Charlevoix county herald., July 02, 1904, Image 3

About Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953

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'i mm the tint's in air. I if i j
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. 1 1 j 1 rt If CSSy to dim nnd to die. S i ( 1
( i M i Whan tho great guns crush S S 'i i
I ' i S And the hMn (lash. 5 S i g
( AM beets yhc thu battle-cry. (i 5
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k 'i (' When no drums boom i1 i i
U5T I e To pftOC iu tho gloom ' i' i1
' (i ( i Alone on the picket lino. i, II i C
,1 And it's bravor far to stand ' ' J
1 At Bnmc danger-iost ' f
Jp i Remote from tho hunt. I M
I j i Obeying tho word of command. jl 9J
It's dntv that's done spSft, I
V ith faith NNH . J
And courage clean.
, That rn.uketh tho truest of hi ul 3
Kiohntd BSsisdlSt- Si
pasmmsnyhmiajsif
Law.Ttter row was accustomed to
on stations, and would uot have boon
happy without (hem.
Bmt never had tho row been ho stir
red to Ha prim depths, to blown with
notoriety and unholy excitement, as
it was on tho occasion of Alt Jarvis1
: i.cn departure from it.
One Dilkt in autumn, a night of
ghostly in3st and no moon, Alt failed
to come homo. As ho was not n man
of regular habits, tSftifl was nothing
nnrtsTJjrt. Dut In tho morning his body
was found lying out on tho mangy
green stretch of tho London Fields
dead, with a CSVagt gSSD in tho throat
that cotdii not have been self-inflicted.
VMe ha tired, nobody had been
AspcctsHy fend of Alf except his pa
rents, and they were half afraid of
him. A toning, ill-conditioned rnman.
he had suffered Imprisonment lor one
bmfeil cwtrag , and was ttrongly BUS
: ncet od of others that could not be
Itrongfct home to him.
NoreetMeen, Ms death was general
ly accojjtod in Lavender row as a
a!amity: he was discussetl as ex
haustively as if he hail been a real
lose to the community, and men and
women "reaper glory in a small way by
lilllllm his sayings and doingt and
poetttUJ :is his personal friends.
The rtoliov could find no clew to the
murderer, ard, throughout this thrill
ing period, of all who rose to local
eminence Ivy reason f ffljSfr acquaint
ance with Alf. none rOM higher than
Jenny Orfpps, nor took a subtler pride
1n the elevation, nor appealed thence
more prevailingly to public sentiment
Jenny lived with bar mother, In the
house opposite to that In which Alf
had lodged. She earn d a livelihood
by iwrt; in a chocolate factory, and
was a good-looking, vivacious girl,
who, tor all her nstiTfl coquetry and
5rlove of dress and amusement, had a
robust Imagination and a ballast of
common eenie that stood her in good
teafl in a narrow, perilous world.
She had owned no preference for
anybody until ffche began tf walk our
with Ifceu Olltett, and Ben's triumph
was not lasting. She quarreled with
him fretruenlly. and at length, of
fended by some fancied slight, lent
hint am-ay in a moment of pique and
apparently transferred her affections.
But Ben was not readily daunted.
He was a dogged, si ady going fellow,
a caipttWe artisan, dwelling at a dis
tance from the row, and had 0O89C tn
know Jenny through meeting her at
lnterrati ns she walked to and from
the chocolate factory
He went away when she seflt him; I
but he returned and returned .-main
with ft ttreioss persistence that was
presently rewarded , she found she
cotrld not care for his supplanter as
the tiad cared for him, so he was for
given and they were reconciled.
Then, after an interval, she broke
with liiin eapricionsly f..r a second
time. nd hr departed inw the wilder
ness of ber dfipleasure, sraarUai un
Jennie.
ler the knowledge I hat he had a new
rival who wao far more dangenns
than ftie old.
