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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-25

Time the tender krepn 1eaves had Ds
gun to open, and II was clear that the
plant was not a crocus. The leaves
were thick and broad.
II know was right" Jack exclaim.
ed exultingiy. 1T In certainly not d
crocus; therefore II must be a hyn.
rinth. I prefer Ties that are quiet In
color and pattern"
mot 10 fast" said Betty "The idea
Of lawyer using such logic. admit
II IL not crocus, but | see no reason
10 believe that II II a hyacintb. II II
not necessarily a hyacinth because II
In not crocus. There are thousands Of
other things that II may be. You law
yer and TO make such q claim. Fieg
"Ob, that Ia all right A lawyer al.
ways claims everything In sight. !
suppose we will have TO ask Donald to
settle the matter for us"
I'VE shall do nothing Of the kind.
Let us wait until 1t flowers, and then
III undertake 10 ent II In addition to
paying my wager II you prove to be
right, though may be tempted to
transplant something moro edible In It's
place n II should really turn out to be
hyacinth.'
"A leek. for instance. It grows from
bulb and IL edible"
Shakespeare hns said that "for lovers
lacking matter the clcanllest shift IN to
kiss," but Betty and Jack had not con.
fessed To themselves that they were
lovers, and whenever they lacked mat
ter they could fall back on the bulb.
II furnished them with unfaillng mat.
ter for chat and banter when other
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music. OF -ie little Mound There, s,fet
" had planted the bulb there bloomed
% fine Jack'ln-the-pulpit as any ons
would wish 10 see.
IT looks just M II II were ready 10
perform tho marriage service and give
us its blessing" said Jack as no kneet
cd to remove little weed that showed
its head near By.
Betty very appropriately kneeIed bU
side him.
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ALSO BLoSs0MKD.
conversation failed. and In a subtle
way all their thoughts of one another
were intertwincd with X
When Jack went away on the an
nual yachting cruise OF the club Betty
found peculiar pleasure In tending
to the mysterious little plant that was
strangely familiar, although she could
not remember ever having seen one In
a garden. While watering 1t and re-
moving every weed that dared 10 ap.
pear II brought back 10 her many pleas
ant memories, and she had sense OF
companionship while watching 1t. And
when II finally put forth the blossom
that betrayed Its identity she blushed
and laughed and blushed again when
she wondered what Jack would say
when he saw II.
Yachting Is most lelsurely pastime
and gives one ample opportunities for
thought. Before the cruise was over
Jack had made for himself an unac-
countable reputation for silence and
unsoclablllty. Those who observed him
noted that he frequently smiled to him
self and shook their heads omlnously.
Toward the end Of the cruise II was
seen that his face had taken on the
seriousness Of great resolution, and
II was evident that his mind had been
made up finally on some matter Of the
gravest Importance.
When Betty saw him coming up the
garden path after his return she was
smltten with sudden confusion, but she
managed to greet him with proper dig
nifty. After the usual exchange Of CON-
pliments and a few inquiries on her
part regarding the cruise the conversa-
ton became monosyllablc. AS usual on
such occasions she reverted to the bulb
to start II again.
II have taken good care of our bulb
since you left. 1t has blossomed at
last"
~ have also watched the growth of
something you planted, and 1t has also
blossomed," he said like one who had
carefully rehearsed part.
THAT planted? l don't under
stand. And she looked at him with
wide eyed wonder, She observed, how
ever, that he hooked very athletic and
that tanned complexion became him.
"Y-yes, | have watched what you
planted, and 1t has blossomed into love.
| have come to ask If you will care for
that flower In my heart forever"
Being Of poetic temperament, how
could she refuse a proposal SO poetic?
When the matter was settled, with
pretty formalltles too sacred for the
eyes Of outsiders, she looked up at
him and exclaimed:
