The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, September 13, 1901, Page 7, Image 7
TIIK NORFOLK TS'KWS : FRIDAY , SKITKMHKU IK , DAWN AT VENICE. One burnliheJ cloiul first turned * jigged prowj The conscious witer nettled deep among Her murky goudolu thit , bow on bow , Freighted with ihadowi at the mole swunj. Boon palace and canal paled Into tight. Fainting is watchers whoso lotitf vigil wanes Till dau-n'i approach acrosa the vravca of night FlujheJ the row blood In sleeping Venice's UlM. Then up the dazzling atepi that lead to Oed One radiant sunbeam and a lone white dove B nta Maria's holy threshold trod- A thrino of morning lit by light and lore I Loud warned the chime to mara o'er quay and home , Calling soft flocks of doves to meet the day Mid sculptured faints and angels round the dome , While market women followed In to pray. Martin Gilbert lilcklnson In Scrlbncr's Magi- line. line.CATARINA : CATARINA : : A SKETCH. From such surroundings ? Yes , per haps because of such surroundings. Genius will flourish anywhere , and genius has the happy faculty of bend ing every dllllculty to Its own advan tage. At any rate , though genius It self Is apt to be very dubious respect ing this comforting doctrine , I cannot but think that 1'rlnccs road made Cata- rlnn. Yet , truly , what i' setting for such a pearl ! Her mother was an Italian , her father - | ther had died while she was still n child , and from that day Catarlna was V marked by fate. The mother had V bought a greengrocer's shop In that very unlovely Princes road I have re ferred to , and there , ensconced In that little fortress It might be truly said hardly ever quitting guard she had begun and carried on through long years one of those terrible , grim , silent struggles with poverty , disaster and death with which London Is replete. She had survived , she had been always able Just to keep her head above wa ter , but heaven only knows at the cost of what heroism , of what Intelligence and of what privations In that little sea of troubles In which her lot was cast ! The older Inhabitants of Princes road still remember her as a buxom and high spirited young woman , speaking English very badly , but shrewd enough withal. But the years had gradually robbed her of every trace of her for mer beauty , and from the first day I know her she was a prematurely old , quiet , careworn dame , her face sallow and withered , her cheeks drawn and sunken , her hair dry and dusty , and - If any hint remained to give assurance to the memory of her charms It was In her Italian eye , sad , but deep , lustrous , Mazing up at times with some Inward lire or occasionally revealing the strange , yearning , hunted look of a poor child of the sunny south wearing out her life In a somber clime and among an alien people. No ; there was another testimony to her former beauty Catarlna ! She was about 13 when I saw her first , and most children are pretty at that age , but no one with the eye of an artist or with Insight Into character could once gaze upon Catarlua's countenance without Inwardly resolving that that strange , foreign looking creature was predestined to a "career. " Catarlna was often to be found In the shop about that time or In the little "parlour" that served for everything nt the back. She was generally to be found there , In fact , for , though she avoided school and was not a particu larly shining light In the paths of learn ing , the girl was devoured with a rage for reading. There she was to bo found as often as not with a smudge upon her short nose from having han- < died dusty potatoes , perched up or J t crouched down with a novelette , a ; story book , a book of travel , of ad- * ' venture. She was extraordinarily pre- > coclous In her understanding of the world , just as much as she was back ward In physical development , for she was small for her age. Even then she was ambitious she was more than am bitious ; she was flery and resolute. One saw It In the flash of the wonder ful eyes as she glanced up quickly from her book , seeming In one earnest dart to look through your own eyes In to something , possibly the soul , be hind ! She was delightfully shy , though con fident ; timid , though fiery ; rapid , though tender. When she dropped her eyes , there was a fascination that de pended on no mere demureuess , that must Indeed have been something un conscious , for It seemed really to be due to the lashes , with their long and peculiar fanllke sweep. Catarina had resolved even to be an nctress. By a sort of Instinct she per ceived that that wad the only avenue by which she could escape from the surroundings of Princes road , which nt the same time she loathed and ac quiesced in with a natural and even affectionate familiarity. Catarina would weigh out a pound of potatoes with "East Lynuo" In her hand. She would haggle over an odd halfpenny with the asparagus man , dreaming for she was always dream ing of the most brilliant conquests , i the most illustrious situations of the "boards. " Cntarlna had been six months in "the profession. " By dint of what exer tions , of what energy , resolution , had bhe carried her point ! It was heroic , but of that kind of heroism which is utterly unconscious to the doer. Cata- rlnu knew n world of things , and she had nerves of steel. She had succeed ed. And then her chance came. Al