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Fussy or Strenuous?
N the line of shibboleths that have
raised more or less of a temporary
furore in this country, one of the
foremost is that going by the name
of the “strenuous life.” The thing
existed long before President Roose
velt flung his stalwart personality
across the national horizon. In fact
strenuousness and America are al
most synonymous. Persons coming
from abroad are pretty generally
agreed that it accounts for the mar
velous success of this country in the
brief period of its history. Had we
not been hustlers from the word
“go,” it would have required just about twice as
much time as it really has for the nation to excel in
the matter of material accomplishments—at least, in
the proportion chalked up to its credit. But, as
in all things, there is a genuine strenuous life and
an artificial strenuous life. The man who is truly
energetic—who occupies every moment of his time
from rising to retiring with some sort of pursuit,
who is a regular glutton for work—as a rule says
comparitively little about it. He is not given to cir
culating around among his neighbors, wiping the
perspiration from his brow and declaiming of the
feats he has accomplished. He simply goes ahead
in a matter-of-fact manner, follows out a pno-
gram which his judgment dictates, and does not
arrogate any special credit to himself. But the man
who has been caught by the glamour supposed to
surround the phrase takes tremendous pains to let
the world know that he is a preternaturally active
individual.
He rises early in the morning, grumbling fear-
! plain that her husband and neighbors do not give
her due credit for her activity.
There are women, on the other hand, who are
well-nigh perfect housekeepers with comparatively
little effort. That is, on the surface. They can su
pervise the care of a ten-room residence, keep the
cook well up in her task, took after the welfare of
four or five children and one healthy, hungry hus
band—and never appear to be rushed. Necessari
ly, such exertion entails fatigue. The sensible wo
man expects it, and overcomes its illl-effects by
' taking such care of herself as will give her strength
to meet the calls of the day, with a little energy
left for the pleasures and relaxations of the even-
ing.
Unfortunately, a class exists which deserves
special treatment. That is, the people composing it
honestly delude themselves into believing that the
routine which falls to them daily is more arduous
than the occupation of any other being. Such per
sons look with envy on those whom they imagine
enjoy a sinecure. They are prone to worry them
selves and other people about their health. Some
of them even get so morbid that they begin to an
ticipate the possibility of a breakdown; often ; s
not, their brooding on the subject actually causes
a collapse, w'hen there is no physical or mental rea
son for its occurence.
For the person who affects strenuousness, we
have no remedy or advice. They are generally
able to take care of themselves. But for this last
class—those imagining themselves under unusual
and unjust burdens, it is as well to say this: Stop
thinking about yourself. Just go ahead amd get
your work done with a minimum of fret and a
maximum of efficiency. Consider that others have
a harder let than yours—and that many of them
do not grumble.
Use a little philosophy—you will discover it
worth while.
After Graduation
NE of the prevalent problems in our
* educational system is the “stupid”
boy or girl. Those of us not too
long past school days, remember
with ease plenty of schoolmates
who were slow in learning, to whom
every mental task was an apparent
effort, who were frequently objects
of ridicule on part of their apter
fellows. We remember, too, that
we used to wonder at times what
would be the fate of these slow
coaches when they were forced out
of the schoolroom into actice life.
