The Rich Hill tribune., December 24, 1903, Image 6

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BrlgtiUst nd Bt of the Son of th
Morning.
BritfMt r.i bt of th snr.s ef th
nmi nlti,
Daan en iir intlnm, and land us
Itilno !';
grar of tha Kjoft, tha tinrtfon aborning,
uullf wliai our infant Jte.)emr U
laid.
Coil rn Mi end! th dew-drops are
aMntiii.
Low . Ma bead with tht Ntin ef tbs
stall,-
rB-l adora him In !unilir rwllntrtt
Maker and Munarcb atn J Savior ol all.
8f, aha!! w jr1!A him. In costly dave-
tlou,
O-lora of Fdam, and fTarinffa dtvfna,
Gms of the mountain, end i-aii of lh
o-ran.
Myrrh 'rom th forest, and gold from
lh nilnaf
Vafiiiv we nflr f-h antra oMaMoa,
.nl wua (lit wuuld ilia (avor a-
cura;
J?i-hr ljr far Is tha hurl'i aitostlon,
tearar to God arc lb prattra of til
poor.
Blahop Hfftwr.
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Everybody Mid Michael Flanagan
would "get broken" If he wasn't mora
ever on his beat. Crime was ram
pant everywhere in the city, and there
wag a loud outcry against the police
for not putting an end to It.
Tha evils complained of could not
be localized In any particular quarter,
they seexed to be smeared all over,
emanating, or belching out. howeTer,
from certain well-known center, or
"tough" precincts along the river. Of
Deer Flanagan's beat was In the wornt
of one of these "alum" districts, but
the strangest thing about It was the
fact that at night it was the quietest
and most orderly portion of the city.
As he explained to the chief, who pri
vately grumbled because be did sot
"ran in" a patrol wagon load of sus
picious character every sight:
"Tie at night I'm on duty. Chief,
an dlvQ a bide or a hair of the ugly
birds is to be then found in the dirty
nest. They're all over beyond In the
respectable quarter plunderln' bens'
nests V lootin' family diamonds. Ton
wouldn't bave me leave my beat to fol
low them in their wanderin's?"
"Certainly pot," replied the chief,
severely, "that might cost yon your
Job."
"Then, how the divil am I to run In
tbem as are not in my beat?"
The chief laughed.
"Toa"re too easy with the toughs.
Flanagan. Too must be more severe.
1 am told you act more like a grand
papa than a policeman. It will not do;
job must be harsh. Kindness will
"You're too easy, Flanagan!"
sever reform the criminal classes, of
ficer. Make a record of arrests; run
n wagon load occasionally to satlxfy
the public clamor."
"May the dlvll seize me if I turn
brute to satisfy what the chief calls
'public clamor,' " muttered Flanagan
as he left his chief. "They're poor,
an' live In dirt an' vulgarity, but that
doesn't make them criminals. Tut
them In Kxd clothes, give them de
cent food an' drink, an" K-t tbem ride in
automobiles, an' they'd be as fine as
the felleys a is iuakln the public
clamor, begobs!"
When he went on duly that night.
Officer had made up his mind to
be very sever and know neither
friend nor to. "I'll exterminate the
best by depopulate' it. Tla Die only
way I know. I'll run In every rapacal
lion I can lay my hands on." And be
walked along, flerrely swinging bis
club, in deep meditation, (suddenly a
violent push from bt-hlnd tixarly upset
him, and, turning quickly, be made a
grab, catching a small, elSaa girl by
the arm.
"I bave one already, begobs What
do ye mean by asaaultln' tb majesty
of the law? Tis high treason you're
om mitt In'," and he said in what was
Intended to be a wry severe tone of
voice, but there was a humorous
twinkle in his eye as he recognized
bis llule crony, Patsey.
If anybody bad called her Patricia.
which was truly her real uaiue, she
would not have fainted, for she was
not one of the fainting kind, but she
would have considered the language
as some new kind of abuse, and re
sented it with a handful of mud, of
which there was plenty within easy
reach.