Tnte new rival was none other than
the redrArtrtahle Alf Jarvis.
nefore Ma solitary conviction had
rendered the undue prom nonce too
rilr. AK bad been .der of a
grog of Hooligans who were the ter
ror Of gio neighborhood ; and since his
release feom duran I ha had b -n no
less daringly Lawless, but carried out
HSR cmo- With a baffling cunning
and eporiTcy ttnttjlafl the pottee. no
-hancA u'rarpim: him
It was no wonder, then,if Jenny
was dazzled by the homage of so
masterful a man. The wonder was
that nil dashing airs. $ho glamor of
his crude greatness, tho open hatred
of one he had jilted and several he
Ignored for tho sake of her, turned
her head BO Jittle as it did.
Suddenly, at this critical juncture,
before she could be suro of her own
heart, or Alf could overpersuade her.
somo unknown har'd had abruptly
torn him out of her life forever.
Bta tragic end filled her with hor
ror and affected her with an emotional
b lief that sho had really loved him.
Tho tears she shed were tears of gen
uine sorrow.
Thil development of the situation
learning to r.iaku It imperative, she
trimmed her hat with crape and
bought her.-elf a cheap black dress,
and in these hahilimenta was treated
with distinguished consideration at
"Give rue up, an' I'll swing for it."
the inquest, whore she sat on a front
bench between Alf's father and
mother.
Later she was the most attractive
figure ami a principal mourner at the
funeral. Aiiogetner it was a strange
and grievous experience, not un
mlngled with a certain pleasant seif
eomplacence of which Jenny was dim
ly ashamed even while she Indulged
it.
No arrest I were ever made. Alf had
wronged many people nnd made
numerous enemies; moreover, his
companions irert as brutal and as law
less as himself. He might have been
murdered out of revenue, or in the
heat of some drunken fight and by
degrees the search began to be
abandoned.
Meanwhile, 1 hough Ben Glllett han
made no attempt to intrude upon Jen
ny's misery, he had not. lost sight of
her. But, strong in the Importance at
taching to her alflOSl widowed ItatC,
and too proud to own it in a hurry
even if she suspected she had bet D
any way duping herself, she steeled
her h an againsl him and discouraged
such hesitant attempts as he made to
renew acquaintance arith iter.
Whoa" he could endure this no
longer, crushed and reckless with de
spair, he forced her to make up her
ntitwl about him, on CO for all by catling
to see her In her own home.
The front door of the house stood
always open, for tho convenience of
the various lodgers, so he entered at
will and, before she was aware of his
presence, was. la the room where she
sat at the table pewing, alone.
"You needn't be afraid, Jenny.'' he
said, quietly. clo.invr the door and
st it ding with his back to it. "I must
Speak to Stia . . . You're. breaking
my heart. I saw your mother go out.
an' came in hoping to find you by
yourself. I want you to tell me the
plain truth -an' have done with It. I
want to know. Jenny was it only a
sort of fancy are you only sorry for
him or or did you really love him?"
"I shouldn't wear black if I didn't
should I?" she cried, resentfully.
'But oaos vou lores' aie, Jenny--"
"No, I never did then!"
Tv( been mistaken, then?"
"Reckon you have." She tossed her
h'ad scornfully.
You're quite -quite certain?" he
urged, aaalOttaly 1 I)on' fool me any
more, Jenny."
"Who's foolln you? You've no
right to oomo here bullying me, Ben
Qtllett, an' th- yoonor you take your
self off the better."
"I'll tel y. Jenny." His grim
ealmrosH seemed to Ircrease with ler
agitation. "That night Jarvis was
murdered. I was comln' across the
fields an' met him. He'd been drlnk
ln', but he knew me an' shouted words
it was bitter hard to boar. . I went on,
but he Jeered an' shouted after me.
It was something about you never
mind what an', though I knew It was
a lie, I couldn't stand It. I ran back,
mad, an' dashed my fist In his face.
Next minute he had a knife out and
was on me. We rolled over atop of
each other I got his wrist an
wrenched the knife away."
