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NGS BY THE WAY.
I said if I might go back again
To the v e1 \ hour and place of my birth:
Might have my life whatever [choose.
And live it in any part of the earth;
Put perfect sunshine in my sky;
Banish the shaddow of sorrow and doubt;
Have all my happiness multiplied
And all my suffering stricken am;
If I could have known in the'years now gonI
The best that a woznun comes to know:
Could have had whatever will make her bles
Or whatever she thinks will make her so;
Yea! I said if a. miracle such as this
Could be wrought for me at my bidding.stil
I would ”choose to have my past as it is,
And to let my future come as it will!
My past is mine and I take it all,
Its neakness—its folly, if you please-
Nay. even my sins. if you come to that
May have been helps. not hindrances!
If I saved my body f1 om the flames
Because that once I had burned my hand
Or kept myself from gr‘eate1 sin
By doing a. 1ess~you will understand
It was better I suffered a little pain,
Better I sinned for a little time.
If the smartin g warned me back from death
And the sting of sin withheld from crime.
“rho knows its strength. by trial. will know
What strength must be set against a. sin;
And how temptation is overcome.
He haslearned who has felt its powers with:
1n; .
And who knows how a life at the last may
show?
“’hy, look at the moon from where we
st and. l
Opaque— uneven you say; yet it shines
A lumiuious sphere. complete and grand!
So let my past stand just as it stands,
And let me now as I may grow old;
I am what I am. and my life for me
Is the best—or it had not been. I hold!
—Phoebe Cary.
A COWBOY V IRTUOSO.
Rime J enka ,
The persistence of Mr.
at length received its due reward—he
was asked to fiddle for a dance.
You may remember that this gentle
man, who was second to none when it
came to close quarters in the branding
pen or following a wild calf through
the sage bush, had ‘not one ounce 01,
musical capacity in the hundred and
sixty-odd pOunds of his makeup, yet
had a particular ambition and an un-
flagging zeal to become a fiddler. The
object of this writing is to show that
he received ample returns upon the zeal
invested, but never attained to the am.
bition.
For so many years that the memory
of man runneth not to the contrary, he
had packed a violin in his bed roll on
the annuali’roundup, and at every op.
portunity, when the day’s work was
done, he rosined his bow. Throughout|
the winter months, when work was“
light and evenings long he had prac-
tised faithfully, if not intelligently, in
the bunkhouse until banished by a
plebiscite to a nearby dugout, where
he found sacks ofonions and bins oi‘
potatoes more patient sufferers than
the general sitting-room afforded. In
some former year the outfit had boasted
a. man who could “play any instru-
ment,” and Jenks, seeing how easy it
was, decided to become equally accom-
plished. The violin was not his first
choice, but his first opportunity, and
having accepted it, his code of ethics
bound him to break the critter or break
the cinch.
on February 29 there was a. leap-
year dance at Richmond’s. This placI
was on a hill in the borderland between
the open range and the settlements
and, however much cowboy might de-
spise farmers and farmers detest cow-
boys, the social amenities were rarer
disturbed and the country dance was a
pbpular institution. My friend Rice
voiced the general sentiment thus: “I
like ’em because everybody is a-le’ping
and a-skipping, and if anybody fall:
down he gits up again.” The plain in-
ference from Mr. Rice’s statement is
that at any other than a country dance
if one falls down he stays down-—
which might embarrass and endangei
his betters. When I called Rice’s at-
tention to this, he explained that he
meant “in your mind.’ “It’s like get-
ting 011 to a bucking horse any morning
after breakfast and being dumped,’
said he. .“You don’t mind it much
but just tighten your cinch anotheI
hole and climb on again. But suppost
you are doing some fancy riding 01
roping at the county fair and your sad-
dle gets emptied, why you feel so low
down you don‘t get over it for a week.’
Our boys all went over to the danCI
at Richmond’s, and some one evidently
told the committee that Mr. Jenks wa:
a competent fiddler, for soon after his
arrival he was approached by a bright-
eyed young woman, who asked if hI
had brought his violin.
“No, I did not,” replied the startlet
Jenks, nervously fingering a large piecc
of rosin, which he produced from 2
pocket, "but if you want to use it, I'l-
be very .glad to go back to the rancl
and fetcn it. It is only about twenty
miles.”
