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THE BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, J9Mt
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A Midnight Lullaby.
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. Kill.
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ti ll hi 1
In tin- hhIi nf llii Im ii ill In ti Juno;
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Aii.l h.-r fuiiinniii m i,u tin uruund-
Tli" i.iimr. Im.i.I mi Hi,. iii.miiiIIi 111 1 1.
'lli liunlrf..l ,,ii lh, Kli.uluwy nil,
Ami tin iluiie ull HI. mini,
Tlno nr th spirit. Hill.. girl, little
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A tut ilicy iluiu'o on tliu lireuinliind
I miiu'.
To tii" rrl.krt'i miiiR mid llio tendril
Kill
In IK -mil,' nf the iil. wliliii miuiii:
Ki.r t . in, i,,n it n nilni. t.i.i. Iiulu ulil.
Anil Iiiih Joined tin. i.lrlt l, ,i. -Tli-
M.iim of kuIiI in l In. milk v fkv.
An. I llu- .lai-l, bol.l Hint ..rji an. I .y,
l.illiu M.ua .,1 tliu n,u..iil:t l.uiil.
Ill tli. ikkiii nf similiter, In do ulil, lltt)i
kill.
I1 in.- li-ai yoti to Proiiinlniil Dune.
Winn' tin- ileiv.ir. ih ii'.iiiuli- like luln.ii
i.f iiail
in Hi,' I.ihIii'M nf tin. furry Jini":
An-1 mi her iiiikl.-s to i. Iiuli' ulii,
Ai .li" .I.inr.'fi nVt tin ur..un.
An. I Hi.. i 1 1 1 'u tiiiiii liviu'iith her
fit.
At" I i'Vi tylliliitf that In fair iiml sweet,
(ill llii' stinlll, iiiiiuiillt la l. I.
In the nm.n nf your l!f', II 1 1 1 jslrl, little
Kirl,
Will y.iil think nf I ho Dreamland 11uni.
Ami I' lii.'iiilii'r ilu'ii, wlivit your licui'l'H
utvlilrl f
Tin. i.r.iinlp" nf tlic Innir lost Juno?
W in n y.aii' hi-iiri Im IlKhtKonio. too, llt
II" Klrl.
Will you Mlii'il your llulit iirnitml?
W ill your Hiiillo unfiilil hm you hear it
liy.
I.lki' a inarli;ii.l In trn mi In tort sky,
or u star mi tlio Hiiw.r-llt land?
Aluyslus Coll in Housekeeper.
Some Conundrums.
Why Is a llttlo man ."lco a frond
book. lleeauKO ho is often looked
over.
Why Is a plf? In ft parlor like a
house on fire? Heeausu the sooner
ho Is put out the better.
What Ih the difference between n
sol.ller ntul a bomb-shell? One goes
to wtirs and the other kui.-h to pieces.
Why nre birds sad In the morning?
Uecuuso their little bills are all over
dew.
Why is love always represented as
n child? Iiecatiso he never reached
the luro of discretion.
Why did Eve never fear the
mensles. Recauso she'd Adam.
Wlio had the greatest appetite ever
heard of? Tho man who bolted a
door, threw up a window, and then
sat down and swallowed a whole
story.
Shadow Pictures.
There is Inn in your fingers as well
rs worU. Study the diagram and teach
tliimi a trick or two.
The Wandering Albatross.
Of all the strange creatures seen by
travelers not the least Interesting la
the wandering albatross. This great,
feathered wanderer, sometimes meas
uring 17 f-Ht from tip to tip of his
wings, will follow a ship for days at
a time. Some travelers and sailors
ileebtro flint they have seen a partic
ular bird fly for weeks at a time with
out ever being seen to alight upon the
waves.
It not only follows tho ship, but
wheels In great circles around It and
above it. high In the air. as if to show
that it Is not tired. Sometimes the
bird will l seen to hang in the air
with its wines apparently motionless,
nr.d the sailors say that then It is
asleep.
Not only In pleasant wpfithT will
the albatross follow a ship for day
and weeks, but tl.rounh the most ter
rific storm it will continue its untir
b'K fllt-M. In fa't. tn find an aiha
IrnKF .th(ri?e than cn the aing Is
lik- findinc a wa?tl ai-'e'-p.
Once a year th" f-mal a'bstns'
fi.. near a thousand Tt.Me tn
the c--t. loin'.r f'aM TrrV of Tr:
1st d Af 'ira. wMf h 1if' lt doo!a
b.-ad far in t! F ":'h A'lanMc. or to
rn f'j;:y r-n;"e I'sep. ar,4 tY.-T
lav. ore re in ' b"',fJ "of k.
