Spring Song
By
A m |)AVItS OGDEN
Copyright. 1904. bu A M Davies Ooden
A breath of spring was already In
the air. March had come. tin- winter
was over, and tonight was the last
opera night of the season. "I>lc Wal
kure" was being given with a plienoniv
nal east, and the house was crowded.
Even the boxes tilled early
Mrs. Wilmore, gorgeous. fussy, im
port ant in wldte satin, with rows of
emeralds, fluttered to her seat, careful
ly assigning the places for her throe
guests She had brought Mabel with
her for a definite purpose which she
did not mean should miscarry, and as
the girl leaned b. ck in the chair her
aunt eyed her sharply. But Mabel h«d
sense She knew what was expected
of her. and after their talk this after
noon she was not likely to do anything
foolish. Luckily that affair with .voting
Cortright was ended. And Mrs. Wil
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HE STOOD IN" THE AIST F, His EYES FIXED
ON Hir.KS.
more turned to chat at her ease with
the elderly beau at her shoulder. Mu
sic held no charms for her.
The girl, too. stared In but listless
fashion at the stage where Sigmund
lay exhausted by the dying tire What
significance did it hold for her? Once
she had loved music, but now - The
girl shivered slightly, feeling that all
emotion lay dead in her heart. Hence
forth luxury, comfort, was to be her
desire. dancing up at the gallery
gods, where they leaned in ecstasy,
licr lip curled in memory <>f the times ;
when she, too. had sat there, contrast- !
lug those times unfavorably with her !
present position. And that cold little 1
room that she called home!
The man beside her could give nil 1
that heart could wish; the countless
resources of immense wealth lay at
his command. And tonight she had
been brought here that he might ask
her to share all this. Tamely she sat,
awaking h!- pleasure. For a moment
the irlrl's pride revolted. A hot flush
burned her face It had net been like
this when Randolph had hegged her to
wait for him.
"I love you. 1 love you!" he had said,
his clenr blue young eyes looking
straight into hers. "And when I have
won a home I shall come for you."
But that was u year and more ago
now. And matters hail been growing
steadily worse with her. First had
come the long illness, using tip her lit
tle board, then her difficult struggle to
resume work. How different every
thing would have been if her father
had only lived! Her mother was a
mere, vague, beautiful memory. There j
was only Aunt Klla left. And Auut
Ella, though she meant to be kind, was
not generous. Then Granville Whitta- !
ker had appeared on the scene and to
her aunt's unbounded triumph had j
been captured by the girl's high bred ;
beauty, 'ihereafter morning, noon and
night Aunt Ella had impressed upon i
her the duty of accepting this opporttf- [
nlty.
"Think of all you can do with such a !
fortune," she urged, 'all the people 1
you could help,' skillfully striking the
effective chords, "all the good you
could do." And Mabel, tired, exhaust
ed, felt her resistance breaking. A
month ago she had written Randolph
a few lines telling him that they were
too poor to marry; that an engagement
between them was not fair to either
(Aunt Ella's suggestion, this*. And
there had been no answer. Somehow
she hud not expected bim to let her go
quite so easily It was not like him.
Aunt Ella must be right in saying that
men forget lightly. She had waited,
hoping for she knew not what. But
now she felt that the crisis could be
put off no longer, and unemotionally
she awaited the crucial moment.
But In spite of herself the glorious,
wondrous harmonics sweeping through
the orchestra b> ;:m tu assert their an
clent sway. On the stage Sieglinde, all
in white, came creeping down the
stair, and Slegmuud prang to his feet.
The girl felt the starved sympathies
within her awakening And then, with
a sudden soft preluding of exquisite
sweetness, Slegnnmd broke Into the
full rush and swing »112 the -primi song,
"Winter Storms Now Wane to the
Winsome Moons."
The note« poured out In a very flood
of exultant Joyousness throat
contracted; her eyes glowed. "Thou art
the spring!" rang Sieglinde's rapturous
answer. And the girl, utterly obllvlou#
of all else, lent forward, her lips part
ed, her breath quickening, absorbed,
enthralled by the mighty weaving web
of melodies. Whittak« r spoke, but she
did not hear. Her aunt frowned. But
the girl, conscious only of a sudden
passion for outdoors, for the eternal
verities, for life, was beyond the reach
of criticism.
The curtain fell, and with a little
sigh Mabel came slowly back to earth.
A quick, cynical • urve marred her
mouth. Spring! What was spring
after all'? A cheat, an illusion of the
senses, a beautiful dream that inelteq
inevitably into the frosts and chill of
winter! There was no spring for her!
And then lie saw him. He stood in
the aisle, his eyes tixed on hers. Then
he moved toward the nearest door. As
She waitc I the girl became dully aware
that she w.i s trembling. Ihe elderly
beau ro •• t ■ !• i the box, and as he
passed out Randolph entered. I'nlieed
ful of the chill cl\ ility of Mrs. Wil
more's bow. C'ortright turned to the
girl.
"I went to your apartment, but they
told me that you had gone to the
opera," he said. "May 1 have a word
with you?"
