The Signal, 1899-2-23, Page 7:ey
POMIFK'S R1NC.
By Ralph Graham Taber.
It is only a alight gold bead with
a tiny opal setting, a child's riug ;
for you or I could out push it below
the juiut of the hole finger. k'ur Uta
mutter of that, 'weber tau its email
uwuer now ; but that maker uo dlf-
tarcnw•e to I'uwiuk ; It le the dearest
thing uu earth te. Wm.
testis of you who visited the world's
lair at (bk$go and strayed tutu the
-" >psi itis- Tiih ge, -M•• tier +cyte iimeet
mer of Jacks,u Park. may retollei a
little fellow who always wore a well•
lag tate, and whore *mall, turn.ed-up
nog. was sometimes iu tweed ut a hand-
kerchief.' Toa moat remember -his
.comical denier, that brought him is
showers of Lecke. Men the spe''•ta-
tors ; though he did nut deceit ter or
iuog, for he had a fall lu the grout +
our dry that made of him a cripple.
Hut this was cut I'omluk'e only' moans
et conjuring the small nhange out of
the visitors' pockets. Noise there could
better crack one of the lout whits,
Jud with it Dead small rains 'gemming,
and be was quite •0 expert at throw-
ing a hari,ou ; but his greatest source
of income was nut through skill or
chanes et a11. It was the lrresistibe
way be bad of winning all hearts about
end by this be held the eombinia-
tions to s good twiny well-filled purees.
llo Dot, however, IK Powluk's love
fur dekrls, dimes and quarters lower
him in your estimation. Ile knew ver?
little stout their real value : in tut
he knew very little about that until
tong after the world's fair opened •
but they were bright and" pretty
thins, and Pomluk Ineed to play with
theta and to hear their merry jitttt'tr;
for Pemiuk, spite of his gentle ways
and ever ending countenance. was •
veritable savage, and a shows .lady of
hive might eerily have led once to en-
tertain a leaser regent for the en-
lightennWnts of civilization.
Hut 1 started to tell you about bb
ring. and I must not wander from the
subiect.
His first day upon a civilized shore
was marked by an event for I'.wntuk
that made k ever memorable. It was
the 13th day of October. the year be
fore the big show was held. that
Yumiuk landed at Boston with tib
other Lcstteoseeem -Jt bappesed that
among those who came down to the
wharf to ret the curious cargo
brought by the • schooner Eballna
tiste�,,,„�„�,„.,�� ;a!! r'•iA111110' ++'• ,tee«*R►
Vi'hriber k was cit of the kinins of
bis heart or to advertise his perform
acre u not material ; but, no nutter
whet his motive. the fact remains that
le gave these simple vlslton is Ame-
rica tbe freedom of his Plar-house
and that evening nearly • *sore .t
therm. under *proper menet. attended in
a body and occupied the bows
Tle play was merely • big burlesque,
and they could not understand a word
of it. They were dazed by the lights
and tbe crowded home and the or-
chestra and the ballet. The stage,
with its hidden workings, was a
marvel past uodentendins : but the
eons, were pretty. the costumes
bright, and the dancing—eh, the dane-
iag !
Pomluk had thongbt that he could
dare : but never in ■Il his meet tanei-
ful defame had be puttered such wo•-
derful deneing From the fiat to the
last his gas fastened upon the dainty
leader of the ballet• Abe woe z mere
if►jld bbt. nerertheMse, Me most skill-
-•')!iI dancer that ever graced an Amerl-
gan theatre, and all Boston was talk-
1� e[ her tied loudly voicing her
pis se& When her dancing was ended
• ad -the let the stage. Pomieek's ensile
departed, and be sank back again into
the tweet from which ler fascinations
had drawn kim
The Interpreter asked him it he liked
it. and Pomluk'e little black eye.
lighted up and his little tongs. reeled
off long Eskimo words at the rate of
200 a doote. The manger war stand -
tag by hie chair, and he noted the
eblld's animation.
" What does he say ?' he asked.
" He sage." replied the interpreter,
" that slice be bas tome aboard the
ship, people have been telling him
shout God and Heaves •nd angel*,
aid that if be were good he would go
there when he died ; but be saps they
must have made a mistake for he
beset believe that he is dead, yet be
certainly s in Heaven."
"There are very few angels here, 1
fear," remarked the manager, sadly.
Net that the Mansur needed an
"angel," for he was playing to crowded
frae•e uurth, whkb, from the need$ wf apl.roacbed the huge creature as seas
tbecr exeseekir life, to tees Xerl rt+ck ■s be dared. and sought _VI rwcb
to Vulture Pomluk pre Lie unw•le hs throat with the harpoon; but when Lie
board of quarters, uiekcls and dimes. right atonneat ram. be throat too low.
'Phew, with hie wiener savings, were the weapon struck ureter the collaI
prmptly tvvnveeted tato l.hiug tneta, bone, aid, though he had given 11
guns. •mmtmition, riuthiug, • cook all his etrrngth ant its hard WM
store and osakiug uternlir, tobacco, completely bored, tba bear brushed tie
flour and molls waa, and het, but trot bawl a •aide at 11 it had been a wimp
least W their estimation, the clock and of strew, sed, with a roar, wade M
• leather kkten. But with one thing want him.
