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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-07

Consider now the summer man, who heav-
eth into sight.
About his form wave gorgeous ties IN
oolors rich and bright.
| He weareth dinky little hats ana smoketh
| at. pipe
| And murmureth at Divers times that
cherries now are ripe
He hath no care upon his head. nor any
woes to fret.
| And all his days are full Of Toy. likewise
his nights. you bet.
He smileth with smile that is most glad
some. blithe and bland, and honeyed moth
ings whispereth to maidens on the sand.
Much hlppant buoyant caroiing he putteth
In his speech. and teileth every damsel she's
the pebble Of the beach.
He goeth forth at break OF day and play
eth golf and things.
And through the watches Of the night he
seeks to fill on kings.
He runneth up the hotel bill at Wetspot-
by-the-sea. and when you speak Of where
he works. Now. what is work." asks he.
And through the weeks of parchins heat
he dangieth at the side of some fair maid
and urzeth her that che become his bride.
Yea. verify. the summer maid Il she for
whom he longs. and every day and every
NIGHT no Sin8eth creamy songs
He telleth her his pa hath so many banks
that he cannot but claim that Pisrpont NJ.
u only one-two-three.
And that his rich old uncle holde.h bonds
and coin and notes. and on pool Of Standard
Oil the homestead floats.
Likewise the summer maid asserts with
shy and downcast eye. that pepper hath
such wondrous wealth there il NO USE to
try
To spend the same in one short Life. with
no time Off for meals, and that Il why the
summer man Is ever at her heels.
lie buyeth for her dainty things and can
dies in . box, and sends her flowers every
morn. and ct the florist mocks.
He taketh her on buggy rides and hoideth
to her hand, and playeth like q Romeo In
style to beat the band.
Yet on a time the summer maid re<urneth
to her home. and then the summer man re-
mains to curse the oceans foam.
For he hath spent his little all, and now
must softly slip away from Wetspot-by the
sea, and leave his trunk and grip.
Yea, surely, thus 1t Is that he, the sum
p7er man. returns
Because the heartiess hotel man no more
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landed in America resolved to be q sreat
man. went from shop to shop like many
other Irish lads. seeking for an errand or
q salary that would buy food 10 that I
might have strength to start in on my great
career. Finally. stood before MIR. A. r.
Stewart. his ONCE being the Mecca to which
all lads journeyed in those days.
He was kind enough to say looked IN
telligent and that he hoped I shouldn't
provo . fool. In what line OF dry Foods
ere you proncient1. he said. I had sense
enough 70 know that II told him the truth
should not get . position. My mind
dashed over the things women wore Then
an inspiration came. I said. 'Furs.. for
remembered that the old man who lived
next door to my mother in ireland had
made business OF drying pelts. had spent
my boyhood PLAYING with these pelts.
Good said Mr.. Stewart. have q posi-
ton In the fur department that should
like reliable young man to take
7 thanked him, and went upstairs to take
the position, with q feeling Of hopsfulness
that had never suspected would attend
my first victory.
Il attacked the position with the conceit
however. that men are kind enough to say
has never left mo. A few days after. my
installation Sweet-voiced woman came in
ana asked mo to show her some NUTS made
Of sable tails. ransacked the place. but
couldn't md one that answered ths de-
scziption. 80 Informed the lady that vs
did not keep such muffs In stock.
''shs looked surprised and questioned mo
moro closely, but stuck to my assertion.
IAN hour later was summoned By Mr..
Stewart. He said. With Indignation: why
diA ~o,, tan Mra vauA>rhil< <hsS ~ss. 49,.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-07

