Nebraska Newspapers

    Dakota County Herald
DAKOTA CITY, NEB.
JOHN IL RIuAM, . . fablUiher
Pome furincm nre smaller potatoes
than they raise.
When money bcghm to talk people
felt up and take notice.
With the numerous courts In session
these are trying time.
The inuiflplicjitlnn table doesn't sat
isfy a small boy's lumper.
Jealousy la tliu trading stamp glvep
With rath case of true love.
Many n man receives cool treatment
because of Ills shady reputation.
Mankind la divided into happy peo
ple, unhappy people, and the Gould fam
ily.
To choose friends for their appear
ance Is no worse than to Judge hooks
by the cover.
By writing the story of his life nnd
suffering himself, Mr. Rockefeller
cleverly forest oils Marat Halstead.
Dr. Koch's cure for the "sleeping
Jckness" Is good medicine to "try on"
. tho boy whose Job la the early chores.
'A nose "mysterious murders wuicn
are startling Paris would le easy to un
derstand If they were not done ia
, French.
, Tut Japanese government denies that
lit Is In sore need of money. This msy
.miMi It easier for Japanese tax-dodgers
to sleep well. V.
I The nation," says John G. Woolley,
."Is awake." Yes. It is even sitting up
and noticing things, as old man Castro
baa found out
Houston, Texas, has a woman who
declares that 'she wouldn't marry the
beat man living. Perhaps he ought to
be congratulated.
King Alfonso may as wall give up
the hope that he and Queen Victoria
will ever be permitted to move Into a
fashionable flat
According to Mark Twain, "a mine is
a hole In the ground owned by a liar."
1 Mark also has evidence that other busi
ness enterprises are owned by the same
party.
Human nature Is a funny thing, and
after Anna Gould has had her second
bitter lesson with fake "noblemen,"
there will be plenty of ber country
people sorry for her.
It la mortifying to learn that Aunt
jOarria Nation was fined $25 and costs
a day or two ago for scolding. Things
have come to a pretty pass If Aunt Car
Vie can't express herself In ber custom
ary voice and manner without being
punished for It
Many of the colleges and universities
are In no-llcenso towns. Leland Stan
ford Is the largest non-sectarian insti
tution to enforce prohibition within the
ftlverslty domain. latoxlcants are for
ldden in boarding houses and fratern
ity buildings. Similar restriction has
Jong obtained at several colleges which
are under the control of influence of
the churches. '
The feeling of Cblna for this coun
try is unusually friendly, and It Is for
, statesmen to maintain and promote the
sentiment How far the ancient East
can ever be an extension, of the course
of empire that for ages has taken its
tway westward is a problem that time
alone can settle. Dot America and Asia
can be friends and commercially inti
mate without trenching too far on race
and social traditions, habHs, tastes and
tendencies.
The statue of Gen. Francis E. Spin
ner, made under the direction of an as
sociation of women employes of the
government Is to be erected opposite
the Spinner home In Uerk Inter, New
York. General Spinner was treasurer
of the United States from 1841 to 1875,
and when the clerks of the Treasury
Department resigned, during the Civil
War, to enlist la the army, be recom
amended that their places be filled by
women. He carried his point against
considerable opiwsltioa, and thus
opened the door to self-support for
many women. He was notable also as
the Inventor of a peculiar signature
which appeared on all the national po-
per enrreney, and was the butt of the
newspaper humorists for years. Rut
be will be remembered longest 'as the
msn who called on the women to take
the places left vacant by the men who
went to the front to fight.
