The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, September 08, 1904, Image 6
"AIR INKS.
?jm y? Ml Hit Inee?
fit MM into the W?L
Mb wha^ the Mm is down,
isd rob the world of ml; 4
?ha took oar daylight with bar,
Tba amilm that wa Ion bast.
With moraiag blaahaa oa bar chilly .
Aad pear la upon bar biaaat.
O tara agaia, fair Inis,
Before tba fall of night,
Vbr faar tba moon abould ahina alone.
And atari uanvaled bright;
Aad blamed will tba lover be
That walka beneath their light,
Aad braathaa tba lore against thy cbaek
I duo not aven write!
WaaM I bad bean, fair Inee.
That gallant cavalier.
Who rode ao gsvly by thy aide,
And whispered thee ao near!
Were there no bonny damea at hornet
Or ao true lovers here.
That he abould cross the aeaa to aria
The dearest of the dear?
fith bends of noble gentlemen.
And btnnm waved before;
Alas, alas, fair Ines,
fc>he went away with wn;,
With music waiting on her steps.
And shootings of the throne;
But some were sad and felt no mirth.
But only music's wrong,
In sounds that sang farewell, farewell.
To her you're loved so long.
Farewell, farewell, fair Ines,
That vessel never bore
So fair a lady on its deck.
Nor danced so light before;
Alas for pleasure on the sea.
And sorrow on the shore!
The smile that blessed one lover's heart
Has broken many more!
?Thomas Hood (1796-1845),
THE GARDEN By
LETTER-BOX.c s BE,D
T
HE big, sqimre. weather
worn bouse looked In its
silence and isolation like
tbe relic of a long dead
past Not tbe abandoned
relic, however, for the hand of a pains
taking florist and gardener was In evi
dence In the little yard on which the
house fronted.
In spite of the flowers, however,
there was such an atmosphere of sa
cred quiet about the house that except
for the presence of a tabby cat on the
step. It would have seemed to be unin
habited. But any urchin along the
Street could have told you who lived
there; It was "Miss Phoebe," while the
question, "How long has she lived
there?" would Invariably have brought
the answer, "She's always lived there.*'
Just across the road from Miss Phoe
be's residence stood a plain, grim, old
two-story building, whose front door
step abutted on the pavement. As of
the other house across the way, any
one in the neighborhood could have
told you who the occupant was. and
of him. too, would have said that he
%ad always lived there.
Certainly every morning for more
than tweuty-flve years Mr. Lorton had
been seen to Issue from his front door
punctually at 7 o'clock, in order to
ride to the station In the old 'bus
which passed at that hour. And from
her window Mies Phoebe had watched
bis departure each morning, and not
ed his return at evening, by the faint
flow of a light through the chinks of
the ever-closed blinds.
Thus bad passed twenty-flve years,
When one morning there occurred an
unprecedented break in the chain
forged by long habit; the old 'bus
passed down on its 7 o'clock trip, and
Mr. Lorton failed to make his appear
ance. Naturally, Miss Phoebe was
moved from her wonted placidity, as
one planet in a system Is disturbed by
the least erratic movement of another
In Its orbit.
All through the long hours of the
morning she watched the door of the
house across the street for the appear
ance of Its owner, but at last she was
forced to conclude that some import
ant engagement must have called hiin
forth before the flxed hour cf his ris
ing.
Late In the afternoon she went about
the garden attending the flowers with
her usual care. There was a small
?quare hole in the side of one of the
gateposts, where a pair of the prettiest
of the blue-coated songsters had nest
ed every year, feeling secure from mo
lestation under Miss Phoebe's kind
ly protection.
From time to time Miss Phoebe
glanced at the closed house over the
way. It was silent and still. It was
not yet time for the return of Mr.
Lorltig, if he had goue nwny that
morning.
While Mi's Phoebe was leaning
against tlie little gate. her spirit drift
ing with tlie gentle current of happy
memories, she was suddenl;* startled
from her dreamland voyage l?y a
?trange noise In llie post at her slile.
Quickly she glanced around. Just In
time to see a rat leap from the Utile
square hole In the post, dragging wi'.li
It to the ground tlie debris of a blue
bird's nest of the season past. The
agile rodent scampered away among
the ground r.lnging vines, and Miss
Phoebe stooped down to pick up the
nest. It seemed the llrsi time that the
little square hole had ever been emp
ty; and as sli-? rose she stopped to
peer Into the long-inhabited shelter of
the nesting birds, now cleared of Its
little specimen of bird architecture.
As she glanced Into the cavity, her eye
caught sight of some white object far
back In Its depth*. After trying in vain
to make out what It was, she picked
up a littl<? stick, an.l thrusting it Into
tlie hole, encountered? what? It
ser.ued only a piece of waste paper,
yet at llie sight of It Miss Phoebe
stra rr.M up rnd leaned forward
T.-::h o*?e ei'.v.v ; 'need 011 top of the
old feu'e p st. vl:i!rt h?r breath came
and we'st 1m 1 T . 1 ? r ulek gasps.
