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Journalism Wanted to Step Down
The beautiful young girl who had
graduated only a year before with the
highest honors rushed into the family
sitting room and flung herself with a
storm of sobs upon the sofa - -v
What is it my dear asked her
father soothing her gently lias any
thing happened to discourage you
Papa said the maiden raising her
tear stained face I am done with jour
nalism forever When you allowed me
to purchase that weekly paper I thought
that no occupation on ea th could be so
noble so elevating and powerful to
scatter good and wisdom throughout
the world When I began editing the
paper everything appeared bright and
rose colored
My editorials were praised by the en
tire Texas press and I got flattering
words of encouragement from even the
large dailies I was oh so proud of the
fact that although a woman I bad been
admitted as an equal member of the
great brotherhood that exercises such
an influence upon the mind and morals
of the people Last week I wrote a
general criticism of an article that ap
peared in a little weekly in another
county This papa this Is what I find
in the next issue of that horrid paper
The lovely girl handed her father the
paper and buried her head upon the
sofa pillows while he read the follow
ing
We would say to the loathsome
knock kneed piebald jabberwack that
infests the editorial dugout of the
Weekly Herald keep your shirt on
The disgusting idiotic drivel that eman
ates from the clapper pawed squirrel
headed slab sided puddle duck that
spoils paper for that sewer pipe of jour
nalism should get a pair of buckskin
kick proof pants or else quit squirting
such jobs of back handed putrified
slime at decent papers If the bump
backed putty faced vermin referred to
doesnt like our remarks we will call
any day and scatter a few locks of -hair
and brass buttons around said Herald
office or forfeit a years subscription
Papa said the girl graduate in a
small but decided voice I want you to
buy me a cook book and some long
aprons Im going to stay at home and
help mother about the house Hous
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HE had not the least shame about
-v telling her age On the contrary
she was rather rcroud to do so It
was something to be proud of Not that
she was G4 but that at G4 she looted
not a day over 48 and a blooming 4S
at that
True her hair was silver but what
a waving wealth of silver And it was
not sent to soften wrinkles either She
wrore as many of these ornaments as it
is legitimate to wear at 48 and no more
Oh she was certainly a wonderful
woman for her age was Mrs Joseph
Allestree
Quaint indeed she appeared partic
ularly on a certain evening standing in
the old square portico with the sun
shining straight under the trees into
her face
The Jiouse at her back was low and
long It stood endwise to the lazy little
river that flowed at the foot of the
abruptly sloping lawn On the other
side at the end of a long shady ave
nue was a gate with an old fashioned
woden arch over it concealed by
vines
It wras toward this gate that Mrs
Allestree looked leaning forward eag
erly like a girl one hand shielding her
eyes from the level sunbeams She
wore white think of her daring to
wear white She was watching for
Joseph He had gone down to Stoneton
only a mile distant for the post at
5 oclock That was two hours ago
Joseph did love dearly to gossip with
the old farmers and shopkeepers but
he really ought to remember dinner
time
But Joseph had not forgotten his
dinner At this very minute the gate
opened and his little gig rolled in fol
lowed by three enthusiastic dogs a
St Bernard and two red setters
Mr Allestree after embracing his
wife as if he had just returned from a
years journey went in with her to
dinner and Mr Allestree was but I
will not describe him simply he was
everything that the husband of Mrs
Allestree should have been Forty two
years had gone by since their marriage
and in all that time they had never been
separated a single day
Dearest said Mr Allestree as they
sat down I owe you an apology for
my tardiness but it couldnt be helped
I got a letter calling me away on au
important matter and I had to stop to
attend to some things in the village I
must go immediately to morrow
i4Oh that Perley affair she said
glancing over the page But Joseph
cant you put it off Remember the
Kennedys are coming in the morning
to stay over Sunday
I cannot Henrietta Its got to be
attended to at once
But Joseph yon cant go without
me You know you never did such a
thing
I am afraid I must do so this time
he replied mournfully
They sat in silence for some minutes
Twice Mrs Allestree wiped away a sly