Baron von Sternburg, German urn
basKiidor to the United States, In an
address at the University of Illinois,
once showed that all the greut, leaders
of nations, such ns Frederick the Great
and K'ang-HI, the greatest Chinese
mirror, have taught the tame prln
clples of citizenship. He drew an In
teresting parallel between the tench-
lnp of K'ang-M In the "Holy Edict"
and the public utterances of President
Roosevelt It Is a truth familiar to all
. students of comparative literature that
under similar conditions men of moral
purpnae have much the same Idem
Devout scholars have always delighted
In the fuct tlut the noblest sentiments
of Greek philosophy nre not uifliki
those of the Bible, lliat a modern
Diuti uhould preach what was preached
by the ancients only bears out lowell's
eplgtuui tti it the best thlnga oblIgiir;iy
got themselves said several thousand
years ago.
' There cannot o a neur woman lu
fuct. but l:ii:it;l'iiil:i draws the pic
ture of or.? lor us now and then wh
a sclemiut or pU'li-s -piier undertakes'
to tell wom.'iii wUui will happen If
lie keeps doing tilings wild to have
iecu unknown ii her grandmother. A
;Wtuutu Is u!.y;j6 u wouiuu, ttUhou'a
she may not chooso to hew to the Una
fixed by ancient custom. All men are
men, even though some of them may
be called mollycoddles. Women era
taking away men's Jobs, snd It Is said
by observers that they ere going to
keep doing so and enlarge thoir hold
ings In that line. The president of
Bryn Mawr college for women says
that women "are steadily taking pos
session and driving men before them,"
and. furthermore, they "will be com
pelled by economic causes beyond their
control to stsy In them after mar
riage." Our grandmothers' In their red
cheeked days milked the cows, and no
one would have dared to hint that a
milkmaid was unwomanly because of
her skill. They hnsked corn, toe, and
when the good man was awsy fed the
stock. American womenyfcave always
taken up man's work from tftae to
time snd put It aside when the need
was over. If for economic reasons
they are better at typewriting, tele
phoning, telegraphing and bookkeep
ing than men, they are none the less
true women when they do this work.
Professor Ross gives the most star
tling picture of the near woman when
he dips Into the future and sees what
Industrial occupations will do for wom
en. He says "there will be a rever
sion to the type of masculine women,
squat, flat chested, broad backed, low
browed creatures, working In the
fields and factories side by slda with
men." We shall be compelled te admit
that such "creatures" would be "near
women," according to our modern
Ideals. On the other hand, President
Ellott says, "The higher education
ought to fit women for the single oc
cupation of bearing and educating chil
dren, and it Is the most Intellectual
occupation In the world."'. So the true
woman has a chance to remain herself
In spite of the education which makes
her man's dangerous competitor. Per
haps the industrial woman of Pro
fessor Ross and ef the president of
Bryn'Mawr will emulate the educated
woman r& the matter of attention
semetlmes to the bearing and educat
ing of children. In that case the Jewel
of womanhood need not depart from
women who work, and the talked of
"reversion to the type of masculine
" is only a bogy.
A Old WerM.
When the sua comes oat
An' the deads go 'way,
An' the HttU children
Came eut te play,
An' the grass looks green,
An' the cat sits curled
On the gate post ain't It
A good old world?
When the mocking bird
Sings a lilting tune,
An' the air is llker
The first o' June
Than midwinter air,
Ain't your griefs all furled,
An', honest, alnt it
A good old ( world?
When sorrow oomss.
An' yenr head droops lew,
An' yon've come te know
All a chap can know
Of grief, so yonr hopes
Asa in darkness hurled.
An' a friend oosms, ain't It
A good old world?
It's a good old world
It's s good world, yes!
For the hope an' love
An' the tenderness
Tbst oosms when a chap
By roagh fate Is hurled
In a hopeless heap
It's a good old world I
For the Iktle babies
That laugh and run,
For the cat a-nappln'
Out in the sua
On ths high gatepost
In a oft heap curled,
For the single' bird,
Ifs a good old world!
Jadd Mortimer Lewis.
Ho Forestalled Fate,
Joslah Qulncy, assistant secretary of
stats under Cleveland, was famed for
the energy he showed In getting Jobs
for his constituents.