Some of us were shallow enough to
believe that the density of childhood meant the
ignorance and incapacity of maturity, and we con
fidently looked forward to the persons thus handi-
caped making decided failures in the competition
for success which merely starts when the school
doors close. We have found out, too, that our
calculations were all awry. We have often seen the
fully about the exacting duties before him. He eats ; heavy, sluggish pupil become the brilliant man of
breakfast at a gallop, causing his wife and the re- [business; or the indifferent, slovenly girl become
mainder of the faimly no end of inconvenience, {the witty, tactful, attractive woman. Frequently
Coming down town on the car, he buttonholes las not, the boy or girl who stood at the head of
some friend who cannot escape, and delivers a pro- the class in the garmmar school or the university,
t--;»cted sermon on the beauties of everlasting | somehow disappears from our vision shortly after
hustle, leaving it to be inferred that he is himself | graduation. When we begin to make inquiries
one of the foremost apostles of the aforesaid creed, 'concerning them, it is to discover that they set-
When he reaches the office, his coat comes off tied down to some humdrum, obscure career, un-
with a flourish, and lie settles down to work with able to display the energy and executive ability
such an air of concentration that one would imagine required in the successes of actual life,
the fate of the universe hung on his efforts. If you ' The Philadelphia Ledger gives the following
will watch him rather clos> . however, you will causes, which will be found decidely interesting:
discover that this flannel-moutiied brother does not j “The slow l>oy in school often gives an excellent ae-
accomplish one-fifth as much as the quiet, non- eount of himself in the fierce competitions of after-life,
assuming man, who does mot bore creation with Some youths develop very slowly and do not immediately
, . , , find their vocation. The honor men at. the universitv must
tales of Ills mental and nervous prowess. possess adaptability for the mastery of all or nearly all
The tiling extends to women and to men in the studies in the curriculum. Deficiency in mathematics
every walk of life, whether in the crowded pre- ' nav reduce the rank of the student who is an adept in the
•• r ,, r , , • , ,, , languages. Greek may be a stumbling block to the youth
cincts of the town or in the furrow behind the s o\\- w j 10 , nav j )P a mathematical genius. Outside the college
going mule. Some women, particularly, yearn to walls the graduate can develop along chosen lines and find
give the impression of industry—and end by be- i Ins sphere.
coming only fussy. T'hey are on a continual lope Undoubtedly, this situation rises out of defects
around the house in alleged performance of their in our educational system to an extent: We try to
domestic duties. Such a simple job as dusting a educate children as we drive sheep—all in one
mantlepiece is performed with the same apparent direction and in one flock. Specialization is the
vigor needed in the removal of a piano from one
room to another. She opens doors and plunges
from one end of the house to the other like an
amateur cyclone. When night comes and she dis
covers how little she really has done, she begins
to wonder why she is so exhausted and to cam-
order of the day, and we are continually coming to
have a larger opinion of its efficiency.
At the same time, whether or not specialization
is eventually applied in all its possibilities, snap
judgment on the future of the slow-going boy or
girl in school is a risky experiment.
Haste.
(Exchange/)
More haste is made in the United States
than in England, France and Germany
put together. This is due in part to
our vast natural resources, but chiefly
to our protective tariff, which fosters
and stimulates all kinds of manufactur
ing.
Good is often an important by-product
in making haste. Quite a few of those
who make haste also make good.
Enormous capital and millions of men
are employed in making haste. There
are instances of whole families, whole
neighborhoods, making haste. Persons
who make haste usually die before they
are fifty, owing, it is said, to the dust
they raise, which settles on their lungs.
Making haste has been greatly facili
tated by the invention of the automo
bile and other devices. One man can
make more haste now than ten men could
fifty years ago. Our richest universi
ties, yielding to the demand for practi
cal education, are already teaching the
youth how to make haste.
Did He Get ItP
In rural Maine, says The Boston Her
ald, when one has an especially hard or
disagreeable task to perform, one "calls
in the neighbors.” At such times the
work iperlormed is done without money
and without price, except that the host
must privlde abundant refreshments,
both nourishing and intoxicating. At
such times the winter supply of fire
wood is cut, the timber felled and piled,
the frames of buildings raised Often
the host has trouble to find Intoxi
cants. Maine being a droughty state.
This was Clancy’s dilemma when he
entered the city agency at Bangor.
Straight in front of him a sign hung:
"Liquor sold for use in sickness or for
mechanical purposes only.”
" I want two gallons of old rum,” ho
announced.
The agent pointed wearily to the sign.
"I saw- that,” said Clancy. “I've been
reading it.”
"Are you sick?’’
•No.”
"Got a prescription ?”
"No.”
"What do you want it for?” queried
the agent.
"Got to have it,” replied Clancy, j
cheerfully, "'tor mechanical purposes, j
I'm going to raise a barn.”
Wood and Wood.
(From The Yonkers Stateman.)
