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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07
the sCoRP1oy AVID rHp ronroIsE.

A Tortoise INC . Scorpion had onos COZ
tracted a great intimacy. n bound them.
selves In such q tie of friendship that the
one could not live without the other. These
inseparable companions ono day, finding
themselves obliged to change their habita-
ton, travelled together: but in their way
meeting with . large and deep river. the
Scorpion. making a stop. said to the Tor
toise. my dear friend. you are well pro-
vided for what we sec before Us. but how
shall I get over this water2"
"Never trouble yourself, my dear friend,
for that" replied the Tortoise. II will CARY
you upon my back secure from all danger
Tho Scorpion. on this. without hesitation
got upon the back Of the Tortoise. who I'm
But he was hardly got half way across the
river when he heard q terrible rumbhns
upon his back. which mad him ask tn9
Scorpion he was doing. "Dolns!' re-
piled the Scorpion. why. I am whettins
my sting, to try whether I can bore this
horny cuirass Of yours. that covers youf
flesh like a shield. from all injuries"
60. ungrateful wretch!' cried the TOR
tolse. "wouldst thou, at a time when ! an
giving thee such a demonstration OF my
friendship. wouIdst thou at such . tms
pierce with thy venomous sting the d~
Tense that nature has given me-, and tax
away my life? It Is well. however, l nav.
it in my power both to save myself an'
reward thee as thou deseryest." So ~
ing. he sunk his back to some depth uno1
the water. threw of the Scorpion. and l'
him to pay his life. the Just forfeit OF ""
Observation-Disclosures.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07
vULcAx,s SONG.

My shag-hair Cyclops. come. let's ply
Our Lemnian hammers Justify.
BY my wife's sparrows,
swear these arrows,
Shall singing fly
Through many a wanton's eye.
These headed are with golden blisses,
These silver ones feathered with kisses;
But this of lead
Strikes a clown dead,
When in a dance
He falls in a trance.
To see his black-brow lass not buss him.
And then whines out for death { untruss
him.
So. so: our work being done, lets play:
Holiday, boys! cry holiday!
-Lyly.
What makes you think the world II roundf
Give me a reason fair!'-
Because SO very few are found
Who act upon the soua<e."
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07

At Paris, In the roast-meat cookery OF
the petit chastelet. before the cook-shop oil
one OF the roast-meat sellers of that lane,
q certain hungry porter was eating his
bread. after he had by parcels kept 1t a
while above the reek and steam of a fat
goose on the spit, turning at a great fire.
and found 1t so besmoked with the vapor,
to be savory: which the cook observing.
took no notice. till after having ravined
his penny loaf whereof no morsel had been
unsmokifed. no was about discamping and
going away: but by your leave. as the fell
low thought to have departed thence shot
free. the master-cook laid hold upon him
by tho gorset. and demanded payment for
the smoke Of his roast-meat.
The porter answered, hat he had sus-
tanned no loss at all: that by what he had
done there was no diminution Of the flesh;
that he had taken nothing OF his, and that
therefore he was not indebted to him in
any thing; as for the smoke in question.
that. although he had not been there. it
would howsosver have been evaporated; be-
sides that. before that time It had never
been seen nor heard. that roast-meat smoke
"oo 6ONu upOA liz SlIeetS u IT'S
The cook hereto replied. that he was not
obliged nor any way bound to feed and
nourish for nought a porter whom he had
never seen before, with the smoke Of his
roast-meat; and thereupon swore. that II
he would not forthwith content and satisfy
with present payment for the repast
which he had thereby got, that he would
take his crooked slaves from off his back:
which instead Of having loads thereafter
laid upon them. should serve for fuel to his
kitchen fire. Whilst he was going about
so to do. and to have pulled them to him by
one of the bottom rings, which he had
caught in his hand. the sturdy porter got
out of his gripes, drew forth the knotty
cudgel. and stood to his own defense.
The alteration waxed hot in words.
which moved the gaping hoydens Of the
scottish Parisians to run from all parts
thereabouts. to see what the issue would
be Of that dabbling strife and contention.
In the interim Of this dispute. to very good
purpose Seyny John, the fool and citizen Of
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07
IN AN OLD INN.