I'c.mtuk would tot part for aught this 1'eoniek might bare fared lily flies,
aide of heaven—the little gold baud had It not been for he faithful dogs.
that he had •Iready outgrown, with its They attacked the mounter from ■11
tiny opal setting. - aider at tete. The emelt of iu blood
Kaugegntsuk fell •ntong thieve. by made them frantic, end premed to
the way, end when. after satiny elide double and treble their strength. 11
kudw, they ineneiged to remit' their tees well; tor thaw erippkd „+ter, In
•orthern twine, there were but a few of trying to elude the enraged beast, had
tftllr- flat -hams left, so. e• -'Hipped on s
clock •rad the kittt•n
tee, and the creators Wee nearly en'
Nor hail *hinge gone well In Labrador him.
annex their all mouths of absence. It was not a time to think. bet to
The tlehing hard been a failure, the aaM act. Fomtuk's inattnet guided him. JD'
had been see roe:" a nth �etN it tett hirer iiiiert le etro• pailhe'tbe liKvwtP. sod its
for the deer, that priueipnl entre u' spite of his taste of civilized life he
supply in witter, probably mue of mss Tet a child gf assure. Ile lay
Knegeg.teuk's bend would have been quite still where lir' had fallen, lay still
left to well oma them. is death till the •fighting bear steed
It was a and home coming. TWO of over hie prostrate body• 'Then he drew
the 13 who had gone to the tnlr had
his knife and struck qub-kly, once,
been hurled by the wayside. Kana+. Mire; and the second time, heating fila
gatenk's father was dead. and his aged knife In the wound, sDvftg nimbly to
mother ram diad a few days after their one side, haul■:! in land; but the
n•tum' Then, ewe the .now wee solid latter was wet needed Loaded down
en ugh to build Chir winter igloos, •
by the wolfish doge, the greet bear gist'
airiness fell •nong them. Kasge tired and fell on the ire, and theblwd7
gatstuk'r father hid been the medicine battle was over•
man; there was no other to take his i'mmiuk's ti ret oro was to bet off
plate, and nearly half the tribe Atte the doge and feed them his rictlme
eumbd W this dread visitation. These entrails. Next be set about skinning
whoa! live were spared were ed little 1M eurcas. it wee heavy work for •
nee that winter, and with but twit or lad, in the dark •nd cold of as
three wet! souls to hunt and trap and• e�n'tu•night, but at list k was ecr:,ta-
fish and terve the 'reeds of a more of plashed: the meat seam harked !nto «ee-
111 ones. k vested a Se'rrlble NfY1s"tte (kw that he could lift, the koro etik
'Toward the hitter earl ut rebrau7, was brought, •nd all wit stowed as it
when the cold was at its grestertt the _I...Id be; then the wn>w h"err• ,reit
powder and meat 'ave not at otsom it competed, and. with fell asmmxcls,
'smiuk now wanted ,t, know what
et had been saying, and when
M �l•ard the manager's remark, h.
replied, with prompt decision : " There
ie surely one angel—that little one.
Oh, how I Shield like to speak to her."
No sooner Sirs Poottnk's with made
known than the manager called en
umber, and In a very few minutes the lit-
tle girl sod ler another entered the
box. The little girl had. of retiree
changed her attire, and Potduk hardly
reengnl:ed her at ern, bet whets he
did so his joy knew nn bonnie. He
promptly threw hie arms amend het
'neck, and not only rubbed ntw.p, ta-
kimo faahios, hot gave her cheek • r!'
sounding smack, which might have Use
heard all over the routs, had net tis it.
theatre been f!)a7sg
The little ftrl took it good-neenre,lly,
and then begat' for both of them a
half hour or no of ancb novel pioneer.
and •mnssment am wither hail ever en
joyed before. in a very few minters
they managed to dlapenae with the ner-
vire• of a• Interpreter; and presently
they retired to the bark of the box,
where the little girl danced • few n7ea-
stth for bine and then prev.J.d upon
him to dame for bac it took her but a
Immesh to minter hie odd stets, end
e 1♦n she joined In them she wort the
t rreetkro of Pornieles heart if she
itmin't it all before that
A. lost the mother said they meet go,
ttt it was long Mat the little girl's bed -
tem.; and their parting brings an to my
M pry.
'1he little girl holt • reg from Mr
1
te..r end fltt.d it on one of Tontink's.
"I. pep thee" she mid, " eo i will 'mow
1 the yon oasis; perhaps ft
tell' Ile in heaven."
i'ointnk looked at the IkW bake,
•-•1 hte eves endeletly tiled with sora
AIM! he had trolling to give la to
sets.
"Never dad." said the tittle girl, pub
tine Iher r.rm around him; "I elrell nev-
er forget you. I shall sot used a fes
minder"
All through the hot. weary month■ at
Ohleago, Porntek tr•eenroed en little
keepsake and thought shoat the dos
er, sad wondered when hs itheld meet
l.w &Wilk and longed for bee whh thee
longing se *sly the heart of a child eon
bold.
