HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1900-5-10, Page 6BABY'S WAY,
averythinies file baby's way
'Whenever she wants to run and play;
:It's either R 1:41a1V, table or door
Or ettater all over the ;dayrooto 110(0.
When she starts to eun, she gets a bump,
And we acne to hiss her forehead plump
And start her off with a smile to play
A.nd (dear things out of the baby's way.
IETerything's in the baby's way,
Site wants her do, and she wants her say;
She wants to do the things which sre wrong,
And her will each day it grows, more strong,
,And we try so gently to guide her right
And ask the Father of all for light;
But to her who wants !ter do and stlY
'Everything seems in the baby's way.
Everything's in the baby's way
From morning till night, so babies Say,
And so they are cross and fretful, too,
And do the things they oughtn't to do,
And their wa;:i, are not our WAy5 at all,
And so they nmst cry and scold and fan,
But We turn a hundred times a day.
And stalk, because it is baby's ``way."
—Joe Cone in National Magazine.
aud drew a small silver bell near ids "THE RATTLESNAKE KING.
eitie
"Oh, don't be frig•litened," said Jae,
with a smile of amusement, "I'm Met
going to thraeli you!, It wouldn't lie
Rile to hit a man of your size!"
, Mr. Dewhurst tried to sueer, but only
looked tnightily relieved,
"I \vent to tell you what I think a
strange Character Who ftUna d Reif -
tile Farm en Southern.Qahtforeiju
••
eititleenalce Iting lived in. south-
ern Calitorniaills name is Abner
Dodge. Ile lives in a log Cabin with a
shake roof away up at the headwaters
of Lytle Creek canyon, in the San Ben
you," said Joe. nardino spur of mountains in the Sier-
"Go on," said Dewhurst, With a grin. ra Madre range.
"Seeing that you've had the worst of
He is a queer old bachelor, and hie
sole companion is a green, gawky lad
mind a few spiteful words!"
It all through, I euppose I mustn't
"I want to tel you that you're the
meanest cad I've met, and la that poor
girl marries you I'm sorry for bee!"
"In fact, you're so sorry," said Dew -
burst, "that you'd even marry her
yourself. Capital! And, now you've
said enough, VII wish you good morn-
ing."
With a mighty effort of self re-
straint, Joe pulled himself together,
d iesistin the impulse th knock him
Q adnow'Lli, sweingg out of the room.
g ONE OF THE 8c, He had toet everything--tbe girl he
inalerostolgoinoiaotealoeeoligainoteoltOre
X loved and the means of earning his
i living.- Ile was alone in the world,
.leli
— n o with no prospect but that of commene-
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0 2°L°17 a Yolina nail Came to Go to te Mg life again In some counting; house,
ea° the South 4kfrieun war. X and— Then suddenly he remembered.
Masoareoleoleonioafeeoatoae0Seoaeoeeom Only two nights before he had attend -
0
ed deal at the headquarters of his vol-
unteer corps. The men had been ask-
ed which of them wished to join the C.
CITY'S OViri °
"Mr. Redbolt is to go to the governor
at once."
• Alm Redbolt strode briskly across the
zoom. A moment later he was in the I. V. for the front. He thought of the
private office. glow that had burned througb his
veins, bow he had longed to offer him -
Young Mr. Dewhurst, who had man- f and had only been prevented by
aged the business since the death of sel'
feeling of obligation to his old
kis father, gave him a furtive look as his
.Se entered and then turned hurriedly I friend's business. Now he was freel
to That settled it. Old England was in
a bundle of correspondence by his
need of help from men such as he. He
aide and selected a letter with an air
' was as sound as a bell in wind and
of malicious satisfaction.
The ball was opened by Mr. Dew -
burst unfolding a cantankerous com-
plaint from an unimportant customer.
at was the merest trifle and quite un-
worthy of the .occasion. Nevertheless entered as one of those wbo were ready
for service at the front, and he was or -
Joe Redbolt was by no means surpris-
ed at the tone adopted. For some time
past the smallest opportunities had
been seized for fault finding, and he
knew by instinct that the climax had
been reached.
"How do you account for this blun-
der?" asked Mr. Dewhurst suspicious -
His clerk gave a simple, stra.ightfo'n
ward explanation, which, to a reasona-
ble man, would have been sufficient.
