The Eugene weekly guard., November 01, 1902, Image 3

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ALI ABOUT BUTTONS
I “I suspect your law lit
!■ rathe?
I contracted.”
Their History Trace«! from Time
This brutal and unneceanary remark
When Wooden Molds Were I sed.
a
The paginal buttou was wholly ,i WHY THEY EXCEL LAD«BROUGHT stung Curran's pride aud roused him
at ouee.
product of needlework, but was soon '
UP IN THE CITY.
"It I» true, my lord.” he said, after a
improved by the use of a wooden mold,
YOUNG lady who is teachin;
moiuent'a cotit etn pt nous silence, "that
over
which
a
cloth
covering
was
school tn the Philippines, write
sewed. From this It was only a step 1 Lack of Opportunity the Best Kqnftp* 1 am p«-or. attd the circumstance has
brightly and entertainingly of
to the brass button, which was Intro­ meat for herioue Wtrugule of Life— curtailed by library. My books are not
■, jo some «Insky. moonlit spacy.
some conditions there, tn the following
••0 Bromi»«
Promise Me'
Me” is gently purred
duced by a hardware manufacturer In
Tlie Town-Bred Boy la Likely to numerous, but they are select, and 1
-U
paragraphs:
hi'pe I have perused them well. 1 have
Rr „.me old tabby, whose embrace
Birmlugham. in 1HUU. It took 200 years
Larly Become Blase.
The Death of the Flowers.
We have just moved the girl's school
prepare«! myself for this high profee
W'ss
never asked a heart to gird?
to Improve on the method of sewing
W
H nev
The mslaueboly J»;« hi-« conve, ths sad­
in Dagupan into a newr building, a pri­
j with barbaric accent slurred,
g..
Hl
slon
rather
by
the
study
of
a
few
the cloth on the covered button; then
dest of the year.
A country boy's lack of opportunity to
A tn some strange country, far away,
vate native house, hired for the pur­
an Ingenious l>ane invented the device his b<pt equipment for the serious Ixxiks than by the composltlou of a Of wailing w Inds, and naked woods, aud
if “Tommy Atkins’ ” cause Is spurred?— pose. But we chose the date of mov­
meadows brown and sere.
of making the button in two parts mid struggle of life. This sounds paradoxi­ great many bad ones."
Where are the songs of yesterday?
ing badly, for it Is the beginning of
Heaped In the hollows of ths grove, ths
clampiug them together, with the cloth cal. but it is true. It Is just as true as
the fiesta. and the coek-tighting will
autumn leave« lie dead;
between.
• nd where Ilves in its ancient grace,
the opposite proposition, that the great­
They rustle to the eddying gust, and to
last two weeks. It will be Impossible
In 1750 one Cas|uir Wlstar set up the est hindrances a city boy lias to couteml I The Tradition of
' -Love's Old Sweet Song," by Time
the rabbit's tread.
during that time to get any one to do a
manufacture of brass buttou» iu Phil­ with are the opportunities which In-set
unblurred?
The robin and the wren are flown, and
day's
work
for
ua.
The
benches
are
St.
Swithin
’
s
Day
«'here does "Ben Bolt” his thoughts re­
adelphia. and soon afterward Henry him when young and pursue him till he
from tho shrubs ths jay,
too long for the rooms and we will not
trace
Whiteman began making them In New- begins the real business of life—a busi­
And from ths wood-top calls ths crow
be able to get a carpenter to saw them
Tn feed on sorrow's whey and curd?
through all the gloomy day.
York. The buttons of George Wash­ ness which each individual must carry
off or any one to put the blackboards
Poes “Only Me” still beg a word.
Somebody at Boston has taken the
ington and most of the continental on for himself. For the city boy every-
Has "Golden Hair” turned to gray.
in place. We are so near the cockpits
army were made in France. Connec­ tiling is made ns easy as possible. Even trouble to expose Saint Swlthln, who Where are the flowers, the fair young
Poe« "Nancy" mourn her vanished bird? that the noise ts deafening. Sch«x>l
flowers, that lately sprang and
aia!
ticut presently came to the front and pleasure becomes to him an old story is shown to I.«- u pious old
Where are the songs of yesterday ?
stood
has to be carried on largely by signs.
began making buttons of pewter and before he to out of hto teens. Brought lucideiitally some rather Interesting In brighter light, and softer airs, a beau­
The cocks
crow continually, the
A GlKl.s SCHOOL,
tin at Waterbury, the present center up iu the feverish rush of a place where figures are collected showing tlie num
teous sisterhood ?
