Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905, October 15, 1903, Image 4
g A Matchmaker s EAU BBOTHER JIM: This Is a verry nice place, and I am en Joyin' it accordingly. We are bout a tnile from the Tillage and the road is good and Miss Laura and I drive over twice a day. Miss Laura lets me drive sumtimes, but she's efrade He get the horse his name is The Dook out of the stile of driving that women prefur. And when I titen A-i I; 1 v. Ti,l. -f-If- Wy Oil llltf lilies ttUU J- WJVa oumra a lively clipp, she says 'Steddy, Tom my,' and then I have to pull him In. But she is a nice girl notwithstandin. She has the prittiest brown hair, and Buch depe darke eyes, and such a sweet way of speekln'. Arrd they have a butiful home. Its on a hill and you can see miles around it. From my window I can catch tite of the lake thru a gap in the hills. It's a verry nice lake tho not depe enuff to drown me and Laura's father owns It They say he is pritty rich. Mr. Bummldge he sells books in the vil lage and lets you borrow them for too ents a day says Laura's father is a Tilage Creeses. It tells about Creeses somewhere In a book and he was the richest man In the State, but I think he Is dead now. I gess you must have heard about him. He was a hystory kal carackter. I wish you was here. Brother Jim. We'd hare grate times. Laura's most as good as a boy for haviu' fun. Thare I beer her callin'. The Pook is a-champin on his bit and waitln' impasbent at the ca.sel gait That's the way Laura talks. She's most as good as a piay actor. Aunt Emmyline says Lauras roman tlck. So I must close. Write just as soon as you hear from papa and main ma. From your loving brother, "TOM." James Thornton, ri.-mg young attor ney, smiled over this epistle and laid it away carefully in a pigeonhole of his desk, whence it would be taken nd inclosed with bis nest let for to the absent parents across the S".!. There was a long gap between broth er Jim, aged 27, and brother Tom, aged 12, and this gap had seemingly drawn them closer together. To broth er Jim, brother Tom had never seem ed the aggravated nuisance that little brothers usually appear in the eyes of older brothers. Jim had looked with amused tolerance on Tom's wildest pranks, and as for Tom well, there were few heroes of childish romance that did not suggest his clever big brother. And Tom had been left In Jim's care while the father and not overstrong mother went abroad for the latter's health. It was a hot sum mer, and Tom was convalescing from a severe case or. aieasies, anu so Jim thought It wise to pack him off to a little Tillage that nestled in the woods of the upper Hudson, where he was lire to receive the best of care at the borne of a superannuated bookkeeper of the firm of which James Thornton was the newly admitted junior mem ber. And it was from Bookkeeper Barclay's home that Miss Laura Gar man had fairly kidnapped him. True, he wrote a model letter to Jim, In which she requested the loan of his young kinsman, but before his answer could be received she had him install ed at Grey crag, and In a position to add his petition to hers. He was such a delightful boy, she wrote, and be would make the hours at Greycrag seem so much less lone some. SaTing for the presence of a maiden aunt she was quite alone there, her father and mother having gone to California to take an invalid sister of the latter. Besides she was sure the altitude of Greycrag was quite cer tain to hasten the return of Tommy's strength. She hoped this w;i" not taking a liberty, but she had ver seen a boy who charmed her quite as much perhaps because he reminded her of a little brother who had passed away In bis seventh year. What could Brother Jim do? lie wrote a qualified acceptance of this letter of Invitation. She must prompt ly return Tom when she tired of him. i S:he mustn't toleraie him if lie prov-d to be rude or unmanageable. And be would ask It os a particular favor If she would at once eomuiniicnK- to him any infraction of conduct of which Tom might be guilty. "Boi;jg so very much the youngest of the family," he wrote, in conclusion, "I fear that we fall to realize how thor oughly he Is spoiled. No douM you will find tliis out very soon. The mo ment you do, kindly return him to Mr. Barclay, to be left until called for." Miss Laura Carman briefly acknowl edged Brother Jim's letters, premising to faithfully abide by ail Its condi tion's, and thanking Jim for Hireling ' to her request. 