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About The Eugene weekly guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1899-1904 | View Entire Issue (July 4, 1903)
I . I England baa placed three more Isl ands on the red. When a railroad tries to steal its way through a towu it is not larceny but enterprise. The reassuring information comes from Colombia that President Marro- quin has not resigned again. One of the Important things In the education of u boy is that he should learn to keep bls lips together. It does a man no good to give him a dose of Ills own medicine. After be swallows It be Is worse than before. America may be the "land of the dollar." but the cry of distress any where In the world always loosens its grasp ou the dollar. Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis declares that "we all go to tbe devil on $50,000 a year.” Glad to assure Dr. Hillis that we are still In the Immune class. Russia asks China to trust her Im plicitly. That Is exactly what the lion said to the lamb. From the interior of the lion tbe wall came: “I’m sorry I trusted." A Cambridge professor has discov ered a large lump on Mars. It may have been induced by tbe amount of attention we have been giving the planet iu recent years. With Herr Most advising anarchists to uphold the ting and Constitution of the United States mid to refrain from acta of violence we may Imagine the millennium Is not far away. A Chattanooga paper remarks of a lady In that towu who carved up her husband some: “This 1» the first time she has used a knife on him.” For real strenuoslty Tennessee and Ken tucky lead the States. The Nevada man who wants a di vorce beceuae his wife goes through bls pockets ut night will tie disappoint ed. No court Is going to establish a precedent that would endanger the do mestic life of the nation. Ambassador Choate Is going to mar ry one of bls daughters to a titled Eng llshuian. It costs a good deal to be ambassador to England, but the lady members of the fu in 11 y will now be likely to regard the Investment as a g.md one. Nearly 3,000 liiinilgrHiitR ranchiti Halifax the other day bound for dif ferent parts of Canada. Ninety per cent of them will settle In the rural districts. Will our neighiiors kindly ge to divert lin es? s- at« I to the length »orations Is re- University. The .rtlcles of lncor- lty Clerk. The in Is to further stltutlon which much reason to ffectluu, it may A po’tt OSI» I I Ulti III. 1 tbe remlnla- cense ul r.memon s love for pie. It has been remarked that he liked hla pie baked In deep, square tins, so that like the real estate speculator he could get a good corner. Rallhsl upon hla fondness for this piece de resist ance of New England cookery, It Is fondly recalled how the sage replied. "What 1» pie made for If not to be eaten" —a delightful lilt of Emersonian philosophy. Naval Ensign Hussner, the German officer w ho celebrated Gotsl Friday by funning ids «word through tbe back of an artilleryman who had neglected to salute, has been sentenced to spend four years In prison and to l>e degraded tn rank. In view of the system un der which Young llmwier's Ideas of honor were developed It Is surprising that he was punished nt all. This la a severe shock to German militarism, but unfortunately It does not revise the “regulations.** They remain to da- velop other lluasnera and to excuse other murders. On the order book« of the Women'« Exchange In New York City. It up pears. Is a worker known an "the cheering up lady.” Rhe Is kept busy all the time. It Is her function to visit lonely homes, to play cards with ven erable widows or spinsters, to reati, talk and “look pleasant.” Here should be a laborer never falling to tie worth more than her hire, Professional mourners we no longer know, nor wish to know, of professional cheerers up It should not tie pos- alble to know too many. We be- apeak serious rivalry for this old lady who looks pleasnnt. Hers Is the hap- pleat combination of business and philanthropy. She exhibits an idea worthy of Indefinite extension through an infinite variety of clients, There Is no culture more lm|»ortaiit or press lug than that of tbe smile which menus good cheer. f 4 American Medicine, In an ap|>eal against overwork of children In the public schools, «ays that In many cities tbe nervous child Is moving parents and physicians to api*eal for fewer Lours of study and less pressure Eye strain Is an evil that American M«dl- cine bitterly protests against. Reboot children In spectacle« are becoming alarmingly common Mind