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IN THE CLOVER BLOSSOM& Let's rest here in Clover deep! Vain regret and care will keep! Woo the sky with nil its blue, Shimmer of the sunshine, too! Bong of river, laugh of child, Humblest thing that ever smiled; Steep the soul and bathe the feet In the Clover blossoms sweet! Let's forget all weary tilings! Woo the blossoms and the wings Where the bending azure meets Argosies of silver fleets! All the World is full of joy, Take it as a child its toy —- i ling its fever and unrest Down to the deep ocean breast Of life's yesterdays. To-day God's glad promises hold sway, In the river's rush and ken Of the happy hearts of men! Woo the sky with all its blue Shimmer of the sunshine, too; Steep the soul and bathe the feet. In the Clover blossoms sweet! Wading in the Clover sea We'll clasp hands with memory! Let her lead us swift along By the golden chain of song; Leaning, list'ning the refrain Of the Robin's trill again! Ah, the voices loved of yore, Say net they will come no more! Speaking with us as 'tis meet 'Mid the Clover blossoms sweet; 'laey've forgot the angel's kiss! Knowing only that we miss Tender tones we called our own On the throne of love and home! So we steep our souls to-day In the blossoms o'er the way! «—E. S. L. Thompson in the Transcript. The Night of Her Life <j\T|? R S- SAVAGE had placed a Jvwsl ro9e ratller gently in her hair as slie dressed for diuuer. She was too old for such nonsense as van ity, or, if not too old, had outlived her youth, which she chose to consider the same thing. To-night she wished for his sake that she had been younger. Twenty and 28, they do not reconcile when it is the woman who is the elder. She had met him at the hotel, where they were both staying, three weeks "I HAVE MUCH TO 6AY." ago, a gray-eyed, dreamy-looking boy. He interested her as no one had ever Interested her before. She went downstairs Into the hotel drawing-room, which she found unoc cupied save for an old friend of hers, Mrs. Conneston. The latter looked up as she came into the room, noted the pink rose rest ing against the brown hair, saw the Boft sparkle In the deep blue eyes, the warm color In the youthful, rounded cheeks. "You've been dreaming," declared the elder woman, a little sharply; "you dear, romantic creature, you've been day-dreaming." Mrs. Savage nodded. • "About the future?" "No, about the past." "Ah! Your married life, I suppose?" "No; that is the one thing I wish to forget." "Yet, like a foolish girl, you seem in clined to complicate your beautiful, stvone life by letting yourself become sentimental over a bright-haired boy." Mrs. Savage rose swiftly to her feet. "You have no right to say that," shf» exclaimed, "it's beyond the limits of friendship. Mr. lilake is nothing to me." "I am glad to hoar that. I met him before I came to this place—at a hotel in the north. He was making ardent love to a pretty girl—l forget her name. Every one thought It would end in an engagement or an elopement. But I fancy the father of the girl put a stop to the affair." "\\ hat has tills to do with me? When I leave here my acquaintance with Mr. Blake will be at an end." "Then you need not be so ready to take offense, my dear child, at what i have said." Mrs. Savage loft the drawing-room n little hurriedly, and returned to her own apartments. She was not In the mood tor Mrs. Conneston's somewhat cynical humor. Her gaze lingered for a moment upon the radiant double that her mir ror reflected. * She saw that she looked well. Iler dinner gown of good silk was covered with beautiful lace, in the meshes of which a diamond star glittered with green and yellow lires. Yes—she looked her best. "Let's take a stroll In the gardens," eald a voice by her side, a little later, "i—l have something to say to you." It was the boy. lie spoke in a tone that was a little unsteady, and he ap peared nervous. She guessed what he was going to Bay. What should her answer be? Among her own people she possessed the reputation of being a singularly level-beaded woman, shrewd In her judgment, decisive and lirn in action. "It is good of you to com* out here," said the boy. "I wanted st> much to have a quiet talk with you, and that ■wasn't possible indoors. I—l have much to say, much to ask you." Her heart beat warmly at his words. "First of all," he said, when they had found a seat, "I want to ask you what a man should do who Is utterly lost, so far as the world would judge, yet who believes that he might still be redeemed by his love for a woman who Is to him as a star of hope to one who—who has lost his way." She looked at him wonderingly. Of whom was he speaking? "A child," he went on, "thinks as those among whom it is brought up teach it to think. Its thoughts, Its acts are not Its own, and by the time it 1s able to reason for itself, to hate itself, the evil has been done." Revelation flashed upon her. "You are telling me of yourself?" she said. "Yes," he answered. And then he took her gloved hand and placed it 011 his lips. "Remember this," he said; "whatever you hear of me—l never had a chance, never understood, until It was too late. I " But his words were Interrupted. An alert little man had darted like a shadow from among the laurel bushes that grew close by. Blake rose swiftly to his feet. Mrs. Savage herd a sharp click of steel. "This man Is a thief, madam, of whom we have long been in search. He has probably made your acquaint ance, as he has that of other ladies Avlth a view of stealing your diamonds I see that you are wearing some tine stones. You are fortunate to have kept them so long." Mrs. Savage felt as If the whole scene were