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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1900)
THE BRIDGE. hi. bridge to Leaven?" tbey wht Is cried, And the warriors held their breath, A the grltzled king of a hundred fight Wenv.dowu to the river of death. "What I his bridge to heaven?" they cried, "Is It bastloned with buckles and spears, And girdled strong with the Iron blades Of the battles of bygone years? "And what are the voices he hears In his dreams? Are they the clamors of field Or the echoes of splendid victories that come As he stands by the river at night?" "Nny, nay," and they stand by In wonder nnd nwe. For nil that he builds on there Arc withered blossoms, n baby's shoe And the lock of a woman's hair. And the only voice he hears in his dreams, Ajj the world die out in his ears. Are an old iove-bnllnd, a baby's laugh, And the nob. of a dead wife's tears. Pearson's Mngaslne. rr a DOH School Qirl Heroine. too iss Jenn Kelson had n very queenly bearing. Not thut she really thought herself made of nny better clay than the other mem bcrs of the human family, but she. wis sometimes given that credit. Often had she been censured on that account by those who did not understand her, Oil! the agonies of being mlsuuder- fttood! Hut to those who knew her, she was cordiality Itself, and every girl In the dormitory worshiped at her shrine. Jenn was exceedingly pretty. In fact, she was very beautiful, ller nose was as straight as Venus' own. A Cu pid's bow for a mouth, about whose corners a smile so often plnyed. Her ehln wore a mischievous dimple In It, and her eyes words fall! The won drous wealth of hair that crowned her high forehead might have rivaled that of Apollo. She was hardly fair enough to be called fair, nor yet dark enough to be called dark. After all, the charm TO ''wnr ATTEMPT TKLl, WHAT UK of that face lay not so -much In Us slm pie beauty as In the sympathy for man kind that shone out of Its eyes. "Ilere at last," Jean gasped, as she fairly ran up the walk leading to the girl's dormitory at Harper's Univer sity. Inside the door she dropped grip and wraps, and started up the stairs with a bound. "Everything- looks Just as natural. Why, they have a new stair carpet! I wonder If any of the other girls are here yet?' Suddenly her attention was attracted by the sight of a carriage at the en trance. Scarcely had It stopped before a head appeared, which proved to be that of a very flighty young woman Catching sight of the group at tho win dow, she ran up the walk, waving her umbrella about her head In windmill motions (very uncouth In a young lady), leaving her purse and box of candy behind her in the carriage, which neces sitated her going back after them. Jean ran down to meet her, grasping tho chubby form in her widespread arms. Obi the thousands of kisses that are wasted In that second week of Sep tember, not to mention the extra va gance of affection displayed at the leave-takings In June. "You dear old girl! I was so afraid you would not come until to-morrow. When Is Anna coming? This after noon? We'll Just go over to tho train nnd surprise her. There are two poor little girls up in room 43, who are frightfully homesick. Wo must do all we cau to keep them amused until they get used to things here. Julia, stand 'off. Let me look at you. Why, you'ro just the same, dear girl you always were," which was flatly contradicted. "No, I'm not, I've lost three pounds. J only weigh 1C2 now. Here, have pome of my candy. It's the good kind," just ns If to her every klud were not good, Slowly up the stairs the two girls went, cliattlug like magpies. They were no different, yet who cun account for friendship? One day In January, the girls were assembled In one of the rooms greatly i-xcited over two Important reports immely, the rumor of smallpox lu the town, and tho certainty of a German test which was to come oft next day. Tho president had that morning in chapel Insisted that all students be vac cinated Immediately, and tho German professor had said, "Vo vlll baf von ipst ober die endlro pook, and enypody who can not make forty percent will haf to tudor. Did you understood?" They were Indulging lu a very heated discussion, a good deal being uuld on both sides, when some one said, "Girls, wouldn't It bo Just perfectly