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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01

the room and only blew me kiss from
tho doorway ma she disappeared.
'T didn't say whcn," she cried. 81
didn't say when I'd pny."
confess was In n tcmpor--it may
have been the day. Deliberately took
the two letters out OF my pocket, laid
them back on polly's desk, went out
under the trees where my horse was
standing and drove OF IN the li,tle red
wheeled ruunbout so much as a
glance behind me at the crisp white
curtains where knew Polly must he
pccping.
Thick hedges OF wild roses and hon
cysucklc, brimming with sweetness,
ran on both sides OF the lane. The
warm air was noisy with humming
bees.
drove quietly along the dusty road,
nlcklng the trees with my whip and
wondering Suddenly my horse stop
ped short,
Good morning" said Poly's voice
calmly at Is hot day, isn't it2'
She was leaning over the honey
suclSlc hedge, hatlcss, her hair shining
In the sun. Her face was n little
hushcd-I think maybe she had been
running. Goodness knows how she got
there even then. But II Is the angels
secret how they use their wings.
looked at her stcrnly without speak
ing.
ADO you know" she went on, you
drove away and forgot my letters"
She broke off and looked at me crit
ically, with her head on one side.
"Why, ! do believe" she cried to the
bees, IL do believe the mans angry
with me! He didn't forget my letters
at oil. He left them on purposew
"Did you forget anything?" said l
severely.
"No." she answered cheerfully; "that
is the reason I'm here. 1t was fifteen"
smiled. but don't think she saw It..
"You'll have to come through the
hedge" l said discouragingly.
"There's gate" she answered. And
she was In the road.
"And climb into the runabout,"
cried.
"There's step" she laughed.
"Somebody may see u.s." | objected.
"And what IL they do?" said Polly as
she put her arms around my neck, and
her big blue eyes were close to mine.
saw tears trembling in them.
"Polly," said l. when l had forgiven
her, 81 shall have to drive you home"
"Yes," said Polly comfortably. "and
stay to luncheon"
"And then take the letters into town.
l added.
"Bother the letters" said Polly.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01

The following quantity worded notice
is posted outside the offices of one of
the street car companies Of Paris: Eve
beg to inform burglars that we do not
leave money or valuables in any of our
depots during the night. You are re-
quested to make known this fact
among the confraternity, so as to avoid
unnecessary trouble and loss of time"
The newspaper which publishes the
above adds, prudence and prevention
are the two mothers of safety"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01
TIE SALT IN, THE: SEA.

Some Interesting Observations on
One of Natures Wonders.
The very fact that tie waters of
oceans are salty is a wonder within it
self. That such is the case everybody
knows, but why? Rivers are not salt,
neither are some of the very largest
of inland seas, yet one school Of scien-
lists will tell you that these same seas
Qakes) are the remains of what was
once universal ocean, that there was
once an upheaval of the land and that
all the waters settled in basins except
that which drained Off If this is a
fact, why are these lakes or seas now
fresh? Don't tell me, says an investi-
gator, that it is because they have been
evaporating through the long centuries
and that the vacancy has been sup
piled by fresh waters from rivers.
Great Salt lake is no less salty now
than it was 1900 years ago and prob
ably great deal more so.
The water of the Caribbean sea is
dense compared with that of the At
lantic in the vicinity of the Cape Verde
islands, the proportion being eleven to
twenty-one. Why Is this?' 1t is GER
tainly fact that they are both Of one
body of water. The variety of saline
matter found in all sea water is univer-
sally the same. There is another fact
which should be mentioned while we
are classifying sea water-that is this:
When the saltness of oceans is refer
red to, it must not be understood as be-
ing the table salt of commerce (chlo-
ride of sodium), for there are many
other salts in the solution. Expert hy
drographers tell us that there are
enough of these various salts held in
suspension in the waters Of the oceans
to cover the whole landed surface Of
the globe to depth of 1,500 feet-in
other words, that there is 60000,000,
| 000,000,O00 tons so held in suspension!
| The sea is salt by reason Of the earth
washings which are poured into it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01
A Mintnke That Paid.

