MARY BEATON'S tONO,.
My love laid hands and Hps on me;
Of sweet cam sour, of day came night,
yf long desire came brief delight;
h love, and what thing came of thee
Between the lea-downs and the sea?
Between the sea-mark and the tea
Joy grew to grief, grief grew to me;
IxjYB turned to tears, and tears to fire,
'And dead ciollullt to new desire;
Love's talk, love's touch there seemed to be
Between the sea-sand and the sea.
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A Frame-up to Teach Robert Brown That Boxing
Wasn't His Strong Hold.
(W. H. Rose In Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
lored the hall. She was a handsome
tody of middle ago, a lady of notice
able appearance, a lady who matched
well Willi the beautiful apartment.
"A young man who ssys ho calls by
appointment is at the door, macam."
The lady arose.
The stranger who entered was quite
young, not more than 22. He wna a
well dressed young man of medium
Iclght, with broad shoulders and
lender legs, and he carried almself
very Btralght. His hair was cut short,
Its chin was square and his black eyes
mall and twinkling. He held his
derby hat ns "he faced the lady.
She came t ohlm with her hand out
stretched In a cordial, manner.
"Thank you for coming,' Mr. Cole
man," she said. "Take this chair,
please."
Ills little eyes surveyed the lady and
hen took In the details of the hand
tome apartment. Ho was not at his
aso and his movements were awk
ward He took the seat she offered
Kim and put his hat on the floor, i
"I will not detain you long," the lady
dded as she resumed her chair. "You
can spare me a half hour, I trust?"
Ho moistened his Hps and gave his
lead a Jerky nod.
"Yes, ma'am."
I The lady looked at him intently.
"Mr. Coleman," she said, "have you
mother?"
He shook his close cropped head.
"I can't remember her," he answer
ed. "She died when I was very small.
I've been brought up hit-or-mlss,
ma'am."
Hp sali! this In a half anoiogetic
way and again his reBtless glance
roamed about the room.
"If a mother came to you, Mr. Cole
man, and asked you to do her a great
lavor, you would try to oblige her,
Wouldnt' yon?"
, lie looked up quickly.
"Sure, ma'am," he answered. "Name
fee Job."
"Thank you," said the lady. She
esltated. "I am very willing to pay
.well for what I ask."
He put up his hand quickly and
there was something like pride m the
gesture.
"Let me hear first what it ts you
want, ma'am. I'm not lookln' for dol
lars Just at present. Things have
seen comln' my way pretty strong,
ma'am as maybe you heard. Any
way, I'm not selltn' any chances to
bilge a real lady."
He flushed a little. It waa a long
speech, and, perhaps, not quite re-
specuui.
But the lady reassured him oy the
brightness of her smile.
"Thank you again, Mr. Coleman,"
he eald. "I assure you I appreciate
your sentiment. You are quite right
i the nature of the favor should be
ltate'd first. You know that I am Mrs.
iJDrayton Brown?"
He nodded.
"It was the name signed to the let
ter that came" to me. I've hearc it be
ifore, ma'am,"
And he made her a little bow. The
lady gracefully acknowledged the sa
lute. "And now we come to the favor."
She paused- as if at a loss how to
Begin.
"Is it somethin' in'th' entertainin'
Bne somethin quiet an' genteel, in
the attic, maybe?" he suggested.
"No, Mr. Coleman."' ' 1
She still hesitated.
"May I ask a question, ma'am?"
"Yes, Mr. Coleman." .
He looked down at the pattern of
the rug at his feet.
"Maybe you are the mother of this
young Mr. Bobbie Brown that I've
lieard somethin' about now and then?"
"Yes," replied the lady, "I am Rob
ert Brown's mother.' You have heard
something about him, you say?"
The boy shifted his pose'uneaslly. ,
"Yes, ma'am. I never met him. The
most I've heard Is that he's a pretty
tree spender an' good to the boys'
The lady sighed. Her intent gaze
Tested again on the boy's face.
"It is about my son that I want to
talk to you, Mr. Coleman. He makes
me very unhappy."