strain may not show Itself so plainly on the ex terior. but Is there any reason to doubt that It is any lee« common than tbe other? Certainly It Is mors serious In its ultimata results Education Is highly Important, but It Is not as Im portant as mental and bodily health Where tbe on« Is gained at the cost •f the other the anbstance la thrown away for tbe shadow. Parents can net keep too constantly In mlud the fart that a healthy hotly Is absolutely essential to a happy life. And parent» should learn to know, too. tbe differ ence between the child's smile of re»- Ignation and Its hearty laugh of true enjoyment. If a boy or girl should I* made to work eighteen hours a day and l>e denied time for proper eating of meals the law would come to the rescue But there Is no rescue for the child who has a voracious appetite for knowledge. There Is as much good for a boy in a ball anil a bat once In a while as there Is In a text book. Par ents should not forget that physical development is as Important for suc cess in life as is mental development. tat DITORIALS ¿Science 1 invention Pack thread or cord 1» given extraor dinary strength, according to a Ger man authority, by laying In a strung solution of alum, aud then carefully drying. Washington on pain of Inevitable mental <J*Pre«'on and A tropical substitute for the potato, Great Number of Divorcee«. probably suicide. When tbe Washington strawberry rlpeua. already being tried in French colonies, STATISTICAL paragraph in a paper which Is care however, any-old strawberry may be eaten by Washing is Coleus Copplni, a new edible of the ful with Its figures «LÍer« the rather remarkable tonians with entire safety. .B.».tn Mint or I.abiate family. H* tubers, Information that there are now 51.538 divorced peo Scientist Howard's advice to those who would abstain which average an inch and a half in ple In the United States, of qrhoin over two third» from suicide Is that they refrain from eating strawberr ea length, closely resemble the potato in At the next meeting of the Texas are women. Thia naturally rouses interest in the fate of until the fruit Is ripe at home. Wonderful are the discover flavor when prepared in tbe same way. Federation of Women'» Club« this the men who were divorced, as originally there must have ies of the amateur man of science.—Philadelphia North The cradle of the human race 1» «till question will be solemnly diacuaned: been an equal number with the women. Did the husbands American. being sought, The widely accepted "What Shall We Do With the Men?’ fade aud die under the blight of divorce? Are they more theory of Max Muller, based on lau- That sounds revolutionary and slightly ««nsltlve Ilian tbe wives and unable to thrive when the Breach of Promise. guage. teaches that man's early home impudent: It gives the impression dinging vines are forcibly torn away by the county court?! ethnologists m <** some ------ ------- --- HE story of one action for breach of promise of mar- was In India; but that In Texas man is on hls last leg», Or did the majority rush off and marry again, thus taking riage is the story of all. Acquaintance ripens into are now inclined to agree with 1 rot. and may soon rank with the great ' themselves out of the lists of tbe divorced? But does _----------- The Hlrt that the Aryans first lived In the friendship and friendship into an engagement, auk and the dodo: that woman, in marriage really take one out of such list? When a man Texas, at least, has learned to live k divorced Is be not always divorced, though be marry engagement comes to an end, whether from ' the territory north of the Carpathian within herself, and has found means again? If not, and a second marriage wipes tbe early fault of one of the parties, or of the other, or of both, If. Mountains, near the boundary line be of rounding out existence, nnd making matrimonial record quite off the slate, why 1» It that women however, tbe final breach Is not clearly the fault of the tween Austria Hungary and Russia, it one grand, sweet song, without the do not seek the same way of escape? Why do more of lady she can If so disposed sue her late lover and obtain now occupied by Letts and Lithu nei-esalty of man's priwence. Let ’em | them not marry nnd cease to be divorcees? Why—but money damages, the amount of which depends on many anians. talkl The men are discuaslng tbe wo what profits It to ask questions at random? The problem circumstances, apurt from the wrong she has suffered. The Ozonizing apparatus for vitalizing man question; tbe women