Dakota County Herald
.DAKOTA TY, NEB.
JOHN H.
REAM,
It c3a no Inspector to locate the
tras.ife mines after, tho calamity has
happened.
By the way, do you know nny mnn
whose wife not him by proposing dur
ing m leap year?
"What Khali we do with our boys?"
sks an exchnngo. Irt thorn grow up
to be men and the women will do tlio
rest.
Men have their little Jokes about
the amount of talking the women do,
tut down deep In our hearts how we
do love to hear tlicni.
A Philadelphia scientist assorts that
birds show their emotions In their
faces. Thin may explain why sparrows
lose their heads when served as quail.
"Self-conceit," says one writer, "is
the Consolation prize God gives fool?."
But what consolation Is there for the
people who are dally thrown In the
fools' company?
Cuba has a population of 2,028,284.
Inasmuch as It has taken Cuba so long
to get that big, there Is no reason why
anybody down there should be Inclined
to form a Three Million Club.
One of the magazine writers says
our battleships are floating death traps.
He may have been looking at thein
from the standpoint of the man who
'Is to be on the other side In cnsc.tif
trouble.
The valued New York World seems
to entertain a long and double-loaded
suspicion that there may be times
when limiting a President to two terms
Is not a "wine, custom," Whither are
we drifting?
"If two-thirds of the girls who go
b the stage would go to the kitchen
Instead, there would be a whole lot
more happiness In this world," says the
Birmingham Age-Herald. Hut not If
their cooking Is as bud as their acting.
Anyone acquainted with hotel em
ployes will realize why It was neces
sary for the Philadelphia woman who
gave Bibles to the Atlanta City bell
toys to "make a few remarks Inform
ing the recipients that the books were
more valuable than gold." '
' The Prince de Sagun says he would
have challenged Count Boul de Custei
Inne to light a duel If the count had
truck him with his glove In the face.
As Bonl merely knocked him down and
kicked him Into the gutter, tho prince
considers the count to be unworthy of
notice. We cannot help regarding tho
prince as the world's leading uncon
scious humorist
Tho attempt of tho Mthodlst Church,
to niako one thousand dollurs the mini
mum salary which any of Its ministers
shall receive may he followed by a sim
ilar action on tiia part of the Congro
gatlonnllsts. The Itev. Dr. George A.
Gordon of Ronton, In commenting on
the matter recently, called attention to
something which Is frequently forgot
ten, namely, that conditions of life
tmve changed, until now, Instead of
chnrctaos soniowherc neurly equal In
financial resources, there are some
rery rich and powerful churches, and
toino very poor and weak; and what is
needed Is a general sustentatlou fund
which shall put the poorer churches
snore nearly on a par with the richer
ones. Doctor Gordon says, probably
with Justice, that It la fast becoming an
impossibility to get self-respecting
yoong men, even among those who fol
low an ideal, to work for such smalt
salaries aa many churches pay, and
therefore the churches suffer from the
lack of the kind of preachers most
needed.
An English manufacturer who found
fcimsclf going botl ud called together
kls men, stated his situation frankly,
' and warned them that he might be
forced out of business. A nlmblo-wlt-ted
workman who realized that half
loar is netfr t:un no bread ."ugst
ed that If tWj factory could b kept
running, In cue hope of better times,
be and his unite would consent to a
reduction of wages. The offer, heart
ily seconded, was thankfully accepted,
and everybody turned to with fresh
wuruge. Twelve mouths later the sums
withheld from tho men had been made
up to them, the orlgluul wage-rato was
again In force, and there was promise
of an advance. A Londof periodical
tells the story, which relates to an
eld "family Industry" employing now
the grandsons of those who were cm
ployed at first. Tie seml-paternal re
. hit Ion that grows up under such condi
tions between the head and tho hands
pi almost Incomprehensible to au Amer
ican who works for u corporation. He
knows his Immediate superior ', "head
quarters" seems a worhli, away. Yet
jnui aMl 'nana gement ri .ilways re
lated la Interest, mid tb" tnglish In
cident shows how tliey might help each
' other tide vr . period of dt'iuvs.i'rm.
