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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, JULY 12 1903. 'AS JT EEMIST -7MEi BX A FRISOJCEB OP HOPE A love affair sJway. Attract, tlon. Even when they were suns , common and; .usual they were never ' overlooked, i It seems to me narcuy true that all the world loves a lover. but certainly, what ever the sentiment - he inspires, the lover is rarejy leu 10 iiia own way. It bad been such. Jfc long-time since I had seen a lover the genuine ar ticle, the young ' man ridiculously, - hopelessly jn love, that when one ap - peared upon the stage that is always : spread before me, I was distinctly gladV It seems to me a very Interest ! " Ing thing to accept our small corner ' of the world as a stage and to watch - the people who appear before us as : actors.. I felt that way long before r 1 knew that the writer. of the greatest plays had put the idea ITito words. when the lover appeared I watched ihim with interest. Me had the Ro- V meo manner all right I wsited-for the other characters. My. heart failed ,me at sight Of Juliet, for ,&heV be ' longed in another play. A simple, ; flower-faced Ophelia, with quiet, ' ' childish ways and a smfle that went straight to one s heart a country V girl used to homely ways. It seemed to me a very pitiful thing " and most unfitting that Romeoshould fix his heart upon Ophelia, for he was of other sort and "to the manner born."' He was uaed to roses, swej voluptuous roses and here was his patrician hand stretched longingly to ward a held flower, a simple daisy. And then upon the scene of action appeared another character, a man of the world, rich In years, experience and wisdom He had right to Ro jneo's ear, and Into it he straightway poured, a stream .of words. Listening, I wondered if the words were true. "Tou think that you love Ophelia, Romeo," said the man of the world with a carefully measured but dls tinctly superior smile. "I know that I do." was Romeo's ftulet response. His voice had a thrill n it. The man of the world tilted his chair and let his eyelids down a trifle. ' "Ah," he said as if he needed a ' throb of time for the settling of him self In a new position. Then he smiled comfortably. " "It Is hot a matter of sentiment that fwe are f going to discuss. Ophelia is Very lovely, very fascinating. I am not surprised that you love her madly." The boy caught his breath, flushed ' sind smiled into the cool eyes that watched him. But he was silent. , "Great thing this that we call love," reflected the man of the world. "Nothing like It. The question Is, does It pay?" j : Romeo laughed softly, but the man : . of the-world went on: "You see It be longs to youth and youth Is such a very little time. There is such a little kit ofirflttnr"tff each "f us. It is ' Immense while it fasts and love Is the flower that fills it with fragrance. But youth drifts away and love goes with It- Ophelia's beauty Is gone. She Is no f longer swet and fresh and fair to see " Romance fades, fascination vanishes, ' - tbe.end of the period of loving is come. And It comes early. ) Vy vAimv man llatAntkri a mnrt rtf .'V superior wonder in his eyes, and theed woman should testify to the cx f th .rM .hi n- "Vnu Istence of a love that lasts past th "' .know all about the loving. Tou know that as well as I 'do. But there your knowleds-o stnDS. Tou haven't been . any farther, I have. I know the sequel. Romeo, It doesn't pay. It Is the mess of pottage,' the transient Joy, the flow--er that leaves you a handful of with ered stems. "Here you are In love, madly In love with this fair Ophelia, and she, poor child, is as madly In love with ' you. You have made up your mind to ' ask her hand In marriage. You bare lieen brought up to one manner of Jlfe, she t another. You love ease and fashion and all that society means. Women of culture, men of refinement, crowded drawing rooms, social func llons position, wealth these have filled your life and ere .necessary to your . . happiness. Hut for one fair woman, a glri who has hern very simply reared, fcntaught in the' things that the wo rn en of your Hnli know, you are wlll- v Ing to sacrlTIO iill That you have held dear. to forego your brifiht