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A GOOD SAMARITAN
Xty him away
It mattery nt where
Dig a hole in the ground
And deposit him there
Twill be useless to raise
A shaft der his head
Ear heavens aware
Of the fact that hes dead
Lowly his lot
And humble his sphcres
The world the big busy world knew not
That he ever was sent to minister here
He gathered no millions he built up no
trusts
Cornered no markets robbed no one of
bread
Hio raiment was ragged he lived upon
crusts
But heavens aware of the fact that
hes dead
Did he worship in church
In the orthodox way
iDid the rafters ring when
It was his turn to pray -
Alas I know not
But let it be said
That heavens aware
Of the fact that hes dead f
The orphan he fanned
Through feverish days
May live or may not
To cherish his praise
The sick that he nourished when stricken
himself
The starving that when he was hungry
he fed
May pray for him now or may not as
they list
But heavens aware of the fact that
hes dead
Lay him away
It matters not where
Dig a hole in the earth
And deposit him there
When the last trumpet sounds
He will hear he will hear
Ah well as the man
Oer whose head people rear
The highest of columns
Aye put him to bed
If there is a God He will not forget
That this lowly man lived and is dead
Cleveland Leader
ON THE CARDS
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AN you teU for
tunes she asked
leaning her elbows
on the table and
shuffling the cards
Some peoples
Shall I try your
mothers Her
mother -was dozing
in the armchair by
the fire
Oh dont be
-silly Mums fortune is told
Poor mamma
Well you know what I mean all
thats worth telling She refused the
lair man and married the dark one
svasnt very rich and wasnt very poor
quite poor enough She shrugged
her shoulders and made a dainty grim
acealas unnainable Had two tire
some boys and one very nice girl voila
moi
Who was an incorrigible little flirt
and tease I suggested bitterly
Fortunes dont go into such details
about secondary persons even if they
happened to be true which they
IPJryes they do
Since yon know so much about it
you can tell mine She scattered the
cards toward me with a crash Its
all right mum Im only throwing the
cards at Cousin Harry Her mother
gave a sleepy smile and returned to
her slumbers
You mustnt blame me if the cards
are unfavorable
they are
I wouldnt dream of jesting upon
such a subject I assured her Fortune-telling
follows certain essential
principles wiich are immutable
and
Should be practiced not preached
Go on
To start with then you are the
Queen of Hearts
Why
Because the Queen of Hearts repre
sents feminine beauty and charm
Oh she leaned back and laughed
If you are only going to flatter me I
wont listen
T merely state a fact You are the
Queen of Hearts
No Im not Im spades or clubs be
cause Im dark
Excuse me it is not a matter merely
of complexion but of general appear
ance Spades represent plain people
diamonds passable people and hearts
very nice looking people Therefore
you are the Queen of Hearts
Lots of people wouldnt consider me
good looking at all Her tone invited
contradiction
Very likely not She flashed an in
dignant glance at me But the fortune
teller is the sole judge on these occa
sions
Im glad the fortune iteller is so ap
preciative Of course I know youre
only pretending She looked at me for
denial but I busied myself with the
cards Go on she cried
First I shuffle the cards so Then I
cut them so Now I place my hard on
them so You place your hand on top
of mine She did Now I place my
other hand on top of yours nso and
you put your other hand on top of
mine
I never heard of this before said
she doubtfully Neither did I but it
had occurred to me as an improvement
Now you must sit quite still and ei
Ient for a full minute
I know I shall laugh
-Then the fortune will be spoiled
I dont believe its necessary
Yes it is to place the teller and the
en rapport
But we arent you know We- al
ways quarrel at least you do
Couldnt we be just for a minute
Milly I didnt mean to speak serious
Jy but I did
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SheTiaddcd gravely and I sat looking
at and watching the pink color steal
over her pretty face I think it must
have been two minutes that we sat like
that during which I forgave her all her
little wickedness
There said I reluctantly Now
for the fortune Cut the cards Milly
The fortune must be your own mak
ing
You have made me feel quite serir
ous said she with a nervous little
laugh
It Is going to be a serious fortune
I meant it to be
Then then wont you cut too Har
