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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1904)
FATHER, 00 WITH ML Bot up U bed la the dark, aloaa, Wisrs alt of the corners wsrs watrd and dim Asa tke shapes and the shadews awaited aim At artry turnlnx my little son. Beat for some childish mischief doaa At the hoar whea childish hearts ara high. With joy af the evening's revelry lad his fault at worst was a tiny one! A. wistful moment his feet delsyed. Waiting to let my faca relent And then, a pitiful penitent. Ills faltering, triihteasd way ho mtda; But op la the stairway's deepest shsda, I heard him pause whera their shad ows crowd - And whisper, "Father," and sob aloud, Father, to with ma, I'm afraid." Quick as his callinf my answer leapt. Strong aa his terror my shielding anna Folded him closa from tha night's alarms, Sheltered and comforted while ha wept; Up la tha nursery's light I kept A tender watch till ha smiled again. Till tha sobs of his half remembered pala Lessened and hushed, and tha baby slept Father of lore, when my day is dona And all of my trespasses written In, Not for a thoughtless or willful sla Send ma out la tha dark alone; But so as I answered my little son. Corns to tha prayer of my pleading breath And lead ms safe through tha night of death. Father of light when my light Is cons! Washington Star. rroo IIOSO cravenly filet mere dl- VWl7 comfort oftentimes runs Into danger. John Hardy proved (ho fact when, In an effort bo escape the bustle of preparations for his aunfs (Mrs. Graham's) big party, he took a tempting wood path and came all unaware upon two very pretty girls. One stood, the moral and pattern of Impatience; the other, half bent, was eagerly searching through the grass and. tangle of the paihside, now parting Its greenery with two slim white hands, now letting the hands fall at ber aide, while she stooped lower, peer ing at some small, bare apace. "I can't come, Betty P he heard the i searcher say plaintively. "You know the bracelet's my mascot Aunt Helen aid so when she gave It to me " "A mighty poor mascot," Betty re torted. "I'd throw It away rather than rear It rubbishy thing. It's ten years since you got It and we are Just the same poor as church mice yet bound to lire up to the Morris name. Be sides nothing but bad luck could hang about this little old ugly cameo." Dvidently he was hearing things not meant for stranger ears. He was on the point of running away when a cry of triumph, turning quickly to ter ror, arrested him. Instantly he darted forward to see the mascot's owner upright and rigid, staring at a twig where her bracelet hung just above the head of a colled and hissing snake. "How ever shall I get ltr the girl demanded, laying her hand appealing ly on his arm, while Betty looked on aghast Hardy smiled down at her, made a stroke or two with his stout cane, flung away the writhing reptile, then picked the bracelet out of Its green ambush and held it towards its owner, saying easily, "There Miss Morris. Now I claim a reward. You are to give me the first three waltzes to-night" "Why! now do you knowr Mill cent Morris began, amazed. Hardy looked at her with twinkling eyes. "You forget there la a speak Ing likeness of you over Billy Gra ham's mantel at Yale," he said. "That reminds me Billy's my cousin I'm John Hardy at your service and Just now seeking asylum from my natural or unnatural protectors." "Then come home with us. Ask his Betty Betty's head of the house," Milly returned promptly. Hardy looked entreaty at Betty, who answered It hospitably enough. Thus five minutes later he found himself walking be tween the two Into an adorable old garden, and on to a big, white silent house, the very picture of restfulness. "Yes, it Is nice. I love It all every stick and atone and blade of grass,1 Milly said when he exclaimed over the charm of everything. "That's the trouble," she went on. "I want to live here always, and Billy says when we are married and settled down it will have to be over there. He ought to have Betty, not me. She likes things new and gorgeous and well kept If I had my fortune I wouldn't change much here only put sound posts to the gates and plant orchards and yes, and have a brand-new rose garden that shouldn't put our old flowers out of countenance " "Don't talk so, Milly. Mr. Hardy will think you're out of your head. She doe get a little that way when you start her on her fortune," Betty aid. half severely, half apologetically, the last words, of course, to Hardy For a minute he did not answer he was staring Intently at the cameo In Che recovered bracelet "Let me look at. that, please", he said, holding out his hand for it "The carving is peculiar still I seem to have seen It before." . "No, yon haven't" MlHy said con fidently, but handing over the bauble. There 1 Just one more like it and Aunt Helen bad that Her ship went down, with all on board that's why I haven't got my fortune. It's some sjrbere, ail In gold and Jewels, but Just j WILLY'S FORTUNE j THE LARGEST TIMEPIECE IN THE NYORLD. 