are orating I» a fascinating one and worthy of serious Investigation by other side of the picture Is far different. The man may the atmosphere of the sick chamber on the num question. There has been statistical experts. Why, oh. why. out of 51,(XM) divorced be treated ever so heartlessly, he has not the same remedy. may become a necesaary part of the some talk about chopping the word persons are 34,000 of them women? Where are tbe miss Any claim he might prefer would be laughed out of court. physician's outfit Dr. J. E. 8. Barnes, "otiey" out of the marriage service, ing ex-husbands of 17,000 of these sisters? The mystery The man who asked publicly for golden salve for Injuries an English medical man, reports hav and a lot of women have wasted deepens tbe more It Is considered.—Indianapolis Journal. done to bls heart would never survive the world’s contempt. ing used the ozonizer In a severe case breath shouting for recognition of the The question arises whether now that women are claim of pneumonia complicated with pleu fact that they are as good as men, ing equality In so many respects they ought not to submit risy, and the result was an Immediate The Get-Rich-Quick Victim«. when the world knows that they are O community is Immune from the blandishments of to equality In this. It may. of course, be urged that the and Important change In tbe air of the a mighty sight better. What of it? The the "get rich-quick" swindlers. All that is required custom of proposal Involves an Important distinction be room, which was followed by rapid status of men and women hasn't to make a victim Is, Indeed, a willingness to believe tween tbe sexes, and that is undeniably so. The woman Improvement of tlie patient’s condition. twanged, The average man wants to that men havlng*an unusually good thing are In a who has been jilted cannot revenge herself by Instantly Ozonizers are being used also for bet be good and true and prosperous. offering her band to the false one's friend. But, on the tering the air of factories. fever to give It away, and a little of the blind Imlduess Earthly Paradise for him Is a wife other hand. It must not be forgotten the breach of promise There abounds in Paraguay a tree, who understands, loving children ami which leads certain people to try such a hazard and see action is the resort not of those who really suffer, but of growing to tbe stature of an ordinary what comes of It. a home. The average woman feels The truth cannot be too often stated that when a tnnn [those who. by the very fact of exposing their broken hei.rts chestnut tree, from which a kind of that she has played the fullest ¡»art In for the gayety of nations, often suggest doubts as to wheth vegetable silk is obtained. Consul life when she holds her own child to discovers a sure way of getting rich quick, the last thing er their sentiments are sincere.—Loudon Daily News. Hurtin, at Asuncion, says he believes It he does with It Is to tell strangers about It. He wants nil her breast and hears tluit grand word, can be woven into threads, but the "mother." She knows that while there there Is In It for himself and possibly for his close friends. chief use at present suggested for It Is may be fame and rewards In busine««, He communicates the discovery In a whisper; and never, A Self-Made Man. in stuffing cushions aud quilts, for the crown she wears as a wife Is made never seeks partners In the odd corners of the country. HERE are many men who are proud of being self- But sometimes people are caught hy the plausible though which purpdse it appears to be well of pure gold, and there can be no high made men. They carry their beads high and claim adapted ou account of Its extreme er life In thia material existence. 80 cheap pretense that he needs money to carry through his that they have made their own success by tbelr own lightness. When removed from the let humanity argue and puzzle and Idea that he has the scheme but has not the money, and unaided efforts. They claim that no one can say that talk of amending and revising the So is seeking th« contributions of small capitalists every bolls, which are six Inches In length they were helped with loans of money, or that they were race. It can do no harm, and It will where. If he cannot get capital from the men who are and about four aud a half inches iu ever boosted Into posltlous by tbe strength of others, yet never change nut lira I love and the at looking for money making opportunities. It is because they diameter, the substance resembles a traction of the