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V'V *ow an' then.'
„ Mlanody, "Brer Jsnklns prcach-
, I: *■?■*## »m of dere heah anul
' erercbln' Mnnoni ’bout dam .
■righted farrlners itat make* Idola out
«( wood an' stnoe, an' daa bowa down
befe’ 'em. an' dan ba pasees around
do hat and all da woman chlpa In for
"Mayba da monay data apraddlad
away on dr hratbana doaa food, an'
mayba hit don't. I dunno. 'roar wr
ain't ant no right to lnterfara nona
arid do religious belief* of folka In dla
rountry. Data aglnst da laar. Hut
dar ain't nothin' to handar ua from
buttin' In batwlxt other paopla an'
folka dat thtnka day la got a
call to raform da world, to plant 'am
- nnt In Chiny or Indy, or darkest Afrl-
ky, where dry la too far ofr to dla-
turb ua, an' an I don't never ba,
grudge da faw nlckata dat l.drapa In
da contrtbullon box.
"Bat aontotlme* whan Brar Jenkins
In axpoalulatln' ‘bout do Ig'nunce. an'
da tolly of dam IdoUtera whut carvaa
out a llttla wood Image an' .dan (Ita
down on detr marrow bonaa bafo' hit. I
sortar wondara >f dare ain't a mighty
good openin' fur a real llva, peart mla-
alonary dat la a good hand at wrestlin'
wld tin goda In our midst. '< . .
"Par whan hit comes to '.maautoc-
turin' Idola an' dan believin' la ‘am,
an' worahlppln' ’em. do wobian right
hare at home la In dr wholesale manu-
farturtn' bualaaaa In a way dat make*
dam furrlnars look lak day waa In da
■aU retail -MM. - •' -
"Yossum, an' hlta berate woman I*
always n-mnkln'. falrr god* .an*
'am hualad dat day git* dare .
broken eo often. Now dea take
mattera of ma torn any. tor Instance.
Whin's de reaaan dal a» many women
In nluraya a heatin' on delr breasts an'
a wrlagln' dar banda, an* aayln' dat
day «• livin’ a bttghted Itfa barm of
delr disappointment in delr husbands?
"My lan‘, 1 reckon I la been railed
—on to talaoii tar taara trld d-io.- M
•bout a million eromaa dat waa cmhap.
iron it
m
plly married, an' ylt I couldn't are
nothin' de matter wld do man day lied
up wld. Day looked to me lak mighty
humble, peaceable henpecked map dat
didn't dare to any dat tbalr aoula waa
dale own, an* Mt named to arw
da woman wad mighty lueky to have
‘am; but da woman aald no. Day aaid
dat
realli
maybe dee* might, do pretty, wen
husbands want, but dat dry didn't
llxa delr Idaala,'an' den f knotted
dat da trouble waa not dat de man
warn’t all right, but dat he warn'! da
livin' hnaga of da little tin god dat de
women dona make an' called by bla
name.
"Now. dare 81a Bally But,*«hut goaa
nn.ua’ wld a moanful look a-wallln'
out dat marriage la a failure so far
3S£
"*WI
•"How aof I, use* .bar do odder
night whan ahd.wda gt my houee ■-
aobhln' Into her bea' handkerchief.
"Tan s dlruplntrd woman. Bla Ml
1 y,' eaye rhc. ‘for I la dieklvared dat
alnt whut I thought ha waa.'
hut's de matterr 1 axe* her. la
ia took to drink?*
"tan he Uni ‘spun* aha. Tor he'a
da,lender of d* Blue Ribbon movement
la de rhu'ch'
'Maybe he’x a-chanltf after mom*
odder pattlcoatr alnnatea I.
" Td dta lak to aoe him dar to do hit.’
ahe 'arlalnu, 'for I low dat dere would
be one,bald balded nigger In dla com
munity ef ha did. Naw. Bla Mlrundy,
I'ae ‘still got de same clutch on Moa*
dat 1 had In hta cotin' days.'
‘"Blaaa de Itewd for hla mercies.’
■Sye J. ef youae got a huaband dat atlll
bptlCaa whul you woara. an' compli
ments Jro' Agger you kin kind of afford
to pass over de crap game.'
DOROTHY DIX.
