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The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-03

three fish, and naturally he was wildly
joyous to see his biggest float, now
drawn clear under, dancing madly
up and down.
'Who-ee, done cotched er whale!"
he shouted, clutching the pole and
jerking it hard. Something came up
with sucking surge-something hid
eous and Shiny and squirming
healthy water-dog. AS it struck the
bank behind the fisherman, there was
a great laugh from all of them.
Look out, Alex! Yo' whale mought
swaller you, same as dat un did ole
man Jonah in de Bible" Sam said
stepping back as though in fear. Alex
grinned sheepishly His master came
to his rescue by taking a bottle from
his saddle bags and serving out drains
to everybody. Then he paid in silver
fivepences for all fish, put them on one
string, anchored it securely in the
water, and told his men to do what
ever they chose for the rest Of the day.
All except Sam-Sam would have
been affronted The others said he
was so free every day in the year that
he liked to work holidays, "des fer
de change"
Before the men scattered they cut
wood for the frying fre--fne, straight
hickory logs, and piled them properly
in a little hillside cove Then they
went off fishing on their own account,
or dawdling, or canoe-riding-the
were two canoes, each dug out of a
single big tree. But when the wagon
came in with Mother Majors, Hannah
the housemaid, and Rhoda the cook,
in charge of the big baskets, there
was a rush to help unload it only
an,1n1ad b.. tl,e r,,ch a 1;+tln 1ntnr 70
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TX TOT long ago stood by the
~ side Of all that was left on
i = earth Of man. It was a
bleak and dreary day of win
ter. The rain was pouring down upon
an open grave. l stood at one end of
that six-foot opening which makes us
all Of size. Two or three men had
drawn reverently back a few PAGES
and I alone heard, in the patter of the
rain, the agonized whispers of a
mother as she bent over that too fa-
miliar opening in the bosom of the
earth: Gone! shall never see him
again sha never see him any
more"
An open grave upon the hillside
earth to earth agaii1-a softly spok
Ell prayer for the grace Of Christ and
for the love Of God, for the last time
uttered above human lips forever
stilled-a weeping woman in the rain
in the darkening light a whisper Of
despair: Gone! l shall never see
him again" The clasped hands of
sorrow-how sad memory!
Again another picture. The earth,
as to-day, is blossoming with new
born life under the vernal touch OF
spring. The same hill, now with
verdure clad. bright in the revivifying
sunlight falling tenderly, alas! upon
fhat which no sunshine, however bril-
liant, could ever wake into life once
more. A kneeling man by an open
grave, a brown-eyed baby boy, his
only child. knowing naught of the
mother he has lost clasped to some
strangers breast-"Till death do us
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-03
Art in the Elcctrolier.

With the increasing popularity of
electric lighting in houses, much talent
is being developed in designing cleo
troliers. One example is a Bacchante
in bronze standing under branch OF
the vine and holding in her hand a
cluster of translucent green grapes.
Every cluster is illuminated from
within by hidden electric bulb.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-03
Spanish Lace Made of Linen Thread.

Linen Spanish lace is new article
in the stores 1t is wrought in linen
thread and closely resembles the
Spanish lace in silk. This linen Span
ish lace can be used for many decora-
tive purposes, but it is chiefly EN-
ployed to ornament silk blouses and
gowns, and blouses of Chinese grass
linen, both exquisite materials for
summer use
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-03

= he neadS OF The Majors family
were Methodists Of degree,
u but, along with their neigh
bOrs, held so much to Church
OF England traditions that they plant
ed beans on Good Friday, gave their
children and negroes Easter eggs, col
ored by boiling wrapped within bits
OF gay calico, or else wound with red
and blue yarn, and religiously kept
holiday upon Easter Monday and
Whitsuntide.
The more thrifty among the blacks
made use of Whit-Monday either to
plant watermelon patches, or go to
town upon barter bent. But Easter,
especially if it fell late, was given over
to fishing. Everybody fshed, big and
little, black and white
Creeks clear, swift, rock
bottomed streams, fed by living
springs, and damned here and there
by gravel beds into long, still reaches
known locally as lakes. However, it
was no lake that drew the 'NIajorses'
from home one bright Monday, some
where in the "twenties." They chose
instead Keith's mill-pond, mainly be-
cause it was five miles away-far
enough to make going and coming an
added pleasure. There were canoes
on it, too, and the younger folk
thought of them with fearful JOY.
Only one of the girls had ever been in
any sort of boat, although, between
mill-going and adventurous minds
generally, all the boys were fair
watermen, considering they lived both
inland and upland.
Because the married boys were
coming-John. with his wife and
baby from his own place, Lawyer Bob
from the county town, bringing along
nobody knew how many others in
stead of his hne-lady Wife-Mother
Majors took the greatest pains with
her end Of things, even going so far
as TO bake pound cake Saturday and
fry four dozen peach puffs, to say
nothing Of all the light bread, biscuit
and ginger cakes, and the ham boiled
whole, skinned, stuck full of cloves,
sugared and baked in homemade wine
till it was as tender as it was savOry.
She had some thought Of turkey
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-03
HoW OLd=Tinae Methodists OF De-
gree, With Church of England
Traditions, Celebrated the
Great Christian Festival