ENVOY.
her of raltiy days in various summers Alas! they all are in their gravea; the
swarming children shriek and cry and
of the buttou Industry.
Princes, whose loyalty has erred
great things are happening day by
some
baby.
They
do
not
live
long
Buttons are now made of almost ev­ day, be sees the world with a cynic's since 1S72.
gentle race of flowers
To these, who wore in turn the bay— the women are forever pounding rice. after they are captured and sometimes
Saint Rwlthlu's «lay. It will be re­ Are lying in their lowly beds, with the
In going to school we have to cross the
erything. from «eaweed and cattle eyes and despises the small things
The sad. the joyful, the absurd—
fair and good of ours.
Where are the songs of yesterday?
riser In a li.-tnca It Is Mthing mora a baby will still be dragging a poor hoofs to mother-of-pearl ami vegetable which, like the bricks In a house, go to membered. Is July 15, and the reputa­
than a log hollowed out in which we little feathered thing at>out even after Ivory.
—Ufe.
Excellent buttons are made the upbuilding of characters and tion of the saint is stak«*«l uia>n the tra­ The rain to failing where they Ue; but
the cold November rain
crouch at the bottom and are paddled It Is dead. Once I had a present of from potatoes, which, treated chemic­ careers. He believes Iu using large dition or adage which runs to the ef­ Calls not from out the gloomy earth
the
three of these little birds, but they
across by a small Filipino boy.
ally. become as hard as Ivory. Large markers In tlie game of life; for petioles fect that If It rains ou Saint Swlthin *
lovely ones again.
were all dead within twenty-four
day
it
will
ralu
ou
each
ot
the
forty
The islands swarm with Insects of hours. When I next received a Ilk« buttou factories make their entire and small units of value be ha» little
days following. This did very well be­ The wind flower and the violet, they per­
all kinds. Anta are most plentiful and present I walked to the school house product from various mixtures of gut- taste und scant regard.
fore the days of rain gauges aud
ished long ago.
ta percha. skim ntiik and blood; others
most troublesome. As I am writing, window and let It go.
I also bad
The conditions surroumllng the coun-
And the brier-rose and the orchida died
the “tickeys," as the children call them, given to me three little parrots, beauti­ from celluloid and horn. The paten try !>oy are ua different aa posalble. weather bureau r<-eor«ls, but now it
amid the aummer glow;
or little lizards, dart across my writing ful red and green birds about six inch office has Issued 1.366 patents for mak­ Tin r«> is a deal of regular work that does not go down. Ill point of fact, tin- Hut on tlie hill the golden rod, and ths
tradition
came
nearer
l>.
:
Q
true
this
ing
buttons.
aster in the wood,
every country boy must do, ai® tills year than for twenty years past, says
ctr?OU had better let me ride to table and catch the bugs that fall os long, but these, too. after a few
The most important branch of the
And the yellow sunflower by the brook
Mnrville ami take that money to around the lamp. Several times liz­ days. I freed. The children bestow
r<*gularlty
of
employment,
mostly
out
of
the
New
York
Evening
l'ost.
Out
of
button Industry of the Fulled States
in autumn beauty stood.
the bank; there are ugly rumors ards have fallen from tlie celling on to flowers and fruit on their teachers.
doors. Inculcates Industrious habits, the forty days this year it rained on Till fell the frost from the clear, cold
abroad concerning 'Cord Jim' and Ills my neck. Now and then It Is a centi­ Sometimes they make little baskets of is the making of |>earl buttons, the ma­ wiilkQlt colltributes to a physical de
twenty-two. This was nearly equaled
heaven, as falls the plague of
terial lieing obtained from shells gath­
band. Three times within a fortnight pede that annoys. Cockroaches are I bamboo and wind them with red. white ered along the Mississippi river. Tlio velopiuent which in after years la just In lstHi, when It rained twenty one out
men,
a lonely settler’s shanty has been
Industry has practically grown up with­ as valuable as any athletic training that of the forty days. In lss'.t ami It»»! the And the brightness of their smile *ae
gone from upland, glade and glen.
•rushed’ by these gentlemen, and the
in the last tell years, says the Itebo- can lie had. lie cannot run us fast, per­ record was nineteen days. In 1S72 alid
third was at 'Miner's Corner,’ not twen­
Iwith Sunday Herald, and Its Introduc­ haps, as those tralued by a system; lie lspl eighteen. Ill 1S80 seventeeii, In And now-, when conies the calm mild day,
ty miles from here!
