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The hhppner herald, heppner, Oregon
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY r, rgar
MICKIE, THE PRINTER'S DEVIL
By Charles Sughroe
C Vnma Newspaper Union
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"One and Solo Aim Is to Bring Joy or
Solace to the Human Heart."
By JOHN PHILIP SOUSA, American Musician.
I am fortuiiafo, rnv frjenrfs say, not only to have
boon f'lcotcd by nature to bo one of her mouthpieces,
but especially in having found hor in an anu'ablir
fnoii'h mood to create the responsive ears oontym
jiorant'ouly with me. I ran think of but few misfor
tunes ''.iial to that of having to compose for unappre-
s A ciative ears.
,V Of course, there is a great deal in the Fatisfaclimi
of knowing that one's work is deserving of a generous
reception and that it is likely In obtain this recogni
tion in ages to come. Jiwt this, after all, must be but
a leiiten sort of compensation fur the neglect and indiU'crenco of one'
contemporaries.
: I would not exchange my love of music for anything else on earth.
' Come, just ponder this; the doctor docs much good, but the end of bin
jtunk "leads but to the grave;" the lawyer aids many, but only at the cx
IJiensc and to the damage of others; the judge seeks to administer justice,
but in doing ho at times is compelled to consign some unfortunate to per
dition to the electric chair. And, so, through the whole gamut of all
the liberal professions, except the profession of music. Our one and sole
uiin is to bring joy or solace to the human heart. Can anything be
'Letter, liner, nobler?
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BALED MUSIC
ttqnriEItft'B Em'tfto he a great con
A cert at the opera house to
night," said the retired merchant, "ami
if you'll go along with me, I'll pay
your way awl huy you five cents' worth
of peanuts. I'm sure nothing could be
more liberal than
that."
'You'll break
yourself up in
business if you go
around wasting
your substance in
that fashion," re
plied the bote!
keeper, lint you
will have to
hunt up another
victim. Since I
bought a phono
graph and n Imneh
of records I have
cult s 0 i n g to
concert, 1'hore's nothing but vanity
and Vution of spirit about an enter
tainment of that kind. It's advertised
to start at a certain hour, say eight
o'clock, and you are credulous enough
to think that the specifications will he
lived up to. You break a name strap
to get there In time, and when you ar
rive, at ten minutes to eight, you find
you're the first one there. You sit
around, waiting for an hour or two, and
pooplfi walk on your feet and sit down
on your hat and make things unpleas
ant as possible.
"P,y the time the curtain goes up,
you are wishing yon had possessed
sense enough to stay at home. But, be
ing there, and having paid for the priv
ilege, you determine to hold her nozzle
agin the bank, as it were.
"The entertainment usually la
opened by a talksntitli. The man who
makes a few remarks always looms up
at such entertainments, and should be
taken to jiiil for obtaining money un
der false pretenses. When he has
snid all that ho can think of, the art
ists begin to dish up the music. It
mav be elegant music it usually is.
l!ut you can't enjoy it in comfort, for
the gentleman with the large splay
foot, in the seat directly behind you,
persists In beating time with that organ
until he drives yon frantic. If you turn
around and dot him In the eye, you
will he- ejected from the building.
'Then vou will find that the woman
with a shrill, carrying voice, who has
heard better singers, sits right in front
of you, and she keeps on talking in a
maddening way. The last concert 1
attended had a fine contralto who sang
some stem-winding songs of the kind
we all like. Hut the woman with the
shrill voice was right in front of me,
and I could hear her saying: 'Really,
you should hear Margaret Keyes or
Christine Miller sing that selection;
this woman Is Impossible as a vocal
ist.' "Then n man with a hectic voice
and a name that he imported without
paving duty on It, stood up and whin
nied like a doggone zebra, and we were
expected to believe that he was sing
ing a Neapolitan song. 1 never heard
anything that tiled my nerves the way
that voice did. It recalled the halcyon
days when my father used to sharpen
a bucksaw with a rasp. Well, when
he finished his first number, the ap
plause was frantic, aud he reared up
and did It all over again. Then the
applause was louder than ever, and he
whinnied something else. They kept
that blamed pirate there for half an
hour, and I dou't know when I Buf
fered 80 much.
"The hall was overheated, and I was
Jammed In the middle of a row of seats
m f couldn't get out without cltmblst
bver a number of ladles and gentleme.
We were kept there for three houra,
and when I got out I swore by my
Sunday hat I d never go to another
public concert.
