The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-10

Y. 5.tr "a IA 4
men and BEARS who give thelrlswhoe5
3 mtrds. up 10 one thing at time, and WILL
neither hear, see smell. taste; : touch nor
think OF anything else, arc probably the
e best Judges of this one thing at that
tin,e--but not Of its consequcnces.".V me !
= Doctor was here taken with violent
ii, OF sneczlng; he continued his phiioso-
ply however, In spite Of It. And think,
moreover" sad he. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
men and bears who are always deter
mired to have theIr--pschew!-the
rights. are apt to fancy everything right
which they wish. to--pschew!-to do or
to have Ah,-tscksW. And even when
they really sea- the-pschew!-the TRUTH
ana what Is Observation-Disclosures ac-f
Observation-Disclosures say, is actually
nj tschew!--I beg ten thousand pardons
--pco!-and even when they really do sea
hat IS true. and actually right IN itself
thn, IS right for everybody-thcy do not
20 the right way to obtain It. Pschew!-I
beg ten thousand pschew-poos!"
II am exactly OF your opinion. Mr..
Doctor sa Id the stout genttaman. They
try to obtain 1t BY violence. which always
fcils because tho world Is very strong
an6 will. never be forced 62
pump, chat It Is often best not to make
too much noise about a thingaaHd ths1,
Very likely. the right thing softly hap
pcrs?" a;;asiS q. 81 \
52"or the wrong one--pool''g sneezed the
: Doctor, ta"ah! ah!-ten thousand poos!
Bat pray, sir, continue your very chnrm-
4 irg--nh! ah! ah-No. It has zone off,
continue your very charming narrative"
The Bear bowed TIL his lett eye nearly
touched the bowl OF his pipe, and then
continued as follows; IA III
my poor father being lost to u.s.; my
mother set herself biisily tofwork for my
education. Besides teaching ma all exer.H
c,ses of the limbs proper for my age, she
Z scughtt to iNstl amiabla principles Into
my mind Taking care TO- preserve q due
respect for my fathers memory. she
nevertheless explained to me that our
less both OF him and our comfortable
cave. was entirely occasloned BY his
hastM temper, his want OF endurance and
4 &c bearunce, and his obstinate character.
My mother shed tears as she explained
all this. but said 1t was only too true,
we had lost him and our home, ,and he
had lost us and his home. and was now
In. a menagerle at Berlin.
..Nfy mother divided every day into va.
r!ous portions; but although a consider
able share was given to amusement, In
which played with several young bears
Vof my own age, and had occasionally q
gambol with other juveniis animals still
& trere was nothing that gave me- more
f pleasure than the lessons ISreceiyed from
bel. For this purpose she would gan.
Z erally take mo into some retired part
< o. tho wood, and, seated under wide
%srieadlng tree, she taught my young
ideas how to shoot One lesson In par
tlcularJ remember, as she took great
pains to impress It on my memory The
principle 1T lnculcated has influenced my
conduct through life, and I can truly say,
upon ais occasions, with the best results
TO myself It was conveyed In the fol,
lowing little verse: ti - Z.
"iOh!, thou small Bear,
Iearn,to bear and forbear,
And of good luck, or good friends, never
despair
"a few days after had received this
lesscn, ] found myself placed In a. stua-
tion to require the good advice It gave
mo, An extremely we'll behaved young
wild boar, and very merry little fox.
with whom ] was playing, took the oppor-
tun!ty Of asking mo what had been
doing the other day near q certain; hollow
tree. Iltold thcm often collected acorns
there ire& the morning. and went In the
evening to eat them. They said no more
and we went OH playing round about the
trees, and sometimes climbing UP themr-
that Is, the merry little fox and (; the
young wild pig could not. But after that
( day whenever i collected acorns In tho
morning In the hollow tree and went,
at night to eat hem, they were all goneiI
One evening. however, as Twas res
turning home after my disappointment.
( and wondering Who II could be, II heard
q , laughing pp'idst the thtck ets. ana IAas