The Athena press., February 08, 1907, Image 3

A HAPPY CITIZEN.
I happy in de springtime w'en de days
is gittin' long
En de birds is in de blossoms, des a-
shakin' 'em wid sous;
W'en de larks is lookin' lively, kaze dey
knows de fros' is done,
En de crow's de blackest shadder 'twixt
' de green worl' en de sun.
Happy on de way,
Singin' all fle day:
"De raln'll make de roses, en de grass'U
come ter hay 1"
I happy in de summer des es happy ei
kin be,
W'en de cotton's des a-snowin', en de
corn's ez tall ez me,
.Rustlin' er his green blades whar de wes'
win' run a race,
En shakin' er his silky, shiny tassels in
my face.
Heah me what I say?
I happy on de way,
Fer a sunny road is leadin' ter de happy
harves day.
I happy in de fall-time, w'en de leaves
is gittin' brown k
En de hick'ry-nuts is fallin' en de apples
dent de groun';
W'en you heah de hounds a-bayin', en de
horns begin ter blow,
En de fox is huntin' kiver, en de rabbit
layin' low.
Happy on de way
Dat's de word you heah me say !
De fros' hez spiced de harves' ez it twin
kles ter de day.
En winter got his blessin's, en he mighty
mighty sweet;
Cabin flo a-crackin' ter de dancin' er
yo -feet ;
En I come ter de conclusion, w'en I heah
de Chris'mus chime,
De worl' so full er sunshine dat I happy
all de time!
Happy on de way
Winter-time en May;
All de worl' is singin' w'en de heart make
holiday!
Frank L. Stanton.
CTTO HERE is an appearance of sweet
II simplicity about AHcla.an lngen
uousness of expression, an Inno
cent, half-inquiring, ha if -wondering
look In her big blue eyes and an art
lessness In her observations on things
In general that render her friends wry
anxious on her account I am anxious
myself very anxious.
I am afraid that one of these fine
days some designing youth with padded
shoulders and pointed shoes will per
suade Alicia to a matrimonial engage
ment. . There are many such young Im
postors dangling around her, and it .Is
rather remarkable that nothing of the
sort has happened. Npt that it Is any-
HAVE TOTJ LOST ANTTHIIfaf"
Alicia's Purse
thing to me personally, only I should
hate to see Alicia imposed upon.
Sometimes, though, I catch myself
wondering If Alicia is really as guile
less as she seems. I wondered when
she told me about losing her purse on
a shopping expedition yesterday. "I
was dreadfully worried about it." she
said. "It seemed so careless of me. I
don't suppose men ever do lose their
purses, do they?" ,
"Never," I replied, "or almost never."
"Papa never does," said Alicia. "I
heard him tell mamma that he never
did. That was when mamma lost hers.
He says it is so foolish for women to
carry their pocketbook3 around In their
hands; but I'm sure I don't know how
else they could carry them unless they
balanced them on their hen 3s. Besides,
when I have mine In my hand I always
know it's there; it isn't as if I had it
In a pocket where I'd never be sure
that somebody hadn't ploked it"
"Of course not," I agreed. "But If
you carried yours in your hand how did
you happen to lose It?"
"I laid It down, of coarse. I was
looking at embroideries at Spoonder
by's and you can't look at embroideries
with one hand."
"I can see that with half an eye," I
aid.
"I wanted the embroidery, for a
gulmpe," said Alicia.
"For a what?"
"Oh, never mind. Anyway, I must
have gone away and left my purse ly
ing on the counter. I know that I must
have done so, but I didn't think of it
at the time. It must have been an hour
before I missed it I had got through
with my shopping at Spoonderby's and
I was In Raxtrell's.
"You hadn't bought much, then."
"What makes you think so?"
"I Just guessed."
"I wanted a sample of albatross
and "
"Did you say you were in Raxtrell's
cr Lincoln Park. a
- "Albatross is a cloth, Billy," said
Alicia. "I had a sample of It in my
purse that I wanted to match and when
I went to look for It I found, of course,
that I hadn't got it"
"You looked for it in your hand, I
suppose, and to your great surprise
your hand was empty V
"Yes," said Alicia, simply. "My first ;
it somewhere on the floor and I began
to look around for It Just then a
voice ,at my elbow said, 'I beg pardon,
but have you lost anything?' "
"What kind of a voice?" i asked.