prospects as your uncle's heir, to takn your f)lac among the men upon whom rest the curse of Adam." "Yes," sahl the brty slowly. "I told fny uncle to-day thatmy choice Is made. Ophf lla and poverty, love and labor." The man of the world looked st Mm pitlngly. "It' is nothing new." he Hid slowly, "and yet Ur'nrp never flulte reconciled to It. Wp are Impa tient because each man Insist upon finding out for hlmnrif From your I'fsftlon you cannot understand the transitory nature of love and love's ny. The morning is a short pait of the day. As I said. It is a question of somparison. The other division of life Is a larger one. We r old longer than we are young. The time comes Very quickly when the comforts of life m'n mucn. xne quanrvor a mans dinner, ease of body and mind, power ' among other men. gratified lastca and ambition, suo ess that oilier tiu'h rec "cignlze, these am the thing" that last .. Ji you went in for these now and left Ophelia over for ten year, do you think you wvuld sacrifice them for . the faded beauty that would ! your sweetheart's only dowry? . "I've heard all the poetic mnnsense .'about efrtial devotion and love in a cottage. 1 you really want to b-lleve In rt. don't put it to the test; you need a wife, ta ba ftire, but your uncle's -. chok-a Is wiser than your own. - "Mind you, I am not doubting nor (, eltttTin'g- yiur passionate love for Ophelia But I know as you cannot " know the shortlived nature of this de votion. -v''.; - "Oo you need to have pointed out ta you tna men who arer carrying weight, the men who gave all for Jov?.gome of them, with a chery 'It was worth If fight bravely to the end, and' soma forget, that the fields of 3loaur ever were green.. "Tour uncle's choice is a woman of i our own world, Tou are Used to her ' I.!id. gho would be companionable, a - comrade .A man needs that to the1 , journey's and. flhe would be the mo ther of your children, the equal' of their father., and sins would. brine : them up as you have, been, brought up. There would fea no ambanissment no rcnfualon, no unfitness. This passion, real as It seems, U ft Jtort of madness. It is a disease, A man is lor should I f treated as a lunatlo. It is a delu r aa, a hallucination, a mania. It ta a r-orbtd condition that should not be fcouraped- There If no sensible rea. t n hy a man should suddenly de- tln iy preiercnce ir vub f"' We should treat the attack M ? whoopng cough, or measles-AH, of r have it. but moit t?u recover. The trouble Is ,with -the grave compllca tiont and remote -consequences." 'I guess'you don't know what iyon r inlVlnr about." said 'Romeo. TVia ia what alwaysheve -4io-l- contend with." smiled the man of the world, patiently., 'They always think we don't know. Tou remember the quaint old fa ble-wtth the homely mor al, 'If you are a porcupine, marry a porcupine.' It's the best way. Passion cools, beauty fades, conditions change. But natures remain the same. In a year or so your pretty field flower will be a shabby, humble weed and you will miss the accomplishments of the women to whdm yau have . always been accustomed. You are not thinking- of this now. but experience of want enhances the value of riches. If you are a porcupine' ou nnd- as you grow older, that the characteris tics of porcupine are more and more pronounced in your nature. Tou will care more and more for your kind. You will admire the porcupine more and more. Your sympathies will attach themselves to quits of your own pattern, and this will seperate you from Ophelia who is not a por cupine and direct you toward your uncle's choice who Is a porcupine, and there you will be gnawed greedily-by a ravenous remorse that knows no tiring." And then, timidly,, across theplazza of the summer hotel came Ophelia Ophelia in a badly hung, home-made gown. Ophelia with a little tell-talo wing to her arms and a pitiful squeak to her shoes. Her face was as fair as the disk of a daisy and her eyes were pure as wells of summer dew, but The man of the world said the cor rect thins, bowed In the correct way, and took himself correctly off the stage. But from somewhere came the low cadence of a flute-like voice, a voice that rounded each word perfect ly, and trailed off in a generous ripple