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The St. Louis Republic., 1900-08-12
Selections From the Best of Accepted
Literature. ~ Popular Old Songs.
Me AND JIM.

This poem comes from subscriber at
Mattoon. H.:
We were both brought up in q country
Was ME an Jim.
An the hull world somehow seemed ter
frown
On me an him.
At school, we never was given a chance
To farn that Africa wasn't in France;
Patches we wore on the seats o our pants
Did me an Jim.
Blu. we grew up hearty. an hale an strong,
Did me an Jim.
We knowed eyry note in thrush's song,
Did me an him:
An We knowed whar' the bluebirds built
their nests.
When the spring tipped over the mountains
crests.
Why the robins all wore their scarlet vests,
Did me an Jim.
Then we fell In love, Just as most folks do,
Did me an Jim.
We was arter the same gal, though, We
That's me an him.
An she treated us jest alike, did she.
When at qu:ltin' party. or huskin bee
we was even up in the race, you see,
Was me an Jim.
1 popped at last. an she answered mo"
jim followed suit.
But she wouldn't have him, an told him
Forbidden fruit
We called her then, an I'm rather afraid
That We cussed little: an then we prayed
That she'd live an she'd die a plain cid
maid.
Did me an Jim.
Then the war hroke out on comnanv n
Caught me an Jim.
We both on us fit for the Union-see?
Did me an him;
An we heered the screechin' o. shot an
shell.
The snarlin' o. drums. an the rebel yell.
An follered the flag through the battles
he'll,
Did me an jim
Twas the day that we fit at Seven Oaks
Death came to Jim,
An, excuse me. please, but sorter chokes
Talkin' o. him;
Fer his rugged brown hand held in mine
TIL his soul passed out through the picket
Whar an angel waited tn, countersign
To get from Jim.
Then / ft along till the war was done,
without poor jim:
Was given a sword instead of gun,
An thought o. him.
An wore an eagle, when mustered out.
On my shoulder straps. an faced about
Fer the startin pint O. my hull lifes route
But not wi Jim.
was quite man in that country place
I'd left wi Jim.
She gave me a smile with a blushin' face
An asked bout him.
So told her how. IS she sat 'longside,
Like soldier brave he had fought an died,
An then-well, l kissed her because she
cried
Kissed her fer Jim.
Then married her one bright day in June
Fer me an Jim.
OFT under the light O the stars an moon
We talked O. him.
An arter awhile. when a baby came
a boy-an' We looked for proper name,
His memory comm up fresh again,
We called him Jim.
RICHARD L. CARY, JR.
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MtIhn Lone Sentry. :