sexes which has exist do not believe there Is anything In bls little plan; and they this Is all a mistake. No person ever made a success in glossy down. ed since tbe days of tbe garden of are men of shrewdness and experience who are Infinitely life without being assisted by others. Think of the assist When a balloon passes over a forest better Judges of any such plan than the average outsider ance given by the mother when the self-made man was it descends, and ballast must be Eden. a helpless babe; think of the helpful advice of the father, can possibly be. When they shy at It, It is time for all Although much has lieen said and mother, brothers and sisters, when the self-made man thrown out to keep it up. This is ex other people to take to cover. plained by Prof. Moulllefert, of the written about the servant girl problem, A good rule for the average man Is to button hls pocket was Immature; think of tbe Inheritance from father, moth French National Agricultural College few families in comparison to the er, grandfather and ancestors back for a thousand years, up tight when the insinuating stranger comes to him with total number In tbe country are trou all of whom have bequeathed to this so-called self-made of Grignon, as being due to tbe exist bled by It. This fact would be estab the story that. If he will only let the said stranger bold man peculiarities which have aided him on the road to ence above every forest of a prism of llshed by the census reports If the hls money for a little while, he will get It back doubled or success. These ancestors have bequeathed health and vigor cool, moist air, produced by the abun average cltixen had not noted It In ills quadrupled. And It Is Just as good a rule when the Insin of body, strength of mind, common sense and tbe Inclina dant transpiration of the trees, and ex experience. The rule Is that the Amer uating stranger approaches one through the postoffice as on tion to virtue, but further than this, the self-made man has tending to a height of from 3.U00 to ican family Is Independent of outside the street Montreal Star. been assisted by those who have labored for him. What 5,000 feet above the treetops. Prof. help. There are less than two million manufacturer, farmer, nurseryman, editor, physician, law Moulllefert also says that while for Ihc Bacillus of Suicide. women employed ns housekeepers, yer or minister has not been aided by others almost dally ests drain tbe soil underneath them, stewardess»«, lanndreaaea, nurse«, gen HE prevalence of suicidal mauia In Washington Is throughout hls life? No, we may do much to Improve our they keep the upper layer, to a depth eral servants nnd waitress««, whereas accounted for by a hitherto unknown scientist, w-ho conditions in life, but we are never entirely Independent of of four or five miles, moist there nre mor« then sixteen million has studied the subject deeply and trailed the microbe the helpfulness of others.—Green's Fruit Grower. From seven diamonds—weighing families In the country. Mnny of tlio of suicide to Its native lair, In tbe unseasonable from two to twenty-one carats—that women are employed In hotels and res strawberry. Clifford Howard la the name of the discoverer have been picked up In Wisconsin and taurants, public laundries and hosplt- of the bacillus of self destruction. He is an assistant* sec Useless Polar Expeditions. adjoining States, Prof. William JI. als. But nxsumlng that they nre all retary to the District Commissioners. HE promised submarine expedition to the North Pols Hobbs traces the diamond fields of employed In families, there Is less than Mr. Howard'» methods of scientific Investigation are no is surprisingly unscientific for Its German source. North America to the volcanic region one servant for every eight homes. Or, less unique than his conclusions, and Ills process of rea Sir Clements Markham has already laid down the of the Canadian wilderness, south of If the inline», laundress»« nnd house soning is admirably simple. Suicides are most frequent reasonable and accepted attitude on this matter. The Hudson bay. The only known matrix keepers nre omitted, there Is one ser In the spring. Strawberries are out of season In the lati tale of three centuries' effort Is, as he says, complete. of We tbe diamond is the black shale—or vant for every twelve and a half fami tude of Washington in early spring. Unseasonable straw already know all that Is to be known about the Arctic re "blue ground”—around tbe necks of ne«. The proisirtatlon of servanls to berries