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The Judgment of Nathan;
Or, the Story of How He Selected
the Right Woman For a Wife.
'‘St right down here, Nathan," said
Daniel. "I'll have to see what Joel
Wither son wants. He's always bother
ing aroun’ like an aggravatin' lly.
What's earin' you, Joel?”
"I want a gallon of your best oil,"
said Joel; “what's It worth today?”
"Fifteen cent*,” answered Daniel,
bustling about as If Uie store were
crowded 'with patrons. "Let’s have
your can,"
‘lt's only 14 cents at the White
Front." protested Joel, holding iiis
can obstinately behind him.
"Fifteen here to regular customers,"
replied Daniel, meaningly.
Joel sighed. “Well, then, give me a
gallon, an' a dime's worth of eatin'
tobaccer, an' a pound o' Caroliuy
prunes, an' put it on the book.”
"Callforny prunes,” amended Daniel
"Caroliuy,” insisted Joel, “i reck
on I know what I want. How are you
Nate?"
"Ain’t well,” said Nathan crisply.
“Rheumatiz?"
Nathan nodded his head, willing to
admit what was not altogether true
for the sake of discouraging con versa
tlon.
"Miss Wickerson allowH that rheum
ati* is only another name for laziness.
1 ain’t Just prepared to agree with her
an' yet 1 never hcered of it kcepln’ ;i
man from anything but work. Don't
operate agin' goin’ fishin’ does It,
heigh?” He chuckled his, audience In
the side and leered knowingly.
Nathan had little usd for an observ
ation that approached too closely to
the truth, and JoeJ, being notorious for
Just such observations, there was not h
ing to do but retreat In as good oi d‘-r
as possible, so he got on his feet and
strolled carelessly toward the door.
"You can-look at that cow any time.
Daniel!" he called back, over hts shoul
der.
“Wait a moment, I'll go right now.
Where's Dave?"
Playing dominoes for the cigars up
to Andy Wiggins's,” volunteered
Johnny Henly in his cheerful treble. ' I
see him."
"Pick ye out a handful of candy,"
commanded Daniel, magnanimously,
“an' run an’ tell him I want him—hus
tle now!”
Dave soon appeared at the back door
and having dusted his .shoes, parted
his hair becomingly and adjusted his
necktie, took his place behind the coun
ter and assumed an attltudo of care
ful attention to business. Dave was
considered very stylish, wore broad
shouldered clothes and high collars,
sang In tho church choir, and played
a U flat cornet in the Millville Band,
As such he had quite a following
among the boys and was also much
admired by the fair sex. A number of
the girls would walk several squares
out of their way after school to pass
Freeman’s store because Dave Marcus
was sure to be out In front about, that
time, leaning gracefully against the
awning poet, swapping reminiscences
with Elmer Jordan, who had but lately
returned from Manila, and who still
affected a military carriage, wore hi <
leggtns and army hat, and smoked
with hjs cigarette drooping rakishly
from his lips.
"Come along, Nathan," said Daniel,
threading his way between Uncle Billy
Harlow and the cannon stove. "We’li
go out and look at the cow. Did you
say you wanted a cheese sandwich?
Here it is.”
Jimmy Henly picked up a crumb of
cheese from the floor, wiped it on his
sleeve, and ate it. Unde Hilly Harlo w
got up on his chair to reach for the
Millville Weekly Clarion, and in do
ing so stumbled over his dog, wllo
was always afraid he was about to la
left behind. Rebecca Poulson came In
to buy a pattern from Dave Marcus,
and In the general excitement Joel
Wickerson managed to abstract a cou
pie of dill pickles anil a handful ot
crackers, and to make a triumphant
exit with them and his groceries. •
“Let'S go up the mill race,” suggest
•dp Daniel.
It was not far to walk. Just across
the railroad bridge down the steep
qlde of the grade, through a forest of
Spanish needles, between the sagging
wires of a fence and then you struck
a well beaten path that ran along the
bank of the race to the mill. Two sy
camore trees, as spotted ns leopards,
locked arms and leaned together far
out over the listless current, and sonic
one had rigged up a board hot ween the
trunkß which made a very good scat
and a capital place for the wayward
email boys to smoke cigurs and play
cards. Nathan picked up a sti, k and
opened his knife with a click. Daniel
re lit his rlgar, flipped the match In
to the water and settled hi* back lux
uriously against the tree.