With an of.' rt she roused herseir.
tn I 1 1 ' I s -.ged the lit 1 1 ?? paper
from She le ! P.'rhnps the bluebirds
had corr!."! i< In. and. finding It u.i
sva'Ifih;" fur : ?? l" us?. had pushed it
to the rvr nut of their way. At any
rate It had evl 'ittly lain there for
tnr ' y yer. as tl:j? curves of the wa
ter irark? were ! rown wlili age. Half
erg "iv. half f wfully. she unfolded
the little si^'t a: J. although the tw!
ligiit was deep?u! ;ig, and Miss Pho ?
he's eyes wer^ not as strong as they
onee were, she read on till the last
fafled letter waf deciphered. Then,
without a sound, she sank down and
burled her face in her hands.
It .vas almost dark when Miss Phoe
be finally dragged herself from the
tfamp grass nnd entered the home.
Once Inside the stately old drawing*
room, she drew the folded paper from
hei bosom. and again read It over,
while tears coursed slowly down her
cheek*.
She approached an old brown cabi
net which stood In a corner of the
room. and. taking therefrom a little
ros nvotid "a?ket 'aid the scrap of pa*
within It.
| id on s&e turned out the light and
' crept to the window, where she sat
looking out across the way. Evidently
she was still uneasy about her neigh
bor, for there was no light from his
window, nor did one appear while
Miss Phoebe watched, although it was
late when she retired.
The following morning she agnln
took her place by the window. But
the 'bus passed and Mr. Lorton had not
appeared.
During the day Miss Phoebe called
Dinah to her room.
"Dinah." she said, "I believe some
thing has happened to Mr. Lorton, or
he is 111 over there in thnt house all
alone."
"I spec* you said It 'bout right. Miss
Plioebe, 'cause I aln' seen 'Ini to-day,
nor ylstlddy, neither."
"Oil. Dinah, it would be awful If he
should die there all alone," and Miss
Phoebe turned away her head.
The afternoon wore awny. At length
the shailows began to grow long and
the anxiety of Miss Phoebe's charit
able heart overcame her patience.
"Dinah." she s:ild, as she passed
through the hall, "I aiu going to Mr.
Lorton's. I feel thnt It is my duty, for
I am sure he must be ill; and think.
Dinah, If lie should die there with no
one" ? surely the sweet voice ti em
bled? "with no one to hear bis last
words."
Out In the yard she sought among
the late flowers until she found a sin
gle white rose ready to scatter its pet
als. This sh ? plucked; then, passing
through the gateway, crossed the
street.
The Lorton house was an old-fash
ioned one, with a street dcor at the
end of au open entrance. Through this
doorway Miss Phoebe entered and ad
vanced along the passage, made dark
and gloomy by the dense, uutrlmmed
growth of shrubbery In the little side
yard.
Approaching the door of what was
probably Mr. Lorton's sleeping room,
she tapped gently upon the panel.
After a moment n weak voice from
within said, "Come In."
Miss Phoebe hesitated moment,
while she felt the blood rush to her
temples; then she tiruily turned the
knob and entered.
<.t the 8iund of he? step the figure
turned, revealing the dazed, feever
hrlglitened eyes of Mr. Lorton; then a
hand wandered toward a table that
stood at the bend of the bed. and on
which rested a pitcher of water, a
goblet? and. yes. Miss Phoebe drew a
long breath as she saw that the band
was reaching for a little box in which
lay the long-seered petals of a once
red rose.
With a swift Impulse Mis* Phoebe
placed the white rose over the wltli
ereil petals of the red one. Then lay
in.*? her cool hand on the hot lingers of
'.lie sick man, she said gently:
"You are 111. Why dhln't you send
for some one ? fot? for me?"
The eyes of the sick man met hers
with a half-dar.ed expression. Then
I::' turned to the wall.
"I know you," he muttered. "You
seem real, hut you're not? you with
your white rose "
"Listen," she wild. 'Tin going to
send for a doctor now? at once ? and
then I will come hack and take care
of you."
Again the fevered eyes turned to
hers, and again they sought the wall.
"No use." murmured the hoarse
voice, "no use to live: no future? no
one who cares? only red ro?es? red
roses "
Hut his visitor, her soft gray eyes
misted with tear?, was already hurry
ing across the road: and, although it
was dark, Dinah was dispatched at
once f<>r a doctor, while Miss Phoebe,
hastily gathering from her stores such
remedies as she tlwusht mlirht relieve
the sick man. hastened back to his
bedside.
For more than a f-rtr.'.ght Mr. Lr?r
>?.: Ii.y in the grip oi' 'he f.'ver. attend- ?
. dally by the pV.ys'.'MaN. and hourly I
/ a gray-h:t ired little woman, who;
.wry.*, wore in tl?c foMs of h -r dark
v>'vu a single wlilt" rose.
'i'.iree wee!;* from i >.e night that his
?v". :l'.bor trade l:i. livjt call he had
proved so rapidly that Mfss Phoebe
? ?; -*ed fr >m h ?r \!s!ts, though each
v si;?? sent Dinah w little dellca
? ar.d cov. it; ?. Finally,
? .?e golden ?;?' i.a e-. f. r.g, Mr. Lor
iig took his ti.'?> \\v. t'..?wn the road;
a occasion 1 :ng i'";'.i":,:i.r.'"d by She
neighbors. wi:o r 'marked with delight
the old kindly smile and his wonted
pleasant though short bow of greet
ing.
