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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1904)
CREATED FOR YOU. I believe that the world wn created for you. Oh, bahy, ith brown eyee and baby with blue, Oh, baby with Cray eyes and baby with black. It waa made and whirled out on eter- uity'a track To just make a playground all colon and colli. All aapphire, and umber, and twn, and 1 hold That we who art old are permitted to may To help yon, and guard you, and watch o'er your play. For wo who are old yeaterday were as you; We were babiee with black eyes, and Cray eyea, and blue; We romped in the meadows, and laugh ed in the sun, And at night, tired out with our frolic and fun. Wo crept to our mother ao loving and sweet And ahe in one hand held our two tiny feet. And one arm held around us, and taught us to pray, Ah, yea, we were babies like you yes terday! Our papa stood by us as yours stands by you. And he stooped, just like this, for a sweet kiss or two; And his look as he held out his arms wide apart His look why 'twas just like the throb in our heart When we stand by your mothers and watch while you pray. We grown-ups were babies like you yes terday! And the Lord lets us stay here, and play here with you. Because when you're weary we know what to do. Houston Tost. Mrs. Bluebeard HS It antique?" Suzauue trailed her fingers Idly over the piano keys in a little im promptu prelude of troublous chords t)efore she ansYeral the query. "I suppose It Is," she said, crossly, "I'm sure I can't tell whether it's real antique or not It looks old and dusty and Is all covered with heavy carvings, If you mean that sort of thing. Why, Bess," she turned to the questioner With sudden energy, "I wouldn't have thought a thing about it if he had shown it to me or even mentioned It He told be about everything else in the house, and I'd never have known a thing about this if I hadn't told Nora to clean out that 'catch all,' as she calls it, at the turn of the garret stairs. There is a large wlndowless space over the dining room wing, and it was in there." "And locked," concluded Bess, posi tively. "Every drawer. ' I asked Nora how long it had been there, and she said it bad come with Bob's trunks from borne, while we were on our honey moon. I'm not a bit curious " She paused. 4,Of course not," assented Bess warmly, "or suspicious." "Only Interested." "It is kind of mysterious, Bob's not telling you a word about It, and hiding It in there out of sight, and then the fact of it being locked shows that some one didn't want it opened." As she gave her conclusive point of logic Bess rose. She was pretty and petite, with a decisive tilt to her chin, and the confidence of eighteen in her blue eyes. "Of course, you'll do as you please, Sue. You always did. But if I had only been married a month and had found a locked desk in my bouse that I knew nothing of, I know what I'd do." Young Mrs. Sheldon left the piano with an impatient movement She was tall and slender beside her sister, and the indefinable charm of a bride was visible in her dainty negligee toil ette of white crepon. "I believe absolutely in Bob," she declared. Bess raised her eyebrows and smiled mischievously. "Of course you do. It may be only some old love letters or souvenirs that be doesn't care to part with. Do you remember Adelaide Gifford?" "That was two years ago.' Bess laughed. - "Good-by, sis. Believe in Bob all you want to. He is a dear, and if it were I, I'd hunt a locksmith, all the same.' Mrs. Sheldon stood at the window and watched the small girlish figure as it vanished down the street among the fluttering snowflakes. It was dusk. The room was unlighted as yet and a sudden sense of loneliness stole over her in the semi-gloom, the first 6he had experienced since the joyous wedding of a month ago. If the affin ity of moods and colors were true, she was in harmony with the soft velvet gray of the twilight tone that was stealing over the world. New Year's eve, and Bob away. The tears blinded her eyes. Of course, it was business, merely a flying trip to New York for the firm, made all the more Imperative by bis neglect of bus! ness during the honeymoon, but she felt a vague rebellion in her heart against eves the separation of a few days. And there was the locked desk. Bess woras ana arguments ran swiftly through her mind. Gome to think. Bob had told her not to tire herself by rummaging while he was away. Rummaging! That meant hunt ing in the garret and running the risk of discovering the desk. And Besa had spoken of Adelaide Gifford. There had been talk of a summer engagement she remembered. Adelaide waa older than Bob. Some way ahe had always Named her for the roinauce, and had looked upon Bob as an impressionable youugster. But If he had rberUhed her letter and keepsakes, Xben he must have loved her. Adelaide was engaged to old Mr. Thurston now Copper Thurston, the boys called htm. Perhaps, after all. Bob had been jealous of the copper-, made millions, and had married her in a fit of pique. She turned from the window with sudden determination. It lacked half aa hour of dinner time. A lonely din ner for a bride, she thought as she went upstairs, her Bret New Year's eve. Perhaps by