60 Brother Tom was ens-cone d in the Garman household, and, as bis miny latter set forth, was having the tini; ' of hi life. At leant half of ac'i ep:atli was given np to this theme, whlie, the ther half was devoted to the charms' f Miss Laura. "ghe'f Just the one girl for ym, 71m," be wrote In one of bis C f y trrtt, (or Tom bad become qult a fetter writer. It may nave been tlMt about by bli weakened health CZl peaelbly took tho place of some Cn kortak occupation, not It was CD Oaf ke ka4 Brother Jim hustling .'1 r endeavor te km m witk kle Tetfi aake 3 wcz'jl Don't tkiak lae vm n m waa cm j irJZj rra at E jm too. On luy acio int. of course. Can't you come down for a day or tivoV And Brother Jim, greatly amused, would thank Broiler Tom for bis kind wishes for his matrimonial welfare, and assure him that it would be quite impossible for him to get away juat at present. And then one day the letter, with the familiar handwriting was a little bulkier than usual, Whea Le opeued the envelope a photograph dropped out. It was the portrait of an unusual ly pretty girL Of course, this must be Lauia Garman. Brother Jim looked at the portrait long and earnestly. Brother Tom wasn't so far wrung when he praised this gentle-faced girl. Brother Jim plucc-d the photograph on the di"k, where he could use it as con firmation of Brother Tom's praises, and then picked up the letter. "I've bin fishing for bullheads in the pool," Brother Tom began, "and cot two and one cot me. It didn't hurt mutch and Laura tied it up with her handkerchief. Ide know about bull heads horns next time. I am sending you Laura's picture. She don't know it I begged it from ber yesterday. I want you to get it framed up nice and charge it to pa. Then when she says, 'What did you do with my pletehoor, Tommy?' He cay Ime getln It framed. Can't you come up and see a fellow. Brother Jim? N. b it don't flater her." But Brother Jim seemed in no hurry to have the framing contract carried out The picture lingered on his desk just where he could catch sight of it whenever he chose to look up. "Dear Brother Tom," he wrote In re ply, "1 am sorry the bullhead horned you. No doubt if you were a bullhead you would have done the same. I re member having some experience with bullheads myself, but there was no charming young woman's handker chiefs to bind my wounds. By the way. that portrait you sent to have frail. el reflects credit on your taste. Mips Iain 1f serves ail your praise. Si.e Is a 1e;u'l fid girl and I am sure biie Is a-; jj.od 11s she is beautiful." Two days lat- r Brother Tom's reply was received. It was unusually brief, but to the point "Brother Jim," he wrote. "I showed your letter to Mbs Laura. My, how she blushed. Fay. can't you come i;p next week? There's goirg to be a big Church picnic. Come sure." Brother Jim scowled darkly. Th- n be chuckled. What a boy! The Idea cf his showing the letter. What must the girl think of the liberty he took? Still, there wasn't anything really rude about it But he must be more care ful when he wrote hereafter. Then he sent Tom a short note, in which he said it would be Impossible for him to attend the church picnic. A few days later Brother Tom wrote in a somewhat melancholy tone. He wasn't feeling quite so well, he guessed be missed his mother and his father, too, and maybe he was home sick. He wanted to see Brother Jim so much. But if Brother Jiin couldn't come, would he send his photograph. It would be some comfort, pnyvny. Brother Jim was considerably alarm ed over this eplstie. This precious young brother mustn't have a re lapse. That would never do. So he h -silly WTOte an encouraging note to Brother Tom, In which Brother Tom was i.Uvifed to cheer up and be a man and with the note be forwarded hi? photograph. The answer came back promptly, and it was again to Ihe point. ''I shode your piotuo r to Miss I-aura and she liked It She made me mad tho when she said you was better looking than me. N. b. I told her it flatered you. Can't you come up Sat urday?" Brother Jim scowled fiain and laughed again. Really, this scalawag of a youngster wasn't to lie trusted with anything. Still, if Mi s Carman had any sense of humor she must find him amusing. Then iooUel