motntafneer named eaunhers, The depart
n,ent 1t Washington had been made awars
OF gross irregularities in the management
OF the on1oe. but as Saunders owned every
thing in sight around 1t, he hold It against
all applicants. At last, 80 the story goes. an
inspector was ordered out to look into
affairs.
He was forced to make his way afoot to
the place. whose general wildness. coupled
With the memory Of some former experi-
ences. made him decide to take the nrst
observations from behind tree.
The offioe was rough pine structure. IN
front Of which sat man. - rough looking
40 the shanty. tilted back In splint-bot-
toned chair. placidly smoking . pipe. Pres
emily he laid his pipe down. and. pushing
his hat back from his syes, pesrsd over into
some bushes beyond the ONCE and called
QUIT
II sec you, Jim LarldnI You nssdnft como
sneakin' roun' here. I've toll an toll "
tibet 70 can't hev No mail az longs ~ owe
mo for them 'tatsrs 70 bought las fell Now
gitI''
From behind the bushes Q shaggy h0ad
popped up. and . voice said, pleadinsly:
Saunders. I've heern there's two letters
hare Ter me: thet one tibet como three
months ago. an one tibet come tother DAY.
I'd like to hev 'em. I'm feard some o my
folks II sick, or they wouldn't be a-writan
10 Often
"Nary a letter do you git till them Eaters
N settled forr' The postmaStsr's voice was
decisive.
"rve got part Of the money to pay - an
Mary said fer me to not dar come MONS
without them letters. Il he'd ter wallop 70
to get 'em."
And now Larkin advanced, holding OUT
some silver, and disclosing himself as some-
thing akin In build and ago to saunders.
The postmaster took the money. ana so'hs
into the shanty. came out with q letter.
'uThar's half the mall. Larkin," he SAID
sNow, ef ye want t'other yell hev 70 90
that Mary said fer 70 to do. Come onI'
The next moment, without any prehmi-
nary skirnishing. at one another they went
In less than two minutes Larkin was COM
pletely knocked out.
"Thar.'' said the postmaster, brushing
the dirt from his checked shirt and overalls.
'I need les q leetle SIGH exercise evy day
to keep me in good health. Tell Mary feel
30 good over wallupin' ye tibet eff she comes
over herself she kin hev tibet letter, an III
scratch the rest o. tibet 'tater money onn
the book"
Then the Inspector. not unimpressed by
the humors Of the rural service, but feeling
that in this case discretion was the better
part Of valor, made tracks for home without
interviewing Saunders, and reported him at
Washington ~ running his office on origi-
nal business principles. ''-Indianapoli News
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Ing about three miles farther on to hi,
house.
However. when We reached home the
dog was not there. We ate supper and still
the dog did not come. nor had he nut in an
appearance when We retired At about Il
o'clock.
1.-The next morning we got up about day
light. and. hearing q noise outside, my
friend opened tho door and the dog rushed
in dragging with him q pair Of pantaloons.
which he dropped on the floor,
"'Of course. We were both mysttfIed but
had not long to wait an explanation, for
shortly aftefward man who lived several
miles from my friends house rode I'D on a
mule. and inquired II a dog with a pair Of
pantaloons in his mouth had como into the
house. The dog at that moment came out
on the porch, and the man said: "Why,
there's the dog now"
"'Ary friend told the caller that the dog
had really brought a pair Of pantaloons
home with him, but he did not undseutand
1t himself.
1.-The man said that late IN the after.
noon the day before he found the dog
scratching under largo rock near the
road and thinking he was after . rabbit
stopped and lifted the rock up. ana to his
surprise found . half-dollar on the under
SIDE
".Hs put the money In his pocket, and
tile dog followed him homo. The dog ap-
peared to DO friendly. and the man pettsd
him and gave him his supper. At night
when the family retired the dog was put
on the outside but he kept up such q racket
that no one could sleep on the place. and
when the man opened the door to drive tho
dog off he rushed into the bedroom and at
once became very quiet. lying down near
the foot Of the bed. whore he slept all night
Early in the morning, the man said, he
got up and opened the window. and the in-
slant he did so tho dog seized his panta-
looms In his mouth and jumping out Of the
window lied.
".Ths man followed a. soon a. he could
get his mule.
Hearing this story. my friend got the
pantaloons. and on searching the pockets
found the half-dollar which he hid under
the rock the afternoon befor&r-Nashvills
Banner.
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A gentleman mot recently q Harvard srad-

A gentleman met recently Harvard srad-
uato OF last June.
How goes it. Harry7.' said he.
"Oh. things are booming" replied the
young man cheerfully. II don't get any pay
yet. but I'm probably the best oiler Of ma
chinery in New DISQUALIFICATION Chris
tian Register.
In early days methought that all must last
Then beheid all changing, dying, heet-
ing.
But, though my soul now srieves for much
that's past.
And chanseful fortunes cot my heart Oft
beating.
I yet believe in mind that III wili last,
E Because the old In nav I stiu am meet
ing.
80. :-Fr,sdrich Martin Won aodau,tedt.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-07
Only . Shadow

Only Q Shadow.
Thsfs 10 lowering about me
A power 20 sweet, 10 sweet. +
That know, despite my sorrow. I
We assuredly shall meet:
I know. and thus the darkness
In between US Is defled,
That death Is but q shadow,
With the sunshine either side.
Tho world is very weary.
But never cease TO know
That there Is still border land,
Where spirits come and Soi
For you send me limitations
In the mornings gentle beams
And at night you come to meet ma
In the golden gate OF dreams.
-AlioA Carey.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-07
seIf-Dependsnos.