He stopped, and she stared at him
aghast. "I bated him," he continued,
in a strained, hoarse whisper. "I'd
n "vcr thought to do him harm, though.
But . ..."
He paused, panting as If for breath,
and presently resumed, brokenly:
"Now you know. It was me. An' If
It's him you love an' not me-1 don't
care to hide it any longer. I never
meant to tell you but now . . That
settles it! You can give me up, Jen
ny. That's why I'm telling' vou. Give
me up, an' I'll Bwing for it! Go on.
. . . Here! Thero it is." With a
hasty movement, he flung a long
bladed knifo down on the table be
fore her.
He ceased, and stood, duly resolved,
his breast lu iviug convulsively. There
was a moment of awful silence. Then
the Slow tread of Mrs. Cripps return
ing sounded In the passage. Instantly
Jenny started to her feet.
"Ben!" she cried, in an agony, BUdet
her breath. "Oh . . it was my
fault! ... It was never him,
really! . .1 never cared 1
thought I did but"
she broke off with a warning ICS
turc as the door opened, and, snatch
lag the knife from the table, thrust it 1
into her pocket. Sketch.
CASE OF PROFIT OR LOSS.
Inebriated Individual Mad Hard Mat
ter to Decide.
A minister of the Methodist Protest
ant church, now stationed on the east-!
ern shore of Maryland, is convinced
that tho life of a clergyman is not:
always strewn with roses. His views:
on certain current questions had tx Ifl
repeatedly misstated by others, and,!
considering their action nefariously
unjust, ho took occasion to refer to
it i . one of his Sunday morning ser
mons. He enh that he had bean consoled
by falling to mind the story of an
rl bman, who is reported to have
tired somewhere in lower Delaware.
Although a frdgul and hard working
man. this son of Krin occasionally
visited the town tavern on Saturday
afternoons, and sometimes returned
home in a state of Intoxication. Ou
one occasion, having imbibed so free
ly that he was totally unable to steer
himself homeward, a kindly disposed
individual who happened along placed
him in his cart and started the mule
in tho right direction. Unfortunately,
some mischievous boys met the cart,
and deciding to play a joke on the old
man, unhitched the mule, nnd leading
him a short distance into the woods,
sat down to await results. In a short
time the Irishman awoke from his
stupor, rubbed his eyes, and, looking
about, exclaimed :
"Begorra, is this me, or is it not me.
Faith, I cannot tell. If this is me. I
have lost a mule, but if this is not mo
I have found a cart! "Baltimore Her
ald. Studying Chinese Character.
In a report on the German estimates
for this year a secretary to the Brit
ish embassy in Berlin states that In
the new estimates a sum of $40,000
is inserted under the head of "further
BUCO of scientific, especially ethnologi
cal studies in China." In explanation,
ii Is mentioned that, as the opening
of China advances, a more easel study
of the Individuality of East Asiatic
Batlona is becoming a necessity, i. is,
therefore, advisable to station perma
nently in China .a German scholar well
acquainted with ethnology and the
C hlaSSS language, whose object is to
develop intellectual relations with a
little known form of civilization.
Blaming It on the Judge.
An English jtidge. Lord Hannen,
was celebrated for his kindness and
courtesy to the younger members of
the bar. Once he made a little speech
to some of them that was full of hope
and encouragement and ended with
advice as to what to do 'with the first
brief. "Read It." he said: "read it
carefully Then forget oil about it
as quickly as you can. for it's sure
to be all wrong. Tell the cour' a
plain nnd straightforward story, and
when you've lost your case go back
to your client nnd tell him it was all
tho fault of that old fool of a judge."
Beyond Knowledge of Science.
1 ittle Boy I wish I was a great
philosopher like you.
Gre ti BelentfcnV And why. my son?
"'Cause you know averj thing, and
there's some things I can't BttdafBtand
but if I way like you I could."
fTell me one of them."
