Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 29, Number 23, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 3 December 1898 — Page 7
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BIG HEARTED BACHELOR TURES TWO FAIR LADIES.
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The girl shrugged her shoulders and ex claimed, "Why, I always understood that you really believed yon had no heart." "Hearts be—banished!" ejaculated the bachelor. "I haven't got a heart In the neighborhood of my ribs, much less in the back part of my head. You are stealing time. That's what I'm talking about, repeat it. All you women dote on stealing time from one anothor. It's really appall lng. I never could quite understand why 'Thou shalt not steal thy neighbor's time' was not included in the commandments. You know I've been spending three weeks with my sister in a New England village, and my observations there set me to thinking on this subject. From morning until night she is interrupted by people dropping in, not because they care for her and want to talk with her in a spirit of sympathy and understanding, but because they liavo nothing else to do. Their calls are absolutely aimless. That isn't all. This village is a very central point, and people must pass through it to get to a largo number of towns and other villages which surround it. Well, they drop in by the score for a day, a day and night, and oftentimes a week, on their way to or from visiting other people, and all because they have nothing elso to do. To my mind there is something actually wrong in such inconsiduration forffitfrch otlior. There is somothing nothirfRpshort of criminal in stealing time in this way." "Oh, it's all in a lifetime," said the girl. "What difference can it possibly mako, and, anyway, people in the city don't do that. It's only people in the country." "You are vastly mistaken," answered tho bachelor. "City women are rnoro given to this pernicious habit than their country cousins. Take thoso who live in big, handsomo houses and are blessed with big incomos. Thoy font* advantageous acquaintances for tho most part and must needs simulate genuine feeling for one an other by dropping in on each other at any tinio. The people with limited incomes, who live in Hats and cheap apartments, are no hotter, for housekeeping is so simpllflod for them that they have lots of spare time on their hands with whioh to steal tho tlino of other folks. As for tho In mates of boarding houses, thoy mako a regular business of stealing time from one anothor. It is, in fact, a falling common to your sex. And tho mlsohief of it all is that tho average woman talks to toll what she thinks, and not, like that good Boston philosophor, to And out what she thinks." "You aro entirely too harsh in your judgment," spoko up she of tho wyte hair, '•Success in life depends largely on the number of people one meets." "Indeed not," retorted the bachelor, "but It does depend on tho power of coming into real sympathy with somo of that number." "1 do not consider thnt callers, droppers In, as you call them, steal one's time, for thoy do not interrupt specific work. I must ndmit that they do take up a lot of valuable time, but"—
Tho woman hesitated, and tho man added cynically: "it all in a lifetime' l)o not misunderstand mo," ho went on "lam nor, crying down tho companion ship of friends. No other possession in life can lieglti to compare with that of loyal friends, but these women who drop in on each other because they have nothing else to do make real friendships nest to Impossible. They leave no time for tho cultivation of real friendship, which is a tender, delicate essence and needs much care and thought. To exchange formal or even Informal calls and reception and dinner Invitations is not friendship. Oftener It is |M)litlcs. To agreo about tho latest book or opera is not friendship, and neither Is membership in tho same club or class or society, and yet you women call it so, and thus cloak your habit of stealing time." "You cannot convinco me that men don't steal time from one another just as much as we women do," put in tho girl flippantly "I've noticed that when women have a fault men always have it ten times worse." "You are vastly mistaken," said tho bachelor. "Man, as a rule, does not steal time from his fellow man Ho is too selfish. Man only seeks the companionship of those whom ho can enjoy. It would tiever occur to him to drop in for an hour or two hours or a day on a man with whom he has nothing in common just boeause he has nothing else to do or no where else to go All personal association should uplift, should leave behind a sense of charm. l)o women feci that after some one has stolen a precious hour, a morning or an afternoon from them? I think not. When von do not feel this after a caller or visitor has departed, make up your mind that you've been entertaining a thief, a jwrson who has stolen that most precious thing in life—time." "You seem to have thought so much on this subject perhaps you can explain why women steal time," said the woman. "It is entirely due to a lack of perception on their part," ho answered promptly. "Woman has an almost supernatural intuition, but her power of perception is rather limited. This very lack of perception result* in want of consideration for others, and so she imposes on their time, and furthermore she saps their strength and resources.*'—New York Sun
Her Clever tden.
Said a lady who Is especially noted as a most successful hostWRV "If I am giving a lunch or dinner or even serving refreshracists for an 'at home' or A whist party. I always serve one or mow delicacies of whioh I am not fond. I find the result apparently more pleasing than If I select only those dlshcw which I would prefer myself."
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Womcn Who Have Kothlag to Wnvte Their Hnnm and Steal Time of Their Acquaintance*. Dn* to a Lack of Perception.
