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THE SONGS MY MOTHER 8ANQ.
And dream ? Ah, fair Queen of the sea,
Not all thy witchings can enthrall
And fold the wings of memory !
A thousand leagues one tone can call,
A thousand leagues one picture bring
In fadeless form and scene to me ;
And through thy Angelus thrillful ring
Out o'er the Adriatic sea,
I hear through all its rhythmics rung
These dear old songs my mother sung !
O angelus-hour to heart and soul,
O angelus-hour of peace and calm,
W hen o'er the farm the evening stole,
Enfolding all in summer balm !
Without, the scents of fields—the musk
Of hedge, of corn, of winnowed hay—
The subtle attars of the dusk ;
And glow-worms like some milky way ;
Within, as from an angel's tongue,
Those dear old songs my mother sung :
"From every stormy wind that blows" ;
U "Softly now the light of day";
ïhou hidden source of calm repose";
u "I love to steal awhile away" ;
"My days are gliding swiftly by" ;
"Depths of mercy can there b«'j
"Jesus look with pitying eye" ;
'Hock of ages cleft for me" ;
^Saviour, on me Thy grace bestow" ;
"Praise God from whom all blessings
flow !"
—Edgar L. Wakeman.
REFORMING OF RED QUIMBY.
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1 E'D kick If he was hung," said
the storekeeper, with bitter Joc
ularity.
Not if they tied his legs," grinned
Bol Baker.
"He must ha' been hittln' the shafts,"
continued the storekeeper regarding the
broken buggy whip, mournfully. "I
don't know why I changed it for him
Because I'm too good-natured an' easy
golu' for my own good."
"That ain't the reason," corrected
Washington Hancock. "It's because you
kaln't ulTord to lose his trade in the
fust place, an' In the second you won't
lose nothin' by It. You'll make a roar
to the house that sold you them whips
an' make 'em take It off the bill, an'
flien you 11 sell It to somebody fer a
quarter, (»ein' the tip's bioke off. You
ain't got no kick, Rufe.'
Baker aDd Parsons sniggered.
"Au' jet, ' continued Hancock, "there
ain't no denyin' 'at this ol' man's sorter
iff
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'FOUND COAL CBOPMN' OUT.'
hard to please. He alius was more or
less that a-way. But he ain't as bad as
Jed Qulmby afore be reformed. Jed
would kick whether his legs wus tied or
not. An' he had more luck than any
man In the county—good farm, brick
house, money in the bank an' a right
nice faui'ly. That was over In Saline—
afore aiy folks moved here.
"He's £ot a pension o' (16 a month
from the government on account o* git
tin' shot in the arm bj a pistol he wus
cleanin' the same week he was mus
tered In. That let him right out agin
an' he didn't have to hire no substitute,
but he couldn't never hit the backs of
his hanis together behind him, after
that wound, an' he uster cry when
•ver he thought of It"
"Fifteen dollars a month was pretty
good, though," commented the »tore
keeper.
"Jed didn't think so,' said Hancock.
"He uster rfiy, Look at Oln'ral Grant
an' what they give him.' He uster wor
ry about Grant every time he drawed
that $15. I worked for him a week
oncet an' blame If he was satisfied with
me."
"Shoj !" ejaculated Pardons. "You're
a-foollu'."
"He was a master hand to eat," «aid
+ Hancock, "only there wasn't nothin'
that ever Jest suited him. I've seeu
him set down to fried chicken an' mash
ed 'tater« an' tlxln's an' lemon pie, au"
thon make a row because there wasn't
no salt pork on the table. For some
reason lie alius got the biggest crops
of anyb.idy around him, but If It was
com he'd pity himself because It wasn't
wheat he'd raised an' then if It was an
extry good year the prices wouldn't be
as big as If It had been a bad year an'
he'd say that was Jest like his ornery
luck.
"I remember one year It was dry an'
everything was jt-buraln' up. They'd
been a-pultlu' up p'tltions for rain for
three Sundays hand runnln'. Jed had
In mighty nigh 200 acres o' corn, b'aldea
all the garden truck. Well, Just when
It looked like there's be n teetotal fail
ure, there come a rain—a soker. It
opened up good an' stzong an* kep'
ralnln'. Now an' then It 'ud quit long
enough to let the sun come outan'warm
things up an' after that It 'ud start In
agin. You could see the corn grow
and everything else shot right up. I
seen Jed a day or two after an' he was
goln' arouud with his face drawed down
like he'd bit Inter a green persimmon.
'"That was a right good rain,' I
says.