are eaten In Washington. Strawberries eaten out gions. No one Is more vigorous than Sir Clements in de burned out volcanoes. The loose stones the number of famllh-s Is fairly uni of season invariably produce mental depression. (Proof form throught the whole country. The of fact not given.) Mental depression causes suicidal nouncing those who question the utility of Polar explora found seem to have been transported Staten 111 which there are large cities, thoughts. Therefore the bacillus of suicide Is tracked to tion. Since hls voyage half a century ago he has steadily by glaciers, and on following up the supported the work and aided it by the soundness of hls probable courses of these ancient Ice however, have a larger proportion of bls lair In the strawberry. theoretical advice. Now be declares that further expedi rivers the lines converge In the bar- servants than those having small Most remarkable, however. Is Scientist Clifford How cities only; nnd the Southern States, ard's discovery that the deadly microbe enters or develops tions are useless. Any attempt to reach the pole Is now a ren territory stated. which have a large negro population, In the strawberry only when the fruit Is transported from foolhardy enterprise which is the personal aff»lr of the The Carnegie Institution ha» located mnke use of more domestic help than Its proper habitat to a higher latitude. The April straw explorer, and no more entitled to our support than the cross Its "Desert Botanical Laboratory” on ing of the Atlantic In an open boat or the feats of a “ fast the Western State«. Tlie number of berry Is Innocuous In Georgia, but may not tie eaten In the shoulder of a mountain two miles ing man.”—London Chronicle. launilreaaes in the South Is notable, west of Tucson. Arizona. The Tucson Georgia hns four thousand more of Chamber of Commerce has given the them than New York The problem of ■ +++++-*-++4-4-+++4-+++++-i-++4-+-F According to common law there Is Alps or cycle fifty miles a day, to an site, and will Install a water supply no legal obligation resting upon a child other to lie under a tree or on the and an electric plant for the labora dome«ttc service become« acute with :: Parent and Child the Increasing prosperity of the family to supjiort a parent, In case of either a beach. But In some form the rest is tory. The object of the undertaking and the growing complexity of its life, minor or adult. In some States stat inevitable, unless the breakdown is to Before the Law. •• utes have been enacted to enforce this come. The hours from which business is to study the plants characteristic of The Independence of modetit means +4-+4-+++1-4--Î-+4-+-Î-++4--H-5-1--I-++++ duty, with the result that the State Is entirely excluded every day, the arid regions. The mountain on which ami mod eat taste« then gives way to the lalioratory is to stand and tbe ad dependence on the asnlstanee of out- A very Interesting (taper ou tlie has been greatly relieved from the weeks from which It is entirely excluil- joining mesas isissesB a splendid rep care of paupers. aiders for the gratification of new above topic was given In a number pastures near them. The houses are resentation of these forms of vegeta A father has a right to the services by the man who means to last. w lakes. The millions of families that of Harper's Bazar, which nets forth tion. Proposed sites in Texas, New are still sufficient unto themselves •ome little known points of law, re nnd earnings of the child while the Mexico. Arizona. California. Chihua Vu'T» F. hm I Piant«. have little to complain of when they lating to the obligations of father and child lives with him. and is main In the department of agriculture at hua am! Sonora were exnmlned before talned by him-a right resting on the consider the trials of those who are de mother to a child. the location was finally chosen. pendent on others for the management The father of an Infant is bound to parental duty of maintenance and fur Washington, hidden away in e.u ob scure corner, is an odd sort of exhibit nishing some compensation for the of their homes. provide him with necessaries, in DOCTOR PARKER S KINDNESS. cluding food. clothing and medical at service he renders the child. How of queer foods eaten by out of the way HI WEARS IONG LOCKS tendance. If he does uot provide such long this right contlnm-s Is open to people. Tinged by Rugged ne.