ry To represent other people I dont
like all the responsibility Please So
I cut too It didnt matter you see
because I looked at the cards before I
put them down In the shape of an
opened fan round the Queen of Hearts
Of course I dont know anything about
fortune telling really
The disposition of the cards I said
gravely indicates many possibilities
of happiness and good fortune if you
take your opportunities but much is
left to your own decision
What a nuisance Dont they say
how I shall decide I shook my head
The hearts near the queen show that
you are and will be much liked and ad
mired
I believe youre making it up
The three kings next to her indicate
three admirers perhaps lovers
Whoever can they be
The King of Clubs with the other
clubs close by I take to be a soldier-good-looking
dashing and from the
diamonds in the same line not badly
off The hearts at the end of the line
denote that you have given him some
encouragement
Im sure I havent said she with
some warmth Of course she knew I
meant Capt Richards The cards are
wrong
Perhaps thoy mean that you will do
so I suggested inquiringly but she
twisted up her handkerchief and made
no answer
The King of Diamonds with spades
following means an elderly suitor who
has prospered in trade He is showrn
by the diamonds ending with the
knave to have made a fortune and re
tired handing over the business to his
son I meant old Parslev
I call it very unkind of you Harry
Her lip dropped a little and I hastened
to apologize
It isnt my doing Its the cards
Well you know it isnt true Its
only she looked over her shoulder to
see that her mother was still asleep
mammas silliness Why hes as old
as dad and I wouldnt You know I
wouldnt
The cards leave it to you Milly
Dont you believe me She looked
quite hurt
Of course if you say so I patted
her hand which was lying on the ta
ble but she drew it sharply away and
rubbed the touch off with her handker
chief
Well The King of Hearts What
does that mean
I considered a moment The King of
Hearts I pronounced slowly means
a handsome young fellow who paid
you a great deal of attention wben you
were staying with the Queen of Clubs
a dark relative probably your aunt
I wont listen to another word she
cried indignantly Its a nasty horrid
fortune and quite untrue There
Very well I made as if I would
sweep the cards together
Dont be disagreeable She looked
at me reproachfully with one of her
kaleidoscopic changes I want to
hear it my proper fortune not non
sense
Well isnt this true
No it isnt
Didnt he pay you a lot of atten
tion
Young Jephson
Yes He was the rival I really
feared
Nothing special
So many pay you attention that you
think nothing of it
You silly fellow said she scorn
fully Why hes almost engaged to
cousin Annie I felt as thousrh a
weight was taken off me
Why 1 said how stupid of me
She must be the dark lady I suppose
I ought to have connected him with
her instead of with you
I dont believe you understand the
fortune business a bit
Its very difficult I apologized
But you see the cards are all right
when you read them properly
What else do they say
The next point is money The seven
of diamonds next to the knave of
clubs probably your uncle indicates
a legacy and
No no she interrupted I dont
want to know about money
Well the duration of life is shown
by
That doesnt matter said she
quickly shrugging her shoulders
Then I hardly know what else
there is to tell I looked at her doubt
fully There was one thing only that I
wanted to tell her What do you want
to know Milly
She put her elbowon the table and
rested her head on her hand Then she
laughed uneasily and I h3dmy breath
for a moment
Isnt there I mean did you finish
with the the admirers ae you call
them
There is another I told her but
he is hardly worth mentioning
Wby not Because he doesnt care
for dosent admire or whatever you
call it much
Oh no But hes poor you Be
ing only the King of Spades he has to
work for a living so he admires at a
distance There are two cards between
him and her you see
But said she Tery gently they
are hearts
Yes said I they are hearts being
two they show that he is distantly re
lated We are second cousins really
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They indicate that lie is very fond of
her but leave itrdoubtful if she is more
than slightly attracted to him I look
ed appealingly to her but her eyes
were cast down
How do you make that out she
asked at length
The card next to her is the two but
that by him is the tenwhich means1
great affection
What does the rest of the line
mean
The nine of spades on the other
