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ONCE IN A WHILE
Once in a while the sun shines out
And the aching shies are a perfect blue
Once in a while mid clouds of doubt
Faiths fairest stars come peeping
through
Oqr paths lead down by the meadows fair
Where the sweetest blossoms nod and
smile
And we lay aside our crops of care
Once in a while
Once in a while within our own
We feel the hand of a steadfast friend
Once in a while we feel the tone
Of love with the hearts own voice to
blend
And the dearest of all our dreams come
true
And on lifes way is a golden smile
Each thirsting flower is kissed with dew
Once in a while
Once in a while in the desert sand
We And a spot of the fairest green
Once in a while from where we stand
The hills of Paradise are seen
And a perfect joy in our hearts we hold
A joy that the world cannot defile
We trade earths dross for the purest gold
Once in a while
A QUEEN IN BAGS
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j Crack went the circus
-- -- masters -whip as the girls
flying figure went through the last tinsel-covered
circle higher even than the
preceding ones and alighted safely in
the saddle amid rounds of rough ap
plause
One solitary figure occupied the
dress seats a tall dark man with
bronzed face and keen eyes and to this
one upper class patron was the cream
of the entertainment directed
As the girl rode round before her exit
she made the usual feint of blowing a
kiss to the stranger but the circus mas
ters jealous eye noted that a deep flush
dyed her forehead He also noted that
the same solitary figure was there for
the third night in succession was there
alone and that as soon as Queen Ca
milla left the ring he got up collected
stick hat and gloves and departed
Hes a fish out o water muttered
the man to himself Whats he doin
here I wonder If hes got an eye upon
Camilla hell soon find as how others
as got an eye upon him
And that night after a frugal but
somewhat noisy supper the ringmaster
sought out a fat elderly woman al
rwajs strongly redolent of gin but who
in spite of that and other little delin
quencies was called by courtesy the
wardrobe mistress The manager for
in Leo Salternes circus the manager
owner director and ringmaster were
rolled in one came upon this lady as
she was folding away Camillas glit
tering robes
Look here he began roughly
Have you heard anythin about the
gent thats been hangin around
Course I have muttered the wom
an sulkily Who asnt Hes the new
squire just come home from Australy
An whats he doin here
Come tosee Salternes circus I sup
pose she replied leastways he pays
is money like the rest
There was silence save for the tin
kling of baubles as she folded the cos
tumes Then the man seized her by
jthe arm
You aint been splittin he hissed
4If you have Meg Hudson itll be the
worse for you
Dye think I want to get rid of the
girl Dye think I dont know that the
show would soon go to the dogs if it
fcarnt for Queen Cam Dye think I
dont know that she keeps things goin
both before and behind scenes Why
there isnt one o the whole company
but what loves her and with a scowl
ing glance hates you
Well its a dangerous neighborhood
anyway said the man shifting uneasi
ly beneath the glance an its time
we was movin on
Ay As long as the Hall stood emp
ty and no one knew where to look for
a heir
Hold your tongue for a croaking old
fool cried the manager angrily glanc
ing round at the thin wooden partition
Who knows who might hear ye ye old
bird o the night Anyway well be
movin on We cant afford to throw
away money but theres worse might
happen if we stayed And slamming
the door he went
At least old Meg thought he had gone
and she muttered to herself
No an ye cant afford to be found
out neither my fine master
The whiff of a cheap cigar and a mut
tered oath told her that she had been
overheard though she didnt catch the
managers concluding remark
Ill find some means of stopping
your tongue madam you know too
much and seem like growin danger
ous
When Ronald King laid his half
crown on the grimy sill of the little
-pay office next night he was informed
that the reserved seats was all took
toy a party But instead of the turn
ing away in disgust as the manager
hoped he merely exchanged the coin
for a sixpence and passed in among
the crowd
Queen Camilla was to do her high
flight to night and it was Queen Ca
milla he went to see He hadnt waited
to analyze the attraction he simply
went because he was attracted To be
sure entertainment was scarce in the
village where he had suddenly been
cast and though he was the owner of a
Qovely estate and 5000 a year there
a more friendless creature than
flie in existence
He had been ranching for fourteen
years in Australia and had been re
called in most unexpected fashion to
tep into his dead uncles shoes The
family history was to Mm a sealed
Shook His uncle had had children who
jhad died and that was all he knew
Queen Cam was later than usual that
aiightf and many watches had been im
patiently consulted before she came
The dress seats remained empty and
the ringmaster had a frown on his
brow His ruse had failed and he was
2 shillings poorer for having tried it
