The Yamhill County reporter., June 21, 1901, Image 6

ANGLERS’ SUNG.
TURKEY BANISHES T. E IYPE»VR1IER.
THE OLD-TIME TOWN.
Atrsy, ■ way, to the brookaide green.
In the morning'« earliest flush,
To the purling brook where the aiders
lean
Gracefully o'er the water's rush,
And the golden sun. with its many-hued
sheen.
Makes the tinted wavelets blush.
The lancewood rod, with its supple tip.
Is sound and strong as a pine;
But. arching, it bends with a dainty dip
When the brook trout strains the line,
And tile spray Hies high when the Hsh's
lip
Is pierced by the hook's sharp tine.
The tackle's strong and the water's right,
So there's chance for luck to-day;
With the wind in the south and the sun
not bright.
Our creels will surely weigh.
Ere with weary feet, by the gloaming's
light.
Homeward, we wend our way.
And where the mossy bank is sprayed
By the water's roaring fall,
’Neath the slender birches' flickering
shade,
We'll rest and thankful, recall
That, of sports the Fates for men have
made,
Angling's the best of all.
—National Sportsman.
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A WORKING GIRL
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IIE sentiments you have been
expressing, my dear Roy,” ob­
served Albert Lestrange with
the patronizing manner Justified by his
seven years' Seniority, "would be ex­
cellent in a novel, or might even be suit­
able for a city clerk, but they are quite
Inapplicable to us.”
“Why so?” inquired the younger
brother.
“Because rank and wealth have du­
ties as well as privileges,” replied Al-
Itert. “And foremost among them is
that of making a suitable matrimonial
alliance, and not----- ”
“That’s alt bosh, Bertie!" Interrupted
Roy. “A suitable matrimonial alliance!
Poof! the sound of It makes one feel
111.”
“You are young, nty dear Roy," said
his brother, pityingly. “Wait until you
are my age and you will look differ­
ently at things.”
“I shall never agree with you on tlint
point, that's certain,” answered the
younger man, "for It's my opinion and
always will be that a man who marries
a woman that he doesn't love ought to
be kicked."
“There Is displayed the rnshness of
youth,” remarked Albert, sententlousiy.
“And believe me, my dear Roy---- ”
What he was about to add will never
lie know'll now, for at that moment a
loud cry for help was heard from a
meadow on the other side of the hedge
that skirted the line down which the
brothers were walking.
“Come along, Bertie," cried Roy,
"there's a stile a few yards higher up.”
In two minutes the young men had
Jumped the rails and were on the scene
of action, where a couple of tramps
were standing on either side of a well-
dressed young Indy.
“You take the little one, Roy,” ex­
claimed Albert, "I'll tackle the other."
The taller tramp lifted the stick lie
was carrying, but before he could use
It Albert's flat caught him under the
chin, and he found himself sitting in
the hedge, while n moment later Roy
knocked Ills companion Into a bed of
nettles close by.
“How can 1 thank you?" observed the
girl, whom the young men now had time
to notice was uncommonly pretty. "1
had no Idea that tramps were so dan
ge rous.”
“Pray don’t mention It," replied Al­
bert ns lie wiped his knuckles, “it wns
really nothing."
“It was n great deal to me I can as­
sure you," said the girl with a merry,
rippling laugh, "for unfortunately I wns
carrying nil my worldly wealth with
me."
"Are yon returning to Tormouth?"
Inquired Alliert. without noticing the
latter part of her speech. "Fan we
have the pleasure of seeing you home?”
"I shall Is- grateful Indeed If you will
accompany me ns far ns the Anchor
Hotel," wns the reply, ami then ns they
walked across the fields she further
explained tluit she had been ordered
down to the little seaside town by her
doctor for the recovery of her health:
• not that there's much the mutter with
me. only overwork, yon know.”
During the three mile walk Alliert lie
came more and more reticent, while
Roy. who nt first had lieen quite over
come by the unexpected vision of beau­
ty. gradually thawed out under the In
tlnetiee of her smiles until when they
parted outside the hotel he had made
nti appointment for the following morn­
ing to show her the famous Smuggler's
(hive.