of soft laughter, and lo, there was be fore us an exquisite creature whose clothes fit her as the feathers fit a humming bird, a girl who knew what to do and say, gracious, perfectly at ease. And I knew lntuitiyelythat this was the uncle's choice. Ophelia, dropping her g's and overlooking her r's lisped out a word or two ending with a childish gig gle, and the other girl, the exquisite "silk-lined" girl with a sweet, cool charity added, a softening word "or two. When I looked again Romeo and Ophelia were crossing the lawn to the boat house and the-sllk-ltned girl was smiling into th,e eyes of the man of the world. It was thn that I fell a-wonderlng. Lu seems, to ma that ttiece. l88omc- thlng of truth In the cruel cynicism of the skeptical man of the world. The Ignorance of the young is pitiful beyond the power of words to be tell ing. For how shall the young man know a passionate infatuation from the grand passion. Even the wise man of the world had never learned as much as that. And though a middle- fire of passion, the charm of beauty, the freshness of youth, how yet should he know? The power of belief was gone. He had formed his opinion. Tho most hopeless people are those who have afflicted themselves with formed opinions. They are deaf and blind.' You can't -reach them. The pity is that they are not also dumb. But they never are. Well, the man of the worl 1 had formed an opinion. His case was hopelesK. He will have to get along with his burden the best way he can. The only use we can make of him Is to keep him for a sort of warning to others who are in danger of forming opinions. But RomooT It seems to me that he may be making a mistake. Trrere is a world of homely wisdom In the little fable about the porcupine who won tho race because Ills wife was so entirely like hlmsalf. No other sort of wlfo qould have helped him. lAnd sfl 1 thought of Ophelia's lack of culture, her Ignorance of things that to Romeo were mere matters of course and I wished he could make his uncle's choice his own. For we who are older know that prttiiness does vanish. We tn u lit acknowledge in spite of senti ment and romance that there must be a good deal In a girl If she Is to be weighed In the balance against a man's prospects fn life. I wondered if Romeo, stripped of wealth, robbed of position. Romeo working humbly In a lowly place would seem tho bero that Ophelia was finding him now. She tins pretty shallow blue eyes and a small tip-tilted nose. Remembering these, I found mself shaking my head. Shn re.ally is not worth if. If we are going to bo perfectly honest, there Is no get ting round as much as that. It seems to me that the question is: Will love blind him to this? Is ho In. danger of finding It out? My expe rlence with luvo explodes, for me, the theory of Its bllndncxHNothlng Is so clear of vision as love, nothing so keen sighted. Its eyes are positively microscopic. For love finds virtues that no other sight. discovers. It is not that love Ih blind to fault, but that it Is so exquisitely sensitive to virtue. Rut if this of Romeo's .should not be the real love. Is ho going to ha brsve enough to be a man? He has" a full. pleure-lovlng mouth, a dim pled chin and eyes with long, heavily fringed, lids. And so I do't know. It seems to me that mistakes are easily made Just here, and well. 1 you are a porcupine, marry a porcu pine. AMERICA'S GREATEST GEM US. Joel Otandler Harris tiavo Tltrongti "Tni-le" Keiriua" a CjOHpcl of I-i-llghtcnment and s CSop of Grati tude) and Love. Rutherfordton Bun. The wires are flashing the sad news all over the world that "Uncle Remus' is dead. -In millions of homes to night little fluffy heads will bow, little wonderful eyes fill with tears, Ifttle stricken' hearts aeha with bereave ment. No "little boy" to steal down to the old man's cabin no old man with the dreamy wise' old face no "Tar Baby" tale no "Miss Rally" to call the itttl fellow back. "Oranpa. Tead me a story," said a dear little boy to me only a few weeks ago; and In all. tha books of which he'd heard or thought, there was but on from which he'd have us read. - Joel ('handler Harris dead, oh dear children! is America's greatest genius. When the President went to - Atlanta, his first Inquiry was forJ"Cncle Remus;" nor would he b satisfied until he found himl There's not a man or woman, young or old, in all the South who was not drawn closer to Mr, Roosevelt because of the Incident, for the tribute was irue. r ; "No period of human history has been more-misjudged and less understood.