The boy looked up at the lady. He
aw the tears in her eyes. His hands
nddenly clinched. He swallowed
something in his throat
"I I wouldn't cry about it," be
stammered. "Th' lad will come all
tight. There's others like him, beg
gin' your pardon, ma'am." -"He's'my
only child," said the lady,
"Be has no father. He has been
polled by indulgence."
Again the boy squirmed uneasily.
"Beggin' your pardon, again,
aoA'axa," he Mid, "a neat way of deal
in' with lads hko that is to cut off
their urplles. Hard work makes fine
medicine at times."
The lady shook her head.
"Robert has money of hts own,1
Between the sundown and the sea.
Love watched one hour of love with me;
Then down the all-golden waterways
His feet flew after yesterdays;
1 saw them come and saw them flea
Between the sea-foam and the sea.
Between the sea-strand and the sea
Love fell on sleep, Bleep fell on me;
The first star saw twain turn to one
Between the nioonrlse and the sun;
The next, that saw not luve, saw me
Between the sea-banks and the sea.
Swinburne.
she replied. "He Is twenty-five and
his own master. I can onlv rlpnrl
with him." She naused a moment.
'Mr Coleman, I want your advice."
He drew back a little.
"That's kind of you, ma'am," he
said, "very kind. But, maybe, you
don't quite understand who an' what
I am. I surely ain't the kind to give
advice. I'm a Btreet boy, ma'am, a
knockabout of th' gutter. I've had to
scramble for a llvln' since I. was no
higher than a chair. The street is me
school, ma'am. I've done pretty much
everythln' a tough lad could 'do ex
cept work an' steal. I didn't steal
ma'am, because I could do with
out It. I didn't work because flghtln'
paid better. You know something
about me, I've no doubt. But what
you know ts only th' public side. Th'
inside is not so pleasant. If I'm clean,
an' straight, an' sober, it's not so
much to mo credit, ma'am. In my bus
iness we don't last long, lady, an'
when we fail to take care of ourselves
we go a mighty sight quicker. An'
so all things considered, ma'am, Clink
er Coleman Is not th' boy to advise
lady."
The lady's eyes were soft and gen
tle.
"Mr.t Coleman," she said, "I ask
your advice because I "want It and be
cause I know I can trust you."
The boy drew a long breath.
"You can have anything I've got.
maim, he said, a little brokenly.
"Take it or leave it, s you like."
The lady faintly smiled.
eta set shrd c sh rc sh rc shrdluuu
'It has fciken us some time to
reach this point," she said. "Now,
perhaps we can go a little faster."
"Take your time, lady," said Clin
ker Coleman.
"Then let me tell" you something
more about my son. He has had
things too easy all his life. He has
been a favorite everywhere. He is
big and strong and ready for any
venture. He was a leader In school
and college. He was onthe racing
crew and In the football team. He
loves admiration. He is surrounded
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OUR WASTED
' The chance for some sorts of conservation Is forever over. We
may save some of our natural resources, but these others are
gone beyond recall. Look at the list prepared by Dr. WiUlam T.
Hornaday, director of the New York Zoo:
We have no longer any wild bison, save one small band of about
twenty.
The elk remains only in the Yellowstone and the Olympic Moun
tains of Washington, plus a few Individuals in a few other local
ities. ' . '
Antelope exist in widely scattered bands, to the number of
obout five thousand.
The big-horn mountain sheep Is threatened with total extinction
outside of the game preserves.
The mountain goat is not yet so rare as the mastodon, but wher
ever it may legally be hunted It soon will be.
The passenger pigeon is gone forever.
The heath hen (of Massachusetts) may be blotted out any year.
The pinnated grouse of the West now exists In a few localities
only.
The splendid sage grouse is fast being shot off the cattle plains
and soon will disappear.
The great whooping crane is nearly extinct.
The trumpeter swan is so nearly extinct that skins are not
' procurable.
The California condor will last about twenty years.
The Labrador duck and gTeat auk are quite extinct.
The plume birds of Florida are hut a memory; and eo are the
scarlet ibis, roseate spoonbill, and flamingo.
The fur seal has been reduced from four million to about thirty
thousand; and if the United States government does not quickly
execute with Canada and Japan a new treaty, providing for It a ten
year close season, the species is doomed.
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by a little band of toadies who flatter
him and help him spend his money.