"You women are nearly all thieves, downright thieves," said the crusty bachelor with the big soft heart. "Mine out of ten of you steal every day of your lives, and I defy you to deny it." "Women steal?" repeated one of* his companions, a dainty, white haired little creature, in a surprised tone. "Ob, I enppose he's referring to onr habit of appropriating men's hearis," suggested the other, a winsome girl with an exaggerated method of speech. "Of course we do that. I'd like to steal hearts by the billion, I would, and so wonld every other woman if she'd only own it." "You're stealing now," said the bachelor, with an amused smile, "actually stealing before our very eyes."
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A Startling and Grand Panorama
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"Virginia City," said Sayro Noble, a I Nivada ranchman, "is pretty well up in
th«) world, as any one knows who has ever been there, and there are few localities in all the Rocky mountain region from which a wider range of country can be taken In at cne view. Owing to that feet some very beautiful, striking and unusual sights are frequently seen by the dwellers in that favored city almost within sounds ing distance of tho clouds. I have witnessed some of them myself, and one lia l»rticular I remember. In fact, it was a sight that no one having seen could ever forget. It was a moving panorama, grand and in&pressive in the extreme, being no less than five distinct snowstorms raging among the mountains and deserts to the eastward, while in the city not a flake of snow was falling. The storms represented all degrees of fierceness and covered an area of at least 100 miles. The one furthest to hte esat, and at the same time the most northerly one, was apparently passing directly over the 40 mile desert. It was as black as a thunder cloud so dense was the whirling body of snow, and was perhaps 10 miles in diameter. Any one in the midst of it would have been willing to swear that a snowstorm must be raging over the entire continent, but just to the north of it several tall, stalely peaks rose out of the fierce storm and towered above it in tho full splendor of sunlight. The high hills that lay beyohd the storm were shut off from sight as though by a gigantic black curtain. "Nearer, and to the southward, another storm, not so black and fierce as the first, but still dense enough to hide all the region behind it, was in less active progress. It crept along toward the east, reaching from the level of the Carson valley upward to the very cloud whence it came, high In the heavens. Still nearer, and between the city and the mountains of Como a lighter storm yet, one only two or three miles in width, passed on its way. Through this the mountain peaks could be seen dimly as in a thin fog. A mile further south a fourth snowstorm, smaller in area than even the last one, but as black and tempestuous as the great blizzard that, with the sun touching its crown, was sweeping tho 40 mile desert raged in awful fury. All behind it was hid as with the pall of the blackest night. Miles away, further up to the southward, the fifth storm, a vast and violent one, was sweeping along, covering and hiding a range of 80 miles of high hills. "Between these several storm bodies bills, plains and mountain peaks stood revealed as far as the eye could see, all lying in the glory of a late October sun. The gleaming peaks that rose golden far above tho black masses of storm as they raged in fury at the mountain bases and far up their rocky sides made a particularly striking and awesome part of that strange picture."—Now York Sun.
While Car* Waited.
It happened at Fifth and Walnut streets at an hour whan the streets were crowded The flagman had signnlod an approaching northeast electric railway car to stop and give the right of way to a south bound Westport oar. Standing in the center of tho network of tracks were two women. It was evident that they had met by chance after a long separation. They rushed into each other's arms and were smothering each other's faces with kisses. "Look out ahead!" shouted the grlpman on the cable car at the top of his voice.. The flagman waved his club frantically about his head and olevated his voice in an effort to attract tho attention of tho two women. But they stood as if glued to the spot, and were deaf to tho cries of danger Ono more embrace, one more kiss, and then ono of tho women happened to glance ovor her shoulder and beheld the grlpman yanking invny at tho brakes in an effort to bring his oar to a standstill The air about was {.erfectly blue. fv "Oh, dear me, horo comes a car!" is all she said Taking hor friend by tho arm. they strolled leisurely toward tho sidewalk "I'll bo willing to wager my last cent,' said the grlpman to the conductor ns the latter came forward to ascertain what was wrong, "that two women would stop to kiss each other If thoy wore falling out of a balloon "—Kansas City Journal
Why He Dirt Not Flinch.
Somo lumber was being unloaded on Baron no street when a piece slipped and hit tho sidewalk with a report, like a torpedo. Everybody jumped except tho man who was standing with his back to the pile, quietly smoking a cigar. He kept on pulling, and didn't even tako tho trouble to look around 'There is a man of nerve," said the physiognomist of tho neighborhood. "I would have known It even wlthont this incident. Ixjok at his profile and take particular note of that narrow, projecting jaw and those eyes in a perfectly straight line. When you see a man put up that way, don't monkey with him too freely. Such a face always denotes the raro blending of moral and physical courago that constitutes real valor. You couldn't scare that chap with tons of dynamite." 'Not if you let it off behind him," remarked a bystander, "because lie's stono deaf."—New Orleans Times-Democrat
Fountain Inkhornn— Fountain fens.
