Rose Time
By
MARGARET RICHARDS
Cc,->ynght, 1905. by McCiure. Phillips 6c Co.
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Every morning at half past 11 Aunt
Martha opened the side door and came
down the path betweeu the verbenas
and sweet Williams.
"Edith!" she called. "Edith!"
"Coming. Aunt Martha," you said.
Then you auehored your fairy boat
(which was really a hammock) under
the big old elm and scampered down
the path, your light braids bobbing be
hind you.
"Roses for dinner. Aunt Martha?"
you asked joyfully.
Always the same. Though she called
you every morning and though you
saw the little white basket on her arm,
you had always to ask the same ques
tion. ' Roses for dinner. Aunt Martha?"
She just stood smiling at you, and
you took the little white basket proud
ly. Very straight and proper you were
as you walked down the garden path
shoulders back, toes out, light braids
bobbing serenely.
"Do not loiter," she had said, and you
did not, although Guy, your huge New
foundland playfellow, raced after you
down the path.
"Not now. Guy." you said primly, and
he dropped his stick aud followed you
.sedately. Down the wide path between
the h /llyhocks you went, across the
bridge below the lawn, stopping a min
ute by the water to cool your flushed
face and watch the ripples sparkling
lu the sunshine. Guy looked at you ex
pectantly. all ready for a plunge, but
you shook your head reprovingly. "No
sticks at rose time, Guy!" Then along
the wide sunny road and In at the
"other Aunt Martha's" through the lit
tle white gate that was always open
for you.
The "other Aunt Martha" was th«
most wonderful person you knew.
Even now, sometimes, when your own
little Rirl 1 >rings you roses and you bury
your face in their fragrant depths and
close your eyes, you can see the "other
Aunt Martha" as you used to see her,
her little cap on her gray curls, stand
ing among her roses in the golden sun
light of that long ago. The bees hum
med among the blossoms, a little breeze
stirred the bushes, and a shower of pink
petals dropped silently. You walked
softly down the narrow path between
the r »ses to where, her arms full of
fragrant pink blossoms, she waited,
smiling, for you.
But there came days when you did
not g) after the roses, and you hid in
the long grass when Aunt Martha call
ed yon. That was the awful time of
your great disobedience and its dread
ful result.
When it was afternoon and you were
tired of playing with Guy or sailing in
the fairy boat and the sun shone in
slanting gdden beams through the
twisted branches, you sat on the porch
In your little chair. Your frock was
the color of the little white clouds; your
sash was as blue as the sky. You were
very clean and proud and beautiful as
you rooked and rocked and rocked.
Aunt Dora stood in the open doorway
with a letter in her hand and eyed you
doubtfully.
"Let me take It, Aunt Dora," you
cried, springing up from your little
chair. It was fine for a little girl to
walk down to the postoffice all alone,
Just as though she were grown up.
Aunt Dora still looked doubtful. "It
Is a very important letter," she said,
and then all her face went pink like the
roses in her belt.
You looked and pondered.
"Why do people's faces go like
roses?" you asked.
"Do they?" she asked and laughed,
and then she laughed again and kissed
you, and you went down between the
hollyhocks, carrying the letter proudly
In your hand.
Aunt Dora was not married like Aunt
Martha. She was a beautiful princess,
and some day a fairy prince would
and she would go away with liira
In a golden coach-
Over the hills and far away.
Beyond their utmost purple rims.
That was from the book she read
you on Sundays. You had looked and
looked, but you had never seen the pur
ple rims. All the hills you knew had
trees on them and were green. Per
haps they rn.glit look different from
the river. You were usually a good
little girl, and you knew that good lit
tle girls minded their aunties, and you
had been forbidden togo down by the
river, but you suddenly felt that you
must sec those purple runs.
Down you went, along the close crop
ped grass, out on the large, fiat, slip
pery rock, and then it happened—how
you never knew- that you were in the
water, and theu Guy was in the water,
too, tugging at your frock; then you
and Guy were both nil wet and safe
and dripping on the shore.
"The important letter—get that, too,
Guy!" you cried, pointing to a white
speck drilling ciov.n the stream. But
Guy only leaped and h rked and licked
your face with his great rough tongue.
ItctributVon had come swiftly, fasten
ing its grim hand on you and shadow
lug all your little world. "What would
they say?" you wondered numbly, drag
ging wet, heavy little feet across the
lawn and up between the hollyhocks
and throrgh the slanting golden bars
of si:nlij.'ht oil the p >reh.
"P.less me!" cried Aunt Martha.
"What has happened to the child?"
And you stood with shamed, bowed
head while tie water from your frock
■dripped in little brown rivulets across
the golden bars and Guy leaped and
barked around you and confessed the
♦itory of your di-obedience.
Suddenly, swiftly. Aunt Dora bent
ar 1 clasped \ >u in her warm,
I>. ..g twins and he.d your little wet
i.e..a again U her breast, and as she
W.s-ed juu ,iud el.: jied you close you
felt hot tears dropping on your cold
112 ..ce.
