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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1901)
THE CONFESSION. Where I'otor guarded honvoii's gnte A woman came, ono lny, And meekly knocked mid meekly said: "Oh, let iiib In, 1 prnyl" And ninny n fairer ono thnn alio Tho good old Bnlnt hnd Hlghcd to seo Forever turned nwny. "And why," he nsked, 'should I unlmr . Tho gate to let you la? Is there upon your heart no scar, And did you never sin? Nny, look mo fnlrly In the fnco And hurry up mid plead your case I'm waiting come begin I" "Ah, yes! I must confess I sinned," The one without replied; "To keep from paining others I Well, often, Sir I lied! Hut pray do not condemn me yet, I hare somo virtues I would set Upon the other Bide! "I didn't hnte my husband's folks, Nor run them down," said she; "I let him love his mother, and Do kind to her, and ho Could talk to other women who Were young and blithe and comely, too, Without offending me. "I never, never made him wait A dismal hour or two; When he and I agreed to meet I got there! And I threw No slurs nor ever tried to taint The names of pure" "Ah," said the saint, "Come in, you angel, you!" Chicago Times-Herald. Lady Alice's Novel. HEN that's nil settled?" remark YT ed Lady Alice. "I think there Is nothing more to be ah discussed," ponderously re plied Mr. Popham of the great publish ing Arm of rophaiu" & Snell. Lady Alice rose and walked to the looking glass above the great mantel piece In Mr. Pophani's room. She, In the most unembarrassed manner, gave the tiniest tilt to the big picture hat she wore, and the most Imperceptible pat to the fair curls ou ber forehead. "And." said she, without turning round, "what about tho writing of the novel?" Mr. Pophani's bushy white eyebrows went up. "The writing of a novel Is, as a mat ter of practice, generally left to the- ah author," he observed. "You ah surely don't propose " "What I propose Is this," broke In Lady Alice Impetuously. "I'll give you the plot of the story, and the general Idea, and and all that, and you must find some resectable person to do the writing." "This ah Is most unusual," said Mr. Popbam helplessly. "I can't help It," remarked Ills visitor coolly. "Surely you have people about who are capable of such a simple task?" She looked round the room vaguely, as If expecting to find ready writers concealed In all the cuplioards and pro ducible at a moment's notice. Mr. Popbam rose. He rubbed bis glasses In a bewildered way. He was a stout man, with many chins and a shining head the head of a man with a large balance at bis banker's. "My dear lady," be said at length "my dear lady!" "Well," said Lady Alice with a small frown. "You understand, Lady Alice," said Mr. Pophain In the same helpless way, "that when we undertake to publish a book as a general rule we confine our selves to the business of printing, bind ing, advertising and distributing the nh work. The writing of It, we find. Is generally preferred to be done by the author personally. Still, If you are serious In what you say" "Of course I am," Interrupted Lady Alice. "I dare say," continued the publish er, "I might find some suitable person. Let me think. Ah, yes! A young man a Mr. Thorpe, I think called on us a few days ago with the manuscript of a war novel a kind of goods with which the market Is considerably over stocked. He mentioned that be was anxious to get some sort of employ ment, either temporary or permanent, and I have managed to send him some translating to do." "Do you think he would suit?" in quired the would-be author. "I think so yes," returned Mr. Pop ham. "He appears to bo able to write tolerably well. He has ah Just re turned from South Africa, where he was In some ah Irregular corps or an other, I believe." "How Jolly!" cried Lady Alice. "Please send him to me as soon as pos sible, dear Mr. Popbam. Thank you eo very much." Lady Alice Lylllo was the only and spoiled daughter of a venerable orna ment of the peerage, whom she ruled with a rod of Iron. Pretty, clever and rich, she bad reached her twenty fourth birthday without marrying, and tho gossips were beginning to look knowing when "dear Lai" was men tioned In the course of conversation. Meanwhile, "dear Lai" recked not at nil. She was a girl of many hobbles. Photography, spiritualism and sports of various kinds