He has never known a real setback.
He has never been disciplined."
She paused a moment.
"That's bad," was the boy's com
ment. "Hard knocks make a man
fight harder."
"My son is wayward ' and weak.
I had a long talk with -him a little
while ago. I fear it was wasted. He
promised me that when his wild oats
were sown he would settle down and
be useful. 'Dull and useful, he said
with a laugh. And yet there are
strong reasons why he should change
now. An uncle wants him in his bus
iness a splendid opportunity. A
sweet girl is waiting for him to carry
out hfs promise. But he is thought
less and reckless and unmindful of
us all."
She. paused again and the boy
nodded sympathetically. ' ,
"It's sure a shame to see a guy
throwinaway chances like that," he
growled. '.
"His latost fad." the lady resumed,
"la boxing. I am told he Is very
oterer at it That be has beaten all
the amateurs who hare ben brought
against dim. He has fitted up a place
where these matches take place, and
has become so expert that be wants
to be called the amateur champion
lightweight of the United States. His
flatterers call him so already." The
lady paused a moment and when she
resumed her tone bad suddenly grown
hard. "What my son sorely needs,
Mr. Coleman, Is a defeat, a sharp,
swift, stinging, humiliating defeat.
Something that will crush his egotism
and awaken his true manly nature.
Am I right?"
The boy slowly nodded.
"That's what he needs, ma'am." He
nodded his cropped head more slowly.
"Now I begin to see what's wanted."
The lady watched hint closely.
"Can we come to terms," she gently
asked.
He suddenly smiled. -
"I've never posed as a reformer,
ma'am," he said. "But this Job would
seem to need practice instead of
preachln' an' that's more in my
line."
"And so you consent?" the lady
eagerly asked.
Tho boy drew down the corners of
his mouth.
"Let's say it over," he answered.
"You want me to fix up a scrap with
your son him not knowin' me an'
everythln' secret an' quiet like. An'
you want me to batter, him up and
knock the conceit out of him."
"If you can," the lady tremulously
interjected.
The boy's eyes snapped and his
face grew hard.
"It I can't," he said, "I'll get a Job
drivln' coal carts th' next day."
"Good," said the lady. "This is
heroic treatment. Go as far as you
think best."
The boy suddenly laughed.
"TruBt me," be said. "Is this all,
ma'am?"
The lady arose and so did the lad.
"I will leave everything to you," she
said. "And you will send me the
bill."
The boy shook his head.
"There will be no bill, ma'am. I'm
proud to to plot with you, ma'am.
You do me great honor. Leave every
thln' to me. Good night, an' God
guard you, ma'am."
And he hurried away.
It was Jack Rankin who brought
Clinker Coleman up to the private
gymnasium that was the arena of Rob
ert Brown's prowess, and the boy's
stanch friend, Tommy White, was with
them. Jack Rankin didn't know either
of his companions. He had been told
by somebody, but had really forgotten
who It was, having reached a condi
tion w here It wasn't easy to remember
maybe more than a little, and
that the boy could box a little
had suggested he should come up and
have a go with Bobble Brown, who
was longing for new faces to batter.
So an appointment had been made and
Jack had met the boy and his friend,
and together they sought the gymna
sium. The boy was not himself in appear
ance. He Btooped a little, and his
IH H It MUM
WILD WEALTH.
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square shoulders were rounded and
his face wore an expression of mild
insanity.
Tommy White chuckled every time
he looked at him.
Jack Rankin laughed, too, as he led
them up the stairs to the slaughter.
They were expected. There were a
dozen or more of Bobbie's friends
lounging about, friends who looked
up smilingly when Jack and his com
panions entered.
Bobble laughed, too, as he came for
ward with hand outstretched.
"Mr. Nagle, Mr. Brown; Mr. Thomp
son, Mr. Brown."
The genial young athlete shook
hands with his callers and invited
them to drink.
"My friend doesn't drink," said
Tommy White, now posing as Mr.
Thompson, "it goes to his head." He
looked around. "I don't see any of
the lad's friends here," he said,
"They are all friends of fair play."
said Bobble quickly.
"Came in to see the tun may bar
arawiea tommy wniie.