How you loved her! Later, when you
lay ail warm anJ u.y and comfy in
your little bed, sin-* < auie again.
"Did you mail t'.e 1 tier, dear?" she
whispered soft!. ;...d because you
loved her dearly :";d b;«ca>: e she might
be unhappy if she knew . ,_>ut the im
portant letter you nodded your small
head "Yes."
How that little word haunted you in
the days that followed! It peeped at
you from between the hollyhocks; it
trembled in the sunbeams stealing
through the trellised leaves; it stared
at you when you flung yourself, face
downward, in the long, quivering grass.
The daisies nodded it; the birds sang
It; you cared no longer even to play
with Guy.
You were unhappy, but Aunt Dora
was unhappier still. Her sweet face
was white and sad; soft, dark shad
ows lay tinder her dear eyes.
You pondered.
Was it possible that an important
totter, swept downstream, could trou
bio one even though one did not know?
You would ask Mr. Nelson.
Mr. Nelson never laughed at you.
That was why you like<l him. He did
not laugh now as you stood, a tired,
anxious little figure at his oltice door,
while all around you whirred and
clanged the machinery of his great
mills.
"Suppose an important letter were
lost. Would it matter even if one did
not know?" you asked.
Afterward, when you had been putin
a big chair by the open window and
had something nice and cool to drink,
you made it clearer.
Mr. Nelson listened with never a
word until you had quite finished, aud
when he did speak lif had a queer, fun
ny little catch in his voice.
"It might have made a difference, a
very great difference," he said.
Then when he saw how bravely you
tried to hold back the tears that would
come lie took your hand in his and
squeezed it hard.
"1 am very grateful to you for coin
ing to me." he said gravely, quite as
though you were a real young lady.
And then Mr. Nelson drove you back
home ag iin in his high, shiny cart, aud
you sat tip very straight and proper
beside him, while Guy ran panting be
hind.
Aunt Dora was waiting between the
hollyhocks, and when she saw you and
Mr. Nelson her face, which had been
white and anxious, grew suddenly a
beautiful pink.
"Oh:" she said and held out her
hands and then dropped them again.
With one great living leap Mr. Nel
son was <>, t of the high cart and in the
path beside her, holding her hands
tight in both his own.
"Dora, Dora, my dearest girl!" he
said brokenly. "Is it true that you
wrote? Is it true that it was 'yes'
after all?"
Then you clambered out of the cart
as best you could and scampered with
Guy across the grass to the big old
elm. How happy you were! You sang;
you danced: you raced with Guy; you
sailed in the iairy boat to isles of shim
mering green.
Out of the corner of your eye you
saw the side door open, and Aunt Mar
tha came down between the verbenas
and sweet Williams. She had a little
white basket on her arm.
"Edith! Edith!" she called.
"Coming. Vunt Martha." you said.
Hcyoinl His Expectation*.
When the first edition of Thomson's
"Seasons" came out the poet scut a
copy, handsomely bound, to Sir Gilbert
Elliott of Miuto, afterward lord jus
tice clerk, who had shown him great
kindness.
Sir Gilbert showed the book, which
was really a credit to the publisher, to
his old gardener, who was a relation of
Thomson's. The old man took it in
his hands, turning it over and over and
gazing at it in evident admiration. Sir
Gilbert asked:
"Well. David, what do you think of
James Thomson now? There's a book
that will make him famous all the
world over and immortalize his name."
David, looking first at Sir Gilbert and
then at the book, replied proudly:
"In truth, sir, it i> a grand book. I
did no think the lad had ingenuity
euow to ha done sic a neat piece of
handicraft as that."
•And without a giance inside the hand
some covers the gardener handed the
book back to his employer, repeating
his surprise that his poor poetical rela
tive should have attained to such
praisewortlr work.
firitiili Sailor'* <|«ialiflcalion*.
We are so often told that the service
is going to the dogs that it is quite re
freshing to find naval matters, even in
Nelson's day.in a hopeless muddle.
This one gathers from a satirical list of
qualifications for an admiralty appoint
ment at the end of the eighteenth cen
tury :
"lie should know nothing of a ship.
"He should never have been to sea.
"He should be ignorant of geography.
"He should be ignorant of naval tac
tics.
"He should never attend ofliee until 4
in the afternoon.
"He should be unfit for business
every day.
"He should be very regular in keep
lug olficers waiting for orders.
"He should not know a bumboat
from a three decker.
"His hair should always be well
dressed.
"And his head should be empty!"
The desired man must have been
found. Within a few years the battle
of St Vincent. 1h • battle of the N'ile
and the battle of Trafalgar had been
fought.—London Chronicle.
What lie Seeina.
"Who Is that youngster?" asked the
visitor to the sanctum.
"That," replied the editor, "is just the
new office boy."