T" aT!.a"r'i t alwart n a
I. irl .f n.- f-rr ard in it.nt.t t:m'-
II. p T-r jl l'!"-4 'lt tV tjn--r:.;'r
-f.?iir'" wr- tr f-'urpar.-
if ;' k wirri'ir V "m.
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gt!rlly, tUe old belief about the at
bairoM had beeu furgnuen by the
nailora aud explorer, but In their
Ions ar.d lomnome voyages over
waters which were cut by no keel
but their own, anil upon whono vast
x parse they saw no other salt but
theirs, the present of the albatross
fiillowInK the tdilp day after day be
rsme a great source of comfort and
companionship.
So It came to be a belief that 111
luck would follow any one who killed
one of tlieno birds; und that belief la
common among seafaring men lo this
very 1uy. Coleridge's funioun "llhynie
of the Ancient Mariner," Is baaed up
on this belief.
Though the superstition nhnut the
killing of an albatross bring bad
luck is only a foolish one, It has serv
ed a useful pnrpoHo for rouny years
In preventing the slaughter of theso
beautiful and gallnnt birds the sail
or's frleuds and the landsmen's won
der. I'p In dreary Kamchatka, that out
lying part of Siberia which cuts Into
the North Pacific, tho uutlvus. never
having heard of the superstition
about the albatross, catch him und
cut him. Hut his flesh makes such
poor food that, after all. tho legond
may be said to hold good, for ho Is,
Indeed. In bud luck who has to make
a meal of It.
Parlor Trirk With a Csne.
Dnlnnee n cano on tho back of a
chair, so that the slightest touch sets
Attracting the Card.
It to wavering. Then tell your friends
that you can make it fall from the
chair without touching it in any wa;
ir even blowing at It.
Although no one will believe you,
It is a very simple thing to do. Get
a postal card and rub it very briskly
on a woolen cloth till it is thoroughly
magnetized. Then hold it near one
end of the cane, which will slowly
turn toward it. By holding the card
below this end of the cane you will
attract it downward until It overbal
ances and falls to the floor.
Snake's Tail.
(Snake's Tail is a game played by
any number of persons, one of whom
Is selected as catcher, and the others
form in single file to represent a
snake, tho last player being called
the snake's tail. Each player In the
Mle places his hands on the shoulders
of the one in front of him. At the
opening of the game the catcher
stands about 20 feet from the head
of tho file, facing him, and at the
signal tries to catch the tail without
pushing any one In the row. The
snake defends its tail by moving
about In any way, but if the row
breaks itself It is a foul, and the tail
is considered as caught. When the
tail is caught, he becomes catcher in
turn, and the catcher takes this place
at the head.
Another way of playing the game is
to allow tho catcher to name any one
in the row as the one he intends to
catch. If he catches the one named,
they change positions. The player at
the head of the line may stretch out
his hands to impede the catcher's
progress, but is not allowed to push
him.
How Whales Get Food.
To obtain food the whale swimR
through tho water with its mouth
open. The water pours in me niiei-
ture. and carries with It hundreds or
small fish and marine animals.
The water escapes through the
sides of the mouth, but the fish are
caught and held by a row or sun
bonelike objects along the side of the
jaws. These are whalebones, so use
ful in commerce. These and the oil
fiiimd in the elands of tho throat
make tho whale very valuable.
There are several varieties of
ulmles. hut the snerm whale, though
the smallest, Is the most valuable.
Candle Trick.
How would you arrange, with a room
full of people, to place a candle in
surh a position that all but one would
see it. and that person must not bo
blindfolded?
I'lace the candle upon the head of
i,p ro.,nn who is not to coc It.
ShotiV ti.ere be a mirror In the room,
and thl" one person should make use
of II. he does not see the candle, but
:nly its reflection.
Three With One.
Kit one n:ath Into a slot cut at
'he top of another and balance against
tbird. To lift all throf tocther
mith at.otbrr match, pas h latter
-.t C and In front r.f A anfl R
Press E'-f.ty c;i.t A and It. wlif-B
C ill slip dofc. b'-'k r,d'T th
r'-l n.at'h-i, at.d Ua trick is ac-
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Te Paper Duel.
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POETRY.
'Pot-try Is iru.lt In Its Sunday
clothe." Joeph Jt itiii.
"Only tbit Is poeiry which cleanses
and mans iue." ICmerson.
"Without Metry our llfo will appear
locoinplete." .Mmthew Arnold.
"Poetry Is the key lo the hieroglyph
lei of iialura." J. C. and A. W. Itaro.
"A poem Is tho very Image of life
expressed In lis eternal truth." Shel
ley. "Poetry makes Immortal all that Is
bent and moat beautiful In tho world. "
Shelley.
"It does not need that poetry should
be long, every word was ,onoe a
poem." Emerson.