« When Dealing There is a loaf of bread made from with the World. AS 1HF RtSUlI OF A BH necessaries, a stranger who furnishes question, but certainly until the child them can bold the father Hable. The reaches the age of 14. and usually dur the roasted leaves of a plant allied on The vein of rugged humor which ap James Clawson, one of the promi obligation on the part of the parent ing the entire ¡ ht I. h I of minority. But the century plant. Another kind of peared so frequently in the pulpit ut nent men of Southern Illinois, has not to malutaln tbe child continues until where a father refuses or neglects to bread is from dough of Juniper ber terances of the late Rev. Dr. Joseph had lile hair cut since Cleveland made th« latter Is In a condition to provide support the child or compels him to ries. These are relished by some Parker, of Ixmdon, continually cropped bis second race for for bls own maintenance- -generally sup|iort himself, the right to ills earn trllH’« of Indians, while others manu out In the everyday clerical affairs of the I'reMldeliey and »¡waking, as long as he remains a Ings ceases. At common law a mother facture cake« out of different kinds of his life. He was once approached In was defeated. "Un minor. But by the statute law of the has no Implied right to the service and bulbs. The prairie Indians relish a dish of the City Temple by a country clergy cle Jimmy,” as ev country this obligation only ends with earnings of a child, as she was not wild turnips, which civilized people man. whose church was in an embar bound like the father for its malute- erybody in Coles death In the case of children who are would uot be likely to enjoy at all. In rassed financial condition, and asked county calls him. Is blind, lame or physically or morally nance. the great American desert the beans to preach there on any day. at any 73 years old. but Incapable of providing their on n sup- WHERE LIFE IS STRENUOUS. which grow on mesquite bushes are hour, that might suit his convenience. port. • • • It Is the purpose of the the fire of youth Is “It is Impossible." replied Dr. Par In bls eyes and hl» law not to coni|iel a father to main Relaxation from Work Will Make ■ utillzisl for food. Man Enjoy Life Longer, Soap berrh-s furnish an agreeable ker. “I have already more engage step la quick and tain Idle and lacy children In ease There are men, and plenty of them, diet for some savages in thia country, ments than I can fulfill.” firm. He Is ax and Indolence, but to provide the Mrs. Parker, who was present, saw who start the business of the day, or I while In California the copper colored straight as a West young and luexperlenced with tbe nur Point cadet and ture and sustenance to which they are | thinking about tbe business of the aborigines do not disdain tbe seeds of the minister's look of disappointment. "My dear,” she said to her husband an active properly eutitled from those who »lay, almost a« soon as they are out of salt gra«s takes ...J Also In California the Digger In "you must go. Thia gentleman has part In publie af- brought them Into the world; th!» to 1 bed, and keep It up with scarcely an “VIUT.B JIMMY con tin tie until they have gained I Interval until they turn In at night, dians collect pine nuts, aometlm.w come a long distance to see you, and fairs. "Uncle Jimmy' was a firm believer In strength and ability to care for tbem- says the Ix>ndon Expreaa. The bu»l- csll.d plnon. s. by kindling fires against you must make It possible." 1 ne«s telegrams and letter« brought to the trees, thus causing the nuts to the success of Cleveland each time •elven. "Well." said be, looking into the that the New York man ran for the It Is doubtful to what extent a [ the Itednsnu In the morning and the fall out of the cones. At the same face of his rural brother, "you see I Presidency. After the second nom lua mother Is bound to support her child, ‘*onttnuatlon of mental labor and wor- time a sweet gum exudes from the must go. Fix your day. and 1 will be tlon I'lawson made a lx*t with some of In general, she would not be bound ! ry Into the small hours of the next bark, serving the pnrpo«« of sugar. there at 12 o'clock.” hla Republican neighbors to the effect to do so during the life of Its father. morning, until sheer Inability to go on The sevsts of gourds are consumed by The village pastor returned hla that lie never would have his hair cut Under some statute« an adult son Is compels a reluctant halt for sleep, are Indians In Arizona. thanks, and went hla way with a radi until Cleveland should l>e elected. ant countenance. The day came, the compelled to support bls mother. A evil modern phenomena that occur too The lle.ert Bl......,,,. The Democratic candidate was beat fattier cannot avoid hls responsibility often. And the hurried midday lunch church was crowded. Dr. Parker The Sp«akinan fruit farm, near Neo en that time and "Uncle Jimmy" let for the support of hls child, even Is not worse for the digestion than It preached in his usual telling manner, sho. is one of the m.»