wouldn't you like to see the other
plant2 1t turns out to have been very
significant"
1T doesn't bear orange blossoms,
does it2'
"Not exactly, but 1t bears something
almost as appropriate"
"Well, 1t will be the favorite plant in
our garden some day, In fact, I think
I'll have whole garden full Of it."
II have found how it got here" she
explained as they passed through the
garden. zone of Donald's children
brought 1t home from the woods and
put 1t among the bulbs, He recognized
It and threw 1t away"
When Jack saw the plant he laughed
loudly, and their laughter vingled .lnts
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INV HlHutpA uHIDfo hHu NtIe
wandering through tho gnrdcn
trying 70 make conversation
The beautiful weather had received
full and careful attention, tho condition
of tho lhac and rose bushes had been
discussed, ana then came silence Both
were beginning 10 feel awkward when
Jacks eye lighted on bulb Tying part
ly hidden by border. True 10 tho In
s,lncts Of n football player he gave II
deft kick that sent II spinning along
sic gravel walk.
"Thc gardener must hare dropped II
when hc was planting tho crocuses.
said Betty, glad TO hear hcr own voice
again.
Perhaps he Just laid II aside there
because he didn't want hyacInth
among them,' Jack replied. picking up
the bulb. and. then. being true Oma'
rian. be could not resist quoting;
'1 sometimes think that never blows 20
rcd
Tho rose as where some buried Caesar
bisd:
THAT every hyacin,h tho garden wears
Dropped In her lap from some once lovely
head
"well," said Betty. with mischie'
vous smile, "Donaid's head may have
been lovely once. but Il must have been
before no took TO gardening. At pres.
ent DO IL very bald. and the little fringe
Of hair he has left 10 decidedly red.
Ills are hardly the 'hyaclnthine locks"
Milton had In mind. and doubt II
Emerson would have recognized him 40
"'rhs hyneinthins boy for whom
Morn well nigh, break and April bloom"
"You are fond OF poetry. | see," said
Jack when they had stopped laughing
at her sally.
"yery," said Betty. but you started
us on tho wrong tack II we are to do
Justice TO that neglected little bulb.
You should have recited Holmes lines:
Tho spendthrits croeus. bursting through
the mold.
Naked and shivsring with his cup OF
gold
"But don't see how that applies 10
this byacinth."
Pardon me--to that crocus."
But took a high stand In botany
when | graduated. II was one OF the
optional studies on my course, and !
plugged four volumes In two weeks"
'Primroaes by tho rivers br!m
pieotoledonn were 10 him.
And they were nothing more"
she quoted smilingly from clever
parody.
''That may be-" he replied. but
though my knowledge OF botany ia en-.
tirely bookish I'll leave II TO the prac.
tlcal aud rcd haired Donald to prove
that | am right. I'll wager pair Of
gloves TO a tie that this IL hyacInth
What do you sayf
simply that wear five and halfs." !"
We'll where can we fnd Donaldr
This being his day of can hardly
say But I'll tell you what will be bet
ter fun. Let us plant the bulb and see
which II turns out TO bef"
That Ia a bargain. But will It be
sure to got the attention necessary to
make II growr
"ril plant It and care for II myself"
"But | claim the right of superln-
tending the work and examining the
plant from time to time to make sure
that my interest ia being guarded
"All right. IL you will 80 up TO the
veranda and get the trowel that Is ly.
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SHE PULLED UP HER SLEEVES TO HER
ELBOWS,
ing by the step will find an empty
spot in one Of the beds In which to
plant my crocus"
When Jack had performed his errand
he found Betty kneellng on the Border
of one of the beds waiting for him, He
gallantly offered to do the planting, but
she scorned his assistance.
"Do You think" she cried, that |
would trust the planting of an innocent
little bulb to man whose knowledge
of botany Is at once academic and
wrong? Never"
She had taken off her cuffs and pull
cd up her sleeves to her elbows, and as
Jack watched he had chance to see
how 1.-THE and shapely were her wrists
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In the
Season of
Growth
Ny PETER M'ARTHuR
Copyright, 1905, by Peter Macarthur