9clf-Dcpendsnoo.
Weary Of myself. and siok Of asking
What am. and what ought to be,
At the vessels Prov stand, which bears
Forward, forward. Ger he star4it go
ana q look Of passionate desire
Ger the sea and to the starr send,
"Ye whc. from my ohildhood up have
calm'd me.
| Calm me ali. compose me to the sndi
"Ah. once more" cried. ~ starA ye
waters,
Oh my heart your mighty charm renew,
| Still, still let me. 40 gaze upon you,
Feel my soul becoming vast like your.
From the intense clear star-sovn vault Of
heaven,
Over the lit seas unqyist way,
| In the rustling night air came tho answer:
"Wouldst thou Be a. these are3 Live as
they.
'unafrr1ghted BY the silence round them.
Undistraotsd by the sights they 50
These demand not that the things without
them
Yield them love. amusement. syu1pasny
"And with Joy the stars perform their shin
ing.
And the sea its long moon-silvsrd roll:
For self-pois.d they live. nor pine with
noting
All the fever Of some differing soul.
Bounded by themselves. and unresardful
In what state Gods other works may be.
In their own tasks all their powers pouring,
These attain the mighty life you see"
air-born vicel long since. severely clear,
A cry like thine in mine own heart hear;
Resolve to be thyself. and know that he.
Who finds himself. loses his memory"
Mathew Arnold
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-07
COCHRAN AND THE SABLE TAILS
Tho Lawyers Brief Experience in
A. T. Stewards Shop.

NJ. ". Bourks 0oeHaA he van known
politician Of Now YORK. b % successful to-
day that be oan afford % talk delightfully
OF the days when he had not . penny. Mr..
Cochran. who was born IN Ireland In 1854.
10 widely famous - an orator. has been
prominent In two national oonvsntions was
for two terms . member Of Congress, and
. now . lawyer In New York City.
He told . good story Of himself recently
TO society young woman who was starting
out on = business career - buyer for = de-
partment store.
: DO You know what sable tails are3'' he
asked. :'1e sure that you DO" he added.
''or you may lose your position My ig-
norance on that subject lost me my frst
position.
sable taSlsl" echoed ths young woman.
what have they got TO- do With bniiness?.
..Well. u had known what thsy wers
nisht te-day b asprespssvus merchant !
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-07

Madam" said tho tramp, a. he pue In
nose through the gate Of the basement doee.
kin ask a favor Of you7''
well. what Is IT." demanded the hesDe,
wife. impatlently.
''Will you give me q description Of -
outcast what dropped dead at your Ahio
the other day? I fear II was me brother"
What do you meanf No outcast has ever
dropped dead at my table.
Then have been heartlessiy dscefvs6s
continued the tramp. 1.-THE lady in the
house across the street told me that q man
had died while eating one Of your mealA~
''step inside. my man. and will tell you
about that story. That hateful creature
across the way Is my deadlie6t enemy. She
told you that story to hurt my rsputation
as cook. Now, to prove 10 you that hsP
insinuations are absurd. and that ny cook
ing Is as good as any IN this street. win
ask you to try It. How Do you take your
chocolate?'
with cream and buttsred tease.s he -.
piled, in sympathetic tones - he pushes
his legs under the tabla.-Tho New YorkGa
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-07

Two Series Of Rsnarkable NuA1sSDs
Professor Asaph Hall has recently drawn.
attention to the following series Of numbesa:
1 time plus equals II.
II times plus equals LII
123 times Plus equals I'LL
12S4 times plus equals I'LL
12345 times plus equals 1f1n
12s45S times plus equals ul11u
12s45s7 times plus equals u1I11n
12s45S7s times 9 plus equals t111111l
time 8 plus equals
Il times 8 plus equals -
123 times plus 9 equals 81
1874 times plus 4 equals sg7e
1876 times plus equals s076
12a456 times 3plus equals se7664
12s45s7 times plus equals 076e1
1t5lss7s times plus squaie s919oo
1fsl56so times . plus equals S50ou So
Is -1he 1l1ila1le 1oo6
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-07