swaving before her bewil dered eyes. "Is It true?" she asked. "It is true," he answered in French, "that at first it was with the Idea of taking your jewels that —that—but— but afterwards—the woman I told you about was yourself. I love you. I shall go to prison, be shut out from the light of day, and serve out my time gladly; and it will seem no longer than a few months to me, because of my love for you, though others may count it as years. And when I come out again there will be time for me to make something—different of my life." "Look at me," she said. He looked straight into her eyes. For a moment there was silence be tween them. "I believe you," she said simply. "So our interesting friend has got off with a lighter sentence than one might have expected," remarked Mrs Conneston a few weeks later. "Five years only. I wonder what he will do—afterwards. He was certainly a boy with charming manners." "Shall I tell you what his future will be?" replied Mrs. Savage. "He will be met at the prison gates by a woman whom he loves, who loves him: and they will go away together, he and she, caring nothing at all for the rest of the world, and in a country which knows them not she will help him to start again." Mrs. Conneston never allowed her self to show surprise. "You are an astonishing woman,'" she said. "I suppose it's the outcome of reading Tolstoi. Yet I think myself that he is a boy for whose sake one might risk the experiment, I have faith in him still." "So have I," replied Mrs. Savage.— Indianapolis Sun. SIMPLE LIFE IN ICELAND. Each House Is a Factory—The Percent a«e of Crime Is Small. There are no manufactories in the country. Each home is a factory, and every member of the family a hand, says the Pilgrim. Shoes are made from goat skins. The long stockings, worn over these in wading through the snow, are knitted by the women and children, and even the beautiful broadcloth conies smooth ai*il perfect from the hand loom found in everj ftous* The sweet simplicity of their nation al costume does away with the neces sity of fashion books. Young girls who are about to be married need take no thought as to "wherewithal shall they be clothed." When they array them selves in the wedding garments of their ancestor, two or even three gen erations remote, they are perfectly up to-date in the matter of attire. This simple life is conducive to a state of high morals, higher probably than In any other part of the world. There is not a drop of liquor manufac tured on the island, and for the 78.000 population there is but one policeman. There is neither a jail nor any place of Incarceration for criminals; nor yet is there a court in which a high crime could be tried. The percentage of crime is so small that it does not warrant the expense of keeping up a court. When a crim inal trial becomes necessary the of fender is taken to Denmark to answer to the law for his misdeeds. The women are among the most ad vanced in the world. Their Woman's Political League has a membership of 7,000, and they enjoy more civil rights than the women of almost any other country, having a voice in all electionw save that for members for their legis lative body. It Is Impossible for n man to Judge a woman's wisdom by what she doesn't say. He who goes on an occasional spree Is better off. l KaiserWILHELM FINDS© I IT HAPp^TOtlVC^gNl^^# /800.000 per™* The German Emperor, with an an nual Income of about four million dol lars is a poor man, and has great dif ficulty In making both ends meet, de clares the London Express. He does not receive a farthing in his capacity as German Emperor, but fulfils the duties of this honorary position free of charge to the federation of German States. The Kaiser draws his Income, first, as King of Prussia; and, second, as a private landowner. His Income as King of Prussia amounts approximately to $-1,000,000, per annum. The Emperor of Russia receives an annual allowance of ap proximately $5,000,000, and the Em peror of Austria an annual allowance of more than $4,000,000. Both these monarchs receive additional allowances for certain definite purposes, and boiii of them own vast landed estates far superior In acreage to the German Emperor's possessions. The Sultan of Turkey receives an annual allowance of $10,000,000, and the King of Italy draws over $3,000,- 000 per annum; while the incomes of several monarchs of smaller States are nearly as large as that of the King of Prussia. The amount of $4,000,000 granted annually to the German Emperor in his capacity as King of Prussia is .not taken from the national exchequer, but from revenues from State dominions which were formerly the private prop erty of the Prussian royal house. The Crown lands were handed over to the State, and In return the State pays a fixed annual income to the monarch. The Kaiser owns eighty-three land ed estates, comprising a total of 250,- 000 acres. He is the greatest land owner in Germany, and his posses sions far exceed those of the three landowners whose estates rank next to his own in acreage. These are the Prince of Pless, who owns 125,000 acres; the Duke of UJest, who owns 100,000; and the Duke of Ratlbor, who owns 75.000 acres. Some of the land of the Kaiser's estates is rented to farmers; but the Emperor carries on business on his own account in several parts of the country. The Kaiser's workmen are paid ab- UNCLE SAIVf: "Some more of them blamed toadstools* I'll be darned." —Williamsport (Pa.) Grit. ;; AFRICAN PYGMIES. j Recent Investigations of the region about the head waters of the Congo have excited new interest in the mys terious small folk who inhabit tlie for ests of the island. Tiny denizens of | the