Besides, you
tion is due entirely to J. F. Boepple of may not be able to Jump so high or so LSP2 fifteen, and so on. As to th«'
ss still such days will come.
ought not to expose your wife aud
Muscatine. Iowa, a native of Germany, far, or excel in any of tlie sports upon amount of rain. 1R72 was much the To call the squirrel and the bee from out
which
we
bestow
ao
much
time
and
from
Kiddy to nn Invasion of that kind; the
wettest nt this particular season, near­
their winter home;
who had learned the trade abroad.
fright would be enough to kill a nerv­
He saw that millions of dollars were which we get ao much of pleasure, but ly tw ice aa much ruin fulling ns in an) When the sound of dropping nuts is
heard, though all the trees are
ous girl like Lucy!”
going to waste in the shells known his development enables him to buckle of the years since. The next rainiest
still.
The speaker. Jack Hartley, was a
ns "nigger heads," of which tons were «low it to the hard work In which hours year was 1S84, when St. Swltliln's day
And twinkle in the smoky light the wat­
tall, sunburnt young man. brother to
piled up on the banks of the river. are consumed, aud from which very lit­ was fair and clear, with not a drop of
ers of the rill,
the owner of "The Bungalow,' a newly
Thousands of ja-ople are now employed tle or no Immediate pleasure is extract­ rain iu Boston nt least. There seems to The southwind searches for the flowers
ed.
Ills
strength
tuny
be
something
erected, low-roofed house, to which
be
no
relutlon
hetw«-en
tlie
amount
of
In turning these shells Into buttons,
whose fragrance late he bore,
some four years back the latter had
the little plants la-ing found all the like that of tlie cart horse, but tlie cart mln on St. Swltliln's day ami 0
And sighs to find them ill the wood and
brought his young bride.
by the stream no more.
way from Minnesota to Missouri. Mus­ horse Is to be preferred where a long nmouiit of rainfall following. The beat
After months of hard work and
catine Is still the great headquarters and steady pull la required. The thor­ tlie saint could do of late years wna In
many a dlsappoiutmeut, the grounds
of the Industry. It has forty factories. oughbred racehorse lias a tine flight of ISS1I, when .!>!> Im-Iles of rain fell, yet It And then I think of one who in her
youthful beauty died,
turrouuding the house had been re­
The value of the shells has risen from speed and canters with delightful light­ wus only an average wet season fur the
Tlie fair, meek blossom that grew up and
claimed from the biuh t»y the young
50 cents to $30 a hundred weight And ness aud grace along tlie park bridle next forty daja. This year's St. Swlth-
faded by my side.
going to school .
fellow, who. like many another, having
yet American buttonmaking is iu Its paths, but tin- IQavy work Is the work In’s day was rather wet, .70 Inches fall­ In the cold, moist earth we laid her.
moat
in
demand,
and
for
tliat
we
want
found it impossible to make a decent
ing at Boatoll, yet since August 1 tbe
when the forests cast the leaf.
. infancy, 'tls said.
tlie draft animals every time.
rainfall has been only about the aver­ And we wept that one so lovely should
living in his native land, had decided, everywhere. One feels like standing and blue worsteds and make tasseLs of
have a life so brief;
Enthusiasm Is the spur to endeavor, age. The year lsSI, when the saint's
on receipt of a small legacy from a and holding one's umbrella and hat all the yarn, Tbese they till on the out-
and at the same time it 1» the savor of day win dry, had 13.116 Im’hes of rain Yet not unmeet it was that one like that
maiden aunt, to try his luck at cattlo- the time, that the cockroaches may not side with paper flowers and the Inside
young friend of ours,
life. The country boy whose ambition during July and August.
rearlng and sheep-breeding in Austra­ riddle them liefore they are used again. with real ones. The school children
Ro gentle nud so benuttful, should perish
They will eat the stamps off letters If i will also buy and bring with great
lias taken him to town comes flllod with
lia.
with the flowers.
Brushing the Pean.
enthusiasms. Even the little things are
For once flek^ fortune, less blind they are not hurried into the mall eagerness any little cheap ornament to
—William Cullen BrynnL
It
was
a
rosy-cheeked
but
pale-eyed
their teachers.
than usual, was in a generous mood, pouches.
One of the fire department horses tn novelties to him, and ns he aecom
The l^nner Hour.
Birds are the principal playthings of
Sometimes we take trips on horse­ Baltimore to extremely fond of I.lmbur- I • pltohes this nnd that he feels that he Is young man who applied to Mr. Power*
and, after a few years of hard work
O hour of nil hours, tlie most blest upon
for
the
vacant
position
of
assistant
the
native
children.