One day a laborer in the employ of
the Department of the Interior was,
drowned while bathing in the Potomac,
A congressman who happened to be
near when the body was taken fronoj
the water, hearing that the dead man,
worked for the government rushed off.
to the Department of the Interior to
secure .the Job for one of his followers.
When he reached the department,
however, Hoke Smith, who was Secret
tary of the Interior, told him that th
position had already been filled.
"Filled I" cried the congressman,
"Why, the man hasn't been dead ball
an hour."
"I know that," replied Smith J "but
Joslah Qulncy heard the man was go
ing lu bathing, so he put In an applica
tion for the Job by telephone." Satur
day Evening Tost.
Sir Old Cmrae4ere.
"When Commodore Vsnderbilt was
olive," says a New York Central offi
cial, "tho board of directors of tho
New York Central used to find their
work all rut out for them when they
met. All they had to do was to ratify
his plans and adjourn. 'Yet they ha&
their uses. Occasionally a man woul'l
come to him with some scheme which
he did not care to refuse outright.
"'My directors nre a 'difficult body
of men to handle,' hu would say. 'I'll
submit It to 'em, but I warn you that
they are hard to muting?.'
"The matter would be submitted to
the board when It assembled and
promptly rejected,
"'There,' the commodore would say
when his visitor cnino to learn the re
sult. '! did ,tlie best I could, but I
told you In advance that my directors
were nji obstinate lot."
Mu Share In Ibe
"Whin uiv u crying Tor. my little
boy?"
"lloo-hoo! Pn fell downstairs tH
"Don't tnko on so. He'll get better
soon."
"Ulster m:iw bi n full all tho way. 1
never saw i!ul!l!i'!"-T-.iiswers. -. ,
' i , i ji.-. i '
The' talk of it Kind ninny poople
sounds us if they had begun lu the
middle.
Many a niuu is too lu.y to tuurry a
rich widow.
Dlaappearlna; CTialra.
Thexnulsance and labor involved In
removing the chairs from a hall after
a performance, so that the floor can le
used for dancing,
has created a de
mand for a method
whereby the chairs
can be quickly re
moved. One of the meth
ods suggested is an
automatic disap
pearing chair,
which is shown In
AOTOMATiCAiXT tis-the illustration. The
ArrxAis. chairs nre arranged
la rows and supported on uprights,
Which extend Ijelow the level of the
floor. Beneath the chair is an opening,
covered by a sliding door. Each row
Of chairs is connected to a lever, which
is exposed at the extreme sides of the
hall. By turning the lever the chairs
are made to fold up and automatically
disappear. What was formerly the
back of the chair becomes the floor.
Obviously, all the parts are made to fit
xactly into place.
Improved Oil Can.
Ia an oil can recently patented a
.Virginia inventor has departed consid
erably from the form commonly used.
As shown In the illustra
tion, the flow of oil
from the spout Is con
trolled by a small push
button on the side of
the can and not by com
pressing the bottom.
Connected to this push
button Is a rod, which Is
curved to extend up Into
the spout reaching al-
on caw. moBt t0 jhe tIp wbl,n
the can is Inverted this tod drops, forc
ing the end firmly against the inner
Idea of the snout and effectually clos
ng the opening. The oil is thus pre
sented from dripping out By pushing
the push button with the thumb the rod
s drawn sway from the mouth of the
opening, allowing the oil to flow freely.
In this way the flow of the oil can be
readily controlled and does not flow
spasmodically, as with the ordinary oil
pan. This Improved device should prove
p bs especially useful to engineers nnd
Inachlnlsts.
Helps the Carpenters.
Carpenters should take off their hats
to the Indiana man who invented the
machine herein described, for it will
save them much
crawling about on
their bands and
knees. At first
glance it looks like
a lawn mower, but
closer Inspection
shows that It is
built for a differ
ent purpose.
