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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1900)
DIFFICULTIES OF A LAND JOURNEY IN CHINA. Hie Overland Roulo between Tien tain and Pckln, Over Which the All! d Army Marched. The countr between IVkln and Tlen-tin overcome by the allied foreiw on their advance upon the capital. Is In smnmer time astrelch of quagmire and mud. No traveler who has made the experience of a IVkln eart will ever deirc to repeat the experiment. There is no such tiling as a road as we umhvsinml it. It goes anywhere anil everywhere, and It is only used liv the inhabitants for trnvel betwee.i town and town for local truffle. The waterway, by canal and river, is the usual mode of travel. The ancestral tombs are scattered all over the country, and arches elected to the memory of. great men dot the landscape. All sorts of carts, beasts ot burden and fo.)t travelers are the adjuncts to the scene. Note the nearer of the two foremost figures, who is clothed in a waterproof of oiled straw. Literally he is a "thatched. num.' TWO LOVERS. -U" "Whftse baby is loveliest? Mother s own. A1J round the world north, south, cast, vest Hers afonel For whether it be a Chinese tot, With eyes aslant and a shaven crown, Or 6 dear little girl of the Laud or the Free, Or n toddling Prince in Londontown, Or the one rare treasure n Soudan slave Hugs to her heart, all wee and brown finch in its mother's gentle pride Is fairer than all the world beside. AVho-c mother is loved the best? Baby's own. She whose cheek was first cares-ed She alone. For whether she be an Eskimo, Or colored mammy, or stately queen. Or a wandering organ-grinder's wire. Jingling and beating her tambourine, 'n every land where children are The baby eyes from their deep, serene fins, rapture-bound by the tender grace In the mother's bended, love-lit face. Woman's Home Coinpauiun. Jj At the Eleventh Hour. eg BI'T he's so old, papa," protested Barbara Besslnger. "A man should be several years the senior of his wife," declared Qulu tns Besslnger. "And lie 1ms n glass eye!" "One less with which to observe short-comings, my denr:' "And 1ms false teeth." "So have I. Now, Barbara, be sensi ble, and think it over." Barbara thought it over, and decided that If being sensible meant marrying Ifiiles Ferguson she must persist In be ing foolish. The next time her father returned to the elinrge lie put his plea on personal grounds. Ills pathetic rep resentation of his position was rather effective. The improvements la his office building had cost much more thau ,he bad fancied they would. An Kasteru Ulna, on whose leniency lie had relied, were pressing hlin for Immediate pay ment of a heavy account. Ferguson )md practically refused him further ad vances because Barbara had declined to marry him. He could find better use for his money than loaning It to the wan whom he was anxious to accept as a father-in-law. "I wouldn't urge you," concluded Besslnger, "If I thought you eared for nny one else. There isn't any one else -eh, Barbara?" Barbara was eighteen. She had a round, trim young form, n brunette face full of life and sparkle, arch hazel eyes, and n lovely scarlet mouth. "No one else, papa!" There was no (doubting the frank sincerity of the re 'ply. "Hive me two weeks more to con sider. Then I'll sny yes, If I can for your sake you poor, dear old worried thing!" Besslnger made the most of Barbara's concession. Ferguson was profoundly gratified, nis one movable eye ex pressed his happy anticipation, "Tell her," said he, "that I have never married Tiecauso my Idenl was so lofty. Never until I met Miss Barbara did I meet nny woman possessing every per fection." "Toll her yourself," advised Quluttis. "Girls don't like to be courted through their parents." So Ferguson called every evening. His deliberate compliments and lan guishing glance set her wild 'with re Hcntment. Two weeks! Why hadu't hho said two months? Surely tlio hours were racing by. It seemed to her the days fairly galloped out of