Dakota County Herald
DAKOTA CITY, NED.
IOHN H. REAM,
Publisher.
As to iniMo:i:;:tvs. many u-o indict
d but few are Jailed.
A London paper Informs iw that cro
quet Is to be popular In England this
year. Mollycoddle 1
Married people should so live that
he minister who performed the cere
mony will never feet like apologizing.
Now and then some man succeeds In
becoming famous without being made
90 by the President; but it Is a slow
process.
1 The family Hlhlc Is usually accepted
as an accurate record of a mun's a?",
Ibut not so, It seems, In the case of
Methuselah.
In Germany a man has been punished
for sticking out bis tongue at the
Kaiser. The Kaiser doesn't like to bo
mistaken for & doctor.
King Teter of Servia wants to bor
row money. In the event that he enn't
do that be would probably be willing to
marry an American heiress.
The United States Supreme Court
has been appealed to to decide the
question, "What Is whisky?" It will
Herer be able to do It by tasting tlio
tuft
One of the lawyers who helped to de
fend Harry Thaw Is reported to have
put In a bill for $100,000. It requires
some nerve to charge such a largo
price for falling.
Says the St Louta Globe-Democrat:
While waiting for your prayer to be
answered try to get what you want
yourself. In other words, dust off
your knees and hustle.
When a young woman to whom a
man gave Us seat in a crowded New
Xork street car Bald "thank you" be
fell In a fit The probability Is that
the will never repeat the rash act
We may as well understand that !t
will never be possible for Americans to
get Englishmen to consider them re
fined as long aa anybody on this side
aya "I guess" Instead of "I fancy."
Count Bonl de Cestellane has ex
pressed a willingness to drop for a
cash consideration bis appeal from the
decision of the court that awarded the
countess a divorce. ' Bonl Is such a
aelf-sacrlflclng boy.
The young heir to the Spanish
throne has practically dropped out of
public Bight since his birth. 'lie may
a well be given to understand at the
Mart that If be expects to continue to
be famous he will have to keep doing
things with uninterrupted regularity.
'Boycott against American goods In
E ulna' has been suppressed. The Amer
an consul-general at Canton reports
l striking punlshmont for those who
bled to further It In that province.
The viceroy has compelled the associa
tion which prompted the attempt at
Iwycott to turn over the money In Its
treasury to a public hospital. Thus
hwncy Intended to make trouble will go
toward alleviating It
l The return of the bicycle is predicted
by those who are Interested In the
trade and It Is said that the business
Is picking up. There is no likelihood of
a revival of the bicycle fad of fifteen
years ago, but the trade Is expecting
aa Increasing Interest in the wheel as
a practical means of transportation and
recreation. The expectation seems rea
sonable, for it Is noticeable that other
nations have not abandoned the bicycle
to the extent which It has been given
up In America. It still remains a
Deaitnrul and Inexpensive means of
travel and of seeing the country.
The dally prints are not without am
pie warning that life on the stage Is
not all nlnuolfa nral rn.. Ti,n .i.
3 - - " ' A UWW
, read undorstandtiigly mny know It is a
hard life, full of disappointments to
most of Its votaries. There Is excite
ment, it is true, and there are occa
sional rewards. But there Is excite
ment In a runaway with horses or a
ateaiuboat explosion and probably an
equal proportion of rewards. Whllo
the public mutit bo amused thoro must
bo someone to amuse It, but tho hnrd
tact of the business Is the supply of
anuiNcra for exceeds the demand and
the majority of stage-yearning girls
will meet nothing but hardships when
they try to embrace histrionic art or
Its amusing kindred.