" 'Plague take the rain.' says Jed. 'I
didn't kvow it was a-comln' an' I left
the buggy cushions out leanln' finit
the barn an' the dad burned things
alnt dry ylt—ep'lled 'em, I wouldn't
Bonder.'
"Another time the insurance run oat
en Ms barn an' be wu two daji with
J out any Insurance because he figgered
the company was a-chargln' him too
high i rate. The third day he went
. downtown an' took ont a policy In an
other company an' while he was down
town the bam ketehed. fire an' burned
down to the ground. He Jest done It
In time. He took out tbe policy at 2
o'clock an' the bam burned about
quarter to 3. He collected all right
but he was mad because the barn
didn't bum a week sooner so's he could
have collected from the old company
afore his policy expired.
" 'Now I'm insured for a year,' he
says, 'an' there ain't one chance In ten
thousand that that cussed barn'll bum
In that time after I build It again.'
"Folks used to say there ought to be
a Jedgment on Jed, an' sure enough It
comes at last It begun with the hog
cholera. Inside of a week he didn't
have a thole to his name. Then his
cows got some sort o' epizootic that
cleaned out the best part o' them an'
the branch flooded an' drowned out his
chickens an' the seventeen-year locusses
took the crops an' he got Into a lawsuit
over some fool thing or eruuther an'
there was forty-two of his peach trees
got the ycllers an' he broke his leg.
That wasn't the half o what happened,
either. In two years he bad the farm
mortgaged an' was scrlbblin' to get a
bare livln' an' the Intrust out of It
That's what cured Jed Qulmby of his
sinful klckln' an' unthankfulness for
his mercies.''
"Cured him, did It?" asked the store
keeper.
"Well, yes," replied Hancock. "One
day his boy Ellery found coal croppln'
out along the barren ridge by the
bra»«h on* he went an' got some fellers
to come an' look at It an' tbe upshot
was Jed sold eighty acres at (1,000 an
acre nn' 10 cents for every ton mined
He didn't seem very enthoosiastlc
about it at first, but Ellery kep' a pes
terln' him after they closed the deal to
SRy he was satisfied, an' then all of a
suddent he kind o' reeilzed his luck an'
loosened up for the fust time In his life.
" 'Well,' siys Jed, stlckln' out his
lips, 'I won't say as I'm satisfied—not
to say satisfied, Ellery, but then after
all It ain't so measly bad' "—Chicago
Dally News.
TACTICS OF ZULUS IN WAR.
Their Crescent Formation Adopted
br British Aaralnat the Boers.
Once more the ruling of some of the
Natal natures has turnad men's
thoughts to the famouse Zulu tactics. In
the minds of most these are associated
with the name of Ayaka, the ruthless
Zulu conqueror, who wukUtf, into the
stock of the Amazulu, the people of
the heavens, all the young men of the
various tribes he conquered, Incorporat
ing them Into regiments and thus build
ing up a powerful military nation. Yet
It was to Dlnglslwayo the Wanderer
that the Inception iwas due. This man,
the son at the chief of the Umtetwa,
was driven into exile 'n consequence
of an abortive plot to seiz<t the reins
of power.
During that evlle he lived In Cape
Colony and saw the military methods
of the British. With ln&tlnctive genius
he saw how the Idea could be adapted
to his own nation and on his return
and accession to the chieftainship he
divided his people into regiments, dis
tlngulshlng them by names and by a
special color of Shield for each regi
ment, though for a time they retained
the umkonfeo or throwing assegai as
their chief weapon. He heard the great
use made by the British Infantry of
their favonlte weapon, the bayonet, and
so he replaced the umkonto by the lxwa,
or broad bladed stabbing assegai.
The peculiarity of the Zulu tactics
has earned It the name of tho crescent
formation for attack and It Is notewor
thy that broadly speaking, It was the
method employed by the Boers In their
Invasion of Natal and adopted by Lord
Roberts in his advance through Orange
River Colony, and It was the fear of Its
success which kept the Boer* continu
ally on the mn. The best thing with
which to compare It Is the head of the
stag-headed beetle. Horns are thrown
out widely on either flank, while the
main body forms the head ltstlf. Fran
the main body a small force is detach
ed to engage the enemy while the homa
creep around the flanks.
This force In the days of Tyaka was
frequnently dispatched with the com
mand, "Go, sons of Zulu, go and re
turn no more," and death at the hands
of their fellows was the fato of those
who returned. While this force was
holding the enemy the horn« carried
out their task If possible and as soon
as the two horns had met la tbe rear
of tbe enemy the head or chest was
launobed upon the position and In tbe
upBhot, as a rale, the whole foice of the
foe tasted the avegal. For In tbat
war no quarter was given O" asked.—
South African Sun.
