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The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1904-03-16

People like to be told what they al
ready know. to hear about old friends
and old interests. Absolutely new in
formation has nothing in the mind TO
hitch to This story from the Me-
moirs Of a child" is an illustration:
Once. probably before the child's
school days began. somebody took her
10 school commencement. and a gen.
tleman made a long, long address. to
which the child listened with respect
.ul attention. The general sound OF
The words was familiar to her. and she
was hardly aware Of the fact that she
did not AZ all understand.
But all at once he said something
about a pink sash. and the child looked
round az the person who had brought
her and laughed delightedly. She
knew he was saying that girls liked
90 wear pink sashes: and oh. how re.
ireshing Il was, Then and there the
child decided that It was a very nice
speech.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1904-03-16

away the brush. EMBODIED her hand ia
both Of his
Yes. the golden hours have fitted
away. and you and will soon be part.
ed-unless- dream | have dreamed
comes true"
"a dream? What was ~" Silvia
said, paling. a slight mist softenlng
The glory Of her eyes.
Il dreamed that you and would
never part. not even in Paradise. That
you would consent TO share an artist'g
home, and that ours was 80 beautiful
as your fair and exquisite self I
dreamed-sweetheart drew her
gently towards him. but with a cry
Silvia turned from him.
Gorky came up the little path and
paused In the doorway.
I'm a little late, | was detained In
the village by important mail. We
must hurry. Silvia. Have you packed
your paints? Give me the easel The
evenings are chilly. Come Silvia. The
horses are growing impatient. Good
evening. You have made her a clever
artist Come Sylvia"
~ will see you tomorrow. David
said holding her hand llngcringly.
Silvia turned toward him as she fol-
lowed Gorky with a passionate ges-
ture Of love and sorrow.
The sound Of the horses quick trDt
on the hard road soon died away.
The next day the village was all
agog with the news, which reached
David later In the day. when a mc3sen-
ger same.
II was Of thanks from Gorky for the
admirable lessons he had Kindly ri ven,
ana large check VS. inclosed
In the village people said Gorky and
Silvia had left early in the morning
to catch the northbound train for New
York They we're going abroad.
An ohiclal-looklng document had
come, addressed to Count vladimir
Gorly and Silvia was great persons
age. She was a countess. She was
betrothed TO very important member
Of the nobility
Why had they kept her in hiding
all these years2 For political reasons.
she was believed to be dead. But now
she was to be taken to court.
Her marriage would be a great pub
lie event
David Henderson, the artist. sat in
his studio on the mountain side now
bare and empty. but inhabited by n
thousand memories Of a lovely, smiling
yirl.
The light faded slowly from the lake
md the green slopes of the mountains.
rom the little valley and winding
Dad which led to the house on the
Dad to Boone, until starlit darkness
nyeloped the whole majestic scene,
nd the solitary watcher on the noun
ain side
The artlst'B dream was shattered.
Perhaps his most poignant grief was
ilyia's last look.
How near he had been to Paradise
|. o. Times Democrat
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1904-03-16
GHOSTS OF DEAD DAYS.

Away IN the valley OF sorrow
~ the shade of the hin ana dofpais.
My treasure Of light IL ontombcd ln th,
night
The grasca Of my dead days ar, tbcre.
Mournful and solemn and sombcr
swept over by Rrlcf-ladon sIgha
And drcnrhcd by The tears Of TO- god Of
the years.
Ny promise Of usefulness lies.
Ahoyc rauni ana grim IN the .prric-a
't hf'-pinnH md purposes fair
OF hopes mat were born Iu he nush Of
he MORN
They creep lrom the scpulcbors there
iry but can never escape them,
Tor cen when { hurry away
They follow my feet through thr cot
tago and street
In ihr dark and iu glare ot The day
They pierce my lean soul with their
Elnuces
From sockets Of skulls without Dyes
] hlvrr 10 hnd that the moan of the wind
les the pitiful rob of their cries.
DAYS Tint murdered lu waiting
o chunccr To- work and TO win
gladly would dc % with you I could
Forgotten of COD and of men.
But linked together forever
Your ghosts ana my mcmry shall "a.
In darknoFn outside mv poor soul shall
abide
And weep for the dead long ngo
III. stiles Bradley. ia n y. Independent
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1904-03-16
BIOGRAPHY OF A RED FOX.
Canning and savage Tricks Of the
Animal Described by HIS Sat
uraIist Raiser.