ON one occasion during the Civil war the
Confederate troops under General Jackson
were forced to long and very latis .iIs
march. On going into camp to- the hisht
they were so exhausted that the ehtHe
command fell upon the ground ana Were
soon sound asleer. Jackson was so moved
pity by the condition OF his men that he
would rot force any one TO stand suaid
ard took that duty upon himself The fol-
lowing lines were written in counHmnra-
tion Of the incident:
'Twa. IN the dying of the day,
The darkness grew so still
The drowsy pipe Of evening birds
Was hushed upon the hill:
Athwart the shadows of the vale
Slumber>i the men OF might,
As one lone sentry paced his rounds
To guard the camp that night.
A grave and solemn man was he.
With deep and somber brow:
The dreamful eyes seemed boarding up
Some unaccomplished vow:
A Wistful glance peered Ger the plain.
Beneath the starry light,
And with the murmured name of Sod
He watched the camp that night.
The future opened unto him
Its grand and awful scroll;
Manassas and the valley march
Came heaving DER his soul:
Richmond and Sharpesburg thundered by
With that tremendous fight,
Which gave him the angels hosts
Who watched the camp that night.
Brethren, the midnight Of the cause
Is shrouied in our fate:
The demon Goths pollute our halls
With fire and lust and hate;
Be strong, be valiant, be assured
Strike home for heaven and right;
The soul of Jackson stalks abroad,
And guards the camp at night.
We mourn for him who died for US,
With that resistiess moan,
While up the valley Of the Lord
He marches to the throne;
He kept the faith OF men and saints,
Sublime and pure and bright;
He sleeps, and all Is well with him
Who watched the camp that night.
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Republic the following two poems, by Alice
Cary. entitled 'Life's Roses and 1.-The
Weaver's Dream" think they are both by
Alice Cary. AN EARNEST READER.
North Eleventh street, Fort Smith, Ark.
To the Editor of The Republic
AS 1 am an admirer OF the poems pub
lished in The Republic, I want TO ask a
favor. Many years ago I heard a poem, of
which l can only give you line or two. 1
hope you may know it and publish it, or tell
ME where can get 1t. The words l remem-
ber are as follows:
Blossoms in the trees
Lives through all life: extends through all
extent;
Spreads undivided and operates unspen..
c. L. BARRETT. 2. NJ.
Winslow. Mo.
To the Editor of The Republic.
VIII you please print in your next Sum-
days paper the song entitled THE Picture
of Life's Other Side?
NJ. NJ. PENDERGRAFT.
seligman. Mo.
To the Editor Of The Republic.
Kindly publish in your Sundays issue
"o'Neil's Reply to Queen Elizabeth
2. T. CUNNINGHAM.
st. Louis
To the Editor OF The Republic.
VIII you or one of your readers give me
the words of the war song entitled 'Jus
Before the Battle. Mother? l.. T. c.
To the Editor Of The Republic
I am constant reader Of your paper and
much interested In your poetical selections
from various authors
II convenient will you kindly publish the
old song. "Kittie Wels' l believe is the
title? Some of the lines are:
You ask what makes this darky weep.
Why he like others am not gay,
What makes the tears run down his
cheek" etc.
Also print the poem entitled "The Baron's 8
Last Banquet" READER.
St. Louis.
To the Editor of The Republic.
I notice Mrs. Wilson of Sweet Springs
asks where the poem Eliza" can be found.
1t is in "Porter's Rhetorical Reader" The
authors name there given is Darwin. That
reader was largely in vogue when l was a
schoolboy In the old Bay State. l greatly
enjoy your page Of old songs and am care
as to publish the little poem entitled Little
Jim? l do not know the author.
]. a. RIDER.
Pittsfeld, Ill.,
To the Editor OF The Republic:
Dear Sir-I notice in your Sundays pa
per you reproduce prose and poetry ct the
suggestion of your readers. About two
years ago you published piece of poetry,
Conan Doyle being the author, in which the
writer pictures Death" as a hunter on
white steed with pack of hounds, etc.
Yours truly MRS. S. Fl. BRlDGERS.
FL Paso, Tex.
The poem to which you refer is published
in a collection of Conan Doyle's verses pub
lished some time ago by a New York firm
of publishers-Dodd, Mead &c Co., probably.
To the Editor Of The Republic.
1 would be glad II some one would send
the song beginning
Take the tidings to the hillside.
Left so many miles behind;
Tell the weary, waiting mother
How her bright-eyed boy has died.
Tell her that her watch is ended,
And her loving viglrs done;
No more tidings e'er we bring her
From her only darling son.
MRS. ]. P. MONTGOMERY,
Miles Station. Ill.
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A WARM WEATHER
VAIL FROM LONDON.
From the London Graphic.

Again / have to protest against the want
of ventilation in omnibrscs. When the sultry
weather sets in one feels It especially. Years
ago, all the windows of the vehicles could
be lowered, like those Of an ordinary car
riage. Now they are immovable. This Is
absurd. They ought to be all made to let
down. and in the present state Of the
weather they should Ire all kept
down. with light, easily drawn curtains to
keep out the SUN. If these improvements
were made, the inside of bus would be
the coolest place to ride. AS matters are
no one rides inside, but the roof Is crowded.
There passengers are griled, with the
chance of a sunstroke: If they go inside they
are wel-niGh suffocated. Whereas, If the
simple changes / have suggested were made,
the vehicle would be filled throughout.
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GUARDED HIMSELF.

ACCORDING to story told by Michael
Davitt in the Freefnans Journal, an Eng
lish soldier vas found walking post In part
of a camp Of British prisoners, Of whom he
was one. when the Dutch comfnahdatis
made his rounds at midnight, Tommy calm.
ly saluted and reported, "Aif right, sr."
Asked for an explanation, he said: "We1r
sir. this ere poor iittls chap" pointing to
the sleeping form Of Boer lad Is years
DID, was dead broke for sleep arter two
nights Of dooty. ! takes pity on the little
chap and says: Look, ERE, you're regular
done up, YOU are. that's sartin. You give
me your rifle and take bit o. sleep. and
I'll do sentry-gu for you, I will. Honor
bright! won't do nothing wrong. blow me
if dor So the little chap went off. It's all
right, sir; don't you blinle him, please,
he's only q kidy.
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Gods glft was that man should conceive
Of truth and strive to gain it.--Browning.