But Mr. Dewlaurst was not in a rea-
sonable humor.
--It appears to me, then, that you are
not in any way to blame, Mr. Redbolt,"
ale said cynically.
"I think not."
"You never nialee a mistake?"
• "Not very often."
'Who is to blame, then?"
There was a moment's silence, and
the two men looked into one another's
"You are, sir," said Redbolt respect-
gaffe-. "I acted under your instruc-
tions."
a' This appeared to, give the unworthy
little tyrant his opportunity.
"You are more than half imperti-
nent," lie said roughly.
enve you my word that I don't in -
'Send to be so," said Redbolt, with per-
fect good (envoy,
"Perimms ow, but I'm tired of it.
on forme your proper position and
leave crossed my will in several ways."
adr. Redbolt colored rather painfully,
alid his principal continued, with a
smile of spiteful trim:mita
"You understand what I allude to?"
. The clerk bowed slightly.
'Then I think you had better look
abonf for another situation."
"Shell we calculate the month from
last Monday" inquired Joe Redbolt in for months—perhaps forever. Once
it perfectly even. matter of fact voice."' more a gloomy sense of loneliness came
"it—yes," said Mr. Dewhurst. "But! upon bine. Everybody else had a num
1 won't ask you to continue your work ' or a relative to see him off. And then—
ere." an angel came from heaven? Not
Wi
a little pile of coins which had been quite. But an earthly angel appeared
n the shape of a slight form in a long,
toushowing out aireauy, clearly showine •
black cloak, wbo was pushing her way
that be intended from the first to makefeerishly througli the crowd, eagerly
7"..43 of the opportuulty.
I scanning the faces of all the "gentle -
For the first time Joe Redbolt looked
men in khaki."
magry. It was adding insult to Injury,
i Then their eyes met, and in a minute
to send bitn away at a moment's non
tioe, as if he had disgraced himself. he was clasping in his arms the girl
who had refused him a month before
It was the more outrageous because
and in whose presence he had always
he was a distant relation of the Dew- 1 been so shy that he had never yet
bursts by blood. The two young men
dared to press her hand.
had been for a short time at school
1 How had it happened? There seemed
negether. They had entered the firm;
no need, and certainly no time, for ex -
together, and Redbolt had worked his .
planations. Why had he accepted her
way up by sheer ability under old Mr.
foolish "no" when sbe never meant
Dee'whurst's eye to a responsible post- •
tion.
eNeturally they knew the same people
limb. He had done his turn at volun-
teering and could shoot more ,than a
little.
Within half an hour his name was
dered to go before the doctor.
That gentleman laughed at him.
"If we get 1,400 men as fit as you
are," he said, "we shall do well!"
Haying successfully passed all the
tests and been duly enrolled as one of
the City of London Imperial volunteer
corps, he felt slightly easier in his
mind.
It must be confessed that he was in
that pleasant frame of mind when a
man firmly believes that there is no-
body to grieve over him and finds a
morbid pleasure in the prospect of a
soldier's grave.
Most of us get these attacks of de-
spondency some time in our lives, and,
to tell the truth. it' lasted a very short
time with Joe Redbolt. After a few
days of hard drill he had lost sight of
the possibility of getting killed and
was looking forward to making things
as unpleasant as possible for the ene-
my.
At last the final moment came. Ile
bad attended tbe services at St. Paul's
and sung the national anthem until lie
was hoarse. He bad been slapped On
the back by hundreds of warm hearted
but heavy handed citizens. He had
even fought bis way successfully
through a mob of enthusiastic patriots
all the way from Bunbill row to Nine
Elins, Where be was one of the first to
arrive.
There stood the train waiting to take
them to Southampton. There, too,
stood the long suffering band, and
every minute groups of breathless, ex-
cited men in khaki, who had also
fougbt their way through the crowd,
rushed on to tbe platform.
Of course it was all over. There was
nothing to be done but get into, the
train and say goodby to old London
hint to? She always thought he would
speak to her again. Why had be been
so
and to some extent visited the same awkward and brusque In the way
he had asked her? He had given her
louses, and It was in this way that
Bewburst's inherent jealousy had nip -!no chance to say "yes." And it was
coed into positive rancor, for that only last night she had learned what
had happened--frora Dewhurst's own
there was a member of the fair sex at
lips—And she had cried all night at the
the Inettonit of it is almost obvious.
