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Show At Midnight Tail me. (lowing atarg tn high, Do I perish when I diet Or shall I bo over IT r Will m spirit hav And regain the things of worth When my dust returns to earth T th To toe perish, ye too fall; Flash a moment then the pall; Is that typical of allT Boundless depths of glowing spheres, Changeless in the changing years. Beam to negative our fears. Tet your changeless is all changel Fleeting, flying on, ye range Through the vortex vast and strange. Other creatures, other men, Cling upon you, live and then Do they die and live again? Nathan Haskell Dole, In New England Magazine. THE WAYS OF LOVE By FRANK H. SWEET. Stobt Pdbushinq Company.) A stray chicken wandered aimlessly twelve, but paw says what he dont know bout gators aint worth takln about a small clearing. Now he to peck at a bright pebble, then lessons on. But Mr. Lowery looked doubtfuL hopped forward to examine a bunch but I remember Cleb," he said, of tussock grass. Then a grasshopper attracted his attention. And all the it strikes me that he would be a time he was getting farther away rather small chap In case of emerfrom home. At last he paused on the gency. Paw says Cleb can get away with bank of a dark creek and looked about eurloualy. It was a new world to him. 'most anything." Near by a long, black object lay, halt Very well, well try him, of course; embedded in the sand. After watch- it is thirty miles to the nearest seting It a few muments he bopped near- tlement where a guide could be found. er. Then came a quick flash and a Now, suppose we go In and have a ' snapping of teeth; the chickens short talk with your father. An hour later Cleb came In, a small, drama was over, and the alligators tall slid back Into the sand, and his freckle-faceboy, with quick, sharp half closed eyes resumed their air eyes which seemed to take in every- (Copyright, 1901, by Daily stop-po- d d of sleepy unconsciousness. Overhead magnolias and live oaks mingled their branches, while here and there rose the stately trunks of royal palms. Beyond the creek, and stretching away for a hundred miles to the south and west, were the Everglades. In the distance gleamed the blue waters of Lake Okeechobee. To the east was & wilderness, to the north almost twenty miles of almost impenetrable jungle. And in the midst the little clearing, lonely and wild and ugly. For, except where the stood near the center, the trees bad been merely girdled, and now rose white and ghostly, their gray, skeleton arms creaking and groaning with every passing breeze. Among them were long ridges of sweet potato vines, and, nearer the cabin, a few clumps of gumbo and banana stalks. The cabin had but two windows, small openings, which were closed with boards when It rained. Near one of these a young girl was preparing comptle. In the stove behind her was the inevitable kettle of hominy. As she worked, the girl occasionally broke Into snatches of negro melody or hymns, her fresh, young voice floating out Into the forest and bringing quick responses from the mocking birds and warblers. Two men were working their way through the thick masses of palmetto. Suddenly they paused to listen. What a voice! one of them exA backwoods nightingale. claimed. "It must be old Dobsons daughter, said the other. I was here five years ago, and she. was then' the wildest and happiest little thing I ever saw a beautiful child with a wonderful voice. Again the clear notes floated out to them. As they died away the first speaker drew a long breath. What an acquisition she would be to my chorus, he said. His companion laughed. There you go again. Never a fine voice but You must be covetous the penalty of being a theater manager, I suppose. A few moments later they emerged from the palmetto. As they crossed the clearing the young girl left the window and appeared in the doorway. For an instant she merely looked curious, then a glow of recognition came to her face. Before they bad time to speak she sprang down the steps with outstretched hands. "Mr. Lowry, for all the worll she cried, her eyes sparkling with pleasure. Hits mighty pleasant to see you roun again. Pawll cuttingly be s glad." And I shall be glad to see him, We have said Mr. Lowery, heartily. had some rare hunts together. But log-cabi- You've heard me speak of him my guide among the Keys; saved my life off Anclote and nearly lost his own. Mr. Danielson advanced cordially. He had heard many stories of this brave guide and was glad to meet him. But before he could grasp the hand a little figure sprang before, and Liza cried: Oh, Bob, we didnt 'spect you fore Then turning about orange pickin! and with, a shy air of proprietorship, "Hits my Bob. Jhy Marry French Dancer. King Leopold of Belgium