- said Henry Grady, "than the slaveiiolding ra In the South. It la doubtful if the, world ' has seep "' a, peasantry so happy and so wsll-40-do as the neyro slaves tn Amerlcai ' If Undo tom'B Cabin' had; portrayed the rula of slavery rather than the rarest exception, not all the - armies that went to the - field could, have stayed the flood of rapine and arson and pillage that -would' hav -started with the first gun of the civil war. tntaii-e-thatjatnes the miracle of. the slave in loyalty to his master maintaining and defending the fam ilies of those who fought against lii freedom and at night, on the far-off battlefield, searching among the car nage for hia young master, that he might lift the dying head to his heart and bend to catch the last word to the old folks at home, so wrestling the meantime in agony and lova tuat he would lay down his life in his mas ter's stead. Everywhere humble and kindly, the bodyguard of the helpless,. tha rough companion of the little ones, the observant friend, the silent sentry in his lowly cabin, the shrewd counselor; and when tho dead came home, a- mourner at, the open grave." Then, referring; to the fact that the Northern man, dealing with casual ser vants querulous and sensitive cannot understand this sympathy and friend liness that existed between mastefand slave, "that friendliness," Grady says, "was the rula of the regime." And he truthfully adds, "It has survived war and atrjfe, and political cam paigns' in which the drum-beat Inspir ed and Federal bayonets fortified. It will never die iintil the last slave holder and slave has been gathered to rest. . It Is the glory of our past in the South. It is the answer to abuse and slander. - It is the hope of our future." It is this "miracle" which Jol Chandler Harris, through "Uncle He rn us," has Interpreted to the world, and Implanted in the loving hearts of little children. Ho has made it not only manifest, but Immortal. No sophistry can evade It, no subsequent bitterness destroy it, because, with the hand of a master, he has pictured it imperiahably and riven it to. children into the keeping: of those whom the Savior blessed. A gospel of enlight enment' for, the little boy of the North a. gospel of gratitude and lova for the Uttie white child of the South! We have not yet realised the debt we owe him but wre shall realise It. He is the Old outh's greatest vindi cator to the New South, the preach er and prophet. And the negro race, too. Is his debt or. In a Southern town a year or no ago. Infuriated white men, maddened into a mob against ail because of the unspeakable crime of one. were driv ing black men before them. As a father came rushing Into his terrified home a little boy met him at the door, and "with tears streaming down his little chocks said. "Oh. papa, don't let them hurt 'Urrcle' Remus." " Teh lession is obvious. God blos the gentle spKrit of Joel Chandler Harris. i FAiai, WoixD iAger. A little while (ray sun Is almost set)! I fain would pause along the downward way, MuKlng an hour in this sad sunset ray, Willie, Hweet! our eyes with tender tears are wet; " A-llttle hour I fain would linger yet. A little while I fain would linger yet. All for love s sake, for love that cannot tire; Though fervid youth be dead, with youth's desire. And hope has faded to a vagus rgret, A little While I fain would linger yet. A little while I fain would linger herei Behold! who knows what strange, mys terious bars 'Twlxt souls that love may rise lq other stars? v Nor can love deem the face of death Is ftilr; A little while I still would linger here. A llttlo while, I yesm to hold thee fast. Hand locked 1n hand, and loyal heart to heart; (O, pitying Christ! those woeful words, "We part)!" So ere the darkness fall, the light he past, A little while I fain would hold thee fast. A little while, when IlRht and twilight meet Behind our broken years; before, the