. yLEST-WE FORGET. 1 - When ths misti lie low and the ran tlanta up, ' And the cut it en aureate lip; , When the road lie free to the morning cup, And the air haa a frosty nip; When -the steed champ foam with ill noslrila wide. For the maater'a mettle rife, And a gay song tita to the strong, long stride There are still aome thinga in life I When the pool liea stilt, or the current ilidea Like oil round the fnr-Hting line: W hen the larfmn deep in the bl&rkness glide And nibblea the live-bait mine- . When the reel says "crm-k" and the wriat feels jar. And the first leap marka the strife. As the play begins and (he foam fliea Ah! There are still some thinga in life! . When the great moose sniffs by the water's edge, .'. t And starts with an angry snort; When the hunter crawls through the rustling seige. Ana me nenrc uenis mica aim snori: When the linger crooks on the trigger s When the eve eiita like a knife. And the rille cracks with "a vicious verve There are Hill some things in life! When the dinner's o'er and the pipe bums Tree, And the dog curls by the chair; When your trail is good (ai it ought to be) And the liuht glints on tier Jinir ; ' When the (frowsy thoughts of the pnt come back, And you smile, "That's she the wife!" When you're quite prepare-! for the morrow's (rack There's a lot of good in life! Stephen Chalmers, jn (ho New York Times. WATCHING FOR THE KING By J. We have recently migrated from London to the seaside. It is a way families have nowadays. -Father still runs up to town by the quick morning train, but the rest of us enjoy our selves day by day near and on the eea, developing contours and gaining complexions. Our house Is at the end of a new row which runs at right angles to th'.' cliff and sea. It Is described as an "artistic villa" by a large board which much offends our sense of the artistic. The chief claim of the villa to the de scriptive adjective lies in the highly ornamental nature of the paintings Just inside ths little porch, whose walls show forth chrysanthemums and roses of more than the orthodox flower-show size and coloring. We alEO possess balconies both ' front and back of the house, so that wo can sit In the sun or shade, to windward or leeward, and still have the beauty of the ever - changing waves before our eyes. Any exag gerated desi-s for rusticity maybesat Isfled by the sight qf an unplowed fipld which streiches'away in front of ouTrCad, and" by the wild and barren "tract of land which lies In our rear. Moreover, the roads north, south, east and west of our new home are tiot In any way to be distinguished' "irom fields which have been recently plowed, except that they are bor dered by a curb, in a more or less elanting position, which slices off a Btrip of clayey sidewalk. I" Even this has its charm: wo feel that we did not leave London to de scend to the commonplace of asphalt ' pavements and roads on which one can walk with ease. When a few days' rain have done their best for us, and v.e are practically cut off from kirk and market, we Imagine that we know something of the joys of liv ing In tha Wild West of early ad venturous dreams. Yes, on the whole, we very much enjoy our new home. The air is brac ing, the sea glorious; for it is really eea, although people may talk of tire muddy Thames. The "low, bare flats at ebb-tide" have their charm, espe cially when the fishing boats are lying prone and helpless In the rays of the setting sun. Of course, we expect Improvements In time. The plowed and unplowed fields will disappear; and, doubtless, all the roads will become patterns ot what roads- should be, like the long stretch of model walk down by the promenade, where children skate on roller skates all day long. Already the pitch-darkness of our surround lugs is about to- be remedied by gas lamps for which preparatory digging is taking place. To this fact we owe our introduction to "Rosy Tom.' - That Is our name for him. He Is the watchman on duty during the night near the end of our road, where preliminary measures are being taken for the laying down of the pipes. Tom goes to his shelter about four In the afternoon, and remains on duty till ; about seven the next morning. The cold of the wintry nights arouses one's sympathy for him, and we con vey jugs of soup to him In the even lngs, and occasionally a cup of tea in the afternoon. 