The weight of
the machine Is
thick roller, and
roller there pro
nooa PLAN KB,
supported on a
ahead of the
jects a frame work that la made to
hold two kinds of blades, such as a
F liana wonld have. One of the blades
straight and the other Is V-shaped,
and they are set in at the same inclina
tion as the blades of a piano are set.
The operator, lnBtend of crawling stiff
ly about with a little hand plane, push
lea the device about a room with the
same majestic air that be would pro
pal a perambulator, elevating or lower
ing the point to whatever height above
the floor be wants It If ho desires to
make a deep cut and Is running with
the grain of the wood, ho can press
the point down hard, while if lighter
A short but comprehensive history
ft the Jews Is in preparation by Dr.
J. Epstein. It will deal with vicissi
tudes of the Jewish people from the
time of the destruction of the first
temple to the present day, and It will
have a large number of maps, plans
and tables.
"The ' One and I" Is the engaging
title of a new story by Elizabeth Free
mantle to be published next season. It
It a story of the Canadian Northwest,
written in sprightly diary style. One
of the readers, who has followed the
story In manuscript ays there is a
tmtle 'upon almost every page.
Booker T. Washington's new book,
to be published In tho autumn, ia to
be called "The Story of the Negro."
The history of bis race from ItH orig
inal dwelling place In Africa to its
present position among the white peo
ple the author follows and finds a rec
ord of triumphant achievement and
progress.
It begins to look as if Vermont
might be fostering a school of authors
that In time would become a formid
able rival to the Indiana school. Hen
ry Holt & Co. have issued in the last
seven months three books: "Gunhlld"
(a Norwegian episode, by Mrs. Doro
thy Oanfleld Fisher, of Arlington),
Vt; "A Turnpike Lady" (a story of
Vermont in revolutionary days), by
Miss Sarah N. Clegborn, of Manches
ter, Vt, nnd "Over Against Green
Peak" (a book of . reminiscences of
country life), by Miss Zephlne Hum
phrey, of Dorset, Vt
Henry James' phraseology, if it Is
not la itself stimulating, acts like a
furious spur to clever pens. The lat
est piece Is a lese majeste on the purt
of a critic la a characterlxatlou of
"Julia Bride," which, although it has
been published lu Harper's Magazine,
does not yet apiear In book form.
"This," writes the pen, angrily, "Is
the debut of the serial onuuudruui."
A
work Is needed Jie con merely skim
over the surface.
Novel Soapbnltbler.
For the amusement of the children ,
New Tork man has designed an en
tirely new and up-to-date method of
making soap bub
bles. The old-time
clay pipe Is rele
gated to the past In
favor of a' com
pressible rib be i'
bulb. The lntter Is
provided nt one end
with an air Inlet;
and at the other end
with nn air outlet,
which terminates In
a nozzle. For mak
SOAP BLHnlXR.
ing soap bubbles the necessary solution
of soap and water Is mixed and the
nozzle dipped Into the solution. The
device Is then withdrawn out of the
water and the bulb gently compressed
and relaxed, this operation being re
peated any desired number of times.
The compression forces air Into the at
tachment and the bubble is gradually
formed. When fully developed It is de
tached in the same manner as bubbles
are detached from the ordinary tube
or pipe usually employed for 'making
bubbles. The soap solution Is made in
tho usual manner, the bubbles being
quickly nnd easily formed by means of
the hand only, and the necessity of
blowing through a pipe or stem Is
avoided.
Tel3hone Pencil-Holder.
With the universal adoption of the.
telephone it was soon noticed that a
suitable padholder on which to write
memoranda was
needed. This was
quickly provided,
but unthlnklngly.no
provision was made
for the pencil that
ihould accompany
the pad. ' This
oiuch-needed a t -tachment
is shown
here, the invention
pencil holdek. of a Philadelphia
man. It consists of a wire having a
circular portion adapted to encircle
the transmitter of the telephone. The
wire also serves as a holder for the
telephone number. The pencllholder is
in the form of a double coll, which ex
tends over the top' of the 'phone,
where it can be very conveniently
reached when needed. An operator
having a 'phone equipped with the
pencllholder and pad should have'' no
excuse for forgetting' to write the mes
sage or other instructions.