tear with her napkin At length brave
ly assuming a cheerful aspect she ask
ed How long will you be goneV
I cant possibly reach London ac
complish all I want to and get home
again in less than ten days
Joseph it will kill us both
Ah no my dear he laughed it
wont quite do that At least I hope
not It will be very very hard But
think my love we were apart for five
long years once on a time
Ah Joseph with a sob in her voice
that was before we had ever lived to
gether We only knew each other by
letter you know
And a mighty comfort did we take
out of those same letters Isnt it
strange that in two and forty years we
should never have had occasion to
write to one another Not since you
were Henrietta Shower
It is a singular circumstance she
replied Yes we can write Do you
know Joseph the thought of it already
consoles me a little It will be such
a delightful novelty
It was a good thing for Mrs Allestree
that she expected visitors But after
the guests had departed her condition
was pitiable Especially as no letter
had come
Mr Allestree had gone away early on
Saturday Now it was Tuesday She
had managed to be patient over the
Sabbath but on Monday morning when
Jimmy came up from Stoneton empty
handed she had refused to believe that
he had not dropped the letter or that
the postmaster had not overlooked it
There were only two deliveries in the
twenty four hours and at the evening
the same performance was repeated
On Tuesday Mrs Allestree went her
self to Stoneton and delivered a severe
lecture to the postmaster upon the gen
eral indifference of government offi
cials thereby greatly annoying the poor
man
Mr Framwell began to dread the
hours of delivery Twice a day what
ever the weather Mrs Allestree pre
sented her handsome anxious face at
the window
When he handed out the post to hr
and she found not the letter she longed
for an angry face it was that peered in
at him and a stern albeit well bred
voice that demanded of him to hunt
through every box lest perchance he
had made some error in distributing
The deserted neglected wife must
blame somebody and she woul5 ot
blame her husband She did not at first
even dream of blaming Joseph
By the middle of the week her whole
mod changed She felt hurt deeply
hurt There seemed to be no reason no
excuse for such neglect To think that
this their first separation in- so many
years should be unbridged by a word
She could not have the consolation of
writing to him for he had left no ad
dress there being an uncertainty about
the very part of London in which that
troublesome Perley was liying
It was the way of men and he it
seems was not better than the rest of
them Once out of her sight he forgot
forgot all the love and daily devotion
of forty two years
By Saturday morning Mrs Allestree
was ill ill enough to go to bed Jim
my had to fetch both posts and after
delivering in person the first one he
vowed to Molly that he would not ap
proach Mrs Allestree again while Mr
Allestree was away
All day Sunday Mrs Allestree lay
silent in a dark chamber Molly could
not get a word from her nor would she
eat It was almost restful to be so
weak True she was in despair She
had given up all expectation of seeing
Joseph again but compared with the
bewildering tossings of vain conjecture
her present state was one of quietude
and peace
But by Monday morning she was sur
fering torments once more She felt
that if Jimmy returned without either
Joseph or a letter she would surely die
and indeed she nearly died as it was
When the wheels sounded again upon
the gravel Mrs Allestree sat up in bed
She was whiter than her hair No voices
were heard below She clutched her
heart and gasped But presently a
door opened and a step came up the
stairs It was the step of Joseph As
he entered the room she fell baek
among the pillows
My dear Henrietta whats all this
He looked around almost accusingly
upon the two frightened women as if
he had caught them in the act of assas
sinating their mistress
Didnt Jimmy tell you she mur
mured
You know Jimmy never tells any
thing He did say you werent well
But have you been very ill dear
The women had withdrawn and he
seated himself upon the bed
Joseph you might have sent me one
little line
Wh what I dont quite compre
hend Aline
Yes it wouldnt have hurt you to
write a line
Henrietta I wrote to you every day
and sometimes twice a day
They stared at each other
But I never got a solitary letter
she said presently I sent to every
delivery went myself until -I became
ill Mr Framwell said there wn s n
ing from you It nearly killed me
Joseph
However he muttered they could
not have all miscarried I Henrietta
I have it Wait Ill be back in twenty