sight. Her father grew moro haggard more de Tiiewsed. She used to catch him watch ing her furtively. Ferguson would ' tnvn off fnllure. would build UP Ills , business, would put his 'credit on firm basis, If only He had been a good father to her. She would prob ably never fall In love ntiywny. Per haps she ought to do us ho wlshod thcro sho shuddered. Tlio fateful day of her decision ar rived. A glorious day It was, crisp ami Wen, with a rollicking wind skuiiy- ing along State street and playing pranks ct the corner where towers the Masonic temple. Just there It s dried a girl's skirls around her slender ankles, and not content with this an daelty snatchpd off her veil and lllrted It out of reach. But a tall man In a gray suit gave prompt pursuit. "O, thank you!" cried Barbara Besslnger. blushing, when he stood before her. hat In baud, returning the truant trifle. "You are very kind!" A murmured depreciation, n longor Ing, eloiiueut look of admiration, a deep bow. and he was lost In the crowd. Barbara went home In a strange state of exhllaratlou. Some little ones at her gate offered her roses. She took the roses and kissed the children. She had never thought flowers and child faces so beautiful before. She found herself singing as she ran up-stalrs. She was startled by the loveliness of her own re flection in the glass. Why did she feel so happy, why Suddenly she seemed to see again the homage of those flash ing blue eyes. No! She surely was not so silly as that! In delicious, girlish shame she pressed her slim lingers over her eyes to shut out those others. But they would not be barred. They gazed Into her still! All at once a dreadful thought thrilled her. To-night Giles Ferguson would come for his answer! A sharp sense of repulsion over whelmed her. She could not marry him! She would not. She bathed, colled her dark hair afresh, went down this hour whether or not you would marry hlin." White as a Illy Barbara came for ward. The young fellow stared In de lighted surprKe, as tinning, he raced her. "Never! You would not wish me now, papa, to do so. He has deceived me. At any rate, I could never love him." Then she bowed slightly and took herself and her peach-bloom gown from the room. But soon I !m ilia in learned how easy It was to surrender one's whole heart when the one destined lover came. Out of coutldentlal talks grew reconcilia tion between father anil sou. The . former came to the wedding. "Lord, what tin old fool I was!" he I said. "Things are only as they ought to be! Besslnger and I are going Into partnership. Together we'll make the business pay. And Ituh. would you have you any objection if I were to to kiss the bride?" "No, Indeed!" cried the groom, heart ily. "No, Indeed!" echoed the bride sweet ly as she held up her glowing cheek. Hill IK AS A I.II.V, DiUlIlA.UA. CAJIK FOlt- wAitn. to dinner In a gown of rosy lawn. At 8 o'clock th.e hopeful suitor made his appearance. He wore a brand-new suit, and was apparently prepared for conquest. He and Besslnger talked. At 10 Barbara was to give her final de cision. She watched the clock In an agony of nervousness: Half-past 8! The hands were moving around the dial with appalllug speed. Nine! She did not know the bell bad rung that a vis itor was shown In. He was young, tall, good-looking. With a start she recog nized the agile captor of her veil. "The small gentleman Is Mr. Fergu son," she heard the servant say. The stranger walked straight up to Barbara' suitor. "How do you do, father?" he paid. "What's that?" screamed the old man. lie had turned ghastly. "My name Is Itobln Ferguson. I only arrived yesterday from California. Your man told mo I would find you here. My mother died threo months ago. Dying, sho told me the story of your desertion of her when I was a lit tle lad.