Mrs WUruore's frown was porten
'
"I Min sure you can Lave nothing to
say to my uiece that any one may not
hear," she said, with stately politeness.
Cortrlght bowed.
"As you please. There ts certainly
nothing that 1 uiu ashamed of,"he
returned steadily. "Mabel, when your
letter came 1 was out on the range; it
was delayed some weeks before I re
reived It. After 1 tiad read It, for one
whole night 1 thought, thought harcii
then 1 took the first train east, And
I am going to take you hack wrtji roe.
I cannot risk losing you again " There
was a masterful ring in his words that
made the girl's Wart lean. 'Hiere were
men yet left in the world, thenj
"I have only this one night,** went
on Cortright. "Tomorrow' we must
return, for this Is a busy time. The 1
life is hard, yet It Is fine too. I—X do
not think It would be tew bard," vUt
fully, "And 1 love you! 1 love vou!
Nursl}" you know that," hid voice drop
ping to entreaty, "So come!" The cry ;
was as Insistent as the call of .primitive
man to his mate, and involuntarily©®
1 girl rose to her feet.
"Thou art the spring." she breathgi
echoing Slegllnde's cry, "the wprlng I
awaited!" All at once, In a sudden
Hash of pen cation, she understood that
she had grasped the wrong end of the
I truth It was the spring that was real.
Winter was but the sturdy guardian
that watched over the tender thing
while It ret slept in the earth'a warm
breast. Forgetful of Whtttaker*s
scowl, ber aunt's ang«-r, she moved
forward to where Cortrlght stood and,
lifting her eyes In a long loyal gase
laid her hand in his.
"1 am ready," she said simply. "Shall
we go?"
Am Odd Coincidence.
When grandpa arrived In Chicago
from London on a visit to his married
daughter in Wood lawn, says the Chl
cago llecord-Herald. he told with much
glee of his dealings with a New York
cabman who transferred him from the
steamer doctt to the railway station.
.When grandpa reached the Grand
Central and had his train for Chicago
pointed out to him he wm much
pleased with the progress of his suc
cess in eluding American sharks, about
which he had heard much, Having in
mind tbe strictly enforced or
dinances against overcharges by cab
men and forgetting for the moment his
new surroundings, he put his hand Into
his pocket, drew forth a fist full of sil
ver and. holding It out to Jehu, said:
" 'Ere, my boy. Just take out your
fare "
In this way, he sagely reasoned to
himself, he would avoid any unneces
sary exposure of his ignorance of
American rates and colps.
Grandpa had reached rhltMßtagedirlii"
narrative when the MacOonalds, his
daughter and h<r husband, began to
look a little anxious, but their uneasi
ness was lost on their vl9ltoi\ who
chuckled as he concluded the story by
saying:
"And, would you believe It, I 'ad |u»t
the riant change."
(liooaliiK the
"My dear. I have been reading up
within the past week, jmd I thiol* I
have a name for the baby." P«id Mrs.
Greening one day.
"You have, eh? What Is It V
"1 read that Phoebus, the god of day,
comes up bright and beautiful In the
morning, that lie lights the world, that
without him"
"Now, look here, madam. Let's have
no foolishness here. You can't call
that child by any such name. I»ld
Phoebus of history yell from 11 p. m.
to 3 a. m. and Intermittently from 3 to
7 o'clo<?k? 1 myself am doing the god
of day business In the matter of get
ting up, and I'm not going to divide
the honors. If you want a mythological
cognomen for that destroyer of rest,
I have It."
"What Is it?" asked Mrs. Greenfng,
with considerable asperity.
"Aurora!" brutally yelled Mr. G.
Then he left the house
Delight* of I'qunllty.
"Almost every man is a loser by be
lag elevated above the sphere to which
he is habituated." said the: late Senator
Morrill in discussing thg subject of
equality. "The word 'equal' is used very
freely in America, but Its real meaning
Is little understo-jfl. As a condition of
cold fact itn that whl<& ft men
of talent will seldom find among nls
superiors
"When the I>nke of Orleans proposed
to make Fontenelle perpetual president
of the Academx <>f Sciences hla reply
•was:
" 'Take not from me, my lord t the de
light of llvli g with my equals.*"
GIANTS OF THE PAST.
Som* That Were Thlrfy or Forty
Keel flitch, SO It IN Said.
The past was tnore prolific in the pro
duction of giants than the present. In
1830 one of these giants, who was ex
hibited at Rotten, was ten feet high,
and the giant (ialabra, brought from
Arabia to Home in the time of Clau
dius Caesar, was the same height.
Fanuum, who lived in the time of Eu
gene 11.. was eleven and one-half feet
in height.
The < hevalier Scrog in his journey to
the peak Tenerife found in one of the
caverns of that mountain the bead of a
giant who had sixty teeth and who was
not less than fifteen feet high. The
giant Faragus, slain by Orlando, the
nephew of Charlemagne, according to
reports, was twenty-eight feet high,
in IMI4 near St Oernad was found
the tomb of the giant Isolent, who was
not less than thirty feet high. In 1 .">9O
near Kouen was found a skeleton
whose head held a bushel of corn and
which was nineteen feet In height.
The giant Baert was twenty-two feet
high.