also-a couple Of them, in fact, since
only hens were at that time prime
eating. But on that part Father Ma
Jors put his foot down, saying:
Hams all well enough, Susanna;
but if we can't catch fish for the
crowd, why, folks may just put up
with ash-cake and middlin' meat. Take
a whole middlin, Of course; and see
it's good and fat. With a peck O.
lifted meal and bushel O potatoes
crime yellow yams, at that reckon
nobody won't be hungry, no matter
how many come"
Il hope not Mrs. Majors said, half
feartuilly. IF they are, why, we won't
never hear the lat Of it. And when
you've got four gOod-lookin' girls. you
may look for a whole passel O. young
men-flot that they mean anything
much by comm, but because they amt
got much to do holidays but go
| courtin"
Father Majors only smiled. He was
more than reasonably sure of his fish
and his fishermen. He was himself
a past master of angling. What won
der that he got up before daybreak,
and rode straight to the mill-pond,
taking with him half dozen of his
black men, as good fishermen as him
self, and ever so much luckier? They
rode, each carrying bundle of cane
hshlng rods over his shoulder. All
went JOyously, we'll knowing that fish
bite best just as dawn grew into day
light. They knew, too, that their mas
ter would pay literally for whatever
/ they caught
1t was soft April morning, with
lacy clouds along the east, and dew
dripping gently from all the young
leaves at each ruile of the south wind,
or drenching bare feet as they set
! themselves in patches Of springing
blue grass here and there along the
bank
Most Of the lines were homespur-
from fax grown on the place The
bait was big, red earth worms, looped
lavishly over the hooks. Each of the
black fishermen baited and set three
lines, thrusting the pointed pole-ends
deep IN the bank, or anchoring them
among roots and stones. Then they
busted themselves building a fire, CON
venlently remote-all but Sam, who,
as sort of combined valet and fore
man, went with his master for a ca
noe voyage up and down the pond
It lay gray and still, the water lap
ping lazily against the grassy banks,
and rejecting mirror-wise the red
dening sky, the dark wooded hillside
upon one hand, the breadth Of open
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-03
The Honorable Bath in Tdpan

J. BROWNELL, who is now
at the front as war CORE
spondent for one Of the
London DaDers in his booL-
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-03
I'm EASTER SERMOVsz,Bv CYRUS ToOnsend Brndv

"Thy brother shall rise again"
John xi-23.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-03

Copyright, 1904, by Cyrus Townsend
Brady)
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
Tie First Printer.

In the language of the high school
graduate. history says" that Johann
Ganstieisch of the Gutenberg family
was the first to use movable type and
on that account should be set down as
the father of printing" but the inves-
tigators mot the historians) tell us that
the same system was practiced by
Lawrence Costar, Il Hollander, a long
sixteen years previous to Gutenberg $
so called discovery, in the year 1922.
Nor is this all. We find proof in the
sands of the Egyptian and Asian des-
erts in the shape of stamped brick
(some from the identical tower of Ba-
beD that the principles upon which the
art ultimately developed existed hun
dreds of years before the birth of
Christ
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
A Worms Skin.

The AnneIid Podynce cirrata is a
mean looking worm about an inch and
half in length. of tiattened shape,
blunt at both ends, apparently covered
by smooth skin Of a dull brown col
or On being touched it throws itself
into elegant serpentine curves. and
then what appears to be the upper skin
is seen to be composed Of great num-
Der of round, fat, membranous plates
or shields. arranged in two rows. over
tapping each other. These. though Of
larger size are attached to the body
only by small point in the center Of
their sides, so that when the animal
moves the edges Of these shields are
lifted and reveal their live structure,
sliding upon each other in singular
manner
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
A Friend Of Warrington.