It was a hazy day in mid-autumn.
The first frost had come and gone and
the forest had begun to don its Jo
seph's coat of many colo-s.
A flock of crows flapped leisurely
along overhead. A Jay screamed
harshly in the thicket, A red head
rapped ofllclotisly far up In the sycn
mores, and a squirrel whisked out to
protest against tho Interruption. The
school bell rang for recess and the
shouts of the playing children canto
loud and soft by turns with the ebb
and flow of the gentle breeze The lo
cal freight arrived and stopped at the
dripping water tank
"Nathan,” said Daniel. solemnly,
“I'm a-going to get married "
His companion’s Jaw dropped as sud
denly as if some concealed spring had
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snapped. "Why—why. you can’t mean
it, Daniel,” he stuttered.
“1 most certainly do,” replied Daniefc
with art assumption of nonchalance
that he was far from feeling.
“B-but at. your age!”
“Never too late to mend,” observed
Daniel blithely.
“I don’t know If mend is the right
word for it,” Nathan shook his head
dubiously, “and If it is It seems to me
that if I'd a got along to the ripe old
age of sixty-three unmended I'd a sort
a felt so natural that way that I would
not a bothered about the repairs.”
"I ain't but sixty-two,” objected his
friend.
"As good as sixty-three. I know
when your birthday is by reckonin'
from mine. Don't you remember, I had
to lie about my age so’s we could en
list In the same company?”
“Well, then, have it your own way
then, do. Sixty-three ain't old.”
“I’m not so sure. Now 1 am a great
grandpa at that age an’ you just a
startin' in, but who’s to be the happy
Mrs. Freeman?”
Daniel blushed until his mottled
face resembled a variegated
ion. "There’s two of them I’m a hesi
tatin' between.” he answered, looking
vaguely at a flaming sumach hush ou
tho opposite shore.
"Weil," prompted Nathan.
“Two of 'em,” repeated Daniel,
bring his Index finger down upon the
board with a thwack and staring hard
at it; “one Is—one is” —lie shifted his
gaze to a thistle close at hand, and
picking up a switch, threshed it vigor
ously. Nathan whittled away without
the least appearance of Interest.
“One is Abby Hell—”
Nathan nodded his head in corro
boration, somewhat disappointed at a
revelation that was no revelation, lie
cause Millville had been dally expect
ing their marriage for thirty years.
"And the other Is —confound that
bee, lie's agoln' to sting me yet.”
“Well, for heaven’s sake,” ejaculated
Nathan, “say it. say It—ls: who?”
"Ann Elizabeth Tompkins,” Daniel
blinked his eyes, Inflated hts cheeks,
until they resembled a bellows, and
blew out. the name os if It, were a plug.
"The mischief!" gasped Nathan.
"Now, what have you got against
Ann Elizabeth?” demanded Daniel,
with oil injured air.
“A widow an' a gossip, an equal sut
ftagist an’ a social purltyite, a soul
feeder an’ a sanctified person, an' to
marry you! Lord! Lord! The saint and
the sinner, the huvfk an’ the dove, the
sheep an' the goat—yah, yah!" The
old man grasped his knees in his
hands and rocked to and fro in an
ocstacy of mirth.
“Go on!" cried Daniel, “I’ile it up.
insult your best friend if you wilt, but
don't drag her in; don't you say noth
ing about her until she’s present to de
fend herself.”
"I wouldn't dare to then," said Na
than, earnestly. "Why, Dan’l, she’s a
match for any two men in Millville,
an' you know it. Six feet tall an' two
hundred if a pound. Who-ee! Don’t
you sit there an’ admit that you’re con
siderin' her. Back track. Back track!
Climb a tree; swim a stream. Any
way to spike the scent, my boy, 1
hope It ain't too late, comrade. 1 hope
you haven’t gone and committed your
self beyond recall.”
An acorn rattled from bough to
bough in a neighboring tree and
struck tho ground with a thud. Dan
iel dodged with a quick duck of tin
head and glanced apprehensively over
hts shoulder.