One swift glance Camilla gave toward
the seat Ronald had occupied then her
eye traveled along the line as if drawn
by his steady gaze and she gave a
quick start of recognition
The master cracked his whip sharp
ly and the horse began its accustomed
amble but even as it started on its
treadmill pace the ringmasters eye
caught the flutter of a loose strap and
he stooped to readjust it Quick as
thought the girl raised her head and
looked straight at Ronald King She
was pale that night there were dark
rings round her brilliant eyes and as
she met his glance gravely and steadily
for one moment she slowly shook hen
head It seemed to him there was sup
plication in her glance What did she
mean
Then the buckle was secured the
whip cracked again and the round be-
gan
II
Houp la She seemed to skim through
the air more lightly than ever that
night though her face was rigid and
it was with difficulty that she sum
moned a smile to her lips She trotted
round amid even louder applause than
usual but her little artificial salute
that sham stage kiss was lacking that
night Perhaps Queen Cam had forgot
ten x
At the entrance she was met by Meg
Hudson
Come away my lammie said the
old woman folding the girl in her arms
as she slipped from her saddle Ive
got a nice bowl o milk for your sup
per then ye can go straight to your
bed You shall have no more harsh
words to night no nor any otkftr night
from that old tartar if I can help it
A flaming placard on the boardings
next day announced a specially attract
ive program for the last night at Brax
ton But before night came the circus
tent was struck the caravans were
packed and the traveling company had
fled in sudden panic
Old Meg had been ailing for two or
three days No amount of warm gin
had suceeded in banishing the shiver
ing which took possession of her and
that morning she was seriously ill and
no doctor was needed to pronounce the
terrible word smallpox Old Meg
was left deserted in the small caravan
where she lay The wardrobes fortu
nately were not in the ame caravan
and Leo Salternes circus company took
a rapid flight to the nearest town
Queen Cam had begged hard to stay
behind but the manager wouldnt hear
of it so weeping and reluctant she
took her place She would be required
for the parade and besides if she got
smallpox and lost her beauty her ca
reer would be ended An old woman
more or less didnt matter and secretly
the manager rejoiced that a sure and
certain means was at hand of silencing
Megs tongue forever She was the
only one who knew the dreaded secret
It was eighteen years now since Jack
Forrest the handsome young riding
master had run away with the only
daughter of the squire of Braxton The
squire had never noticed his daughter
since and when Jack broke his necks
over a gigantic hurdle in view of a
crowd the shock killed his young wife
who left behind her in old Megs charge
a few valuable jewels her marriage
lines and a tiny babe girl Old Meg
had stack to those treasures fiercely
through thick and thin but the secret
would die with her Camillas identity
would remain unknown and the man
ager would take possession of the girl
soul and body
There was a hue and cry in the camp
next morning for the queen was miss
ing Her rough bed had not been slept
in but all her tawdry robes and finery
were there She must have gone away
in the veriest rags Of course they
knew where she had gone for Cam
knew no such thing as fear and the
manager swore loudly that some one
must go at once and fetch her But
there was the smallpox that was a
greater terror than the managers
wrath
III
Ronald King went home haunted by
the supplication of those beautiful eyes
He hurried over an important engage
ment next day to go to the last per
formance but reached the place only
to find that the Arabs had folded their
tents and silently stolen away One
solitary caravan alone marked the spot
and lighting a cigarette he strolled up
to where it stood
The sound of moaning came from
within and after knocking vainly ho
opened the door A miserable sight
met his eyes An old woman ill dy
ing lying on a rough straw pallet
turned a haggard face to the intruder
Ronald had seen sickness before Out
in the bush any one helped a dying
comrade and soon he had moistened
the parched lips arranged a pillow un
der the aching head lighted the swing
ing lamp and sat down in the miser
able hovel while with eager hands the
woman gave a packet into his keeping
and told him a story which seemed to
the young man only the ravings of de
lirium It was vain to seek a doctor
thfcn the nearest one was miles away
in the morning he should come
Presently the moaning ceased and
the old woman slept Then Ronald
slipped quietly out with a strange
thankfulness at heart that it was not
the beautiful Queen Camilla who had
fallen a victim to this terrible scourge
With morning light he was back
again but paused on the rickety steps
of the caravan at the sight that met his
eyes and in that moment his heart
went out from his keeping
Seated on the floor in Cinderella garb
of brown rags the womans head in her
lap was the girl he loved What mat
ter -that she was t circus rider a girl
of the people that she was shorn of
