The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-05-11

the klnd-nearted lAndlady was ming hor ba6ke9
for her, the agent from whom abe rented the house
happened to call for the rent. He eyed the beggHr
woman keenly a. abe stood waiting for her basket
TO be filled, but said nothing until she had taken
her departure. Then he turned to the lady Of the
house and aid
"Do you know that woman2"
"No," replied the landlady. al do not know her
name. But she Is very poor and have been giving
her the leavings of my table for long time. She
seems very glad 10 get even that"
"Well," replied the agent, cpl tell you some
thing that, evidently you don't know. That poor
beggar woman is your landlady."
"My landlady |" echoed the woman In astonish-
ment. "What do you mean?"
"Just what | say" coolly replied the agent. "She
is your landlady to put 1t plainly, she owns this
property and l. her agent, turn over to her each
month the rent which you pay to me tor this
house. She has two other pieces of property,
besides this, that know of, and she and her hus-
band are worth not less that forty thousand
dollars"
"IIer husbandl" exclaimed the now no rrifed
boarding house keeper 81 did not know she had
husband she told me she had nome"
"Quite likely" responded the agent, "but hap
pen TO know that she has a husband, and big
the Alton road and is getting good wages They,
mean this woman and her husband, keep board
ing house themselves, and this grub that you have
80 kindly been giving to her. has gone long ways
toward feeding her own boarders who, being only
section hands on the railroad, are not, perhaps,
hard to please as are yours. But" concluded the
agent laughing, "having seen me here, don't think
she will trouble you any more" And he was
right She never showed up at that boarding.
house again
One great good that has come out of the recent
centennial observances is the spirit of true Ameri-
canism that has been thoroughly instiled into the
minds and hearts of the school children all over the
land. The rising generation will not soon forget
the lessons they have been taught during the past
few months. 1t Is grand, good thing for the
country, these anniversaries of national events.
And better still would it be If they only came
oftener. OF the thousands Of school children In
Chicago, and throughout the United States, for
that matter, there is probably not one today that
cannot tell all about George Washington. With the
knowledge they now have of his life and character
they will never forget him. while it will also serve
to quicken their love of country and its insti
tutions. So, say, we have every reason to be
thankful for the wave of patriotism which has 50
recently swept the land and the good effects of
which sure to be felt for years to come.
DR.. S. +. Smith, author Of our national hymn,
america" Is, by profession, q clergyman and OF
course q most estimable gentleman. But If he had
never done anything else, the authorship Of that
hymn is alone enough to make him famous The
doctor is intelligent, big hearted liberal minded
Christian gentleman. He Ia also thoroughly Amer
ican or he never could have written the hymn
which has made him famous and so endeared him to
the American people. On April so all over this
land millions of free people joined in singing that
grand old song and each individual felt thrill Of
pleasure he sang the words, "My country tits of
thee, of thee sing" am Of opinion that 1t Is the
personal character of this hymn that has materially
helped to make 1t so popular. Every American
citizen has the right to say any country" and for
that reason the words Of the song appeal to all
patriotic citizens.
DR.. Smith was born in 1908, and the hymn,
g merican was written in 1892 He Was aincafad