11 was his jolly, hale and hearty appearance as he sat In his box that ' gained for him the appellation ot "Rosy Tom." We did not realize how feeble he was till one afternoon when lie called. There was a knock at the door, arid a tremulous voice was heard In explanatory renfarks: "You may remember, Miss, that I brought hack a jug yesterday, but there . weren't no cup with It. The lady" this term applies alwa.ystq.J9X eldest sister, who Is the "Lady Bountiful" of the family "the lady, she bring along a cup 0' tea, an' I 'ad my mug, but she left it just as it were. I 'ad a misfortune wi' the cup. It slipped out o' me 'and, so I waited till I could get one as like It as I could. It ain't quite the same, but I couldn't get no nearer." "There's your old man, Nell, I whispered to my sister; "go and see what he wants. He is talking a lot to Mary at the door. It's something about a cup." "Ye see, ma'am," he continued, apologetically, as Nell came into sight, "I be very sorry, but it slipped to the ground. Me 'ands was cold like, and so that's 'ow it "appened." i curve; GRAY. Toor numbed hands! No wonder the cup had fallen from their grasp. "Oh! you shouldn't, really!" sail Nell, In distress. "The cup did not matter in tho least. I wish you had not bought another." "Well, you see, ma'am, I were more comfortahler In :.iy mind for gettin' It. You was very kind to bring the tea, and I'm sorry I couldn't ezactly match the patt'n." It was at this moment that Nell and I first discovered how shaky our old friend was. "Do sit down," said Nell; "the kettle Is boiling. You shall have a cup of tea in one minute." "Thank you. ma'am, thank you kindly. I never do say 'no' to a cup 0' tea." The sound of conversation attracted grandma, who appeared In the hall with her kindly old face aglow with interest. You are the old watchman? I've heard of yon from my granddaugh ters. It must be terribly cold for yon at nights terribly cold! We old folks feel It so much. We get on better In tho Bummer, don't wc?" Well, yes, we do, ma'am," he re plied, with a smile; "but I be used to now, so to sneak, and then I h.is my m e. An , anotner tmng, ma am. as you will agree with: it ain't for long when we gets to our years not for long. There is a beautiful man sion up yonder, if there ain't only a sentry-box for us to sit in down here." "Ah!" replied grandma, her dear eyes glistening with sympathy, "then K K THREE WORKING RULES : 1. Live in the open air as much as . you can. 2. Touch elbows with the rajnk and file. 3. Speak every day to some one whom you know to be your superior. Edward Enroll Hale, la Tbe you are not only a night-watchman; are one of those who wait and you watch for tbe coming ot the King." "That's It, ma'am! I do. I do; but He 'ave come. Ah! He's with me all the time. On the coldest o' nights He's by me, and He makes it warm. Then He's a-comlng soon for to take me 'ome. There, is no cold or' weari ness there. Warm and beautiful that (land do be. Ah! that be something to watch for, ma'am! " "It is, it is!" was grandma's car nest reply, and I marked a tear steal down her calm, though wrinkled cheek. "Wen, God bless you, my friend, and grant that we may both be kept watching and waiting for our Lord." "Amen and thank vnu klndlv." said Rosy Tom, as he handed back his ! cup. "1 tu t broke it tnis time, no continued, with a smile. ,It ain't! so bitter cold in 'ere. But I must be off. It's time I was on dooty." With a warm "God bless you, ma'am," to grandma, and a salute to Nell and me. he tottered down the path to his little shelter. "He has a beautiful face," said Nell. "I always think that the sunset on the sea and that dear old man's face are the two most lovely sights to be seen down here." I laughed. "You have a way of finding beautiful faces wherever you go. Still, even I think he is a delight ful specimen. I'm glad it seems to be a little warmer. I cannot bear to think of him out all these deadly cold nights." The next morning there was a little stir ot excitement in the air. "Heer'd about the watchman?" the milkman asked Mary, when he arrived about seven o'clock. "No; what about him?" she queried with interest.' "Dead!" was the unexpected an swer. "Took sudden In tho night. I expect It were the cold. They found him, apparently, sound aBleep In his box this morning, as peaceful and calm-looking as a baby. Fore old chap, ne've have a bard time ot it, be have." t Nell went to see and comfort the old wife, who was thus suddenly be reft. She found her cheerful and full of hope. "He ain't suffered, inum," she re marked, with a faint smile. "Least ways, 1 beUeve not. An' if I'd been took first, an' he'd been left, what would -he 'a done? Nobody couldn't 'a nursed him but me. Now he's all right, and It don't matter how soon I goes now. The sooner the better, mum. The Lord have been very good to me. I couldn't 'a wished no better, unless he'd died In his bed." , v "You would