"Don't you like to hear the wind
whistling through the wood?” asked the
poetical one.
“Well,” replied the practical one, "if
I am out in the forest l do; but if the
wood is made up into a S2 flute, I can t
say that' -4 do.”
It Rained.
(Puck.)
The lands were parched and dry. The
grass was withered and the cornstalks
bowed their sun-browned heads and
scented to cry for moisture. The rivet-
beds showed signs of dust and the streams
and springs were unmarked by even a
drop of water. The farmers were in de
spair. The clouds refused to sprinkle j
their precious drops of rain on the land,
and rapidly the crops were becoming
ruined. (Rainmakers were employed j
without success. Every effort was seem
ingly exhausted when relief came and •
the rain fell. The village church had
given a picnic.
Rubbing It In.
(American Spectator.)
A distinguished senator from the north
west strolled into the barber shop in
the sentries wing a few mornings ago
lor a shave. The chairs were all oc
cupied. The statesman, seeing this,
started to go out, with the idea of re
luming a little later. But the head
barber of the tonsorlal parlor sought to
detain •*%' fenator. lie called after him
In a rather strident tone:
“You’re the next Senator!”
The northwestern senator wheeled
about, assuming a sad smile, placed a
hand over his fast pulsating heart, as
though the throbbing there pained him,
and said to the head barber:
“Be good enough not to remind me
of that any oftener than you can help.
II understand fully that 1 am tabbed,
but permit me to en»-y what peace I
may until t~i* blow falls.” And the oc
cupants of the chairs chuckled under
their soapy masks.
, Conquerors
“Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the
habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness. —
The Prophecy of Isaiah, xxvii., io.
The city it cried to the grass and trees:
“Room for me, room!” and they gave it space,
For cities stop not for a one of these
Where wall upon wall must grow into place.
The trees and the grass crept away, away
To the farthermost wall and the outmost gate,
And there they stand patiently day by day,
For well do they know they need but to wait.
They need hut to wait; for the trees they know
Of the cities of old, how they grew and grew,
How they covered the plain in the tong ago—
And the trees they will whisper a tale o’ertme
Of the cities that drove them with arms outflung
Till they hid in their fear on the farther hills
And harked to the threatening songs then sung
By the clattering streets and the roaring mills.
The grass it will tell how it shrank and fled
From iron and steel and from brick and stone,
But waited afar till the city, dead,
0 Gave leave that the grass might regain its own;
And the grass, as it rustles beneath the wind.
The trees as they whispered with airy breath,
Tell legends of ages that came to find
The ruins that told of a city’s death.
The city”- it says to the trees and grass:
“Make way for me, way!” and they bow and go.
But listen to them when some day you pass
And hark to the words they are whispering low,
How calmly they hide in their agelong wait
And murmur of cities and lands and men—
They stand at the outermost wall and gate
Until they shall come to their own again.
—W. D. Nesbit, in The Chicago Tribune.
Wizard Burbank and His
Marvellous Creations 41
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| Leaves from {
• Jin Old •
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t Scrap Book j
By HELEN HARCOURT.
Written for The SUNNY SOUTH.
A Coup in Mexico jz?
3y ANN ONNE.
IHNGS undoubtedly looked
squally for Jim. lie real
ized It as be paced up and
down the narrow cell in
the Mesquite jail.
The seedy-looking young
lawyer the court had ap
pointed to defend him on
the charge of murder also
told him so, and In lieu
of clearing him on the
charge offered to write Ills
will for him free. Jim
scornfully declined.
"I ain't got nothin' to will away,” he
said. "All I had was stole from me
that* night when the trouble happened.”
“Well, I reckon you had bettor pray
some, for you're about as good as a
gone goslin’. Shall I send the priest to
you?”
“Naw; darn the prayin'! Is Inez bound
to swear against me?”
“Sure. You see, when you shot Rafe
Mendoza you shot her feller. She was
goin’ to marry him/ and naturally she
him with any knife, an» when they pick
ed him up, after you had gone out, those
greasers say lie didn't even have a. pocket
knife. Wfi# do you think of that? Inez
says the first thing she saw was you
drawing your gun, and that you pro
ceeded to pump him full of lead without
any warning.”