' The dull tin:-- U the time for v in
ploye tj work harder, to Increase his
output, to try to reduce the expense
account, to "talk up" the business ns
If he owned It. It would be bad man
agement Indeed that, bucked by such a
uplrlt In otr.ee and shops, failed to tri
umph over adverse conditions. On the
ether baud, U Is the time for the em-
v p!oyer to deal fairly, which Is frankly,
with a man whose wage must be rut
to give him an Idea of the perplex I
ties besettiug the situation. That mnn
would appreciate the show of conn
deuce, and tho thought that he was
trusted might sntllce to sway hint from
dangerous discontent to energetic loy
Ity. Always a winning force, Indeed,
loyalty Is never more so than when the
Wheels of trade move s'owy.
Whenever hi,") luminaries meet In
county, state or national convention or
at the banquet table they grow elo-
fuent 03 the nubility of their profea-
slon and the high standards wbtGo
characterize It. Whenever disbarment
proceedings are found necessary
against n low Vrlcksfor or very offen
sive shyster, the prosecutor similarly
Invokes, with Impressive earnestness,
the "high standards" of the bar. There ,
Is more oratory than dry truth In these
Ami efforts, nrsro Imagination taan
reality, snys the Chicago Uoeord Her
ald. But ordinarily no one cares to
introduce the note of skepticism, and
every thing pusses off beautifully. A
distinguished Massachusetts Judge,
however, hrts recently seen fit to make
an exception to the rule. Ternaa kls
known Intecest la the large social prob
lemsIn probation, charity, legal re
form, social redemption accounts for
his unconventional remarks. A motion
for disbarment against a lawyer was
being argued, and the attorney who
represented tho prosecution Indulged In
the familiar observations regarding the
"high stnndords which," etc., etc.
Judgo De Courcey listened patiently
for a while, and then threw this "bomb
shell" at the able lawyers In court: "I
feel that the bench has tolerated, If net
recognized, lower standards; and I feel
that especially when I sit In the crim
inal and divorce courts more especial
ly the latter. If this high standard
of which the eloquent lawyer had
spoken were uphold a majority of the
attorneys would be disbarred." Ex
traordinary words, but refreshing and
wliolesome one Thoughtful laymen
have often wondered at the sort of
methods and standards which the
Judges tolerate and (he bar associations
condone or encourage. Cheap subter
fuges, flimsy technicalities, bathos, so
phistry, delays for the sake of delay,
wrangling and billingsgate, Pickwick
ian motions and pretended surprises
and shocks wlio has not aguln and
again observed such things In the trial
of Imjwrtant cases by men of repute
and standing? Who has not been .dis
gusted and na'usoatod by legal chicane
and humbug from sources that suppos
edly stand for "high standards" anf
regard shysters with holy horror?
There Is need of more such antl-cant
talk as that to w'hlch the Massachusetts
Jiide so unexpectedly treated the law
yers of his Jurisdiction and State.
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I HIS FIRST THOUGHT.
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Many a personal and characteristic
anecdote of President McKlnley has
been brought Into public knowledge by
tho recent dedication of the Cunton
monument raised to his memory.'
Among the speeches of the occasion
moro than one referred to his lifelong
devotion to his wife. A writer in the
Chicago Tribune tells u story of the
great mnn and his tenderness which
has hitherto been unpublished.
In the early days of the Spanish
War Mr. McKlnley and Mark Hnnnn
were engaged In a close and snVlous
evening conference In the President's
room. Tho time ran along to tho hour
of 9. Suddenly those busy in the outer
room snw President McKlnley rise and
leave the apartment, sn.vlng, "Walt a
few moments, Mark." lie was gone
about twenty minutes. In the mean
time Senator Ilauna wulked restlessly
between the two rooms, speaking n
word or two to the secretaries, and
showing plainly that he shared with
the President a feeling of deep anxiety
as to the outcome of the military pro
ceedings. Ho remarked on the fact
of great shortage of supplies, and, from
his words and bearing, revealed to the
assembled few In that outer room that
the President and his closest advisers
were lying awake nights and working
to make up for the deficiencies of the
military situation.
