The enterprise-recorder., June 30, 1910, Image 2

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THE LOWER LIKE.
Tt mirlit wm matter for regret
Thnt Kvdlntinn hn not yet
lMihillpit cur Mitilus.
The .irU Hour higher f.ir tuun we,
IipIi out switiiM us in the sea,
Tbe tiimple lihns.
Tint, evolutionists, reflert.
A liave tiu 'nil in inMloct,
Ami thill' wuh'uliieti :
Yet mill mo cry: V;ni this atone
for tins or )ini'rw n' our uivn,
Ni t lo 1c sriiUltil?''
M"c hoM tltrit r-volut inn' plan,
Tii civt iH litlli she i.in,
Is itoniothiML' trvinr.
Fnir Hhan of t'lumn, tnuceiK we win:
Lut wliv 11.1t tli row tin' fc.viinmin in.
Why not the liyii:'
Tut. nb. lit (live net wore o. Irs.
Ve :w for nil tliat we puifj-o-i,
We wei'p ;iinl w itvev.
Wliile Kvnlntion. Mill iIip f.anie.
With lininhu or paw Ms puiim- tlio nine,.
A.ul hliowh no t.ivur.
A onwanl yet life'n nirrcn's r-.ll,
The pnnmu t( n Injur pm!
lncreaeili hiITw;
And what we win .11 itn own iM
.We win; mid wh,t! v.e Ium is loci.
Nor tan we l i iiow.
If Wi !i ive fri ! m. mc lc-e ; cue
If n'lt lei.mu , i ' , u . ee i-e
To i Hi t'T pli'.iMiir.
If we h.i Tr u"i- iim .-rt.mt .n '.
Wo wjm lly n,r aw,. with lus,
Vr in a ti i jmuc.
Is wifiliUM. then, the nnlv vXt
Of lot Hipeihtively l-lr '.'
Tlu-re lia In n i i rij.
Our neon. ton. will i .ml tlirn
Are intin.nl m 1 1 1 u- h Ira l li .n nu n
Alas, my 1-rotheis!
Thin higher life is mrionn ufT,
Too hij;h. yi i in t ijuite liii I'tiM.li.
A 111 1'iult"! Vial 1
Thic hii:iiT lite is toe dear
Would I 1 ouhl tive a lower pltere
An c-p.ial trial!
Ah. could T Ve .1 fi-di, indeeil,
KH lucky hov.-Kcope. and cieed
I'tihtnrian.
'M"i!(: hli-iul wave to jjlide or rv' .
I'll elioose the lot 1 duuU the bcl.
Or iih or Aryan!
Or could T le n l'inl. .in J fly
Through foieett nil imlittuntej lv
The hhoolintf neas.n.
Vd tell you which I vototl for,
The Vht (.f a in- pmiotiK, tir
The Mardi of KcuKon!
May Kendall, in Smith' Magnzine.
g THE OBTUSE PERSON. B
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I . By ELIZABETH MASON. jjj
f "I don't understand," Allanby said.
"Really," retorted Betty, regret
fully, "I hardly expected you would.
You're an obtuse person."
Allanby was surprised that anyone
should think that.
"I'm not so bad, Betty. I've done
as well as lots of the fellows "
Betty caught his hand, penitently.
"You're the smartest man I know,"
she said. "When I said you were ob
tuse I meant something else. I didn't
mean that I don't like you. I didn't
wean that you weren't the best friend
I've got."
"Say 'big brother' and you'll hit It
nearer." suggested Allanby, tenderly.
Betty dropped the hand. "I won't,"
she responded quite snappishly.
Having spent a moment or two In
trying to see the cause of her petu
lance, Allanby fell back upon the first
point.
"After your father died and you
found you had no fortune, you say
yon sold whatever you could and fur
nished this tea room."
"I sold everything I had but my
trousseau. I had It all ready because
I was expecting to be married to Jlr.
Stanhope."
"Stanhope should have looked out
for you," said Allanby, gazing with
disfavor on the tea room.
"He had all he could do." retorted
Betty, "to look out for himself, and
he knew it. Just as scon as lie found
I wasn't an heiress, he discovered that
I didn't love him and offered to re
lease me."
"He ought to be thrashed," mut
tereJ Allanby. "I wonder you didn't
pet rid of the trousseau with the rest.