deep, still woods, sparing of speech i und having either 110 form of religious j worship, or a very crude one, they are of a very low order of intelligence. But they know how to make fire, to poison their little murderous darts, ami they have a language, although it is simple, and contains but few words. Although averaging only about four feet In height they are nevertheless uot to be despised as foemen. They are strange uncanny-looking creatures, of lighter color than the average ne gro, and having rich hair which roll* ;In tightly-curled spiral locks. This | fiives it the appearance of growing in tuft 3. The pygmy race was known to the ancients. Aristotle, Herodotus aivl Homer wrote of the dwarfs, and prob j ably many of the legends of gnomes | and fairy folk grew out of the misty j knowledge of these small tribes. "A ' kinde of little people which are 110 blg ' ger than Boyes of twelve yeares olde. but verie thlcke, and live only upon ' fleshe which they kill In the woods i with Bowes and Dartes," wrote a sev enteenth century author. The pygmies have little or no Idea of ! a Supreme Being. One tribe has been ' found who in times of danger prayed to "Yer." One traveler records such a supplication. j "Yer, if thou dost really exist, why dost thou let us be slain? We ask thee not for food, for w» Uva on nuts and normally high wages, and all his em ployes receive liberal pensions In their old age or In case of sickness. He also provides liberally for the widows and children out of his private purse. All these payments consume a larga proportion of the profits, so that the Emperor's Income from his estates Is comparatively small. Practically speaking, the German Emperor Is thus obliged to live on his royal Income of $4,000,000 per annum, which 1s altogether insufficient for his requirements. The Kaiser has no per sonal extravagances, but lives a sim ple and strenuous life of hard work and little luxury. He spends little money on his table, for the cuisine of the German Imperial residence Is no torious for its Inferiority. The Kaiser is not a dandy, and spends a comparatively small amount every year on his clothes. The horses he rides are not of a particularly good breed, and not unusually expen sive. He Is not a gambler, and does not indu.ge In other dissipations which would be excusable In his position. He is, however, extravagant in one respect, namely. In keeping up the imperial magnificence of his court on a scale never previously attempted by a King of Prussia. v-The support of rel atives forms a first charge on the Kaiser's Income. He has to provide an annual allowance for his six sons, and has to maintain a separate court for several more distant relatives. Apart from his expenditure for pur poses of royal display, the Kaiser de votes a large sum every year to the encouragement of art and of the drama. He is continually ordering monuments to be erected at his own expense, and buys pictures for presen tation to public galleries. The Kaiser maintains the Royal Opera House, the Royal Theater in Berlin, and the Royal Theater at Wiesbaden at his own expense. All three theaters are conducted only par tially as profit-making concerns. With all these financial burdens the Kaiser Is unable to make both ends meet on his Income, and has been obliged to borrow money from some of his wealthy subjects. mice. If thou hast made us, why dost thou let us be trodden down?" A stranger Is fair game to a pygmy, a legitimate mark for his little deadly arrows. He sometimes traps the un wary. Having tied a cord to his ankle, the pygmy conceals himself in the bush. The other end of the string is tied to a bough of a tree which stretches across the forest path. When some one comes that way the pygmy agitates the bough by jerking his ankle. Every sound or motion of the forest is of moment, and the new comer stands still to look and listen. Then the pygmy shoots him in the back. "But," said one of the little crea tures, when rebuked, "he was a stran ger. ne had no business here," an argument which reminds one of Leech's picture and story in Punch: "A stranger? 'Eave 'arf a brick at •Im.'" Market for Stump-*. A new Industry in the region at the head of the lakes is the gathering of the tree stumps for use in the Maine shipyards. A large number of wooden ships are built every year, and it has been found that the most eiiieient cor ner braces are those made from these stumps, and hundreds are shipped east every day. The roots of the trees and a short section of the stump are used in making the braces, and stumps from trees about a foot in diameter are found tt* be the best. The stump Is taken from the ground and roughly hewn into shape before being shippfed. After its receipt at the shipyards it is made into a perfect brace. The cost of a carload of the stumps is close to $400, and the freight charges run over $100 a car.—Milwaukee Sentinel. Most women know that If they do not behave, men will talk about them. | The Columbia Pharmacy 1 The best equipped drug store in Central Washington £• im A complete line of drugs, patent medicines, druggist's sundries, Toilet articles, toilet soap, brushes, perfumes. Books and stiition ery. School supplies. I'alni candies, chocolates and .bon bona. Come and see us, we are always glad to see you. 2r 25 EDW. SHEPPARD. KENNEWICK 5* fiwmmmmwwNmm J. J. Reed & Co,, -t Hardware :: Furniture and A— Undertaking. We carry a full line of Headquarteis for Cook Stoves, Ammution Ranges and and Sporting Heaters. Goods. Also Sewing Machines. our prices before buying elsewhere. The Merchant | ! J. M. HAWKINS, - - - PROPRIETOR. 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