The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 02, 1895, Image 1
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lYSIOLOGIST'S WIFE
ie foggy, drizzling morning they
lined to Birchespool, for the next
would reopen the session, and Pro?
fessor Ainslie Grey prided himself upon
having never once in his life failed to
appear in his lecture room at the very
troke of the hour. Miss Ada Grey wel?
comed them with a constrained cordial?
ity and handed over the keys of o?ice to
new mistress. Mrs. Grey pressed
ter warmly to remain, but she explained
(.hat she had already accepted an invita?
tion which would engage lier for some
Months. Thc same evening she departed
ffcr tho south of England.
A conpic of days later thc maid car
fried a card just after breakfast into the
library, where thc professor sat revising
his morning lecture. It announced the
liearrivai of Dr. James McMurdo
O'Brien. Their meeting was effusively
genial on the part; of the younger man
'md coldly precise on that of his former
?teacher.
"You see there have been changes, "
..aid the professor.
"So I heard. Miss Grey told me in
r letters, and I read the notice in The
?tish Medical Journal So it's really
cried you are. How quickly and
etly you have managed it all!"
I am constitutionally averse to any
ng in the nature of show or ceremony.
[My wife is a sensible woman-I may
?3n go to the length of saying that, for
(woman, she is abnormally sensible,
e quite agreed with me in the course
lien I have adopted. "
I "And your research on vallisneria?"
"This matrimonial incident has in
rrupted it, but I have resumed my
[lasses, and we shall soon be quite in
lamess again."
"I must see Miss Grey before I leave
England. We have corresponded, and I
1 hi rik that ail will be well. She must
|*>me out with me. I don't think I could
io without her."
The professor shook his head. "Your
?ture is not so weak as you pretend, "
?j said. "Sexual questions of this sort
J .re, after all, quite subordinate to tho
J-jreat duties of Ufa "
O'Brien smiled. "You would have
!me take out my Celtic soul and put in
* Saxon one," he said. "Either my
rain is too small or my heart is too big.
Jut when may I call and pay my re?
spects to Mrs.'Grey? Will she bo at
(home this afternoon?"
"She is at home now. Come into the
aorning room. She will be glad to
\nake your acquaintance. "
They walked across the linoleum paved
pall. The professor opened the door of
*he room and walked in, followed by
ois friend. Mrs. Grey was sitting in a
?asket chair by the window, light and
I airylike, in a loose flowing pink morn
lug gown. Seeing a visitor, she rose and
[wept toward them. The professor heard
dull thud behind him. O'Brien had
ilen back into a chair, with his hand
essed tight ro his side. "Jinny!" ho
isped; "Jinny!"
Mrs. Grey shopped dead in her ad
ance and stared at him with a face
rom which every expression had been
? truck out, save ene of utter astonish?
ment and horror. Then, with a sharp
intaking cf the breath, she reeled and
would have fallen had not the professor
thrown his iontr, nervous arm round
her.
"Try this sofa," said he. .She sank
back among the cusJhionswith the same
white, cold, dead look upon lier face.
The professor stood wich his back to
th" empty fireplace and glanced from
^no to the other.
' "So, O'Brien, " he said at last, "you
have already made the acquaintance of
my wife?"
"Your wife!'' cried his friend hoarse?
ly. ".She is no wife of yours. God help
me, she is my wife!"
The professor stood rigidly upon the
hearth rag. His long thin lingers wer-;
intertwined, and his head had sunk a
little forward. His two companions had
-yes only fur each other.
"Jinny!" said he
"James!"
"How could you leave me so, Jinny?
3ow could you have the heart to do it?
thought you were dead. I mourned !
Thc yr vf ensor .stood v.?ih his hack Vt the
empty fircpla-ce.
?BOB--MM--:Mliwiii? I ?
for your death-aye, ana you made
mourn for you living. Yon have YT
ered my life. "
She made no answer, but lay t
among the cushions with her eyes ?
fixed upon him.
"Why do yon not speak?"
