The Bright Side.
BY MARY PD. BRINE,
Ir one wwoks upon the bright side
It is sure to be the rioht side
At least that's how I've found it as Y've journ-
eyed through each day,
And U's queer how shadows vanish,
And how easy "tis to banish
From = bright s'de sort of nature avery doletul
thing away.
Tv
There spe two sides to a question,
AB we know: so the suggestion
Of the side which holds the sunlight seems
most reasonable to me
And, vou know. we can't be merry,
And make our surroundings che ry,
$f we will persist in coddling every gloomy
thang we soe
There's a sensible quotation
Which will fit fn every stal
We ail know it—"As the twig
tree inclined.”
And the twigs of thought we're bending,
1f to ways of gloom we're tending,
Will be pretty sure to twist and dwarf and
quite deform the mind.
wn
= bent, so is the
There's a way of searching over
The wide skies till we discover
Whether storms are on the way
that we love:
And the bine may fast be hiding
Back of clouds whieh swift are riding,
Yet. we know the blue is ning still, and
spreading far above,
or the weather
Ard while that will last fo
{ For the vue blue fadeth nove
The dark clouds must soon or
od and fade away;
later be dispars-
And the sweet “bright side.” still shining
Will meet the eves inclining
To wate for it and welcome iL,
the day.
however
S80. my friends, let's choose the bright sida
Just the happy, glorious right side
Which will give us health and spirits just g
Jong as life shall last;
And the sorrow t roll o'er us
hall pet always go wiove us
If we keep a wateh for b skies, and wi
its sunshine (ast
| hold
Harper's Bazar i
re ————
LITTLE JACK HORNER. |
Mr. Jackson Horner—what woula he |
have said if he had known that now |
and then irreverent people ealled him
little Jack Horner!—lived mn a very |
handsome villa in Hornerville, and was |
the richest man, no doubt, in the whole |
county.
There was a time—not
before, either—when had been no
richer than his neighbors, and then he
had pot, as they said, *‘taken so many |
airs,’
jut a lucky ¢ ntrac
to his eredit
scence,
so very long |
He
10t particularly
came to con |
sieculation or |
made Jack
t,
when it
lucky
that,
and a
two added to had
Horner rich.
In the old days,
row of frame hou
+13
when he lived nu the
or
had
Kept the t
es with shops un
m, his intimate friend
who
most
: ' 's
been one Jerry Pine, I=
smith shop next door to him,
Jerry done
him; many a dollar had he loaned, glad
Many a good turn had
to accommodate a neighbor; but Jerry,
being ge e.0us, had been imposed up
1 Jerry | i sin
wl grown poorer, an
veal th
friend to see
@ villa
iad Bol ny
1
0.
Jerry felt ti
haul smokeq gether,
ting on the ios neces of thelr
gardens in | r played dom-
ingus when winter
He still bad t
both used tH» play
days before they were w
had been
aifairs,
“My Jim was born
Jack’s Eliza came into this world
the tinsmith would say. *“‘Jack used
to swear that his girl should marry my
boy, aud their motliers talked as If IL
were to be I'd see Jack
Horners face up there in the villa, as
he calls it, if he was mind of
that. Riches men, And
yet who doesn’t want ‘em? I'd like to
see my Jim of the rich ones, I
would; bat he has got to his
too 8, like his daddy.”
Jim was quite content. Ie was a |
big iellow, with brawny armsaod black |
hair and eyes. And whatever coolness
bad come between rich and the
poor one, noue had come between their
children,
They bad been playmates and Jim's |
mother died early; that Eliz Js
mother, fee’ing pity for the little ehild
who had no womankind to wateh over
him, bad him about the house a good
deal after that,
Eliza was very affectionate, and by
the time she was 17 and 19, the
boy began to know that if not as
a sister that he loved Eliza. He was
sorry then for the first time Lhat he
had pot a fortune to offer her, but he
intended to make one—to hammer it |
out of the tin, he said, if there was no |
other way, And he often went up to |
the Horner vil'a, never guessing that
the mother knew so well what har hus.
band’s feelings on the su'ject would
be, that she never let him see who
called. They sat in the family room,
confidential ove their love
two years before
50, like to
1
put in
spoil some
one
take to
the
80
Jim
$
was
company in ihe parlor. Young folks
always had company, he supposed; and
they were in a flue house, and (he
neighbors’ sons, all people who were
quite up to his tas'e, would naturally
drop in.