“I w? s told, ” said the gi1l,‘ just slight
ly sh zedng seve1al white teeth, “tha
you carry your violin with you wher-
ever you go, and I’m sorry to find tha-Y
it’s. nor true. Our music has disap.
pointed us; the house is full of peoplI
and nobody here to play for them bu?
a ’cello and a mouth organ. But i
think we cauget a violin within lesI
than twenty ”miles, and"4-here she
showed the full set—“will you kindly
play for us until Mr. Smith arrives?‘
“Miss, I should be delighted"—sai(
Jenks.
“Oh, thank you,
so much”——inter
“If I knew how,” he continued, “bu
I don’t. You see I’m only learning.
can just start a few.”
“Oh, I am suie you will do it well,’
she replied; “and I will go right on
and send for an instrument,” and sh
hunied av may
Mr. Jenks was astonished and per
plexed. Of course. he had hoped t
play in public at some time, but thi
was so sudden. He. was not in a hurry
Some other leap y-ar would"b-so01
. asked.
enough. . __.- .,
A
Should he bolt, or face his own mu
Isic? “What a very pretty 'girl wher
she laughs," thought he; “I’ll stagr
’Wish I had practised more. Wonder 1:
{I’ll break up the party.”
In what seemed to him an incredibly
short time in which to summon a fiddle
from the subjacent valley, the girl re
appeared with one in her hand, and
escorting the reluctant and protesting
Jenks to the head of the room, intro-
duced him to the ’,cello the mouth-or
gan and the floor manager.
“Now, boys,” said he, when the com
mittee had turned away, leaving hin
with his fellow musicians, who regard
ed him doubtfully, “let’s have an un
derstanding. I .ain’t in this like y01
for a dollar a head and free drinks, bu!
I’m doing it to oblige a lady. I expeCI
to make some pretty bad breaks, ans
the first one of you that snickers will
eat his instrument right here. Are yo:
ready?”
Jenks is not afraid of any individua
man, perhaps not very much afraid 0
‘any woman, but when he stood up or
that platform with the fiddle in hi:
neck and faced the crowd he was badly
rattled. ' '
“Play a waltz first,” said the fl001
manager, “and play it slowly.” With
a sigh of’ relief and a thought 0:
“What’ll I do when they demand fast
music?” Mr. Jenks began that clas~
Isical strain which fits the words,
“Where, oh where is my little dog
gone,” the ’cello and mouth-organ
struck in, the girls chose the best walt-
zers, the floor filled up, feet shuffled
boards creaked, and the ball was
opened.
Accomplished speakers have recordec‘
the difficulty experienced in learning to
' think upon their feet, but Jenks, facing
an audience for the first time, and saw-
ing away desperately at the first bar:
,and repeat of a slow waltz, had no sucl:
trouble. - He told me afterward that hi:
thoughts “thunk themselves and came
a-running” and that he was conscious
' of three distinct trains of thought run-
ning on parallel tracks. The first con-
cerned M1. Smith, the delinquent mu
sician; the second subject was “What
a very pretty girl when she laughs,’
' and the third, accented to waltz time
“Oh, I never can play them that
I know I’ll break dowr
ran:
second strain.
if I try.”
To anticipate difficulty is to insure it
After repeating the first, strain some
' twenty times, Jenks made a desperate
effort to strike the second movement
failed, and collapsed. The ’cello and
mouth-organ hammered along uncer-
tainly for a time and ceased. The
stranded waltzers dotted the floor like
boats becalmed on a. miniature lake.
The waltzers had been so engrossed
in their own efforts ,and the rest of u:
in looking, on, that the quality of tilt
music had apparently received little at
tention. When the player broke down
ithere was only a general movemen:
.fof impatience at the interruption, and i
:looked to see the persistent J enks star
up again on the same eight measures
5But he had entirely recovered his self-
{pOssessiOm Laying the fiddle aside
Ihe advanced to meet the girl at WhOSl
Irequest he had made the effort.
“Don’t you think,’ ’he asked, “thaI
I have proved that I cannot play?”
, “Well, it does come pretty close to:
idemonstration,” she answered, “but';
Fthank you for helping us out. Mr
.Smith has come and will relieve you.’
1 So Mr. Smith took .the fiddle and
{Jenks took the girl’s hand for the firsI
fdance, and perhaps for others, andthI
{evening was a success.
, Many hours afterward, as we rodI
:sleepily homeward, in the gray light 0
morning, Jenks said to me: “What 2
'Ivery pretty girl when she laughs!”