"It ain't went that fur,” he admitted,
"I’m duly a-gurln\ at a fellow says.”
"All right, but dont you Agger too
close, l.ooky here. Dan’l, 1 ain’t got a
thing against you marryln’, but after
having been so uncommon deliberate,
let's not get in an all-fired hurry all
nt once. It's mighty easy to get mar
ried. It's as easy as it is for a rat
to get: into one of them patent traps,
and marriage has got its bars, too, as
well as Its bait. Now, to continue tha
argument, wo will say, my boy, you’re
a-marryin' to better your condition—
for the purpose of becotuln' more com
fortable; an' 1 judge that's all a bach
elor thinks of when he's marryln’. If
smh he the case, an’ 1 think I know
you pretty well, don't you make the
mistake of marryln' a widow of strong
convictions and mature ago. My
brother married a widow. He was
about your age when he did it, too, an’
out of consideration for his feelin’a
an' in the hope of havin' a life of ease
the rest of his days he selected what
he thought was a rich widow. Well,
they hadn't hardly el their first meal
together until lie realised he was tied
up to a whited sepulchre. Yes, sir, for
a fact. She took all her money and
put it into a costly monument to her
first husband, an' George W. had to cut
right out tin’ dig for a livin'.
"He tells me it is a mighty handsome
stone, with two angels carved on It,
clasping hands, an’ right below the
words. 'Till we meet again.’ 'Many s
the night,’ says George W„ 'that I'vj
laid awake calculatin’ just where I'm
supposed to be whilst they are a-meet
in' an' claspin' hands.'
“Dan'l, a widow cither makes a dub
or a clog out of her first husband. You
are either n w hole lot worse or you're
never quite so gr.oj as he was, an' the
longer he .: buried the better he gets,
"Another thing, too. Dan'l, there is
no such thing as romance In a second
marriage, i ove's is a plant that don't
bloom more thhn onoe for any one.
And when a widow decide* she needs
another helpmeet she sizes up the can
didates with a mighty cold, calculatin’
eye first, while a widower, acts as if
be was afraid the supply would run
out before he got. a chance to get one.
“To my mind, there's one time, and
one time only, for marriage. It’s when
you're young an' In love, so young an’
so much in love that nothing else mat
ters at all. A second marriage is like
a set of false teeth—a roorp or less
passable substitute for the first accord
ing to fit, but dreadful hard to write
poetry .about .''
“You're powerful set against, such
things, it Bcems,” complained Dams?.
“Now, I want to know what you'd fit}
in case you was left? Woyjdn't. you
turn an' marry again?" /
“Maybe 1 would, ;i would,
Dan’J,” Nathan Rijhetk “A man an’ a
moth has a habit sometimes of a cut
tin’ loose from everything an' flying
plum in the face of Providence.”
"Do you think 1 ought to marry
Abby Bell, then?”
"Umt—perhaps. She ain’t so old but
she might lx,- older. An' she’s proba
bly so unselfish that she'd marry you
for your own good. Yes, Abby could
likely scrape up enough romance to be
happy herself, an’ she'd be so perfect
ly proud that she had got a man, after
all, that she’d pamper you up like a
young lord—an’ that 1 judge is what
you’re looking for.”
“Now, Nathan"—Daniel leaned for
ward and put bis hand on his friend’s
shoulder—"as man to man, as the man
in a light to a man in the darkness,
Is it the thing—marriage? Can you, in
the face of your knowledge anil experi
ence say so—to me!”
Nathan cleared his Ihroat huskily.
"Comrade, don't you gather from
what I've ever said to you that JStelda
hasn't been a good companion to me.
I’ve talked mighty triflin’ about my
wife, which is a thing no man ought
to do, hut I've got the savin’ grace
to be ashamed of it. When she left her
home to tome out here with roe it
was a sore trial to her. She thought a
heap of her mother, an’ she bid her
good-by realizin’ that she could never
hope to see her again. She jest put
her hand In mine anil set her face to
the west, ail’ if she ever looked back,
like Lot’s wife, I never knowed it. Wt
didn’t have much to come to. Only a
log cabin in a clearin', hut love glori
fied it into a shinin' palace, ari’ it wat
not long until there was a curtain al
the window, a flower In the garden an
a babe in the cradle —three things to
make a man happy.”