her pomp and glitter Though she
were the very scum of the earth he
loved her She was his queen a queen
in rags
One glance told him old Meg was
dead and gently he relieved the girl of
her burden
You must come with me he said
looking into her beautiful eyes You
can do no more for her She is dead
She was the only friend I had Oh
what shall I do without her sobbed
Cam I have no home It is all a
strange dark mystery I do not even
know my own name
Then it flashed across Ronald that
those papers that rambling talk had
not been delirium after all
So you are really my cousin It is
you who must reign here and not I
And what shall you do
I He met her gaze steadily
Never now must this girl know that he
worshiped her I shall go back to
Australia he said huskily
There is room enough for us both
here Ron But if you must go shy
ly you will take me with you
Then she was in his arms Answers
MENTALLY AN INFANT
The Strange Case of a Strongly Built
Man at Cleveland
In a bed in the Cleveland General
Hospital is a strong man reduced to
the mental condition of an infant G
months old He is William Murray of
Erie Pa who says he was hurt on
the head and is unable to give any
other account of himself
Murrays body trembles constantly
and when he attempts to speak his chin
quivers as if he were about to cry He
frequently leaps out of bed and sits
playing on the floor exactly like a child
when it is not yet strong enouyh to
walk He has a fancy for toys and
plays with them for hours at a time
When a watch was handed to Mur
ray he laughed and crowed in an ec
stasy of baby joy and shook the watch
like a rattle box The next minute he
placed the watch in his mouth A rat
tle -box is one of his prime favorites
One of the pastimes in which Murray
indulges oftenest is to sit on the floor
and play with his toes He eats and
drinks like a baby and tries to put ev
erything he gets hold of in his mouth
Every phase of infant life is depicted
in his acts
Murray is a fine looking man and evi
dently has been a person of refinement
He is strongly built weighs about 200
pounds and has dark hair and a dark
brown mustache He evidently has
been a shorthand writer The attend
ants at various times have given him
pencil and paper with which to amuse
himself and he invariably makes
shorthand characters instead of the
meaningless marks of a child
Some of the physicians who have
seen Murray have a theory that he
was confined in a hospital as the result
of an injury to his head and that he
escaped while slightly convalescent
The motion of the train they think
agitated the brain and brought -on Mur
rays strange condition His return to
infancy is an unprecedented mental
phenomenon St Louis Republic
A cat in a Chicago dog hospital has
brought up a family of five puppies
Ostriches are fond of waltzing ac
cording to a writer in the Popular Sci
ence Monthly
The male ostrich at time utters a cry
which sounds like an effort to speak
with the mouth shut tight
Red irritates oxen because it is the
complementary color to green and the
eyes of the cattle being fixed so much
on herbage anything red impresses
their sight with increased intensity
If you were cruel enough to cut off a
wasps head and put it on the point of
a needle in front of sugar and water
you would find that it would begin
greedily eating it quite unconscious
of the fact that the food was dropping
out of its gullet as soon as swallowed
Some time ago the experiment was
made of letting loose at Compiegne a
swallow belonging to Antwerp in com
pany with a number of pigeons The
swallow immediately made a beeline
for home and arrived there in one
hour while the pigeons required three
hours
After a long and peculiar illness a
horse belonging to Frank Heinen of
Reading Pa died the other day and
a post mortem examination revealed
that the animals stomach was partly
filled with broken glass some pieces of
which had pierced the tissue The
glass was of several kinds going to
prove that the horse had a fondness for
that diet
Tapestry Made by Mexican Moths
At a recent meeting of the St Louis
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Aeaoemy or sciences specimea were
exhibited of a kind of tapestry said to
have ben woven by the larvae of
moths on the ceiling of a com loft in
Mexico The silken sheet seems to
have covered the entire ceiling It was
composed of fine threads crossing and
recrossing in every direction was near
ly white in color and resembled a piece
of soft tanned sheepskin The insects
that made it destroy corn stored in
warehouses
Girls should not run around and tell
about it when they are cutting their
wisdom teeth it gives away their age
People will pay more for a quarrel
than for anything else
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FRUIT CURES
The Effect on Health of Almonds
Grapes and Strawberries
According to a celebrated health ex
pert blanched almonds gave the higher
nerve or brain and muscle food and
the man who wishes to keep his grain
power will do well to include them In
his daily bill of fare Juicy fruits give
more or less the higher nerve or brain
food and are eaten by all men whose
living depends on their clear-headedness
Apples supply the brain with rest
