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WHEN SUE GLANCED AT ME
The world can boast of many things not
known of long ago
When earth seemed troubled with the
gout and science and art -were slow
2ow everything conspires to bring but
luxury and ease
And progress has some say improved on
nature by degrees
But naught can give its substitute as
naught has yet improved
The genuine old fashioned thrill that
comes of being loved
Such as I own 1 felt of old in eminent de
gree
When Sue behind the window blinds once
shyly glanced at me
She was a little lass I knew away back
in my youth
And if not up to date the fact awakes
in me no ruth
To days affected love of art for arts
sake would have been
To her old fashioned views of tilings but
little short of sin
She never dreamed that paltering would
strike the tempter dumb
And Zolaism furnished not her mental
pabulum
And all this purity was there I could but
clearly see
-When Sue behind the window blinds
glanced shyly out at me
It ill becomes the heart of age to over
flow with sighs
If gone the rows says the poet their
ashes must suffice
Vhen -white hairs tell the time to leave
off cakes and ale is here
We ought to turn our thoughts upon a
more enduring sphere
IBut somehow theres a pleasure yet in
caJling up the way
fThat one bright pair of eyes could make
of night the fairest day
Por on my sight there glowed the light
neer seen on land or sea
When Sue behind the window blinds
glanced shyly out at me
Chicago Times Herald
AS A MAN SOWS
M
HBB9BSM
HEN Dick Tre
mayne Lieutenant
in the One Hun
dred and Twenti
eth Queens Own
Royal Rot ers
-went down to
Stretton on leave
he -was about the
unlikelle s t man
possible In the
o p in i o n of his
friends to fall In
love at first sight
The unexpected however always hap
pens and in accordance with this trite
but true saying the gallant soldier fell
-an easy victim
The whole affair was absurd he
knew The mere idea that he Dick
Tremayne heir to his brothers title
and an acknowledged eligible in the
k matrimonial market should ever give
a serious thought to his sister-in-laws
pretty governess was in itself ridicu
lous Nevertheless it was a very pleas
ant pastime in the dusky evenings out
on the moonlit terrace to saunter along
with the prettiest girl he had ever met
The few days of bis leave fled by swift
ly and to Joyce Cardew they were
laden with sweet memories while
Dick himself was really unfeignedly
sorry as the time drew near for his de
parture to join his regiment which was
going out to India
One evening when the scent of the
xoses filled the cool air with fragrance
and the night breeze sighed in the pop
lars on the lawn he came very near to
destruction
They were on the terrace looking
down into the somber darkness of the
plantation where shafts of silver
moonlight pierced the black shadows
and threw fantastic shapes on the lawn
beyond
They were silent and Dick looked
furtively at hs companions sweet
lace spiritualized by the mystic
moonlight her blue eyes shone darkly
in her pale face and the hair which
V was the envy of many dusky auburn
in color and curling distractingly over
her shapely head made a picturesque
framing to her delicate loveliness
Presentlj he spoke suddenly and
with vehemence Taking her hand in
bis Intoxicated by her loveliness and
the strange influence of the stillness
he murmured words which brought a
bright flood of color to her cheeks and
a glad light into her eyes then
N
Joyce Are you there
Lady Tremavnes voice broke tke
magic spell and he dropped her hand
-they turned to the house and Joyce
went in
Can you write those few notes for
me said Lady Tremayne not notic
ing the girls brilliant eyes and the un
Tisual color ia her soft cheeks and
-Joyce writing at the table in the li
brary her heart beating fast and the
light still in her sweet eyes lived over
-again those few dangerously sweet
moments
Presently voices on the terrace caus
ed her to start it was his voice and
the other Roger Temple ber lady
ships cousin
The two men were sauntering up and
down in the dusky coolness
Pretty I should think so indeed
aid Temples voice Are you cutting
In at the lasc moment old fellow
Not 1 said Dicks voice with a
laugh though I nearly did for myself
just now she looked so confoundedly
jprettj dont you know and goodness
only knows what I was saying what I
might have said if Grace hadnt come
out just in the xiick of time Uncommon
xame Joyce isnt it After all one
must amuse ones self in a place like
-this and ia petite does charmingly
pour passer le tsmps Let us go in
The voices died away into silence as
the men joined Lady Tremayne in the
drawing room Joyce sat sat on still
and cold the pile of finished notes be
fore ber The candle burnt down and
lwent out with a splutter and still she
ylfsat in the dark where later on Lady