While many persons have known
Lincoln and Grant and a few We're ac-
quainted with Washington and Lin
coin. 30 far as l am aware but one per-
son was ever born into this world who
knew the triumvirate of uncrowned
American kings. That individual was
Horace Binney. leader of the Philadel-
phia bar and among the foremost lead
ers of the profession throughout the
land with whom l spent II memorable
hour in the year 1874. During that de-
lightful interview he stated that when
a youth his home was near President
Washington's Philadelphia residence,
that he had met him almost daily for
several years and that he frequently
held conversations with the general.
Mr.. Binney also mentioned the inter
esting fact that he had been acquaint-
ed with every president Of the United
States up to the time Of Grant. dur
ing whose second administration he
passed away at the great age Of nine
ty-nve-General James Grant Wilson
in Cornhill Magazine.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
Desert wsser Trails.

Countless men and women have per
tshed in the deserts Of the southwest
for lack Of rain. Yet had they known
how 10 find il the water was there.
often so close that Il shallow Wen
would have brought it. says the author
of THE Land of Little Rain" There
were numberless living things all about
them, night travelling creatures. whose
we'll worn trails would have led them
10 il. The trails begin far back in the
scattering sands and hills and converge
in Il one span broad, white, hard trod-
den way in the gully of the spring. and
why trails IL there are no travellers in
that direction:
The land is SCARED by these thin. far
roadways of rabbits and what not OF
furry folk that run in them. Venture
TO look for some seldom touched water
hole, and so long as the trails run with
your general direction you can be sure
YOU are right. But il they begin to
cross your path at never so slight an
angle to converge toward point to
the left or right of your objective. no
matter what the map says or your
memory tells you, trust the trails. Their
makers know.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
Maddeninx silence.

In the rainless interior of Australia
there is very little animal or bird life,
and what birds there are are voiceless
This absence Of singing birds renders
the bush almost as silent as the grave
This deathlike silence has peculiar
depressing effect. II two men are
camped in the bush aud one of them
goes to a distant township to get pro-
visions while the other remains behind
to look after the camp. the man who is
to remain says to his mate, ''Don't you
be long away: you know what kind of
place this is to live in by yourself"
II his mate is away for two or three
days the silence gets upon the mans
nerves. and in the end he shouts in or
der to make a noise, and then he is
afraid of the sound of his own voice.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
A y,c,,. Of Small Beer.

A correspondent sends 10 the London
Public Opinion the following quaint
epitaph on what is known as "Thetch-
er's Stone at Winchester, England:
"In memory of Thomas Thetcher, n
erenadier in the North regiment of
Hanrs militia, who died of violent
fever contracted by drinking small beer
when hot the 18th of May, 1854, aged
twenty-siN years. In grateful remem-
brance of whose universal good will
toward his comrades this stone is plac-
ed here at their expense, as small
testimony of their regard and concern.
Here sleeps in peace Hampshire gren-
adler
Who caught mis- death by drinking cold
small beer.
Soldiers be wise from his untimely fail
And when you re hot drink strong or none
at all.
IAN honest soldier never is forgot
Whether he die by musket or by pot
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
winning an Opponent.

In the campaign of 1890 Senator Cul-
lom was called on TO face a large audi
ence in his home city of Springfield.
He saw in the audience fellow
townsman who had formerly been an
influential Republican. but who had
Joined the opposing party and display
ell dangerous activity in its support.
This man arose from his seat and ap-
parently was ready 10 begin series of
catch questions" Before this inten-
ton could be put into execution Sena-
tor Cullom paused in his speech and
in a conversational tone called out:
"John Simpson, you're too old man
to stand up in any audience that l
talk to. Just come right up here and
hold down this chair next to mine"
The invitation was accepted and at
the close of the mass meeting the man
announced that he was back in the
fold" and had come te stay"
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
he. Fir, s,... s,..eh.