When the great fair wile aver. sed
raining with hie people Kangegetsnk,
his unless, and Tnksvbr, the lettere
wife, and Rewlelnit sled Rtkeeps, kit
ala dine t.tareed to their home la the
was not • great way to the«.'a.M+sly{they ail turned in and .Fetch soundly on_
pest. but they hail no fur to trade tient• til the morning.
Fur to trade name be prime•r1y drresed With tech refreshment it did of
Wuat little the belt -tended traps had take long next day to reach the cvitm-
eaii ht had toren hurriedly skinned Del pant's poet. There the ekin wan traded
frozen up. 'there had been so wail for powder, and hnlleta, and telco o.
hauls to dress 1c d flour, and nwAsaww, and ten, whn'b
"But yen still here scatr it him wf,e�.comprises all of the Eskimos
Wing,gatgnk- "fake that, k has roueh reff�r
value, end bring es powder and meet with his komatik leaded with each
from the poet. Dnn't hang sone head. good things he n'turtsot to the igloos
1 would take it from you and go myawlf
bv nighthll, where the people Rreted
were I able. I—" him joyously, and could scarcely believe
"But wait!" iut,rruptad Pomituk. weir rem fortune.
"Why should they tot give lea powder
"And the ring?" said Kangegalsnk.
and meat? They do so to esthete far -
the
showed it proudly. "It was
thea .oath. wed era to those at the the rinC brought Nanuk." be said.
wretwertl. We ram 11•T -'tem in fur. "Rhe w•i 1 knew me by that -when we
1n the spring. They have often offered
,covet again"—there WOO • ch eking in
to trust ns."• I'onnlek's mice and his hips quivered--
'•.\cul 'e like the minden Eskimo-- "Wbeu I meet her again in her heaven.•'
WIN "isle Ooas threes -we Myeloid- delve -e- ,
seen to the .nth'! Not I!" raid Knnge-
gatsuk. "Never yet have I been In
debt: It N the first rude of our trite,.
Would you have ase, the chief, the first
to break k? No Do as i hid you, and
go at once. i speak as your chlet, not
your uncle."
itefusal was out of the question.
I'omiuk bit his lip till It bled; but he
limped out of the igloo, celled the team
of dogs together, and painfully har-
nessed them to the sledge.
It was night. but that did not matter.
The sky was ablaze with oortbcrn
lights that flamed like candles of gt-
%antic power: for they doted all the
wow -clad 'mountains with a weird,
fleetly Ugbt that was not like the by 10. divided by :dl, equal• 1`2, and 20
en's nor the 'noon's, nor the stare', but trerblutioos made in 12 seconds equals
a light that one meld see by as well 2t) miles to the hour.
am if the son had rites. t-
It wee cold, too. Our eontmon thMr�
urometers would have failed to show
how cold k was: but that did not mat-
ter, either. The Eskimo are need to the
cold. There is a ally notion that they
like to be half frozen, that they r'njoy
numb --bead. and feet and freed -bitten
nearer The truth is, they suffer frau
cold quite as much se we dn• but they
an more able to bear It That is 1,.
say, others watld perish, p.rhatw..whe'r'e
they are able to westaia lite. The same
may be staid of banger. They ars used
to that, too: and they de not eompla'n
even when they are starving. They will
hnd food, off rousse, if they can, if
they cannot, why then, what natter?
All must go .ohne time. some way. One
Way may be as good as •notttr. i wish
the world held mom such simple, good-
natured phiksophers
Prmiuk took with him 'hts uncle's har-
poon. his knife, which was long and
lets, and a carpenter's axe that they
bad brought and had managed to retain
among them, in addition to these he
toot an old boot. it was made of we-
skits and had bee's *Sled often. It wen
good to thew on when hungry. Then
he squatted down ohs the seat of trio
pledge, •04 wrapped a bearskin round
him, and shouted "Whit! whk!" to the
leader•
For a mile be headed toward the
company's post: thea he t'alkd out
auare11. "ltaral rare!" and the team
obediently turned to the left and
sorted out toward the omen.
At dawn they had travelled 30 miles.
and the edge of the ice was before
them.
Here Pomink *topped, built a stifle
hone. and taking his dots in ■a bed-
fellows, that they might warm both
themeless and him, he (-hewed a bit
of the Baskin boot and went sound
"sleep. .lust one hour he slept and
woke refreshed, gave pact dog • piece
of the boot an inch agnate, reharnes ed
them to the komatik end started agnin
on him jourar7•. It wtitdd pave per
you, however. to tell where the
se going. A league to the south -
en "Rare! rarar and a league
beset followed: "Ank! 'auk!"
T. Ten .he .p -rd of a c.o.d.
Here is a new way to determine bore
ftst you are going on your bicycle,
suggested a writer in The St•iemnitie
American: Multiply the gess by 10 mid
divide by 56. OsU the result second*.