When the President returned he and
Senator Hunna resumed their anxious
consultation. Then the President's sec
retary remarked to ono who was near
him : ,
"I suppose you wonder why Presi
dent McKlnley got up so suddenly and
left without a word to any one. Tou
saw how anxious he was about the
military situation. Even that would
not cause him to break away from
whnt has come to be the custom of his
early evening.
"AU. t the same time every night,
when he hears n signal from the otlier
side, he knows that Mrs. McKIn?v Is
ready to rot'iv cud wishes to ce ) lin.
Nc wa.it ur t.iw onsy w innv ixr. nor
hov Wpl; tmgag.'d l: lay subject, ha
iuvutlnUy drops everything on the In
stant and goes to their own apart
ments. Thero he sits t the bedside
and reads a chapter In the Bible to
Mrs. McKlnley. Then he waits a few
moments until she Is quiet, tiptoe
back to the door, comes over tare to
tho ofllce, and without a word takes
up the thread of his work, and keeps
It up until toward midnight."
All That Wa Left.
A young married couple took late
train for Washington, Intending to
spend their honeymoon . lu rambling
through the corridors of the cnpltol,
Congressional library ana other public
buildings. The xrter was awakening
passengers at au uusiiully early hour
that morning, and long before the
train reached Baltimore he had them
up Hie groom told his bride that he
would leave his coat and hat and re
tire to ' smoking compartment of
the trnlu lie went out and met a
friend, who uskvd him buck luto an
other car In order that he might meet
n friend of his. Soon the conductor be
gun niuklng his rounds and taking up
tickets. The young bride referred him
to the smoking apartment, where, she
said her husband would be found. A
moment later the conductor returned
awl Informed her politely that tho
bridegroom was not to be found. The
other passengers were startled by a
loud shriek.
"My husband! Oh. my husband !"
"Don't be alarmed, madam." suld the
conductor, reassurlugly. "Nothing has
happened to your husband. Hu Is
probably In Baltimore. Ws dropped
two sleeMrs at that Klnt." And that
was why ir'ends of the ourg couple
who went to the station In Washington
to meet them suw only the bride cling
ing to an overcoat and a silk hat and
walling, "This Is all titers Is left of
hlmS"
Mocu!sting'la&Mts for the
at'AWa. I
lr s VLa t -A
venejuoj Humanity. Kaoics
One of the Moit Dreadful
Diseases Luer Kjiown, aiVviX -
to Serum Treatment if J!p
plied In Reasonable Time
It Is characteristic of the human race
to scoff at danger when the danger bus
passed. Just as scientists have suc
ceeded In successfully combatting hy
drophobia horrors, men are declaring
hydrophobia to be a m.yth. The scotch
Jng of the rabies evil has been In prog
ress so quietly that few have realized
the wonderful work accomplished. It
will astonish most readers of this to
learn that before the Pasteur treat
ment was Invented f0 per cent of nil
persons bitten by mad dogs developed
rabies, and of these all died. To-day
tho death rate Is but one-third of one
per cent.
Death from hydrophobia, ns most
people know, Is one of the most horri
ble deaths which men die. The afflict
ed one becomes restless, nervous, mel
ancholy. Then bo is stricken with
convulsions. The most prominent symp
tom Is aversion to water. The very
thought of it causes a contraction of
the throut that may Induce another
convulsion. A touch will set him shiv
ering like a leaf, and If n breeze blows
or a door slams he eric out that he Is
smothering. His efforts to rid himself
of a secretion that fills his mouth and
throat Induce a sort of whooping cough,
the typical bark of hydrophobia. After
a few days of this misery paralysis In
tervenes. The muscles of the faiv and
mouth are relaxed and uterrible grin
renders the countenance ghastly. The
patient gasps and chokes until death
ensues from paralysis of the respira
tory and circulatory centers.
From such a fate as this the Pasteur
treatment has rescued humanity. Much
of the method Is mantled In mystery.
Exporlen has shown that results nre
attained, but how they come about Is
In many Instances as Inexplicable as
tho source of electricity.