most na one tosses a ball of worsted to a kitten they had given Catarlua nu interpolated "song and dance. " She could not sing n "llttlo bit , " for , though her voice had a quality as though the sense of touch had some- how been dissolved Into It , the volume of sound In singing WIIH altogether too feeble. The audience laughed , laughed even at the beautiful Italian eyes , sim ply because they were "new" until Catarlna began to dance. They had taught her steps for a fortnight , but In her excitement she had forgotten thorn. She fell hack upon the steps her mother had taught her and upon her tjenlus. Her dancing spoke , It sang , It laughed , It teased yes , like the very kitten with the worsted It fascinated , It struck llreworks , It brought down the house In n thunderclap of sudden , ImpetuouH , astonished applause. 1 met her going homo one night short ly afterward. She had slipped away and was actually trudging or , rather , stepping It , like u fairy on foot. Per- laps she liked the walk ; perhaps It was the habit of the old days when a half penny loomed vast as a sovereign. She was beautifully dressed , though outwardly enveloped In a coarse cloak. It came on to rain , and I suggested we should take a hansom , She con sented with the air in her It was no affectation of a princess , giving mo her dainty little hand. On the way down Bayswater road she alternately laughed and cried for Joy , and her whole pleasure was that she would bo able to make the "mater" a countess. "The mater , you know , suffers , al though she never complains. She has Indigestion. " Poor mater ! I thought of that long campaign of suffering , of privation , even doubtless at times of starvation , and Catarlna knew It. We came near Princes road. "Tell him to .stop ! " Catarlna cried suddenly. Then with the conlUlenco of old acquaintance : "I can't hear to tell any one my ad dress Is In Princes road. I abhor It. But the mater Is positively loath to leave It. " "Catarina , " I said , "no one , I hope , Judges you by" She started up as if she had been struck by a whip , her eyes In the moon light glaring like those of a tiger , throwing a luster upon the pallid , beau tiful countenance. The sudden glance recalled to my mind the picture of the "mater" nialm- i-d and bruised from the terrible battle cf life , with her broken English , gar nished with the hideous slang of Princes road , which she had piously accepted as the English vernacular. "Catarlna , " I pursued llnnly , "no one , I hope , Judges you by Princes road. " She seized my hand. The tears gush ed to her eyes. "I thought you were going to say something else. If you had , by Jove , I'd 'a' gone for you ! " We walked on In silence till we came to the little greengrocer's shop. I was about to hid Catarlna good night , but she said : "Come In for a minute and talk to the mater. She sits up waiting for mo always. And If you tell her I danced well she could listen to you tell ing It a hundred times. " We entered through the darkness of the shop. A pale light shone , however , through the crack in the parlor door. Catarlna , a little surprised that the mater had not opened to greet her , called out , "Mater , mater , nmter ! " as she entered the room. There the mater sat in the old arm chair. In front of her on the table was n little painting representing herself as a young girl of about Catarlua's age. Beside the painting was Catarlua's lat est photograph. A newspaper was still In her hand. Her face was smoothed of wrinkles In Its last repose. In the pale light of the lamp It had an ex pression almost of Joy. Black and White. "In the Swim. " This phrase Is , one fears , bad English In so far as It has acquired a soupcon of vulgarity which , In the first place , perhaps , It did not possess , since It Is thought to have originated from an glers being In luck when they find a swim or "school" of fish. Thus It has come to mean being In the popular cur rent either In opinion , speculation or fashion dans la mouvement , In the vogue with others. It Is possible that the phrase was suggested to anglers by the eastern metaphor "To swim In golden lard , " meaning to bo prosperous , "And , gentle sir , when you do come to swim In golden lard" ( B. Jensen , "The Fox , " 1.1) ) . Webster gives It aa colloquial and says the meaning Is "to bo In a favored position ; to be associated with others In active affairs. " The Imperial Dic tionary also classes the phrase In the same way and describes "tho wlm" as "the current of social or business events ; the tide of affaire ; the circle of these who know what Is going on. " The Dictionary of Phrase and Fable gives the origin as from an angler's phrase and says , "A lot of fish gathered together Is called a swim , and when an angler can pitch his hook In such a place he Is said to be 'In a good swim. ' " . Notes and Queries. The KliiKN of Denmark. The dust of the Danish kings Is kept In a great cathedral at Uoskllde , an old town 20 miles from Copenhagen. Ev ery year the entire royal family always pays a visit to Rosklldo In obedience to an ancient custom. On one of the pil lars are marks showing the height of Peter the Great , Nicholas , the Iron Czar ; Alexander III of Russia ; the king of England , and many other kings. The cathedral was built In the elev enth century. It has two mighty tow ers , which can be seen