While | Am Alive.
By Margaret J. Preston.
I know
Snow,
The raveled
. day
Folded and quietly lald away,
The spirit let loose from mortal bars,
And somewhere away among
garment of life's
stars—
ter then
What praise was
when,
Whatever might
It neither
more?
lavished upon me
its stint
nor
be
help
or
harm
store,
could me
If while 1 w {ling they had but
thought
a finger, I
as i
would have
3 buoy me
Some hitter day I had
Though when it was
maybe
to do;
done
+3
Hey
To
The
others }
word of
whose
Had been the
art
If granted
to know
one
worth
BUpre
to me ther
80."
“What use
flung
the sw
has clung?
What help in a comrad
When th il of Al
for
immer
Till
What need
When the
goal?
What
When
stars
our deg
the
when
night
whereabouts of a waterhol
he
we
decided to camp for
after
mind
wag to
learned,
tempts change
deci of
vered. Wi
skin pony, depar
vague, mirage-io
Mike had literall)
two 0
usual
ACTOAS tae
desert.
Today
tion. he
spears of
found life
filtered
SHOWS,
the foothills.
friendly advances
vances which we
for in addition his
Mike practical
moroua moods sometimes resulting
misfortune to the object of his atten.
tions. 1 have occasionally thought
we may bave misjudged Mike;
haps he was one of those unfortun
ates with affections which, like desert
pears, grow prickly glide out, but are
sweot and wholesome within-—though
I always do say eating those cactus
pears isn't worth the trouble of rub-
bing off guch a pesky lot of stickers.
Anyway, with Mike, the rubbing off
process held too many fears for us, so
he went through life a mule misun-
derstood, perhaps,
Carr and I noted these signs of a
mind at ease with satisfaction, for
always the rank and file reflect the
mood of the officer commanding, and
we permitted ourselves the luxury of
an occasional rest on the shady side
of a boulder. You can’t be preoccu-
pled on a desert; every stay you
take, every halt you make must be
the result of calculation and experi
ence, and though this caution be
somes habjtual after a time, still id
several
+o
sion character
Blondine, Carr
upon
cheerful
he wore
would
Eramma grass hat
in a few
rom ti
for by now wy
Or
drops of moisture
1
ose cool, glistening
to
was a joker. hi
helps to account for the pecuilarly
in
such an expedition were
Every rock
venomons lizard
may be
now
sO
as we
may shelter
or snake; a
taking an airing in
of
discomfort,
Of vi getation is
Gila
monster
the nt
but
ighborhood, or, less
each
apparen
war with the world and stands
at every point; live
sphere of man
which something
the nerves
street, where ove
peut.
was n
of it, for now
from the desert
the beginnings
considerable
al
armed
atin
imeelf,
effect
in
for
of
y 1
of a liyer
you an
avery
has
ryone’s
sauve qui
of
Progress ©
So It relief to be out
worst
Our
ried us lands behind
tation
ising better
torrents of
a louder and
final “haw
i turn, petrified by
noise,
th in
more joyous
while the
clung to «
tion on the rock
ur m
convulas
aimo=t
the
laughter,
renewal cashir
mockery from Mike and the
ing amazement of the bear, w ho seem
to be striving collect his wits
meet this change of front in hig
Slowly he dropped to all
jess
} each of
increas
ed to
to
! opponent.
| who relaxed his attitude at the
treat of his erstwhile
enemy. The bear must have had an
instinctive understanding of the ways
to Mike that part of his anatomy
best suited, to Mike's idea, for as
gault, but beat a crab-like and delib-
erate retreat toward the brush. With
head lowered and teeth still display-
ed, Mike paced after him, ever keep
ing just within stretch of the bear's
nose. Finally, when the shelter of
the brush was within two lengths of
him, the bear turned in his tracks
for a final rush to safety. At the
same instant Mike showed one more
instance of his many-sided genius.
Whirling like a flash, his heels met
the bear's flank with an impect that
.
| drew a howl from Bruin, who wk)
ad first into the chaparral,
we of him was
pitched h
| ana tae iat SAW
nae
crashing his way through
making all speed to
franticaii}
und brier
brush
Mike
moments
for au few
which
he
never
regarded
ving busghe
and if
mule
1
| marked y bear's retreat,
did
did. Shaking self ne if
not grin yell, then a
he rolled back
gtood over the re-
folded
yout!
+ 4
in
more,
pence
perch
in
JAPANESE HOSPITAL SHIPS.