The Peril of It.
A lady at whose house Leigh Hunt
was dining solicitously said to him at
dessert :
"Don't you ever venture on au
orange?"
I should be delighted to do so, my
dear madam," (he poet replied, "but
I'm so afraid I should tumble off."
Clerk of m Hodeat Deaauar.
First Business Man—Your new clerk
seems somewhat lacking In self-confi
dence.
Second Business Man—Yes, he
doesn't even seem to think he can run
the business better than I can.—Phila
delphia Record.
"Smothem Is a successful politician,
but he's awfully cold-blooded"
"That's the reason he's s sooeaaafoJ
politician," I
A person starting from New Kork
City on a tour of Europe has much to
anticipate and considerable to regret.
It Is in the great eastern metropolis
that true American life In Its fullness Is
attractively and strikingly depicted
The buildings, the environment, are not
particularly picturesque, but the rash
of business, the crowds of people sug
gest a restless perpetual activity that
will not be met with anywhere In the
old countries. The people are well
dressed and good-looking, and It will
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STARTING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
Interest the tourist to recall, when he
reaches the other side of the ocean, that
all of them wear hats, and pretty ones,
except perhaps an occasional beggar,
or a foreigner with a shawl upon her
head, who Is selling crocheted laces
from a basket. Another faot to be re
membered Is that our American police
men walk one by one, while In Italy
they will be found always marching
about In twos. The skyscrapers are of
course a distinctive feature There Is
not anything like them in Europe, one
group covering the most valuable ten
ace iot In the world.
The Initial prospect of the steamer
that Is to give the tourist his first ran
from home Is not particularly attrac
tive. The great ship does not look en
ticing In the docks. The sailors make
a great task of cleaning It up after
coaling, and everything is In confusion
over the handling of freight and bag
gage. The place Is noisy, too, and the
staterooms a re close and musty, redolent
of odors of the wharf. The best friend
to make at starting Is the deck steward,
who Is always pleased to advise the
Inexperienced traveler where he will
most enjoy sitting on deck during the
voyage. This Is the more Important,
because one's first choice of a place
will hold throughout the trip at sea.
The great hour comes when the steam
er leaves Its wharf, and the tourist re
alizes that he Is off for Europe. The
crowds on the docks below wave their
hats, handkerchiefs and parasols In
adieu, and the big ship moves slowly
away from American shores. In many
Instances the tourist I* fulfilling tbe
cherished dream of years, and, al
though It Involves partings and heart
aches and personal separations. It
means a strong and striking beginning
of entirely new things. But anxiety,
nervousness and impatience gradually
wear off, and all eyes turn from the
MINUTE MEASUREMENTS.
Apparatus that Htugrn One-Sev
entr-Mllllontk of mm Inch.
Dr. P. K. Shaw, of the University
College, Nottingham, England, after
five years' labor, has completed an ap
paratus making It possible to measure
one-seventy-nillllonth part of an Inch,
says the New York Post Consul Ma
hln writes that tbe Invention consists
of a very fine micrometer screw and
a series of six levers acting In con
junction with It which must be sus
pended by rubber bands from a spe
cially made frame and Inclosed In a
box. The frame Is placed In a vault
under the university and surrounded
with every safeguard against friction
and vibration, "but even then," says
Dr. Shaw, "It is Impossible to carry
out experiments to be successful while
there is traffic In the streets. Every
factory, too, where motive power Is em
ployed must be closed, even If It is
some distance away." Even a draft Is
said to be fatal to the successful meas
urement of such minute quantities as
one-seventy-mllllonth part of an Inch.
Dust must also be kept from the vault,
find It Is said that even the buzzing
of an ordinary fly has made It neces
sary to suspend experiments till tbe
Insect had been disposed of.
Tbe apparatus, it Is claimed, could
bo made specially serviceable in meas
rrlng engineering gauges. It is broad
ly asserted that all scientists recognize
that Dr. Shaw has succeeded In sur
passing every other form of measure
ment on gauges In delicacy and accur
acy. There are said to be many other
uses for It; for Instance, that It will
act as a most delicate coherer for wire
less telegraphy and will promote the
study of nature and possibly of the
movements of the molecules of mat
ter.
Dr. Shaw is still Improving his ap
paratus In tbe hope of measuring quan
tities still more minute. The genersl
principle of the method is electric
touch. This explanation Is given: "If
two surfaces, clean and polished, come
in contact the current can at once be
Jagged skyline of New York and look
toward Europe.