- She made me promise to look you up. For her sake I've done It. I can prove all I say." "I I I can't discuss the matter with you here now!" Ills teeth chattered so ho feared they would drop out. "I'ven If If It were so I'd not give you a cent!" The new-comer burst out laughing. "I'll never ask you for one. My moth er's brother left nil his property to me, and there's a rattling lot of It, too." "O!" gasped Ferguson, senior. This gave matters a now aspect. But there was Barbara. The clock struck 10. "Purlmra." said Besslnger, rising, jou agreed to tell Olios Ferguson at Fortune in h Truck Knrm. There are over (XX) ncres of Phila delphia laud under cultivation south of Porter street. In the district known as the Neck, and there Is now living In Germautowu a man who has amass ed a fjitttue of $500,000 In raising early vegetables In that locality. His two sons are still engaged In truck farm ing, although they have not the same chances as their father had during the civil war, when spinach sold for $8 a lim-rttl .i,-,1 t,lti I....,., .l.t ! rel. The father, with his half million, has removed to n handsome country seat near Oermantown, where he lives in opulence. He was an orphan and at the age of 21, having been bound to a trucker, ho went with another man to work a farm on shares. In two years he was able to take a farm of his own and success crowned his efforts. In those days the farmer took hls.own produce to market and sold It direct to the con sumer without the aid of the commis sion merchant. The too, there was no competition from the South In the mntter of early vegetables. The labor of boys could be had for ?2 or $:t a week, but all this Is now changed. On Porter street between Thirteenth and Sixt'.-'iilli there n.v two lutve nubile school houses, and the boys who used to work on the farms now attend school. The farmers are consequently obliged to employ men and pay them $!) a week. Philadelphia Iteeord. Never Noticed It. A traveller lu Corsica says that al though Porto Vecchlo Is so filthy that one would like to din It In tho Mrwiiio,.. ! toucan for a thorough wash, It Is won . derfully lovely at a distance. Its white j granite houses with red-tiled roofs and fragments or old walls, with the blue sky above and the green knoll beneath and about, make up as alluring a south ern picture as ever haunted a north erner's memory. But do the southern ers appreciate It? If one may Judge by comparison, apparently not. Says a writer lu Travel: They do not seem a deeply lutein, gent folk on this east coast. I stopped lu a very hot part of the road to ask a man the name of a certain noble moun tain peak luland, with velus or snow upon It. "I do not know," said ho, heavily. "Ah, then you do not live here?"' "Yes, I nm of these parts." "But you were not brought up here?" "Yes, I was born here." "And yon do not know the name of that very high mountain?" "I know uothlng about It." Ho spoke conclusively. The most conspicuous object lu his dallv imiil scape had, In his eyes, nu significance whatever. Kvery mother feels tliut her daughter-in-law Is uot living up to her nup tlul promises, unless sho Is constantly worrying about her husband's appe. tltc. A mine with a Oreat Future Is Ui a Promising Colt. ATOHISON GLOBE Sll HTS. Con.mcut.on Kvcryday Matter, by Orluloul Oeiilii. A farmer Is a great kicker. So is a town man, o far as that Is concerned. After a loafer has loafed six or seven years, he thinks lie t a good as u. body. You can stm t ati argument any time by asking the meaning ot the word Creole. As a man grows older, he heglm to appreciate more why a dog gets out and howls. When a woman begins to grow daft, her dressmaker Is the Hrst person lu Hud It out. A barrel full of sertnotu on the next world will not touch a man as quickly as the death of a mall of his own ago. A woman Is never proud down to her toes of an out-of-town guest, unless the guest is Invited to slug In her church choir. When a kin guest goes home the man of the house Is always suspicious over what has been given her to carry homo In her trunk. When a man loses his position, and l without money, his relatives keep as far away from his house as If lie had the bubonic plague. A man fools himself nil Hip way In his walk