The child was hardly 10 in years,
but an adult la precocious knowledge.
6b was more than comely, sue was
positively pretty hen her face was
clean and her lovely hair free from
tangle and sntrls. Out In her usual
aijuslid rags, unkempt hair and her
face resembling that of young eagle
peering through a dust brush, she was
as ugly as sin and a hateful as aa tar
runt drnron. Flans ran. however, he 4
-n Into. the li.rt ft Ihe llftlo maid,
and be rlif i !,;i-(1 her.
FNe lived, or ratlier etlstal, donn
a ilatnp. filthy cellfcr, with au ol I croue
who was not her mother, but ho had
stolen her anmrwr.era and thought to
make her ineful, and who sjient more
time in admlnlatrrlng Mows to force
her to grow up crooked than In train
ing her Infant mind In the direction
of a higher lite. Talsey wa evidently
going to the dogs, but she was not
war of that fart, nevor having
known anything be'.ler than hr pres
ent surrounding. the had no regard
for the law a penttnlflfl by tb po
lice, and therefor did not scruple to
take liberties with It dignity.
"Fatsey, my darlin'. I've mind ta
run ye In. Tl the order from head
quarters, an' I may as well begin with
ye since y have put youiit In the
way of it. How would J like that,
mavourneen?"
"Fine," answered Fatsey, dancing
with gle, "A nice warm corner In
the lock-up hot breakfast in the morn
ing, and nobody to lick me. Come on,
cop." And she thrust her small hand
into hi big ono, endeavoring to pull
him to the patrol box.
Flanagan looked down quizzically
at the small, eagar creature who waa
"Come en, copl"
smiling up at him fearlessly and danc
ing about with Joy at the very Idea of
being run in aa disorderly charac
ter. "Easy tow, chicken, ye havent the
Idea in mind. Ill not run ye into the
lock up, but into better quarters," said,
he, following an Inspiration. "How
would ye like to go home with me,
Patsey, an' be one of my little ones?
I have two already, an I yearn for
third. Te shall have your All of good
eatln' an' drinkln', no beatin's, an' go
to school. What do ye say, my girl?"
Patsey' eye grew large with aston
ishment, and pushing back her elfin
locks, for all answer, she pressed her
tender lips upon his great, rough
band. The mute appeal almost broke
the big man' heart, and he brushed
his eye with the back of hi free
hand. Taking her np In his arms, he
said:
"Be ready, darlln'. In the morn
when I go off duty. Ill come an' get
ye an' have brush with the old wom
an for ye." She pressed her cheek
close to his In token of affection and
thus he carried her to the corner of
the alley and sat her down, bidding
her be good and go to sleep without
any more rampaging about.
Mrs. Flanagan was as bad aa her
husband In such things. "Tl only
one more small mouth to 0)1, an' we'll
Oil it, please 'God. Now, away yon to
bed. Mike, an' by the time ye are
ready for duty this night. Ml have the
child made over so that you'll not
know her."
Patsey' line had Indeed fallea ta
pleasant place. She soon forgot her
coarseness and vulgarity In the pur
surroundings of home, and. animat
ed by the force of good eiamplea, he
soon became a model young lady. She
was treated as one of the family, and
her tractabiUty.and amiable disposi
tion captured the heart of every one
with whom she came in contact. Her
vivacity and beauty attracted the at
tention of many, who wondered why
Flanagan had a daughter so different
from the rest of the family.
"Faith, lis all hereditary Influence."
he ei plained. "There" my old wom
an Klien, she' not beauty, but her
hrart Is, au' as for myself, I'm Just
what ye see, an' two of my girl take
"IVe mind te run yo In."
after us. Did ye ever se my great
afreet grandmother? No, eh? Well,
she waa grand; she waa the beauty tf
the whole county, an' tl from her
that my Patsey draws her look." II
said this so often la ail sertousnea
that be oot only made other believe
it, but he actually believed it him
self. liut turning point came la Pat
sey' life. A bl!dle wotaaa of
mean had often aoUooa tb bright,
vivacious girl, aod, waatlag a
pnlon. ar-proarhed Mlrha! and '
wife on tha mil-jvrl.
