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the sunny south.
For to Admire.
The Injian Ocean sits an’ smiles,
c n Rof’ so bright, so bloomin’ bine.
There ain’t a wave for miles and miles
Excep’ the jingle from the screw.
The ship is swep’, the day »» done.
The bugle’s gone for smoke and play,
An’ black agin’ the settin’ sun
The Lascar sings, “Hum deckty hat.
For to admire an' for to see.
For to behold the world so wide,
It never done no good torn*.
But I can't drop it if lined!
I see the sergeants pitching quoits,
I ’ear the women laugh an talk,
I spy upon the quarterdeck
The officers an’ lydieswalk.
I thinks about the things that was,
An’ looks an’ looks acrost the sea,
Till soite of all the crowded ship
There’s no one lef alive but me.
The things that was which I ’ave seen,
In barrack, camp, an’ action, too,
1 'f they’re true;
For they was odd, an’ awful odd.
But all the same now they are o er,
There must be ’eaps o’plenty such,
An’ if I wait I’ll see some more.
Oh. I ’ave come upon the books,
An’ of ten broke a barnck rule.
An’ stood beside an’ watched myself
Be’avin’ like a bloomin’ fool.
I paid my price for flndin out,
Nor never grudged the price I paid,
But sat in Clink without my boots.
Admirin’ ’ow the world was made.
Be’old a cloud upon the beam,
An’ ’umped above the sea appears,
Old Eden, like a barrick stove
That no one’s lit for years and years.
I passed by that when I began,
An’ I go 'ome the road I came,
A time-expired soldier man
With six years’ service to is name.
My girl she said, “Oh,stay with me!”
My mother ’eld me to ’er breast.
They’ve never written none, an so
They must ’ave gone with all the rest,
With all the rest which I ’ave seen
An’ found an’ known an’ met along.
I cannot say the things I feel,
But still I sing my evenin’ song:
For to admire an' for to see.
For to be'old this world so wide,
It never done no good to me,
But I can't drop it if I tried!
—ltudyard Kipling, in Pall Mall Gazette.
The Art of Walking,
The art of walking gracefully is sel
dom if ever taught with any method or
success; and yet it should be an essen
tial part of a girl’s physical training.
More or less attention is supposed to
be given to gait and carriage of the
body at the dancing schools, where the
pupils are put in line and made to
march to music, but natural, easy walk
ing, suoh as would be required for the
street, or 'moving about the house, is
rarely if ever taught. To be sure, the
pupil is told to turn out and point her
toes, and hold up her head, but that is
about all; and what causes the differ
ence between alight and a heavy tread,
the correct hip movement, on which so
much depends, or the position of the
arms are seldom criticised or ex
plained. Hardly one person in a hun
dred carries the body in a correct posi
tion while walking or standing, and yet
the laws which produce grace in either
are very simple and easy to acquire.
The figure in walking or repose should
incline slightly forward, bending
the body a liltle at the hips.
There should be no bending of-the
knees, or rolling motion of the body.
A celebrated professor of physical
culture, who teaches ordinary walking
among other exercises, recommends
the following easy exercises for daily
practice; these, he promises,_will in
sure grace in repose and motion: In
the first place, a correct posture should
be acquired while standing. Put the
feet together, draw the hips well back,
holding the stomach in. Project the
chest forward; draw the shoulders
back; hold the head erect, with eyes
looking straight ahead, and draw the
chin in. To get an absolutely correct
pose, it is a good plan to fasten a
couple of blocks to the side of a room,
one five inches thick, to come exactly
at the height of the hips, and another
four inches thick to come at the height
of the chin. Then stand with the
chest touching the wall, the chin and
abdomen being held back by the blocks
at the proper distance, with the point
of the toes two inches from the base
board. If you will assume this pos
ture keep it while walking, you can
never go wrong.
To practice walking, first take the
position described; then set the right
foot back about twelve inches, a little
to one side of the left foot, with the
ball of the foot only pressing the floor
lightly; then raise on the ball of the
left foot, and at the same time swing
the right leg forward, keeping the knee
nearly straight, and pitching the body
forward at the same time. Then per
form the same movement with the left
leg. The idea of practicing this exer
cise is to accustom a girl to raise easily
and gracefully on the ball of the foot
at each step, so that the leg which is
passing forward will not be made to
bend much at the knee, which is very
ungraceful, particularly in a woman.