- "It was a very musical voice," re
plied Alicia, "rich and deep and pene
trating, with an Indescribable quality
In It, if you know what I mean."
"A liquidity?"
"Not exactly a liquidity. No. - There
was a sort of sympathetic timbre. But
you don't know what I m?an. You are
Just laughing at me." , .
"I assure you I was not. Was It a
man's voice or a woman's?"
"Why, a man's, of course," said Ali
cia, widening her eyes. "How could a
man speak in a woman's voice? And he
was Just splendid. Tall and dark and
with the loveliest little silky black mus
tache." .
"I wish I had been there," I said.
"I'm sure I don't know why you
should, because he was perfectly re
spectful. I think he said, 'Have you
lost anything, madam?'"
"Oh, one of the floorwalkers."
"He was nothing of the kind He
didn't look In the least like a floor
walker; most of them are bald and
middle-aged. They are at Raxtrell's.
There are some young ones at Spoon
derby's. There Is one In the ribbon
department who is per " '
"Never mind. What did you do?
Did you freeze him?"
Of course I know that the idea of
Alicia's freezing anybody Is quite pre
posterous. "You should hive done so,"
I said.
"I told him that I had iost my purse
and he was most polite and concerned.
He didn't try to be silly as some people
do."
"What people?"
"Never mind. He asked me to de
scribe the purse and looked all aiound
under the counter and stools and ev
erywhere, but we couldnt And it, and
then I told him that I'd probably left
It at the embroidery counter In Spoon-
derby's and he offered to go back there
with me."
"AHcia," I said, severely, "I'm going
to speak to your mother and ask her
not to let you go shopping alone The
Idea of walking around che stores with
a stranger a young man you know ab
solutely nothing about and talking
with him and smiling at blm and
"But I didn't walk around with him,"
protested Alicia. "I told him that I
wouldn't think of troubling him and 1
asked the clerk to show me some al
batross and he bowed and walked away
Just as nicely as could De. He was
perfectly lovely about It and I felt
mean because I was afraid he would
think I was trying to snub him.''
"You did perfectly rlhf I said.
"Perfectly right"
"I don't know," sighed Alicia. "I
don't like to be rude. Well, when I got
through looking at the albatross I
went back to Spoonderby's and, what
do you think? They told me that some
body had Just called for the purse and
described It exactly and that they
had given it to him, and, do you know,
it must have been that same young
man. The description the young wom
an gave of him makes me absolutely
certain that it was he."
"I never keep my money in my purse
when I go shopping," said Alicia, with
a faint blush. "There were, a lot of
samples In it, though, and car fare, and
I hated dreadfully to lose It. But papa
bought me another and I'd wanted a
new one for ever so long. It's Just the
beautifulest little thing, but I never
could have afforded It myself, and papa
wouldn't get it for me as long as I bad
the old one.
"Still, I'm sorry for that young
man. I suppose he thought I'd be at
Raxtrell's for a long time and he'd get
the purse and bring It back to me and
surprise me. I wonder If ne isn't walk
ing up and down State street now with
that wretched little purse In his hand
looking for me?"
"I wonder I" I said. And, as 1 re
marked before, I am still wondering.
Chicago Daily News.
Without the Saving Graee.
It was universally acknowledged that
Mr. Gladstone's memory was prodig
ious; but there was a certain Lord
Chief Justice of England who thought
the statesman's memory of bis feats of
memory more prodigious still.
On one occasion, after listening to
what seemed to him a "tall story" of
some happening of the great man's ear
ly years, the Ixyd Chief Justice deter
mined to go him one better.
So he said that he remembered when
he was only six months old,Jylng in his
cradle, he saw his nurse surreptitiously
help herself to a glass of brandy, and
said to himself:
"As soon as I can speak, sha'n't I tell
my mother!"
"The thing Is absolutely Impossible," j
was Mr. Gladstone's comment In his
gravest tone.
The Lord Chief Justice said after
ward that he had been beaten because '
he had reckoned on Mr. Gladstone's
having a gleam of humor.