Tremayne found her and alarmed at
the sight of her pale tired face and
heavy eyessent her to bed while down
stairs Dick was Inquiring the where
abouts of pretty Miss Cardew
When he left next day he found him
self thinking of ber with very real re
gret If she had not been poor and if he
had not been leaving England he felt
he could have risked it after all
though by the way she had bid him
good by with a cold composure which
left him no loophoe for a repetition of
last nights scene While she If he
could have guessed the depths of her
feelings even tien at the last moment
he might have spoken again and savetf
himself a bitter reaping
II
Three years hive passed
Dick Tramayue has received his pro
motion and is on his way home During
his voyage his thoughts turn again as
they have done many times before to
Joyce and his long remembered last
evening in England Thinks of her
with late remorse mingled with a
pleasanter feeling for has he not made
up his mind to speak to her at last and
ask her to make him more happy than
he deserves to be
It is a dull dreary November after
noon when he arrives at the Manor
liouse and he feels an agreeable sense
of expectancy as he alights at the fa
miliar door A vapory fog envelopes
everything and the thought of the
warmth within and Joyce is very pleas
ant to him
Lady Tremayne is out says the old
butler and no intimation of Captain
Tremnynes arrival has been received
but Lady Carew is in the drawing
room
Dick wonders who she may be as he
goes Into the cozy drawing room
which is illumined only by the dancing
fire light A delicious perfume of flow
ers fills the air and as he enters some
one rises from a seat near the fire a
slender figure in white As she ad
vances out of the shadow a fiery
tongue of flame leaps up and lights
upon the sweet fair face and a great
joy falls upon the man
It is Joyce
He starts forward with outstretchea
hands and eager glad words rise tu
multuously to his lips
Dont you know me Joyce he
cries and then a look of recognition
comes into ber eyes but he does not no
tice the little frown which wrinkles her
forehead for a moment
Of course I remember you Captain
Tremayne she says and to his ears
her voice seems to have become sweet
er He had had no idea that she would
have developed in three years into the
lovely woman who now stands before
him with a new dignity and sweetness
which become her well
I am evidently an unexepected guest
he says laughing as they sit down in
the pleasant glow of the bright fire
but I do not regret that as I have met
you first
A STililo prrsrd hor line nnrl eli
w
looks into the glowing nre
You did not expect to see me here
still I dare say Are you home for
long
Yes I hope so and then when I go
out again I do not intend to go alone
He is very confident of his position
and not the least glimmer of doubt
darkens his present happiness
Joyce he continues softly have
you never guessed that I love you
dear Do you remember that evening
we spent in the garden here before I
went away I have never ceased to
think of you and now ah Joyce I
love you I love you Forgive my long
silence and make me nappy at last
The eager words break from his lips
in a torrent and then she looks at him
with a smile Her sweet clear voice
strikes him as almost cruel when she
speaks
There is nothing to forgive she
says coldly We are both quite aware
that that past you speak of was purely
a matter of amusement One must
amuse ones self in a place like this
you know And after all it was simply
pour passer le temps
He looks at her uncomprekendinglj
till a glimmer of the truth breaks upon
him with terrible force There is no
hope
Joyce he cries desperately is
this all you say to me after years of
devotion
His absolute selfishness startles her
and words rise to her lips which might
have torn the veil somewhat roughly
from his eyes but she checks them
and rises from her seat
What more can I say she says
sweetly We are all fools at some
time of our lives and we were no ex
ception to that rule Ah Ted is that
you
The door opens and a man enters
Jo3ce lays ber hand on his arm He is
a tall fine looking man broad-shouldered
and stalwart Captain Tre
mayne she says turning to Dick
with a smile I must introduce my
husband Sir Edward Carew Ted this
Is Sir Johns brother
The two men shake hands and Dick
reading the absolute trust and love for
her husband written in Lady Carews
sweet eyes mentally curses his folly
and knows that what he has sown that
surely he has also reaped and the har
vest is bitter The Daughter
Which
Pingrey I hardly know whether it is
safe to propose to Miss Winkle or not
Sometimes I fear she would refuse me
and then I flatter myself she would
jump at the chance
Fogg Yes but which way would she
jump Boston Transcript
Avoiding Distinction
First burglar Ill have ter geta bike
soon
Second burglar What for