The birth of a male heir to tho Span
Ish throne has for the present simpli
fied the question of tho succession, a
matter that has been resiKinsIhlo for
much dlsturbauco In the empire, as well
as in the rest of Europe. The trouble
was acute so long ago as 17(0, when
Charles II. of the house of Ilnpshurg
died, childless, after making Philip,
grandson of Louis XIV. of France, his
successor . This flrst Bourlion King of
Spain was not recognized by tho other
powers t'll after a long war. concluded
In 1713. Philip, known as the firth of
Spain, proclaimed the Kullc law the
next year, limiting the sum-sslon to
his male descendants. Ills great
grandson, Ferdinand VII.,--one of tho
royal Victims of Nucleoli' ambition,
was restored to tho throne in ISia,
in 1S"JU he married his fourth wife.
and abrogated the Salle law in spite
, of the protests of his brothers and of
the French Bourbons. Ills daughter
Isabella, born iu 18:10, was proclaimed
queen on bis death, three years later,
with her mother us regent. Isabella's
Ttuele, poa Carlos, asserted bis claim
to the throne under tho Suite law, but
the regent succeeded u maintaining
. her daughters position. Dun Curios'
aemeiiuauis nave ever since been pre
tenders to the Spanish throne, The
present Carllst claimant Is rls grand
son. Queen Icabella was driven from
gipala by revolt In 1808, and two
years inter the Spanish succession
caused a fr?sli commotion in Europe.
The proposition to call to the throno a
prince of a branch of the Prussian
royal house of Hoheiizollern was tho
apparent though not the real cause of
the great wnr of 1S70 lictween France
and Germany. The throne was offered
to Prince Amodeo, a son of King Vic
tor Emmanuel of Italy, but the task of
governing Spain was too much for him,
and after a few years ho abdicated.
Then a republic was set up, but It
lusted only two years, and Alfonso
XII., the son of Isabella, was restored
to the throne without the shedding of
a drop of blood. On Alfonso's death,
In ISM, his daughter Maria succeeded
him ,nnd was queen till Alfonso XIII.,
the present king, was born, a few
months Inter, the ninth of the house of
Bourbon to rule over Spain. If the
new prince should die, and Alfonso
hare no other children, his sister's son
would succeed him. and In the remoto
contingency of the direct line of de
scent from Ferdinand VII. becoming
ex tlnct, the Carllst claimant would bo
come king.
Accord In? to n reort twelve girls of
the Chickasaw nation have written to
a college president soliciting his aid In
procuring for them Caucasian bus
bands. They ha.vo described their pos
sessions with a minuteness that would
charm a fortune hunter, and have made
It clear that they are fully aware of
the importance of presenting financial
attractions before presuming to make
other claims. While In a flippant mood
this action might be construed as a
girlish Jest or a harmless Joke, there
Is reason to suspect an underlying pur
pose of seriousness, an earnest desire
to better the existing state ond pro
mote future happiness. All authorities
agree that Indians do not make Ideal
husbands. Hiawatha was perhaps an
exception, but Hiawatha must be taken
with more than the usual allowance of
salt, and everybody knows that Mr.
Longfellow in far off Cambridge did
not enjoy exceptional facilities for
studying the Indian In his conjugal ca
pacity. The noble red man In song 'ind
story Is extremely picturesque as he
pursues the flying deer or spears or an
gles for the elusive fish, but his nobil
ity dwindles as be lolls in the ham
mock while his wife grubs In the fields
and tolls that he may cat It Is also
noted by careful observers that how
ever the Indian may rise to emluence In
an Eastern college town and acquire
large fragments of general knowledge
his disposition on returning home 1
to lapse Into primitive conditions and
enjoy life as did his fathers before
him. The Indian girl, on the other
band, profits more endurlngly by. edu
cation. She sees the white maiden
maintaining supremacy over, the white
man, and notes with Increasing ad
miration the white wife giving neces
sary orders to a well trained and obe
dient husband. How natural then that
the Indian girl should wish for herself
so happy a lot, and long for a transi
tion that would assure her a position
of Independence and comparative free
dom from toll. The advantages or dis
advantages that might accrue from thl
attempted assimilation of races It is
not to the point to mention here. Tho
question Involved Is merely the tribute
paid to the American white husband,
the reassertlon of the statement that
In the opinion of universal womanhood
he Is the best husband In the world.
Individually ho may have his faults
and precipitate a divorce suit even
from an Indian bride, but standing as
a shining whole, the expositor of i
widely ! recognized principle, he leads
all mankind In the estimation of wom
an. Hence tho credibility to be attach
ed to the story of tho twelve Chickasaw
maidens and the pleasing reflections to
be Inspired thereby.
LAUGH AT SUPERSTITION.
Sailors Say Many of tho Homiaeu
of tho Sua llavo Vaniahad.