"•But I don't have to. Bis Mlrandy.'
aba answers, 'for More la one of dam
men whu: apenda hla evanlna' home a-
playln* horse to amuse da baby.'
" 'Maybe den.' says I. ■be'a ona of daae
skla flint* dot thinks a wife la • mer-
ada worker dat kin provide pork chops
an' corn pone wldout no money. Bf dat
ahlrt walata grow on yo' back lak
feathers on a duck.*
" *Naw. Bla Mlrandy.' aaya aba, 1
ain't got no. fault to And wld M.
‘bout bein' a good pervlder, for be
brings home his pay envelope to me
evy Saturday night wldout openin' It.'
•••Well.’ aagsT 'ef all of dat la an.
what la de name of goodness alia de
man?*
“ 'Hit ain't whut ha doe#.' 'spona she.
•Wt'a whut he don't do. Htfa Jest dxt
he ain't da noble, high talutln' puaaon
dat I thought ha waa. Ha ain't always
a-savin' my. life lak dem hern men
doaa In de books, an' he don't uae nona
of dam grand word* when ha talk*.
Fuddermo, Bla Mlrandy.' lays xhe wld
a groan, •when t looks at him I’a bound
to see dat he la a miserable, little,
runty, bandy legged feller InaUd of
bein' 'bout seven feet high, wld a proud
walk, an' a chlst dat le swelled out on-
tell hit busts off de shirt buttons.
"'An' dat Is whot Is knocked de
■lullin' out of matermony for ma, an'
makes mo a po\ miserable creator wld
a busted heart. Men aho-ly are do-
coltful. Bis Mlrandy. an dem dM puts
delr trust In ’em am goln' to git took-
In' In/ .
“'Huh,' 'sclalms I, 1 don't see dat
Brer Moee Is changed. 1 alnt never
heer dat he la set hlsealf up as a post
Nuther Is It ever com# to my notice
dat he's gain# round braggln' tout
de eloquent way dat he kin sort to
meetln'. whilst ef he's ever entered
hlssetf In any beauty show bit has got
'Coaa ba ain't.' saya Bis Balbr Boa.
•D* trouble wld you.' 'apons I. ‘la
dat dere wam't never no man lak da
* dat you Axed up In yo' mind ontsll
ho'waa a little tin god. Ton are one
of dem Idol makers dat Bre'r Jenkins
preaches against. dst*s what's da mat
ter wld.you.. Ef you'd taka Bre'r Moaa
daa on de plain, cv'y day. human plat
form he'd ba all right HU'a when
yon sat him up on a altar an' try to
worship him dat you can't keep-yo' eya
olf of de cracks In him.'
"An' Sis Bally Bus aha sigh on' go
away aayln' dat 1 don't onderatand,
which don't an'prlae me none, for l'va
done took notice dat folks always saya
dat to you when you hands 'em a ft.
worda of common seaaa, Instld of t»”
gel/* 111 ' *** po ’ * u * er,n ' *n-
"Yaasum. bit's becasa women Is ■>
handy at makln' Idols dat dey git. hu"
ao often. Ev'y few days you meet.
wld a mother dot has got a tala of « „
to tell you 'bout how aorrerful she i,
dat her daughter Is doaa make such i
bad match, becase she's Jtat marre
an ordinary feller dat kin support "/
5?’ I™ A 1 !?.? da ‘ «« was dat horn*,
ly an' shift leas an' slabsided dst
was lueky to git married at all; i, u
her ma dona sat up a little atalue „■
her dat le a beauty, an' a wonder aa
«« kw* last dat gal daa hit ,,
lak da millennium. Qr maybe she pm*,
noatleales to you 'bout how eVybodr it
united togedder to keep down hsr saa
whut you know don't atn aflmt n S h
an' knowledge, but dat ah* la dont
gilded an' put a halo roun' his hail
»»’ Sf,"!* ‘d 0 ? 0 ** *•*>: »>l his life t-i
ahe thinks h<* n plumb genius.
"Taaaum, woman sho la Indutlrlnui
'bout Image makln'. but dey tno-'ii
turns out bunglin' jobs, an' dat'a ,i
reason dat dey la always a-cryln' nut
dat day Is found out dat delr Idols hiu
feet of day, an' legs of mud.