up sud ill nly at Miss Caiman's p wait, and it Hf-med as if a mii!1. w;.s hovering about the pretty mouth. And thin came anoth r dlsqu'.r-tlng letter frum Brother Tom. "Thi rs a fdlow hangi ; round bine Unit 1 don't like." Ton, wrote. "It : eeinn Miss Laura met hi .1 somewhere ai d he came to . le r cos he found out her father was aw.iy. That's tlin way It seems to me. Il'-'s got snnky eyes and a little black r "tiRh and be luffs a grate deal. I don't reely think that Miss Laura likes him miieh. But he's got ruoh a way of sm'lin' and sayln' soft things. I in going to look after her the beet I kno bow, but I wlsht I was a little older." Two days later anoth' r di.-o.uli ting letter reached Brother Jim. "That fellow Is cotn'n more thnu ever," Tom Informed Urn. "I think there must be something fascinating about him, cause Miss Laura don't seem able to tell him he ain't wanted here, lie Is in a awful hurry, too. I guess he Is nfnide her father will come home inter pcekted. lie bet my life he Is no prod. I wish I could talk to KtimlKid-I;.-.. But there' no use speck ing to Mi Laura's aunt. AH she thinks aix'Ut la bousekeipln and hired girls. N. b. he railed me a cub twice njrnne." The very next day brought the third dliilctlng letter. "We wcr at riding to-day," Brother Tom expta'ned, "and I waa get tin' In the little seat behind and I gneaa be didn't kno bow sharp my rare Is. lis like that with laaatla swatlaso I 90s. Anyway I heard a tot that ko said and what ate jm tHakf Be wants Miss Laura to run away at: 1 marry him. You ought to have beard him beg htr. Ain't it a shalia? Sulci a nice girl and nobody to tho her what a mlsstake she is making. Aunywa.t I know the fellow is afrade of h father, cos he sail as mutch ai.J souii beddy ought to fl::d out ubout him rite away cos l:s Friday nite lie want! her to go." Brother Jim looked at the- le:t r long and earnestly, anl the frown on hii handsome face deepened. Then h pulled a pad of blank telegraph nies sages from a drawer. They are waiting for him at the vil lage station, MU-8 Laura in the ponj phaeton and Brother Tom on the plat firm. And Brother Tom grabbed him and drew him to the phaeton. "This Is my big brother, Ml?s Lau ra," he crli d, with a tremor of pride, and Brother Jim found himself bun dled in beside the pretty girl, while Brother Tem Bt up on the littio seat behtod. "We have been expecting you so long and so anxiously at least one of us has," said the pretty girl, with a quick blush, "that it seems quite im possible that you are reuiiy here doesn't It, Tommy?" "He looks real to me," replied tho smiling Brother Tom, as he landed a heavy thump on Brother Jim's broad shoulder. And how delightfully pleased this pretty girl Fetmeni! Was it an assumed delight? He looked around at Tommy and caught him grinning. And what a charming little fealt they had, and what a delightful little mistress of the household the fair girl made. And after dinner Brother Torn drew Brother Jim away from the lovely pres ence and took him for a btroil to the little lake. "Well?" Faid Brother Tom, as tliej trudged down the shadowy pathway between the trees. "Wvll?" echoed Brother Jim. ' "Nice, isn't she?" "Very nice." "Did I make It too strong about her?" "Is this a confidential conversation?" Inquired Brother Jim, with a short laugh. "It is," Brother Tom replied. "And not a word to be repeated to any third party?" "Not a w r !." "Well, then," said Brother Jim, "you didn't make it strong enough." Wlie-roiit Brother Tom landed a heavy blow from a puny fist in the tnid.-t of Brother Jim's waistcoat "Good old Jimmy!" he cried. And then It was that Brother Jim put a heavy hand on Brother Tom's shoulder. "See here," he gruflly paid, "whets Is that l.laok-musiaehed feilow w.tli the snaky eyes?" "Oh, I Just made him up," said Brother Tom. And Brother Jim suddenly laughed, W. R. Itose, in Cleveland Plain Dealer. TIM'S JEWEL DAZZLED REED. . Kx-Congreiinman Campbell Tel!, H Triumph Won with His Diamvnd. Ex-Congressman Tim Campbell 11 still bemoaning the loss of his ?COd diamond stud, or "headlight" as he called it, which was feloniously "lift ed" from his shirt front by piekpock. ets on a Grand street car recently says the New York World. "That spark," said Tim sadly, "war a corker and no mistake. It made friends for me wherever I went and what's