"Because you are right, James
have treated yon cruelly, shamefn
but it is not as bad as you think. "
"You fled with De Horta."
"No; I did not At the last mom
my better nature prevailed, f?e w
alona But I was ashamed to come b
after what I had written to you. T co
not face yon. I took passage alone
England under a new name, and hei
have lived ever since. It seemed to
that I was beginning life again. I kr
that yon thought I was drowned.
could have dreamed that fate wo
throw us together again? When
professor asked mo"- She stopped i
gave a gasp for breath.
"Yon are faint," said tho profess
"Koop the head low. It aids the cc
bral circulation. " He flattened down
cushion. "I am sony to leave y
O'Brien, but I have my class duties
look to. Possibly I may find you li
when I return. " With a grim and ri:
face he strode out cf the room. Not (
of the 300 students who listened to
lecture saw any change in his mam
and appearance or could have ernes:
that the austere gentleman in front
them had found out at last how .'ian"
is to rise above one's humanity. rI
lecture ever, ho performed Ins rout:
duties in the laboratory and then (Ire
back to his own house. He did not i
ter by the front door, hui passed throu
the garden to the folding glass casein(
which Jed cut; of the morning room,
he approached he heard his wife's vo
and O'Brien's in loud and animal
talk. He paused among the rosebush
uncertain whether to interrupt them
not. Nothing was further from his i
turo than to play the eavesdropper, I
as he stood, still hesitating, words f
! upon his ears which struck him rig
\ and motionless.
j "You are still my wife, Jinny, " sa
j O'Brien. "I forgive you from the b<
tom of my hearty I love you, and I ha
never ceased to love you, though y
had forgotten me. "
"No, James; my heart was always
Melbourne. I have always been vom
I thought that it was better for you th
I should seem to be dead. "
"You must choose between us no11
Jinny. If you determine to rema
here, I shall not open my lips. The
shall be no scandal. If, on the oth
hand, you come with me, it's little
care about the world's opinion. Perha
I am as much to blame as you. I thong
too niuch of my work and too little
my wife. ' '
The professor heard the cooing, c
ressing laugh which he knew so well
"I shall go with you, James," s!
said.
"And the professor?"
"Tiie poor professor! But he will n
mind much, James. Ho has no hean.
"We must teil him our resolution. '
'"'There is so need," said Profess'
j Ainslie Grey, stepping in through tl
j open casement. "I have overheard ti
I hitter part of your conversation. I hes
I tated tt.) interrupt yen before yea can
I to a conclusion. "
I O'Brien stretched out his hand au
j took that of the woman. They stood t<
gether with the sunshine on their face:
j The professor stood on the casemei
I with his hands behind his back, and h:
! long black shadow fell between them.
" You have come to a wise decision,
{ said he. "Go back to Australia togeth?
and let what has passed be blotted or
, of your lives. "
"But you - vou" - stammere
O'Brien.
The professor waved his hand
"Never trouble about me," he said.
The woman gave a gasping cry
" What can I do or say?" she wailed
"How could I have foreseen this?
thought my oi l life was dead, but it ha
come back again, with all irs hopes an<
its desires. What eau I say to you
Ainslie? i have brought shame and dis
grace upen a worthy nam. 1 have blaste?
your life. Ki AV VDU must hate am
Lathe me! I wish to God that I ha."
ne\er been bom !"
"I neither hate nor loathe you, Jean
netto," said the professor quietly.
"You are wrong in regretting vorn
birth, for you have a worthy missioi
before you in aiding the life work of ;
man who has shown himself capable ol
the highest order cf sen utific research.
I cannot with justice Mame you per?
sonally for what has occurred. How far
the individual monad is to "be held-re?
sponsible for hereditary and ingrained
tendencies is a question upon which
science has not yet said her last word. "
Ho st /od with his finger tin*- touching
and his body inclined as one who is
gravely expounding a difficult and im?
personal subject. O'Brien had stepped
forward to say something, bul tho oth?
er's attitude and manner fr?;/.-.; tho
words upon his lips. Condolence would
be an impertinence t<> one who could so
easily merge his privat?; griefs in broad
questions of abstract philosophy.