First burglar Well if I dont Ill
soon be known to de police as de only
man in de prefesh what dont ride-
LITTLE WEATHER PROPHETS
Bees Seem to Know in Advance What
the Weather Will Be
The question whether various insects
and animals have the powers popularly
attributed to them of knowing in ad
vance what the weather is going to be
and in particular of predicting the se
verity of a coming winter has fre
quently been discussed A correspond
ent of Cosmos M P de Ridder writes
to that journal that he believes the bee
to posses this power beyond doubt and
he proceeds to give his reasons for that
belief We translate his letter below
Says M de Ridder
Every one knows that at the ap
proach of winter certain birds leave
northern regions and fly southward
seeking under a warmer sky a refug
against the cold and rigors of the north
But every one does not know of the
admirable foresight shown by the bee
about the time of the earliest cold
weather It also feels the approach of
winter nay more the bee seems to
understand a long time in advance
whether the winter is to be mild or se
vere Between the migratory birds and
the bee there is this difference The
former are driven away by the cold
and the bad weather from the regions
where they are the latter are guided
by a special instinct of foresight an
Instinct which I make bold to call the
bees meteorology
But the bee does not know how to
flee before the approach of the winter
and cannot do so he cannot abandon
the store so laboriously laid up during
the fine weather he cannot leave the
hive where he has put away the neces
sities of life for the coming winter
Many times have I witnessed the
vigilance and foresight of the bee For
ty years ago bee keepers were still
using the old mlter shaped straw hives
with two openings or entrances Well
I noticed that about the beginning of
October the bees stopped up these two
entrances with wax so as to leave pass
age for only one bee at a time thus giv
ing a fiesson to the bee keeper who had
neglected to put a board over the en
trances to prevent the introduction of
cold air
Certain persons think that the bee
plasters up these openings as the cold
increases but this is an error The bee
knows enough to take bis precautionary
measures in good time for when the
temperature of the air falls to about 40
degrees Fahrenheit he does not leave
the hive and when the temperature
approaches freezing he cannot without
exposing himself to paralysis and death
separate himself from the mass of in
dividuals who then form a compact
ball
There are others who believe that
extraordinary precautionary measures
taken by the bee are only the result of
coincidence and that chance plays the
chief part in them This hypothesis is
not tenable Besides the bee keepers
of all countries agree in saying and
their attention must have been often
called to the phenomenon that every
time that the bees have taken care to
seal hermetically the entrances to the
hive so as to leave but a minute pass
age for air the winter has been of ex
treme rigor On the other hand the
years when the bees have done nothing
to preserve themselves from the cold
have been marked by relatively mild
winters during which no heavy frosts
have occurred
Here the question naturally pre
sents Itself How can the bee foresee
the weather so far In advance when
man with all his intelligence and his
knowledge has not yet succeeded in do
ing this
In truth I find no satisfactory an
swer to this question
Must we suppose that toward the
end of the summer a rigorous winter is
heralded by drafts of air of exception
ally low temperature that escape our
perceptions and our instruments but
are perceived by the bee and utilized
by it as signs that it must take meas
ures In due time for protection against
the cold
However it may be before this In
stance of prediction whose exactness is
not open to doubt on the testimony of a
large number of bee keepers every ob
server of meteorological phenomena
should stand confounded and express
his admiration for the mysterious me
teorology of the bee Literary Digest
Woolly Journalism
This is the way they write up a cy
clone out West It turned a well
wrong side out in Missouri it turned a
cellar upside down in Wisconsin mov
ed a township line in Nebraska blew
all the staves out of a whisky barrel in
Iowa and left nothing but the bung
hole killed an honest Indian agent out
West changed the day of the week in
Indiana blew the hair off a bald-headed
man in Ohio killed a truthful law
yer in Illinois blew the mortgage off a
mans farm in Kansas scared a red
headed woman in Delphi until her hair
turned white blew all the cracks out of
a fence in Dakota and took all the wind
out of a politician Pretty hard blow
Deaf Smiths Triumph
At the battle of San Jacinto when
Santa Anas forces had routed Hous
tons left wing a deaf Colonel by the