"Do you know of any better ttm
IBM watching a clenUao boxing
match ?'t Bobbie demanded.
"Maybe not," said Tommy. "And
to make sure It will be fun tor the
gents lef have the scrap as near like
the real thing as we can make it.
What do you say?"
"You mean while It lasts?" laughed
Jack Rankin.
"Sore," replied Tommy.
"Very well," said Bobble with an
amused gleam In his eye. "It goes."
Whereat there was much applause
from the loungers.
Tommy had the boy's togs in n little
bundle and in a few minutes the lad
shambled Into the improvised arena
looking woefully thin and unsteady.
Bobble was there before him, erect,
smiling, confident. And then the bout
Commenced.
It was good boxing, very good box
ing. Acting entirely on 1he defensive,
the boy met the onslaughts of the con
fident Bobble in a clever 'way and
presently realized that while the
young aristocrat was quick and skillful
and tricky, there wasn't enough force
to his blows to make them dangerous
a fnlling common to amateurs.
"Time," cried Tommy White.
"Good boy," said Bobbie as , they
separated.
The second round was brisk and a
little more earnest, with Bobble some
what serious and the boy less timid.
And then, quite unexpectedly, the
boy's left shot out and 'Bobble went
over for a clean knockdown He was
up again In a moment hot and angry.
And Just a little later he was knocked
down again. The shnmbling boy with
his head down and his hands well ad
vanced had suddenly bored through
his defense and humbled him for the
second time. There was silence
among the lounging guests as Bobbie
scrambled to his feet.
"Time" cried Tommy White.
The boy looked toward Tommy, and
suddenly took a step forward and
waved his hand.
"Men," he said in a quick sharp
tone, "I came up here to warm up in a
little friendly bout, see. Me frtend here
said dere was something good wld de
gloves for me to take on. Where Is it?"
He glared around with a bitterly sar
castic expression on his hard, young
face. "Ain't you got no real boxers?"
he demanded.
Bobble, very pale, but still the gen
tleman, advanced a Btep.
"Hold on, my young friend," he said.
"You are a little hasty. You haven't
got through with mo yet."
The boy looked at him with a sneer
ing air.
"I'll tell ynu what I'll do wit you,"
he said. "I'll put up a gentleman s
agreement between us. You've no
call to consider yourself a boxer. If
I knock you out In this round will
you agree to quit de game?"
"Yes, yes," snapped Bobble.
'Quit all this monkey show," and he
waved his arm about disdainfully,
and get down to somethin' useful an'
worth while!"
Bobble's face was very white.
"I'll quit the whole thing If you
knock me out," he snarled between
his teeth.
"You hear, gentlemen?" said the
boy.
And then they went at it, hammer
and tongs. Bobbie Btood for a hurri
cane of cruel Jabs and jolts and
swings from those flying arms, but
It all ended with his limp form
stretched on the mat and Tommy
White standing over him slowly
counting. x
When Bobbie came to himself
with a little groan he was supported
in a chair by Tommy White and the
boy was looking down at him.
"The promise goes?" said the boy.
"The promise goes," faintly re
peated Bobble. A spasm of 'disgust
crossed his battered face. "To think
I should be knocked out by a boy," he
half sobbed.
The boy suddenly smiled.
"You needn't feel so bad about
that," he said. "I'm Clinker Cole
man, the lightweight champion."
Big Imports of Bananas.
Prom Monday morning until Tues
day evening, a period of thirty six
hours, the imports of bananas at this
port reached the handsome total of
approximately 216,000 . bunches,
brought in in nine different ships from
Central American ports..
When one reflects that not more
than thirty years ago the fruit im
porting business from the tropics
was confined to a few small schoon
ers, the enormous development of to
day seems extraordinary. The lit
tle schooners of a generation ago
have gradually developed Into first
small steamers and latterly Into
large ships, equipped with the most
modern refrigerating ' appliances, ai.d
the crude methods of unloading by
band have been replaced by mechani
cal elevators, which handle thousands
of bunches an hour, wiere formerly a
few hundred was the rule. New
Orleans Picayune.
Men Have Said of Woman.
Do not strike a woman, even with
a flower. Hindoo Proverb.
Woman's sword is her tougue; and
she does not let It rust. La Bruycre.