I shouldn't think you'd want to be
reminded of him."
"I kept it for two reasons," said
Tetty. "One was to remind me never
to try to marry anyone but the man
I thoroughly know and love and
trust."
"It sounds a if you'd picked him
cut." ?aU Allanby, suspiciously.
"What was the other reason?"
Eetty looked demure. "Why, when
he asks me to marry him. I shall need
n trousseau, shan't I?" she asked.
"What would be the use of getting
another together when I have this all
ready."
"Hm!" reflected Allanby. Tt was
disturbing to think of Betty In love.
Stanhope had never counted very
much, a ho well knew. Who could
1t be? He ran over what he knew of
Betty's ai-au.iiutar.ee hurriedly in his
mind.
"Is It Stbkney?" he a.l;ed after a
few ruoojciitis, ia a rather subdued
voice.
Betty crimsoned and looked for a
moment as if she were going to cry.
She opened her mouth twice and
closed It again, and once Bhe stamped
her foot. After these demonstrations
of disturbance, however, she regained
iier composure.
"Atlcud to your own affairs
brother," she said. "Don't be med
dling in mine."
"But about that trousseau," re
marked Allanby In an attempt at
lightness.
"1 don't mind telling you," Betty
srtld almost in n whisper, "that If that
man doesn't ask me wlihln three
months, I'll sell the troussemi piece
by pine for whatever It will bring,
lint if I have to do that I'll be a very
unhappy girl, liernuso though he'M
never iirtunlly said ho loved nie, I
think he does, and If ho doesn't want
ne now I shall know that he's nfrnld
of my poverty and the notoriety I've
created by startitiK my tea house."
"If he's worthy of you he wouldn't
think of such n thing," said Allanby
warmly. "If you've the least doubt
In your mind about him, you'd do bet
ter to get him right out of your
mind."
"I don't know that I should really
believe that of him, anyway," paid
Bi tt;' defensively. "After oil, I think
the wt.it I could say of hi to would
be that he's obtuse."
"We nil seen to be obtuse, in your
'estimation." said Allanby.
I "lie's Just as bad In that line."
said Hetty dimpling, "exactly as bad
as yon are."
! "I don't know," muttered Allanby
I that night as he went home, "why I
fhould get so worked up because she's
In love with Siickney. He's a good
enough chap. I wonder If he cares
for Iter really."
At the possible thought that he
mlglit tot, Allanby became absurdly
angry. "I'll make It my business to
see that he does," he said. Yet he
delayed his plan of nctlon somehow
and did not get down to business. He
cultivated Stlekney's acquaintance for
the purpose of finding out whether
he was worthy of Betty, and could
not make up his mind that he was.
Yet, ns through wary hints that he
threw out during his frequent calls
on Betty he found that she was not
in any way turned from her desire, he
began to speak of her to the young
man. Stlckney at first displayed only
a moderate Interest. He intimated
that Betty had removed herself from
their mutual acquaintance when she
threw off the protection of Stanhore
and her relatives, and started the tea
lionse. Allanby warmly defended her.
and they had several arguments about
It. Betty's pluck and ability were
paraded for the delinquent Stlckney
without an? special results. At last
one night Allanby began to dwell up
on the loveliness of the girl herself.
He recalled her brilliant dark eyea
her red lips and her creamy skin
He spoke of the grace of her move
merits and the intelligence of her
mind. And then for the first t!m
Allanby knew that he was in lovt
with Betty himself, and had alwayc
loved her. It was too late. Stlcknej
was won at last.
"I must go down and see her," he
said. "I shall call to-morrow even
ing." The next afternoon Allanby called
on Betty. He was miserable.
"What's the matter?" said Betty.
"You've got something on your
mind."
It was a moment before Allanby
blurted it out.
"Stlekney's coming to-night," he
said. "I've done my best and I wish
I hadn't. He Isn't good enough for
you. I shouldn't say it, but, Betty, I
love you myself and I can't bear to
give you up to him at any rate."
"What In the world are you talking
about?" cried Betty.
"I never found it out I was so
used to caring for you until I was
telling Stlckney about you last night.