!mischief she had done, and would he
The innocent cause of the troublei
I forgive her? And did he still care for
Rank dreaming of the mischief she wail
emitting, had thoroughly enjoyed the her a little bit?
rivalry of the two men, as every "Take your seats, there!" roared an
daughter of Eve is bound to do, andofficer.'
It
she had not made it quite clear which was not the time for mock rood-
esty, With her arms around bib neck
of them was to be favored, which Is
eertainly a woman's privilege.
ut Joe Redbolt was generally be-
lieved to be the lucky man, and Dew-
huret had veated his unimenly spite by
and tear stained cheeks pressed to his,
she promised to wait for MID.
"God bless your he wilispered.
"And bring you back to me," she an-
tliousend annoyances ill the office. swered'
And then, with cheers and whistles
Hoevever, in love, as war, it is the
and the band playing "God Save the
ane.xpeeted that Often happens. Joe
Queen" and men shouting and laugh -
point wank. lag and crying, the train moved out,
and the City's Own was en route for
New, most men, when they see a clan -
the front.—Answers.
igeroue rival put out •of court, buey
'their tinirnosity and eveti beconae gen-
erone.
But this was not the case witb Fred
raeealairst. Petty annoyances develop- ,
ed rapidly into daily Instate until the
Morning, as we have seen, he had
'fennel an eiecuse to cut his fornaem
achoolfellow adrift.
Joe Redbolt picked up the pile of
*eine, counted them deliberately and
peat them In hie pocket. I
"Now, IPred Dewburet,"' be said
uskilet, "we are no longer roaster and
n,
so that I can say what X think."
I)ewhur8t 10Ciked rather alarmed
Gain mil in pr,*.
Mrs. Green—They do say tbat Mr.
Slyder gambles. :Isn't it. awful?
Mrs. Gray—I should hay it was. Why,
it's almost as bad as stealing. If he
wine, he robs Some other man; if be
loses, he robs his fatality.
Mrs. Green—At any rate, it is terri-
bly wicked. By the way, I forgot to
tell you I wort the flint priee at the
whist tournament last hien, a bertufi-
ful eilver cup.
Mrs. Gray—Oh, you lucky woman!
ill...hat:1 'tux taidulaypi deitiO 9 TI:a n seri p t.
of 14 years whom Abner adopted. The
old man served in a New York regi-
ment as a soldier in the Union army.
Then he was a trapper and huuter. Ho
had a severe fall over in San _Antonio
canyon a dozen years ago, and from
that time he has been a rattlesnake
hunter exclusively.
I -Ie not only Instate rattlesnakes on
the mountain sides, among the foot-
hills wad in the valleys from April te
1
HOW ABNER DODGE MINTS RATTLERS.
December, but be has a snake farm of
a few acres of rocky, stumpy adobe
land on the sides of the canyon back
from bis rarusbackle log house.
Tbere he has cultivated rattlesnakes
for several years. He has built a cheap
board feuce about part of his farm,
and he and bis boy have piled up a low
wall of stones and rocks about the rest
of it.
Every week scores of tourists in
southern California go up in Lytle
Creek canyon and, from safe vantage
ground, view Abner Dodge's snake
Lan. The old man himself, in his self
niade clothing of skins and rougb wool-
en goods of all hues and fits, is always
a subject of keen interest. He used to
be a very well informed man, and he
evidently came from a good family in
New York. Years of a semihermit's
life among the mountains and canyons
have had their effect OD hirn, and he is
ROW a typical mountain character.
Abner Dodge and his boy assistant
get their livelihood from. the sale a
rattlesnake oil to the druggists in the
mining regions of California and Ari-
zona and also by sellingithe dry skins
and rattles from the snakes tattle doz-
ens of curio shopkeepers In southern
California towns; where eastern tour-
ists flock every winter.
The rattlesnake king gradually drift-
ed into the unique industry by supply-
ing in a smallway the wants of min
ers, who constantly kept fa.ttlesnake
oil in their cabins among the moun-
tains. The old man roams over the
mountain sides, searches through irri-
gating ditches and arroyos, climbs up
and down in canyons and travels the
country for miles around in search of
rattlesnakes, witb DOW and then a shot
at some game.
"I reckon," said the grizzled old fel-
• low, "that I know by this time a fear
things about rattlesnakes. I ought to.
