CHARM OF MONT ST. MICHEL
Kaol&tion of the Picturesque Spot I*
i Its Principal Di»
' tinction.
My stay in Mout St. Michel ex
tended Ion# beyond the usual
day’s outing, but I never got over
my first impression. From my
balcony, and from the pretty ar
bor in the garden where I ate my
first breakfast, says Elizabeth
liobins Pennell, in Century, 1
looked down upon a wonderful
collection of old houses, all tur
rets and tumbled roofs, and then
out upon the endless stretch of
Bands, crossed and recrossed by
innumerable streams running in
long, flowing lines, and beautiful
curves, the color changing with
the flight of the clouds and tie*
journeying of the sun across the
heavens.
I could sit there for hours,
watching the light wander over
the gray level, or waiting for the
tide to come in and widen the
Couesnou—the river that sepa
rates Normandy from Brittany—
into an enormous bay, and never
wob there a moment of monotony.
Of the abbey, higlver on the hill be
hind me, nothing was to be seen,
except in the late afternoon, when
it threw a tricautk shadow across
the sands.
Mont Ht. Michel is isolated; de
tached; it stands alone; it is com
plete in itself. And it is compara
tively small, with its whole life
and architecture ©entering about
(the abbey. There is room for
nothing else but the handful of
houses clinging to the southern
slope.
From the first gate up the one
(Village street a ten minutes’ walk
brings you to the abbey; you need
be no longer on the way if you fol
low the walls; while in half an
ihour or so of plodding through
wet sand and scrambling over
rocks you can make the entire
round of the mount.
If I left my high perch to wan
der up and down the endless steps
or along the narrow paths on the
hillside between abbey and vil
lage, it was to come at every turn
upon some new arrangement, some
fresh outlook more picturesque
than the last. And on stairs, or
footpaths, or street, or walls, or
sands, I could seldom forget th^
isolated position of Mont St. Mi
chel, which is at once its charm
and its distinction.
SOME CURIOUS ALMANACS.
Queer Methods Employed by Solitary
^ Men to Keep Note of Pass
ing i'lme.
The boundary riders of the great
Australian sheep ranches have
•earn a district to look alter, in
'Which one must keep the wire
fences in repair and see that the
sheep come to no haxm. It is a
hard and lonely life, living, as
.each boundary rider does, quite
alone in the wilderness, says tin*
Buffalo Commercial.
A writer tells of Borne of the cu
rious ways in which these solitary
men keep count of the days.
One old man, who had lived in
the hack country for 30 years,
u«ed two jam tins and seven
pebbles. One tin was marked;
•“This week,” and the other, “Last
week.” On Monday morning he
would take n j»ebble from “Last
week” and drop it into “Tim
week,” and each subsequent
morning, till “This week” had
swallowed the seven. They were
returned to “Last week,” and tin*
old fellow knew that another Sun
day had passed.
Another man has tried and failed
with several plans. At last he hit
on a new idea. He made a big
damper (cake of flour and water)
on Sunday night, and marked it
into seven sections, each section
•being a day’s allowance, so that
every time he picked up the dam
per the grooves would remind him
of the day. Unfortunately, one
Tuesday there came a visitor with
a ravenous appetite. The host
stinted himself that the hungry
one might be satisfied with the
day's section. But he wasn’t.
.With anxious eyes the host saw
the knife clearing the boundary
line and the hungry man ruthless
ly carving into the almanac. At
last he could stand it no longer.
“Stop! Htop!” he cried, as he
grabbed the damper and glared
at it.
“There,” he said, “you’ve eaten
Toosday and We’n’sday, and now
ver wanter slice the best o’ the
moruin’ o’ Thursday, an’ I won’t
know the duy o’ the week.”
Contrary.
Either a girl loves a man be
cause she wants to or because her
family doesn’t want her to.—N. Y.
Press.
BOOKS WENT BEGGING.