1 r" GREAT FLORAL CLOCK Diameter of dial 112 ft Length of minute hand 70 ft Diameter of the hands across the center 10 ft Minute hand moves each mln- Wlth its delicate mechanism hidden colors, the largest and most wonderful timepiece in the world bas been placed in front of the north entrance to the Falace of Agriculture at tha Louisiana Purchase Exposition. In a maie of Tines and foliage, skilled arti sans hare constructed machinery similar to the works of a watch and the floral timepiece will keep as correct time aa the most delicate Instrument ever turned out by a Swiss watchmaker. The clock is Just sixteen times larger than any timepiece of which the world has any knowledge. The disk contains a circle of flower beds one hun dred and twelve feet In diameter, and the hands are long, green pointers, the largest of which mores fire feet a minute. The floral arrangement was planned by the chief of agriculture of the exposition and his assistants. The minute hand alone weighs 2,500 pounds. where nobody knows or can find out I'm named for ber daughter that died. The bracelets were carved for poor Cousin Milly. She made the design herself. See, It's a star, and a new moon, with a flower dropping down. To think ef having everything you want and dying at twenty." "It la rather tragic," Hardy admit ted. Then for five minutes he studied the cameo closely, and at last gave It back with a face pale and preoccupied. Rallying, gallantly, he talked brightly through half an hour. But once again in the wood path he sat down for a sturdy wrestle with his own soul. He lived over again the day when the sea had cast up treasures at his feet He was alone it was seven years back, after a phenomenal storm. He had stood at the very edge of the hungry breakers, watohlng them rave and roar, when it swept tumbling In the brass bound oaken chest full of gold and bank notes and precious stones, unset many uncut There had been no name, no mark anywhere only at the yery bottom of all, wrapped In silk, a brace let a Blender hoop of gold set with a fanciful cameo. He had half smiled over the pattern of it even though he knew some heart tragedy lay back of It He bad not told of his find search for owners of such treasure-trove seemed so helpless. He had meant to ask his uncle's advice, and be govern ed by It Then that very night came the dispatch the good undo was dead, and Hardy his sole heir. Altogether Fate seemed bent on forcing him to keep what he had found. He had kept It, accounting for his change of estate by a true story of inheritance greater than he had had the right to expect Now, he knew. where the bulk of his fortune belonged. Almost he persuaded himself to hurry back to the city, take out the accusing graven stone and pound It to powder. Suddenly, somewhere high above his head, a robin sang clear and gay. The sound brought back to him a country church himself a rest less little boy, sitting at his mother's side, and suddenly growing calm as to gether they got to their feet and re peated in unison with the rest the Lord's Prayer. "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." It rang In his ears like the voice of a friend. He had flung himself face down upon mossy turf. Instantly he was up, and racing back toward the Morris home fast as his feet could go. There he burst in upon Milly and Betty, wild eyod and white-faced, but Joyous in deed, told them everything making no reserve even over his temptation and how he had been saved from it, and wound up with: "Now my soul is at peace; I can dance and be happy. Let things stand until to-morrow, pleasel It .would be cruel, almost inhuman, to spring a sensation such as this, and eclipse Aunt Harriet's party." "We would never, never do that," Mill j said. Joyously. "She hates me enough as It is because Billy likes me, She thinks, as I do, he Is quite wasted on me. Indeed, she said to him when be told her we were engaged: "Oh, you Idiot! Why didn't you take Betty?' Billy asked himself that question be fore the party was over. He got home an hour before the guests assembled. Betty was easily far and away the staKpf. them. . All In filmy white, with strands of dull red coral at her throat and twined in her golden hair, she was so ravishing it is small wonder Billy's callow heart wavered. In the third waltz he capitulated lost his head entirely, and was only saved from making himself a pretty spectacle by Betty's superior poise. Betty was shrewdly " observant she had read Hardy's face like an open book while he waltzed with Milly. So she man aged lit that the four of them should AT ST. LOUIS FAIR. ute r 5 ft Weight of minute hand.... 2.500 lbs. Weight of bell 7,000 lbs. Diameter of bell at mouth. 