I have lived next door neighbor to the
critters for 25 years. I have got at-
tached to them in a way, but yet I
wouldn't trust a single one of them *
second if be was in reach of Inc. But
I'm telling there aren't more wiselike
and curious specimens In the brute
creation anywhere. ander God's blue
heaven tban the bated and despised
rattlesnakes. I could sit here on this they became bolder than ever, and
log all day and tail ,you things to prove many native Christians were put to
that. Only human beings have the death by terrible means. rahis con -
tinned until the government at pem
sagacity of those crawling reptiles. •
was forced to act if it was to
"How many have I haadled tn my jug
save itself the i ed an My of having
day? 'Oh, about 3,500 or 4,000, I
foreign troops landed for tfic pure
reckoned it up two years ago, and it pose of seppressing the, larwlessness
was then abotit 3,300. 1 guess Dan and bringing to justice the leaders of
and I base got some 500 or 000 More
the °°
since then. The best season for snakes tt swai"T'
wasonlylast fall that this at -
1 ever had was along in the summer of tempt wee made to put a stop to the
1884—the same year Blaine ran for atrocities of the society, and the fu -
President. Well, that year I got over tile attempts at that time promise to
500 snakes. Thine timee 1 ran tete be reppreaotvedee non,. 'Tho was h.Tegoorydeerineodr toof
snake nests in spots where no White the in
proceed against, the bandita proved
man had been for years, and I got
naore of a than enemy to them,
over 30 Snakes in One day Several friend for after the troops which h, h 'd
tiin "
MURDEliOtSSOCIETY
Depredations Conerilitteel by the
Chitiese Boxers.
MURDER OF MISMNARY, BROOKS
Futile Attempts of the Chinese Guy,r.
anent to Punish. the- Bandits -Their
Numbers LIStitliaLeti. at 1/vet' 11,000,
000-F010114.n Troop, Allay Ilave to Stip.
pross Their Lawies..ness.
Chinese officials who, are in 11 pos,
ition to secure accurate data estim-
ate litat 11,000,000 Chinameit , be,
long to the society of boxers, ,or, 118
Lbis same organized baud of ruffians
'was once known, the "6ociety Q1: Lite
Great Sword."
Ioor the last quarter of a century
this society has terrorized the great
central provinces of the flowery king-
dom, and 'Wrought (loath and oe-,
struction in the homes oftheuhvis-
tian missionaries. It was their lat-
est, atrocity, the murder of a. young
Church of England missionary named
Brooks, that called for thecolleetive
note of the ambassadors- and minis-
ters of the poivers. In response to
that note the Chinese government,
has sent an armed force, against the
Boxers, but it is said of this Comic of
soldiers that more than One-half be-
long to the society, and, consequeue-
ly but little good, isexpected from
ite
Of all the atrocitiesof which this
society of ruffians has been accused
none are more terrible than the tor-
ture and death of this young Church
of England missionary. At the time
of his death Inc was on his way to
join a brother missionary at Shan -
Tung. On this journey he passed
through a village where a number of
the members' of this society were at-
tending a native fease, and the cry of
"foreign devil," started by a little
Chinese girl, announced his presence
to the blood -thirsty villains.
Almost before he had time to real-
ize- what was happening they had
surrounded him and began the tor-
ture that ended in his death. They
pushed Mm about from one to an-
other, called him all the vile names
of which they could think, beat han
with clubs, and finally one of the vil-
lains brought a hook to which he had
'attached a, long stout cord, and this
he fastened in the poor victim's -nose,
and in this manner he :was pulled
about the streets. When he attempt-
ed to escape he was literally' cut to
Pieces with swords.
This is but one in a long list of
crimes for which this ,society should
be called upon eo answer. Several,
years ago they attacked and destroy-
ed an Ameeican mission at Shan -
Tung. The head of tbis mission at
that time was Rey. J. II. Laughlin,
now of New York city. Other mem-
bers of the mission were Rev. R. H.
neat, and Dr. J. L. ' Van Schoick.
Of this case Rev. Mr. Laughlin says:
"We lived in three houses allsur-
rounded by a high wall. The first
evidence of trouble was a gunshot
outside the gate, whereupon the gate-
keeper poked out his head to see
what was the matter. Instantly a
pistol was shot off in his face so that
the powder blinded him, although he
rec'edved no other wound.
