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Show THE NATIOJ. Sm-VEEE- l! K r. BTDC, LOOAN. UTAH Every Day 1 tha I'nt Day, Some skit- may be gloomy, Some inomfMtft be sad, Kut always. Some souls may be glud; The struggle between golf and ping pong la yet to come. - Komi-whor- Tennyson Is dead, but the schooners continue to cross the bar. For true soft coal trust has just been formIs this to come as another hard ship? A ed. The American mule will have no reason to kick when the Boer war 1b really ended. Alfred Austin reports that he Is about ready to the coro nation with that ode. wet-blank- et Reports about Mr. Rockefeller's bald bead and weak stomach seem to cheer some folks up wonderfully. that the kaiser states that Captain Coghlan's song merely amused" him, the captain may tune up again. Now One of the poets announces that Our best thoughts are In words we never say." The poet Is not a lady. ia the Haying Proclaimed by tne aeer Kach day Ik the bent day Of somebody' year!" Each day Hilda a hero, Each day helps a saint, Each day bring to some one A Joy without tint; Though It may not he my turn Or youra that la near Each da;f la the best Of somebody's year! Tha calendar sparklea With day that have brought Some prise that wai longed for, Some good that wa lought; High deeda happen dally, Wide trutha grow more clear Each day la the beat Of aomebody'a year!" No aun ever rose Hut bring Joy behind; No Borrow in fetter The whole earth can bind; Ilow elfish our fretting. How narrow our fear Each day 1 the liet Of Homebody' year! Pittsburg A Haw to Cat MethodlHt-Recorde- Pear ) r. In Two. pear suspended from the ceiling King Leopold would hardly win the a piece of thread is to be cut ex prize in a popularity contest at which by in halves as It falls, after burnactly his loving subjects were permitted to ing the thread on which it hangs. How vote. can we find the exact spot to place The wonder of it is that the Russian the knife on a chair or the floor bo ministers of the interior go on per- that the pear iu falling will be cut? mitting the presence of students in This is done by dipping the pear In a that country. glass of water. After suspending the pear a few drops of water will fall on Most of us would rather bo looking the exact spot, which must be noted. at the train through a telescope when These preparations must be made be It was breaking a world's speed record fore your exhibition, so that the audi than be riding on It. ence will only see the suspended pear, without knowing anything of the It is announced that the czar has se- of water. When the moment fordrops 'he cured no exclusive rights In Manchu- performance has arrived, place tue ria. When he wants them, however, edge of the knife on the exact spot, he will reach for them. then burn the thread, and the pear falling will be cut in two. When M. can come This experim. can also be done over the ocean in his flying machine, he can snap his Ungers at the crass officials in the customhouses. Santos-Duino- nt The president took luncheon In the womens building at the Charleston exposition. Think of strenuous Teddy eating lady fingers and lemon Ice! The $250 fine imposed on the Princeton students for defacing a monument looks a good deal like visiting the sins of the children on the fathers. A man accused of murder In Detroit was wearing celluloid cuffs when rested. Many persons therefore will doubt whether an alibi can save him. There must be a sorry state of affairs in Russia when the assassination of a prominent officer of the government is considered cause for a cele- bration. The blow has fallen. New York sog ciety has been forced to give up because it is within the reach of the middle classes. Pity the sorrows of the rich. ping-pon- Envious editors who can't get away may now reprint with satisfaction the pld definition of a fishing rod as a pole with a worm at one end and a fool t the other. Surgeons have performed an operation on Emperor William's face. For the future peace and happiness of the surgeons let us hope the face may come out all right. The news that the prices of provisions arc going up ought to Inspire some scientist to invent a cheap and nutritious dinner tablet to be taken with water three times a day. There appears to be no fear in golf circles that pirn; pong will supersede It as a social sport. It is claimed by some that no outdoor sport equals golf In a social way except, perhaps, plowing. Another old saying has been sent to the scrap heap. Down East a woman married in haste and did not repent at leisure. On the contrary, she sued for divorce within three days after her wedding. ' The Chicago woman who wanted a divorce because her husband quoted poetry to her has been defeated in court. It really begins to look as If poetry and