For a few minutes Alliert was silent,
and then he observed gravely. "If veil
take my advice. Roy. you will not see
that .voting person again. I do not con­
sider that she 1s a desirable acquaint­
ance."
"Why not ?” asked Roy. astonished.
“She Is evidently a lady."
"That she has lieen well educated I
will uot deny." answered Alliert. "but
she works for her living. Roy. bld you
not hear her say that she was over­
worked, and that she carried all her
worldly wealth In her pocket?”
“She Is a charming girl." retorted
Roy, "and I am going to see her to­
morrow In spite of you or any other old
woman."
This reply hurt Albert's feelings nnd
caused a coolness between the brothers,
but Roy kept his word, and every day
for three weeks he accompanied Miss
I.efroy to oue or other of the many
natural lieautles of the neighborhood. I
T
HAS
GONE WITH OTHER
FASHIONED THINGS.
Overtaken
by
the
Rapid
OLD-
March
of
Progresi and the Old ecenea of Rus­
ticity
No
Longer
Ex.st — nven the
Church Affected.
Like so many other old-fashioned
things, the old-time tow n is going dowu
before the march of progress. Noth­
ing is like it used to be. Invention,
discovery and education of the people
up to a taste In better things and am­
bition for conveniences are wliat have
led to the change. To-day oue sees the
. village maiden arrayed in clothes that
would come near taking first place In
I a procession in the main cities. The
abundantly If not artistically carved
boxes no longer stand in front of stores,
ready lounging places for the discus
sion of the world's events. No sign ex­
tends across the main street near the
j tracks cautioning the people to "Be­
ware of the locomotive.” Modern
gates are let down to prevent collisions
| between trains and teams. No tin-
starred constable in overalls swells
about the station platform any longer.
A uniformed marshal, every bit as im-
■ portant, struts there to meet all trains.
| The old inn, with its slanting porch ex­
tending over the sidewalk, supported
by posts off which country horses have
long been dining, has given way to a
hotel with some humming name im­
ported from Some metropolis. I.nmp
I posts adorn the corners and the iner-
i chants display their wares behind
plate-glass windows. All these the
traveler sees—signs of progress a
great difference to the passing eye.
Twenty years, even ten years, ago
the village store was the spot where
all the earth centered. In the winter
The customs authoritie.i have prohibited the ntry if typewriters into Turkey, time the prominent citizens sat around
crease down their trousers legs. The
shoe store Is in the next block, the
milliner Is across the way with a fas­
cinating display of dally hints from
Paris, the hardware man Is in business
for himself over next to the brewery,
and the grocer occupies the modern
store-room under the office of the even­
ing Tell-Tale, the rattle of whose lino­
types makes a merry race with the
clicking of the keys manipulated by the
entrancing and up-to-date product of
civilization, the blonde typewriter girl
across the hallway in Skinnum's law
office.
And over in the church the minister
no longer simply tells the good story
of the num who went down to Jericho
and fell among thieves. He thunders
against th«- trusts and talks Browning
or evolution. No cottage organ’s sweet
refrain leads the doxolog.v and Old
Hundred any more. A huge organ,
with blue and gilt pipes, big as stove
pipes, is manipulated by some fidgety
professor and a quartette sings the
most modern sacred music. The min­
ister's clothing Is not shiny with the
years. No great bowed spectacles af­
ford him vision. Trim side-whiskers
ami neat mustaclilos mark him. Instead
of the sanctimonious smoothness the
razor achieves or the austere abun­
dance of whiskers. It is safe betting
that he is the best golf player in the
section, a bicycle expert nnd a wonder
at whist and progressive cinch. lie
preaches simplicity of life. Then he
summers nt Narragansett Pier, or fer­
ries over to Europe, instead of going
into the hay fields ns Ills predecessor
did.
Quilting bees and sewing circles are
likewise of bygone days. The women
do their darning and sew on the but­
tons of the men at home. If they neg­
lect it the men do the darning both at
home and abroad. This feature is un­
changed. But the women meet at their
5 o'clock teas and the Saturday after­
noon club, and Instead of discussing
each other (altogether! they discourse
vena In favor of ideas which would re­
dound to the well being of bls sub­
jects. He recalled bow Louis XVI. had
established the reputation of the long-
despised potato by wearing its dower
In his button hole; a word of approba­
tion from his majesty might dispel the
prejudice against the horse.