"The man fell shriking to the
ground, and 25 bandits rushed over
his body and 15110 the courtyard.
Mr. Bent saw them coining and re-
treated into his cottage, but the rob-
bers smashed in the door andshot
him an the thigh. The missionary
seized a piece of the splintered door
and ranout, striking right and left.
One of, the banaits slashed at him
with a sword and aut bis head, an-
other wounded him On the arm, but
he at last escaped, with his life.
"I was romping with my little girl
in our 'dining -room and ran out to
tuvestigate. I found Mr. Bent's
quarters surrounded by a mob of ban-
dits, and 'heard them shouting 'Kill!
"I rari back to ray quarters, got
my wife, and children over the fence
.and helped them to a place ,of safety.
Mr. Van Schoick did likewise. When
we returned the belittles were gone,
andthe mission sate lay literally
smashed to bits on the ground. Tbe
banditshad shaatered it with, inn
mense stones and Chen pried it apart
.tvith crowbars. The ameatud, of mon-
ey secured was small. Sometimes
when tae plunder does not equal
their expectations they seize theper-
son, of one of them victims, blind-
fold him, lead him,' about in, a, circle
andat last, carry him, off to the
mountains, from wheeethey send
messages demanding, a ransonn't
Another attack on Christian mis-
sionaries which called, forth a protest
from: Germany, and. which, lost to
China the valua,ble, port of Tsin-Tau,
which was seized by that govern-
ment in default, cif, theprompt pay-
ment of an indemnity, was that
which resulted in, the murder of some
German priests and the looting oe
German mission. at Shan -Tung.
, The trouble which led 'up no this
murder started ia May, 1891; when
two nuns . who belonged. In this mie-
sion were maltreated by a mob of
Boxers, who charged them with be-
witching children; The nuns'escaped
with slight injuries, but the depae-
dations were continued, and the mis-
sion stations' 'throughout the peov-
ince , were plundereal, and then came
the murder of the priests. .
As the Chinese government,- took no
steps toward punisaing the leaders
dispa tolled to Punish tliorn, had re-
turned vie( (trio nai lna deR,TacteiL 1.00
officers of the troops e and sent a re-
port Lo 9eksng in' which,110,s4.1(1'1,1110-
the s0-callid rebels Which the tropps
had attacked. ,were merely, an aggro,-
12111.1001 02hd boon n.11iirt.isnse: ()treed() ti\i,Nt,trfil' 0 1,1Siiet oil!ilgett\ v,lottr)
warrant ltpou the instigation of, the
forei,gn 1)0\v -ors.
"Thus, .at, a single stroke," writes
Eetiry I). Porter, of,.:Pang,-Chating,
in a communication to, the Outlook,
the governor peralyeed, 'the,acti cm
of every official, _making it iniPossible
for, them., to act as they, clesuay saw
was best.' The leaders who had
sande away. alter the tight quieltly
discovered that the governor was oll
elicit. side, and Wfithin two- w
every man of theni was in, his place
again,'' ,
Itut little better, results .can, be
lookea for 11.001 ehe peesent attempt,
to suppress this 5ociey .of b(SIICILLS
laid murdernow with -far morc'thall
olio -half of the force of •eoldiery ehat
is Moving against theei composed of
itietabers of the 'society". that IS 10111-
ulitting the oittrages, and ihe, day
may not bo far distant when foreign
troops will be landed toguard for-.
eign missions in China and another
step in the disintegration, of thean-
Meat enipire will have been taken.
So far the only punishments mated
out has been to a few ol the 1,eeci-
ers whose heads haye. been cut off
and hung itt cages on- thehighways'
as a warning to others to desist
from their plunderingse but 'it would
take thousands of such punishments
to prove an effective cure ,among a.ao-,
ciety with 11,000,000 members.
A BOY bind a File..
If a boy has any. "mechanical
faculty" if it comes todhim to use
tools. let him be thankful. Such a
gift of nature — "gumption" it is
sometimes called—deserves to be
cultivated. It will serve its posses-
sor many a good turn, though it
may never serve hira quite as well
as it served a man who tells his
story in The Cleveland 'Plain Dealer.
Ile opened a door for ,himselt.in, a
really striking manner. .