the poets were coming to the front. A man who used to be the King of Spain has just died, reminding the world of the fact that it is very easy for one who has been a king to be forgotten when lie's gone from the throne a few ypars. A Texas physician who has given a great deal of thought to the Bubjeet flays he is convinced that a person suffering from spring fever can overcome the disease In a short time by digging postholes. Here is a hint for St. Louis with two knives placed crosswise. The knives must be rrossed at the exact spot where the drops have fallen. ('look of Laplander. When the long day lasts six months and the long night another six months, as It does north of the arctic circle, the Laplander has great need of a clock. He must know when to go to bed anil when to get up and when to eat his meals. As there is no rising and no setting sun and no sun high in the heavens at midday, he is a slave to his clock if he would live with any kind of regularity. An Englishman Inscribes a novel elock that he saw In Lapland, relates the Youths Companion. At one place, hung on a peg driven into the logs of the wall, we were condemned to gaze hourly upon the exasperating device of a dentifrice advertisement connected with a clock. In this a smiling young person drew a toothbrush quickly across a beautiful set of cardboard teeth between every tick. I was much wishful for sleep and forgetfulness, but neither would porno. Hour after hour I was condemned to He awake and stare at the toolhbru-h clork, and to read the legend, printed In my native tongue, that it was "made in Germany," and that the dentifrice was one put up lu neat packets, price six pence, or one shilling, and that It could be had of any chemist with the least presumption to call himself respectable. A liny Freaenea of Mind. To be able to keep a cool head in a time of excitement or danger Is a valuable power, and one that is not as common as it uught to be. The power to think clearly aud act quickly in in emergency seems to be In burn with some people, while others who enu Uflp their brains to good advantage on occasions lose their wits completely when they are brought face to face with any unusual situation. n Incident that oerurred not long since in Chicago i g;od Illustration if what may be accomplished by a clear, cool head. Two boys were working together In cne room of a factory where trunks were manufactured, when In some way & fire started In a pile of window shades. One boy, when he saw the blaze, which was only a small one, niched frantically down stairs, aud out to the nearest box, where he turned In an alarm. The other, however, quickly gathered the burning up shades, thrust them Into a trunk standing near, and shut the cover Upon them. When the firemen reached the place, they asked where the fire was, and the boy answerd coolly, I dont think there la any now, but If there U, It 1b all In this trunk. The trunk was opened, and it waa found that the fire was out, smothered by lack of air. The firemen complimented the boy on his action, and the other who had turned in the alarm hastened to say. Why, I could have done that if I had thought of it! If he had thought of It that Is where the point comes. That is where so many of us fall. What Is done by the clear, person in an emergency 1b usually something simple, something that anybody could do. Our brains were given us for use, but we are not getting the full use of them If they refuse to serve us when we need them most. Very often we make the mistake of thinking that we can do nothing to prevent this failure, and so go on in the same old way, letting our brains play us false at critical moments, when, with the right sort of training, they might have helped us to be masters of the situation, instead of being mastered by it. Training can accomplish a great deal. cool-head- ed A e Magle Lantern. Those boys and girls who are not tha happy owners of a magic lantern will be interested to know that almost the same results may be obtained with materials that may be very easily obtained. They consist of the white cloth or paper will answer upon which the pictures are thrown, of a mirror, a candle and some paper figures. Equally simple is the performance. Having stretched the cloth against a wall in a darkened room, set a lighted candle opposite to it on a table, with a book or a similar object Intervening, so that the light will not directly strike the cloth, but keep it In comparative darkness. Then hold the mirror sideways before the candle at such an angle that the reflection of it will be thrown on the cloth. You have thus secured the slide Itself, square or round as the form of the mirror may be. It yet remains to introduce the picture. This Is easily done. You must only hold a paper figure between the