"Oh, his face seemed familiar"—
"Perhaps It is, but his manner is more
so."— Philadelphia Press.
Too Methodical.
Hicks—My wife is very methodical.
Fhe's always git a place for every
thing and everything In its place.
Wicks—So has mine, but I can never
find the place.
If we rig' tjy estimate what we call
good and evil we shall find It lies much
fn comparison.—Locke.
Why *•» Lee* Were Invented.
The origin of the skee, which may
roughly be described as a snjwshoe so
long that the sole extends far beyond
the toe and heel, was purely practical.
It was designed to make communica
tion possible between village and vil
lage or town and town in northern Eu
rope after a heavy fall of snow. The
skate can only be tis<>d on ice. but the
skee is available wherever there is
plenty of snow t » traverse. A forward
movement of the lower part of the
body gives you a start, and you then
slip along with :t raising your feet
from the ground, so that the track
forms two parallel lines. Even uphill
good progress can be made, aided by a
long tick or a stick in cither hand.
Tile Word Derrick.
The word < e:-rick for u machine used
to lift heavy weights Is curiously de
rived from a London hangman in the
beginning of the seventeenth century
whose name was Theodoric and who Is
often mentioned in old plays. "lie
rides circuit with the devil, and Der
rick must be his host, and Tyborne the
Inn at which he will light" occurs In
"The Bellman of London," published
in 101(5. The name tints corrupted
came afterward to be applied, by an
easy transition, to the gallows and lat
er still to any frame or contrivance re
sembling it in shape.
Polled Down.
"Blinks has a perfect mania for ron
denslng everything. Did you hear how
he proposed V"
' "No."
"He held up an engagement ring be
fore the girl's eyes and said 'Eh?' "
"And what did she say?"
"She hist ni*ld"d "
*>' V
• • / ID •
(jiving liim a
Show By \ B EWls
Copy-Ight, 1'."15, by K. A. Whitehead
There were only tliirty days between
Lis graduating at West Point and his
arrival at Fort Concho, and he was
only a boy of twenty-one at that.
Things w< re at loose ends at the fort.
The eoloiu 1 wa> away on leave with
three or four other ollieers, there was
much sickness among the troops, and
the hundred infantrymen able to do
duty were almost in a state of mutiny
owinji to a general laxity of discipline
and the fact that they had not been
paid off for four months. The arrival
of tin- boy lieutenant under the circum
stances was hooted at.
Hoy Blisstiekl had been assigned to
Company E, and he soon discovered
that his captain was paying more at
tention to whisky and poker than to
discipline and that the worst men in
the fort seemed to be members of his
company, lie was told togo in and
straighten the men out, but his first
move showed him that hi' had his hands
full. They were sullen, uncivil and dis
obedient, and the young oflieer found
himself almost helpless. lie should
have been loyally backed by the non
commissioned officers; but, aside from
the orderly sergeant, none gave him
open support. Indeed, the ringleader
appeared to be the second sergeant,
and after a few days it was realized
that until his influence was removed no
improvement in the morale of the com
pany need be looked for.
"I wouldn't fret over it." replied th<:
easy Koimr raptaiu when complaint was
made to him. "We are at peace with
the Indians, the weather is infernally
hot, and the men are short of rations
and pay. Let them take things easy
for awhile. They'll be feeling better by
and by."
That was the Fort Concho way thai
summer, but it was not what the young
officer had been taught at West Point
The men knew that they had him at a
disadvantage, and they made tilings as
unpleasant as they could. They were
sent to the guardhouse by the hall
do::en. only tj be released next morn
ing on their plea to the commander
that the officer had misunderstood
them. Things went along ill a bad way
for a month.
"Thompson," said the officer one day
to the second sergeant, "I want you tc
take a walk with me down by the cor
ral. I want to have a little talk witli
you."
"All right," was the reply, without a
salute or a "sir."
When the two were out of sight ol
the barracks and headquarters tbe lieu
tenant halted and began to remove bis
outer garments. The sergeant watched
liim for a. couple of minutes and thee
queried:
"Well, what is it?"
"If you wish to remove any of youi
clothing do it now. I have been told a
hundred times over that West Point
scallops don't go here, and now I'm go
lug to find out the reason why. Yoi
appear to be the leader, and it has be
come a question which of us is going
to run things."
"Is it to be a scrapping match?"
"It is."
"But I shall be court martiaied and
Imprisoned for striking an officer."
"Not at all. 1 promise to make nc
complaint against you, and I presume
half the company is hiding behind th<
stables over there and will be youi
witnesses. Strip off."
"1 shall best you, sir."
"Oh, you have got a 'sir' out at last
have you? Perhaps you will continue
to improve. If you best me there wil
be no complaint. Are you ready?"