" 'Shoo,' aaya l "whut did you ex.
pact when you made hit yo'self.' -
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THE STAR DRIFTS OF THE UNIVERSE - - By Prof■ Garrett P. Semis.,
Not long ago It seemed as If all the
atari were moving In different direc
tions, quits Independent of on* anoth
er tat most rases. There was a vast
confusion of motions that could not
be disentangled. To the eye of the
astronomer, embracing thousands of
years as well ns hitllona ot teas*** of
' apace at one view, tbe atar-aprlnkled
vault resembled a view on a summer
evening, over a level expanse, where
countless Artfllaa are darting confus
ed] y across ona naotkara paths.
la revMNug thu that that the US
of (ha stare are not thu* law!*** and
unrelated. There la a grand unity gnv
*rnltlg thetr movements, the “
of which uplifts the mind
Imagination to breathless r
contemplation and wondtr.
Not long ago Professor Kapteyn
pointed oat that all tbs visible 'Stare
appear to fall Into two prlndpsd die
notions of motion. Two mala' cur-
discerned fay
id ualty gnv-
he discovery
•UA 0 .S
rente, or "drifts" were
him. In the visible universe. But be
cause the apace moved over by any
star lii tn* cotm
course
small i
of a faw veers an-
pears very email lo ua on account of
the stars' Immense distance. It waa dif
ficult to distinguish clearly the under
lying principle of the movements and
to pise* the various star* in thrlr
proper category.
More recently a more elaborate study
r.f. this phenomenon has bean made In
England by Mr. Eddington, and a few
weeks ago he awakened tbe enthusias
tic attention of the Royal Astronomi
cal Society by explaining the results
of bis investigations, baaed on an
analysis of the "proper motions'* of
many thousands of stars. He And*
Ihnl PrnSassnr draymen'* coerteatnaw
ore valid, and that all the visible stare
really do fall Into two vast drifting
systems.
Oalct
course.
belonging to one of (ties* systems
are all moving, with respect to the sun,
away from a point In the heavens sit
uated In the southern edge of th* con
stellation Hercules, and that tbe stare
belonging to the other system are mov.
Ing from a similar point situated In
the constellation of the Lynx.
Those “point*" are simply cboaen for
reference on tbe a tor sphere, and It
must Ant hr eiipimard that they lnill-
ter* from which the star* of
th* respective systems are radiating.
They etmply give a claw to the grneral
direction of the two great drifting cur-
r*nt*
With
thin these drifts the stare are not
an moving on perfectly parallel lines,
soma move a little athwart In one di
rection. and some In- another, just ns
babbles floating on a river may travel
In eddies and cross currents this way
and that, while all obeying the general
tendency of tbo principal currents of
the stream.
The relation of our sun, which I*
two vast
also a drifting star, to
currents remains to be worked out.
The velocity of drift of the Aryt sys
tem mentioned above apptin to b*
mere than three times aa rapid aa that
of the second, and at Arst this waa
thought to be an Indication that the
stare of th* Arst system are nearer <o
us than those of the second, but this
conclusion has not been born* ont
by other studies, which seem to show
that the average distance of both sys
tems from the sun la about the same.
Three discoveries open up an entln
new Aeld fui the Huffy at me c., n »t|.
tutlon ot tb* visible universe; and tin
Imposing nature of tbe phenomena „b.
served, th* enormou* number of tin
stare concerned, tb* vast extent of thi
governing forces which reststlesaij
control them, and the sense of unity
design that come* over the mind li
contemplating there grand movement,
of transmigration certainly offer cm
of the most mngnlffcent subjects r„i
thought that has aver been offered ti
the human Intellect.
THE SOLUTION OF THE QUESTION ------ By Otto Edward
It was neon when Arkard Petrnwltsch
opened hi* eyes. When he had gath
ered hla senses It seemed lo him as If
something terrible had happened, but
b* did not kaow what It was. Hla
brain did not work yet because of the
too many bottles h* had emptied tbe
night before. He also became aware
of a most annoying headache.
"John," he called, "bring me a glass
of brandy." When he bad swallowed
that and closed hie eyes a faw momenta
later the fog which had beclouded his
brain began to lift, and he fait himself
-able to think clearer. "What did 1 do
laatulghtT Where waa 1? Oh, I know,
at Swltschofr*. Bat wbat happened?"
