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MARK HANNA'S COURTSHIP
How, When a Young Grocer, He
Wooed and Won the Daughter
of Daniel Rhodes.
Nearly 38 years ago Mark Hanna
wa3 just starting on his business ca
reer as a grocer in Cleveland. He
i was poor, plodding, and to the casual
observer a very every-daj 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 very 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 wa3 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 ‘'this
unknown man, Hanna.” He said he
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
went, and she added: “But, papa dear,
jwshail never marry any man but Mark
[Hanna.”
I Then she promised her father not to
wee her lover or write to him for a
wear at least. She kept her promise,
Bd in the course of a few weeks, aL
I ugh she never audibly murmured,
l was sweetly gentle and loving to
about her, she grew pale and wan.
neither ate no slept. The old fa*
r was at his wit’s end. Some one
kosed a foreign tour for that change
scene which i3 supposed to work
Iders in heart affections, and,
Ko at a few hours’ notice, father,
ler and daughter were on board
Atlantic liner.
■r nearly a year the “change of
I” prescription was faithfully pur
land the patient, always cheerfully
lissive, gentle and charming, ob
lly grew frailer day by day. Al
I in despair the old man brought
Ihild home again and one morn
lie gathered the courage to ask
Hf she till cared for Mark Hanna,
why, father,” she replied, “I shall
Is love Mark; I told you that,
Inow, a year ago.”
Ir old “Uncle Dan” Rhodes! That
■ bitter day for him, but he was
mto 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
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.
“Mr. Rhodes ” said he, “I most grate
fully accept the gift of your daughter’s <
love. To marry her is for this world to
become a paradise for me, but I cannot
make her my wife unless she will be
content to live as my means will enable
u§. I can neither accept aid nor per
mit my wife to accept it from any
one."
So Mark Hanna and Gussie Rhodes
were married, and 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 his own; a country
where a man born in ordinary cir
cumstances expects, and is expected, to
die in ordinary circumstances; where
the scope of hi3 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 weight 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, unreserved possibilities,
no battering at locked doors, no floun
dering in blank alleys; that here, m
short, it is the man himself who
makes his career—is sometning which
the English have so utterly lo3t as to
be incapable of realizing it
For Purifying Air, *
Pure breathing air can now be main
tained in a small closed space by the
use of machinery. The device consists
of a distributor, which, by the action of
clockwork, drops sodium peroxide into
water at regular intervals, a cubical
steel box and a ventilating fan. The
sodium peroxide i3 decomposed by the
water with liberation of oxygen, ab
sorption of carbon dioxide and destruc
tion of the other toxic products of res
piration. A refrigerator is also sup
plied to counteract the heating effects
of the chemical reactions. The com
plete apparatus weighs about 2C
pounds, —Detroit News-Tribune
ASPARAGUS HAS A LINEAGE
Bomans Held Vegetable in High Es
teem Many Tears Before
Christ.
Of all food plants there is none which
has been so long known or been pos
sessed of so distinguished a lineage as
the asparagus. Its records reach back
almost to the beginning of authentic his
tory, and it is mentioned by the comic
poet Cratinu3, who died about 425 B. C.
The Romans held the vegetable in high
esteem. The elder Cato wrote a work
which is still extant, “De re Rustica,”
and it treats at length of the virtues and
proper cultivation of asparagus. Pliny,
in his natural history, written about
60 A. D., has much to say about it He
feelingly observes: “Of all the products
of your garden your chief care should be
asparagus,” and he devotes several
chapters to its many good qualities and
the best methods of raising it He as
serts that the soil about Ravenna was so
favorable to its production that three
heads grown in that district had been
known to weigh a Roman pound. This
pound seems to have been about equal
to 11 ounces in our day, so it would ap
parently have taken four of the stalka
to have reached a pound of our weight.
The asparagus being essentially a
southern plant, it is possible that the
stock growing in Italy was of a more
vigorous growth than that of our north
ern clime. It is found all around the
shores of the Mediterranean and
branches oft into four or five distinct
species besides the one ordinarily used
for edible purposes.
WON BY ORDINARY TALK.
Lack of Arm Gestures and Conversa
tional Tone Wins Heart of
Doubtful Maiden.
Congressman William H. Jackson, of
Maryland, was engrossed in discussing
with a number of colleagues the deca
dence of oratory, says the New York Her
ald. “Sane people are not emotional,”
declared the congressman, “and the con
versational delivery of speech carries
as much weight with an intelligent
audience as does the effort of a declaim
er who indulges in brilliant periods with
an arm-swinging acompaniment.”
“You are right,” said a listener, “and
your statement reminds me of a young
lady who had two suitors. Both men
had about the same advantages and
prospects, but gossip declared that the
girl would decide in favor of the man
who was a lawyer, for he knew better
how to present and win his ease. Gce
sipe erred; the lawyer waa rejected.
Later it was learned from a friend in
whom the betrothed had confided her
reason for her choice.
‘“Harry is convincing, but John la
just as convincing and does not have to
move his arms every time he wants to
say something.’ ’*
BIC BEE RANCH IN "FRISCO
Public School Principal of Coast City
Harvests a Third of a Ton
of Honey a Season.
There is a bee ranch with more than
1,000,000 bees in the heart of one of the
densest residence districts of San Fran
cisco. It is owned by Philip Prior, prin
cipal of a public school, and is In the
ittle back yard of his home. For ten
years he has kept his bees there, has
liarvested about a third of a ton of
honey each season and has been at no
expense for food for his interesting and
Industrious pets. Although it is a dis
tance of two and one-half miles from
the Prior bee ranch to Golden Gate park,
the bees make the trip there, collect
loads of honey and get back to the hive
in two minutes, making a bullet-like
flight at the surprising rate of 150 miles
an hour. Mr. Prior has demonstrated
this by having an observer watch cer
tain bee-favored places in the park and
exactly timing the arrival there of bees
he purposely sprinkled with flour as
they issued from a hive. He has also
kept time on the absence of the whitened
bees.
BIC PROFIT IN BATHHOUSE
Average New Tork Seashore Besort
Beceives Nearly $2,000 a Day
for Booms Alone.
If you doubt that the nickel and quar
ter business doesn’t pay, consider the
money-making propensities of the aver
age seashore bathhouse around New
York, and make over your opinion. A
representative bathing pavilion has
1,500 bath compartments. It costs 20
cents to rent one. On a medium hot
summer’s day some $800 are derived
from renting these rooms, for the com
partments are used In the course of the
day by about 4.000 persons. Bathing
suits rent for 25 cents each. There
would be 8,000 of them for such a pavil
ion, which means $1,000 a day if half ol
them are rented once; and it is fair to
assume that three-fourths of the 4,000
bathers pay five cents for the use of a
comb and brush—$150. ▲ total of near
ly $2,000, to say notmng or the proceeds
from restaurant, bar, barber shop and
Indoor baths.
Italy’s Emigrants.
In the past 30 years Italy has sent
more than 2 000,000 persons to the
United States, says the World’s Work.
A. number of these have returned in the
course of time, taking with them care
fully hoarded savings. A very large
majority have remained in the United
States.
Japs Drink Nuch Water.
A gallon of water a day is drunk by
every Japanese who practices, as nearly
all do, the gymnastics known as jiujitau.
Cuba’s Population.
The population of Cuba is now over
1,685,000, which is an increase of more
than ten per cent ainoe 180&
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Oklahoma, Texas and New Mex
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