have liked to say-goodbye," Nell said, softly1. "I would 'a liked, mum, but it didn't matter. We was always In the custom o' saying good-bye every day, knowing we .mightn't meet again down here. My old man couldn't 'a been no lovlnger" her. voice trem bled slightly at this remembrance IIUI A 'Inu If la vim Whei nor I couldn t a done no more for we had a known it was the lme. " here there are no regrets the bit terness of death Is gone. "Would you like to see him?" Nell, knowing that the suggestion was a mark ot respect and special favor, aud that It would comfort the old lady It she agreed, said "Yes," and they went softly Into the inner room. There Tom lay in the splendor and silence of death. His old wife put her apron to her eyes to wipe away a tear that would come, but she smiled bravely. "I don't look on him as dead, mum, nor never shall." . "He is not dead," Nell answered, gladly, looking from the motionless tnce to the quivering one, and recog nizing a radiancy on each that was not of earth. "You are quite right. He was watching for the King, and the King has come." She looked again at the calm, glad, triumphant expression on the face of our old friend, and knew that he, who sat last evening gazing Into the wintry sunset, had seen a glorious sunrise In the city of the King. Lon don Sunday-School Times. FROM THE CHILDREN'S POINT OF VIEW "In all the talk we have had for and against race suicide, I have no ticed little consideration ot the chil dren's point of view," says Christine Terhune Herrlck, in the Woman's Homo Companion. "In tho first place, why do people want children? How many bring them into the world with the thought that for the sake of the country they should have offspring, and that pat riotism demands a large family? I would also like to know how many bear children with the thought that Woman's Home Companion. A their progeny will not only make the world a better place to live in, but ... 1 1 . . "in, uu ueir own account, be so happy, so useful, so valuable to them- seives that the parents could not feel justified in refusing them existence. "If these questions were answered truthfully, I believe that In nine hun dred and ninety-nine cases out of thousand It would to shown that par ents desired children for the sake of their own personal happiness (when they think of the matter at all) for what the children would mean to them ot Joy and interest. Such feel lngs are entirely natural, but they can hardly be counted to the parents for righteousness. If a man and woman choose to have children be cause of the pleasure they will them selves receive from it, I do not think they should be looked upon as civic benefactors, only as ordinary human beings who have made wise invest ments on their own account which turn out to be also an advantage to tbe community at large." To Make Waxed Taper. This is used tor keeping substances which either contain volatile aro matlc ingredients or grease, which would penetrate throai. ordinary pa per. Oa a flat sheet of copper over a gentle fire place a sheet ot poper as a base, and then lay a second sheet on the top ot the first, coat this second sheet with yellow or white wax, and distribute the latter uniformly over the entire sheet by means of a sponge, exerting a little pressure, till the pa per is everywhere transparent, and consequently, permeated by tbe wax If the fire is too feeble, the process will be retarded; too powerful a flam? is still more harmful, as tbe paper is liable to become brown or black. Stearine may be used instead ot wax, Der Isdustrlose Geschaftsnunn. The Soap Bubble By WILLIAM S. How many of our young people AftVe spent hours over those delicately colored wonders, the soap bubbles. Many of us still believe, as we be lieved when children, that no gem surpasses a soap bubble In beauty; and one cannot help. feeling really sorry when, each exquisite plaything bursts. Blr Isaac Newton, who sought out tbe secret that a falling apple hint ed, ald ot the soap bubble that a man or child who could blow one that would last would confer a great benefit upon mankind. You may wonder at this saying, but the truth of It will soon be apparent. Perhaps some of you do not know how to make a good soap bubble mix ture, to I give you the directions for preparing one. ' Put Into a pint bottle two ounces of best white Castile soap, cut Into thin shavings, and fill the bottle with cold water which has been first boiled and then left to cool. Shake well to gether, and allow the bottle to stand until the upper part of the solution is clear. Decant now of this clear solution two parts, and add one part of glycerin, and