O ANY of us in £/• these stressful 7 ] days find time for —BBw Wjh introspection, for p||§Sf glance ahead? In Wtiii l '"* slower past we ,j® seemed to have, /JWIJfw cveu 'be most in- W- IWW[ V dustrious of us, HJTLTT time for the"go- V[ ing apart alone," {Aflu tlie inquiry how is "e® it with you, my soul; but now we j ave little inclination for that, medi ition is put away with the rest of the 'd-fashioned, un-modern. An editor friend of mine was asked ] they turned out much work in her | ffice. "O. yes," she said; "we don't j 'ink, we just typewrite." On the eve of the New Year let us ; } old-fashioned once more; look back j to Time, and look forward. What I is been the loss the last twelve- j onth, what the outlook for the .elvemonth to come. Let us take ' ock. What resolutions should we j •nture on? Weary of present materialism, we j 11 look to character first of all. 1 hat retrogression here the past year? j ive we grown a shade more selfish, 1 <c, unsympathetic? And do we hypo itically call our selfishness "the oper looking out for our own inter ts?" Do we look with increased ide on the laxity and term it "tol mce," an advance in worldly wis- ! in? Are we satisfied with the nar- I ■ving of our sympathies, and do we 2ak of this as "more philosophy?' j Jte likely. Vnd now comes the contemplation. • w far do we want this togo on? all we let self-interest, a letting ■vn of standards, unsocialism goon an old age ruled by mercenary mo ss, marked by low principles, by in- I nanity? Heigho! Just this calling things by their right names has ■light us r.p short; we tremble a le over the careless past; are afraid that unsavory old age. Maybe it j lid be well on New Year's Day to -fashionedly put up some old-fash- j ed mottoes; "For selfishness is death." "I had a very unpleasant conversa on with my conscience." "Every man takes care that his Mghbor shall not cheat him. But day comes when he begins to care at he do not cheat his neighbor. j hen all goes well. He has changed s market cart into a chariot of the n." it us goon taking stock. How is •ith the health of the body? Has been neglected, has it been over- 1 -.idered —one evil no less than the r? Have we jealously guarded the eof sleep its due, not stolen there- j i in mistaken ambition, mistaken 1 'ures? Has the daily generous of air and sunshine and flying I and fair sky been unregarded; i 'world too much witn us?" Have >een neglectful, with gross care ess paid no heed to building up I ed tissues; expended energy at the of health? Or have we been in- | erate of wine and meat? —the one no greater than the other. Have hought and talked nothing but toms. been wholly concerned with j carnal? So many omissions, so j over-anxieties we may have been ■ ' of. us putin prominence j ew Year's Day; \ sound mind in a sound body." ; •e we been cross, irritable, irritat- j "Let a man practice t.ie minor s." Have we been inaccurate, .hful? "In all the superior peo have met, I notice directness, spoken more truly, as if every- j of obstruction, of malformation, ! -en trained away." e we been hermit, or frivolous; ! xtreme or the other? Have we ourselves away from mankind, j a life o? selfish seclusion, un ed ourselves with civic and so- ! sponsibilities, got ourselves into e where any reminder of tin j seething life outside seems un tably intrusive, unwarrantably | ent? Look out, look out. e prayeth best who loveth best j 1 things both great and small." j the over-frivolity. What has it j ounted to; the late hours, the ! if-it piled upon night-of-it? No ! no thoughtfulness, no time for ! ble deed, for hunting up neg- ' friend, for the kindly homely j True, "We must have society, 'ihSt spare variety;" but like- ; ue we must have some variety oeiety. BiKly and soul need epose, an escape from jar and nil what is the New Year guide blundering? is the fine souls who serve us, ot what Is called society." vie been too busy, hurried nd, gentle, responsive have we "business," underrated friend- Let us hang this where the ! 