M. Decrolx was a veterinary surgeon
in the army at the time, and a very few
days after the dispatch of his report be
was summoned to appear before Mar­
shal Valliant, the master of the impe­
rial household. He found the Marshal
beside himself with rage and indigna­
tion. "So you. sir,” he roared, as De-
croix entered his room, “are the person
who purposes that the Emperor should
eat horse meat! You must be out of
your senses. The Emperor eat horse
meat!” The Marshal was at a loss
for further words in which to express
his stupefaction, and he motioned De­
crolx out of Ids presence with a gesture
which indicated that he might be thank­
ful he had escaped being placed under
arrest for a grave breach of discipline.
—Paris correspondence Pall Mall Ga­
zette.
TRANSSIBERIAN ROAD.
Cars Lrxurionily Furnished, but No
Water fo a Good Wa»h.
The first and second class ears are
luxuriously upholstered, and, by a curi­
ous contrivance, the upper bed turns
over and becomes, not "a chest of draw­
ers,” but the back of the seat by day.
The only real lack of a Siberian railway
is suitable lavatory accommodations.
The little toilet-room is often a wretch­
ed. filthy closet with a single wash
basin and a very limited supply of
water, and it answers for all, men and
women alike. This fault is shared by
all Siberian hotels and steamboats that
I have seen. The one cramped and
dirty spot is the washroom (for many
hotels have a common lavatory, and no
water Is brought to the rooms), and the
one scarce article is fresh, cold water.
snd 200 machines in the custom house 1 ave been ordered returned to the eon
signor. The authorities have taken up the peculiarly characteristic attitude that
there is no distinct feature about typewriting by which the authorship could be
recognized or a person using a machine be traced, and that, consequently, anyone
is able to put in type seditious writings without fear of compromising himself.
Hektographic paste and fluid also are prohibited for similar reasons. The em­
bassies are making representations on the subject with the view of inducing the
Turkish government to take up a more reasonable attitude.
At length came the fatal day of her
departure, and after seeing her off Roy
returned home more depressed than his
brother had ever seen him.
"So your fair friend has gone away
at last,” said Albert at dinner time.
“Thank heaven that she did not en­
tangle you in a 'matrimonial alliance.’ ”
"It wasn't her fault. I can assure
you,” replied Roy. "She wouldn't have
me."
"You Actually proposed to her?”
"Yes, 1 did, and she has put me off
for a month, as she says she does not
believe 1 know my own mind, but I've
got her address In London and permis­
sion to call on her the first week In
October.”
The hours dragged themselves nway,
and on the first day of pheasant shoot­
ing. in spite of bls brother’s remon­
strances, Roy left home for the great
metropolis.
Two days later Albert followed him
to town. It was but a forlorn hope, but
It occurred to film that lie might pur-
suade the girl—for a consideration of
course to be merciful and release his
brother from any foolish promises lie
may have made.
As Albert did not know much alxiut
London, he determined to seek the as­
sistance ami advice of Ills uncle. Lord
Torehester, but on his arrival at Tor-
Chester House he found that a garden
party wns In full swing.
l.ndy Torehester greeted him with a
few kind words of welcome mill he
passed on to his unde.
"Hello!” exclaimed the latter, "what
Ims brought you up to town?"
"Why. to tell you the truth, Roy has
been Inveigled by some typewriting
girl, and I’ve come up to see If I can get
him out of the mess, and an I thought
you would be able to help me, 1-----”
"Certainly, certainly.” Interrupted his
unde; "but here comes Miss Garrick,
the famous actress; shall 1 introduce
you ?"
"Nothing I should like better. 1 have
rend so much of her tlint
What! Miss
I.efroy!"
"The snme. Mr. I.estrange.” answered
the smiling girl. “And perhaps you will
permit me to present my future bus­
band. Mr. Roy Lestrange! By the way.
will you be best man?”—Ally Sloper.
Youngest and Oldest of Kings.