"I should define poetry as the ex
rjiilslle expression of exquisite liuprvs
blciis." Joseph Honx.
"In tho earliest ages sclenco was
poetry, as In the latter poetry has be
come science." Lowell.
"Poetry Is tho urt of uniting pleas
ure with truth by calling imagination
to the help of reason." Johnson.
"The merit of poetry. In Its wildest
forms, fctlll consists In truth truth
conveyed to tho understanding."
Macaulay.
"Poetry upos the rainbow tints for
special effects, but always keeps Its
ssential object In the purest light of
'.ruth." O. W. Holmes.
"The soul of nature is divined by
.he loet';' the man of ' science only
jorves , to accentuate materials for its
demonstration." Aurlel.
"Poetry interprets by expressing
vith inspired conviction the Ideas and
'aws of the Inward world of man's
uortil and spiritual nature." Mattliev
Arnold.
BY THE MISANTHROPE.
Necessity knows a whole lot of lore.
Before marriage, the suitor pays at
tentions to his wife-to-be. Afterward,
,io pays attention.
Tho average husband would prefer
it that his wife pay more attention to
'.its meals than to his morals.
Woman may not bo able to throw
i stone successfully, but she's an
ulcpt at handling the rocks.
I am not the only bachelor on the
block. Further down the Btrcot I can
see a pair of feet on the windowslll.
Distance lends enchantment to the
view. I know a woman who Is happy
becauso her husband Is in the Philip
pines. What's the difference? Women be
lieve in fables wherein money Is con-
crned, and men in fabulous tales of
money.
I can always tell when there's a
new boarder arrived at the house.
There were roses on the breakfast ta
ble to-day.
Some recreant dropped lobster
shells In tho area the other morning,
n.t.l llin tanilltiv knu liiu.D frt'irtnn- nf I
L. . 1 1 1 li.V la.lll.Htlj .1 1. .J .J - 1 (,.u. - O
me ever since.
An ugly woman would break her
heart with laughter If she saw an
ugly man wearing a veil, but the ugly
man has no such redress in her case.
THINGS YOU CAN'T BUY.
A sheet for the bed of a rlvert
A cushion for the seat of war.
A button for the coat of paint.
A lock for the trunk of an elephant
A feather for Iho wing of the wind. '
A llankc-t for the cradle of the deep. J
A dog to replace the bark of a tr eJ
A liniment to stop the pane of plus, i
l
A rszor to shave the fare of the
earth. '
A book on how the water works !
and the front bites.
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A tn stive on what make lb j
vane and the roads cross. IJvprjH.nl i
fling Mewitry.
DAILY THOUGHTS.
Wednesday. IMtt say tenbiriL '
tban not to the mrpop.
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Tn-'1ay. To be ! too lste ! tl. j
tai-H-ft d fiiitli f a fil. i
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Fs'nrdsy. A ll'H Itrps'l' nc i.'t' .i i
fub-its rit titi! itkli.rs.
Tbnrfar. Ii-i' t.in- o n tui i" :
f-aj'live. lid l C--ar i! in ! .- f
p-:r''r. t fnn.W. I - "'
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The Flat-Hesdeo Borer.
The destructive tree borer so well
known to horticulturists as tho Flat
headed apple tree borer and lo ento
molugltits as ChrjsolKithrls feuioriita
U found In all parts of tho country
and annually destroys vast number
of trees. It attack apple, peat,
uulr.ee, plum, peach, cherry, ash, elm,
niuplo, box-elder, sycamore and willow J
trees. The Injury Is done by tho Hat
headed borer during It grub or larval
stago. The adult Ini-ect I a beetle
about, half aa Inch long, ilattlsh idi
long In form, ishluy grocti!sh -black
above and copper colored below. The
femulo deposit her eggs In thu crev
ices of the bark of tho trunk and
main branches, usually on tho south
or southwest side, whero tho tii'ei ts
of tho sun upon thu tree Is greatest.
In our locality the most of tho eggs
tiro probably laid during April and
May. Although eggs are sometimes
deposited by this Insect upon healthy,
Pin 8. CTnnnhnWirl femorata: a, larva;
h liovtlo; f , lieiid of uiuli'i d, pupa twico UUt'
urul blzu (original).
well-established treeR, It evidently
prefers to select sickly or newly
transplanted tines, especially those
whese bark has been Injured by ex
posure to the sun. The eggs hatch
within a fow days after being depos
ited. The young larva soon eats
through the bark and proceeds to bore
at some depth beneath the surface,
leaving behind it a flattened channel.