Matthew Henry, in his commentary on the vision of tho "candlcstick all of goli^ and two olive trees by it," mentions "fountain itikhorns" and "fountain pens." What were they? He says: 'This candlestick had one bowl, or common receiver, on the top, into which oil was continually dropping, and from it, by seven secret pipes, or passages, it was diffused to the seven lamps. So that, without any further care, they received oil as fast as they wasted It (as in thoso which wo call fountain inkhorna or fountain pens). Thty never wanted, nor were ever glutted, ated to kept always burning clear."—Note® and Queries
Novel S«(« Waterfall.'
An ingenious stage waterfall devised by M. Gallhardt has attracted attention at the Paris opera halls. It Is made of tulle stretched on frames Imitating the curves of a fall Behind It little streams of water are discharged through perforated pipes against a metal plate, so as to throw a spray upon the tulle. When the electric light Is played on this, the effect Is mag loal.
Reformed.
Mrs. Wendover—They say Q»ce Willing* has'married a man with a past. Mrs. Fripperson— Y«**, he ran for office once. But we should be charitable. He Is leading a blameless life now.—Cleveland Leader.
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Patient—Oh, doctor, if could only die! Doctor—I'm doing my best for you.— World'* Comic.
A CREEPY EXPERIENCE IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS. ..
Bow the Cncanny Influence of Dead Men's Bones Made Itself Manifest on Board of Lieutenant Peary's
Ship, the Kite.
A member of the Peary expedition writes: While reading The Graphic review of Lieutenant Peary's book it occurred to me that a curious experience resulting from sundry raids made on Greenland burying grounds in the scientific pursuit of Eskimo skulls and skeletons may be of present interest. I confess that nfy story has a distinctly RougeinontUavpr, but its accuracy is vouched for by the scientists of the party We know it really-happened. We leave the explanation to the Psychical Research society.
The Greenland section of the Peary expedition was partly subsidized by several scientific societies on the understanding that skulls and skeletons and botanical and geological specimens should be secured for their various museums. Six Eskimo skeletons were promised to the Chicago World's fair authorities in return for a grant toward the Peary expedition. Eskimo skeletons are rare, especially of those types known as the "arctic highlandors," and it was a question of honor that the scientific branch of the expedition should not return without some of these coveted specimens. Now, the Eskimos are a superstitious people and hold a tradition that if a body belonging to one of their race be taken to a country where no walruses, seals or bears exist and where grass is plentiful the bones of such a transported Eskimo are chewed up by snakes, and the spirit perishes beyond redemption.
Consequently our endeavors to obtain skulls and skeletons by legitimate purchase failed utterly, though I must say in defense of our skeleton snatching action that we offered largo prices and tempting prizes for their barter.
When the Kite landca at Ittiblu, the scientists went ashore on a skeleton hunting quest and, finding no bone market open to bribes or sales, determined to make a raid on the two century old burying ground, whioh contained several hundred graves. The Eskimos built a domelike erection above the'ir graves, the stones being so arranged as to cover the corpse without coming in contact with it. Snow falling between the crcvices of the stones causes a firm kind of cement, eo that the opening of such a grave is no easy task. We settled on the likeliest looking grave and after some hard work at night procured an admirable type of mummified Eskimo—a chief buried some two years previously, whom we found clad in a complete sealskin suit.
Wrapping the body in an ulster, we carried it down to the whaleboat, conveyed it on board the Kite and put it In a canvas gun bag, whioh wo promptly sealed.
We had arranged that the affair was to be concealed from the crew, since had they known of the circumstance one and all would have refused to sail with so ghostly a burden aboard. Our plans fell out so well that even the cagtain of the Kite was for some timo unaware of the presence on board of what one ethnologist called "a grand specimen." At Herbert island we collected two skulls, each "find" being duly sealed in a canvas bag, and at several landing points we added to the skeletons in our bags, winding up at Godhavn, whore 13 fine skulls and several bones were secured. By this time one of our bunks was converted into a regular graveyard, but each specimen was separately bagged, securely sealed and the cabin carefully locked.
After the shipping of 13 skulls we encountered terrible weather. The crew meanwhilo had their suspicions as to "uncanny" influences aboard, and formed a deputation to tho captain to assure him that there would be no luck about the ship till "something" was thrown overboard. The mon at tlio w^eel declared in turn that while in the act of steering some stronger hand than theirs was constantly turning tho ship shoreward. Ono veteran helmsman ran ua into a sand bank. He said ho "couldn't help it—'somebody' seized the wheel and ran tho ship aground." Tho superstitious sailors were firmly persuaded that ghostly "Huskies" —as they call the Eskimos—wore piloting the ship landward to induco us to give up their chief's body for docent burial.