Then I remember all the little things
about you that are so dear to nie, and
I knew how it wag with me, Betty,"
groaned Allanby. "I suppose you
can't help wanting Stickney, any more
than I can help wanting you "
"I can't think," Fald Betty softly,
"where you got this Idea about Mr.
Stickney."
"Why, don't you remember telling
me about keeping the trousseau "
"Yes." answered Betty, "and the
three months are nearly up. I shall
surely have to sell that trousseau if
the man I want doesn't hurry up."
As in a dream Allanby realized all
of a sudden that Betty's dark head
was lying in the hollow of his shoul
der and that he was holding her very
tight. Allanby was learning things
in bunches.
"Why, Betty, I can t believe I
can't understand."
"I can't believe," returned Betty
with an accent on the pronoun, "that
you're as obtuse as all that." Boston
Post.
Sized l"p.
"Yes." remarked the fat man on
the rear platform, "I ouce refused to
buy the site of Chicago for four clam
shells and a quart of rum."
The tall passeuier was silent.
"I could have bought the original
telephone patents for eleven Mexican
dollars and a brass watch," continued
the fat man, "but I turned 'em
down."
No response.
"You are not Interested in my
reminiscences, friend?"
"I am not." answered the tall man
candidly, "I'm selling airship stock.
You don't want any." Washington
Herald.
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HORACE HARMON LVRTOX. OK TENNESSEE,
Nominated by President Taft to fill the vacancy on the Supreme bench
caused by the recent death of Judge Peckham. Judge Lurton sat for a
number of years ou the same I'nited States Circuit Court with Judge Taft.
His confirmation by the Senate, desp't? his age sixty-five is said to be
certain; but attacks are already being made upon his record by those who
charge that he has been too uniformly favorable to the railroads In his
decisions.
Tollable WarcIrorH1,
At this season particularly people
will appreciate the value of the port
able wardrobe designed by an Illinois
man. Returning from vacations spent
in two-by-tour rooms, with no closets,
the advantage of the invention here
presented looms large. In the first
place there is a grooved bracket, with
hooks by which It may be quickly
screwed fast to the wall. A shelf
hinged to the bracket fits into the
groove and along the bracket under
the shelf, and on the bottom of the
shelf are rows of hooks on which to
hang clothing, Depending from the
shelf and inclosing the clothing Is a
large bag which effectually protects
the garments from the dust and other
dirt that is bound to accumulate.
For persons who travel to any extent
or who summer in resorts where room
is at a premium, one of these portable
wardrobes will be found Invaluable.
Wheu folded for carrying they occupy
little space in the trunk. Washing
ton Star.
Coin I'nder the Mast.
One of the old customs which has
never been changed in the launching
of a new ship is that of placing a gold
coin under the main mast. This coin,
which Is not of any certain denomina
tion, always bears the date of the
launching of the boat, and is claimed
to bring good luck to the vessel and
her crew. Philadelphia Ledger.
0E OF THE PRODUCTS OF AMERICAN'
THL TYPE OF DWELLING HOCSE
AND THEIR
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A lover's Question.
"Can you cook?" said the practical
lover.
She looked at him steadily.
"Can you supply all that has to be
cooked?" she said pointedly.
Common sense triumphed in this
case over sentiment, and the engage
ment was duly announced. Home
Notes.
Folding Doormat.
A folding doormat that is a conve
nience for householders and saves
money to the manufacturers la that
devised by a New York woman. It
will also save householders money in
localities where doormat thieves ply
their petty trade, for it is no trouble
at all to fold it up at night and stick
it In the vestibule. The mat Is made
of metal, with two side bars and a
surface of plvotally connected slats,
like folding gates. Attached to oppo
site ends of the side bars are cross
bars, by means of which the mat may
be held In position when in use. Oth
erwise the continual stepping on It
would contract it. Manufacturer!
find it a very appreciable saving In
freight in shipping mats of this de
sign, as a dozen or more can be
packed In one box. Another advan
tage of this type of mat is the ease
with which it can be cleaned. By un
fastening the locking ends and ex
tending and compressing It several
times, the dirt that has accumulated
on it can be quickly disposed of.
ADMINISTRATION l4 THE CA.U ZONE
CONSTRICTED FOR WORKMEN
FAMILIES.
Harper's Weekly.
A Hippopotamus Hunt.
By H.R.H.tlie PITH ESS OP AOSTA.