ThoPusteur treatment may be briefly
described as a method of fighting fire
with fire. It simply consists In gen
erating in the patient's system nn ontl-
toxln before the powers of the ruble
virus nre fuJIy developed. It produces
speedily in the patient enough nntl
toxln to resist the onslaught of the
comparatively slowly gathering toxic
forces. To give a'concrete presentation
of It: If n mnn be Inoculated with the
germs of rubles In such very small
quantity that his body can develop
enough nntl-toxln to resist them he will
not die. If tho dose le gradually In
creased now, so thnt the manufacture
of anti toxin keeps pace with the num
ber of germs, soon nn Injection of rablc
virus of full strength enn be given
without injury to the patient.
The reason a man dies of hydro
phobia Is because when he Is bitten by
a dog, the Immense number of germa
Introduced Into his blood make such a
terrlflc, concerted onslaught upon his
system that It cannot make anti-toxin
fast enough to save him. This Is the
secret of the Pasteur treatment In
the great majority of cases, CO per cent
at least, rabies docs not appear until
after the thirty-fifth day. Accordingly
In this respite between the bite and
the appearance of the resultant hydro
phobia. If the person attacked Ik? given
small Injections of rabies virus In such
a progression that his body can develop
anti-toxin enougk to meet each dose,
he will at the end of the time be safe
from the attacks of virus or full
strength. In other words he becomes
"Immune." The anti-toxin that is now
In him In large quantity will kill nil
hydrophobia germs as they are hatched.
It will bo seen thnt the crux of the
whole problem Is the regulntlon of the
dose. To make this exact two things
( are necessary. The strength of the
virus must be known and It must be
controllable. For a long time the prob
lem or making all virus of the same
rtrength bullied 1-rsteur. He dilcov
ei-ed at lust a pecu.lar biological tact
lor which no explanation bus been
found. If the spinal cord of a rabbit
that has died of rnbies be taken out
ami worked up In distilled water ami
nn Injection of this be made Into the
brain of a second rabbit, that second
rabbit will develop rubles and die or
It, and the period or Incubation will be
the same as tho rabbit that first had
It. If the third rabbit be Inoculated
In the same way It w!U develop rubles
at the expiration of the kime time as
the other two a iierUni or fourteen or
fifteen days.
As the proevss keeps up. however. It
will be found that the period of Incu
bation grows shorter and shorter until
at lust at the twenty-fifth rabbit It
makes n sudden drop to eight days.
There It stays ugiln t.ntll the twenty
fifth rabbit after vidt, when it drojn
to seven days. Then there Is a period
or ninety moro Inoculations, after
which six days becomes the Incubatory
stage. There It stays "fixed," and so
far as It is known will uot deviate from
that for any nuiuUr of inoculations
thereafter.
This is the fact that Pasteur stum
bled upon. HU first Inoculation be
made from a rabid cow. The period of
Inoculation In a rabbit was fourteen
days. There It continued until the
twenty-eighth remove, when It dropped
to eight days. At last, at the succeed
ing twenty-fifth remove. It attained ths
seven-day virulence and then In due
course the six. A fixed virus then Is
one that produces rabies six days after
Inoculation. The virus ( of constant
I
'bCS?
i&b
V,ki'
strength was thus attained. The nxt
point was to regulate Its strangtb. This
was accomplished through the discov
ery of the fact thnt exposure to light,
hent and moisture had a weakening or
"attenuating" effect upon the virus.
Any oio of the three Is n controllable
factor. Therefore Pasteur devised a
method by which the virus should bo
exposed for a certain length of time In
n llghtlefs and practically molstnre
less atmosphere to a certain constant
degree of heat. Exactness lu the dose
Is now possible.
This Is the method now employed:
From fi rabbit that has died of rabies
Induced by fixed virus, the spinal cord
Is removed nnd placed In n sterilized
Jar In which Is caustic Mtash. It Is
then placed In n dark room with black
walls. This Is kept at a constant tem
perature of (i." degrees. On the next
day the same thing Is done and so on.
t'pon the fifteenth day there will be
fifteen Jars so stored. In each "of which
will be a cord one day older, or young
er ns the cus.- may be. than Its neigh
bor. With this battery of graduated
cords the doctor Is ready to begin. The
doses are given by Injection. Ten r.iunll
slices nre taken of the cord wanted nnd
worked tip in distilled wafer. The ob
ject of the doses Is to lead up to flic
strongest cord as poon ns possible with
out givlnr Hie patient more than he
enn accommodate at one time. The In
jections are made upon either Ride of
the stomach with a hypodermic syrinjre.