Suddenly he knew It all. and he began
. hla hair and groan In de-
'hat th* davtl am I going to
Row la th* world could I
such aa Idiot?" Tea. Arkard
th Kaukauschoff remembered
E distinctly. He had gone out
t with BwHsehoCre daughter,
a little sentimental blond*
alwaya had a cold In her
head. Influenced by a bright rdoon.
light, b* had squeeaed the girl's —a
whispered loving words. Into her. run
and recited {-tern*. —
During tbe dinner Mamma and Pap.
Swltachoff haiJL been, unusually friendl:
to him. Lldoiachka had never cease.
Ailing hla glare; th* moon had thrpwi
Its silver light through th* trees of tha
istrk. and the nightingale had aung .if
love. H* no longer felt able to dla
tlngulsh between reality and Imagine
linn; he turnod toward Lidotschk*,and
although she was pug-nosed and cross
eyed. ah* appeared to him divinely
beautiful. After dinner h* suddenly
found himself alon* with her In a pa
vilion at th* end of the garden. He
waa kneeling, and told her ot hla lqvn
and asked her to became hla - wife.
Strangely enough Mamma und
Kwttichoff appeared da-lfby mngl
"For <kMK sake, what I am to^o
now?r muddled Arkard as he remem
bered th* vary thought ef whom dis
gusts me, would be tnsane. On -the
other aldvR 1 jilted her 1 win never
be able to-BVe down the scandal.'What
the dsvtl afaall I dq to get out of tiff*
hole—yes, I know—that la th* only sal
vation."
-Whan Kaukauschoff, at I o'clock, ar
rived at tb* villa of th* Bwltaehoffa he
waa received with open arms. Papa
pad; mamma, were aattghtsd by the
match, for they believed th* young man
to be enormously rich. After lunch
Arhsnd followed hla boat and future
father-in-law Into th* llbiuir. Here
they sat-down on th* sofa and lighted
their cigars.
"Atanall arigorawiacha,"
B UCIiCBIC iiilRir, DUl HR Wf HOW Bit)
to batons to the same family, I thought
—wall, the whole thing Is I must nec-
lHWS , Mk l K.^ 0U “ td rub,M -
an that your property
''Well. U 1* to a certain extent: but
i.teJBOt that
high rsliwer
S tew debt*—debts of honor, you un-
era tand."
"I did not know that you played
card*.”
"Unhappily one cannot always re
fute. and In the lonely place where
my property Is located we men can And
tittle else to do but gambling, drinking
and betting."
“But—"
"That la th* whole truth. Afrantt
Qrtgorewttseht. and 1 know that I can
count on you to get the money for
tat."
"I will think It over," Bwltschoff re
plied, drily.
— * e e e e
Ac Kaukauschoff left the library be
met Lldolschka's mother. He kissed
her hand, called her hla dear mother,
and stepped on tbe tall of Blaulka. her
favorite dog, aa hard as h* could.
"That abominable cur," he growled;
"everywhere I put my foot he la In the
way. I don't ate how you can stand
him"
"Tou don't like dogs?" asked tha old
little reto like this one. but I
love big dogs. Why, 1 have pecks of
them at my country scat, wolf hounds,
bulldogs, bloodhounds, shepherd dogs
and mastiffs; many of them as big as
calves."
That Is terrlbl*. Why do you keep
ao many dogs?" —
"It Is absolutely necessary to do so.
and all toy neighbors do the same
thing, it Is vary lonely, ray nearest
neighbor Is ten miles a Way. The whole
country la full of robbers and there Is
a murder or two every week."
"And you are not afraid to live
there?"
"What shall I do? I must own I
never undress when I go to bed. and I
always sleep with a loaded revolver In
each hand.
"Merciful heaven!" cried the future
mother-in-law. and ran out of the
room.
*****
On th* terrac* under the masses of
palms and flower* Lldotschka was sit
ting looking at the sky with an ex
pression of unspeakable happiness In
her rye*, which became atm more pro
nounced as she discovered Arkard. She
pointed to a hassock at her fact and
sskad him to aU there. Kaukauschoff
obeyed, and squeessd her. little 1st fin
gers. —r, ;
"1 did not close an eye tbe whole
night,” he began, and equeesed harder.
"Were you aide, then?"
"No; I was thinking of you."
"Oh. you flatterer." ;
"I am no flatterer at all; but I felt
ao happy when I thought of all the
blessings the future has In store for
us. I will tell you Just how we are to
live when we reach our beautiful home.