you have a soap bub ble mixture very much like one sug gested by a professor ot Harvard Col lege. Some of you may wonder why bub bles cannot, be blown from water alone. It Is because the particles do not possess sufficient attraction for one another to form a film. Mys teriously, the soap increases this at traction, even if the quantity be as mall as 100th part ot the solution. We add the glycerin to make the film more gorgeous by bringing about a greater play ot colors. Bear In mind that a carefully prepared mixture will save you much disappointment. The solution now being at hand, we use the ordinary clay tobacco pipe 11 blowing. Always use a new one, for one In which tobacco has been moked is poisoned. With a little practice, and a moderate amount of patience, -bubbles measuring eight or ten inches In diameter ma be pro duced, nnd even larger ones if the lungs be refilled! The pipe, of course, should be held steadily, and the breath forced into the bubbles evenly. In order to watch a bubble care fully we may wish to support it In some way. A common tablo goblet will make a good stand If Its edge is first dipped Into melted paraffin, or well soaped, which prevents it fram cutting into the film. All bubbles and drops are round. All liquids, when free to act, tend to take on the spherical form. So it is with milk when it falls upon a but tered plate, a raindrop when It de scends, or the dew that glistens so beautifully in the morning bud. In each case the drop is composed of tiny particles that are equally attract ed by a central particle, and as they cling regularly around It give the drop a round shape. Your school books have told you- that this attrac tion that causes all things to try to come together is gravitation. In the case of the soap bubbles the case is reversed. Tbe particles ot air within press with equal force out ward upon the film in all directions, producing the curved surface and making a hollow sphera. If the room TRAMP AXD THE RAILROAD. Pennsylvania J.ost $130,000 Last Year by Tlioft A Conference of Power. That the Pennsylvania Railroad lost $436,000 last year by thefts by tramps is shown in figures just made public'to prove the seriousness of the problem the railroads ot the country face in dealing with trespassers. This sum was paid cut in 1907 in claims for losses traced to thefts. According to these figures on the tramp nuisance, 4156 arrests for tres passing and illegal train riding were made on the Pennsylvania's right ot way and 466 men. were arrested for larceny. At the same time 809 men were killed or died from injuries re ceived while in the act of trespass-' Ing. The railroads of the country are about to take concerted action look ing to an abatement of the tramp nuisance and it Is to be one of the important matters to be taken up at the next annual joint meeting of the State Railroad Commissions. Ac cording to the railroad officials, local authorities often refuse to make arrests at all, whereas if the State and county authorities would co operate with tbe railroads the rail road tramps would quickly decrease In numbers. Tbe N?w York and Chicago Rail road Managers' Association has taken up the matter, and an attempt is to be made to enlist the -support of the authorities In suppressing tbe evil which the railroads contend Is the backbone of all vagrancy. New York Sun. Little Pay For Much Work. The editor in proportion to his means does more for his town than any other man, says the East Prairie (Mo.) Eagle. He ought to be sup ported, not because you happen to like him or admire his writing, but because a local paper is the best in vestment a community can make. It may not be crowded with great ideas, but financially it Is of more benefit than both teacher and teacher. To day editors do more for less pay than any other men ou earth. and Its Secrets. BIRGE, M, D. Is free from drafts, the bubble wi.. be a perfect one, and will teach us the principles that underlie the mak ing ot a sphere. This perfect form, however, is seen only when the bub. ble floats. When resting upon the goblet, it appear; very much like an orange that is, an oblate spheroid, the true shape of the earth. Putting It into the simplest Ian guage, the form of a bubble Is due to the holding together of the soap solution, to the outward pushing of the air Within and the resistance of the film. . If the air In the room Is moderately cool the bubble will float like a tiny balloon. The mouth and lungs at all times having a temperature ot u parly 100 degrees, the air blown Into the toy bubbles Is warmer and conse quently lighter than the air which surrounds them; therefore