| A Jolly old landlord and a blazing fire.
Without, the snow-the sleet,
! Let the bleak winter wreak his hearts de-
sirei
Here the old friends We meet.
While fast the shadows Of the night are
falling
No comfort shall We lack;
For is not Falstan from a corner calling:
'sirrah, q cup Of sackl'
It IL no time for grief-for melancholy;
Great tales there are to tell.
Tho ~"Sluggish knight" drinks with the friar
Not from Saint Dunstan's we'll!
Tramplins Of feet-voices in Railways hum
ming:
Here q tired traveller mods;
A trumpet sounds . 1.-THE coach-the
coach is comingi-
O for q coach, 70 godsr"
Care IS . river. but we've crossed the ferry
To where the bright fields bloom,
Chaucer comes in with Tales Of Canterbury;
Room for the old man-room!
He scarce hath told the tale-swest in the
telling,
Ere a glad eye discerns
A gentler guest; a chorus glad is swelling;
Fore God, here's Bobby Burns!"
Was ever yet SO wonderful a party7
Dash down. o wintry rain!
Chink glasses, o my mastersI drink ye
hearty
Until We meet againl
Atlanta Constitution.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07
ARIEL'S SONG.

Where the bee sucks there suck I:
In a cowslip's bell I lie:
There I couch. when owls do cry:
On the bats Jack I do fly,
After summer merrily.
Merrily. merrily. shall I live row, /.
Under the blossom that hangs On :
William Shakespeare
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07
A LOVERS TOASTs.

Here's to Milady's matchless eyes
Bright beams Of heavens blue;
May their pure love-lights ever shine
For me as now they do.
Here's to Milady's ripe-red lips,
That part n pout divine;
Ma ever fadeless be their stain
As turks In this old wine.
Here's to Milady's cleaning wealth
OF truant sunlit hair:
Nay golden splendor e'er be held
Enmeshed a pris'ner there.
Here's to Milady's dimpled cheeks,
Where blush of roses lie:
And may they ever hold the hue
OF sunrise in the sky.
To eyes, to lips, to hair. to cheeks
Four goblets, trimming, too!
Tomorrow l shall have a head"
And all. my Sweet, for you!
Exchange.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07

Happy is he who can take the rough W.
the smooth-the strong Tyson with the
pearl g~unpowder.
Delays are dangerous: remember tn -
test toast will get cold by standing
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07

Sing we and chant It
While love doth grant It.,
Fa 10 lai
Not long youth 1asteth
And old age hasteth.
Fa Ia la!
Now Is best leisure
To take our pleasure.
Fa Ia la!
All things invite Us
Now to delight US.
Fa Ia Ia!
Hence care be packing.
No mirth be lacking.
Fa Ia la!
Let spare no treasure
To live in pleasure.
Fa la Ia!
Morley.
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SONG TO BACCHUS.

o. Bacchus. attend! the customary patros
OF every lively lay:
Go forth without delay
Thy wonted annual way
To meet the ceremonious holy nAtroni
Her grave procession gracing.
Thine airy footsteps tracing,
With unlaborous light, celestial motiony
And here at thy devotion
Behold thy faithful Quire
In pitiful attire:
All overworn and ragged.
This jerkin old and Jagged,
These buskins torn and burst,
Though sufferers in the troy
May serve US at the worst
To sport throughout tho dayy
And there within the shades.
I spy some lovely maids.
With whom we romp'd and revell'd,
Dismantled and dishevelled.
Frogs of AristophaneS.
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II takes two to make a quarrel. but its
usually the work of a third.

Clever Is usually the excuse offered for
q man who ought to have done something
better,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07
Then said all the rest: "Tlis Camel speaks reason; his flesh is ex.
C.lent. dainty and worth Your Maiestvis taste"
TIL. DUSTY


Hey, the dusty miller,
And his dusty coat;
He will win a shilling.
Or he spend a groat.
Dusty was the coat.
Dusty was the colour,
Dusty was the kiss
That l got frae the miller.
Hey, the dusty miller.
And his dusty sack;
Leeze me on the calling
Fills the dusty peck.
Fills the dusty peck,
Brings the dusty siller;
wad gle my coatie
For the dusty miller.
STAY, MY CHARMER.
Stay. my charmer. can you leave met
Cruel. cruel to deceive me!
Well you know how much you grieve me:
Cruel charmer, can you go?
Cruel charmer, can you 60?
BY my love SO Ill requited;
By the faith you fondly plighted;
By the pangs Of lovers slighted;
Do not. do not leave me so!
Do not, do not leave me SO!
There was an old person Of Ware
Who rode on the back Of q bear:
When they said; Does it trotr'
It's a Moopsikon Floppsikon bear"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07