We will get up very, very early. I al
ways get up long before daylight.”
Lldotochlca did not look very pleased.
"Then I must get my bone and ride
through the fields to look after th*
laborers. Tou must take care of tha
housework. Tou have to go through
the stable* and see that the cows are
milked, feed the chickens and pigs,
weigh out all the provisions and do nil
the bookkeeping.”
Lldoiachka'* race .grew perceptibly
longer. "Toward noon I come bark,
tired and dirty, but oh, so happy. We
eat dinner very early, and when 1 have
eaten I go to th* bam to take a nap
In the hay."
"To Bleep?"
"Why, of course. The .work to the
field* la very tiresome, and 1 am ex
hausted when I com* home. In the
evening the neighbors come to visit us,
the village schoolmaster, the underta
ker, the blacksmith and the baker
Then the men have a few games o!
cards and w* go to bed."
Lddotschka's eyes were filled witl
tears.
"Do we have no kinds of ontertaln.
tnenta?" she asked. "No music ot
song?"
Kaukauschoff roared with laughter
"Music? Song? Entertainments'
Tou really do not seem to know ho*
Ilf* In th* country really Is We •<"
the newspapers once every thret
months, and that Isn't even sure.”
Lldotschka ran sobbing Into Ua
house.
* •
The next morning tb* ybung men re-
celved the following letter:
"My Dear Kaukauschoff—1 havt
thought the manor ov»: Very carcfutlj
and so has my wife, and ww-hove de
cided that you are hardly tha man wtu
could make our dear daughter happy
Wc regret, therefore, sxcaadlngly i*iti'
we cannot give our consent to the en
gagement. Sincerely your*.
AFANATI BWITBCHOFF.
■ II—IIIMMMWMMHMH—IWIIIIMilMWIWOwWy*t«HpBit>Si—>*—■*
THE TOMB OF ALI-BELLUS - - By V. Blasco Ibanez
Af that time, cald the sculptor Gar
da, In order to pay for my dally bread,
l yd sard a good part of my time re
storing Imttes la th* churches and
grains altars, and In pursuit of this
wetfc I traveled over the entire prov
ince.
Once I received an Important com
mission to restore tb* great altar In
th* church of Bellas, which work was
ts be paid for by a legacy left by an
lady, end thither f betook myaolf
priest, a gentlemen who waa absolute
ly Incapable ot remalalng quiet tor any
length of time; hardly had b* finished
saying mass when he would saddle his
taut* and go off to visit th* priest of
some neighboring parish or ho would
take hla shotgun and gome bag and
attempt to depopulate tb* country of
birds. While be was thus vagabond
ing 1 and ray two companions were
parched upon th* scaffolding erected In
front ot th* altar, touching up and
ngtldtng this complicated piece ot
work of the seventeenth century and
putting new wings and no*ea on tha
whole group ef angels.
In the morning, when mass had been
said, wo were left absolutely alone. Th*
churcb was an ancient on*, a huge
bufldiag, with whitewashed walla and
* mall chapels under arches extending
along the sides. It hxd that peculiar
alrasephere of alienee and beauty com
bined which we find In all buildings
constructed in tbe Atob style ot archi
tecture. Through th* open door we
could get a glimpse of th* solitary
square In front of the church, flooded
with sunlight; we could hear the erte*
of people calling to each other In the
fields beyond, sometime* a lot of chick
ens would very Irreverently enter the
temple, walking around the altar with
a leek of solemn admiration until they
vrera frightened away by our songs 1
must tell you that, familiar with this
kind of work, we acted In the church
os we would In the etudlo, and I grat
ified all this crowd of saints, virgins
and angels, covered with th* duet of
centuries, with all the song* I had
learned at the theaters, when I occu
pied a scat In th* top gallery. Home-
limes I gave them "Alda" and again 1
favored them with soma voluptuous
rtfrmlaa from "Faust."