'.lt is needless to prolong the situa?
tion," til'- professor continued in tho
same measured ron?-s. "My brougham
stands at the doer, i beg that you will
us?; it as your own. Perhaps it would bi?
as well thar you should leave the town
without unnecessary delay. Your
things, Jeannette, shall be* f orwarded. "
O'Brien hesitated, with a hanging
head. "I hardly dare offer you my
hand. " he said.
"On the contrary, I think that of the
three of us you come best out of the
affair. You have nothing to be ashamed
of."
"Your sister"
"I shall SQQ that fee matter is
i
ber in ifs true light. Goodby ! Let me
have a copy of your recent research.
Goodby, Jeannette !' '
"Goodby!" Their hands met, and for
one short moment their eyes also. It
was only a glance, but for the first and
last time a woman's intuition cast a
light for itself into the dark places of a
strong man's souL She gave a little
gasp, andjier other_ hand rested an in?
stant, white and light as thistle down,
upon his shoulder.
"James, James!" she cried. "Don't
you see that he is stricken to the heart?"
He smiled gently and turned her
quietly away from him. "It is a little
sudden," he said, "but I am not an
emotional man. I have my duties, my
research on valiisneria. The brougham
is there. Your cloak is in the hall. Tell
John where you wish to bo driven. He
will bring you any things you need.
Now go. ' '
His last two words were so sudden, so
volcanic, in such contrast to his meas?
ured voice and masklike face, that they
swept the two away from him. He
closed the door behind them and paced
slowly up and down the room. Then he
passed into the library and looked out
over the wire blind. The carriage was
rolling away. He caught a last glimpse
of the woman who had been his wife.
Kc saw the f?minine droop of her head
and the long curvo of her beautiful arm.
".S!:e is weeping, " he muttered. "She
is sorry to leave nie.*" Then lie pulled
down his 1( ft cuff and scribbled a mem?
orandum, lt was, "In?uenceof emotion
up .:: the-lachrymal secretion-how and
CHAPTER 3 EL
There was little scandal about this j
singular domestic incident. The pro?
fessor had few personal friends and sel?
dom" went into society. His marriage
had been so quiet that mest of his col?
li agues had never ceased to regard him
as a bachelor. Mrs. Esdaile and a few
others might talk, but their field for
gossip was limited.
Thc professor was as punctual as ever
at his classes and as zealous in directing
the laboratory work of those who studied
under him. His own private researches
were pushed on with feverisli energy.
In vain his friends assured him that
such a life must undermine his health.
He only lengthened his hours of work.
Gradually under this discipline a
change came over his appearance. His
features, always inclined to gauntness,
became even sharper and more pro?
nounced. There were deep lines about
his temples and across his brow. His
cheek was sunken and his complexion
bloodless. His knees gave under him
when he walked, and once when passing
out of his lecture room he fell and had
to be assisted to his carriage.
This was just before the end of the
session, and soon after the holidays
commenced the professors who still re?
mained in Birchespooi were shocked to
hear that their brother of the chair of
physiology had sunk so low that- no
hope could be entertained of his recovery.
Two eminent physicians had consult?
ed over his case without being able to
give a name tu the affection from which
he suffered. A steadily dt creasing vital?
ity appeared to be tia- univ symptom
a bodily weakness which left the mind
unclouded.
Ile was much interested himself in
his own case and made notes of Iiis sub?
jective sensations as an aid to diagnosis.
Of his approaching end he spoke in his
usual unemotional and somewhat pe?
dantic fashion. * "It is the assertion, ' ' he
said, "of the liberty of the individual
cell as opposed to the cell commun'.-. It
is tile dissolution of a co-operative so?
ciety. The process is one of great inter?
est. ' '
And so one pray morning his co-oper?
ative society dissolved His two physi?
cians felt some slight embarrassment
when called upon tu nil in his certificate.
.*?t is difficult to give it a name,"
aid < ?ni ..
"Very," said the other.
