Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 20, Plymouth, Marshall County, 18 January 1896 — Page 2

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THE INDEPENDENT.

PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, i 1 FOUND AN APT PUPIL, Uow the Aged DouTauRht the Pup to Stund Sentinel. I The following: dog story Is told by an old resident who has never been required to present .affidavits, but will do so If desired, although u resident of Piety bill. lie has an old do?, a spaniel, that for nearlr twenty rears has been the most faithful of guardians. .Summer or winter, fair weather or foul, as .soon as the key was turned in the lock of the back door he has taken his position at tinthreshold, and not the slightest sound escaped his investigation during tin night. In hot weather the family have never hesitated to leave the door open for ventilation. In all those years the first riser in the morning has never failed to lind "old Itover" alert at his post at the threshold. Then, relieved of Lis charge, he immediately retired to Lis Junik In the woodshed for slumber. The faithful old fellow is becoming decrepit, and his master recently carried home a bull terrier pup with a pedigree of great length and the bluest of blood: an unlettered pup from the kennel of its mother; full of playfulness. free from every c;iiv, thoughtless and perpetually hungry. That was three months ago, and the pup is now .r months old. For a time, the old brown spaniel had no use for the frisky little white-haired fellow, so entirely unlike himself, that ran under him, jumped over and upon his back, grabbed his long and silky ears and attempted to run away with them, but after a time it was a clear case of grandfather and the youngest baby. This is the situation now: When the key is turned it is the pup that takes the position at the threshold, while the old dog, confident of the faithfulness of his proxy sentinel, retired to his piece of carpet and snores the night through. Not only does the terrier remain on duly all night, but the moment someone is astir in the house she retired to her bunk for sleep, just as the old dog did for so many rears. The owner has tip-toed down to the door at all hours, but has never found her napping. "You cannot make me believe that this is instinct, unless you concede that Instinct is thought and intelligence, and that dogs have the power to communicate them." he declares. "Three months ago this pup knew absolutely nothing, except how to play and eat. Its sole companion has been the old dog, and to-day the pup knows all that the old dog knows, and the old dog knows the pup knows it, and has retired from business fully aware that his duties have been left to a eoi:-;etent and faithful successor. I'm going to take the pup to a friend's house for a night or two and see if the old dog doesn't Immediately resume his post by the door." Detroit Journal. How It Sounded. A good many years ago, at a session of the Evangelical Ministerium in Altentown, Pennsylvania, an effort was made to consolidate the German Lutheran papers in Xew York and Pennsylvania. The journals to be united undr this proposition were the New York Herold and the Allentown Zeitschrift. It was resolved by the New York Synod that the two should be united under one name as the organ of the German Lutheran Church. During the discussion which arose on the subject a learned divine proposed that the name of the. new paper should be The New York Herold in union with the Allentown Zeitschrift." Another prominent clergyman suggested that as the name was to be so long, it should be printed in a curved line, and in the center there should be a vignette of Martin Luther, standing, Bible in hand, with this motto: "Here I stand, God help me. I cannot do otherwise." The two propositions seemed to meet with general favor, when Rev. William Hoppe, at that time pastor of Zion's Lutheran Church of Lancaster, rose and said that he saw a weak point In this arrangement, which he stated thus: "Gentlemen, you are about to reach a consummation devoutly to be wished the establishment of a German Lutheran paper which shall stand before the world as the great -tponent and defender of the Lutheran creed. Let us see what the name of the journal would look like when once printed as'suggested. It would, I think, read something like this: ".I he New York Ilcroid; here I stand, God help me, I cannot do otherwise. In union with the Allentown Zeitschrift.' " Of course there was great laughter at this, and of course, also, the pompous name and motto were dropped. Professional Restraint. How many lxys have decided to enter the profession of journalism? How many girls? Those who have begun to "think ahead" so far as that have much other thinking to do also. They will be called upon to decide upon certain problems which might just as well be considered In the beginning, before they arc confronted face to face. l'irst: Shall I try to enter a man's house for the purpose of obtaining per sonal Information when he has ex press! told me that he has none to give! Second: When I hate talked with a person five minutes, miring which he lias merely tried to repulse my Inquiries, shall I write a personal Interview containing a florid account of what he did not say? ' Third: If I am unable to obtain an interview shall I publish a description of his hoes, his hat and necktie, hop lug that the public will consider such