"When I was 14* years old," he
says, "it became necessary for • me
to go out in the world and earn my
share in the family expenses. I look-
ed about with small ,success for, a
week or two, and then I. saw, a
card hanging in a store window,
'Boy Wanted.'
"I pulled down my aair, brushed
the front of my jacket, and walked
10.
" 'Do you want, a boy?' I asked of
the clerk.
" `Back office,' he said.
'I walked Mack to the little den
with a high partition around it, and
Pushing °Pea a door, which I noticed
was slightly ajar, cap in hand, I
stepped in.
"It was a chilly day in November,
and before I spoke to the proprietor.
Nvho was bending over a desk, I
turned to close the door. It squeak-
ed horrible- as I pushed if shut, and
then I found that it wouldn't latch.
It had shrunk so that the socket,
which should have caught the latch
was a trifle too high. was a boy
of some mechanical geilius, and I
noticed what the trouble was imme-
diately.
" 'Where did yon learn to close
doors?' said the man at the desk.
"I turned around quickly.
" 'At home, sir.'
" 'Well, ee-hat do you want?'
". 'I came to see about the boy
wanted,' I answered.
" `Oh!' said the man, with a
grunt. Pe seemed rather gruff, but
somehow his,- cense speech didn't dis-
courage me. 'Sit down,' he added,
'I'm busy.' ,
'I looked back at the door:
a 'If you don't mind,' said' 'and
if a little noise won't, disturb you,
fix that door while I'm waiting.'"
" 'Eh?' he said quickly. 'Alleright.
Go ahead.'
"I had been sharpening, my skates
that mornina, and the shore ale• I
used was still in my pocket.. In a
few miuutes I had filed down the
brass socket so that, the latch fitted
nicely. I closed the door two or
three times to see that it was right.
When I put my file back in my pock-
et and turned' around, the man, at
the desk was.starieg at me,
" 'Any parents'?' he asked.
" 'Mother ' 1 answered: •
ve her come herewith you
at two o'clock0T,.
he, said, and, turned
'Ha,
"At 25 I was a partner In e
hboau
ckto his writing.
th
se,
and at 85 I had a half -inter-
est. 1 always attributed the foun-
dation, ofany good fortune, to the
only recommendation I then had in
iny possession—the file.'t
Wound br the Sun.
A clock is to, be seen at Brussels
which comae as near to being a per-
petualanotion machine as is likely to
be invented; for the sun does the
winding. The inethod by which it
works l described in The Optician.
A shaft exposed to the solar rays
causes an up draft of stir, which sets
a fan in motion. The fan acts upoa
a mechanism which raises the weight
of the clock until it reaches the top,
and then puts a brake on thafan till
the weight has gone down a little,
when the fan is again liberated, and
proceeds to act as before.
As long as tho. san shines frequent-
quently enough, and the machinery
does not wear out, the clock will
keep going.
,Ju -.t far Fn...
Druinniond used to tell some amus-
ing stories about the penalties of his
American fame. Extraordinery let-
ters used to Inc wafted to him across
the Atlantic. One of thenn ean as
folloeve: Dear Sir: I am a widow
now with one son 'of twelve years of
acre. He eammises well, and I think
could be 8ccurod for the kihgamn if
you would send him autograph copy
of you' sweet hymn, 'Are they safe
with Mai?' "
What .t,,oper(
allStorner-I could not make the
watch go to save My life. Did you
have to do much to it? ,
Jeweler—Oh, no; not much, We
just took that picture of your wife
out of the ease; that was all.
THE ETERNAL FEMININE.
t5ow the Loolting-6-1,iss Wag Received in
Sam
al il.imid.
Mrs. Mail (30.1'd1101'. Qn 0110 of ber
big -game shooting expeditions in
Somaliland, gave a native woman a .
lookiog-glass, say s Tit -Bits. She
was so delighted -with the first clear
-sight; of her dueley countenance that
she sat ahrough two entire deys and
nights outside Mrs. Gardner's tent
gazing with rapture at her own re-
fleceion. On the morning of the
third day the fame of the looking
-
glass had spread through the coun-
try, and a row of 40 Somali women
collected front far and near, were 'en-
gaged in taking an admiring turn at
the magic mirror. When Mr. Gard -
rime came on the scene she was green-
ed by 40 feminine Somali voices
joined, in chorus, and each begging
for. a looking -glass "all to, herself."