Mistakes made on purpose are some.
times profitable, and a New York mer-
chant illustrates 1t thus:
"a concern owed me $50, and repeat
ed duns did no good. The debt was
perfectly square, but I had no docu-
mentary evidence on which to base O
suit, so l decided to be foxy and secure
such proof
Il sent bill for 800, with caustic
letter, figuring that the concern would
answer, repudiating the claim Of 500
and saying that the amount was $50
Once l got this admission 1 would be
In a position to sue.
Imagine my surprise and pleasure
when l received letter from the man
ager of the concern apologizing for the
delay and i2closing check for $780,"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01
How to Judge Cheese.

Most housekeepers quail before that
part Of the family marketing which re-
lates to the purchase of cheese and
wish the man OF the house. who is
usually the chief consumer as well as
the connoisseur, would always buy it
Such may find the words of an author
ity of value:
"A cheese with an indication Of good.
ness will stand square on the shelf and
will have an even colored not mottled
rind. The moment you press your fin.
ger tips on the rind you can begin to
judge of the inferior makeup Of q
cheese. If 1t yields readily to the pres.
sure OF the fingers and the rind breaks
or does not spring back readily when
the pressure Is withdrawn, you have
struck n soft article, caused by the
slack cooling of the curd. want OF
acid or both. At best 1t will have an
insipid flavor and will go Off as II
ages. Cheese which feels so hard that
you cannot press 1t on the rlnd Is ell
ther sour salted too heavily, cooked
too much, SKINNED or suffering from
touch of all these complaints.
"A good cheese will be mellow to the
touch, yet firm. Its rind will be Of nj
even tint, elastic and free from puffs
and the sample will reveal firm, close
grained, buttery cheese of a nutty
favor"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01

There was very large congregation.
and the rector seeing that there was
only one aims dish made signs to rus
tic from the chancel entrance to come
to him and bade him go into the rec
tory garden through a glass door into
the dining room, where there had been
slight rejection before the service,
bring dish from the table, take 1t
down one side Of the north aisle and
up the other and then bring 1t to the
clergyman at the place from which he
started. The rustic disappeared, reap
peared with the dish, took 1t as he was
ordered and presented it to the people
on either side of the aisle, and then ap-
preaching the rector whispered in his
ear: 1--WE done as yer told me, sir. I've
taken 1t down yon side Of the aisle and
up t'other-they'll none of 'em ave
any" No order had been given to
empty the dish, and 1t was full of bis
cuits!-Dean Holes Memories"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01
Queer Looking Worms.

New Zealand, Australia, the Samoan
and the Solomon islands, as well as
portions of the Hawaiian group, are
the homes of various species of worms
with thick, heavy bodies and with n
we'll defined neck connecting the body
with n head that is a startling remind
er of that of the monkey. In the Sand
wlch Islands they are called "me-ta-lu-
XII" which means "creeper with a
child's head" An old New Zealand leg
end says that at one time they were
Of immense proportions and threatened
the extinction of all human life on the
islands.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01
He Fornnve the Bi.hop.

A certain bishop, an ardent advocate
Of teetotalism, found one of his flock, to
whom he had preached for years, lean
ing in helpless drunkenness against a
wall.
"Wilkinsr' cried the bishop, mex
pressibly shocked. "Oh, Wilkins! You
in this state! / am sorry; am sorry;
l am sorryw
AS the bishop was passing by on the
other side Wilkins pulled himself to-
gether and hiccoughed after him:
Bishop, bishopr'
The bishop FASTENED back in the hope
Of hearing resolution of repentance.
Bishop, If you are really sorry for
give your
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01
BREAKING IT GENTLY.
NE showed the widow why n was
Too Late 20 Mourn.