11 shine on it full and bright: not so short but that there is j time for courtesy." Have we irelenting; unforgiving, retal- Dare we so continue, so be irselves? "His heart was as i tho world, but there was no i it for the memory of a >! All the walls of all the Aill be covered with motto, age anil admonition. I>M us n with a seeing <yn once In KAT 11 Kit: N K POPE. | ' : — } Hogan Reviews the Year 1905 By HENRY M. HYDE — (Copyright, 1906, by Jonepli B. Bowles.) "Ladies an' gints," said Old Man Hogan, "bayfure enterin' th' new show which has jist been opened across lb' way, I'd advise ye all to take a final luck at th' freaks an' curiosities which have been exhibited for th' last year undher th' old canvas, which is now bein' taken down an' rolled up for good. "In th' first cage to th' right as ye enther ye'll observe Cassie, th' Mag netic Marvel, th' greatest wonder av modern times. Ar-rmed only wid a sweet smile an' a stub pin she fearliss ly enters a den av wild an' savage bankers an' be a simple wave av th' hand extracts their money an' rinders thim perflctly harmliss an' obedient to her slightest wish. So potint is the "CASSIE. TI IE MAC MARVE • power av th' litthie lady that at her word av command th' most ferocious financeers fawn at her feet an' form a pyramid on th' top av which she stands in a graceful an' expinsive atti tude. So overpowerin' is th' popular intherest in this marvelous woman that th' managemint has—at enormous expinse—reengaged l:er for another season an' she will be wan av th' lead ing attractions durin' a lar-r-ge part av th' new year. "In this lar-r-ge double din at th' lift you will find th' twin wild min, Tom-Tom an' Bill-Bill. The first was captured afther a therribie slhruggle in th' wilds av Boston; th' other was caught in a figger-four thrap in th' jungles av Wall sthreet. Every day unthil noon they spind th' time caliin' each other blood-curdlin' names over th' long distance tiliphone, with which the din is fitted. Promptly on th' stroke av twilve th' dure separating th' two cages is thrown open an', while th' spectators hold their breath, th' two desperadoes, ar-r-med to th' teeth, rush togitlier an'—embrace each other. Highly moral an' instructive exhibition. Endorsed be press an' pul pit. (Hank Rogers an' Jawn D please write.) This attraction has ilso been specially reingaged for th' new year. On th' platform across th' tint, nixt dure to th' monkeys' cage, you will see Prof. Harry Lehr an' his ciiibrated troupe av performin' dogs, Three times a day th' professor an' his pets sit down to th' table togither, an' so will thrained ar-r-re th' latther that 'tis har-r-rd to till whicL is which. This amusin' an' entertainin' exhibi tion enjyes th' special patronage av th' smart set an' av all th' swelled hids av Newport. 'Twill be your last chance to enjye th' performance, as th' pro fessor is now experimentin' with a monkey with which he has alriddy succeeded in gettin' on such intimate an' confidintial terms that he expicts to praysint, a litthie lather in the new season, a startlin' an' sinsationai twin "Tir TWIN WILD MIN TOM-TOM AN BILL-DILL." brother act which will show how small is th' difference bechunc th' low er animals un' gome men. "There In th" middle, ladies an' Kints, tied to th' ( inter pole av th" main canvas, stands Kay-Pub, th' larpist phunt ivir exhibited in captivity— b ■ nearly a million majority. Always a bis animal, he has grown 1 mmir>-n>l> ilurin' th' laslit year, (ireat credit lor th' incria.se in size is due to T hit yd.) re, his mahout, who ha< looked cirefti l !/ afther his feedln' an' ha* I:ept his bluod In order bo adinlnlsterin' 112 i veral tmiles Nobody iise has Ivir been able to ma'.e Kay-J'ub ta •• mediclae, Lut Thaydure has him undht r stt< it jht ftct conthrol that at th' wur-r-d av command he will roll over *u' play CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1905. dead. TV managemlnt has signed a contract for th' appearance ay thla un paralleled attraction for th' nixt four years, an' has no doubt It will grow more popular all th' time, as Thaydure Is constantly t.eachin' it new thrlcka. Wan av th' novelties promised for th' new year is a head-on collision be chune the elephunt an' a railroad loco motive goin' at top speed. Almost ivrybody but th' mahout is afraid this 'll raysult in Kay-Pub's gettin" badly mangled, but Thaydure day clares 'twill be only light exercise for his pet. Public curiosity is alriddy at white heat to see th' outcome av this sinsational act. "In the lar-r-ge cage to th' lift is a din av ferocious, man-killin' cliaffeurs. They praysint a pleasin' picture av th' raysult av threatin' ivin th' most sav age an' bloodthirsty creatures with kindniss an' GO days in th' bandhouse. Where formerly they rushed around th' counthry, with fire flashin' from their eyes, they ar-r-e now almost per fietly demesticated, comin' to th' bar-r-s to lap up gasoline from th' naked hand an' takin' their favorite meal av rubber tires with purrs av delight. 