"I was mistaken!" he said, sadly.
Not the Name for It.
"I suppose," said the new , reporter.
"there is a lot of Jealousy in the the
atrical profession?" I
"Not a particle," replied the leading
lady. "Why, my understudy is dead
anxious for an opportunity to take my
part" Chicago News. .
A man may be able to fool all the
romea some of the time, but there are
some women who fool a mrji all of the
tlina, '
vm.mmJkmiP
FACTS AEOTTT PNEUMONIA. '
By Dr.
Pneumonia Is classed among the Infectious
diseases, but more likely the diplococcus-pneu-monia
Is the result of disease, Instead of the
cause of It Childhood and old age, those of
lowered vitality, aud those much exposed to
Inclement weather and alcoholic devotees are
especially liable to pneumonia, and, having
had it once, are predisposed to the second
attack.
The death rate In the United States for pneu
monia averages about 25 per cent and stands next
to consumption (tuberculosis) In frequency as cause of
death. It usually begins with a hard chill, and is fol
lowed by a high fever, with pain In the lungs and a
short catchy respiration and a jeaillar flushing of the
face on the same, side of the aiUlcted lung, for, fortu
nately, It more often Involves but one lung, and should
It be the left side, heart Involvement seriously compli
cates the case.
When taken with a chill It is always best to call In
your physician, for a chill usually means trouble ahead,
and it is unwise to waste time In home experiments. Tut
the patient in bed, in a well ventilated room, preferably
an upstairs room with southern exposure, and keep an
even temperature of G5 degrees. Oil the chest both back
and front and cover with a layer of lamb's wool. Avoid
cold compress and Ice packs. The food should be light
and easily digested, as broths, soups, milk, whey, or
well beaten eggs, given raw, and not much of anything
at a time, save cold water ad libitum.
Visitors should not be admitted to the sick room ; It Is
bad enough to be sick, without being critically Inspected
by curious friends, who usually tell doleful stories or
maintain a hopeless silence and wear woe-begone coun
tenances that would strike terror to a burglar. If the
patient Is able to care whether you do or do not call, a
card expressing sympathy find good wishes, or a flower,
will bear your message, and will not Injure the patient.
FAEMEES' SHAEE IN PEOSPEEITY.
By Ma. Edwin C. Hardy.
To-day the American farmer occupies a po
sition of pre-eminence In the realm of indus
try and commerce. He is the largest con
tributor to the wealth of the nation. He
does more than any other agency for the gen
eral welfare. He Is the chief factor In the
country's prosperity, of which he Is enjoying,
and most deservedly, a liberal share.
What the agricultural producers of the
United States have done Is graphically set forth in the
annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture. What
the possibilities of the future are may be conjectured
from what has been achieved. The product of American
. farms this year was more than $2,000,000,OGO greater
THE LAUGH OF A CHILD.
There's the laugh of the dawn in the
waking east,
And the laugh of the noonday sky ;
The laugh of the breeze, the delirious
laugh .
Of the flame when the night-winds sigh.
There's the laugh of the stars, and the
meadow brook,
Of the sea, and the festal wine,
The frivolous laugh, and the wonderful
laugh
Of the heart at affection's shrine.
There's the laugh of the rose at the set
ting moon,
When the night has flown away,
But the happiest laugh, the ineffable
laugh, -Is
the laugh of the child at play.
Boston Transcript.
ROUCIHNG beside the crackling
((k camp fire Danny shivered mis
erably as the damp fog pene
trated his thin clothing and chilled
him to the bone. He drew his knees
up stiffly, and huddled himself in his
ragged blanket
He was aloneln the camp, for the
men had gone to do some work up the
road.
He had been dreaming of home Just
before he awoke the dear old home
back In Missouri, where he aud bis
mother had kept house together after
father had gone to seek a fortune for
them all farther West. But that Mas
a long time ago, when Danny was quite
a little chap, and since then many sad
things had happened. First, father's
letters had ceased to come, and then
after a while the home had been given
up, and Danny and mother had en
tered upon dark and troubled days. And
now there was no' mother any more,
and Danny, left alone In the World,
was manfully trying to make his way
out to San Francisco, where he vaguely
hoped he might find his lost father.