There
are
several
doing
something
not
only
Interesting
back.
There
are
no
side
saddles
and
and ceaseless efforts, Ned Hartley
ger cheese aud eata it with evident rel­
earth,
but valuable. Ills simple tastes have gardener. The master of the place Bleat hour of our dinners!
found himself sufficiently well off to kinds no larger than humming birds we ride astride. The horses are very ish.
qm-Ktlomsl
him
at
some
length
as
to
not been spoiled by a multiplicity of
marry the “girl he had left behind that are often to be seen tied by a small and easy to mount There Is
The land of hto birth;
Connecticut pays a bounty of $1 for
The face of hia first love; the bills that
him,” and to tiring her to a home thread to a stick or to the band by I only one fear—that our feet may drag. each fox kllleti within Its borders. Last gratifications, and so he to glad of ev- hto <iuallflcatlouH.
"Do you know much about the care
1 orythlng good that comes Ills way. At
he owes;
which he had literally built for her
year tlie payments ou litis account
thirty, if he leads a clean life, he has of flowers? Have you had experi­ The twaddle of friends, and venom of
with his own hands, In the course of Tom, the retriever, who, entering fully was to have brought back health and
amounted to $1,272.
fo<-s;
more of the boy In him than bto city ence?" he asked.
the following year a son was born, into
spirit of the game, would happiness to Lucy.
The sermon be heard when to church he
almost
as
"I've
never
been
out
to
work."
said
A
white
badger,
which
Is
cousin
has
left
at
fifteen.
He
does
and “Kiddy.” as he was called by rela­ stand quite still while Kiddy, labori­
Inst went;
Iu silence be banded the bag -nnd
blackbird. what Is before him because It 1s hto the young man, "but I know all about
tives and friends, soon became a very ously aiming the harmless weapon at notes to the ruffian, who, still keeping great a rarity aa a white
Axe Vale duty, while the other to too apt cynical­ 'em flowers. Oh, yes, I can take care The money lie borrow'd, the money he
Important member of the small com­ him, called out in his clear treble voice, Ned covered with bls weapon, forced v,-aa killed recently by the
spent;
(England) badger hounds.
ly to question the value of doing any­ of 'em all right Geraniums and nas All of these things a man. I txllevs, may
munity. Jack Hartley, Ned’s younger “Shoot! Bang! Fire!” This was the him back to the verandah.
turtluma ami all of 'em. Oh, you can
The total number of farina in Ala­ thing and ask, "What is the use?"
forget,
brother and Kiddy's most devoted signal for the “wild beast" to tall
“Now, mate, having called upon you bama Is given at 223,2'20, of which
trust me, air.”
I
And not be the worse for forgetting; but
Of
the
men
who
have
achieved
great
Just alwnit supper-time, it would not be
down.
"Then go down that path to your
yet
12!»,137 nre operated by white farmers prominence nnd high Influence In our
Kiddy's delight at this new game was manners for me to depart before I’ve
right," »aid Mr. Powers. "When you Never, never, oh, never! earth's luckh-st
and M.083 by colored farmers.
affairs of state the country tmys are at
boundless; aud when at last Jack, had the pleasure of sharing ibe family
■inner
Sweden's last census records the low­ lenst twenty to one over the city lads. reach the flower garden you'll see that Hath, unpiudsh'd, forgotten the hour of
breathless with the exertion of his re­ meal!” Ixird Jim remarked In pitiless.
the
sweet
peas
need
brushing;
let
me
hto dinner!
peated "death struggles,” declared that mocking tones, “Ladles' company is est death rate yet attained by a civ­ Nowadays, Indeed, our cynical city lads see how well you can do It.”
Indigestion, that c«>nacience of every bad
it was time for him to be off and re­ always pleasant, even when they are ilized nation. During the last ten look upon men who take an active inter
The would-be gardener went ns he
stomach,
took possession of his revolver, the in a faint! How long does this young years it only averaged 10.49 per 1,000. eat In public affairs as rather low fellows was bidden. In leaa than ten minutes Rhall relentlessly gnaw and pursue him
nnd
quite
beneath
their
associations
According
to
Dr.
Flugge,
air
will
go
lady generally stay in hers?”—with a
child sobbed.
ho reappeared, to Interrupt ills employ­
with some ache
“Kiddy wants the gun! Kiddy wants grim chuckle. “Not having the felicity through the walls of a closed room at a nml notice. But the country boya are er, then deep In a book on the piazza.
