The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 05, 1904, Image 7
REA ! G IN BED.
A Cuyton That Has Been Followed
Johuis:: acidi I'.*--l .':<e in the
CoUrse1r. :. ::. in wich lie
chamber <tring the W:ht -ad if vake
fully dislubd ak- a )bo an,d read
-'and compo-e i:ssef to resL" There
can be little doubt that in thus indi
cating an :ipopr-iate course for Piy
one aflicted with "constitutional mel
ancholy" - his own trouble - he was
stating his own practice. Many a book
the wakeful doctor must have turned
over in the silences of the night. and
this increases the wonder that a desire
to read any particular work should
take him out of bed unusually early.
Gray must surely have been a reader
in bed. A man who wished to be for
ever lying on sofas, reading "eternal
new novels of Crebillon and Marl
vaux." must have been familiar with
the faces of his favorites in the night
hours. Eijab Fenton. a now forgotten
coadjutor of Pope. was accustomed to
lie abed at his lodgings. we are told.
and be fed with a spoon, but Gray's
love of ease was not of this type. Gray
was a bookman. and most bookmen
prdbably have indulged in the habit of
reading in bed. Lamb &apostrophized
his folios as "my *midni:at darlings."
but- those "huge armf-os." as he call.s
them. were not bedside books. Th"y
were the companions of t!- long hors
of candlelight in the back room of the
quiet little "gambogish colored" house
beside the Ch::se.at En'Jold. Wycher
lef. one of the "artificial' dramatists
for whom Lamb wrote a quaint de;
fense. made a habit of reading him elf
to sleep. Nightly he shared his pillow
,*ith his- favorite authors-Seneca.
Montaigne and- Rochefoucauld-and in
the mornings made a practice of writ
Ing on those subjects which had caught
his attention during the previous
night's reading. with the curious
though not unnatural result, as Pope
has testified. that Uis writing was un
consciously a mere echo of his reading.
Somewhat later. when Grub street
flourished, if so inappropriate a verb
may be allowed, many a poor wretch
of a hack author was glad to write as
well as to read in bed for the all suffi
cient reason that seemly clothes were
lacking for going abroad.-London
Globe.
EPIGRAMS OF NOVELISTS.
One crawls into friendship, one occa
sionally drifts into matrimony, but in
love one falls.-Frankfort Moore.
There is no place like the top, espe
dially wh%z it is narrow and will not
hold many at a time.-Anthony Holle.
Love and friendship are stronger
than charity and politeness, and those
who trade upon the latter are rarely
accorded. the former.-Seton Merriman
It is the ,American's regret that at
present he can do nothing with his feet
while he is listening at the telephone,
but doubtless some employment will be
found for them in the coming age.-Ian
Maclaren.
There are two unpardonable sins in
this world, success and failure. Those
who succeed can't forgive d fellow for
being a failure and those who tail
can't forgive him for being a success.
G. H. Lorimer.
There are two classes of people in the
world, the people -who are clever and
the people who.are keen, and you must
never mix the two. They meet and
touch, they are necessary to each other.
.. but they. never.,.never blend.-Kather
ine Cecil Thurston. .
-Her Coats of Arms.
Concerning a 'very modish woman
the late Julian Rix, painmer and ci'itic,
had this story to tell:
''Mr. Rix. I've come to ask you a
great faivor.'" she said as she fairly
burst into.his studio one fall day.
"Everything I have is at your com
mand. madam."
"I want to show you some coats of
arms and ask 'our advice about mak
ing a choice."
"Which side of the family do you
wish to follow, maternal or"
"Oh, neither! The herald says I can
choose any of these. I want something
that- will look welt on whist counters."
"Yes. Well, what about this?"
"That will do nicely. 'But don't yop
think I ought to have more than one?
I do tire so quic'kly~ of things, you
know."--New York Times.
Canazls In England.
Canals in Englaind date back to an
early period, for,.the Romans built two
in Lincolnshire-the Foss dike, forty
miles long and still navigable, and the
Caer dike. The first British made ca
nal was constructed in 1134 by Henry
IL and joined the Trent to the Witham.
It was toward the end of the eight'
eenth century that the grentzst amount
of energy was expended in the building
of canals. mainly due to the Duke of
Bridgewater and the skilH of his en
gineer, James Brindley. In the last
decade of that century a canal mania
raged. __ _ _
Clara-Oh, hum! I wish the Lord
had made me a man!