The thirty or forty members of Com
pany E who saw that scrap from a dis
tance will talk about it ail their lives
The sergeant was the taller and hear
ier, and he was a self taught boxei
who thought lie knew all tiie tricks
Encouraged by the lieutenant, he did
his best, but at the end of a quarter ol
an hour he was knocked out and had
to be carried to his quarters. The first
thing his comrades did was to sweat
each other to secrecy. It had been a
square fight and the best man had won
On his side the officer said nothing, and
no report was made to captain or com
tnander.
"Say," said the defeated champior
when he got on his feet again, "tht
boy is game and shall have a squan
deal. We want to quit making hiir
trouble and give him a show."
There was immediate improvement in
the morale of Company E, and things
moved more satisfactorily for the next
fortnight. Then the wood choppers
went out under guard to get a new
supply of fuel among the hills throe
miles away. The guard was composed
of ten men, ami the boy from West
Point was In charge, with Sergeant
Thompson as second. There was peace
in the land, and when the wagons had
reached the hills every man laid aside
his musket and took up an ax.
The officer had received no instruc
tions. He had not been told that a
treaty or a truce with the red man was
only a farce and that a band of hos
tiles might seek to "jump" the outfit
any moment. lie found a seat from
which lie could overlook the work, and
for an hour all wont well. Then there
was a sudden alarm. A band of thirty
warriors crept up and opened Are, and
a teamster and his four mules were
killed by the volley.
The attack came so suddenly that
the boy officer lost his head. He issued
commands and countermanded them
and put bis men in just the wrong posi
tion to make defense. It was the ser
geant who out in on h'm and straight
ened things out. and after two men had
been wounied t ■ IKile command was
well in ha; ! ; tl lighting for its life.
The Indians i 'a ftai.k movement,
'lhe boy o! r loJ commands, but
he was wrong j-guin. Had they been
obeyed not a man would have saved
his calp. Tho. superseded by
ardors from tho • .„e.uit, and the fight
wet * mi. One man was killed and an
other woundr 1. ■ ! ti.en tli ■ lieutenant
woi ' have h:> ! a retreat on the fort.
Tin • g->ant c * :nt .'rmnnd d the order,
Mini at the end of a quarter of an hour
ho baffled Indians withdrew. When it
was known that they had withdrawn
th" We:! Pointer to come to
himself and realize that success was
due to another, and he stepped aside
find raised the revolver he had just re
loaded.
"Here what'- this?" exclaimed the
sergeant as he caught the weapon.
"I—l'm a disgraced man!" was the
hoarse answer. "I got rattled. I is
sued wrong commands. But for you
it would have been a wipe out."
"Put up that gun, lieutenant, and
don't get crazy notions into jour head.
It's one of the hottest days we've had
this summer. I was noticing you just
before we got the alarm. The beat
was affecting you. You are not used
*n this climate. Boys, come here!"
Wlieu the nieu had come forward he ]
continued:
"Wasn't it pretty nigh a case of sun
stroke with tin' lieutenant?"
"It was," they answered in chorus.
"But didn't he order us down behind
the logs at once?"
"lie did."
"Wouldn't the teamster have been
all right if he had taken cover instead
of trying to get away with his mules?"
"Aye, lie would."
"But w hen I ordered you to fall back
on the fort" groaned the boy.
"You never ordered it."
"Hut when the Indians tried to llank
us!"
"They didn't try it; we kept them
too busy."
"Men," said the officer as he looked
them over in a puzzled way, "was I
rattled? For (iod's sake, tell me the
truth!"
"No, sir. For a minute you were a
bit dazed, but that was the sun's
work."
"And I gave you the right orders? I
didn't blunder?"
"Not a blunder, sir. If you had been
an old veteran you couldn't have done
better."
"I thought—l thought"—
"It was a great tight. sir. They were
three t<> one, but we killed four of
them and drove the rest like sheep.
Now, then, boys, three cheers and a
tiger for our bully boy officer!"
The lieutenant sat down on the
ground and wept. He thought he had
blundered and disgraced himself and
ended his career, but he had won hon
ors instead.
And when they had gathered up their
dead and wounded and were wending
their way toward the fort Sergeant
Thompson looked from man toman
with a queer look in his eyes, but a
look that each one understood and nod
ded his head in reply.
A ("lieerful I.lnr.
"Speaking of liars," said the truthful
man."l ran across one the other day
who deserved the prize The conversa
tion had turned on gambling, and, as
usual, every man had some story of
wonderful luck. Then the modern An
anias butted in. 'lt was in EI I'aso
some years :!g;>.' he said. 'I was youn
ger in il e days and gambled quite a
bit. If I went broke it was all right,
but if I won I wanted the whole pile.
I strolled into a gambling house one
night, walked to the roulette table and
placed a t:>n dollar bill on No. 17, ex
peering. of course, to lose. The ball
dropped in the No. 17 division, but I
let the money remain on No. 17. Sev
enteen cause a second time, but still I
refused to pull my money down. It
came a third time. Then I got cold
feet and cashed in.' 'How much did
you win?' I asked. 'Oh, 1 dou't re
member exactly,' he replied, 'but I
came near breaking the bank.' I grab
bed a pencil and a piece of paper and
figured out that our friend had won
but It was not till I showed
him the ligures that he hedged."—New
Orleans Times Democrat.