“Eliza,” he would say to himself,
**will marry a big bauker or something
of that sort one of these days. There's
nothing like lifting your family up.”
However, he himself made no new
friends, He asked people to dinner,
and went out to dine. They bowed
and spoke as they mel on the cars, re-
farming to their villas from the city,
Ile was one of the select of the neigh-
worhood, but there was no one to chat
with him over his pipe, or play domi-
woes, or talk over old times as there was
when he was intimate with Jerry Pine,
the tinsmith.
The idea that it was Jim Pine In
Abere in the fine parlor, with its carved
mantel, and bevelled mirror, and great
plate glass windows, and brand new
stylish farniture, never entered his
mind, until one evamng, after glancing
from the window as thestreet door shut
to, after a rather prolonged good-bye,
he saw him in the moonlight, coolly
walking down the gravel pathway,
between the two broad grass plots,
“Why, mother, Jim Pine has been
to see liliza,” he cried.
The mother had known it must come
gome day, but now she was very much
frightened,
‘Yes, Jack,” she said, braving it
out with a muile, “Jim comes pretty
often, They've liked each other from
children, tuose two have, and there
isn’t a finer looking fellow that I know
of anywhere, or a belter son; and old
neighbors, too, Jack—an old friend’s
son ’
“Old friends?” said Jack Iorner,
testily. “When a man is poor, he must
live near poor folk, and live like them.
But we've gone up. If I'd had some
women, 1°d have had credit for it; but
you—I begin to think you lke low
down folk best, Detsy.”’
“No, and I never did,” said his
“But Jim isn't low down, nor
working people are, if that's poverly,
and Jim is educated a good deal better
than vou and I, Jack-—just
to despise them; it was just luck.
might be over there in Wooden
the hill it the
had come to him instead of you.”
“Ah,” sald Juck Horner, *‘the tak-
ing of chances makes the
**I agree to that, Jack,” said his
wife, ‘Still, I think
His mother
ble —smarter than hs
Jim 18 one
Was capa
father,
Elza didn't look
“She's got to have a gentleman, any-
how," “*I want her
oid
sald Jack Horner.
the
in
families,
Iain’t going to have tinker’s son
coming after he for money,” and
table furl.
1
80 that a decanter and glasses
¢
t
that stood ther: dance
1.2
3 1
INE,
about and
» his
a nt the
dently
ward the
hing about *‘:ue
aks,’
tront
He seas me
never Sn
ip to tha
i door and rings
t in the parlor, just
as a man always does when he calls on
a girl’
‘Yo
fat} *
father,
kept it from me,” said the
it of you.”
ve
“i
“ip
Pa, dear”
never thought
said t!
beside
e coming
el
telling folks
might have
ht. And now
I will say that
Jim, 1H
kneeling never
about
hut
Rew to go
a girl
bad a beau; vou
scen ME
wa are talking Da,
if you «a Inarry
1 any one.’
“You're I'kely to die an old maid,
then, Eliza.” said Mr. Horper; and as
he spoke he decided that on Thursday,
when he Wooden
lect his rents, he would speak to father
son—men had more than
When they =aw there was no
chance of his
the thought of marrying E and
then the gul would see that she had
ouly to forget him.
«With her chances,”
went to low Lo col
i]
money,
ZA,
the old man
This was the
astonishingly
reason
, When the
quiet
women
On
plans,
deal of money, and came after dark to
the three houses that were in
Vooden Bow, When he had got bis
for the first time
down to the t
Thursdyy he carried out his
reat, he wenl,
years,
,
waked in.
Jerry lifted up his eyes; he was read-
ing the daily paper through his glasses
by the Light of a Kerosene lamp.
* Gilad to see you, Horner,” he said.
in. But betler Jats than never.
push up the rocker here,
you've sat in it before,
your health, Jack?"
“My health is good enough, and I
hope yours is,” said Horner. “But l
won’t sit down. What I have tosay I
can say standing. It is only this:
“I've found out that Jim hus been
coming over to see Eliza. I didn't
know it be ore, Now I want that to
stop. If Eliza sa fool I'm not. You
understand, Jim?"