Miss Phoebe had no thought of hi*
return until she looked up and saw him
pnusir.g before the gate. A? Ids eyes
.net hers she (lushed ever so slights,
stammered s>me 1 1 1 1 1 ph:\i*e of pl*ns
ui't! for his recovery and then turned
towr.rd the house.
"Phoebe," said Mr. I.ii'toti.
"Well, John'*"
ll'? put out his hand, in which she
allowed her own t < ? r for a ;;ioi)i',nt !
"Phoebe. It's tw??::'i,v-!ive years since '?
? since we used to v.and and taik nere
together at ?uu?ut; bui-ia the little,
pOetoffice still open In the old git?
po?tr
"It to open now; but oh. John!" ex*
claimed Miss Phoebe, bvxlaf her face
In her hands. MI did not get your tost
letter until the day before I found yea
11L"
"Phoebe! Phoeber cried Mr. Lorton.
gently drawing her hands swsy from
her face. The tears stood & her eyes,
and John thought them a gentle show
er that freshened the springtime beau
ty of her life.
"Here you got the letter now? Let
me see It?"
He drew open the gate snd went In*
side, while lilss Phoebe took the lit-,
tie scrap of paper from her bosom snd
gave It to him.
The letter was undsted and read:
"My Dear Phoebe? Tou tell me you
are going away In the morning to be
gone a whole month, a length of time
that to me will seem a whole year. I
feel that I cannot let you go away with
out some taken. I have tried to ex
press. not only In words, but in a thou
sand other ways, my consuming love
for you. Now, O Phoebe, blest angel
of my dreams! send me a simple token
before you go. Will you be my wife?
May I hope? If I may, then Rend me
a pure white rose; If I must no longer
hope, then send me the blood-red rose,
that I may see in It my own poor bleed
ing heart Your ever devoted
"JOHN."
Mr. Lorton's hand which held the let
ter dropped to his knee.
"And, Phoebe, you sent me a red
rose that evening."
"Oh. John, how could I know? It
was by chance that I sent it as a tok
en of remembrance. Then for some
reason we went away that night in
stead of the next day. so that I never
thought to look in the letter box. When
I came back a month later the blue
birds had settled there, and It was
only by accident that I ever received
your letter, twenty-five years after It
was written!" *
Then. In a few broken phrases, she
told of how the long concealed bit of
paper had been discovered, and of how,
on the afternoon she found him ill. she
had covered the withered petals of the
red rose on his table with a fresh
white one.
But before she could finish Mr. Lor
ton was close at her side, bis hand out
stretched.
"Phoebe." he said hoarsely. "If? If It
was for mere common charity you
brought me that rose, then give me ?
give me now the answer I've missed
all those years."
Without a word Miss Phoebe reached
out a trembling hand to a nearby rose
busli. Plucking the flower slowly,
carefully, she held It out? still without
a word. Quite as silently tile man
closed his fingers about that symbolllc
blossom and about the hand that gave
it. And straightway in the face of
both there- dawned the look of those
for whom the world had suddenly
turned back through twenty-five years,
and for whom the bluebirds sang with
all the ecstasy of long past spriu^a^
New York News.
Advertising Not Advertising.
? There la advertising and advertis
ing. That Is to say, Jiete la so-called
exploitation and exploitation that Is
genuine. Business firms get out pam
phlets, booklets, circulars, etc., and
these may or may not bring good re*
turns.
Then there are church, charity, club
and other programs, year books, etc.,
which are tilled with advertisements
in name, but not in fact. The housed
which advertise in these do not ex- \
poet any returns; they give their ads
because they fear to lose custom if
they withhold them. It 1* a process
of sandbagging which individuals sub
mit to from lack of courage to resist
it.
But business men in the several com
munities of the country are getting
very tired of the imposition. In some
places they are combining to resist It,
and declare they will advertise only in
legitimate newspapers, whose business
it is to advertise, which seek advertise,
ments, which protect the advertiser
and which see that the would-be buyer
yets the advertisement.
Newspapers make a study of the nrt I
of advertising. It constitutes the ma- j
jor portion of their receipts. It is to
their Interest to study it; it is their in- j
terest to see that the advertisement j
does the advertiser good. Newspaper
advertising is Hie one sure and certain '
way of getting re.suhs from auvcrt is- ,
ill?.
Tolmcco If curt.
It is estimated that about twenty por. j
cent, of the young men who recent "y
applied to enter the Naval Academy j
have failed in t lie physical test, and the |
failure was largely due to the use of
tobacco, resulting in the irregular beat
ing of t lie heart. Nowadays physi
cians speak of the "tobacco heart," a
trouble caused by the excessive use
of the weed. When the smoker de
velops into a "cigarette /lend" the ser
vices of a physician ave necessary,
but before this point is rcached the
heart may be permanently Injured.