the time the mid night bells rang out she might be mak ing a few strange resolutions for the coming year. It w as dark on the garret stairs. She stopped at the door of Bob's dressing , room and took a caudlestlck from the ' mantel. It was a wedding gift a Jap anese bronre griffin, with outspread wings and spiral, sinuous tall. As she held it to the gas Jet to light i the candle something fell on the rug ' at her feet and she picked It up. Itj was a small, old-fashioned ordinary ! brass key. She looked at It hesitating- i ly. It had never boon on Bob's ring, ' she knew. The space between the wings of the bronze grltllu was a clev er idea for concealment She set her lips closely and went up the garret stairs with candlestick tu one hand and the key in the other. Half way there was a turn at a small ' landing, and it was at the angle made j liv this hat aha ha.t fnnn.t tho llttla I low door leading to the "catch all." She opened It now and entered, half clostng the door after her. The desk) was pushed to one side with some trunks and boxes. It was a quaint antique affair of mahogany, se verely Colonial in style. The main body was crescent-shaped, supported on hand-carved legs. There were four drawers, two on each side, and a small low cabinet of pigeon-holes on top. Suzanne stood motionless before it for several mlnttes, trying to make up her mind to lusert the key. When she I did so, in the lock of the nearest top drawer, her hand trembled slightly and she held her breath. The key turned easily and the drawer was ready for inspection, but she did not open it Thoughts whirled like the fluttering snowflakes through her mind, and she stood again irresolute. She had told Bess that she believed absolutely In Bob. Higher than her love for him had been her unfaltering belief and confidence in him. It was the very keystone of her marriage faith, and yet at the first blow of sus picion, it gave way. Bess was a child, with the impulsive judgment of a child. She had been wrong to even tell her of the" desk, wrong to discuss Bob or his motives with her at all, or to listen for an in stant to any doubt of him, even In Jest She must have faith, and wait He had probably locked the desk against the curiosity of the servants and had forgotten it in the hurry and excite ment of the wedding. She must be lieve in him. The mere fact that they were married did not give her a coro ner's right to hold a post-mortem over his dead past There was the sound of a footstep on the stairs, and she relocked the drawer quickly. "I'll be down In a moment Nora," ahe called. "You may serve dinner." The voice that answered was famil iar and masculine. She nearly let the candle fall In her surprised recogni tion of it "It's only I, Sue. What on earth are you doing in there?" She stood mute and motionless as he bent his head and entered the low door. It was Bob, and he was smiling and happy, his clear eyes seeking for the glad welcome he expected. "I only ran down for to-night,' he added. "I couldn't let you face the first New Year alone, sweetheart." His arms reached for her, but she shook her head and handed him the key. "I haven't used It" she said, broken ly. "But oh, Bob, I came so near it You don't have to tell me what's in the old thing. I'll believe in you Just the same, and I don't want to know.' "Know what?" he demanded. "Don't cry. Sue." He drew her to him tender ly. "What's up, anyhow?" "That desk," she sobbed. "It's lock ed." "Is it?" He stared at the desk in bewilderment. "Well, the key was on my mantel, dear. You found it all right didn't you? Couldn't you unlock It?" "I could, but but I don't want to know your private affairs." She tried to draw herself away, but he took her hands and held them from her tear wet face so that she could see her eyes. "Sue, darling," he said. "You blessed little Mrs. Bluebeard, that desk is a wedding present to you from Grand mother Hadlelgh. It's been in the fam ily since the year one, I guess, and there isn't a single thing in those draw ers. It came the last minute the day we were married, and was so heavy and unwieldy I told father to send it along with my things and have it put away somewhere until we came home. And I laid the key in the griffin for safe keeping. What did you think was in it?" But Suzanne silenced further ques tioning in her own effectual way. The keystone of her happiness was firm and immovable. But as they went downstairs to dinner she registered one New Year's vow in her heart In the future she would let love laugh at locksmiths. San Francisco Call. OLD I FAVORITES FaltMca Nelly dnj, Oen Battle waa a soldier bold And used to war's alarms, . Dut a cannon ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms. Now, aa they bore him off the field Said ht: "tat others shoot For here I leave my neoond Irg And the Forty-aecond foot" The army aurgeona made him limbs. Said he: "They're only pe. Dut there'a as wooden members quite As represeut my legs." Now, Ben he loved a pretty maid. Her name was Nelly Gray, So he went to pay her his devoirs When he devoured his pay. But when he railed on Nelly Gray She made him quite a scoff, And when she saw his wooden logs Began to take theiu off. "Oh, Nolly Gray! Oh. Nolly