Sailors are no longer superstitious.
At any rate, It Is difficult to find one
who bus any regard for the old sea
lore about which a thousand and one
fascinating! storluB have' been told.
Whether the modern steamship has
made sailors feel a little less fearful
and more Independent of tho forces
of nuturo, says a writer In T. B., I am
scarcely prepared to say; but an old
sea captain at Botherhltho actually
lunched when 1 asked him If he was
afraid of currying a cut ou board or
snccz I n on tho lelt side of the ship.
'They ure good old yurus," he said,
"but not even during uiy days as an
A. 1). and muto ou a sailing ship did
I ever hear a man object to having a
cut on board the ship. We preferred
pussy's company to that of the ruts,
who gnawed our togs aud mudu holes
lu the grub. And us for not sneezing
on tlio left side of the ship, why"
and here the captain shook with laugh
ter as ho pictured tho spectacle of men
holding a suceza and running from one
side of tho vessel to the other, so that
they should not arouse the elemeuts
and bring on bud weather "I don't be
lieve," ho said, '"one sailor lu a hun
dred ever beard of tho superstition.
"What almiit 'Mother Carey's chick
ens?' Very nice birds. Harbingers of
bud weather, you say. Ixuulsmen say
we think so, but. we don't. If Clint
were so we should always bo fearful
of bad weather; for petrels ure to be
scon every day when on a long voyage.
We liko to see them about tho ship
when no other life Is visible." '
Other sad disillusions awaited tlio T,
It. man when be picked up a copy of
the Nautical Magazine, tu which a
writer, talking of lost seu romance,
says that "crossing tho line" U remetii
IhtcJ only on passenger ships, where
its observance Is expected; while
whistling for u wind Is gone, for the
simple reason that few ships want uuy
wind nowudays, and u whistle won't
mend a propeller shaft.
At one time when England was mas
ter and mistress of the seas too, no
Dutchman dared to help himself out of
a mess kit before the English and Yan
kees hud "hud their whack." Now It
U flrst come first served, and the En
(llshmuti Is lucky If he Is there at all.
It sometimes hapis'iis that other peo
! have us good an opinion of u man
he has of himself after he Is dead.
RICH MILK INSPECTOR
Mrs. Marahall field Will Try In Sara
I.lvea of f'lilraurn Ilallea.
N Mrs. Marshall Field Is to lay asld.i
her social ohilg.-i lions t' assume t!ie
duties of a C'h;.!g mil!. In v;,;r-for.
The widow of Chlc.igYs merchant
prince, society lender and po-sesKor of
millions, has caused a stir among the
400 by. accepting a position on n civic
health 'commission appointed by Mayor
Ttiisw. All other members of the lioard
are men. Her new duties will carry
Mrs. Field into the tenement houses
and hospitals of the city and she will
doubtless become a rival for sociologi
cal honors of Mips Jane Addnms and
Mrs. Potter Palmer.
The apiKjfntmcnt of thp comnih'si'in
Is the result of the milk crusade which
was waged In Chicago during the v.-Inter.
At that time It was found that
over half of the milk consumed li fl'o
city was Infected with germs, and that
that was the cause of a searlet fever
epidemic.
It Is believed that the commission
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Jw '.IV
ftp J- tM'
MBS. MABBUAIX JTUXO.
will be able to greatly Improve the
milk supply and that death's summer
harvest of babies, which Is always large
In Chicago, will be lessened by hun
dreds. ALL AFRICANS NOT BRUTAL.
Moanaans Bear Farming; Tools In-
atcad of Warlike Weapon.
That the native African Is not al
ways and Invariably a poor, half nuked
brute has been proved by the reports
and photographs brought back to
France by the "Moll mission," an ex
pedition sent to the French Congo
about eighteen months ago for the
purpose of determining some unsettled
boundary questions. South of Lake
Chad Commandant Moll discovered a
peaceful race of agriculturists and
shepherds, Intelligent and hospitable,
rfpe for cultivation, living In pastoral
simplicity.
Everything about the Moundans Is
picturesque and Interesting. They are
a vigorous and handsome race and very
brave, but, coutrary to the almost uni
versal practice of the Africans In re
gions where white rulo has not been
established, they never carry arms. On
the,, contrary, tho Implement oftencst
seen in their hands is a hoe.