items as the valuable result of the personal acquaintance of my paper with all the celebrities of tlie day? Fourth: When a person refused to allow his privacy to be Invaded by me, shall I work upon his sympathies through the plea that I'nm unable to obtain copy, and that discharge from my paper means starvation for me and my large and worthy family? Fifth: Shall I minister, by every word I write, to depraved and vitiated tastes, or shall I bring my idea of personal honor into the office, and endeavor to make it newspaper honor also? Youth's Companion.

A Fulfilled Prophecy. At the time of the boom in Southern California a gentleman who was about to start for the golden land of which so much was said, and who had a passion for quoting the Bible whenever it was possible, telegraphed to a friend already resident in the West the following words: "Iteaft the second Epistle of John, twelfth verse." The friend looked up fhe verse, and read, "Having many things to write un to you. I would not write with paper and ink, but I trust to come unto you. and speak faee to face, that our joy may be full." The friend was also a student of the Bible, and from his beautiful home in one of the loveliest of California towns he sent back the words: "Delighted to hear it. Read Deuter onomy, eighth chapter, seventh to tenth verse." The message translated gives the no blest description of what Its grateful inhabitants love to rail "God's country." "For tin' Lord, thy God. brlngeth thee into a good land, a laud of brooks of water, of fountains nud depths that spring out of valleys and hills: a. land of wheat and barley and vines and figtrees and pomegranates: a land of oil, olive and honey; a land wherein thou shalt cat bread without scarceness; thou shalt not lack anything in It; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. When thou hast eaten and art full. then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land he hath given thee." Perilous Navigation. Clergymen are not slow to tell stories at their own expense. In a recent assembly of ministers one of the number said that, in addressing a certain mis sion meeting, which was attended chiefly by sailors, he had sought to adapt his remarks to his hearers by us ing nautical similes, and In so doing he had ventured somewhat beyond his depth. "I employed," he said, "the figure of a captain navigating his ship through a narrow, winding channel, abounding in rocks ap-d strong currents. 1 described the details and difficulties of the voyage with what eloquence I could, and repeated some of the imaginary captain's orders, to work my audience up to a lino suspense. Then, with the Ship In the most imminent peril before the rocks, I called out: " 'And now what shall we do? What shall we do? " 'Bless ycr soul, cap'n, a sailor in the audience sang out, 'you can't do u thing, for yer going starn foremost!' "I resolved," said the preacher, "to learn a little more of navigation before I attempted to sail even an Imaginary vessel In the presence of an audience of experts." Found tne Right Man. "Uncle Allen," asked the caller, "do you know of anything that's good for a cold?" Uncle Allen Sparks opened his desk, took from one of the pigeonholes a large bundle of newspaper clippings tied with a string and threw it Into the other's lap. "Do I know of anything that is good for a cold?" he echoed. "My friend, I know of C27 infallible ways of curing a cold. I've bee:i collecting them for forty-nine years. You try these, one after the other, and if they don't do you good como br.ck and I'll give you 11G more. Bless me!" added Uncle Allen, with enthusiasm, "you can always cure a cold If you go at it riglit" Me du;? n bundle of yello .v. time-stained clippings out of another pigeon-hole, and the visitor hastily coughed himself out Chicago Tribune. Natural Sculpture. Thft most wonderful pieces of natural sculpture in the world may be seen by any visitor to the Cape Verde Islands. As the ship enters the harbor of i'ne above-named place one sees a bold ridge of dark volcanic rocks lying In the distance. The crest of this ridge forms an exact likeness of Washington, the figure lying apparently face upward, i3 if In sleep. Syrian Manners. In Syria people never take off their caps or turbans when entering the house. r visiting a friend, but they always leave their shoes at the Hoot. There are no mats or scrapers outside and the floors inside are covered with expensive rugs, which, In Moslem houses, are very clean, and used to kneel upon while saying prayers. Collecting Taxes. The Dutch have an original way of collecting tho taxes. If, after due notice has been given, the money is not sent, the authorities place one or two hungry militiamen in the house, to be lodged and maintained at the expense of the defaulter until the amount of tho tax is paid. An Animate Picture. JIggs There is something very picturesque in one of the scenes of that burlesque. Jaggs Yes; living picturesque. New York World. Then He Would fctop. "Haven't you proposed several times to that girl?" "Yes, and I'm going to keep at it until she says 'no!' "Louisville Truth. .

