Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-04-30
Short Stories.
The Happy Ones.

The Happy Ones.
Tie yiolets in thu garden
With the summer minds are piaylh
The. daisies in the meadow
Amt Il sricvn fer the rain;
.Ii:,nnv," sings the hilltop,
An "HaDpv." sings the plain
Tune up, believers, Ter the chorus 4.
You'Il never find the country
Where the happy people stay
Nou'lI never reach the good times
If YOU weep along The way;
J,.t think The lonesome winter
Is n brother to the May
Tune up. believers, fer the chorus.
Atlanta Constitution.
A n,rallel has been found for the young
cur,ir. who said. Here endetht the firSl
innings" Ar English clergyman on Sat
urfaV was beaten III q golf tournament
To- have, urcycd on his mind. for on ihc
/ following day II" gave out his text as
fellows: I'm Iii" eighth chapter and TIL.
th:rry-siXth verse 81 The gospel according
tn ST Mark you Will lind tlcseI words to
lie written: For what shall it profit :,
man if he shall gain the whole world and
lose the last mole
S,n1tor Foraker at Il banquet touched
..Thrr.. Are thousands Of odd stories
about Niagara" he said. ThouS.iiidS 81
upopI. being disappointed when they FIRST
see the fails. vent thu Hu"crtSt remarks
il, their depressed moot.
."rhcre was Il Scot who visited Niagara
in the autumn. He had come thousands
of miles to worship and | suppose h"
.cxtact.d to see too much.
.'At any rate. Niagara disappointed him.
He stood and looked AT it in silence.
Put his cGlnpanion was pleased.
"'Ah' he exclaimed. how grand, how
ma jestic. how divnely beautiful il is.
The Scot only grurted.
'Ioot. mon said he, we mum try
hoo it mikes wi whiskey.%
Newlin Haines. of the Atlantic City
Hotel Mems Associations, was talking
about the odd rules that prevail in many
Of the cheaper restaurants ana cafes.
For instance" he said, II 60 in and
order oysters. salad and dessert. and get
:: I.apkn: but the man next 10 me. he
cause. lie has only ordered pie and milk,
cant have Il napkin On amy account.
"A anfSt here last summer CAV" me
the best example of these absurd rulings
and dilferentiation$ that HAY" heard
Yet.
THE man said that he entered q lunch
cafe in London, AN ornate place with
counter VIII. re some Of the EatronS stood.
and with It number Of little tables wh"r"
others sat
THE man gave n small order. and took
n seat at one Of the tables.
'Thereupon Il waiter hurried 10 him.
reg PARDON, SIT, ne Sdld, b'li DuiiS
cant sit"
Assistant Commissioner Edward f.
Moore, of the Patent Office, like many
other department officials, has to run the
newSboy gauntlet when half-past
o clock in the afternoon comes around
But. unlike others. Mr.. Moore IS the
same hearty person even under such dis
turning circumstances. for the Paper.
mister?" of ninety and nine or so voices
is apparently music to his ears.
bIper P bse ,b the dGz1n5
commissioner had barely reached the
street. Want your papcr?"
How much is ito" seriously inquired
the official.
One cont" quickly answered the hoy
TOO much" said Mr.. Moore
"ncwsy."
gained Mr.. Moore: and it's a GO
law. say. yer don't wanter put me IN
de hands of de receiver dc yer?'
"Oh. no. assured the assistant COM
missioner II wouldn't do it for worlds"
IF | was a millionaire renroachfullv
Went on the lad. Il wouldn't act like
that"
Nope. I'd buy up all the papers for a
dime apiece have a couple Of extra edi-
tons run off. buy EN- M. too, then"
'Thcn sell them back for a quarter of Il
dollar copy" suggested Mr.. Moore
Jaw. quit-lemnI" go on. Then I'd give
each one back. with n half dollar q boot,
ana If some one needed the cash real bad
Id give q dollar bill
You're a very generous spirited lad"
tn" assistant commissioner,
digging deep down in his pocket for Il
coin.
And 50 are Won" cried the young
fnancicr a minute later.
A number of Wall street men at lunch
con one day We're discussing tho remark
able ability OF 4 certain operator in the
sti"ct TO weather any financial storm.
Why said ore of the tnanCierS,"
that chaps a wonder. ] don't know bow
many times they've had him against th,
wall. yet he always contriV"S to get
away"
II have heard it Said observed an
other, that Blank is resnurCeful enough
tn make 4. living ON a desert island"
Yes, he could do that. too" affirmed
the first speaker. IF there wcr" another
man ON ihc island"
NJ. J. Irons. who has been growing
plants with wonderful success itndcr an
acctvlcne light at the Cornell department
of agriculture, said recently:
plants are like men. They adapt
themselves TO the conditions confronting
them. IF 4 plant cant have ten hours
of SunShn" il contrivns to get along
somehow on five hours.
1T is Ike mankind. man said to his
friend one day:
DO Won think two can live as cheap
ly as onc?'
Before nv marriage 7 thought they
could, the friend replied
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