I once was q maid, tho l cannot tell when,
And still my delight Is in proper young
men;
Some one Of q troop Of dragons was my
daddie,
No wonder I'm fond of a sodger laddIe
Sing. Lal de lal, etc.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07

''Rabelais has studied much and looked
about
And found the world not worth one serious
thought.
He saw what beastly farce this world was
gown.
That sense and all humanity were gone
Reason from thee: that never was his care;
He would as soon Chop Logic with a Bear.
But for the laughing part, he bids thee
strain
Laugh only so to show myself a Man.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07

Somebody told Lady Morgan that . e.
tain Bishop was so lax In church onsov
ances that "he would eat . horse on AZ
Wednesday"
''Of course he would" said the lady. =
It was a fast horsei'' 4
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Or not until next century!"

When shall the waller cease to wall
And point to the Republics doom?
When shall the might of money fail,
And buds of ideal fancy bloom?
A murmur soothes the atmosphere,
Soft voices echo DER the lea.
Next week-next month-perhaps next
year,
Or not until next century"
Washington Star.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07
The Indefinite Future.

Oh. Oracle upon the hill.
Where Freedom stands. above the dome.
Pray tell us when the statesman's skill
Shall plunge the spade in isthmian loan
And blend the ocean waters clear
The answer Sounds from sea to sea-
Next week-next ~month-perhaps next
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The cats like kitchen:
The dogs like broo:
The lasses like the lads weeL
And tn aud wives too.
Burns.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07

A Jolly old landlord and a blazing fire.
Without, the snow-the sleet.
Let the bleak winter wreak his hearts d,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07
first Of my loves was q staggering

The first Of my loves was q staggering
blade,
To rattle the laundering drum was his
trade:
His leg was SO tight. and his cheek was so
ruddy.
Transported I was with ny sodser laddie.
Sing. Lal de lal, etc.
But the cody old chaplain left him in the
lurch.
So the sword I forsook for the sake Of the
church;
He ventura the soul, I risked the body.
Twas then I prov'd false to my sodger
laddie.
Sing. Lal do lal, etc.
Burns.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07

Laugh only so to show myself a Man.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-01-05
SLAVERY IN SIBERIA.
Poor People Are Accustomed to seD
Their Young Children Into
Bondage

In the district of Yakutsk, in ST.
IBERIA, the sale of young children is
| not only a custom cf old standing,
but has become kind of recognized
industry. The price OF a child varies
from ten to Is rubl.s. The pur-
chasers. of these s.liv:ng wares are
| usually Russian exiIes and govern
ment officials. The sellers are the ma
tive Siberians. It very frequently
happens that the baaished convicts
buy their own illegitamate offspring
from the native mothers. The custom
of selling children among the Yakuts
has not improbably arisen and been
fostered by the stress of poverty. In
the northern part of shat region the
winter lasts fully nine months. Til
lage Is impossible. There are no
home industries anki the coasts are
too far distant for fishing operations.
The only occupation Is the chase OF
furred game and that is alike meager
and unprofitab1e. The Yakut sells his
children to preserve his miserable
homestead and feed his famished cat
tie. He prefers to sell his offspring
to Russian buyers, but usually he has
no scruples as to the personality of
the purchaser SO long as the money is
forthcoming.
The usual object of the buyer is to
have the benefit of the chi1d's labor
until it comes of age Until they
reach the age of 81 years these young
people, male and female, are the abb
sosnte slaves of the buyers. Girls are
sometimes married by their owners
before they come of age, but those
are the exceptional cases. More fre-
quently they are made to serve the
vile purposes of their masters 1T is
said that the Russians themselves
have to a certain degree adopted the
detestable practice of selling their
children. In these cases the sellers
are convict exi1es and the buyers gov
ernment officials.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-01-05
READY TO HUNT.
L Brief Description of How Indians
Prepared for the Chase In
Olden Days