Prunes are said to afford prool against
nervousness but are not muscle feed
ing They should be avoided by those
who suffer from the liver But it has
been proved that fruits do not have the
same effect upon everybody Some
men cannot eat apples without suffer
ing from acute dyspepsia Fruit cure
is a form of treatment which is quite
the rage in continental Europe now
with persons suffering from real or
imaginary maladies
The New York Times says in refer
ence to this oneof the latest fads In
the tenth century an investigator has
discovered many medical authorities
became enthusiastic in their writings
over the remarkable curative virtues of
grapes while a certnir Van Sweeten
of a more modern d- aid to have
recommended in speiiu oases the eat
ing of twenty pounds of strawberries
a day The same gentleman also reports
a case of phthisis healed by strawber
ries and cites cases in which maniacs
have gained their reason by the exclu
sive use of cherries These instances
savor rather of the ridiculous but there
is no doubt that the so called grape
cure for indigestion and other evils is
carried on in many places on the conti
nent and that people betake them
selves to Meran Vevay Bingen or to
Italy and the south of France with the
intention of devoting six weeks to the
cure during which time they are ex
pected to have gradually accomplished
the feat of consuming from three to
eight pounds of grapes daily Grapes
are said to exercise a salutary action
on the nervous system and so favor the
formation of fat that is to say when
fruit of good quality is employed if
the grapes are not sufficiently ripe and
are watery and sour the patient may
lose rather than gain weight The
valuable results obtained by a fruit diet
in cases of dyspepsia are due to the
fact that the noxious germs habitually
present in the alimentary canal do not
thrive in fru juices
That fruit is a most valuable article
of food cannot be denied and that
many diseases may be greatly benefited
by a diet largely composed of fruit is
true enough It is a fact too that the
majority of people eat more meat than
they require Meat eaten once a day
s sufficient for a person not engaged in
manual labor or who does not take
much strong outdor exercise A large
number of the complaints contracted
owe their origin to the consumption of
food which entails a greater drain on
the gastric juices than the system is
able to withstand The cures attribut
ed to the grape occur for the most part
with those who are accustomed to high
living and are really owing to the fact
that the organs of digestion are given
a much needed rest Seini starvation
would answer the purpose almost as
well For the person whose work lies
chiefly indoors a mixed and varied diet
is most conducive to good health Med
ical Record
Good Advice to Young Authors
It is possible to give good advice
without intending to do it Some time
ago an inspiring writer in New Zealand
wrote to Mr Rudyard Kipling for ad
vice which might enable him to suc
ceed in the occupation he had chosen
In due time he received the following
note from Mr Kipling
No mans advice is of the least ben
efit in our business and I am a very
busy man Keep on trying till you
either fail or succeed
Mr Kipling could hardly have said
more if he had written the man a let
ter to cover a ream of paper
The young author who is ambitious
of literary success and who has it in
him to succeed will not be discouraged
by repeated failures but will learn
something from every failure and per
severe until he finds appreciation
If he never finds such appreciation
the proof is pretty positive that he does
not possess the qualifications for suc
cess and he has hardly wasted his
time since beyond question he enjoyed
the work or he would not have done
it
Iiife on a Canadian Ranch
For nearly half the year we can lead
i regular out-of-door life here and that
Is what makes the real charm of the
country That is what gives the health
and brightness and hardiness to a life
that acts with a kind of slow fascina
tion on us all
Englishmen who have lived here will
abuse the country sometimes o home
for good bidding a joyful last farewell
to the prairie and come back within
the year They profess not to know
what draws them back to these world
forsaken wilds and they abuse the
country again But they csat keep
away from it
The logic of such proceedings is quite
beyond my grasp but speaking as a
mere illogical female I like the coun
try so well myself that I think it is
good to be here I like the simplicity
the informality of the life the long
hours in the open air I like the endless
riding over the endless prairie the
winds sweeping the grass the great
silent sunshine the vast skies and the
splendid line of the Rockies guarding
the west 1 like the herds of cattle
feeding among the foothills moving
slowly from water to water and the
bands of horses traveling their own
way free of the prairie I like the
clear rivers that come pouring out of
the mouD tains with their great rocky
nools and the shining reaches of swift
I water where we fish in the summer
I time -and the little lakes among the
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hills where the wild duck drop down to