1t was at the mature age OF three
that Mrs kendal-then Nadge Robert
son-made her first appearance ON the
stage The theater was the Maryle-
bone, in London. then under the man
agement of her father. and the play
was The Seven Poor Travellers. Her
part was that of Il blind child. and NJ
the rehearsals il had been impressed
upon her that she must keep her eyes
shut in order that the audienee should
think she could not see. II nder the
circumstances" says n writer, 1t need
hardly be said that the first thing she
did on going on the stage was To open
her eyes as widely rs she could. Sit
ting in the front row of the pit. which
then corresponded to the boxes. Baby
Madge' saw a favorite servant who
had been allowed TO go to the theatcr
In order to witness her debut. For the
part the child had been provided with
new shoes. Proud OF their possession
and with supreme disregard for the
eternal fitness of things. the little girl
stalked down to the footlights and. ad-
dressing the servant. said. Sarah, look
at my new shoes"
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
An Odd Present,

There is strange custom prevalent
among the old fishermen and hand
loom weavers Of Girvan. Scotland. The
Industries of the town are fast decay
ing. only a very few weavers being
kept busy now. so the younger genera
ton have 10 migrate in search of fresh
fields. When the grownup sons and
daughters have been successful in
their new spheres. often at the other
side OF the world, their thoughts are
busy with the "auld folks A very
common present to the latter is that
Of certificate" giving the right to
be buried in the old churchyard. Thus
their parents last resting place is Sc
cured, and so common is the custom
that only to a stranger does its grew
someness appeal. The old people tell
Of the possession with pride and thank
fulness
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
E.er.e. .. II. See.

On the seashore the play of the At
lantic with the coast: What wealth is
here. Every wave is Il fortune. One
thinks OF Etzlers and great projectors
who VIII yet turn all this waste
strength 10 account. What strength
and fecundity. from the sea monsters,
hugest of animals. TO the primary
forms of which it is the immense era
die. and the phosphorescent infusories;
it is one vast rolling bed of life, and
every sparkle is Il fish. What freedom
and grace with all this might. The
seeing so excellent n spectacle is GER
titicate to the mind that all imaginable
good shall yet be realized. The sea is
the chemist that dissolves the noun
tain and the rock. pulverizes old con
tinents and builds new. forever rediS
tributing the solid matter of the globe,
and performs an analogous office in
perpetual new transplanting of the
races of men over the surface. the eX-
odus of nations We may well yield
us for time TO its lessons But the
nomad instinct. as l said. persists to
drive us to fresh fields and pastures
new. Indeed the variety of our moods
has an answering variety in the face
OF the world. and the sea drives us
back TO the hills.-Ralph Waldo Emer-
son in Atlantic.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
The stkh's Five KS.

General Gordon. British officer who
has written book on the Sikhs. the
celebrated fighters of India, says that
the signs by which you may know
SIKH are these: He never cuts his hair,
but wears his beard looped up over his
ears: ne never smokes nor touches to-
bAcco. because that is the privilege OF
the Mohammedan, but he is allowed to
drink spirits and is a great consumer
Of opium. Finally. he must have about
his person the five KS. which General
Gordon thus enumerates: kes. long hair
Of the head, as the Sikh must never
cut his hair or beard; kangi. comb to
secure the hair tied up in knot on top
Of the head; kaceh breeches reaching
to the knee; kard, knife, and kirpan.
sword
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
How Ralsac Worked.

In twelve years Balzac wrote seven
ty-nine novels besides an abundance Of
tales and newspaper articles. When in
full swing he led the life OF recluse.
refusing to see even his most intimate
friends. He usually went to bed at 8
o'clock. after light dinner. and got
up at , in the morning to resume writ
ing. At 8 he took his tub, lying In the
water one hour, after which he drank u
cup OF coffee. Werdet, his editor. was
then admitted to bring proofs, take
away corrected ones and wrest. II pos
sible. fresh manuscript from him. From
9 he wrote till noon. when he break
tasted on two boiled eggs and some
bread. From l to 6 he continued his
writing For six weeks or so he would
keep this up; then he would mysterious
ly disappear for months.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
The Bira,s Superior Eye.