The trouble is often of gradual growth,
and it is only wlvn t lie young man is
subjected t ? a physical examination |
that the extent of the disorder becori'S !
known. j
An i?'v?ervant Englishman, recently ;
01: a visit t-? tl:>? 1'nli Ml 8<a*es, said :
in 110 conn y i:i the wnrl?' "ia<1 !"? .
seen smoking carried to such oxoew as
in America.? Baltimore llw.Jd. I
A !!? tisinu* Krltmiliot,
Brother Karl of the Ben ?dicl5re |
i /.br, who was recently bu.'Ieti at
Prague, was of noble blood an.! hr?d a
?? ? rnrk-tMo < arcor. Ah I'rince "i!v ;rd 1
Sehoenberg. he was ban >om *, d: s'.i- J
Imr. and of : ire promise. But at t'lir- j
t.v-tive a change cmv.e over his *j)i"!t.
ar.d ott" dry he rode straight to the
abbey from thp parade ground, and
in full uniform, asked the prior for
admission. The head of the order at
tlrst refused, but the prince broke tils
sword, threw away his epaulets and
decorations niul begged for a monk's
habit, lie afterward went to Home,
studied theology, and was ordained. I
Tli?? >fnp Suitor.
Bennet Burleigh, writing in tho T,on- !
don Telegraph. says: "A day or two I
i.tfo 1 saw a parade of a Mj#battalion J
in' .Tapnuese bluejackets. A higher ;
avwaucd. better set up. handler, more '
tr.* ??e>nt look I tut body of sea bulldogs
1 have Uv-vor seen.''
A LAND or WOr\CN
*******
Oaly Oat 0?t ?( Seven Persons la Paragb^> i% :
Maa it Always Leap Vsar ss Revolutions Di<
the Work is Bachelors There an< la Uragaax
Aro Comparable With Oil Maids la Alaska
A
SIDE from revolutions.
Uruguay Is probably noted
mow for Its pretty girls
than any otber thing. The
romantic side of southern
life has been heralded a
treac aeai. but tue average Northern
?x, after ilslog up the situation Id a
.entimental way. la likely to conclude
hat the courtahtpa are too strict and
he marriages not atrlct enough. The
lAtln honeymoon la noted for its brev
tj. The groom's ardency soon burns
tself out He la as Indifferent in the
?ole of a husband aa he was constant
n that of a suitor. The wife accepts
lis Inconsistency -and devotes herself
0 bringing up her children. It would
>e untrue to say that this is always
he case, but it la generally so. The
manner in which South Ameri
4in men hold their domestic relations
s not nt all In accordance with Anglo
taxon standards. The Northern wife
jencrally leaves the roof of the roan
*ho neglects her so wantonly. South
;rn ifeen are always starting revolu
Jons. and the women ought to try
itelr hand nt the game. They certain
y have the provocation.
The social customs of Uruguay, snys
1 writer In the St. Louis Globe-Deui
>crat, are all radically different from
.hose in vogue in the United States,
n our country the gentlemen, when
>assing lady acquaintances on the
itreet, wait for the fair ones to speak
Irst. The Uruguayans reverse this
*ule. The men must make the first
tign of recognition, and. when a man
loffs his hnt to a lad}*, site nods to
ilm whether she knows him or not.
This practice gave rise to a good prac
lcal joke in Montevideo not long ago.
V young man from the States, who had
lulte a reputation at home for being
in active circulator among the Indies,
vent to the steamship to meet a friend
'rom North America, another young
nan who seldom allows a pretty girl
:o pass without sizing her up. The
Irst young man had been in the South
>nly a few months, but as they walked
ip the street It was noticeable that
i great many women nodded to him.
The second young man said: "You
teem to know a few of the girls, even
f you have only been here a short
Jme."
His friend looked at him in a chesty
vay for a moment, then replied: "Yes,
ind they sire a line lot. The most so
ciable people on earth. Why, old fel
ow, I know every woman in Monte
video." The capital of Uruguay is a
*ity of several hundred thousand ln
labltants. and the newcomer cautioned
:lic boaster to go slow. A bet was
nade, and they started out. In the
irst block they met five women; in
-.he second, seven, and so on for sev
eral squares. Every time the hat came
>ff there was a smile and a nod In re
mrn. Th.? newcomer gave in and told
lis friend he was a wonder. After he
lad paid his bet he was told about the
peculiar custom, and now lie is wait
ng for some stranger to show up so
:hnt he can get even.
Every year is leap year Id Uruguay.
There are six women In tbe country to
?very man. A long time ago this llt
'le nation passed through a disastrous
war. during which the major portion
>f the mali> population was killed.
Strange to say. nature has not cor
rected this unequal state of affairs, for
?lnce that time the great majority of
?n children lK?rn have been girls. A
bachelor does not stand any more show
>f escaping matrimony in Paraguay
than an old maid In Alaska. lie must
marry, or give some mighty good rea
son for not doing ?o. There are so
oiany women aft* r hitn that it is less
'rouble to marry one of them than to
ie continually l>ot!ierr? 1 by all of them.