name of Smith did not hear the order
to fall back and kept on fighting until
his example and success on the right
wing caused a general rally which re
sulted in the total defeat and capture
of the Mexican army There is a coun
ty in Texas named Deaf Smith in hon
or of the hero
Population of Crefeld
The population of Crefeld Germany
Increased from 53975 in 1867 to 100
000 in 1887 but since that date the In
crease has been only 8000
There is many a slip twlxt the cup
md the Up but there is only one be
tween a man and the sidewalk
When marriage is not a success di
vorce 1b Its successor
JAPAN IS WIDE AWAKE
Takes Advantage of Whatever Will
Increase iier Advancement
Whatever the popular opinion may be
regarding the present attitude of Japan
toward the United States and the pro
test filed through its legation hero
against the annexation of the Sandwich
Islands by this Government one is
forced to admire the cleverness with
which this little country has in the last
quarter of a century conducted her
domestic and foreign affairs and to
wonder at the position to which she
has raised herself among the nations of
the earth
Her phenomenal progress dates from
that period when she became imj
pressed with her own limitations As
soon as she realized them she set about
improving and strengthening herself
and she owes more to the fact that shf
has laid stress on the education of bet
people and has aided and encouraged
them in their efforts selecting hei
functionaries from the cleverest of her
students than to any other cause
The present minister to Washington
for instance is a man thoroughly
versed In his profession A long resi
dence in this country when the opposl
tion party was in power and he prac
tically an exile has given him an ac
quaintance with the internal affairs oi
the United States which has been oi
incalculable value to him in his diplo
matic career and perhaps no one of hid
colleagues is better equipped to man
age the delicate matter he has at pres
ent in hand
His predecessor wiio will be remem
bered as having been successful in
making for his Government a new
treaty with the United States was at
one time a student at Harvard and it
is safe to assume that all future minis
ters from Japan to this country will be
selected from those who have had an
opportunity of studying the institutions
and people of the United States at close
range
It is surely flattering that Japan
models so many of her institutions af
ter those of this country During the
last year for many years past in fact
Japanese delegations have crossed
the Pacific for the purpose of studying
various subjects in the United States
from stock breeding to electric rail
ways and there Is hardly a time when
some distinguished Japanese are not
staying at the capital for the purpose
of investigating matters of especial in
terest to their country
There Is at the present time T Kochi
be a professor In the Imperial Univer
sity and director of the geological sur
vey of Japan and N Tsuneto an agri
cultural expert holding a high position
in that department who are on their
way to the international geological con
gress which will meet in St Peters
burg this summer Mr Kochibe and
Mr Tsuneto have been the guests of
Prof Walcott of the geological survey
who has had much pleasure in making
them acquainted with the workings of
his department
Japan boasts a thriving geological
survey founded in 1879 whose first
director was a German Dr Edmund
Naumann It has grown constantly
since its organization and in recogni
tion of its work received gold and sil
ver medals from the Paris exposition
of 1889 From the Worlds Columbian
exposition It also received three med
als awarded for Its exhibit of maps
typical specimens of soils minerals
rocks and fossils
There is also staying in town Massan
Maeda former minister of agriculture
In Japan and Mr Furuya the repre
sentative of some Japanese commercial
companies who acts as his secretary
and interpreter Mr Maeda is here in
a strictly private capacity has no offi
cial mission and his purpose is to fur
ther trade relations between Japan and
this country He believes that a great
reciprocal trade could be built up be
tween itlhese two nations and is working
enthusiastically for that end New
York Tribune
A Peculiar Funeral
A funeral without a corpse was tne
queer spectacle which the people of
Williamsburg N Y witnessed recent
ly The way it came to occur was this
Henry Milthack a resident of that
town sent his wife to Germany for her
health and on Sunday received a cable
message to the effect that she was dead
and that she would be buried on Tues
day Of course her husband could not
get across the ocean in time for the
funeral so he resolved to have a con
temporary funeral in Williamsburg
minus the corpse An undertaker was
engaged who arranged for the affair in