Many of the Great Literary Successes
of To-Day Were at First
Rejected.
A lot of nonsense is being given
typeroom these days about tin*
good manuscript that is being re
jected by periodical editors and
readers for the big publishing
houses. Vet it is a fact, says the
St. Paul Globe, that many of the
great literary successes of to day,
vesterday and before that even,
had to go begging from door to
Joor among the publishers before
1 they could find a market.
Thus the first and most success
ful of Irving Bacheller’s books,
“Ebon Holden,” whose sale was
wonder-making and still contin
ues, though reduced, was turned
iown repeatedly in its tirst form
and under its tirst title: “The
Shadow of the Lone Pine.”
In its first form thi* story was
written long before ‘“David
llarum,” of which it was frankly
advertised as an imitator, and
which had a much longer and more
disheartening period of begging
imong the publishers than Mr.
l'acheller's book passed through
practically all the imitation of
‘David Harum” shown in “Eben
Holden” as it stands was the crys
tallization of the whole story
about the one central character of
“Ebon.”
“Mark Twain's” “Innocents
Abroad” was peddled and peddled
and peddled among the “stand
ard” publishers in the metropolis,
and failure was predicted by the
majority of the directors of the
subscription book house that
finally decided to bringit out. Ten
years ago his royalties from the
book were much in excess of $100,
000, and it is still selling.
It took (Jen. Lew Wallace1 two
years to sell "Hen IIur,”and after
its publication, even, the book lan
guished until President Garfield
took it up and lauded it. After
that it became a great seller, its
returns exceeding that from any
American book save “The Inno
cents Abroad,” until the days of
“David llarum,” “Eben Holden”
and Mary Johnston’s “To Have
and to Hold.”
Edward \V. Howe, who began
his successful literary career with
“The Story of a Country Town,”
could get no publisher to take up
hisbook.and finally in desperation
put it into type in his own printing
office.
Stopping Motors.
The French committee on auto
mobile traffic has made a series
of experiments for the purpose of
comparing the quickness with
which horse vehicles and automo
biles can be stopped. At a speed
of seven and a half miles an hour
the horse vehicle can only be
completely stopped at 30 feet, the
motors at ten feet. At a speed of
ten miles an hour a one-horse ve
hicle stopped at 40 feet, the mo
tors at 13^ feet. At a speed of 11!A
miles an hour the distance in
creased to 43 1-2 and 16| feet re
spectively.
A Competition of Patience.
It is related of Henry Hawkins,
the famous English criminal
judge, that on one occasion an ex
ceedingly loquacious and prosy
counsel observed his honor writ
ing very vigorously. A few mo
ments later an usher touched his
elbow and handed to him the fol
lowing note:
“Patience competition. Gold
medal—Sir Henry Hawkins; hon
orable mention—Job.”—Success.
TRIUMPH FOR FREE SPEECH
How George W. Curtis Compelled At
tention from an Unwilling
Convention.
Among the most inspiring roc
Elections of my life is a scene
witnessed in the republican na
tional convention in I860, wliiei
nominated Abraham Lincoln as
its candidate for the presidency
jf the United States, writes Car
Schurz, in McClure’s. The repub
lican convention was about tc
vote upon the republican platforir
reported by the committee on res
olutions. Then arose the vener
ible form of Joshua K. Giddings
of Ohio, one of the veteran chain
pions of the anti-slavery clause,
lie confessed himself painfully
surprised that the declaration ol
independence had not found a
word of recognition in that sol
emn announcement of the re;., i>
lican creed, and he moved iu
amend the platform by inserting
the words: “That the mainte
nance of the principle promul
gated in the declaration of inde
pendence and embodied in the fed
eral constitution, that all men are
created equal; that they nre en
dowed by their Creator with cer
tain inalienable rights; that
among these are life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness essential
to the preservation of our repul)
lican institutions.” The conven
tion, impatient, as such assem
blages are apt to be at any propo
sition threatening to delay the
dispatch of business, heedlessly
rejected the amendment. Mr.
