HER PHOTOGRAPH.
In your little gilt frame,
So life like and real,
You are always the same,
However 1 feel.
From the little
Neither praises
Though 1 wildly
You are .al
in |
fram
gilt
come,
nor
appeal,
the same,
ways
yeur frame,
However
New York Times.
mine!
and,
ye
down the |]
‘Asleep
lamb in his
John Thom:
glint ©
round.
band ‘Honor
parson. I'll honor
worth, no more, n
for obey, I'll
I commands,
and a mint ©’
but there's
atween us
“How's
now!
him
ep
a
a
and he'll sk
Terrible thing
and obey,’
him
o less, says I;
to that
That's fifty vears
sunshin
1
clock hus
! £Ays
for just
and
cee when
trouble
tall
tals
he's been
no 0’
vet '
my arsts?
If John
boy;
Thomas
ye
was worth
o' the litt
tidings h ittle lad. He
forget
his
3it ve down, mem
tale fra’ the
mazbbe, when
fine and smart
little lord, that
But that
son's and
rill
ha
real
for
od
ed;
won't
grannie, for
gotten now!
and I'll tell
beginning!
saw him
and
his old
ine friends
poor
as he's
ve
ye
lookin’
non
my
he of our'n.
own gran
a earl,
I'm in
man and
Fitz
was
he is he's
son of
though
grand
the as
be one day,
for that A
gentleman is lord
Billy Gorman
aristocrat I
he's pale and thin
all »u¥Ss h
call
has
that's
don’t him bloat
heart dis
ease, they sav-—and how the
matter come about
“My son The
, in furrin parts
young thing:
flower, she
il, and
mas
ma
and
sweet
house
lish
three
80
years
“Thomas
thing
and
he might
more—h¢
spoken;
“Well
when
folks
air.
wa
to her nearer
flush
her
him nor
and pals
een has otten a starry light, but |
wor Dbl }
SPOKE
“They'd
"Twas the
stock Mark
Ho
me, bu behave
like one nish
education and h iarad
fayther o' the mai
very poor,
was weak
be crossed
bit
she
and claim her
“Two years passed
ten He
Franee, and his fayther had
him three hundred pound
his own spendings. "Twas
he said, to as
him; she bh
“Howe'er, Jes
her own for al
would go wi’
Thomas that
now tf
a Week
late
11
teil much
his college
%
not tell his
riage for they were
and his
i and
Howz'er, the lass
of money from hex
bode wi’
gaid
i must not
had her
fayther and
should come
he had got
his ‘degre was to in
given
year for
little,
wi’
travel
too
Josaie
ad better
of
She
As
Engiand
temper
way 8
or be
knowledged as
But that ho said
fayther would break his
shock of it. So
and what
Only one
say that Jessie had died, as her moth-
er did afore her. There
a boy, and ‘knowing our
and generous heart: th
sending him to us
“1 don’t deny
I'm getting on
Thomas didn’t
But there was
and the Lord provides, Will yo
Heve me, mem? When John went
Tavistock to get the bit o' money that
had been our Jessie's there was not
a penny it left! Al drawn, the
lawyer sald.
“We had a rare hard winter to
modder through that year, for the
babe was sick and John Thomas had
the rheumatiz, jut things mended
somehow and when Spring came there
was a banknote for twenty pounds
sent through the post. There was
no address and we never heard again.
Why did 1 not seek out his folks?
Nay, mem, the child war mine |
loved him weil, and we ain't so poor
we'd sell our flesh and blood.
“Then 1 heard the old Earl was
dead and the boy's grandfather had
gotten the estate, 1 toll ye, mem, my
heart turned cold for very fear, for
1 knew that one day he must go. We
are only common folk, and it soe
right that an earlto-be should grow
up wi’ the likes of we. I'd b> awake
¢ pights listenin’ to the wind: moan
could not be
heart wi’
to France
passed there |
there «
never knew
day am: a
true worth
fayther was
it was a shock,
years, and John
as much as once,
the mother's
in
earn
be-
o
ing o'er the moor, and thinkir' I hard
the beat of horses’ booves that were
to bear him far away. They coom at
| Jast. I wor sittin’ wi’ my work here
i’ tha porch when 1
drivin' up the hill There was
stranger gentleman in wi’
and gray mustache; but his ¢
black like my boy's,
told me who he was
* ‘Mrs. Byatt,” he say:
hat and speakin’ lik
duchess; ‘Mrs. Byatt, |
family has done you
I come to ask your
{| do vou a still greater.”
“‘My lord
{| confused and
stand.