'lire number of complete revolutions
nude by either pedal in that number
of seconds shows the rate of miles per
hour. Example: 1f your gear is 144.
then 84 multiplied by 10. divided by Set,
equals 15; If either pedal_ makes 20 re-
volutions in 15 secneke-pen-•are riding
at the rate of 20 miles to the hour. 1f
the gear is 87.2. • then 67.2 muitiplked
wept.
to the
and a le ailwe to the esoithweaet again. 3e. 616 of birth, where the exact time of
talking hueitend forth like & ay. ineoa iceboat cloy was noted, finds that the maxlmnm
1rMtirato vii ml: and that waw number of death. occur In the early
h
whit he was &Ainfor the breeze was atter000n( (9 to 7 p in.), and the mini -
blowing in his fare aniLhe steeled him- mum 1n the last hone* before midnight,
self to it. bitingif lPM.7onng bol'
• while the maximum number of births
was st.u•ted and crlppldd, lo,..s scene In the early hone of the morning
keen was Mg and strong: hot 11 ore and the minimum In the early hone of
afternoon. A. regards the muse of
thl(*`le point. out that the hone of the
meal number of deaths ere melee
ly thaw he en the pulse rate and tem-
pet•atue are their WittenIn heaths,
and when Onlea febrile .xaesrbatlon
In illness.
fit tinned? I aver they do, because the
l tors draw inspiration from great
source—someNms rwnemettaly, chants
WO PHILOSOPHIES.
u
TMIKWODONOPSOD*ND THE KING- nouaaciunaly—and. 1314 tftsll in all
• • 6o1 OR SATAN.
It M Just s• Salami re. u. to ne-
ealae a Geed of Dessau u s OHse
s1 lelwte—The Dae TYIas Wklek
Christ law Wes Larkins.
(Special Correspondence)
Superficially speaking, Ilan iatchaot-
ic uuas of contradictions. Properly
considered. snap is a simple °ombin•-
ti,,u of corrlhlative potentialities. We
•
its grads of social lite feels the on-
ward impetus of great thought, till at
last the tide has made • last mighty
leap. and the pour tramp is ,laved by
the wave. "The tramp" Wormed gas
that be was "very intelligent. very fond
of reading—in fact, reed everything."
in illurtratlon of which he recited what
be had lately imbibed from some truth-
ful sheet, that a tramp recently in Texas
hanged himself on a trio in the door -
yard of a lady who had refused hit re-
quest for food (he did not state whether
the "W. W." asked permission use
HE WON THE REWIRD
m. Dutch ,settUbleat of zw'srs /bop
In Routh Africa swell In a stir of ex.
Atelueut; and en veers r,dr there Nur
uuthiug to be beard bet "1)o epees
levee!" Ithe shoat -lion).
That it must be killed every one
agreed. but tow Lug by whom vier out
fru eerily .ettled. 1t k wee a ghurt-Iiuu,
gime wield be twelves. traps wP7e equal
ly uaelem, and there seamed nutting
Chet would to dune to stop the peat un-
ion it was to frighten it away' to how
to do that Wap • V
eulved•
Many of the betties really ttwaght.
often try tk.3onvey to each other the i that it was a ghost. and one or two
real the a or not).and who bud tired at it aod missed it loudly
akar...that is such •ncond c a ion, -vee for such • p *pose r., t «..t lyre it .Lkad her" a tm _gatturai lua>i�,11asNC
Coughs
That
S lok•
You don't seem to be able to
throw them off. All the ordinary
remedies you've tried don't touch
thein. The cough remedy for you is
Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup.
It loosens the phlegm, allays the
irritation, heals and soothes the in-
r.et..r.e, w 1lh.u• thl.se.r.-
To boneless carriages and smokeless
powder add c ieveryiw• factories as
the newest in nomenclature. Hereto-
fore it him been werewsary 1n order to
secure plenty of dr.ft tor a foresee
W build an immensely tall chimney.
Now it is found that instead of ware
the draft by a chimney you can push
it from below with a fan. A plant rua-
eine three boilers of 260 horse power
tried this experiment with • fent. who*+
wheel had a diameter of 54 inches. The
draft was so moil+ bettered that the
firm weed nearly 11,000 a year by us-
ing a cheaper grade of coal.
the j%nnd. io her -fig r eta m6ai'ZaTe
products of human oondnct are natural a.wrµrt;-thele.
and to be expected. particularly when it down So, whenever pelvic talked of M
they are wrong and selfish, while we
call into ectasis of admiration when
some of n1 happen to do something •
little les selfish than usual or stand on
a higher platform than customary. We
fail to apprehend man when we try to
justify our imperfections by calling
them natural. and fail to apprehend
him when we exalt ourselves because,
lo, we think to have done something
great or good. It b just as natural for
us to bsooaae a gang of demons as •
group of saints or full men. It is nat-
ural for as to do just what we like out
of ourselves
Listen to the only one who has ever
claimed to be at the helm of the uni-
verse, to have come from the right
hand of the Father. where he expected
soon to return, the one for whom this
earth of ours was replete with the br?au-
tier of the Father. lived with them,
talked about them, knew all about them
as no man ever did. What did he say
to his followers when he sent them to
arouse humanity from materialistic
joys and selfish dreams? He told them •
G.) and preach, saying, "The kingdom
of heaven is at hand." What could that
mean? That all the laws and forces of
the Father applicable to ooamical de-
velopments or to the personal and social
growth of men were ready for the king-
dom of heaven, mads on purpose for its
blossoming processs, admirably adept -
ed. naturally so, fon all righteous rela-
tions among men in their social organ-
ization& Christ evidently meant that
only one thing was lacking. What
could that be? Our own co-operation
with the Father's laws and tierce.