each had their little day or, ono would rattier say, hour with this versatile young woman. Then music reigned and Lady Alice compos ed a "Mafeklng March," which was "arranged" by the patient professor, who guided her somewhat erratic footr steps along the paths of composition. Finally Lady Alice decided that' sho must write a novel. "That stupid Lady Lister lias written one or says she bos," remarked the young woman 'and I'm sure I'm better able to write decent novel thnn she." Hcnco the visit to the great publish ing firm, nud the proposition which bo startled Mr. Poplin m. Punctually at 10 o'clock a tall, sol dierly man, whoso shabby clothes cov ered a spare, sinewy, well-knit figure, wns ushered In. Ills age might have been 21), but his dark hair was begin ning to thin, and there was u groat disgust and weariness in his eyes. He wore a pointed beard, and his .mus taches wore fiercely turned up toward his eyes. "Mr. Thorpe?" queried Lady Alice. The visitor admitted his Identity. "I'm so Impatient!" proceeded Lady Alice. "Vheie will you sit? Do beglu at once, please!" The meek person poised her pencil, nnd two pairs of feminine eyes gazed expectantly upon Mr. Thorpe. "I think It would be bettor," remark ed that gentleman, "If 1 had some gen eral Idea of the plot you propose." "Oh, yes! How stupid!' gayly erled his collaborator. "1 dou't think you need wnlt this morning, then, Miss Goldlng. Come again to-morrow at 10. By then we shall have settled the plot. and we cau begin the writing." Miss (.oldtng gone. Lady Alice gaz ed meditatively Into the lire for a few moments. 'Well " she announced at length, "It's got to be about a girl." "Yes." "And a man." "Quite so." "And they must fall In love, you know." "Naturally." "And they can't marry for ever so long, and people try to keep them apart, and they have each other at the end. I like happy endings," remarked happy Lady Alice, with a Judicial air. There was a short silence. "Hasn't something like that been done before?" Mr. Thorpe ventured to ask. "I suppose It has." admitted Lady Al ee disconsolately. "All the stories have been done before. I think. Hoth- "But we might do It over again." sug gested Mr. Thorpe. "Only In a differ ent way, you know." "Oh, so we might!" cried Lady Alice Joyfully. "How clever of you. Do let's!" The writing of the novel went mer rily on for about a week, when one morning a radiant vision floated Into the morning room and announced that It was the chairwoman of the Society for Bettering the Conditions of the Middle Classes, and that there was a committee meeting at 11:30. "So we shan't be able to do any novel this morning," continued Lady Alice. "Don't wait. Miss Goldlng." The meek person removed herself, but Sir. Thorpe seemed In no hurry to go. He continued to gaze nt Lady Alice, who certainly was worth look ing upon. Her gown was an exquisite creation, but It was upon a simple, al most shabby, little pearl brooch at the throat that Thorpe's eyes were fixed. "I see you've had your brooch mend ed, Lai?" he said In a strained voice. Lady Alice paled. "The brooch Dick's brooch? Why, what " she gasped, with her eyes riveted on the pallid face before her. Then she took a step forward. "Dick!" she cried. "You know Dick?" "No," answered Mr. ThorjM?. "I am Dick! It was the beard and losing nry hair. I suppose, that prevented you rec ognizing me." He walked toward the door. "Stop, Dick!" whispered Lady Alice. "We must finish the novel, you know." 'It will never be finished," he an swered roughly. He turned from ber to hide his ghastly face. "You must stop. Dick!" panted Lady Alice. "Listen! I want to write an other novel. I'll tell you the plot." She came closer to him and laid her hand on his nrm. He shook from head to foot. It's about two people," panted his lost sweetheart. "And they were en gaged and awfully In love. Then the man lost all his money and ivent to South Africa to make some more, nnd the silly girl promised to wait for him, for she was really awfully fond of him, you know." "All, stop In pity!" be cried. "I can t bear Itl" She went on: "And when he was getting on very well the horrible war broke out nnd ruined him over again. Then he wrote to the girl, and released her from the engagement, and It nearly killed her. Hut he didn't care. He enlisted in some irregulars, and behaved like