London funerals cost over $.", mO,ÜUO annually. The commercial marine of Canada gives employment to some Co.uoo sailors. A Japanese seal fishing company has been . organized by Tokio capitalists to compete with foreign sealers off the coast of Japan. An area of fi.oOO square miles south of GO degrees north latitude in Canada is suitable for the production of all props grown in England, i A Chesterville. Me., couple recently celebrated their golden wedding in the very house into which they moved on their wedding day fifty years before. Almost the only monument of the Roman dominion In Egypt, the fortress of Rabylon, at old Cairo, is being torn down to make way for modern buildings. Kildare and Wicklow have been justly termed the garden of Ireland, for nowhere is nature more profuse in her display of the picturesque and the beautiful. A footman in an J'nglism nobleman's house testified recently that his regular pay was Jj'ÖO a year. He also testified that his average "tips" amounted to .$'1.000 a year. The Magna Charta, or great charter, of English liberties is si ill preserved in the British Museum. The impress of the seal and King John's name are both very distinct. A Kansas district lias a written contract with a teacher to teach the school, chop the wood, make the lire, sweep ami tiud the matches for $."." a month. The teacher is a woman. A mass of eels weighing "oo pounds dogged the water wheel which runs the electric light plant of Iliverhead, L. I., tho other night, and the town was in darkness for several hours. Of the 4.1H4 seal skins brought into Port Townsend. Wash., during the season just closed I?.C."o were of female seals, an indication of the rate at which the seal herds am being destroyed. The persons of African descent in the United Stales are classified according ; the degrees of colored blood into ...i;;7,iKSo blacks, Pöo.bM mulattoes, lUo,l'lö quadroons and (''..Kit octoroons. A seaweed of the South Paeitie often grows to be thirty or forty inches in diameter and l.öoo to .mm feet long. It has no root in the proper sense, the nourishment being absorbed from the water. Down to the depth of 200 fathoms, where daylight appears, the eyes of a fish get bigger and bigger. Beyond that depth small-eyed forms set in, with long feelers developed to supplement the eyes. Three times as many American horses have been sold in England this year as were called for in 181)4, and their average price at the ports of shipment has been $100. They are used chiefly for draft in Loudon. The Bank of England has l.HtO officials on its pay roll, which amounts to about $1,000,000 a year, and 1,000 clerks. If a clerk is late three times he receives a warning, the fourth time he is discharged at once. There is a woman contractor and quarr j operator in Buffalo, who has supplied stone for some of the most important structures in the city. She Is the only woman who is an active member of the Buffalo Builders' Exchange. A novel document was filed in the office of the county recorder at Sedalia, Mo., a few days ago. It is a paper wherein Mrs. Belle Asher apprentices Km daughter, Letha Asher, D years old, to Mary Jane Love, "to learn the trade and art of housekeeping." A thorough test is to be nvide in Mari on County, Florida, as to the adaptability of the soil for the profitable cultivation of tobacco. It is estimated that 1,000 acres will be planted with tobacco seed from Cuba and Sumatra during the present winter. M. Lebeau has succeeded in obtaining pure gluciuutn from the emerald by heating the precious stone in an electric furnace until th s'Hicon Is volatilized. The residue b: combined witli hydrofluoric acid, :.nd after a series of purifications gives pure gluciuum. Some people have been making a count and find that not one of the State governors in the United States Is a Kornau Catholic. There are no Kornau Catholics in the Cabinet, none in the Supreme Court, and there never has been one in the White House. A Parisian had the remains of his brother cremated. The ashes were put in a leather bag, and sent by rail to his brother's home. The bag was mislaid, und a suit has been instituted by tlu brother against the railway company for the value of the dead man's ashes. A Spanish illustrated comic weekly. La Tela Cortada ("The Cut Cloth") is printed on cloth the size of an ordinary handkerchief. After it has been read it can be put in water, when the ink will wash out and only a handkerchief remain. The price of this novel journal is 5 cents. Experiments indicate that spiders (have a long range of vision. It is not always possible to tell, however, whether the lower animals perceive by sight or hearing, or by the action air in motion has on their bodies. It Is asserted that mice are sensitive to motions of the air which to human ears create no sound whatever. JIourH and Wagen. Since fifty years ago there has been here, s well as In England, a great re dtictlon in the hours of labor. But this , was not accomplished for the pleasure of the wage earners; It was accomplished betnuse experience proved that after