Into temptation with the Ih lief that he Is going Into It on purpose to show that he can resist It. In cheering the young men. do not forget the faithful old fellows who kept the pot boiling while the hoys were ac quiring strength and experience. The divine right of kings Isn't In It with the right of tho married daughter who comes home for the first time to show off her baby to hr parents. It Is a pity that eery girl doesn't fol low business pursuits long enough bo- fore marriage to know that she must have dinner on time, or lose her Job. It U probably the secret hope of ev ery woman's heart, after love has fold ed Its hunds on Its breast and gasped Its last, that she will outlive her husband. Occasionally you find a young man who thinks he Is entitled to money from his wife's falher. If he Is not compelled to take care of his wife's parents lu their old age he will do well. We don't know what the "yellow IhtII" Is the newspapers talk about, but we Imagine It Is the stuff called salad dressing, which the women Insist upon smearing upon everything on the table. l'he women are warned that every time they send an Invitation to a man and his wife to attend a party there M a fuss lu the family- the man wanting to stay at home and the woman ob jecting. l)o not neglect good, honest, hard work for a little fool art. Some of tho pictures you see, and some of the poe try you are asked to read, are uot as credltnble as an honest day's work lu the harvest Held. What queer things the average per son laughs at. If some one slips nud falls, or Is unfortunate enough to make nny awkward blunder, the average per son thinks It very funny and laughs, and repeats the affair for a funny story. If. some one makes an unfortunate re mark accidentally, his embarrassment Is always a theme for merriment. Women, who are supposed to be sym pathetic, are the oik-s who have th largest stock of such funny stories. They always seem to he a success: peo ple love to laugh at the misfortunes of others. I ii fa nt Sagacity. "Out of the mouths of babies cometU wisdom." These may not be the p.xact words, but words of similar purport are to be found somewhere between the lids of the good book. The truth ol tho saying was demonstrated In no Omaha home one day. the day In ques tion being one on which there was a heavy thunderstorm. In the home In question Is a 5-year- old lad who has a brother and a sister who arc older than himself. The elder children were greatly frightened at the gathering clouds, flashing lightning ami rolling thunder, and were making great outcries. The 5-year-old seemed to en- Joy the gathering storm, but his enjoy. meut was somewhat marred by the be wnllings of his brother and sister Finally he turned to them and said: "Oh, shut up your bawllu'. DofYI you s'poe fiod knows his business?" If some of the older ones would exer cise a little wisdom of this kind, them would be less trembling nud moaulng when a thunderstorm approaches. Knowledge Needed. The Ameer of Afghanistan tnkp great pride In his gun factory at Kabul, over which Sir Sailers Pyne presides, says an exchange. He Insists that his khans shall visit It. Amra Khan, who controls n riuinnt mountain region, came In one day, ami after seeing tho works, asked Sir Snit. ers, "Now tell me in words Just how you make guns." "It Is quite easy." renllod Pviw. Vnu make a hole Hrst, and then wrap somo iron around it." "Ah," said Anna Khan. "there is plenty of air for the hole In my country, only no one there knows how to wrap the Iron around It!" KW'll't MCKMPIIir.Mu A French physician, who has an ex- tensive country practice, takes -with hlin several carrier pigeons. When ho lluds a patient In urgent nood of ,mu. clno ho attaches the prescription under tlio wing aim releases the bird. On the appearance- of the latter, the druggist catches It and dispatches tho remedy, thus frequently saving many hours do! my. ino niea is an excellent ono, which might well be adonted In nthot- countries than Franc. ' DKCIJNMD A CKOWN. MANY