Maaly Infat it ated with Cleo de Merode Cares Little for the Opinion of His Subjects. . (Special Correspondence.) King Leopold II. of Belgium and and cared little that gossipy tongues Cleo de Merode, the Parisian ballet wagged in- - consequence. girl, are soon to be married. If credLeopolds comic opera matrimonial ence may be placed in court gossip alliance Is the culmination of chance. current at Brussels. One evening several years ago the Leopolds infatuation for the girl has king, who is an ardent supporter of been complete. Public opinion and pri- that class of drama known as tbe vate morals have been ruthlessly tram- - spectacular, happened to drop into a WHEAT IN STACK FORTY YEARS. Longest Authentic Period for Which Grain Has Been Kept The longest authentic period for which a wheatstack has been kept unthrashed is forty years. The story of this stack Is briefly as follows: The crop of which the stack was built was grown in 1855. This stack and another belonged to two brothers, both farmers, who live in the neighborhood of Harrogate, England. In March of the preceding year the Crimean war broke out, and the price of wheat rose by leaps and bounds. Shortly after the stacks were built the price of wheat rose to $21.75 per quarter, and at this price one of the brothers sold out. The other, however, determined not to sell until the . price rose to $25. ; In March, 1856, the war terminated The and the price of wheat fell. farmer, however, stuck to his resolution and refused to sell. He kept bis stock until 1895, when the farm passed Into the hands of a younger brother, who then thrashed it out. During the whole forty years of Its existence it had enjoyed perfect Immunity from rats, but had been the abode of thousands of spiders. It yielded eighteen quarters of wheat, but the quality of the grain rendered it fit only for chicken feed. was Probably the oldest "oatstack that which belonged to Mr. John Snell-er- , near Dover, which in 1892 was thrashed out after having stood for twenty-nin- e years. Stray Stories. ' I By BYRON WILLIAMS Along about election time the mind will revert to the crow, much to say of the genus corvus, and the aroma of the blackbird sniffed any hour of the day after the votes ar Political Crowv The eleaginous gravy of crow is said to joyously of nerves of those who are to watch the oft1 The Eating the olfactory fellows eat 1L Those who have officiated at a crow m lng will know as to this. , There are crows, crowbars, ero crows-nest- , crow stone, crow-toe- , crow-silk- , crow-trokeepers, crows-bill- , crow Is of all detent!! and other things a la crow but the crowiest that fed to ? , politicians. The crow Is said to have been named from its cry. The funny m, aqust have had this In mind when he made Immortal the ness, for men who are bef ten at the polls are compelled, by public majority' to eat their own utterances or cries. The crow is black, like the lieg 0j r campaign or a plutonian night in a swamp. The crow is to the raven, which stands for ravenous among politicians. The bird utters htrk discordant notes as do the speakers on the opposite side of the The crow Is also the voice of a cock calling the sleepy to In ft, morning. This is applicable to the situation; the crow of the chanticleer tv tbe successful and a plate of the bird for the beaten. A roosters crow is om of exultation and defiance, mingled with joyousness and gayety. The other on the nose. is one of feathers and a clothes-pi0 4(: A crow-ba- r is of Iron, sharpened at one end. It is very much likely crow before The the one another throws erow-bat banquet. javelin party is not to be eaten the successful will not be Insistent along this line. Tin crow-berris a fruit those who work the hardest for the successful canji. r is a campion the successful wear in their Inti dates get this. The are what the other fellows have under their eyes. The crov. The crows-fee- t keeper ip a man who scres crows from planted fields. This is the kind id menial service the defeated will have to do for several years as penance to is an instrument used as forced secure favor from their victors. A crows-bil- l for extracting bullets from the anatomies of the unfortunate. These tie is the pattern from which very handy after a political campaign. Crow-silthe wife of the successful candidate may choose her Inaugural gown, g crows-nes- t is where the Bquabs were secured that fill the atmosphere wit) The crow-to1b what the defeated feel like throwing. aroma. A crow-ston- e a purple plant, is the color of the upholstery in the chair of state won by the Is the way all the downcast can, man who got the most votes. didates feeL Did you know before there were so many crow things? The men looked at each other In seeing which, the girl