a certain ?!ate of fatigue had been

readied labor was unprofitable. The hours may Mill further be reduced. A large volume of evidence has been colleetod in the last few years to show that production is even more economical with an eight-hour than with a ninehour or a ten-hour day. Experiments in this direction are in progress. If what is claimed for the eight-hour day bo proved and it has been partially proved the eight-hour day will comu Into general use. But otherwise no amount of ethics or philanthropy or Christianity will bring it in. Men are always, everywhere, trying to get all they can. If they can get more by worklug ten hours than by working eight, ten hours they will work. Wages have been largely Increased in the past fifteen years, but this is due purely to economic causes. The "principle of Christianity which attaches an absolute value, greater than that of all earthly things, to a human being aa such," has not Induced any employer to increase wages. It can be shown that this principle has led to the improved condition of the laboring classes, but it has done so iu accordance with economic laws, and not by suspending them, or violating them, or substituting benevolent for selfish instincts. Invention and the extension ol the human control over the powers ol nature have enormously increased the amount of product, of wealth, that can be gotten 1)3 the labor of each Individual. This increase has been distributed and the laborer has got part of it; it U not material to this discussion whether he has got Iiis share, or less, or, as some persons believe, more. The material fact is-that he lias often been paid hii increased wages out of an increased quality of production, and not out of an accumulated fund of altruism. No amount of ethics or philanthropy would have been able to pay him increased wages had not some one's inventive skill enabled him to weave more yards of cloth and roll more pounds of iron In a week than his grandfather did. Llpplncott's Magazine. A MAGICIAN'S FRAUD. The Mastery of Ilia Dancing Puppet Is Cleurcd Up. Of all the fakirs who make their liv Ing by preying upon the gullible frequenters of Fourteenth street, betweeu Broadway and Sixth avenue, perhaps the most astute is the one who offers for sale a pair of little jumping jack which lie so arranges that they appear to dance incessantly without assistance from anybody, says the New York Tribune. The puppets look like clothespins deprived of their prongs and tiuished with four loosely joined cardboard appendages to represent arms and legs. The wily merchant, whose license number is (JirJT, if you should care to identify him, baits his trap so that he had a dark background, such as an open cellar window. Then he spreads a black mat about a foot square upon the pavement. Waiting until there are no spectators around, he carefully places the grip containing his merchandise on one side of the mat, while he takes his stand on the other side. Then the attenuated clothespins mysteriously appear on the mat and begin their gyrations. To the uninitiated passers-by the puppets seem to receive their Inspiration from some mysterious source, and, not being made of flesh and blood, they never weary of their fun. but keen it up by tho hour. Women and children stand in astonishment before the dancers. Uncertain whether to attribute their actions to physical or spiritual forces. A close examination reveals the fraud. The most Important element of it is a line, black thread, one end of which is wound around the index linger of the fakir's right hand. It is not so easy to find the other end. but i! you get behind the salesman and look carefully you will see that it is attached to the side of the Innocent lookiug grip. In a line between the finger and the point where the thread meets the grip are the lively clothespins. Th? increasing jerky movement of the finger reveals the motive power, com pletes the chain of evidence and clean up the mystery. The merchant Is careful to keep his right hand well out of sight, but he cannot conceal it entirely and the window pane beside him serves as an excellent reflector and helps to give away his secret. Only a few of his spectators, however, can take their eyes off the marionettes long enough to look foi such a solution, if. indeed, they suspect trickery, and the purchasers, without exception, walk away with their prizes, highly pleased over their ö-cent bar gains. It Might Hate I'omi Kod Ink. A certain actor who wished to introduce innovations into "Hamlet," pro posed to play the part of the Danish prince In u red cloak, which intention lie communicated to Sir Henry Irving, who said: "Very well; I do not see anything shocking in that." "But is It right?" Inquired the Interlocutor. "I dare say it is," replied Irving. "Bed was the color of mourning of the royal house of Denmark." "But how do you get over this?" persisted the other, quoting the words, " 'Tis not alone my inky coat, good mother." "Well," replied the Shakspearean, calmly, "I suppose there Is such a thing as red ink, is there not?" No ICrror. DIzley Here' a bad typographical error lu this item in the paper about me. Mozlcr-What is It? Dizley I told Smazklns, the reporter, that I'd been summering at the beach and he's got me down as 'simmering.' I guess he's got it about right, though. It ox bury (Jazette. Any man, no matter how lazy, can get into the habit of work, by donning a workman's attire.