"What, n five vip m own flesh so
blood! I m astonished, nia'ain, that
ye should snake me such proposi
tion!"
"Nonnense," s'tld the lady with a
perity, "ahe Is no more your than h
Is mine, Vc plcktd her up umewbwr
in Jour round. It was Jewel you
found, to he sure, but I can better af
ford to give her future than you.
Giv her th chance, man. Eh d
serves It at your hands."
Then th whole story csm out, and
th lady was more determined than
ever to have the girl, believing that
bin blood wa in her veins. Finally.
Michael and hi wlf submitted to
th tain of separation for th good of
th child. Bh herself refused and
threatened to run away and hid la
the slum If they tried to fore her
to leave her "cop," aa she aiway
called Flanagan. Hut geutl persua
sion accomplished the desired result,
and eh at last consented to b good
and go with the lady.
"Remember, Patsey darlin'," said
Flanagan In his last Interview with
hi pet, "I am always your father."
"You and no other shall ever find
that place In my heart," ahe said a
ah broke from his arms and ran
away sobbing a If her heart would
break.
Many year passed, and Flanagan
did uot hear from h.s lost Fat&ey.
That wa part of th hard bargain
wrong from him by the lady who
adopted her. "Some time you will
meet her, but better let ber alone so
as not to spoil her future," wa what
the lady said.
By and by reverse cam to th
good man; flrat, his faithful compan
ion went, then hi daughters; one af
ter th other waa stricken down by
the great destroyer, until Flanagan,
left alone, became Indeed negligent
through OTer-much brooding. Instead
of stern policeman running In wag
on loads of unfortunates to satisfy th
public clamor to suppress crime, he
waa the guardian, comforter and con
soler of the afflicted, sorrowful and
heavy laden In hi beat. At last he
was charged with being shlelder of
criminals, and as he made no defense.
he was "broken," as everybody had
predicted he would be. This cost him
his right to pension, and very soon
he became dependent and fell 111. HI
later, the Widow Malone. a woman of
pare means, took In washing and
Ironing and went out occasionally to
do day' work, thus managing to
keep the wolf from the door. She
would not hear to Michael' being seat
to the County hospital.
"Not while I have the breath In me
body to earn penny shall Mike be
taken from me. Tl he that ought to
be ltvtn' In palace. Hospital, In
deed!" The sick man, who wa really suf
fering decline occasioned by sor-
"Run, Mary, to Patsey!"
row. thought of Patsey continually.
"She's the only one living of alt, an'
she'll come to her old father soon."
By and by this thought grew upon bias
until be Died the date tor her re
turn to his arm. "Shell b ber m
Christmas morn," he told everybody
who came to ee him. and on Christ
ma morning he awoke early and
called to his sister:
"Mary! I dreamed of little Patsey
last night; three times I dreamed ol
her. I thought she wa here. Wher
bar you hid her, Mary?" he demand
ed querulously. "Fetch her to me
Mary. My heart aches to see her."
"Faith, your Palaey's like all th
ret ye spent good money on. TheyX
ail forgotten y In )uur iued."
"No, no, Mary, Patsey woutd nevet
forg-t IlNteQ. Mry," and he bold up
bis flngir. "The sound of wheels
they stop at the door run, Mary, 'tl
Pataey, mavourneen."
The door flew oien and In rushed
lovely, magnificently dressed young
lady, who literally cast herself upo
the sick man, hugging and kissing bint
while weeping tears of Joy.
Flanagan thought he wa dreaming,
for h lay stilt som moment sub
mitting to the drllclous caresses, but
by and by his brain cluard and b
awoke to the reality.
"i'aUcy, acuabla. they're all gon
but you, an' you did c4 forget?"
"Never, never, dvareal father,"
obbed th glrL
"Patsey, do y mind that tl Christ
mas mora. Let us glv thanks, Patsey
darlin'." Which they did In each
ether' arm.