minutes and the gentleman fairly ran
out of the room
He laughed all the way downstairs
and she heard his ha has between his
shouts for Jimmy to bring back the
trap In a few minutes they rattled
out of the grounds and within the time
mentioned they rattled back again
Mr Allestree tore breathless up the
stairs bursting boy fashion into his
wifes room He carried a package of
letters which he spread out in a circle
on the bed There were fourteen of
them and every one was addressed to
Miss Henrietta Shower
For a short space nothing was salt
and then the two aged lovers began to
laugh and they laughed until they
cried
Joseph she said its very funny
very but it was almost the death of
me How did you come to do it
Why Henrietta love when I once
got out of your dear familiar presence
tne oia uays came back completely You
were little Retta Shower and
Joseph Allestree blushed he did not
often quote poetry
And our two and forty years
Seemed a mist that rolled away
Pearsons Weekly
Antiquity of Precious Stones
Gems were not cut until the six
teenth or seventeenth century being
used in the rough before that period
As early as 2400 years before Christ
precious stones were used as orna
ments and more gems were cut dur
ing the Roman empire than during any
other period Later Venice and Genoa
became the great gem markets of the
world and upon the discovery of the
new world its supply was called upon
to furnish the old world The prehis
toric races of the new world made great
use of pearls and some of the finest
seen are yet to be found in the con
tinent discovered by Columbus India
was the first country to produce dia
monds the finest precious stones and
at one time as many as G000 men were
employed in the Golconda mines It
has always been a remarkable fact that
the so called conservatism of the world
in the matter of diamonds condemns
new diamond fields and their products
Amsterdam rejpresents abput one third
of the trade in diamonds -
Twill Cut Diamonds
A compound of boron and carbon
which is hard enough to cut diamond
has been produced la the electric fur
nace by M Moissan iNew York Sun
WANTED ThE USUAL FEE
Witness Wonld Not Interpret Olnooa
to Please the Lawyer
A good story was told lately of Com
modore March of Marchs Point Fidal
go Island whose ready wit is well
known to the habitues of the Hotel But
ler and indeed all over the Sound
The Commodore was called as a wit
ness in the Point Roberts dispute be
tween the cannery men and the Indians
and the lawyer on the other side with
a what-can-you-know-about-it air
put the question to him
How long have you been in this parr
of the country Mr March
Mr March has a pretty chin and be
shaves his white whiskers to each side
to show it off When the question was
60 suddenly ptrt he softly caressed the
pretty chin and slowly and meditative
ly said as to himself
Forty forty five fifty and at
length answered Fifty five years
Fifty five years said the lawyer
and then as if he were addressing
Christopher Columbus asked
And what did you discover Mr
March
A dark visaged savage
A dark visaged savage eh Yes
and what did you say to him
I said it was a fine day
Fine day Yes and what did he say
to you
Mr March rattled off a whole yarn
in Chinook and kept on to the mirth
of the whole courtroom until peremp
torily cut off by the gavel of the Judge
I asked you what reply the savage
made to you Mr March Please an
swer the question said the irate cross
examiner
I was answering
Tell us what the savage said
That was what he said
Then tell it to us in English
Not unless I am commissioned by
the Court to act as interpreter and paid
the customary fee
The lawyer thought a moment looked
at the Judge who could not resist a
smile and said severely Mr March
you may stand down Seattle Post
Intelligencer
The Kickaway Boat
Most striking among the many
glimpses of Chinese people places and
customs given by Julian Ralph in a re
cent article in Harpers is perhaps his
description of the passing of a Chinese
passenger vessel worked by man-power
through the agency of a treadmill
This extraordinary craft went by at
night close enough to afford the Amer
ican observer an excellent opportumity
for observation It came throbbing
and drumming up to and beyond us
he writes a great yellow box on a
low broad hull Huge beams of yel
low lamplight shot out of its many
square windows upon the murky water
beside it
Through the windows we saw the
coolie passengers lying on bed shelves
and next beyond them the long coated
gentry in round button topped skull
caps smirking and gambling and loung
ing abotit And then came a fair third
of the broad boat open at the sides
lighted by a smoky lamp and filled