Europe lias a new little King who
has a double claim to distinction. He
la the youngest of ruling kings, and at
the same time tlie
lineal representa­
tive of the oldest
reigning family In
Europe. His name
and title Is Grand
Duke Franz IV. of
M e c k I e n b urg-
Schwerln. and he
ascended to the
throne on which
his fathers have
sat for twenty-five
generations
less
than n month ago. The young king is
19 years old, and it Is his cousin who
Is prince consort of Holland. His king
dom Is one of the petty German States,
and comprises only 5,<X)O square miles
of territory, with n total population of
(19,000. The total revenue of the king
dom Is barely $10,000,(MX) a year, but
It has a “man sized” national debt ot
nearly $30,000,ObO. Franz IV. was the
second king of the new century to as
;
cend the throne, the first being Edward
I
of England. He Is a near relative of
the Czar of Russia, and has connec­
|
tions with almost every royal family
I
of Europe.
|
!
Where Were They?
Mrs. Jones—1 am sorry 1 could not I
come along witli Henry to your house
last night. Wliat! Wasn't my husband
at your house all Inst evening?
And these few words led to a revela
tlon Which Jones and Brown will have
trouble to explain. -Ohio State Journal.
Clean Sydney.
In Sydney the streets are thoroughly
cleaned every night, and any one
throwing refuse or waste material of
any sort on the street Is arrested and
lined. All the kitchens In the larger
residences are on the top floor, nnd nil
the clothes are dried on the roof.
AMERICAN HALL OF FAME IN NEW YORK.
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1
TYPE OF COUNTRY LIFE THAT IS RAPIDLY PASSING AWAY.
an abundantly provided stove. Mes-
sengers boarded the passing trains,
pumped the passengers for news, nian-
aged to pick up any kind of an old pa-
per and hurried back to the store to
toll the tidings ana to join in their dis-
cussion. Between arguments the de-
haters nipped at dried peaches and
other delicacies from the hospitable
barrel'of the storekeeper, who made up
on the customer by manipulating the
scales at the next purchase. A stranger
In the town was an oracle, reverenced
and respected. He had the best seat
near the stove and the townsmen
nursed their knees in their arms as
they drank in from him his recitals of
affairs in the rest of the world. Then
there was the Town Hall, with its spell­
ing liees, its occasional lecture or its
debate.
In the summer the wise men took to
the boxes In front of the store, or to
the hitching rail, on which they poised,
nnd talked and "whittled." They were
out In their shirtsleeves before break­
fast to learn what had happened dur­
ing the night. Then they strolled over
to the old frame statiou to see the train
go by. How different now In the mat
ter of acquiring information. It is a
poor town. Indeed, that hasn't its own
Itaper to record, nnd brightly, too, the
local happenings.
And as the trains
go by they drop off bundles of papers,
fresh with all the news of the earth,
all the latest periodicals. Illustrated pa-
petw ami the newest books. The village
store Is no longer the loafing place for
th«' gossips, but an up-to-date business
establishment. The town hall has de-
veloped Into a public Horary or thea­
ter.
Proar-«« Kverxw'iere.
The American llall of Fame was dedicated in New York recently in the pre«
cnee of a distinguished assemblage of representative citizens from many parts of
the country.
The iih-a of the Hall of Fame was conceived by Chancellor MacCracken. to
whom It was suggested by the need of a building which would round o it the beauty
of the university quadrangle This space the chancellor proposed to devote to
an institution sguilar to Westminster Abbey, the Fan: boon iu Paris and the
"Ruhnies Halle," Munich Twenty-nine tablets were decided upon by a plan of
««•lection, designed with every regard to fairness, by a jury of eminent Americans.
This number of names will be ad«led to every five years throughout the twentieth
century, w hen five new tablets will be unveiled in the llall provided the electors,
under the rule«, can agree on so many. The dimensions of the building are as
follows: Total exterior length of the colonade. MM feet; height, 20 feet; breadth.
IU feet; length of museum, exclusive ot satraucs corridors, 2b0 feet; breadth, 40
feet; height, Ill feet.