Biddings. a look of distress upon
his face, his white head toweyng
above the crowd, slowly and sad
ly walked toward the door of the
hall.
Suddenly, from among the New
York delegation a young man of
strikingly beautiful features
leaped upon a chair and demanded
to be heard. The same noisy dem
onstration of impatience greeted
him. But lie would not yield.
“Gentlemen,”1 he said, in calm
tones, “this is a convention of free
sjieeeh, and 1 have been given the
floor. I have but a few words to
say to you, but I shall say them if
I stand here until tomorrow
morning.” Another tumultuous
explosion of impatience, but he did
not falter. At last his courage
won and silence fell upon the as
sembly. Then his musical voice
rang out like a trumpet call. Was
this, he said, the party of freedom
met on the borders of the free prai
ries to ad vance the cause of liberty
and human rights? After a few
such sentences of almost detiant
appeal he renewed the amendment
to the platform moved by Mr. Gid
dings, and with an overwhelming
aijuui rmuuBiubui uie conven
tion adopted it.
THE JAPANESE PROVERB.
In Its Significance It Closely Re
sembles the Common Amer
ican Variety.
“Roses have thorns,'’ and
“Walls have ears” are as common
in file Japanese speech as in our
ov i . says the Rochester Post Ex
pre* < . We say “More haste, less
speed." hut the Japanese phrase
is “If in a hurry go round.” In
this 1 ountry we very often remark
that “Accidents will happen in the
bes’ regulated families.”
1 e Japs, on the other hand,
wii ■ an eye to the picturesque,
vitalize it, so to sjieak, in their
”Ivcn a monkey sometimes falls
from a tree.” One of our useful
English sayings is ‘‘Those who
play w:th edged tools must expect
to cut their lingers.” In express
ing a similar thought the Jap goes
us one bet ter so far as picturseqlie*
ness is concerned. He savs. “If
you keep tigers you are likely to
have trouble.” One of our stand
ard maxims is to the effect that
"Oil and water won’t mix.” The
Japs have not improved on this.
\ on cannot rivet a nail in a cus
tard is their way of putting it.
“The lotus springs from the mud”
is their poetical expression of the
common thought that “Out of evil
good may come.”
^ hat could be more suggestive
md at the same time so poetic as
their “Scattering a fog with a
fan?" When a Jap undertakes the
impossible his neighbors do not
'scoff at him or mock him. They
simply say that he is Hui t nir.
bridges to the clouds,” or that he
is “Dipping up the ocean with a
shell ” Failure in such a country
1 mist be as delightful as success
in our more material land. Thine
own heart makes the world, is
worthy of Emerson or Browning.
A Paradox.
It is possible to move in political
circles and still be square. 1 hila
delphia Record.
HOMES OF HOLLANDERS.
Survivals of the Early Settlers Came
Down Through Descendants
to the Present.
The Hollanders were the first
people to make home life comfoi t
ible, as we understand it, and
they brought to the new world
their high ideal of home, sats Mrs.
Henry W. Rogers, in the House
Beautiful. YV hat survivals of the
?arly settlers and their descend
ints have come down to us iu
their houses, furniture and uten
sils, and in their customs and per
sonal belongings, evidence the
comfort and simplicity in which
they lived and their sense of the
value of the picturesque and the
beautiful in their homes and en
vironment. Thev chose sightly lo
cations for their homes, on gently
sloping hillsides, or by the water
side, with a longing thought of the
motherland, and even the simplest
country homes were models of
comfort and quaint homelikeness
and excellent workmanship, as of
a people long bast the rude begin
nings of pioneer life. The low,
substantial stone houses were
picturesque, and into them went
handwroughf timbers and shin
gles and solid masonry. Within
were immense fireplaces with
hutch hearth tiles, broad window
seats, wonderful scenic wall pa
per and the substantial furniture
brought from Holland. The bur
nished metal utensils., the hand
wrought plate, and artistic Delft
ware added the touch of bright
ness to the interior. The things
they used in everyday life were
artistic and of sound workman
ship, so that to-day what survives
of them is kept in museums and
chief rooms and copied diligently
by a generation awakening to tie*
value of beauty in the common
life.