Our red fox was the very liyeliest
young animal we ever had in the house
There wasn't a mean hair In his dear
little body but he was so mischievous
that space would not permit OF my emu
merating one-half the things he broke
or destroyed in one way or another.
writes Ernest Harold Baynes. in Wom-
ans Home Companion. For some days
we fed him exclusively on milk. but one
evening | held out to him a small piece
OF row beef Al first he did not realize
what was offering him. but after sniff
fling Il for moment, he sprang forward
with a savage cry, and seized the meat
in his teeth. | was startled at the
change which had come over him. The
gentle, woolly. blue-eyed cub which but
a moment before would have gone quiet
ly to sleep in my hand had in one instant
become a savage wild beast. snarling
dercely, with ears laid back, and swapping
with its baby teeth at the hand which
sought to caress IT, And though we
sought to divert him in every way we
could think of. IT was two or three days
before he quite forgot that meat.
He soon became very playful, and he
was never quiet, except when he was
asleep. He searched the rooms for
scraps of paper, balls Of Irvine and other
small articles, and having found some
thing to interest him he would run of
with 1t, shaking II as he went. He was
very fond of us all. and when he re-
turned, after an absence of an hour or
more. he showed his delight by wagging
painting open-mouthed, as we often see
little dogs pant under similar circum-
stances.
II soon became evident that a steady |
iiet of milk was becoming tiresome to
him. and was obliged to give him meat |
1t least once day. Each time he had |
I he showed the savage side of his ma
ure, which was never to be seen at any
'ther time Gradually | increased his
allowance Of meat, until one day gave
him more than he could eat at one meal.
rhe bits Of beef had been placed on a
newspaper, and when he found that
here was more than he could manage
It the time. he lifted up the corners of
he paper with his mouth, and deliber-
tely covered up what remained APP
arently he did this with the intention
4 hiding the food until he needed It;
nd sure enough. as soon as he was hun
ry he came back. uncovered the meat
nd ate it, Thereafter, when he was
iven more meat than he could eat on
he spot, he hid It.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1904-03-16
Waited FOR SEVEN HOURS
Three Couples Kept II Up While the
Orchestra Played IOI Diff
ferent Tunes.

One Of the most startling novelties In
the dancing line has set all Paris talking
and there are couples that are now being
treated as if they belonged to the nobil-
ity, says recent report from the French
capital. These couples danced for sew
en- continuous hours in a contest, and
when they were through both the dan
GERS and the orchestra were ready to
| drop
The proprietor of the Sale Wagrain
offered prizes for the couples who could
dance the longest. The contest began at
IL p. m and A couples started.
They were all composed of young men
and women, with the exception of one
couple Of two men. and the male part
ners included a soldier and two negroes.
The only hard and fast condition of the
contest was that couples should dance
without cessation and keep WALKING all
the time.
At the end of the first hour four
couples had stopped dancing; at the
end OF the second hour 70 more had had
sufficient, and at the end of the sixth
hour the competitors had dwinled down
to five couples 1t was now five a. m.
and the ten valiant dancers showed evil
dent signs Of fatigue Their faces were
pale and their eyes we're encirculed by
ominous black lines.
But they could stand II as long as the
band. they said. and to keep up their
courage their friends in the audience
brought them from time to time oranges.
brandy. coffee. and other stimulants.
which they had to take while dancing.
One couple had very hard luck. for after
dancing with spirit for six hours the
gallant cavalier "a pork butcher) in
formed his willing parner that he had
to be at work at five o'clock, and with a
regretful adieu he left the hall.
Those who remained on the floor kent
II up for an hour longer. and when all
the other competitors had succumbed.
the survivors performed a last round
Of the hall at six o'clock. They had been
walking seven hour, and when they
had finished. 1000 spectators gave thema
tremendous ovation. The audience did
not know which to applaud the most. the
cancers or the orchestra. for during the
dancing the latter played an endless
chain Of 161 waltzes.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1904-03-16
HE WASN'T TO BLAME.
Certainly NOtG He Was ms Innocent
of WrOng-DOisE ms "A Little
Baby.