Ten years ago the country clothing
store, which was also the hardware
store and the dry goods store and the
grocery store and the millinery estab­
lishment all in one—a bucolic trust-
made a si>eelalty of ready-made suits,
that were so tightly packed axvay on
the shelves that you couldn't get the
creases out of them any more than you
could get the'wrinkles out of a corru­
gated Iron roof. And what wonderful
patterns and styles. Now In front of
the clothing store Chauncey Depew and
Mark Hanna and Gen. Miles and Ad­
miral Schley and Ge»»rge Dewey, all in
wax. atarnl in all the glory of blue
serge and corkscrew, with double-
breasted and bewildering vests and a
on Zoroaster and the Zendevesta, the­
osophy, George Meredith, Browning
and other abstruse propositions. For
the men there Is a club. Instead of the
old store box on which they sat they
loll in comfortable chairs around a ta­
ble, on which rest steins or bottles.
Formerly to relieve their nerves they
whittled. Now they shuttle and vie
with each other to see which can come
into the possession of the greatest num­
ber of certain blue, red and white discs
of ivory or celluloid.
No longer does the dweller in the
country town go to bed at nightfall just
to be certain where he is at. for elec­
tric lights make the streets as light as
day. And the streets and sidewalks
are of macadam or asphalt. The tele­
phone is everywhere. It Is more nu­
merous than In the greatest cities, be
cause the cost Is much lower.
lndt'ed. things have changed. The
man who goes back to his old "country
town" nowadays on his vacation misses
the smoke and the oleomargarine and
the hall bed-room and the crowding of
the large city, but the luxuries of the
latter are all there, and most of the
modern Improvements. But the pure
air Is there, too. nnd the flowers that
thrive in the open air and not in glass
houses, and the old folks and old
acenes.—Utica Globe.
EATING HORSEFLESH.
Ext ert«nce of M. Itec-oix with Emper­
or Napoleon lit.
M. Decrolx. the founder of the French
Anti-Tobacco I-eague. who died sud­
denly. though at the ripe old age of 80,
was a man of many anecdotes. Most
of them bore on the difficulties which
beset the path of the reformer who.
when he is not treated with contumely,
is woefully misunderstood. Under the
second empire, and before be began bls
campaign against tobacco, M. Decrolx.
In whom the missionary spirit was In­
deed strong, started a crusade In favor
of eating horseflesh. His Ideas, in spite
of the untiring energy with which he
promulgated them, seemed to make lit­
tle or no headway. In his despair at
his scant success be decided to appeal
to Napoleon III. In person. He ad­
dressed a long report to the Emperor,
setting forth In detail the undreamed­
of advantages of a horse-meat diet, and
humbly requesting the sovereign to give
the matter bis attention and to Inter­
Beer, wine, vodka, tea. especially tea,
flow freely, but to order a glass of
water to drink, or a basin of water,
much more a tub of water for a bath,
creates a commotion, and the water de­
sired is often unattainable, except after
strenuous effort. A Siberian writer re­
marks naively, that "Englishmen have
the bad habit of washing themselves
all over every day. As a consequence
of this habit their bodies emit an un­
pleasant odor.”
Besides the cars already mentioned,
a baggage car and a dining car com­
pleted our train equipment. Pullman
would scarcely own the diner as an off­
spring of his invention. A long table
down the middle, at which perhaps
twenty people can sit at one time, and
a bar at the end. at which all kinds
of light and strong drinks are served
nnd toothsome delicacies dear to the
Russian heart, like caviare, sardines
and other little fishes "biled in ile" are
eaten. At the long table, table d'hote
meals are served, consisting of three or
four courses, and one can also order
what he chooses, at a fixed price._
Harper's Weekly.
A Tempting Offer.
A recent issue of a musical journal
published at Leipsic, Germany, con­
tained the following curious advertise­
ment: "Wanted—A skilled musician,
who fan compose liefore warm weath­
er begins a tragic opera in one act. The
author of the libretto will place at the
disposal of the composer a house,
which is furnished with a piano, and
which la situated near the sea In a
most idyllic and romantic country;
furthermore, the composer will be well
fed and supplied with all necessary
fuel. A poor but gifted artist ought to
lie able to make his fortune In a place
like this and under conditions such as
are here proposed Those who apply
for the siuation are requested to send
biographical notices of themselves to
the office of this paper.”
Distingue.
"She comes of a grand old family I
believe?”
“Yes. very! An ancestor of hers was
beheaded in the Tower during the
reign of the fourth Edward!"
"How
perfectly lovely!"— Detroit
Journal.
How many level beaded people do you
know?