“ ‘My son bas told me all’
owed
q¢e 4 carriage
gray
en were
and some ‘at
did not rig
‘For eight years he has
port of his child to you I now
that I owe the of our name
your unselfish silence i
its equal Yer 1 add to th
wrong, for—1 must havo the child.’
“I mind his very i mem,
he spoke slow and car
young folks do, clippin’
words and puzzling a poor
follow them But
couldn't answer,
pose, I did na
arn
honor
never 1
me
must
wor
though 1
thinkin’,
and
understand,
be a great man and help
land, and Be maust have
tion to fit him fer il
“By then I'd gathered
I says: ‘My lord, don’t ;
nor John Thomas here, "ad stick i’ his
light: we're omly poor common folk,
and it stands to reasom he must be
bred up accordin’ to his rank. If I've
hint
think
in’, I humbly asts yor pardon, but
body now, and
part so sudden wi’ my litt
“And at that, if you will
he takes me by the
Byatt.” he says, “1
one woman who
it comes
1
believe me
hand, and
n
could do nn
God bless
but As Yo
her!
was my mother.”
“Them was his very
and then he axed us, me
as, too, to visit him
Park. ‘And I'd have no more h
guests,” he says
“But lor bless
lik: 0 we do there?
as I might, I knew
wi’ the boy, mem. for h
says "tis for hi
twice a year he comes {0 I
lordship looks to that But
ther never comes; belike he thi
say hard things To b
want him. Bat flo
lad, and tomorrow he’
“Yex, mem, i's tomort
more sundown and
I clasps my child
old arms That's why
Thomas as he
tock for tidin's
bit, and
He's acoming
sundown
And, oh, mem, |
That I am’
words
John Thom
ithiie
mem
at Str
ey, what
Besi
tnat
Ways
we
ang
on
ought
Bu
have
tomorrow
you'll
and ons up!
a happs
York
am
New
TEACHING CHINESE CHILDREN.
A Schoo! in Mott Street
Those in Canton,
So many of the residents
town have raised 1it
families that not long since
it advisable fo start a
to those in Canton
trouble a schoolmaster ww;
and the institution
Mott street Here the
idea is taught how to
most approved style. Ti
very different
some respects compares
ably with the latter
school was opened each
tered under the name of its
its own milk name, as the
wa
YOUNg
irom our
8 termed
i i
upon the schoolmaster bestowed
cach the school name w
until it is twent y
itself a high complimen
the milk name is grotesque «
ate. Each child
kneels and kowtows, and
gchoolmaster for his court
ing and kow lowing
a
ch
in
on
Kneel
repeated
lass-room
Books are very seldom employed
first two years in the OC
a blackboard,
writing paper being the
tional instruments. The teach
effected by putting facts into postd
form, one generally if
employed being the
the
es school
HAOes
slate, or a piece
unive
couplet
rhymed
recites it slowly
Af
ter the third time, any child who can
rot repeat it is rattanned. In the be
day
are a formal lesson. The number
increased to five, ten, and twenty
day, according to the quickness
the scholars. The children recite in
| chorus, and at times the noice ie deaf
In our own civilization there
| are traces of this ancient system of
of the Chinese method.
doggere! as:
A was a marcher, and shot at a frog.
B was a butcher, and had a big dog.
or the rhythmic chant:
Thirty days hath September, April,
June and Novemoer,
are illustrations in point New York
Post.
Jack and the Bean Stalk.
Here's a true story which bears
such a close resemblance to certain
tall corn fakes that some people may
disbelieve it. Willie Fenqual, a Car.
rytown small boy, climbed a castor oll
plant in his father's garden a few
days ago. When he got near the top
the branch he? was standing on gave
way, and he fell and broke his arm.
Kansas City Journal.
eet A A ———
WEE THINGS BALK CUPID,
Stories Showing That Love Does Not
Always Find a Way,
Pennsylvanian vil
A tragedy in a
de
had
which
Miss
taste
Her
disapproved ol
the habit, and
Mabel Duncan
cigarettes,
tobacco,
veloped a for
her fiance, Keidar,
She gave
after
promise
one ol
abandon
fait!
have
pered,
Duncan di
another word
ed and walked
Rickett
years in th i
» married a
took her with him
in the Northwest
day in 1883 Ind
Pay Company
young lady, and
Fort
One
Golden far
during absence,
1 to find the girl he had lef
a fow
he return
o full hours
an In }
Knowing
amazement
urned to stone It
beautiful
Ricketts
perfect and
men of petrifaction
h him and return
Sunderland
There
1
Ove
wit
1
one fats
afterward
clared that
» had
im. Chics
The
CM DE
rr 1 5 3 r
Evreux « ident of the
states ays
aRO
car, wit} iy number of reg
and
fr
stration, and men
man, passed along he road
erbourg to Paria Yhen
farmhouse
near
i.ouvet the
the men de
which he de
at
gtopned and one of
with a
on the
laborers on their way home from work
arrived on the and approached
the bundle. whereupon the car went off
toward Paris at a
bundle was removed to the farmhouse
it was opened, and was
contain a newly born child
On the pillow there
Car
geended bundle
roadside Two
SCOT
great
in
was a
a letter, which read as follows:
“Whoever will bring up this child
until its majority will never want for
the birth of the
the fssue of one of
the noblest familles of England.”