"Next day I bought a phonograph
and a lot of records of the kind I like,
and now I enjoy my music. 1 start It
w hen I get ready, and quit when I am
tired. No punk singers are encored.
No Windy Jims introduce the singers
with a few pertinent remarks. If a
singer displeases me. I stop the ma
chine and throw the record Into the
alley. You'd better tear up your con
cert ticket and come and hear my mu
sic mill."
They Resist pecay.
The Northwest Indians nearly al
may made their totem poles out of
western red cedar, but this choice was
probably due more to the fact that
the wood Is easy to work and ex
tremely durable, rather than to Its
fragrance, says the American Forestry
Magazine of Washington. It may be
taken as a very good general rule that
woods that are scented are resistant
to decay and Insect Stlack, and have
Kpod cabinet ouallties.
banger In incandescent Lamps.
Evidence that the high-power in
candescent lamps now so commonly
used for street lighting may not he
wholly Innocent as a possible SoilicJ
of tire was observed in Jmiiheni Cali
fornia recently, says I'optilar Mechan
ics Magazine. A bulb hanging 20 feet
above tiie ground suddenly hurst and
the white-hot particles of metal It scat
tered instantly ignited the dry grass
at t lie foot of the pole. Fire wardens
of the district are now advocating the
use of suitable guards about the lamps.
Goodness Always Influential.
No man or woman of the humblest
sort can reaily be strong, gentle, pure
and good without the world being bet
ter for It, without somebody being
helped and comforted by the very ex
istence of that goodness. Phillips
Brooks.
An Historic Forest.
The historical associations connected
with the forest of Vallombrosa are
very Interesting. It was founded In
the Twelfth centuiy aud given its
name which, literally translated,
meaas "Shadowed Valley," by Saint
Giorvannl Gaulberto, says Nelson
Courtlandt Brown In the American
Forestry Magazine. It was founded
as a monastery and retreat for one of
the Benedictine order of monks, and
fnjm Its early Inception the monks
took great pride in caring for, culti
vating and replanting the forests.
This Sapid Age.
Man's business requires haste. The
average business and professional man
eats in a hurry and gets dyspepsia, lie
walks In a hurry and gets apoplexy.
He talks in a hurry and gets the lie.
He does business In a hurry and be
comes a bankrupt. lie marries In a
hurry and forgets it In a hurry. He
makes his will in a hurry and leaves a
legal contest. lie dies In a hurry and
goes to the devil and his tribe in
creases. Exchange.
Massage In Vogue In Japan.
Massage Is touch In vogue In Japan
and a notaWe feature of any Japanese
town toward tSVening Is the blind mas
seur as he walks along, announcing
Himself with his peculiar whistle, In
search of work, which be can always
find lu plenty.
Highest New York Mountain.
According to the United States geo
logical survey the highest mountain
in the state of New York Is Mount
Marcy, a peak In the Adirondacks.
which rises 5,344 feet above sea level.
The average or main elevation of the
state, as estlmnted by the geological
survey. Is 900 feet,
Effect of Wrong Books.
Some wrong food at the right mo
tnent, as every mother knows; uaay
send a child into convulsions. The
wrong book at the right time doesn't
have such an Immediately apparent ef
fect, but It may later be the cause of
a mental convulsion which will seri
ously mar the ch,Ud.'s whole life, saya
Mothers' Magazine.
Shock Frequently Does Good.
Keep fear out of your system, fro
don't be troubled at a little fright.
Anything in the nature of a hok or
a Jolt Is helpful If It doesn't come
late. It is the only way that th
Quarters of the Inhabitants of t
earth can ever be made to realize the
necessity of doing what is In them to
do. John Blake in Chicago Dally
News,
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Seventeen. Pound Trout?
Trout vary greatly witMi? the
species, according to the nature of the
waters they inhabit, the variations,
being manifested in their color, slue,
form and fin development, says the
American Forestry Magazine. As to
their weight, Mr. Halloek, a famous
American fisherman, claims to have'
known of one that weighed seventeen
pounds, while as a rule they do iii
run over three or four pounds.
Thirst Fatal in a Week.
The average man will die for want
of air in five minutes, for want of
water in a week, for want of sleep In
ten days.
Ancient Signs Asked Votes.
The use of chalked Instead of print
ed notices for advertisement and po
litical propaganda has ancient prece
dent, as the "graffiti" of Pompeii at
test. There we find in red letters
painted on the walls that "the bar
bers wish to have Trebius as aedlle"
or that "the fruit sellers wish one
tonlus Prlscus for the duumvirate.' ,
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