The prevailing scarcity of men has
made the women a rather strenuous
lot. From necessity they have learned
to do the work generally performed
by the sterivr sex, and while doing so
have not b< -n slow in taking up hab
its that we think are not polite for la
iies. They are mighty good judges
[ >f smoking tobacco and are large con
sumers of strong cigars. Although
handicapped by a heavy basket on her
liead, one of limn can tack l*ito the
wind and lisht her cigar as cleverly
as an Irishman or a cowboy.
They carry tobacco, matches, money
! md everything they need in the front
J part of tlie r w.ilsta, so that any arti
| r-le th >y rniulre will be within easy
! reach without taking the loud o(T their
j head. After making a sale ot fruit or
vegetables, one of them will toss a
' coin into the bosom of her dress like
a merchant would throw cash Into his
money drawer. Men are so scarce
that when a woman get* a hus
band she takes spienflhl care of
bim. He can have his meals at any
hour and need never bother his. head
about the Hour barrel being empty? hi#
wife looks after that. In addition to
being a great field for the cxTelse of
feminine activity. Paraguay may truth
fully *be said to rank as a lazy man's
paradise.
Country life in these far away places
has many strange features. Although
th? climate Is warm, the people live
principally upon meat. Mutton Is the
great staple. The favorite way of pre
paring It is to boll It with Vegetables,
after whlcii it is served In a large dish,
the family gathering around with
knives ami spoons, each one helping
himself according to his wants. Very
little bread is used by the poor natives
living In the country districts. The
kind that Is used Is so hard that a ham
mer comes In handy In breaking, it to
pieces. The principal pastimes are
horse racing, card playing, nnd danc
ing. The men ate perfectly at home
on their animals and have the reputa
tion of being very cruel to their beasts.
They overwork them and do not prop
erly feed them.
The one thing that all travelers no
tice U the way in which they drive.
Instead of going slowly at the begin
ning of a Journey. In order to give their
horses a chance to warm up gradually,
they put them to the gallop from the
start, and ns a consequence they are
soon winded. Then they lash them un
mercifully to keep them on tbe go. It
Ih pitiful to s"e a high-strung, spirited
animal fairly ruu e.T ita legs, and then
beaten half to death to get a few more
miles of travel out of It. The horse*
are willing enough If tliey were only
handled In the proper manner. Tin
way in which the poor l?nsti are m!?
used Is ?hocking. It is a frequent sight
to see fine-looking specimen* with one
eye knocked out or nn ear missing. all
the result of useless cruelty and bru
tality. A man who will ride his steed
at a forced pace all day. and then leov?
It standing hungry and thirsty all
night, while he enjoys himself and
takes his rest Is not much of a man.
no matter what else may be said of
him.
Neither do the natives understand
the art of hitching their horses to ve
hicles. They hook on six or seven
animals In the most haphazard man
ner. It Is a hard job to g?t them start
ed. and a bigger undertaking to stop
them. One of the big. lumbering !
stages will circle a few times in the at
tempt to get the "horses tended right,
and when the start Is tinally made the
pace makes one think of the line In the (
old tong which runs. "Hold onto your
s?at. Miss I.lza Jane."
TMe natives are skilful card players.
They know almost all the games, ant'
are up to many tricks. They deal from
the bottom nnd always to the left. It i
Is a slow game that does not end In a
list ftglit or a cutting scrape. The conn
try people are great lovers of music
Their nightly gatherings are similar tc
those of the negroes in the southern
part of the United States, except that
the guitar Is used Instead of the ban
Jo. One of the country dandles
dressed up for a sessjon with his girl,
looks like n character in a comic pa
rade. If she listens to his blarney and
marries with him. she will be treated
but little better than the poor horse
who s?rvcs him so faithfully aud well.
POWfcR OF THE PRESS.
CoticrcMiiinaTi McCmII Glvro HI* View*
About tl:e Editor'* lt?*>pon?iblltty.
At the final exercises of Harvard
commencement week. I'lti Beta Kappa
Day, the oration was by Congressman
Samuel \V. McCall. who took as theme
present day journalism. He said that
the vast consequence of newspapers
under a free government and the nec
essary reliance on them on the part of
the people, who were supposed to de
ckle public policies, for facts of current
political history, made the press a fit
ting discussion on an occasion like to
day's. Mr. McCull said in closing:
"The press has indeed become a
mighty engine, but its rapid develop
ment has brought with It great abuses
Its chief fault is that, reveling in the
freedom It enjoys, it has shown in
much too slight a degree a sense ol
public responsibility for the use it
makes of its freedom. The time has
come when journalism, in its own nud
the public iuterest, should become a
genuine profession, when it should be
come subject to self-imposed ethics,
such as govern "the other professions,
and that It should not exercise unregu
lated power. It is for Its members te
say whether it shall be a real institu
tion and one of the most powerful In
the State, whether it shall be in fact
lie 'Fourth Estate,' or whether, by
being essentially superficial, unreliable,
narrowly patriotic, sensational, and bj
doing the work of the scavenger of so
ciety, it shall sink Into contempt.