Heal '1 11■ iil. iiik Itiriln.
As u rule tree building birds do not
adopt any part eular protective meas
ures for their nest, though some of
tli.•in. by choosing a fork of a branch
el.ise to the stem. seem to shun obser
vation. Very remarkable, therefore, is
the .» >ry of the chaffinch and its nest
in a red May bush. No special care
was taken while the bush was only to
leaf, but so soon as It began to put
forth crimson blossoms the clever little
builders add 1 a piece or two of red
Berlin w.. •! at the only spot where
their nest > mid be seen from below
and thus efi'e. iualiy masked it to any
but the ui isi tcaivhiug eye. It was es
tablished beyond question that no such
red patch formed part of the ordinal
design, when it would necessarily have
attracted notice annug the fresh green
leavi . ' i t:t it is evident that in
stinct near uklu to reason led to this
clever proti t . e device. London Tele
graph.
.Nature Hint*.
There w.. tender light on the g.rl's
face as she oo.i looking at the sun
set. The young man who was sup
posed to be ei:j >yii.g the vie\> wilh her,
but who was in reality lost i:i raptur
ous <•!>utei::pl. tion of her. almost feared
to breathe lest he should liisturb the
ecstasy of t'>c m uncut for lit. lly
and by she • i ;!.cd a deep sj._'!i of ut
ter contentment and turned t > him. i
"Thank \ > . s > much for ' ringing me
i > this liw '.y ; ! e." she s :l ;,i. -j know ;
now c v ; .-My wit t shade of blue goes '
with er ms »n and I have the plan of j
•i • :e;,«ftCmOOll giV 11 ill i-lj
mind.'
A Uttle K\«Kffprnfrd,
The witty Oeorge Canning, iilnstrat- i
I Ing the mbcrnian tendency when ex- !
cited to hurry beyond the limits of
jgi m 1 fuise, * . thin anecdote:
An Irish divine, preaching against (
the ctoc of swearing ;ind denouncing
| its prevalence in a certain town, said .
in the height of declamation:
"Even the little children that can I
neither speak nor walk run about the
, streets blaspheming."
An [.any Le«sovi.
"I am supposed to die of a broken j
l heart." s lid the unmanageable actress.
! "Now. how am 1 to know how a per
son with a broken heart behaves?"
"1 il te'l you what to do." answered !
the pi. in spoken manager. "You study 1
the at.il or of this play after he sees
rour lirs' performance of it "
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i><>Mi'l> AlCii-U tlliKalum,
Tho most inti'i i'si ing thing about
crocodiles and alligators, declares tlie
! author of •: » K nuance of the Animal
1 World." is the way they get their food.
This the;. «;»» mostly and by preference
in the wat -r. hut they have also a liab
i it of lying ) wait upon the mud of riv
er banks until some animal approaches
i siillieii-iiily near to lie within their
■ Lying sunk in the mud and of the
; i >i'tr of i;ill-1 thene-el'. i's they may
; t.i .1 I • i i •; (\i'n for A wild pit?
or some >it! i r animal i lof rooting
! in the mild sic- ilie king, shapeless ob
ject. but is i: »t diiurhcd by it as he
: roots'lu:pp.'y among the reed beds. lie
, looks tip suddenly to find that the log
1 has moved. One end of it.the longest.
thinnest e:i I.the tail, is gliding away
; in a curve: but. like an arrow loosed,
jit flies back ..nil meets the body of the
pig wiili a tremendous sidewise blow,
' and the poor p g falls in a heap.
| With a sudden swift rush the alliga
| tor is upon him, and. seizing the body
I by the skin, which it holds puckered up
! between its front teeth, it shakes it
furiously, as a ti rrier would a rat, and
I then half drags. half pushes, It before
! it as it crawls thr.mgli the mud to tlie
water's edge.
There is only one wild animal, says
the author, that will purposely attack
an alligator, and that is the jaguar of
South America. The jaguar springs
| on the back of the alligator and with
, all his might tears at the roots of the
reptile's tail. This possibly is with
the idea of paralyzing that member,
thus rendering it incapable of those
mighty sweeps from side to side which
are more to be feared than even the
great armed jaws.
The fear of both these weapons may
, deter the jaguar from clawing the
I throat of the saurian, for were he to be
shaken off in the latter struggles lie
would be more exposed to either than
if he fell farther back.
Instances of the jaguar's success in
destroying tlx- alligator are given by
I various observers
THE M00,,'3 PLEDGE.
A Point of !!«;•:.;;* Ileli-jlon*l > Ob-
Rcrvci] l»y ami SnracenN.