a hero, and got mentioned In dispatches, and all sorts of things. Don't be Impatient, Dick; I've nearly finished. Well, then be came back, and he didn't tell the girl who he was, although he met her again. He was so cruel and hard-hearted. Oh, he was a brute, DIckl And the poor girl was breaking her heart for him nil the time, and peoplo won dered why she didn't marry, for she was getting quite old nearly twenty- five! And ho was actually going away from her again, and she got so desper ate she had to speak. And oh, Dick, can't you sec?" Dick saw, and that Is why Lady Alice's novel was never finished. Solvation Army Collections. By menns of small boxes, cal.led "grace before-ment" boxes put on the tnble for tho receipt of coppers as a thank offering for tncnls tho total amount collected by the Salvation nrmy last year, In England, was 11,000. Corks in Great Britain. Nearly 70,000 tons of corks aro need ed for tho bottled beer and aerated waters consumed annually In Great Britain. A stag party -would be much more enjoyable If a few dears wcr Invited. SLAVERY IN LONDON. DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF EN GLISH SHOP WORKERS Intlnlto Horror, of the ".Ivlnu-In" Sjatcm Unforced by Well l'ronrlc tors Until Men mill Women Aro Poor ly raid nnd llcnvlty I I nod. Thousands of the working girls nnd men of London, with the assistance of Influential members of Parliament, uro making a determined effort to alleviate the deplorable conditions under which they aro now compelled to labor. The poor shop workers arc Imposed upon l'i many ways by the rich proprietors of some of the metropolis' biggest depart ment houses nud the condition of many Is described as little better than sla very, from which up to tho present there has been no hopo of escaping, ns the majority of the shop workers have no other menus of obtaining a liveli hood. One of the systems enforced by some of the proprietors Is known n the "llv-lug-ln" system. By this plan the em ployes are lodged and fed together nt the employer's expense nnd nre under his Jurisdiction night ns well as day. The system has many advantages In theory, but lu practice they are found to be remarkably few. The grievances of the shop assistants who have to "live In" begin with their sleeping rooms. Of nil the big London shops there nre not more than one or two where every assistant has n bod to him self or herself. The general rule, Is two, nnd sometimes three, In one bed nnd HEAItT OF LONDON'S SHOPPING DISTINCT. eight or nine In every room. The rooms, too, are about as bare and unattractive as It Is possible to make them. Iron bedsteads constitute the furniture. There are no chairs, no tables, no cup boards. Every assistant keeps ..his i or her clothes in a trunk under tho bed, and If inadvertently nny article Is left lying out It Is usunlly confiscated. It Is against the rules to have any pictures, photographs or orna ments on the walls or nny flowers, eith er in pots or vases. The gfrls are for bidden to do any needlework lu their dormitories. Cold water and basins are supplied by the generous house, but the clerks have to get their soap nnd tow els. If they brenk nny nrtlcle of furni ture or crockery they have It to pay for. No assistant Is allowed to visit any other assistant In his or her room; none the Loxno.v snoroliir,. Is allowed to receive a friend from out side anywhere In the building. But tho hardest rule of all Is that tho clerk cannot chooso his bedfellow or bed fellows, but Is forced to "bunk In" wherever be Is put, and If his bedmatcs bo of bibulous proclivities and come home drunk, or happen to have any disease, why, so much tho worso for him. This unbreakable rule Is tho same In the girl's department as In tho men's. There Is a sitting-room for the girls and a smoking-room for tho men, but they are both always crowded to suffocation, and tho assistant who would llko to read a book or writo a letter, has no chance at all. It Is one of the bitterest cries of what the victims have dubbed "The white slavery" that thero Is no such thing as privacy that one Is never alone. Again, every assistant half sus pects every other of being one of the firm's staff of unknown spies, nnd they distrust each other accordingly. Everybody must bo out of tho living rooms by 8 o'clock In the morning and in again nt 11 at