more, pushed me to the fronl on every great and festive occasion. "The spark had a history to be proud of. I wore it on state occasions aad whenever I went to a high and Influ ential dignitary of the United State! government to obtain a 'soft snap' fol one of my political constituents. I was a member of Washington socletj when I wag a representative in Coni gress and I would aiso wear the spari on those most auspicious occasions. the ex-Congressman, "had great ro spc-t and admiration for the gem. ' "'Tim,' said Mr. I'.eod to me on day, 'I want you to do me a great fa vor. I want you to wear that diamond every time you get tip In the house ti m.'ii-e one of your famous speeches.' " (ieriiiiniy, Mr. f-'peiii: or, t,-(!d I; 'j 1:111 only too giad to f'rve you. I iiiHiik you for this compliment.' ' I kept my word to the speaker ant whenever I world get up and speal he would thank i..e for It. "'Tim,' be (-aid to me, after I com pleted my last speech in the House 01 Congress, 'I shall never forget tin happy moments which I M-nt listen lug to you, which at the same timl afforded me an opjioi tunlty to look a your most magnilioent diamond.' "1'resideiit Cleveland." col.'imied th great Tim. "wn alo n iuot enthtfl astie admirer of my loct gem. Ever.i time I would go to the White HouM to ask a furor of the President In would grab me by the hand and loot at tho diamond. Knowing that he wi: fond of the diamond I had tni'.de I my buslne to wear It every time , went to the While House. I called t my lucky tnr beoauxe whenever wore It I was always nure of laridlfi) a soft political Job for one of rnj friends In the district." A Programme of Inquiry. There wss a nun who otcc disbursed Much coin. He had great fun with it Thef asked, "Where did be get It?" Ural Then ait-bed, "What has be dons wit' Washington Star. None of tke yoonger children can u davataad whr a aaaa takaa such. nrUt la tailing kow tone be has lived la Ov Beuzine locomotives of eight horse power, drawing freight trucks of a ca pacity of tons on uarrow-guage tun nel roads, are changing the working of German, Belgian and Austrian mines. Piano playing Is found by a German physician to be a common cause of nervous disease, COO girls out of 1.0J i being affected among piano players uu- j der 1.', and only 1U0 In l..xj among I uon-Dlavors. The music lessons glioma j not begin before Id. A new improvement of tho micro scoie made Ht Java University con gists In so arranging the illumination that no light can enter the objective except that reflected by the object un der examination. This, it is claimed, brings Into view objects about half the size of those formerly proving the lim it of minuteness. The unicorn, so long regarded as a fabled creature, was a horse-like beast with a single horn sticking out straight from Its head, uud it has been sup posed that it was suggested by the rhinoceros. Prof. Wiihelm Boeischo points out that bones of a huge, horse like beast that actually did carry such a single straight horn are now known. It Is called elasmotherlum, and it was a contemporary of the mammoth In the Bhine valiey and in Siberia. Prof. A. W. Goodspeed of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania has recently made X-ray photographs by means of secondary radiation from his hand ex posed to the action of a Crookos tube, which was so screened that ita rays could not directly reach the photo graphic plate. Other things besides the hand, such as pieces of wood, zinc, and brass, were found to possess a similar property of being excited to the emission of Invisible rays by the action of the tube. On two occasions Professor Goods-peed has suffered from Inflammation of the eyes and throat when sleeping In a room where X-ray experiments bad been conducted, and he thinks the cause may have been the secondary radiation from the air or ob jects in the room. Experiments made some time ago by Messrs. K. G. Nichols and G. 1". Hull were thought to prove that the deileotioii of a comet's tail on ap proaching the sun is due to pressure of light. A mixture of dried puff-lmll spores and emery sand was poured through a kind of hour-gins Loie in u vacuum tube, a beam of light forty times as strong as sunlight being turn ed on the particles, and the light puff ball seeds only a tenth as heavy ns water were blown aside while the emery