"Mary, I think 111 get up an' hav
turkey dinner. !'v not bad on foi
year."
"And FN hav It with you." Bald
Pataey. "and tomorrow, too, and
very day of your Ilf hereafter yov
hall hav Christmas dinner if you
wish.'
-includln' tnrkey, Fataeyt ! think
I eoold at whoi on."
"Tee, and cranberry sauce, all yo
eas eat," aswer4 Patsey, giving him
Bathes' fcaav
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COLOMBIA MEANS
'EFFORT.
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SCENE OF THREATENED WAR BETWEEN COLOMBIA AND PANAMA.
(Star mark location of Gulf of Darlan, where Colombian troop are said to
hav bn landed to march to Panama )
RECONCILED IN A HOSPITAL.
Old-Tim Animosities Forgotten In
Presence of Misfortune.
In the early day of North Dakota
Senator iud La Moure and Aleiacder
McKenxle, the latter famous as the
most daring sheriff in Bismarck, wer
hitter personal and political enemies.
Whatever on wanted done wa sure
to be opposed by the other, and they
carried their enmity to each other to
great and sometimes ridiculous i-
treme for men level-headed
they were In ordinary matter. Each
had host of friends and these wer
arrayed in hostile camps, political, so
cial and business. The two men hav
become reconciled, fcwever. Som
time ago McKenzle got into trouble
In Alaska, and narrowly escaped
prison sentence for contempt of
local Judge, from whose Jurisdiction
the Blsmarckian remored a prisoner.
After a hard fight McKenzie waa re
leased and returned east, broken In
health.' For months he has been ly
ing in St. Paul hospital, hovering
between life and death and deserted
by a majority of his former frlend.
Here his old enemy, 1-a Moure, found
him and at once took up bis station at
the bedside of the stricken man, min
istering to hi every want with the
solicitude of mother. Mainly owing
to La Moure's careful nursing McKeu
lie is recovering hi health and ex
pects to leave the hospital In a week
or two, when hi old time dverary
will escort blm to Blxmarck. It I
safe to say that the friendship thu
eatabllshed wtll never be broken. Mc
Kenzle few year ago wa perfect
specimen of physical manhood, stand
ing 6 fwet 4 inchtts and being bulit in
proportion.
ROBERT COELET TO WED.
Wealthy Society Man Capture Heart
of Notad Beauty.
It I said the engagement of Mis
Klsle Wheien. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs, Wbelen of Philadelphia, to Rob-
ert fjoelet, brother of the Imrhrs of
Koxbiinche. will aonn be announced,
and that Uie wedding will sixt-dlly
follow. Mias Wln-lin la a noted
beauty and was the belle of Newport
last suiuru'-r.
GOOD JOKC ON GOLFERS.
Girl Hav Fun with Member ef
' Arlatocratlo Club.
N. B. Cole and I'snltl Bacon, two
enthusiastic member of the new and
aristocratic Country club of lake
wood. N. J., had match game of
Rolf for H.0U0 IJe recently. Each
had a good record on the links, but
neither wa able to cover the ground
In anything like good time, both ex
periencing great difficulty at two of
tbe halve. Just the match wa
concluded they discovered that to
mato ran had been fitted neatly Into
one of the bole and that row of
pin had been stuck In tbe hard
ground around the other. These ob
structions had disastrous effect on
th work of the players. It was dis
covered that some girl members of
the club were guilty of playing this
Joke, and formal complaint bas bt-in
lodged with tiwirge J. Gould, presi
dent of tbe club. The foozier are de
termined that aome one shall suffer
fur the Infamy, but It I not thought
likely thai any punishment will be
Inflicted,
TO MAKE
TO COEKCK PANAMA
n a a a a
"UNCLE JOE" AND THE SENATE,
Speaker of the House Ha Little Lovt
for That Body.