deep. Weird wonder of the last unfathomed sleep A little while I still would clasp thee, Hweet. A lltil" while, when night and twilight meet. A little while I fain would linger here; Behold! who knows what soul-dlvldlng .bars , Karth's faithful loves may part In other stars? Nor ran love deem th face of death Is fair; A little while I sttll would linger here. -PAUIj HAMILTON HAYNE. A PKnPKTl AIi ISSUE. Is I he (Juration of Bound or t'nsonnd Micy. New Tork Sun. Sound money is always an Issue. Proposals of repudiation fn whole or in p;irt. twgenlou expedients for light ening tlirdThtoi's Just burden-atrthe expense; of the creditor, new forms of financial heresy, new inflations or swindles or clippings of the coin, are as certain to occur as the genera! causes and conditions of unrest or db tres which produce them are sure to return In the nation's experience. While 4.1 la. Impossible to forecast the form which the next great pop ular movement for the Impairment of the currency or the degradation of fi nancial standards-will take, the course of William" J. Bryan In such an event may be predicted with scientific accu racy. Is there doubt In the mind of any observer of ills CAr-er, any Busi ness man who has had reason to view with apprehension in the past his ac tive interest In financial discussion? WITT WEATHER TALK. It sln't no use to grumble and complain; It s Jest ss cheap and easy to rejoice; When Ood sorts out the weather and sends rsln. - Wy, ram's my choice,' . ' In this cxixtrnce, dry and wet - ? Will overtake the best of. men .. Borne little sklt o' clouds Ml ht v The sun ?? now and then; . " - -. They ain't no sense, as I kin see. In mortals stch as you and met A-fsuttln N tore's wise Intents, And lockin' horns with Providence. It ain't no Use te grumble and complain; It's Jest as cheap and easy te rejoice; When God sorts out . the weather and srr.de tain, . - - Wv r&it's ny chcloa ' '-'y -JAMEsf WH1TCOMB RILET. , :- v - . Tine ; Qiuies&ini' B- . trnormna What fa the amount Of the public debt of theUnlted Btafea, and what method has .been adopted for its gradual extinction? (2) What Is the debt of Great Britain T : A. At the close of t lie last year the interest bearing debt was $ 5,6I0. and a further sum f IM30,- 55 on which interest bad ceased. This does not include some four hun dred millions of .currency and notes outstanding, which Is partly offset by sldjndjillyerThedebr Is noMeIng reduced at present, and is very small as compared with those of the nations of the world. - (2) Great Britain's debt la $.,, 1:0,745, and she. has guaranteed a part of the I (12,510,0(4 debt of her colonies. . -v ,( - J. E. How is silver separated from ore? (2) . Where can 1 send ore to have It analysed? Will there be a charge for it?--,' ; A. By the process of reflnln. It is rendered pure by dissotvingMt In nitric acid, Altering the solution, . and then precipitating the metal " with common salt as a chloride of silver. This Is afterwards mixed with sul phuric acid and then, by introducing bars of sine, a chloride of sine;. is formed while' the silver Is reduced to a metallic state. (2) Minerals are assayed at the New Orleans mint. The assayer will advise you as to charges. - J. K. Please recommend ma a good book to learn French from. A. -Buy a French grammar at any book ators. W. M. fl. When will the Panama canal be completed? Has this gov ernment control of lands bordering It? 12) How many soldiers and how many ships has the United States to use in war? U) Is there any present danger of war, and with whom? (4) How many Representatives in Con gress has Florlua? (5) How many men were killed in the Russo-Japanese war? (I) Can a telegram be sent around th world, and what Is the time required? (7) What la the value of . a quarter-dollar stamped in 1876? (I) What is the horoscope of one born October lltb A. Probably in 1015. Tes, five miles either side. (2) About 70,000 soldiers and 275 vessels of all kinds. Of course either can be Increased If necessary. () l know of none. (4) Three, and two Senators. (t) Tna casualties are estimated at 420,000 Russians and 170,000 Japanese. (C) Yea The time is inappreciable ex cept where tha message has to be re peated. (7) Twenty-five cents. (S) inventive, ga,eat foresight. M. V Is there any extra value to a 50-cent piece coined In 1134? ' If so where can I dispose of It? A. The milled edge without let tering Is worth 1 to 12. Look In a city directory: Addresses are not permitted In this column. 