'Tis expieted that further progriss will be made durin' the new year in th' direction av makin' thim gintle an' harmliss, an' bayfure long their thrainer hopes to be able to enter their din in perflct safety. "Bayfure passin' on I wish to call your attintion to th' curious objicta confined in this lar-r-ge double-barred steel inclosure. You will observe that they constantly spend their time in jumpin' up and down on each other's faces. This, liowivir, does not indicate —as it might seem—that they ar-r-e mad at each other. Par-r-r from it! On th' other hand it is th' favorite method av amu&emint among these strange creatures, th' scientific name av which is Footb Ulibus center rushio. These two fine specimins ar-r-e not likely to remain with th' show much longer, as both Yale an' H&rvard have offered larg« sums for thim. "But now, ladies and gints, I will not detain you longer. Gintleiaanly ushers will now pass among you, dis tributing the bits av pasteboard which will enable you to remain to-th' grand movin' picture show av the shrapnel an' siege guns of Manchuria a givin' place to th' gentle dove av psaoe. The cost is but a dime—tin c.ims—th' price av a good cigar, entitling you, at th' same time, to a cushioned seat in th' reserved section. Stay an' hear th' latest songs an' bal lads, rendered be refined artistes, who have sung bayfure all th' crowned hida "FOOT RALLIBUS, CENTER RUSHIO." av Europe! Nowhere ilse will you find such a pleasin' an' elevatin' entertain mint. "An' raymimber, whin you pass out, that th' new show, jist across th* road, has alriddy opened its dures an' is praysinting for your amuseinint a ; traymindous aggregation av rechere ; an' marvelous attractions, includin' th' j hist, av th' old an' a host av new an' j startlin' features. We aim to please!" ! A NEW YEAR'S LONG AGO. BY ROY FARRELL GREENE. There were gallant beaux around her, each an homage due to pay. There were Calhoun's Ilim Uisclpli sand the followers of Clay; ilea of strength who moid a nation and It* future course outline- Build a structure for their children ar.d our children—yours and mine. They had gathered there together; they had come from far and near, To trip a last guy measure ere the passing of the year; And whilom eurts were banished as they glided to ar.d fro. When grandma tread the minuet one New Year's lona ago. Rival statesmen turned from labor of di plomacy to steal A rest within the mazes. of an old Virginia reel, \nd tie friends of abolition by • ach act and word of month Expressed the bond of kinship with the scions of the south H was midnight when the music from tha belfry tower stole To aid of swelling violins, a most harmoni ous whole. And the old j ear passed with pi;pats from tach tripping heel and tee. When Urandmil tread the minuet ore New Year's long ago. Mow they danced n hearty welcome to the j ear but newly born, How the hnuts s» > m< d shorter as It r.eurer grew to morn, ll.in tie music ebbed, receded, with a glory In Its tide That tilled t! e hearts, the pu.se*. til! In eo *tacy it died! Ah, the gown phi* wore has faded, and a liii.git cut's found at la.it Aloi > witt memories, mildewed in the at* lies d( the past, Yet hearts are warm with fellowship as weie the hearts, I trow. \Vh< vru !ma tie i | the minuet oae New H . tr's long ago. Ahvnyn Acceptable. A Itaii ISOIIIM lamp .slialo seldom loin" ' niul.->:< u> a CUristua.