Or some pain; and trouble, remoreetoea,
to shoot evlybody! Nasty, unkind un­ of being married myself, I am not ac­ rate depending on difference of temper­ at the top In other lines of endeavor.
hie beat ease,
"Excuse me, air." said the young
cle! Give me the gun! Give me—the— quainted with the means of restoring ature between tbe Inside and the out­ In finance thej- are pre-eminent, and the man, jauntily, “but If you'll come now, As the Furies one« troubled the sleep of
great bank presidents of to-«lay In the
Orestes.
young nnd sensitive females to their side.
gu-u-u-un!” he cried.
I think you'll tlml I've brushed those
By this time his uncle had mounted senses! Perhaps a kiss might do It!”
Instead of being a modem notion, tbe great cities nearly all learned to read I>eaH enough. There was hardly any
As the brute approached his wife plan of preventing destructive storms ami to cipher In country schools where dust on them, anyway. Of course If We may llvs without poetry, music and
his horse, and, with a wave of the
art;
with
the intention of fulfilling Ills vile by exploding bomba among tlie clouds birch nnd ferule hud not succumbed to you want me to keep on I can. but It
hand, rode away, while Master Kiddy
We may live without «onsclenco, and
was recaptured by his mother, a gen­ threat, Ned. with a yell of fury, re­ was suggested nearly 100 years ago by the civilizing Influences of scientific looks to me like a waste of time."
live without heart;
pedagogy. Our great railways were in
tle. delicate-looking girl, and after a gardless of consequences, unarmed ns Trofessor Parrot, of Riga. In Russia.
We nmy live without friends; ws may
tlie main built by them, and to day the
prolonged struggle, was finally dis­ be was, threw himself upon the ruf­
live without books;
A Poor Compliment.
In respect to park area tbe chief
fian. Surprised l»y the suiiOn and American cities rank in the order fol­ administrators of the»«- great compan­
posed of in his little bed.
"People don’t often Insult you when But civillzeil mnn cannot live without
I unexpected onslaught, “Lord Jim”
ies are in great measure from farms they mean to be gracious," said an
cooka.
»•••»••
lowing: New York, Phllldalphla, Bos­
Two hours later Ned Hartley ami ills dropped his weapon, which rolled a ton, St. Louis, Chicago, Cleveland, San and country villages, from places where artist the other day. 'Tnsulta are the lie nmy live without books— what to
knowledg«* but grieving?
wife were sitting out on the verandah, few feet away from the two comba­ Francisco. Baltimore, Pittsburg, New work began In early Infancy, and a creations of 111 nature, and not mere
He miiy live without hops— what la hops
sense
of
duty
develoi>ed
while
still
the
tants.
Each
then
endeavored
with
all
he smoking a short pipe. Lucy slowly
matters of words. But I hud an ex
but deceiving?
Orleans and Cincinnati.
“BEFORE THEM STOOD A MAW.
lisp of chlhlhood lingered.
rocking herself to and fro and now nnd his might and main to throw down his
perlrtic® to day that made me laugh Ils tnny live without love— whst to pse
Salem,
N.
J.,
was
recently
rid
of
a
then applying herself to some needle­ adversary and take possession of It
Some city boys, however, arc of such and yet Irritated me.”
sion but pittiug?
caterpillar plague by national guards­
slave, had been n resident In “The Bun­
But wlier^ Is the man that can llvs with
Physically the men were well match­
sturdy stuff, and endowed with such
"Homelxaly
take
one
of
your
snow
work.
men. The concussion of their rifles
galow" about six months.
out dining?
They had been discussing their plans ed, but slowly "Lord Jim” was getting
"Nonsense. Jnck! When you have
when discharged cau»e«l the caterpil­ natural gifts, that they succeed by rea­ scenes for a spring landscape?” In­ —Owsn Meredith.
for the long-talked-of and often defer­ the upper band. Ned's breath came In
son of their Inherent superiority; others quired an amiable friend.
been a little longer among us you will
lars
to
loose
their
hold
on
the
trees.
short gasps. He knew that now It was
succeed abundantly because they have
"No.” replied the arttot, "this was not
Bong*
not be ao ready to believe all the ru- 1 red trip to Melbourne, nnd there was
an unwonted look of animation in the no longer for his money alone, but for Then they were swept up.
used their opportunities wtoeiy, nnd In a matter of professional pride. A Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's get*
mors that are spread among the
In
Ruasla
no
meetings
of
private
citi
­
his very life that he was wrestling!