WvliEy bad been Introduce. only
asfow minutes before and were
wandering through tho gardcn
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Next evening Jack came aS,,ln, foi
matters were getting exciting, BY this
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-12-01

level, where there will be space 70,
as many as 1000 persons at one time.
According to present plans, eight eli.
evators will run in the main SHAFT
with capacity OF about 1880 per.
sons every hour. The main platform.
however. where there will be- a roof
garden that can be inclosed when ths
necessity arises. will be LOO feet high
Here there will be refreshmsnt stands.
post office. telegraph once, public
telephones, toilet rooms and about ey-
erything else that modern erigencies
demand, while well-informed guides
VIII De In attendance to point out and
explain the wonderful vievr from
every side and to furnish field glasses
when required. Another novel fes-
ture will be provision for a United
States weather observatory, which will
be higher than any now In use. az
Wen as several rooms applicable to
private scientific research.
From the base OF the tower I'm To
the SO0-foot balcony there will be
eighteen stories, some Of which will,
be utilized for office purposes md some
Tor entertainment. There will be am
pie room for theater. as we'll as for
museum and other exhibitions. As
a matter OF fact, half dozen distinct
entertainment enterprises may be in
cluded In this great space without CON
hict. The second floor, however. will
be reserved for n restaurant OF the
first class, with about 10000 square
feet Of floor space, and, OF course, the
most up-to-date improvements in the
way OF comfort and decorative effect
On the lower floor there will be
stores, but only such as will be in bar.
mony with the purposes Of the entire
edifice. and here also will be located
the electric machinery for the opera.
ton OF the elevators and the power
for the light, heat, ventilation. ap-
paratus, and so on, although this will
be OF such a magnitude that a part of
1t will go below the main stairway.
Although details OF the architecture,
ornamentation have not yet been per.
fected, 1t is promised that the en-.
frances especially will be extraordi-
narily elaborate, with marble columns
spacious stairways, promenades. recep-
ton rooms and other features Of lux
ury and splendor. So far as NAV be
possible this effect Of richness will be
striven for from the base OF the build
Ing to the top OF the tower.
Whatever other attractions the build
ing may contain, the top OF It will DO
the greatest by reason OF the I'm
mense height and the magnificent view
to be had there. to say nothing OF the
quality OF the air in any kind of
weather. Before the eyes OF the spec
tator there will lie the whole city of
New York, the Atlantic Ocean as far
as the sight can reach, the Hudson
river and the surrounding country to
a distance OF $50 miles. 1t has been
estimated that the view will take In a
territory OF 10000 square miles.
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for The Term of his Natural Life

BY MARCUS CLARKE

day riding home from pigeon match ]
told him so. He tainted me. and
struck him. did not mean TO kill him
but he was an old man, and In my pas
sion | struck hard. As he fell, I thought
! saw horseman among the trees. aud
! galloped off. Ny IN luck began then
for the same night I was arrested at the
coiner's"
But thought there was robbery p
said she.
Not by me. But talk no more about
i'll / am sick-my brain is going round.
| want to sleep"
BE careful pleased Lift him gently
said Mrs. Carr, as the boat ranged along
side the Dido, gaunt and grim, ia, the
early dawn Of bleak May morning.
Gentleman seems to have had a
stroke" said a boatman.
II was so. There was no fear that
John Rex would escape again from the
woman he had deceived. The Internal
genius Of Sarah Purfoy had saved her
lover at last-but saved him only that
she might nurse him till he died-died,
Ignorant even Of her tenderness, a mere
animal lacking the intellect he had In
his selfish wickedness abused.
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WhimsicaI Curats.

Much discussion has been caused in
Bradford by the circulation Of the
following letter by the curate Of St.
Mary's Church, Laisterdyke, on the
subject of Sunday observance:
There are many and varied reasons
which keep men away from the house
OF God on Sundays. | will tell you a
few. They are too fond OF counting.
"One man is counting bis pipe. I'M
conscious OF the fact that Unless there
Is decided change for the better he
will see more smoke one day than he
will care for.
Another is counting his paper. fill
ing his mind with all the spicy details
OF divorce trials. leaving no room for
thoughts OF God.
Another brother is counting his
sweetheart-a pleasant occupation. as
experience has taught me. so perhaps
the less | say on that point the bet
ter. Still, there is a time for ey cry
thing even a time TO love- so lest you
weary the lass with too much atten-
ton, come to the class on Sunday for a
change.
ut is remarkable how much men
care FOR their bodies, and starve their
souls. II this applies to you, my
brother, come and give your soul a
square deal at the Bible class next
Sunday afternoon. London Express.
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cIytER 5roRIE5