It is not n painful operation.
This Is the whole case for the Pa
teur treatment. ,It provides a slinp.e
preventive for one of tho most hnrrlhi"
afflictions known. Willlamsport (Pa.)
Grit.
THE MIDDLE-AGED MAN,
On He Wttfllnl Time to Go Pouter
Now lle'rf Like to I'nt nn la ISrnke.'
"1 don't know," said tho mlddln-nged
man, "but what I'll have to glv- up
the ue of calendars, or, at least, of
that kind of calendar that consists of
leaves bound together, a leof for each
month, which you tear off us the
months go by, for this sort so reminds
you of the lnpse of time.
"When I was a youngster it seemed
as if it took years for Fourth jf July
to come around, and as if It were years
more to Christmas, and the seasons
seemed to keep on Interminably ; time
seemed to have no end.
"But us I grew older time seemed to
go faster and fuster. until now ut my
age I find It fairly galloping, the
months and the years chase one an
other so fast
"I hang up one of those leaf calen
dars at the beginning of a veur. and
then, with Its full conlplemeut of
leaves. It seems thick, and I say to
myself: 'Good! I've got a whole year
ahead of me!' And though 1 soon be
gun to tear off the leaves, yet I lelt
that as long as I stayed on the other
side of July I had a generous port of
the year left still, even If It was golug
fast.
"But from that on It seemed to go
faster and faster and the pad or leaves
grew rapidly thinner ajul thluuer. until
the first thing you knew It had come
down, as now, to December- and the
year had t'ie!
"1 don t know what IV o about
the calcitimrs, but I suppose I'll con
tinue to use the old sort, with leaves
that'you tear off mouth by month, they
nre so convenient. But how time tiles!
There wn', a t'n:e when 1 W;nut-1 time
to go fnHK- jut what I'd Il'ce '..ost of
ail to discover now would be some sort
of brake that would make time slow
down !" Washington Post.
Whnt tha Lunatic Thoutfbt.
A clergyman was suddenly culled
upon, uwuy from home, to preach at n
lunatic asylum, and he decided to
make use of u favorite missionary ser
mon of his.
Arter the service, ns the clergyman
was leaving the chapel, one or the In
mates stepped up to him and said:
That was a good sermon you gave
ns, sir."
The clergyman was pleased and re-oUt-d
:
'I am glnd you tifced It. What part
lu It especially Interest'-d you?"
"Where you told about Uie mothers
throwing their infants Into tint
Ganges."
"Yes," said the clergyman, "that Is
very sad. but It. Is true, and we must
do our utmott to enlighten those un
happy people, thnt they may turn from
the error of their way,"
"Yes, Indeed," continued the lunatic,
"we must. And ull the time you were
preaching I wondered why your moth
er hudu't thrown you Into the river
when you were small." Loudou x
prena. Very Urp.
Flatter Your boy, I hear. Is a deep
student.
Popley Hs's always at the bottom
of his class, if that's what you mean.
Laugh aud the world laughs with
you I? ou are not IrsMng at tha
world
A crow has Its caws and a woman
has her becautt.
THE CHILD'S EIGHT TO PLAY.
3y Dr.
It Is the natural right of the child
to piny lu order to grow during Its
lion productive years. Man ' main
tains his health during maturity by
his work, for his profession is In
reality his pljiy. Tho child has an
artificial occupation named play
through games. Having the food
us raw material for the Ixvly, that
food ciin be built Into the physique
RKV. DR. IIILIIS.
only through the free play of the loss and arms, thruugu
exercise and rresh air. One thing, therefore, Is vital
the playground. Given u dozen blocks of houses and
stores, there should be one block, not for a park, but
for play. A schooihonse for the mind, with no play
ground for the body. Is u form of folly. .