hand of the king shows that he has a
great deal more work to do before he
can be in a position to ask the knave
of hearts her father for her hand
Meanwhile the eight of spades and the
ace of clubs show that he must toil at
some risk in a land across the sea
She clasped her hands suddenly and
looked up
Oh no no she cried
Yes I said quietly and sadly
Where Her dainty mouth was
quivering
The cards do not say But it is tie
Cape I believe where a relative has
offered him a good berth
We looked at the cards in dismal si
lence for a while Then she smiled at
me ever so brightly
There is the ace of hearts at the end
of the line Henry she whispered
What does that mean
I took the hand near me gently in
mine I think Milly 1 said earnest
ly it must be my heart because it is
over by you Wall you have it dear
She looked down for a moment then
pushed it gently toward me I think
she said it must be my heart which
is going over the sea with you Black
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PUZZLED THE SAVANTS
Wise Ztfcn of Washington Were Filled
witlt Alarm
In one of the many glass eases in the
Smithsonian Institution at Washington
is a stuffed owl This particular owl is
the one in the words of the late Presi
dent Hayes that jarred the Washing
ton monument and therein lies the
story
During centennial year Congress re
solved to provide the necessary funds
for the completion of the monument
which up to that time had been work
ed at only while the several smaller ap
propriations lasted It was discovered
however that the original foundation
was likely to be incapable of sustaining
the enormous weight of marble neces
sary for carrying the shaft 550 feet
above terra firxua A new foundation
was therefore needed and architects
thought a solid concrete bed 100 feet
square and nearly 14 feet in thickness
would accomplish the strengthening
desired
During the operation of replacingthe
old foundation it was considered expe
diemt to provide means for noting care
fully the slightest vibration of the
walls lest the monument mighifc be in
danger of collapsing Accordingly a
heavy weight was suspended by a stout
thread from the apex to a pan of thick
syrup located on the base so that no
chance draught of air would be likely
to sway the weight An ingenious con
trivance was so attached to the weight
that the slightest vibration of the shaft
would be faithfully recorded and its
insecurity would at once be an estab
lished fact
One morning a few months after
these careful precautions had been
taken there was a great commotion
among the workmen A complete rec
ord of numerous penbunbations and
tremblings had ben written on the in
dex showing conclusively that the
mammoth obelisk had jarred swayed
and s attled during the night Sci enrtfific
heads were dubiously shaken
After much persuasion one of the
men finally consented to go to the top
and examine into the cause The as
tonishing report into the midst of the
anxious throng below that an owl in
seeking shelter in the lofty tower had
somewhat managed to catch its wings
in the thread and was still hanging
there suspended to the interior of the
monument and innumerable flappings
and struggles of his owlship had all
been recorded by the index as testi
mony against the stability of plumb
laid marble blocks and solid concrete
Peculiar Custom in Norway
Some friends wno have just returned
from a tour in out-of-the-way parts of
Norway tell me of a capital hotel sys
tem in vogue there which might be
adopted with advantage in some parts
of Scotland and Ireland In every vil
lage wihere no hotel exists some one of
the more prominent inhabitamts is sub
sidized by the Norwegian Government
and in return is bound to provide ac
commodation for not less than four
travelers he may take in more if he
chooses but four is the minimum My
friends made frequent use of these sub
sidized hostelries and are enthusiastic
concerning the excellence of the accom
modation and food supplied I did not
gather whether the tariff was regulated
by Government but I presume it is
anyway the charges are abscrdly mod
erate Norway owes much of her pros
perity to tourists and she certainly
treats theai well London Sketch
Blind Girl Gardener
A blind girl owning a few acres of
land in Oak Hill Texas is said to be
making a living by the sale of vegeta
bles She has cleared about 200 each
season in this way besides improving
her land She does most all of her
own work and her highly developed
senses of hearing and of touch seem to
make up for her want of sight
An Old Mans Work