“1 understand, anyhow.’ sald Jerry.
“Jim is not rich enough for Ehza Hor-
per. Where was your pride, to go
after a girl whose parents despised poor
folks, Jim?"
“I never thought of her folks,” said
Jim, *1 like her; she likes me, and
that is the whole of it.”
“Never thought of me, indeed! Not
apenny of my money does the girl get
if she marries you,” said Horner, in a
fary.
“I don’t want a penny of it, sir,”
sald Jim. I guess I shall make money
for myself; I mean to try.”
“At all events, don’t come to my
house again,’ sald Horner,
“Now, Jim, where Is your pride?”
said Jerry Poe,
“All right,” sald Jim. “1 won't
come to your house, but 11] see Hliza
Jim,
And how is
thing has turned to money with you.
You don’t seem to remember that there
18 something else in the world,”
Furious at this self-assertion on the
part of the tinsmith’s son, Jack Hor-
ner, with his satenel full of those plums
that grown folks value--namely, dol-
lars and cents —took his way home-
ward,
He took the lonely shore road as the
shortest way, but after a few motoents
he felt that he had not done wisely.
There were dangerous characters
about, and he was known to have cash
with him,
A certzan apprehension of evil selzed
him, and the sound of steps behind him
made him shiver. A moment later two
men came up with him.
“Good evening, Mr.
one,
**You might as well stop, Jack Ior-
ner,’’ sald the man who had not yet
addressed him, ‘We will have to
make you, else, We want that little
satche! and whatever else you have
about you.”
“You'll not get it,”’ sald Horner.
He crammed his hand into his pistol |
pocket and pulled out the weapon he
always carried there.
Horner,” sad
It was wrenched |
his hand in moment, He
the wind seemed to!
snatch his voice away from him,
The next thing he knew his hands
a
over on the sand as they robbed him of
watch and chain, diamond pin--all that
was upon him, Suddenly he recognized
thelr faces,
**Ahl I thought I knew you, you two
rascals!” he said. **You're the Dar- |
He could have done no more impro-
dent thi
thing.”
“I say, Tom,” said one of the men;
“out there in the quicksand 1s the place
No danger there. Dead men
tell no tales”
Again Horner roared, bul they were
him toward the shore, llis
Iie tried to pray. He
thought of wife and daughter, Life
end had come,
§ warw s ur
seemed very sweel 10 Lila, Aad LDey
were going to take it from him,
y
*Heave him; he'll sink like a shot
i thew,
ended ir
droppi
yi § -
. ALG OLE UO.
his words
he EWO Tas
saw Jim
voa, Mr,
ard
happensd,
« Dad and | he
what had
of bits of iron
tied the
now J
witl
CO sles
hash for those fellows
gO for
I stand guard. 1 don’t
will the officers, while
ul
quite finiianed 1 mn
“*{rreat heaven, Jim!
came,” sald
were going to throw
Old friend,’
“sou and your
worth a hen you
H
me nto
ny w
rner. ‘hey
quicksands,
and he turned to Jerry
Lov
*1 hank G
life,”
said the
il not t we'd in time."’
“Why, Eliza, your pa is ¢
the path arm io arm with Jerry Pine,
said Mra, Horner, was looking from the
window; and in a minute more Eliza
saw Lhe sight herself,
Jack Horner was very pale, but his
ave saved my
tinsmith,
nk beer
oming up
»
hardly seen since they came from
Wooden low to live in the villa,
“you've been within an inch of los-
ing your father, Eliza,” he said to his |
daughter, “Your Jim and his father
gaved me. I'd never been home again
I learned a lesson that minute
when I looked death in the face, I-—
hought too much of money
lately."
**Take her, Jack, if you love each
other, and may God bless'you both”!
