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MARK HANNA’S COURTSHIP
How, When a Young Grocer, He
Wooed and Won the Daughter
of Daniel Bhodes.
Nearly 33 years ago Marie Hanna
was Just starting on his business ca
reer as a grocer in Cleveland. He
, was poor, plodding, and to the casual
observer a very every-day sort of young
man, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Daniel Rhodes was one of the rich
coal owners of the state. He had one
daughter, Gussie, the eery idol of his
soul. Around this lovely girl the
brusque old father had wreathed all
the sentiment, all the hopes of his fu
ture existence. Everything was to be
done for Gussie. Mrs. Rhodes, her
fond mother, was a joint idolator at
the daughter’s shrine, and the doting
parents had dreams of a rich, influen
tial suitor, a splendid marriage and a
brilliant social career for Gussie,
when, as usual, the unexpected hap
pened. Gussie Rhodes met and loved
the obscure, poor young man, Mark
Hanna. Mr. Rhodes was astounded
when the daring young grocer called
upon him and asked for the hand of his
daughter. He refused absolutely to
grant the young suitor even time
enough to beg. He said “no" curtly
and sharply, and when he saw his
daughter he tried to scold her, but in
stead he took her in his honest arms
and begged her not to think of 'Uhls
unknown man, Hanna." He said ho
never, never could consent to such a
choice for his child.
Gussie Rhodes told her father, with
many a reassuring embrace, that she
would never marry without his con
sent, and she added: “But, papa dear,
I shall never marry any man but Mark
Hanna." -w -** •-••••saas
Then she promised her father not t<f
'see her lover or write to him for a
year at least. She kept her promise,
and in the course of a few weeks, ab
though she never audibly murmured,
and was sweetly gentle and loving to
all about her, she grew pale and wan.
She neither ate no slept. The old fa
ther was at his wit’s end. Some on«
proposed a foreign lour for that change
of scene which is supposed to work
wonders In heart affections, and,
presto at a few hours’ notice, father,
mother and daughter were on board
an Atlantic liner.
For nearly a year the “change of
ecene” prescription was faithfully pur
sued and the patient, always cheerfully
Bubmlssive, gentle and charming, ob
viously grew frailer day by day. Al
most in despair the old man brought
his child home again and one morn
tng he gathered the courage to ask
her if she till cared for Mark Hanna.
“Why, father,” she replied, “I shall
-Iways love Mark; I told you that,
you know, a year ago.”
Poor old “Uncle Dan” Rhodes! That
was a bitter day for him, but he was
equal to the occasion. Sending for the
obscure young man, he said to him:
“Mr. Hanna, Gussie loves you, that Is
my only reason for accepting you as
j her future husband. You are poor. I’ll
; fix it so Gussie can live as she has
been accustomed to and I suppose I
must see you marry her."
Now the coming young man cast ever
bo slight a shadow of his future great
ness on the opportunity of the present,
i “Mr. Rhodes ” said he, “I most grate
fui.’y accept the gift of your daughter’s
i love. To marry her is for this world to
become a paradise for me, but I cannot
i make her my wife unless she will be
content to live as my means will enable
us. I can neither accept aid nor per
mit my wife to accept it from any
one.”
I So Mark Hanna and Gussie Rhodes
were married, ana the bride went from
! her father’s big house to live in a tiny
: little cottage, where with one maid of
' all work, she was as happy as a queen
! for some years.
LINE OF CASTE IN ENGLAND
The American in That Country Soon
Becomes Conscious of Its
Restrictions.
What is it, at bottom, that makes
the English atmosphere so difficult
for an American to breathe in freely?
It is, I believe, that he feels himself
in a country where the dignity of life
is lower than in hi3 own; a country
where a man born in ordinary cir
cumstances expects, and i3 expected, to
die in ordinary circumstances; where
the scope of his efforts is traced be
forehand by the accident of position;
: where he is handicapped in all cases
and crushed in most by the superin
cumbent w'eight of caste, convention,
“good form” and the deadening artifi
cialities of an old society, comments a
writer in the North American Review.
That unconquerable buoyancy which
infects the American air like a sting
and challenge, and braces every Ameri
can with the inspiration that he has a
chance in life; that there are open op
portunities, unresei red possibilities,
no battering at locked doors, no floun
dering in blank alleys; that here, in
short, it is the man himself who
makes his career—is sometning which
the English have so utterly lost as to
be incapable of realizing It.
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HYDROGRAPHIC RECORDS.
—--—
Practical Benefit Derived from Them
Illustrated in Geological
Survey Work.