Gray! Is this your love so warm? The love that loxee a scarlet coat Should be more uniform." Said she: "I loved a soldier once, For he was blithe and brave, But I will never have a man With both legs In the grave. "Before you had those timber toes Your love I did allow, But then, you know, you stand upon Another footing now." "Oh. Nelly Gray! Oh. Nelly Gray! For all your jeering speeches, At duty's call I left my legs In Badajos' breaches." "Why, then," said ahe, "you've lost the feet Of legi in war'a alarms. And now you cannot wear your shoes Upon your featu of arms!" "Oh, false and fickle Nelluy Gray! I know why you refuse. Though I've no feet some other man Is stsndiug in my shoes. "I wish I ne'er had seen your faeei But now a long farewell! For yon will be my death alas! You will not be my Nell!" Now, when he went from Nelly Gra) . His heart so heavy got And life was such s burden grown It made him take a knot -Thomas Hood. Strangers Yet. Strsngers yet! After years of life together, After fair and stormy weather, After travel In far lands. After touch of wedded hands Why thus joined? Why ever met If they must be strangers yet? Strangers yet! After strife for common ends, After title of "old friends," After passions fierce and tender, After cheerful self-surrender, Hearts may beat and eyes be met And the souls be strangers yet Strangers yet! O. the bitter thought to scan All tho loneliness of man Nature by magnetic laws Circle unto circle draws, But they only touch whpn met Never mingle strangers yet Richard M. Milnes. WOMEN AS WORKERS. Some Fig-area that. After All, Are Not Discouraging. A statistician has gone to the trouble to ascertain that 55 per cent of all the divorced women, 32 per cent of the widowed and 31 per cent of the single women are engaged in gainful pur suits. Only about 6 per cent of the married women are similarly situated. While the great body t married wom en are at home attending to the do mestic duties which are naturally set down for them, there is some hope still that the old order of things Is not going to be completely overthrown. The world will not be without homes. The figures indicate that 04 per cent of the married men are supporting their wives, though the women are, of course, doing their fnll share In maintaining domestic establishments which are bulwarks of morals and good order and which keep the race from dying out On surface analysis it may seem wonderful that 04 per cent of the mar ried men find enough to do to support families, when so many women are In men's occupations; but the earth is big, and the ordinary attempt at compre hending the things to be done and the number of people to do them is puny indeed. In the long run there appears to be room for everybody the home woman, the "new" woman, the man nish woman, the bachelor womnn, etc., likewise for the womanihh man and the men who depend on the labor and shrewdness of their wives to keep them going. The mixture of the sexes in the active business affairs of to-day would have scared writers on political economy twenty-flve years ago. It seems plain enough, for-example, that when a man on a salary gets work for his daughter in the same occupation at perhaps smaller compensation than he receives, he is sapping the foundation of his own employment and prosperity; that, in the long run, he will be simply dividing up his salary among the mem bers of his own family and driving other men out of employment The results of widespread changes of this sort look, apparently, to an entire revolutionizing of society. But people are not stopping to study the text books. They are going ahead with the fashions of the time, leaving the pessimists and those who have nothing to do but study to read up on political economy. A great many wise books have been Impracticable In relation to business affairs. If society la going wrong In putting the gentler sex In the llnea of employment that were former ly exclusively for men, the mistake will manifest Itself some day In a seri ous way. Money panics reault from over-wrought ambition to get rich quick, and then follows the travail of liquidation. And so It Is with other affairs. Cincinnati Enquirer.' COOKS TO THE GRIA1.' Although there are nearly fifty per sons employed la the British royal kitchen, beglunlng with a French chef whose salary Is well over four figures a year In pounds sterling, King Ed ward himself, says Ixmdon Answers, seems to profit little by their skill. A thin soup, such aa Julienne, some sort of white fish, ami a delicate dish com posed of chicken of other birds, form one of his Majesty's typical meals. It la to his guests that most of the dainty dlahca go. Despite all that Is said about the German Ktnporor's Spartau habits, there are few monaivhs who keep more elaborate tables. He has four chefs, of different nationalities, and In addi tion there is an Individual who may be described as "sausage maker to the Kaiser." His Majesty is very fond of the huge white Frankfurter sausages, and lus a supply of them made fresh every day in his own kitchen. ' When engaged in maneuvering his army on a big field day, these Frankfurters and bread In variably form the Kaiser's lunch. The chtf to the Csar of Russia leads