"If he Wi re not such an unemotional
man, I should have said that he had
di rd iron! some sudden nervous shock,
frcm what the vulgar call a broken
heart. "
"I don't think poor Grey was that
sort of a natu at ail.'*
"Letuscallit cardiac anyhow," said
the Older physician. So they did so.
Koni ance.
Analysis ?>riVa;:ut Oil.
Ono cf the most intreresting discov?
eries which vre have made is a charac?
teristic tust for peanut oil as distin?
guished from cotton and olive oils.
When these oils arc- dissolved in equal
volumes cf petroleum and treated with
a few drops of sulphuric acid of 1.635
gravity and thoroughly shaken, the
ether solution of peanut oil becomes a
magnificent red wine color, while the
ether oils remain either colorless ur be?
come slightly brown. We have nut ap?
plied this tesl to all vegetable oils, but
it is completely characteristic of peanut
oil as compared with the two mentioned !
This reaction is entirely new and will I
become without doubt a standard one
for distinguishing between the oils in
questi? ?n.-Richmond Dispatch.
When They :?Ieet and Fart.
An Englishman salutes his friend ;
with: "How do you do? Goodby. Faro- ;
well." Similarly the Dutchman, "Vaar !
wei," and the Swede, "FarveL." A
Frenchman says:"Bonjour! Au plaisir!"
-i. e., "do vous revoir." Au Italian.
"Buon giorno! Addio! A rivederci!"
A Spaniard, "Buenos di as! Adios!
Hasta la vista!" (French "Aurevoir!") j
The Turk folds his arms and bows his j
head toward tho person whom he salutes, i
Tile commun Arab says, "Salim alei- ?
kum" ("Peace be with you"). He then i
lays his hands un his breast in order to i
?how that the wish proceeds from his !
THE FARMER'S HOPE.
Free Trade and the Expansion of For?
Commerce-Surplus Wheat.
Our elevators are bursting with wb
for which the farmer can command '
little more than 00 cents a bushel. Th
are in Europe alone, if we may ere
the statement made by the late secret,
of agriculture, Mr. Rusk, 1.10,000.000 r.
pie who never eat wheaten bread. In
one country is an immense supply of i
ible food waiting for buyers. In
ether countries are millions who go
bed hungry. Between them ply da
ferryboats with freight charges redu<
to a minimum. What prevents an
change that means benefit to both si<
-needed food to the one and neec
markets to the other?
Not the sea, for it costs no more
send a bushel of wheat abroad than
send a letter in tho mail, but the McK
ley bill, which takes from the farmer
his middleman one-third or one-half
the commodities for which he might <
change this surplus wheat in forei
markets as a fine for not buying tea
commodities from some protected ho:
producer.
It is clear, then, that whatever dire
benefits may come to classes from :
lease of taxes on the necessaries th
consume nr on materials with wai
they work the great general good to
sought in tariff revision is a healthy :
, pansion r.f foreign commerce. This w
the immediate result of the Walker tar
in 1843. Burins tho ~o years p>revio
our foreign trade had not doubled.
? 1SC2 it was ?141.000.000. In 2846 it ia
grown to 0227.?OO.0?O. an mer-a >e of 1
! 60 per cern.
Under the low revenue tarli? enact?
in that year it swelled by I860 to $65'
000.000, a growth of more than 200 p
cent in l i years. More significant ai
instructive still was the increase in tl
tonnage of American shipping engage
in the foreign trade. For 30 y oars pri<
to 18-16 it had been nearl;? station?r
In that vear it was only 943,307 tons, a
most 40*000 less than in 1810. By 18(
it reached 2,379,396 tons.
These figures speak volumes, but the
chief encouragement is for those wi
produce the surplus products that mu:
have other markets besides our own fe
remunerative sales.
The tariff of 1846 made a vent for ot
surplus products by opening a mark*
for the tilings which, and which alon
other peoples had to exchange for then
Yet this rapid expansion of import
brought no distress to home manufa<
tarers. On the contrary, after ll year
experience of that tarin: they assento
almost unanimously to a further d<
crease e>f 20 per cent.