George Du Maurier was nearly 60
when he wrote Peter Ibbetson he
was quite GO when he wrote Trilby
and G3 when he wrote The Martian
It is always safe to distrust the man
who goes into a business enterprise
more to please his wife than for any
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A DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS
Something that Will Interest the Ju
venile Members of Every Household
Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings
of Many Cute and Cunning Children
Do-Thank-You
Oh my said rollicking Flossy
I do like parties so
Ill say Thank you a thousand times
If mamma will let us go
I think said thoughtful Milly
As she hushed the baby to rest
That though mamma likes say-thank-you
She likes do-thank-you best
So she wiped the cups add platters
And put them neatly away
And made the room all tidy
Before she went out to play
And the face of the tired mother
Lit up with a pleased smile
As she stitched on the little garment
Humming soft to herself the while
And Flossy watching decided
As she set to work with a will
Say-thank-you is a very good thing
But do-thank-you is better still
Orange Judd Farmer
Jonah
Alfred Loftus at Cold Springs Ind
aged 5 has gone through an experience
which he is not likely to repeat Al
freds father had dressed a 500 pound
porker and placed it on a large table in
the woodshed to cool Little Alfred
was missed hy his mother who sought
everywhere for him She finally heard
screams from the woodshed and found
the little toddler Inside the hogs car
cass He explained that he was play
ing Jonah and had crawled inside the
hog lapped the sides over and it was
so warm and nice he went to sleep
When he awoke the porker had be
come cold and stiff and little Alfred
was held a prisoner until released by
his mamma who had to pry the sides
of the hog apart Alfred says he yill
never play Jonah again
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With a sharp penknife cut along all
of the lines shown in this picture Then
hold it up between a bright light and
some dark Avail or paper The light
shining through the holes will throw
the shadow of a great American Who
is he
The Lady and Her Cats
Kindness to dumb animals like other
amiable traits may be carried to ex
cess A striking instance is furnished
by Count DAumale in an amusing ac
count of a visit he once made to the
widow of Helvetius a noted philan
thropist and litterateur of the last cen
tury Madame Helvetius who was a
woman of intellectual ability was
noted for kindness and eccentricity
DAumale requested an introduction to
her and was taken to call upon her by
a friend
As the visitors entered the spacious
drawing room it was nearly dark and
the footman who ushered them in could
scarcely find his way Madame Hel
vetius emerged from the shadows in a
moment and as the servant lighted the
apartment DAumale was astonished
to see a number of very handsome An
gora cats completely enveloped in mag
nificent robes of f ur4rimmed silk The
footman assigned the guests to seats
and they were about to sit down when
Madames querulous voice interrupted
them
What she cried to the embar
rassed servant do you not see that
Ninette and her kittens are occupying
those chairs
With a low deprecatory bow the
lackey pointed to the sofa
Stop cried the lady to her visit
ors Mignon has been ill she cannot
rest comfortably except upon that
sofa
The guests paused in some confusion
and were stepping back when a loud
mew from behind warned them that
they were again on dangerous ground
In heaven s name exclaimed the
distracted- lady my poor Nanon will
be crippled if you do not step care
fully
Finally the astonished gentlemen
were led into another apartment fol
lowed in solemn procession by twenty
Angoras which trailed their silk
gowns along with the gravity and dig
nity of judges while the guests had
great difficulty in restraining their
mirth
Madame Helvetius did not seem to
appreciate the absurdity of the situa
tion or appear to object to the mewing
and purring that made a perfect chorus
around her Her pets sat upon her
train climbed over her and took pos
session of the best of everything
When refreshments were served they
clamored until it seemed as if every
cat in Paris had beenlet loose that
drawing room nor was the
uproar
quieted until they were fed
Before the guests were swved each
cat had leaped up into a eusiiioned
chair where she disposed of her por
tion of the viands in unrebuked greed
filling the air with the mingled sound
of munching of bones quarrelsome
cries and loud mews
While this singular scene was being