candle and the glass, and its shadow on the mirror, reflected on the cloth, gives in silhouette the form of the paper. Moving it forward between the candle and the glass, the figure will appear to walk more or less leisurely, or a regular promenade may be arranged, with two or mqre figures raov-irin opposite directions. Other motions will readily suggest themselves to the imaginative mind. It Is, however, necessary to remember that the picture show in silhoutte only, so that only the outlines of the paper can be depended upon to give shape and form. Home-Mad- ff11 th Children L'sed to Piny. The old farm-hom- e 1 motner's yet and mine, And fllled It la with plenty and to spare Blit we are lonely here in lifes decline. Though fortune mlUa around u every where; AVe look acroa the gold Of the harvests, as of old The corn, the fragrant clover, and tha hay; ltut most we tu'n our gase, Aa with eyea of other days To the orchard where our children used to play. Oh, from our life' full measure And rich hoard of worldly treasure We often turn our weary eyea 'away And hand n hand we wander Oown the old path winding yonder To the orchard where the children used to play. Our sloping pasture lands are fllled with herdx; The barn and granary bins are bulging oer; The grove's a paradise of singing birds The woodland hrook leaps laugklng by the door; Yet lonely, lonely still. Let u prosper a we will. Our old heart eem so empty everyway We can only through a mist See the faces we have kissed In the orchard where the children uacd to play. Oh, from our life's full measure And rich hoard of worldly treasure We often turn our weary eye away, And hand in hand we wander Down the old path winding yonder To the nrehard where the children used to play. James Whitcomb Riley In "Riley Farm Rhyme." men will want to go first and look As to any help from Europe, I have never believed In it. I appreciate that the surrender of this army Is, Indeed, the end of the confederacy. But that result Is now Inevitable, and must be faced. And, as Christian men, we have no right to choose a course from pride or personal feelings. We have simply to see what we can do best for our country and people. Now, It I should adopt your suggestion and order this army to disperse, the men, going homeward, would be under no control, and, moreover, would be without food. They are already demoralized by four years of war, and would supply their wants by violence and plunder. They would soon become little better than bands of robbers. A state of society would result, throughout the south, from which It would require years to recover. The enemy's cavalry, too, would pursue to catch at least the general officers, and would harass and devastate sections that otherwise they will never visit. Moreover, he said, as to myself, I am too old to go bushwhacking, and even if It were right to order the army to disperse, the only course for me to pursue would be to surrender myself to Gen. Grant. But, he added, I can tell you for your comfort that Grant will not demand an unconditional surrender.' He will give us honorable and liberal terms, slmpl requiring us not to take up arms again until exchanged.' He then went on to tell me that he was In correspondence with Grant, and expected to neet him In our rear at 10 a. m., when he would accept the terms that had been Indicated. after their families. Hedge for Major BmiIubk At a recent meeting of Frank P. Blair post, department of Missouri, Maj. Leo Rassieur, past commander In chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, was presented with a handsome badge of the organization, wrought TtUru'i Parullar Position, In gold, diamonds, rubles and Henry blue enamel. The emblem la one of Wabash Wensler of Splkers Station, county, Ind., belonged to ths Eighty-nint-h Indiana infantry during the civil war. While on a march in the south he was prostrated by heat and later became Insane, remaining in a hospital for many yea''S, Incurable but harmless. Meantime his wife obtained a divorce and the court appointed a guardian for him. In the '70s he was awarded a pension of f50 per month for disability, and later it was found that he had some property. In 1900 the funds in the guardians hands amounted to over $20,000. Eventually Wensier recovered sufficiently to earn quite a little as a peddler, and finding that he got along all right he consulted a lawyer, with the view of going into court to prove his sanity, his idea being to get possession of his property. Then Wensler learned that If he should be proven sane his $50 pension would be cut off, whereupon he decided not to prosecute the matter further. He will therefore continue to be insane and collect $C00 a year. He is now 05 years old, is in good physical and very fair menial condition, showing