Please take hold of that idea, you re-
formers by 10. 50, 100 per cent, or yon
fossils by 100, 50, 10 per cent, it makes
n0.. tnUch ... e
tion, a glorious word. the synonym of
brotherhood 1 The whole universe around
rests on co-operation of forces and
forms. each one supporting the other,
they all besutilying each other. Do you
suppose that such g proces has to stop
when man is reachtlat It is just then
that the climax most take place. We
see that climax in the products of an
orchestra of 100 fent class musicians
Look at the eyes of those men when
each one evolves certain sounds from
his instrument Yon can see that the
souls and minds of those 100 men vi-
brate together; they all live with each
other; they live the same life for the
time being. Through no other process
can ws have good music. Well. apply
the same spirit to the industrial ramifi-
cations of society and you shall produce
the same analogous effects, the same
ordination of resnita—vis, perfect har-
mony in all human relations, a com-
plete egnilibrinm of desires. a reciprocal
imparting of joys to each other, we all
helping each other int* nobility and'
manhood -
But, oh, what a dream] some will
say. Yes it shall be • dream ea long as
—instead of our preaching to each other
—the kingdom of heaven u at hand. we
actually preach to each other, "The
kingdom orf eaten is at hand and shall
yet be for centuries long and many."
Even most reformers will tell yon today
what most priests minister& scientists
and philosophers have been saying since
the time of the deluge We must go
slowly in the improving bulginess—one
step ata time. It will take long before
we are out of the woods. Be patient
about it; the job is • dreadful one. It
needs a great deal of caption. We are
bound to reach the end of our blunders,
no matter how long we may see fit to
keep blundering and defying all divine
command&
There is no doubt about the fact that
the end of all iniquity must come, be-
cause evil cannot be eternal ; good alone
is that All the same, Christ told ns
that the kingdom of heaven was at
hand. that all righteonanes, all good.
all joy, all manhood was at band and
could be had by every one of us tomor-
row, next week. next year. That s the
divine ideal Why then stick to our
own miserable one of not having any-
thing
ny
thing fundamentally right until—the
next cycle of centuries. until thousands
of year. haus gone by, until ooanties
generations have lingered and passed
away, as togs miasma and nightmares,
as darkness and earthquakes, as the old
primeval chaos passed away when the
Creator said there be light order and
beauty?
The kingdom of heaven s at hand
mean', Let your social organization
rest on altruistic principles, on egnal
jnetios and equal rights. Lay aside
your *elfish instincts which have not
been given to men for them to perpetr-
ate. but for them to enppres- They con-
stitute the Inevitable. logical, correla-
tive element of the nnaelfish aspirations
that we all have and can rapidly evolve
into the "supreme, natural force" by
God given to all the children of leen.
so that they may live on earth like
brethren and not like gangs of pirates
because Hader unjust human laws.
Joan Quo&
The Ked &.d Yellow ver.
The ocean Is not always "true blue"
in color. The red tracts, which are
probably caused by animate related to
the-wCtlo borealis' and "Linreine err-
tica" (the food of the whales), are
found In the aonthern Atlantic, where
the in6uenee s felt of cold currents
from Cape Horn it is remarkable that
mo reference is made in any log to the
appearance of red tracts In the neigh
borhood of Cape horn. The yellow
tracts are generally *aerated by r.•ap-
tains to pollen or lowering water
plaints.
Alt Klee •f reed.
ROM* one has estimated that 2." acres
of I:.ad is needed to testae a nen on
flesh, with that amount of land sown
nith wheat will feed 42 persona:
•owed to oats 88: to potatoes, Indlaa
corn or rice 176 pe.reces; atwl planted
with the bored -fruit tree, over lt,U00
people could b. ted•
mllrth and Death Record*.
There are • great number of •euriooe
eupeetltiooa w to the time of day when
• dyfn' person 1. most likely to draw bra
less breath, and the tide, the moon and
tise wind have all been 'apposed to have
some *hare In the matter. According to
the Brftleh Medical Journal, Baserf, who
hes analyzed 26,474 caws of death and
suicide was her eon, who had left home
yeah before His mind was stored with
much useful information tending to ex-
emplify the heirtleesne of the well to
do. and yet he seemed like a frugal.
temperate man. Ile said no one would
be more glad of • home than he, but for
five years he had been unable to get any
steady work, having no trade beyond
that of helper in an iron foundry.
The der. I believe, is not tar distant
when good women of motherly instincts
will take up this tramp problem and
sift it out, and every town shell have •
home for the unemployed and a bureau
of employment; but I suppose it will
take • good while to make people be-
lieve that everybody cannot get work
that wants it. "Continual dropping.
however, will wear away a stone," and
the long dropping of the rain a argu-
ments against unequal conditions s
already telling to some extent upon the
adamantine heart ash. world of socie-
ty and Snance.
Through the i rchway over which
-"Twentieth Century s inscribed yon
who have held to the plow and not
%ioked back ought to be able to discern
• harvest beyond the glowing portals,
for verily the tramp now aaketh for the
bread that doth not perish. but which
shall give his spirit lite and light
nutters A. Bueoaoya.
gave up, Moping when midday came wit
out a gign and the afternoon hugan tr
go and nothing had , o me of hie hunt
Int Again they stopped to wnnn
themselves and to chew a hit et the
*eal.kln. He was milking • mile to the
southward each tack, and he thought'.