continued to fall vertically. Cor rected calculations now Indicate that the problem Is not as near solution as was supposed. The effect is ten times as great as the pressure of light could produce, some unknown force seeming to have taken part, and further experi ments will be made, using, if possible, lighter particles and a more perfect vacuum. Development of the great natural re sources of the tropical belt of the earth Is, in the opinion of the Hon. O. P. Austin, chief of the Bureau of Sta tistics, a necessity for the future prog ress of the world. Although this belt contains practically one-half of the land area of the gloix it now contrib utes but one-sixth of the exports which enter into international commerce. With the growing population of the world and the increase of facilities for trans portation, a change should tie wrought in this respect. Science has shown how life and health can be protected In the tropics, and India, southern China and other Oriental countries contain iopu lations capable of lalwrlng, and willing to labor. In the tropics. .Finally, Mr. Austin points out that In comparative ly recent years practically all of the tropics, except tropical America, have been brought under tho control of tem perate-zone countries. TO SAVE ANCIENT TOMBSTONES. Work Ur it nn to I'rcm-rve Thnne in tho iiiatoric Hancock Cemetery. In accordance with a vote passed re- crntly by the city council of Qciney, the city engine r of that p'aee has Ir-Holi tO tii.lXi1 itii fi unite- pl;in of the old historic Hancock cemetery In City g'luare, says the Boston Transcript. This burying ground Is nearly 2.VJ years old and contains many quaint headstones, the Inscriptions on which are fast becoming ohliteraWd. livery stone and tomb iii the ctiwtery will now be numbered and an accurate rec ord of the names on each will be kept. This little eeniitcry, situated In t he In-art of the city, probably contnius Hie temalns of more Illustrious people of revolutionary time than any other one burial apot around Boston. The lirst headstone of which there Is any record was erected to the memory' of the Itev. William Thompson, the first minister of the old Flint Meeting house, In WVi. The first tomb In the place was built In BJ75 for Hr. Leon ard Hoar, third president of Harvard College and an ancestor of Senator George J Hoar. The second tomb waa built In 1009, and was for I'd imind Qoincy, one of the first of that Illustrious name In this country. In this cemetery sre buried the Itev. ''dm Hancock, once a pastor of the Hrst Church across the way, and father of Governor John Hancock of revolutionary fame, who marriej "Dor ':hy Q." Henry Adams, who fled from the dragoa persecution la brvonsblre, Knglaad, and also bis son, Joseph A da me, who waa one of the ofiainr,l Yoprleter of tke township of Drain- tree and uwnbers of the Qulncy fam ily, aimoot without number, are burl4 there, as are many members of the Hoar family. On a marble slab whi l covers the graves of the Qulncy fam Sly Is the family coo t-of -arms, cut in tdate stone, resembling b-ad. This tooli the place of the original c at of-arma which was cast out of le.iJ, and will b was, during the days of the revolution-try war, cut from the tombstom and melted into bullets. It was in this old cemetery that President John Adams was burled un til his later tomb under the First Church was ready to receive his body. President John Quincy Adams alsc found a resting place lu a tomb of tb( cemetery when the body was brought home .from Washington. For ne-.T'j two centuries cattle were allowed to roam at will and graze In the church yard, and It was not until 1S09 thai steps were taken to Inclose the place with a fence. In that year a commit tee, consisting of President John Adams, his brother, Chief Justice Thomas Boylstou Adams, Joslah Quin cy and a number of other cltbeiis pur chased the land and presented the place to the to n of Qulncy. LYNCHINGS ON THE WANE. Despite Appearance Tlier Are Lew Frequent Than Formerly. Conspicuous crime like the Wilming ton lynching almost always provoke imitation. Many cases have been re ported In rapid succession since its oc currence. But this will not blind thoughtful students of our civic situa tion to the fact that the general trend of lynching statistics la downward. From 18S4 to HXHJ there were 2.51fl lynchliigs