Tn H123 near the castle in Dauphine a
tomb was found thirty feet long, six
teen feet wide and eight feet high on
which were cut in graystone the words
"Kentolochus lie\." The skeleton was
found entire and measured twentv-flve
and one fourth feet high, ten feet
across the -boulders and five feet from
breastbone to the back.
P.lit France is not the only country
where giant skeletons have been tin
earthed. Near Palermo, Sicily, in
IMC, was found the skeleton of a giant
tliii-t\ f' t high and in I.ViO another
fori\ four i"<-<'t high. Near Magrlno.
on the same island, in 181<>. wus found
the sk< vt'>n of a giant of thirty feet
whose head was the size of a hogshead
and each tooth Ave ounces
New Yor'. Herald
In Praline of I nrkHfya.
, ni s are the best natured people
I.- ~ i'i ! sun. It is notorious thi**
big 1 n crowd is of all crowds In
the v u'ld ' ie most harmless and tb"
easie to manage Hut see them also
In tin i ordinary c<>:|.>. t ions, outside the
galle loor of a p .pular tlnater or
rro\\ i" the carriages of an exour
pi v hat fun anl kindness and
wh<>l' • e give and take! A delllje:
atel\ i i-!e or offensive cockney Is hard
ly to I met —G. S Street in Pall Mali
<Jue. ie.
' MAJESTIC SCENERY.
CURIOUS ROCK FORMATIONS ON THE
COLUMBIA RIVER.
The Pillars of Heronl«*». Two Plctur
eaque Ba NIT I TIC ( OIUIIIIIN, Itlue From
the Oregon Sl(l<> of the Stream.
To\\«»rlni{ Mountain IVaL*.
The person who gave tlie name I*ll
- Uifs of Uerctlles to two picturesque
I basaltic colnmus rising from the edge
3t' Hit* Columbia river, tn the Cascade
range, on the Oregon side of the river,
those a name that was peculiarly ap- j
propria te. One of the interesting nuts
whioh the geologists In this country
liovo tad to crack has been when and
' liovt" the majestic < 'ohiinbia burst
through the basaltic Cascade range und
I fouml Its way to the foaming margin
; i>| the Northern l'acitlo ocean. Who
luirws if the mighty Hercules— I who,
according to flic ancient Greeks, when
returning from the western kingdom
Of O«rjon tore asunder the European
ftftd African enhtiueuts In order that
| the waters of the Atlantic and the
Mediterranean might mingle did not
go beyond Erythia. (Jeryon's island
kingdom, and perforin a like service
for the Columbia river? It certainly
would h«ve been a feat worthy of his
prowess. The Columbia river, after
pursuing its placid way across the arid
wastes of land on the eastern side of
the Cascade range for nearly -<3O miles,
approaches the stately row of moun
tain peaks and pushes through between
the towering peaks, Mounts Hood and
Adams. After descending In a boiling
Cu«cade, from which It Is said that the
raoge of peaks derives its name, the
Columbia, or. as It has often been call
ed, the Oregon, rolls between ever
widening banks to the white bulwark
J erected by tli9 turbulent sea across Its
j mouth.
| One with a good strong arm couid
I throw a stone across the river at the
I point where It enters the portals of
| the mountains. Literally the river has
j turned Itself on edge in order to
i squeeze through. Some distance be
low this point the river pours over a
succession of rugg<*d ledges; then It
smilingly passes on Its way to the sea.
The scenery In this cut through the
mountains is thought by some to rival
In sublimity that to be found any
where M the world. Pinnacles of vol
canlo rock tower toward the heavens.
Oh them have lodged seeds carried
thither by the wind or birds. From
these seeds trees have germinated.
These ellng to the rocks with a remark
able tenacity, and some of them, one
would think, have a precarious living
00 toe Vejrf summit of one of these
fillers of Hercules a single repre
leotative of the evergreen trees which
SbouflO on the western slope of the
rnjyfrdes elevates its foliage with all
Impudent audacity and farcical
rtlmirmt I renews of a clown's stovepipe
There it stands as securely fas
fy&ad and its foliage as rukishly ln
ftmved as the hat on the clown's brow.
V'hat depth of soil it has In which to
plant its roots doubtless not many
Jtnow, for the ascent of the column has
Ktably been accomplished by few. It
laid "that in the early days of com
qjerce on the Columbia, when sailing
ghips plowed their way up the stream
Into the heart of the coUttUtfi }Ur<J
arms would often in
the branches of the trees which over
hung Ui# water. To the sailors after
their sojourn at sea it was like
entering paradise. Beautiful water
falls add to the charm of the scene.
They come pouring as If from the sky
over precipices B<>o feet high and, hid
den in mist, plunge into the serene
bosom of the great river.
There are a number of other striking
formations of basaltic columns besides
the nliars of Hercules. There are bat
tlemented castles, rounded domes and
a thousand rocks of other fantastic
6hapes. Uue group of pinnacles, down
which olftoerous small streams descend,
is callej Cape Horn. Dominating the
scene everywhere through this region
are the two extinct volcanoes, snow
capped carders of the pass, Mount Ad
ams on the north and Mount Hood on
the south.