« Interesting his hair grow, as he had promisnl though be may agree with the mother 1» for the mind, which Is thus cheated and pleaded for a generous offering places of the kind in Missouri It con He was pleased with the result. t»o to do so; and although a wife, by her of Its due pause for rest. aa he alone could plead. At the the con con- much «o. that when Cleveland wax •wn fault may forfeit her own claim This Is certainly not the way to get slats of Ski acre« in fruit and or clusion of the service the pastor came elect««! again four year» later be did to support she cannot forfeit that of most work done in the long run. Tbe chards. The ground Is covered with Into the vestry, and expressed hla in not «acrtfice hla locks, but let theni the children. pien who have put most work Into rock sad It »as n««,«wiry t0 fomwa debtedness to Dr Parker and the grat grow. their lives and been able to keep on It with dynamite before trees c6uld itude of the church for his valuable A stepfather Is not bound to support be plant«!. And yet on th!» stem« his stepchild unless he practically longest at It have been men. like Mr. soli rich, luscious fruit Is rnis.s! every services, asking at tbe end: Pat Hutwlia tbe Devil. Gladstone. who knew the full value of adopt« him by taking the child Into "How much, doctor, are we in your An Englishman, a 8c< tehman and an year. Mr Upeakman has 10») ,Cres of debt ?” Irishman fell under the power of the his family and providing for him. absolutely banishing work from their strawt.-rrtes Forty nine pounds, nine shillings Evil One. who condemned all three to thus giving him tbe same status as minds for some time every day. In Hh I hanct, and sixpence.” promptly returned Dr. tie hung, but allowed them to select a natural child. An adopt««! child ami the height of political excitement Mr Father -Wouldn't It be funny tf t Parker. the tree on which the suspension w»« the ¡»eraon legally adopting have all Gladstone could always contrive to I-'.-.!-« _ _ * ** 4 This staggered the minister, who to be effected While the Englishman the rights and are subject to all th« shut out politic« and official buaine«« should become a little boy agamí Bobble- Maybe It wouldn t lie so fun managed to stammer out: "It will take c hose an oak and the Rcotehuian a duties of the relation of parent and for an hour or two while be read ny for you. pa If you wui to be llttler a little time to pay it all.” pine, the Irishman selected a goose child, Including the right of Inhertt- Greek or « novel. One man may seek hla relaxation ‘n me I think I'd square up a few berry bush. On the devil waving his atice. Well. I will not take leas," said Dr. Th« duty of a child la. with a tennis racket or a blcycl«, an things -Philadelphia l*ress band, the three selected objects duly ' >rk>r "And meantime, as yon bare other with a book, another In talk (not appeared and tbe reprveeutatlvee of honor and obedience. Fa Mr Stubb-Maria, do you know what *’*” out of pocket through coming England and Rcotland were forthwith der these, or Ingratitude, may be pun ■ bout buaineM); but complete relaxa P to see me tn Ixmdon. take this”-* has caused men to read tbe new«, ” strung up When It came to the Irish Ished by disinheritance. The fath«r tion In NM form «very man should Placing two sovereigns In tbe minis, papers more than anything ela«v And an enttr« and man's turn bis Mstan'c Majeaty walked may cut hls children off entirely, but I bar« every day •ers hand—"to cover yonr onuUar Mra Stubb- Yc. John; wome. M.nd. not a halfpenny less to me than around the bush and said; “I'm afraid be cannot leave more than half hls aboolut« holiday, long enough to count ,t la not tall enough,” <ig which Pat property to charitabl« Institutions If be la no less indispensable every year standing up tn the street cam. he «am named but you can take eter- exclaimed. “Oh. bedad I'm In no burry has a wife and child»« living. ¡Thia The meaning of “Teat" varies with th«® Tbe world la but a r1ng~m> wfiu:b mty to pay it" 1 can Just wait till It grown” la true tn New IrocfcJ individual, to < mm it la rest to climb, m«n cut their «ys teetX .J.J. 1 i*rk*LWA’”d ■CC*P* nothing but tklrd-cfam fare, when be vial ted poor OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS A T N T T T | parishes, but woe to thejr^^ had a reputation for me !iM ' ■onej’ matters. vkit J ** a where, after service, the I "Well. Dr. Parker, a. to 2?! "It 1« fifty pounds." } W The deacon demurred Dr n . stated. Finally the officki/~J* church got together aUd D.iH of * fifty pounds. Then Dr p J'L. °’*tN "Now. thi. 1. not for myS*4 time ago you had So-ands»- tloning a somewhat obscure mJ“’*- "to preach here. You know church is a struggling one aJ^' is a poor man with a iar, I You refused to pay him morTth!