Sometimes a single borer will girdle
a ttee and cause Its death. The larva
reaches Its full growth by the end of
the cummer, being then a palo-yollow-Ish
grub about half an Inch long, with
a broud, flat head. During the winter
It remains quiescent. The next spring
It bores out nearly through the bark,
then moves back a little and under
goes Its change into the adult beetle
form the transformation being com
pleted in about t,hree weeks. The
beetle then cuts iui opening through
the bark and escapes to continue the
work of destruction begun by its an
cestors. During tho warm part of the
day it may be seen flying about in ho
hot sunlight.
There ore three ways of combat
ting the borer: (1) by destroying tho
grubs while they ore at worlc in the
tree; (2) by the application of some
substance that will prevent the eggs
being deposited or will destroy the
epgs and newly hatched larvae, and
(3) by wrapping the trees with some
thing that will prevent the females
gaining access to the bark. But, by
the best methods known, borers are
difficult Insects to combat. The larvae
make their way Into the wood so
soon after the eggs are deposited and
keep so pompletely out of sight as
they work, that they may do ranch
injury before their presence Is sus
pected, and are difficult to kill when
detected. It Is a case where an ouiico
of prevention is most decidedly more
effective and more economical than a
pound of cure. Arizona Station.
Is Seedless Fruit Fertilized?
For some time there hns been a be
lief that seedless fruit is developed
without fertilisation by the pollen.
There have been experiments carried
on to determine this and it was
thought that the experiments were re
liable. Without doubt the men that
did the work believed that the fruit
was unfertilized and were entirely
sincere In their expressions In that
regard. In South Australia, however,
Rome very elaborate Investigations
liavo been put on foot to discover If
tho Zante currant, the well-known
Heedless current, was produced with
out the Intervention of fertilizing
pnK-esses. In a word It is decided by
tho experimenters there that the cur
rant, thouch apparently seedless, Is
the product of fertilizing processes.
At first experiments were made to
produce seedless currants by remov
ing the pollen a few days before it
was leady to be precipitated into the
ovules. This work the experimenters
did w ith the pr atest of care, but in
the nd pri.tiniit.e-d It Impossible lo
do tho work so carefully that a If..'
e rains of pri'.Vn would not ret into
the ovules of tb? fruit. Tb Investi
gation thorn -d further that th oui-
of the- e'.:i f-urrsr.ts ae really
fi-rtilied and Irie !- in size for
lmt ten ''. after mri'h tiny
abort. TV-e r verts tbe frvm
cirel'ijWr. but tb fro'b Is Btarled
br tbe '.' r".'. r i'loa In th bezinuinr
T?.is i ,r-d.'ey 'be with all of
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United States 'Turnpikes.
Ttetwecn the years J 7!)0 and 1M0 In
numerable plans were made for the
creation of turnpikes In the United
States. -There had been one great
success, (he Lancashire turnpike in
Pennsylvania, and then came count
less other projects. In 1811 New York
had 137 churtered roads, with u total
length of 4,Ci)0 miles and the sum re
.iui red to build them amounted to $7.
5(1(1000. An era of canal digging mi l
then of railroad building followed this
period, but tho canal promoters and
railroad men ';ad great difficulty in
advancing their schemes. They were
considered insane when they insisted
that the mountains and plains could
bo conquered by these means of trans
portation. Passengers Carried by Women.
A traveler In France in the early
part of the nineteenth century de
scribes his landing at Boulogne by
means of a small boat as follows:
"The boat rowed toward the nearest
snore until It ran aground, which hap
pened In the midst of the breakers.
In an Instant tho boat was surrounded
by a throng of women up to tlult
middles and over, who were there lo
carry us on shoro. Not being aware
of these maneuvers. w did not throw
ourselves Into the arms of these sea
nymphs so readily as we might hnve
done, whereby Ihoso who sat l'i; the
stern of the boat were deluged with
tei spray." . n
No Drug Store Treating Habit.
'Come and have a drink," Invited
jeii ei. when he met his Mend Smith
l.ear the bridgo terminal a hot after
noon picntly.
"Surry, old man, but I've sworn
(,n!' sul. I Smith a little sadly.
"I meant an Ice cream soda," Jones
returned hurriedly. "I've sworn off,
1 Ml "
"Well, I'll go you a soda," sib!
hmitli.
TI.ey named their flavors and half
tti , half drank the mixture which the
drug ' Ii rk set before them.
"Now, then, have one on me," said
t in I'll when they had finished
What II If be?"
Oh. I say. Rmlth. this Isn't a bar.
you Ir.im, and a fellow can't doan
tr of tbewj things in sucrrsston."
ll.i) went out ad! nd the drug
clerk ot,trrv-d: "And they sajr t, c
ir-aing bal.lt ln't r !.-Ible fr
fsrd drinking." Nw York Tribune.
Novelist State Potition.
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