rest on their flight to the north in
spring
When the grouse shooting begins in
the autumn or as we say here when
the chicken shooting begins in the fall
I like to ride with the guns to watch
the sport and mark down the birds in
the long grass I like both the work and
the play here the time and
the time for coming borne
I like the summer and the wteler the
monotony and the change Besides I
like a flannel shirt and liberty
O r9 s ZrQ
PIsek Bohemia is probably -the only
dogless town in the world In con
sequence of a death from hydrophobia
the authorities ordered every dog in die
place killed
A remarkable long distance telephone
talk was that between Captain Jacques
in New York and Simon Lake in the
cabin of his submarine boat the Argo
naut eight miles out in Baltimore har
bor and sixty five feet under water
When a man has reached SI years
and lias worked at blacksmithing un
ceasingly for sixty five years one night
excuse him if he abandoned the anvil
evermore but a smart old fellow down
in Maine asks no release in these cir
cumstances and continues merrily on
Bostons municipal legislators are
considering the advisability of borrow
ing 700000 for the establishment of
twenty playgrounds for the children of
the streets The committee on cities
favorably reported a bill providing for
this improvement
A prying correspondent has discover
ed in Piscataquis County Maine a
family of six children the oldest of
whoin twins are not yet quite 4 years
of age Other twins are two years
younger and the others 4 weeks In
each case of the twins there are a boy
and a girl
It is said that a flower has been found
in South America which is visible only
when the wind is blowing The shrab
belongs to the cactus family and is
about three feet high with a crook at
the top When the wind blows a
number of beautiful flowers protrude
from little lumps on the stalk
A letter from Japan says th ir al
though it is only eighteen years since
the first newspaper was published in
Japan there are now 575 daily and
weekly newspapers There are thirty
five law magazines eleven scientific
periodicals thirty five medical journals
and an equal number of religious news
papers
The late Justice Daniels of New York
was one of the many persons afflicted
with the dread of being buried alive
I request he wrote in his will that
interment shall be delayed until after
my decease shall have obviously and
certainly taken place and excluding
reliance as to that fact on the opinion
of any physician as such opinions have
so often proved to be mistakes
It is related of President John Ty
lers nephew William Tyler who died
a few days ago in Conkling Washing
ton County Tenn at the age of 85
years that he had lived all his long life
in the house in which he was born and
that the building was once owned by
John Sevier the pioneer who there
planned with Colonel Isaac Shelby in
1780 the battle of Kings mountain
A minister in Springfield Mass is
said to have received a bicycle as a
present from the manufacturer on con
dition that it should be advertised by
him from the pulpit In order to fulfill
his contract he preached a sermon on
Sunshine from Between the Weels
and at the close he announced to his
hearers the name of the wheel he rode
and advised them to get only good
ones
The good people of Louisville Ky
were recently startled by the appear
ance on the streets of that city of a
stylishly dressed young Avoman with a
pipe in her mouth The pipe was of
briar root with silver mountings and
a curved amber stem The good qual
ity of the tobacco which the young
woman smoked has been attested by
masculine observers who caught a
whiff of its rich aroma
Railroads Needed in Ecuador
Ecuador is sadly deficient in trans
portation facilities Gold silver cop
per iron lead coal and petroleum are
there in abundance but the lack of
railroads renders it difficult to develop
these minerals as is wished In this
country which buys from us 750000
worth of our manufactures and from
which we take nearly 000000 there is
but one railroad
Woman Stealing Meerschaums
The French have produced the most
remarkable kleptomaniac on record
This is an old woman named Bide
Whose passion for stnoking has impell
ed her to pilfer pipes from Parisian
shops with such industry that co fewer
than 2000 were found in her lodgings
All were meerschaums and thivty nine
were well colored
The Hindoo Way
For 3000 years the Hindoo stand
ard of living has been almost the same
for rich and poor The Rajahs floors
are bare and the rich man washes in
the open air and dries himself in the
sun like his poorer brother and so sim
ple is the mode of life and so great the
fear of robbery that immense amounts
of wealth are buried
Unique Floor in London
The floor of the rotunda at the Lon
don Coal Exchange where the mer
chants gather is unique It is compos
ed of inlaid woods arranged in the
form of a mariners compass with a
border of Greek fret Upward of 4000
pieces of wood are employed
M mmJbuiAuaMte
INDIANS AS CATTLE RASEfl5
They Have Tailed Entirely Thougk
Having Every Advantage
If there ever was any hope for the
Indian in an agricultural way it sure-
ly was in the direction of raising cat