The Indians haye a legend ns ( to the
In and Oat.
A prominent physician in ftnltfmor®
recently penetrated a witticism at his
Own eijtenae. It was late at night.
The doOtOP bad lost his night key; the
door wft«l4iioked, and the more he rang
the the more the suspicion
grew in n!s mind that some one had
chloroformed th» entire household.,
Finally, however, Ms x PW
aroused by a long ring of thft nsu.
Naturally she thought that there WHS
some one at the door who wished to
s*e the doctor and that, as the doctor
was out, she would herself have to
answer the summons, else the caller
would keep her awake for a long time.
Ro, hastily throwing a loose gown over
her nightdress, she hurried to the door.
Opening the door the least bit. in order
not to present her dishabille to an In
truding eye, she shouted through the
crack in a tone of sleepy impatience
• The doctor's out," and was about to
close the door when the t nhyslciaa
thrust one foot through, at the same
time exclaiming'
"Yes, I know the doctor's out, but he
wants to get in!"— Harper's Weekly.
FROM A WIFE'S DIARY.
A word to the wise Is resented.
Many are called, but few get up.
Where there's a will there's a law
suit.
Fools rush in and win—where angels
fear to tread.
Misery loves company, but company
does not reciprocate.
Love Is romantic. Matrimony Is de
eldedly a matter of fact.
Wfc,, we hear of other people's trou
bles tt reconciles us to our own.
We never know how good we are
goln® to be until the opportunity has
pas^fel
If foil bestow a favor forget it, but
If you receive one it is wise tore
memfljer.
Happiness is the greatest of tonics,
tiie best of cosmetics and the envy of
dyspeptics. Detroit Tribune.
lit* SH<l I.OK*.
"Darn the lu«'k' I lost a peach of ar
umbrella today."
"Yes, people don't seem to have anj
conscience about swiping umbrellas
di<f'you lose it^"
"Well, it was standing against th»
wall in the restaurant. I kept my ey<
on it"—
"You bet you have to! Well?"
"And Just as I was getting up tin
fellow that owned it came along an<
took it!" Cleveland Leader.
( lil>-k«-n«.
"Does lie think there is any monej
lo raising chickens?"
"Yes; lie s'ivs for every grain the]
give s p< ik " Vale Record.
"FiiKlinh »»* Sli«» I« SpoUe."
I>wnloy Do you take your breakfas
downtown? Quibble Yes, but I eat 1
at bote«? - Hostuu TraiuicrlDt
MYSTERY OF DREAM 9.
fli r- Woudrr* th«- llrttln SfM In «!•
Fraction of n gerand.
It Is not unusual to hoar one sa> that
ho has been dreaming about something
all night. when possibly his < I renin oc
cupied only a very short time. Many
attempts have been made to measure
the time occupied In u dream, and too
onls appear from time to time In tbo
papers showing that often elaborate
ones occupy but a few seconds. The
following incident 1s told by a gentle
man who vouches for its accuracy]
He was engaged one afternoon with
D clerk in verifying some long columns
fpf figures that had been copied from
one book to The numbers,
representing amounts in dollars and
cents, were composed of six or seven
figure* l - The clerk would read, for In
stance. "Fourteen, one forty two,
twelve, making the amount of sl4 r
142.12. and the gentleman would an
swer. "< "heckto Indicate that the
copy was correct Page after page had
been read as rapidly <is the words
could be uttered, each number receiv
ing the • check " The work was drowsy,
and it was with difficulty he could
keep his eyes open.
Finally sleep overcame him. and he
dreamed dreamed of an old horse be
had been accustomed to drive twenty
flve or thirty years ago He could not
recall any special Incident connected
with the dream except the locality and
the distinct -dght of the horse and of
the buggy to which he had driven htni.
He awoke suddenly and, as u number
was ended, called "Check." He was
conscious of having slept and of hav*
lng dreamed and said to the clerk:
"Clutriie. I have been asleep How
many of those numbers have I uilsa
ed?" "None." he replied. "You hiwe
checked every one" Close question
ing developed the fact that of the tig
tires sl-4.142.12 he had heard the four
teen and the twelve, but had slept and
dreamed during the time occupied In
rapidly uttering the words "one forty
two." He tried by reading other num
bers to measure the time and thinks it
could not have been more than half a
second.
Another story is told of a man who
sat before his lire in a drowsy condi
tion. \ draft blowing across the
room set a large photograph on the
mantel to swaying A slender vase
was in front of it, and the man re
members wondering In a mood of
whimsical indifference, whether the
picture would blow forward and send
the vase to the floor.
Finally a gust of wind did topple the
picture, and it struck the vase. The
man remembers having been curiously
relieved in his state of drowsiness that ;
at last the -old tiling was going to fall
and be done with it."
Presently he was in the midst of a j
complicated business transaction In a
western \ miles away. All the de
tails of a new and unheard of scheme i
were coin : g forth from his lips, and a
board of directors was listening. The
scheme prospered. He moved his fam- '
ily west Fragments of the Journey
thither and glimpses of fhe line house
he bought came before his vision.