HAVE DONE SO SINCE JU LIUS CAESAR'S TIME. Home of the Persons Win. lluva He ld to llnonie Kl.iu-Tlm.nc of (Inter Went Hctiuluu r onto '' -Similar lUperlenco lu Hniiiuiiiilu. It Is no mean distinction lo have to fused a crown. Thcic Is probably not one man lu a million who would decline, ., kingdom If It wero ollcrcd him. It vpltu or th restless nights and fearful davs that are commonly supposed to lm the lot of a King- ei. Cromwell Is uld to have refiifcd the crown of Ml gland mote from fear of otliet Ihuii Hum any Klher motive. , Hut there have lven many men since Cromwell who have refused to wear n lm)lllvh's crown. Timty llve years ago. when the thromyf (lrceeo,wiiM Miiani. mure than one great hugU" staieMiian might have ruled over tho destinies of that classic country, hut the Uilllculile In the "'"' w,,,v f"1''"1;' able Mr. (llaiMotio's name was freely mentioned In connection with the crown of firecce, though, as Mr. (Had Mime was a member of the government at the time. Hi'' proposal never look definite shape. The late l.otd Derby, however, who had strong sympathies with I reeve, was offered the crown and refused It. throwing away :.o.ihio a year and a kingdom. It was not the Hist time a man had declined to sit on the throne of (.'recce - I'rln. e Leopold, the father of the present King of the Belgians, having renised the crown when Greece was declared a kingdom, lu 1K. Prince Leopold's reason for refusing the crown was that the boundaries of the country were Insiilllcleul. the exclusion of Crete especially Influencing his decision. One of Queen Victoria's Mills, the Duke of Kdlllblirgh. has also been of fered the Grecian crown, lie was ap pealed to lu the 'Cos. at the time lird Derby declined the crown, hut was compelled to refuse the olllce. owing to the attitude of the powers, w ho strong ly deelartd their opposition to Prince Alfred b.ing crowned King of the (Sreeks. The throne was then offered to the present King, on whine behalf It was accepted by his rather, the King of Denmark. The crown of Austria-Hungary was refined In the middle or the century by the Atchduke Franr. Karl, the rather of the prcM-nt l-knperor. King I'erdl uatiil 1. abdicated lu December, IMS. the throne then descending In the or dinary eoure to Archduke Fran. Karl. The Archduke, however, declined the crown, which he handed over to bis sou, who Mill wears It. Another crown which has been more than once refused Is the crown of lion mania. When llotimanla was declared a kingdom It was settled that the throne should descend to Prince Leo pold, the eldest brother of the then reigning King. The Prince, however, voluntarily yielded his rights to the crown lu favor of his son, Prince Wll helm, the renunciation being registered lu the Senate lu October, LVSO. Prince Wlllwlm remained heir apparent fhr eight years, but toward the end of '.hSS ho formally refused to a.-cept the crown, and his brother becatiii.1 heir ap parent, being now Prims- of lio'ii.iauia. The Prince has since nmrrl'sl Priuctss Marie, a granddaughter of Queen Vic toria. Not many years ago a nephew of Hie great Napoleon died In exile, after re fusing a crown. Prince Napoleon, nick named "Plon-Plon," son of a brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, was Invited lo sit on the throne of Itouinaiila as Hie first King of that country, but l.e de clined the offer, Is'llevlug at the time that he might ascend the throne of France. So the bltd lu the mud How away, and the bird In the hush was never caught. The man who had hoped to be crowned King of France died out of that country lu solitary ex ile, lie had sacrificed one crown In the hope of reeclvlng another, and lost bulb. Karly In the present century Ferdi nand VII. renounced the crown i,r Spain lu favor of his father, who again refused it In favor of Napoleon. The great conqueror had lo face a nntior. In arms, however, ami uover took the throne. The story of Lord Benconstleld's gold en crown provides us with another in stance, though there was no throne