awful If smallpox should break out lu this dor mitory? When my aunt was In col lege " she was Interrupted by a girl tossing her book In the air, contemptu ously crying, "Smallpox, nonsense I say, have you forgotten all about that German? The very Idea of giving a test over the whole book! I positively never heard of such presumption. No, not In Israel. Habcu, hatte. gchat, kommett, hum, ge-go-getlddle-sticksll who cares, nnyhowV Say, do nny of you happen to have nny candy about your persou?" Either they had be come so unused to hearing this question from her, or they did not wish to com mit themselves, for she received no an swer. Nothing daunted, sho proceed eu. "When I get rich, I'm going to live In a college town and run a caudy store, and give candy to tho studeuts, especially tho girls. People who live lu college towns don't half appreciate what a comfort they might be to stu dents lu Just such little ways as that" I hey were nil laughing heartily, when Alice Thompson came Into tho room with a dejected look on her face, and a German book lu her baud (tho two usually go In pairs). Inquiring for Jean, saying: "I've got a German story here about a cow, and 1 can't get head 1 or tall to It. Is Jean here?" One of the girls spoke up, snylng: "No, she's ' not. bhe a up ou the third tloor helplnir Julia Mitchell make up the work sho ' missed when she sprained her ankle. I'm sorry I can't help you. Alas! Ich sprcche uleht Dcutsch mesllf already gchaben sein, but you better guess Jean can. She took the cold medal In Dutch last year, you know. 1 don't blame George Lockwood for ndorlng her. My, but that pearl she wenrs Is a beauty! And she's got clothes to match ' It. I don't see what would become of Knte Lennox If It were not for Jean. Jeau can treat her nicely without be ing afraid of losing caste, and that Is more than some of the rest of us can do. By the way, Kate Is out of school to-day." The next day the excitement ran still higher when It was rumored that Kate had a fever. The girls were sure that It was smallpox, and all kept their dis tance, leaving poor, uupopular Kate to lie hours alone In her little bare room. They nil protested and threw up, their hands In horror when Jean declared her Intention of going right up to Kate's room with n glass of lemonade. As Jean entered the room, Kate rose up and gratefully said, "I Just knew you would come, I am so thirsty." Later a physician was called. And sure enough It was smallpox. Tho physician advised that Kate be moved from the dormitory as quickly and with ns little confusion as possible. She was uiKen 10 a loriorn mtie cabin a mile down the river, and Jean, poor girl, went with her. This was the only thing she could do, now that she had been exposed to the dread disease. yvvvvvvvwwvvvvw nwwvwwA' THE ASHANTEES AND THEIR KING. ARainst These Superstitious Africans finRlnnd Has Been Waging War for Twenty-six Years. IIILB Interest has been cen tered In England's war lu South Africa and page after page of wnr history has Imjcii made and published only occasional scraps have come to us of the trouble England Is engnged In with Ashantee land, where for twenty-six years Great Britain has been engaged In war. Tho King of Ashantee. who Is Great Britain's Implacable foe, Is the most ex traordinary monarch lu the world, lie Is picturesque, powerful and a merciless-despot. Twenty-six years ago Kng land sent out an expedition at a cost of $4,000,000 to bring the King of Ashantee to terms, nnd since then It has cost $31,000,000 more. few hundred of his Hiibjoots beheaded, It wild to put n stop to this tnai l.ug hind made wnr on the King of Ashnii tee lu the seventies. Tin-re was light ing again in ISM, and again In IWMI. Now there are Indications of more trou ble. Still the King of Ashantee goes on with his barbarous practices, killing whenever ho pleases and ruling with absolute power. Ills subjects love him because he Is of their royal blood, and fear him Ix-oause of his cruelty. Hut they will allow no other country to In terfere with their affairs, If they can help It. When. In 1871. England sent an expe dition against King KolTee. the prede cessor of King Prciupeh. Sir Gurnet i ..J the rear of the woodshed nnd h would never return. Mioiild tiny of lilt warriors refuse lo light well, Micro In no tolling whom the goio-slietlillng pro. divides of the iiioimivh Willi the plii hat would slop! Whenever it King of Asliiinloo die a guard of -',000 of his subjects mo slaughtered to conduct him to the olh. or world. It Is said thai n wy ui UI.OOO people have been slnln qn hih-Ii occasions, Every time there Is n national fes tival there are hiiiunii suorllleos. lu fact, blood letting seems to bo one of the principal occupation of loyally In Ashantee. Hack of the town of Cooiiiiito lliere Is a place culled by travelers the Grove of Skulls, whore the bones of victims are thrown. Here Is whal Henry Stan. ley said of It when. In 187-1. 