Thoroughly Modern Provision fcr
Wounded Soldiers.
] in her weapor and
i
managed.
Lethargic Sleep.
Lethargic sleep, over periods more
| or less prolonged, is becoming rather
common in France, Several remark
able cases have been reported during
recent vears, and now another has
occurred in Paris itself.
fs a young woman living in the Rue
ide Belleville. A week ago, from
causes not explained, she fell into a
profound sleep, from which, up to the
present, it has been found impossible
to rouse her. Nor does she show the
slightest symptom of a return to nor.
mal conditions. The doctors, how-
ever. declare that there is not the
least cause for anxlety.~~London
Globe,
In Rhode Island each town and city
elects » senator, no matter what its
population,
Fruits grown in China are usually
inferior in flavor but superior to ours
in keeping quality. ’
FRUIT BISCUITS.
Mix half a cupful of butter into four
cupfuls of hall
cupful of a cupful
chopped figs
well
also a
of
game of
dough,
tiird
the
cherries;
bread
sugar, a
citron,
four
and candied add
beaten eggs. Then knead thoroughly
When light, make
brush with
get Lo rise.
form,
white of an egg,
into biscull the
and
in a
dust with sugars
get again to rise. Then bake
moderate oven.
PINEAPPLE CREAM PIE.
Cream one-half cupful of butter
cupful of yolks
WO wit
and
adda bs 3
add the
ugar,
of t egps beaten and mixe d
One i
poi
ful of
into
fre
AK
d; pour
while pouring,
teaspoon
CER
and beat ur sold ; add one
ful each f cl citron,
\CApDIe, seed
opped candied
herries, raisins,
almonds
put
blanched
of
over
Engi walnu
and me teas
nt
poonin Yana;
and the top
USEFUL HINTS.
pork apples are
meat like
placed on
of the
with the
in
sometimes
Pe Matoes
sour
roasting
baked
They
racy out
a wire
fat.
roast and ake the Pp of apple
g_auce
To keep a when
into
hold
handle
it, and «1 :
the bottle and the
petween the
iying
Sliver
in daily
leaving once a
borax for several
water should be nearly
the silver is put into it
Lime water will eweeten jars and
which soap and water fall to
cleanse. It is admirable for cleans-
ing milk vessels and nursing bottles.
With: boiled salmon, cream Sauce,
plain boiled rice is very good. Many
prefer it to potato. There really Is
no reason why any vegetable should
be served with the fish course. its
sauce is quite sufficient. Still the
average taste demands a scrap of
potato, or sometimes with sole, a
bit of creamed spinach.
A good cement for mending glass
is made by boiling isinglass in spirits
of wine,
Try a
pentine on a cube of
hacking cough.
Tea leaves moistened with vinegar
will remove the discoloration in glass
caused by flowers.
A balthour's sleep after dinner is,
to many women, worth two hours’
sleep in the morning.
leaves closed: book
upon a table
which
bright
in strong
hours. The
boiling when
forks
may be Kept
week
are
b y
Spoons
use
them
water
few drops of spirits of tur
loaf sugar fol
LUMMERCIAL KEYIEw
R. G. Dun & Co.'s “Weekly Review of
WHOLESALE MARKETS.
x ry
ally »
fancy hand.
i 1 . 2S
her domestic, 3M
; Florida, per bar
at 5.00 to 6.50
about steady Good
hogs, 6.10 to 6.15.
CATTLE — Market
Good to prime steers, 0.00
medium, 4.00605.75;
2.50/05.10; COWS,
canners,
lower.
aG.hH5; poor to
tockers and feeders,
heifers, 3.00000.00;
58
2 608.00;
7.00,
HOGS—~Mixed and butchers’,
365; good to choice heavy,
634; rough heavy, 5455.55; light,
saos bo; bulk of sales, 5.35@8.5715
SHEEP—Lambs, steady to lower.
‘ood to choice wethers, $7560.15; fair
o choice mixed, 4-500 5.65; native lambs,
1. 500@7 40.
———
MUCH IN LITTLE
Vegetable life does not exist in the
wa below a depth of 1,500 feet.
A Londor cabman has invented an au
tomobile that can be used as such or be
drawn by a horse,
Nearly 1,300,000 hew Cases were
brought before the county courts of
England, the so-called “poor man's
sourt,” last year.
The strangest flag under which man
sver fought is that of the Macedonian
insurgents. It is red on one side and
black on the other.
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