with the ghost like figures of many
men all walking walking walking
and yet standing in one place as they
clambered incessantly upon a tread
mill that worked a great naked stern
paddle wheel toward which they walk
fid yet which they never reached
The trunks of the spectral men
dripped with perspiration The feeble
rays of the lamrp were caught upon
their sweating sides and shoulders and
reflected hack And when two or three
turned their heads to look at our boat
the light leaped into their eyes and
made ihem coals of nre
There were twelve or fifteen me
on the treadmill though there might
have been fifty or none at all but in
their place a shapeless monster all
heads and legs and shadows prisoned
in a dark cell and condemned to walk
without rest to Soochow and baek and
back again forever
The appearance of this strange boa
was to the American writer and the
artist accompanying him something
frightful and the toil of the tread mill
men a thing to shudder at but to the
Chinese passengers it seems quite
natural and simple as indeed no doubt
it is The coolies Who kick these kick
away boats as they are called over
their route have certainly a hard task
but it is a question if it is harder or as
hard as that of the stokers in the terri
ble not depths of an ocean going steam
ship and if they are not according to
the standard of their country equally
well paid
Paradise for Tramps
A correspondent says that Australia
fs a paradise for tramps They com
prise about one quarter of the popula
tion and spend their life in traveling
from one little colony or station as it
is called to another The name sun
downer is applied to them for the rea
son that the suns setting is a signal for
their coming The stations being so far
apart twenty or thirty miles or even
more the people have not the heart to
send them adrift to the bush to go
hungry for the night and they are
recognized as a necessary evil The
well-to-do farmers have usually a
travelers hut and regular rations
are served out to these wayfarers a
pound of the inevitable mutton a pan
nikin or dipper of flour the water bag
refilled and a bunk for the night
Chicago Chronicle
Australian Rabbit Plague
Australia has found it impossible to
Abate the rabbit plague -In New South
Wales alone 7000000 acres of land
have been abandoned 1000000 has
been spent and the only plan that has
any good effect is wire nettingand of
this 15000 miles have been used
No girl with a pretty mouth should
ever say I just sasse bim right
back
Travel with a Friend
Who will protect you from those enemies
nausea indigestion malaria and the sick
ness produced by rocking on the waves and
Boinetiuits by inland traveling over the rough
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agents and tourists testify to the protective
potency of this effective safeguard wLIch
conquers also rheumatism nervousness ucd
biliousness
Dr Lapponi physician to the Pope
says If nothing unforeseen happens
the holy fathers constitution is so
sound that he may well attain his one
hundredth year
Hotel Orleans Not To Close
There is no truth whatever in the re
port recently published in a number of
Jowa newspapers that Hotel Orleans at
SpiritLakeisloclose on account of al
leged trouble with the authorities over the
sale of intoxicants The rumor is without
foundation and started in the face of a
most prosperous season at the Lake by
unprincipled enemies of the Hotel The
season is now at its height the Orleans is
well lilled with guests and will remain
open till Sept 1st
C S Abell Mgr
Hotel Orleans
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Adolphe dEnnery the French play
wright has tried in vain to keep secret
the fact that he and his wife have re
solved to bequeath 2000000 francs to
the French actors benevolent fund
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The hardest wound to heal is the one
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Pisos Cure for Consumption has been
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With a better understanding of the
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ical ills which vanish before proper ef
fortsgentle efforts pleasant efforts
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the knowledge that so many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease but simply to a constipated condi
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If in the enjoyment of good health
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If afflicted with any actual disease one
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the well informed everywhere Syrup of
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