Meat is the main article of diet
among the Indians, and their having
to hunt it made them excel other na~
tions in the chase, fofson their success
depended their sustenance. Their ar
rows, which were sometimes about
three feet in length, and generally
winged. were sent with fieetness and
dexterity that frequently brought
down a fleeing buffalo while it was
more than 600 feet distant from the
archer. And these arrows would not
only kill the animal, but would often
pierce its body, coming out at the other
side, such was the force with whichsit
was sent, says the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Indian method of preserving
food for winter use was a curious one.
When the animal was slain the meat
was thoroughly dried, and then
chopped up very fine. Fruits and ber-
ries would be added to this. and the
whole reduced to powder, which was
emptied into huge vessels of boiling
fat.
This mixture was allowed to boil
well, and ives then poured into a large
dried skin, where it would harden into
the shape of a loaf. The skin was Of
raw hide, shaped like large, bulging
envelope, with all the flaps unfastened.
Some Of them were a yard in length,
half a yard in width and about nine
inches in depth. and when they were
dried they readily kept the shape into
which they had been put, when green.
When the minced meat had been put
into the case the four flaps were
fastened together, but not so that it
travelling. satchel. Really this was the
intention, for the Indians. Travelled
about so much that everything they
had was made to be utilized on their
journeys.
Elaborate decorations of bead work,
or, earlier, of straw, were put upon the
outside of these cases. and the effects
to-day are very beautiful, though per-
haps brilliant. But certainly the In
dian has an art all his own, and his
colorings and designs In his handiwork
are full of character and interest.
When the Indian became hungry he
opened one of these cases and cut off
slice Of the great loaf of meat, and
fruits. and berries, just as hiscivilized
brother might cutsa slice of ham, only
his knife may also have. been used for
chopping wood, or it may have killed
his enemy.
The days of the buffalo hunt, how
ever, are past, SO perhaps this mode
of preserving meat will pass away, too.
For the Indians now frequently receive
their supplies at the government
agencies, having paid for them by the
sale of their lands.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-01-05
REEVES COSTLY VOICE.
A London Correspondent Says That
1t Cost the Famous Tenor
100000.

II send you a few notes." writes a
cores pondent of the London Daily
News, "of a talk had with Mr..
Sims Reeves some years ago. He told
me that his extreme conscientious
ness about his voice had cost him the
handsome sum of gsO,O00. / need
scarcely say that Mr.. Reeves pre-
ferred to disappoint an audience rath-
er than sing to them with throat
which was not in the finest condition.
[ very well remember how minutely
he went into the matter at the time.
when the complaints of his non-ap-
pearance were loud and frequent.
Some artists may sing whether
they be hoarse or not, but, depend
upon it, it does them no good and
nothing strains the voice more. Yes,
[ have given up more than anyone,
in what you may call my extreme
fastidiousness or artistic conceit.'
Il asked him how he knew that he
could not sing.
:" All, that is very simple he an
swered. You get a peppery feeling,
tickling, a dryness of the throat, an
irritation of the mucous membrane,
The saliva refuses to flow properly,
the vocal cords lose their beautiful
coating. You can imagine a piece of
highly polished steel, the most minute
speck of dust, the least breath of
air, affects it. It is so with the throat
OF tenor. Why, if you bend down
for any time the mere contraction Of
the muscles produces feeling of
huskiness.'
Il naturally asked him, then, how
he dared use his voice enough to
practice, for how otherwise did he
extract such pathos and feeling from
the songs he sang. But with Mr..
Reeves it was not question of prac-.
tice SO much, as that word is usually
interpreted.
Tt is because have always stud
led my. Words he said. 4 have read
them and phrased them in every pos
sible way, asking myself what they
meant, and interpreted them accord
ing to my own feelings. / walk up
and down, trying this line and trying
that. until I feel that have struck
the right idea. Singers. do not study
elocution sufficiently, if at all. In a
recitative, for instance, the words are
sacrificed to the music. In my meth
cd they are of equal Importance. Do
I love applause? All, yes, an artist
lives for it. It inspires him. Give
me an enthusiastic, a receptive audi
ence, and my heart and my voice go
out to them. Often the great sea of
faces has affected me-words cannot
describe emotions have put forth
my greatest efforts. Without ap-
plause an artist is timid, frigid. nerve.
less.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-01-05
PITH AND POINT.