Then the two old men clasped hands
else,
-_——
Roping With Tha Lariat,
In the matter of authentic records
ably exist, One hundred and sixteen
feet has been claimed for a California
m+n now traveling with Buffalo Bill's
show, while ninety-four feet has been
but both of these records are preposter- |
ous. The average cow-puncher from |
fexas to Montana uses a rop+ which
rarely reaches fifty feet, and from
twelve to twenty feet must be deducted i
from this measure for circumference of |
noose, Sometimes a so-called “Calis |
fornia loop’ exeweds this by nearly five
fort,
In catching a wild horse or steer,
after the noose 18 over the animal's
neck or legs, the end of the rope is
swiftly tied around the horn of the
saddle, the horse being braced back so
resist the shock, which in most cases
either unaps the ropes or sends the cap-
tured snimal all in a heap. What the
possibilities of roping to cailch are is
hard to say, No doubt with a horse at
full gallop down the hill, the wind fa
vorable and a good long rope, an expert
may reach 100 feet, but such cases are
few snd far between, and most good
ropers feel extremely pleased when they
can reach on the full length of their
forty-five-foot rope and catch.
Life is short, but if you notice the
way most people their time, you
would suppose that life was everlast.
ing.
submits himself to be seen |
He
through a m who suffers him.
self to be caught in a passion,
THE SILVER DOLLAR.
Condensed History of the Daevelop-
ment of Uncle Sam's Great Colin.
Congress having decided to improve
the figure of the eagle upon the silver
dollar, and having authorizsd the di-
rector of the mints of the United
States to procure new designs, a visit
was made to the mint of Philadelphia,
where 11, A. McClure, curator of the
cabinet and one of the best-known
numismatists of the world, gave a com-
plete and thorough history of the coin-
age of the silver dollar from its begin-
ning to the present time.
“The first silver dollar ever coined,’
saxd Mr, McClure, “was coined under
the act of February 12, 1792, and
weighed 416 grains and had a fineness
of 392.4, which standard was continued
for many years, In 1704 the silver dol-
lar issued had on the obverse side Lib-
erty head, facing right, with flowing
word ‘Liberty; beneath, 1794. Re-
encircled by branches of laurel,
the legend ‘United States of
with
America’
edge of the eoin contained *Hundred
‘“The next year, 1795,” coutinued
was again
changed as follows: Observe side—bust
of Liberty, facing right, hair bound by
stars showing 1n
side —an
field.
the
of palin and
and tied, and the inscription:
States of America.’
laurel, which is crossed
‘United
“In 1708 the same design was used,
excepting the using of two stars less In
ting in a star for each State, and after
if they continued the policy of
a star for each new State they would
scarce have room, so they decided to go
tothe original
representino
¥
al
back thirteen
SLAs,
number,
the thirteen original
» reverse side o 179% dol-
was made
vines is
Suppotuiag
#3 Ts tis
the Un ted
s
floats a scroil
rock,
States shield
with her Jeft
11rd wo
and libert)
colnags,
“On ita reverse side
gle withex-
aring sy United
its breast and an
arrows in its
aited States of
reade l edge, size
dee
We
All ©
3
panded wings, be: the
Niates shield upon
olive branch and
talons,
America,
24. From 1866 to 1873 the
sign was used, the words ‘In God
Trust’ being added above the eagle,
three
Legend, ‘U
One wll,’
game
“From 1874 to 1877 none were issued,
and the next design accepted was the
present one In use, which was struck
off for general use in On the
observe side we have the Liberty head
facing left, upon which are a cap, a
wheat and cotton wreath, and a band
inscribed ‘Liberty.’ Above the band
1878,
the date and thirteén stars,
“The reverse side of our present sil-
ver dollar,” continued Mr. McClure,
“has an eagle with expanded wings,
pointiig upward; in its right talon an
olive branvh with nine leaves, in its
jeft talon three arrows; in the field
above the words ‘In God Wwe Trust)
beneath a semi-wreath t'ed and crossed,
reaching upward to the wings of the
eagle, Legend: ‘United States of
America. One Dollar,”
“I'he trade dollars,’’ continued
“were coined from
1883 inclusive,
upon a cotton bale, facing left. In her
extended right hand 1s an olive branch,
In her left a soroll inscribed ‘Liberty.’
Bebind her a sheaf of wheat; beneath,
a scroll inscribed ‘In God We Trust,’
and below the date are thirteen stars
Un the reverse side an eagle with ex-
panded wings. In its talons three ar-
rows apd au olive branch, Above, a
scroll inscribed ‘E Pluribus Unum.’