70 In. Height of bell 60 In. In plants, flowers of all sties and meet in a shrubby nook outside the dancing tent There things straighten ed themselves, with hardly a word spoken. But next day, with the great news of Mllly's fortune, the world beard that she had loot a lover and gained a brother in Billy Graham. son Francisco Call. Substitute lor Pomloe. Artificial pumice Is made In quanti ties In Bietlgheim In the valley of the Kns In Germany, which Is said to be a valuable substitute for the genuine stone, according to the New York Post It is made from ground sandstone and clay, and there are ten kinds, differ ing from each other In regard to hard ness and grain as follows: (1) a hard and a soft kind with coarse grain, particularly useful In the leather, wax cloth, felt and wood Industries; (2 a hard and a soft kind with medium coarse grain, suited to stucco workers and sculptors and particularly useful for polishing wood before It is painted; (3) a soft flne-gralaed stone for the white and dry polish of wood and f.r tin goods; (4) one of medium hardness with fine grain, for giving the wood a surface for an oil polish; (5) a hard, fine-grained one for working metals and stones, especially lithographic stones; and finally pumice stones with very fine grain. These artificial stones are used In pretty much the same way as those or volcanic origin. For giving a smooth surface to wood, a dry stone is an- plied, but to give It a fine polish the stone is dipped in oil. For the fine work no coarse-grained and for coarse work no fine-grained stones are used. The unreliability of pumice, both In grata and hardness, variations belnar noted even In the same piece, suggested the Idea of replacing it with the artificial product Yes, If You Do It Daily. I ran hard to overtake a street car recently and asked a physician uDon the car whether It was a safe thing to do. "Yes," he replied. "If you do every day." Here Is a point In regard to vigorous exercise. If we practice running daily we strengthen the heart and lungs and no Injury Is done, pro viding we start moderately. But If we make a desperate run only once a month we are liable to overtax tho heart, and If the heart Is not In a healthy condition are liable to lose our lives. It Is possible for a human being1 to endure great strain, great cold, greut heat or great misfortunes of every kind providing he accustoms himself to such changes gradually. The firemen in the holds of ocean steamers enduro for hours at a .time heat In which those unaccustomed would perish In a short time. The Esquimaux of tha north can lead a comfortable life for long periods where an ordinary man unaccustomed to the cold would soon perish. The lesson Is then that what ever changes we make we should make moderately, thus accustoming ourselves to the change. It Is advised that consumptives and others should sleep outdoors, or In rooms with the window well raised even on cold nights, but remember that this change must not be made suddenly from a hot room to excessive cold. Dntles of Office. Head of Bureau I suppose yon know something of the duties of the office? Applicant Oh, yes. They are to come late, go home early and do as little as possible while you are hers. Head of Bureau Quite satisfactory; you must have held public office be fore. Boston Transcript An Improvement, "ns boasts that he came from a good family." "Well, I don't doubt that it's a good deal better since he came from It" Philadelphia Bulletin. m -1i J ' i ST This traveling business is all right as long as you stick to getttng or ders," said the young man as he wear lly put down his grips and registered. But sometimes a fellow make a fool ot himself." "Why, what's wrongr asked tha hotel clerk, as he wrote the traveler's name down on a little slip of white paper. "You know Jackson that grocery salesman who stops Lere. I met him on the train up In Wisconsin among the Inland lakes. Every time the tralu slopped some prosperous-looking man would get oo with a bunch of ducks. By the time we head reached Oshkosh Jackson and I had it all fixed up that we would go duck hunting. He said he was born and raised in that part ot the country and knew of an old slough that the ducks simply couldn't 18. and we could shoot aa many as the'law allowed. It Is fine to plan a hunting trip better than getting or ders on the books. "We rented a complete outfit, from suits to guns, and started early In the afternoon. It was a One day for ducks so the man said who rented us the layout and held all the rest of our money on deposit In case we didn't come back. "I don't want to be a knocker, but I really don't think Jackson knows much about duck shoottng. We sneaked along the shores of a small river, then along a lake, crawling under barb wire fences and over wooden fences and making new trails through thick underbrush. It snowed most of the time and rained the rest I never snw so many ducks before In my life, but THE HANSOM A FAVORITE MODE OF TRAVEL. The means of locomotion most affected in Korea is shown In the accom panying cut and It Is largely used by officials of the Hermit Kingdom In making official calls and transacting public business. It Is somewhat differ ent from the