If the world was lost by a woman,
'woman alone can save it. Louis de
Eeaufort.
Women who love forgive grave In
discretions more easily than little In
fidelities. La Rochefoueauld.
A woman never forgets her sex.
Sho would always rather tnik to a
man than to an angel Oliver Wen
dell Holmes.
Justice is a masculine virtue: pity
the virtue of woman. The Idea of
seeing a woman filling the office of
magistrates is laughable, bui Sisters
of Charity are, worth morn than
Brothers. Schopenhauer.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Pawn shoDi In Chile are under spe
cial regulations of the general govern
ment, enforced by local authorities.
A strong banking house of France la
opening In Valparaiso, Chile, because
of the increasing trade between the
two countries.
It Is said that the first hospital
ever built in America was erected by
the Spaniard Cortes In the City of
Mexico in 1524.
Honduras is erecting two light
houses,' on the island of Utila, lying
off the northeastern coast, and on
Cape Valso, near the extreme eastern
coast.
The foreign debt of Chile is $99,
220,630 United States gold, and the in
ternal debt Is 115,797,555. The total
debt is $35.40 per capita of the popu
lation. A dressmakiug establishment In
Boston almost entirely operated by
electricity has an electric cutter cap
able of cutting out 250 thicknesses of
cloth at once.
Germany forbids the use of borlo
acid in curing meatB and requires
that all meat pickled in salt or brine
must contain at least 6 percent salt
in Its Innermost part.
Miss Theodora J. Franksen of Chi
cago, who has been totally blind since
she was 8 years old, has been elected
to the Phi Beta Kappa society in the
University of Chicago. This is an hon
or conferred for high scholarship.
The waiter's art is a serious, clev
er, bright profession in Germany and
France seriously studied with ap
prentice years spent in Paris, Berlin,
London, Rome and New York, in the
great hotels in the world's great re
sorts. Block tin goods are steel goods,
coated. Vessels made of tin would
melt on the fire dr fall to pieces Im
mediately that they were used. Steel
must be used, and "block" only means
that an extra thick covering of tin
has been given.
In the vicinity of Concepcion and
Talcahuano, Chile, there are more
than 80,000,000 cubic meters of soft
coal of fair quality within an area of
80,000 square meters, or about 30.'
square miles. The' vein is 3.5 meters
or about 11.5 feet thick.
Lord Walsingham, whose generous
gift of his wonderful collection of
moths to the natural history museum
will be keenly appreciated by student
and layman alike, shares with Lord
de Gray the distinction of being the
finest shot in Great Britain.
English ship owners and Argentine
cattle raisers have organized a com
pany to ship regular weekly supplies
of chilled meat front the River Platte
to London and Manchester. Work has
begun on nine new 15 knot refrigera
tion steamers to be added to the ves
sels already at the disposal of the
ship owners.
Experimenting with the boll weevil,
a Texas farmer caught a lively one
placed it in water where it would
freeze to death during the night Next
morning he fonnd the water had froz
en solid and the weevil was in the
cake of ice, and the farmer congratu
lated himself on the discovery that
could kill the weevil. But when the
ice melted the bug walked around as
lively as before freezing.
Schools are being established in ev
ery part of the Chinese empire and
are being put in charge of educated
Chinese who have studied in Japan,
Europe and the United States, says
Consular report No. 3636. Popular ed
ucation is a strong feature of the new
movement in China for the general
betterment of the country and its
people, all tending toward a limited
monarchy in place of the centuries old
autocracy.
The Asteroids.
The discovery of asteroids or min
or planets continues to be made "with
the aid afforded by celestial photog
raphy. Among a vast multltuda of
stars crowding a photographic plate,
one perhaps will be seen ts have
drawn a short, thin line on the plate
during its hours of continuous expo
sure. The astronomer knows at once
that it is either an asteroid or a
comet. Subsequent observations soon
decide the point. Only the more In
teresting one3 are afterward observ
ed with attention, but once discov
ered they cannot be ignored and the
rapid growth of the flock become3 an
embarrassment. Eros, which at
times approaches the earth nearer
than any other regular member of the
solar system except the moon, and
asteroid No. 568, which at aphelion is
more distant than Jupiter, remain as
far as their orbits are concerned the
most Interesting members of the en
tire group and are kept under con
stant observation whenever circum
stances permit. Harper's Weekly.