But, alas! for the limitations of a
sporting outfit, the dusky belles were
obliged, to coutent 'themselves with
the one mirror. And the woman
with the looking -glass remained for
many weeks the most important per-
son in Somaliland. '
110 Made 15 :11111lierli.
Upward of 30 years ago, when
Domed Mayclolo was a roadside black-
smith at Norwich, N.Y., six car-
penters came ta the village from the
next county to work on a, new
church. One of them having left his
hammer behind came to the black-
smith's to get one made, there being
none which gave satisfaction in the
village store. "Make me a good
one," said the carpenter, "as gbod as
you know how." ''But," said the
young blacksmith, •who had already
considered hammers, and had arrived
atsome notion of what a hammer
ought to be, and had a proper con-
tempt for cheapness, in all its forms,
"Perhaps you don't want to pay for
as.good a hammer as I can make?"
"Yes, I do; I want a good ham-
mer." And so David Maydole made
good hammer that perfectly satis-
fied the carpenter.
The next clay the' man's five com-
panions came, and each of them
wanted just suah a hammer, and,
when they were done the employer
came and ordered two, more. Next
the storekeeper of the village order-
ed two dozen, which were bought by
a- New York toot merchant, who left
standing ordersfor as many such
hammers. as David afaydole could
make, and from that day to this he
has gone on making hammers, until
now he has 115 man at work. He
has never pushed, never borrowed,
never tried to compete with others in
price, because other men had clone so.
His only, care was to make a per-
fcct hammer, to make such as people
wanted and no more, and to sell
them at a fair price. Boys, what-
ever you undertake, do it perfectly
with your might and you avill suc-
ceed.
illiavn's raiek.
Here is a good story of a man call-
ed William who is engaged as a win-
dow -cleaner at a certain great hotel
in London. One morning, William,
instead of doing his' work, was amus-
ing himself by reading the paper, and,
as bad luck would have it, the man-
ager looked in.
"What's this?" Inc said. William
was dumbfounded. "Pack up your
things and go," said the manager.
So poor Williorn went to the office,
drew the money which was owing to
him, and then went upstairs and put
ou his Sunday clothes. Coining
down he went to say "Good-bye" to
some of the other servants, and there
he. happeaed to run across the mana-
ger, who did not recognize him in his
best coat.
"Do you want a job?" asked the.
manager. •
"Yes, sir," said William.
"Can you clean windows?"
"Yes, sir." .
"You look a handy sort of chap. I
only gave the last man 22c, but
give you 25c.
"Thank you, sir," said William; and
in half an hour he was in the same
old room cleaning the windows this.
time, and not reading the paper.
Plat fl laik.
Without Asking Why — How good
true friendships, and how we value
those who are loyal and true to us
through evil as well as good report.
When all men speak well of us, wee
think everything secure; even the
friendships of all who have. known,
us. But, alas! Our friends, whom.
we thought so true desert us without
ever asking why. It may Inc the
Joss of this world's goods; it may be
tae foul breath of .slander- or it may
be the silent whisperings of some en-
emy resolutely determiniag to pull us
down in the opinion of the commun-
ity. What is friendship worth which
goes with the dew of slander and, sus- ,
picion? A true and tried ,friend is
worth having and keeping. Things
of this world are unstable and inse-
cure, but there is a home where son -
now never entera nor ever
blows. •
l'unifihmetit 'SIS 11 150,11y Burt% 111timml5.
The prettiest child story, that I
have seen lately is in French. A
mother tells her little girl that be-
cause she has been naughty she will
not kiss her for a week. Before two
clays have gone by the child's lips
hunger so for her mother's kiss that
she begs her not to punish her any
more. The mother says: "No my
deer. I told you that I should not
kiss you, and I must keep my word."
"Dat, mamma, mannna," Says the
little girl, "would It be breaking
yoiir word if you shoind kiss me just.
once to -night when I'm asleep?"
15 s' 'Hurry.
She had paused veith her pen in the
air.
"What's the matter?" asked the
other girl; "can't you finish your
lotter?"
"Yes, But I don't feel quite sure
whether I ought to say 'yours
truly' or 'yours respectively' or
'yours sincerely.' a
She thonght awhile longer and
then exclaimed:
"1 know what I1l do. I'll sign it
.twoUrs In hasta.k