In the United States, an av erage of about 100 annually. Of these, contrary, perhaps, to general opinion, only a little more than two-thirds, 1, 678, were of negroes. More than a fifUt of ail tho lyuchings were In Northers States. It Is notable, however, that the pro portion of whites is decreasing, owing to the diminution of lynching foi horse stealing in the West. Contrary, also, to popular opinion, hardly a fifth of the cases were for as-sault, and even if we include liie categories, attempted assault, alleged assault arid assault ag gravated by murder, we shall still find less than a fourth, (ill), attribuUbii to this cause. It may be worth noting also that forty-two States are repre sented in the statistics of lynching. There Is a steady tendency down ward since M7, when Cue number ol iyuehliigv was almost exactly that ol tile average for the sixteen-year period, lii. In li.S it f.-ll to 127, In lSi'.rj ta P7. Tin-re was a slight increase in lii'ii) and in V.Kil, but in lOoJ. for tl.i lirst time since accurate record began, theie were less tlrin bw lynching, and the first six mouths of I'M', show ontj 15, which suggests Cut this year iu.-ij le even freer from this social crlin than 1!K)2. We must record with re gret, however, that nearly a third o! the six months' total occurred in June Tabulated by Stales, the figure show Georgia in the lead, with Missis sippi, Louisiana, Alabama. Texas and Tenneswe following. 1 11 no otliei States has the number of lynchliigs fot the past twtmty years reached lu) But. though lynching are deereosinj in number, the area In which they oc cur grows. They are met with ir States where a generation ago tliej would have been thought Impossible This reveals an evil no longer section al, but of national concern. One touch of moral heroism illumin ates the Wilmington incident Th father of the victim, when he learnt that there was talk of lynching thi confessed criminal, published an oper hitter begging all good citizens t await the orderly process of law. Hi is a minister and, suffering under provocation hardly thinkable, showed himself worthy of the Master he ha undertaken to set before others as ai exemplar. Churchman. Straw In Ktfyplian Ilrlck. The ancient Egyptians had a procesk for making bricks which rendered them very hard, yet tasy to work. At American engineer, Mr. Aeheson thinks he has discovered their secret The Egyptians uced straw and by boll ing straw In water and mixing claj with It he found that it gave hard shapely bricks that did not crack 01 deform In baking. Analysis prove; the effect due to tannin dissolved li water. Further experiments showed bat from iilii'-Imtf in 1 tier ct-nt Si'. the tannin of commerce added to tin resistance of the brick. Tho prooesi also economizes water and sucl bricks dried in the sun are even mon solid than those of the kiln. Iandot Globe. The President'"! Iiitpctiioslly. "President BiMMi-velt," m!i a Wash Ington official, "lias always been a fot to di Hying. I remember once, whci lie was Assistant Secretary of tin Navy, some metixure or other was un der dlseiiKsion, but, ns so often hap pens, (here was postponement, then was red tape. "He rose sudd -nly one afternoon The session had lamed an hour find nothing whatever hud been done , " 'Gentlemen,' he K.iid. 'If God haf referred the ark to a committee ot luivnl BfTalrs like thi. It's my oplnfoi that It wouldn't have been built yet." Boston Post. Thn Borrower. Mrs. II I vers -Hairy, we won't In able to go out In i.ur automobile to morrow. Mr. Itlvers (In nrprliw Why not Mrs ttlvers BecBime the peopli next door have borrowed all oar gao line to go In their launch. UoUoa Kipuru. Cotton and lu prmlucta farmishe In value one-fourth of our total ea porta darlag the Sacs I yew Just eaded a pom to ofr (OR WORK AND LIBIRTY. 