CRISP FOI i MS OF THOUGHT.

SOLOMON AND TUP PER TWISTED TO SUIT A MODERN TRADE. The Wisdom of the Saires innl tlie Wit of the Musses, Kveti the Work of the 7Iihionnricb, Are Grist in the Mill They Are Poached Upon by Autliorn und Advertiser. Whether Solomon invented all his proverbs er gathered them from many sources with a niver tense of permanent worth than Mr. Tupper exercised iu ins later compendium is and ever will he an .;en question. Solomon's copyright ran out loti before Tapper's time, and both are now poached upon with impunity by all classes, from author to advertisers?. 15ut. taken by themselves, proverbs well repay careful study. Students of ethnology lind in the proverbs of the different races the clearest proofs of their real characteristics, for they are the shrewdest and yet most intimate expressions of their daily life. .Indeed by the comparison of these Homely sayings it will be found that all nations are of one kindred, possessing common needs, eouiinoii aspirations, aud seeking similar reliefs from toil and labor. On the dustiest shelves of our libraries may be found collections of all the proverbs of the different nations, tjuite a large proportion of the work having resulted from the interest which missionaries have tak"ii in their earnest studies of the u:i i vilizol peoples whom they .eck to instruct. That ihe shrewd sayings of the Scotch or the bright hits of the Irish shouhl he carefully- collected gives little cause for surprise; but a collection of Abyssinian proverbs, of those of the Tamil language, of Icelandic lore, f tin Sanscrit. St. nth Sea Island. Chinese, and Hottentot Solomons does excite curiosity. The missionaries nave found it : pleasant 1 a as well as a profitable task. It delves deep into the idioms of the language, tells with unerring accuracy the mental tendency of the people, and by introducing the foreigner into the inner thought of both home ami trade shows him the real life of thos:; who adopt them as everyday expressions. Jt is impossible to read the well-collated proverbs of the Chinese without realizing that a home life exists in that Howery kingdom which rivals that of many more civilized countries. No Solomon, no descendant of Abraham, could eclipse the trade proverbs of the Chinese. They touch on trade with a keenness and thoroughness which proves them to be masters in that school. The baser life of the Hottentot, the loose morals id the fellah, the independent spirit of the Briton, are all crystallized in their national proverbs. In Kuglnnd and many other countries it was formerly very usual for a tradesman to select some proverb as his motto, and thus post his principles plainly over his .slum door. It remained. However, for an American house to appropriate the proverbs of the world en masse, and use them for their own advancement. New Yorkers who ride on the elevated roads, of people who iu less favored localities still jog along in the slow street cars, are familiar with the blue and white proverbs which proclaim the merits of Sapolio to the world. IS very omnibus in London and almost every "tram car" in England is similarly adorned. They made their first appearance on the Broadway omnibuses, were gathered out of over 4.0O0 pages of the world's collections, and twisted to suit the cae. Many of them are beyond easy recognition in their new dress, many are entirely original, but these are also printed between inverted commas, which lends -a glamour of antiquity to them. To-day we are told that over 120.0OO of these ltlue cards are displayed in public conveyances carrying over i, KM .tJHJ passengers daily. Condensed thought generally requires padding to make it intelligible to the masses, just as the stomach of the horse must be distended with hay to make the oats digest readily; but with proverbs it is quite otherwise. Their popularity if only reached because they have passed muster as being clear to every mind. They tell their story with a directness ami brevity which pleases the public, as the dictionary did the old Scotch woman "They air braw stories," she said, "but unco' short." Turned to toll the practical story of Sapolio, they often acquire new interest. Who reads the advice. "Be patient and you will have patient children," without an innate respect for the advice which follows, not to fret over house cleaning, but do it easily with Sapolio? And who can repress a smile when the Sapolionie artist pictures the patient father and the impatient twins defying the proverb? But the mother will be back