The parable of the sower ia appli
cable to all educational work. Much
of the mission of the great departments
maintained by the government, espe
cially the scientific bureaus Is educa
tional in Its nature. The government
is in the position of a progressive and
ambitious instructor in a modern col
lege, who, surrounded by every labora
tory and library facility, spends part
of his time in making original investi
gations and part in communicating to
his pupils the results of his studies.
The seed he sows falls on all kinds of
■oil, but, however poor the ground, it
is sure to bring forth fruit in some
measure, if there is life in the kernels
that he sows. There is great varia
tion in the returns from the different
kinds of educational work prosecuted
by the government. The ultimate
value of much of it can be determined
only after the lapse of many years,
but some of it seems to bear fruit a
I hundred fold from the very start. An
j instance of this is seen in the results
that have followed the hydrographic
work of the United States geological
| survey in many quarters. The cases
In which it has been of benefit to the
one state of Colorado, for example, are
numerous and interesting.
None of the irrigation work contem
plated by the government would,
ordinarily, be possible without long
delay, were it not for the hydrographic
data accumulated by the survey dur
; tog many years of observation and
measurement. In addition to that,
1 the work of private individuals is con
; stantly facilitated by the same records.
1 No large engineering enterprises aro
now undertaken without reference to
, the survey’s records concerning tie
supply of water available at the
j chosen site. The South Platte Land
■ and Reservoir company, which has
under way canals and reservoirs that
j probably aggregate $500,000 in value.
nas estaDiisnea stations at urcnara
and Kersey, Col., because of the
superior hydrographic advantages of
fered by these localities. The choice
of those points is directly traceable to
the data compiled by the survey,
j Equally important is the fact that
: projects that would have resulted dis
astrously have in numerous cases been
j abandoned after a study of survey
records that throw light on the prob
able outcome. Data concerning the
flow of water on the Arkansas and
8outh Platte rivers prevented the ex
penditure of great sums of money on
the state canal in the first instance,
and upon the Pawnee pass reserrolj,
project in the second.
Sfirvey data seem to be In great
demand as unimpeachable testimony
i in the legal controversies that have
; arisen in this state in regard to irriga
| tion matters. A most notable instance
| is the case of the Colorado ft South
; ern railroad vs. the Denver Union
Water company, in which the sum of
| $100,000 was involved.
Data obtained by the survey In re
gard to the amount of water power
j available at certain prices have influ
enced the plans of the Glenwood
Springs Light and Power company,
! the New Century Light and Power
company, and also proposed power
companies on Clear and SL Vrain’a
creeks. None of these projects has
yet been carried to a conclusion, but
some of them will undoubtedly be
eventually constructed.
Colorado cities seeking a suitable
water supply have frequently con
sulted data obtained by the survey.
In the case of Durango, in southwest
ern Colorado, the discharge of Florida
river was especially studied in order
t» ascertain whether a gravity water
system would be feasible at that point
The location of various manufactur
ing industries has been determined by
:eport from survey engineers on th«
i available water tupply.
AN OXEN CAVALRY CORPS.
Natives Queerly Mounted for Police
Duty on the Island of
Madagascar.
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The oddest cavalry in the world la
maintained on the west coast of Mad
agascar by Governor General J, G. Gal
lieni. While the French troops in that
country are ample to meet the occa
sional revolutionists, the governor gen
eral makes use of native talent for po
! lice work in out-of-the-way localities,
says the New York Herald.
On the west coast of Africa Is a
tribe of natives, possibly radically
connected with the Hovas, who are
known as the Sakalova, the most war
like tribe of the country. The natives,
In imitation of French troopers, or
ganized an oxen cavalry corps, under
' command of a French officer. They
are armed with modern long-handled
lances, or spears, and side arms.
Their uniform is khaki, with skull
caps. They ride barefooted, without
stirrups, sitting on their equipment,
cinched like a saddle, with cords mado
of the native fiber plant, and a sort
of bridle of the cord, passing through
the nose of the beast.
The oxen are neither slow or scared,
and it is assumed would create havoc
with their horns among horse cavalry.
Servian Aru.y’s Big Drum.
A curious feature connected with tha
Servian army is the manner in which
most of the regiments carry the big
drum. It is not, as in most countries,
slung in front of the man who plays it.
but is placed upon a two-wheeled cart
drawn by a single dog, which has been
ao trained that it keeps its place even
through the longest and most tedious of
inarches. The drummer takes up a po
sition behind the car and performs nq
the Instrument m the gninuU guUa ft
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SHE WAS ALL PREPARED.
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! Bo That When Hobson Sneezed Hia
Good Wife Was Bight There
with the Bemedy.
I Mr. Hobson sneezed and Mrs. Hobson
remarked that he must have caught
cold. Mr. Hobson is one of those men
who hate to have a fuss made over them.