the usual manner Announcements
were put in the papers and friends of
the family notified At the appointed
hour the house was filled with mourn
ers and the minister preached a funer
al sermon Every detail was carried
out the same as if it were an ordinary
funeral until it came to going to the
cemetery and there of course it had
to stop
Rather Inconsistent
Father Come young man get your
coat off and come with me
TommyYoure not going to lick me
are you dad
Father Certainly Didnt I tell you
this morning that I would settle with
you for your bad behavior
Tommy Yes but I thought it was
only a joke like when you told the
grocer you was going to settle with
him
Dull in Pumpkinville
Hodge Hello old man whats goln
on in Pumpkinville
Podge Nuthin Wy its got jest so
blamed dull house rent has stopped an
the interest on what a feller owes has
plum quit Atlanta Journal
Training will do much for a man but
It will mot teach him to look for the
towel bdf or filling his eyes full of soap
d
DR MARCUS WHITMAN
Missionary He Did Not Forget to Bo
a Zealous American
To commemorate the massacre of
Dr Marcus Whitman and his wife on
Nov 29 1S47 a marble shaft has been
raised to his mem
ory The site of
the monument is
at Whitman Mis
sion just seven
miles from Walla
Walla and here
only recently the
remains of the vic
tims were disin
terred and now He
dr whitman Jn new made
graves on the same spot It was
through the efforts of Dr Whitman
that that portion of our country now
comprising Oregon Washington and
Idaho with portions of Wyoming and
Montana was saved to the Union
Previous to the final establishment
of the boundary line between Canada
and the United States by the treaty of
184G the Hudson Bay Company was in
virtual possession of that whole coun
try It opposed all efforts to civilize
the Indians for the reason that civili
zation would interfere seriously with
their trade
In 1832 four Indians came from Ore
gon to St Louis a journey of more
than 3000 miles for the sole purpose
of obtaining for their people the Book
from heaven the white mans Bible
The Methodist Episcopal church sent
out the Rev Jason Lee and his asso
ciates in 1S34 and in 1835 the American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions sent the Rev Samuel Parker
and Dr Marcus Whitman to explore
the country
On the strength of their report the
Board Commissioned them to establish
a mission among the Nez Perces and
sent two other laborers the Rev R H
Spalding and his young wife to accom
pany them Mrs Spalding and Mrs
Whitman were the first white women
to cross the Rocky Mountains They
reached Vancouver in September 1S3G
having journeyed by wagon all the
way and having proved it possible to
take emigrant trains from the Missis
sippi to the Pacific coast
In 1842 there were 322 Indian fami
lies which under their tuition had be
gun to cultivate the soil In September
of that year Dr Whitman met at a
dinner table at Walla Walla several of
the chief officers of the Hudson Bay
Company and heard what convinced
him that effort was being made to stim
ulate immigration from the British pos
sessions and to raise over the whole
Territory the British flag Excusing
his hasty departure he rode twenty
five miles to his home and before he
had leaped from his saddle announced
his purpose I am going to ride to
Washington God carrying me through
and bring out an immigration next sea
son which will save this Territory to
the United States
Within twenty four hours he had
started with one companion who
worn out with toil and exposure was
obliged to remain at Bents fort on
the Arkansas River until spring After
suffering untold hardship with his
ears face and hand frozen Dr Whit
man reached St Louis in February
1843 and on March 3 he arrived In
Washington five months from the time
of starting
His first question on reaching civili
zation was as to the Ashburn treaty
He was told it had been concluded
How about Oregon Left out of
the treaty was the reply The whole
question of the boundary west of the
Rocky Mountains had been reserved
for future settlement Dr Whitman
was able to give such information as
to the value and the accessibility of
the country as determined American
statesmen not lightly to surrender it
Daniel Webster said to him that moun
tains and deserts made communication
with Oregon impossible
I took a wagon over the mountains
replied Dr Whitman and have the
wagon now The same summer Dr
Whitman conducted a party of nearly
WHITMAN MEMORIAL
GOO emigrants with 121 wagons across
the mountains into Oregon and practi
cally settled the question as to which
flag should float over the vast domain
Iegal effect was given to it by the
Ireaty of 1846
The hostile influences however of
the Hudson Bay Company and others
continued to work on the minds of the
Indians with the result that on Nov
29 1847 he and his wife witb thirteen