“I know it looks bad, colonel, but that
■gi-easer did certainly try to knife me. I
saw It In his hand, and It looked as big
as a sword. Those friends of his made
away with the knife When they came to
p:clr him up."
“Well, I’ll see you tomorrow in court.
Your case will come t’he first on the
docket, and It won’t take long to hear
the evidence against you. I am sorry,
but I can’t moke testimony, and what
that g-irl will siwear will hang you, surely.
Goodiby.”
The young lawyer left the dreary little
jail thinking deeply.
Jim went to the small window and
looked out across the waste of shimmer
ing sand and buffalo grass, relieved here
anu there by a few stunted mosquito
bufthes. The heat radiated in wavy zig
zags, and seemed :o stiUe him in his cell.
He longed to be on his broncho loping
don't feel kindly to you. He was the j azioss the range after the cattle, and it
best-fixed greaser in this whole country. ! ed ( j,tm to think that such pleasure
And you know how these greasers nr*. ( would never again be his.
anyway. They just naturally hale a ; He knew that he had acted foolishly In
white man. They will make a big fiesta \ feo ing about Inez Gonzales—(he had bec-n
of the day when you are hung, eat j warred that he would have Trouble with
tomalleys and drink pulque, and enjoy i Rafe Mendoza if lie did. Mendoza was a
themselves hugely." V 't 11-to-do ranchero, and the favorite with
“I don't mind entertarnm 1 folks genflr- | the parents ot the girl. They were urg-
ally, but I swear 1 hate to do so at ins her to marry him, but she had been
the end of a rope. Wish I'd left that- putting him off as long as she could,
girl alone.” ! <_*ld Gonzales, an evil-looking Mexican
"It would have been better for you. 1 with one eye. regarded Jint with distinct
That girl is the only witness against I disfavor. So did his wife. They tried in
you, and her testimony will hung you ’every way to show him that his presence
sure. ‘If she wasn't a greaser, I might was uuv.ilccn’.e. Jim saw their game,
be able to persuade her to skip out, but was unruffled by it. He was as po
but now—there ain’t a bit of-a chance.”
"I don't see why she's so bent on
havin’ me hanged. I've been nice to her,
and she liked me. That's the reason I
hod to kill Rafe Mendoza—he was Jeal-
lite as he knew how with Rafe Mendoza.
But one night, after he was leaving the
abode of 't'he Go.izaies, a winchester
crucked from behind' a clump of mesquite
bushes, and a ball clipped a piece out of
ous as he could be, and tried to slip a 1 this hat. Then he knew that iiencefortu
knife in my ribs that night when I came 1 it was war 'between him and Mendoza,
to see her.” j Inez was the prettiest girl In the coun-
"But, Jim. Inez says she didn’t see i try. She was small, and had a figure as
li;ihe and graceful ns that of a tiger.
Iler eyes were as bright as stars, and
laiige and full of expression. Iler com
plexion was the purest olive, and she
wore her great mass of hair braided
down the back.
She was young, too, and she did not
like to be forced Into a marriage with
Mei deza, blit In r parents were insisting.
She could not forget Jim and his evident
admiration of her. She did not under
stand all he said to her, but she under
stood enough to know that he ioved her,
and the thought made her very, very
happy Indeed. And when Jim went to
Los Cruces, he bought her a Tittle goid
'heart on a chain, to wear about her neck.
She wore it under nei dress—she was
afraid to lot Rate see it, or Iter fathei.
She had been threatened and tirow-
iLtuten by her father since the death of
Mendoza, tnd she had cried her eyes out
at the thougnt of her testimony hanging
"El Sen or Jim, ’ who had been so good
to her and iwho got in trouble on her ac
count. But, then, the truth was, she did
not see Rafe with the krite. He might
have had it in his hand as he started to-
waid Jim, but she did- not see it.