The matter was reported to the local
authorities, who are now trying to
treece the course of the mysterious
auto-car.~London News,
the secret of
Gardening Superstitions.
In Somerset we plant cabbages with
the waning moon, certain that so they
will grow and be Justy. If we put them
in, or set any flower or fruit tree
when her white ladyship was gibbous
in the attenuating seale, our labor
would be In vain, for that which we
planted would but wane with Diana
Just so, when horseradish needs, as
this engaging plant generally does, to
be eradicated, the right time to begiy
is in the moon's eve of the vell. An
other West Country tradition forbids
lillies of the valley to He set fn a bed
vider pain of not distant death to the
operator —London Garden,
WESTERN WILD HORSES
MEN HAVE TO FIGHT,
Savagery and Endurance Carnivor-
ous in Taste—Hcrses Very Fond of
Mutton,
“Hunting
claimed the man
wild horses ig great
sport!’ ex
commities ro
and asked
He threw
hors tai
nto council
lover of the wi ird
sryman John Conlon
gun and a
from
John
tman--Otto Eastman,
Kan I've «
my third cousin
what's that ¥ gald
Mr. Allen
amazem
I've
hunting wild
heat buffalo
1a
yme to visit
about
King
horse
my
iting shoo!
them, do y¢
11 don’t shoot
the dumbfounded committee
ver life—~these
hors¢ Attack
i fight like tigers
§ at
two
are
you, bite,
long,
vellow and stronger
than
America eX
“You see,
of
country with a view
any
I was with
werts looking over
to
ervoirs not
ot irrigation exj
a
the establishing
far from
1 the natives
out wild
of them,
and those that have
They aat
is
hest
A system
the Santa Cle
4
horse
never
3 up
AW A man
are wild
flesh
scarce
as mountain lions
when grass
their
in winter,
the sheep
100,
and
For a g
r wolve
the
whol
are
time the
gs were killing thelr
never
by the wolves. The
blood and quit. There
in that sec
prey. lon
though
CATCARSEGS Were
almost
$1
es drink the
mountain
st 1
and ur
t known
the shes
n the
nD
I
men declared war on the
» party, and
ight before
inches
“al Hayden
under him
i grasped the
h aw wv th
Lid
with back of
“and her bleat of anguish in
Hayden and
i
{
me terribl
Hayden's
again
ing On
ning spected the car
osely and found it a genu
» mustang was a nut
long
and
CARE NOTE
ine curios
g hoofs were
ing over rocks y¥ his
was about fifteen years ole
lined black
dull
he
were yellow and
and very
that day
to crack
Well
s1iles before
first
hoof tracks |
2 of the
Away
outh of the
eighteen
a glimpse of
vg. although we
on the
wo
bunch
sandy
soil
toward the
woe saw about
in the northweat,
Santa Clar,
swiy or fifty mustangs galloping away
the wind. They had seen us be-
we got sight of them and were
ing up wind
We aplit, circled around
nine miles, and met
getting down wind
get closer
within yards before the
discovered but five of the
party who were in the lead got shots
at the bunch. One horse fell dead
as a door nail and three others were
brought down, so we could dispatch
mill on ‘em
traveled about
again, finally
them, we
were
could
160
]20
us,
“Two of the dead mustangs had bits
of wool between their teeth, One of
them had a clot of blood on his hip,
but we never could figure out where
it came from, as there were no marks,
unless he slipped down on a dead
sheep,
“Well, we found horses--wild ones
twice more and had much thrilling
excitement We tried to trail a bunch
we had just started, but our mounts
were getting a little fagged, and as
we hadn't yet got another glimpse of
the running herd we started home.
ward,
“Near dark, when we were about to
camp, a brisk breeze was blowing from
the west, and we spied a dozen mus.
tangs browsing on some dry mesquite
net half a mile away up wind, We left
cur horses and crept up on foot, with
our Winchesters cocked, ready for a
ghot at the first alarm.
“Bless my sold, this lot of horses
wasn't going to run. I wished for my
mount in a few minutes. One of the
rarty stumbled on a rock and well,
his gun was discharged and up went
the horses’ heads: a biz stallion
snorted deflance and ran toward us, |
The bunch followed, We were pretty
rhaky.