"No other calling or profession has a
finer membership. The splendor of its
history, the fertility of Its field of la
bor and the character of the men it at
tracts to it should, and I believe will,
develop a code of professional ethics
making Impossible some of the abuses
committed In Its name. It can restore
again what Bagehot calls "the daily
play of the higher mind upon the low
er." casting the light of the sun upon
the doings of the world and at the
same time sweetening the atmosphere
as the sunshine sweevns it.
"The freedom of the preys and the
freedom of the people are closely In
terwoven: the cause of the one Is the
cause of the other. If liberty is to I >c
submerged agalu, fetters Imposed upon
the souls of men and their hov.est spiv
ken thoughts mnde crimes. If t Ise roof*
which now cover the t'reeir.Mi of Amer
ica shall ever shelter a race of slaves,
it will be only when the press shall
have proved false to lis respon^ibili
tns." i
I
Splren. J
In tropical countries, between In 1 1- '
tude twenty-three degiw* south and :
twenty-three north of tin- equator. the !
inhabitants use spires with their food
us we use pepper. A ce.'ialn benollc
i:i 1 efe ct is caused to the digestion,
namely, stimulant anil carminative
Hut there Is a stjeomiary effect, which J
is perhaps oven more beneliclal .seen j
In the fact that the volatile oil passes I
out of the body, mostly unchunged !
through various channels, but ebb !l.v '
through the lungs and skin, so that ! t*
the tropic* nature lias provided anti
septics which in passing out by thf
hums and skin Kill the hurtful mi 1
erobes which might he breathed In
and also prevent, to a great extent
(lie attack of mosquitoes. It is a wt II
known faet that lns.vts, Including
mosquitoes, dislike volatile oils, am'
will probably not atack an individual
using spices as a fooil adjunct. It Is 1
Interesting to uote that spices grow
where there Is a high rainfall com- i
blued with much heat? conditions tin- I
der which malarial Influences prevail ;
The author quotes various authorities
In regard to the antiseptic, antipyre
tie and other properties of nromatica
?Journal of Troplcnl Medicine.
niahop Oluiateiut.
Bishop Charles T. Olmstead, whe |
succeeds the late Bishop Huntington.
Is sixty-two years old, was educate]
at Trinity College, and the Berkeley
Divinity School, and was ordained tc
the priesthood in 1808 by Bishop Ho
ratio Potter. i
ftrltlnh fttilp* Mtlllt.
English shipbuilders in May put lute
the water twenty-Uve vessels, of ab .r.
55.101 tons gross, as compered will;
twenty-?even vessels, of 54.715 t >m
gross, in April, nnd twenty-live vessels
of 05,'JUU tous gross, Ui May lu<*t year (
OOWOIRfUl HATUItAl. BRIDGE.
? fc*M Am It Om T>|? InM fMt
WM* !?>???<?? CifM.
I Here, across s canyon mntorlog
three hundred and thirty-lire feet
seren inches from wsll to wall, na
ture has thrown s splendid arch of
solid sandstone, sixty feet thick In the
central part and forty feet wide, leav
ing underneath it a clear opening 357
feet In perpendicular height. The lat
eral walls of the srch rise perpendicu
larly nearly to the top of the bridge,
when they flare suddeuly outward,
giving the effect of an Immense coping
or cornice overhsnglng the main struc
ture fifteen or twenty feet on each side
and extending with the greatest regu
larity and symmetry the whole length
of the bridge. A large rounded butte
at the edge of the canyon wall seems
partly to obstruct the approach to the
bridge at one end.
Here again the curving walls of the
canyon ami the Impossibility of bring
ing the whole of the great structure
Into the narrow Held of the camera,
except from distant points of view,
render the photographs unsatisfactory.
But the lightness und grace of the arch
is brought out by the partial view
which hong obtained by climbing far
up the canyon wall and at some risk
crawling out ou an overhanging sin if
The majestic proportions of this
bridge, however, may l>;? partly real
ized by a few comparisons. Thus its
height is more tiian twice and its span
more than three times as great as those
of the famous natural bridge Vir
ginia. Its buttresses are lis fe-t fur
ther apart than those of the celvoratcd
masonry arch in the District of
bia. known as Cabin John l'.rldge. a
few miles from Washington e;ty.
which has tl:i? greatest span of any
masonry bridge on this contin 'in. This
bridge would ovcrspan the Capitol at
Washington and clear the t-??> of the
dome by tlfty-one feet. And If the
loftiest tree in the Calaveras tJrove of
giani seu'.ioia in California stood in the
bottom of the canyon Its topmost b.mgli
would la.-k thirty-two feet of reaching
the under side of the arch.
This bridge is of white or very 1 iv.li t
sandstone, niul. as in the case of the
Caroline, filaments of green and or
ange-tinted lichens run h??rc and tin re
over the mighty buttresses and along
the sheltered crevices unJcr the lofty
I cornice, giving warmth and color to
the wonderful picture.? From W. W
Dyar's "The Colossal Uriil^es of l*t:?.l: "
iu the Century.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Evil is not eliminated l?y a synonym
New light does not moan a now sun
Only tho truthful *an know tho trutli.
llcligicn is moro tha>: a law; it is a
11 fo.
Divine fear delivers from all othor
fear.
The lowly in heart are lifted in
honor.