young woman's face.
real life have pursued the same course tradesman sent me a bill In which he
sing«,
‘hands.’ And then, you see, I received
“And you really think we shall be Could he keep up? The inspiration zens for any purpose are permitted;, which enables so many country tsiys unintentionally charged me only nliout
And Phoebus 'gins arise,
the six hundred pounds from Barton I
Ilia steeds to water at those springs
able to go this time?" she. said. "Oh, was pouring down his face. Another the privilege of holding meetings Is to win fame nnd fortune. Th«- more a third of what I owed him."
only last night, and no one with the
Un cbalicrd flowers that lies;
minute would see tbe end of tjie con­ granted only to chartered corporation honor to them for having survived their
Ned.
how
I
do
long
to
get
among
peo
­
"Thought
he
stood
a
better
chance
exception of Lucy, you. and myself
ple, to see houses, streets, carriages, flict! “L or I Jim's" sinewy arm was or associations. All crowds, except In too great opportunities. But the coun­ of getting it, I suppose," liitermptod And winking Mary buds begin
can have the slightest notion that such
To ope their golden eyes;
anything and everything to get away gradually squeezing the life out of tbe places of amusement or worship, are try boy when he conies to town reaches the facetious friend.
a sum of money is in my possession.
With everything that pretty to.
dispersed
by
tbe
police.
No
premises
from this eternal, monotonous bush!” young man's body, when a burst of
out for the high places; though not all
“Now hold on, Billy, and let me tell
My lady sweet, arise.
Lucy has been ailing lately, and I |
And with a sigh she hid her face on childish laughter startled the two com­ can be hired for the purjxise of holding find neats of the mighty, nearly all of the story. Well, that was the se«s>lid Arise, arise.
promised to take her to Melbourne as
a meetlug without a permit from tbe the exalted stations nre fill««! In the end time be bad sent n bill for lees than —William Rhakapears.
batants.
her husband's shoulder.
soon as I could spare the time and
There, his white nightshirt gathered police.
by men of country birth nnd country I owed, ami I wrote him a note calling
money. Now the shearing Is over, I | “Nothing will prevent us this time,
It Was ■ Hopeless Case.
Salt has a peculiar affinity for water, rearing, for they ununlly start out with hto attention tn the error. This morn­
dear; unless”—with a short laugh— up In his chubby hsmls, hto curls »till
mean her to take the holiday with the
A lialky horse is an annoying creature
and as It cannot oaslly unite with that the sound theory that what to worth ing I got a letter from him in which
Kiddy and myself. I know you will “Jack's croaklngs should take detlnite moist, his cheeks flushed from bls first
shape—unless. In short, we should l>e sleep, and his little naked feet stamp­ substance when the latter to In the having la worth striding for. John Gil­ he thanked me for my honesty.’ A under any clrcum»tancee, but the story
look after things for me. old man. Now
form of Ice or snow. It tends to melt mer Speed, In Brandur Magazine.
man may thank you for your courtesy, of an Incident which happened during a
don’t wear such a worried look! It •rushed' and the money taken. Then ing the ground in wild excitement,
the Ice In order to satisfy ita craving
there would be no trip for us this stood Kiddy!
or
for your k imine«», but when he regimental drill raises tbs question
doesn't suit your style of lieauty half
The noise had disturbed him. nnd for drink. The temperature at which YOUTH AND CRABBED OLD AGE. thanks you for being honest. It to an whether such a horse may not simply
as well as your elegant sombrero and year, at any rate!"
Insult One might as well pratoe a be overconsclentlous.
cloak, not to speak of that six shooter ' “Don't."’ she exclaimed, looking fear­ tbe sight of bls father and the 'genpel- fresh water Ice melts is higher than
The sun idnzetl down on a field ot
fully around her. “It could not hap­ man” playing at wrestling, like he and that at which salt water freezes. Oth­ Young Men Mho Wotihi Not Allow man for not bentlng his wife."
I see In your belt! Going for a ride?
hot, tlre«1 horses and excited men, all
pen! I cannot think that-----"
ThemttlvH to Be H-inelche<l.
erwise
liquefaction
would
not
take
Uncle
Jack
so
often
did,
caused
him
Well. ta-ta, see you by and-by!”
waiting for a big. raw bqne«l animal to
Tbe sentence was unfinished. Before the liveliest satisfaction; he clapped place when salt and Ice are mixed.
Testing the Sermon.