The next day the court room was
crowded. Old Gonzales .was there with
al: his rleatives and friends to get re
venge for uhe loss of a rich son in law,
who would have supported him in idle
ness the rest of his days. Rafe had lots
of friends also, who wanted to see the
cursed gringo punished. And Inez was
there also, her eyes red with weeping,
i&thfc sat in the court room and glanced
furtively at Jim. Once their gaze met,
and She found no anger in the honest
blue eyes. Her own 1'eli to the floor.
Jtrn’s lawyer noticed al: this. He knew
that on the facts there was no power to
save Jim. The girl held his life in her
hat ds. There was no plea that lie could
make that would exculpate the prisoner—
not even temporary insanity. Self-de
ft rse could not be pleaded, as there was
not a scintilla of evidence to support it.
The minor cases were disposed of, and
the noon hour approached. Court was
adjourned until 2 o'clock, and it wa'3
announced that the case of the State v.
Continued on Fifth Page.
Rt-vised.
(From Puck.)
A man is known by the company he
shakes.
Tile Passing of the Cow.
(From Punch.)
(The Mail, in the course of some re
marks on vegetarianism, says that The
cow, as a butter producing animal, has
new been entirely superseded by the fol
lowing vegetable fats: Nutter, Nucollne,
Nut’iene, Albene, Cocolardo, Vejsu.)
There may be some devoted to Nultene,
Others who, while admitting choice Is
hard, owe
Their health, or so they think, to Nuco
llne,
Wit It now and then a touch of Coco-
lardo
Vejsu remains the vegetable fat
That I most wonder at.
’’Vejsu!”—regard It merely as an oath.
Conceive it, if you will, a foreign city;
Vtji'U—a game, a dramatist (or "both).
Was ever in the world a word so
iprotty?
Vejsu—Some men would find a rhyme,
but I
"Simply refuse to try.
And what of her, calm-eyed and long of
tall.
Now superseded by this kind of hatter,
As truthfully narrated in The 'Mail,
Making our history a different matter?
I tl'ink of Mary, and Boy Blue and Jack,
And do not wish her back.
That Mary Who, regardless of the tide,
And urged by fears tor the ensuing but
ter.
Called by the banks of Dee, and calling
died
I Witli not a transitory thought for Nut
ter;
Would she had known (though calling
1 as desired)
The cattle weren’t required!
That Jack, v. hose effort in the 'building
trade
Was such that, in the end, a tattered
■waster,
Coining across the lonesome dairy main,
Without so mu oh as "By ycur leave,"
embraced her—
How innocent the story might have 'been,
"Bowdlerized” with Nuttene!
Tha.t Little Boy who waked to blow hi3
ho. n.
Not lovingly as one whose soul is in It,
But lustily—to conjure from the corn
The cow who drifted thither ev'ry min
ute—
Vejsu! His case is wild with all regret;
He might be sleeping yet!)
Puck.
potato famine was fccarcd, because of the
steady deterioration of the world's stock.
Tlie potato which the boy developed from
, , ,.his solitary seed ball, has ehriched this
1 is in no light sense of i country by not lpss than , twenty mjl | jnns
the word that Luther Bur-; of dollars. "Great oaks from little
bank lias won the name of I acorns grow.” The youthful creator of
"the Wizard of the vege- ! the new potato s!d It to a local dealer
table world.” The famous | for n ne hundred and fifty dollars. This
plant breeder lives quietly ; was the beginning of the great plant-
breeder's career, as such.
It was in 1875, when Burbank was
Rosa, Cal. There are four IpmifornM Cm ° W ’ ‘}! a * he reached
i C alifornila, seeking 1 an n.ll-the-year-round
acres around hl s home, [outdoor climate, where he might hope
four acres full of wonder- . to carry out sonrwj of the theories in re
fill growing things but hisjgard to plant culture that were already
in hls modest two-story
cottage home at Santa
By A GEORGIA COLONEL.