night by 12 on Sun days. Tho living rooms are generally In b building In n side street nenr th shop, nnd nt the street door there Is n Cerberus who lets lu the young men and young women ns they arrive, up to the 'forbidden hour, when the door Is shut, and If a girl has boon dolnyod In getting back It's ten to one she will have to walk the streets all night un less sho can find friends to "put her up." Just fifteen minutes after the closing hour the gns goes uut everywhere, itml anyone who has a light Inter than that time Is discharged. Not even n candle Is allowed. In most houses It is a rmo that all rooms shall be unoccupied on Sunday, nnd most of the assistants nre glad to live up to It, but sometimes, when the seventh dny hnppens to be rainy. It comes hard. No marriage Is tolerated where "liv ing In" obtains. If tho firm gets wind of an affection between a man and a girl one of the two Is promptly dis charged. Such houses will not employ n married man If they know It, but sometimes they nre outwitted by men who see their better halves only from Snturdny to Monday. It Is another i hnrd nnd fast rule thnt none of the male employes lu these shops mny vole. The illnlng-rooni Is usually a dark one In the cellar, not luvarlnbly free from cockroaches, known In Hnglnml ns black beetles. Tho meals are served l mi tone nlleloth-covered tables, bare of I anything beyond the cssonthil luiple-, ments of gastronomic wnrrnre. .s u ml., the food Is Indifferent, for the pro-, prlotor Is constantly dissatisfied with the chef's efforts in the way or econ-. omy. nnd the bill of fare hardly over consists of more than three staples. The damp room Is lighted with flaring gns- lights. The stale brend, raucld "butter Ine." a pallid chicory mixture that mas querades as "coffee," stowed ten nud minted meat, and having to bolt It in fifteen or twenty minutes nmld a clnt ter ot dishes, combine to make a ghaut ly experience. The clerks go to their meals In "par ties" and nre as liable as nottohccallcd back to the shop again before they can cat two mouthfiils. If a clerk Is busy when his "party" Is ready to go ho hns to wnlt nn hour or more until nil tho parties have llulshed, when there Is a special table for stragglers, nnd If he Is busy when thnt time comes he has to go hungry. It often happens that a man or girl has to work on for eight or nine hours In a busy time without a bite. The proprietor does not have much trouble with grumbler, however bad a table he "sets." Tho reason Is that he tines his people two shillings sixpence, or 02 cents, a grumble. The London shop miin draws a snlnry of from $150 to JiEM a year In addition to his board and lodging; the shop girl ?50 n year less. They have to be well dressed, and their little Income Is drained by alt sorts of fines, to suy nothing of the small sums they often have to spend to eke out their scrimped meals. Of course there Is n line tor every clerical mistake, and tho pro prietor encourages those whose busl iicks It Is to ferret out such slips by pay ing them a small sum for every one they can locate. Most shops have all their rules nnd the fines attached to them printed lu n little book, which they graciously sell to their employes for sixpence nnd line them sixpence if they loc It. One well known London shop hns 1JJ8 rules, an other 150, There Is a lino for being late, which Increases with every minute of tardiness; ono for taking n knife, fork or spoon to one's room; a set amount to bo paid for every box of goods not properly dusted; for wearing a bunch of flowers over three Inches In diameter; for leaving the counter be fore the bell for meals has rung. Then there aro what are called "omnibus" fines that Is, tho heads of departments "have discretion" to exact a ilno for practically any offense. When tho clerk has liquidated all the fines that ho In curs In the hurry of business and has paid out small sums for tho "doctor," the shoo black, the shop's system of ac cident Insurance, and so forth, what ho has left for himself must bo no great sum. Counting- tho Stars. Today tho stars visible from tho first to the thirteenth magnltudo nggregato to about 43,000,000 of which nearly 10,000,000 have been photographed. In the most powerful telescopes, oven tho fifteenth inngnltudo hna been reveal ed; of this inngnltudo perhaps 100,000, 000 stars