1 R. F. Both gentlemen reside in New York. S. Put your questions to contractor, who will employ you. the E. N. What Is the salary of a good electrical engineer, what Is the cost of tuition, how long does it take to complete the course, and how is the demand for such men? A. One question is answerable: Experts are always In demand. The other things depend upon the man and his opportunities. Experts in any profession are not made with rule and saw, like a soap box. U. E. B. Where can I get the book "My Lost Self," and what Is the price? (2) Is the tomb where Christ was laid In a good state of preaerva tion and yet to bf seen? (I) What Interval of time elapsud between the time Christ said (Mark 13:20) "Verily 1 say unto you that this generation shall not pass till all these things be done," and the fulfillment of the prophecy. A. I do not know the book. A bookseller will got it for you if it Is In print. (2) The tomb of 1900 years ago Is not in evidence, nor is its lo cality a matter of certainty. (2) Herod, aided by Romans, conquered Jerusalem seven years after the death of Christ. It then became the scene of bloody riots and was finally de stray pd by .Titus 70 A. l., forty years after Christ s death. N. J. F Please Inform me as to the conditions upon which teachers arel pensioned by the Carnegie fund, and who to address. A. The provisions are that arty person 05 years of age or over, who has had not less than fifteen years' service as a professor and who is at the time a professor in a non-denom- lnatlonal college, shall be entitled to receive for an active pay of $1,600 or less an allowance of 11.000, provided that no allowance exceed 20 per cent, of tho active ey. For active pay above f 1.000 the allowance Is $50 for each $100 of the active pay. Retir ing professors whose sge Is. under (5 have a slightly smaller - allowance, and widows of professors who die In service share in the benevolence. The ofllccs of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching are at 542 Fifth avenue, New Tork. ,. V. C. Name the State officers of Kentucky. (2) How many Senators In Congress? 1) How many sol diers, including- officers, in the United Wates army? - (4) How many post ofHccs In the United States (5) who Is Speaker of -'the House of Rep resentatives? . () Who are the Sen ators from Kentucky? (7) Kentucky Is part of what district of the United Circuit Court? ( How many States were needed to rattfjl the constitu tion -of the United States? A. Governor, E. W. Hoch; Lieuten ant Governor'. W. J. Fttxgerald; Sec retary, c. E. Denton; Treasurer,. Mark Tuilay; Attorney General. F. C. Jack son; Adjutant General. J. w. E. Hughes. (2) Ninety-two If there are no vacancies. 12) About 70.000. (4) About (0,000. - The number la con stantly decreasing by reason of con solidations and rural delivery routes (5) Joseph G. Cannon. (() J. B. MeCrcary and T. H. Pajrntor. 7) The sixth. (I) Nina. F. W. C- How can I make sticky fly paper? A. Oiryeur paper and coat with ; turpentine varnish. - Or melt sosln, boiled Unseed oil and add honey. Or lake a pound of resin, three and a half ounces each of molasses and Un seed oil and boil till thick enough. ' M. C A Ask cotn dealer. - I hare no Information as to tha value of Confederate coins, v. ;' 5 J. N. A. I would be glad to have Information about bow to make bog kites;- do you - know of any books that treat of making and flying of kites? . ? ' . -: '- A- Directions hsve.no doubt he printed In The American Boy. and a you will write that publication at De troU Mich,, stating your wishes, yoa will probably be able to gel what you want - ... - . ". . - ,; ;. u , ; - ' , 7 .. r. -.. ' A. R. M. and B, O. Not art. ' . J- J.r- C 'Your communication should be addressed to the editor. This column Is not for discussion. R- H. M. The name you write li that of a corporation. I know noth iBf about the personnel of its stock holders. ' ' . . F. A. B- rThe new flag; contains six