a dog's life, it is said, thanks to the monarch's habit of ordering special dishes to be prepared, and then refus ing them and demanding something else, "Elk, in ten fashions," was one of his extraordinary orders counter manded in favor of black game after the menu was put before him. King Carlos of Portugal la the stout est of European monarcha. This may be due to his love of English foods. Nothing delights him so much as sim ple roant Joints and poultry, with plain gravies and sauces. When he la dining alone his evening meal frequently con sists of a few oysters, a portion of a porterhouse steak, and a little Gruycrr cheese. Macaroni may be described as the staple food of King George of Greece. He Insists upon having It on the table and partaking of It at every meal, In some form or other, and he alone of European monarcha employs a "mac aroni chef," an Italian, who Is not only expert at preparing the food in every possible way, but also at bulld-1 lng It Into all kinds of shapes. The young King of Spain Is extreme ly partial to goat's flesh. As he couples with tills a strong liking for the garlic beloved of his countrymen, his chefs Ingenuity Is frequently taxed to pro vide something new in the way of dish es. Goose stuffed with chestnuts is an other favorite of Alfonso. The Scandinavian monarch are sim ple In their choice of foods, and their cooks have easy times. The King of weden and Norway, In particular, is partial to cold meats and fish. Her rings with tomatoes are a favorite mix ture of his, and reindeer flesh, which Is a popular food In the country, al ways finds a place on the royal table. Beauties Near and Far. A Frenchwoman who has devoted much time to the study of Americans says that she finds them delightful. Especially is she pleased with the American grandmother, who, having no exacting ties, may travel and amuse herself at an age when the French grandmother, with a too cling ing affection, has begun to crowd th nest. The New Oilcans Times-Democrat gives this little Illustration of the diffrence: "You have children?" asked a Frenchwoman of an American whom she had met for the first time. The American's face lighted charm ingly. "Four," she answered, "and twelve grandchildren." "Four children and twehe grand children, and yet you are In Europe!" "Oh, they don't need me." "No, perhaps not; but in jour place I should need them." "But why?" The. question caused the French woman a visible shock, " "Every evening," said the American, "I write to my children. I tell them what I have done. My letter leaves on Wednesday. Every mall brings me news from one of them. I have excel lent health. I want to profit by it. There are so many things to see." "What things?" "Sweden and Norway first. I shall go there this summer. I visited Japan in the chrysanthemum season. I must Teturn for the cherry blooms." . "Oh!" The Frenchwoman's face -was inter entlng to see. A woman of fifty-five, the grandmother of twelve children, was talking about returning to Japan to 6ee the cherries bloom. (Such a thing was unheard of in her expert ence. A Money-Making Combination. Friend How are you doing now? Scribbler First rate. Rev. Mr. Sain tile and I have gone into partner ship. Making money hand over fist "Eh? How do you manage?" "I write books and he denounces them." New York Weekly. A girl will say mean things abont her kin to the man to whom she is en gaged, which she will not permit him to even remember after they are mar- tied, LJ7 wmt As an Illustration of the very few elements contained In a successful picture I will say that a simple landscape containing Uie side of a hill divided Into agreeable spaces by a tiny stream or a road, a footpath or a ravine, will give you only two spaces In your foreground. It should be remembered that the road, stream or footpath should not divide (lie land scape Into horizontal spaces which are parallel with the base line of the picture, nor should it be alvlded Into triangular spaces which are equal to each othsr. Nature seems to have abolished the tiact rules of measure ment In the arrangement of her beauties, and we cannot do better than to accept of this hint from nature. The sky space Is divided Into unequal parts by the roof of a dwrlllug outlined against the sky, or by a tree, one of the ordinary klud, ami as unobtrunlve as the landscape; and with these simple elements we have all of the material needed for a picture which will have sufficient strength ao that It will appeal to all by Its simplicity In line and its close and Intimate relation to those simple bits of nature which are appreciated by all who have the true art loving spirit within them. I am aware that there Is always a tendency to Introduce a flguro wher ever a road Is found, and this may be well where the other elements of the arrangement are so very plain that they contain no natural beauty In them selves, and tho figure Is needed to give Interest to the picture; but In a composition where the few simple elements worked with are In themselves beautiful, the Introduction of a" figure Is an experiment attended with a con siderable danger of weakening the composition by the Introduction of an other element of only ordinary Importance. And yet I