The party of low tariff and revenu
duties is not about to try a new an
dangerous experiment. It has no ue^
fangled theory which it wishes to te:
upon the body politic. It has not on!
the support of reason, but this solid jus
tification of experience in the reform i
proposes to make by purging our law
of the duties that smell of monopo1;
and rescuing the sovereign power c
taxation, from private control.-INCA
York World.
A TARIFF ON MATRIMONY.
<V Kansas School Board Objects to Teacher:
Marrying Daring tin-Term.
A young lady who goes to Concordia,
Kan., to teach school will find a ven
exacting rules, which was recently adopt
ed by the board of education. It seems
that several lady teachers have marrie/
in the midst of the term wh< n it was
impossible to fill their places This the
Concordia school boarel proposes to reg?
ulate, and it ?lid so recently by thc
adoption of the following resolutions:
Inasmuch as it seems to be the cus?
tom of lacy teachers of the public
schools of Concordia, Kan., to contract
marriage without the knowledge (>r con?
sent of said board, therefore be it
Resolved, By said board of education
that should any of the lady teachers oi
the Concortlia schools hercaft? r eommit
matrimony curring thc term for which
they have bein elected they shall forfeit
a sum of money equal to one-half
month's salary, provided they take a
hom-.- man, and a sum equal to ono
month's salary in case the groom is im?
ported from some other county or
state: in either case the lady shall cause
a card of invitation to be sent to each of
the members of the board of education.
-Chicago lurer Ocean.
Th;- Baby's Nairn; I?IM? Title.
Contrary to the confident assertions of
j ill informed persons, the new royal
baby will hear no title for the pres; nt
other than the conrtessy one of prince.
He has no right yet even to the prefix of
royal highness, but the queen is expect
I ed speedily to remedy that defect in his
state.- by a special warrant. The only
question of pressing moment is the
Christian nanas to be given to tins im?
portant and fortunate infant. The hoe
Duke of Clarence was baptized Albert
Victor because tho queen desired the
? throne of England to be idled one day
! by a man bearing the name <>f her idol?
ized husband. If she should wish the
name revived, it will certainly be thc
first (d' the half dozen or so which the
Duke of York's son will carry through
life. -London Letter.
She TtOves Scotch Music.
Lady Elgiu very musically incline*!
and has a special predilection for the
characteristic compositions of hernative
land and has taught all her children to
sing thefine old Scottish melodies. It is
her custom every evening to have them :
join her at the piano, from the oldest
down to Lady Rachel, a tiny fairy of
three summers, whose piece de resistance
at present is the familiar "Boatie Rows." ;
-London Gentlewoman.
VELVET COFFINS FOR TWO.
They May Be Utilized as Ornaments Until
Needed For Use.
"Of all the queer persons of this
qneer world the undertaker, I believe,
meets his full quota, " so a reporter was
told by a man wearing a funereal ex?
pression on his face and black gloves on
his hands who came from a small town
in a western state to attend the meeting
of the Association of Undertakers.
"One of the queer persons is a
wealthy woman who lives in my town.
One day she came to my rooms, and as
the tears coursed down her sad face she
managed to tell me between sobs that
she wanted a coffin that was covered
with royal purple velvet. I knew that
her husband had been ill for some time
and was not expected to live. So I be- ;
gan to offer a word of condolence on ac- ;
count of his death, as she and her hus- j
band were iutiiuate friends of mine.
" 'Oh, he is not dead yet,' sobbed the j
woman, 'but I want you to call at the
house and steal his measure while ho is |
asleep. I want a royal purple velvet
coffin, and it may take you several days
to fill thc order. '
"I assured tho tearful woman that it j
would perhaps be impossible to fill the
order, as I had never heard of a coffin
of any such description ever having been j
on tho market. She went back home, :
and while the order was hanging ?iro ;
her husband began to grow better and
in a few days was entirely out of dan
ger. He afterward recovered, and today j
ho is a strong, healthful man.