A crash woke him. The vase had
struck tie t!oor He had dreamed an j
unlived t : :'c . ivering years, and all In j
the tinu- it took for the vase which he ;
had se«»n t ppiit - before he fell asleep i
to fall ' e and break Youth's
Companion.
%l a |»n •» •• *•* of llphulv.
Professor Okakura of Tokyo in a
lecture delivered In this country said
that the Japanese ideal of feminine
beauty \aried a little between Tokyo
and Kioto, but on the whole the Japa
nese con idered that a woman should
not exceed live feet ill height, should
have a < imperatively fair skin and
be well .level iped. should have long,
thin and h-t back hair, an oval face,
with a ih'.ov straight nose, rather
large ev"< ncirh black thick eye
lashes, a sin.>ll mouth hiding behind
red full lips, even i m'.-s of small white
teeth, ears not altogether small, thick
eyebrows nd i nedi'iin forehead,
from will' li the hair should grow in
circular or Fujiyama shape—that is. a
shape recalling the truncated cone of
the famous volcano.
\ \\>i> in lie I<>r I.
"While 11. Ic herto sworn otT
smoking as i N"« Y irpledge which
has uev;r l-e.-ii 1 t. *a d a Fniversa!
ist minister at ihe Jewelers' club din
ner in ( 'hi' au • ■ me* years ag •, "this
night, with a be in fill smoking set as
H souvenir, I li-.n:ghl to me the de
termlnation t> in >i.e new pledge that
I can keep lo si oke as long as I live."
William ! "cr Williams was the
toastmastei Ihad been
scratched rv In the broffl
er. W hen t a. • r v..i» seated .Mr.
Williams sii '. When I reflect upon
the unchiirlialileness of my brother in
what he said about me. I am con
strained tow older will in making that
resolution smol.e as long as he lived
he nccessai I; d'ew the line at Ills
death " Ev-r» 1 nil\ ••
Olil Time I'onlrovfrtlM.
Old time . nitre* ersies were often
vlgorou iin language In a controversy
with Milton concerning the divine
right of king* Salniasins called his o|i
ponent a pun* piece ot a mail, a ho
uiuik uliis. a <" .rf not having a hn
man hgure. a bloodless lieing. a crea
ture ot skin and bones, a contemptible
pedagogue li' ■ niv to boys, a rhi
noceros, a htin-doK looking fellow. The
great Knglisl, not only answered
in kind, but entered into an extensive
correspondence wilh people In Holland
to obi ain pel I \ u-is- i | and scandalous
nnecdotes coi ei-nim." his opponent.
J J. BROWN
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Stoves. Heaters,
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JOHN HIXSON
NO. 119 £. FRONT ST.
BOATING ON THE NILE.
Tb» PllotN Hun Axrouod Two or
Three 'llmen h Day.
Navigation on tin* Nik' is not HO com
(fleeted a matter us upon the north
Atlantic, writes Alonzo Clarke Hobin
sou In Outing. l'o run at full speed
upon a sand bar is an occurrence of
such frequency as hanlly to elielt a
«*»miiient from tin* passengers. The
crew take more interest because they
are obliged to push the boat off again
with poles, and this entails a great
amount of shouting and some work.
The Nile below the first cataract is a
fairly broad, nimbly river, flowing be
tween deposed banks varying from
»lx to eight to twenty to thirty feet In
fielglit. Its surface is interrupted ev
erywhere by sand spits and Islands
upon which are to be seen thousands
of birds. The channel, if such it can
bo called, winds from one 'dde to the
other and changes completely with ev
ery flood; hence even the best pilots
run aground two or three times n day.
It is, of course, impossible to proceed
at night, and each day's voyage comes
to an end wherever darkness happens
to overtake one The boat's nose is
simply run plump on the bank, two
men leap out and drive stakes to which
to make fast, and there you are for the
night. A very simple and effective
method, without any ostentation and
requiring very little knowledge of
mathematics; it has also the advantage
of variety. Sometimes one finds one
self alone beneath the wonderful
Egyptian moon lighting up the river,
the distant cliffs an.l the silent, empty
plain, or perhaps one stops near some
little native village, in which case the
bank is lined with silent, curious flg
ures. w ho crouch for hours wrapped in
their white cloth coverings. Once we
tied up beside a lonely brick kiln. The
sight was a weird one The red flare
or the furnace, fed with sugar cane,
cast Intermittent flashes of light into
the night, in and out of which moved
black half naked natives, while over
head was the cloudless, star lit sky of
I Egypt.
OUR INAUGURAL OATH.
It la tlie Shortcut mill Minplent Tak
en hy Any Muter.
The oath of office taken by the in
coming president of the I'nlted States
is the shortest and the simplest re
quired of any ruler on earth. It is pre
scribed by the constitution and is as
follows:
"1 do solemnly swear (or affirm) that
I will faithfully execute the office of
president of the T'nited States, and, to
the best of my ability, protect, preserve
and defend the constitution of the Unit
ed States."