The world is n fearfully noisy p'.aec
to the man who is waiting for a chance
to blow: his own horn.
If we expect to appropriate the
"whatsoever" of his promises, we
must try to comply with tho "whatso
ever" of his commands.? Samuel B.
Ilnndall.
There are some persons whom tc
meet always gives one a greater cour
age and hope, as if there won* more no
blcness and high purpose in the world
than one thinks.? C. L. Brace.
Seeds of the Yellow Water Lily nn Fnoil.
Some of tho Indian tribes of tho I'ni
ted States still cling to their primitive
forms of food. A notable instancy of
this is tho continued u?e of wokas by
the Kinmath Indians. This tribe ooeu
pies the Klamath reservation, which in
a part of the territory originally ocou
pied by them before the arrival of the
white men, and lies in the southern
part of Oregon. The laud has but a
small annual rainfall, but. on account
of its situation at tho foot of the east
ern slope of the Cascade Mountains, it
Is well watered with streams and con
tains two considerable bodies of water
One of these. Klamath Marsh. is par
ticularly ri? -li in plants, ard const*
fluently in animal life. Occupying
about ln.riH) acres i?f t!:is marsh t li?*i-e
is a solid growth of the large yellow j
water Illy. Nympha:\i poiyscpala. Ii?
th?? old times the seeds of this plant
w. re collected by the Indians, and. tin- i
dor the name of wo!;as, furnished tiieir
principal grain supply. tilling the p: -tee j
of the corn used by some oilier irii",s i
To-dn.v these seeds are still *????. ??ted {
and regarded by the Klamath l a! .ith ;
as a delicacy. The lily seed* a:e h::r- j
vested In August; the wokas g.tthtr-r
uses a dugout canoe, and poling h"r>< If :
around among tho det.so irrowth of j
stems and leaves. pkUs oM the full* j
grown seed pods.
Advent urea of n looo*'. Net".
A lady parsing down the iJ.ie I! !.?**"?? j
lieu Lad the misfortune to los ? a pocU- j
etbook containing ausotiu other valu
ables it looof. note. The j>. >oli (
was picked up by a ejiair;iie'id?r j
nam -d U' :.and, w!:o lives a* M ?n- j
tri ux. He placed it very car-'. r. !l\ i:? ?
his pock *t and proc< ? il ? I !io:ne. li is i
not often that a chairm ?i,.d,,r 1 as oca- J
sioii to change a not-' I >;? 1 1 . i * atoant, .
and Uenaud. peAgni/.iag t i ? ?* in oo>si- |
bility of turning it into g>;d without i
d -t ,-iion. agreed with a fri-nd to do j
th ? bttsii.e.s for the e->u.se'.o!':'l !olt of :
|o ?f. This frleiul. l.ucien Maihern.
n | a chairmendcr. was in turn lilled
with apprehension. The dillleulty was
solved by the aid of a UorllcuVirlst
named Simounet. who kindly consent
ed to buy himself a horse for Jlnof. t|?nj
return the change, lleiiatld thus be
c:;rne richer by I'uMif. All might then
have gone well if. two days later. It
had not been discovered that tli.? horse
had been stolen from a dealer at
Meaux. This led to the arrest of the
trio, und later In the day the police put
their linnils on the horse tblevu#.?
l't?ris Messenger.
M nlrltnmilnl Keforin In AfKli;inieitn.
It is stated by a correspondent from
I'eshawur that the Amir has ordered
that the people of his State should have
no more than four wives, and this Is !
to be strictly carried out by the Afghan J
>\ Hilars. It is stated that the Amir ;
hi'.tisejf has divorced his additional t
wj\ ??, and that undi r this order Sar- J
iifir Abdul Kudus Khan ii.-? dh ori el
tight and Mir Ata I "11a lslian ;Lkrty >
w . yjfc- Lahore Tribuj.j.
THE BOY ACA<N.
^ bojr stood on the b'.irnin- <>??!
And viewed with ?cor:? the tceuc.
t ntil he read hit tinUh in
The powder mag;?.Ti*u'.
? ltuiian.iy>9lu Son.
"You can't do two tlftim* iiiicci'Mfittly
at the same time." "1 did." "What
did you do?" "Spent u;y mo?*ey and
my vacation."? Cleveland Vla I a Lkm.it
A barytone ?in?er out \\\*?
Was reckoned us good an tin* best.
The tone* that lie v.tilr
Were lio.uid, folk* ?ai?!.
Because they all came irom the ciioit.
He? "What, after a!!, indu-'cd you
to accept me?" She? "Well, yon ??ro
posed to me as If yon sort ?' had sr. ae
I other girl |U view."? Ciuciunail Trii>
uoe.
Mr*. Lonelee ? "Weren't yon snr
?prised. uncle, to h<ar that noo;- Il.-.iry
had left me a widow?" ?'That's al out
all I expected he would leave yoj."?
Life.
"Ah, me!" exclaimed Ilardup. "it*?
very hard to be poor." "Nonsense"* re
plied Sitmick. "I tlnd It the easiest
thing In the world.'-PidlaJelphla
Ledger.