The Iong-chorlshed Idea of suppression or all that Is
muscular Is false and dead. No brain can work proper
ly without the nourishment of f.trong blood. No virile
thoughts can emanate from n brain fed by organs neg
lected through life. A well-fed body, a body with muscles
and organs well trained, will furnish a mind with
strength, purity and nobility. It is a child's right to
have ambition to be a loader, unci we do not accord him
his privilege If we withhold the , opportunity to build
a body that will make his bruin iMtwerful and creative.
MAN SHOULD BE RULER OF THE HOME.
Oy Helen OldHcld.
The greater n woman's strength of charac
ter, the stronger her mind and her will, the
greater Is her joy in yielding obedience to
the man , whom 'Voluntarily she has crowned
as hoi' king. It has been well said tlmt n
weak woman can never comprehend thii de
light of complete surrender to a strength
In which she glories and which she loves.
This Is among the greatest Joys of marriase.
to the woman of strong mind a,:d character. Such are
not of those; who cry out against the 'tyrant man," who
niHlntain that the wife and mo: her should rule In the
home. The feeble satisfaction of having one's own way
Is uot. for thein. com pa ruble to that of leaning confident
ly upon a strength which they arc proud to believe 'Is
greater than theirs.
There are those who profess to or believe thnt an oeou
slonal disagreement, not of n serious nature, adds a cer
tain piquancy to married life; still. It is best to beware
thereof, lest It develop into nagging and struggling for
the last word, which has been well defined as tlio most
dangerous of nil infernal machines. Husband and wile
HOKE LONGINGS.
You ak if I long to go home.
To revisit the land of my birth: '
To rrvisit once more the old haunts as
of yore
And partake of the joy and the mirth
That were mine by the score ere I left
Erin's shore
A wanderer over the earth.
Yes, I long for the day to go home
To the land of my birth by tlio Lee;
What joy will abide in my heart as I
glide
O'er the crest of tho calm summer sen.
When the bleak ocean wide will no longer
divide
The friends of my boyhood from me.
I am longing to see th! old haunts
Which your memory has treasured so
well,
The gardens and bowers, where we tended
the flowers.
And the paths through the old wooded
dell.
What joy will be ours by the ivy -clad
towers
When sweet tales of the past we can
tell !
I am longing to sail o'er the blue.
Tho friends of my childhood to gre-t :
The kind ones, and true, and the sweet
ones like you.
And the dear ones with pleasure to
meet.
Ah, earth to my view, has of pleasures
but few
That can equal In joy such a treat.
Utica Globe.
i y
May and December
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4.
Let us stop for Just a moment, An
nie, to view this grandeur. Iteiuember,
I am from the city. Trumqortcd from
a region of brick and mortar to this
enhmited spot, 1 must appear to you. us
a country girl might appear to me. who
beheld for the first time the attrac
tions of New York."
The driveway they had Just cntorei
t
was about two hundred yards I
length, skirted on each side by trees
three feet through, their branches
meeting and forming n continuous urch
overhead. The green turf was carpet
ed here and there with the crisp b.-owu
leaves already beginning to , full ; and
through this vista, in the distance, the
walls of the mansion loomed up gray
aud somber through dense foliage, nwe
lnsplrlug In the silence and solitude of
its surroundings; doubly so in the dusk
of this October evening to Beatrice
Folsoin, who hud nil her llfo been uc
customcd to the din and commotion of
a great city.
"An Ideal place, Beatrice, In which
to develop a poetic nature," suld her
companion, the young and Itcuutlful
mistress of these lordly possessions, as
they proceeded on their way. "ir In
spiration did not come to oue here, I
don't think It would be worth white to
Invito it anywhere else."
"No," Beatrice unsworod. 'The In
spiration has come to me already ; ull
that Is lucking Is the power to put It
luto rhyme; and that jHjwer I unfor
tunately do not possess. And you Au
nle, I am surprised, that In this soli
tude, communing with nature every
day, you have uot long ere this devel
oped Into a poet yourseir."
In this stralu. with frequent Inter
ruptions caused by an occasional covey
of quail or a squirrel darting across
the way, the conversation continued un
til the mansion was reached, uud Mr.