Of truth and strive to gain it.--Browning.
He who gets what he wants is fortunate,
but he who wants what he gets Is thrice
so.-Mappe.
Whilst we are considering where we are
TO begin 10 s often too late to act-Quin-
lillian.
The childhood shows the man as morning
shows the day.-Milton.
The great silent men! Looking round OF,
the noisy inanities OF the world, words with
little meaning, actions with little worth, one
loves to reflect on the great Empire of
Silence. The noble silent men. scattered
here and there. each in his department;
silently thinking. silently working, whom
no Morning Newspaper makes mention of!
They are the salt Of the Earth. A coun-
try which has none or few Of these is in a
bad way. Like a forest which had no roots;
which had all turned into leaves and
bouEhs; which must soon wither and be no
forest. Wee for us II we had nothing bu,
what We can show or speak. Silence, the
great Empire of Silence; higher than the
1t alone is great; all else Is small.-Carlyle
Half my life is full OF sorrow
Half of joy. still fresh and new;
One o: these lives is u fancy,
But the other one is true.
Adelaide A. Proctor.
And still they gazed. and still the wonder grew,
That one small head should carry all he knew.
Goldsmith
Amongst the Of men how few are known
Who dare be just to merit not their own.
Churchill.
Be kind to my remains: and O. defend
Against your judgment. your departed friendl
Dryden
'Tis true! 'tis certain: man though dead retains
Part Of himself; the immortal mind remains.
-Eomer's "Iliad'
Hatred is self-punishment.-H Ballou
The great man IS he who does not lose
his childs heart.-Mencius.
B, good sweet maid. and let who will be clever
Do noble things. not dream them all day long
And make life, death. and that vast forever
One grand sweet song.
Charles Kingsley.
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Whatever Is. Is Best.
as my life grows older

I KNOW as my life grows older
And mine eyes have clearer siSHr,
That under each rank wrong, sonte" hefe
There lies the root of right;
That each sorrow has its purpose
BY the sorrowing oft unguesseu'
But as sure as the sun begins morning,
Whatever isis best.
] know that each sinful action,
As sure as the night brings shade
Is somewhere, sometime punished.
Though the hour be long delayed
I know that the soul is aided,
Sometimes by the hearts unrest.
And to grow means often to suffer.
But whatever isis best.
] know there is no error
In the Great Supernal Plan.
And all things work together
For the final good Of man.
And know. when my soul speeds onward
In its grand eternal quest,
shall cry. as loot; back earthwaEd'
whatever isis best
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
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Free trade. one of the greatest blessings
which a Government can confer on
people, Is In almost every country un-
popuiar.-Macaulay on Mitfords History Of
Greece
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LITTLE CLASSICS.

Before green apples blush.
Before green nuts eEnbrown.
Why. one day In the country
Is worth a month IN town.
Christina G. Rossetu.
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the services of chaperon. they should Join
moro friends In whose party Is a chaperon,
or. II they are entire strangers in this part
OF tne country, they would better find somo
quieter and less conspicuous place to stop
than large summer hotel. They can pay
the salary OF chaperon with the difference
In price OF board at some quiet. small hotel
or boarding-house.
Kindly tell me the proper mode of introducing
my brother to young lady friend of mine.
In introducing your brother to your friend
you should be careful to use your friend 8
name first. saying, Miss So and So, may I
present my brother to you?' or, ALLOW me
to present my brother. MIR. Smith"
To "A Faithful Reader" St. Louis:
Thanks for the information. The poem has
been located and sent to the inquirer.
But o for the touch OF vanished hand,
And the sound OF a voice that Is still
Is from Tennyson's poem. Break. Break,
Break"
To q. B.. Shawnee. Ok: It Is suggested
ina! mat you write TO the paper which pub
lished the original poem you are seeking.
Ihe author OF the poem "One Day Nearer
Home" which you quote, is unknown, but
the poem Is 80 much like Phoebe Cary's s
Nearer Home" that It seems to be a mere
amplifcation Of 1t; whether an improvement
or not Is to be doubted. The first two
stanzas OF Nearer Home" are printed thus.
One sweetly solemn thought
Comes to me Ger and Ger;
I'm nearer home to-day
Than have been before.
Nearer my fathers hous.
Where the many mansions be:
Nearer the great white throne
Nearer the crystal sea-
This poem is used In many hymn and
song books.
To tho Editor Of The Republic.
Please name some Of the mos. common forms
Of addressing a lady asking for her company to
church.
When 4 boy takes 4 girl I, church for the first
time. should he have engagement II he in
tends going again7 SUBSCRIBER.
The inclination Of the interested parties
II the best guide In case like this. The
form Of address Is not particularly impor-
tant. MAY have the pleasure of going to
church with you?" OR "Will you go TO
church with me?' It would. perhaps. be
more agreeable to the girl If the boy
should make an engagement with her for a
future occasion.
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Measures. not men. have always been my
mark Goldsmith.
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Something is rotten in the state Of Dem
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when l am ut Rome I feast as the
Romans DO; when am at Milan do not
feast. So likewise you. whatever church
you come to, observe the custom of the
place. II you would neither give offense to
others nor take offense from them.-St.
Ambrose
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-08-12