perplexity, hastened to add: CWb can guide you all bettern anybody cept paw. He aint but crow-feet- , crow-eatin- g half-siste- flap-jack- s n y crow-flowe- k Crow-trodde- n Ever and anon Americans are shocked by some foreign notable who cornu eye, over the wonders of the States stubs his toe in his haste to get home and "write us uj," Shortcomings u8uany he not only writes us up, but he writes of Our It crossed or perturbed on this side the briny deep, down. Critics. ne returns to his native land to seek vengeance by cmi.m Our professors are unlearned and wear sidebann us plebeian and corn-fed- . our artists are crude and our writers have the' cramp, not only In their la. gers, but In their educations as well. A recent offender visited Chicago, spent three whole days In the metropolis of the West and learned all about the The rapidity with which the critics from abroad get hold Windy City. of our skeletons in the closet and make their bones rattle Is something mar. velous. One almost expects next to hear of some enterprising Frenchmn landing in New York, climbing to the enlightening form of the Statue o Liberty and from Bartholdis masterpiece sweeping the West with a powerful telescope for seven whole minutes, after which he will be prepared to scribble an encyclopedia on the United States from a Pinnacled Viewpoint" this is really marvelous, and yet there are people living in the East who have formed quite as vague ideas of the West without even having climbed the statue aforesaid or peeked at' the wild and woolly through i powerful glass. They live in tear of an Indian raid and expect the grizzly bears to take New York most any day. The foreigners may be forgives u the American mince pie if often seductive and fearful in its Influence, hut from our own people, accustomed to home cooking, the affront is little ley ' . . than insult " to this country, sweeps his' eagle - TO PHOTOGRAPH IN COLORS. Swiss Amateur Said to Hae Discovered Process. A dispatch from Geneva to the London Chronicle says: A Swiss ama teur photographer, M. Adolphe, Gartner, residing at Berne, has, it is said, discovered the secret of color photography after a number of years of experiments. The inventor takes his photographs on glass, porcelain and paper, and in any color; the best results, however, being obtained from blue, red and yellow. His productions on glass are verltable'pictures, being true to nature in every detail. Even the shades of coloring In a rose are easily distinguished in the photograph. The photograph of a landscape, viewed from a distance, resembles a painting. Some of the bolder colors give better results than the quieter ones, and M. "Hits too late now. Gartner is at present occupied in thing. Soon afterward appeared Mr. remedying this partial defect The Lowerys man with the camp equi- secret lies in the bath and In the page. developing process, for the photos, I suppose we can have the old it is stated, are taken with an ordicamp site by the creekT Mr. Lowery nary camera. Many Continental firms " inquired. are taking a great Interest in the responded Suttlngly, suttlnglyl You all act Mr. Dobson, heartily. jest like you was to home an help Advice to Book Readers. yourselves. Theres rafts of garden Avoid the weak novel, whether weak sass an melons spilin. in moral tone. In thought, or In both. Before night the camp was ready, Such reading perverts the taste and and late In the evening the two men Incapacitates for the enjoyment of with their young guide went down to productions of genius. To satisfy the the creek for a preliminary brush craving for such food the mind seeks with the alligators. And It did not something still more startling and take long to discover that the girls unreal says Literary Life'. Your life praise of her brother was justifiable. should be filled with virtuous, elevatBefore many days the two men ex- ing thoughts. Read that which will pressed themselves as perfectly sat- make you stronger, happier and betisfied with his services. ter; that which will help you, hold you As the days went by the relations and uplift you; that which will Inbetween the house and the. camp grew crease your capital for intellectual more intimate. Mr. Danielson was an comfort and healthier influence; that enthusiast in his profession, and which will give you brain, mental found the voice of the young girl fully fiber, nerve, and heart; that which as attractive as alligator hunting. Day will enable you to see further, judge after day he listened to her singing, more accurately, stand more firmly, making comments, suggestions and work harder, think more of your feloften accompanying it with his own lows, and rise higher; that which will trained voice. And the more he listen make you more a man or more a ed the more