“We've raised four children an' bur
ied two, Dan’l, au' if ever a woman
done her duty by her family It was her
It's only lately that she's had any lime
to devote to the cause id* sufferin’ hu
manity In general. A houseful of chil
dren will keep a woman out of lots ol
devilment. Dan’l, I use tobacco, fish
a good deal, an' play cards whenevot
I get the Chaffee; while Zerelda 'tends
church an’ prayer meetin’. feeds
preachers and delegates, wrestles with
the demon rum, an' pretends to sancti
fication; an’ now that I come to think
of if, i reckon, after all, its simply dif
ferent ways -we have of enjoying our
selves, an’ she's as much right to het
way as 1 have to mine. An’ I'll gc
further, and remark right here, that
If any other man would say lhe things
of my wife that I've said of her, I’d
bust ills head open. I would.”
"Nathan," said Daniel, hoarsely, “It’s
—lt’s—a-goln’ to he Abby.”
Tho two old men clasped hands, and
looked long and darkly tuto live waters
of the raeo, that, ltko the stream of
life, could never turn backward.
The two sycamores alike bound to
gether swayed and bent low in the
breeze, appearing with outspread arms
and rustling foliage to be whispering
a benediction.
A golden leaf fluttered loose, and,
turning over and over, fell gently Into
the water, and tho ripples spreadint
in slowly widening concentric circle/
seemed at last, like life and love, io
rqaeh from shore lo shore. —Allen G.
Garrigue in Indianapolis Journal,
He Paid His Debt Promptly.
A train wAs just starting to leavo
a suburban station, says the New York
Tribune, when an elderly man rushed
across the platform and jumped ‘ on'
one of the slowly moving cars. The,
rear-end brakeman, who was standing
by reached up just as the man got
aboard, grabbed his coat tails and pull
ed him off, "There," he said, sternly,
"I saved your life! Don't ever try to
board a train that way again.”
"Thank you,” said the old man,
calmly. “Thank you for your thought
ful kindness. It. is three hours till the
next train, isn't it?"
“Three hours and a quarter,” said
the brakeman, "but it is better to
wait that length of time than to he
killed.”
The long train, meanwhile, bad been
slowly gliding by, slowly gathering
speed. Finally the last rnr appeared.
This was the brakeman's car, the one
for which he had been waiting, and
with the easy grace born of long prac
tice, he started to step majestically
on it.
Hut the old gentleman seized him by
the coat, and with a strong jerk pulled
htm hack, and held him until it was
too late.
"One good turn deserves another,”
said the old gentleman, with a smile.
"You saved my life, 1 have saved
yours. Now we are quits."
An Extraordinary Feat.
Admiral Togo's report that in n re
cent engagement he arranged hisships
in a formation representing the first
letter of the Japanese alphabet, leads
a London paper to say most unkindly
that we have all been doing the Jap
anese alphabet a great injustice if it
contains letters into the shape of
which a fleet of ships can be arranged
without bending them.
THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWB SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1904.
A NOVEL MOTOR VEHICLE.
One-Wheel Arrangement Something
Like a Bicycle.
Something new in the way of motor
vehicles Is a one-wheel arrangement,
hi which the driver or rider gits in
the center. It is the invention of an
Itqßan, Lilio Negroni, and attracted
much attention at the last automobile
exhibition at Turin. The wheel 1* of
siee!, with a pneumatic exterior, and
cn the inside a concentric frame,
which supports the motor and driver’s
spat. This inner frame or circle is
Jjtejged by means of smaller wheels
set at regular intervals on the circum
of its outer edge. The motor
opefaJes the vehicle with a friction
eoiipitog and chain transmitter, con
necting with a cog wheel in the
frame, which grips with another cog
wheel on the inside of it.
As the wheel rolls over the ground
the Inner frame, holding the motor
and driver’s seat, by means of its spe
cific weight maintains these in the
normal position.
Steering this new vehicle is a deli
cate matter, as the slightest move
ment of the body of the driver aside
from the center of gravity will upset
the equilibrium of the wheel and semi
It out of its course. The brakes are
self-acting, and the w'heel is brought
to a stop by the interlocking of the
inner frame and outer circle.