they float, and It is their lightness and grace that, with their beauty, give them such a charm. As soon as the air within the bubble cools It slowly sinks till It reaches the floor, and the jar of its contact usually ruptures the film. The extreme thinness ot the bubble la Indeed wonderful. It is estimated that the film In some places Is only one 3,000,000th of an Inch in thick ness. Probably tew ot us can con ceive of such thinness. Let ma ex press it In another way. The Old and New Testament contain some 3,000, 000 letters. Now one 3,000,000th Is such a part ot an Inch as the first let ter of the Bible is a part ot the sum of all its letters. The bubble, however, la not of equal thickness at all points, and It is for this reason that it has the various colors. For Instance, wherever the film is orange red it measures about three l,000,000th8 of an inch, and at a point where lemon yellow Is prom inent -about twenty l,000,000ths of an inch. Perhaps you wonder why the colors change from one part ot the soap bubble to another. This Is because the film of the soap bubb'e evaporates and grows thinner, but unequally so at different portions. A greenish blue with a pale rose red spot near it indicates an extreme thinness, and at such a point the film is ready to give way at the least Jar. You will he glad to know the Bource of the beautiful colors. Every one Is delighted with them, even tf not in terested by the explanation of their origin. We may say that they come from the light. Light gives color to all objects, but not exactly as It does to the soap bubble. White light from the sun can be broken into the seven colors which we have seen In the rain bow. In that Instance the raindrops separate it Into Its parts. A glass prism will do the same, as you may prove by looking through a glass pen dant from a hanging lamp. When the tight reaches the surface of the soap bubble a part is reflected from It, and we see images on its sur face as If It were a curved mirror, Another portion ot the light, how ever, enters the film and is separated so that a part of the seven colors are thrown into the bubble, and we can see them at various portions of the opposite surface. Another part of the light, after being broken by the film, Is reflected by its Inner surface back to our eyes, so that we see col ors at the point where the light en ters. Christian Advocate. Gunners' Deafness. "The Imminent danger," says Sur geon-General Rlxey, "of the serious and in a measure preventable acci dent, rupture of the eardrums, de mands consideration In preparation for target practice or battle, and every man should be compelled to employ pledgets of cotton or a worthy substitute for filling the auditory orl- nces. me necessity ol compulsion in a matter so rational may be sur prising, but the fact is neither officers nor men take kfndly to the use of such artificial protection, though tbe practice is more universal than it was a few years ago. Many of the gun crews in the navy suffer from deafness of variable duration after target practloe, and In a severe naval action it is probable that the Impact 01 suddenly compressed air or re peated violent air vibrations conse quent upon big gun fire and the bursting of the enemy's shells would produce not only deafness (tempo rary or permanent) among the per sonnel ot the ships but also a dazed mental condition, which is a recog nized result, that would have the effect ot physical disablement. "Prevention can alone deal with it and tbe medical bureau hopes that some action may be taken by the Navy Department. The bureau has been making some study of the var ious expedients and devices of Indi cating those deserving recognition and from among which choice may be made, but the adoption of any one to the entire exclusn ofother with in the range ot etucieucy is neither necessary nor desirable. Action is needed only to the end that some efficient protection be made obliga tory among those exposed to the con cussion of gun fire or shell explosion, and the bureau has recommended a general order to that effect." Wash ington Star. Uu-Jupiter. A man of normal earthly size, If transported to the equator ot Jupiter, would actually feel much lighter than he does here ou earth, because the swift rotation of the planet would al most lift him from his feet and throw him Into the heavens. Cassell's Sat urday Journal. THE COMPROiMfMEIV V Elie used to ur the man she'd wed Would have proud and noble air, With mannen snowing him well bred, No rough, uncouth, ungainly bear. -' He was to have a lofty mind, You can't account for woman's whim, The woman isn't deaf or blind, And