Nevertheless, they apiear to have
descended from warlike ancestors and
were probably driven southward from
their orlgtnal mountain home by some
conquering chief. Hemlnlscences of
this past may be seen in their semi
military architecture, which does not
resemble that of any of the neighbor
ing peoples. At a little distance one
of their villages looks like a fortified
city.
The Moundan village, of which Lere
Is an excellent type, Is Inclosed by a
series of round towers connected by
walls from two to three meters In
height Inside, parallel to the Inclos
ing walls, is a circle of cupolas, each
one pierced with a single holo. Theso
are the granaries, the most Important
buildings of tho town.
'' They are erected on piles supported
on great stones, which places them be
yond the reach of termites and rodents
as well us of dampness, and the only
entrance Is through the holo In tho
vaulted roof. Between the outer wall
and the granaries are tho homes of
the people, while the residence of the
chief faces the entrance.
A pules aud ( litara.
"Why do I keep apples In the desk
drawer with my cigars?" said the elder
ly business mail with novel Ideas. "Be
cause It gives them a fine and distinct
ive flavor aud ulso imparts Just suitl
loent moisture to keep the cigars lu ex
cellent condition. I discovered tho
thing quite accidentally. Am fond of
apples, you kuow, and like to keep
Bomo around my lcsk for a nibble or
two occasionally. Generally I kept the
fruit on top of my desk, but one day
the dust was so had that resolved to
plueo the apples In a druwer. There
wasn't a drawer sulllclently empty for
the apples except one In which I hud
cigars. It didn't look like a good com
blmition, apples and cigars, but Into the
drawer weut the apples.
"A couple of hours later I felt tho
need of a smoke. The delicious flavor
the cigar had surprised me. It was a
make I had bceu smoking for years,
but I never had noticed that flavor le
fore, and I enjoyed the smoke so much
that I hit It up with another from the
same drawer. The result was the same,
and then tho pi'i seuce of tho upples
with the cigars suggested a solution of
tho myatery.
"From that time on I have kept my
cigars with apples, and have smokes
that are distinctive and a real delight,
Furthermore, tho clears never get dry
when they are with the apples, aud, at
tho same time, never get too mols
Some of my friends to whom I have ex
plained this thing have tried other
kinds of strung flavored fruit lustead of
apples. One ma a Insists that he gets
the most delightful results from or
anges; but aip!cs suit me best, and I
stick to sm." Youth's Companion.
V a, -
Miss Oldgiri V( s. I am slngl? en
tirely from dir. Ice. M!s Pert Whose
choice ? Ph!lak-h.!.da Itec.rd.
t'eiiKt Are all (ho rooms In your Mat
light? . CrinisoulkNiU Oh, yes; we
t.sve gas lu 'em all! VonU.-is States
man. tntlgued Philip 1!1 dat m.ly frow
Imll'.n' water on yoiise? Wandering
Walter Worse'n (hit, Phil worse'u
dat. It uuz soapsuds. Cleveland
Leader.
"Sir, I v.:i;:t ynur daughter's hand."
"Von may have it with the greatest
ple.'uure. der.r !m.v, It you'll take the
one that's nUvujs In my pocket." Bal
timore Sun.
She Have yon ever written any po
etry? He (proudly) I had a sonnet
once In one of the leading magazines.
She No, hut I mean u:iy teal jioetry.
Somerville Journal.
Dyer What did your wife say when
you told her you wouldn't be home till
lato? Kowhder I don't know. I hung
up the receiver as k.joii us I was
through talking. Pruuklyn Life.
"How do you know he Is used to re
ceiving letters from that girl?1' "ISe
couse," answered Miss Cayenne, "he
knew immediately where to look for ;
the second page." Washington Star.
Strong-minded Old Lady (to the new
vicar's wife) Oil, yes. mum, I've 'ad
my ups and downs, but 1 never "ad
whnt you "may cull a serious trouble.
I've only lost two husbands! Punch.
Nell Maud says she has had seven
teen proposals this year. Belle I
didn't think she knew so many men.