The sight of birds is extraordinary,
and the simple fact that the eye Of a
hawk and a pigeon Is larger than their
whole brain gives some idea Of what
their powers of sight must be and of
how easily they can fly hundreds Of
niles II they have marks to guide
fhem. Very little attention has yet
been given by eye surgeons to the eye
Of the bird and other animals, from
which so much is to be learned.-Lon-
don Mail
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
Daring Racers In the Air,

No other pet or form of sport can
compare with racing pigeons. says
Country Life In America. The very
name seems to cut the air. A bird that
can maintain a speed Of mile and a
half a minute for 100 miles and that
can cover 100 miles between the rising
and setting of one sun is creature
to stir the blood and lift the heart. 1t
is gentle. but it endures to the end, and
l have seen it come to the home loft
ripped across its back by the talons of
q hawk
The homers enjoy the racing. They
are as keen to be out and at it as
leashed hounds.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
Our Original Troy Pound.

In 1928. when Adams was president
OF the United States, congress author
iZed or appointed commission ito
bring to this country troy pound ad-
justed to the British standard" When
the commission returned the president
received the package and broke the
seal in the presence Of the distinguish
ed men of America. This original
weight standard is now in the mint at
Philadelphia and is not regarded as be-
ing of ideal accuracy by any means. 1t
is made of Il very poor quality of brass,
is rough in texture and hollow. Accord
ing to law now in force, each state
is entitled to a copy or duplicate Of this
standard
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
shark. Death by Drow.i...

While herring fishing in Dublin bay
OH one occasion the steam trawler Roy
alist landed in its net a shark ten feet
in length and weighing nearly half a
ton. Paradoxical as it may appear, the
shark had met with his death by
drowning. The ropes had caught in
his gills, so injuring them as to rem
der them useless. The shark had evil
IDENTITY been pursuing big shoal Of
herring and had driven them into the
net and could not himself escape
London Chronicle.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
A Good Reputation,

A good reputation is u good invest
ment. but the only way OF securing Il
permanent investment of good reputa-
ton is by putting good character at
interest. "A good name is rather to be
chosen than great riches,' but 1t Is
often easier to get Il character that
shall be the basis Of a good name. A
man may inherit his fathers riches
but man cannot bequeath his charac-
ter to his favorite son.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
Filth In Tibet,

Tibet is not country where cleanli-
ness and godliness go hand in hand.
Neither the men nor the women take
any care of their persons. They wear
their clothes very long without chang
ing. brushing or shaking them, keep
them on even at night, use them as
busters and towels and take them of
only when they drop of of themselves.
They never wash their bodies and only
in quite exceptional cases wash their
faces and hands.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
Looking Ahead.

The Senior Partner-I don't see how
you can charge the money you've spent
on that impecunious young fellow up
~ business expenses. The Young Law
yer-Thats simple enough. He has a
rich uncle that is sick. and there's 60
ing to be lovely contest over his will
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
Sod. and x.x,.,,. Lakes.

The soda and magnesia lakes Of Wy
oming are estimated to cover an area
Of 1.O2S acres. They are found in AL
bany and Carbon counties and repre-
sent the beds Of natural basins now
nearly dry. The lakes containing So
d1um sulphate have an area Of l05
acres. with an average depth Of about
I'VE feet, which means a holding Of
100000 tons of soda
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
And the Lawyer Smiled.

Well" said the young lawyer, after
he had heard his new clients story
your claim appears to be good.
much trouble"
That's what told my wife, and
yet she insisted at first that we ought
to engage a first class lawyer."-Lon-
don Telegraph.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
A Quaint Epitaph.

A good tombstone inscription to add
to your collection is given in recent
book. 1t is said to be Of seventeenth
century date and runs as follows:
Here lies the body of Thomas woodhen.
The kindest Of Husba nds. the best of men,
And directly under the inscription
the explanation. His name was Wood
rhyme
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
Contracted with Men.

One advantage about pet dog Is
that he never smiles sardonicaily when
girl hits her thumb instead Of the
tack when she's hanging 4 pietNre.-
Baltimore American.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
The NEXT Train.

aveler-When is the next train
out! Station Master-Twelve o'clock,
Gir Traveler-What. Isn't there one
before that: Station Master-No, sir:
we never run one before the next.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
Doesn't Care For 1t.

when l git personally acquainted"
said the original philosopher, with
some OF the fellers that the wimmen
folks goes crazy over 1t cures me of
ever wantin to be popular with the
Nfmmen folks'-BaltimOre American
The Greeley tribune., 1904-12-15
Her PLAYING.

We'll well." exclaimed the old man.
"Mandy's learnin' to play real good.
Row, there's some sense In that there
piece she's playin'"
That amt Mandy" replied his wife.
ITS the man tuning the piano."-Phil-
adelphia Press.