'itr corresiKUHlout, he nei'iimpanled the ex pedition of Sir Giiinot WoUeley: "As we drew near the foul smells Ix-eanie suffocating. It was almost Im possible lo slop tc.ngcr than lo take n general view of this great Golgiitlin. Wo saw thirty or forty d iplliHed bodies mid countless skulls, which lay plled lu heaps n ml sentloroil over a wide extent. The stoutest heart and mast stoical mind might have Ih-cii ap palled." Several officers of tho exedllloii. al though It remained In Conumlo only SCENE OF MANyTTTT u .. . - ORn,. t'MllIl 1 llrn ,. . -"Til "'H II..: " . w,'r. - 'tin if.. t " 'rKo wooded l.!.... 7-H. "oMrl Itlvor. near , " (hit. i..u ilk.. ' "'"""yUei,!,,;"' - ... ...i-i- iiunrtoi-H 0f - -unn. tt about lo i, ."' run,,.'." : , m' " i m .1! . . 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L.til. .Him llllll'U- Hill I ,. . - "Id iiunniiiii in iiurrcir imviiiiiiu ill in- pi i I ...in. iiiiii 11 i. 11.... .. - A few years -flerwnnl a pJJ grants found this n . . . ... - "'.UI IIIIML 11'lir lll.MPil rf .1 . it .,vuiiiiii,riit. . I . I Ijll.l ..... .il'i.rliiiiiii M tdrfS imiii imiiaii roservinimi . .... "I HIM In the world. The King of Aslinnlcc Is oppoxod to progress, lie does not want any roads In his domain. When tho Kugllsh out their way Inland from tho gold const they left a line road behind them. With several pistols pointed at his head, tho King agreed to keep this road lu repair ami not allow It to 1k overgrown, but lie know that tho rainy season was at , counties, I'lich hand and that tho Kncllsh would have At Mil tliuo Mot Mn tut in n U.i. . i..... i. -..i. ... .i i... i ; .K-...1 ..i, .1 . ,""ijt MM i i.. i.i I liiiiwt..i...l I.. - 'I Ii ..... .... . ... ..... i i ... . ; .. . . - . .. .1 . ' -- IM umi mo nuiK or uemi rHiinvcn in uu . i mu wirnmiHrntH. wiib iiitiii . . I . . . - ia a iii-.i Horiu win ue iiieasuroii iiy mo uuuibor of ilcsceiidniitii sent after them from this. There are two M-rlods. call ed 'The Ureal Adal" and "The I.lttle Adnl," succeeding each other at Inter vals of eighteen and twenty-four dnyn after the death of some member of tho ' .,,IM,i. II. . Ills part lu the murder i,.n in...!... .i... : i miriimiiti- . iinti. u. .1 . ... .. " ." J VII I UI II nil- Hl'llll'llf-ll In Ik. ... ncmieniiiirr ni s im, i.-.it. riieqm was arrested, mid In tb Icq royal house, at which human victims ! trial that followed spent nil ihitu THE ROYAL COURT OV TIIE Krxa OP ASIIANTKE. Two months, nnd Jean was In school This King lives In the Interior of Af rica, several hundred miles from the Gold Coast, on the western shore. He again. Changed, oh, so changed. Her I T'.F9, a glrdIe f drIed sra8S nround his Iolnsr, and a "plug" hat. Where he got this hat nobody knows, but It is his only crowri: He has no throne, but In stead he has a stool of solid gold, which four slaves carry around for him wherever he goes. Upon this he sits and gives his orders. They are all ver bal, but often they mean either life or death. t The King's name Is Prempeh, and he Is the absolute monarch of more than 3,000,000 savages. His emblem of au thority is a giant umbrella. The spokes are of embossed gold, and on the end of each spoke Is a human skull. This once beautiful face was pitted and scarred, but she still had the same queenly bearing. As she was sitting In her artistic room after hgr first day at school, her elbow resting on the table and her head leaning against her hand on which the pearl still shone like a crystallized tear, a feeling of utter dejection and sadness came over her as she realized that she would never be beautiful again and perhaps George Lockwood might not care for her now, although he had been as at