"1 am now dUuobeying the ,.nnmen'l:
i am tr•v.ltiagartb the pont." Rut
he did not tent caro to entre not how
kung k would taw. him 10 math there.
Nigrlitfall, and still nothing. The boot
must Iuat them another day. What w..
loft was carefully portlnnal, the doge
were nnharmewed for the night and the
grew house wee bulldhag. Ptwnink paid
so more attettttett to the dorm. till Mem
came a low growl from tee leader.
Then he hooked mind quickly. Far off
In tbe dusk. he +.shad not way how tar,
D emetliior white was moving, and the
doge were branding toward it. (true -
lug hie harpoon and handed, he joky
felly hobbled after them. The half
faseined dogs would not let it .m•ape.
There wee on seed to hurry. Rnt
though they eftsekw l k valiantly, they
meld not rnreeeed staved him; sad it
WWI well that hes merle haste When
Ise earthed then, on. of hie very beat
dogs, the fleneat one, the hnlly of the
teem, tell bock with his bred encase
from • blow that Namnk, the hear, had
given him. hs�
Urging the doge M do tit " pis . be
A Portetw.d Ke
There s a fad, not new,
vogue among the society matrons
York city, of having the rooms' of
m analons pervaded with a delicate fragile
air. Large 'whet bags are made of rich
material Or highly ornamented viewers
filled with violet or tarnacion pink or
lavender and placed on the tables or the
Mena so that the whole mom has • pee -
fumed atmnephere Old-fashioned damask
is also treed to make the hags, which are
half • yard long, trimmed round with rib-
bon
id
bon ruches, with bows and end. at the
earners. These are hung at the backs of
chairs is put hooka, newspaper* or work
1n, so as b have even thing at hand.
web
in
New
1e DIW.r.sM at All.
"Bow different Chinese enatoms are
from 'met Why, yam know when than
minister. have an audience with the tem -
prom they have to talk through • amen."
Yes. But when they receive foreign
diplomat* they do meetly as ours do."
'' wench„
"Talk through their bMa-"—Bteokly
Ufa.
Torso". Bast.
The parent "settlement"—that of
Tonybee Hall—has just put out its
fourteenth annual report. It gives a
very interesting and vivid account of
the mnititarions life of the place—its
actiyjjy in tiro pnblje_ affairs of the
neighborhood; its picture exhibitions
(now developed into a permanent art
gallery); its lectures, classes, labor&
the large reward offered for the killing
ut the tronbleaume lion. these ese fellow* other,
wnutd • leek knowingly_ et -.-_
aril say: who sista
"Wait a bit! The man
that rcwerd has gut to ears k first".
\Vhouever two or three farmers met,
there was sure to be DODO talk of the
lion Wei hisembiek'e•d', (hie Dan had
lost a time oz. smother a valuable dog,
a third had almost been eaten te❑op him-
self.
welt. And at lest, early
a 11uttoittwi .berdrnm■ came oto the
village with a story that made every
one look grave.
11e and another native had been
w ittehiug mime cattle mit far from the
village itse•If, and about midnight he had
lam duw•+a to elves. k being his ,out
rude', turn to anud , a guard. 1're-
�.,•ntly he N•1,' aNaku'iI'il by a strange
nal>e. 11e exiled out, tint the noise had
,v.'«el. laid all was shiest. the shouted
to his comrade, but there war no at, -
«were him,
Thio a sudden horror fell upon
Dad he ran •way into the heath dand
,•litnbed•4 tree+= '_resn n"
all
night• When he returned to the fatal
spot, at daybreak. there was no tracenolp
WHY
the lost maw but a few chess of
sheepskin cloak and a pool oafi� Need.
When this news got abr4tl, every e s D.s ries. etOm 1 TotemEngleiale esti
one began to look rather uaoomfortable,
and those who had detiared the lion to "While I was out wet," said the re -
be a .eatetbing mora. than an otdipr3 agreed traveler, "I chanced to enter otts
wild bt•nrt were seen to nod their Mad' day what looked lq-6 a deserted town.
m.rentagly. "While I was wondering why the town
"This wont do." cried a sturdy far- had been deserted, I saw an old man sit-
eer• "we .ball•have flim rondo% right ling on the dooratep,of one of the tumble
Into the village neat, and eating nn u11, down houjueu I rude up to where he was,
ciao by;„ and, atter greeting him, I asked what the
"Well, If he does:" rejniaed a bard. matter was with the town.
' 'Care of loo .mart tenderfoot,' grunt-
far•ed' old g $ bi an with iron -%r•7 ad old Stmmi%cr," ha added
hair. taking a big silver -me retied pipeafter • moment'• psoas 'thls sero ww•
out sof his mouth ail he spoke. "I only well once the moat thrlvin spot in these
hop! he'll begin with that black ball Ten dlggin'a. We wuz all haPP7' We had
totd tae of mine.dl h h f this yet, place stranger an
Ms. We. Fetter, Blenheim, Ont.. '
says n " 1 can recommend Dr. Wuexi •
'Norway Pine 'Syrup as the very best
gledicine foe sought'. .andseol4•i
throat and weak lungs.