at n long dis tance. The oldest grave Is that of King Harold I , who died In OS7. Chicago cage Record-Herald. Good Children. "People are always content TV'U their children , " said ilr. Crusty. "Yes , " answered Mr. Dusty , "If a I jy Is dUlldcnt they say ho Is naturally i e- flued , and If he Is boisterous they say he Is sure to make his way In the world. " Washington Star. BOUND FOR THE FRONT. An Iiirlilrnt Slnmlnw Ilir MIIKnrr ( 'ourumof the MniUoncwrlii. In military courage the Montenegrin probably Htniula at the head of Euro pean races. The best wish for a baby boy Is , "May you not die In your bed ! " and to face death Is , to man or boy , only a Joyous gamo. Says \V. .1. Still- man In hln "Autobiography : " 1 have noon a man under a heavy Turkish lire deliberately leave the trenches and climb the breastwork , only to oxHse himself from sheer bravado. While lying at hcadquarterH at Orea- bult , awaiting the opening of the cam paign In 1S77 , 1 was walking one day with the prince , when a boy of 10 or IS approached us , cap In hand. "Now , " said the prince , "I'll show you oil Interesting thing. This boy Is the last of a good family. Ills father and brothers won1 all killed In the last bat tle , and 1 ordered him to go homo and stay with his mother and Klstors , that the family might not bin-nine oxtlnot. " The l > oy drew near and stopped before - fore us , his head down , his cap In hand. "What do you want ? " asked the prince. "I want to go back to my battalion. " "But , " said the prince , "you art * the last of your line , and I cannot allow a good family to be lost. You must go home and take care of your mother. " The boy began to cry bitterly. "Will you go homo quietly and stay there , " said the prince , "or will you take a ( logging and be allowed to light ? " The boy thought for a moment. A flogging , he know well , Is the deepest disgrace that can befall a Montonogrln. "Well , " ho broke out , "since It Isn't for stealing , I'll IK. ' flogged. " "No , " wild the prince , "you must go home. " Then the boy broke down utterly. "But , " lie cried , "I want to avenge iny father and brothers ! " He went away still crying , and the prince said : "In spite of all tills ho will be In the next battlo. " CHINESE PROVERBS. Dig a well before you are thirsty. The ripest fruit will not fall Into your mouth. Great wealth means destiny. Mod erate wealth moans Industry. The pleasure of doing good is the only one which does not wear out. Water does not remain on the moun tain nor vengeance In a great mind. To nourish the heart there Is nothing better than to make the desires few. When life comes , It cannot be de clined. When It goes , It cannot be letalncd. Good governments get the people's wealth , while good Instructions got their hearts. These who labor with their minds govern others. These who labor with their strength are governed by others. A small bag cannot be made to con tain what Is largo. A short rope can not be used to draw water from a deep well. Let every man sweep the snow from before his own door and not busy him self about the frost of his neighbor's tiles. Elevator * . To the man who is accustomed to buildings where staircases are still use ful as well as ornamental the speed of the "express" elevators In New York skyscrapers Is disturbing. Recently an "up state" man , who was being shown about the city by a friend , was taken at last up to the sixteenth story of one of the high buildings. lie went up In a "local" elevator , at moderate speed , but even that caused him to suffer many qualms before he stepped out on the firm landing. In coming down to street level again they took an "express. " With one switch of the handle and a few sparks from the con trolling apparatus they were deposited on the ground floor. The city man asked the other If "that was quick enough" for him. "Quick enough ! " he exclaimed. "Why , I might Just as well have Jumped. " New York Post. A Ghowtly Satellite. Under certain conditions there may be seen In the night sky , exactly op posite to the place where the sun may then be , a faint light , rounded In outline - line , to which the name "gegenschlen" has been given. It has always been a mystery to astronomers , but Professor Pickering suggested that It may be n cemetery or meteoric satellite of the earth. He thinks It may be composed of a cloud of meteors 1,000,000 miles from the earth and revolving around It In a period of Just one solar year , BO that the sun and the ghostly satellite arc always on opposite sides of the earth. A City of Dolllnn Sprlnjti. Carlsbad has been humorously de scribed as being built on the lid of a boiling kettle , which Is almost literally true , as It stands on a crust of com parative thinness through which rise several mineral springs. The most abundant and most used of these springs Is the Sprudcl , which dis charges 130,000 gallons a day of vari ous temperatures. The water of the hot springs has been famous for more than a century ns n "cure" for various complaints , and the town can nearly always boast of Its royal visitors dur ing the season from May 1 to Sept. 20. The Difference. Pater You are very forwerd , sir. In my day the young man waited until ho was asked to call. Young Man Yes , and now he waits until he's asked not to call. Tit-Bits. Ai L'mnl. "What has society done for us ? " "Increased the number of our Infe riors , " Brooklyn Life. ' Cnllnl l.orlUiird'N lllnfT. 