enacted the hostess made herself agree
able chatting with her visitors on va
rious interesting topics but DAumale
and his friend were so absorbed by the
curious spectacle that her efforts were
almost unnoticed When the guests de
parted they indulged freely in the mer
riment that their remarkable visit had
aroused and to the end of his days
Count DAumale was fond of describ
ing this manifestation of a clever wom
ans foolish eccentricity
Ont of the Mouths of Babes
Mamma said little 4-year-old
Edith the other day when her baby
brother had a crying spell why dont
ou dive zat kid some of my smoothin
sirrup
Now Johnnie said the Sunday
school teacher can you tell me who
the prodigal sons father did when ho
returned He jumped on bis ne
and kissed him replied Johnnie
A bright little miss accompanied her
mother to the matinee and was very
much interested in the trilling of a
young lady vocalist Oh mamma
she exclaimed doesnt she gargle bo
tiful
I wonder why grandma threw an
old slipper after aunt Clara when she
went on her wedding trip said little
Tommie Oh I know replied his lit
tle 5-year-old sister it means grand
ma aint goin to spank her any more
Why Willie exclaimed the moth
er of a bright little fellow of 4 years
arent you ashamed to go about with
such a dirty face No I aint re
plied the precocious youngster does
ou fink Ise doin to part my hair in ze
middle an be one of zem
Mamma said little Freddie the
other afternoon may I have some
peaches and cream No dear they
are not good for you replied his
mamma Then may I have a little
jiC of mince pie he asked No
Fredd6ywas the answer Im afraid
it will inagfe Freddie was
miuL iur a lew iu mutes ana men ex
claimed Say mamma do you think it
would hurt me to have just one tooth
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INTEGRITY NOT FOR SALE
Ohio Farmer Played liuchxe -with the
Lobbyist to Prove It
A few j ears ago when a United
States Senatorial election was impend
ing in Ohio one of the leading candi
dates needed another vote to make Ins
election sure and his campaign mana
ger after canvassing the situation be
gan work upon a bucolic representa
tive from one of the Western Reserve
counties
The old man grew very indignant at
the first hint of money in connection
with his vote He fumed a great deal
swore a little and very melodramatical
ly asserted that his manhood was not
for sale at any price Gradually the
fact was impressed upon him that the
one necessary vote could be secured
in another quarter and that his ob
stinacy would have no effect upon the
Senatorial result anyway while it
might materially affect his pocketbook
Thereupon the old fellow made an
eloquent plea in his own behalf He
strongly asserted that he was an hon
est man whose reputation was as dear
to him as his life and whose character
always bad been unspotted by contact
with the world
You will readily understand sir
he added that having so much at
stake as I do it would be impossible
for me to entertain for one moment
any proposition you might make to try
to influence my vote in this matter My
vote is not for sale but I have no ill
feeling toward j ou for what you have
tried to do And as proof of that fact
Ill go right over to your room now and
join you in a social game of euchre
just between ourselves
All right assented the lobbyist
Im pretty busy but I guess I can find
time enough for a single rubber witb
3ou How about stakes
Twenty five hundred a corner
No two thousand
They played The lobbyist lost The
man from the Western Reserve voted
for the candidate who was elected Sen
ator Chicago Times Herald
A Consoling Thought
Even the best of mirrors is a libelous
affair The reflection we see there does
not accurately portray our likeness
The hair is wrong in tone the eyes are
not correct in color and as for the com
plexionwell if the looking glasses
spoke the truth the sale of various
complexion washes would decrease to
half for any fair skin looks gray and
pallid in the glass You may be cer
tain that however plain your face
seems it is by no means so plain as it
appears in the telltale mirror Second
ly you cannot assume your natural ex
pression while peering in the looking
glass The eye must be in a certain
position before j ou can see at all and
the eye so far as expression is con-
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Woman State Superintendent
Prof Grace Espy Patton of Denver
is one of the brightest women of that
mecca of the modern woman Colo
rado Not only has she become widely
known as the first woman fo hold the