Too Late 20 Mourn.
After the ship which had come from
Now Zealand was tied up at the wharf
Larry O'Brlon was told Off by his ship
mates to call upon Mrs. Mccarthy and
break the news of the death of her hus.
band, which had occurred on shlpboard
the preceding summer. The Brooklyn
Eagle tells how he did t:
GOOD morning, Mrs. McCartlyw
said he. "Is Denny ln2'
"Donny?" said the surprised woman.
my Denny? No, he's not In. IL the
ship hcreY
"Sure 1t is. And Dcnny's not got
home yet? That's quare-unless some
thing has happened him."
"What would happen him2' Mrs. Nc
Carthy asked anxiously.
"Thcre's plenty of things can happen
man." said Larry dellcately. He
might have got hurted or he might
have took sick with the fever. But
there's one comfort, as Father McGin-
mis- said once, and that Is that time
heals iv'ry grief"
what do you name, Mr.. O'BricnW
81 name that If anything happened
to Denny you wouldn't feel as bad
about 1t few months after 1t hap
pcned as you would right at the time,
would your"
81 suppose not" said Mrs. Mccarthy.
81 mind whln l lost me first husband
thought I'd never get over It, But, as
you say, in few months 1t was alsier
to bear"
"Then, Mrs. Mccarthy, you'll be glad
to know that It's now four months
nearly flve-since Denny died. Sure, it
can't grieve you now as much as 1t
would IL you'd known 1t at the time"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01
60 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
POL L-Y !
By Nancy
v. MeClcllNnd
Copyright, 1900, by the
s. 8. Mcclure Company
Copyright. 1900, by the
. . At,,stUvn

"Wait just minute please" begged
Polly. "I'll have these two rcndy TO
mail"
She sat down at her tiny desk and
began dropping a little moro ink on II
half written page while she talked TO
me over her shoulder. No wonder
polly's letters are hard to rcadl
"lts n very hot day" | observed.
m.m.mcltlngw she agreed. (Shc
looked us cool us fowcr)
".And two letters as heavy ns yours"
i added, "mean n great deal of extra
weight to carry back into town.
Polly nibblcd the end of her pen
that's the reason gave her a silver
one last Christmas looked ut me
n moment rcncctively.
She saw clean through me, know.
Polly's mind has n sweet way of its
own; nobody but Polly knows what
guides H. but II goes racing straight
TO the point like n little wild pony.
When have come pulling across big
thought and get TO the gate that's going
TO lead me out, usually find Polly
there ahead Of me waiting; she's over
the bars and or again before I've had
dino 10 draw breath.
'Wel," she said finally, turning away
with demure little curl to the corner
Of her mouth, don't stop for them
then. can send them later when
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01
sheiiac In Chinese Works of Art.

BY softening sbellac with heat 1t
may be drawn out and twisted into al
most white sticks and of fine silky
luster. Extreme beauty is given to
Chinese works of art by the use of
shellac. Some of them are very ancient
and of great value. They are chiefly
small objects made Of wood or metal.
They are covered with coat Of shell
lac, coiored with vermilion, and while
the layer Of shellac is soft and pliable
1t is nodded and shaped into beautiful
patterns. Some of these works thus
ornamented are so rare and beautiful
that even in China they cost fabulous
sums.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01
Her Milking stool.

He-Then, if you are willing, we
will be married at once, but we will
not live in the close, crowded city. ]
will purchase little farm, and we will
live on it and be as happy as turtle
doves.
She-And l shall be farmers wife.
"Yes, my darling"
"And what do you think, John? You
won't have to buy a milking stool for
me, for I've got one already"
"You have"
"Oh, yes, the prettiest you ever saw
decorated with handsome plush and
cherry colored ribbons"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01
cycles. ri.h In Boiling water.

One of the most remarkable discover
les In the shape OF peculiar species OF
nsh ever made on this continent was
that made at Carson City, New, In
1876. At that time both the Hale and
Norcross and the Savage mines were
down 20 what Is known as the "2, 200
foot level" When at that depth, a sub
terrancan lake OF boiling water was
tapped. This accident flooded both
mines to depth of 400 feet After this
water had all been pumped out except
that which had gathered In basins and
in the inaccessible portions of the
works, and when the water still had
temperature of 1913 degrees nearly
scalding hot-many queer looking little
blood red fish were taken out. In ap-
pearance they somewhat resembled the
goldfish.
They seemed lively and sportive
enough when they were in their native
element-boiling Observation-Disclosures
Ing the fact that they did not even have
rudimentary eyes. When the fish were
taken out of the hot water and put in.
TO buckets of cold water for the pur-
pose of being transported to the sur
face, they died as quickly as perch or
n bass would If plunged into kettle
of water that was scalding hot; not
only this, but the skin peeled off exact.
ly as If 1t had been boiled.
Eyeless fish are common enough in
all subterranean lakes and rivers, but
this is the only case on record of living
fish being found in boiling water.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01
A Bird Much Like a Fish.