other persons were foully massacred
by the people they had come to benefit
Viviparous Fish
A doubt that has troubled scientists
for years whether there exists a vivip
arous kind of fish one that gives birth
to Its young in a Uring state waa defi
nitely settled In the affirmative the ot
er day when the City Hall fountain of
the capital of Arizona Territory was
cleaned out In turning the water out
of the big cement basin where a gold
fish variety of the carp family has long
disported itself for the edification of
the Phoenix nurse girl and the Mari
I copa County hobo it was found that
j many of the fish had given birth to
I progeny fully formed and ready to dart
i about in search of food at the moment
of coming into their watery world Oth
ers had given birth to tiny creatures
that were globular in shape except
for the protruding eyes and a nascent
tail fin that could scarcely be seen
without a strong glass From all evi
dences it was clear that the clean up
had been made during the breeding
season yet there was no sign of fish
roe or eggs Many specimens of the
strange young fish were collected and
will be shipped to different experts
one lot going to the Smithsonian Insti
tution Phoenix Ariz Correspondent
St Louis Globe Democrat
MKINLEYS FIRST SWEETHEART
The Story of How He Wooed but Lost
Miss Lydia Wads worth
Mrs Lydia McMong of Big Rapids
Mich has at last consented to tell the
story of the early romantic love pass
age between herself and the man who
Is now President of the United States
Away back in the days of their
blooming youth when both lived In
the village of Poland Ohio William
wooed Mrs McMong then Miss Lydia
illif H
MRS LYDIA MMONG
Wads worth She was a pretty girL
with plenty of admirers but of themj
all she favored but one and that wa3i
William McKinley The energetic lad I
wooed like a Napoleon but he met his
Waterloo at the hands of the old
pie As soon as they discovered that
the young couple were contemplating
matrimony they interfered McKinley1
was poor and to the shrewd eye 6ts
John Wadsworth he did not appear likef
a man calculated to get on in the world
and for this reason he denied him the
hand of his fair daughter The usual j
result followed Clandestine meetings
and surreptitious correspondence wasi
resorted to Whispers of a possible
elopement were wafted to the old folks5
ears They resolved upon stern meas
ures and the romance was at an end
There was In Poland a young man
named McMong who had persistently
wooed the fair Lydia Her parents fa
vored his suit and declared that she
must marry him There was a stormy
scene and the girl vowed that she
would have the man of her choice or
none but In the end she yielded She
married McMong who has been to her
all that her parents anticipated To
day she is living in Big Rapids with her
husband and two pretty daughters
Their home is cozy and comfortable
and they have the respect of the com-
munity and a substantial part in its
social life
Some Slipshod English
Carlessness in grammar and rhet
oric is not by an means confined to
the uneducated
I will try and do you no harm say3
one of the leading characters in Mar
cella And again You will try and
make him alter his mind I will go
and see her soon is another examplo
of making and take the place of
to
The use of the verb in the plural
ber after neither is a frequent error
Neither of the girls are going
Neither of them were really gay
The adjective real is often made toi
do duty as an adverb by careless speaW
ers We had a real nice time Ob
thats a real good book
To say the mother insisted on May
going instead of Mays going is asj
far from right as to say they depend
on him going Yet some of our bestj
writers are guilty of this omission of
the possessive case
Funny in the sense of singular ot
peculiar Is a word that Is often beard
In connection with very serious mat i
ters It is funny that no notice was
given of the funeral It is funny thaJj
none of them wore crape Harpers
Bazar
British Progress in India
A railway to India from Alexandria
to Agra and Bombay is proposed by
C E D Black in a paper read before
the English Society of Arts The llne
would be 2400 miles long from Port
Said to Kurrachee and would cross up j
per Arabia to Basra at the head of the
Persian Gulf and skirt the north shore
of the gulf and the Arabian Sea to
Kurrachee on the border of India Mr
Black advocates the route for politicall
purposes mainly through he thinks the
revenue would be sufficient to pay a
fair interest on its estimated cost of
75000000
A woman is very apt to regard hfo
friends as so many debts to be
fully and promptly met
The opposite side of the street is one
thing that never comes to the man wha
waits
What the average Kentuckian need
la a waterproof coat for his stomaciu f
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