, Match Box Advertising.
In France the government is about
.to venture upon an experiment for
raising money by letting or selling
the rights to advertising on match
boxes, the sale of matches being a
state monopoly. A proposal to this ef
fect has been passed by the chamber
of deputies. The proposer estimated
that the advertising rights ought io
bring In between $200,000' and $250,
Food
Products
Libby's Vienna Sausage
is distinctly different from any
other sausage you ever tasted.
Just try one,can and it is sure
to become a frequent necessity.
Libby's Vienna Sausage just
suits for breakfast, is fine for
luncheon and satisfies at din
ner or supper. Like all of
Libby's Food Products, it is
carefully cooked and prepared,
ready to serve, in Libby's Great
White Kitcben the cleanest,
most scientific kitchen in the
world.
Other popular, ready-to-serve
Libby Pure Foods are:
Cooked Corned Beef
Peerless Dried Beef Veal Loaf
1 Evaporated Milk
Baked Beans CbowChow
Mixed Pickles
Insist on Libby's at 'your
grocer's.
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la
Words That Are Out of Style.
Many old English words have fallen
from their high estate and are now
banned in the best.soclety, at any rate
in Mayfair and Behgravla. Of these
is the Saxon word "lady," which we
are told Is derived from "loafglver."
In 1910 we speak of a "woman" and
the lord "lady" has become almost a
term of reproach. A young single
woman is a . girl pronounced "gylrt'
as the name "young lady" is reseiv
ed for barmaids, shop hands and tele
phone operators. Then the word
firaoa - Tiaon Trs naarri na i nh iiiski
garment of our mothers and grand-
mntTiora hnf 'l?ftwfp,, flnrt "frocks
ora WAfn hv wnmin nr inn twhtit iri
1 1 A 1 f-Al
Hons," but not of "relatives;" and the
most venerable rooster must he called
a "chicken," as the word "fowl" has
sunk almost to the level of low lan
guage. The Queen.
25
The prollflo Fly.
A single fly, in a little more than a
. . V. Ml J . . vva
lliuuiu, will pivuuuo n yiuficujr ui vw
1,500,000. Houseflles survive the
winter In the person of several sturdy
females, which hibernate from about
October to April and May. They stay
In the secluded corners of outhouses
and stables. Then, on the first warm
day of spring, out they come, and, If
the weather continues fine, proceed
to lay their eggs. They lay about
120 at a time, and, roughly, these eggs
take three weeks to develop into the
perfect adult insect. Albany Journal
Fight on Health Bureau.
Reports from Washington say that
the movement to establish a national
department of health is being opposed
by the patent medicine companies, the
Christian Scientists and the constitu
tionalists. The patent medicine men
claim that it will create a doctor's
trust; the constitutionalists say it
would be an abridgement of personal
rights; and the Christian Scientists
say that disease is immaterial. Alli
ance Review.
A DETERMINED WOMAN
Finally Found a Food That Cured
Her. . T-
When I first read of the remark
able effects of Orape-Nuts food, I de
termined to secure some," says a
woman of Salisbury, Mo. "At that
time there was none kept In this
town, but my husband ordered some
from a Chicago traveler.
"I had been greatly afflicted with
sudden attacks of cramps, nausea,
and vomiting. Tried all sorts of rem
edies and physicians, but obtained
only temporary relief. As soon as I
began to use the new food the cramps
disappeared and have never returned.
"My old attacks of sick stomach,
were a little slower to yield, but by
continuing the food, that trouble has
disappeared entirely. I am to-day
perfectly well, can eat anything and
everything I wish, without paying the
penalty that I used to, We would
not keep house without Grape-Nuts.
"My husband was so delighted with
the benefits 1 received tbat he has
been recommending Grape-Nuts to
his customersand has built up a very
large trade on the food. He sells
them by the case to many of the lead
ing physicians of the county, who
recommend Grape-Nuts very general
ly. There is some satisfaction In us
ing a really scientifically prepared
food." .
Read the little book, 'The Road
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