An omnibus was going along a crowd
ed thoroughfare. with an immense rail-
way van travelling by its side, but Just
little in its rear As they passed a
certain street ont shot a dogcart at full
speed, driven by young gentleman
dressed TO extremity. with button-hole
and eye-glass. and with his coachman
sitting beside him with folded arms.
and that contemptuous indifference in
his face with which the professional ever
regards the performances of the ANA
teur The driver of the omnibus pulled
mp short and the dog cart dashed across
II, only to meet the full force Of the van.
which went through it as though it had
been a boxful of matches, says London
Tit-Bits.
The youthful parsonage on top Of II.
with his coachman, was, OF course
thrown out. but otherwise not seriously
damaged
Then came the inevitable policeman.
and the question whose fault II was.
The omnibus driver who had seen II
all. was appealed to by all parties.
Was IL my fault ?" inquired the young
gentleman.
Your fault Well. certainly not
growled the philosopher
Then whose fault was it," continued
the youth, greatly pleased. and naturally
expecting the van mar to be denounced
We'll. il was your ooaehman's.-
But how could that be? He was do
ing nothing; how could it be his fault?"
Why. just because he was doin' moth
In and lettin' a baby like You driveis
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1904-03-16
PHOTOGRAPHIC BIRDS.
The Difficulty of Getting the "snap"
ON SpOOnbiIls Down in
Florida.

What made me thrill with special
excitement was the sight of half q
dozen or so of large, rosy-pink birds
quietly perched upon the trees Just op-
poslte us across the barrier, the rose
ate spoonbills on their nesting ground,
says writer in Outing What a spec
tacle-the dark green mangrove foil
age dotted with ibises of dazzling
whiteness, pink curlews" 1.-THE local
name), and blue-tinted herons! | felt
..that.1--bai here reached the high wa
ter mark Of spectacular sights in the
bird world. Wherever | may pene-
trate in future wanderings | never
hope to see anything to surpass or
perhaps to equal that upon which |
then gazed. Years ago such sights
could be found all over Florida. This
is the last remnant and the last place
Of refuge of hosts of innocent, exquis-
lite creatures slaughtered for a brutal
millinery folly.
So long as l kept very quiet the
birds did not maifest much concern at
my presence. Climbing a tree to get
above the underground, l screwed my
AXIS camera to a limb and proceeded to
take pictures of the surrounding birds,
with telephoto attachment and with
long focus single lens. Then. with this
and the SKI, followed along
the bayou. hoping to find some way to
cross. Every time l tumbled into a
or snapped twig there was
wild confusion. The air was white
with ibises. Crowds of young ibises
and herons scrambled out from the sea
Of nests above us and climbed from
branch to branch or fluttered to tho |
ground and went tapping across the
mud to get out of the way.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1904-03-16
DIsCIPLINING PRINCES.
How Children of Royal Persian
Families Are Kept from
Misdemeanor.

In country where tomorrow Is
more important than to-day the virtue
Of punetuallty Is not considered impor-
tant The PersIans regulate their
watches I'M II 4 'ish d II
l Tho mNlnsnA yelling the time from
that moment Is a question Of so many
hours after sunset for the first six
hours, or so many hours before sun
rise for the next six hours. The meet
Ing of the hands once more at the
figure ~ is called by the Persians the
desteh. Mr. Wilfrid Sparrow. in Per
sian Children of the Royal Family"
says that the hardness of the chill
dren of the house OF Kajar clamored
for an everlasting eclipse of the sun.
In his duties as tutor he found that
punctuality had no definite meaning.
Late againl" | cried.
Eyes, sair." This from Feridun. in
n voice designed to suggest careless in
Quiry
DO you think | am your servant,
J'uhN pilNttA 1 dNhtu.
Yves, sair. n-no-no. sair. | do not
know, sair," said Feridun. somewhat
alarmed.
When | have given you sound
thrashing, my friend. | shall leave You
10 settle the point at your LEISURE"
and SO saying, | suited the action to
the word, All my pupils OWNED. |
hope and believe. how hard Il was for
me to steel my heart against their in
roads, on my compassion.
To his imperial highness | made a
clean breast of his sons uupuuctuality,
Bahram Mira acting as Interpreter;
then | went ON to say that while ! |
was proud to be his serviteur. | re, |
fused to be treated by his children as
their domestique. The latter word |
caught his ear at once, and he awoke /
to the subtle distinction.
"DomestiQue. nom" he reared. turn |
ing upon the interpreter at his elbow. /
and boxing his ears right and left at
every word. Excellence. oui! Domes-
tique, mont" Then. having repeated
the words to each boy in turn and en-
forced them in the same way. he strobe
along, very deliberately. to the trcm-
bling servants. who were lining the
walls. and thrashed them around the
room with his cane in manner both
ligniiied and effective After this he
reached out for my hand. saying in
Persian, Did I not tell YOU to use the
sticks?'- You have a whip handy. Use
T."
Well. e is ordered" I replied;
Nhereat the prince beamod humorously
ipon me, and then left the room.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1904-03-16