"A man was buried the other day
to the tune of *1*. V. ?;ia. Perha'w
he wanted it played as a time when !:e
couldn't hear it. "-Cleveland Pain
Dealer.
Edith? "When I accepted .Tack I:g
said he was In the seventh heaven of
happiness." Kthel? ' "Quite likely
he's been engaged to six other girU ilii#
season."? Puck.
They lynched a young lady in Me,
AN hose face was so painfully pi*.
Th. ?t man from Augusta.
Said, "Lad\ you nnwt "a*
Felt sure you were living in vo.
(liles (who has been rendering "f.rst
aid" to wrecked motor cyclist ?? "Naw
inarm. I don n't think as *e be a mar
ried man. 'cos 'e says this be the worst
thing wot *as ever 'appened io unl"?
Punch.
"Are you going to the seashore this
summer?" "No." answered the tired
looking man. "There's no use of
myself. I ean send the money every
week by registered htUr."? Wash.ng
ton Star.
Shinestand Customer? "Why do you
charge only a nickel for a shine, tny
lad?" Shinestand Kid? "So that th'
guy wid only a dime t* spend will hev
a nickel left fer a lip? see?"? Baltimore
America n.
"Father," snhl the small boy, "what
is an investigation?" "An investiga
tion, my son, is usually an effort to io.
cate the responsibility for a disaster
after it's too late to make any differ*
cnce." ? Wash in gton Star.
"Ditl Miss Ciliin Eton's wedding to
Count Craft de Swag turn out (it 1 J1
happy one?" "Yes. old <iillingtou said
it turned out better tiiau any other
w (Hiding of an American heiress and a
foreign nobleman he had heard about.
The count deserted her the day after
the wedding."? Baltimore World.
Hicks? "Pulling, the dentist, has
brought suit against one of his patients
for damages caused by the extraction
of one of the patient's teeth." Wicks?
"Guess you mean the patient has
brought suit against the dentist."
Hicks? "Mean what I said. I?r. Pull
ing declares that he was over persuad
ed by his patient, and estimates if the
tooth had boon left in it would be
worth at least a hundred and lifty
dollars to him keeping it in working
order."? Boston Tra nseript.
Bessie? "Do you know. I believe I'm
a half-fool and I guess Marry is the
other half." Kitty? "Not very compli
mentary to either of you." Bessie-"!
suppose not. but I mean it. all the
same. Harry was up to see me last
evening, and by some accident or oilier
the electric light got turned oft*. And,
If you will believe it. we sat there in
the dark for at least two hours. !t
never occurring to either of us jhnt it,
could bt> turned on again i;: half a sec
ond." ? Boston Transcript.
fiiiiclit llir Train.
fn a little villus In tin* Ozark*. snys
tin* Kansas City Star. n Sliest at the
hotel wished to rntrli t he e.irly .norm
i;:u train, ami asked to !??? ? ?:*. 1 1 -d at
Having no alarm clock and no
cierk. tli' landlord s;it up all nl.uht to
make sure of arous'intf him in ti.ne. '
T!ie hotelUeeper found i! rather hard
to keep awake. !?ti* at promptly
lie kimeko 1 at the guest's do i:\
"(Jet up!" iic said in a surly tone.
"I t's II. ?to.*'
Tlie guest turned over an 1 grunWl
in s|:* pv laziness. "(Hi. I guess I'll let
that train g'?. and sleep till 7. * he s:iid.
"No, ye won't, either!" shouted Hie
l:'nd!'?rd, and emphasized his remarks
l>.v shooting three or four shots into *
t!ie Moor of the hallway from the :*e
vo'ver Willi whit' he had guarded ho
hotel. "I snt i?j i ! night to get y<?u "p
on time, and you're a-going t<> gel up
or I'll know the reason why!"
There was an ample persuasiveness
r. hoist the way he said it, and th?* ym.'st
tfot up and caught Ids trai.i.
Tlio Fish iiml IIm" ViiIi'ii,
Fine voices, it is said, are seldom )
found In a country where lis'. meat
diet prevails. Those Italians who eat
1h" most tisii (those of Naples and,
C.vnoni have few live singers among
them. Tne sweet voices are found ill.
the Irish women of the country, and
not of the towns. Norway is not n
country of sinners, because they ent
tor> much fish; hut Sweden >s a coun
try of grain and song. The carnivorous
birds croak; grain-eating birds sing. j
llrrml Kutirn.
Even the poor in (lie United States
and England cat white bread. In most
of the continental countries of Europe
rye bread is the staple. Tlie Ilussiaiig'
nso buckwheat. The Laplanders hove
a bread made of otlten meal mlrfed with
pine bark, and the Icelander* make
their flour from lichens. Banana flout
IS used in the South Sen Island*. j
A LnrRi< Wlroles* Stulion.
The largest station for wireless tol
rgraphy is being placed near I'isa, Ita
ly. On its completion, by the end qtf
this year, it Is expected to afford di
rect communication with all countries
of Europe, as well as the 1'nitcd States
and Canada, nt:d with nil vessels oil
the Mediteri'i.iu'asJ, lmliun and
lie oceans.