Kepnold, the "lord of the manor," came
out to meet them.
James Kenuold was uot a young
mau, as would naturally have been
supposed by any one assoclatlug the
young woman with a husband he had
uvr wet. lie' was well-favored, of a
ewelt D. Wills.
dignified and distinguished appearance,
but lie was gray-haired aud 00, his age
exceeding that of his wife by two-score
years. To those who knew Annie IIiil
conib, her choice had been a surprise in
so far as it could be a surprise, con
sidering the enviable home of which
the act had made her mistress. To
what extent she had been influenced
by probable fears for the future, no
one knew. If she was unhappy, If she
regretted her marriage, no one know
that, either, for not by one single out
ward token wiis it ever betrayed. She
was. In truth, au old man's darling,
and ills devotion to her was evidently
not disagreeable. Annie was by nature
cheerful anil sociable. This disposition
drew around her many friends of her
own sex, and as n result of their com
panionship, many of the opposite sex
as well. Among, the latter there were
u number who had come to regard her
husband as a nonentity, owing to his
apparent Indifference, and to these she
had become the center of attraction.
But this seeming indifference on the
part of Mr. Kenuold was simulated for
the sake of avoiding a breach; between
himself uud his wife, which,1 he felt,
could never be healed. Aurie was
sweet-tempered unci subuiisuhe, yield
ing without question to h'wi slightest
wish; but a doubt of her iofalty and
faithfulness to him, he did not find
so sure that she would rwtalu .the
snine Annie, tie same swd-tit leuipered
and submissive "little giilJ W..1er such
an Implication as this.
"Your ahuwl, Annie,.! u going to
take it tor just a littl while. I am
going to gather some tuifn, and to
night, at the cozy llrenlic.-e, we'll have
a feusL"
Beatrice Folsom siuVhM up Annie's
shawl, and throwlnj; It cv her head,
she hurried from tl:s hMi
The squirrels were nutting, too; but
wth them It was :t word serious mat
ter than It was who Beatrice. They
rot NO HIM IK aitt:" MEDITATION.
were storing up ihuir winter's supply
In the liollovv trunks of treos, and in
such other places which would not be
inaccessible when the snow lay deep
upon the ground. The time for hunt
ing them being a favorable one, Mr.
Kenuold bad also been lured out into
the grounds. Fate must have bet-n un
usuully active lu his behuir. for nu
other bud been moved to seek the
woods, and this person was Hurry
Maude, Annie's most ardent nnd de
voted admirer. The shawl Beatrice
wore attracted hliu to her aide the mo
ment ho discovered her; be had mis
taken her for Anule, for he knew the
shawl. Mr. Kenuold, espying her at
a distance, bud also been deceived by
It. but before he could reach her side
Harry Muude hud joined her, and turn
ing to a hedgerow, he silently stole
away. Seeking a spot where a dense
grswtb of rose and blackberry bushes
rendered his position doubly secure
from observation, he seated hlmseir,
beart-sors and disconsolate, on ths
truuk of a fallen trtv. Mauds and
mMmm
should no moro strive for It than tlicy would fight for
tho possession of a lighted bamb. And supjwslng one gets
It, what good would It do? There nre always more ami
more last words, xorne of them as cruel as blows.
PUBLIC INTUITION BEST CRITIC.
By Richard Steams.
The critic without ny creative ability nnd
with a meager knowledge of the musical tech-.
nique of an antiquated epoch should U de
throned. The public's healthy, matter of fact
appreciation of a great musical composition
should be the only criterion by whl"h such pro
ductions are to be judged.
Progress has never been made by purf-saiiB.
The most decisive factor, the grent power.
which ulwuys recognized the work of genius and en
throned it above all others, as It did also in the case of
Wagner, Is the great mass of the unprejudiced and en
joying public. With Its Intuitive roceptabiiity the public,
as a rule, never falls to appreciate every Important nr
tlstic production. ; lu fact, the chief characteristic of a
great work or art Is the affinity between the creative
genius and the great mass or the progressive public which
sweeps before it all retarding factions ami partisans.