Beneath on the field, ‘490 grains 900
fine, United States of America,’
“There were,” said Mr, MeClure,
“in 1836, '38 and '30 sone designs
struck off, but none of them was ac-
cepted or put into general use, I be.
lieve that there were about 1000 of
those of 1836 which got into circula-
tiou, but not, of course, for general
use,’’
“If Designer Morgan, whose design
upon the present siluer dollars was ac-
cepted, had been allowed his own way
in the matter,” said duperintendent
Dosbyshell of the mint, ‘there would
be no crying out ‘buzzard,’ as I under
stand the present design of eagle has
been called, but the dollar would have
upon lis reverse side a natural eagle in-
stead of the present oonventinal one.”
ce —— EI ———
Dogs and Thelr Tricks.
Professor Burton, who has a troupe
of clever dogs at the Eden Musee, 1s an
old circus man. He used to be a tum-
bler in the ring. There comes & day in
the life of every circus tumbler when he
must quit the business and go into
something else, Burton went to train-
ing dogs. He has been with
in New York,
them, The event created almost
much stir in New York
World's Fair if it were there,
The professor's present family
dogs consists of Italian greyhounds,
German poodles, a Russian
a Russian spaniel, a liver-and-white
spaniel a spitz, a black dog that does the
somerset act, and several others,
“There is no dog,’ said the profes
sor, “which can’t bo taught a trick of
some sort. Of course there are some
dogs that learn quicker than others,
and more tricks. 1 am always asked
how I teach dogs these tricks, Well,
there
as
1 seldom
and never in giving instructions,
fact, I have to be very cautious,
other day two of my family got into a
squabble,
trouble, lu doing so I had to cut one
of them with the whip.
heartbroken. He
won't act,
for a few days.
won't eal and
“A dog should be at least a year old
training. I different
for different acts, The grey-
natural leaper. The span-
The spitz is a clown,
select
hound is a
jel is a trickster.
the b.ack-and-tan-one—-
The black dog
obaL,
“Under ordinary clreumstances the
average dog will learn his tricks in live
Then the
goes on the stage
test comes when he
the first time. Talk
having stage fright! I've
brought the
time make a
away and tremble like a
hild, When
they like
about people
logs when on
stage for the Orst break
and run
they get used
the stage and
may
is a tact that
ey Are apps
true if
are
an
as cllidren ar
would go through Lhe same
hoy © thr
they go Lh
"i
show,
ugh with me.
them cages after the
Keep
Every morning
them out for exercise,
twice a day—In the
in
at 9.30 I take
They are fed
morn
about 15 loaves
ing and con-
of bread and a
of
sues
large size market basket cooked
meal every
“Trey never forget a
day.
trick. 1 laid
off some months ago and sent
had
several weeks—me and dogs,
the dogs
vacation of
When 1
stage with them they
without a
is good feeling between
a
returned to the
went Lhirough
break. There
the members of the present family,
They are healthy and full of fun, There
isn’t a cynic in the lot.”
every part
——-——
A Bird.
Curious
Among the most curious birds of
Queensland are those known familiarly
as the *“Twelve Apostles,” from the
circumstance that they are always seen
in flocks of exactly twelve— never either
or Whether such a little
company consists of an equal number
of males and females does not seem to
be known. But in the nesting season
they all build in the same tree and feed
the nestlings promiscnonsly, How the
number of such a flock is always ad-
justed 1s one of the unsolved questions
presented of the economy of this bird,
more less
appearance, but of a rustier color.
———————
How the Fire Shouid be Kept.
Never have the coal come above the
fuel will waste, because the
draught is not so good. When not
using the fire Xeep dampers closed;
when needed, open the draughts,
For cooking or baking, no matter how
hot the fire desired, having the coal
come neatly to the top of the liming, the
fire ought to last four hours without new
coal or poking. The top of the stove
may be red hot; the coal piled up to the
lids, and yet the oven will not bake
Our Collage Yells,
Conn
Notlitag in this country more aston.
ishes an English university-bred man
than our college yo'ls, He never takes
the practice as a bit of American fun,
but seriously set« to work to prove how
even educated Americans follow the
customs of the savage Indian, his
warwhoop being perpetoated in the
college well. The Ame lean college
boy Is not an ideal creatore; he oay
even be a bit of a bubarian. But the
English university myn, as described in
various truthful chronicles, is hardy
analified to tell him so,
REI.