he was resolved to take woman. her back with him to New York. "I would like the training of such Naturally Indignant. a voice, he said to Mr. Lowery. She At a certain military post just after Will make a grand woman some day. If "taps one night a detail was called only her language was not so barbar- for from one of the companies to ous." bring from the married quarters to But in time even her language grew the guard house one of the men who less harsh to his ears. And her eyes was beating and abusing his Wife. were so brown and deep, so frank The first sergeant of the company and open. What mattered a' few oddi- called for Corporal Walters and Prities of expression? vates Spicer and Carney to form the One day Mr. Lowery took him to detail. The first two Immediately task. rose from their cots and prepared for he "You must go slow, Danielson, duty, but Carney was apparently You are only sound said, warningly. asleep, although but a moment twenty-eighand Liza is no ordinary before he had! been swapping yarns But the you know girl. impossibility. with his bunkie." The sergeant orFor a moment his companion made dered Spice to wake him, when Carno reply, then he said: ney got to his feet with the disgusted I know the impossibility, Yes, have convinced myself of it a dozen protest: dont you wake some one who times. The girl Is absolutely lgnoi IsntWhy asleep?" In the extreme sense ant, a cracker of the term, while I am what books Midsummer Sadness. and money made me. And yet, after The torches of the light a long pause, as soon as I convince The copses dense with briar; myself of its absurdity I am sure to The yellow primrose streaks the night With Its Uluslvs Are; begin to make plans to take her north But ah, the rose of queenly head and give her an education. Lies drooped and dead! The next afternoon as the two were the garden gleam , practicing together, Mr. Danielson The bedsredwithin nasturtium gold; With asked, in a matter of fact tone: Invite to dream The poppy-cup- s How would you like to go north The rainbow dreams of old; and study. music, Liza?. Yet, sweet, there Is a shadowy bliss She raised her eyes frankly. This We seem to miss! was one of her attractions. She never Still, though our hearts cannot forget showed embarrassment or How June once sung and shone. Let ue have done with vain regret, , And, joyous, Journey on. used to Tow Id like to learn land Treading the harvest-colore- d things right much, she said, simply, Hand clasped in hand! but moneys been scarce, an since Clinton Scollard. paws been sick I've done give hit all He Dropped the 8ubject up. He was talking to the pessimistic There was a wistfulness In her i damsel, voice which he took Instant advan Have you noticed, he asked, that,! tage of. ."If you could arrange to go north as a general thing, bachelors are with us, he said, eagerly, "you would wealthier than married men? I have, she replied. ; have a chance to learn everything. My "How do you account for.lt he In- -' mother would look after you, and ? , Hits too late now, an theres quired. . The poor man marries and the rich . other things. one doesnt, she answered. A man What? At this moment Mr. Lowery came is much more disposed to divide nothup. With him was a young man In ing with a woman than he is to divide ' ; something. rough costume. h "Excuse the Interruption, Daniel ' A little learning often saves a mas son, said Mr. Lowery, "but I want you to know my friend, Norton, from jury duty.., ... -- OF SAINTE GUDULE. NAVE pled upon In his headlong rush to secure the dainty Parisiennes favor. Leopolds queen, Marie Henriette, languished and died of a broken heart In her gilded cage In Brussels. The king was sorry but had he not his love affairs to attend to in Paris? Therefore, the queen died and the king made love to Cleo. Now that Leopold is legally free to marry again, the petite Merode has conceived the modest ambition of becoming in effect queen of the Belgians. So adroitly has she presented her case and so overwhelming is the infatuation of the king, that Leopold is declared to be upon the point of making her his wife. Cleo is already known in Brussels as the Queen of Congo. Her eyes snap with latent fire when the name is mentioned in her presence. She has boasted that she will yet become a really truly queen. It Is whispered that under no other status will she any longer receive the his king. She knows how love-lormajesty is and she realizes that she can twist him and his kingdom around her little finger. The betting at Brussels is that Cleo gains her point, whether the king reigns or abdicates. Public decency and the respect of his subjects have never seriously troubled Leopold. The king has just bought the Hotel Bellevue, which adjoins the royal palace, for 2,000,000 