Our respect for age dwell» In ua aide
Jack did not seem much convinced
them stood a man who bad seemingly his little hands as he caught sight of
The minister of a parish In a part of succumb to the urging» of the starter
by
aide
with
enthusiasm
for
youth.
Every
head
of
clover
consists
of
by bls brother's arguments and ban­
dropped from nowhere. Ned threw the revolver, for the possession of about sixty flower tubes, each of which Nothing give» one more of a glow than New England where <l<x-trlnal points and get into line.
tering manner. The “rumors" he had
"Bring up that horse!” shouted one
himself in front of bis wife.
which each of these two men would contains an Infinitesimal quantity of when a young man dessrvodly beats a are considered of gr«-at Importance
heard were alarming; there was no
of the o*5< -rs at last, bls patience hav­
The stranger was attired In shabby have given anything.
sugar. Bees will often visit a hundred man of an older generation. It to that says that bto test ot a satisfactory ser­
doubt that the desperado and ex-con- ,
ing given cut "You'll get Into trouble
corduroy breeches and a tattered wool­
“Daddy big lion. g«-npe!mnn tiger," different heads of clover before retir­ glow which han made a familiar quota mon to the opposite of that which to
▼let known as "Lord Jim" h.id been
If you don't!”
len shirt, the eolor of which might have ha tdioutwL “Kld<ly shoot big lion!"— ing to the hive, and In order to obtain tlon of Pitt'» famous retort to Walpole, commonly applied.
seen In the neighborhood and that dar­
The youthful rider of the refractory
"My clerical friends In the city teU
t>een once blue; tall cowhide l»oots en­ and he grabbed the revolver eag<-rly.
tbe sugar necessary for a load must tliat crushing sentence Iwglnnlng, "The
ing attach« hail been made on solitary
me that ao long aa tlielr congregations horse looked at bls officer despairingly.
cased
his
feet
and
legs;
In
one
hand
atrocious
crime
of
iwlng
a
young
man.
”
therefore
thrust
their
tongues
Into
Ned
saw
that
the
child
held
the
settlers. "Still,” thought the young
“I’m as tired of It aa you are, sir."
he held
mock politeness an apolo­ means of deliverance or death In his about fl/100 different flowers. Some­
A judge named Robinson was noted appear wide-awake nisi interested they
man, “the results might have been ex­
he said, with dull resignation, “but I
gy
for
a
haL
MFj
the
other,
pointed
feel
onco.imgwL*'
he
said
to
a
visitor,
for
his
peevish,
sneering
mariner.
aggerated. and after all Ned Is not
bands, and he rallied his waning time« a I« will draw the sugar from
can't help It He’s a cab boree, str.
straight at Ned’s head, was a murder­
120.o<X» different flowers In tbe cour»e H os re. the Irish lawyer, was once ar “but with me It's different
likely to run any unnecessary risks.
strength.
that’s wbat he la He won't start till
“
Of
course
I
wish
to
Interest
the
con
ous-looking
six
shooter^
gulng
In
a
case
before
him.
The
judge
of
a
single
day's
work.
"Shoot the tiger first. Kiddy!" he
IIoweTer. 1 will ride as far as 'The
he hears ths door shut, sir, and I
“Sorry to interrupt "ihe billing and
gregatlon,
but
If
I
look
over
to
I
••■»eon
wu
unusually
stem,
arxl
Anally
rouse«!
Copse,' and bring Sergeant Gilpin and
®e«I.
haven’t got any door to shut!”
Would Discourage a Burglar.
Drew's
pew,
and
then
to
Iieacoo
cooing,
but
might
I
trouble
you
to
th«
young
barrister
by
accusing
hltn
of
“No. Hon first!" shouted the child,
a couple of hto men back with me. Ex­
I
Before a burglar could tunnel Into Intending to bring the king’s commit Hnow'a. and see them with their eyes
hand
oTer
to
me
that
six
bun<lred
tra precaution can doapo harm.”
the spirit of contradiction awak- ning
Poet Won Against Tim«.
the money vault» of the Philadelphia alon Into contempt
close! and h«-sda nodding. 1 feel that
“Champion |>oet of the town, to he?”
As he was about to mount his horse ' pounds you received last night from within him.
mint he would have to pierce a solid
all
to
well.
Just
as
surely
as
I
dis
­
Barton's?
Stop!
No
humbug-
hand»
"No. my lord.” said Hoars; "I have
Inquire«! the summer boarder.