All fire at
leveling his rifle
Hayden gavi
cried Hayden
did HHkewise
once!’
We
and
a the word we |
“One
and
bunch
little
off ’
kept right on coming at us
with heads down thunier
mare threy
ran at 1ight angie bu
ana
badly
yellows!
apping as they
ran 3% I us i bunet
off and started back up wind
$ 3s 1¢ & g i *
ferocious black stalll
down
paws
to
his
“Ballou
come On some
fore
to his knees
fired while he
The rest of us
guns In an In
struggling to
him
ball. He
his back
brought
with a
lay flat on
Were
)
fire gleam
at close range
lay dead
his tall
SECRET OF DIGESTION
Experiments on a Dog Produced Curi
ous and Interesting Results.
Some
cerning the
f = ¢ i y
107 Various
experiments on
effects
recently
{gt The
ng
ra
terest
though the
atit rt
ly caused
who made
the experin
nt ]
least
are ofter
busy
their
Aare
from
are
the rv important
ma
1 and the
ia cut
message down Gigestive
chinery low ol
patient engl tion
off
degiutition
are not ready
d New 3
Neer
neer of
So when unexpe orders for
piling in upon
and the
ork Herald
hoary
COMK them
thew work 8
iceland Fish
The Danish Government investi
gating the fishing of Ice
and neighboring waters and hae
waters near the Faroe Isl
Iceland, and the regions in the
of Polar It has
discovered that immense quant!
yf fish, especially and her
ring. are to be found in those waters,
On a recent trip the Danish ship,
Dania. sometimes plowed through
shoals of these varieties for a long dis
tance. when they could be scooped up
without any fishing tackle New
banks were discovered, some of them
of great extent. These appear to be
new homes for the fish and they pos
gess the necesgary requisites for feed
ing them and rearing their young
The eyes of English, French, German
and Norwegian fishermen have been
turned to Iceland and they are begin
ning to go there in large numbers,
Are Thriving.
is
conditions
FUrves edd
the
been
yl
A Statue from Memory.
There is an Interesting history
attached to the statue of the murdered
Empress of Austria, which was re
cently Inspected by the Emperor |
Franz Josef at the studio of Pro
fessor Klotz.
Some twenty-three yecrs ago, states
the Neue Freie Presse, at a garden |
party at which the Emperor and Em-
press were present, the Empress be.
came separated from th» Emperor and |
was detained by a loyal crowd for
come time close to the professor, who
carefully observed her features, and
going straight home drew from mem. |
cry a sketch now first utilized for the
statue. The Emperor expressed him.
self struck by the likeness.
wn sp ———— wens T— ——
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
luternational Comments for
January 4.
Lesson
Subject: Paul and Silas at Philippl, Acts xvi,
2. 34 (Golden Text, Acts xvi., 31—Mem-
ory Verses, 29-32 Commentary
on the Day's Lesson.
The Greek we
great
hia prisoners
He ha
isoners
Wn pr
Believe.” et
whole gospel: the covenant
few words. Faith in 3
14
he
the
grare in a
gaves us, (1)
weeplance of God's way
atonement In :
taking the
3} because it
an
use
be
Jesus
to
with
makes
aud ef
the heart
{6
real
it
Then they pro
to pour into his
ttentive of Jesus Christ,
to declare His doct: and to explain
what it was to believe in Him
33. “Washed their stripes.” “He had
not concerned himself about their suffer-
ing condition when he put them into the
inner risen, but now that his sins were
washed away his thought was to minister
to the needs of those who were instru.
mental in his salvation.”
34. “Set meat.” As they were the in-
struments of bringing health to his soul
be became the instrument of health to
their bodies. “Rejoiced.” The joy that
filled the hearts of Paul and Silas, making
the prison a delightful place to them, now
filled the hearts of the converted heathen
and made their family circle the scene of
hely worship.
ears 1
Where Are the Birds?
To see all our birds in their winter
homes we should have to travel frow
the middie states down to the Argen
tine Republic. We could see a grea
many, though, by making a midwinter
trip to the gulf states. In Florida
for instance, we should find enormous
flocks of robins whirling through the
trees and alighting here and there te
feed upon the berries of the ching
tree and holly, Many birds we should
find only along the coast, and mang
others we should have to search for
in the silent cypress swamps of Low
fsiana and Mississippi. The herons
love the solitude of these swamps
where In the numerous springs and
streams they find the fish and frogy
on which they feed,
{ Gossips are not to blame if one-half
ithe world doesn’t know how the other
‘half lives,