tle remarked an old government con
tractor to a reporter for the Star
Its a good thing for us though
chimed in the cattle buyer who was aa
old time friend of the contractor that
the Indians didnt develop that way
Correct you are retorted the con
tractor but it is curious after all Tho
Indians had a better chance than any
white man on earth to go into the cattle
business They had big ranges guard
ed by Government troops Uncle Sam
was buying stock for them all the time
and by this time they should have leen
the bulhonaires of the country Btic
is not so In fact there is not a tribe in
the United States that bas cattle
enough for its own needs
Yes said the buyer they had big
herds of cow ponies they are good
plainsmen herding cattle is not hard
work and there are always plenty of
boys about an Indian camp to take caie
of it without troubling the biicus oi
squaws The first work of barbarous
man was the tending of herds and
flocks and it would seem this would
be the first move of the Indians toward
civilization but they skip it somehow
Look at the Crow beef herd np In
Montana said -the contractor The
finest best guarded and watered range
in the country and yet the herd lias
been growing smaller and smaller all
the time notwithstanding the additions
made every year by the Government
Then look at the five civilized tribes la
the territory They have fine grazing
privileges but lose the benefit of thein
by leases and then lose the money
through the dishonesty of those who
make the leases
On the Kiowa and Commanche res
ervations the Government allows tho
Indians to sell the grass arid each In
dian gets about 35 a year grass mon
ey He spends this in a hurry and
that Is the end of it Suppose the Gov
ernment took this grass money for a
year or so and bought cattle The re
sult would be that the Indians would
sell their grass in the snape of beef
which is far more profitable It is the
same way every where you go Tiia
Government has assisted the Indian to
dispose of his birthright until the Indian-
does not recognize it when he
meets it in the road The Indians aro
colossal failures as cattle men Kan
sas City Star
An Example of Simian Sense
A bird that builds its nest in a shel
tered place exercises control over Na
ture in its degree quite analogous to
the work of a human architect The
foxes have holes and the birds of the
air have nests How does the fox get
its hole or the bird its nest They
make them for their purposes and this
is certainly control over Nature tekthat
extent How does the fox support his
family if he has no control over Na
ture Do hens and chickens run into
his hole and ask to be eaten Dr Hop
kins does not seem to have heard of
the way in which a tribe of monkeys
prepare to rob a cornfield Het us de
scribe it When they get ready to start
on their expedition an old monkej the
leader of the tribe with a staff in his
hand so as to stand upright more easi
ly marches ahead on two legs thus
being more elevated than the others
so as to see signs of danger more read
ily The rest follow him on all fours
The leader advances slowly and cau
tiously carefully reconnoitering in all
directions till the party arrives at the
cornfield He then assigns the senti
nels to their respective posts All be
ing now in readiness the rest of the
tribe ravage and eat to their hearts
content When they retire each one
carries two or three ears of corn and
from this provision the sentinels are
fed on arrival at their lair Here wo
see ability to rule and a willingness to
submit to rule a thoughtful prepara
tion of means to the end in view and a
recognition of the rights of the senti
nels to be suitably rewarded at the
close of the expedition Wherein does
all this differ from a similar foray of a
tribe of savage men The only differ
ence that really exists is in degree
otherwise it is much the same Satur
day Evening Post
Fine Painter v
In every trade there are a lot oTyp
ical stories which go the rounds year
after year stories of great feats or of
endurance or perhaps of humor
A journeyman painter once sought a
job with a rich man He looked youth
ful and inexperienced and the person
to whom he applied for work was in
clined to believe he was incompetent
Why what can you do my young
man he inquired You dont appear
old enough to know muoh about paint
ing
Ill show 3ou replied the journey
man
He produced his brushes and paints
and went to a near by pine fence
There he painted a knot on the biggest
hole It was late in the afternoon
when he finished the job
The next day the sun came out bright
and the day was warm and clear At
3 oclock in the afternoon the painted
knot dropped out of tho board under
the influence of the suns rays
The journeyman was hired on the
spot Chicago Journal
Fashionable Portraits
Carolus Duran the fashionable por
trait painter charges 14000 for a full
length mother and child picture
8000 for a single full length without
the child and for the full length
child 5000 It will be observed by
these figures that it is money in your
pocket to be took separately Abeg
garly 1000 is worth saving in these
hard times Boston Herald
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