"No. no. the tiger first, darling.” Ned
a shrill voice called out: “I'ncle Jack,
rock so full of veins of water that the
cover them wideawake am! alert after
“Yes. air," replied the postmaster;
Vncle Jack, take me with you! Kiddy up. ’•—the drawling voice changed Into repeated, "and daddy will buy you a smallest opening to lmmedlat«£y 0« 1 read tn a book that when a peasant,
during the troubles of t.'harlea L. found I've t»een preaching for ten minute« 1 “hto record la three au* a half hours
wants a ride on your big horse! Walt a sharp growl "Never mina your gun—al! to younielf!"
ed. The gold vaults are of steel sc­ ■n the crown in a bush, he showed It all know that there's something wrong, to
wife; I'll look after her.” Poor Lucy
better'n the next fellers."
for me!”
S. .« thing in bto father's manner ap­ inches thick, and the silver Is pro-
reverence. I d like manner I shall re­ their minds, and that I shall hear what
"What do you mean by that?"
“Never mind. Kiddy.” Balled out Lad fainted and was lying in a leap pealed to the child. Fearlessly be
by
one
inch
of
steel.
“You
tected
spect the king's commission, though I It to as soon as the service to over.”
“Why, he wrote a poem, sent It to
Jack, "yon can't come out wii# me to- on the floor of the verandah.
crept near the men. and deliberately
And It on a bramble."
New York and got It back In twenty­
•izy. you know; It's your bed-Ume, walk in front of me and show me putting tbe muzzle of the shooter to
they l»H>kr<l Cheap.
A Hot Ona.
Roblnw-n
was
reported
to
have
rto«-n
where
you
put
the
swag,
make
an
st
­
l«n't It? Besides, people don't go for
Nell - 1 stopped in at a bargain aale
tbe b»'ii‘l*or I-orQ Jim," whom Ned In
The amount of beat generated by a seven hours." —Phllade-lplila Press.
to hto rank by the publication of some
rides In night-dress! There, don't cry; tempt to get at your Iron' or to call for a supreme effort was holding down. to-day.
man's
body In a day's work to suffi
slavish and scurrilous pamphyta Once
The time comes terribly soon to peo­
Ton shall Are uucle's revolver all by help and I'U shoot you like a d^!"
that
Belie
cleat to raise sixty three poumto of ple when they quit staying out lato
tbe child said:
In
the
days
when
Curran
was
poor
and
There
was
no
help
for
It
Ne«l.
hto
Fire!"
Jourself. see!”
•
looked
“Shoot! Bang!
unknown, struggling against great ad water from freealng to boiling point - nights! and Join those who lie wide
And. having assured himself that the TJ’ce w>rfirrffte<Pwltb rage an<! hopeless
for
Nell
A sharp report a scream from the
awake li* worrying over those who are
verslty, he appear««! before Robinson. London .'.nswere.
miser?-
Ied
,he
rnfflan
ln,
°
hl
"
room
-
revolver was unloaded. Jack proceed-
surprised child, and “Lord Jim” bad their w
The
judge tried to extinguish him.
out
where,
in
a
little
cot
Kiddy,
fast
Lota of women do foolish things
*d to Instruct the child In the art of
gone to bto account
Wb<s> Curran declare«! that be bail con­ they can snub those who don't
Polo <•>>«• Bs< k to B <'. Days.
•
•
The gill» named Lillie never agree
aiming, pulling the trigger, etc., and a asleep, was smiling In his dreams.
Polo to probably the oldest of ath­ sulted all hto law hooka, and could not
In a small cupboard which Ned had
on the s|>elling. Rome »|>ell It Lily,
*'.ld romp succeeded. In which lmagin-
Ned and his
bto
had
\ed
It'a
a
great
work
of
art
to
make
art
And a -a»« that did not support bto
I others Lilly, and others Lillie.
wild b»-as to wet« “killed dead." the built into tbe wall by tbe side of tb« tbelr holiday at Melbourne after alL- letic »porta. It Las been trac-«d to
pay.
position, Hohl neon answered;
(M j B. G.
**><1 wild beasts I* I ng represented by bed tay tho result of two years' bard l amily Heral« •
and privations- the money that I
“■toelf, running on all tours, and I work
• •>
—
-„oder in what «liatant place
I
“Annie Rooney” «till is heard.
<bwe "Daisj Bell” has bid her face,
"\Vhere "I*<'ri*” te11»
hope deferred?
jl
tender chord 1» stirred
"Henrietta," blithe and gay.
Vh,'. never at a feast demurred?—
' Where are the songs of yesterday?
I
««KIDDY.”
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