Possibly on this account, some of the
neighbor* "drifted Into the church every
afternoon, a lot of gossiping old women
who hid nothing belter lo do than
watch onr work, and sometime* they
went ao far aa to dare to criticise be
cause I didn't put enough vermilion on
tbe check of some lost angel. The beet
looking nnd doubtless the richest of
Hie lot. to lodge by tb* authority sho
Mimed to sxemlac over the others,
would sometime* come up on the scaf
fold, doubtlem to Impress me with her
superiority, standing In such a way
that | couldn't more without almost
ling over. -
The Boor of th* rhnreb was composed
> lane* slabs of stone, and In the mld-
U wut a large circular atone In
laiiinc
■ Tb* i
of lent
die of
tha center of which was b rusty Iron
ring. On* afternoon 1 waa standing on
this atone and wondering wbat there
might be beneath It. As I was stoop
ing doom and trying to lift th* ring
from Ita sockat. tha same woman—
whoa* nams, by the way. waa Pas-
cuala—cam* In and seamed to b* ex
traordinarily astonished at seeing me
In this position.
That whole afternoon ah* passed on
the scaffold, paying no attention to
her companion* below, but looking at
m* sharply In a way which Indicated
that she wished tn ask ms it question.
Finally th* question cam*. Bhe desired
tu know wflixt 1 waa doing on that
•tone, which had naver been known to
hav* been lifted within th* memory
of man. I dented having llftad It. but
my dentate seemed only to axclt* bar
curiosity th* more, and feeling a boy
ish desire to hoax her. I managed to
arrange It ao that every' afternoon
when aha entered th* church ah* found
me standing on that stone and exam
ining it closely.
The work ram* to an end. and we
look down th* scaffolding; the altar
shone Ilka a sun of gold, and Juit as I
waa about tu leave the church the
woman, devoured by aurioalty, made
another attempt to get at wbat ah*
called my secret.
If yot
she sold, auppllcattngly, "I will keep tho
secret."
And the painter—for this I* what
they called me—aa he waa young and
of a somewhat mischievous disposi
tion. nnd especially as he was going to
leave that part of the country within
an hour, forthwith whispered to the
lady the most absurd fairy tale. I
made her promise at least terenty-flvs
times not to whisper a word of what
1 was shout to tell her, and then I told
her a aerie* of Ilea as quickly as I
could manufacture them, drawing from
the moat Interesting novels I had evec
rend.
I told her that I had lifted the stone
by means of a mysterious force, of
which I alone kn*w the secret, and that
beneath It I hod seen the most sxtraor-
dlnary things. First I had encountered
a long, eteep staircase leading to th*
bowels of the earth: then I bad come
upon n number of paseages leading tn
all directions. From one of them there
came a faint light, and following this I
cam* to a large room, In which burned
a lamp of antlqu* form, which had
been burning for a thousand years.
In the renter of this room, lying upon
a couch of marble, was a large man.
He had a. long, gray beard, his cyei
were closed, and beside him there waa
an enormous sword; on his head was
a turban. In which glittered the Moor
ish half moon or gold and diamonds.
"It Is a Moor!" he Interrupted.
“Tcs, a Moor." How wonderfully
bright she was to have discovered II!
I went on to soy that h* was wrapped
In a mantle that shone Ilk* gold, and
on the marble were certain Inscription!
in a strange language, which even tha
priest himself could not read; but L
being a painter—and painters know
HATERS OF NOVELTY : By Irene Gardner \
If tin* niAjorttjr of peopl* had their w»jr
then* would never be Anything new under
the aun. They oppoee every Innovation,
rrylutf aloud that the world will be ruin-
rd If It la Introduced, end thl* whether It
Ite a change tn atyle or lo ApAllIng.
The prrecut hullabaloo cnlla to mind
what happenrd whou the alllc hat waa
tint Introduced. It waa on January 16,
THY SHIP
By RLLA WHEELER WILCOX.
H
Copyright. IMS. by Anierlran-Jnurnal-Ksomlner)
ADBT thou a ship. In whose vast hold lay stored
Tb# priceless riches of all clime* and lands,
Bay, wouldst thou let It float upon tha seas
Sal M.stela* u-tilita tho annt* '
t'nplloted, ot fickle wind* tha apori.
And of wild wave* and hidden rocks the prey?
Thin*. *a that ship; and In Ita depth concealed
Lies all the wealth of tbla vast universe—
Tea, Ilea earn* part of God's omnipotence,
Th* legacy divine of every soul.
Thy will. O. man, thy will la that great ship.
And yet behold It drifting her* and there—
One moment lying motionless in port.