"Well. lor one thing. I'd like to
know why photographers can take
pictures of comets an' meteors, an'
ByfiDg cannon balls, an' lightning
flashes, and yet they can't photograph
a boy Without squashing his head
in a pair of pincers. - Stray tOtiCfll
Invocation.
Blown mt?t of rosy prnnsos
Into my Flnsrlnjr drift:
Kindts lt cloven mnsim
v:th ltRhiK thai swsy and nhtft:
Frtween ltd dnrk Imparsos
Year fulry torches lift.
Hrown rill through ruh wondlnpr,
Whoro reri-wliT," flush nnd dip,
Lnd mo the rhythm bending
KHrh dnrk reeds yellowing tip
Tho iiiinee. thr ' -vift amending-.
Ttv- eireloHH plldc nnd ."lip.
Into my p'oddlnp Tnrnoirp
Your least pnrnnntmr-nt fling.
Earth of thi winds' wild pleasure
And Inivcs' soft Jargonlng:
Yield me Put one Md treasure.
Then llit ri while T lng!
Oert? id ltuek In the Atlantle.
NAPLES,
THE CITY OF THE SIREN t
It is natural for the traveler who
approaches this city by tho sea, es
pecially it he prefers the firm land to
the unsteady ocean, to consider any
short; he touches endowed with some
charm. Add to this, that Naples dis
putes with Constantinople the honor
of poaaeaaiai the moat beautiful tits
cf any city of Europe. And when one
has climbed the height that lead- n
;t!u. feomfa ,..r Vtflt hard by tho grotto
I of iv lHppa Rnd 1(M)1;s dmv rhv
HIPP
city, rising like au ancient amphithe
ater on the slopes of the hills that en
Oirols the saure bay. with Vesuvius
i in the distance, Its smoky plume fad
ing into the blue, the sight is one
I that brings a great joy with it such
r
Twelfth Century Fountain,
1 as lew scenes do that meet tho eye
o! men. rorms and colors Harmonise;
a dreamy base, luminous and tender,
enwraps the scene. The thoughts go
wandering regaeiy over the expanse
of sea. and away to the right in the
purple hollow of the mountain you
know that there lies that vvoudrous
revelation of ancient life tho rcr.ur
reoted city of Pompeii.
The character of the population in
Its diversity Is indicated by the va
rious buildings of the city. Here,
clone to the royal palaei , rises the
Theater Baa Carlo, biige, grand mee,
Stately and heavy with the weight of
Its wealth and dignity a grand tem
ple to the lyric muse. However it
stands in comparison with Other the
aters, ii la a uobio structure without.
and within Its six tiers of bOVOS, Its
wide proscenium and spacious Stage,
make it one of the Quest theaters in
Europe, while Its musical record gOOS
from tb. sari) half of the eighteenth
Century to the present time.
There is much that IB peculiar and
picturesque about this poodle. They
group admirably; as you pass along
the poorer Streets and come upon an
open BUn-lighted spree you find the
women sitting round the shop eeore,
engaged In work or Indulging In S
Sip, lien, in such streets as :his.
and ibat other high street - -the Pai
lonetto at. Santa Lucit jthat looks
like Jacob's ladder, without the
angels ascending and descending
ihe poorer people of Naples live. In
many cases they have but sleeping
places for the night; their day Is
passed in the sunshine; they live on
Old Street
ittle and if not absolutely happy, are
HO noisily cheerful as to deceive a
U Oder hearted philanthropist.
The movement of life, the multi
tudes hurrying to ami fro. the bustle
and tho rumor of comparatively prof
itless labor, which fill the ttrOStS and
lanes and square of Naples, are what
rllstlngtt tehOS it from other cities. In
Naples tho sounds never cease. The
city. ?ntd one who went -ookln?: qtret
on tho sunny shore?, seem not to
rest either by day or nli;ht. When
darkness comes down, nnd yen might
expect sderice to prevail, the twang
ing of a guitar Is heird, ur.d the rau
caus voice of a b'dated Kcrenadcr
breaks upon your car. Or It Is rome
homeward -bound wild reveler, st
tempting to lighten his path with
song; but he murders tho tune, and
there Is a winy uncertainty in the
notes that affects the music.