The foot, also, should be set squarely
on the floor instead of touching it first
with the heels. By practicing this ex
ercise daily and very slowly, so as to
glide instead of jostling along, a grace
ful walk, it is asserted, will soon be ac
quired.
Sometimes there are unsuspected
physical defects, however, which give
an awkward gait. “I have just discov
ered,” exclaimed a young girl the other
day, who had recently joined a “ladies’
athletic club,” “why my shoes always
run down on one side of the heel, an
why I have always walked badly, l
am what they call knock-kneed, and
neither mamma nor I suspected it. it
is quite curable, however, they say, by
taking certain exercises, and I have
strong hopes of becoming graceful al
ter all.” Many girls are knock-kneed
without being aware of the fact. It is
when the knees are so shaped that in
fast walking or running they come in
contact with each other; this causes
the child to walk on the inside edge of
her foot, and gives a most awkward
gait. To remedy this defect, says one
professor, the pupil should stand in
the attitude already described as a cor
rect posture, with the heels touching
each other and the toes turned out.
Now, without moving the feet, make
an effort to separate the knees by a
side movement, causing them to spring
apart. Repeat this movement without
stirring the feet until the muscles are
tired, several times a day, and it can
not fail eventually to straighten the
legs.
“ Among the Ozark’s.”
The Land of Big Red Apples, is an
attractive and interesting book, hand
somely illustrated with views of South
Missouri scenery, including the famous
Olden fruit farm of 3,000 acres, in
Howell county. It pertains to fruit
raising in that great fruit belt of Amer
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and will prove of great value, not only
to fruit growers, but to every farmer
and home-seeker looking for farm and
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A Tough Cigar Story.
Running for office is a very expen
sive business, as the candidate very
soon finds, if he does not know it be
forehand. Among the incidents which
the average candidate literally holds
out to the voters are cigars, and very
cheap cigars they usually are. They
are generally “twofers,” and very bad,
indeed.
An election took place some years
ago in Houston, and among the candi
dates was Col. Percy Yerger. He was
elected, and meeting Uncle Mose, one
of his colored constituents, about a
week after the election, he tends the
venerable darkey a cigar.
To Col. Yerger’s surprise Uncle Mose
drew back and assuming a hostile atti
tude said in an excited manner:
“Don’t yer gib me no moah ob dem
cigars, Col. Yerger, or I’ll ’salt yer on
de spot. I’se sixty yeahs old, but de
man wat pokes any moah ob dem cigars
at dis ole niggah has got to shack
himsef and hab it out, for I’se gwinter
chaw his neck.”
“Why, Mose, you surprise me!”
“Dem cigars s’prised me, too. I had
only used free ob ’em. I’m keepin’ de
rest to pizen rats wid.”
“Why, you must have got hold of a
bad box.”
“I got in a bad box, sure enough,
when I got dem cigars. T lit de fust
one when I got home dat night. I
hadn't tuck more than two puts when
de ole woman made a face like she
smelt sumfin and said, ‘Foah God, dat
dog been rolling in a dead hoss or some
udder carrion. Dat dog can’t stay in
dis house,’ and she up wid de broom
stick and whacked de house dog, old
Tige, and druv him outen de house.
Kunnel, it mos’ broke my heart, bekase
I lubbed dat dog. I knowed all de
time by de taste in my mouf it was de
highly flavored cigar, and not de dog,
what didn’t smell fresh, but I didn’t
let on bekase I’se been hit too offen
already by de broomstick mysef, and I
would just as lief ole Tige should hab
it, eben ef he is a good dog and hasn’t
got no defensive habits.”
“Dey's all alike. De only place whar
dat brand of cigars kin be smoked wid-
out breedin’ an epidemic is on de top
ob a high mountain, when a hurricane
is blowin’ 400 or 500 miles a ininnit,
but dat ain’t de brand of cigars to u-e
in consolidatin’ de colored vote ob
Houston.” *
“I am afraid the rival candidate put
up those cigars on me to deprive me of
your influence,” said Col. Yerger. “It
looks like it.”