1 Ileavy bettor an ho wan , Plerro Lorll- Inrd oncp met hlH timtoli when he ran up against gray bearded .lumen 15. Kelly , who Introduced IwoUiiinklng Into this country. It was nearly a genera tion ago and at Jerome park. Kelly was laying 2i < j to 1 against ono of Lorlllard'f ) horaon In a big Hluko event. The news wont to Mr. Lnrllhml , Heated on hlrt coach on the clnhhouHo lawn. "I'll Just take n llttlo of the conceit out of that nawod off Irishman , " said I/orlllard to Wright Hanford , Nowbold Morris , Jolin Hunter and a few other congenial HplrltH. They started for tin * ring together. "I'll lay $10,000 on my horne at that price , Kelly , " said Mr. Lorlllard In hla princely fashion , expecting to HPO Kelly wilt and rofUHo to take the wager. "Certainly , Mr. Lorlllard. " Then turning to his shoot writer , Kelly mild : " $2.1.000 agnlimt $10,000 , Plorro Lorll lard. " Quickly ho turned to the to bacco magnate with a pnllto "Much obliged to you , Mr. Lorillard ; very much obliged. Would yon or your friend * care to bet another $10,000 at the same odds ? Should bo delighted to accommodate you. " "What a nerve ! " was all Mr. Lorll lard could say as ho turned on his heel and walked away. Jimmy Kelly won the hoi , for Lor- lllurd'rt horse was beaten. Now York Times. Tlir l.nmlliihtipr Dnolci of Hiilinrn. "The proverbial fondness of ducks for water would load one to promip- pose that of all the world the most den- tituto of ducks would be the Sahara desert and that If a stray 'HprlnglnU' happened to drift Into that region ho would cither vamoose or turn up hln toes with briefest delay. Well , not at all , " said a Frenchman who was for merly a resident of Tunis. "There are parts of the desert where ducks abound , flourish and multiply with every evidence of perfect satis faction. The fowl Is slightly different from any of the varieties we know In this country , but It has the same flat bill , extensive breast and web feet , showing that It was once a water bird , though now It scarcely flnds enough to drink and has become too provident to waste any of the precious fluid In ablu tions. Like the other good Mussulmans of the country , they take their prescrib ed bath In the sand , and their web feet come In very handy as snou-wlioes to walk upon the deep yielding dust. It Is claimed by an eminent French orni thologist that the Kaharan ducks are the remains of a race of aquatic birds which frequented these seas when the present desert was a part of the Atlan tic ocean. " Iliili'N In K You are skeptical about the accuracy of this statement and ask why water does not leak from a bottle If there are holes In everything ? The answer Is simple enough the drops or globuloa of water are bigger than the holes. Taking glass as an Illustration , we llnd that air Is about the only substance that can get through those holes. A scientist proposes the following as an experiment : Place a hell In a bottle exhausted of air and hermetically sealed. The bell will not ring because the medium for convoying sound Is not there. Set the bottle aside for a few months , then try the bell again , and It will ring , faintly , perhaps , but nevertheless there will be a sound. That means that the air has got In. It has made Its way through the holes In the glass. Thu Incandescent lamp Is a bulb of glass exhausted of air so that the slen der filament may glow when the elec tricity runs along It. 1'lie air works Its way In gradually and the light In comes less brilliant In proportion. NutH nH Food. Nuts contain a large amount of nour ishment , and owing to their oily nature digest easily. Eaten with salt they are palatable. Either as a dessert course or salted and used as a relish their value Is the same. They are not ex pensive , for from the peanut through1 the Imported varieties they can be bought In bulk nt small cost. The peanut has many good qualities to recommend It , and from Its low estate Is coming to the front as an Important Item in dietetics. It Is supposed to cure Insomnia If eaten Just before retiring. Salted , they are much cheaper than al monds. The small hickory nut , at a few cents a quart , can be used on the most economical table. The English walnut makes a very good salad blanched and used with celery. Fil berts , almonds and Brazil nuts are more expensive , but as only a few are needed at a time the cost Is not great- Woman's Home Companion. Flowerpot * . Eggshells may be used to advantage In starting delicate plants for trans planting. The half shells ore filled with earth and set In a box also con taining dampened earth. A hole Is made In the point of the shell to allow drainage. A single seed Is then plant ed In each shell , which Is easily broken when transplanting Is done without the slightest disturbance of roots. This use of eggshells Is the discovery of a French gardener , who claims that they are vastly superior to the llttlo pota generally used for the purpose by flor ists. lloir the Fn N Started. "That hand me down suit you're wearing , " remarked Rivers , "reminds me of on unripe watermelon. " "Why ? " asked Brooks. "Because K'a so different One Isn't cut to fit , and the other Isn't fit to cut" It was then that Brooks blazed away at hlm.-Plck-Me-Up. 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