aro suspected, but knowledgo concerning them is uncertain. In tho milky way alono thero aro somo 10,000 stars, separnto by vast distances. To tho eyo at the telescopo the sky seems no longer dotted with constellations, but powdered with gold dust Indians as Manufacturers. Our Indian population Is not skillful In any line of manufacture savo their own crude Industries. THE WONDERFUL CENTURY. It. D .cnverlr. H.irnn" TIiimb or All Prevlnu Auc. Alfred Kussoll Wallace, the English scientist, and equal discoverer w III linnvln o-f the law of evolution, Mi the nineteenth century ns wn i. u ful for Its development of the Iru I that the spirit-world exists, and near t us; mill thnt for other discover e It surpnsso all the preceding cfiiliirlM combined. Ho holds tl.nl. "to go ' ndequnto compnrlsoii Willi the nine teenth century, wo must tnlie not nny preceding century or group of cen turies, but rather the whole preceding epoch of hun.nit history." Thin he dm lu the following compnrnllve list of tnu two erns: Nineteenth Century Hallways. Steamships. Electric telegraphs, The telephone. Lucifer matches. (las Illumination, Electric lighting. Photography. The phonograph. ltoentgen rnys. Spectrum nnnlysl". AnneHthetlcs. Antiseptic surgery. Consorvntlon of eiicrity. ! Molecular theory of gnaot.. I Velocity of light directly monsured. notation of the earth experimentally shown, i The uses of dust. , Chemistry, definite proportions. Meteors nnd the meteoric theory. ' Tho glncliil epoch. The antiquity of man. Organic evolution established. Cell theory nud embryology. Germ theory of disease ntld the funo tloiw of the leucocytes. All Preceding Ages The mariner's compass. The steam engine. The telescope. The bnroiueier nnd thermometer. Printing. Amide numerals. Alphabetical writing. Modem chemistry founded, Electric science founded. i.ruvltntlon established. Kepler's laws. The differential calculus. The circulation of the blood. Light proved to hnve finite velocity. The development of geometry. MARRIAGE GETTING UNPOPULAR Iiicreaalng Trndeiicr A in on it Women lo Keinuln In the Celibate Hlnlc. The Increasing number of bachelor girls or old maids one meets has doubtless attracted the attention of the general public, as It has of those whoso duty It Is to keep track of social statistics. Carroll I). Wright, the eminent statistician, tins liccii In vestigating the subject and lliids that of I7.-I1!" representative working women living In twenty-two eltlcN 75 per cent of them being under 'S yours of nge, 15,3:17 were single women. Those figures nre simply appalling. In the good old times. It Is claimed, one half of these young women would nl ready hnve been married from threo to live yenrs. The fnct seems to bo that there Is a tendency to the post ponement of marriage on tho part of both sextM. In the cimo of women this postponement Is too often fatal and In the case of men It gets to bo a bad habit. Several theories have been advanced to account for this Increasing unpop ularity of marriage. The statement that young men have become more shy nnd cinburrassed lu tho presence of tho modern go-ahead girl may have some truth lu It. The present tendency Is undoubtedly to cultivate self-assurance and Independence In young wom en nnd to encourage them to become self-supporting. Many avenues nroopcii to them; they can make a comfortable living and enjoy life. Mnny a woman, lu fact, can mako a bettor living for ono than tho majority of young men enn niuke for two (with prospects of more). This situation tends to chock i marriage lu two ways first, It makes I the women more Independent of men 1 nnd, therefore, lu the second plnco perhaps n trifle less nttrnctlvo to them. Marriage Is uu odd affair, anyhow. It Is lnrgely a psychical business at tho 1 stnrt, based upon a delicate emotional Instinct, and nil tho logic nud reason of a progressive ngo cannot alter thnt fnct. The pushing nnd businesslike modern woman Is uot conduclvo to It. Wasps vs. Ilccs. A singular battle was witnessed re cently In uu English nplnry. A hlvo of bees wns besieged by a Inrge nwnrm of wasps. Tho bees mado valiant sor ties to try to drive away their besieg ers, nud the wasps mado furious as suits to drive out tho bees. Tho battlo raged for two days, at tho end of which time tho bees evneuated and tho wasps took possession. London's