Speaker Cannon'a predecessor wer
accustomed to bow to the secretary
of the Senate when he appeared in
the house with communication from
that august body. But "Uncle Joe "
backbone become stiff a ramrod
on uch occasions. "Bow to the -
retary?" he snort. "Why. I wouldn't
bow to th whole senate." A
few days ago he ordered one of th
official cf th house strictly to en
fore the standing rule against smok
ing. That same afternoon, as soon
as the house adjourned, be took a
cigar from his pocket and began to
puff contentedly. The official ap
proached" and said: "Do you want th
antismoklng rule enforced, Mr. Can
non." "Of course I do," said th
speaker. "Ob, I forgot," he continued
and hurried into his private room.
POPE PIUS IS AGING.
Pontiff Beginning ta Feel Weight of
His Responsibilities.
A traveler who has Just returned
from Rome was greatiy Impressed
with the change In tbe appearance ol
the Pope. lie was received by htm
tbe day after bis accession to the pon
tifical throne, when be was ruddy,
erect, gay and full of life.' On this laat
occasion, however, he found him lit
tle paler. little more bowed. ltttl
more subdued and less buoyant; lo
fact, a slight but percept.blo change
for the worse a yoiiug maa growing
older. This change has come la lest
than four rmtulba and is due to tb dif
ference In habits and work and th
cotifl Element. Th Pope goes In tht
open air li and lea. In tb begin
ning he took walks In th garden and
regular exercise, but aa hi tx and
duties Increased he went less and leas
until he ceased altogether, confining
hi walk to tbe loggia overlooking
Rome and even here he now seldom
f.
Natur' Cur for Cold.
Chart Gibson, tbe Indian editor,
claim tbat consumption waa never
known by tbe Indian until he began to
try to live like the white man In a
bouse. "To cure a cold an Indian went
to mountain to ramp and hunted and
at wild meat for forty-eight hours,
which 1 now th easiest way to cure
cold on earth. You never contract
cold In ramp. It Is curious, but
I nevertheless true. Try It and be
convinced. No one ever saw a tepoe
Indian with a cold or cough. Nature
will cure you If you are not coward
and will go into camp aud give nature
t chance."
Cost ef Living In the Waldorf.
Manager Milliard of tbe Waldorf
Astoria hotel. New York, say that an
epicure living there In a sult of
rooms ran ratlly spend 1 3.01-0 a day,
but that by eschewing alcoholic bev-nazi-a
and flue claw and keeping
ll w It hiu mo.l. ielsi I ! in it a supt
ran bring his daily exp-ns down lo
I. For this sum he w'll be com
(ortaldy fed and tiousvd. can Command
1,1a share of aervlce from the 1.&00
employes and will be aliln to enjoy
all the muaic, ptcturvt, statuary am!
other tnUea luxuries which go with
life la the great caravansary.
Crusade Agslnst Profanity.
Headed by lis secretary, Hev. Rol
and I), tiawyer, tha Anti Profanity
league ha begun cruaade In Boston,
the league thinking that such move
niut la much needed In tbe hub. Mr.
Sawyer says It has come to psss that
oue cannot walk along the streets In
Boston, travel In a strvt-t car or tarry
In a public place without being com
pelled to bear shocking language. He
thinks It I time the city government
took action regarding tbe matter.
Ibsen' Dsy cf Labor Over.
The latest new concerning Ibsen'
health I of a aerious kind. A Vienna
doctor who receutly visited him In
Christians report that "he has prao
ticaliy lost his speech." The doctor
says further: "Also bis faculties are
Impaired. Ills loss of memory Is par
ticularly noticeable. In conaeqaeuc
ot these defwet b cannot work. 1b
aen la. In fact, completely broken up
II present th plctur of hslpUw
old maa."
FA JIM ACCKSS0U1ES
LI7TLE MATTERS OF INTEREST
TO THE AGRICULTURIST.
Conerst Wall Tbat Will Rsnrfsr a
Well Perfectly Water-? Ight Bao
ttrla for th Soil to Be Furnlshsd
te Farmer from Wasnington,
Bacteria for th Farm.