yet, you see, she married him. '' He used to aay he'd not resign Tlie pleasures of a single life Unless a creature halfdirine v Should condescend to be his wife. Of course she would be fair of face, Accomplished, too. I hate to slur, But she has neither charm nor grace,' .And yet, you see, he married Eer. It certainly it very strange That' people frequently mismnte With nil that unrestricted range Of choice and moot unfortunate. But, though we well may wonder why. Their folly we should not condemn. Our partners fall a little ally, '. And yet, you see, we married them. ' Chicago Kewr "Papa, what Is stoicism?" "The after effects of a honeymoon." Life. She "It's funny you should be so tall. Your brother, the artist, is short, Isn't he?" He (absently) 'Yes, usually." Town and Country, 'What do you think young Chump- ley weighs 1" "About 200 pounds on the scales and about ten ounces In the community." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Let me make myself plain," said a pet ulant miss, As a rival she wished to deride. And the answer tbe latter retorted was this: "Tis not needful!" then number one cried. The Listener, in Town Topics. A boy always brags of what he- will do when he's a man. And when lie becomes a man he always boasts of what he did when he was a boy. Pick-Me-Up. Mrs. Knicker "What do you do when a man steps on your dress?" Mrs. Bocker "I look as Jack does when I ask him to pay for It." Har per's Bazar. "Can I have a pass over your tine?" "No," replied the railroad man, "law Is too strict. We can't pass anything but a dividend now." Philadelphia Public Ledger. "Could you give a starving woman work?" "Tes; but I mus tell you that we have five children." "Thanks. I'll . keep on starving." Louisville Courier-Journal. , Ella "I'm to be marrfed to-mor row and I'm terribly nervous." Stella "I suppose there always is a chance ef a man ggttlng away up to the last minute." Brooklyn Lffe. "I didn't notice you at the moth ers congress. "No, replied the woman addressed. "I'm nqt a theo retical mother, you know. I have six." Philadelphia Ledger. There once was n dunncr named Dun, Who collected the mnn with a gun; J Ann he killeri a nenrt Deal Right out on the street. , - , Yes; that's what the dunncr Dun done. Judge. "I thought you had money enough for your dash to tbe pole." "I have," replied the Arctic explorer. "It's the expedition for my relief we're asking funds for now." Philadelphia Pub lic Ledger. ' ' "Officer, said the police magis trate, "what is the charge against the prisoner?" "Haying an Infernal ma chine In his possession, your honor,". replied the policeman. "Anarchist or chauffeur?" queried the magis trate. Newsbook. Gloomer "You were so kind and sympathetic the last lme I told you my troubles I want to thank you for that and now I've got another " Bloomer "Oh, pray, don't mention It." Washington Star. "And have you any brothers and sisters, my little man?" asked the kind old lady. "Yes'm." replied the little man; "I got one sister and one and a half brothers." "What?" "Yes, ma'am; two half sisters and three halt brothers." Philadelphia Press. Wo Aro Dying Younger. In view of all that has been said about the fall in the death rate it seems strange to realize that we are not living so long as our grandfathers and grandmothers did. More babies live to grow up nowadays than for merly, but people in later life die younger. Once arrived at the adult age, the average man or woman has tew years of survival to expect. This seems on the face of it so sur prising a statement that In order to be accepted it should be backed up by data authentic and indisputable. Such data are furnished by the figures ot the Insurance companies (which all agree on the point), but It is easier to refer to the Government census reports, which tell the tale in simple and convincing -fashion. Even dur ing the last fifteen years the death rate among all persons over fifty-five years ot age of both sexes has risen very considerably. Health Culture. Joys of Spring Cleaning. Even spring cleaning, so much abused by lazy people, Is wholesome and invigorating, and not so unpleas-' ant, after all, as some make out. It entered into with test and good heart. Instead of grumbling, why not enjoy the life and movement ot It? It Is all a part of earth's renewal. Lady. Jobs For Roosevelt. There is no doubt that the Presi dent could earn his liviug writing tor the magazines after leaving office. One offer of 1100,000 for a series ot articles on foreign travel has already been rejected, It appears. Spring field Republican.- "
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