“11 bare railway fares. To req I Iniquity ou your ¡»art 1 have**» you fifty pound», and I shall ou to him as hls fee for the ‘ he preached here.’-Youth'. <■ rkj“‘ ion. ^“l«« ALL COME HOME TO jai L Queer Syetern of Ire.tin» _ Practiced in Hilo, H»w,ll>,*‘c* "Tbe most unique method for b»»> Ing petty violators of the Uw, marked a gentleman at the * last evening, "is in dally Hilo, tbe capital of the Island of a wall. 1 was seated ou tbe porch of a Hilo Hotel one day last winter try to evade the mosquitoes sud the ■bine, when I noticed a score of tives in striped canvas uniform» bra into a dead run In the direction jail. The heavy iron doors BWUa. 0IZ to admit them, aud they filed |a one to become prisoners for the birj I learned later that three men •short-term’ convicts, and that th« hurry was Inspired by the fear tu they might be 'locked out of Jail.' » “But how did they escape?" ba asked. "Escape?” repeated the narrator “They did not escape; they were timi ed loose at 7 In tbe morning and ¡t. structed to report behind the bars at 5 In the afternoon. Let me explain An alleged crlmnal is tried, convielei aud sentence passed upou him. 8b<)04 hls term exceed one year he is confc. ed In a cell an the third floor of tbt Jail, from which escape is practically Impossible. If he is a ''short-term'' man, however, he Is fitted up with 1 blue aud white striped canvas suit »nd hired out by the day to contractor» or the managers pf neighboring planta tions. Hls wages, usually 25 cent» per day, are paid to the city. These fa. tunate convicts are both ted and lodg ed iu jail, and In addition to tbelr clothe« are allowed a small ration of tobacco. Every morning, after break fast, they may be seen embarking 01 their duties. They are not guarded la any manner, shape, or form; In fart, it resolves Itself Into an extreme caie tf ‘honor among thieves.’ "It isn’t once In a year that escape!» even attempted, and the record» In tbe county jail show but one instance where such an attempt has been me- cessful. It Is amusing to see these be lated culprits running at the top of their speed for fear the doors of tbs novel Institution will he closed agsimt them. Those that may arrive later are admitted through another entrant and an additional three or four dijt are added to their term as punishment for their tardiness.” “How do you account for thio pe- cullar system being still in vogue?" was asked. “It exists merely because of It» ef ficiency. Hilo is a coast town: the Pa cific Ocean guards It safely on thee»«, while to the west ward there II noth- Ing but the high road and the Jungle. The Jungle and .the sea mean death, and the high road capture; so yon m there Is a stronger force than honor which Impels the return of the conv.ct to bis prison home.” BRITISH FORAGERS BRING SORROW IN SOMALIIW The British are having trouble» <i their own iu Somaliland, although tbff are said to be gradually bringing th« recalcitrants to terms. One of En gland's greatest difficulties lias teen the provisioning of her army. Si* has been obliged to resort to a systen of foraging which is most •ffw'tlr*' though not just what the natives “v7 rORAOIXO IN SOMALtt*Sn> would prefer. Tbe Illustration »!> * a flock of sheep rounded up for ’• English army by the „..tir? native scout» ta* credit of the BrV hangers on. To the Ish officers It should be mentioned t* they never fail to pay for mals they may feel obliged to this unceremonious manner, t”'”*1 t » long per1*1 * the owners suffer a ipposod wailing their supj-v —- 111-forf®®^ r It is Impossible for the average lllander to understand why « ■ who is not required to p«J ’ should be foolish enough to do Interpreted. “Father.” »aid the youth. your understanding of tb* * r, race la not always to tbe.’w'n,ied “Practically, my son- that I« — * wise initier» father. “ •• It mt«”’ y race Of c life th. fast out ahead- — 1 u come i Press. 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