“And it smelt like it, too. De nex
time I lit one ob dem cigars de ole
woman came mighty nigh fannin’ de
air wid de remains ob de youngest boy,
Abe Linkum. She said he had been
puttin’ fedders and ole rags in de stove
to make her sneeze. After dat I gub
up smokin’ in de family to save de cost
ob a funeral.”
“Well, Uncle Mose, I am really
sorry.”
‘*De next time I enjoyed one ob dem
cigars was at de meetin’ ob de Dark
Rising Sons of Liberty,” continued
Uncle Mose. “I s’posed dar dar was
such a perfume in dat club room, when
about forty excitable niggahs got to
talkin’ politics and perspirin’ dat no
body was going to single out de smell
ob my cigar. 1 lit de cigar and took
one draw. Jess as soon as l blowed out
smoke everybody quit talkin’, and dey
all seemed to be huntin’ for sumfin’.
Jim Webster spoke fust. He said,’de
gas am leakin’.’ Brudder Jones, de
president ob de club, ’lowed dat be
side de gas a skunk bad crawled under
de house and died dar a few days prev
ious. I gsive one moah puff, and it
wasn’t long before forty par eyes was a
hangin’ out, and all lookin’ reproachful
at me, and forty pair ob colored nos
trils was a workin’ up and down. Seb-
eral members said dey had made
udder engagements, and dey went
out, but I reckon, by de noise dey
made outside, dey must hab throwed
up dar engagements along wid de
rest. Finally Brudder Jones said:
‘Breddern ob de club, we all honors
and respects Uncle Mose for his many
good qualities, but we will hab to put
him outen de club for smokin’ dat
cigar.’”
“Did they put you out of the club?”
“Dey did, fer a fac’, and de wusc ob
it was dat dey put me out fru de
winder, and de club room is on de
second floor. Dey drapt me moah den
twenty feet, and I broke two ribs by
hittin’ de yarf. G’way, Kunnel, don’t
talk to me about dem cigars, or I
chaws yer neck.”
By this time the old darkey had be
come so excited that Colonel Yerger
concluded it was best to be»t a retreat.
—Texas Siftings.
Facts People Do Not Know.
Cooler, pleasanter summers, with
days one hour shorter. Warmer, pleas
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er. The entire year for comfortable
out-door work. Purer air, purer, soft er
water, better health and longer life for
yourself and family.
Wild lands $3 an acre. Improved
farms $10 to $15 an acre, within one
mile of railroad stations. Two or three
crops every year from the same land.
“You can find all of these in Eastern
Mississippi and Southern Alabama,
along the Mobile and Ohio railroad.
We are anxious to prove these facts.
Come and see. .Half fare excursions
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She Found Her Mother.
One cold, dreary morning—there was
a keen norther blowing—the North
bound train pulled out of the San
Antonio, Texas, depot. As the train
sped on its way the conductor made
his usual tour to collect fares. There
were not many passengers on board,
and in the last car there was but one.
A thinly-clad, ragged little girl, with
a pinched white face, occupied one of
the seats. She was so busy talking to
a rag baby that she was oblivious to
the kindly-faced conductor, who looked
at her with surprise and amusement.
“Where are your folks, sissy? Who
came with you to the train ?”
“Dolly came with me,” she replied in
a matter of fact manner, holding the
doll at arm’s length and critically
examining her toilet.
“What is your name ?”
“My name is Fanny, but mamma
always called me ‘little pet.Y’
“Where is your mamma—in San
Antonio?”
“I don’t know where she is, but me
and Dolly are going to find her.
Mamma went away.”
“When did your mamma go away?”
“A long, long time ago. They put
mamma in a long box when she was
asleep, and she,went away on the cars;
but me and Dolly will find her.”
The conductor sat down on the seat
opposite to his little deadhead pas
senger, and by further questioning
satisfied himself that the child’s
mother had died and the remains had
beeu taken to some other town for in
terment.