a novel way has been discovered In
denmark for raising money for a hos
pitaL The Danish government issosd
special stamp, worth half a cent
which the public was requested to buy
ana paste on letters and parcels. With
In short time more than $4,000
worth OF these charity stamps were
sold.
The London Globe relates that . LADY
from the country was visiting west
minister Abbey recently, with the par
ucular object OF seeing the tomb of
King Edward ii. Patient search fall
I'd to discover It. and at last she asked
the verger or an attendant Of SONS
sort to direct her to It. The explana.
ton Of her failure was instantly forth
coming. I'm sorry, madam" he said,
but we 'aven't got Edward III. era
IS we only have the odd numbers"
The builders are at work on a stone
viaduct at Plauen, saxony, over the
River SYRIA, which contains the long.
est masonry arch In the world. II.
length being 295 feet Q inches, meas
ured horizontally from base to base.
The Luxembourg bridge across the val
ley OF Petrufre, which was completed
few months ago, has a span of PIT
feet The next longest masonry arch
Is In the United States, near Wash
hgton, and is known as the Cabin John
Bridge. It's length OF span IL go feet
Some ambitious silkworms of the
neighborhood Of Venice have woven by
themselves a ribbon three yards long
and three inches wide. When they
reached the chrysalis stage, according
to the Indianapolis News, instead of
weaving round cocoons on the twigs
prepared for them, they preferred to
travel up and down the smooth upper
side Of a strip Of wood nine feet long
and three inches wide. Back and forth
they went, spinning their silken web,
until at last they made a beautiful
ribbon, transparent in its center and
golden yellow at the heavier edges,
The scarf is amazingly strong for I
fabric 80 delicately woven.
1t is believed, according to the In
dlanapois News, that it will not be
very long before adequate steps ara
taken to harness some OF the practically
unlimited tidewater power Of the Bag
Of Fundy and Of the fats and low
lands that mark the estuaries of the
streams that flow into the bay. On
the Minas Basin a head OF from thirty
nve to forty feet would be available.
This, sustained by the limitless volume
Of ocean water, replenishing the basink
every twelve hours, would AFFORD an
aggregate power far beyond the ut.
most capacity Of Niagara. This is only
one instance of the power OF the Bay
Of Fundy that now goes to waste. AZ
Moncton the tide rises to height Of
thirty feet, beginning with the famous
rushing bore" six feet In height. This
power could be utilized, and the har
Dor improved, without destroying ths
destinations of the bore"
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OLD PEOPLE IN The HomE-
srsry Home Should Have Its Grand
father or Grandmother.

/ don't know OF anything more con.
auctive to comfort on a farm than q
real old grandfather. A farmer who is
blessed with an olfhfather or fatherin.
law ought to hhbappy as long as the
old man lives, for ii is he who over.
sees all the chores and looks out that
nothing is forgotten. 1t Is he who rs
pairs the old fences, CRAFTS and trims
the trees, pets the animals and is
ready to give good advice whenever
needed.
No family circle is complete with
out grandfather to poke the fires, to
SIT In a corner and tell delightful
stories OF the times when re was a
boy. I consider old people SO essential
to the comfort OF farm LIE that in case
there are no old fathers and mothers
to live with sons and daughters It
would be good idea to hunt up some
childless old folks and make grand
fathers and grandmothers OF them.
This talking about having a father
and mother to keep is all folderol.
never knew an old man or woman yet,
unless he was bedridden, who didn't
earn more than the cost Of keeping.
knew an old woman who lived to be
30 and was so lame that she had to
use crutch, and yet that woman
pared all the fruit and potatoes, did
all the patching, sewed all the carpet
rags and knit besides. Indeed, there
were few moments when her fingers
were not employed, to say nothing OF
around her.
When | was a little girl the great.
est sorrow OF my life was that | had
no grandfather or grandmother.
visited several farms and always en-
We'd the little girls who had grand
parents. 1t is an established fact that
children brought up where there are
grandparents make our truest, best
and wisest men and women. 1t pays
to keep an old man or woman In the
home, II for nothing but influence.
There may be some old people
cranky and queer If so ten chances
to one 1t is because they receive queer,
cranky treatment II treated with due
consideration l have always found
them most gentle and amlable. When
ever l go to ever such beautiful
farm house there is always something
missing II there is no old grandfather
or grandmother there. God bless the
dear old people and make us more
gentle and patient with them, for they
were gentle and patient with us when
we were too young and helpless to
take care OF ourselves.-Mrs. A. e. c
Maskel, in New York Tribune.
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Has Lost a Drum.