FOOD FOR THOSGHT.,
Each day is a little life
Ability is often reinforced by ne
censity.
There 18 a transcendent power In ex-
ample,
We reform others when we walk up
rightly,
Hypocrisy is Lhe necessary burden
of villainy.
Take things as they are and make the
best of them.
Ill-bred people are always the most
Ceremonious,
It costs more to revenge mjaries than
to bear then.
Life is made up, not of ksewledge
The power of doing a good setion i»
Stupidity is to the mind what ehnnst.
ness is to the body.
Happiness is like the echo; il amewers
Happiness is to the heart what sun-
{ light is to the body.
If you wish to be borne with
self, bear with others,
A little force will break that which
| Was cracked before,
your-
The most manifest sign of wisdom is
continued cheerfulness,
Genuine grief is like penitence, not
Misfortune may make us proud; suf-
fering makes us humble,
Great misfortune lends greatness ey
| to an Insignifi
Ambition 1s as natural to the soul
man as blood is to his body.
One must indeed be unhappy to
tempt suicide a second time,
Vice in the young fills us with hor.
ror —in the old, with disgust,
Seek consolation only in Immortal
things; in nature and in thought,
The man who never makes any biun
ders seldom makes any good hits
The great advantage of good breed-
ing is that 1t makes the fools endur-
able.
It is
action, that
life.
Hospitality
into profuseness,
and folly.
About the best thing thal experience
can do for us to »n-
JOY misery.
Where there
the
not of
’
gleness of motive,
nakes true simpheity o
sometimes degenerates
and ends iu madness
is to teach us how
18 a moral right ob
Tan
the
one hand, no secondary right i
charge iL.
We admire
the same jeason thal we &
Ila mau,
modesty in a weman {oz
irre avery
Suffers
TiLK 3
sensitive aud clairvey:
Happiness | firmer nerves, but not
true an ej
How mu
who want
s agreeable Lhe
than the mein
nan
w hie
shals gain
theu shal
le house tops amd peni-
piace SHOW IDEs am-
time to pray is nol when we are
ina ght spot, but jusl as soon as we
get out of it,
There 18 no dispute managed without
] yet there is scarce a dis
prassion
ludeness harms not evel Lhe hum-
and po rest to whom it is diracs-
ut it Injures the exhibitor
A sociable man is one who,
minutes to spare,
bothers somebody who hasn'y
We often console ourselves for being
unhappy by a certain pleasure thai we
find in appearing so.
It may be true that all men are born
equal, but inequalities begin to appear
very soon afterward,
The reason why so few peopin are
happy in this world is because they mis.
take their bodies for thelr souls
To take away rewards
ments is only pleasindto a
resolves not to live morally.
We are poor, not for what wa need,
but from what we want; necessilies are
not only natural, but cheap
Do not talk about the lantern that
holds the lamp; but make hmsie;
cover the light and let it shine
Every man should know something
of law; if he knows enough to kee)
out of it, he is a pretty good lawver
Nothing is impossible to the man that
can will, Is that necessary? That aball
be. This is the only law of success,
About the only difference between
| the poor and the rich Is this—the poor
suffer misery, while the rich have to
i enjoy it
| The sun does not rise like a roekei,
{ or go down like a bullet fired from a
| gun; s'owly bat surely ¥# makes its
| round, and never Lires.
Our minds are like certain vebicles,
when they have little to exrry they
make much noise about it, bat when
heavily loaded they run quietly,
14% every man sweep the smew from
before his own door, and nol trouble
himself about the frost on hes neigh
bor’s roof.
The world is full of hercer and he
roines, and the reason why sc many of
them live unnoticed is because ther
adorn everyday life and not an occa
sien.
The respect people show you In your
misfortune diminishes long before ou
have begun to outlive it, and youd are
irritated at being treated as before.
Forms and ceremonies &re ust as
necessary in te cliurch as vniforms are
in the field; strip an army of He ocook-
ades and Lruss buttons, and ® woald
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