high position of State superintendent
of public instruction but in recognition
of her splendid services she has won
a new honor of a national character
Prof Patton will go to Chattanooga
Tenn to attend the national convention
of the State superintendents of public
instruction over which masculine- as-
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semblage she has been invited to be
presiding officer
Prof Patton who is barely old
enough to hold her present position
has gathered about her in Denver vu
clever coterie of feminine assistants
Out of the 59 counties in the State 27
have women superintendents of
schools and every school board has
from one to two women members In
fact the entire department is in the
hands of the fair sex to whom United
States Commissioner Harris was able
to say recently The Colorado schools
are the model schools of the country
What They Would Do
The Detroit Free- Press perpetrates
the following on the speech making
One of the clistrfcHJ2idJstC0f
was a crank on the subject of fire7
when he called around Avith the exam
ining board he always confined his re
marks to a question addressed to the
pupils as to what they would do in case
the building should catch fire The
teacher was acquainted with his hob
by so she prompted her scholars as to
the answer they should give when he
arose to propound his accustomed in
quiry
When the board called however
this particular trustee perhaps from a
desire to emulate his associates in their
addresses arose and said You boys
and girls have paid such nice attention
to Mr Jones remarks I wonder what
you would do if I were to make you ai
little speech Quick as thought a hun
dred voices piped in unison Form a
line and march downstairs
Pictures in Class Kooma
An exchange says that in some parts
of the United States so general and
profitable has become the use of pic
tures in class rooms in teaching history
geography and other studies that a li
brary system of distributing lantern
slides has been devised There are few
schools unequipped with either a ster
eopticon or a heliostat and illustrated
lessons are given frequently by means
of these Boxes containing about fifty
views each illustrating lands and their
customs and events of moment are
placed in the superintendents library
and treated as are books They are
taken out and returned by the princi
pal under the same rules that govern
the distribution of books Educational
Record
Something to Think About
Is there any real use in Explaining
a problem that the pupils have done
correctly Waiting for good order be
fore beginning work Is not disorder
due to the fact that you are not keep
ing the pupils occupied Repeating the
answers given by pupils Teaching
an muoient pupil in class what he
should have learned by study Begin
ning formal lessons in a subject in
which you have not previously aroused
an interest
Educational Intelligence -The
expenses for Chicago University
for the coming year will be 72900Q
Twenty negro students are wocking
their way through the University of
Mihcigan
A department known as College of
Commerce and Politics has- been- added
to Chicago University
A six weeks summer normal will be
run in connection with the State Nor
mal College of Michigan-
There are now 1000 students in the
five departments of Hampton Institute
forty of them being Indians The boys
outnumber the girls two to one
Harvard University has over 300ft
registered students showing a gain of
153 over last year Over 2000 arp ii
cerned governs the face The
the academical department and 53a
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3 our expressions in the glass and that
expression is one of attentive examina
tion All the other expressions by
which your friends know you favora
ble or unfavorable you have never seen
and never will see
Golden Butter
Conspicuous among the adornments
of the bridal feast in Brittany is an
artistic and elaborate butter structure
as fanciful and elegant as the most
beautiful bridal cake and into this
structure the guests stick split sticks
bearlDs coins of gold or silver
5 aach in the law and medical schools
Gov Mount of Indiana meets
regu
larly with the State Board of Educa
tion and takes part in the discissions
He is the first Governor that has everi
met with the Board of Education ex
pept on special occasions
In Milwaukee the various Turner
so
cieties have guaranteed the salaries of
special teachers in calisthenics for one
year and the grade teachers have been
notified by the superintendent that next
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