The birds of feather" that "fock
together" do not belong to the penguin
family, as they are entirely destitute Of
feathers. having for covering kind
OF stiff down. Another penguin pecul-
iarity is that it swims not on, but un-
der water, never keeping more than its
head out and when fishing coming to
the surface at such brief and rare in
tervals that an ordinary observer
would almost certainly mistake 1t for a
fish,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01
Carlyle on Novels.

A letter of Carlyle's gives us the
opinion of novels entertained by him
in the year 1866. To budding story
teller he wrote to suggest that she
should "shove her own novel well
aside for good while or forever and
be shy even of reading novels. If she
do read, let it be good and wise books,
which not one in 10000 of the kind now
called novels is" And yet Carlyle
was himself guilty of at least begin
ning to write a novel.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01

WAh Ab BILE DlbAffEAhED.
James goes to the station. Td-Td
hate to busden'you. especially on such
q hot day"
"Oh"' fastened to explain, "it's not
that l mind being burdened-by you
but | feel that l ought to get some
thing for It."
Polly scrlbbled furiously. couldn't
see her face.
''How would 'ricky' do before you
startT' she asked temptingly. "I'll
CALI
'You'll do nothing of the Sort" said
with dignity; "I've sworn Off"
"a cigar, then" she suggested and
went toward the smoking table. Her
fathers cigars are good.
But stopped her again. NO" said
i; i've got to be paid In the coin of
the realm"
Dollars or dimes? asked Polly
briskly. hunting out her little purse.
Neither" said l, waving my hand
magniflcently. "I'm living in a bigger.
sweeter. better country than the Unit
ed States"
"Oh!" said Polly, Smiling innocently.
but blushlng little. "Why didn't you
say so before?"
She tossed the letters at me. zone
for each." she laughed.
j looked at the addresses.
"This," said l, 'is to Harold Brown.
and you know perfectly well that
shall ask at least ten for it."
"Two." she barpained
'"Ten,' repeated firmly.
She shook her head. ITS positively"
when Polly says positively" that
way there's an end of Tits positive
ly not worth more than FIVE"
Every WELL" said hastily. "we'll call
1t of at five. | suppose it's all right
for you to be writing to Harold Brown
Hike this
'Snly! she cried. "Of course 1t is.
I'm thanking him for some flowers"
felt unhappy. and I'm sure looked
n, for Polly laughed.
''Now. you," she said thoughtfully.
haven't sent me any flowers for at
least a week."
took up the other letter.
''Polly" said l. He was the man,
wasn't he?
eyes," she nodded = before you
came"
Really" protested.
"He is sailing for Europe tomorrow"
said Polly, "and-this is goodby."
She was looking out of the window
with farawayness in her eyes. Pol
ly's eyes were like deep, deep lakes
fringed round with wonderful things
When you were saying something and
she looked up at you unexpectedly. you
promptly forgot what it was all about
and fell in. Then you tried to Chamber
out, holding on to the fringe on the
edge, and the more you tried the more
hopeless 1t grew. But somehow yol
didn't at all mind drowning this way.
twenty-five for this one," l de
manded suddenly.
She laughed. We came to terms oil
ten Then held out my arms to her.
Poily's eyes instantly began to bub
BILE with mischief. She slipped out O
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01

"were there laughter and cheers dur
Ing your speechT
"Well." answered the youthful states
man, "there weren't many cheers, but
now and then people In the audience
looked at one another and laughed
Washington Star.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01
A Natural Mistake.

He had recited to his class the story
of Abraham entertaining angels una
ware. Feeling that the children might
not know the meaning of the word "un-
aware" he asked them If they did. One
little hand went up promptly, and the
smallest girl In the class said:
"The thing you wear next your skin"
-Harper's Magazine.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01
Discouraging.

"My dear sir" wrote the editor to the
persistent young author, ''in order to
simplify matters somewhat we are in
closing a bunch OF our declined with
thanks notices. If you will put one
of these in an envelope with your man
uscript and mail it to yourself, it will
make it easier for all of us, and you
will be saving something in postage
as well."-Chicago Post.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01
Goldfish.