This oath is slowly repeated by the
president elect after the chief Justice
of the supreme court, in the presence of
the public tipou a platform erected in
front of the main door on the eastern
side of the capitol. While the oath is
being repeated the president elect and
the chief Justice face each other and
hold with their right hands between
them a Bible furnished by some person
Interested or especially procured for
the occasion, which becomes the prop
erty of the president after it has been
appropriately inscribed and sealed by
the chief clerk of the supreme court.
At the close of the oath the president
elect bows his hen«l and kisses the open
page of the book, and It has been cus
tomary for him or for his wife or a
friend to select some appropriate pas
sage at which the book shall be opened
and the verse upon which he shall press
his lips Sometimes, when those inter
ested forget or neglect to choose a pas
sap?. the liible Is opened at random,
but the clerk of the supreme court is
always careful to note and mark the
exact, place where the lips touched the
page —'l 'hicago Keciril Herald.
Hon to Meet S!ran«e I>O«N.
If a strange dog chances to cross
your path speak kindly to him instead
of using the boot. Ihe magic power of
the voice may save you from a l ite.
And never shrink from a dog that
jumps toward you. I hat would be an
exhibition of fear that lie is apt to take
advantage of. Stand your ground, greet
him kindly Mid, above all things, never
run away from hliu.
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A DEEP SEA GLUTTON.
Thin Mnrlne W Imril CBU Swallow m
Kiitli l ivlif l«* Own Sli».
"That on*' animal can devour another
twice its own size at a single swallow
Is a statement that may seem as In
credible as any flsh story ever Invent
ed," writes I»r. Sanderson Chrlstleon.
"Nevertheless it is true of certain flsh
es. So far as known such fishes are In
habitant of the deep seas, where utter,
darkness perpetually prevails, with an
unvarying temperature almost as cold
as Ice and a pressure ranging, accord
ing to depth, from a quarter to three or
four tons upon every square Inch of
their body surface. The deep sea Is
commonly regarded as commencing
where the rays of sunlight cease to
penetrate, which is estimated to be less
than I.I'HO feet below the surface, and
may extend to twenty times that dls
tame or even much more, down to the
bottom of the ocean. Fishes have been
dredged from below 12,000 feet.
"A deep sea fish, the t'htnsinoflus ni
cer, six and five-eighths of an Inch
long, lias been found to have swal
lowed another fish ten and a half Inch
es long The stomach of the devourer
Is stretched as thin as gold beater's
skin. It has sharp, hooked teeth, which
j cross each other from opposite sides of
the mouth and usually point backward.
According to (lunther, the fish after
having seized Its victim with its capa
clous and very movable Jaws partly
presses It down as a snake would do
and partly draws Itself over It. The
s prey Is received into an esophagus and
stomach the membranes of which are
as extensible as an india rubber pouch,
I The stomach when empty is contracted
and folded up and projects but little
below the abdomen.
"When a deep sea fish is to
5 the surface, how gradually and careful
soever, its bones are often like so much
touchwood and its muscles like rotten
| pulp, while its eyes are burst from Its
1 sockets and its viscera are often blown
out of the body cavity by the expan
sion of the air bladder. It frequantiy
happens that deep sea fishes are found
floating helplessly on the surface of
the ocean with large prey In their
stomachs. Their appearance under
these circumstances Is accounted for
by the efforts of their struggling vic
tims to escape from their Jaws, caus
ing them to ascend beyond the horizon
tal zone which they usually Inhabit.
"Deep sea fishes are commonly black
or dark brown. But, although It Is
claimed that light Is essential to the
formation of colors, some deep sea
fishes are scarlet In parts or uniform
red or rosy. Others are silvery white,
while, according to Alcock, the neo
copelus Is 'one dazzling sheen of pur
ple and silver and burnished gold,
amid- which is a sparkling constellation
of luminous organs.' "
COPIED FROM ANIMALS.
Many human devices are copied from
animals.
The woodpecker has n powerful little
trip hammer.
The jaws*of the tortoise and turtle
are natural scissors.
The framework of a ship resembles
the skeleton of a herring.
The squirrel carries a chisel In his
mouth and the bee the carpenter's
plane.
The gnat fashions Its eggs In the
shape of a llfelH>at. You cannot sink
them without tearing them to pieces.
The diving bell Imitates the water
spider. It constructs a small cell under
the water, clasps a bubble of water be
tween its legs, dives down Into its sub
marine chamber with the bubble, dis
placing tile water gradually until its
abode contains a large, airy room sur
rounded by water.
FCMED OAK Ffrrrxis.
rather five single windows in u group,
let it. plenty of licht A quaint old
time effect is afforded by the small
panes of ghiss The loug window seat
is upholstered in red leather The
chairs are treated in Hie same fashion.
D handsome stone fireplace lends di«
uity to the room and a rich Persian
carpet gives a warui look to the hard
wood «'.ors I>K LA HAI ME.
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LA' K A WANNA KAILKOAU.
BLOOMSBORU DIVISION
W EST
A. M. A. M A M. I*. V ,
New York Iv 2 o<i .... 10 OC 140
P. M
Scranton. ar til? I 51
112. M
Buffalo ... IV 11 HO 245 ....
A.M.
Hcranlon AR 55H 1" US ....