PEOPLE who have little to do are great
takers. The less we think. the Gnore we
talk-Montesauieu.
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Everything has two handles The ono
by which it may be borne, the other by
which it may not-E,pictetus

Gather we rose-buds while ye may.
Old Time is still a-fying
And THE same flower that smiles to-day.
To-morrow will be dying.
-IIerrick.
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some OF your hurts you have cured,
And the sharpest you still have survived.
But what torments OF grief you endured
From evils which never arrived.
from the French.
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Givo ma n lever long enough
And prop strong enough.
can single handed move the world.
--Archimeies.
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REQUESTS FOR POEMS.

To the Editor Of The Republic.
Would you kindly oblige an old subscriber
by printing in your next Sundays ST. Louis
Republic the following two poems by Alice
Cary. entitled "Life's Roses" and 1.-THE
Weaver's Dream think they are both by
Alice Cary. AN EARNEST READER.
North Eleventh street. Fort Smith Ark
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Remember. when tho judgments weak

ihe prejudice is strong.
kane o'fIara.
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Moderation Is the slken string running
through the pearl chain Of all the virtues
Hall.
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He who gets what he wants is fortunate
but he who wants what he gets is thrice
so.-Mappe.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-08-12

'Tis true! tits certain; though dead retains
Part OF himself; the immortal mind remains.
-HOrler's .'Iliad."
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plies. It was his third attempt to explore
the Mississippi On the 18th, navigation be-
ing open, his small flotila was launched on
the current of the Father of Waters which
was to bear him southwark to the sea. At
the mouth of the Mississippi. April 9, La
Sale performed the ceremony of taking pos
session of the country In the name Of the
King. so 1t was that France gained Louisi-
ana, which was to come into the possession
Of another race, but one which was allied
in blood to the gallant La Sale. The ex-
plorer was of Norman blood and closely re-
ated to the Englishmen, who have con-
quered North America and helped to found
q mighty Republic.
BY virtue Of the authority conferred in
his patent, La Sale ruled his broad domain
as q seigniory, and went through the form
OF parcelins out portions of the land to his
French followers. The latter, however.
were too indolefit and profigate to IMPROVE
or derive any benefit from such grants. To
maintain his new colony. the chief fotiila il
necessary TO furnish its members with mill
tary protection. and merchandise to barter
for furs and pelts-no easy task In his situ-
alton. While he was Concerting and en-
deavoring to execute measures for the
maintainance and development Of his COL
ony his rivals and enemies tn Canada
from envy or short-sighted policy, were do
Ing all they could to defeat him. Unfor-
tunately, his friend and patron, Count From
tenac had been removed from office, and
lie Fenvre de Ia Barre. headstrons and
avaricious old naval officer. governed In his
stead. From the outset of his admnistra-
ton, La Barre showed himself bitter enc
my to La Sale. Yet the latter. busy with
his own affairs. and now knowing, or as
Stunning to know. the Jealousy with which
he was regarded, wrote to the new Gov
ernor from Fort st. Louis. Under date of
April 2, 1853, expressing the hope that he
would have from him the same support that
he had received from his predecessor. Aft
er saying that his enemies would try to in
fuence the Governor against him. he went
| on to give some account of his explora-
tions He stated that. with only twenty-five
Frenchmen, he had formed amicabIe reIa-
tions with the different tribes along the
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Whilst We are considering where we are
to begin 1t is often too late to act.-Quin-
lillian.
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ATTEMPT AT BURGLARY.
The Man 4facturers' Shoe Company
Broken Into Sunday.