francs. This will be fitted up as Cleos royal residenefe. The dividing wall between the palace and the former hotel will be partly demolished to allow the king to pass unobserved to his lady love. It seems that with all his avowed contempt for public feeling Leopold was afraid to violet-colore- d n second rate Parisian theater where the eye rather than the intellect Is catered to. A little danseuse came within the royal vision, and from that moment Leopold became a slave. The girl whose oval face and quaintly worn auburn hair had fascinated the king of Belgium was Cleo de Merode, at that time quite unknown to fame. Thanks to the attentions of Leopold, she has since been able to command as high as ,009 a month as a dancer, which is said to be the largest sum ever paid to a ballet girl. She doesn't receive this because she can dance, for she is only a coryphee, and one of average ability, but because of her beauty and the sensatioii she has made. Cleo de Merode has a tangible claim to being the most beautiful woman In Paris. She was awarded the distinction by popular vote. In last years Salon Jalguiere exhibited a work which he called La Danse. The figure was that of a woman absolutely nude. There was no question that the face and shoulders were those of Mile, There was no mistaking de Merode. the features nor the familiar bandeaux. Mile, de Merodes face Is not only very beautiful, but singularly gentle, pure and refined. At times it is very saint-like- . It is oval and rather long. The eyes are large, limpid, brown and tender. The mouth is small and dainty. The kings age is 67, which Is In de Merodes 23 vivid contrast summers. Despite his eccentricities Leopold is said to be an excellent business man. He is credited with having made $15,000,000 in his Congo Free ; State investment. Democratic in his tastes, he has 'On the apex of our other troubles comes news that two cows were drunk in Evanston, 111., recently. We can' endure the coal strike, put up with political chicanery, stand for kissing being stopped it the raljway ntatlons, but, by the ethereal canopy overhead, this intoxication of bovlnes must be stopped! Is not flu Monster Rum. hydra-heade.monster Rum satisfied with keeping the male- population up late and painting their noses a sunset hue? Is it not in the caskets of our enough that the deadly cigarette must drive coffin-nail- s Willie boys? Must we now feed our precious babes the milk from boozy this must not be tolerated. bovines? No, Romans, gladiators and the If there la a The question now is, Where did those cows get the where the cattle drink, it is time we put a plug in it K, contrary to law, a brewery faucet has been connected with the public cov And perish the thought, if any of the fair milkmaldeui pools, cut it out. are bootlegging,' they should be made to wear low slippers, even though flu If the disaster weather be chill. Surely, the children must be protected! spreads the cattle will soon be yielding milk punches from the udder instead of jiure, unwatered lacteal fluid. Ruin stands in the way of our cows and they-mube headed from the terrible abyss below! The tempter, with Wordsworth, is saying, Drink, But she must not drink! If she does it will be only pretty creature, drink! a question of time when we will all be as Don Quixote, who imbibed whei he had an occasion, and sometimes when he had none. Something mutt b done, and that quickly, lest we have Carrie Nation chasing our cows about the cow lots, overheating the milk. Hydra-Heade- d 8 d - d ; HI them 3 eonft fetTfe this! ftBOtf lail Swift says the first man who ate an oyster must have been bold. This brings up the perplexing question of how we found out what to eat and whit not to eat. The wise physician will shake his head sagelr and say we have not, to the clause What not to eat But, really, how did' we first learn that a lobster was good eating? From th looks of a lobster one would never gm him edible. Who first tackled frogi "legs? And did he catch his frog with red flannel? These are momentous questions, but not greater than this: Wko first liked limburger cheese? Perhaps his descendants are not proud of tbe distinction and we may never know. What individual first went out into tbs highways and byways and plucked greens? And who was the primal plaster of the tall, red pig weed that makes such luscious fodder when boiled, vinegared(8alted and peppered?, Who had the courage and unswerving will to tackle with masticating intent the edible birds-nest- s or pate de foi gras! s marble cake or stored away mushrooms? Bat Who first tried why continue? There must certainly have been some brave men among our ancestors, and, thanks to a kind Providence, there seems little left for m to sample. It is well. Enough indigestibles