sooner if she follow the advice. Our familiar "The pot calls the kettle black" takes a new interest in its Italian form. The pot says to the pnn, "Keep off or you'll smutch me." The universal toil of the world hnds expression in the Catalan phrase, "Where wilt thou go. Ox. that thou wilt not plough?" Almost all nations possess a proverb which declares that "if you forbid a fool a thing, that he will do," and with confidence in the good will of the public the advertiser of Sajolio puts it in this form: "forbid n fool a thing and that he will do." So we say for variety: "Don't use Sapolio hut then you're not a fool." "A touch of nature which makes all the world akin" springs out of the quaint thought that "A needle, though naked itself, clothes others." Who can hear it once and ever see a needle without recalling it? Who fails to recognize the picture it suggests of he n:d given to the poor by the poor, and of the help which is everywhere gained from the humblest of assista nts? Slang never can be confounded with proverbial phrases. It eeins universal, but it is merely a local form used to express a transient but popular idea. Years ago, when a general rush at hotel keeping resulted iu many failures, the slang ran: "He's a very good man, but he c-,n't keep a hotel." All such phrases are local and temporary. They do not survive indeed, rarely possess merit enough to reach a second year without evident decline in popularity. We have noticed that none of the advertisements of Sapolio make uie of slang, and probably for this reason. Naturally many of the best proverbs

used in this connection reihte to household cleanliness, and all the original ones are framed to that end. "Dirt in tho house builds the highway to beggary." deserves recognition, despite its origin. Household sstjings. in the sense of i'ourwalled buildings, full of furniture, are quite lacking in many Eastern tongues. We" hcKeve that ho reference fo r'.-.:i housekeeping can lie found in th Koran or even in the Bible, except that of the woman who swept the house e.i find her hst coin. Shakspeare rather Iigh's the' subject, but whether because it was not deemed important in that intel!..,!-.::i! but dirty age or because be soared te grander things, we will not discuss, but fh" England of to-day well says of lio.M "Tiecleaner 'tis the cosier '!:." ami ou.' An.nl-