'_ "What did she say about playing?’
;I .asked.
_ “Said I must play at the next leap
year dance: 1900 is not a leap year, yet
know—would give me eight years u
p . “actice.”
“Did you promise?"
‘I promised not to; told her I hat
something better to work for now.’
Rime Jenks is a rather taciturn fol
low, and I am not in his confidence, bu' '
I know that he goes pretty often tt
Richmond’s Hill, andhe has traded his
saddle for a cow. I have alsov'notice:
him studying a book entitled “Com
Sortable Cottage for Six Hundred Dol
lars.“——From the Argonaut.
. Hnw Bouquets are Elude for “’ines.
A peculiar industry of the river dis-
tricts of Norfolk, in England, is the
growth of the root of calamus or swee!
flag, which sometimes yields as much
:as $200 an acre. It is used by dis-
'tillers to give a much valued “bou-
quet" to certain liquors, includingrare
Ivarieties of gin.
Such “bouquets" are now habitual!)
manufactured by chemists for the
lovers of rare wines and liquors. A
substance which chemists call “oxide
,of propyl” is made from a certain kind
{of alcohol. Compounded in one way 1
yields the most delightful odors Ol
ripening grapes and brings up visions
'of vine- c-lad hills, but a very slighI
chemical reaction, such as easily take:
place in the human stomach during dil
gestion, changes exactly the same ele
ments so that their odors are those 0I
herring-brine and decaying fish. —Nevs
York World.
Pashas.
“What is a. pasha?” is frequently
“Pasha,” also written “bas-
haw,” is merely an honorary tit.I
given by thg Turkish government ta
men of high political positions, as gov-
ernors of provinces, or to great mili-
tary commanders. There are three
degrees. '
He—Yes, “because" is a woman’s
reason—and it is about all the reasor
she has.
She-It is all the reason She coulc
have for marrying a man. —Cin‘cinnat'
imduirer. _..-- ._-;~.
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CURRENT COMMENT.
Mr. Carnegie has a very poor opinion
of the patriotism of a people who insist
,on $300 armor plate.
‘A Pennsylvania naturalist has
caught a snapping turtle with two
heads, eight legs and tw0 tails. — it i;-
just the thing for Tom Watson’s coat-
of-arms.
The fact that young Mr. Quay ha:
been promoted to a captaincy over the
heads of a large number of lieutenants
listed for’ promotion merely indicates.
that he exercised rare good judgment
in choosing his father.
England to, control the food products
of the colonies and force up prices.
This is not the only country plagued
with trusts, nor will it be the last to ,
straighten them out.
The theme of a college graduate’s
essay in New York, was “My Bark is _
Launched, Where Will it Anchor?”
This was not at Cornell, or the answer
would have been easy—first place.
Senator Shoup-‘says he knows a bet-
terway of making money than risking
life in the Klondyke. He is doubtless
correct, but all of us are not entitled
to the floor of the United States Sen-
ate when a tarifi bill is pending.
In the 222 pupils of the Chicago
grammar schools who reached the
highest grade of, efficiency, 197 were
girls. The co-education of the sexes
will be a failure unless the boys can
keep up better than this.
Joaquin Miller says he was'greatly
surprised to find that mosquitoes did
not bother him while on shipboard
bound for Alaska. Why should a mos-
quito which isvout for blood bite Joa-
quin, anyway?
Women in Maryland are permitted
to wear men’s apparel. In a test case
in Baltimore the authorities decided
that there is no law that forbids the
wearing of men’s garments by women,
provided no offense is, committed
against public modesty. In one state,
therefore, women have the right of'
free‘and unlimited trousers, cutawa1s
and bell-crowned hats without asking
the aid or consent of anybody.
When a child swallows a large arti-
cle in these times the X ray is called
in,, and if the object is located in the
stomach it is usually recovered without
difficulty or danger. A 3-year-old girl
in New York last week swallowed her
mother’s chain bracelet, set with dia-
monds and rubies, and the X ray fol-
lowed its alimentary journey with
ease.
Residents on Madison avenue, New
York, complained _ last winter that
odors of gas and sewage leaked into
the cellars of their houses, and an in-
spector of the Board, who was detailed
to investigate, has just reported. He
finds that the street is underlaid by
sewers, water pipes, an electric sub-
way, steam-heating pipes and three
lines of gas pipes; that some or all of
these conduits leak, and that the as-
phalt covering of the street prevents
the contents from making their way
to the surface; consequently they fol-
low along underground until they find
an exitin the cougars. .