Water Elevates Itself.
The device shown in this cut embodlct
a new invention by which it Is proposed
to make a moving stream of water ele
vate Itself to a point
where the fluid can
be made use of
either for Irrigation
purposes or for pow
er generation. The
. apparatus, ns will
be Been, consists of
a float on which an
endless chain, sup
WATEU EIXVATOB.
plied with buckets at regular Intervals,
la mounted. The wheel around which
this chain revolves at the lower end
also takes the form of a paddle-wheel,
the paddles being acted on by the mo
tion of the water. As the wheel Is
turned the water Is taken up In thy
buckets and raised to a point where It
ii deposited In a trough nnd carried
awny to some point where It may ba
availed of, ns Indicated.
Perhaps: and yet could Encllsh he
clearer than Mr. James made It when
he counted up the eutnnglements of
Julia1 "six encarements nnd her
mother's three nullified mnrrlnges
nine nice distinct little horrors In all?"
II. G. Wells In his new book, "New
Worlds for Old," bases his thesis on
what he calls the two main conernll-
zatlons of socialism. The first gener
alization Is "that the community as a
whole should bo responsible and everv
Individual, In tho community, married
or single, parent or childless, should
be responsible for the welfare nnd up
bringing of every child born into the
community." The second generaliza
tion is "that the comnvinlty as a
whole should be lualleuably the owner
and administrator of the land, of all
ruw materials, of all values and re
sources accumulated from the past
nnd that all private property must be
of a terminable nature, reverting to
the community aud subject to the gen
eral welfare."
Fierce Job.
"Well," ho grunted, "there's your old
stove up. I hope you'ro satisfied with
the Job."
"Er- yes, dnr," she replied, dubious
ly, surveying the dirt he had made. "I
. . . . . ..
suppose; i mum oc, since you are so
inorougniy sooieu witn it. r-rhlladel-phla
Pre.
-
Source ol .Netia,
"I always let our maid have threw
afternoons off."
"Why?"
"Well, vou see. whenever h)m
out Bho always returns with a choice
nic or gcssip coiKvrning our neighbors."
IH'trolt Free Press.
A I uunoal lllatlartlon.
"My name niny seem common enough
to you, but I belong to n family thut
boasts two names.
"How's that?"
"Its name Is Smith and Its mime it
legion." Kansas City Times.
The trouble U that time ilies with
the man who Is lenlly trying to ac
complish something every day, aud
drags with the laiy loafer who has
nothing to'hj.
IAFEJSgT&'iaOiFlLjSI
THE IDEAL LABOR UNI OH.
Dy Chancellor Day ol Syracuse Unlvertlly.
0
There might be a union of great help to Its
membership and to business. I believe in la
bor organizations as I believe In corporations.
But let It be a union upon principles of mutual
benefit and helpfulness both to the laborer,
and to the manufacturer, both to the work
Ingman and to the contractor.
Let it be for the purpose of securing to the
employer the greatest proficiency, insisting
upon only skilled mechanics for mechanics' pay. Let it
consider the interests of the business and hew to serve
them. Let It compel Its wage, net by excluding those
who choose to work for less or to work when the union
men will not work, hut by furnishing the highest type
of man and workman, so that business men will say:
"If you want the moat skilled and reliable mechanic or
' laborer, you must get them from the union. They will
have no one in the union but a first-class man."
Let the union have clubrooms, and discuss thrift and
temperauce and home sanitation and ways and means
of getting the home and furnishing it with books and
periodicals for mental improvement and spend seme of
the time in amusements and healthy games now spent in
the saloons. Let the energy now being put into opposi
tion to capital be used in self-lroproveuaent and furnish
ing a higher class of mechanic.