The vehicle has not yet been per
fected, and may never be entirely
practical, but it is Interesting, and
serviceable in bad weather and over
rough roads, its large curves offering
less resistance to obstacles than those
of smaller wheels.
Dining in Darkness.
In Trance and Switzerland the lat
est vogue Is to dine in the dark. Din
ner begins as usual, but suddenly, to
the surprise of the guests, the light
goes out and all Is left in darkness.
Nothing has gone wrong, and before
the guests have recovered from their
astonhdun room doors
open, # shadowy fornSteteal In bear
ing a blazing mass of \ght. It is
the next courso Silently
the figures come to your side, and In
r. few moments on every one’s plate
is, say, your fish, and a delicately
shaded light by which to eat it, but
otherwise the room remains in com
plete darkness.
Peculiar Uses of Postage Stamps.
The monks at the Hospital of St.
Jean de Dieu, at |ent, have in their
leisure moments %fcorate<l the walls
with gorgeous’ landscapes, glowing
with color and life, entirely by means
of postage stamps of all the nations
of the world. Palaces, forests, streams
and mountains are represented, butter
flies fill about, in the air, birds of
beautiful plumage perch ou branches,
snakes umi lizards glide about, and in
numerable animals find places here
and there. The mosf'**''''
tlstlc, lu the style of
scape gardening, nr, J
millions.
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In tK '•‘mtin's there is usually a
spot biyiftrnpnrtment for dogs. One
end of the van is partitioned off and
Qtt&d up as a well appointed kennel.
Seagull a Good Barometer.
Tho seagull makes a splendid living
barometer. If a covey of seagulls fly
senwanl early in the morning sailors
and fishermen know that the day will
be fine and the wind fair, but if the
birds keep inland seafaring people
know that tho elements will be un
favorable. Of weatherwise fish the
dolphin is the most remarkable. Dur
ing a fierce gale or a storm at sea
the mariner knows that the end of
it is near if he can see a dolphin, or
a number of that fish, sporting on the
high sea waves.
Monument Over Thoroughbred Bull.
George M. Slaughter, a stock grow
er of Uosswell, N. M., will erect a
marble monument over the grave of
Sir Uredwell. that thoroughbred which
died suddenly of gastritis. He was
one of the finest bulls In America,
ami took first prize at the Omaha ex
position in 189S. He was purchased
at the time by Slaughter for $5,000.
Mr. Slaughter refus.ed $7,000 for the
bull.
MONKEY GOT THE NUT.
Hooked It With Aid of Straw and
Then Picked It Up.
An extraordinary instance of animal
Intelligence has recently been record
ed as having been shown in the Royal
park, Melbourne, Australia.
“I was watching some monkeys,"
says Mr. Thomas Hutton of Tyne
mouth, “in a large eage, when one of
them .came to the front and Died to
reach a nut which had been thrown
and was. lying on the gravel path.
Put* mg Us arm through the bars and
stretching as far as possible, it found
that the nut was just beyond Its rench.
“There was straw on the floor of the
cage, and, going to the back where it
evidently expected to find the straw
less damaged, it tested straw after
:traw, discarding one by one, not
thinking them strong enough for the
purpose.
“At last it found a satisfactory one,
returned with it to the front of the
cage, and very quickly, with this aid,
tooked the nut close enough to be
picked up."—Family Herald.
An Owl’s Love for Music.
"In my son’s junior year at Har
vard,” says John Burroughs, the nat
uralist, “it became the custom in May
and June to give frequent hand con
certs in the evening on the steps of
University hail. Exactly over the
band was a flagpole, fastened at an
angle to the building. On the gilded
ball of the flagpole there would come
and perch, soon after the concert be
gan, a little screech owl. After the
music ceased and the crowd dispersed
the little owl would fly away again.
So regularly did the owl come witn
Ms noiseless, muffled flight that my
son came to look for him and to specu
late how long the band would have to
play before he would be attracted by
the music. Many persons saw him,
vet he appeared to take no notice of
ti e jard full of people, but seemed to
enjoy the music, as far as his attitude
and actions betrayed his feelings, as
much as did any one. Certainly the
love for music, so strong in man, must
find its beginning in the lower forms
ot life.”