rows of starsr-the first, third, fourth and sixth having eight ant) the second and fifth rows seven. O. F. E. Fjnley Peter. Dunne, au thor of "Mr. Dooley." now writes ex clusively for The Americas Magatine r" t . . '; " a e. c. The Chicago fire occurred October 8th- and th, 1171. DUMBWAITER REFORM. f Mrs. Flatdwcller JVo " Longer Drons .auiugs vuw a uto ruts 1 1. New Tork Sun. "We don't drop things down the dumbwaiter shaft any, more," said Mrs. Flatdweller, "not since wo once pretty near lost a dollar bill that way that we had dropped down to the laundry hoy. "We had a terrible -time finding that dollar and I don't suppose we ever would have found it If we hadn't had a very obliging Janitor. Ha tore up the floor and looked everywhere, and finally we found it off under a bundle of slats somewhere, feet away from the foot of the shaft Hw it got there I don't know, hut that's where It was. "We used to drop coin down some times wrapped up in paper, but we don't do that any more now either. We make anybody that comes to the dumbwaiter Shaft In tha cellar to collect money pull the dumbwaiter to our floor and then we put the money on that. This makes Uttle more work for the collector, tout Mt's the safest and est'way for him and us "The laundry boy wants us to drop the bundle down, but now we never do, though we used to do that ' to oblige Mm. If the dumbwaiter is at the bottom of the shaft he doesn't want to pull it up, and If It is up near our floor he will pull It up a tittle higher above us so as to leave the shaft below clear for us to drop the (bundle, so that he won't have the trouble of pulling the dumbwaiter down. And once we did sometimes drop the bundle down to him. "But I never liked to. I didnt like to drop it on top of the dumb waiter, to "bounce off and go flapping around on the cellar floor, and may-b-burst open, and scatter the clothes, and I never like to hear the bundle going down the shaft and maybe hit ting the sides of the ahat, and with the danger of tearing the paper wrapping and mybe.thA.cJaOiea too. I never liked that way of doing things, but I used to drop the bundle down sometimes to oblige the boy, but since we pretty near lost that dol lar I drop nothing, - "Sometimes still .when the boy comes and finds the shaft clear he sings up: 'Drop it,' tout -I sing down to !hlm: 'No; you send up the dumb waiter.' and of course he does. "And now I stick to that rule in variably. Any bundle or money that is worth coming for Is worth sending up the dumbwaiter for. I don't drop anything down the dumbwaiter .shaft any more." SAXCTCARTr Her on the hearth Is cheering blase; Here is the coaxing inglenook. With pipe, mayhap. Incense to raise. Above the 'dream-inspiring brook. So, shut the door when night Is come; Forget the world that lies without The worl. of problems wearisome. OV worries, of defeat and doubt Par out the world, learn to forget The echo of its rasping calls; Let neither care, nor fear, nor fret. Find footspace once within your walla Forget the babel of the street; . Forget the roughness of the way. For here are blossoms fair and sweet. Outside are shadows dull and gray. Be this your sanctuary, then;: What ot to-morrow? It may wait. For here is hearth and home again. And here contentment holds its state. These four walls shield us roundabout- What greater peace is there to win? Now all the darkness is shut out And all the light and love locked In. W. D. NEB BIT. RIjVlPX.ICITT. If Power were mine to yield control Of Time Within my heart and souL Saving from 'ruin and decay Whst I hold dearest, I should pray; That I my never cease to be Wooed dally by Expectancy; That evening shadows in mine eyes Dim net the light of new surprise; That I may feel, till life be spent. Each day the sweet bewilderment Of fresh delight In simple things In snowy winters, "golden springs. And quicker heartbeats at the thought Of all the good that man has wrought Rut may I never face a dawn With Ml the awe and wonder gone. 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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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July 12, 1908, edition 1
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