-> £ttt for a i woman. ABORIGINAL CRAFTS MUCH CLEVER WORK FOUND IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. The Maoris, of New Zealand, Espe cially Good at Wood-Carving— Dainty Little Idols Made of Green Stone. Duneden, New Zealand. —Hand carv ing, hand wrought articles and hand woven fabrics have received a great impetus of late years. Various socie ties have banded themselves together in tlie interest of a decaying arl. From all skies we hear of the hand lalior of the "arts and crafts" societies as if it were something newly dis covered and Indigenous only to our I —— 1 ;rl j •" "7 A FEATHER MAT. ! superior civilization, it is true, how ' ever, that the untaught savage who finds I his models in the intricate beauty of true nature is able to produce such re | suits as shame the most ingenious arti san of our school. The art of wood carving is seen in its greatest perfection among the Maoris, the natives of New Zealand. These peo ple have handed down from one genera tion to another a delicacy of touch and 1 fineness of perception nothing less than marvelous. Over the door that leads into a Maori hut you may find some quaint legend pictured in full; the little figures hardly more than a span high yet all replete with a naturalness and life that is astonishing. The homes of the chiefs of the tribes are most elab orately carved; a tent-shaped wooden building standing on large piles will look like the entrance to some heathen temple, so massive are the carvings. Over the entrance is usually a figure of the favorite god or "tiki" as it is called. Among t he mountains of New Zealand is found a lovely substance called green stone. It is cf a clear, trans lucent emerald hue. While very abun dant in the rough, the finished prod uct is enormously expensive, as it is harder than a diamond, and the labor of fashioning any article from the green stone is a stupendous task. Here, however, the rative art comes into play—hardly a Maori so poor that h? has not some trinket of the green stone, the most popular form being a little green idol or tiki. Some of these are wrought into most intricate designs, and when one stops to con sider the almost incalculable amount of patience and the dainty skill needed to produce even the smallest of these, our vaunted workmanship dwindles perceptibly. Among the chief industries of these strange people is their blanket mak ing. They have a woolen blanket, similar to those made by our Indians. 'JGBkv . v 1 1' V'' V J I THE HOME OF A MAORI CHEXf. These are very line and find a vast market, but among the Maori them selv *s are considered very common in deed; for the chiefs ar.d for rich pres ents to honored guests they make a feather blanket. These feathered spreads are robes fit for a princess; a strong warp is woven, and then in every stitch of the woof is caught the bright feather of a bird. The arrangement of the col ors is perfect, and every little feather lies as perfectly as if grown 011 the soft breast of a dove. Such a garment three or four feet square is fit for a king's ransom. The younger Maoris are losing per haps just the keen touch of their fore fath-rs as foreign materials are tak ing the place of the native ware, but the fine old taste wii! die hard, while the splendid carvingi and the legends of tV • old life are found on every ! hanl ANNA II CLARK. ! Had Noticed. "You notice that al! my napkins hav<- borders," said the lioitrditig house mist re.-1, "V- 1," replied th<- thin man; "and 1 have a! o noticed that all your board er -t have not u H'knu." - Yoakert Jtai'-. man. HIS HIGHNESS THE MAYOR London Official Has Robes of State, Four Swords and Holds Many Dignities. The attitude of the average New York er toward the mayor of his city con trasts curiously with that of the average Londoner toward the lord mayor. The office of the lord mayor of Lon don is hedged about with the most elaborate formalities. He has gowns of scarlet, violet and black for various oc casions and a train bearer. The lady mayoress is attended by maids of honor; her train is borne by pages in costumes. In the city his lordship takes precedence iminediately after the sov ereign. When the king visits the city the lord mayor meets him at Temple Bar and hands him the sword of state, which ha returns to him. This quaint feudal cere mony was strictly observed at the jub ilee of 1897. His lordship has the choice of four swords—the sword of state, for supreme occasions; the pearl sword, for cere monial functions, and the black sword, borne on the death of a member of the royal family or when attending funeral services. The fourth sword is hung above the lord mayor's chair at the cen tral criminal court. There are other emblems of office — the diamond scepter, the seal, the purse and the inace. They play an important part at the swearing iu of the lord