He has been trying to impress that fact
^n his wife’s mind for 20 years, relates
the Chicago Daily News.
“What makes you think I’ve taken
cold ?” he demanded, irritably.
“You sneezed,” replied Mra Hob
son.
“That doesn't signify—’’ He paused.
“But it does ‘signify.’ It is one of the
first signs of a cold. Ydu went out with
the ashes this morning without a thing
sound your neck.”
*T always do.”
“And now you’ve caught cold.”
Mr. Hobson returned to the reading of
Ml newspaper without replying. In a
lew ■omfpts Mrs. Hobson said:
■ *Henry.".V V;-'; ■■ -V
“Well?” •* I'M-.'
“You’ve got to do something for that
•old.”
“Can’t I sneeze without being accused
of a cold? Is there any law against
sneezing, or do I have to get a permit
t from the health department?”
"I don’t see anything foolish in taking
! • cold in time,” Mrs. Hobson said, calm
| ly. "If you would let me put your feet
1 in hot water and mustard, and get you to
bed—’"
Mr. Hobson resumed his paper, and as
i he did so he felt an annoying tickling in
his nose. He struggled heroically for
nearly half a minute. Then he sneezed
again.
“There-" said Mrs. Hobson, in melan>
eholy triumph. “You’ve sneezed again!”
“I’ve sneezed twice, and I’m not
ashamed of it,’’ Hobson replied, coldly.
“If I feel like it. I’m going to sneeze
again. I’m—’’
Three successive and violent sternu
tations Interrupted him.
“Now will you let me heat that water,
Henry?”
“No, thank you.”
“Will you take some quinine, then?"
"No.”
Mrs. Hobson sighed.
“Sneezes,” Mr. Hobson explained,
v vw“ * — ~ J
of a sensitive membrane. The irritation
may be caused by the introduction of any
small particle of foreign matter, such as
a grain of dust. Snuff has been known
to produce a sneeze; so has pepper. You
can get up a fairly good imitation by
tickling the nostrils with a straw. It is
not, as you imagine, an infallible indi
cation of a cold.”
“I suppose,” said Mrs. Hobson,reflect
ively, “that you would object to an onion
poultice, too?”
Hobson rose from hie chair and started
for the door. With his hand, on the
knob he paused to say, with dignity;
“I’m going up to my room now. I’ve got
some work to do, so I guess I had better
be alone for the rest of the evening.”
Hobson sneezed twice on the way up
stairs. Then the door of his den closed
explosively. Fifteen minutes later the
door opened and Hobson’s voice called
down the stairs: “Maria!”
“What is it. dear?”
“Say, if you think I really ought tc
take a hot foot bath I suppose it won’t
do any'particular harm, whether I’va
got a cold or not. Would it be troubling
you too much to heat the water?”
Mrs. Hobson’s voice replied cheer
fully:
“It’s all ready now. dear. I’ve heated
tt and got some blankets nice and hot
When yeu’re ready I’ll bring them up "
Slight Mistake.
“Those large bumps,” said the phren
ologist, “would indicate that some ol
your ancestors were eccentric.”
“You’re up against it there, professor,”
replied the man in the chair; “they indi
cate an eccentric wife. Confine your ex
amination to the small bumps, please."
•—Chicago Daily News.
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRA
TOR’S SALE.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned as
inc'liary administrator of the estate of Isaac
Scott deceased, will offer for sale at public auction
to the highest bidder on a credit until October 15,
1905, at the front door of the Courthouse in New
port, Jackson county, Arkansas, between the
hours of ten o’clock in the forenoon and .three
/clock in the afternoon, on
SATURDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF MARCH 1905
ill the lands belonging to the estate of Isaac Scott
deceased, lying in Jackson County, Arkansas, to
wit: The s e 1-4 of the s e 1-4 of sec. 12, the n w
1-4 of the n e 1-4 of sec. 13. all in Township 12
north range 3 west; also thirty acres off the north
side of lot 2 of the n w 1-4 and ten acres off north
side of the e 1-2 of lot 3 and the w 1-2 of lot 3 all
n the n w 1-4 of section 7 and the w 1-2 of lot 3 of
the s w 1-4 of sec. 7, all in Township 12 north
range 2 west.
Said sale being made by virtue of the order of
the Probate Court of Jackson County, Arkansas.
Purchasers will be required to give note with
ipproved security and a lien to be retained upon
die land to secure the payment thereof.
Possession will be given January 1st, 1906.
Given this 16th day of February, 1905.
J. R. COX,
Ancillary Administrator of the estate of Isaac
Scott, deceased.
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