The chief breaks tho spell h
stands up and gives his orders. All
rise, and at a signal the men go down
upon the green carpet of floating
Held. Complete silence again we
hold our breath In anxious expecta
tlon. The hippo Is invisible; if
he Is there he is hidden under ths
protecting grasses. Our wait is
short; the hippo Is Indeed there: a
man nas reit mm unaer his Teet. But
the beast travels under the moving
vault. The blacks never lose track
of him for a moment; the circle closes
In; for an Instant they fear that h j
will escape them by going out to
ward the river, and they hurry after
him with lanceB poised; but ho goes
back to the middle of the lake by an
underground passage. A man i9
knocked over; Jostled by the invisible
animal, he loses his footing and falls,
The hippo Is here quite close to us
we see the grasses move. With
great skill a man throws a harpoon
with a strong; cord attached to t.
A shout of Joy goes up; the harpoon
stays upright, firmly planted In the
animal's back. He disappears once
more, and the crowd of hunters pur
sues him closely. A second and a
third harpoon are successfully thrown
nnd the ends of the ropej quickly
passed to men In canoes. They pull
at the animal, which struggles ani
resists, and, pushing up his head, '
bellows furiously. He plunges down
again, pulling after him the canoes
and paddlers. There is an anxious
moment, but the weight of numbers
tells, and he is brought back to the
Burface. Finding he cannot escnpe.
he becomes Infuriated; he fights and
struggles and throws himself against
the canoeB, biting at them with his
huge jaws; he turns and attempts to
charge, then tries again to wreck the
canoes. It is too dangerous a game
to be allowed to continue, and the
men close in and Bpear him to death
with their long lances. His death Is J
almost pathetic; with an effort he
lifts his forequarters out of the wa
ter, and rests his head sadly against
the side of a canoe. Then his head
falls, his eyes close, and he dies.
Harper s Weekly.
No Time to Experiment.
The lecturer on Biblical tribes
knew his subject, but he was weak on
pronunciation. One word that al
ways floored him was Philistines.
He could never remember for . five
minutes what the dictionary had to
say about that. At every speech he
switched the accent from the ultimate
to the penult and antepenult and all
the way back again, and gave the V
last "i" the English and Continental '
sounds impartially. One night at a
public school lecture he started with
Phll-lstlnes (long "i") and gradually
rang all the changes possible except
Phllls-tines (Continental"!"). When
he got ready to ubs the word again
he paused. It was the fatal pause,
for it gave the mildly inebriated man
at the rear of the room a chance to
say:
"Go slow, mlBter. You've only got
one more try." New Y'ork Times.
To Set a Plslocntcd Jaw.
A very distressing little accident. Is
the dislocation of the lower Jaw. I
once had a patient who rode a long
distance with his mouth wide open, jt.
suffering a great deal of Inconven- "
lence and no little pain, when one of
bis friends could have relieved him in
an InBtant.
Wrap both your thumbs In several
layers' of cloth, stand behind tho pa
tient, who Bhould be seated, and
place your thumbB thus protected on
his back teeth, grasp his Jaws on
either side with your fingers, press
down with your thumbs, up with your
fingers, at the same time drawing the
Jaw forward. The bones will go back
with a snap and the victim will spas
modically close his mouth hard
enough to draw blood unless your
thumbs are well shielded. Outhu-
A Plague of Ants.
A singular state of things and at
the same time serious exists in the
Commune of Gonfalon in Var. The
fruit trees and all other products of
the garden and even the fields bear
an unmistakable odor of formic acid.
The people are much concerned lest
their produce be rendered useless and
application has been made to the Min
istry of Finance for a grant of 20,000
francs to rid the district of the pests
which. It Is scarcely necessary to say,,
consists of myriads of ants.
The place of origin of these unde-
t-nhlA .llna ia k f.lna tf la nflTl"
u.i ii.iu u 1 1 , 1 1 id 1 1 iv it aim . . m .
sldered that they have been brought
over with bales of cork. London
Globe. '
The Marblehead, one of the oldest
cruisers in the Navy, has been com
missioned in the service of the Cali
fornia State Naval Militia at Mare
Island.
Somehow the average girl exercises
better judgment in choosing her
friends than she does in choosing
husband.
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