From Rata In the Woods.
Whom on the leaves the rain insists
And every gust brings showers DOWN.
When ali tho woodland smokes with mists.
take the old road out of town
Into the hills through which It twists.
IND the vale where catnip grows.
Where boneset blooms with wetnsss
bowed:
The vale through which the red creek flows
Turbid with hill-washed clay. and loud
AZ some strange horn a wild man blows. -
Like knots upon the gray-barked trees
Tho hchen-colored moths are pressed;
And. wedged In hollow blooms. the bees
Seem clotted pollen; in the nest
The hornet creeps and lies at ease. .
The butterfly and forest bird
Are huddled on the same gnarled bough,
From which. like some rain-voweled word.
That darnpness hoarsely utters now.
The tree-toad's voice IL vaguely heard.
I crouch and listen: and again
Tho woods are fillsd for me with forms
Weird. elm shapes In train on train
Arise, and now feel tho arms
Around me Of the wraiths Of rain.
o wraiths Of rainl trailing misti
Still fold me. hold me. and pursued
stin let my lips by yours be kissedi
Still draw me with your hands Of dew
Unto the tryst. the dripping trysti
Madison cawein In the Atlantic.
In the Swim.
Borrowed: Going to take vacation this
0,mmer7''
Harduppe: well my landlord; has re-
auested me to vacatc.s-Philadelphi
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''well," replied tho cyclone. i've heen
travelling through the West, and I've man
aged to pick up few things Of value"
-Philadelphia Record.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-07

u lone, dep dro0o ~
Thrummeth Q rooonane moaolonA
Up soarsth the horn with IN undulant 49,
That dies-is re-born-5uss . fash Of IN asA
Through tie rumble o. arumA - tAaP
throbbins beat
Sends . rhythmic pulss down ne N1nAlno
street.
Then . streaming psnnant sf sound = -
flung,
E1amboyant from waii 10 wan 4 svOa
Near-and more near--ths harmonie0 d1a0
Build skyward . pondsrous fow4A ~;
sheer
Il breaks 10 Q clarion clash Of souudt
An ululahf tumult. that bounds end -
bounds:
= A voluIninous sroan
From the blaring tombseons,
And a ciangor Of bass
-: As the cymbals pass:
Then the drums lone boom. - the meiod3oo
fly
Eorward-and waver-And faint-and de
Into rnurmur amphor1e
sweet-blendins. chorlo.
To far away swell.
Till At last they NELL
In note 1ong-drawn-
Are Gone-on-on.
London Acadsmy.
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-. l.. ...---., ....s.,--,.
.sv.-aI ,,rr..nanssn.. ~ s.,,...". 80.
han. contain. f.v..s 500. go rna.,
horror. -
Cook Maria
'enen ns'
wooo sNsn
ossi
.enen nsS
Cook Maria,
Angel bright"
This Compressed tragedy" is daring In
theme and scsnsiou,
Soy.
.,, e
I I,.. 80
., 1s ns
Can any Of our correspondents supply a
more compressed. tragedy than that indi-
Gated in the we'll known Nnes:
Boy,
Cunt
JOY.
funi
Gun osct
BOY ousAI
-s'' asfa'u'
,.---.-. -.
In summer time the world h fair.
And birds are singing everywhere:
The honeysucklss love to climb
In summer time
IN su"nao1 .''he .ne n0wsfs otoom.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-07
Lafe's wayside Ina.

Lafe's waysids Ina.
/.
Est 40 rest us from the strife
At this wayside Inn Of Life;
No membranes Of years-
Sorrows. or the fall Of teafA
Lse M rest US from the throng.
Where the Silence ID . song.
II.
Let ~ rest: The twilight falls
Soft On echoless dim hills.
Where hfs's whitening blooms are she'd
IAfs Of quiet comforted.
Stormy with the way. and long.
But Gods Silence 10 q song.
III.
whae wore worldly hopes and fears?
What Wsre kisses-what were tears7
What the hearts cry in the stress
OF IT. unloved loneliness?
After all the wrath and wrong
Comes 0odss Silence like song.
Rssk, o Hearti from storm and strife
At this waysids Inn Of Life! II
We shall fold above the breast
Hands that need Gods gift Of Rest.
Comes the Night: the Night - long.
But GODS silencs is a song!
Atlanta Constitution.
Two Letters.
dear JOS" she wrote. II scarcely know
Il Il q kind Of me to write
This bit Of news to you. IT'S this:
Jack Brown proposed to me last night
Considering your feelings. this
May hit you rather hard. but pray
Let's still b. friends, for shall b
A. ever
yours sincerely.
NAY.
Perhaps you see the love-lorn one
Psrustng this most cruel note
And overwhelmed with grief. But .nos
zoe" simply took up pen and Wrots
Dear Nay-So glad! But was he naG
The ol1nxiest you've ever scent
He was. when he proposed to me.
wish you luck.
Yours
JOSEPHINN
Catholic Standard-Timss.
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The way saunders Ran the Omce.
A rural post office. somewhere In wtlds
which will be nameless. was kept By an old
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-07
Naxa IN. Rn->

Miss Innocence: PAPA. how - -
weather observers find out wha1 ooTG q
weather We arc going to hAvsf'
Papa: II was not aware they llAS0a1o.
more World.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-07

Mrs. Black: II think Captain Dc Wink 10
. very impudent fellow. He put his arm
round me yesterday"
Mrs. White teyeing the circumference)s
.Dh, that's going very far. isn't itr'-Pick-
Me-Up.
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DsinlIllij lwsli.

