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THE LITTLE OLD SPINET.
Do you see the little spinet standing in the cor
ner there?
Great-grandmother loved to play it when she was
a maiden fair.
Sunbeams through the window twinkle, fiick’ring
on its yellowed keys,
And we almost hear the tinkle ol the old time
melodies.
Great-grandmother gowned in silk, with high
heeled slippers, dainty lace,
Sat there, while a smile of pleasure lighted up
her fair young face;
From without the rose scent lingers, drifting on
the summer breeze,
While she plays with fairy fingers all the old time
melodies.
And the little spinet waits her patiently these
long, long years,
Till its mellow voice is broken, harsh, and has the
sound of tears,
Yet it seems the sunbeams straying, fiick’ring on
its yellowed keys,
And her fairy fingers playing all the old timr
melodies 1
—Mary Small Wagner in Optimist.
NAPOLEON’S EYE.
A CASE OF LAW.
The Decision Tbat Wan Rendered by
a Baanto Solomon.
Law is a complicated thing,, and
some of its decisions seem not to be
founded in equity. Probably most
readers will pass tbat criticism upon
the case recorded below:
Basutoland, being broken and moun
tainous, was until recently the resort
of lions, leopards and other wild ani
mals. Now, however, the hillsides
which were once the resort of these
savage creatures are the pasture
grounds of tens of thousands of cattle.
Nearly all dangerous animals have
been driven away from Basutoland,
but not long' ago a leopard appeared
on the outskirts of a village. The
animal soon became as badly' frighten
ed as the villagers and sought safety
in flight.
The next morning the Inhabitants
turned out for a hunt. One of the
hunters was climbing a steep rock
when he suddenly found himself face
to face with the leopard, whose re
treat was cut off by the rock itself.
Neither the man nor the animal could
escape the encounter.
The dilemma was an awkward one,
for the climber was unarmed. Realiz
ing his danger, he put forth his hands
and in desperation caught hold of the
leopard on each side of its jaw, hold
ing it at arm’s length and calling for
help. The leopard clawed and tore his
captor, but the man held on till help
arrived, and the beast was speared.
Now came a question of law. By
Basuto law the skin belonged to the
chief, who must reward one of three
claimants—either the man who speared
the leopard or the man who held it so
that it was possible to spear it or the
man who, being warned by the bark
ing of his dog, first discovered the
animal in the village.
The Basuto Solomon decided the
case as follows: The man who speared
it could not have done so but for the
man who held it, and the man who
held it could not have known of its
existence • if the dog had not first
warned the village; therefore the credit
for the killing belonged to the dog,
whose owner was entitled to the re
ward.—Youth’s Companion.
Sow She Hates Him.
A young man and a young woman
lean over the front gate. They are loy-
ers. It is moonlight. He is loath to
leave, as the parting Is the last. He is
about to go away. She is reluctant to
see him depart. They swing on the
gate.
“I’ll niever forget you,” he says, “and
if death should claim me my last
thought will be of you.”
“I’ll be true to you,” she sobs. “I’ll
never see anybody else or love them as
long as I live.”
They part
Six years later he returns. His sweet
heart of former years has married.
They meet at a party. She has changed
greatly. Between the dances the rec
ognition takes place.
“Let me see,” she muses, with her
fan beating a tattoo on her pretty hand,
“was it you or your brother who was
my old sweetheart?”
“Really I don’t know,” he says.
“Probably my father.” — London An
swers.
Rons In Its Third Century.
The bell on historic old St John’s
church, in Richmond, where Patrick
Henry made his famous speech prior to
the American Revolution, rang in the
twentieth century. This bell is thus
given the distinction of being the only
one in this country, with the possible
exception of that on old Liberty hall, in
Philadelphia, that has- rung in three
centuries. Old St John’s hell has an
interesting history. Many years ago,
when the old structure for which it
was made was repaired, the bell was
removed and sold. Later its last own
er presented it to the Virginia Historic
al society, by which it was restored to
the church.—New Orleans Times-Dem-
ocrat.
Shopping.
Shopman—This matches your sample
perfectly, madam.
Customer—It certainly does. It
couldn’t be closer.
Shopman—How many yards do you
wish?
Customer—Oh, not any yeti You see, r
this is the very first shop I’ve tried!— \
IoMquEw* r .
One
His
Look Prom It Explained
Power Over Men.
In 1887, while working In London as
a curate to the Rev. Canon Fleming, I
was called In my vicar’s absence to ad
minister a religious service to an. old
admiral in Eaton square. The admi
ral’s name was Eden. After the serv
ice was over he took my hand and
said: “Shake hands with me, young
man. There are not many alive who
can say what I can say. You are talk
ing with a man who has talked to Na
poleon the Great.” “Sir,” I said, “that
is history. May I hear more?” The
old admiral then told me that he was
once returning with the fleet—I think
from the West Indies, but of that 1 am
not sure—and touched at St. Helena.
The admiral said, “I am going up to
Longwood to pay my respects to Napo
leon, and the senior midshipman comes
with me.”