' A Spanish cava! «rin a sudden quar
rel slew a Moo - s|i gentleman and lied.
His pursuers •-a I >st sight of him,
for he had uupe;vcived thrown himself
over a garden w..ii. The owner, a Moor,
happening t > be in his garden, was ad
dressed by the Spaniard on his knees,
who acquainted him with his case and
implored concealment. "Eat this," said
the Moor. "You know that you may
confide in my protection." He then
locked him up in his garden apartment,
telling him i! at as soon as it was night
he would provide for his escape to a
place of safety.
The Moor then went to his house,
where he ha I just seated himself, when
a great crowd, with loud lamentations,
l came tj his gate, bringing the corpse
l of his son, who had just killed by
1 the Spaniard. When the tirst shock of
surprise was a little over he learned
from the description given that the fa
tal deed was done by the very person
then in his power. lle*nentioned this
to no one, but as soon as it was dark
retired to his garden, as if to grieve
alone, giving orders that none should
follow lilm. Then, accosting the Span
lard, he said: "Christian, the person
you have killed is my son. His body
Is now in my house. You ought to suf
fer. but you have eaten with me, and
I have given you my faith, which must
not be broken." He then led the aston
ished Spaniard to his stables and
mounted him on one of his fleetest
horses and said:
"Fly far while the night can cover
you. You will be safe in tlie morning.
You are indeed guilty of my son's
blood, but God is just and good, and I
thank him 1 am innocent of yours and
that my faith given is preserved!" His
point of honor Is, it is said, most reli
giously observed by the Arabs and Sar
acen';. from wh >lll it was adopted by
the Moors of Africa and by them was
brought into Spain.
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NAUTICAL. TERMS.
(•■'iKiii <il' Some o[ llie Kxprt-NSiuna
That Siiirll ut (lie Sen.
The wo d "admiral" comes from 1
"emir 11 I ago." which is Arabic for
lord of the sea. j
"Captain" ionics straight from the '
Latin "caput." 1 head; but "mate" Is |
almost identic il with the Icelandic .
"1:111 which mi his a companion or !
equal.
Cockswain was originally the man '
who pulled the after oar of the cap- j
tain's boat, then known as "cock boat." 1
"Cock boat" is a corruption of the
word "coracle," and, as most people ,
l,nov . the coracle is a small round boat. .
usi-.i for ; diiug on some of the Welsh j
rivers, such as the Xye and Usk. So i
cockswain comes to us from the Welsh. 1
"Commodore" is simply the Italian i
"eomuiandatore," or commander, and '
"naval cadet" was originally the
French "ctp.iet," which, going a step
further back, has the same origin as
the word captain. The reason of this
apparent anomaly is that originally na
val cadets were younger sons of noble
families who served as privates pre
vious to ihtaining their commissions.
'J here never was such a person as
"bavy tones." though we frequently
hear of his locker. One-ought to talk
of "Duffy Jonah's" locker. "Duffy" is
tho We t Indian negro term for spirit
or ghost, while "Jonah" refers to the
prophet oft utt name.
"Dog wa'cii" is another curious case
if a term gradually corrupted out of
its original form. Originally It was
"Ifodge watch," so described because
it lasts only two instead of the usual
four hours. ;n 1 thus makes it possible
that tue sac •• men shall not be on duty
every d;;v during the same hours.
S'ilors call salt meat "junk." It Is
not a complimentary term, for junk Is
nautical for a rope's end. Some 3.000
years ago ropes were made out of bul
rushes, lor which the Latin word is
' j;:ie us."
Jin- Karly lie of Pelrolent*.
1 r ii.i a diary kept by one of the
su ■ -it appears that the first use
of pet i emu as a remedy in this coun
ty ' i'red in the neighborhood of
the I.ii waters of the Allegheny, in
the w- : ern part of New York, about
the beginning of the nineteenth cen
i.ury. As the oil flowed from spring
it accumulated on the surface of shal
low p.» ».s. Jin,| it, medicinal properties
were ti,'.>i recognized by the Indians iu
that section of the country. This oil.
w!::eh was then known as "Seneca
oil. ' was collected and dried iu the
sun. and in addition to its medicinal
use it was als > employed for mixing
the war paint lor ti.e tribe.
Hritinh f.oenl Nickname*.
The re.- huts of the Lnglish counties
have nicknames the meaning and ori
gin of which are not always obvious.
Wliv the inhabitants of Liverpool
should be called "Dicky Sams" is not
very clear. But nearly all the counties
have their distinctive nicknames. The
Glaswegians are "Iveelies," the I.an- .
cashire men are "Tim Bobbins," while |
the Lincolnshire fo'k have long been
called "Yellow Bellies," after the frogs
which 01:. •• abounded there. Yorkshire
men. again, are everywhere "Tykes," a
nil' name the etymology of which is
not easy tot. re. The inhabitants of
Su'f !k are designated "Dumplings," 1
tho eof Kent "Hops" nr.d the Isle of
Wight people "Calves."