“But you don't know where your
mamma went,” he said.
“Me and Dolly will find mamma; she
told me so last night.”
“But you told me just now that she
went away a long time ago?”
“I know; but she came back last
night. Mamma kissed me, just like
she did before she went away. She
looked so white, just like she did when
they put her in the long box.”
Tbe conduc or took one of the
child’s emaciated hands in his own.
Her hand was hot, and there was a
feverish flush on her wan cheeks.
“You are not well, sissy. I’ll send
you back to San Antonio to your
papa.”
The next moment two thin arms
were around his neck, and the child
was pleading and sobbing.
“Don’t send me back. Let me go
with you and find my mamma. That
woman will beat me again. Don’t
send me back and I’ll give you my
dolly.”
The conductor understood it all. The
little half-starved waif was running
away from some brutal woman, possi
bly a cruel step-mother. It was only
after he had promised not to send her
back that she relaxed her hold of his
neck. The conductor fixed her up a
nice bed with his overcoat and left her
happy chatting with dolly about
“mamma,” but two tears rolled down
his cheeks as he left the car. Several
times during the trip he looked into
the car and saw his little deadhead
passenger sleeping peacefully hugging
dolly to her breast. 60 6
At last tbe North bound train cross
ed the long bridge over the Colorado
river and halted at the Austin depot.
The South bound train had already ar
rived, for here it was that the trains
met and the passengers got dinner.
The conductor hurried to the dining
room, and in a few minutes returned
with a cup of coffee and some delica
cies for his little friend. Just as he
was entering the car he was halted by
the conductor of the South bound train
who held a telegram in his hand.
“I say, Tom, is there a girl on your
train dead-heading her way?”
“Why do you want to know?” was
the gruff reply.
“Because I’ve got a telegram here
from the girl’s father telling me to
bring back a runaway child.”
They entered the car where the fugi
tive was still sleeping.
“Wake up, little one. Here’s some
coffee for you.”
On the little pinched face was a tear
and a smile. “Little Pet” had found
her mother.—Texas Siftings.
The Tomb of Confucius.
The city of Chufu-hsien, the Mecca of
the believers in Confucianism, is in the
province of Shangtung, one of the most
populous districts of the Orient. Here
Confucius was born, and here his sacred
bones lie buried. The tomb, which is
located in one of the largest cemeteries
in the province, about three miles out
from the city above mentioned, is one of
the most imposing in the whole empire.
The grave itself is surmounted by an
earth mound about twelve feet in height,
the whole surrounded by a cluster of
gnarled oaks and stately cypress trees.
Before the mound is a tablet about six
feet broad and twenty feet high upon
which is inscribed the name and deeds
of the great founder of Confucianism, a
religion adhered to by over 400,000 000
human beings. The burden of this in
scription, according to reliable transla
tion, is: “Perfect One,” “Absolutely
Pure,” “Perfect Sage,” “First Teacher,”
“Great Philosopher,” etc.—St. Louis Re
public.
Floating Islands of Africa.
A special feature of the West African
coast is the lagoon formation, running
for the most part parallel with the
shore. In some places only a few yards
of sandbank divide the placid water
from the wild, dangerous surf which ceas-
lessly rolls and thunders on the strand.
A large mass of mud covered with
grass floating down with the current
called “floating islands,” aie frequently
seen. They become detached from the
low, swampy banks, and now and then
they bear a snake, or some other rep
tile, who has an unchartered and unde
sirable trip to the sea. Sometimes
these islands float on to a shallow place,
and before any change can occur in the
depth of the water the grass roots strike
down, anchor the truant and the is
land- becomes stationary.—Gold waite's
Magazine.
The “ recovered city of Lachish ” in
Palestine is one of the most interesting
as well as one of the most important of
archaeological discoveries in the Orient.
This ancient city is mentioned in
Joshua, and its site was unknown until
three years ago, when Professor Petrie
happened upon its ruins while digging
in a vast mound known locally asTel-
el-Hesy. The great importance of the
“ find” lies in the fact that there are
eight ancient towns beneath the
mound, each (except the first) built on
an older abandoned town.—New York
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