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GOT $2,000 FOR DRIVING HIS WAGON
hurl “’ns Taught That \Vm'k Cumhim-I:
With Good Sense Brought. Its {innit-Ii.
A few years ago a well-to—do but eti-
travagant farmer living out 011 the
Russell Cave pike, went to Mr. Hart.
Boswell, and asked him to see Li;
brother Dave of the Northern Bani.
and tell him that he wanted to borrox.
$2,000, and tell him that it would l..:
all 0. K., &c. ‘Mr. B. told him th..:
he would not do it, but gave him the.
following tip: “I see you or your Wilf.‘
calling negroes out of the field two 0.
three times a day to hitch your rigs up
to go to Lexington, and I see you stop
hands from their field work to drive a
load of corn to market. You, stop at.
this foolishness and drive the wagon
of corn "ourself, then go to the l......;
and ask for what you want." Tae
man went according to directions, and
after he had sold his corn he went to
the bank and asked for die $2,000. 1.1:.
R. T. Anderson, one» of the directors
was present and without asking any
questions, said: “Any man who drives
his own wagon can borrow all t...-
' money he wants at the Northem bank."
iThis little transaction changed tn;
man’ s condition in life, and he was no
longer a money borrower. -—Lexington
Ameiican
A Little Jap Lady Teaches rumor”.
Paris has yet another field in femi.
nine work. A little Japanese house-
hold arrived lately in that city; how
or for what was not known. The lit-
tle household soon found itself desti-
tute of means, with the wolf at the
door. What was to be done? To give
lessons in Japanese! There would be
few pupils! Instead, the little wife he-
took he1self to the houses of the rich
and suggested lessons in making bou-
quets. She now teaches the society
folk of the gay capital the art of group-
;ng blossoms; how to arrange the
gems of plants with charming effect.
c'1:der her tiny fingers a simple vase
with a couple of rosebud blossoms be-
:cnies a thing of beauty. For in Ja-
:n the poetic science of flowers is a
matter of profound study.
Airs. Nuwed: “Why“ did you bring
he pie back? I said you could eat it
.t‘ you would saw that heap of wood. ’
Hungry Henry: “I cum back ter tell
yer, mum, ef it’s just the same ter
mu, "Int I’ll eat the wood and sew up
the pie."
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flow Nansen’s Quickness of Thought Sav-
ed Him from Assailants.
When Fridtjof Nansen was a young
student he attended a ball and danced
with many partners. Returning long
after midnight through the streets to.
his lodgings he heard loud outcriet
from a woman who was struggling
with two rufiians. In another momenI
the woman broke away from them ant
ran toward the spot where Nansen wa:
standing. The two men were c1031
behind her in hot pursuit, '
Nansen was an athlete full of cour
age and vigor and put himself on guart
as the men approached. He allowec
the woman to pass, but called upon thI
infuriated pursuers' to halt, standing
directly in their way, and hitting oul
firstat one and then at the other. The
ruiiians, angered by this unexpected at-
tack, turned resentfully upon the res-
cuer and would have overpowered him
and possibly murdered him, if he had
not shown presence of mind. Drawing
himself to his full height and throwing ‘
back his coat collar so as to expose the »
cotillon favors which he had worn dur-
ing the ball, he sternly asked them it
they knew who he was.
The two assailants, awed by his man-r
her, and supposing him to be a. roya.
oflicer, were at once~cowed. They apol-
ogized roughly for not recognizing him
dropped their arms and sneaked off it:
the opposite direction from that which
the woman had taken.—Youth’s Com
panion. '
Her Why of Falling. _
“See, JesSie, 'Miss Houghton and
Captain Ferrars are teaching Sister
Alice to ride a wheel."
After a pause.
“' res; but, ma, why does Sister Alice
always fall off on Captain Ferrars’
side?”—Answer.
Two Ways.
“Dah is two ways 0’ wastin’ money.”
said Uncle Eben. “One is ter spend it
so fast it doesn’t hab time ter do no
good; an’ de yuther is ter hol’ onter
it so tight it nebber gits a chance."
~—Washington Star.
"1 pity a man"?fio is not beloved by
children.”
“Don’t lavish too much sympathy on
him; he can wear a linen suit all day
‘and look respectable."——Chicago Re-
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