mayor-elect. The city chamberlain, with three obeisances, presents the scepter to the retiring lord mayor. lie in turn de livers it to his successor, who lays it on the table in front of him. The chamber lain retires with three more reverences, to return with the seal —and three rever ences more. The purse is similarly pre sented. Further genuflexions follow from the swordbearer, who renders up the sword; the macebearer also resigns the mace. The former lord mayor then sur renders his key to the coffer in which the seal is kept. There are three keys. Of the other two one is held by the chamberlain, the second by the chairman of the lands committee. To unlock the coffer all three must be produced. Though this complex ceremonial may seem sadly belated, it has its great his toric interest. It implies the sovereign power and authority in ancient times of the chief magistrate of the city. The scepter, sword and mace are emblems of royalty. The lord mayor wp.s a merchant prfcee in fact as well as by name. He is still, by virtue of his office, admiral of the port of London, gaugerof wine and oil and other gaugable articles, meter of coals, grain, salt and fruit, and inspector of butter, hops, soap, cheese and other articles coming into the port of London. Needless to say. these duties are per formed by deputy. He is, to mention but one or two more of his dignities, a governor of four hospitals, a trustee of St. Paul's cathedral and a magistrate "in several places." Perhaps his most curious of fice. next to that of admiral of the port, is that of coroner. Here again the func tion is only nominally his. No troops may pass through the city without the lord mayor's consent. The password of the tower is sent to him. He is entitled to enter at any hour, day or night. TOO WIDE-AWAKE FOR BOTH Light-Fingered Artist Does a Neat Piece of Work and Aids a Lesson. A careless young fellow was often warned by his careful father of the many needless risks he ran of falling a victim to the wiles of pickpockets, and was as sured that if he continued to display his watch and chain so negligently they would inevitably be taken away. "No fear," was the confident assertion of the son; "I'm much too wide-awake for that to happen." One evening the father offered to take his son to a theater, and the opportunity was eagerly embraced. "Well, are your watch and chain all right?" asked the father when he and his son were comfortably seated. "Of course they are," was Jack's amused reply. But when he began to j feel in his pocket his smile disappeared. I and he shamefacedly conl'e'ssed that his ; watch was gone. "Ha, ha!" laughed the father. | "Weren't you much too wide-awake for i that to happen? But perhaps you'd like to know that I took it. simply to prove to yon how easy it is for a man to rob you in a crowd." "You took it. father!" exclaimed the young fellow, iu utter amazement. "Yes, my boy. I bought these scissors, commonly used for such a purpose, and" > (still laughing) "just transferred your j A-aich from your pocket to mine, and , see. here it is.". On putting his hand into his pocket, , however, the father also suddenly ceased ; laughing, and looked quite as sheepish as Jack had done before. "Jack,' In* stammered, "why. Jack, my dear boy, yours and mine are both gone. Some one has evidently been more wide-awake than both of us this time!" Use of Hops. The English were laughi. the use ot i hups l>y a native Artois, who intro due'il them into Kngiand in I">J4. They met with some hostility, lor phv leians represented them as un whol< onie, and parliament waa peti tinned against them us u "wbked ym In l"'_H their ust' was prohib ited under severe penalties. Henry Vlll app-'ur* to hav- been prejudii I ■teaiust hops, for In a iimui'script dated Kiihaiu. January. 