Then on high etas by sudden Impulse Aung.
Then, drying on th* eanria. and yet again
Bent birth on Idle queets tn nn-man's land.
To carry nothing and to nothing bring:
TUI worn and fretted by the aimless strife
And. buffeted by vacillating winds.
It founders on a rock, nr springe a leak.
With all Ita unused treasure* In Ih* hold.
Go. save tby ship, thou sluggard; taka th* wheel
And steer to knowledge, glory and aucces*.
Great mariner* have made th* pathway plain
For thee to tollowr; hold thou lo the courw*
of Concentration Channel, and all things
Hhall come In answer to thy swervelaea wish
As comes the needle to the magnet** sail.
Hr sunlight tn the prisoned blade of grass
That yearns all winter for the kies of spring.
17S7, that a London hntter. John Hither-
teflon by name, appeared on Hie street
of that elty with a sort of headgear that
had never iM-fnre lieen seen. It was shiny,
eight Inches high, with n rim stioat seven-
eighths of sn Inch wide.
He bail gene hat a short distance when
he was followed liy a crowd of boys aud
loafers Hoou these were reinforced by
the curious from all walks or life, nod
ere long a howling mob wna jeering at hint.
Then some one threw- a stone at the hat,
and tha* precipitated a riot. Women ,B *'
fainted, children were trampled nnd the
son of a aotdeutan was seriously Injured.
John lletberlngton was areally alarmed
He had expected to nrnnoo rurloatty—In
fact, do sir i-I to, for he wna a hatter—hut
he bad Did anticipated auy inch demon-
Stratton Ttie piddle oeeioed to take the
Innovation as an Insult to Its Intelllaenc.
for no one had ever worn such a hat be
fore. consequently to Intrmlure such a
atyle waa nothing short of criminal.
Had not a detachment of soldiers hnr.
rteil to the scene the vfntqreaome hatter
would sorely have been killed. A, It was.
he waa arrested and compelled to give
hood to the extent of (SOO. When
brought to trial the eihlence stated that
he had caused a riot by making hta ap
pearance on the public highway wearing
what be call.-d a silk bat-a tall strnetnre.
shiny In appearance and calculated to
frighten timid people.
In defense fhe hatter claimed that he bad
committed no crime, but had alraply tier,
vised his rights aa ■ ritlsen tu Introduce a
style which no oac need follow unless he
The fotlowtng morning
nuhjev- ■ h *'' -* edltnrtnl on
tar broader in our vlewn, Iona Inclined to
lone our begtls when anything to which no
hart not lawn accustomed la brought be
fore ns for our adoption.
Hut are wo brooder? Succeeding goner*.
Hons will probably nny we were not, and
will laugh at tome of our frantic suites In
opposition to now conditions. Of course,
we will never mob a man who appears on
our atreeta with a silk hat on hla head, bat
we are doing thing* ju*t a* silly. For la-
■taac*. raining a row over simplified spell-
everything—I had deciphered It with
out the nllghtent difficulty. The mean
ing was—ahem. "Her* Ilea All-Bellus;
this tomb la dedicated to him by Sa
rah. hi* wife, and Macael, hla son.”
On* month Inter, when I was In the
city of Valencia, I found out whnt hap.
pened In that good little town after I
left It. Pa*cutte at once Informed her
husband, who, the next day, repeated
the entire xtory at the tavern. Gen
eral stupefaction! To think they hod
lived all their Uvea m that town, had
beetvto that church every Sunday nnd
did not know that Just beneath their
toet l*y ihe man with the long beard,
the great aword and the turban! And
then to think that It «ias the great
All-Bellua, who had a wife by the
name of Sarah and a son by the name
of Macael, and who had undoubtedly
founded the town! And nil this had
been seen by a stranger who had been
there but a few days, while not one of
them had even suspected It!
The following Sunday, ntter the
prleet had left'the little town to go and
dine with one of hla friends, a large
part of the population rushed back lo
the church. The hunhand of Pnarualn
succeeded In gelling the sexton to sur
render the key, nnd all, even the mayor
and the secretary, entered the church
nrmed with pickaxes, crowbars and
ropes. How they did sweat! That
atone had certainly not been moved In
three centuries. Tho strongest of them
wished tn do an.