can advertiser improves the o;.';:r' unify to add that humble homes inu ! bright with Sapolio are better than tawdry palaces. Ahls, for the th.U-Jthtles!.;-S of the man who forgot to :sk whether hi bride used Sapolio. The Scotch proverb records his case: "Ye li.-ie ti d a knot wi" your tongue ve winno looe wi" jour teeth." Coyote ml Cattle. A novel scheme for saving his eattb from the droves of coyotes that iutVst the region lias been hit upon by a rancher of (Jlcn Kock, Wash. IL has placed hells on the necks of i great number of cattle in his herds, and the result has been to scare the royteaway. In the two months s-Lve he belled his herds he has not lest i single animal, while previously his bs averaged at least one steer a day. Coyotes are becoming more ol a pest every season In many part of Washington and Oregon, despite all the efforts of the cattlemen and far;::": to exterminate them. Thousands of dollars are spent every year i i waging -war on the beasts, but with Ii'ile result. Poison availed for a title, but How the coyotes refuse to touch tie poisoned carcasses of steers st.vwn about for their consumption. The o:ily way of killing them is by sioting them, and this is a feeble :u: 1 wholly inadequate means. Occasionally tie residents of :i district combine aud have a grand round-up hunt, driving the coyotes toward the center of a cireb; and slaughtering them theve, ;tnd this is the only means of appreciably thinning them out occasionally. In some regions the packs of gray wolves are as numerous and troublesome as thvj coyotes. The coyotes are particularly adept chicken thieves, and. indeed, are a general pest around the farm yards. A Creat I'inancier. An old negro down in 'eorg::i was lately telling something of Is Is condition, as a property holder, and seemed quite pleased that he was so well off. lie said: "Ise bought fimi obi riKirster 00 acres er grotin'. en Ise got all dat onder cultivation Yep 'bout 4') acres, en I bought de groun' for J?7.". Dat's all paid off. Yep' 'bout Jdr. Den I !o;:ght me er mule fur i?ÖO. en I gin niati notes fur dat. But I swapped do mule o:T fer a steer, en de olo fool steer h ges an gets stuck in er bog an fo' I tiri.vs itn dat steer he je's up en died difi, sah. Still en all. Ise got de notes on de nuh er runnin' yet, en iloy's mos'ly paid up Yep' 'bout $1.". on am gilt in' 'long nionst'ous well. I thinks, fur dese y.ir hard times. Ole inarse, he say, ef I keep on lak dis I gwan to be er rich man fo de ni'lleniinum come whatsinever d.tt is. sah en he say, funler, he did, dat am sich or inonst'ous good fLuiisr dat I titer be sawtah mix up. some way, whl do nashinul debt. But den Ise got ernuff to ten tor dont foolin' 'long whl other folksos depts. Thought. Thought of any kind, to be valuable, must be conservative that is, it must hold with a firm grasp all the truth that the past has handed down. It must accept humbly and reverently that which the wisdom of the ages has stored up, and so thoroughly incorporate it that it may form its very .ne niid muscle. Only t litis can it acquire stability or permanence. At the same time it must be expansive, it must have the power of growth, it must be hospitable to new truths and fresh thoughts, willing to pursue inquiries, to attack dilliculties. to solve knotty problems. Thus only can it hand down to posterity something worthy of Its acceptance, ami pay to the future Uie debt it owes to the past. His Memory lt.se. The Philadelphia Times tells a pathetic story of poor, patient little Ned, who hail been kept after school again and again, to learn a simple stanza which all the rest of the class had mastered. At last he broke down and sobbed, "I can't do It, Miss Cray; I just can't do it. Father says it's because I have such a poor ' "A loor what, XodV" "You know what it is," a glimmer of light Ilickering In his face; "the thing you forget with." No Doulit About Her MenuiiiK. ' Cheer up, old man. A wonuu's V often means Yes, you know." "But she didn't say Wo.' When I asked her if she would marry tue she said, T will. I don't think.' 1 didn't even get treated with respect" Indianapolis Journal.

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