The stiffness of the Sabbath morning
was broken shortly after o'clock by
a rapid fusillade of shots fired at re-
treating burglars who were detected
in an attempt to force a way into the
premises occupied by the Manufactur-
ers' Shoe Company on Fort street be-
tween Hotel and King. AS Gar as
known no one was hit by the bullets
and the thieves made good their es-
cape minus the booty they had antici-
pated.
Captain Bowers of the Merchants
Patrol, who discovered the miscreants,
tells the following story:
Il was Standing on me mauka EVA
corner Of Hotel and Fort streets at 3
a. m. Sunday" says the doughty Cap
tain, when 1 heard a noise apparently
in the direction Of the yard back OF
the shoe store. With my assistant
began an investigation, going into the
yard through the alley back OF Benson,
Smith & COmpany's store.
I'VE advanced cautiously into the
yard and just in time TO see a form
disappearing into the darkness. l shout
at the man 10 stop, but he did MOI heed
me. As We got back of Thrum's book
store we saw another man leap up
from the cellar of the shoe store. We
yelled TO him to halt, but he, too, ran
| like a deer"
Seeing the burglars putting an In
creasins distance between themselves
and the watchmen, the latter drew
their reviewers and made vigorous ef'
forts to stop them with lead. run
ming fire was kept up for a hundred
yards, but the crooks got away in the
gloom. Returning to the shoe store
the cellar door was found to have beer
pried open. William Love, an empIoy'
OF the firm was teiephoned for and or
his arrival close search was made o.
the store. Nothing was discovered dis
turbed, nor was any clue found TO the
identity of the burglars.
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KING HAD HARD LUCK.
Was Bsatsn By a Crowd of Native
And Then Arrested.

According to a score of natives and
to the police, Walter King, an electri-
clan, tried to stab a native youth Sun
day afternoon and narrowly escaped
destruction at the hands of an en-
ragged mob, which pursued him with
intent to do him all the bodily injury
it could. According TO King, he was
the victim of a crowd of villains, who
robbed him, spoiled his clothes and
broke his jaw. He told the following
story while in a cell at the police sta
tiOn last night:
II had some trouble with man who :
had bought the house my wife and l
were living in in the Kakaako district.
The trouble had been settled between
us. 1 was in the house and some one
told me my wife was fighting with
another native woman. / started TO
get a policeman, as l had had trouble
some time ago with some OF the same
crowd OF natives. when l stared
away a crowd started after me. be-
gan running and they also ran. They
| caught up to me and one OF them
struck me in the jaw with some wea-
pom, cutting me badly. They then
went through my c4OGhes, taxing some
of my money and pocket knife.
did not attempt TO strike anyone, nor
did l try TO use my knife. Ii was In
(my pocket until taken out by the ma
tives. They cut me and l am locked
lup. The natives were not arrested. DIR.
Emerson hxed up my face. There Is
hoe right through my jaw where l
was struck"
I Much different is the tale of the man
with whom King said he had once had
| trouble. George Richard Is his name,
and, the police say that Richard AYERS
that King was ordered to leave the
house at Kakaako some days ago but
failed to comply with the request. Sun
Il ay afternoon Richard heard a noise
in the room and found Mrs. King max
ing merry with the furniture OF the
apartment. She was breaking chairs
and spelling tables when Richard in
Ierfered.
Richard says that King chased him
with an open knife and that he fed
like a wise man. Then some neigh
bors who saw the chase. took hand
and chased King, who likewise fed.
He was captured, and certainly his
looks do not beie his account OF what
the natives did to him. He dropped
his knife in getting over fence, de-
care the police, and was arrested be-
fore the angry neighbors could Kill
him.
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EPIDEMIC OF CRIME.
Continued from page p

money and that his robbery story is a
concOction.
Downing is a british man, with
hard, dissipated face, shifty eyes and
the general appearance Of gam bling
beachcomber. He is cool and cunning,
though not to the same degree as his
partner Haskell. The latter claims TO
be a harnessmaker and says he came
here on January on the Army trans
port Westminster and was discharged
from the vessel. He lives at the White
Hot ;e, on Nuuanu street, and, while
unknown to the police, is of the same
type as Downing.
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In Virginia a company has been
formed for the manufacture OF an ar
tificial marble, which closely resembles
the genuine and can readily be carved
the ingredients being milk Of lime,
glyeerine, silicate Of soda, soap, SAT-
and marshmallow root, together Win
a cement which thickens and COM
bines the components.
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Reported Hold-Up

1t is reported that on last Friday
night two natives were held up in
Nuuanu valley and relieved Of a gold
watch and some money. The police
made no arrests in the matter.
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The Advertiser Is delivered to any
part OF the city for 70 cents per month.