For the' past hundred year agricul
tural chemist have been asking tbe
question whether It were possible to
utilise the free nitrogen of tb atmos
phere a th food ot plants, and they
all ern to have Come to the conclu
sion that the nitrogen of the air Is not
analmllated by plants. But It was dis
covered that certain leguminous crop
(peas, bean, etc.) had an excea of
nitrogen over that which could be ac
counted for a coming from the rsla
water and from the manures supplied
to tbe land. Experiments subsequent
ly proved that this assimilation of
nitrogen depend upon tb presence
ot certain bacteria which cause swell
ings on tbe roots of the plant, and
that each particular leguminous plant
can be Identified with a certain micro
organism which thus beneficially af
fects Its growth. Photographs hav
been published showing how plant
which have been Inoculated with suit
able, bacteria have benefited by tha
operation. The agricultural depart
ment of the United States bas for
long time been in the habit of dis
tributing rare seeds gratultounly to
farmers; now It Is announced that it
ia prepared In like manner to piece
at the disposal of agriculturists bac
teria for enriching the soil.
' Cementing a Well.
W. C. I hare a well three feet wid
ind five feet deep, stoned up, that
Is suDtilled by a sood sirlr.z. but the
water runs awav throush the lower
tier of rock; can tbe well be cemented
so that th water will be retatntd?
I take it that you want the well per
fectly water-tight, that it I Oiled by
spring from tb top, but runs out
through th rock at the bottom. To
make the well perfectly water-tight,
there should be a three-inch concrete
wall built inside of the stone wa!L To
do this take Inch board five feet long
nailed to ? Inch p!acks, cut the same
circle as the well; there should be two
or three circles, one at the top and
the other at the bottom. Bve Inches
from each end of the Ave feet boards.
Tb circle should be In four section
plan) so that it can be eaally
taken out when the wall la completed.
The diameter ot form should be six
Inches le than the well, so a to
allow thre Inches of concrete wall
11 around it
After tbe form I placed In position.
Oil In the space between form and
stone wall with ronrrvt composed of
one part ot Portland cement to fvur
A A S In rlahh.
I -4 In, rom-rt-la WSU.
Ot In. burua.
of One gravel (not sand I. Never put
In over four tncbee of concrete at
one until it la well rammed down.
Arter th wail are built and left to
stand two or three days, th form can
be taken out and Ihe boltwm put lo.
Tbe walls and bottom can be built
even It the well Is full of water, as
th concrete will set under tb water;
but In putting In the concrete It should
be lowered In the water and dumped
out at the bottom and not shoveled In
from the top. aa the cement and gravel
should not be allowed to separate, or
It would not t as good a Job. It
the well I full ot water the concrete
should not be rammed, and the least
handling It gel th better It -vlll be.
It would require about one and one
half barrel Portland cement and on
yarl grv-l for the work N. U. II, ia
Montreal Herald.
A Concrete Cold Storage.
K K. It Would yoti Hrvllv riflate
how to build a ntirrrt cold s'orage
for fruit and frosti meat. I would Ilk
It latKo enough to hold two Uiounsnd
pounds .f meat. I have a tilliatde
atxmt twenty fit high, would It te
ad vantage. us to build the colj storage
building into th hill?
I hav never area a roll i,,r.a
built of concrete, but I am sure such
slruclure would tro aatiafacturv.
kloat of ice is stored In Ilia utm.r
'ti.ry and around the floor of the Ico
chamber is a space of II Inches lo
allow th cold air lo fall and the warm
air to rise. There are also galvactted
Iron cylinder extending from th
floor of the Bloraaa lo that floor .f tha
Ice room above. These are k.-pt Oiled
who pulverlied Ire. F.ach of tha nl.
Inders has a trough at Ihe bottom to
carry off the water which runs through
a trap outlet. Provided the walls are
built according to the above descrip
tion, using ceno-ut lustcad of stone,
the tnsulstlon would nr.t t, in,nr...
ed by building Into hill, but if the
niu were used aa suggested the toe
room would be more easily flllrd ihB
If the building stood on the level.
The Brute Again.
Wife (who I aiway l!in-v
will bury me by (he side of mv
usband. won't you dear?"
Husband "With pleasure, my dear."