John Muir, the naturalist. while in a
forest Of huge redwoods in California.
came across a man who was herdinr a
band OF horses. When Mr.. Muir asked
him If he might have some -four. the
man said: Yes. Of course. you nav
have anything I've got Just Jake nv
track and it viii lead you to ny camp
in a big hollow log on the side Of a
meadow two OF three miles from here.
III be back before night: in the mean
time, make yourself a. home By the
middle Of the afternoon Mr.. Muir had
discovered his noble den in q fallen
sequoia FOLLOWED By fre-a spacious
loghouse Of one log. carb0n-iined. cen
turies old. yet sweet and fresh. wealth
er-proof. earthquake-proof. likely 70
Outlast the most durable stone castle
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1904-03-16

A house composed principally Of
glass bottles stands in the town of To.
nopah. New. and was erected BY a
miner who used the bottles on account
of the scarcity of other material. The
bottles were placed in rows with the
bottom ends outward and are held in
place by mud instead of plaster. The
corners of the building are composed
OF wooden beams. also covered with
mud. The walls are about a foot in
thickness and are so well constructed
that the house is actually more COM
Portable in winter than many OF the
other dwellings in Tonopah which are
built Of other material II is 20 feet
In length. 16 feet in width and contains
two rooms. II was built entirely By
the owner
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1904-03-16
A Real Message nom the Deep.

Six years ago the British schooner
Ethel mysteriously disappeared en-
route from Bombay 10 Port Said. Her
owners. Barefoot & Co. Of the latter
port, gave her up for lost. and since
that time until last month her fate re-
NAMED a mystery 10 the world. Il was
an empty and tightly corked wine bot
tie that brought the story Of her fate
and that Of Capt. Lee and his crew to
land. The bottle - discovered bv
Capt Lombard on the beach Of the is
ls7s q Fukave. situated in the south
Seas and the note IT contained read
as follows VIII the fined Of this in
form Barefoot & Co. Of Port Said. that
their schooner Ethel foundered about
1000 miles from Bombay. This note Ia
written By the sole survivors. Cant.
Lee and Seaman Thomas. Who are in
their last hopes signed J. 7. Lee.
Jan Is or q. 1897 "-Fron Manila ca
~.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1904-03-16
MAKING THE DESERT BLOOM.
Great Works of the Geological Sur
vey Ia the barren Lands
of Colorado,
BY PROF. H. J. DAVENPORT,
Of the University OF Chicago.

Though so recently established the
reclamation eervlce undertaken by the
geological survey in the barren lands
has already begun the construction OF
certain large dams, and has under con-
sideration among other projects Il six
mile tunnel for diyerting the Gunnlson
river In Colorado, so that the. waters
may be used in irrigation In the plan
ming and carry out of these great works,
says Our National Survey: the Ro-
nance Of Scientific Pioneering" by H.
+. Balm, In Booklovers Magazine. the
officers Of the service will have unex-
ampled professional opportunities, not
only because of the size of the works
themselves. but on account OF the free
dom given the engineers in planning
and building them. The supervising
engineer will report TO a board Of con-
sulting engineers, each Of whom Is thor
oughly familiar with the difficulties Of
such work, instead of having to win, as
In private work. the approval Of board
OF directors largely unfamiliar with his
difficulties, and concerned mainly with
completing the work at the lowest posi-
BILE cost.
IL has been estimated that ultimately
6O,OOO,O00 to 100000 900 acres, which are
now worth perhaps so cents an acre, will
be converted by irrigation into farming
and orchard land worth from $50 to $500
per acre. The law carefully provides
that this shall be sold in small lots to
actual settlers. is TO accomplish the
main whole work-homes
for a acaatslng population
- amer and \
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1904-03-16