There are some goldfish in Washing
ton which belonged to the same family
for the last fifty years, and they seem
no bigger and no less vivacious today
than they did when they first came in
TO the owners possession. A few Of
the fish in the Royal aquarium in St.
Petersburg are known to be $50 years
old
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01
A Case of Neces.itx.

Mrs. Smith-We missed you so much
at our party!
Mrs. JoDes-And / was so vexed when
i couldn't come! You see, our cook had
company Unexpectedly, and she needed
us to fill oCt the card tables.-Detroit
Journal.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01
A Prejudiced Deduction.

Waggsby-So De Wruyter says he
wrote ninety-nine poems last year, does
he?
Naggsby-I understood him to say
"better than hundred"
Waggsby-That's what meant by
ninety-nine. I've read his poems.-Bal-
timore American.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01
Retort.

Husband Qrritably)-It isn't year
since you said you believed our mar
riage was made In heaven, and yet you
order me around as If l wasn't any
body.
Wife (calmly)-Order is heavens first
law.-New York Weekly.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01

1--WE cannot consider your story Sc
riously," wrote an editor to an author,
because you have killed your hero in
the middle of it."
And the author replied, 81 killed him
early because he made me tired"-At-
lanta Constitution.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01

Ysu will find that the meie resolve
to be useless and the honest desire to
help other people will. In the quickest
and most delicate ways, also improve
yourself.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01
SUbOrdiuate.

Mr.. Byrnne Coyne-Ah, sweetest one,
may be your captain and guide your
bark down the sea Of life?
Mrs. Berrymore "a widow)-No, but
you can be my second mate.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01

Mind is that which perceives, feels
remembers, acts and .s conscious OF
continued existence.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-05-01

The eyes OF other people are the eyes
that ruin us.-Franklin.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-31
Paul Dunbar Sets an Example for
Booker Washington.

(Woman-AboutT own-in Washington Post)
Il wish sometimes that I'd been born
abroad" said a Virginian, $50 that I
would not have the inevitable Southern
prejudice against the negro. But preju
dice or no prejudice, l take my hat off to
Poet Laureate Dunbar, the negro poet.
don't know that he'd thank me for it If
ne knew it, for he's man who doesn't
care to be patronized He has ideas Of
his own. and-well, / saw him in Chicago,
a short time ago, and l can tell you Of
rebuke he administered TO an overly en-
thusiastic young white woman, which It
did me good to hear of and to see, though
as the young woman herself tells of it. l
haven't an idea that she knew she had
been put in her proper place. She is
musician, and undertook to set some OF
the negro's poets verses to music. Mr.
Dunbar called to bring her the verses,
and she soon knew all about him there
was to know She was very anxious to
see his mother, who lives in Chicago, an1
she insisted that Mr.. Dunbar take her to
his mothers house. She wanted some
verses which were in Mrs. Dunbars pos
session, believe, or at any rate, she had
so good an excuse for going to the house
that Mr. Dunbar could not refuse to
take her They left the young woman's
house together. but Mr.. Dunbar refused to
walk beside her, saying that he preferred
to walt half a block behind her. When
they reached the street car, the poet didn't
offer to assist her. He watched her enter
the car, and then he took a stand Oh the
platform outside, and did not so much as
glance at the young woman till his moth
er's door was reached The young wo-
mans desire to brave prejudice and con-
ventionality for the sake of poetic genius
under a dark skin went for nothing. Mr.
Dunbar has too much common sense to
permit himself to be put in a false posi-
ton. The young woman couldn't under
stand why he treated her like q stranger
in public but-well, bein white doesn't al
ways make it possible for one to appre-
ciate fine feeling and fine feeling is one
of the most distinctive qualities of Paul
Lawrence Dunbar. l heard, too, in Chs
cago, that Dunbars mother had spoken to
young literary woman who persisted IN
dragging the poet about with her, re-
CARELESS Of the snubs her actions called
! forth. Mrs. Dunbar asked her not to go
with her son any more. The young wo,
man was surprised.
Why, said she, I don't mind what
/ people say about me-
Mrs. Dunbar replied quietly:
But / do care what people say about
my son, said she. and there was that IN
her emphasis which pierced even the dense
ness of mat enthusiastic young woman