F ROM one of the o-ld war newspa
pers was published the following
particulars of the sinking of the
Hatteras by the Alabama, which occurred
on January II, 1863:
"The navy department has received of
ficial Information of the capture and
sinking of the United States steamer
Hatteras by the Alabama, or '290.' The
substance is contained in the following
statement of L- H. Partridge, acting mas
ter on board the United States steamer
Hatteras, off Galveston:
"At about 3 ip. m.. Tuesday. January
I I, when a vessel hove in sight southeast,
we were signaled from the Brooklyn ;o
give chase. As she came in sight she ap
peared to be endeavoring to escape.
"Just after dark was able to discover
that she was bark-rigged and set a top
gallant sail. After dark we gained on
her fast, and when we got up found her
lying to under steam.
"We had been at quarters about twen'y
minutes As we came up. Captain Blake
hailed and asked what It was. The an
swer was. ‘Her British majesty’s shi:>,
Spitfire.’ Captain Blake said. 'I will s-n 1
a boat aboard.' Boat being called away.
I was ordered to take charge and board.
"Before we went one-half ship's length
away from the side, the stranger open, d
fire. It was returned by the Hatter ./,
and both started ahead under a full head
of steam, exchanging broadsides as fust
a s they could load and fire for abo it
twenty minutes with big guns, then with
musketry from both vessels.
“All the time I had been trying to
board my vessel, but could not come
After the musketry ceased I discovered
that the Hatteras was stopped and blow
ing off steam with the enemy alongside
for the purpose of hoarding.
"Heard the enemy cheering, and knew
the Hatteras had been captured, an.,
thought it no use to give myself up a- a
prisoner, and rowed back to the l ■
under cover of darkness, in hopes of giv
ing information of the affair.
"The Brooklyn went out this morning
and found the Hatteras sunk.
■•A Key West letter says:
Seven o’clock. P. —.-Since writing tee
above I have conversed with Acting -' i l "
ter De Hurst. United States navy w.
was attached to the United States steam
er Brooklyn during the recent affair
tween the Alabama and the i tided
Stated steamer Hatteras. He confirms
my account, and states that the mast
heads of the Hatteras were discover'd
above water; that they removed me
pennant that was still flying from ner
main truck, and they discovered two
boats lashed together, apparently be
longing to the Hatteras, besides the -ne
that contained the men. From this th y
are of the opinion that these boats were
used to transport the crew of the Hat
teras to the Alabama after she was cap
tured, and that in all probability the
majority are prisoners on board the p -
rate.
I have also seen a copy of the report
made to Admiral Farragut by Acting
Master L. II. Partridge, United States
main nursery, where the'stirring the very depths of his nature. ! navy, the officer of the Hatteras, wno
conclusive tests are car-| Hls purse was shallow, his courage I wag in charge of the boat that Captain
led in fifteen acres at | doop ' Some 50 mlles north 'Of San Fran- | Blake sent to board the stranger. tie
miI . „ from the 01800 was an unimproved valley, lying j says that in chasing the stranger they
K ‘ | between two spurs of the Coast Ranee I came up with her rapidly, and when
rled on. is contained in fifteen acres
Sebastopol, some
'home place. Santa Rosa, ns everyone jmountains. Today this valley is a rich
knows, was badly wrecked in the late j fruit and farming country. Burbank's
earthquake, but Burbank, residing out- n „i ck intellect saw the 'possibilities and
side of the town, suffered little, If any. needs of the new lands, and at once
damage. | sought work with the intention of get-
The death or disability of Luther Bur-: t j ng . a start as a nurseryman He felt
bank would be a terrible loss to the whole j s „ re of a competence at least In this
world. Yet more so. perhaips, to our m ne of business, if he could'once get
own south than to any other one por- (established,
tion, since the south is peculiarly a hor
ticultural section, and hence especially
interested in the new fruit creations of
the great wizard. Still in the very prime
Succeeding at last In this object, after
a weary march up hill, he made it an
unvarying- rule never to send out ar.y-
. ,Gilng that wSs not, so far as it lav in
of life, though lie has seen fifty-six years, ),| s p OWfr , exactly what it was repre
pass over his head, for In these modern , SPnt ^ to be p or this reason the name
days many men are young at well nigh of Luther Burbank, nurseryman, soon
seventy—>Bi*rbank hos already worked became a synonym Por unfailing lionest-
ty, and his isisiness grew apace, until
it finally netted him S 10.000 a year. It
was still growing, and to outsiders, the
end was not yet in sight, but to Bur
bank, it had already come.