"But that'woman still insists that I j
shall fill tho order for a royal purple
velvet coffin for ht r husband, and, fur
thermore, she has given mo another or?
der for a royal purple velvet coffin for j
herself. On my present trip to St. Louis I
I called at a large cofiin factory here .
and surprised the proprietors by leaving
the special and unique orders to be filled.
When tho orders have been filled, I
can't say whether or not my queer cus?
tomers will use tho two royal purple
velvet coffins as ornaments to match the
decorations in their parlor at home."
St. Louis Republic.
BARBERS IN BRITAIN.
Frank Raff's Description of Dublin and
London Shaving Shops.
In Dublin the first class shops are
managed in the same way as the lead?
ing shops of London, and most of the
first class journeymen barbers hail from
London, and they aro paid what are
called London wages-that is, 35 shil?
lings a week-but a barber in order to
get those wages must also be a ladies'
hairdresser. The cheaper shops only
pay their journeymen from 13 to 20
shillings a week. The first class shops
charge sixpence-that is, 12 cents-for
shaving and tho same price for hair cut?
ting and shampooing. The cheaper
shops charge only twopence, cr 4 cents,
for shaving, hair cutting or shampoo?
ing, ifome shops in Cork only chargo a
penny for each. Tho first class shops
here turn out a customer just as well as
the barbers in America, if not a little
better, but I would not let the cheaper
barbers shave my dog.
Some of the finest shops in Dublin j
have our old fashioned chairs, and some !
have just an upholstered chair, with a
headpiece attached. The cheap shops,
mos1; of them, just use a wooden chair,
and the barbi r weam a dirty apron, but
in the finer shops they wear white coats
and clean white aprons. London has a
great many shops, but there arc only a
few really good shops. Most of the bar?
ber shops here are called toilet clubs, |
and they are all located on the second |
floor. They get threepence for shaving.
The journeymen barbers get about 30 j
shillings a week. A few get more, but j
they depend largely on their customers :
fer tips. The h. st shave I ever had in ;
London was in a barber shop conducted j
by a lady. She employs fivo other la- j
dies and charges ihr ep? nee for shaving !
and a little extra for dress ing the hair. ;
! There are only about half a dozen shops
in London which have mod- rn Ame ri?
can chairs.-National Barber.
Animals ?t i'iay.
Animals have a keen sonso o? aak- ?
ing believe. " which is the essence of ;
play. A child's first game is bopeep
I make believe. When a couple of dogs ?
havo a joliy tussle, they make believe to ,
engage in deadly combat. A striking !
instance of this . ccurred to a writer
some years bud:. Eic gave a dead mouse
to a kitten It was -'h- first time she I
had seen ono, and sho sniffed at it in- :
quisitively before deciding to toss it
about.
A pair of slippers lay on the door, j
She dropp? d the mouse into ono of them
and immediately proceeded to look for
it most zealously in th" other slipper .
till i took up tho first, which c< utained
her booty. Then she showed that is was
no real lack of memory that lia ! sent
lier on the bootless scare!).-Buffalo
Express.
A Bicycle Groom.
Ladies on horseback should always be
attended by a groom, according to the
rules of society. Now the gentleman
who is supposed to lead New York so?
ciety pronounces that every lady cyclist
must be duly accompanied by a groom
DU a bicycle. His own daughter sets the
?ashion.
MARKED DOGS' EYES.
An Explanation Wanted of the Presence'
of These Tan Spots.
Can any of your readers explain the
meaning of the tan spots seen so com?
monly over the eyes in black and tan
dogs of most breeds?
When in Melbourne last year, I vent
carefully over all the dogs in a show
with one of the stewards, and we found
the spots in all the black and tan ter?
riers, foxhounds, deerhounds, collies,
lurchers, etc., but I could get no infor?
mation regarding them from tho ex?
perts.
In some of the highly bred toy dogs,
as the small black and tan terriers, I
found on inquiry that these spots, for?
merly so very conspicuous, were 'coing
bred out and had nearly disappeared.