Nell Oh, sixteen of them were from ,
Chollle Saphedde. Philadelphia Itec
ord. Tommy Pop, was writing done on
tablets of stone In the old days? Tom
my's llop Yes, my son. Tommy
Gee I It must have taken a crowbar
to break the news. Philadelphia ttec
ord. Old Hunks Dldu't you marry me
for my money? Answer me that, mad
am! Mrs. Hunks Certainly I did.
And we'd get along Just lovely If you
were not so stingy with It -Chicago
Tribune.
Fortune Teller Beware of a short
dark woman with u fierce eye. She is
waiting to give W a check. Visitor
(despairingly) N", she ain't She's
waitiug to get one from me. That'
my wire. Baltimore American.
"Chumpley's auto got away from
him and ran fourteen miles on a coun
try road." "I'll bet he was mad."
No, be was tickled. He said It was
the best run his car had made without
adjusting." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Where," asked the tenderfoot, "was
the last man killed here?" "He ain't
been killed yet," replied Arizona Al.
There's goln' to be at least one more
killed us'soou as him and me comes
face to face." Chicago Record-Herald.
"Yes, ma'am," the convict was say
ing. "I'm here Jlst for tryin' to flat
ter n rich man." "The idea !" ex
claimed the prison visitor. "Yes,
ma'am, I Jlst tried to imitate his sig
nature on a check." Philadelphia
Presa.
"Ahl" he sighed. "I have long wor
shiped you at a distance." "Well,"
she replied, coldly, "if It is necessury
for you to worship mo at all, I prefer
It that way." And It was back to tfte
boarding-house for him. Chicago Dal
ly News.
She Gladys Is so sorry she took her
engagement ring round to the Jeweler's
to have It valued. He Why? Did he
say It was too cheap? She Oh, no.
He said he would keep It for a bit, at
Freddie hadn't settled up for it yet
PIck-Me-I'p.
Mrs. Stuhbs Land's sakes, John,
there must be n great many barber
shops In Wall street!" Mr. Stuhbs
What causes' you to think so, Maria!
Mrs. Stubs Why, the papers say hun
dreds of men are "trimmed" there ev
ery day. Chicago Dally News.
Jones had u Vegetable garden In
which he took u great Interest Brown,
his next door nelghlwr, had one tilso,
and both men were especially Interest
ed In their potato patches. One morn
ing, meeting by the fence, Jones said;
"How Is It, Mr. Brown, you are nevet
troubled with caterpillars, while my
bushes are crowded with them?" "My
friend, that Is easily explained," re
plied Brown. "I rlsa early In the
moralm:. gather all tho caterpillars
from my bushes, and throw thorn Into
your garden." Til-Bits.
Why t!;o Hill Warn IS lit.
The closet that lights by electricity
when the door upon has its draw
backs. When ho went South for a
lKont'.fs shooting a young New Yorker
thoii.c'it he h.n! Icl't his bachelor apart
ment in such order that he would have
no cause for complaint on his return.
The size of his electric light bill on his
return convinced him that something
was wrong, says the New York Sun.
He (Minjdal'.ied with unusual fervor,
ttk company investigated and found
out tlu sources of the extra expense.
In th" hurry of departure lie had left
open the door of one of his closets. The
electil light shone night and day In
that clrcct for more than a month.
A IVcullur Knfeiranrd.
"Yen needn't be ufrnUl, my friend,
the h-iti-1 will not burn."
"Why, It ln't Hreproof, Is It?
"N i. It Ni't tl:vp;-(K)f."
Then why do you say It will not
burn';"
Because there Is no Insurance oa
It." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
hurtle 'II. I ii or Here,
M.-g I say, Tom. de Frenchlea call
a gal's feli'T her finance.
Tom (gloomily ) Aw, well, ain't dat
wot It hiI conies ter? Bultlinore Amer
ica!!. Two men ure uourly ulwuys braver
than one, even If one of them has coid
feet.
Oue pair lu the f rout . pnrToKheati
three of a kind
INFLUENCE OF GREAT WEALTH.
By President
Great capltr! at the disposal of n
single individual confers on Its pos
sessor great power over the course of
Industrial development over bis fel
low men and sometimes over the
course of great public events, like
peace or war between nations. It en
ables a man to do good or harm, to
J give Joy or pain,
position to be feared or looked up to.