A'■ i V.. :>:>l> In Their Walk.
'No • v Ncv. York walks straight,"
ade I citizen of the me- •
tip >!'. lii 11 score of pedes
tri us oti the sidewalk, and not one of
i! ;1 > Isto a straight path. Those j
«1 • 11i• 1 ■ : ••• lilt always due to the ,
crowded condition of the pavement el- 1
t! i '; ■ 1 -j u ■ rush hours a man is
sup.h> e., 1 r. Ige this way and that In j
Irs effort • t » m. i«e progress, but when I
-iv- 1 a • r r> id there is no excuse '
1»r -1 nr cii ski.; racking. Yet 110 mat- j
t< r h . f.. v ralile the conditions the 1
New York* r zigzags Just the same. He
it.ln have a :retch of sidewalk a
block long a'l to himself and be per- |
fee!ly sober, yet in that distance lie 1
wouid •112. 1... curb to stoop line and j
hack again several times."
VI. e *1 in; Kee#,
Wo'.■id you Uncw w, !,u they are, the tin?
fftgt
Who tread life's |>uth eai.'h daj.
Teaching u.s l< -ens of love and truth
In inautitul childish way?
Would yon fo''ow their prints in th*
s;ind:j of life
And. like be senile and m!MT
Thin join ir. their pleasures innocent
And Ix-.urn-- as a little clii^i.
For -io i:ia all tl>c Joys cf life
"i ' ; i tin . littlt• < liil ircn know.
Ann thos« whom little children iuv#
t an truthful!.- ull you sc.
Ar.d. oh i ire In store for thosi
Who hav< «aii".- -I their love alar
For thi Master will stand to weICMM
lh> m
At tli ; : ui Gates Ajar."
"for of:■ lch Is th' ' gdotn of heaver.."
1. sad.
i*r- tro- .rr ■< . envy and sin,
»• d unl «9 >• 1 I mea? aHi tie >**iM
YV <-a;i in vpi i r In.
: ; t M | . ,nis rt the tiny feet
And ' ;»• lln n l'.:uitlef<s be,
iti i VM; ■ < •< ptable be unto him
Who ii "!wM -he little ones romt
Juniew 'Joc;>«r Meek*
lt<- I> For lite t'liolern.
Some ye.ir, ji}f> there was an out
break or i-li in France, and in
strr.et ion •;<'.were forwarded to the may
or cf .1 <•••■;: i village to take all nec
essar> prc<Millions as the epidemic
was rapidly spreading. At first the
worthy insist rate did not know what
to do. After awhile, however, he re
porii';i ihat IK- was ready to receive the
dread \ -;..n\ t'pm inquiry being
made it a - discovered that by his
orders ; i ui'ieient munlier of graves
had li'-en dug in the local cemetery to
bury the entire parish if required.
\ h)|»M Turvy I'nrty.
A t >ji-,\ mi" . party is good fun at
j; rytliing is done at this
party "(he oilier way around.'' For in
stance. a vet small Christmas tree is
fastened to the ceiling upside down.
On the ii >or a number of packages
should be I I !. In the packages you
must be tin i > have the topsyturvy
scheme. In ai! those intended for the
girls you shuii.d put only such tliiugs
as boys like or use, and the older the
guest the simpler should the toys be.
The next thing in this topsyturvy par
ty after the distribution of the pack
ages is to have some one enter the
room dressed as Santa Claus with an
empty basket on his back or in his
hand, but instead of giving each person
a present he must demand one from
each person. Later on in the evening
the guests play a game of forfeits,
when they have a chance of getting
back their gifts.
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PEHNSYLVAHIA RAILROAD,
Philadelphia & Erie Railroad Division.
Northern Central Railway Division.
Schedule in Effect Nov. 26, 1905.
Trains leave .SOUTH DANVILLE as follows:
EASTWARD.
7.11 a in. ( weekdays; for Wilkes I tar re. Haz
leton and Pottsville and Philadelphia
10.17 a. in.(daily) fur Wilkes Barre, Hazleton
I'ottsville. I'btladelphla, Mahanoy City
and Shenandoah.
2.21 p. m. (weekdays) for Wilkes-Barre, Haz
leton and I'ottsville.
5.50 p. in. (weekdays) for Wilkes-Barre, and
Hazleton.
Making connection at Wilkes-Barre with
Lehigh Valley for all points Nortli and
South and I>. & H. for Scranton.
WESTWARD.
9 00 a. M.i weekdays) for Sunbury. Leave Sun
hury 9.40 a. in daily for Lock Haven and
intermediate stations. On weekdays for
liellefonte, Tyrone. Clearfield. Phillips
burg, Pittsburg and the West
Leave Sunbury 9.60 a. m. (weekdays) for
Harrisburg and intermediate stations,
Philadelphia, New Vork, Baltimore and
Washington.