Mother-Perhaps he has, dear; only
you' haven't found him yet.-New York
DUELING IN AMEYUCA.
The First Frital MeetixN:as Uron
["iste r'e Va--tor CoLIZE;..
Th' first i:nI du:'l fcndt in wat
is novw t:h' ntild State. was~' upon
n ":ite t :nd d 1r the
ce of dink i:iad ag:-e sottle tltr
diff-rences vith hvds of the public
grounds above named. They mact :t a
little after 4 o'clock in tht- evening. and
Woodbridge was mortally wounded
and was found dead the following
morning.
Both were gentlemen of geod social
position. Phillips was a lrother of
Gillam Phillips. who iarrie(Vlarie. the
sister of Peter Faneuil. the-oinlIder of
Boston's famous hall. Woodbridge had
not completed his twentieth year. He
was a young merchant who had re
cently been admitted to business as a
partner with Jonathan Sewall, one of
the most active merchants of the place.
Henry Phillips. a young graduate of
the college of Cambridge. was about
four years older than Woodbridge, hav
ing at the time of this melancholy af
fair completed his twenty-third year.
Woodbridge was the son of a gentle
man of some distinction in Barbados.
one of the imagistrates there, who had
formerly been s,ttled in the ministry
as nastor in Groton. Conn.
The place of meting was on the ris
ing grounds of the Common. not far
from the gr,eat elm,. near. where in the
olden time a -powder 'house stood.
Small swords were used. No one but
themselves participated. Woodbridge
fell mortally woinded :nd died on the
spot before the next morning. Phillips
was slightly wounded and at mid
night. by the aid of his brother Gillam
and Pete,r Faneuil, of fa'mous memory.
made his escape to the Sheerness, a
British man-of-war then lying in the
harbor. and before the sqp of the next
morning had fully discovered to inter
ested friends the miserable. result of
the unfortunate meeting he was on
his way to France. where he died in
less than a year of grief and a broken
heart.-United, Service Iteview.
A SHORT ANSWER.
The Reply That Bismnrek Made to
an Admirable Speech.
I like to think of old -Bismarck as he
sat by the window that opens on the
windy park of Friedricbsruh in an old
gray shooting jacket, a rug over his
knees,.a pipe in his hand, simple as a
north German farmer, this man who
had almost held Europe in fee.
A little while before this February
day he had been deposed from power.
All the world knew that the old lion
was sulking in his den in no amiable
mood toward the young emperor who
had turned him out of doors.- It was
known that his memoirs were written
and that his correspondence was set in
order. A New York publisher thought
he might secure the, papers in which
Bismardk had told the real story of
the birth of the German empire-that
strange story of craft and heroism, lit
tleness and grandeur. It wason this
mission that I sailed for Hamburg. I
had two letters for Bismarc-. One
was. from a negligible ambassador.
The other had been given me by a Ger
man statesman or some note with
whoto in other days I had been a stu
dent in the University of Jena. My
friend had been a familiar of Bis
marcks household and bespoke me a
kindly hearing. I sent the letters on
f'rom iiambuirg and afollowved the next
day.
On the table at his elbow as he sat by
the Wirndow I noticed my letters. The
valet wvho ha:d placed a chair for me
took his stand by the door. I said
what I had to say. It was (permit me
t-> uflirm it.i an admirable speech. For
ten days an~d nights I had rehearsed it
as 1 paced -.a deck of the stormy liner.
so in tolerab!e German I declimed it.
It was digui7ied: it was O;,iplomatie.
When I had finished Bismarek took
the pipe from his lips, said "-Nein
and put the pipe back again.
'Twas the shortest answer I ever had.
in mv life. I waited for a momuent.
The old man smoked and stared out
into tLre park. I got up) and bowed. I
had rehearsed that bow and did flotin
tend to waste it. I. bowed to his oid
hairiess head, the fiabby yellow jowls
and, big mustache, to the old gra
jacket and the pipe. It was like s-a
*:ai. to a stone wvail. Then the
valet led me out. In the park I re
-.ned may senses.-Vance Thompson
in Suecess.
mant see The~m.
"How did your nephew's wedding'
pass off''
"Just splendid.".
"Were there any contretemps?"
"I don't think so. I didnt see any.
You see, w-e had the church thoroughly
clea'sed up before the wedding took
placOe.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Thek- Haste.
"Their marriage was a hasty affair.
I under-stanid.
"Yes; indeed. They told the minister
to hurry. as they had engaged a cab
man by the hour."-Judge.
