnil mnst of
the ' men are genuine hard working
and respectable laborers. This Is ac
counted for by the fact that the more
orderly and well-conducted of these
people stick together with a common
interest and they very soon eject and
get rid of any riotous member whose
conduct may cause the owners of the
hulk or the authorities to Interfere.
One hulk that the writer went over
had seen much amateur carpentering
work in the way of matchboarding di
visions, and there were scores of pots
of flowers in or about the cabins. .
Rose Care for Nervousnesn.
Roses as a cure for many of the little
aches and pains of life are advocated
by those who believe our mental con
dition has much to do with our physi
cal pains. It has been discovered that
a rose will cure tbe headache. Its per
fume soothes tbe nerves and the brain
is rested by Its color. Recline on a pil
low of roses If you can. If you cannot
do this, lie and look at a few of the
flowers. Tie up your head with a.rose
perfume if you have It and, like the
famous London beauty, pull the flow
ers to pieces, sniff deeply the rose, let
your eyes look long at the peculiar tint
In ita rtonthn. and cure vonrself. If von
will elve half an hour to this cure, you
will find yourself much refreshed in ev
ery way.--Chicago American.
Had the Same Effect.
"I hear that Jack's fiancee has made
him promise to stop smoking."
"That so? Well, mine has not said
a word about giving up the weed, but
our engagement has just the same ef
fect." "How so?"
l "Every time I call all the cigars iu
my vest. pocket manage to get crushed,
and, of course, I don't smoke then!"
Baltimore Herald. '
The' average man's little"- troubles
would not amount to much were it
n.f fnr tha rmnnTloT-f nr minmant f
his freinds upon him.