AN EASTERN CONVICT CAMP
One in Massachusetts Intended by
the State for Minor
Offenders.
Massachusetts bus established
a convict camp in the hill country
near Rutland. It is a different
matter from the convict camps of
c r»n tli liMivuvs-r 41 nil tlw*
pants are not farmed out for
profit, as is the case in Florida and
some of the other states. The new
enterprise is undertaken hv the
state itself and is intended to ex
ercise a reformatory function. It
is accessory to a farm. No exper
ienced and hardened sinners are
taken to the place; on the eon
trary, the idea is to establish it as
a camp for minor offenders, espe
i cially for the intemperate who are
not lost to the appeals of their bet
ter selves and who have sinned
| through weakness rather than
from intention.
It is said that the substitution
of air, sun, wholesome food and a
| measure of freedom from the usu
al gloom, foulness, idleness and
| lack of care which characterize
jails and their keeping has
; already shown beneficent results,
not merely in the physique of the
prisoners, which it is never the in
ten f n of a st ate to harm, but upon
the,, moral nature.
In time a hundred convicts will
j t>e k<>l»t at work at the Rutland
! farm, their present employment
being chiefly concerned with re
deeming waste land; and its iso
! lated position secures them
against a public scrutiny that is
inevitable in the south, where
streets are cleaned and much pub
lie work is done by chain gangs.
City Directory
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
Mayor, J. H. Ilolderby,
Recorder, J. A. Gibson,
Marshal, Walter Pascoe,
Night Marshal, H. .J. Mayhan,
Treasurer, E. J. Maguess,
Aldermen:- A. A. Henderson, W. T.
Madness, W. C. Mims, Fred. D. Whit
ing, Morg Drennen.
Couneil meets first Monday night in
each month.
CHURCHES
Methodist church, services at 11, a.
m and 7:30 p. m. fourth Sunday in
each month. Rev. C. H. Newman,
Pastor.
Baptist church, services at .1 p. m.
Saturday before third Sunday, and 11
a. m. third Sunday in each month.
Rev. J. L. Brown, pastor.
Christian church, services iirst and
third Sundays in each month at 11 a.
in. and 7:30 p. in. Rev. W. W. Young,
Pastor.
KRATKRNITl KS
Pannelly Chapter R. A. M. meets
third Saturday night. 1. C. Nuckolls,
E. H P.; T. II. Pearipg, Sec.
Newark Lodge F. & A. M. No. 248
meets secend Saturday night. T. J.
Raney, W. M.; J. H. Jimerson, Sec.
Newark Encampment 1. O. O. F. 188
meets second and fourth Thursday
nights. G. A. Ashley, C. P; F. C. Hoyt
Scribe.
newarK uouge u. cy. r. /*u.
meets the first and third Wednesday
nights. T. J. Haney, N. G; O. F. Craig
Secretary.
Newark Camp W.(). W. No. 2S8 meets
second and fourth Tuesday nights in
each month. E. H. Magness, C. C.;
O. F. Craig, Clerk.
Independence Lodge No. 2379 K. &
L. »>f II. meets first and tnird Monday
nights in each month. (). F. Crarg,
Protector; Zed Griffith,. Secretary.
Railroad Time Cardr
WHITE RIVER BRANCH
St. L. I. M. & S. Ry.
Train** pass Newark as follows:
GOING WKW,
No. 127.12.50 p. m.
No. L2S.8.00 a. in.
GOING KASI’.
No. VJ9.9.10 a. tn.
No. I-'*.7.02 p. m.
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