have known artists who have Wen considered famous, and whose pictures commanded high prices, to fill a wad from nar foreground to distance with groups of figures having no possible relation to each other, and then, as If this was not suttl clent. to Introduce as a side Issue In the right foreground, at some distance from the road, a pair of lovers under a tree, apparently unconscious that the world contained others than themselves. Chas. K, Falruian, In Camera and Dark Room. A SHIP THAT FLIES. Dream of Age llaa 11 n Attained by American Genius, A spectacle which aroused unbound ed etithuslusin among the vast con course of people who witnessed It was the successful flight or Thomas 8. Baldwin's irreat alrshln at the World's Fair grounds In St. IiOiils. The airship, which Is called the "California Arrow." was navigated by A. Roy Knabeushue, of Toledo. The California Arrow, aa the Bald win airship ts called. Is the result of 30 BALDWIN'S AIRSHIP, THE years of experimental work on the part of Its Inventor, Capt. T. S. Bald win. It has a cigar-shaped gas bag of varnished Japanese silk. 52 feet long and 17 feet In diameter, with a capac ity of 8,000 cubic feet On the upper surface and at the ends the silk is doubled and at the points of greatest strain trebled. The car. 40 feet long, Is a light framework of white cedar braced with piuno wire. It Is, in section, a perfect equilateral triangle, so that the whole Is in the shape or a rigui prism, save that it grows smaller and smaller to w.rAm thn ends. It Is pulled through the air by a two-bladed silk propeller, 11 feet from tip to tip, set at an angio of 20 degrees at the front end of the car. The draught of air caused by its 200 revolutions a minute serves to pre vent explosions by constantly cooling the Hercules gasoline engine set about eight feet from the forwnrd end of the car. The engine weighs only 60 pounds, but performs 2,500 revolutions a minute and has a working capacity of seven-hourse power. The aeronaut has a seat and conning platform about 12 or 13 feet further unov and he can move from one end to the other of the car at will, though a change of position or less than two feet is sufficient to cause the craft to ascend or descend in the air by raising or lowerli g the elevation of the beak. At the rear there is a rudder of 0x10 feet made of light canvas stretched on a bamboo frame. The total weight of the whole apparatus is only about 220 pounds. The maximum spied thus far attained, by means of its 6wn en gines, not taking the wind Into account is 12 miles an hour, but the usual rate Is only about eight miles an hour. One of the exciting incidents of the trial of the airships was the escape of the California Arrow. After a trial flight while the Arrow was being low ered to repair a slight break in the machinery, tho rope was dragged from the bands of the assistants and the ship soared into the air and disap peared In anorthwesterly direction. The runaway ship was found next matmr fflhofMraphi) morning about Hi miles west of St. Louts. The ship had sailed low, and the anchor caught In a tree. There were two small rents In the gas bag, but otherwise the ship was uninjured. A half hour's work served to repair the damage. Mriloo Has Hmall Navy. The Mexican navy ut present con sists of four small boats In tho Gulf of Mexico and two In the Pacific, be sides small patrol boats In the south ern waters. The Dcnmcrata, the first boat taught by Mexico, of O) tons dls- CALIFORNIA ARROW. placement Is on the Pacific const, ami with her la the Oaxn-a,.aml did aloop ilgged boat of steel, of about l.liW) tons, but of only seven knots speed, used as a transport. Two new gunboats Just bought In tho United States, named the Vert Cruz and tho Tampico, aro In tln gulf. They have steel hulls, are 200 lcet long, displace 1.0i0 tons, hnvo shown a speed of abont fifteen knots and have two four-Inch guns and oth er smaller rapid-firing guns each. Tho Zaragosa and Yucatan, 1,220 and (IPO Ions, respectively, the former having six 4.8-Inch Canet guns, are also In the gulf, and are used as training ships for the naval school which wa established at Vera Cruz in 1S07. Tho Bravo and Morelos, being built in Italy, will displace each 1.200 tons. There are sixty-five cadets at Vera Cruz, also an arsenal and a small floating dry dock. There Is a small wooden dock-at Guoymas In the Gulf of California. A Poor Receipt. "Don't talk to me about the receipts in that magazine," snld Mrs. Lane, with great energy. "Wasn't that the very magazine that advised me to put on that sody solution and leave the tablecloth out overnight to take off those yellow stains?" "I'm inclined to think it may have been," suld Mrs. Lane's sister, wttlt due meekness. "I sent you a number of them iu tho spring, I remember." "Well, and what happened?" asked Mrs. Lane, with rising wrath.' "Didn't the stains disappear?" asked her sister. "Disappear!" said Mrs. Lane, in a withering tone. 'It was the tablecloth that disappeared. I don't know any. thing about the stains." Always the Other Fellow. . Johnny Pa, what is the averages man? Pa He's the fellow you see every where except In the mirror. New York Sun. No man favors expansion of that little bald spot