with this strange crown. Tho man In whose brain the Idea of crowning Lord Beaconslleld originated Is now dead, hut as long ns he lived he never recov ered from the blow of Lord Beacons field's refusal of this tribute. Tracy Turnerelll received subscriptions from 50,000 people toward lfls gold laurel wreath, hut In June, 1870, when ho for mally offered the crown to his Idol, It wa refused. Philadelphia rimes. MAY BE HEARD TEN MILES AWAY. Hoarliijr I'hnnojrnipli Given n Huccesn fnl Trial lu Ireliutd. According to reports printed In Fn gllsh exchanges a phonograph Is now available by tho use of which messages can bo delivered In such tremendously loud tones as w. ' tnnko them east , understood at n dis tance of ten miles. Tho machine has boon tested at Brighton, the homo of Its Inventor, Hor ace L. Short, and Its p o s s I h 1 1 hies thk PiioNonitAPti. seem to bo practi cally endless. It will render loud selec tions In tho open air that can be lis- ened to by thousands of people, or It vlll shout news messages that could lie heard hliri, i .. """ " MIIUIU f, 7 " mutlin.c H.ul u wi ' ' UN that ate i "l In ,.. M.Hcks of a U every worn is perf ,.,, ' "' In , U i ' .. ' ""IctllatM Ileilluiisl you were dictating u, , , ' room. ,u 1 Iiim lu iiiiiieai'iin,.,, ii ordinary ph.mngn.pi, " . '"'"'Ij trumpet m-usurlng flllir'f " hift Inside this trtimi , u"Kn """ I'I'vo ,,r haul "I something like ,,,.. ' Ho. loiiitne (If the ma. h " "'IK Instead of ti. , n.. . on wax in ii u,...i ""i "Mi "'"' I" ' ,. n7l?,T't M'llllllir the sunn. I , n , " over the tuelala H- ,, ' lions cause the , " . xorles of air J ''' ,,M" " ' i ; t tinnsrorniH the ii ,, ,otoT dearetilnir .,.. ,0u'Id,, 'n"' ''"I"'-' "' "le tnn.U. ,,,- o-vii-H dyk... i.g, ventor had his ii..i . M incut was placed ,),.. loof ,.lf lllll-Illlll'V 1111,1 ,. . ",0tt- number of sei ,., V( a ,n .' 1 !'" HhilnuS ly a large numi.ei ,,r m,lW J" word being pe,r,-,h mu, second trial wi Mwirnwe WJ was found thai an unknown could he taken d.. , .tirii,an,lt, distance or lwe,. urnilM' tor the sounds in ,lrv ,!, tin. Htftfiii .i,.ti. i.. i ...... ,.,.,, ,. i, if . . .... , ....... i 0,n a, Wl DREAD POST AND PIllORV, Why Delnniirr Citnu to TtiU Wcllctl Ilttrlt.tt I .in. Alone iininiu i n- stiites IMain still clings I '"PlilliK mltH pillory, ami uit. ,i. .,r Mug of what Is gem t ill t. .iiii,crn irrt, of barbarism is i.i ,,r n of the plllor ami txiipir.i; jh , WIIIPIMNO POST AMI HI.I.0U. both are occupied are even oSctiU sale as souvenirs io all who rltittW Delaware State prison n' Virtu Among the classes of criailiuh are punished by w hippOis art fr beaters, and Delaware people u; W no other punishment ell flu tW case. There Is also a cI.im ot pJ criminals by whom a haiire to t few months at the Slates MM looked upon assi privilege, hut la a few lashes at the wluppln: looked upon with horror not MM because or the Ignmuiuy of tlicpw meut as because of Hie pliy!rli which Is Inflicted, i rueliy Isiww by a provision which forhU H ministration or more Until xUljru or the confinement or a prlsoBfr w more than one hour In the alitor;. INVALIDS EASILY MOVED. Wotiinii Invents u U.eftil Appll"1'' 111.. Klrll ItilOIII, ,i. tt... iiiuiti tin an ,.lliillfc""K mi; i,,"... .... - bed Is a task lo be dreaded, liotuijjp patient ami the nurse, uudan;' which will aid In the work H" much ninireclateil. Below we M' new apparatus, recently P3'1'1", Anna H. Countryman or .u.u- which should prove of grcui"" .. TTACUMf'T' WYAIil" " . It. tho sickroom. It Is " "J 8 , to move the iwitleut from one the bed to the other, hut m-,, to changing the mattress oeflf i for the Invalid. ', apparatus will lift the bed and keep him Z ,llllU .1. Illg Utillll'inn Of r son, arter wuu n ,j o i lifted slightly and s vi liv the ropes. I"" I , ,M rf foot Is then coniieclci 1 0 tightened until !" "al "....nnrHV clear of he lied, wl c l ,,,110(1 toward one side, j n',fieH free for tho perform" wiry worlc . - ', After a gin p-- - ,jIb"" rapidly that you can every time she comes donl