tentive ns he possibly could be during her Illness. The unbidden tears were creeping slowly down her face, when a tap was heard upon the door. Sam, the colored boy, handed her si card, which bore the nnme, "George Lock wood." She went down to the reception room with a feeling of dread, mingled with gloomy forebodings. As she entered the room and George came forward to meet her, she Instinctively drew back, In a way entirely unllko her former frank self. And sho said, slowly, hesi tatingly, with downcast eyes: "George I have changed since you gave me this ring. Now I think It only Just and right that I return It." George Lock wood was a born orator, but thero never was more eloquence or more ear- emblem has descended to him through nestness in nis voice man when but a "ng line of ancestry, are Immolated to a muustroiis extent. Ou the Great Adnl the King visits the graves of the royal dead at Han- tntim, where their skeletons, held to gether by links of gold, sit In grim mockery of state. HcourrU ller Hired .Mnn. We ministers have many struugo experiences lu performing the mar riage ceremony," said the Itev. W. I-S Sherldnu, of Pontine, Mich., In the Pittsburg Dispatch. "One of the most curious lu my experience occurred not long ago. A largo and heavy woman, accomimutcd bv a comnarutli-i.lv hiihiII Wolseley was at the head of It. He and mock-looklm? num. imil d. burned the King's capital, Coomasle. land asked to be married. Hi-nri-thim. and forced him to agree to certain con- was regular and the ceremony was per- .lltlntlO n..,n n 1 1. . 1. - . ... . . I . .... - dltlons, among others that he would abolish the practice of human sacrl uces, uut these arguments neither Koffee nor Prempeh has carried out. Tho consequence hris been frequent trouble ever since Great Hrltaln has formed. After It was over tho bride explained her jHisltlon. "'lou see, Mr. Sheridan,' she said. 'farm hands are mighty hard to get In thlif part of the country nnd they un even harder to keep. You get u good tin tlrift l-i ..i m ... I u...au , .- iusk.01 civilizing uiese hired man and get him well broke lu black-skiuned and untutored savages. t0 ,vork nrollI1(, fnrlI .J'J The fact that the country of Ashan- thing you know he quits the Job iiimI ee Is exceedingly rich In gold, and goes off to town or somewhere- else that I- ranee coutrols the neichborinir i.nt mirim. i im.i .. hi.i... i i' ST nmm5.y' ybaVe Bomo' nb0,,t n" K0(l n 1 w MIH-i't to get. thing to do with Lnglaud's solicitude but Just when the season got right busy for the people of Ashantee and their ho tin nnd milt me. comic opera King. Uiere Is probably no other savuge BRITISH FORT IN THE CITY OP COOMASSrE. 1 Just made up my mind that I wasn't going to be left lu the same tlx this Ntiinmer, so here we are.' The bridegroom In the case simply stood and smiled meekly. He hud noth ing at all to nay." why attempt to tell what ho said? Suffice to say that tho ring was re placed and Jean never again had occa sion to remove It Shirt Waists in Africa. Helen Caddlck, one of the few white women who have ventured into tho heart of Africa, has recently written about her trip from Zambesi to tho great lakes a trip for pleasure. The cotton blouses or waists which she wore were washed and "Ironed" by her native "boy," and the process was King rrerapeh has exactly 3,333 wives. Why this number should have been decided upon he does not know. Like several other things they came to him by inheritance. He takes them for granted. Tho kingdom of Ashantee is rich In gold, and Prempeh Is many times a millionaire. He wears earrings of solid gold. All of his personal adornments are of gold. Ho owns tho only house Jn his kingdom. It is a rude structure of stone. His Royal Highness sleeps on tho floor. ICIng Prempeh Is a'bloodthlrsty ruler. nA la In '4U t.l.l. -. ... . ' extraordinary, The laundryman first spread a mat and Is In 'the habit of makim? humnn on tho ground. Next the clothes to bo sacrifices. This Is one of the practices "Ironed" were placed on It and smooth- which England desires him to stop, for cd out as well as possible. Then, plac- whenever his gods nro displeased hp Ing 11 towel or some largo cloth over seeks to propltlato them by havlnir n uie garment, no ruuoeu nis rect back and forth over It until ho thought it was smooth enough. Ills Itegliiiiliiif. Years ago there was a cold night lu the latter part of December at lirnttle- boro, Vt. There had been many frees. Ing nights thero before, but ou this one something happened. A young man, Larkln (5. Mead, at tracted by tho beauty of the great whltr. stillness, went out-of-doors, uud slow ly, yet with much delight, modeled a figure which, In his mind, stood for tho S n,,: 'Sel ,Wr t,,MS . d0W" t,,u oration day there was n m events fir iiio ppftr fiiQf tlfkf.fi a it . cnA ranVclK 08 ar!he "tatue grVand t'he-Icuip,;;' thrw Tm iVriiSf I ASIiantee, for they are hnrn wn-i. on water at lriti.i-.