Ono morning at breakfast an officer told a strange yarn. Ho said he was on watch during the night, when ho noticed a kayak paddled by an Eskimo alongside the vessel It was bad weather, and he knew it must bo a ghostly kayak, for no such craft could have been out 60 miles from the land on such a night. Added to which he stated that the kayaker had no difficulty In keeping up with tho ship. The Eskimo hailed the watch and kept waving and beckoning with mysterious gestures and a threatening tone in his exclamations. Suddenly he vanished, to reappear alongside a fow minutes later, hailing the ship with a mournful wail. Tho sky was ttt up by tho vivid northern lights, so the officer stated that ho saw distinctly what subsequently took placo.
Out of tho hatchway came a procession of six Eskimos walking noiselessly along the poop deck. They passed through the bulwark—not over it—and vanished The kayaker disappeared at the same time. The scientific party lefffche breakfast table and went to the locked graveyard bunk. Six of tho skulls were missing from the bags. The seals were unbroken and were apparently the sahie that we Jiad affixed. The remaining bones and skulls, with tho chief's skeleton, are now the properly of tho Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. The six missing skulls have never been heard of. Most of the crew refused to go another voyage In the Kite, which they declared to be haunted by "Huskies" in search of their desecrated bones*
I give you the story just as it occurred. We cannot explain it. If the crew had conspired to steal the bones to "lay" the "Husky" ghosts, why did they take only six styills and how did they manage not to disturb the seals? The abstraction of tho skulls made no difference—*o the sailors declared—to the "Husky" apparitions with which they said the ship was constantly haunted.—London Graphic.
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CHINESE IDEAS OF WAR.
They Have Never Held Military Art In Good Repute.
M. Leon de Remy has made a carious communication respecting the ideas of the Chinese concerning war. Although it has often been necessary for the Chinese to engage in war, the military art has never been in good repute among them. In their view every war is a misfortune, if not a sin. They avoid talking to their ohildren of laurels, crowns and triumphs won in war, but teach in their sohools that the most glorious battles are at bottom simply homicides, abominable disasters to both parties.
An emperor who decides to sacrifice numerous existences on a field of slaughter is reputed an unwise and unjust prince. A general who has won a battle ought to wear mourning for the quantity of blood his success has cost. These doctrinos are not gross or immoral, but in the existing conditions of society generous thoughts are not without some inconvenience, and it Is easy to understand how with such ideas concerning war the Middle Kingdom has been conquered sometimes by peoples of no groat importance and not very well armed.
Nevertheless it is a curious ethnographical fact that whenever the Chinese people have bpen conquered they have absorbed their conquerors to their almost entire disappearance. The succcssors of the Mantchoo conquerors are now reigning in China, and it can hardly be said that any Mantchoos exist in Asia. Thoso who 6erve are treated at the court like slaves, while the powers are very oareful not to show any lack of respect to tho Chineso. The Manchu language, in spite of efforts to give it some literary and political importance, has boon thrown into the background and is hardly more than one of the rude jargons of central Asia.—Popular Science Monthly.
A Cullnnry Failure.
She had just come from Castle Garden. It took only half a look to tell that she originally came from the Emerald Isle and was absolutely ignorant of the wonderful things there are to be seen in America, says the Chicago Journal.
Although ehe was green, she looked as if sho might learn, and a woman on Mich igan avenue engaged her as maid of all work within a short time after her arrival in Chicago.
There were many minor mishaps, whioh wero overlooked, and Mrs. McPherson was beginning to feel encouraged over the prospects of having a good girl in the course of time.
One day she had a watermelon sent up. It was duly delivered at the kitohen door. Not long before dinner Nora came to the door of the sitting room. "Miss McPherson,"she said, "I'vebeen a-cookin that big aig an a-cookin it, an sure I can't do nawtbin with it. Won*t you be afther comin out in the kitohen an lookln at it?"
Rasfttan Royal Income*.
No sovereign is so rich as the emperor of Russia, and no sovereign has such heavy calls upon his purse. The Grand Dukes Vladimir, Alexis, Serge and Paul Alexandrovitch, as well as the Grand Duke Michael Nicholejeritch, as the sons of emperors of Russia, receive from tho bead of the house an annual sum of 185,000 rubles, which, added to their private means, makes them very rich The wives and widows of Russian grana dukes receive 40,000 rubies, their sons 150,000 rubles. It was the late Emperor Alexander III who made the rule that every member of the Russian imperial family must spend a part of tho year in Russia or else los£ a third of his or her allowance.—San Franclsoo Argonaut.
A Chinese View of Americans.
This Is bow a Chinese visitor in this oountry describes Americans in a Chinese paper: "They live months without eating a mouthful of rice they eat bullocks
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sheep in enormous quantities they have to bathe frequently they eat meat with knives and prongs they never enjoy themselves by sitting quietly on their ancestors' graves, but jump around and kick balls as if paid to do it, and they have no dignity, for they may be found walking with women."
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