1630, occur* ao llijil.in 11 i l his brewer not to put h pa at brimstone' tutu tlx *le. ON A BESS'S TRAIL AEMER MOURNS THE LOSS OF' SEVERAL OF HIS SHEEP. Difficult to Find the Criminal—Matt Reports Sight of Huge Creature— Bruin Suspected and Later Proved Guilty Party. A few weeks ago, my nearest neigh bor drove up to the door, to inquire if I had seen any of his sheep. From a flock of thirty-six, nine were missing, and he thought he would ask me before hunting any further. That afternoon my neighbor eallerl again, to say that he had found six of the 1 flock, all dead and all torn, doubtless by some animal. Not wishing to yard his sheep so early, he obtained permission to turn them into the Corbin game pre serve, where they would have an im . penetrable fence, eight and a half feet, j high, to protect them. Then he removed ! all the carcasses but one, and he and an- I other man took their guns and lay out in the frosty air until nearly midnight, I to see if the sheep-killer would return. | He didn't—that is, as long as they were I there; but next day the sheep had been dragged for several yards from the spot ! where they had left it, and a large part of the flesh had been eaten. Plainly j enough it was not the work of a dog, for i no dog hereabouts could drag a heavy feheep so far, nor would a single dog eat so much of the flesh at a meal. I told 1 my neighbor to keep a bright lookout for footprints, but the ground was pretty j hard' and dry, and he failed to find any. I Next day I went over there to look my self, but for some time my hunt was fruitless. Hut I kept on walking round and round the place, in a wider circle ! each time, until I came to a muddy ditch, ! which I followed. Presently I found j what I sought—the footprint of a largo j animal. In some respects it resembled the imprint which would be left by the bare foot of a man, but it was blunter in front, and the marks of claws were very j plain. It was the footprint of a good sized bear. At once I connected this incident with the fact that two sheep were miss- HAD CLIMBED A LARGE TREE. ing, and guessed that Bruin had simply followed his food supply, by climbing one of the tall fence-posts and letting himself down on the inside. An im qulry at a lumber camp brought out the fact that on two occasions when men were coming to camp at dusk, a strange, dark-colored animal, much larger than a boar, had been seen diving into the un derbrush, through which it went with much commotion. 1 knew then that my suspicion was correct, and I told my neighbor. A day or two later a light snow cov ered the ground, and that evening, wan dering along the hillside in Corbin Park, I came upon the tracks of the bear again. I followed them, and they led me down into the valley, where pres ently I came upon the remains of a partly-eaten sheep. It must have been killed some days before, but the bear had revisited the scene, and apparently had made another good meal from the carcass. The trail led from this spot down the valley for a quarter of a mile, and then up the mountain through a belt of spruces. At one point, the bear had approached a large tree and climbed it; the ground below was covered with loose bark which had been scraped off, and the scratches made by the ani mal's claws were visible for twenty feet up. From this tree, the trail again con tinued up the hill, soon turning south for a short distance to a steep bank where the bear had scraped numerous holes in the snow, possibly in search of beechnuts, for beech trees were grow ing close by. After this he had re sume! his upward journey, and I fol lowed his trail along a brook for the best part of h?.lf a mile, until I could see. at some distance in front of mo. a dense bit of spruce woodland. It was now quite dusk, and, as I was unarmed, I decided not to enter, but to walk around this group of trees and undergrowth and see if the trail came out on the other side. If it did not. then, of course, I knew where the bear must be. But, although I stepped as carefully as 1 could, 1 made too much noise on the snow, and before I got a third of the distance around the dark patch of woodland, i heard a rust ling of branches, and out dashed the bear, scarcely twenty yards away, show ing ihe broad soles of his feet ai every jump. It was now so close to nightfall that it was useless to follow the trail any further, so I returned h mie. It was deci b d to organise a bear hunt on the i!:orrow. but the nl lit grew warm, and a steady rain washed away all the snow, uiul with It the tra'ks of the bear. At the next t-nowfftll, however, a hunting ; arly will In all probability set out to settle mioiy with t>>'uin. for a jiood- I/. 'it Utur i ti >t co t-.i h ivd u tlf-lruble nequlil'l jP to a same premrve. I.UNh.-T It AIIOt.MAY NIC*
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