There Is pleasure in the satisfaction
of directing such a power, and the
puesiuent emotv greater the character the greater may
be the satisfaction, In giving this direction the great
capitalist may find an enjoyable and strenuous occupa
tion The most serious disadvantage under which the very
rich fcave labored is the b.lngiug up of children. It Is
well nigh Impossible for a very rich man to develop his
children from habits of Indifference and laziness. These
children are so situated that they have no opportunity
of doing productive labor and do nothing for themselves,
parents, brothers or sisters, no one acquiring the habit of
work. In striking contrast are the farmers' children,
who co-operate at tender years In the work of the house
DO NOT EXPECT SUCCESS TOO
By
A rock upon which so' many young men
founder for life, or on which they stick more
or less hopelessly for varying periods, is the
expectation of Immediate recognition of their
best efforts.
At any time and under any circumstances In
business the mark of appreciation for services
of any one employe may be counted upon as
coming grudgingly. It to so much easier for
an employer to keep tab on Inefficiency, and at the same
tjlme so much more profitable, that especially meritorious
services lapse Into a niche of quiet confidence.
In the light of level headedness who shall say that It
Is not the part of practical good sense that the young
man should not have an Immediate and expected reward?
It Is easy for an employer to figure that the young man
who has done something could not have done so with
out flrst having the opportunity ; that having done some
thing under favorable circumstances, marked recognition
of the results might unbalance and undo the otherwise
potential future of the young man himself; that with
all regard for the future of the young man and the
future ot the business,, any sudden and marked recogni
tion of a new man's service could work Irreparable harm
to the Intangible system that had prevailed In the estab
llslunent for years.
Opportunity that shall lead to most lasting ends ordi
narily Is a condition resulting of growth. A too sudden
THE HILL.
I am homesick for a hill.
For a barren hill and bare.
I have dreamed of It through days
Of the blinding city glare,
When my tired-lidded eyes
Ached for something far to see,
I have dreamed of how It stood,
And how cool Its shade must be.
'i
Now I know the north winds come.
Meet the winds from out the west.
And upon Its barren slope
In gigantic battle wrest.
From the city let me go
On its heathered face to He,
That the winds may sweep my soul
Clear as they have swept the sky.
Liprincott's Magazine.
4 x
MARY ANNE. I
There was a sense of Impending ca
lamity In the house.
The heavy day had arisen with weep
ing skies, and Mary Anne, finding her
occupation on the front steps gone, re
tired Indoors shaking her head.
She i used In the lower ball, near
the bottom of the stairs, and listened
with her small head on one side like a
bird, for some sound from above.
Thus posed, one obtained an excellent
view of her, a sort of portrait study
that remained. She was well-made, the
straight angular lino of her faded cot
ton frock could not altogether destroy
tho shapely outline, and her feet ex
tremely neat and well shod, might have
served as an object lesson to certain
of her sllpsliod cluss. For she was only
a general or household slavey, serving
In a dull street In lower suburbia for
the magnificent sum of twelve pounds
per annum. Her apron, tlwugh coarse,
was clean, also the small neat collar
pinned with a shamrock brooch In
front.
She had rather a long thin neck, and
a small neat face with a tremulous
womanly mouth, and a pair of lovely
eyes. Mary Anne was unaware of her
own assets; nor did she strive to muke
tht most of them. She was clean and
tidy because It was her nature to be so,
and because she was paid to bo a help
not au eyesore In a stranger's house.
Her code of ethics or morals was ele
mentary, but bound her duty, which
Immediately lifted that code to the
highest plane. Mary Anno was, in a
word, that jmrtleulur kind of household
treasure which Is growing extremely
rare, an honest hearted girl who gave
at one tho service of love aud duty to
the household that employed her. Was
it worthy such regard, such faithful
coin? We shall see.
It was very early, quite two hours
before Mary Anne's apiolnted time for
rising, and the mllkmuu luid not yet
passed upon his earliest round. But
her kitchen fire was blazing cheerfully,
ami her kettle was ou the boil, as she
herself might have expressed It And
she had opened up the dining room and
spread a lunch cloth on the end of the
table. Someone was astir upstairs, and
her Instinct, the sort of sixth senso that
never erred, bad warned her that boiuo
recognition from her of that fact might
be desirable, even If not absolutely
necessary.
