The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 21, 1883, Page 6

HALF A CHANCE. -*Ralph, the fifteen minute bell is | ringing.” “Not going to school to-day.”’ His mother How cuuld she send a boy to shool had but half a breaktust, out at elhows and But the tather who lounged who and who was knees and toes. more sover than around the door, roused himself at the boy’s words. ‘*Not going to school, eh? long since vou came to be yeur ewn If that’s the way you ap- preciate your privileges, it’s high time you lost them. Might as well stop school anyway ; you don’t learn usual, Hew master? anything.”’ “Reckon I could if I had halt a chance,” said the boy, looking dis- conso.ately at his rags. “I haven’t anothes patch latt te mend vour clothes with,’? said his mother sadly. “Oh, it isn’t your fault: no one blames you, mother,’”’ said Ralph quickly. **[ suppose that means that I am to blame for everything that eughtn’t to be. A boy of thirteen ought to be able to earn himself a suit of clothes, to say nothing of his breaa and but- ter.”’ ‘Lots ef good it weuld do me to muttered Ralph, not earn anything,’’ sullenly. Usually he would have dared to say so much in his father’s presence but this merning he hardly cared what he did or what might follow. Usually, too, he would have paid dearly for such a speech, but vow Mir. Allen only said: ‘*You’re an impudent young ras- cal but sceing I haven’t done as well by yas ac I might, I'll make a bar- gots with you. Everycent you can earn y@ may have, but net a bite to ~t DG3 @ rag to wear, besides. yor: understand? Now be off, and see v kat you are werth.’” “30 right,” answered Ralph, picking up his ragged hat. ‘Vou ven’t go eut ot town?’’ gaic is mother, anxiously, as he passed Gut. “2, not without letting you ineww," 9 answered trom eutside the zete. From simple torce ef hats:t, omd without any definite pur- jes, bo mek the read leading to the 2clied bouse end tound himselt at the o+@ just as the noi,y troop were tatering ‘dd ight as well go in too.”” ee © © © himsel*, and hedid. But his © @ee rempined unopened, and whee wwe class was called he sat still in 5a eat. His teecher was sure fross ne looks thet he was sick or in troulte, 90@ knewing semething of hie sume lite thought best to pry no attention at the time. At recess, however. she went and sit down be- side a@. “‘Ne lessons to-day, Ralph!’’ she aske@ p oaseatly. ‘Nat coming to school any more.’’ “® ay, hew is that?” “Cee: to cain my own liviag.”’ “C@ ork is it; well, that’s act a bad excuse for leaving school. Wie! ee e0u going to do?” ““Taet’s what I’ve got to find out. Don’t \e-@ yet.’” “*Z eee the first thing is, what can you @? ‘®t much of anything; never had @'t a chance to learn,’’ and he @®>iee @viously at Lowe Hatten, Whe eas passing through the room —a bey ot his own age, well dressed and well fed, well furnished with all a schoel-boy could ask. Miss Lee followed the direction of his glance. “Why Ralph,”’ she said. “I think yeu l@ve a better chance than Louie of making « man ot youreelf.”” “Don’t see how that can be.”’ “Cam yeu swim?” Ralph looked up very much astonished. He was a8 expert swimmer, but he did not sce hew that would help him in ing make something of himselt. = that,’’ he sieidihiy. ts answered em. “Dad you learn b one ida os to oe ae i keeping you Out of deep water?" eas. fellow wouldn't learn jat & i # eee way. Had to go it my- “Then why tsn’t it better to ‘go it yourseit im other things ? Haven't you a better chance than a has everything done tor hi YS; as far as possible, m, who is, said nothing more. | Do the ume, | boy who | quiet and seber, makes | den spot bring forth its kept out { always well-filied table, and over | ot danger—neverfallowed to make | effort enough in any direction to tire | hiny?”? | Never thought ef that betore.’ said Ralph. And while he thought of it his teacher thought of something | else. | “Will you carry a note to Mfr. | Scott tor me?’’ she asked. “Yes’mm’’ answered Ralph premptly. He had carried notes be- fore and had a pleasant remembrance of bright mckles and brighter dimes that found their way iato his pocket on these So the note was written and carried, and while | Mr. Scott read it, Ralph looked ear- nestly out ot the window at a huge pile of coal onfthe sidewalk. ‘Young man,’’ said the trustee suddenly do you know the contents of this note ?’’ ‘No, sir,””? said Ralph cruthful- ly. “Your teacher tells me you are in want of werk and reccommends you tor the vacant place of janitor in the Holly street building. Do you think you could manage to keep those roems swept and dusted, to have them warm by school time and see that everything is in order at mght?’’ “I'd like to try,’’ said Ralph. ‘And be responsible tor every- thing that 1s broken or stolen?’’ The boy’s face lengthened. ‘*S’ puse there’s keys ?’” *-Plenyt of them.” *Reckon if I locked up and left everything straight and burglars broke in it wouldn’t be any of my leokout.’’ **How long do you suppose you will stick to it?’’ **Likely till I find better werk.’’ ‘*Well, sir, we will trv vou. Miss Lee offers to give you directions,” and he hurriedly scratched off a_re- ply. Ralph took it, and hesitating a little asked the question of all im- portance to him: **How much will I get?’’ “Twe dollars a week through the fall and winter, and onethrough the warm weather. Does that suit you? **Yes, sir; much oblidged. How often will I get paid ?’’ ‘““We generally pay once a month, but if you needthe money we can let you have it every Saturday night fer a while.” “Thank ye.’ said Ralph; but -here was five days before Saturday, and he was hungry already. ‘*Want your coal putsomewhere ?’ he asked, after a moment’s pause. ‘*Well, it is rather out of place en the sidewalk. Would you like the job?” **Yes, sir; would that.’’ “Very well; deliver your note and then come back and go to work,”’ and the hey lost no time. As he handed the note to Miss Lee he told her ot the waiting coal pile. = *That’sa good beginning,’’ she said, smiling, and this will do for starting capital,’ and she laid in his hand, not a nickel, not a dime, but a shining half dollar. ‘‘Aad this,” she continued, covering the coin with a dainty card, ‘is a motto to help you along.”’ On the card Ralph read ‘God helps the man who helps _himselt.’’ The boy looked, rather than spoke bis thanks, but he didsay, ‘if I’m ever of any account, Miss Lee, it will all be owing te you. ”” A loat of brown bread and a slice of cheese teok ten cents trom the precious half dollar, but it gave the strength te handle a shovel well, and when he went to the school house te ‘learn his new round ot duty, anoth- er half dollar jingled with the four dimes im his pocket. How rich he felt as he went down the street to lay out a part of his wealth in some- thing for the table athome. A peck of cornmeal, a good-sized soup bone, another loaf of bread, larger this time and a pint of milk in a five-cent backet. ‘Mush and milk tor sup— per, bread and soup fer dinner to- morrow. Hurrah! Beheve | have occasions. B) chance after all."’ That was the beginning. Ralph spected. happy, looks after the of her son’s providing; his father, best for the { mantel in Ralph’s own room hang lin a tastetul | directed and encouraged his_ efforts ’ | since the morning when he discover- ed wherein lay his chance tor mak- ing a man ot himself. Growing Old. By Telegraph to the Post-Dispatch. New York, Feb. Cooper to day has entered upon his g3rd year. During the day he re- ceived at his residence, g Lexington avenue, the many members ot his family, but it was deemed best, though he was in excellent health. not to subject him to the fatigue of meeting the many friends who call- ed. Many beautiful boquets and flowers were sent to him as tokens of remembrance. In the evening, ac- cording to custom on Mr. Cooper's oirthday, Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt gave a small dinner party in his honor. frame the motto that has | Trustee’s Sale. Whereas, Mr J.H. Asbury, Missouri, by th tember 29th, 1882, and record: 2g, at page 174, in the recorder’ | ot Bates county, Missouri, did convey to | John W. Baldwin, as trus ee, tor the pur- The guests were Messrs. John E. | Parsons. Wilson G. Hunt, Wm. M. Evarts, Hamilton Fish, Judge Brady, Rev. Dr. Howard