TEAINTNG THE FACULTIES FOR
By
0
Concentration of mind In harmonious rela
tion with bodily activity is the greatest octlve
force in civilization. There are human activi
ties which are effective without concentration
in the mind, but somewhere in the harnessing
ef this force some broad scheme has been
evolved without which this aimless force in
the Individual would be wasted. Concentra
tion of mind Is not a faculty; It is an acquired
ability to command the faculties of mfnd and of body,
and for the best results this acquirement must Insure a
harmonious relation between brain and brawn. Advice
to a man, "You must concentrate yourself in your work,"
hi about as ineffective as to suggest to him that he grow
four inches taller than he is. If he has come to maturity
without learning concentration, he is not likely ever to
appreciate the need sufficiently to undergo the training
necessary to get it.
Concentration of the faculties not only Is a safeguard
against errors, but it is an assurance that when a move
has been considered and determined upon the move will
have all effectiveness and accomplish the maximum In re
sults. There Is no work in life where this attentlveness
does not reuder assurance to the worker and to every
one Interested in that work. This concentration Is a
visible evidence of dependableness In the man. It Is
mmmmmmmmm
1 Meeting the Question B
Viola met the postman at the front
door. n gave her two letters; one
was addressed in Diana Colvert's ab
surdly angular hand, and was bulky,
With a fortnight's accumulated effus
ion; the other bore her name In the
familiar caligraphy of Eustace Van
liver, who had proposed to her quarter
ly for half a dosen fears.
She went out and sat down on the
veranda steps and broke the seal of
the first one with eager fingers; Di
ana's letters were interesting, if
rather voluminous. She consumed the
first eight pages avidly, then suddenly
the sheets fell from her hands and
fluttered to the ground. The roses, the
hollyhocks, the snapdragons, the
violets and Jessamine, nodding and
drooping in the sun-warmed air, melt
ed swiftly Into a hideous rainbow of
Impossible color, the matutinal chirp
ing of the birds grew harsh and mock
ing, the blue of the sky turned black.
At last she stooped and gathered the
letter Into ber trembling hands and
went on with her reading.
The minister, rheir minister, going to
be married and move to Cloverdale!
Billy Colvcrt, Diana's brother, had had
a letter from him, so there could be no
mistake about it And she what a
little simpleton she had been to waste
ber affections on someone who was go
ing to wed another girl. Surely, in
their intimate relations of the last
year he must have guessed her morti
fying secret; probably he was taking
this very step to get clear of her. Burn
lng tears sprang to Viola's eyes and
dripped over her throbbing cheeks.
But she dashed them away lu fierce
self-scorn, aud read on to the end, her
lips compressed, the blood scorching
her temples.
There were his exact words, quoted
from Billy's letter: "I am seriously
considering making a change In my
residence. I hope soon to marry the
dearest girl In the world and bring
her with me to Cloverdale. But f
course, it will rest with her whether
I shall accept the call or not that is
a woman's prerogative, Isn't It? How
ever, let us see you In Brookwoml
whenever It suits your convenience to
come, etc."
Viola folded up the closely written
sheets and returned thorn to the envel
ope. Then she ojiened young Vandlv
er's letfer with mechanical finders and
glanced wearily at.hls twenty-fifth dec
laration of love, accompanied by an Im
passioned plea to marry him and will
for Europe In Juue. whither he was go
ing to complete his course ut Heidel
berg. Go abroad away from it all
show hlui that she had not given her
love unnuuked, and that
She flung buck her head with a quick
accession of pride, nnd"exciteuient
a smile to her lips, a glow to her eyes.
She would do It; yes. she would ue
cept Eustace Vandlvor and go with hltu
to the ends of the earth if need be
anywhere away from this.
II.