Presently slie heard a stealthy step,
and stood aside, though not out of
sight, to wait until It should bring Its
possessor lu sight It was her mas
ter, currying a portmanteau In one
bond, and his boots In the other. At
alzht of Mary Anne, standing motion
Eliot ot Harvard.
and places him In a
SOON.
John A. How land.
D? YOU SWEAB.
less, but not In the least stolid, In the
narrow hall, he uttered a smothered ex
clamation of anger.
"Why are you up at this time; it
Isn't 5 o'clock? Why do you pry In
this way upon me?" he enquired with
a subdued savagery in his Voice.
"I guessed last night you'd be leav
ing early this morning, sir, and that
you'd be the .better of a morsel of
breakrns&'The tray s ready. 1 11 bring
If"'
"I don't want your breakfast 111
never eat another In this house," he
answered, glaring upon her as he threw
his portmanteau heavily down.
"Oh, yes, you will, sir," she snld,.
with a sort of exasperating quiet cheer
fulness. "Will you have an egg or a
bit of that potted meat Misses makes so
nicely? It's all ready."
"I won't have anything, I tell you,"
he answered rudely. "Get out of my
way and take your meddling tongue
downstairs."
Mary Anne closed the door and stood
up against It, and folded her hands on
her apron In front of her. Looking
back upon It afterwards slie could only
suppose that God was quite near her,
for In ordinary circumstances she was
not a very brave nor even a strong girl.
"GET OUT WITH YOUB SILLY TALK.
ME PASS."
LET
But that day she had been called to a
deed of heroic duty.
"Sir," she said quietly, "I bin In this
'ouso three year. I loves everybody In
It, from yer down to the blhy with 'er
pretty ways. If yer goes, an' I see by
yer flee tliet ye won't come back,
there'll be five broken 'earts in number
thirty-slviiig." i
"Get out with your silly talk. Let
me pass. I don't know why I don't
knock you down for your confounded
Interference."
"Oh. yer wouldn't do that. tr. It's
too low down a glme for you to strike
a woman. 1 crep down to the missus'
r-iom larst nlte, sir, 'earing sounds I
didn't like, on' there slie was a crying
fit to break 'er Yart. Carn't yer make
It hup. sir, for the chlllen's sakes ; my,
ain't they beauties? There ain't their
like In the Square."
"Hold you tongue, I say, and let me
get out," be sold, though bis voice sort
ened. "In a minnlt. sir. Missus she ain't
been well this long while, she's bin fret
tin', but thlngs'll come rite, they alius
does, sir; do sit down and 'ave a bite of
breakfut It's hull ready."
Galusford turned Impatiently aside.
His scheme to get away forever from
the sordid unlovellness of his life, from
monetary cares and domestic worry,
brought on chiefly by an Incompetent
and somewhat selfish wife, had failed.
And be knew It had failed, though
Mary Anne waa not yet sura.
success may be more destructive of men thin three fail
ures. A young man, suddenly promoted out of an estab
lishment's existing order, may bring after him a train
of iietty animosities to his final undoing. Or,ueh promo- f
tlon of a mm without perspective may ruin him through
his own egotism.
AVOID THE DAILY DISPUTE.
By Helen Old field.
An English dean of the past generation waa
accustomed to present every couple whom be
united In the bonds of matrimony with a card,
upon which were printed four "golden pre
cepts: "Avoid the flrst quarrel as a deadly
danger." "Never both get angry at the Mine
time." "Never dispute each other; It Is both
unprofitable and undignified." "Keineniber al
ways that 'A soft answer turneth away
wrath. " There was an old Athenian law which required
that a newly married couple should, as soon as they were
alone together, eat a quince In partnership, lu token, this
fruit being the symbol of good will, that their conversa
tion should thereafter be mutually pleasant. If only this
rule were stringently observed, how many sins of the
tongue were left undone, how many bitter quarrels would
be avoided !
It Is often said that manners ore out of date, that
courtesy nowadays Is considered old fashioned, and po
liteness to those of one's own household altogether un
necessary. Which Is a pity, all round, both for men and
women, since not only quarreling, "wrangling, and Jang
ling," but neglect and Indifference, us well, are Impossi
ble to true politeness. Love may be careless, but finished
courtesy never!