The London Times
t. Ip which this parnxraph ap-
In these days of enllshteainenl It must
he coasldered as advance ,l r ,„ reform,
sml one which Is lamnd sooner or later In
stamp Its character on the entire commas,
tty. The sew hat It destlued to niwfe a
revnlntlon tn hoadgrar. tad We think the
officers of Ih" crews erred tn placing the
dereinlost under arrest."
Tiwtny all this twins very ahanrd. Wr
laugh at. the silly objections brought ont
A FINANCIAL BALLAD.
By WILLIAM P. KIRK.
T WAH payday at the office, and John was coming home,
Hla loving wife wan waiting for him there:
. Tit* *** m » n Stood without, and th* butcher, short and atouL
Armed with a menthook. swore to havt hla share: *
The milkman, with his bell, and the taundryraan as well
Haunted tbe hall upon that fateful day;
Before the break of dawn John's envelop* wo* gone.
And unto him hi* Angelin* did say;
CHORUS:
m f , nr my girlhood back In (unny New Rochelle,
Before them t»l*a of wedded blits you cam* around to telL
1 nerer have a set of funs, nor.vec no mat I nay—
Tou atn t no E. H. Horrt man-Chat's all I’ve got to **y! M
IL
T HE poor young husband ihuddered and mournfully he sighed.
White many * sally tear hi* eye* did btut:
But,'drying to be brave, after he !)*.! had hi* shave.
They ate their humble scrapple, him and her.
Alas! At break of dawn hi* Angelina was gone—
Gone, like hla salary the preceding day;
Pinned on hla only coat he saw thl* tiny note.
Which unto him these tidings did convey:
CHORUS: --
Tm yearning for my girlhood." etc.
used every effort, but for an hour thi
(tons did not mov* th* fraction of at
Inch.
"Courage, courage!" yelled Pascusl*
"Remember that beneath that stone b
the Moor!” 1 * c
Encouraged by her, they redouble*
their effort*, and after another hour's
work they managed to pull up not onlj
the atone, but the greater part of tin
floor of tb* church. On* would havt
thought that tb* whol* edifice wat
coming down, but little they rereC
about that! All look* were Axed upet
the yawning hole before them. Thi
boldeat scratched their heads with evl.
dent Indecision; but ona more cour
ageous than th* others. Anally cauwi!
a rope to be tied around hta watet. and
murmuring a prayer, they lowered hhr
down while all held their breaths. Thai
lowering didn't tlr* them very much
for the man's feet were on bottom evec
while hla heed was oulelde.
"What do you eeeT' they yelled In ■
chorus.
He woe moving all around that pit
feeling with his hands, without flndlni
anything but four solid walls and a fen
heaps of rotten straw which gave font
* horrible *m*ll.
"Lcok around! Search!" *cre*mc<!
tho** who were gathered closely about
Ih* edg* of the hole. But the Investi
gator could And nothing but the foul
wall* of this narrow pit and the rotten
straw. He climbed out and others to»'k
hla place, accusing the first one of be
ing stupid, but Anally *11 were con
vinced that there wan nothing there bul
a hoi* about six fret square. To say
that they were angry would be to pul
It very mildly. They simply raved
The women took occasion lo revenx*
themselves upon Paseuol*. who hu-1
lonled It over them for *o many years
Their misfortunes reached their climax
however, when th# priest returned
Seeing the floor of the church sno
hearing the ttory of what hail hap
pened. he declared that he would ex-
communicate *11 th* Inhabitants of th<
town and close tbe church trad w*»
only calmed when th* dnrtng discover
ers of All-Bellus promised to construct
a better floor *t their own expense.
* * •
“Did-you ever go beck there again"*
one of those present asked the sculp
tor.
“You couldn't hire' me to. More tha*
once 1 hav* met some of th* Inhabi
tants of this town to Ih# city of Velen-
cl*, and, strange to eay. when they
•poke to me about th* hoax, they
laughed and though H * wonderfully
good joke. They all assured me that
they were not'among thore who had
gone Into th* church, tor they h* 1 -
auspected th* trick from th* beginning
They alwaya terminated tbe conversa
tion by Inviting me to com* down end
visit them and have a good time. They
smiled angelically when they gave n«
this Invitation, but there was a e*rt*lr
gleam tn their eyre that gave m* ««
understand that the town would proba
bly be the unbealthteat place for me on
ten r* H »