12.10 p. m. weekdays for Sunbury.
Leave Sunbury 12.48 p. m.daily for Buff
alo via Emporium and for Erie and in
termediate stations.
Leave Sunbury 1.13 p. m. weekdays for
K ni poriu in, Bel lcfonte.Ty rone, Clear field,
Phllipsburg, Pittsburg,Canandaigua aud
intermediate stations, Syracuse, Hoches
ter, Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
Leave Sunbury 1.54 p.m. weekdays for
Harrisburg aud intermediate stations,
Philadelphia, New Vork, Baltimore,
Washington. Buttet Parlor Car to Phil
adelphia.
Leave Sunbury SAH p. m.daily for llar
risburg, Philadelphia. New York, Balti
more and Washington.
4.til p. in.daily for Sunbury.
Leave Sunbury 5.20 p.m. weekdays lor
Benovo, Watklnsanaintermediate sta
tions.
Leave Sunbury 5.10 p. in.daily for Har
risburg and Intermediate points. Phila
delphia, New York, Baltimore and
Washington.
7.51 p. m. weekdays for Sunbury
Leave Sunbury p. ni. daily for Har
ris burg and all intermediate stations,
Philadelphia, New Vork. Baltimore.
Washington Pullman Sleeping Car from
Harrisburg to New Vork.
I.eave Sunbury 9.58 p. m. Sundays only
for Harrisburg and intermediate sta
lions, arriving at Harrisburg. 11.30.
Leave mid bury *54 p. m. Sundays only
for Willlainsport and intermediate sta
tions.
Leave Sunbury 9.53 p.m. weekdays for
Williamsport and intermediate stations.
Buffet Parlor Car.
SHAMOKIN DIVISION, N C. K. W.
WEEK DA VS.
Leave Sunbury ti.lOa. in., 10.10 a. m., 2.10 p. in.
5.:t5 p. ni. for shamokin and Alt Carmel.
LKWIBTOWN DIVISION.
WEEK DAYS.
I.eave Sunbury 10.00 n. m., 2.05 p. m.for Lew
lslown and l.ewistown Junction 5.30
p. m.for Selinsgrove.
For time tables and further Information ap
ply to ticket ag« nts.
W. W. ATTERBCRY, J. R. WOOD.
Gen'l Manager. Past. Traffic Mgr*
(jEo. W. i(OVD,Gen'l Passenger Agent
] A< KAW ANNA RAILROAD
—BLOOMSBURG DIVISION
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad.
In Effect Jan. 1, 1905.
TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE.
!EASTWARD.
□ 7.07 a. ni. daily tor Bloomsburg, Kingston,
Wilkes-Barre a'..<l Scrauton. Arriving Scran
lon at 9.42 a in., and connecting at Scran ton
with trains arriving at Philadelphia at B.4t>a.
m.and New York City at 8.30 p. m.
10.19 a. ni. weekly for Bloomsourg. Kingston,
Wilkes-Barre,Scranton and intermediate sta
tions, arriving at scranton at 12.85 p. m and
connecting there with trains for New Vork
City, Philadelphia and Buffalo.
12 it weekly forßloon si.urg,Kingston,Wilkes
Barre, Scranton and Intermediate stations,
arriving at Scranton at 4.50 p. n).
5.1.1 ii.in daily for Bloomsburg, Espy, Ply
mouth. Kingston, Wilkes-Barre, Plttston,
Scranton and intermediate stations, arriviug
at Scranton at s.£> p. m.and connecting there
with trains arrivinr at New Vork City at 6.50
a - ni , Phlladelpela 10 a. m.and Buffalo 7a. m.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT DANVILLE.
9.15 a. in. weekly from Scranton, Pittston,
Kingston, Bloomsburg and intermediate Sta
tions, leaving Scranton at MS a. m., where it
connects with trains leaving New Yora City
at 9 10 p. in , Philadelphia at 7.02 p. m.and j
Buffalo at ll'.Bo a. n'.
12.44 p. in daily Irom Scranton Pittston, !
Kingston, Berwick. Bloomsburg and interme- I
diate stations, having Scranton at 10.10 a.m.
and connecting there with train leaving Bull- I
alo at 2.V5 a. in.
188 p. in weekly from Scranton, Kingston, i
Berwick, liloonibliurg and intermediate sta- I
tions, leaving scranton at I.So p. m., where it j
connects with train leaving .New Vork City i
at 10.1*1 a in aud Philadelphia at 9.00 a. m. |
9.»i5 p. ni. daily from Scranton. Kingston, !
PittstoD, Berwick, Bloomsburg and interme
diate stations, leaving serarton at 6.85 p. 111., |
where it connects with trains leaving New
York City at 1.00 p.m. Philadelphia at 12.00
p. m.and Bullolo at 9.30 a. ni.
T. E. CLARKE. Gen'l Sup't.
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