By William Wesley.
"The greatest things ure due to ltoys," wrote
an old Koman poet and sage, and we lu an
age presumably more enlightened need to take
the maxim to our hearts. Before a child
there should be all carefulness of speech, lest
some harm befall their youthful minds.
Nothing Is more shocking than to bear a
child swear. Few children do, fortunately;
yet It Is not the fault of their elders If they
do not Almost all American men use profanity In the
Senseless and heedless and useless manner of profane
swearers. Our streets are loud with oaths, and to a per
son of sensitive ear the ribaldry and blasphemy are
awful.
Few men who pretend to be gentlemen In ony of the
senses of that greatly abused word swear when there
are women present however. They have decency enough
left for that But they are not all particular when it
comes to children. For my own part. It seems four times
worse to let a child bear an oath. The harm that may
be done Is far greater In the former case than In the
latter.
"You've an Infernal cheek," he mut
tered under his breath. "Get away
down to your own quarters, can't you
and leave your betters alone."
"Yes, sir, presently sir," she said
cheerfully, her spirits rising as his-
Bank. "I'll bring it hup. and then you
can 'ave a sleep on the sorer till 8
o'clock." ,
There was a little Impatient rattle
at the handle of the door.
Galnsford's color rose, Mary Anne
started and stood back. And his wife
came in. She looked extremely pretty
with her fair hair straying In little dis
ordered curls on her forehead, the blue
of her dressing wrap showing up the
delicate fairness of her skin. Her wide
eyes staring round fully understood It.
"Oh, Harry," she said in a strange
voice, "you were going to leave us !"
"Yes, I was, Lucy, for good, but I've
been stopped by Mary Anne."
Mary Anne stood aside, but she did
not go away. She did not know what
kept her there, because she was not
by nature a prying or ill-mannered per
son. "I knew you felt bad last night, but
r thnllfrflt If I... nil l. I
-"""hi ib nuuiu uc till illll ILIia-
mornlm? liko t nim Imfnrii " s.ii.i v
wife, in the same strange voice. "I
am sorry if you feel like that. I had
no Idea."
"I've tried to bo patient, Lucy, and.
I felt that I had come to the end of
my resources," he said, dully. "Of
course, I wos wrong. It was the cow
ard's way, but I did not think of all It
might mean to you and the .children."
"I should have died, and perhaps
taken the children with me," she re
plied, quite quiet.
Then suddenly she took n swift step,
forward and knelt at his feet.
"Oh, Harry, forgive me and lift me
to your heart again ! I will be good. I
will be good."
The strong man's features worked
convulsively as the cry, so like a child's,
fell on his ear.
"My poor girl! my iwor girl," he
said, and Mary Anne stolo out and
closed tlie door. Her heart sang In
unison with the bubbling kettle as 6he
descended the dark stairway to her own
domain. She was not very high In the
seulo of Intelligence, but she Luul done
what she could. And It was n great
thing. She had averted a sordid trag
edy and made the opportunity for a
homo to be built up anew uikiu a solid
foundation. British Weekly.
Sworn to Secrecy.
The Dundee Advertiser tells u story
of a country cleric, still ou the under
side of 40, who was driving home along
a road from an outlying hamlet when
he overtook a young woman. He rec
ogumsed her as Mary, the maid of all
work at a farm which he would pass
on his way to tho rectory. So he pulled
np aud offered her a lift. Mary was
nothing loath, and the par.son was
glud of her company. All the way to
the farm gate they chatted pleasantly,
us country jieoplo do, und when hor
destination was reached he set her
down. Then she thanked him for his
kindness aud his oompauy. "Don't
meutlon It. Mary ; don't mention It," he
said politely, as he pulled thu- rug
around his knees and gathered up the
reins. "No, I won't," answered Mary
In an obllglug tone, and the young
rector went on hi way thoughtfully.
Inula L'lii-u'i Wit.
"Dont pride johso'f too much on yon
own epluions," said Uncle Eben. "A
mule glnerally has his own way, but
It don't make him popular." -Washington
Star.