Dr. wood's
Norway Ms
Syrup.
Never fails to (eels,
son
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In the midst however, of all this so-
cial beehive two general points stand
out in the report. One ie. as the warden
pats it that the settlement has "no
policy—political, social or sectarian.'.
The residents represent all shades of
opinion. Secondly. Canon Barnett in -
Seta that the essential virtue of a set-
tlement resides neither in any of its &d}
tivitiee nor in the aggregate of them
all, bat rather in the mutual knowledge
of rich and poor which it promotes. It
thilY idea were more clearly seized, the
number of residents and asociatee from
the universities and elsewhere would
greatly increase at Toynbee Hall and at
other institutions like it The settle-
ment welcomes not merely enthusiasts
and missionaries, but all men of good
faith who have a sympathetic desire to
learn something at first hand of the re-
alities of Wets it is lived by the people
of London. —London Newa
la South Wales.
•)flleapects in Bonth Wales are begin-
ning to brighten. Internal gnyrrola
among the miners are thinning out and
the new organlation 1s fairly on its
lata. The miners pay 12 cents a fort -
ht as subscription and have now M
o t kit organization as any of he
kind. ' • ltbatauding its utwnesa
rs THE Lel RY TRAMP.
to Oeesetesa Surprt
Ford Toe lite
lttterrIal Cerreep•adese .
A thinker remarked not many
ago quite hopefully. "The gntttasni
is learning to read." What shall that
be predi(.ted upon the tact that a tramp
came. to my door the day and asked
Lor•-tteralnv wherewith In fend hie
onlecry .rani. To be erre, he did not sat
for the Bible. libak.wpeare ler i nsershn's
••P'wtays,"hitt he did ferment the legacy
rat •'worne old newspapers." and verily
do scot some of the newspapers contain
the wisdom of all the r•taity 1 have
Aetna. raw
eetI.westakop Label.
Mrs. Frederick Nathan. president of
the Consumers' league, in speaking on
"The Homes of Working People" be-
fore Sorosis in New York recently, re -
[erred to the sweatshops and condemned
the owners. who only provide the raw
material and let the workman, whom
she described as an "oftentime victim
of tuberculosis." to provide the work-
shop tools and all the other acoesorlea
Bhe spoke of the contagions diseases
generated by garmenta ordered in Fifth
avenue, but made in disease laden tene-
ment houses, and said that the Con -
e arners' league in about to put a label
on the market, if it receives the moral
rapport of the people, that will effec-
tually abolish such methods and places
A lawyer employed by the league, she
explained. 1s now drafting a contract
which makers of underclothes will be
asked to sign. This will demand that
they employ no labor outside of their
factorise
lseveramest by talaaetlea.
Buffalo Typographical anion moved
to have vacated Jnetice Childs' injunc-
tion restraining it and other labor or-
ganizations from boycotting th. Buffalo
Express, but Justice,Alfred G Spring.
before whom the appeal was argued.
bas decided that the injunction shall be
continued. This reenit of the appeal
was not expected by the Buffalo labor
men. and it will have the effect of tee
Sting • stronger wintimeut against gov-
rnment by the °porta
A Joke Prom merges.
The tailor who is employed by women
e0nnts 1t no dlegna•e that he makes miss
Sta.—Boston Teener -eine
Where Malt Wee u.oagh.
fire Myntieer Van Hipper bull waa-well
known lhr.u,ghout the entire settlement
- and many people were almost ,.t much
afraid of it as of the lion hinueelf.
It wee a bilge, 610.1. savage hinge,
with horns long puri rhsry emoogb to
kart.. bored • full -grow buffan,: and
the story west that k had or.. bunte,l
6tyilltear)) Vita Ripper himself right
acnes kib-own posture land. ltd finally
driven hint up a tree. «here he had to
sitAnaklag for more than an hour, with
the bull pawing and bellowing below.
t111- at length some of the Hottentot
Perin rate came Act the rescue.
"Well. neighbor Ilona," mid one of
hie frietuli, "why dooq;t you "hoot that
peon) of a bull of your, and have done
with it?"
"-.13. k fa easy 1e say 'shtw.t!. " replied
Van hipper. "fret stile the beast is
alive. look you, •be may always be
worth something. and when he is dead
he Is worth nothing at all , No, 1 will
not *hoot him just het"
Now. then' Wise roe man there w•ht
had laid e•refully to heart tate fate et
the Moor Hottentot killed try the lion
ayd-4bet-
ane -was • Bu.htann. Black
Kiser by tt r's,10-was one of Fer-
nier Van Ripper'. savants. It hap
paned to 1* hit turn to keep watch that
night over the herd. in which was the
viiIonie bull, and this heal grazed in the
minnow a good way from the village.
joat the sort of plane where the l'nn
might be expected to make his appear-
■ roe.
Rut. whether the lien ramp or net,
Klan« wag determined to be on the safe
wide. A. e •a+ no it grew dark he climb-
ed a tree. ami heed himself snarly s
the fork. pit that le might not slip down,
a•crn f he happened •n fell asleep,
which there as net nuc.'., chance et
hie doing -
it wee a black and dismal night
Ryon when the moon arae!, the Welt
(heed. made her light little better than
total darkneee At tire all was deathly
still, 1.111 preaenely the ravait't quick
ear caught a nestle among the bushes
helnw, which was quite enough for
him.