A. M. A. M. P. M. P. B
.Scranton lv TT So *lO 10 fl 56 *6 85
Bellevue »«««»■
Taylor 6» 10 17 2UB 644
L,ackawanna 6 51) 10 24 210 650
Duryea 663 10 2FC 313 053
Pittston 658 10 33 217 657
Susquehanna Ave 701 10 87 2 LIT T> sft
West I'lttMtiiU 705 10 41 228 702
Wyoming.... .. 710 10 4T> 227 707
FORTY Fort 281 ....
Bennett 717 10 52 284 714
K ltjgntou Rr 724 10 5# 2 4') 720
Wilken-Barre ar 710 UlO 250 780
Wiikes-Barre IT "10 10 10 2 '!'? 710
Kingston IV 724 10 56 210 720
Plymouth June
Plymouth 785 II 05 24k 7 25*
Nanllcoke 748 11 18 258 7;A7
Huijloi;K'B 749 11 1H 80b 748
Shlckstilnny HOI 1181 82C 758
Hicks Ferry .... Hll (11 48 880 f»O3
Beach llaven 819 1148 IN 809
Berwick 827 1164 844 817
Brian-ret k f8 32 .. .. fa 50 ...
Willow Urove ft> 38 .... fHS4 fH 34
Lime Kidge 84U fl2 0» 8 U 18 28
Espy 846 12 15 iO6 884
Hloomsbnrg..,. 858 12 22 412 840
ttupert 857 12 20 415 845
Catawlssa.. 9U2 12 82 432 850
Danville » 15 118 4.« 905
Cameron 924 RI2 67 448
Northumher"D ar 935 110 455 980
KAST
A VI. A M P. U. M
Nortnumnerl' *845 tiooo TL ou *526
Cameron 857 f< OI 112
Danville .. 707 10 I" 1 648
I'atawlHNa 721 10 82 2TI 558
Kupert 7 21) 10 87 228 li 01
Bloomsburg 733 10 4) 238 005
Kspy 788 10 4b 240 613
L-DME Ridge 744 flO 61 F2 46 IB 20
Willow Orova... f7 48 F2 50
Brlarcreeu 7 52 f2 J8 (8 27
Berwick 757 11 05 258 684
Beech Haven 805 fll 12 803 641
Hick* Kerry 811 fll 17 809 647
Shlckslllnuy 822 11 81 420 f6 59
liunlock'H 838 . 881 HO9
Nar.ticoke 886 1144 418 714
Avotulale 841 is 42 722
Plymouth 815 115J 847 F72»
Plymouth June....... 817 .... 852 .. .
K1: . A ton ar 855 11 59 LOO 788
WIIHOH- Barre ar 910 12 10 110 750
Wilkes- Barre Iv 840 11 40 450 730
Kingston.... IV 856 1158 100 738
LUZERNE 868 Al2 02 (08 742
Forty Fort F9 00 ... . 407 ....
Wyoming »05 12 08 412;7 48
Wen I Plttstou 910 417 753
Susquehanna Ave. ... 'IS 12 14 420 756
Fituton 919 12 17 424 801
I >uryea 9 2*l 129 8 06
Lackawanna 926 482 810
Taylor »»2 140 8 17
ilellevue.
Scranton .... ar 942 12 85 450 825
A. M. P. M F.M
Scranton Iv 10 25 t' ss 1110
A. M
Buffalo I>R .... 755 .... 700
A. M. P. M P.M A.M
Scranton ...IV 10.10 12.40 {8 35 *2
P.M. P.M P.M A.
New York ar 830 500 735 050
•Dally, F Dally except Sunday,
stops on signal or on notice to conduoio
a Stops on signal to take on passeugeri for
New York. Binghamton and points west.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAO,
TIME TABLE
In Effect Nov. 29th, 1904.
A.M. (A.M.,KM. I
Scranton(l)&H)lv <JO S» t7! IIS J4
Pittston " " 706 fll 15 §2 10 5 63!
A.M P.M. P.M!
Wilkesbarre,.. Iv \. M 510 35 | 245 58 00'
Plym'th Ferry " 4 725110 42 f2 52 ffl "7
Nanticoke " 732 10 50 301 17
Mocanauua ...." 712 11 07 32N 63,
Wapwallopen.. " 801 11 10 331 847
Neseopeck AR 810 11 20, 342 700
A.M.' A.M. £->1
Potlsville.... { . IV 5 SFI :»11 55 _
Hazleton • ' 7 of> ...... 245 £2 4._>
Totnhicken "| 7 22 ! 305 3 oi>
Fern Glen " 721 315 815
Kock (lien "| 7 >5 322 3 22
Neseopeck . .. ART 8 02 ! ......
Catawlssa...... | j 400 4 00l .
I 4. M A.M IP.M. P M|
Neseopeck Iv' s 818!J 11 20 342 :7 o<l
Creasy " 83' IL 3TI! 352 709
Espy Ferry... ' fS T 11 40 I 402 7 2»|
E. Hlooiusburg " 847 11 50: 406 7 2.)
C'atnwissa Iv 855 11 57 413 732
South Danville " 9on 12 lo| 431 751
Sunbury....... ar #35 12 40 455 8 15|
A.M. P.M. P. M P.M
Sunbury....... IV || 8 42 sl2 48 § 5 18 Y 53
Lewisburg. ... ar 10 13 140 548 ......