Night or day. it is always the same
noise, shouting, cracking of whips
loud as pistol shots, ringing laughter
and the cries of thu many vendors of
all sort:; ot things who go about the
strec'.!. In the newer parts of the
city, where tho serious and important
affairs are conducted, the streets are
Wide and splendid, the stores glitter
ing nnd showy with a display of
bright coler and gilding such ns the
Neapolitans love. Memories of Paris
or Milan come to one in looking on
the .fine building -, the spacious streets
Church of San Maitino.
I an d the gaiety and brilliancy of the
who i scene. The? rlsth at the begin
aing or tin end of one of these
streets la oharming. on one side
there Is the sea; on another a monu
mental mountain WhOSS abundant
waters shine like jewels in the rays
of the bright sun.
Down in the splendid gardens of
the Villa Naionale. whero. amid
white marble statttes, copied after tho
great masterpleoes of Greece and
(tome, and under the shade of palms
and cedars and semi-tropical plants,
rich and poor may wander. Over the
loW -"ea vail to the left the tiny
Waves cf the Mediterranean may be
seen gently caressing the shore aad
mnklng B murmur rather than a
splash. Between the dark- branches
of the thtehly planted Ilexes you got
glimpses of the sea, and bejend In
the shining distance the dream like
form of Capri's high hills form a
darker blue outline against the blue
sky. To the stranger who dwells in
Naples for a short time the Villa Na
Btonale. With i's silent charm and
with all that Induces to feed the
bnaginatlon, becomes a place of re
sort. There are other resorts for tho
loitri.-t in search of tbe picturesque or
historical. On ihe tide of a hill over
looking the city, and surrounded by
oholoe gardens, stands the l'alaee of
Capo dl Monte, a charming spring and
summer retreat, it was built for
King Charles III., who reigned hero
from 17:4 to 175!. But perhaps the
moat pervading of the memories that
in Naples.
are attracted to this palace concen
trate around the poraoa Of (Jloaechlno
Murat. at one time, through tho dis
position of his brother ta-leWj the
Emperor Napoleon i. king cf Naples.
Indeed, other royal residences in Na
pl M an 1 its immediate vicinity, such
:s the grandiose royal palace of tho
city and the smaller royal villa at
Portfpi, V.ro closely as ec'rted with
this monarch, once r poEtllUcn for
tho visitors to his father's Inn, then a
fxldler of fortr.ee, finally the daFhlng
and gMljllslatl cavalry ofnc r, the
husband of Napoleon's rlatcr Caro
line, and Anally king of Naples.
Somo people who are too honest to
steal will borrow and not pay back.
HOW TO BUILD A CAMPFIHt.
Useful Hints to Remember When Vou
Take Your Vacation.
For building a campfire the dryost
slicks are those that are dead and
have not yet fallen from living trees.
These dead limbs that cling here and
there on living trees are seasoned and
are off the ground, so that they do
not get soaking wet at any time, and
they dry quickly after a rain. They
are hardly ever wet through, so that
no matter how wet the woods are you
can always get dry wood to start s
fire, and then almost auything wlU
burn. There are ten thousand ways
to build a cam'plire. I always build a
small fire, and then keep It going
with dry wood for a while before 1
get ready to do my cooking, so that
there will be a good bunch of coals
to cook over. Then I have a little
pile of dry sticks as large as lead
pencils somewhere within easy reach,
so that I can help my fire akng if it
sulks at the wrong time. Then I get
a couple of green sticks a big as my
arm tmd put one on each side of the
fire, so it will stay in one place and
not waste tho heat on all sides.
f U bl and Si ream.
HAD TOO MUCH LUXURY.
Complaint That Is Characteristic of
Thoma3 Carlyle.
