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The Commoner.
- VOLUME 4, NUMBER 20,
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Nature's Photograph.
- In tho flno mineral cabinet of John
W. Carapboll of S'ollwood is an agate
in which ia printed tho faco of an
Indian woman. Tho faco and part of
tho figuro aro so clear cut and distinct
that thoro is no question about thorn.
Tho agato was a vory common appear
ing spocimon whon picked up on tho
Silotz Indian reservation, and Mr.
Campbell kept it for somo time bo
foro ho discovered tho imago of tho
Indian woman. Ho saw that thoro
was something bolow tho rude sur
faco, and ho had that side polished,
whon tho faco mado its appearance.
Mr. Campbell says that tho faco is
nature's photograph. "Tho sun caught
tho faco and ilguro of tho Indian wo
man as sho was walking along tyio
beach, and fastoned it on tho agato,"
is Mr. Campboll's theory concerning
tho picture Portland Oregonian.
Building 8l Homo,
Tho building of a homo calls for
good business mind and business pur
pose. Tho partnership must bo in
good faith; there must bo an absorb
ing sohtimont that will continually
fool its interest, a courage that will
not quail before tho effort that must
bo mado to sustain it, a cheerfulness
that does not falter before tho monot
onous round of duties that must bo
kept up yoar after year to establish
it, a harmony that scoks tho united
intorest and a courtesy that over
obeys tho golden rule. Wo believe
thoro is too much complaint ontered
against tho exacting duties of homo
building. National Magazine.
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THE WEEDS IN THE CORN,
Tho Distant Hills.
so very great,
daily shrink in
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The task that seems
From which you
dread.
Will never dwindle while you wait
And wish the way were dear ahead.
The traveler whose feet have burned
On dusty slopes, In valleys deep,
And on the rocky he'lghts has learned
That distant hills are always steep.
Tho duty that, day after day
You sadly turn from, waiting still
And wishing it could fade away,
Perhaps is like the distant hill.
The tasks we try so hard to shun
Are often found, when forth we
leap,
At last, to end them, quickly done -
Tho distant hills are always steep.
and their soldiers storming intrench
ments with the bayonet at tho. Yalu
have added new luster to the fame of
Samurai heroism. Nor is that all.
Each side has learned to recognize the
valor of the other and to pay it the
tributes which are its due. Whatever
may have been their opinions of each
other before the war these last three
months have inspired them both with
respect which brave men feel for each
other the world around. New York
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1 i.v's ommnauons or nremlnm
offen la Which theThrlce-a-Wcek World Km
Herald, or Kansas City World, or K Wck
and Home appears, are not open to resldim t?
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Why wait when there is work for
you?
Why scan it from afar and sigh?
It may not bo so hard to do
If you but press ahead and try,
We marvel, whon upon tho height
We let our glances backward sweep,
At all the gentle slopes in sight.
Tho distant hills aro always steep.
S. E. Klser, In tho Chicago Record-Herald.
Brave Men on Both Sides.
The fact is frequently and pleas
antly observed that tho soldiers on
both sides in the Asian war aro dis
playing valor. Tho Russians find in
that some consolation for the griev
ous losses they have suffered. Their
seamen at Chemulpo and their soldiers
at the Yalu wore beaton and perished,
but at least they fought bravely and
fell like heroes. The Japaneso had in
tho same circumstances an added
causo for exultation over their vic
tories. Their seamen eagerly enlist
ing for a death errand at Port Arthur
The Kissing Habit.
Ethnologists tell that among the
primitive races kissing was unknown.
The Lapps and Maoris today simply
rub noses. Even the average native of
Japan still knows nothing about kiss
ing.
Tho French and the Germans aro
tho great kissing races. The learned
Erasmus, who visited England in Tu
dor times, says that the "muoco-cu-taneous
investment" was universal
and that everybody kissed, so that he
felt that he was .being "kissed to
death" when there.
But science is now making a severe
war on this too prevalent habit. The
New York Medical Journal says that
it is tho efficient cause of much in
vidious bacterial infection. Even the
emperor of Germany has been forced
to modify tho oscillatory habit. Bos
ton Globe.
Joe Jefferson's Memory.
At the Authors' club on Thursday
night Joseph Jefferson was talking on
the importance of, memory. His did
not always stand by him, ho said.
Once I was standing in tho Fifth
Avenue hotel lobby when a little man
camo up to me and said: 'Why, how
are you, Mr. Jefferson?' '
'Very well, sir,' 1 replied, 'but you
have the advantage of me.'
'"I'm General Grant he said.
"We went up in the elevator. 'Aro
you living in the hotel?' I asked. He
gave me his house number. Now, I
knew he didn't live in the hotel and
knew where his house was, but some
how I couldn't manage my mind, so
I got out on the second floor for fear
I would ask him where he had been
during the war." New York World.
The Walking Stick.
For the past few years walking
sticks have been more generally used
by the gentlemen of the frock coat.
They will, however, be seen on all oc
casions during the spring and summer
season. Tho well-groomed man car
ries his walking stick to business for
service all through the day, and tho
man who spends but a few hours
about the business district of town
likewise leans on his stock.
Some aro of White walnut, stained
with acid to the taste of the owner.
English furze is very popular, -as are
likewise T;he Madagascar and cherry.
Partridge wood and the pimlenta are
sought, and oak is always in demand.
It would be quite impossible to say
what style1 of handle is most favored.
Each is good if not clumsy in treat
ment. Thoroughbreds carry the cano
for service rather than to twirl in
the hand Sartorial Art Journal.
A Church With a Conscience.
Hobart, Okla., May 25. The M. E.
church, South, damaged in a storm
several weeks ago, was insured
against tornadoes. The insurance com
pany allowed ?1,300 for damages. Tlio
repairs cost only $1,000. Tho congre
gation decided that it would bo wrong
to keep the $300' and votedto refund
the money to the insurance company
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