A rather celebrated composer asked
to be allowed to play his very latest CON-
position 10 the master and did so with
tremendous vigor. the perspiration
streaming down his face as he pounded
the piano. Brahms at the end of the
performance picked up a sheet Of the
manuscript and. feeling It between his
hnger and thumb. enthusiastically ex-
claimed: 4 say. where do you get your
rausie paper. It's first-rate.--G. Hen
schel.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1904-03-16

tiEhth OF those misty and beautiful
ranges and to get rid of the dust and
chimney stacks, electric cars and the
monotonous pleasures of big city
where he lived, and sold pictures, re.
ceived a heterogeneous collection Of
friends, both Of bohemia and the bean
monde, among the picturesque confu-
sion Of hls big suite OF rooms.
Invitations always poured In OH
David, and many monogramcd notes
in feminine handwriting were left In
his letter box, and To secure time for
the splendid work which made him ia
nous as one of the foremost American
artists Of to-day David Henderson s
clever and immoyable Japanese scrv-
ant had to mount guard at his door
and lie to all corners that he had gone
out of town.
So, somewhat worn IN appearance
and cynically at odds with social exi.
gencles. David Henderson had slipped
away on a southhoand train to the
Businesses OF the great solitary noun
tains around Blowing Rock.
II was only when the summer came
smoking in contemplative silence and
sitting on his porch breathing the
oaone OF the frs and pines. towering
above his rambling picturesque cot
tage In the divine solitudes and fading
twilight OF June, that David Hender-
sons artistic enthusiasm began to re-
vive. with the great undying passion
of the artist and an indifference equally
as great for his fellow-men. which spo-
cially included womankind.
David Henderson keenly regretted
his promise made under a sudden i'm
pulse to give lessons TO a presumably
crude country girl. for the queer rea-
son that her mother, il faithfully por-
trayed by a miniature. had been beautl- |
ful
"Leterncl feminin. How unescapa- |
BILE" David murmured impatiently |
while waiting for the advent OF his un-
welcome pupil
But life holds some delightful sur /
prises as well a. many pitfalls and
cruel dangers and the handsome young
girl whose keen intelligence and quick !
artistic sentiment he soon discovered |
were as remarkable as her beauty was
enc OF them.
The original hour. devoted to show |
ing Silvia how 20 seize the wonderful |
tones and shades and coioring OF the /
majestic scenery around. how to fix on I
the canvas the paling distances. the /
mist OF twilight and the sweep OF the /
hills in their sunbaihed beauty. vas 4
soon drawn out to any length Of dnle
Gorky would consent 20 allow before
coming for her TO drive her back TO
their home in the road 10 Boone.
David Henderson asked no questions.
and strictly avoiding the village heard
none Of the speculative gossip con
corning old Gorky and Silvia. OF whom
nobody knew anything. for all the long
years they had lived their secluded
lives among the mountainous popula-
ton Of the Blue Ridge
Gorly had reluctantly consented 70
silvia's going 10 prim little Miss Hen
dricks' school in Boone. but her inter
course with the other children ended
with the school hours. She and GorRy
Lived aloof and alone.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1904-03-16

Visitor calling on friend in hospital
Sorry to ind you here. old chap. Bad.
~ hurt?
Patient-Yes. ] an afraid I am.
heard the doctor say I was a beautiful
case. Stray Stories
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1904-03-16

would, OF eUufse. be considerable II is
to be noted. however, that the adoption
OF the electrical system would have the
great advantage of doing away with the
present consumption of coal, which is
now imported, and that the use of
hydraulic energy would be Of great
benefit in developing several branches
Of manufacturing.
The publication of Mr.. Thorman's re-
port aroused considerable attention in
different quarters and already one of
the railroad companies has applied to
the government for an authorization TO
use electric trains on a trial stretch Of
road IL miles long.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1904-03-16

It's curious fact that there is hardly
a reigning monarch in Europe whose
family Is OF the sane nationality. ALSO
iutely. as the people governed.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1904-03-16

Recently a Wichita man was in Yer
mont and took drive along the hill
sides. Finally he came to place where
en- old man was laboriously hoeing a
small patch Of corn. Why don't you
come to Kansas" he sale to the old man.
where We put leo acres in one corn field
With less work than sou put on this lit
tie patch7-
Wal. ] dunno sad the ole man
I've got MORTGAGES in the house yonder
on four or I've sections Of your Kansa.
farms, an guess it is about all the Kan
sas land need Kansas City Journal.