Nothing makes a busy man mor&
angry than to hear the good nature of
q loafer commended.- Globe.
1t is human nature to deride what
we cannot possess, to deny what we
sannot understand and to insult those
we envy Chicago Daily News.
The Observation-Disclosures - "Are
you married man ?" Prisoner-'si
should say / was-Tm the husband of
two women; that's why I'm here
Ohio State journal.
Jones-"Are you an optimist ?" Jolly
II think were improving. The last
bank cashier who absconded took only
one-fourth as much as his predeces-
sor. Town Topics.
A Fond Critic Wife of His Bosom
Lovely, dear, lovely! But I think
those sheep look too much like clouds
er-that is-of course darling un-
less they are clouds IL lie.
First Worm (gratefully)-.'so you
have gotten me a job as caretaker in q
hickory nut" Second Worm (face-
tiously} Yes; that is the situation
in nutshell" Brooklyn Eagle.
Nell (excitedly)-s'H Here's telegram
from Jack Punter of the varsity team. :"
Belle-'sWhat's it say?'' Nel-"It
says. Nose broken. How do you pre-
fer it set-Greek or Roman p "-Phila-
delphia Record.
i Teaching Kid.--"Papa," said Sam
my snaggs, 'sthis story says that. the
mutineers were put in irons" Eyes,
Sammy" '.But, papa?" ''Well, Sam
my? ''Why do they iron prisoners ?'
TO take the starch out of them, Sam
my. Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-01-05
HEAVY TRUCKING.
aow the Immense Loads Drawn b.
Fifty-Horse Teams Are Put
ON the Truck.

The passing Of a great 80, 40, So
horse team, hauling a ponderous load
of So rs or more tons. a great spool
of wire cable, for instance" said a
man engaged in the business of heavy
trucking. according to the New York.
Sun, interests everybody that sees
It; no doubt people would all be
Interested just the same in the pre-.
iminary handling of thu big spool.
including the loading of it on the
truck on which they see it hauled,
all that part of the work being done
on just the same broad and lofty
scale.
"The cable comes fr,m Trenton.
At the mill the great reel of wire.
when all ready to ship, IS swung with
a crane onto car expressly built to
carry such reels. Arrived at Jersey
City this car is switched to the wa
ter's edge, where it is met by a float
ing derrick from this city, which lifts
the reel off the car and swings it
around and lowers it upon it's own
deck. Then the floating derrick with
the reel aboard is towed over to this
side of the river, where 1t is to meet
the truck.
ssThe big truck alone, steel through
out, and with broad-faced steel
wheels, weighs ten tons; with it's load
it may weigh anywhere from SO to 30
tons. Not every wharf, by any means,
would bear up that load within the
comparatively small space of the
trucks wheel base, or hold up such a
load in motion on it.; so we take this
load aboard, when we can, at a bulk
head, where the truck can stand close
to the waters edge and still on solid
ground. The floating derrick with
the load on its deck is brought along
side the bulkhead and the load is
picked up again and swung this time
around over the shore and lowered
onto the platform of the truck.
That's the way they load a heavy
platform truck The manner of load
ing a high-wheeled sWing-truck, on
which the great load is carried sus-
pended in chains from long beams
blocked up high above the axles is
quite different. This load might be,
for instance, a great boiler, or an en-
gine, or perhaps a great steel shaft.
The load in this case would be depos-
tied not on the truck, but on the
ground, and the truck would be ma
neuvered over it. When they had got
the chains under it, the great team
soon to be engaged in hauling the
load would be hooked onto block
and tackle properly rigged for the
purpose. and the load hoisted clear of
the ground and to the height at which
it was to be carried in the chain
swings. Then the team would be
brought around again to where it be
longed to pull the load"
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-01-05
The snaiI,s storm poor

Late in autumn the land snaiIs
crawl beneath the logs and burrow-
ing deep into the soft mold, go far
into their shells. Then with a mu-
cous secretion Mr.. Snail forms thin
transparent skin or membrane across
the opening of the shell. But this is
not enough for his comfort and he
makes another little farther with
in, letting the first act as. a storm
door, and making the interior of the
shell perfectly air tight. There for
five or six months he sleeps, and
when the spring breezes blow up from
the south he breaks down both his
doors. eats them and goes out Nith
his home on his back TO seek fresh
leaves for food.-Little Chronicle.