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Prolific Rose Bush.
Mrs. Edward G. Littlefield of AVest
Keimetnink, Me., has a crimson ram
bler rose bush with more than 100 '
clusters of roses, one of wfcich has
fifty-two blossoms.
CANOES OF THE kANAKAS.
Construction Considered a Matter of
Much Importance.
The early Kanakas built their fast
! railing canoes out of the body of a
single tree, hollowing it out, and stay-
I Ing the edges with strips of hard
wood; these strips extended to the
ends, and covered a space at both
stem and *tern. The triangular sails
were made of fine matting, and the
irttle craft was steadied by an out
rigger. The ruling chiefs and their
| families traveled in large double
; canoes, with a raised platform In the
i center fofr passengers.
The building of a canoe was a very
serious business. Offerings were
made to the gods, and prayers were
especially addressed to the fisher-
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man’s tutelary saint. A priest finally
stood with the owner at the bow of
the canoe and recited the last prayer
in unbroken silence; death and disas
ter were sure to follow if any extrane
ous noise disturbed the scene.
Left His “Buddy” as Security.
Two weary countrymen entered a
pawnbroker's establishment near the
Broad Street Station yesterday morn
ing. Each had hold of one end of
a- very cheap looking trunk.
“We want $2,” said the spokes
man of the pair. “What’s in the
trunk?” they were asked. Oh, noth
ing worth anything," was the reply.
“But we are broke, and one of us
must get to Lancaster after money
and get back with it this afternoon
for sure. If the trunk is not worth
$2 this buddy of mine will sit on it
here until I get back, and you can
hold him as security.” The pawn
broker was so astonished at this
proposition that he broke all the rules
of his establishment and gave up the
sum demanded.
One of the countrymen at once
made a rapid break for the railroad
station, while the other, despite the
broker’s protest that it wasn't neces
sary, sat phlegmatically on the trunk
until seven and his
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A small dose of these causes the
most staid and sober person to dance
and shout and sing, and act almost
like a madman for an hour. After this
the victim falls into a deep sleep, and
when he awakes, after several hours,
he has no recollection of his antics.
OIL ON TROUBLE.? WATERS.
Wind Unable to Obtain a G.'*P on thß
Greasy Surface.
A few galions of oil east h,’**
stormy seas moderates their violence,
and prevents the waves from breaki
ng with force. That this is the case."
has long been known. Theophylactes,
the Byzantine historian of the sixth
century, propounded the question,
•JVhy does oil calm the sea?" and
answered it to the effect that, as the
wind is a subtle and delicate thing,
and oil is adhesive and unctuous, the
wind glides over the surface of the
water on which oil has been spread
and cannot raise waves. The wind, in
fact, slips over the water without be
in;; able to obtain a grip.
In the Gulf of Mexico there is a re
markable stretch of water about two
miles long by three-quarters of a mile
bread, to which the name of “oil-spot”
bas been given, because in the worst
of storms the mariner flndß still water,
here. Its character as a safe harbor*
o: refuge is said to be due to an oily
property of the mud stirred up by the
storm. i
JAPANESE BOOK OF FLOWERS.
Important Part of Education in th*
Land of Cherry Biossoms.
A’nice little Japanese woman who
came to this coujjtry recently brought
with her one of the most important
of the educational works upon which
she was brought up—this is her book
of flowers. Japenese women are be
ing better educated now, but hereto
fore they have been taught little but
the etiquete of the country, what was
necessary for them to know concern
ing household duties, a little music—
to strum a little on the samisen—and
the arrangement of flowers. This last
is Important in a country where a
single branch does duty for what an
American would require a big boquet,
anil where the cherry trees are
cultivated not for their fruit, but for
the beautiful blossoms. She is an
ignorant damsel indeed who cannot
make a poem of a single branch of
any flowering "plant at her command.
it is to illustrate for her how this
is to -be done that the flower book
I* is a pamphlet of 52
pages with a blue cover, the
title, being on the corner.
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William Richards. nnffipd resident
of West Hartiand, Mo., now some 85
years old, rode the mowing machine
while cutting quite a field of gras*
one'day last week and seemed to feel
at home on the machine.