have been passed upon as usabla to r give us dyspepsia for many a day. ; .,j lovey-dovey- It was Robert Ingersoll who said, When you spend money spend it llki or words to that effect Stinginess is moral cramp. Somehow w never feel like trusting a rich man who wears a celluloid collar. We do not mind the aforesaid make of collar on l man who cannot afford a bran, span, clean linen nick girdle every morning, but we always feel sorry for t narrow, contracted shylock who could enjoy life and wont. So much of tho sunshine' of this world is stored away in strong boxes and steel safes. Stinginess is as deplorable as improvidence. Between the spendthrift and tin miser one would naturally turn to the former as the less unworthy.' Tbs former sees some of the glories of the world, even though he be overfed om day and starved the next. The miser's soul is wrapped within his currency and never fed. There is so much one can do in this world with money to lighten the galling burdens of others that, even though an individual neeki not to please his own eyes, he may open the sight of others to the beautite of life. Dont trust a man who wears- - & celluloid collar when he should te .t , ; wearing diamonds. a king . Men will work eighteen hours of twenty-four- , year after year, hoping t be praised. After they have reached the pinnacle of their early dreams tW arc prone to wonder lf th Praise is worth while. To The Emptiness commonplace one might quote many a successful individual . of on- the negatlve side of this question. Despite thi Mere Praise. tumely of the man at the top, the men on the rungs beta Continue to toil upward. Like the child that. has picked up the hot poker, prefer to test for themselves the emptiness of being praised. , Homer Jn- his Iliad touched the keynote of a successful mans realization of his unworthiness of praise bestowed upon him: 1 - - .I sharp-tongue- Thr There Asxq i, bee-bal- m right smart crow-flower- crow-berrie- t, Mr. Lawry! she cried, her sparkling with pleasure. how you have grown! You were only a little girl when I left Then, nodding toward bis companion, he said: Ive brought my friend, Mr. Danielson, down to try alligator hunting. I tell him your father is probably tbe best gator guide in south Florida. The girls face clouded. she "Paws In right pore shape, said. He was lost in the Everglades, an got the shakes pow'ful bad. I Tow he cant do no more guidin for PhUosophical observation! .'Praise me not too much! Nor blame me, for thou speakest to the Greeks who, knew me, t . ONE OF THil KING$ PALACES. bring the dancer into the royal residence owned bYthb people. This little real estate transaction of Leopolds as has been adduced by the court-wisa pretty convincing argument that tho king is seriously considering a matrimonial alliance with the ballet dancer. Another proof of the kings growing infatuation has been noted in his gift to Cleo of a diamond necklace costing 100,000 francs. Scarcely was Queen Marie Henriette cold In death when tbe necklace was purchased from an Ostend jeweler and laid at the little dancers feet. The Queen of Congo graciously deigned to accep the bauble e been the least ceremonious anfi most approachable of sovereigns. He has chosen as his intimate associates engineers, Architects, landscape gardeners and capitalists who have helped him to beautify his capital and improve the chief cities of the kingdom. Leopold's health is sadly shaken. He Is lame, and is threatened with the total loss of his sight A great deal has been said of late concerning Leopolds intention to ab- dicate. Politicians in Brussels see in the announcement of his proposed marriage to Cleo de Merode the flrijg . Presumablythe more a man knows the less he realizes ho known Tbl ing thus, praisef must seem fulsome and inflated.' ' Perhaps this is why gr1 ; ( " men have found adulation empty of satisfaction, , ..i, ; ; JW Shakespeare says In Winters Tale, Our praises we ourYvages. this standpoint many might feel they are working for small wages. 0 other hand, there may be some who think the majority f their .friends ' little wage. .Young says the man who writes for pralse ls vain and is not deurrtf ! of more in payment, but he speaks a truth iA this: . - , The love of praise, howe'er concealed by art. Reigns more or less. and glows, in evry human heart I' A pretty use of praise is thatapplled to the dead. When the cold has closed over the forms of those weTknew in UfeTtTs good to speak of tL in words of kindness, to forget the shortcomings and remember only tkiW? pier qualities. This, we' take it, is idea! praise-pr- aise that has no Mli ness, praise that todches the hearts of those who mourn the' truest F man can bestovy And sometimes, too, let us praise the living sincerely. i |