..FIslloys' exclaimed 8 the thunder-cloud.
.;hov have yoa ben ssttins along lasa,yr'
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Johnnie: "say. Jack, are you going
boating with Miss Coy?"
Jack tthe hance Of Miss Coy): Yes.
Why?"
Johnnie: well. wouldn't II I wers
you. Cos heard her tell Bob Sum-
mers that she was going to throw you
overheard soon."-London King.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-07

Friedrich Martin Won Bodsnstsdt.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-10-25
Given the Right of Way,

European automobile manufacturers
spent prodigious amounts in insuring
their entries against delays in the re-
cent Paris-Berlin contest. One firm
alone spent upward of 100000. Me-
chanics on bicycles were posted along
the entire route; small reservoirs Of
gasoline We're established at many viii
lagos and towns; duplicate parts were
sent to various points on the route,
with squads of machinists on hand to
make necessary changes quickly. The
tire manufacturers established sta
tions in almost every town; spare tires
of every size were provided in abund-
ance, not only at the villages and
towns, bus between them. To guard
against accidents the Duke of Meek
lenburg had the roads guarded by
pickcts during the transit of the
racers across his domains.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-10-25
LIGHTS ON IN THUNDER STORM.
Unique Trolley Car Order in Force In
Kansas City.

Kansas City.
During q thunder storm at any time
Of day the lights in the trolley cars
of the Metropolitan system are always
turned on by order Of the company.
says the Kansas City Star. There are
two reasons for it. One is for the
protection of the car and the other
for the protection of tie passengers.
When the lights are on and the car is
at standstill the trolley pole becomes
q lightning rod. When q car is in mo-
tion the electric current, which leaves
the power house and is carried along
on the trolley wire, passes through
a wire in the trolley pole, into the
motors of the car, setting them in mo-
ton, and then down through the
wheels into the rails, by which the
current returns to the power house.
Thus the trolley wire, the car and the
rails form complete circuit. When
the car is at n standstill the connec-
ton between the trolley and the motor
Is cut off, breaking the circuit. How
ever, turning on the lights has the
same effect as putting the car in mo-
ton; that is, it completes the circuit.
That Is the exact reason why the
lights are on during thunder storm.
Should lightning strike a trolley
wire the flood of current would be
carried with q rush to the nearest
car. If this car should be in motion
lr the lights be turned on so that
the circuit with the rails was COM
plete there would be chance that
the extra current of the lightning's
stroke would pass down the trolley
pole and through the car into the rails
without doing any harm. The prin-
ciple is the same as that of lightning
rod, which carries the electricity of
bolt of lightning into the ground. But
when there is no connection the cur
rent of q bolt of lightning would burn
out the motors of the car and II
strong enough would shatter the car
and injure the persons who nigh:
be riding in it.
The Metropolitan Company has had
the rule for turning on the lights In
trolley cars during a storm in effect
for long time, and it is believed that
by this simple fact many serious ac-
cidents have been prevented.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-10-25
ODE TO AN OLD DOLLAn ..-L.

I.
O. ragged, faded thing,
Thy odor is not reminiscent of the rose} Z
How limp thou art! Unto thy edges cling
Ten billion deadly microbes, / suppose
And yet there's independence in thee, too.
And courage-vea, and strength! There's
that in thee
Which mclles me long to co
The best that lies in me
There's thai in thee which makes no dare
To pass G thousand daggers every, day
There's joy in thee! Where thou art
Hope builds her nest and frightens doubt
away!
All, thou are clcm-ny to the touch
But, yesterday, mayhap, thou did1s re-
lease
From some white throat 4 demons angry
clutch
With thee, perhaps, went peace
To some dark haunt, where hate or sor-
row sat-who knows
What aches have fled because of thse,
What little children thou hast caused to
laugh, how many rose
Has bloomed because of thee?-hh, me,
Here on thy smeared and faded face
I read the history of man! Thou art the
boon
For which he goes through danger aad
disgrace
And l, alas, must part with thee 20 soon!
Chicago Record Herald.