Their persistence through so many
strongly marked varieties, except taos?
of late date, is singular, for there is
fairly good proof that when first domes?
ticated tlie clog was red or brown. lik<
the pa'iah, clingo, etc.
As far as I can soe, we do not find
the spots white on a black or dari;
ground, nor yet black or dark cm a
white or light ground. My explanation
is that they have aris< n as a pennant m
marking after the clogs "sported" to
black under domestication and have
been preserved and developed through
natara: selection. Possibly they av. ort
tcctive and simulate eyes.
One morning, just a: dawn, I lia 1 e..- -
casion to go out into the garden, and
while stooping to examine some Sowers,
near a fence partly cov^reo with creep?
ers, I suddenly saw an animal's head
looping through', and what seem? ? r< . bi
two seemingly large and ferocious
black eyes glare 1 ar me. SuspecT?n?
that a black leopard was about to spring
over, I starred back, chipped my hands
and shouted. To my relief, howev er, J
saw a tail wag and found that the spec?
tator was a cooky's dog I knew very
well and which recognized me. The
use of the tan spots-in this case at
least-then occurred to me.
May it not be that the spots thu?
serve a protective purpose and hate of?
ten saved the lives of dogs (black dogs)
from their enemies, the smaller felines,
such as the clouded leopard, etc. ? Per?
haps the matter is not new, but if it is
it seems worth looking into.
I have several dops about here now
with black bodies and heads. The tai:
spots, rather pale, are of the size of a
shilling. I have shct one. keeping tko
skin of the head as a curiosity.-S. E.
Peal in Nature.
"Take It Aisy."
One cannot travel in Ireland without
perceiving rh at the so many horsepower
and perperual catching cf trains theory
of life is nor one that is accepted by the
Irish peoph. and I do not land: i: ever
will be. Theirreh;jh ... tin h' tiadirions,
their chief occup?t: :-. their temp? l a?
ment, all of which J. .-ap..: >e are closely
allied, are opposed to it.
The saying, "Tat* iraisy, and if you
can't take aisy take it as aisy as yon
ca::," doubtless represents their the? ry
of Un-, and. ter my part, if it were a
question either of dialectics or of mor?
als, 1 would sooner hav to riefend that
view of existence than toe so many
horsepower one. violar trcmawiseman
getting ali he can out of kilns* If in on?
direction, he will, it se? ms to me, rig?
idly and carefully abstain from doing
so in the interests er that catholic and
harmonious development which requires
that he should get a litt ie eur of him?
self in every dire crien.
One would not like to assert that the
bulk of the Irish people are "harmo?
niously developed." But neither, if i
maybe permitted to say so. are th*
English or the Scorch people, andi as
in reality all three prc': ably err by lol -
sided activity or lob. id. d :u..:,riv: ty, ir
still remains to be seen whether too
much perpe tual catea:::.; f trains cn <?
much taking it "aisy" . .: the v h Ie.
tho wiser course and the '? -.. :ns:me in
tcrpiviari m ef the purport and ?> - i :'
life.- ila< d's a.ram.
!t Scats Acting.
They had just emerg? d fr a: rho : h ?
ployed.
think that I weah: , ? to be famous:
that I would -ike io go on rho stage and
actor on thc lecture "da in.. Tina,
again, I think not. "
"I think net ail the time " was the
positively sp'ken rejoind? r.
"Still it must benice to play upon
the emotions of the multitude*" *
..<;f coarse it is. That's what makes
it so jolly in the telephone exchange:
When we talk sweetly to s r.e man
through the phone. I can tell ty the
wayne coos back that le is smirking in
the most absurd manner. And if i want
to make hie- angry I can tea him the
line's busy and nug in his ear. I tel!
you, my dear, when it o .v. s to playing
on the emotions of the multitude Sarah
Bernhardt will have to eave . xtra mati?
nees if .-lie wants to surpass us u op?
portunity. "-Kate Field's Wa-hi: glen.
The Aleutian islands were se. called
from the river Olutora, in Kamchatka.
The people living at the mouth of this
streani were called Aiatorsky, and a
codification of the name was given to
the islai!,}^
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