The steamer passes bemath Bar
tholdl's statue of Liberty, the copper
bronze of which shines brightly lu the
sunlight, and then skl.ts Governor'«
Island, with Its old ni'lltary museum.
This was put into practical use seven
years ago, when war stared us In the
face. Within ten days the tourlat may
look upon the coast, lines of our Span
ish enemies of that recent, though now
rarely thought of hour. The enomous
steamship puts out to sea, a proud
Titan of the deep. It 1» a fa- cry from
Robert Fulton's steamboat of 1807,
wherein he made a Hadaon river trip
of 110 miles In twenty-four hours, to
the amazement of every one who beard
of the exploit It Is reassuring to con
aider that specialization of ocean indus
try has minimized the perils of sea
travel, especially with the Improvement
of submarine signais and perfection of
wireless telegraphy. To-day It is less
hazardous to cross the Atlantic In an
up-to-date steamship than It U to cross
the American continent by rail.
The usual seasickness, a sharp look
out for Icebergs, the rout. ne of the three
great events on shipboard, breakfast,
luncheon and dinner, guessing on ths
day's ran—all these lead up finally to
the first sight of new land off St. Mi
chael's, of the Azores. Gray masses
of rock seem to rise ont of the sea,
but as the haze lifts the Indefinite mass
resolves Itself into outlines of villages,
fruitful lands, marked out by hedges,
windmills, solitary houses, gray cliffs.
Ail about are little fishing boats man
ned by Portuguese fishermen from the
islands. Puenta Delgada is the most
noticeable of the towns, being Spanish
In appeaance, and Its old bouses of
stone and colored plaster have taken on
exquisitely mellowed tints.
The next land Is Cadiz, "the white
city of Spain," which rises out of the
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ARRIVAL AT GIBBALTAK.
sea like an edifice of dreamland. At
first It Is like a low-lying cloud, grad
ually pierced by towers"and domes, and
then the entire beautiful prospect. Not
far from this city Is Palos, whence Co
lumbus galled for the unknown west,
and Huelva, where the great statue to
the discoverer of America stands. Be
hind them, futher Inland, are the snow
topped Sierras.
The tourist looks back towards hll
native land with the feeling that It Is
very far away. Indeed, lie has crossed
the broad Atlantic, and just ahead are
the straits of Gibraltar and the Medi
terranean, giving a nearer glimpse of
the actual castles In Spain.
made to pass through them and exclt«
a telephone or other sensitive recorder.
Previously, It has been impossible to
measure the sparking gap of an elec
tric current of less than tlilrty-cight
volts, but with Dr. Shaw's apparatus
s sparking gap of half a volt can be
measured. If physicists desire to un
derstand and explain nature's happen
ings It is Imperative that there ahould
be exact measurements of very small
lengths, and of extremely minute ar
ticles. Seelug that nature deals in
such small quantities it Is useless to
attempt to unravel her secrets with
out the finest Instruments."
A Swedlah Cook,
It was Tuesday morning. The clothe«
had been washed, dried and folded, and
commonsense pointed to the fact thai
It was Ironing day ; but cautious Scan
dinavian Tlllle, the new maid, was not
going to make tbe mistake of golug
ahead before being sure that she was
right. Before committing herself to the
obvious task, according to the Youth's
Companion, she poked her head Into
the dining room to say, appeallngly,
Meesls. I skuld like to speak some
thing." "What Is It, Tlllle î" "Skal I
cook some flatlron?" asked Tlllle. ear
nestly.
A I.lvelr Catch.
Mrs. S.—And so you are leaving us,
Bridget? And what are you going to
do?
Bridget—Please, mum, I'm going to
get married.
Mrs. S.—Dear me! Isn't that rather
sudden? Who Is the happy man?
Bridget—Do you remember, mum, me
asklp' you about four weeks ago to go
to the funeral of a friend? Well, 1
-o be goln' to marry the coi-pee'a bus
band. Sure, be told me then I wuz
the life o' the party."—Harper's
Weekly.
There Is many a girl hanging over
the gate waiting for a man to come
s long who Is guilty of a greater waste
of time than when she hung over the
ssme gate as a child to see a circus
parade go by.
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The New Hotel. Rates $2.50 and Up. Hot
and Cold Water in Every Room. Steam Heat.
Rates made by the week or month. Caldwell, Idaho
Are You Going to Build?
Why not u se brick and save painting every three years, one
half the insurance, one-half the coal in winter, and be cooler in
summer? It costs about the same as frame. We have brick
for foundations, wells and underground work.
Vitrified Brick a Specialty. All Our Brick is First-Class.
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