“I was the senior midshipman,” said
the old gentleman, “and so I went. We
waited for Napoleon in an outer room,
and you must imagine how eagerly I
expected his entrance. The door was
thrown open at last, and in he came.
He was short and fat and nothing very
attractive but for his eye. My word,
sir, I have never seen anything like it.
After speaking to the admiral he turn
ed to me, and then I understood for the
first time In, my life what was the
meaning of the phrase, ‘A horn ruler of
men.’ I had been taught to hate the
French as I hated the devil, but when
Napoleon looked at me there was such
power and majesty In his look that if
he had bade me lie down that he might
walk over me I would have done It at
once, English middy though 1 was.
The look on Napoleon’s face was the
revelation of the man and the explana
tion of his power. He was born to
command.” 1
Such was Admiral Eden’s version to
me of an Incident which at 90 years old
or thereabout seemed to him as fresh
as if it had happened only the day be
fore.—Rev. John Rooker in London
Spectator.
WHEN TWO MAKE ONE.
The Twins, tlie Confident Mother and
the Astnte Conductor.
“Fares,” demanded the Jefferson ave
nue car conductor.
The tall, thin woman handed out 8
cents for herself and two youngsters.
“Three cents more, please,” reminded
the conductor.
“They are twins,” she explained,
“and only equal to one child.”
The conductor scratched his head
and tried to remember his instructions.
Evidently he recollected nothing gov
erning twins; but, being something of
a philosopher, he pondered and said:
“Twins are out of the ordinary, there
fore singular. Perhaps you’re right,
and yet you spoke of the twins as
‘they.’ That’s plural,” and he gazed
around triumphantly.
The fat man nodded. He was a bach
elor and detested children.
“No,” spoke up the comical man; “she
is right They have only one birthday
between them. If they equaled two
children, they would have two birth
days.”
“I guess that’s so,” acquiesced the
conductor. “Anyway I’ll look it up.”
“They take up two seats,” growled
the fat man.
The conductor paused and forgot to
hand back 5 cents change. “Say,” at
last he broke out, “what’s their
names?”
“Wilbur and Marie,” replied the
mother pertly, failing to see the Delvet
trap she was walking into.
“Huh! Boy and girl, eh? Well, I’ll
have to have another fare. You can
figure on boy twins equaling one boy,
but half a boy and half a girl don’t add
up.”
She paid.
“He’s a diplomat,” whispered the, fat
man in admiration. “He ought to be
down in the legislature.”—Rochester
Post-Express.
Something In a Name.
The advantages that fall to the lot of
a man whose surname occurs early in
an alphabetical list are well known. As
a candidate for office upon an Austra
lian ballot, for example, a man named
Abbott has a far better chance than
the most eminent Zweigler. But the
benefit that comes from the possession
of a short name has not heretofore been
generally recognized. Not long ago the
promotion of one of the auditors of
the treasury department at Washing
ton created a vacancy to which, upon a
formal recommendation to that effect,
the candidate having the shortest name,
being also a competent man, was ap
pointed. His chief duty is to affix his
signature to accounts, and as he needs
to make but six letters in signing he
can do twice as much in a day as a
man whose name contains 12 letters.—
Youth’s Companion.
A powerful engine cannot be run with
a weak boiler, and we can’t keep up the
strain of an active life with a, weak stom
ach; neither can we stop the human ma
chine to make repairs. If the stomach
cannot digest enough food to keep the
body strong, such a preparation as Ko-
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“THE FRENCH SHORE”
Where Misery, Squalor, Ennger and
Cold Rale In Newfoundland.
Misery, squalor and wretchedness,
accentuated by an almost ceaseless
struggle with hunger and cold, are the
portion of the' inhabitants of the
“North Shore,” in ^Newfoundland.
Their little hamlets are perched in the
rifts in the almost unbroken hills, and
the fierce storms sweep the surface
almost to their doorsteps, while for
seven months of the year their coast
Is blockaded with ice and they are cut
off from all communication with the
outside world.
The only industry is codfishing, and
cod is the sole medium of exchange.
The people rarely see money, and bar
ter is the system of trading, a quintal
of cod being the unit of value. The
needs of the fisher folk are only sup
plied by the itinerant trader, his
schooner being laden with provisions,
clothing and fishing appliances. Thus
have these people lived for generations.
They are ignorant, for the means of
education are nonexistent, the children
being content with what satisfied their
fathers. The common objects of every
day life are unknown to them. They
have neither horses, nor cattle. Only
a few of the older folk who have ven-.
tured south have any knowledge of
these things.
There are no roads and therefore no
vehicles. Travel is by boat during
the summer and over the ice floes dur
ing the rest of the year. The few let
ters for the clergy and others who can
read are conveyed to the settlements
by dog teams during the winter, and,
save for the fortnightly visit of the
mailboat during the period of open
navigation, a steamer is never seen
by the residents.
With such marvels as electric tele
graphs, telephones and electric light
they are of course unfamiliar, and
their standard of Intelligence is best
indicated by stating that it is not un
usual to find a justice of the peace who
cannot write his own name.—Cham
bers’Journal.
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