Away, therefore, with the pedantic (esthetics nnd tlme
woru standards. They cannot be the criteria for works
which are themselves to be models for new standards.
Away with nil technical codes nnd dogmas which have
long been broken by the greatest musters. Away with
this high priesthood which would hinder all originality,
Iirogress and development.
WHY BE SOLICITOUS ABOUT YOUR FUTURE?
By Cardinal Gibbons.
What Is this earth but n vast storehouse
containing ull tilings essential to the wants
of man? If you look about you, you will be
hold the mountains clothed with virgin for
ests. If you delve into the bowels of the
earth, you will find na inexhaustible supply
of coul and other minerals. If you cast your
eyes around you, you will see the valleys
smiling with harvests of grain and fruit.
You should bo active and Industrious without excessive
solicitude, diligent and laborious without anxiety. Labor
to-day as if all depended on your own right arm and
brain; trust to to-morrow as if all depended on the Provi
dence of God. Do not scatter your forevs by striving
at the same time to encounter au enemy yet afar off
and who may never approach you. Endeavor to pass
through cares, as it were, without cure.
Beatrice In the meantime started on
uu aimless rumble through the
grounds.
Their course being deflected by the
hedge, they paralleled it, aud the de.
tested voice ol Harry Maude Anally
reached Mr. Kcnuold's ears. Then the.
"voice or his companion, which to his
gicut roller, was not Annie's but the
voice of Beatrice Folsom. There was -a
tinge of resentment In it, nnd as
they drew nearer, he distinguished
their conversation.
"The old fossil certainly has a cham
pion in you "
"Don't you cull' him an old fossil.
ir. Maude. Not to me. Remember
that I am his guest, that I am partak
ing of his hospitality; uud please don't
iorget, besides, the respect that is due
at gentleman. As to Annie. don't you
accelvc yourself In believing that nny
man will ever succeed In supplanting
Mr. Kenuold in her affections."
Harry Maude laughed. "Affections!
Dou't be absurd, Beatrice; cut that
out."
"Miss Folsom, If you please."
"Miss Folsom, then, If you Insist on
having it that way. Don't mention
that word in the same breath with
Kenuold and Annie. He dotes on
her ' '
"But I will mention it. And I will
mention, furthermore, thnt yon must
not assail Annie's loyalty to him, either
directly or by Implication, la my pres
ence." Maude's answer could not be distin
guished ; aud us their voices gradually
died awny In a faint murmur, James
Kenuold rose to his feet. A smile
heel relaxed his foiitims, and his eyes
were lustrous with n great Joy that
was stirring his heart. And Beatrice,
she was another who would hence
forth have n warm place there until It
ceased to beat.'
The following day. ou euterlng the
library, Anule found him there In deep
meditation, with a couple of prints ly
ing on the desk before him. One proved
to lie n scene in May, the other u scene
In December. The former was a farm
house and Its appurtenances, with chil
dren romping on the lawn; the latter
was a farm house, also, of the quaint,
oid-fnshtoiied type, the roof covered
with snow, and With no sign of lire but
tho smoke Issuing from the chimney.
While Annie was regarding them he
took his pencil nnd wrote beneath the
former :
"Tile symbol of youth how like your
life."
Beiieufh the latter:
"Tlw symbol of age, how like unto
nilus."
Annie took the pencil rrom his hand,
and cm the snow-covered roof she add
ed :
"Tho Kiigestlon of peace and content
ment, or cozy comfort and warmth
within, may we not see in that a sym
bol too?" ' '
She kissed him. nnd left the room;
and taking up the prints lie carefully
towed them uwuy. Waverley Maga
zine. Iteuaatiretl.
-Mistress Did any oue call while I
was out?
New Girl Yes. mum; Mrs. Green
called.
"Did ho seem disappointed when
you sold I wns not at home?"
"Well, she did look n little queer,
but I told her she needn't get cross
about It, 'cause It was really true this
time."
When you see a woman standing la
front of a mirror she is either admir
ing herself or planning to improvs her
looks.
Every married woman knows at least
half a dozen men who, she Imagines,
envy her husband.
Even people who borrow trouble hart
It to lend.