The day that, in his boyhood, lie de
cided to abandon the factory and take to
seed raising, be always called his first
“red letter day.” Now 'he had come to
a second "red letter day.” It was tihat
on which he determined to give up his
flourishing nursery business, and hence
forth devote his entire time and thoughts
to plant breeding. He had come to the
conclusion that ‘he could not well serve
two masters, and that the making of j tion w <* have of the
The wizard attempts nothing j n oney for himself was the inferior mas- | a 11 respects reliable.
marvels upon more than twepty-five hun
dred distinct varieties of plants, embrac
ing a wide range of operations. lie has
created more new forms of iplant life
than any other man who ever lived, and
lias already exerted a powerful Influence
on the welfare of tills nation, by in
creasing the number and value of its
products. Some of these new forms ot
plant life have added to the wealth and
'foo,j stuffs of mankind in timber, fruits,
nuts, forage and vegetables. Others have
made the world more beautiful, in giving
it new and improved flowers. Nor l'as
the commercial value of t'he latter ;n
(furnishing better perfumes been over
looked
without a distinct object, and this ob
ject is always the advancement of the
human race.
AS A CHILD.
Burbank's inherent love for plants was
evident when, as a child, he made a pet
and constant companion of an humble lit
tle lobster cactus which bad been given
him In a small ipot. He was little more
tihan able to carry himself about, but
wherever he went, the cactus went also,
hugged closely in hls arms, as other chil
dren would have hugged a doll or cat or
dog. But one day he fell down, and
plant and pot were broken beyond re
pair. It was a sad accident for little
Luther, and h'fe wept inconsolably, as
another child would have wept over the
death of a loved bird or do^. Was this
early love and care for the human cactus
plant a prophecy of the future? Who
can say? However this may be. cer
tain it is that one of the most important
of Mr. Burbank’s achievements is t'he
conversion of a hitherto desuised and
hated cactus, into a welcome friend and
'helper. Of tills, more presently.
The circumstances and environments
of the boy's early life ail tended to draw
close *ip with her she stopped. As ' -
Hatteras ranged alongslae within p:-tol
shot. Captain Blake hailed, as I ha s
before stated, and the reply ws, “Her
Brittanic Majesty’s ship Spitfire.'' -Mr.
Partridge was then or.tered to board, and
he says flisri he had not shoved "if
a ship's length before the Alabama p -
ed In her first broadside, which was im
mediately replied to by the Hatteras.
This occurred just at dark.
As the first broadside was exchanged,
both vessels steamed ahead, side by side,
exchanging broadsides as fast as he
guns could be loaded and fired, . ; i
within very short distance of »-ach other.
Mr. Partridge was pushing ahead al: the
time to endeavor to reach his vessel, but
did not succeed. He says tlie c-mn nude
lasted about minutes, when he heard
the sound of musketry. By dint of hard
pulling he came again in sight f he
vessels, and found them stopped, with
the Alabama alongside, and the Ha: >-r.is
blowing off steam, and heard clu ■ ■: ’ c
from the Alabama, proving that the Hat
teras had been captures by boarding.
Deeming it best not to be taken pris
oner, he pulled back tn the direction of
our squadron, and was picked up s be
fore stated: This is the only informa- .
ffair, and it is :n
ter. The advancement of the human
race by adding 'to its food supply and
the beauty of its plant life, was a supe
rior lord to serve. It was in 1893 that
lie came to this momjnlous decision, mo-
intr.tons not for .himself alone, but, as it
has proved, lor the world 1 at large.
ENTIRELY ABSORBED.
Many long cherished hopes and plans
at last saw their fulfillment, and the
systematic testing of new plants and
flowers, or the careful improvement of
old ones, now 'began with renewed activ
ity. For, as it is needless to say, the
work of experimenting and plant breed
ing (had been carried on all through Bur-
ibank’s years as a pradical nurseryman.