Chinese wheelbarrow, yet very similar to It The coolies who propel these vehicles allow the wheel to come In contact with the ground only at Intervals and at such places as the surface Is comparatively level. They cover the ground with great celerity on occasions when they are prodded by the distinguished person whom they have the honor to have as passenger. X A HELPFUL EACHER. erTWHWWfrrrWfrHv School life In Scotland seems not to show all the discipline by which Scot tish life has been stiffened for so many centuries. Clifton Johnson thus de scribes In "The Laud of Henther" a little school In a Scottish glen, when the master put his children on exhibi tion for the benefit of bis American visitor: . "Stand, then," said the roaster. The children stood up and repeated the Lord's Prayer In unison. "Sit then," said the master. Usually, the session began with the slnirlna- of a hymn, but the dominie ex plained that as several of his best singers were absent he aid not reel like having the singing before a stran ger. At the close of the prayer he asked several pupils to repeat certain of the commandments, and tell what was meant by them. The whole hour was spent In these and other exercises of a rellclous character. The master said it was the hour of "the conscience clause." Attendance was not compul sory, and any parents who chose could keep their children out till It was over. But as a matter of fact few of them took advantage of this privilege. At 10 o'clock the master called off the 80 names he had on his roll, and then he bade his oldest class read Sir Walter Scott's poem, "The Battle of Flodden." . This class of seniors, which the mas ter spoke of as "the sixth standard," recited sitting in the corner next the platform, with their backs against the continuous wall desk. Every child kept the same key of roles right through, and only used punctuation marks to catch breath. One would think the poem Itself conveyed no meaning to their minds, and that they were simply reciting a list of words. After the reading the master put some questions to the class, beginning with, "Where Is FIoddenT If the ones questioned hesitated, he hastened m they were always on the opposite aide of the river or they would fly away before we could get a shot at them. Jackson and I didn't claim to be good shots and we didn't care to run the chances of shooting any atray hunters. "I got disgusted and suggested gotn? back, but the grocery salesman said we must go to that old slough where be had never failed to get at least three or four ducks with one ahot Wt dragged ourselves along another ratio or two, but felt repaid when ws saw a little bay half covered with ducks, Jackson said they were mallards. We crawled along on the wet ground until we were within shooting distance. "Suddenly we heard people talking. Looking up, we saw a hew fartuhoua Just a little back from the lake. Then an awful ausplclon flashed through our minds at the same time. Jackaon said they must be tame ducks belonging to a farmer. They certainly did appr civilised didn't seem to be worrying a bit about being shot, and kept get ting nearer and nearer. But we didn't dare run the risk of shooting tame ducks. We didn't care to run the risk of getting arrested, aa It might have hurt our employers' feelings to see our names In the paper when we were sup posed to be getting orders. "In a disgusted frame of mind we started for home, and hadn't gone ten yards when that whole flock start od to fly away, but shot from real hunt ers made a lot of them change their minds. "No, I don't believe I want any mon duck shooting It's too much like work, and If one Isn't willing to take Mg risks bo gets left" Chicago Dally News. OF KOREA. their wits by exclaiming, "Come on, now I" Besides geographical and historical questions he asked meanings of words, hud the pupils parse and spell, and sometimes called for the Latin deriva tion of a word. When he hod doubts as to whether the children were going to answer, he would give a partial reply himself, as, for Instance, when he asked, "What Is tho meaning of volley?" Tause. "What Is It JesHle?" Anxious silence, which the master breaks by saying, "A great many guns." He lingered over .every word In the hope that the girl would catch the cue "going off at the same t " - "Time," says Jessie, quickly, and that passed for an answer. .The pupils picked the final word of an answer off the teacher's tongue In that way again and again, and he would dwell on the first letter of the key-word as long as he could, and lean forward in keen anxiety that the pupil should not force him to pronounce It all. Usually bis efforts met with a prompt reward, and he could settle back In relief and In pride over his pupils' ability. Master of the House. A tale Is told of a family consisting of two members, a middle-aged,' under sized man and his strapping, belliger ent wife, a woman whose temper was worse than uncertain. 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