Danny had fallen In with a repair gang
of railroad men, and agreed to do odd
Jobs about the camp for a little money
he would need when he reached San
Francisco.
But though Dannay was a brave
little lad, there was a big lump In his
throat as he tried to roll himself more
snugly In his blanket. And somehow
the strange, solemn stillness frightened
blm. There was no sound of life any
where. And Just then happened the strangest
thing that Danny had ' ever known.
Without a warning of any sort the
earth suddenly heaved and rocked be
neath him, flinging him violently over.
There was a crashing sound, as of
rocks falling and breaking close by,
and the same Instant the burning pine
logs from the camp fire were scattered
all around.
Danny was too terrified to scream.
The thought crossed bis mind that this
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Saving the Flyer
i-
Ella K. Dearborn.
than that of seven years ago. What will be the figure
seven years hence? It Is not unreasonable to assume
that they will be doubled, perhaps trebled, before the
half-century Is reached.
Secretary Wlls"on shows that the corn crop may be
Increased by one-half within twenty- five years from old
soil, and that the cotton crop may be trebled without a
miracle. In all other respects agricultural production,
under improved conditions of cultivation, will increase.
Those who are appreheuslve that population may out
run the meansc of subsistence will find no support for
their theory in the facts presented In the agricultural
report
As to the farmer, Secretary Wilson draws a cheering
picture of his present condition. He has become a large
participant In the better conditions of life which he has
so materially helped to bring about Very generally he
has attained financial Independence. In the Middle West
a million agriculturists are debt free and are lending
to the banks. More capital Is being invested in Improv
ing farms. The farmer "is becoming a traveler, and
he has his telephone and his dally mall and newspaper.
A new dignity has come to agriculture along with Its
economic strength."
To-day the Intelligent and progressive farmer keeps
In touch with the world. He Is posted on the markets.
He Is Informed respecting conditions that affect his In
terests. He gives thoughtful attention to whatever will
improve his own affairs.
PATIENT WOMAN
was perhaps the end of the world, and
he felt sick and faint, as well as fright
ened, but he managed somehow to
scramble to his feet, and tried to think
what had happened. Then, recalling the
strange stories he had heard over the
evening camp fires, It flashed across
him that this must be one of the
mighty "tremblers" old Morgan, the
foreman, had often told him of. Danny
had thought he would not know what
it was.
"Don't you fear but what you'll
Veckernize a trembler when you feel
It, boy," Morgan had said to him grim
ly. "Ain't nothln' else In all creation
kin do the stunts an earthquake kin,
once It gits ago In'. Earth Just opens
her mouth good an' wide, an' swallers
up ever'thin' In sight"
From somewhere far to the east
ward there shrilled through the fog
the distant whistle of a locomotive.
Danny knew It must be the westbound
overland flyer, which passed the camp
early every morning. He groped his
way toward the tracks. Suddenly he
stumbled over a ridge of rocks. Creep
ing cautiously along on hands and
knees, he soon discovered that the
track was all torn up. In places the
wooden ties stood on end In a Jumbled
heap, and the rails, wrenched from
HE HELD HIS TORCH.
their fastenings, were twisted and
broken.
With a great terror clutching at bis
heart Danny sprang up hastily and
rushed back to the camp, stumbling as
he went He thought of nothing but
the train, with Its precious load of
humanity, speeding on to destruction.
He must save the train or die trying.
Snatching a blazing brand from the
fire he ran with it up the track. The
splintered ties tore bis bare feet, and
several times he stumbled over the
wreckage, but he stopped for nothing.
The hope began to die away In bis
heart And then, suddenly, the en
gineer leaned out of his cab and
caught sight, through the gray blanket
of fog, of Danny's waving torch.
Throwing on the brakes and shutting
off the steam, he brought bis great
throbbing engine to a standstill the
train's length beyond the boy.
Wben some of the passengers and
trainmen went back to look for Danny,
the found him sitting at the side of
k
IS A MENACE TO THE HOME.
By Delia Austrian.