The man who lost the bass drum has
been found.
Newspaper photographers have made
merry with the absent-minded man.
and he has been accused OF all sorts Of
deeds Of omission and commission.
Therefore some Of the stories told at
his expense have been taken in 4
Pickwickian sense. The tale that y
man said he was so absent-minded
that at one time he lost a bass drum
has always been considered a mere
Joke.
Originally this story may have been
fable, but now it Is true A man
has actually lost a bass drum, and all
the members Of an Iowa band will
bear witness to the fact.
1t happened near Davenport a few
Sundays ago. There was celebra-
ton at Davenport and an up country
band had arranged to take part in the
festivities. The train stopped at the
station just a moment, and the mem.
bers of the band piled into the smoker.
with their instruments and their re.
gala.
Just as the train was moving away
fat red-nosed man grasped the rail
and swung aboard. Then he turned
pale and gasped.
Where's my drum" he cried, as
his eyes bulged and his knees shook.
II saw 1t on the depot platform. -
said the trombone player.
Suffering cornhusksl I forgot it,
When the band began business at
Davenport II labored under a handi-
cap, and the bass drummer was not a
popular member OF the aggregation
Youths Companion.
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WORLDS HIGHEST TOWER.
Huge Cylindrical Shaft TO BE Built foI
the Amusement Of New Yorkers-

Huge Cylindrical Shaft TO BE Built for
the Amusement Of New-Yorker..
Original always and In all things,
New York is soon to have the oldest
amusement enterprise on the face OF
the earth, in the shape OF tower
taller than any structure in the world
and equipped with a larger variety OF
combined entertainments and utilities
than anything that has ever existed
for the edlfcation Of the millions who
are constantly and hungrily seeking
new pleasures
Called The Weber Tower" after its
designer, Carl Weber, one OF the best
known experts in the matter Of tall
steel-concrete constructions, the build
Ing will be unique in many ways, and
when II has been erected, either In one
OF the parks OF Manhattan, OF in some
equally prominent spot, It will I'M
questionably be one OF the foremost
attractions Of the metropolis.
In the first place, it will reach the
enormous height OF l,250 feet, just 25S
W. ehACA AhAn Nnt AOnNA al
Paris and more than twice as tall as
he Washington monument, which.
with 555 feet, is at present the high
est permanent structure in the world.
1t will 80 far overtop everything in
New York that comparison is idle, the
Park Row building, which now holds
pre-eminence, being only 8S2 feet high,
and the ST. Paul building, ranking
second, having but 80s feet In Eu-
rope. after the Eiffel tower. there is
only the Ulm Cathedral. with 52s feet,
but this is excelled by the City Hall
In Philadelphia. with 54S feet.
Height alone, however, will not be
the chief recommendation OF the Web
er tower II will be a skyscraper OF
universal invitation II you are a
business man you will be able to rent
offices inside its tall but lofty
stretches. II you want an evenings
trolic you will be escorted to the high
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Bird-Inspired Music.

One OF the most pathetic scenes ~
membered from the experiences OF an
unhappy genius is given. among other
facts, about Beethoven in the Life of
Sir Herbert Stanley Oakley" The
great composer delighted In the out
door world. He loved a tree, he once
declared with pardonable exaggera-
ton, "better than a man."
After he had become stone-deaf he
visited the valley OF Heiligenstadt,
near Vienna, where he had stayed In
bther and happier days.
Here" be said to the friend who
accompanied him, 81 composed my
Pastoral Symphony, and here the birds
composed with me. Can you hear q
yellowhammer
mo-" wrote his friend on the con-
versation slate. And In the symphony
| only remember the nightingale, quail
and cuckoo"
He believed certain phrases to have
been meant for a dkrect Imitation of
certain birds; but Beethoven's method
was more poetic one. The birds had
inspired him; they had composed"
With him. But they had done 1t By
contributing unconsciously to the joy.
.,Hs harmony Of the scene.
beethoven. In answer to his friends
suggestion. took the slate and wrote
Upon 1t passage for the flute. In the
"Brook Scene" That was what thu
yellowhammer had inspired him to do.