She went to her room and sat down
at her desk, but something seemed to
dull her bruin aud numb her hands;
she could not write a syllable. In
despair she took her portfolio under
her arm and returned to the veranda;
the shade of tho orchard beyond entic
ed ber aud she ran down the steps and
past the flower beds to the gate on the
other side. Entering, she sought her
favorite retreat ia the fork of a guarl-
evidence of the quality of brain which the worker pos
sesses. It reflects the faculties which education and ex
perience have developed harmoniously. Without this
power of concentration every one of these faculties must
prove a poor, broken reed instead of a lever that might
move a world.,
ENJOY BEAUTY
t
might have shewn you that tho word of the Master was
but the vague expression of His highly complex emotions.
It is one of the attributes of God. one of the perfections
which we contemplate in our ideas of him, that there
Is no opposition in His will and His vision between the
impulses of His nature and the events of His life. This,
is what we commonly deslgnato as omnipotence aad cre
ation. In the contemplation of beauty our faculties of percep
tion have the same perfection; it is, Indeed, from the ex
perience of beauty and happiness, from the occasional
harmony between our nature and our environment that
we draw our conception of the Divine life. There is,
then, a real propriety In calling beauty a manifestation
of God to the ser.Aes, since. In the region of sense, tho
perception of beauty exemplifies that adequacy and per
fection which in general we objectify In an ideal of God.
SUCCESS.
John A. Howland.
PEOPLE. NOT THE BOSSES. RULE,
By Gov. tlughet ol New York.
r
ed old apple tree. A lazy breeze was
blowing, stirring the leaves about her
with a vague, musical rustle, and
cooling the hot blood in her cheeks.
She took up her pen and selected a
sheet of note paper. A twig cracked
sharply, and she sat up alert The
paper slipped from ber fingers.
"Did I startle you?" inquired a deep
voice under the apple tree.
"Not the least" said she, disposing
herself with studied primness against
the knotted limb at her back.
The minister vaulted the lower limb
easily and picked out a comfortable
seat opposite, tossing his hat on a net
work of branches.
Viola regarded him first with cold
ness, then with assumed Indifference,
finally with a friendly smile that was
the hardest thing she had ever) ac
complished In her twenty-one years.
But he must never, never guess unless
he had already done so. And If be
had she must set to work to prove to
him that he was altogether wrong!
"Viola," he began in his straightfor
ward way, "I've come to you with a
confession. I hope you are not going
to to disapprove?"
For a second the girl said nothing,
ne looked rather young for his age,
she thought ne must be at least 38,
but his black hair was full of waves,
BE GAVE BER TWO LETTEBS.
his eyes bright and clear, his face rud
dy with health.
"I'm considering a somewhat Impor
tant step," he 'went on musingly, his
glance sweeping the sky, tHe ground.
and settling at last uion her slightly
flushed face, "aud I want your your
advice."
"Mine?" she queried, a Uny furrow
wrinkling the bridge of her nose. Sho
crossed her hands at the back of her
head ond stared past him at the rows
of apple trees In the distance.
The minister regarded her soleniuly
for a moment, opening his lips twice to
s;eak, then cloelug them again uncer
tululy. A shadow drifted across his
good-looking face. "Perhaps," he sug
gested with a downward inflection, "the
affair does not Interest you?"
Viola could not suppress a smile nt
the lugubrious countenance before her,
and steudylug her breath, she gazed
straight Jnto the minister's eyes. But
only for a flash. Something In them
that she could not altogether make out
caused ber to turn' her head with a
swift heartbeat. .
"Of course, it Interests me," she said
with a rush of ruthuslasm, recollecting
her role, "I thought you were sure of
thut always." ,
He straightened himself then, and
with a gesture of determination broke
precipitately into the subject "It's
about some one I love," he said, shak
ing rapidly, "someoue, I wsnt to be
my wife." '
Viola colored furiously; the leaves
all about ber quivered gently. But sho
Wjfl?k -.a 7 ft"a!44iiaO
WITHOUT ANALYZING IT.
Dy Q. Santayana.