The development of Judgment and reason
has taught woman that belligerency Is a mas
culine accomplishment which only needs a lit
tle practice to be acquired. The other day a
woman was telling a friend that her husband
was the best of men until something displeased
htm, snd then he was dreadful. The wise
woman counseled that the next time this man
worked himself Into a tantrum his wife should
screw herself up to the same pitch. "I couldn't do that"
exclaimed the docile wife; "It would be rude and un
ladylike." The patient woman may be a reformer, but, like other
mortals, she must expect to sacrifice herself to the cause.
She may be good and virtuous, and still her domineering
husband will do as he likes. It is the man who Is mar
ried to a woman who does not waste any sympathy on
him that usualy proves himself to be a model husband.
This does not mean that the sensible woman spends
her married days quarreling and making up. She knows
that she needs tact and Judgment to succeed as a wife
as in every calling. She conserves her energy, and when
she expends it she uses it to good advantage. When she
wants to kick she does not give the ball a timid, jnodest
thrust but, like the successful football player, she waits
until she can send It into the coveted goal.
the track, looking very white. The
train had swept him off his feet
"Mighty brave little chap!" said
lome one near the door. "There are
three miles of track sunk clean out of
sight Just ahead of us. If It hadn't
been for him- "
But Just then another face, that
Danny somehow seemed to know,
smiled tenderly down on him ; and the
next thing he knew a big man was on
his knees beside him, and all at once
everybody's eyes seemed to be filled
with tears.
"My boy! my boy!" the big man
sobbed, brokenly. "To find you here,
like this, after going back to the old
place to look for you!"
And then Danny knew Just what the
wonderful thing was that had hap
pened. He had found bis father at
last ! Pennsylvania Grit
So Inconsiderate.
The crew of a certain llfo-savlng sta
tion on the New England coast has had
little to do of late because of the rar
ity of wrecks In that immediate vicin
ity. Nevertheless, the crew had In the
past frequently proved Its bravery and
emciency.
One rainy day, at the appointed time,
the crew failed to appear at practice,
The summer boarders on the veranda
of the hotel waited in vain for the ex-
nimtion wmcn snouia vary tne mo-
notony of a dull day. Finally one of
' . . ' ' . "
them went over to the quarters of the
crew to learn the reason.
"Aren't you going to practice to
day?" asked he.
"Not to-day, sir."
"Why not?"
Then the brave lifesaver, hero of
many rough seas in the past, made an
explanatory gesture toward the sky,
and said
"What, In this rain?" Harper's contract Is beld' ln Meyer m Knlcker
Weekiy. ibocker Trust Co. (C. C. A. 3d C), 1
He la Welcomed.
"At last!" exclaimed the foreign
statesman and man of letters, as he force their claims against Individual
stood on the deck of the ocean steam- stockholders, so as to provide one suit
ship and gazed with kindling eye at the In equity in behalf of all creditors, to
busy mart of commerce that lay almost which all stockholders may become par
at his feet "Within an hour the dream ties and abating suits pending under
of my life will be realized, and I shall
stand on the shore of America, the land
of the free, the home of the brave and
the hope of the world."
Within an hour, ho.wever, he wn,
-tanrlW lfnro roA.ntiwA
eyed Inspector and indignantly deny-
Ins that he wna fln nnnrphlat a nn,i
per, a coolie laborer, a bigamist', a thief,
a murderer or a fugitive from Justice,
The Man for the Job.
"I sent for you," said the man oi
the bouse, "to fix a key In my daugh
ter's piano."
"But protested the man, "I don't
know anything about pianos. I'm a
locksmith."
"Exactly. I want you to make it
possible for me to lock the blamed thing;
up."-Phlladelphla Press.
Whlch Is there more of In the world
abuse of men by women and
women by men, or courting?
OPEN AIR RESTORES 8KIN.
Hospital Phrslclans Test Plan Walck
Slakes Grafting; Ja necessary.
How the city hospital physicians
avoided the necessity of the delicate
operation of grafting live cuticle on
Johnnie Cottle's scalded breast and
saved his mother, who had voluntered
to furnish the skin from her own body,
the pain of the sacrifice form an inter
esting chapter In the history of pain
less surgery.