every evidence that he will last a long while yet. at Tliaj XVantrd to I.lva Always. When nsking Gen. Miles to tell me Italics Given ilndga Ras'laui. the most beautiful testimonials ever stories of individual bravery that had come under his notice in battle, savs manufactured in the United States. a writer in The Denver Post, he said The official presentation of the badge he believed the most abandoned courto Maj. Rassieur will not take place he ever saw was displayed by age' until the thirty-sixt- h national en- a colonel. Tlie regiment was young campment of the G. A. R In Washinto battle, the band was marching next October. At the last ington city national encampment, held In Cleve- playing and the step was quick and land, Ohio, September it was rec- courageous. Shells began bursting ommended that a suitable testimonial among the men and four or five would drop at a time. Still they marched be presented to Maj. Rassieur, the reme of Ancient Savnpe. quickly, but the shells fell thicker and In In acchief. The liiih- savages of years gone by tiring commander cordance with this recommendation, the men hegan to move more slowly. were much more fond of and devoted hurst m at a meeting of the executive commit- Faster and faster the to games and sports than we are nowthem the and soldiers halted. SudDec. 12. 1901, at the Ialiuer adays. Perhaps that was because tee, held dashed out of the smoke there denly Commander-in-chieHouse, f Chicago. limy hadn't as much to do as the the young colonel, and rid;ng in front Ell Torrance appointed a committee ij people of modern times. The roughlie swung his sword over his head and er tlie game was the more they liked purchase and infoimally present to veiled. 'Move up; what's the matter it. May. Rassieur the testimonial voted by with you? Do you want to live for the national body. It Is indeed a fitThe ancient Australian's most popuever ,4 lar sport was a wild game called "Mam ting tribute in acknowledgement cf Greek." It was very much like footMaj. Rassieurs patriotic services to National W. It. C-- Work. ball, ouly, if possible, rougher. They the G. A. It. Mrs. Jones, national president W. R had a ball made of skins; there were no goals, and the object of the game C., has issued general orders No! S Rafasal to Idspnrae. In which she announces that the twenwas for each side to keep the ball In Gen. E. P. Alexander relates in tho Its possession, and this often resultannual tieth these Century interesting words of In the nation'sconvention will be held ed in a small battle, for as many as capital the second Gen. Lee, Just before the surrender. liked could play, an even number beGen. Alexander having proposed that week in October, and headquarters wUl ing on each side. the Confederate soldiers be authorized ho established at the Ebbitt House, She also calls special attention to the to disperse and report to Geu. Johnnational McKinley memorial to be Th Wall of Sparta. ston or to the governors of the states. erected at Canton, O. Commander in When you tell your chum that hes Gen. Lee replied: chief Torrance has requested "a briek," you probably do not realize every Suppose I were to adopt your sugto make a small contribution comrade how this hit of do that many you suppose to gestion, slang is over 2,000 this fund. She asks every member years old. An ambassador from Epirus would get sway? of every corps in the organization to I came to see the king of Sparta, and. I replied: think of us a part in this memorial. have, We the could that should be like latter ruled all knowing get away. closes her general order with a She Greece, was astonished to find that rabbits and partridges In the bushes, to the memory of the tribute had no walls. He expressed his elty and they could not scatter like that lats Judge Wallare, husband of Mrs. Emma his surprise to tin king. The latter to catch us. R. Wallace, past national president. laughed and replied that the ambasWell, he said, "I have less than sador could not have looked carefully. with anna in their 16,000 infantry Next day he would show him the hands. Even If No Bntlar Status for llnutua. of these walls of Sparta. The following i. orn-InThe committee on ways and means got away it would be too small ,i he took his guest out to the reforce to accomplish any useful result, of the Massachusetts house of representatives has reported that the viewing ground, where tho army was either with Johnson or with tl.e govbill drawn up. "There." he said, those ernors of the states. But few would providing for the erection of a sre the walls of Sparta 10,000 men go to Johnston, for their homes hnvc to the late Benjamin F. Butler statue ouoht and every man a brick.1' been overrun by the enemy and the not to pass." g 4, - fi.-- !.' two-thir- two-thir- g |