To feel beauty Is a better thing than to un
derstand how we come to feel it. To have im
agination and taste, to love the best to be car
ried by the contemplation of nature to a vivid
faith in the ideal, all this Is more, a great deal
more, than any science can hope to be.
When a man tells you that beauty is the
manifestation of God to the senses you wish '
yon might understand him. Yet reflection
You may say all yeu please of tho
cunning of political maneuvering,
and of the resources of chicanery.
All schemes will prove as child'
play if the people set out to deal
with a teal Issue of popular govern
ment and the supremacy of the con
stitution of this State over race track
gamblers. It is well that there
should be organization to advance
party principles. It is well that It
should be effective; vigorous and
skillful leadership Is required. But
it is the duty of sn elected officer
to serve the people and not any par-
gov. ucauxs. tlcular man, and no party leader
has a right to assume the role of dictator, or so to vio
late the manhood of elected officials as to parade them be
fore the people ns subject to his domination.
pulled herself together and said In a
very matter-of-fact tone:
"You want my advice about her?
Well, then you will have to tell me
something 'about her; her disposition,
her hair, her eyee-reverythlng, yout
know."
The minister contemplated her with
a fatuous expression.
"Why ns to her disposition," he re
plied earnestly, "that is all that could
be desired perfect Her eyes," he
scrutinized her with surreptitious anx
iety, "her eyes are splendidly, wond
rously brown " He paused. Viola
listened movelessly. "Her hair la
brown, too and most beautiful."
A queer silence followed his words.
When Viola looked up she was pale,
but valiant, and she seemed all at once
thousands of miles away.
"She must be very, very lovely
this girl," she said, dreamily. "Do I
know her?"
The minister looked somewhat in
scrutable in he made reply: ,
"I am not sure perhaps you do not.""
Sho returned his gaze with absent
eyes.
"Well?" he prompted with an enig
matic smile.
"Well, I really don't see what I'm to-
tell you except that I'm delighted to-
know you are bo so happy and that -that
" Bhe bit her lips, "to congratu
late you ond "
"But It is not time for congratula
tions," he interposed thoughtfully, "you
don't understand."
"No," said she, shaking ber head.
"No, I'm afraid I do not"
"It's this way," he pursued eagerly.
bending near to her, "I've been called
to Cloverdale. I don't want to go with
out first finding out whether sho will
go with me." He reddened and broke
off, keeping his hands locked to the
limbs on which they were resting.
"Tho only thing," remarked Viola
with sage eyes and a sinking heart, "ia
to tell her that truth and get it over
quick." She caught her breath. "May
be you have told her?" she suggested
tentatively.
"Not Just as I should like to."
"Then you will, at once? Put your
fate to the test, as they say In tire
some love stories."
"Do you consider them tiresome?"
"Other people's."
'Then we'll not waste any more time
discussing other people's." He bent
farther, till his warm breath fanned
tho loose gold about her temples.
"Viola," he said, "I love you. Will you
be my wife?"
"Oh," she said, "I don't "
"You don't love me!" with swiftly
clouding eyes.
Viola met his look with a wonderful
little smile breaking- through the shad
ows of her face, "But but my hair
Isn't brown at nil," she said bewllder
ingly, "and my eyes are unmistakably
blue."
"And mine," laughed he," with bis
arms about her, "are color-blind. Shall
I go to Cloverdale?"
We mustn't think of It" she said
New Orleans Tlnies-Democrat
Aa 1'nenthnslaatle float,
"Did you Invite Mr. Bltgglns to our
bouse purty?" asked Mr. Cuiurox.
"Yes," answered Mrs. Cuiurox. "I'm
afraid he considers house parties
stupid. lie scut his regrets." '
"lie shows sense. I have a mind to
send him my congratulations." Wash
ington Star.
There Is no excuse for profanity, ot
course, and a good many men use It
freely without attempting to find an.
excuse for '
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