Every moment of spare time and thought
had (been given to this fascinating pur
suit. 'but Uhe trouble was that the spare
times .were so few.
Not until ha was perfectly sure that
a plant was going (to do exactly what he
saia it would, did Luther Burbank ever
place any of his new or improved crea-
tiens before the (public. Then, not till
then, they were sold at a moderate price,
and the money t'hus obtained used to en-
him away from the path along which I able him to continue, l.is beloved work.
His income rose con/lnually front tins
sc urce, but his outlay rose higher still.
Laborers had to be paid, also collectors
in torcign lands, whom he kept ever on
the watch for new kinds of plants or
valuable old ones, as subjects for Im
provement. Burbank's lame was advanc
ing all the "W'hile, but his funds were
shrinking, and more and yet more was
he compelled to draw on the store laid
aside l'cr the "''rainy day” that comes to
us all at some time in out lives.
.Millions of dollars had been added to
our national wealth .because of the wiz
ard's improved fruits. The world at
large also was being 'benefited by his
work, and 'beautified by his wondrous
flower creations. If he could pursue hit
work in the future without this heavy
financial handicap, still greater results
would be achieved. At length, when even
hls stout heart was almost ready to de r
sphir, the much .needed assistance ca-ma
to him. The Carnegie institution a;
Washington became his sil.ent partner.
nature surely meant him to travel. His
first experiences as a real worker, were
in a factory where agricultural tools
were made. But the Inner forces of na
ture were at work, and refused to be
turned from their appointed course. And
so there came a day when young Bur
bank abandoned factory life, and gave
attention to market-gardening and seed
raising, in such humble manner as his
limited means could compass. This wnork
was more to his taste, and soon it came
■to be fraught with stirring possibilities
for the future. In 'the green tops of
some Irish potatoes in his garden, the
boy noticed decided variations, and also
that only one among them all bore a
seed ball. He. had already begun the
study of plant characteristics that has
since made his name world-famous, arid
so he reasoned that since this seed bail
came upon only one of all those differ
ing plants, its product should show still
■greater variation. The seed was there
fore watched with anxious care, and
ultimately planted. From this small be
ginning, sprang the great Burbank po
tato, which came juat at a time when a
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SIR ROBERT PEEL ON THE SOUTH
I find nothing more interesting in the
'old war scrapbook than the following
account of Sir Robert Peel, of England,
and a speech he made on the souths
separation in 1863:
Sir Robert Peel, member of parliament,
and chief secretary for Ireland, laid
made a public speech in England, in
wdileh he recommended I<;rd Pain.
ston to recognize the south. We quote
a paragraph or two from his speech.
Referring to the American war, he said:
“The m(nd of every Englishman was
turned to the fraticidai. stupendous and
most .unfortunae war in America, and
'they would gladly, without interfering
personally, see the termination of 'hat
struggle. He as one of those who h/ped
as an individual, to see the states ulti
mately become separated and independ
ent of each other—(cheers)—for he was
convinced that such a course would tend
to further the emancipation of the slaves.
(Cheers.) For this simple reason: 1-
they saw the continent again united the.'
would see again confirmed the state of
things which existed before the hreo- K -
ing out of war. Then there was th*~
odious and abominable proclamation of
President Lincoln, in which he said.
‘You are rebels, your slaves shall he
emancipated, but you states that remain
united shall keep your slaves.' (Cheers.)
He said that if they followed the course
of the battles which had taken plac'.
they might almost fancy that they saw
the God of battle fighting for the south.
At all events the courage, vigor and P a ’
triotism with which the south had fought
were certainly a strong proof of the ex- ..
istence of a feeling on the part of tns
south that they were fighting in a
and true cause, e could wish very niue'i
that there was a patriot in the north'.J 1 ,
states of America who would address
President Lincoln, and press upon him
the folly of persevering in the w ;ir s
which 'he had coqimenced. He had
reading, just previous to coming t' 1 1
meeting, a spee/h of Lord Chatham, ^
which he made in the house of lord*
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