Girl Mcminn In London thero Is dllllculty In get ting enough boys to serve ns mesnen gers, so tho experiment Is being made I of employing girls. Some of the meg.1 songer girls nre demuro dnmsels of suv cnteen summers and are suld to bo quicker thnu the boys In delivering messnges nnd nnswerlng cnlls. It will' bo Interesting to wntch tho develop ment of the experiment. Soldiers in Hunto I)oinlnKo. When tho government or Hnnto Do mingo wnntn soldiers It simply sends out Into tho country districts nnd seizes them. Tho man who says ho wonts but llt tlo hero below Is the llrst to kick when ho gets Into an overcrowded street car, When looking for gumo IMs useless to visit the bargain counters, of humanity. I I ABSO i s LUTE URITY. Gonuino Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Donr Slgnnturo of St PacSlmlU Wfppr tUlow. to tk AS inurw irOR HEADACHE. FOR DIHIHESS. ron BILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THECOMPLEXION I a-!.- I ,.,- iiMMIIINU ywif MAvS tmtJAtvat. I it et I Tartir VetMvW CURE SICK HEADAOHE. CUclrlcal Exhibits at the I'an.Amerlcan. H tho II rut M) yearn of the premmt century prove to bo na rich In electrical invention at tlm lnt half of tho hint eeiltury, wlmt progrnaalvu years thny will be! Allot tlm Invention ol tho last century will b exhibited at tlm I'an-Atnurlniii Kxismttloii, while many o( thu Idiai that will develop now In ventions will bo horn thorn. Illi way. "Wns little Hobby restloaa lu church?" "Itestlmi? lie acted llko a pocket ful of Hulling wornn." Ancient Clllti of Note. Kvery ancient city n( noto wan Io catod tut or near thu run or u river. Two Thought!, I'npn Yon raw that his Imy whip, plug tho llttlo one, nud you didn't In terfere? .Suppose you had been that llttlo boy? Hobble I did think il thnt, an' wns going to part 'em, but then I happened to think, a'pom I wnn thu big bo? Ho I let 'am nlouu. Uoolhlacki In Berlin. Ttontblncka nro seldom seen on thu ntreets of lltrllti, oniin: to thu fnct that it Is onu of tlm duties of German durvaiit girls to ali'no shoes in thu liouaohnlil, and nf porters to attend to' it in hotuls. Thero nro boothlncka nt thu principal railway duM)ts, but limy find more patrons among women thnn among men. Companionship. Off Horn, Do you think tho innti tiiat owns us likes his automobile but. tor? Nigh llorno Naw; don't you uotlco hu comes to us when no wiilit Kiniu thing that cull eat uu upplu out of Ills hand? $30,000 for Sewage Improvement. llrndford, Knuland, tins had n recom mendation from thu cnuiinltleo on few ngu, calling for thu uxpniidlturu of uioru than .":!(), 000 on thu improvement of it snwniiu dliotiil plant. It Is also contemplating immeillnto street lni provumuuti to thu n mount of $1 no, QUO. Used lo It. Mr. Lnrkor Kxcuno me, MUa Snap per, but 1 huvo lung lought this oppor tunity Miss Snapper Novor mind tho pro nmbol, Mr, I.urker. Itunnlong in nnd nek pn. lie's been expecting this would co mo (or tho last two yenrs. A Spider's Thread. What wo cnll n iplilor's thread con stats of moro than 1,000 threads united. Slow About Going. "It hns ulwuys been my rulo," auld Mr, liorom, "to spend as 1 go." "Indued," exelalmod Miss Hharpo, glancing sigulllcautly nt thu clock, "lu that way I supposayou havo saved con siderable money." "Necessity the Mother of Invention." It is said that "Nocoasity is the tnotlior uf invention." Admitting thh to bo true, who enn toll whnt visitor to tho I'un-Auioricnu Kxpoeitlou will rocogulzo a uocesaity in somo fluid that will inspire him or nor to tho disoov cry or iuvoutloli of aomothlug thnt will revolutionize, tho present dny pruotico of tho world lu thnt Hold, NSTIPAT "I haio goo 14, 4r it a time wlllioiit movement r Hi huwL, not Lei MK alii lo inui tlmu iopl br using hot witir liijeotlont. Llironle conniption for tartn yw placed lue In thUlorrlblacoiidllloiii during tint ilmo I did ar arnhlug I heard of liutnoiar round anj rallan tuob wisinroaui until 1 began utlng CAHUAIIICIU. I now line from cue to three panaget a dar. and If I " rich I would glra I wo uu ror vacli motonienti II Itiuoua relief." Ari.ina I,. Hunt, lew Untied St., lialrolt, lllots. CANDV TKADB MJJIK RfdlaTIItlD oSr,n.,i.L,f'fibl&.:l?'l. T.H. Good no MM. '-'- vivii,vrurila, lue, CURB CnUNTIDiTinu lUrlU, S...J, Ceaiaar, Celatae, K..IM.I, . I.rk. ttt While llVER h PILLS. 00 ION