Tree. it might be rely a envy ex.
but the Ruwhman thonhrht °thermion
and the next moment .bowed that he
wow right. The rntw.n broke through
the clouds. and revealed the long, gaunt
body, tawny skin, and bugee, shaggy
head of the ghost -lion.
Klass Inetatkly gave the stern), with
o etereecb loud and e•riplitting enough
to awaken everybody within hair s
✓ ile. It wee answered by a deep
honrae Ielk.w of rage from the Math
Mil. which Wisel pawing the worth in
the open pert of the meadow.
At the lion +prang at him, with a
roar that 'hook the ale, the moon ;dune
t"1 behind the elntds ones more, but the
growling, snorting and vulpine that
TOWe up through the gloom 'showed that.
the fight wee a Serve one.
The herder's trio' had arntead the
people Ip the stthement. need the men
rushed to the nende,w, while the women
Middle' together in the 'hen.'.The
hardy settlers were dettrniirs.l to pn,v.
whether Or net the beast wee really a
rh...t or int. and if net were nmennred
to rid themselves of it it at all erosible
"'This way!" shouted Mynhe.•r Van
Ripper's well- known coke, am he nnei
a doyen of hi' men tone up, with gene
end torches. "tin, what'. this?"
The red torchlight tell MVO a v*.t.
mtettesed me.s of htno•k and yellow, ly
Ing quite 'till. The deatte-grapple was
ended. The lion's powerful Jews had
broken the bull's neck, but,ta he sprang.
the terrible horn bad plowed through
his side to the very heart. .
"filo t not cin well not to ttI..rt that
Hell?" cried Van Hipper. with n int
ehntke. "Now we are rid of both Ikm
and hell, and, so k wee my bull teat
killed the lion, 1 night ter get the re
wird."
Ant1 he did get it the eery nett day.
—Ttavld Ker in Aotden Hays.
And yee then darn leer aid th4 kid
Md only one luagl-111w York Jonrni►.,
But one day a tenderfoot arrived, an we
weleomed him with open arms, 'cause we
wiz nein ter moorage Immygr shun all
we (would.
'Waal, one day some time before
Christmas some fool proposed the' we give
the abertff a Christmas present.
" 'Waal, the idea kinder took, mein the
the sheriff we: a theent kind of gent. 8e
we all chippd In ,Orth our dust with the
Idea of doln bit up in style.
, -Waal, when we had relied a pretty
good stake some other blame fool proprned
Met we hand bit over ter the tr'nderfooe
an let him select the present, as he wus
the only gent whet wore store clothes an
knew the way. of the tilled shirt mat.
" `Stranger, I'm not meter' yere if thea
fool of a tenderfoot didn't send mat an
buy the sheriff the finest rogues' gallery
ter be had.
Waal, stranger, the stampede the
followed would her been funny 11 hit
hadn't 'e been n merlons. By mornln me
an the sheriff wul the only two genie left
In this thrivtn place The only reason
'bet kept run sus the fact that I had a
broken leg an couldn't git away. I hid
In an old prospect hole until the sheriff got
disgusted an left, an the only thug thee
Is keepfn me hero now 1s the hops that
genie day theft that tenderfoot will come
back hero Mr pick up his hat that he lett
when he saw what he had dons an fled for
his lite.
" 'More on softly, stranger. Theme mel-
ancholy ruins are a monument to a fool
tenderfoot who didn't know any better.'"
—Detroit Free Preis.
Aeplltd Phrases.
"I live from hand to mouth," as the
d.ntlat said.
"That depends," as the hangman aid.
"Item out of place," an the flatfish said.
"I am up in arms with everybody," as
the baby said.
• That was a clow shave," as the razor
said.
"i must make a bolt for it," as the oar -
penes satd.
"Hang Itt" as the Royal academician
said.
"What a sell!" as the convict paid.
"None of your sauce," as the steak said.
"It pays to he well dreamed," as the tur-
key aid.—Judy.
A Perverted restloeat.
Som. nme ones wrote a sentimental wing
about the "light 1n the window for TO,"
and ever dm» that time the "light In the
window" hes figured In poetry and Bring
to a "Water extent and to it more mete
menet' manner than It 1s elttttled M. The
onld truth 1s thea when there is a light In
the window 11 means rime one Is pitting
up to glue the Iasi nn to mime home •
molding or advise about the gravid sense of
going to bel suttee. A light In the win-
dow 1e. something that a nagged person
never fails to sea, and when ht. spa first
see it In turning a menet he gets a mid
eh111 and longs for home to a boarding
hose The "light in the window" sentl-
Sete!
{
a
•'Yee, you ran roma, Tommy; but 1
have pieoty protection now."—Pick Me
Up.
near Manila, 1D. S. A.
"Why haven't you shaken those rugs
that I gave you an hour ago?"
"1 ''ought lady, dat 11 I left 'ern a 11t -
11e while an eart'queke might come along
and shake 'em ter me,"—Brookly Ldfw
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