-i.li , .... i.ul" n,m 10"tr "lrl.llD' ..... ..uJ CSdlln mniin.l, i. ... . I. . . . .. ntnlir nrrn(iil. Recently lB . w n VII ,111V 1tll.llHiv worm, including me a to secure bis freedom, He airi ..... ....,..,"..,.,. , ,,c BlIHJfl a n ... Ll . .iii.u ii, im- miirvuic V oun, IDd fl& very day on which the opinion of & court was imudeu down ittlrcilttli decision of the lower court hnodJai uii.-u iii inn i-eu in wic jnunt.uuitii Many other dark dtitli Lin ta MA. .,...... I ...I.I. .1... I . I I 1 . iviiiii-vii-u nun uiu i.ioDa, iioi 11 u recently passed Into the poiiwiWi company that has coiniiifuwltlrfc tlou of a sawmill fur the rum Pllftltlr. till, tlltilmr nrnf eamto lli.Uj and putting It under cultivation. Vrf interest Is tmiuirested In (bit wortn it goes on, for It Is thought tint, la ting down the giant trees and lotte tug off tho land, where so tun; id deeds havo boon committed, etta will aiqicnr that will throw iljbttp many mysteries which snrronod tk siot. Minneapolis Journal, MISTAKES IN FLAG. RAISIN! "Old Olnry" Must Co to the Toplm Time nnd All KUc llclov. It Isn't everybody who knowih' to throw tho American colon tab breezes, says n writer In the I'WW phla Record. Flag raining- rc m doy occurrencoH, but there are feF pie nmong those In chnrge, be IM ever so patriotic, who are cojrolmt' tho fact that Old Glory tops CTerrtlS In the American possessions, Mi never go below under any clreo stances. At ninny of the flag rali!v there uro pennants unfolded on tt hiuiio poles, nnd generally the mliUb of placing tho pennant nt the top,f tho Uag, Is mnde. ia ver; Ir tulnir to tho roeulnr navy men. wbo Kurd such an net In their rankiu serving of dismissal. A number oft nllli.nru ulnlln.inil nt I'll" navy yard have time and again bidfi ling given Its proper plnco on pclw various parts of tho city, eP nver MclinnllimiRCH downtown. 00 W race who are .capable of putting up Sllnll n ulll ol.i .. " "I' Ho resolved to be- BBi,t was seen from League thinb- n- I'rempeh does and man who did It. beaTacTnTa IZV TuZZL'T l VS Sultan of Turkey Is a novice in tyray S!rt 1 became nerhans ,i S Tk 8f tCI" bont to ,,ttV0 tbo PMDa as comnnrml tvIH. m. i... ""'" i"-uiim no iook no such nn,i nntinnnt rAVPPRCU. .v WIU umuK nnr nf I THOnsum in it no in ... " MUU 4,vm' ' liable to lose her head. m,,i iZ one of his suhtivfa 0..i., " . pen to look at one f i u " U.a.P: JI!aneso a t bath Js Snlll Blll.lnnt ,. .7 . " !UIU. WJ1CI S, hnr, nr " M by hav, Tlio Japs' Hot Ilutli hen peoplo nro too poor to Cromwell's Pocket nibln. There Is n good collection of Bibles In the Nntlonal Museum at Washington, and- among others one of Cromwell's pocket Bibles, which he gave to every soldier In his army, with Instructions to carry It In a pocket mado especially for that purposo In tho waistcoat over the heart. Every bride Imagines that her photo graph on her husband's office desk In spires him to keep onward and upward, like the boy In "Excelsior." u uuiu in inoir own lioimou ti... ' ' r I" I Patronize the public baths. EVOLUTION OF JOHN CHINAMAN. ' . ,. !... .1 ll It WM JI" " - v. "uo you no yu i, ui killed Abel?" asked the old mtf f w street car of tho nmu on nw - "Why, Cain, of course," wM 0Jr ply. "Who did you think it ff" "Waal, durn my h Me, tt J w ..,l o nt ItlVSolf. It ,1 mlnltsngo that I bet a man ij fc that It wuh Gollah, and now iu go bnrefut all summer to J , Yes, sir, It was Cain, ami Go IW t In It, nnd Samson wnm wlth tho samo club that Abel w , Washington Post. After tho Old hT AJttii "IhearyourmotheHn-laffli"' inaralysls. wnnt cuu in f "Sho went to o iiriuu iu uuik jf.w... 'Tl.,ll,.ln 7 room An architect says tho 1"" eaet ho world Is tho room ror w