Custom may lead a man into many
.. . .or. but it juntiine nne--1"ilding.
TANG
Three Arti vs -.:: ;ifl m :::d ae the
ono day :a a re ,',rido. .n
the l.e . ii:ah: it
thVoWil : -'...lloy who thea Ted tere
w,as nothin on four leis he could not
ride. ;intl Ihe was r ing a1 bucking
so tant not even the pluckiest man on
the ranch dared to approach.
While the men were standing arouxi
wondering what to do the rancher's
sixeen-year-old daughter came out of
the !ouse and calmly walked up to the
exci ted ani:na 1.
When he saw her he ceased rearing.
whinnied and stood still. She just put
her hand on his mane. stroked his nose
and then vaulted lightly on his back
and rode around the yard, to the
amazemUefnt of the men.
"liow do you manage it?" one of
them asked her. "Before you tackled
him he was as savage as a tiger."
"It is simp!e enough." the girl re
plied. "Any woman can handle a
horse btter than a man can. See this"
-showing the man a small round ob
ject she had in her hand-"this is
hor-- castor. Horses love the smell of
it and will go up to any one who has it.
"An.orse has sense enough to know
the people who lve it. That stallion
began to quiet dow,n as son as Le saw
me. Wh:n I got n,ar him he smelled
the muszy horse castor in my clothes.
for I always carry a little piece, in my
pocket.
"That pleased him so much that I
was able to stroke his head. While do
ing so I rubbed his nose with a few
drops oi oil of cumin. which I had
poured into the palm of my hand.
Horses positively love that scent. Then,
did you notice that I put my hand into
his mouth? The object of that was to
pour a few drops of oil of irbodium on
to his tongue from a tiny vial which
I always carry.
"With these three articles any horse
can be tamed. Where do you get them?
Well, the cumin and rhodium can be
bought at any drug store; the horse
castor must be cut from a horse's fore
foot. It is a warty growth there."
It is a fact that horses are very fond
of these scents. They are often used
by women in the tropics and west in
the training and breaking of horses.
New York Commerical Advertiser.
BRAHMAN PROVERBS.
He that committeth no evil hath
nothing to fear.
Mix kindness with reproof and rea
son with authority.
Of mueh speaking cometh repentance,
but in silence is safety.
The first step toward beiag wise is to
know that thou art ignorant.
Envy not the appearance of happi
ness in any man, for thou knowest not
his secret griefs.
Indulge not thyself in the passion of
anger. It is whetting a sword to wound
thine own breast.
Consider and forget not thine own
weakness, so shalt thou pardon the
failings of others.
The heart of the envious man is gall
and bitterness. The success of his
neighbor breaketh his rest
This instant is thine. The next is in
the womb of futurity, and thou know
est not what it may bring forth.
As a veil addeth to beauty. so are a
man's virtues set off by the shade
which his modesty casteth upon him.
As the ostrich when pursued hideth
his head. but forgetteth his body, so
the rfears of a coward expose him to
Training B eagle.
Wit!: r.ma d ,1 the training of a
be;: j ea:: to he treated on quite a
dieet::an from the setter and
omer. In their eases a great dleal of
.:r : r:t;nin.z is to conq.uer natural
:oensitis. wahereats with the* beagle
vou encoura::e him to go on amnd do all
he can in seeking and chasing when
found. Young dogs are usually pnt
down with an o:der one. and a very
few lessons suffice. it comes as nat
ural to a beng!e to run scent as for a
terrier to kill eats. and if there is no
apparent inclination one lessou usually
provokes it. The less one interferes
with a beagle running a line the better
for the deg, so long as he is not potter
ing in omne wveil tested place. but casting
all aiwot wv: he has lwst the trail.
Fie!d ::. e a
Tha- Chairne s-=.ained.
The hous.e!.lder was du:v sworn.
--Yo chiarv:e this manlf with being in
sane." said the edtrt. *0n what do
'-ou as1e thet char;ge':"
"Well. yo~ur honor," said the witness,
ainly trying to choke down his emo
tion. -this man is a plumber. My
pipes a re out of fix. I sent for him.
Ee fixed 'em in fifteen minutes. When:
asked for his bill he said that was all
right, because it didnt take him long.
aind he had another job in my neigh
borhood anyhow."
"A hopeless case!" exclaimed his hon
or as he signed the commitment.
Baltimore News.
a oi may !ive with 'nitivated peo
: al his lif.' :nd n'-ir !earn any
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