5 "There is many a way to win la :hls world." said Mark Twain In one it his serious moments, "but none of ;hfiu is worth much without good hard ,vork back of It." The New York Suu mys that the reason Immigrants are pouring Into America is that they want work. Many an Immigrant talks of work before anything else, because, 4im!y or clearly, be sees that work and plenty of opportunity to work are at the basis of higher living and liberty. Jan JabionskI, who came from Prus iau Poland the other day, la repre sentative of th's class. "Why have you come over here, Jan JabionskI?" asked the Interpreter. "For work," was the answer. "And isn't there any work to be done In Poland?" went on the inter preter. "Ves, but there Is more work to be done here. My brother lives in Chi cago. He wrote me that here you can get up in the world, and you can sure ly educate your children." "And which do you want to do the most?" asked the Interpreter. "To work hard to take care of my three sons and two daughters and educate" them," was the answer. Tills desire to make a better home for the children and to fit them more properly for life has a strong hold on thousands of the fathers and uiothera who arrive lu this country. "Little Freda is In school the whole year round," writes a relative or a Iricnd In America. "My Tony stands at the head of his class," is another message sent to the Old World home. In such manner Is America held up to Old World parents as the children's paradise, and thousands of Immigrant fathers and mot hers, who tell the blue clad officers that they come here to work, come In truth to work for the clinging broods that they bring with them. "My wife and I," said Antonio Sa broila, from Borne, to the interpreter, "will work for the children and send them to school and make them like your children." "But bow about yourself and your wife? Won't you become Americans, too?" questioned the Interpreter. Sabrolia shrugged his shoulders. "We are oid." he answered. "A bent olive-tree full-grown cannot be made straight, It Is enough for us to work to make our -li " J Iron K!;e yours." "To be left alone at your work and In your li.-.me, and not have your prop erty and liberty taken away by the toidlers," was a Finn's answer. Concern for their children may be said to be one of the chief reasons that leads many parents to come to this country, ami herein may be found tho reason why the second generation Is so easily absorbed in the American body politic, while the first clings te naciously to Old World customs. FLOWER HAS DEADLY ODOR. I'lant of Hitherto Uattnown pe(.-lca HUcovered In Knnthern California. A tree hitherto unknown to botanists was recently discovered In a mountain canyon In a spur of the San Jacinto mountains, ip California, down near the Mexican line. It was discovered by a party of prospectors who pene trated the canyon In search of water. A branch. of the tree and its blossoma were brought to this city for classifi cation, but It la unknown to botunlsta In this city. The leaves of the tree resemble In size and shape the fig leaf, but tbey are of a vivid purple color and the under side of the leaf Is thickly cov ered with stiff hairs, which stand out from the leaf fully half an Inch. These hairs are sharp and thorullkeandeaslly penetrate the skin, and when they do so they are poisonous, causing swell ing and much patoi. The blossom are as peculiar as are tha branches and leaves. They are of a rusty red color and are about two inches iu diameter. In shape they are a very good representation of the tar antula. There is a huge hairy bulb. In shape resembling the abdomen uf the poisonous spider, jud there are several chives, or stamen, cofropiiidlng to the log of that Insii-t. The most peculiar feature of the ". i6"". r-iiT-ilti- j., be fo-;L Whenever one approaches Ihe plant, or ' when the wind agit.it.-s the branches of tho tree, the Mowers give off an abundance of perfiiuie-hejivy, sb kea ing and deadly. Ti.is perfume ban the toallty of clilor- forui and a f-- in halations of the odor produce uncoH-'scloUHiie-i. Tin pro.p-w'ior w ho made the dUcovery of the plant wore ren dered Insensible upou approaching the tree to examine it. As the plant si-em to have no lotart hal name two names have boon sng. gested by the qualities of the plant Itself, fine Is tarantula plant, Ihe other chloroform tree. To the Point, Asctim Did )ou tell him that when he started that report fil.out you bo was guilty of a malicious lie? Hhort Not In so many words. A scum No? Khort No, 1 mi-rely raid, "You're a liar." Philadelphia Press. When a man goes around with a pe tition, people always sign it. And then when the petition results In an In crease In taxes, bow the signers of It roar! Owning a Panama bat Is like own ing one shirt You bare to go to bed while It Is being washed. , Work now; yon eat reat after yeej ara dead.