Milton " 10 08 139 ! 54410 14
W illlamsport.. " 11 00 1 41: TI 40 10 00
Lock Haven... " 1159 2 20J 7 37J
Kenovo "A. M. 3 00| 830
Kane " 826 J
P.M. P.M.
Lock Haven..lv jl2 10 .1 3 45 . .
Bellefonte ....ar; 1 05 U 4 44 ....
Tyrone "I 2 10 3 600
Phllipsburg "| 6109 802 ■
Clearfield.... "I 654S 845
Pittsburg.... "J 6 55 1111)46
A.MT P.M. P.M. P M
Sunbury Iv 950 § 1 •> 10 J8 31
Harrlshurg.. .. ar 11 30 } 8 15] 6 50J 10 10
P. M. P. M. P. M. A M
Philadelphia., ar § 3 17 1 8 23 || 9 28 4 23
Baltimore "J§ 311 600 9 220 ......
Wao'niugton ..." S4 20 7 16 10 55 330 ......
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Sunbury Iv $lO 00 §2 15 1 Jc.
Jc. ar 11 45 405
Pittsburg •• 655 §lO 45
A.M. P, M. P. M. P M
Ilarrisburg.... Iv II 46 I 6 20 I| 7 20 HLO'IL
P. M. A M. A. M. A M
Pittsburg ar 6 55!LL 160.il 150 . 5 30;
P. M.J P M A Mi AM]
PltUburg IV 710 9 00! 3.00 '8 00 ....
RA. M A i>l , P M
Harrlfiborg.... ar 200 4 251 II 25 310
Plttebuig IV 9 00, S 8 00 ....
A.M. PM
L.ewißtown J3. .! • 7 30J 5 3 00 ....
Sunbury ar J; 8 20! ; 4 60 ....
P. M A M A MAM!
Washington... Iv. 10 4U 'I 7 5o 10 50 ....
Baltimore " 11 IN' 440 840 11 4,> ....
Philadelphia... "| ,11 4O 4 25; .830|U 40 ....
A. M A MJA. M. PM|
llarrisburg Iv 3 3'l > 7 5."1 ;LL 40 G 3 25!....
Sunbury ar 6 o<l 19 30 108 G 6 131 ..
!P. M.J A M A M J
Plttaburg I\ ;I2 46 3 00 ; 8 00
Cleartield.... " ( 3 30: 920 ••••
Fhilipsburg.. " | 4 25! 10 Hj- • -
Tyrone " 7OT »H 10 12 25.• •• •
Bellefonte.. "I 8 1(. 932 120 ....
Lock Haven ar 9 15: 10 30 2 10j-««-
P.M. A MA M I'M!
Krle IV.| 5 35 1
Katie, " 8 4>' If t> 00,
Kenovo "! 11 50 ; ti 4O: 10 30 J 1 18 •••
Lock Haven.... "i 12 88 7 30' 11 25! 250 ■•••
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Williamsport .. "I 20 8 25; JLA 40
Milton •' 2 231 913 125 4 •••
Lewisburg " \ 805 115 4 ••••
Sunbury ar 3 3»j 945 164 I 6 !••••
M. A MP M P M
Sunbury Iv li 45 {955t "00 5Z5
South Danville" 7 11 '0 17 221 650 •••■
Catawlssa " 32 10 £5 236 808 •"*
LBloomsburg.. ' 10 43: 2 431 e 15 •••*
Espy Ferry —" 42 110 47 f# IY ; ""
Creasy " 52 1» 6« 2 651 6 ST,"*-
Neseopeck " 02 11 0»j 3o > 0 4t.i• •• •
AM A M P. M. I
Catawlssa I\ 10 88
Neseopeck Iv 828 8505 PJJ ,••••
Kock Olen ar II 22 '••••
Fern <»len " Nsl 11 28| 532 ; 705 ••••
Touibicken " 858 11 8H 538 7•>
Hazleton " 919 1157 5 59 ( 7 ;{4 -• • •
Pottsvllle '• 10 15 160 655 74.
A M AM P M 8 ° 6 |
Neseopeck Iv 5 8 02 ,11 06 S 3 A"> •••
WA|:wallopen..ar 8 li' 11 80 3 20, J» M ••••
Moi'anaqua .... " 831 II 32 330 ; g 4(1 ••••
Nanticoke .... " 854 11 64 349 ••••
P M' ! 701
Plym'th Ferry I 902 12 03 357 7 LS , ....
Wilksbarie ..." 910 12 LO 405
A M P M P M ' 7
Pittstoiu I>,V 11) ar ;9 89 112 29 \4 60 ....
-4cnu>ton " " 10 08! 108 •
Weekdays. I Daily. 112 Flag station.
Pullman Parlor and Sleeping OARS run on
through trains between SNR>bury, Williamsport
and Erie, between Sunbnry BU.I Philadelphia
and Washington and between Harrisburg, Pitts
burir and the West.
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