Crosby, Joseph R. Choate, Cyrus W. Field, Hugh J. Jewett, David Dunlev Field, William H. Appleton, Rossiter Raymond, the Rev. Robt. VUollyer, Judge J. S. Field, J. S. Shultz, Jas. A. Roosevelt #hd ex-Mayer Cooper. The table was handsomely decora- ted with flowers, and bore for the dinner a Britannia serve that was once THE CAMP SERVICE of Gen. Geo. Washington. It was presented by him to Mrs. Hopper, who kept the Bergen County Head- quarters. decended to her son Mr. Hegeman. and by him was sold te Mr. Hewitt. There are still 41 pieces of it all well perserved. Ameng the other decorations of the dining-room were three busts of Alex Hamilton, Washington and Benj. Franklin, which were tormer- ly the property of Gov. Dewitt Clin ton. They were purchased trom him by Mr. E. C. Delevan, of Wash- ington, from whom Mr. Hewitt procured them. Mr. Hewitt said in a speech that the habits that have enabled Mr. Cooper to reach his great age with his mental taculties unimpaired and his physical con- dition so good there that he has never used tobacco inany form and that it isseldem he can be induced to drink wine. All his habits are very regular and those best informed upon his condition deem they have good ground for hoping he will pro- long for years to come his life ot usefulness. A Wildcat Bearas a Steambest. From the Galveston News. While the steamship I. C. Harris was anchored in the bay at Brazos Santiago during a dense fog, a tull grown wild-cat, which it is supposed had floated down from the river on ea log, presumably concluded to take a free passage to Galveston on the wheel-house, om which he climb- ed, creating something of & sensa- tion on board of vessel. The boys on the ship get ropes and lassoed the annimsl, catching him around the head and hind !egs with the topes. and succeeded in caging him. On the arriyal of the Harris at Gal- veston wharf he was taken off and deposited in eneof the sheds. He isa large, sleek and rather geod- natured looking fellew, and lacks the gaunt and hungry iook of the animals generally..en exhibition in shows. The California and Iowa statutes provide explicitly that men and wo- men may lawfully marry by simply expressimg an agreement to become man and wife. The Connecticut, Delawareand Kansas statutes ex- Pressly nullify any marriage not sol- emnized according to one of the modes prescribed by law. In about « dezen states, whose statutes con- tain no words of nullity as to mar- riages by mere agreement, the courts hold marriages valid. The contrary ruling is made by the courts such is a mannow, prosperous and re- | of Massachusetts and four or five His mother, hopeful and | other states, whose statutes are like- Pleasant home {| wise without werds or nullity on the I subject. This confusion of statutes the httle gar- | and rulings may have semething to do with the loose ideas prevailing the | about the marriage relation. i i Louis, Mo pose of securing the payment ot certain promissory notes in said deed of trust | described the tollowing real estate in} Bates county, } 20, | And. 13 —Mr. Peter! e | been made in the payment of sa | though the payment thereof Missouri, to-wit. Lor block 20, tovrn of Rockville whereas, said notes heve b due and payable and = defar has often been demanded Now, therefore, at the request of the legal holder of said notes and in accordance with the provisions and terms ot said deed of trust and by virtue of the power in me vested as such trustee, I John W. Baldwin, as trustee aforeaid, will, on Saturday, March roth 1883. between the hours of 9 o’cluck a. m., and 5 o'clock p. m., of said day, at the court house door, in the town (now city) of Butler, in Bates county, Missouri, sell said real estate above described at public vendue for cash in hand, to the highest bidder to satisfy the indebtedness afore- said and the coasts of executing this trust. JOHN W. BALDWIN, Trustee. a wr * q SAF; PR BITTERS The majority of the ills of the humans body arise frum a derangement of the Liveg, affecting both the stomach and bowela Bp order te effect a oe tte te romoeve the couse. 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