About two months ago the 8-year-old
boy sustained burns so serious that his
life was despaired of. The skfn cov
ering his entire breast was destroyed
and pbyicians at the hospital first
thought that in order to save the life
of the child the cuticle of a live person
would have to be grafted on his body
Mrs. Cottle, who lives at 1213 Arm
strong street, offered to furnish the
required amount and was ready to un
dergo an operation every day until her
boy's breast was covered and healed.
Day after day Mrs. Cottle went to
the hospital prepared to undergo the
operation, but each day she was told
that the boy was not ready. She final
ly became worried and then the secret
was revealed to her.
On the third floor of the hospital,
with nothing but the sky above htm,
the patient, his breast exposed to the
open air, was lying on a cot covering
which was a thin gauze to keep away
dust and Impurities of the atmosphere.
For two weeks the raw breast of the
boy was thus exposed to the action of
the air until a perfect scale was form
ed over the wound. Then the boy was
taken Indoors, nutritive salves were ap
plied and now he is all but ready V)
be, discharged.
For a long time physicians at the city
hospital have realized the curative pow
ers of oxygen and other components of
air, but the case of Johnnie Cottle is
the first successful demonstration of
the theory. Basing their contention on
the successful experiment, the physi
cians now declare that Instead of band
aging a wounded member they will ex
pose It to the open air, taking care to
keep from the wound all impurities.
St Louis Republic.
The approval by the State commis
sion of a freight based upon limited
valuation of the property is held, In
Everett vs. Norfolk & S. R. Co. "(N. C),
1 L. R. A. (N. S.), 985, not to absolve
the carrier from llabilltr for full value
of the property If lost through Its neg
ligence. Mere violation of a statute making
It a mlsdemeauor to bunt on another's
property without a permit Is held, In
State vs. Horton (N.-C), 1 L. R. A.
(N. S.), 091, not to be such an unlaw
ful act as to render an accidental homi
cide committed while so doing a crimi
nal offense.
A contract made with a foreign cor
poration before It has obtained per
mission to do business In a State Is
held, In State vs. American Book Co.
(Kan.), 1 L. R. A. (N. S.), 1041, not
to be, for that reason, Invalid or sub
ject to cancellation at suit of one of
the contracting parties.
A gift inter vivos Is held, In Harris
Banking Co. vs. Miller (Mo.), 1 L. R.
A. (N. S.), 790, not to be established
by depositing a fund in a bank with
he statement that it was Intended for
the donee, and the delivery to the lat
ter of a certificate of deposit wltii an
Indorsement Indicating that It was bis.
A marine underwriter Is held, In
Standard Marine Insurance Company
vs. Nome Beach L. and T. Company
j (c. C. A. 0th C.) 1 L. R. A. (N. S.)
1095i not t0 D0 jlable for i08a occur.
'rinz throueh the deliberate act of the
' master In pushing through dangerous
ice ;or the purpose of reaching his
j destination quickly.
i t t
, , , , , -
terual Insurance order, excluding from
membership persons engaged in the
sale of intoxicating liquors, Is held, In
Grand Lodge A. O. U. W, vs. Had 'ock
(Kan.) 1 L. It. A. (N. S.) 100-1. not to
avoid the certiflcatfe of a member al
ready engaged in that business, and
who continued therein after the adop
tion of the by-law.
An unconstitutional Impairment of
L. R. A. (N. S.) 1171, to be effected by
a change of the law permitting Indi
vidual creditors of a corporation to en-
the former law,
Slight Error.
The newest airship, says the Louis-
rl"e Courler-Journal, Is 190 feet long
"" " CHl ui ivnuBUH corn.
rhat Is an exaggeration. Ears of Kan
las corn are not 190 feet long. The
' ulfU,le ,editor "eem to ha "-
fused the length of the ears with the
aelght of the stalks. Kansas City Jour
nal. American Lawlessness.
One community ln this State com
plains that It has been the scene of
ten murders In a month. It would
seem as though the survivors had a
right to feel anxious. Philadelphia
Ledger,
, with 0mta ln u
"He's put the cart before the horse-
' ?ld V0'" "id: "lad rm.
- Vuue ginu to ue me nor, oi course
. You tee, It's feeding time."
! PhiladelDhla Ledger.
LEGAL INFOEMATION. J
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