Among ICCeatly published letters of
Carlyle is one written to his mother,
in which ho gives an amusing descrip
tion of a visit to Monckton Wines. He
says: "The people are most kind,
polite people and Richard is the best
landlord man ever had. I am lodged
literally as if I were a duke or serene
highness. My bedroom, to take only
one item, is fifteen paces (forty-five
ti et) in length! Fires kept up all day,
troops of flunksyi waiting to tlo your
1 oOe, etc.; all this goes on to a
length that seriously encumbers me.
'1 he people live in a groat way, have
quantities of company; I regret noth
ing hero but that. For I wanted to
sleep and be quiet; and my sleeping
here lr hitherto not of tho best tho'
my bed is somo eight feet square, a
perfect sea of down, which you mount
into by a ladder. Alas, as Dick of
Paddock Ha' used to say in prayer.
'What's ta use o a' their grand SU!
when the flames o' hell come and burn
't a'?' That is too like the ease of a
helpless man in a sea of down!"
Bavarian Country Life.
In old Bavarian districts many of
the smaller towns are merely walled
farm villages. These settlements of
agriculturists reproduce the ancient
laager for all. Each is built in the
form of a parallelogram, the shorter
sides having each a gateway, with
double gates, over which rise central
square watch towers capped with con
ical red roofs. A narrow road or street
runs from gate to gate, with old half
timber houses set back c!oe to the
inclosing wall. The ground floor of
these houses affords stabling for cat
tle, and from these stables the cows
are driven out through the town gates
In the morning and brought in at
night. Townships like thi are mere
ly clusters of houses intimaJely con
nected with the farm lands that He be
yond their gates.
Do a Good Turn When You Can.
It nerds not Kroat wealth a kind he;irt
to Stsplay.
If the hand be hut willing it soon flrid-
the way;
And the poorest one yet In the hUBSUl i
abode.
May help a poor brother a step on his
road.
Oh! whatever the fortune a man may
have won,
A kindness d pends sa the way it is
done;
And though poor be our purse, and
though narrow oar span,
Let DS all try to do a Kxd turn whon
we can.
The fair bloom ot pleosu may charrn
for awhile.
But Its beauty Is frail, at d inconstant Its
smile;
Whii: t the beauty f Kindness, immortal
tn bloom.
8h ds .-: sweetness o'r r life, and a grace
S'of ur tomb.
-Cnnrlos Swahi.
Primitive Negrito Weapons.
The weapoi;3 of the Negritos are
universally the bow and arrow and
the short knife or bolo. The bows are
of various materials, from a clumsy
strip of bamboo to the tine-grained
"palma brava," which takes a beauti
ful polish. The arrows are of light
:ind straight mountain cano, erther
with Sharpened hardwood points or
variously shaped and barbed-Iron
points. Some for larger gamo have
detachable points fastened to the
skaft. by a woven fiber coll, which un
inds WD IB the animal Is struck.
trial a dangling shaft to catch on
underbrush, and so retard the an!
mal's flight.
Rancher's Ingenious Scheme.
An ingenious rancher of Occansis'e.
in San Diego county, is said to have
i vivid and brilliant Idea for eenn
omistag labor and luel. in hatcklug
I rgn, He has discovered that bees
'op a considerable amount of
warmth, so he limply places the es; pj
over a beehive, and in duo time tkoy
are hatched, if he could manage to
: baas artth Bantam hens, he
might be able to make them lay ltt
tie sugar plums.
Disasters to British Wanships.
During a great storm In 1703 twelve
men-of-war went down off tho PJna;
lish coast with ,t00 men. Many lives
were lost when the Rritish warship
AJax took fire In 1XD7. Tho Rrltlsh
warship Capiat a tumed over in the
Hay of Biscay In 1ST", about 500 lKres
being lost. When the Sultan, the sis
ter ship of the Captain, was fitting ont
at Portsmouth, a ijrlm hamerVit.
prophesying her possible fate (hwesrl
ly he proved to be wrong), chnlkrd on
her side: "Will leave on Thursday
with tna'ls for th faptRln."